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xproject gutenbergxs the complete works of william shakespearex by william shakespeare
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titlex the complete works of william shakespeare
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authorx william shakespeare
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release datex january xxxx xebook xxxxx
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xxx start of this project gutenberg ebook the complete works of william shakespeare xxx
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the complete works of william shakespeare
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by william shakespeare
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contents
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the sonnets
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allxs well that ends well
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the tragedy of antony and cleopatra
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as you like it
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the comedy of errors
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the tragedy of coriolanus
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cymbeline
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the tragedy of hamletx prince of denmark
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the first part of king henry the fourth
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the second part of king henry the fourth
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the life of king henry the fifth
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the first part of henry the sixth
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the second part of king henry the sixth
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the third part of king henry the sixth
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king henry the eighth
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king john
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the tragedy of julius caesar
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the tragedy of king lear
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lovexs labourxs lost
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the tragedy of macbeth
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measure for measure
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the merchant of venice
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the merry wives of windsor
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a midsummer nightxs dream
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much ado about nothing
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the tragedy of othellox moor of venice
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periclesx prince of tyre
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king richard the second
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king richard the third
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the tragedy of romeo and juliet
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the taming of the shrew
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the tempest
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the life of timon of athens
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the tragedy of titus andronicus
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the history of troilus and cressida
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twelfth nightx orx what you will
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the two gentlemen of verona
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the two noble kinsmen
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the winterxs tale
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a loverxs complaint
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the passionate pilgrim
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the phoenix and the turtle
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the rape of lucrece
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venus and adonis
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the sonnets
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from fairest creatures we desire increasex
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that thereby beautyxs rose might never diex
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but as the riper should by time deceasex
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his tender heir might bear his memoryx
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but thou contracted to thine own bright eyesx
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feedxst thy lightxs flame with selfxsubstantial fuelx
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making a famine where abundance liesx
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thy self thy foex to thy sweet self too cruelx
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thou that art now the worldxs fresh ornamentx
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and only herald to the gaudy springx
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within thine own bud buriest thy contentx
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andx tender churlx makxst waste in niggardingx
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pity the worldx or else this glutton bex
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to eat the worldxs duex by the grave and theex
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when forty winters shall besiege thy browx
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and dig deep trenches in thy beautyxs fieldx
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thy youthxs proud livery so gazed on nowx
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will be a tattered weed of small worth heldx
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then being askedx where all thy beauty liesx
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where all the treasure of thy lusty daysx
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to sayx within thine own deep sunken eyesx
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were an allxeating shamex and thriftless praisex
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how much more praise deservxd thy beautyxs usex
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if thou couldst answer xthis fair child of mine
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shall sum my countx and make my old excusexx
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proving his beauty by succession thinex
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this were to be new made when thou art oldx
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and see thy blood warm when thou feelxst it coldx
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look in thy glass and tell the face thou viewestx
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now is the time that face should form anotherx
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whose fresh repair if now thou not renewestx
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thou dost beguile the worldx unbless some motherx
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for where is she so fair whose uneared womb
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disdains the tillage of thy husbandryx
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or who is he so fond will be the tomb
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of his selfxlove to stop posterityx
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thou art thy motherxs glass and she in thee
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calls back the lovely april of her primex
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so thou through windows of thine age shalt seex
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despite of wrinkles this thy golden timex
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but if thou live remembered not to bex
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die single and thine image dies with theex
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unthrifty loveliness why dost thou spendx
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upon thy self thy beautyxs legacyx
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naturexs bequest gives nothing but doth lendx
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and being frank she lends to those are freex
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then beauteous niggard why dost thou abusex
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the bounteous largess given thee to givex
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profitless usurer why dost thou use
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so great a sum of sums yet canst not livex
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for having traffic with thy self alonex
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thou of thy self thy sweet self dost deceivex
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then how when nature calls thee to be gonex
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what acceptable audit canst thou leavex
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thy unused beauty must be tombed with theex
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which used lives thx executor to bex
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those hours that with gentle work did frame
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the lovely gaze where every eye doth dwell
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will play the tyrants to the very samex
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and that unfair which fairly doth excelx
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for neverxresting time leads summer on
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to hideous winter and confounds him therex
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sap checked with frost and lusty leaves quite gonex
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beauty oxerxsnowed and bareness every wherex
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then were not summerxs distillation left
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a liquid prisoner pent in walls of glassx
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beautyxs effect with beauty were bereftx
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nor it nor no remembrance what it wasx
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but flowers distilled though they with winter meetx
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leese but their showx their substance still lives sweetx
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then let not winterxs ragged hand defacex
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in thee thy summer ere thou be distilledx
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make sweet some vialx treasure thou some placex
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with beautyxs treasure ere it be selfxkilledx
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that use is not forbidden usuryx
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which happies those that pay the willing loanx
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thatxs for thy self to breed another theex
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or ten times happier be it ten for onex
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ten times thy self were happier than thou artx
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if ten of thine ten times refigured theex
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then what could death do if thou shouldst departx
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leaving thee living in posterityx
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be not selfxwilled for thou art much too fairx
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to be deathxs conquest and make worms thine heirx
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lo in the orient when the gracious light
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lifts up his burning headx each under eye
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doth homage to his newxappearing sightx
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serving with looks his sacred majestyx
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and having climbed the steepxup heavenly hillx
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resembling strong youth in his middle agex
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yet mortal looks adore his beauty stillx
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attending on his golden pilgrimagex
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but when from highmost pitch with weary carx
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like feeble age he reeleth from the dayx
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the eyes xfore duteousx now converted are
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from his low tract and look another wayx
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so thoux thy self outxgoing in thy noonx
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unlooked on diest unless thou get a sonx
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music to hearx why hearxst thou music sadlyx
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sweets with sweets war notx joy delights in joyx
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why lovxst thou that which thou receivxst not gladlyx
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or else receivxst with pleasure thine annoyx
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if the true concord of wellxtuned soundsx
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by unions married do offend thine earx
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they do but sweetly chide theex who confounds
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in singleness the parts that thou shouldst bearx
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mark how one string sweet husband to anotherx
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strikes each in each by mutual orderingx
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resembling sirex and childx and happy motherx
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who all in onex one pleasing note do singx
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whose speechless song being manyx seeming onex
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sings this to theex xthou single wilt prove nonexx
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is it for fear to wet a widowxs eyex
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that thou consumxst thy self in single lifex
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ahx if thou issueless shalt hap to diex
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the world will wail thee like a makeless wifex
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the world will be thy widow and still weepx
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that thou no form of thee hast left behindx
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when every private widow well may keepx
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by childrenxs eyesx her husbandxs shape in mindx
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look what an unthrift in the world doth spend
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shifts but his placex for still the world enjoys itx
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but beautyxs waste hath in the world an endx
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and kept unused the user so destroys itx
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no love toward others in that bosom sits
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that on himself such murdxrous shame commitsx
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for shame deny that thou bearxst love to any
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who for thy self art so unprovidentx
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grant if thou wiltx thou art beloved of manyx
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but that thou none lovxst is most evidentx
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for thou art so possessed with murdxrous hatex
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that xgainst thy self thou stickxst not to conspirex
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seeking that beauteous roof to ruinate
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which to repair should be thy chief desirex
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o change thy thoughtx that i may change my mindx
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shall hate be fairer lodged than gentle lovex
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be as thy presence is gracious and kindx
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or to thy self at least kindxhearted provex
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make thee another self for love of mex
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that beauty still may live in thine or theex
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as fast as thou shalt wane so fast thou growxstx
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in one of thinex from that which thou departestx
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and that fresh blood which youngly thou bestowxstx
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thou mayst call thinex when thou from youth convertestx
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herein lives wisdomx beautyx and increasex
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without this follyx agex and cold decayx
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if all were minded sox the times should ceasex
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and threescore year would make the world awayx
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let those whom nature hath not made for storex
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harshx featurelessx and rudex barrenly perishx
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look whom she best endowedx she gave thee morex
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which bounteous gift thou shouldst in bounty cherishx
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she carved thee for her sealx and meant therebyx
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thou shouldst print morex not let that copy diex
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when i do count the clock that tells the timex
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and see the brave day sunk in hideous nightx
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when i behold the violet past primex
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and sable curls all silvered oxer with whitex
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when lofty trees i see barren of leavesx
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which erst from heat did canopy the herd
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and summerxs green all girded up in sheaves
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borne on the bier with white and bristly beardx
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then of thy beauty do i question make
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that thou among the wastes of time must gox
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since sweets and beauties do themselves forsakex
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and die as fast as they see others growx
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and nothing xgainst timexs scythe can make defence
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save breed to brave himx when he takes thee hencex
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o that you were your selfx but love you are
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no longer yoursx than you your self here livex
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against this coming end you should preparex
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and your sweet semblance to some other givex
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so should that beauty which you hold in lease
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find no determinationx then you were
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your self again after your selfxs deceasex
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when your sweet issue your sweet form should bearx
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who lets so fair a house fall to decayx
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which husbandry in honour might upholdx
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against the stormy gusts of winterxs day
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and barren rage of deathxs eternal coldx
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o none but unthriftsx dear my love you knowx
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you had a fatherx let your son say sox
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not from the stars do i my judgement pluckx
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and yet methinks i have astronomyx
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but not to tell of goodx or evil luckx
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of plaguesx of dearthsx or seasonsx qualityx
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nor can i fortune to brief minutes tellx
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pointing to each his thunderx rain and windx
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or say with princes if it shall go well
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by oft predict that i in heaven findx
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but from thine eyes my knowledge i derivex
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and constant stars in them i read such art
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as truth and beauty shall together thrive
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if from thy selfx to store thou wouldst convertx
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or else of thee this i prognosticatex
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thy end is truthxs and beautyxs doom and datex
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when i consider every thing that grows
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holds in perfection but a little momentx
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that this huge stage presenteth nought but shows
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whereon the stars in secret influence commentx
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when i perceive that men as plants increasex
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cheered and checked even by the selfxsame skyx
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vaunt in their youthful sapx at height decreasex
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and wear their brave state out of memoryx
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then the conceit of this inconstant stayx
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sets you most rich in youth before my sightx
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where wasteful time debateth with decay
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to change your day of youth to sullied nightx
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and all in war with time for love of youx
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as he takes from youx i engraft you newx
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but wherefore do not you a mightier way
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make war upon this bloody tyrant timex
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and fortify your self in your decay
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with means more blessed than my barren rhymex
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now stand you on the top of happy hoursx
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and many maiden gardens yet unsetx
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with virtuous wish would bear you living flowersx
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much liker than your painted counterfeitx
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so should the lines of life that life repair
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which this xtimexs pencilx or my pupil pen
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neither in inward worth nor outward fair
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can make you live your self in eyes of menx
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to give away your selfx keeps your self stillx
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and you must live drawn by your own sweet skillx
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who will believe my verse in time to come
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if it were filled with your most high desertsx
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though yet heaven knows it is but as a tomb
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which hides your lifex and shows not half your partsx
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if i could write the beauty of your eyesx
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and in fresh numbers number all your gracesx
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the age to come would say this poet liesx
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such heavenly touches nexer touched earthly facesx
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so should my papers xyellowed with their agex
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be scornedx like old men of less truth than tonguex
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and your true rights be termed a poetxs ragex
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and stretched metre of an antique songx
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but were some child of yours alive that timex
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you should live twice in itx and in my rhymex
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shall i compare thee to a summerxs dayx
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thou art more lovely and more temperatex
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rough winds do shake the darling buds of mayx
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and summerxs lease hath all too short a datex
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sometime too hot the eye of heaven shinesx
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and often is his gold complexion dimmedx
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and every fair from fair sometime declinesx
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by chancex or naturexs changing course untrimmedx
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but thy eternal summer shall not fadex
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nor lose possession of that fair thou owxstx
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nor shall death brag thou wandxrest in his shadex
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when in eternal lines to time thou growxstx
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so long as men can breathe or eyes can seex
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so long lives thisx and this gives life to theex
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devouring time blunt thou the lionxs pawsx
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and make the earth devour her own sweet broodx
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pluck the keen teeth from the fierce tigerxs jawsx
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and burn the longxlived phoenixx in her bloodx
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make glad and sorry seasons as thou fleetxstx
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and do whatexer thou wilt swiftxfooted time
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to the wide world and all her fading sweetsx
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but i forbid thee one most heinous crimex
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o carve not with thy hours my lovexs fair browx
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nor draw no lines there with thine antique penx
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him in thy course untainted do allowx
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for beautyxs pattern to succeeding menx
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yet do thy worst old timex despite thy wrongx
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my love shall in my verse ever live youngx
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a womanxs face with naturexs own hand paintedx
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hast thou the master mistress of my passionx
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a womanxs gentle heart but not acquainted
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with shifting change as is false womenxs fashionx
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an eye more bright than theirsx less false in rollingx
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gilding the object whereupon it gazethx
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a man in hue all hues in his controllingx
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which steals menxs eyes and womenxs souls amazethx
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and for a woman wert thou first createdx
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till nature as she wrought thee fell axdotingx
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and by addition me of thee defeatedx
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by adding one thing to my purpose nothingx
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but since she pricked thee out for womenxs pleasurex
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mine be thy love and thy lovexs use their treasurex
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so is it not with me as with that musex
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stirred by a painted beauty to his versex
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who heaven it self for ornament doth usex
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and every fair with his fair doth rehearsex
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making a couplement of proud compare
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with sun and moonx with earth and seaxs rich gemsx
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with aprilxs firstxborn flowers and all things rarex
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that heavenxs air in this huge rondure hemsx
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o let me true in love but truly writex
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and then believe mex my love is as fairx
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as any motherxs childx though not so bright
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as those gold candles fixed in heavenxs airx
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let them say more that like of hearsay wellx
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i will not praise that purpose not to sellx
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my glass shall not persuade me i am oldx
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so long as youth and thou are of one datex
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but when in thee timexs furrows i beholdx
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then look i death my days should expiatex
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for all that beauty that doth cover theex
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is but the seemly raiment of my heartx
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which in thy breast doth livex as thine in mex
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how can i then be elder than thou artx
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o therefore love be of thyself so waryx
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as i not for my selfx but for thee willx
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bearing thy heart which i will keep so chary
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as tender nurse her babe from faring illx
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presume not on thy heart when mine is slainx
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thou gavxst me thine not to give back againx
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as an unperfect actor on the stagex
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who with his fear is put beside his partx
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or some fierce thing replete with too much ragex
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whose strengthxs abundance weakens his own heartx
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so i for fear of trustx forget to sayx
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the perfect ceremony of lovexs ritex
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and in mine own lovexs strength seem to decayx
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oxercharged with burthen of mine own lovexs mightx
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o let my looks be then the eloquencex
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and dumb presagers of my speaking breastx
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who plead for lovex and look for recompensex
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more than that tongue that more hath more expressedx
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o learn to read what silent love hath writx
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to hear with eyes belongs to lovexs fine witx
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mine eye hath played the painter and hath stelledx
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thy beautyxs form in table of my heartx
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my body is the frame wherein xtis heldx
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and perspective it is best painterxs artx
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for through the painter must you see his skillx
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to find where your true image pictured liesx
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which in my bosomxs shop is hanging stillx
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that hath his windows glazed with thine eyesx
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now see what good turns eyes for eyes have donex
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mine eyes have drawn thy shapex and thine for me
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are windows to my breastx wherexthrough the sun
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delights to peepx to gaze therein on theex
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yet eyes this cunning want to grace their artx
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they draw but what they seex know not the heartx
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xx
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let those who are in favour with their starsx
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of public honour and proud titles boastx
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whilst i whom fortune of such triumph bars
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unlooked for joy in that i honour mostx
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great princesx favourites their fair leaves spreadx
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but as the marigold at the sunxs eyex
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and in themselves their pride lies buriedx
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for at a frown they in their glory diex
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the painful warrior famoused for fightx
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after a thousand victories once foiledx
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is from the book of honour razed quitex
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and all the rest forgot for which he toiledx
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then happy i that love and am beloved
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where i may not remove nor be removedx
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xx
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lord of my lovex to whom in vassalage
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thy merit hath my duty strongly knitx
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to thee i send this written embassage
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to witness dutyx not to show my witx
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duty so greatx which wit so poor as mine
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may make seem barex in wanting words to show itx
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but that i hope some good conceit of thine
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in thy soulxs thought xall nakedx will bestow itx
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till whatsoever star that guides my movingx
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points on me graciously with fair aspectx
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and puts apparel on my tattered lovingx
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to show me worthy of thy sweet respectx
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then may i dare to boast how i do love theex
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till thenx not show my head where thou mayst prove mex
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xx
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weary with toilx i haste me to my bedx
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the dear respose for limbs with travel tiredx
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but then begins a journey in my head
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to work my mindx when bodyxs workxs expiredx
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for then my thoughts xfrom far where i abidex
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intend a zealous pilgrimage to theex
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and keep my drooping eyelids open widex
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looking on darkness which the blind do seex
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save that my soulxs imaginary sight
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presents thy shadow to my sightless viewx
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which like a jewel xhung in ghastly nightx
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makes black night beauteousx and her old face newx
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lo thus by day my limbsx by night my mindx
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for theex and for my selfx no quiet findx
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xx
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how can i then return in happy plight
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that am debarred the benefit of restx
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when dayxs oppression is not eased by nightx
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but day by night and night by day oppressedx
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and each xthough enemies to eitherxs reignx
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do in consent shake hands to torture mex
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the one by toilx the other to complain
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how far i toilx still farther off from theex
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i tell the day to please him thou art brightx
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and dost him grace when clouds do blot the heavenx
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so flatter i the swartxcomplexioned nightx
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when sparkling stars twire not thou gildxst the evenx
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but day doth daily draw my sorrows longerx
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and night doth nightly make griefxs length seem stronger
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xx
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when in disgrace with fortune and menxs eyesx
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i all alone beweep my outcast statex
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and trouble deaf heaven with my bootless criesx
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and look upon my self and curse my fatex
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wishing me like to one more rich in hopex
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featured like himx like him with friends possessedx
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desiring this manxs artx and that manxs scopex
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with what i most enjoy contented leastx
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yet in these thoughts my self almost despisingx
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haply i think on theex and then my statex
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xlike to the lark at break of day arising
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from sullen earthx sings hymns at heavenxs gatex
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for thy sweet love remembered such wealth bringsx
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that then i scorn to change my state with kingsx
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xx
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when to the sessions of sweet silent thoughtx
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i summon up remembrance of things pastx
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i sigh the lack of many a thing i soughtx
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and with old woes new wail my dear timexs wastex
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then can i drown an eye xunused to flowx
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for precious friends hid in deathxs dateless nightx
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and weep afresh lovexs long since cancelled woex
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and moan thx expense of many a vanished sightx
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then can i grieve at grievances foregonex
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and heavily from woe to woe tell oxer
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the sad account of forexbemoaned moanx
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which i new pay as if not paid beforex
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but if the while i think on thee xdear friendx
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all losses are restoredx and sorrows endx
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xx
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thy bosom is endeared with all heartsx
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which i by lacking have supposed deadx
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and there reigns love and all lovexs loving partsx
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and all those friends which i thought buriedx
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how many a holy and obsequious tear
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hath dear religious love stolxn from mine eyex
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as interest of the deadx which now appearx
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but things removed that hidden in thee liex
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thou art the grave where buried love doth livex
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hung with the trophies of my lovers gonex
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who all their parts of me to thee did givex
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that due of manyx now is thine alonex
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their images i lovedx i view in theex
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and thou xall theyx hast all the all of mex
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xx
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if thou survive my wellxcontented dayx
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when that churl death my bones with dust shall cover
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and shalt by fortune once more rexsurvey
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these poor rude lines of thy deceased loverx
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compare them with the bettxring of the timex
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and though they be outstripped by every penx
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reserve them for my lovex not for their rhymex
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exceeded by the height of happier menx
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o then vouchsafe me but this loving thoughtx
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xhad my friendxs muse grown with this growing agex
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a dearer birth than this his love had brought
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to march in ranks of better equipagex
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but since he died and poets better provex
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theirs for their style ixll readx his for his lovexx
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xx
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full many a glorious morning have i seenx
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flatter the mountain tops with sovereign eyex
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kissing with golden face the meadows greenx
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gilding pale streams with heavenly alchemyx
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anon permit the basest clouds to ridex
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with ugly rack on his celestial facex
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and from the forlorn world his visage hide
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stealing unseen to west with this disgracex
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even so my sun one early morn did shinex
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with all triumphant splendour on my browx
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but out alackx he was but one hour minex
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the region cloud hath masked him from me nowx
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yet him for thisx my love no whit disdainethx
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suns of the world may stainx when heavenxs sun stainethx
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xx
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why didst thou promise such a beauteous dayx
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and make me travel forth without my cloakx
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to let base clouds oxertake me in my wayx
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hiding thy bravxry in their rotten smokex
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xtis not enough that through the cloud thou breakx
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to dry the rain on my stormxbeaten facex
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for no man well of such a salve can speakx
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that heals the woundx and cures not the disgracex
|
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nor can thy shame give physic to my griefx
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though thou repentx yet i have still the lossx
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thx offenderxs sorrow lends but weak relief
|
|
to him that bears the strong offencexs crossx
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ah but those tears are pearl which thy love shedsx
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and they are richx and ransom all ill deedsx
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xx
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no more be grieved at that which thou hast donex
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roses have thornsx and silver fountains mudx
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clouds and eclipses stain both moon and sunx
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and loathsome canker lives in sweetest budx
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all men make faultsx and even i in thisx
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authorizing thy trespass with comparex
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my self corrupting salving thy amissx
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excusing thy sins more than thy sins arex
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for to thy sensual fault i bring in sensex
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thy adverse party is thy advocatex
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and xgainst my self a lawful plea commencex
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such civil war is in my love and hatex
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that i an accessary needs must bex
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to that sweet thief which sourly robs from mex
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xx
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let me confess that we two must be twainx
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although our undivided loves are onex
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so shall those blots that do with me remainx
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without thy helpx by me be borne alonex
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in our two loves there is but one respectx
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though in our lives a separable spitex
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which though it alter not lovexs sole effectx
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yet doth it steal sweet hours from lovexs delightx
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i may not evermore acknowledge theex
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lest my bewailed guilt should do thee shamex
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nor thou with public kindness honour mex
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unless thou take that honour from thy namex
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but do not sox i love thee in such sortx
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as thou being minex mine is thy good reportx
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xx
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as a decrepit father takes delightx
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to see his active child do deeds of youthx
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so ix made lame by fortunexs dearest spite
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take all my comfort of thy worth and truthx
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for whether beautyx birthx or wealthx or witx
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or any of these allx or allx or more
|
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entitled in thy partsx do crowned sitx
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i make my love engrafted to this storex
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so then i am not lamex poorx nor despisedx
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whilst that this shadow doth such substance givex
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that i in thy abundance am sufficedx
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and by a part of all thy glory livex
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look what is bestx that best i wish in theex
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this wish i havex then ten times happy mex
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xx
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how can my muse want subject to invent
|
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while thou dost breathe that pourxst into my versex
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thine own sweet argumentx too excellentx
|
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for every vulgar paper to rehearsex
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o give thy self the thanks if aught in mex
|
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worthy perusal stand against thy sightx
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for whoxs so dumb that cannot write to theex
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when thou thy self dost give invention lightx
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be thou the tenth musex ten times more in worth
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than those old nine which rhymers invocatex
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and he that calls on theex let him bring forth
|
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eternal numbers to outlive long datex
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if my slight muse do please these curious daysx
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the pain be minex but thine shall be the praisex
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xx
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o how thy worth with manners may i singx
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when thou art all the better part of mex
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what can mine own praise to mine own self bringx
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and what isxt but mine own when i praise theex
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even for thisx let us divided livex
|
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and our dear love lose name of single onex
|
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that by this separation i may givex
|
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that due to thee which thou deservxst alonex
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o absence what a torment wouldst thou provex
|
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were it not thy sour leisure gave sweet leavex
|
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to entertain the time with thoughts of lovex
|
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which time and thoughts so sweetly doth deceivex
|
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and that thou teachest how to make one twainx
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by praising him here who doth hence remainx
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xx
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take all my lovesx my lovex yea take them allx
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what hast thou then more than thou hadst beforex
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no lovex my lovex that thou mayst true love callx
|
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all mine was thinex before thou hadst this morex
|
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then if for my lovex thou my love receivestx
|
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i cannot blame theex for my love thou usestx
|
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but yet be blamedx if thou thy self deceivest
|
|
by wilful taste of what thy self refusestx
|
|
i do forgive thy robbery gentle thief
|
|
although thou steal thee all my povertyx
|
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and yet love knows it is a greater grief
|
|
to bear greater wrongx than hatexs known injuryx
|
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lascivious gracex in whom all ill well showsx
|
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kill me with spites yet we must not be foesx
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xx
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those pretty wrongs that liberty commitsx
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when i am sometime absent from thy heartx
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thy beautyx and thy years full well befitsx
|
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for still temptation follows where thou artx
|
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gentle thou artx and therefore to be wonx
|
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beauteous thou artx therefore to be assailedx
|
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and when a woman woosx what womanxs sonx
|
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will sourly leave her till he have prevailedx
|
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ay mex but yet thou mightst my seat forbearx
|
|
and chide thy beautyx and thy straying youthx
|
|
who lead thee in their riot even there
|
|
where thou art forced to break a twofold truthx
|
|
hers by thy beauty tempting her to theex
|
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thine by thy beauty being false to mex
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xx
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that thou hast her it is not all my griefx
|
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and yet it may be said i loved her dearlyx
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that she hath thee is of my wailing chiefx
|
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a loss in love that touches me more nearlyx
|
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loving offenders thus i will excuse yex
|
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thou dost love herx because thou knowxst i love herx
|
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and for my sake even so doth she abuse mex
|
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suffxring my friend for my sake to approve herx
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if i lose theex my loss is my lovexs gainx
|
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and losing herx my friend hath found that lossx
|
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both find each otherx and i lose both twainx
|
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and both for my sake lay on me this crossx
|
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but herexs the joyx my friend and i are onex
|
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sweet flatteryx then she loves but me alonex
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xx
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when most i wink then do mine eyes best seex
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for all the day they view things unrespectedx
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but when i sleepx in dreams they look on theex
|
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and darkly brightx are bright in dark directedx
|
|
then thou whose shadow shadows doth make bright
|
|
how would thy shadowxs formx form happy showx
|
|
to the clear day with thy much clearer lightx
|
|
when to unseeing eyes thy shade shines sox
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how would xi sayx mine eyes be blessed madex
|
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by looking on thee in the living dayx
|
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when in dead night thy fair imperfect shadex
|
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through heavy sleep on sightless eyes doth stayx
|
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all days are nights to see till i see theex
|
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and nights bright days when dreams do show thee mex
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xx
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if the dull substance of my flesh were thoughtx
|
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injurious distance should not stop my wayx
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for then despite of space i would be broughtx
|
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from limits far remotex where thou dost stayx
|
|
no matter then although my foot did stand
|
|
upon the farthest earth removed from theex
|
|
for nimble thought can jump both sea and landx
|
|
as soon as think the place where he would bex
|
|
but ahx thought kills me that i am not thought
|
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to leap large lengths of miles when thou art gonex
|
|
but that so much of earth and water wroughtx
|
|
i must attendx timexs leisure with my moanx
|
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receiving nought by elements so slowx
|
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but heavy tearsx badges of eitherxs woex
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xx
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the other twox slight airx and purging firex
|
|
are both with theex wherever i abidex
|
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the first my thoughtx the other my desirex
|
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these presentxabsent with swift motion slidex
|
|
for when these quicker elements are gone
|
|
in tender embassy of love to theex
|
|
my life being made of fourx with two alonex
|
|
sinks down to deathx oppressed with melancholyx
|
|
until lifexs composition be recuredx
|
|
by those swift messengers returned from theex
|
|
who even but now come back again assuredx
|
|
of thy fair healthx recounting it to mex
|
|
this toldx i joyx but then no longer gladx
|
|
i send them back again and straight grow sadx
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xx
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mine eye and heart are at a mortal warx
|
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how to divide the conquest of thy sightx
|
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mine eyex my heart thy picturexs sight would barx
|
|
my heartx mine eye the freedom of that rightx
|
|
my heart doth plead that thou in him dost liex
|
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xa closet never pierced with crystal eyesx
|
|
but the defendant doth that plea denyx
|
|
and says in him thy fair appearance liesx
|
|
to side this title is impanelled
|
|
a quest of thoughtsx all tenants to the heartx
|
|
and by their verdict is determined
|
|
the clear eyexs moietyx and the dear heartxs partx
|
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as thusx mine eyexs due is thy outward partx
|
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and my heartxs rightx thy inward love of heartx
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xx
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betwixt mine eye and heart a league is tookx
|
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and each doth good turns now unto the otherx
|
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when that mine eye is famished for a lookx
|
|
or heart in love with sighs himself doth smotherx
|
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with my lovexs picture then my eye doth feastx
|
|
and to the painted banquet bids my heartx
|
|
another time mine eye is my heartxs guestx
|
|
and in his thoughts of love doth share a partx
|
|
so either by thy picture or my lovex
|
|
thy self awayx art present still with mex
|
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for thou not farther than my thoughts canst movex
|
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and i am still with themx and they with theex
|
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or if they sleepx thy picture in my sight
|
|
awakes my heartx to heartxs and eyexs delightx
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xx
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how careful was i when i took my wayx
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each trifle under truest bars to thrustx
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that to my use it might unused stay
|
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from hands of falsehoodx in sure wards of trustx
|
|
but thoux to whom my jewels trifles arex
|
|
most worthy comfortx now my greatest griefx
|
|
thou best of dearestx and mine only carex
|
|
art left the prey of every vulgar thiefx
|
|
thee have i not locked up in any chestx
|
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save where thou art notx though i feel thou artx
|
|
within the gentle closure of my breastx
|
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from whence at pleasure thou mayst come and partx
|
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and even thence thou wilt be stolxn i fearx
|
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for truth proves thievish for a prize so dearx
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xx
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against that time xif ever that time comex
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when i shall see thee frown on my defectsx
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when as thy love hath cast his utmost sumx
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called to that audit by advised respectsx
|
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against that time when thou shalt strangely passx
|
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and scarcely greet me with that sun thine eyex
|
|
when love converted from the thing it was
|
|
shall reasons find of settled gravityx
|
|
against that time do i ensconce me here
|
|
within the knowledge of mine own desertx
|
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and this my handx against my self uprearx
|
|
to guard the lawful reasons on thy partx
|
|
to leave poor mex thou hast the strength of lawsx
|
|
since why to lovex i can allege no causex
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xx
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how heavy do i journey on the wayx
|
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when what i seek xmy weary travelxs endx
|
|
doth teach that case and that repose to say
|
|
xthus far the miles are measured from thy friendxx
|
|
the beast that bears mex tired with my woex
|
|
plods dully onx to bear that weight in mex
|
|
as if by some instinct the wretch did know
|
|
his rider loved not speed being made from theex
|
|
the bloody spur cannot provoke him onx
|
|
that sometimes anger thrusts into his hidex
|
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which heavily he answers with a groanx
|
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more sharp to me than spurring to his sidex
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for that same groan doth put this in my mindx
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my grief lies onward and my joy behindx
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xx
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thus can my love excuse the slow offencex
|
|
of my dull bearerx when from thee i speedx
|
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from where thou artx why should i haste me thencex
|
|
till i return of posting is no needx
|
|
o what excuse will my poor beast then findx
|
|
when swift extremity can seem but slowx
|
|
then should i spur though mounted on the windx
|
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in winged speed no motion shall i knowx
|
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then can no horse with my desire keep pacex
|
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therefore desire xof perfectxst love being madex
|
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shall neigh xno dull fleshx in his fiery racex
|
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but lovex for lovex thus shall excuse my jadex
|
|
since from thee goingx he went wilfulxslowx
|
|
towards thee ixll runx and give him leave to gox
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xx
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so am i as the rich whose blessed keyx
|
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can bring him to his sweet upxlocked treasurex
|
|
the which he will not every hour surveyx
|
|
for blunting the fine point of seldom pleasurex
|
|
therefore are feasts so solemn and so rarex
|
|
since seldom coming in that long year setx
|
|
like stones of worth they thinly placed arex
|
|
or captain jewels in the carcanetx
|
|
so is the time that keeps you as my chest
|
|
or as the wardrobe which the robe doth hidex
|
|
to make some special instant specialxblestx
|
|
by new unfolding his imprisoned pridex
|
|
blessed are you whose worthiness gives scopex
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being had to triumphx being lacked to hopex
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what is your substancex whereof are you madex
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that millions of strange shadows on you tendx
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since every onex hath every onex one shadex
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and you but onex can every shadow lendx
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describe adonis and the counterfeitx
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is poorly imitated after youx
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on helenxs cheek all art of beauty setx
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and you in grecian tires are painted newx
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speak of the springx and foison of the yearx
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the one doth shadow of your beauty showx
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the other as your bounty doth appearx
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and you in every blessed shape we knowx
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in all external grace you have some partx
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but you like nonex none you for constant heartx
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o how much more doth beauty beauteous seemx
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by that sweet ornament which truth doth givex
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the rose looks fairx but fairer we it deem
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for that sweet odourx which doth in it livex
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the canker blooms have full as deep a dyex
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as the perfumed tincture of the rosesx
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hang on such thornsx and play as wantonlyx
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when summerxs breath their masked buds disclosesx
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but for their virtue only is their showx
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they live unwooedx and unrespected fadex
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die to themselvesx sweet roses do not sox
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of their sweet deathsx are sweetest odours madex
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and so of youx beauteous and lovely youthx
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when that shall fadex my verse distills your truthx
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not marblex nor the gilded monuments
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of princes shall outlive this powerful rhymex
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but you shall shine more bright in these contents
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than unswept stonex besmeared with sluttish timex
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when wasteful war shall statues overturnx
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and broils root out the work of masonryx
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nor mars his swordx nor warxs quick fire shall burnx
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the living record of your memoryx
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xgainst deathx and allxoblivious enmity
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shall you pace forthx your praise shall still find roomx
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even in the eyes of all posterity
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that wear this world out to the ending doomx
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so till the judgment that your self arisex
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you live in thisx and dwell in loversx eyesx
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xx
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sweet love renew thy forcex be it not said
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thy edge should blunter be than appetitex
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which but toxday by feeding is allayedx
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toxmorrow sharpened in his former mightx
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so love be thoux although toxday thou fill
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thy hungry eyesx even till they wink with fulnessx
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toxmorrow see againx and do not kill
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the spirit of lovex with a perpetual dulnessx
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let this sad interim like the ocean be
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which parts the shorex where two contracted newx
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come daily to the banksx that when they seex
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return of lovex more blest may be the viewx
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or call it winterx which being full of carex
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makes summerxs welcomex thrice more wishedx more rarex
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being your slave what should i do but tendx
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upon the hoursx and times of your desirex
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i have no precious time at all to spendx
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nor services to do till you requirex
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nor dare i chide the worldxwithoutxend hourx
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whilst i xmy sovereignx watch the clock for youx
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nor think the bitterness of absence sourx
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when you have bid your servant once adieux
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nor dare i question with my jealous thoughtx
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where you may bex or your affairs supposex
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but like a sad slave stay and think of nought
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save where you arex how happy you make thosex
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so true a fool is lovex that in your willx
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xthough you do any thingx he thinks no illx
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that god forbidx that made me first your slavex
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i should in thought control your times of pleasurex
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or at your hand thx account of hours to cravex
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being your vassal bound to stay your leisurex
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o let me suffer xbeing at your beckx
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thx imprisoned absence of your libertyx
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and patience tame to sufferance bide each checkx
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without accusing you of injuryx
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be where you listx your charter is so strongx
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that you your self may privilage your time
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to what you willx to you it doth belongx
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your self to pardon of selfxdoing crimex
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i am to waitx though waiting so be hellx
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not blame your pleasure be it ill or wellx
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xx
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if there be nothing newx but that which isx
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hath been beforex how are our brains beguiledx
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which labouring for invention bear amis
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the second burthen of a former childx
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o that record could with a backward lookx
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even of five hundred courses of the sunx
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show me your image in some antique bookx
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since mind at first in character was donex
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that i might see what the old world could sayx
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to this composed wonder of your framex
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whether we are mendedx or whether better theyx
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or whether revolution be the samex
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o sure i am the wits of former daysx
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to subjects worse have given admiring praisex
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xx
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like as the waves make towards the pebbled shorex
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so do our minutes hasten to their endx
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each changing place with that which goes beforex
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in sequent toil all forwards do contendx
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nativity once in the main of lightx
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crawls to maturityx wherewith being crownedx
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crooked eclipses xgainst his glory fightx
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and time that gavex doth now his gift confoundx
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time doth transfix the flourish set on youthx
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and delves the parallels in beautyxs browx
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feeds on the rarities of naturexs truthx
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and nothing stands but for his scythe to mowx
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and yet to times in hopex my verse shall stand
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praising thy worthx despite his cruel handx
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xx
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is it thy willx thy image should keep open
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my heavy eyelids to the weary nightx
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dost thou desire my slumbers should be brokenx
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while shadows like to thee do mock my sightx
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is it thy spirit that thou sendxst from thee
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so far from home into my deeds to pryx
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to find out shames and idle hours in mex
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the scope and tenure of thy jealousyx
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o nox thy love though muchx is not so greatx
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it is my love that keeps mine eye awakex
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mine own true love that doth my rest defeatx
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to play the watchman ever for thy sakex
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for thee watch ix whilst thou dost wake elsewherex
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from me far offx with others all too nearx
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xx
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sin of selfxlove possesseth all mine eyex
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and all my soulx and all my every partx
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and for this sin there is no remedyx
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it is so grounded inward in my heartx
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methinks no face so gracious is as minex
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no shape so truex no truth of such accountx
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and for my self mine own worth do definex
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as i all other in all worths surmountx
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but when my glass shows me my self indeed
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beated and chopt with tanned antiquityx
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mine own selfxlove quite contrary i readx
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selfx so selfxloving were iniquityx
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xtis thee xmy selfx that for my self i praisex
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painting my age with beauty of thy daysx
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xx
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against my love shall be as i am now
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with timexs injurious hand crushed and oxerwornx
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when hours have drained his blood and filled his brow
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with lines and wrinklesx when his youthful morn
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hath travelled on to agexs steepy nightx
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and all those beauties whereof now hexs king
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are vanishingx or vanished out of sightx
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stealing away the treasure of his springx
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for such a time do i now fortify
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against confounding agexs cruel knifex
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that he shall never cut from memory
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my sweet lovexs beautyx though my loverxs lifex
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his beauty shall in these black lines be seenx
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and they shall livex and he in them still greenx
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xx
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when i have seen by timexs fell hand defaced
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the richxproud cost of outworn buried agex
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when sometime lofty towers i see downxrasedx
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and brass eternal slave to mortal ragex
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when i have seen the hungry ocean gain
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advantage on the kingdom of the shorex
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and the firm soil win of the watery mainx
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increasing store with lossx and loss with storex
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when i have seen such interchange of statex
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or state it self confoundedx to decayx
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ruin hath taught me thus to ruminate
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that time will come and take my love awayx
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this thought is as a death which cannot choose
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but weep to havex that which it fears to losex
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xx
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since brassx nor stonex nor earthx nor boundless seax
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but sad mortality oxersways their powerx
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how with this rage shall beauty hold a pleax
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whose action is no stronger than a flowerx
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o how shall summerxs honey breath hold outx
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against the wrackful siege of battxring daysx
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when rocks impregnable are not so stoutx
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nor gates of steel so strong but time decaysx
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o fearful meditationx where alackx
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shall timexs best jewel from timexs chest lie hidx
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or what strong hand can hold his swift foot backx
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or who his spoil of beauty can forbidx
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o nonex unless this miracle have mightx
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that in black ink my love may still shine brightx
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xx
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tired with all these for restful death i cryx
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as to behold desert a beggar bornx
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and needy nothing trimmed in jollityx
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and purest faith unhappily forswornx
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and gilded honour shamefully misplacedx
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and maiden virtue rudely strumpetedx
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and right perfection wrongfully disgracedx
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and strength by limping sway disabled
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and art made tonguextied by authorityx
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and folly xdoctorxlikex controlling skillx
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and simple truth miscalled simplicityx
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and captive good attending captain illx
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tired with all thesex from these would i be gonex
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save that to diex i leave my love alonex
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xx
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ah wherefore with infection should he livex
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and with his presence grace impietyx
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that sin by him advantage should achievex
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and lace it self with his societyx
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why should false painting imitate his cheekx
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and steal dead seeming of his living huex
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why should poor beauty indirectly seekx
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roses of shadowx since his rose is truex
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why should he livex now nature bankrupt isx
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beggared of blood to blush through lively veinsx
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for she hath no exchequer now but hisx
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and proud of manyx lives upon his gainsx
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o him she storesx to show what wealth she hadx
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in days long sincex before these last so badx
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xx
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thus is his cheek the map of days outwornx
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when beauty lived and died as flowers do nowx
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before these bastard signs of fair were bornx
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or durst inhabit on a living browx
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before the golden tresses of the deadx
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the right of sepulchresx were shorn awayx
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to live a second life on second headx
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ere beautyxs dead fleece made another gayx
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in him those holy antique hours are seenx
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without all ornamentx it self and truex
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making no summer of anotherxs greenx
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robbing no old to dress his beauty newx
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and him as for a map doth nature storex
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to show false art what beauty was of yorex
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xx
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those parts of thee that the worldxs eye doth viewx
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want nothing that the thought of hearts can mendx
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all tongues xthe voice of soulsx give thee that duex
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uttering bare truthx even so as foes commendx
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thy outward thus with outward praise is crownedx
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but those same tongues that give thee so thine ownx
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in other accents do this praise confound
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by seeing farther than the eye hath shownx
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they look into the beauty of thy mindx
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and that in guess they measure by thy deedsx
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then churls their thoughts xalthough their eyes were kindx
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to thy fair flower add the rank smell of weedsx
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but why thy odour matcheth not thy showx
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the soil is thisx that thou dost common growx
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xx
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that thou art blamed shall not be thy defectx
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for slanderxs mark was ever yet the fairx
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the ornament of beauty is suspectx
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a crow that flies in heavenxs sweetest airx
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so thou be goodx slander doth but approvex
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thy worth the greater being wooed of timex
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for canker vice the sweetest buds doth lovex
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and thou presentxst a pure unstained primex
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thou hast passed by the ambush of young daysx
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either not assailedx or victor being chargedx
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yet this thy praise cannot be so thy praisex
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to tie up envyx evermore enlargedx
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if some suspect of ill masked not thy showx
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then thou alone kingdoms of hearts shouldst owex
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xx
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no longer mourn for me when i am deadx
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than you shall hear the surly sullen bell
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give warning to the world that i am fled
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from this vile world with vilest worms to dwellx
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nay if you read this linex remember notx
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the hand that writ itx for i love you sox
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that i in your sweet thoughts would be forgotx
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if thinking on me then should make you woex
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o if xi sayx you look upon this versex
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when i xperhapsx compounded am with clayx
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do not so much as my poor name rehearsex
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but let your love even with my life decayx
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lest the wise world should look into your moanx
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and mock you with me after i am gonex
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xx
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o lest the world should task you to recitex
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what merit lived in me that you should love
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after my death xdear lovex forget me quitex
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for you in me can nothing worthy provex
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unless you would devise some virtuous liex
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to do more for me than mine own desertx
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and hang more praise upon deceased ix
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than niggard truth would willingly impartx
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o lest your true love may seem false in thisx
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that you for love speak well of me untruex
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my name be buried where my body isx
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and live no more to shame nor mex nor youx
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for i am shamed by that which i bring forthx
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and so should youx to love things nothing worthx
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xx
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that time of year thou mayst in me beholdx
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when yellow leavesx or nonex or few do hang
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upon those boughs which shake against the coldx
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bare ruined choirsx where late the sweet birds sangx
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in me thou seest the twilight of such dayx
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as after sunset fadeth in the westx
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which by and by black night doth take awayx
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deathxs second self that seals up all in restx
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in me thou seest the glowing of such firex
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that on the ashes of his youth doth liex
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as the deathxbedx whereon it must expirex
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consumed with that which it was nourished byx
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this thou perceivxstx which makes thy love more strongx
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to love that wellx which thou must leave ere longx
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xx
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but be contented when that fell arrestx
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without all bail shall carry me awayx
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my life hath in this line some interestx
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which for memorial still with thee shall stayx
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when thou reviewest thisx thou dost reviewx
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the very part was consecrate to theex
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the earth can have but earthx which is his duex
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my spirit is thine the better part of mex
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so then thou hast but lost the dregs of lifex
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the prey of wormsx my body being deadx
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the coward conquest of a wretchxs knifex
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too base of thee to be rememberedx
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the worth of thatx is that which it containsx
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and that is thisx and this with thee remainsx
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xx
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so are you to my thoughts as food to lifex
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or as sweetxseasoned showers are to the groundx
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and for the peace of you i hold such strife
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as xtwixt a miser and his wealth is foundx
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now proud as an enjoyerx and anon
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doubting the filching age will steal his treasurex
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now counting best to be with you alonex
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then bettered that the world may see my pleasurex
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sometime all full with feasting on your sightx
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and by and by clean starved for a lookx
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possessing or pursuing no delight
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save what is hadx or must from you be tookx
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thus do i pine and surfeit day by dayx
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or gluttoning on allx or all awayx
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xx
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why is my verse so barren of new pridex
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so far from variation or quick changex
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why with the time do i not glance aside
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to newxfound methodsx and to compounds strangex
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why write i still all onex ever the samex
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and keep invention in a noted weedx
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that every word doth almost tell my namex
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showing their birthx and where they did proceedx
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o know sweet love i always write of youx
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and you and love are still my argumentx
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so all my best is dressing old words newx
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spending again what is already spentx
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for as the sun is daily new and oldx
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so is my love still telling what is toldx
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xx
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thy glass will show thee how thy beauties wearx
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thy dial how thy precious minutes wastex
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these vacant leaves thy mindxs imprint will bearx
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and of this bookx this learning mayst thou tastex
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the wrinkles which thy glass will truly showx
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of mouthed graves will give thee memoryx
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thou by thy dialxs shady stealth mayst knowx
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timexs thievish progress to eternityx
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look what thy memory cannot containx
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commit to these waste blanksx and thou shalt find
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those children nursedx delivered from thy brainx
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to take a new acquaintance of thy mindx
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these officesx so oft as thou wilt lookx
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shall profit theex and much enrich thy bookx
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xx
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so oft have i invoked thee for my musex
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and found such fair assistance in my versex
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as every alien pen hath got my usex
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and under thee their poesy dispersex
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thine eyesx that taught the dumb on high to singx
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and heavy ignorance aloft to flyx
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have added feathers to the learnedxs wingx
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and given grace a double majestyx
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yet be most proud of that which i compilex
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whose influence is thinex and born of theex
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in othersx works thou dost but mend the stylex
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and arts with thy sweet graces graced bex
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but thou art all my artx and dost advance
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as high as learningx my rude ignorancex
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xx
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whilst i alone did call upon thy aidx
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my verse alone had all thy gentle gracex
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but now my gracious numbers are decayedx
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and my sick muse doth give an other placex
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i grant xsweet lovex thy lovely argument
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deserves the travail of a worthier penx
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yet what of thee thy poet doth inventx
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he robs thee ofx and pays it thee againx
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he lends thee virtuex and he stole that wordx
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from thy behaviourx beauty doth he give
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and found it in thy cheekx he can afford
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no praise to theex but what in thee doth livex
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then thank him not for that which he doth sayx
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since what he owes theex thou thy self dost payx
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xx
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o how i faint when i of you do writex
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knowing a better spirit doth use your namex
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and in the praise thereof spends all his mightx
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to make me tonguextied speaking of your famex
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but since your worth xwide as the ocean isx
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the humble as the proudest sail doth bearx
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my saucy bark xinferior far to hisx
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on your broad main doth wilfully appearx
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your shallowest help will hold me up afloatx
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whilst he upon your soundless deep doth ridex
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or xbeing wreckedx i am a worthless boatx
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he of tall buildingx and of goodly pridex
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then if he thrive and i be cast awayx
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the worst was thisx my love was my decayx
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xx
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or i shall live your epitaph to makex
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or you survive when i in earth am rottenx
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from hence your memory death cannot takex
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although in me each part will be forgottenx
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your name from hence immortal life shall havex
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though i xonce gonex to all the world must diex
|
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the earth can yield me but a common gravex
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when you entombed in menxs eyes shall liex
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your monument shall be my gentle versex
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which eyes not yet created shall oxerxreadx
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and tongues to bex your being shall rehearsex
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when all the breathers of this world are deadx
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you still shall live xsuch virtue hath my penx
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where breath most breathesx even in the mouths of menx
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xx
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i grant thou wert not married to my musex
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and therefore mayst without attaint oxerlook
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the dedicated words which writers use
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of their fair subjectx blessing every bookx
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thou art as fair in knowledge as in huex
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finding thy worth a limit past my praisex
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and therefore art enforced to seek anewx
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some fresher stamp of the timexbettering daysx
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and do so lovex yet when they have devisedx
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what strained touches rhetoric can lendx
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thou truly fairx wert truly sympathizedx
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in true plain wordsx by thy truextelling friendx
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and their gross painting might be better usedx
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where cheeks need bloodx in thee it is abusedx
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xx
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i never saw that you did painting needx
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and therefore to your fair no painting setx
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i found xor thought i foundx you did exceedx
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that barren tender of a poetxs debtx
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and therefore have i slept in your reportx
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that you your self being extant well might showx
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how far a modern quill doth come too shortx
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speaking of worthx what worth in you doth growx
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this silence for my sin you did imputex
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which shall be most my glory being dumbx
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for i impair not beauty being mutex
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when others would give lifex and bring a tombx
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there lives more life in one of your fair eyesx
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than both your poets can in praise devisex
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xx
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who is it that says mostx which can say morex
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than this rich praisex that you alonex are youx
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in whose confine immured is the storex
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which should example where your equal grewx
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lean penury within that pen doth dwellx
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that to his subject lends not some small gloryx
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but he that writes of youx if he can tellx
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that you are youx so dignifies his storyx
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let him but copy what in you is writx
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not making worse what nature made so clearx
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and such a counterpart shall fame his witx
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making his style admired every wherex
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you to your beauteous blessings add a cursex
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being fond on praisex which makes your praises worsex
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xx
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my tonguextied muse in manners holds her stillx
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while comments of your praise richly compiledx
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reserve their character with golden quillx
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and precious phrase by all the muses filedx
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i think good thoughtsx whilst other write good wordsx
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and like unlettered clerk still cry amenx
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to every hymn that able spirit affordsx
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in polished form of well refined penx
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hearing you praisedx i say xtis sox xtis truex
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and to the most of praise add something morex
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but that is in my thoughtx whose love to you
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xthough words come hindmostx holds his rank beforex
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then othersx for the breath of words respectx
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me for my dumb thoughtsx speaking in effectx
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xx
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was it the proud full sail of his great versex
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bound for the prize of xall too preciousx youx
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that did my ripe thoughts in my brain inhearsex
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making their tomb the womb wherein they grewx
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was it his spiritx by spirits taught to writex
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above a mortal pitchx that struck me deadx
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nox neither hex nor his compeers by night
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giving him aidx my verse astonishedx
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he nor that affable familiar ghost
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which nightly gulls him with intelligencex
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as victors of my silence cannot boastx
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i was not sick of any fear from thencex
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but when your countenance filled up his linex
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then lacked i matterx that enfeebled minex
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xx
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farewellx thou art too dear for my possessingx
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and like enough thou knowxst thy estimatex
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the charter of thy worth gives thee releasingx
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my bonds in thee are all determinatex
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for how do i hold thee but by thy grantingx
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and for that riches where is my deservingx
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the cause of this fair gift in me is wantingx
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and so my patent back again is swervingx
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thy self thou gavxstx thy own worth then not knowingx
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or me to whom thou gavxst itx else mistakingx
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so thy great gift upon misprision growingx
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comes home againx on better judgement makingx
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thus have i had thee as a dream doth flatterx
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in sleep a kingx but waking no such matterx
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xx
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when thou shalt be disposed to set me lightx
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and place my merit in the eye of scornx
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upon thy sidex against my self ixll fightx
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and prove thee virtuousx though thou art forswornx
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with mine own weakness being best acquaintedx
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upon thy part i can set down a story
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of faults concealedx wherein i am attaintedx
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that thou in losing mex shalt win much gloryx
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and i by this will be a gainer toox
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for bending all my loving thoughts on theex
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the injuries that to my self i dox
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doing thee vantagex doublexvantage mex
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such is my lovex to thee i so belongx
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that for thy rightx my self will bear all wrongx
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xx
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say that thou didst forsake me for some faultx
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and i will comment upon that offencex
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speak of my lamenessx and i straight will haltx
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against thy reasons making no defencex
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thou canst not xlovex disgrace me half so illx
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to set a form upon desired changex
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as ixll my self disgracex knowing thy willx
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i will acquaintance strangle and look strangex
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be absent from thy walks and in my tonguex
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thy sweet beloved name no more shall dwellx
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lest i xtoo much profanex should do it wronkx
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and haply of our old acquaintance tellx
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for theex against my self ixll vow debatex
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for i must nexer love him whom thou dost hatex
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xx
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then hate me when thou wiltx if everx nowx
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now while the world is bent my deeds to crossx
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join with the spite of fortunex make me bowx
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and do not drop in for an afterxlossx
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ah do notx when my heart hath xscaped this sorrowx
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come in the rearward of a conquered woex
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give not a windy night a rainy morrowx
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to linger out a purposed overthrowx
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if thou wilt leave mex do not leave me lastx
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when other petty griefs have done their spitex
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but in the onset comex so shall i taste
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at first the very worst of fortunexs mightx
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and other strains of woex which now seem woex
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compared with loss of theex will not seem sox
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xx
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some glory in their birthx some in their skillx
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some in their wealthx some in their bodyxs forcex
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some in their garments though newxfangled illx
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some in their hawks and houndsx some in their horsex
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and every humour hath his adjunct pleasurex
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wherein it finds a joy above the restx
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but these particulars are not my measurex
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all these i better in one general bestx
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thy love is better than high birth to mex
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richer than wealthx prouder than garmentsx costsx
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of more delight than hawks and horses bex
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and having theex of all menxs pride i boastx
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wretched in this alonex that thou mayst takex
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all this awayx and me most wretchcd makex
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xx
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but do thy worst to steal thy self awayx
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for term of life thou art assured minex
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and life no longer than thy love will stayx
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for it depends upon that love of thinex
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then need i not to fear the worst of wrongsx
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when in the least of them my life hath endx
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i seex a better state to me belongs
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than thatx which on thy humour doth dependx
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thou canst not vex me with inconstant mindx
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since that my life on thy revolt doth liex
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o what a happy title do i findx
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happy to have thy lovex happy to diex
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but whatxs so blessedxfair that fears no blotx
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thou mayst be falsex and yet i know it notx
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xx
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so shall i livex supposing thou art truex
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like a deceived husbandx so lovexs facex
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may still seem love to mex though altered newx
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thy looks with mex thy heart in other placex
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for there can live no hatred in thine eyex
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therefore in that i cannot know thy changex
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in manyxs looksx the false heartxs history
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is writ in moods and frowns and wrinkles strangex
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but heaven in thy creation did decreex
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that in thy face sweet love should ever dwellx
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whatexer thy thoughtsx or thy heartxs workings bex
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thy looks should nothing thencex but sweetness tellx
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how like evexs apple doth thy beauty growx
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if thy sweet virtue answer not thy showx
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xx
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they that have power to hurtx and will do nonex
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that do not do the thingx they most do showx
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who moving othersx are themselves as stonex
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unmovedx coldx and to temptation slowx
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they rightly do inherit heavenxs gracesx
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and husband naturexs riches from expensex
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tibey are the lords and owners of their facesx
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othersx but stewards of their excellencex
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the summerxs flower is to the summer sweetx
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though to it selfx it only live and diex
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but if that flower with base infection meetx
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the basest weed outbraves his dignityx
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for sweetest things turn sourest by their deedsx
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lilies that festerx smell far worse than weedsx
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xx
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how sweet and lovely dost thou make the shamex
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which like a canker in the fragrant rosex
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doth spot the beauty of thy budding namex
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o in what sweets dost thou thy sins enclosex
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that tongue that tells the story of thy daysx
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xmaking lascivious comments on thy sportx
|
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cannot dispraisex but in a kind of praisex
|
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naming thy namex blesses an ill reportx
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o what a mansion have those vices gotx
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which for their habitation chose out theex
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where beautyxs veil doth cover every blotx
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and all things turns to fairx that eyes can seex
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take heed xdear heartx of this large privilegex
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the hardest knife illxused doth lose his edgex
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xx
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some say thy fault is youthx some wantonnessx
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some say thy grace is youth and gentle sportx
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both grace and faults are loved of more and lessx
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thou makxst faults gracesx that to thee resortx
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as on the finger of a throned queenx
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the basest jewel will be well esteemedx
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so are those errors that in thee are seenx
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to truths translatedx and for true things deemedx
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how many lambs might the stern wolf betrayx
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if like a lamb he could his looks translatex
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how many gazers mightst thou lead awayx
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if thou wouldst use the strength of all thy statex
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but do not sox i love thee in such sortx
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as thou being minex mine is thy good reportx
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xx
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how like a winter hath my absence been
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from theex the pleasure of the fleeting yearx
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what freezings have i feltx what dark days seenx
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what old decemberxs bareness everywherex
|
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and yet this time removed was summerxs timex
|
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the teeming autumn big with rich increasex
|
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bearing the wanton burden of the primex
|
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like widowed wombs after their lordsx deceasex
|
|
yet this abundant issue seemed to me
|
|
but hope of orphansx and unfathered fruitx
|
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for summer and his pleasures wait on theex
|
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and thou awayx the very birds are mutex
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or if they singx xtis with so dull a cheerx
|
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that leaves look palex dreading the winterxs nearx
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xx
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from you have i been absent in the springx
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when proudxpied april xdressed in all his trimx
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hath put a spirit of youth in every thingx
|
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that heavy saturn laughed and leaped with himx
|
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yet nor the lays of birdsx nor the sweet smell
|
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of different flowers in odour and in huex
|
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could make me any summerxs story tellx
|
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or from their proud lap pluck them where they grewx
|
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nor did i wonder at the lilyxs whitex
|
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nor praise the deep vermilion in the rosex
|
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they were but sweetx but figures of delightx
|
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drawn after youx you pattern of all thosex
|
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yet seemed it winter stillx and you awayx
|
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as with your shadow i with these did playx
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xx
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the forward violet thus did i chidex
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sweet thiefx whence didst thou steal thy sweet that smellsx
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if not from my lovexs breathx the purple pride
|
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which on thy soft check for complexion dwellsx
|
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in my lovexs veins thou hast too grossly dyedx
|
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the lily i condemned for thy handx
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and buds of marjoram had stolxn thy hairx
|
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the roses fearfully on thorns did standx
|
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one blushing shamex another white despairx
|
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a third nor redx nor whitex had stolxn of bothx
|
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and to his robbery had annexed thy breathx
|
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but for his theft in pride of all his growth
|
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a vengeful canker eat him up to deathx
|
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more flowers i notedx yet i none could seex
|
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but sweetx or colour it had stolxn from theex
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xxx
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where art thou muse that thou forgetxst so longx
|
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to speak of that which gives thee all thy mightx
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spendxst thou thy fury on some worthless songx
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darkening thy power to lend base subjects lightx
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return forgetful musex and straight redeemx
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in gentle numbers time so idly spentx
|
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sing to the ear that doth thy lays esteemx
|
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and gives thy pen both skill and argumentx
|
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rise resty musex my lovexs sweet face surveyx
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if time have any wrinkle graven therex
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if anyx be a satire to decayx
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and make timexs spoils despised everywherex
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give my love fame faster than time wastes lifex
|
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so thou preventxst his scythex and crooked knifex
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xxx
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o truant muse what shall be thy amendsx
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for thy neglect of truth in beauty dyedx
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both truth and beauty on my love dependsx
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so dost thou toox and therein dignifiedx
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make answer musex wilt thou not haply sayx
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xtruth needs no colour with his colour fixedx
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beauty no pencilx beautyxs truth to layx
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but best is bestx if never intermixedxx
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because he needs no praisex wilt thou be dumbx
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excuse not silence sox forxt lies in theex
|
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to make him much outlive a gilded tombx
|
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and to be praised of ages yet to bex
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then do thy office musex i teach thee howx
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to make him seem long hencex as he shows nowx
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xxx
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my love is strengthened though more weak in seemingx
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i love not lessx though less the show appearx
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that love is merchandizedx whose rich esteemingx
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the ownerxs tongue doth publish every wherex
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our love was newx and then but in the springx
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when i was wont to greet it with my laysx
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as philomel in summerxs front doth singx
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and stops her pipe in growth of riper daysx
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not that the summer is less pleasant now
|
|
than when her mournful hymns did hush the nightx
|
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but that wild music burthens every boughx
|
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and sweets grown common lose their dear delightx
|
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therefore like herx i sometime hold my tonguex
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because i would not dull you with my songx
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xxx
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alack what poverty my muse brings forthx
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that having such a scope to show her pridex
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the argument all bare is of more worth
|
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than when it hath my added praise besidex
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o blame me not if i no more can writex
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look in your glass and there appears a facex
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that overxgoes my blunt invention quitex
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dulling my linesx and doing me disgracex
|
|
were it not sinful then striving to mendx
|
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to mar the subject that before was wellx
|
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for to no other pass my verses tendx
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than of your graces and your gifts to tellx
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and morex much more than in my verse can sitx
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your own glass shows youx when you look in itx
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xxx
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to me fair friend you never can be oldx
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for as you were when first your eye i eyedx
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such seems your beauty stillx three winters coldx
|
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have from the forests shook three summersx pridex
|
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three beauteous springs to yellow autumn turnedx
|
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in process of the seasons have i seenx
|
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three april perfumes in three hot junes burnedx
|
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since first i saw you fresh which yet are greenx
|
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ah yet doth beauty like a dial handx
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steal from his figurex and no pace perceivedx
|
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so your sweet huex which methinks still doth stand
|
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hath motionx and mine eye may be deceivedx
|
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for fear of whichx hear this thou age unbredx
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ere you were born was beautyxs summer deadx
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xxx
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let not my love be called idolatryx
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nor my beloved as an idol showx
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since all alike my songs and praises be
|
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to onex of onex still suchx and ever sox
|
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kind is my love toxdayx toxmorrow kindx
|
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still constant in a wondrous excellencex
|
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therefore my verse to constancy confinedx
|
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one thing expressingx leaves out differencex
|
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fairx kindx and truex is all my argumentx
|
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fairx kindx and truex varying to other wordsx
|
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and in this change is my invention spentx
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three themes in onex which wondrous scope affordsx
|
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fairx kindx and truex have often lived alonex
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which three till nowx never kept seat in onex
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xxx
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when in the chronicle of wasted timex
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i see descriptions of the fairest wightsx
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and beauty making beautiful old rhymex
|
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in praise of ladies deadx and lovely knightsx
|
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then in the blazon of sweet beautyxs bestx
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of handx of footx of lipx of eyex of browx
|
|
i see their antique pen would have expressedx
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even such a beauty as you master nowx
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so all their praises are but prophecies
|
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of this our timex all you prefiguringx
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and for they looked but with divining eyesx
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they had not skill enough your worth to singx
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for we which now behold these present daysx
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have eyes to wonderx but lack tongues to praisex
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xxx
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not mine own fearsx nor the prophetic soulx
|
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of the wide worldx dreaming on things to comex
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can yet the lease of my true love controlx
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supposed as forfeit to a confined doomx
|
|
the mortal moon hath her eclipse enduredx
|
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and the sad augurs mock their own presagex
|
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incertainties now crown themselves assuredx
|
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and peace proclaims olives of endless agex
|
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now with the drops of this most balmy timex
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my love looks freshx and death to me subscribesx
|
|
since spite of him ixll live in this poor rhymex
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while he insults oxer dull and speechless tribesx
|
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and thou in this shalt find thy monumentx
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when tyrantsx crests and tombs of brass are spentx
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xxx
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whatxs in the brain that ink may characterx
|
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which hath not figured to thee my true spiritx
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whatxs new to speakx what now to registerx
|
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that may express my lovex or thy dear meritx
|
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nothing sweet boyx but yet like prayers divinex
|
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i must each day say oxer the very samex
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counting no old thing oldx thou minex i thinex
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even as when first i hallowed thy fair namex
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so that eternal love in lovexs fresh casex
|
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weighs not the dust and injury of agex
|
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nor gives to necessary wrinkles placex
|
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but makes antiquity for aye his pagex
|
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finding the first conceit of love there bredx
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where time and outward form would show it deadx
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xxx
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o never say that i was false of heartx
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though absence seemed my flame to qualifyx
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as easy might i from my self departx
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as from my soul which in thy breast doth liex
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that is my home of lovex if i have rangedx
|
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like him that travels i return againx
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just to the timex not with the time exchangedx
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so that my self bring water for my stainx
|
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never believe though in my nature reignedx
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all frailties that besiege all kinds of bloodx
|
|
that it could so preposterously be stainedx
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to leave for nothing all thy sum of goodx
|
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for nothing this wide universe i callx
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save thou my rosex in it thou art my allx
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xxx
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alas xtis truex i have gone here and therex
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and made my self a motley to the viewx
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gored mine own thoughtsx sold cheap what is most dearx
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made old offences of affections newx
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most true it isx that i have looked on truth
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askance and strangelyx but by all abovex
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these blenches gave my heart another youthx
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and worse essays proved thee my best of lovex
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now all is donex have what shall have no endx
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mine appetite i never more will grind
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on newer proofx to try an older friendx
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a god in lovex to whom i am confinedx
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then give me welcomex next my heaven the bestx
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even to thy pure and most most loving breastx
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xxx
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o for my sake do you with fortune chidex
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the guilty goddess of my harmful deedsx
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that did not better for my life providex
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than public means which public manners breedsx
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thence comes it that my name receives a brandx
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and almost thence my nature is subdued
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to what it works inx like the dyerxs handx
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pity me thenx and wish i were renewedx
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whilst like a willing patient i will drinkx
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potions of eisel xgainst my strong infectionx
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no bitterness that i will bitter thinkx
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nor double penance to correct correctionx
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pity me then dear friendx and i assure yex
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even that your pity is enough to cure mex
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xxx
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your love and pity doth thx impression fillx
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which vulgar scandal stamped upon my browx
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for what care i who calls me well or illx
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so you oxerxgreen my badx my good allowx
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you are my all the worldx and i must strivex
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to know my shames and praises from your tonguex
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none else to mex nor i to none alivex
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that my steeled sense or changes right or wrongx
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in so profound abysm i throw all care
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of othersx voicesx that my adderxs sensex
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to critic and to flatterer stopped arex
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mark how with my neglect i do dispensex
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you are so strongly in my purpose bredx
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that all the world besides methinks are deadx
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xxx
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since i left youx mine eye is in my mindx
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and that which governs me to go aboutx
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doth part his functionx and is partly blindx
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seems seeingx but effectually is outx
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for it no form delivers to the heart
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of birdx of flowerx or shape which it doth latchx
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of his quick objects hath the mind no partx
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nor his own vision holds what it doth catchx
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for if it see the rudxst or gentlest sightx
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the most sweet favour or deformedxst creaturex
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the mountainx or the seax the dayx or nightx
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the crowx or dovex it shapes them to your featurex
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incapable of morex replete with youx
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my most true mind thus maketh mine untruex
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xxx
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or whether doth my mind being crowned with you
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drink up the monarchxs plague this flatteryx
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or whether shall i say mine eye saith truex
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and that your love taught it this alchemyx
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to make of monstersx and things indigestx
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such cherubins as your sweet self resemblex
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creating every bad a perfect best
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as fast as objects to his beams assemblex
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o xtis the firstx xtis flattery in my seeingx
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and my great mind most kingly drinks it upx
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mine eye well knows what with his gust is xgreeingx
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and to his palate doth prepare the cupx
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if it be poisonedx xtis the lesser sinx
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that mine eye loves it and doth first beginx
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xxx
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those lines that i before have writ do liex
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even those that said i could not love you dearerx
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yet then my judgment knew no reason whyx
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my most full flame should afterwards burn clearerx
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but reckoning timex whose millioned accidents
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creep in xtwixt vowsx and change decrees of kingsx
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tan sacred beautyx blunt the sharpxst intentsx
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divert strong minds to the course of altxring thingsx
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alas why fearing of timexs tyrannyx
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might i not then say xnow i love you bestxx
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when i was certain oxer incertaintyx
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crowning the presentx doubting of the restx
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love is a babex then might i not say so
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to give full growth to that which still doth growx
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xxx
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let me not to the marriage of true minds
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admit impedimentsx love is not love
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which alters when it alteration findsx
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or bends with the remover to removex
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o nox it is an everxfixed mark
|
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that looks on tempests and is never shakenx
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it is the star to every wandxring barkx
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whose worthxs unknownx although his height be takenx
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lovexs not timexs foolx though rosy lips and cheeks
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within his bending sicklexs compass comex
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love alters not with his brief hours and weeksx
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but bears it out even to the edge of doomx
|
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if this be error and upon me provedx
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i never writx nor no man ever lovedx
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xxx
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accuse me thusx that i have scanted allx
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wherein i should your great deserts repayx
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forgot upon your dearest love to callx
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whereto all bonds do tie me day by dayx
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that i have frequent been with unknown mindsx
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and given to time your own dearxpurchased rightx
|
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that i have hoisted sail to all the winds
|
|
which should transport me farthest from your sightx
|
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book both my wilfulness and errors downx
|
|
and on just proof surmisex accumulatex
|
|
bring me within the level of your frownx
|
|
but shoot not at me in your wakened hatex
|
|
since my appeal says i did strive to prove
|
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the constancy and virtue of your lovex
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xxx
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like as to make our appetite more keen
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with eager compounds we our palate urgex
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as to prevent our maladies unseenx
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we sicken to shun sickness when we purgex
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even so being full of your nexerxcloying sweetnessx
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to bitter sauces did i frame my feedingx
|
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and sick of welfare found a kind of meetnessx
|
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to be diseased ere that there was true needingx
|
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thus policy in love tx anticipate
|
|
the ills that were notx grew to faults assuredx
|
|
and brought to medicine a healthful state
|
|
which rank of goodness would by ill be curedx
|
|
but thence i learn and find the lesson truex
|
|
drugs poison him that so feil sick of youx
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xxx
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what potions have i drunk of siren tears
|
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distilled from limbecks foul as hell withinx
|
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applying fears to hopesx and hopes to fearsx
|
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still losing when i saw my self to winx
|
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what wretched errors hath my heart committedx
|
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whilst it hath thought it self so blessed neverx
|
|
how have mine eyes out of their spheres been fitted
|
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in the distraction of this madding feverx
|
|
o benefit of illx now i find true
|
|
that better isx by evil still made betterx
|
|
and ruined love when it is built anew
|
|
grows fairer than at firstx more strongx far greaterx
|
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so i return rebuked to my contentx
|
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and gain by ills thrice more than i have spentx
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xxx
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that you were once unkind befriends me nowx
|
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and for that sorrowx which i then did feelx
|
|
needs must i under my transgression bowx
|
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unless my nerves were brass or hammered steelx
|
|
for if you were by my unkindness shaken
|
|
as i by yoursx yxhave passed a hell of timex
|
|
and i a tyrant have no leisure taken
|
|
to weigh how once i suffered in your crimex
|
|
o that our night of woe might have remembered
|
|
my deepest sensex how hard true sorrow hitsx
|
|
and soon to youx as you to me then tendered
|
|
the humble salvex which wounded bosoms fitsx
|
|
but that your trespass now becomes a feex
|
|
mine ransoms yoursx and yours must ransom mex
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xxx
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xtis better to be vile than vile esteemedx
|
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when not to bex receives reproach of beingx
|
|
and the just pleasure lostx which is so deemedx
|
|
not by our feelingx but by othersx seeingx
|
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for why should othersx false adulterate eyes
|
|
give salutation to my sportive bloodx
|
|
or on my frailties why are frailer spiesx
|
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which in their wills count bad what i think goodx
|
|
nox i am that i amx and they that level
|
|
at my abusesx reckon up their ownx
|
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i may be straight though they themselves be bevelx
|
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by their rank thoughtsx my deeds must not be shown
|
|
unless this general evil they maintainx
|
|
all men are bad and in their badness reignx
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xxx
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thy giftx thy tablesx are within my brain
|
|
full charactered with lasting memoryx
|
|
which shall above that idle rank remain
|
|
beyond all date even to eternityx
|
|
or at the leastx so long as brain and heart
|
|
have faculty by nature to subsistx
|
|
till each to razed oblivion yield his part
|
|
of theex thy record never can be missedx
|
|
that poor retention could not so much holdx
|
|
nor need i tallies thy dear love to scorex
|
|
therefore to give them from me was i boldx
|
|
to trust those tables that receive thee morex
|
|
to keep an adjunct to remember thee
|
|
were to import forgetfulness in mex
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xxx
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nox timex thou shalt not boast that i do changex
|
|
thy pyramids built up with newer might
|
|
to me are nothing novelx nothing strangex
|
|
they are but dressings of a former sightx
|
|
our dates are briefx and therefore we admirex
|
|
what thou dost foist upon us that is oldx
|
|
and rather make them born to our desirex
|
|
than think that we before have heard them toldx
|
|
thy registers and thee i both defyx
|
|
not wondxring at the presentx nor the pastx
|
|
for thy recordsx and what we see doth liex
|
|
made more or less by thy continual hastex
|
|
this i do vow and this shall ever bex
|
|
i will be true despite thy scythe and theex
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xxx
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if my dear love were but the child of statex
|
|
it might for fortunexs bastard be unfatheredx
|
|
as subject to timexs love or to timexs hatex
|
|
weeds among weedsx or flowers with flowers gatheredx
|
|
no it was builded far from accidentx
|
|
it suffers not in smiling pompx nor falls
|
|
under the blow of thralled discontentx
|
|
whereto thx inviting time our fashion callsx
|
|
it fears not policy that hereticx
|
|
which works on leases of shortxnumbered hoursx
|
|
but all alone stands hugely politicx
|
|
that it nor grows with heatx nor drowns with showersx
|
|
to this i witness call the fools of timex
|
|
which die for goodnessx who have lived for crimex
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xxx
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werext aught to me i bore the canopyx
|
|
with my extern the outward honouringx
|
|
or laid great bases for eternityx
|
|
which proves more short than waste or ruiningx
|
|
have i not seen dwellers on form and favour
|
|
lose allx and more by paying too much rent
|
|
for compound sweetx forgoing simple savourx
|
|
pitiful thrivers in their gazing spentx
|
|
nox let me be obsequious in thy heartx
|
|
and take thou my oblationx poor but freex
|
|
which is not mixed with secondsx knows no artx
|
|
but mutual renderx only me for theex
|
|
hencex thou suborned informerx a true soul
|
|
when most impeachedx stands least in thy controlx
|
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xxx
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o thou my lovely boy who in thy powerx
|
|
dost hold timexs fickle glass his fickle hourx
|
|
who hast by waning grownx and therein showxstx
|
|
thy lovers witheringx as thy sweet self growxstx
|
|
if nature xsovereign mistress over wrackx
|
|
as thou goest onwards still will pluck thee backx
|
|
she keeps thee to this purposex that her skill
|
|
may time disgracex and wretched minutes killx
|
|
yet fear her o thou minion of her pleasurex
|
|
she may detainx but not still keep her treasurex
|
|
her audit xthough delayedx answered must bex
|
|
and her quietus is to render theex
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xxx
|
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in the old age black was not counted fairx
|
|
or if it were it bore not beautyxs namex
|
|
but now is black beautyxs successive heirx
|
|
and beauty slandered with a bastard shamex
|
|
for since each hand hath put on naturexs powerx
|
|
fairing the foul with artxs false borrowed facex
|
|
sweet beauty hath no name no holy bowerx
|
|
but is profanedx if not lives in disgracex
|
|
therefore my mistressx eyes are raven blackx
|
|
her eyes so suitedx and they mourners seemx
|
|
at such who not born fair no beauty lackx
|
|
slandering creation with a false esteemx
|
|
yet so they mourn becoming of their woex
|
|
that every tongue says beauty should look sox
|
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xxx
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how oft when thoux my musicx music playxstx
|
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upon that blessed wood whose motion sounds
|
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with thy sweet fingers when thou gently swayxst
|
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the wiry concord that mine ear confoundsx
|
|
do i envy those jacks that nimble leapx
|
|
to kiss the tender inward of thy handx
|
|
whilst my poor lips which should that harvest reapx
|
|
at the woodxs boldness by thee blushing standx
|
|
to be so tickled they would change their state
|
|
and situation with those dancing chipsx
|
|
oxer whom thy fingers walk with gentle gaitx
|
|
making dead wood more blest than living lipsx
|
|
since saucy jacks so happy are in thisx
|
|
give them thy fingersx me thy lips to kissx
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xxx
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thx expense of spirit in a waste of shame
|
|
is lust in actionx and till actionx lust
|
|
is perjuredx murdxrousx bloody full of blamex
|
|
savagex extremex rudex cruelx not to trustx
|
|
enjoyed no sooner but despised straightx
|
|
past reason huntedx and no sooner had
|
|
past reason hated as a swallowed baitx
|
|
on purpose laid to make the taker madx
|
|
mad in pursuit and in possession sox
|
|
hadx havingx and in questx to have extremex
|
|
a bliss in proof and provedx a very woex
|
|
before a joy proposed behind a dreamx
|
|
all this the world well knows yet none knows wellx
|
|
to shun the heaven that leads men to this hellx
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xxx
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my mistressx eyes are nothing like the sunx
|
|
coral is far more redx than her lips redx
|
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if snow be whitex why then her breasts are dunx
|
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if hairs be wiresx black wires grow on her headx
|
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i have seen roses damaskedx red and whitex
|
|
but no such roses see i in her cheeksx
|
|
and in some perfumes is there more delightx
|
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than in the breath that from my mistress reeksx
|
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i love to hear her speakx yet well i knowx
|
|
that music hath a far more pleasing soundx
|
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i grant i never saw a goddess gox
|
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my mistress when she walks treads on the groundx
|
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and yet by heaven i think my love as rarex
|
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as any she belied with false comparex
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xxx
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thou art as tyrannousx so as thou artx
|
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as those whose beauties proudly make them cruelx
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|
for well thou knowxst to my dear doting heart
|
|
thou art the fairest and most precious jewelx
|
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yet in good faith some say that thee beholdx
|
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thy face hath not the power to make love groanx
|
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to say they errx i dare not be so boldx
|
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although i swear it to my self alonex
|
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and to be sure that is not false i swearx
|
|
a thousand groans but thinking on thy facex
|
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one on anotherxs neck do witness bear
|
|
thy black is fairest in my judgmentxs placex
|
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in nothing art thou black save in thy deedsx
|
|
and thence this slander as i think proceedsx
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xxx
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thine eyes i lovex and they as pitying mex
|
|
knowing thy heart torment me with disdainx
|
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have put on blackx and loving mourners bex
|
|
looking with pretty ruth upon my painx
|
|
and truly not the morning sun of heaven
|
|
better becomes the grey cheeks of the eastx
|
|
nor that full star that ushers in the even
|
|
doth half that glory to the sober west
|
|
as those two mourning eyes become thy facex
|
|
o let it then as well beseem thy heart
|
|
to mourn for me since mourning doth thee gracex
|
|
and suit thy pity like in every partx
|
|
then will i swear beauty herself is blackx
|
|
and all they foul that thy complexion lackx
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xxx
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beshrew that heart that makes my heart to groan
|
|
for that deep wound it gives my friend and mex
|
|
isxt not enough to torture me alonex
|
|
but slave to slavery my sweetxst friend must bex
|
|
me from my self thy cruel eye hath takenx
|
|
and my next self thou harder hast engrossedx
|
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of himx my selfx and thee i am forsakenx
|
|
a torment thrice threexfold thus to be crossedx
|
|
prison my heart in thy steel bosomxs wardx
|
|
but then my friendxs heart let my poor heart bailx
|
|
whoexer keeps mex let my heart be his guardx
|
|
thou canst not then use rigour in my gaolx
|
|
and yet thou wiltx for i being pent in theex
|
|
perforce am thine and all that is in mex
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xxx
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so now i have confessed that he is thinex
|
|
and i my self am mortgaged to thy willx
|
|
my self ixll forfeitx so that other minex
|
|
thou wilt restore to be my comfort stillx
|
|
but thou wilt notx nor he will not be freex
|
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for thou art covetousx and he is kindx
|
|
he learned but suretyxlike to write for mex
|
|
under that bond that him as fist doth bindx
|
|
the statute of thy beauty thou wilt takex
|
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thou usurer that putxst forth all to usex
|
|
and sue a friendx came debtor for my sakex
|
|
so him i lose through my unkind abusex
|
|
him have i lostx thou hast both him and mex
|
|
he pays the wholex and yet am i not freex
|
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xxx
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whoever hath her wishx thou hast thy willx
|
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and will to bootx and will in overplusx
|
|
more than enough am i that vex thee stillx
|
|
to thy sweet will making addition thusx
|
|
wilt thou whose will is large and spaciousx
|
|
not once vouchsafe to hide my will in thinex
|
|
shall will in others seem right graciousx
|
|
and in my will no fair acceptance shinex
|
|
the sea all waterx yet receives rain stillx
|
|
and in abundance addeth to his storex
|
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so thou being rich in will add to thy will
|
|
one will of mine to make thy large will morex
|
|
let no unkindx no fair beseechers killx
|
|
think all but onex and me in that one willx
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xxx
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if thy soul check thee that i come so nearx
|
|
swear to thy blind soul that i was thy willx
|
|
and will thy soul knows is admitted therex
|
|
thus far for lovex my lovexsuit sweet fulfilx
|
|
will will fulfil the treasure of thy lovex
|
|
ayx fill it full with willsx and my will onex
|
|
in things of great receipt with case we provex
|
|
among a number one is reckoned nonex
|
|
then in the number let me pass untoldx
|
|
though in thy storexs account i one must bex
|
|
for nothing hold mex so it please thee holdx
|
|
that nothing mex a something sweet to theex
|
|
make but my name thy lovex and love that stillx
|
|
and then thou lovxst me for my name is willx
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xxx
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thou blind fool lovex what dost thou to mine eyesx
|
|
that they behold and see not what they seex
|
|
they know what beauty isx see where it liesx
|
|
yet what the best isx take the worst to bex
|
|
if eyes corrupt by overxpartial looksx
|
|
be anchored in the bay where all men ridex
|
|
why of eyesx falsehood hast thou forged hooksx
|
|
whereto the judgment of my heart is tiedx
|
|
why should my heart think that a several plotx
|
|
which my heart knows the wide worldxs common placex
|
|
or mine eyes seeing thisx say this is not
|
|
to put fair truth upon so foul a facex
|
|
in things right true my heart and eyes have erredx
|
|
and to this false plague are they now transferredx
|
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xxx
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when my love swears that she is made of truthx
|
|
i do believe her though i know she liesx
|
|
that she might think me some untutored youthx
|
|
unlearned in the worldxs false subtletiesx
|
|
thus vainly thinking that she thinks me youngx
|
|
although she knows my days are past the bestx
|
|
simply i credit her falsexspeaking tonguex
|
|
on both sides thus is simple truth suppressedx
|
|
but wherefore says she not she is unjustx
|
|
and wherefore say not i that i am oldx
|
|
o lovexs best habit is in seeming trustx
|
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and age in lovex loves not to have years toldx
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therefore i lie with herx and she with mex
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and in our faults by lies we flattered bex
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xxx
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o call not me to justify the wrongx
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that thy unkindness lays upon my heartx
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wound me not with thine eye but with thy tonguex
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use power with powerx and slay me not by artx
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tell me thou lovxst elsewherex but in my sightx
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dear heart forbear to glance thine eye asidex
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what needxst thou wound with cunning when thy might
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is more than my oxerpressed defence can bidex
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let me excuse theex ah my love well knowsx
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her pretty looks have been mine enemiesx
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and therefore from my face she turns my foesx
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that they elsewhere might dart their injuriesx
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yet do not sox but since i am near slainx
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kill me outright with looksx and rid my painx
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xxx
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be wise as thou art cruelx do not press
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my tonguextied patience with too much disdainx
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lest sorrow lend me words and words expressx
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the manner of my pityxwanting painx
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if i might teach thee wit better it werex
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though not to lovex yet love to tell me sox
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as testy sick men when their deaths be nearx
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no news but health from their physicians knowx
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for if i should despair i should grow madx
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and in my madness might speak ill of theex
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now this illxwresting world is grown so badx
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mad slanderers by mad ears believed bex
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that i may not be sox nor thou beliedx
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bear thine eyes straightx though thy proud heart go widex
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xxx
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in faith i do not love thee with mine eyesx
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for they in thee a thousand errors notex
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but xtis my heart that loves what they despisex
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who in despite of view is pleased to dotex
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nor are mine cars with thy tonguexs tune delightedx
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nor tender feeling to base touches pronex
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nor tastex nor smellx desire to be invited
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to any sensual feast with thee alonex
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but my five witsx nor my five senses can
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dissuade one foolish heart from serving theex
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who leaves unswayed the likeness of a manx
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thy proud heartxs slave and vassal wretch to bex
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only my plague thus far i count my gainx
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that she that makes me sinx awards me painx
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xxx
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love is my sinx and thy dear virtue hatex
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hate of my sinx grounded on sinful lovingx
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o but with minex compare thou thine own statex
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and thou shalt find it merits not reprovingx
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or if it dox not from those lips of thinex
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that have profaned their scarlet ornamentsx
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and sealed false bonds of love as oft as minex
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robbed othersx bedsx revenues of their rentsx
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be it lawful i love thee as thou lovxst thosex
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whom thine eyes woo as mine importune theex
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root pity in thy heart that when it growsx
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thy pity may deserve to pitied bex
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if thou dost seek to have what thou dost hidex
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by selfxexample mayst thou be deniedx
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xxx
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lo as a careful huswife runs to catchx
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one of her feathered creatures broke awayx
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sets down her babe and makes all swift dispatch
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in pursuit of the thing she would have stayx
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whilst her neglected child holds her in chasex
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cries to catch her whose busy care is bentx
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to follow that which flies before her facex
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not prizing her poor infantxs discontentx
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so runxst thou after that which flies from theex
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whilst i thy babe chase thee afar behindx
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but if thou catch thy hope turn back to mex
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and play the motherxs partx kiss mex be kindx
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so will i pray that thou mayst have thy willx
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if thou turn back and my loud crying stillx
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xxx
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two loves i have of comfort and despairx
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which like two spirits do suggest me stillx
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the better angel is a man right fairx
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the worser spirit a woman coloured illx
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to win me soon to hell my female evilx
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tempteth my better angel from my sidex
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and would corrupt my saint to be a devilx
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wooing his purity with her foul pridex
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and whether that my angel be turned fiendx
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suspect i mayx yet not directly tellx
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but being both from me both to each friendx
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i guess one angel in anotherxs hellx
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yet this shall i nexer know but live in doubtx
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till my bad angel fire my good one outx
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xxx
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those lips that lovexs own hand did makex
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breathed forth the sound that said xi hatexx
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to me that languished for her sakex
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but when she saw my woeful statex
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straight in her heart did mercy comex
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chiding that tongue that ever sweetx
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was used in giving gentle doomx
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and taught it thus anew to greetx
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xi hatex she altered with an endx
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that followed it as gentle dayx
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doth follow night who like a fiend
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from heaven to hell is flown awayx
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xi hatexx from hate away she threwx
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and saved my life saying xnot youxx
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xxx
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poor soul the centre of my sinful earthx
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my sinful earth these rebel powers arrayx
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why dost thou pine within and suffer dearth
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painting thy outward walls so costly gayx
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why so large cost having so short a leasex
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dost thou upon thy fading mansion spendx
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shall worms inheritors of this excess
|
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eat up thy chargex is this thy bodyxs endx
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then soul live thou upon thy servantxs lossx
|
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and let that pine to aggravate thy storex
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buy terms divine in selling hours of drossx
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within be fedx without be rich no morex
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so shall thou feed on deathx that feeds on menx
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and death once deadx therexs no more dying thenx
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xxx
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my love is as a fever longing stillx
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for that which longer nurseth the diseasex
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feeding on that which doth preserve the illx
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thx uncertain sickly appetite to pleasex
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my reason the physician to my lovex
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angry that his prescriptions are not kept
|
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hath left mex and i desperate now approvex
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desire is deathx which physic did exceptx
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past cure i amx now reason is past carex
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and franticxmad with evermore unrestx
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my thoughts and my discourse as mad menxs arex
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at random from the truth vainly expressedx
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for i have sworn thee fairx and thought thee brightx
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who art as black as hellx as dark as nightx
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xxx
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o mex what eyes hath love put in my headx
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which have no correspondence with true sightx
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or if they havex where is my judgment fledx
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that censures falsely what they see arightx
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if that be fair whereon my false eyes dotex
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what means the world to say it is not sox
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if it be notx then love doth well denotex
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lovexs eye is not so true as all menxsx nox
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how can itx o how can lovexs eye be truex
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that is so vexed with watching and with tearsx
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no marvel then though i mistake my viewx
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the sun it self sees notx till heaven clearsx
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o cunning lovex with tears thou keepxst me blindx
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lest eyes wellxseeing thy foul faults should findx
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xxx
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canst thou o cruelx say i love thee notx
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when i against my self with thee partakex
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do i not think on thee when i forgot
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am of my selfx allxtyrantx for thy sakex
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who hateth thee that i do call my friendx
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on whom frownxst thou that i do fawn uponx
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nay if thou lourxst on me do i not spend
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revenge upon my self with present moanx
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what merit do i in my self respectx
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that is so proud thy service to despisex
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when all my best doth worship thy defectx
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commanded by the motion of thine eyesx
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but love hate on for now i know thy mindx
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those that can see thou lovxstx and i am blindx
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xxx
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o from what power hast thou this powerful mightx
|
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with insufficiency my heart to swayx
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to make me give the lie to my true sightx
|
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and swear that brightness doth not grace the dayx
|
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whence hast thou this becoming of things illx
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that in the very refuse of thy deedsx
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there is such strength and warrantise of skillx
|
|
that in my mind thy worst all best exceedsx
|
|
who taught thee how to make me love thee morex
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the more i hear and see just cause of hatex
|
|
o though i love what others do abhorx
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with others thou shouldst not abhor my statex
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if thy unworthiness raised love in mex
|
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more worthy i to be beloved of theex
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xxx
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love is too young to know what conscience isx
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yet who knows not conscience is born of lovex
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then gentle cheater urge not my amissx
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lest guilty of my faults thy sweet self provex
|
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for thou betraying mex i do betray
|
|
my nobler part to my gross bodyxs treasonx
|
|
my soul doth tell my body that he mayx
|
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triumph in lovex flesh stays no farther reasonx
|
|
but rising at thy name doth point out theex
|
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as his triumphant prizex proud of this pridex
|
|
he is contented thy poor drudge to bex
|
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to stand in thy affairsx fall by thy sidex
|
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no want of conscience hold it that i callx
|
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her lovex for whose dear love i rise and fallx
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xxx
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in loving thee thou knowxst i am forswornx
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but thou art twice forsworn to me love swearingx
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in act thy bedxvow broke and new faith tornx
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|
in vowing new hate after new love bearingx
|
|
but why of two oathsx breach do i accuse theex
|
|
when i break twentyx i am perjured mostx
|
|
for all my vows are oaths but to misuse theex
|
|
and all my honest faith in thee is lostx
|
|
for i have sworn deep oaths of thy deep kindnessx
|
|
oaths of thy lovex thy truthx thy constancyx
|
|
and to enlighten thee gave eyes to blindnessx
|
|
or made them swear against the thing they seex
|
|
for i have sworn thee fairx more perjured ix
|
|
to swear against the truth so foul a bex
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xxx
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cupid laid by his brand and fell asleepx
|
|
a maid of dianxs this advantage foundx
|
|
and his lovexkindling fire did quickly steep
|
|
in a cold valleyxfountain of that groundx
|
|
which borrowed from this holy fire of lovex
|
|
a dateless lively heat still to endurex
|
|
and grew a seeting bath which yet men provex
|
|
against strange maladies a sovereign curex
|
|
but at my mistressx eye lovexs brand newxfiredx
|
|
the boy for trial needs would touch my breastx
|
|
i sick withal the help of bath desiredx
|
|
and thither hied a sad distempered guestx
|
|
but found no curex the bath for my help liesx
|
|
where cupid got new firex my mistressx eyesx
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xxx
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the little lovexgod lying once asleepx
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laid by his side his heartxinflaming brandx
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|
whilst many nymphs that vowed chaste life to keepx
|
|
came tripping byx but in her maiden handx
|
|
the fairest votary took up that firex
|
|
which many legions of true hearts had warmedx
|
|
and so the general of hot desirex
|
|
was sleeping by a virgin hand disarmedx
|
|
this brand she quenched in a cool well byx
|
|
which from lovexs fire took heat perpetualx
|
|
growing a bath and healthful remedyx
|
|
for men discasedx but i my mistressx thrallx
|
|
came there for cure and this by that i provex
|
|
lovexs fire heats waterx water cools not lovex
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the end
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allxs well that ends well
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contents
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act i
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scene ix rossillonx a room in the countessxs palacex
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scene iix parisx a room in the kingxs palacex
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scene iiix rossillonx a room in the palacex
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act ii
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scene ix parisx a room in the kingxs palacex
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scene iix rossillonx a room in the countessxs palacex
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scene iiix parisx the kingxs palacex
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scene ivx parisx the kingxs palacex
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scene vx another room in the samex
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act iii
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scene ix florencex a room in the dukexs palacex
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scene iix rossillonx a room in the countessxs palacex
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scene iiix florencex before the dukexs palacex
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scene ivx rossillonx a room in the countessxs palacex
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scene vx without the walls of florencex
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scene vix camp before florencex
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scene viix florencex a room in the widowxs housex
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act iv
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scene ix without the florentine campx
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scene iix florencex a room in the widowxs housex
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scene iiix the florentine campx
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scene ivx florencex a room in the widowxs housex
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scene vx rossillonx a room in the countessxs palacex
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act v
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scene ix marseillesx a streetx
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scene iix rossillonx the inner court of the countessxs palacex
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scene iiix the samex a room in the countessxs palacex
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dramatis personx
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king of francex
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the duke of florencex
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bertramx count of rossillonx
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lafewx an old lordx
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parollesx a follower of bertramx
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several young french lordsx that serve with bertram in the florentine
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warx
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rynaldox servant to the countess of rossillonx
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clownx servant to the countess of rossillonx
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a pagex servant to the countess of rossillonx
|
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countess of rossillonx mother to bertramx
|
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helenax a gentlewoman protected by the countessx
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an old widow of florencex
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dianax daughter to the widowx
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violentax neighbour and friend to the widowx
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marianax neighbour and friend to the widowx
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lords attending on the kingx officersx soldiersx xcxx french and
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florentinex
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scenex partly in francex and partly in tuscanyx
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act i
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scene ix rossillonx a room in the countessxs palacex
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enter bertramx the countess of rossillonx helenax and lafewx all in
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blackx
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countessx
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in delivering my son from mex i bury a second husbandx
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bertramx
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and i in goingx madamx weep oxer my fatherxs death anewx but i must
|
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attend his majestyxs commandx to whom i am now in wardx evermore in
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subjectionx
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lafewx
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you shall find of the king a husbandx madamx youx sirx a fatherx he
|
|
that so generally is at all times goodx must of necessity hold his
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virtue to youx whose worthiness would stir it up where it wantedx
|
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rather than lack it where there is such abundancex
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countessx
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what hope is there of his majestyxs amendmentx
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lafewx
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he hath abandonxd his physiciansx madamx under whose practices he hath
|
|
persecuted time with hopex and finds no other advantage in the process
|
|
but only the losing of hope by timex
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countessx
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this young gentlewoman had a fatherxo that xhadxxx how sad a passage
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xtisxxwhose skill was almost as great as his honestyx had it stretchxd
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so farx would have made nature immortalx and death should have play for
|
|
lack of workx would for the kingxs sake he were livingx i think it
|
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would be the death of the kingxs diseasex
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lafewx
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how called you the man you speak ofx madamx
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countessx
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he was famousx sirx in his professionx and it was his great right to be
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sox gerard de narbonx
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lafewx
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he was excellent indeedx madamx the king very lately spoke of him
|
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admiringlyx and mourninglyx he was skilful enough to have livxd stillx
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if knowledge could be set up against mortalityx
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bertramx
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what is itx my good lordx the king languishes ofx
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lafewx
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a fistulax my lordx
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bertramx
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i heard not of it beforex
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lafewx
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i would it were not notoriousx was this gentlewoman the daughter of
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gerard de narbonx
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countessx
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his sole childx my lordx and bequeathed to my overlookingx i have those
|
|
hopes of her good that her education promises her dispositions she
|
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inheritsx which makes fair gifts fairerx for where an unclean mind
|
|
carries virtuous qualitiesx there commendations go with pityx they are
|
|
virtues and traitors toox in her they are the better for their
|
|
simplenessx she derives her honestyx and achieves her goodnessx
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lafewx
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your commendationsx madamx get from her tearsx
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countessx
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xtis the best brine a maiden can season her praise inx the remembrance
|
|
of her father never approaches her heart but the tyranny of her sorrows
|
|
takes all livelihood from her cheekx no more of thisx helenax go tox no
|
|
morex lest it be rather thought you affect a sorrow than to havex
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helenax
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i do affect a sorrow indeedx but i have it toox
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lafewx
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moderate lamentation is the right of the deadx excessive grief the
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enemy to the livingx
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countessx
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if the living be enemy to the griefx the excess makes it soon mortalx
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bertramx
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madamx i desire your holy wishesx
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lafewx
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how understand we thatx
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countessx
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be thou blestx bertramx and succeed thy father
|
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in mannersx as in shapex thy blood and virtue
|
|
contend for empire in theex and thy goodness
|
|
share with thy birthrightx love allx trust a fewx
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do wrong to nonex be able for thine enemy
|
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rather in power than usex and keep thy friend
|
|
under thy own lifexs keyx be checkxd for silencex
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but never taxxd for speechx what heaven more willx
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|
that thee may furnish and my prayers pluck downx
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|
fall on thy headx farewellx my lordx
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xtis an unseasonxd courtierx good my lordx
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advise himx
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lafewx
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he cannot want the best
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that shall attend his lovex
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countessx
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heaven bless himx farewellx bertramx
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xxexit countessxxx
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bertramx
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the best wishes that can be forgxd in your thoughts be servants to youx
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xxto helenaxxx be comfortable to my motherx your mistressx and make
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much of herx
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lafewx
|
|
farewellx pretty ladyx you must hold the credit of your fatherx
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xxexeunt bertram and lafewxxx
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helenax
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ox were that allx i think not on my fatherx
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|
and these great tears grace his remembrance more
|
|
than those i shed for himx what was he likex
|
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i have forgot himx my imagination
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carries no favour inxt but bertramxsx
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i am undonex there is no livingx nonex
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|
if bertram be awayx xtwere all one
|
|
that i should love a bright particular starx
|
|
and think to wed itx he is so above mex
|
|
in his bright radiance and collateral light
|
|
must i be comfortedx not in his spherex
|
|
thxambition in my love thus plagues itselfx
|
|
the hind that would be mated by the lion
|
|
must die for lovex xtwas prettyx though a plaguex
|
|
to see him every hourx to sit and draw
|
|
his arched browsx his hawking eyex his curlsx
|
|
in our heartxs tablexxheart too capable
|
|
of every line and trick of his sweet favourx
|
|
but now hexs gonex and my idolatrous fancy
|
|
must sanctify his relicsx who comes herex
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enter parollesx
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one that goes with himx i love him for his sakex
|
|
and yet i know him a notorious liarx
|
|
think him a great way foolx solely a cowardx
|
|
yet these fixxd evils sit so fit in him
|
|
that they take place when virtuexs steely bones
|
|
looks bleak ix thx cold windx withalx full oft we see
|
|
cold wisdom waiting on superfluous follyx
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parollesx
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|
save youx fair queenx
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helenax
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and youx monarchx
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parollesx
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nox
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helenax
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and nox
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parollesx
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are you meditating on virginityx
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helenax
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ayx you have some stain of soldier in youx let me ask you a questionx
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man is enemy to virginityx how may we barricado it against himx
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parollesx
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keep him outx
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helenax
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but he assailsx and our virginityx though valiantx in the defencex yet
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is weakx unfold to us some warlike resistancex
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parollesx
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there is nonex man setting down before you will undermine you and blow
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you upx
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helenax
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bless our poor virginity from underminers and blowersxupx is there no
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military policy how virgins might blow up menx
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parollesx
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virginity being blown downx man will quicklier be blown upx marryx in
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blowing him down againx with the breach yourselves madex you lose your
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cityx it is not politic in the commonwealth of nature to preserve
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virginityx loss of virginity is rational increasex and there was never
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virgin got till virginity was first lostx that you were made of is
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metal to make virginsx virginityx by being once lostx may be ten times
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foundx by being ever keptx it is ever lostx xtis too cold a companionx
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away with itx
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helenax
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i will stand forxt a littlex though therefore i die a virginx
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parollesx
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therexs little can be said inxtx xtis against the rule of naturex to
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speak on the part of virginity is to accuse your mothersx which is most
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infallible disobediencex he that hangs himself is a virginx virginity
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murders itselfx and should be buried in highways out of all sanctified
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limitx as a desperate offendress against naturex virginity breeds
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mitesx much like a cheesex consumes itself to the very paringx and so
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dies with feeding his own stomachx besidesx virginity is peevishx
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proudx idlex made of selfxlovex which is the most inhibited sin in the
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canonx keep it notx you cannot choose but lose byxtx out withxtx within
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the year it will make itself twox which is a goodly increasex and the
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principal itself not much the worsex away with itx
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helenax
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how might one dox sirx to lose it to her own likingx
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parollesx
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let me seex marryx illx to like him that nexer it likesx xtis a
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commodity will lose the gloss with lyingx the longer keptx the less
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worthx off withxt while xtis vendiblex answer the time of requestx
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virginityx like an old courtierx wears her cap out of fashionx richly
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suitedx but unsuitablex just like the brooch and the toothpickx which
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wear not nowx your date is better in your pie and your porridge than in
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your cheekx and your virginityx your old virginityx is like one of our
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french witherxd pearsx it looks illx it eats drilyx marryx xtis a
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witherxd pearx it was formerly betterx marryx yet xtis a witherxd pearx
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will you anything with itx
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helenax
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not my virginity yetx
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there shall your master have a thousand lovesx
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a motherx and a mistressx and a friendx
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a phoenixx captainx and an enemyx
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a guidex a goddessx and a sovereignx
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a counsellorx a traitressx and a dearx
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his humble ambitionx proud humilityx
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his jarring concordx and his discord dulcetx
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his faithx his sweet disasterx with a world
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of prettyx fondx adoptious christendoms
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that blinking cupid gossipsx now shall hex
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i know not what he shallx god send him wellx
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the courtxs a learningxplacex and he is onex
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parollesx
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what onex ix faithx
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helenax
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that i wish wellx xtis pityx
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parollesx
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whatxs pityx
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helenax
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that wishing well had not a body inxt
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which might be feltx that wex the poorer bornx
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whose baser stars do shut us up in wishesx
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might with effects of them follow our friendsx
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and show what we alone must thinkx which never
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returns us thanksx
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enter a pagex
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pagex
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monsieur parollesx my lord calls for youx
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xxexit pagexxx
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parollesx
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little helenx farewellx if i can remember theex i will think of thee at
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courtx
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helenax
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monsieur parollesx you were born under a charitable starx
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parollesx
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under marsx ix
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helenax
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i especially thinkx under marsx
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parollesx
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why under marsx
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helenax
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the wars hath so kept you underx that you must needs be born under
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marsx
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parollesx
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when he was predominantx
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helenax
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when he was retrogradex i think ratherx
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parollesx
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why think you sox
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helenax
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you go so much backward when you fightx
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parollesx
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thatxs for advantagex
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helenax
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so is running awayx when fear proposes the safetyx but the composition
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that your valour and fear makes in you is a virtue of a good wingx and
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i like the wear wellx
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parollesx
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i am so full of business i cannot answer thee acutelyx i will return
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perfect courtierx in the which my instruction shall serve to naturalize
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theex so thou wilt be capable of a courtierxs counselx and understand
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what advice shall thrust upon theex else thou diest in thine
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unthankfulnessx and thine ignorance makes thee awayx farewellx when
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thou hast leisurex say thy prayersx when thou hast nonex remember thy
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friendsx get thee a good husbandx and use him as he uses theex sox
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farewellx
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xxexitxxx
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helenax
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our remedies oft in ourselves do liex
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which we ascribe to heavenx the fated sky
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gives us free scopex only doth backward pull
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our slow designs when we ourselves are dullx
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what power is it which mounts my love so highx
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that makes me seex and cannot feed mine eyex
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the mightiest space in fortune nature brings
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to join like likesx and kiss like native thingsx
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impossible be strange attempts to those
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that weigh their pains in sensex and do suppose
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what hath been cannot bex who ever strove
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to show her merit that did miss her lovex
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the kingxs diseasexxmy project may deceive mex
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but my intents are fixxdx and will not leave mex
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xxexitxxx
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scene iix parisx a room in the kingxs palacex
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flourish of cornetsx enter the king of francex with lettersx lords and
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others attendingx
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kingx
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the florentines and senoys are by thx earsx
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have fought with equal fortunex and continue
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a braving warx
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first lordx
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so xtis reportedx sirx
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kingx
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nayx xtis most crediblex we here receive itx
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a certaintyx vouchxd from our cousin austriax
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with cautionx that the florentine will move us
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for speedy aidx wherein our dearest friend
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prejudicates the businessx and would seem
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to have us make denialx
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first lordx
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his love and wisdomx
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approvxd so to your majestyx may plead
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for amplest credencex
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kingx
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he hath armxd our answerx
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|
and florence is denied before he comesx
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yetx for our gentlemen that mean to see
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the tuscan servicex freely have they leave
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to stand on either partx
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second lordx
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it well may serve
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a nursery to our gentryx who are sick
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for breathing and exploitx
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kingx
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whatxs he comes herex
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enter bertramx lafew and parollesx
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first lordx
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it is the count rossillonx my good lordx
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young bertramx
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kingx
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youthx thou bearxst thy fatherxs facex
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frank naturex rather curious than in hastex
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hath well composxd theex thy fatherxs moral parts
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mayst thou inherit toox welcome to parisx
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bertramx
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my thanks and duty are your majestyxsx
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kingx
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i would i had that corporal soundness nowx
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as when thy father and myself in friendship
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first tried our soldiershipx he did look far
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into the service of the timex and was
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discipled of the bravestx he lasted longx
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but on us both did haggish age steal onx
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and wore us out of actx it much repairs me
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|
to talk of your good fatherx in his youth
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he had the wit which i can well observe
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today in our young lordsx but they may jest
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till their own scorn return to them unnoted
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ere they can hide their levity in honour
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so like a courtierx contempt nor bitterness
|
|
were in his pride or sharpnessx if they werex
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his equal had awakxd themx and his honourx
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clock to itselfx knew the true minute when
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|
exception bid him speakx and at this time
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|
his tongue obeyxd his handx who were below him
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|
he usxd as creatures of another placex
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|
and bowxd his eminent top to their low ranksx
|
|
making them proud of his humilityx
|
|
in their poor praise he humbledx such a man
|
|
might be a copy to these younger timesx
|
|
whichx followed wellx would demonstrate them now
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|
but goers backwardx
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bertramx
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|
his good remembrancex sirx
|
|
lies richer in your thoughts than on his tombx
|
|
so in approof lives not his epitaph
|
|
as in your royal speechx
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kingx
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would i were with himx he would always sayxx
|
|
methinks i hear him nowx his plausive words
|
|
he scatterxd not in earsx but grafted them
|
|
to grow there and to bearxxxlet me not livexx
|
|
this his good melancholy oft began
|
|
on the catastrophe and heel of pastimex
|
|
when it was outxxxlet me not livex quoth hex
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|
xafter my flame lacks oilx to be the snuff
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|
of younger spiritsx whose apprehensive senses
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|
all but new things disdainx whose judgments are
|
|
mere fathers of their garmentsx whose constancies
|
|
expire before their fashionsxx this he wishxdx
|
|
ix after himx do after him wish toox
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|
since i nor wax nor honey can bring homex
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|
i quickly were dissolved from my hive
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to give some labourers roomx
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second lordx
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youxre lovxdx sirx
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|
they that least lend it you shall lack you firstx
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kingx
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i fill a placex i knowxtx how long isxtx countx
|
|
since the physician at your fatherxs diedx
|
|
he was much famxdx
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bertramx
|
|
some six months sincex my lordx
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kingx
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if he were livingx i would try him yetxx
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lend me an armxxthe rest have worn me out
|
|
with several applicationsx nature and sickness
|
|
debate it at their leisurex welcomex countx
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|
my sonxs no dearerx
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bertramx
|
|
thank your majestyx
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|
xxexeuntx flourishxxx
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|
scene iiix rossillonx a room in the palacex
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|
|
enter countessx steward and clownx
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countessx
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i will now hearx what say you of this gentlewomanx
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stewardx
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|
madamx the care i have had to even your contentx i wish might be found
|
|
in the calendar of my past endeavoursx for then we wound our modestyx
|
|
and make foul the clearness of our deservingsx when of ourselves we
|
|
publish themx
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|
countessx
|
|
what does this knave herex get you gonex sirrahx the complaints i have
|
|
heard of you i do not all believex xtis my slowness that i do notx for
|
|
i know you lack not folly to commit themx and have ability enough to
|
|
make such knaveries yoursx
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clownx
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xtis not unknown to youx madamx i am a poor fellowx
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|
countessx
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|
wellx sirx
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|
clownx
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|
nox madamx xtis not so well that i am poorx though many of the rich are
|
|
damnedx but if i may have your ladyshipxs good will to go to the worldx
|
|
isbel the woman and i will do as we mayx
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countessx
|
|
wilt thou needs be a beggarx
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clownx
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|
i do beg your good will in this casex
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countessx
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in what casex
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clownx
|
|
in isbelxs case and mine ownx service is no heritagex and i think i
|
|
shall never have the blessing of god till i have issue of my bodyx for
|
|
they say barnes are blessingsx
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countessx
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|
tell me thy reason why thou wilt marryx
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clownx
|
|
my poor bodyx madamx requires itx i am driven on by the fleshx and he
|
|
must needs go that the devil drivesx
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countessx
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|
is this all your worshipxs reasonx
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clownx
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faithx madamx i have other holy reasonsx such as they arex
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countessx
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|
may the world know themx
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clownx
|
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i have beenx madamx a wicked creaturex as you and all flesh and blood
|
|
arex and indeed i do marry that i may repentx
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|
countessx
|
|
thy marriagex sooner than thy wickednessx
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clownx
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i am out of friendsx madamx and i hope to have friends for my wifexs
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|
sakex
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countessx
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|
such friends are thine enemiesx knavex
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clownx
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yxare shallowx madamx in great friendsx for the knaves come to do that
|
|
for me which i am axweary ofx he that ears my land spares my teamx and
|
|
gives me leave to in the cropx if i be his cuckoldx hexs my drudgex he
|
|
that comforts my wife is the cherisher of my flesh and bloodx he that
|
|
cherishes my flesh and blood loves my flesh and bloodx he that loves my
|
|
flesh and blood is my friendx ergox he that kisses my wife is my
|
|
friendx if men could be contented to be what they arex there were no
|
|
fear in marriagex for young charbon the puritan and old poysam the
|
|
papistx howsomexer their hearts are severxd in religionx their heads
|
|
are both onex they may jowl horns together like any deer ix the herdx
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countessx
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|
wilt thou ever be a foulxmouthxd and calumnious knavex
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|
clownx
|
|
a prophet ix madamx and i speak the truth the next wayx
|
|
xfor i the ballad will repeatx
|
|
which men full true shall findx
|
|
your marriage comes by destinyx
|
|
your cuckoo sings by kindxx
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|
countessx
|
|
get you gonex sirx ixll talk with you more anonx
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|
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|
stewardx
|
|
may it please youx madamx that he bid helen come to youx of her i am to
|
|
speakx
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|
countessx
|
|
sirrahx tell my gentlewoman i would speak with herx helen i meanx
|
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clownx
|
|
xxsingsxxx
|
|
x was this fair face the causex quoth shex
|
|
why the grecians sacked troyx
|
|
fond donex done fondx
|
|
was this king priamxs joyx
|
|
with that she sighed as she stoodx
|
|
with that she sighed as she stoodx
|
|
and gave this sentence thenx
|
|
among nine bad if one be goodx
|
|
among nine bad if one be goodx
|
|
therexs yet one good in tenxx
|
|
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|
countessx
|
|
whatx one good in tenx you corrupt the songx sirrahx
|
|
|
|
clownx
|
|
one good woman in tenx madamx which is a purifying ox the songx would
|
|
god would serve the world so all the yearx wexd find no fault with the
|
|
tithexwomanx if i were the parsonx one in tenx quoth xax and we might
|
|
have a good woman born but or every blazing starx or at an earthquakex
|
|
xtwould mend the lottery wellx a man may draw his heart out ere he
|
|
pluck onex
|
|
|
|
countessx
|
|
youxll be gonex sir knavex and do as i command youx
|
|
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|
clownx
|
|
that man should be at womanxs commandx and yet no hurt donex though
|
|
honesty be no puritanx yet it will do no hurtx it will wear the
|
|
surplice of humility over the black gown of a big heartx i am goingx
|
|
forsoothx the business is for helen to come hitherx
|
|
|
|
xxexitxxx
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|
countessx
|
|
wellx nowx
|
|
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|
stewardx
|
|
i knowx madamx you love your gentlewoman entirelyx
|
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|
countessx
|
|
faith i dox her father bequeathxd her to mex and she herselfx without
|
|
other advantagex may lawfully make title to as much love as she findsx
|
|
there is more owing her than is paidx and more shall be paid her than
|
|
shexll demandx
|
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|
stewardx
|
|
madamx i was very late more near her than i think she wishxd mex alone
|
|
she wasx and did communicate to herself her own words to her own earsx
|
|
she thoughtx i dare vow for herx they touchxd not any stranger sensex
|
|
her matter wasx she loved your sonx fortunex she saidx was no goddessx
|
|
that had put such difference betwixt their two estatesx love no godx
|
|
that would not extend his might only where qualities were levelx diana
|
|
no queen of virginsx that would suffer her poor knight surprisxdx
|
|
without rescue in the first assault or ransom afterwardx this she
|
|
deliverxd in the most bitter touch of sorrow that exer i heard virgin
|
|
exclaim inx which i held my duty speedily to acquaint you withalx
|
|
sithencex in the loss that may happenx it concerns you something to
|
|
know itx
|
|
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|
countessx
|
|
you have dischargxd this honestlyx keep it to yourselfx many
|
|
likelihoods informxd me of this beforex which hung so tottering in the
|
|
balance that i could neither believe nor misdoubtx pray you leave mex
|
|
stall this in your bosomx and i thank you for your honest carex i will
|
|
speak with you further anonx
|
|
|
|
xxexit stewardxxx
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|
|
enter helenax
|
|
|
|
even so it was with me when i was youngx
|
|
if ever we are naturexsx these are oursx this thorn
|
|
doth to our rose of youth rightly belongx
|
|
our blood to usx this to our blood is bornx
|
|
it is the show and seal of naturexs truthx
|
|
where lovexs strong passion is impressxd in youthx
|
|
by our remembrances of days foregonex
|
|
such were our faultsx or then we thought them nonex
|
|
her eye is sick onxtx i observe her nowx
|
|
|
|
helenax
|
|
what is your pleasurex madamx
|
|
|
|
countessx
|
|
you knowx helenx
|
|
i am a mother to youx
|
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|
helenax
|
|
mine honourable mistressx
|
|
|
|
countessx
|
|
nayx a motherx
|
|
why not a motherx when i said a motherx
|
|
methought you saw a serpentx whatxs in motherx
|
|
that you start at itx i say i am your motherx
|
|
and put you in the catalogue of those
|
|
that were enwombed minex xtis often seen
|
|
adoption strives with naturex and choice breeds
|
|
a native slip to us from foreign seedsx
|
|
you nexer oppressxd me with a motherxs groanx
|
|
yet i express to you a motherxs carex
|
|
godxs mercyx maidenx does it curd thy blood
|
|
to say i am thy motherx whatxs the matterx
|
|
that this distempered messenger of wetx
|
|
the manyxcolourxd irisx rounds thine eyex
|
|
xwhyx that you are my daughterx
|
|
|
|
helenax
|
|
that i am notx
|
|
|
|
countessx
|
|
i sayx i am your motherx
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|
helenax
|
|
pardonx madamx
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the count rossillon cannot be my brotherx
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i am from humblex he from honoured namex
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no note upon my parentsx his all noblex
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my masterx my dear lord he isx and i
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his servant livex and will his vassal diex
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he must not be my brotherx
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countessx
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nor i your motherx
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helenax
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you are my motherx madamx would you werex
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so that my lord your son were not my brotherxx
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indeed my motherx or were you both our mothersx
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i care no more for than i do for heavenx
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so i were not his sisterx canxt no otherx
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butx i your daughterx he must be my brotherx
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countessx
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yesx helenx you might be my daughterxinxlawx
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god shield you mean it notx daughter and mother
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so strive upon your pulsex whatx pale againx
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my fear hath catchxd your fondnessx now i see
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the mystery of your lonelinessx and find
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your salt tearsx headx now to all sense xtis gross
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you love my sonx invention is ashamxdx
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against the proclamation of thy passion
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to say thou dost notx therefore tell me truex
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but tell me thenx xtis sox forx lookx thy cheeks
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confess itx txone to thxotherx and thine eyes
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see it so grossly shown in thy behavioursx
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that in their kind they speak itx only sin
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and hellish obstinacy tie thy tonguex
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that truth should be suspectedx speakx isxt sox
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if it be sox you have wound a goodly clewx
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if it be notx forswearxtx howexerx i charge theex
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as heaven shall work in me for thine availx
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to tell me trulyx
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helenax
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good madamx pardon mex
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countessx
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do you love my sonx
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helenax
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your pardonx noble mistressx
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countessx
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love you my sonx
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helenax
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do not you love himx madamx
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countessx
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go not aboutx my love hath inxt a bond
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whereof the world takes notex comex comex disclose
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the state of your affectionx for your passions
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have to the full appeachxdx
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helenax
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then i confessx
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here on my kneex before high heaven and youx
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that before youx and next unto high heavenx
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i love your sonx
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my friends were poorx but honestx soxs my lovex
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be not offendedx for it hurts not him
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that he is lovxd of mex i follow him not
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by any token of presumptuous suitx
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nor would i have him till i do deserve himx
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yet never know how that desert should bex
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i know i love in vainx strive against hopex
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yet in this captious and inteemable sieve
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i still pour in the waters of my love
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and lack not to lose stillx thusx indianxlikex
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religious in mine errorx i adore
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the sun that looks upon his worshipperx
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but knows of him no morex my dearest madamx
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let not your hate encounter with my lovex
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for loving where you dox but if yourselfx
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whose aged honour cites a virtuous youthx
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did everx in so true a flame of likingx
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wish chastelyx and love dearlyx that your dian
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was both herself and lovex o thenx give pity
|
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to her whose state is such that cannot choose
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but lend and give where she is sure to losex
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that seeks not to find that her search impliesx
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but riddlexlikex lives sweetly where she diesx
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countessx
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had you not lately an intentxxspeak trulyxx
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to go to parisx
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helenax
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madamx i hadx
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countessx
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whereforex tell truex
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helenax
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i will tell truthx by grace itself i swearx
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you know my father left me some prescriptions
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of rare and provxd effectsx such as his reading
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and manifest experience had collected
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for general sovereigntyx and that he willxd me
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in heedfullxst reservation to bestow themx
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as notes whose faculties inclusive were
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more than they were in notex amongst the rest
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there is a remedyx approvxdx set downx
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to cure the desperate languishings whereof
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the king is renderxd lostx
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countessx
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this was your motive
|
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for parisx was itx speakx
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helenax
|
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my lord your son made me to think of thisx
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else parisx and the medicinex and the kingx
|
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had from the conversation of my thoughts
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haply been absent thenx
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countessx
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but think youx helenx
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if you should tender your supposed aidx
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he would receive itx he and his physicians
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are of a mindx hex that they cannot help himx
|
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theyx that they cannot helpx how shall they credit
|
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a poor unlearned virginx when the schoolsx
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embowellxd of their doctrinex have let off
|
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the danger to itselfx
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helenax
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therexs something inxt
|
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more than my fatherxs skillx which was the greatxst
|
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of his professionx that his good receipt
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|
shall for my legacy be sanctified
|
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by thx luckiest stars in heavenx and would your honour
|
|
but give me leave to try successx ixd venture
|
|
the wellxlost life of mine on his gracexs curex
|
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by such a dayx an hourx
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countessx
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dost thou believextx
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helenax
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ayx madamx knowinglyx
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countessx
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whyx helenx thou shalt have my leave and lovex
|
|
means and attendantsx and my loving greetings
|
|
to those of mine in courtx ixll stay at homex
|
|
and pray godxs blessing into thy attemptx
|
|
be gone tomorrowx and be sure of thisx
|
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what i can help thee tox thou shalt not missx
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xxexeuntxxx
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act iix
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scene ix parisx a room in the kingxs palacex
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flourishx enter the king with young lords taking leave for the
|
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florentine warx bertramx parolles and attendantsx
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kingx
|
|
farewellx young lordsx these warlike principles
|
|
do not throw from youx and youx my lordsx farewellx
|
|
share the advice betwixt youx if both gain allx
|
|
the gift doth stretch itself as xtis receivxdx
|
|
and is enough for bothx
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first lordx
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xtis our hopex sirx
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after wellxentxred soldiersx to return
|
|
and find your grace in healthx
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kingx
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nox nox it cannot bex and yet my heart
|
|
will not confess he owes the malady
|
|
that doth my life besiegex farewellx young lordsx
|
|
whether i live or diex be you the sons
|
|
of worthy frenchmenx let higher italyxx
|
|
those bated that inherit but the fall
|
|
of the last monarchyxsee that you come
|
|
not to woo honourx but to wed itx when
|
|
the bravest questant shrinksx find what you seekx
|
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that fame may cry you loudx i say farewellx
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|
|
second lordx
|
|
healthx at your bidding serve your majestyx
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|
kingx
|
|
those girls of italyx take heed of themx
|
|
they say our french lack language to deny
|
|
if they demandx beware of being captives
|
|
before you servex
|
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bothx
|
|
our hearts receive your warningsx
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|
kingx
|
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farewellxxcome hither to mex
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|
xxthe king retires to a couchxxx
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|
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first lordx
|
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o my sweet lordx that you will stay behind usx
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parollesx
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xtis not his faultx the sparkx
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|
second lordx
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ox xtis brave warsx
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parollesx
|
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most admirablex i have seen those warsx
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bertramx
|
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i am commanded herex and kept a coil withx
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xtoo youngxx and xthe next yearx and xxtis too earlyxx
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parollesx
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an thy mind stand toxtx boyx steal away bravelyx
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bertramx
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i shall stay here the forehorse to a smockx
|
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creaking my shoes on the plain masonryx
|
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till honour be bought upx and no sword worn
|
|
but one to dance withx by heavenx ixll steal awayx
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|
|
first lordx
|
|
therexs honour in the theftx
|
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|
parollesx
|
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commit itx countx
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|
|
second lordx
|
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i am your accessaryx and so farewellx
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|
|
bertramx
|
|
i grow to youx and our parting is a torturxd bodyx
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|
|
first lordx
|
|
farewellx captainx
|
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|
|
second lordx
|
|
sweet monsieur parollesx
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|
parollesx
|
|
noble heroesx my sword and yours are kinx good sparks and lustrousx a
|
|
wordx good metalsx you shall find in the regiment of the spinii one
|
|
captain spuriox with his cicatricex an emblem of warx here on his
|
|
sinister cheekx it was this very sword entrenchxd itx say to him i
|
|
livex and observe his reports for mex
|
|
|
|
first lordx
|
|
we shallx noble captainx
|
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|
|
parollesx
|
|
mars dote on you for his novicesx
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|
|
xxexeunt lordsxxx
|
|
|
|
what will ye dox
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|
bertramx
|
|
stay the kingx
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|
|
parollesx
|
|
use a more spacious ceremony to the noble lordsx you have restrainxd
|
|
yourself within the list of too cold an adieux be more expressive to
|
|
themx for they wear themselves in the cap of the timex there do muster
|
|
true gaitx eatx speakx and movex under the influence of the most
|
|
receivxd starx and though the devil lead the measurex such are to be
|
|
followedx after themx and take a more dilated farewellx
|
|
|
|
bertramx
|
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and i will do sox
|
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parollesx
|
|
worthy fellowsx and like to prove most sinewy swordxmenx
|
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|
|
xxexeunt bertram and parollesxxx
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|
|
enter lafewx
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|
lafewx
|
|
pardonx my lord xxkneelingxxx for me and for my tidingsx
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|
kingx
|
|
ixll fee thee to stand upx
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|
lafewx
|
|
then herexs a man stands that has brought his pardonx
|
|
i would you had kneelxdx my lordx to ask me mercyx
|
|
and that at my bidding you could so stand upx
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|
|
kingx
|
|
i would i hadx so i had broke thy patex
|
|
and askxd thee mercy forxtx
|
|
|
|
lafewx
|
|
good faithx acrossx
|
|
butx my good lordx xtis thusx will you be curxd
|
|
of your infirmityx
|
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|
kingx
|
|
nox
|
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|
|
lafewx
|
|
ox will you eat
|
|
no grapesx my royal foxx yesx but you will
|
|
my noble grapesx and if my royal fox
|
|
could reach themx i have seen a medicine
|
|
thatxs able to breathe life into a stonex
|
|
quicken a rockx and make you dance canary
|
|
with sprightly fire and motionx whose simple touch
|
|
is powerful to araise king pippenx nayx
|
|
to give great charlemain a pen inxs hand
|
|
and write to her a lovexlinex
|
|
|
|
kingx
|
|
what xherx is thisx
|
|
|
|
lafewx
|
|
whyx doctor xshexx my lordx therexs one arrivxdx
|
|
if you will see herx nowx by my faith and honourx
|
|
if seriously i may convey my thoughts
|
|
in this my light deliverancex i have spoke
|
|
with one that in her sexx her yearsx professionx
|
|
wisdomx and constancyx hath amazxd me more
|
|
than i dare blame my weaknessx will you see herx
|
|
for that is her demandx and know her businessx
|
|
that donex laugh well at mex
|
|
|
|
kingx
|
|
nowx good lafewx
|
|
bring in the admirationx that we with thee
|
|
may spend our wonder toox or take off thine
|
|
by wondxring how thou tookxst itx
|
|
|
|
lafewx
|
|
nayx ixll fit youx
|
|
and not be all day neitherx
|
|
|
|
xxexit lafewxxx
|
|
|
|
kingx
|
|
thus he his special nothing ever prologuesx
|
|
|
|
enter lafew with helenax
|
|
|
|
lafewx
|
|
nayx come your waysx
|
|
|
|
kingx
|
|
this haste hath wings indeedx
|
|
|
|
lafewx
|
|
nayx come your waysx
|
|
this is his majestyx say your mind to himx
|
|
a traitor you do look likex but such traitors
|
|
his majesty seldom fearsx i am cressidxs unclex
|
|
that dare leave two togetherx fare you wellx
|
|
|
|
xxexitxxx
|
|
|
|
kingx
|
|
nowx fair onex does your business follow usx
|
|
|
|
helenax
|
|
ayx my good lordx
|
|
gerard de narbon was my fatherx
|
|
in what he did professx well foundx
|
|
|
|
kingx
|
|
i knew himx
|
|
|
|
helenax
|
|
the rather will i spare my praises towards himx
|
|
knowing him is enoughx on his bed of death
|
|
many receipts he gave mex chiefly onex
|
|
whichx as the dearest issue of his practicex
|
|
and of his old experience the only darlingx
|
|
he bade me store up as a triple eyex
|
|
safer than mine own twox more dear i have sox
|
|
and hearing your high majesty is touchxd
|
|
with that malignant causex wherein the honour
|
|
of my dear fatherxs gift stands chief in powerx
|
|
i come to tender itx and my appliancex
|
|
with all bound humblenessx
|
|
|
|
kingx
|
|
we thank youx maidenx
|
|
but may not be so credulous of curex
|
|
when our most learned doctors leave usx and
|
|
the congregated college have concluded
|
|
that labouring art can never ransom nature
|
|
from her inaidable estatex i say we must not
|
|
so stain our judgmentx or corrupt our hopex
|
|
to prostitute our pastxcure malady
|
|
to empiricsx or to dissever so
|
|
our great self and our creditx to esteem
|
|
a senseless helpx when help past sense we deemx
|
|
|
|
helenax
|
|
my duty then shall pay me for my painsx
|
|
i will no more enforce mine office on youx
|
|
humbly entreating from your royal thoughts
|
|
a modest one to bear me back againx
|
|
|
|
kingx
|
|
i cannot give thee lessx to be callxd gratefulx
|
|
thou thoughtxst to help mex and such thanks i give
|
|
as one near death to those that wish him livex
|
|
but what at full i knowx thou knowxst no partx
|
|
i knowing all my perilx thou no artx
|
|
|
|
helenax
|
|
what i can do can do no hurt to tryx
|
|
since you set up your rest xgainst remedyx
|
|
he that of greatest works is finisher
|
|
oft does them by the weakest ministerx
|
|
so holy writ in babes hath judgment shownx
|
|
when judges have been babesx great floods have flown
|
|
from simple sourcesx and great seas have dried
|
|
when miracles have by the greatxst been deniedx
|
|
oft expectation failsx and most oft there
|
|
where most it promisesx and oft it hits
|
|
where hope is coldestx and despair most fitsx
|
|
|
|
kingx
|
|
i must not hear theex fare thee wellx kind maidx
|
|
thy painsx not usxdx must by thyself be paidx
|
|
proffersx not tookx reap thanks for their rewardx
|
|
|
|
helenax
|
|
inspired merit so by breath is barrxdx
|
|
it is not so with him that all things knows
|
|
as xtis with us that square our guess by showsx
|
|
but most it is presumption in us when
|
|
the help of heaven we count the act of menx
|
|
dear sirx to my endeavours give consentx
|
|
of heavenx not mex make an experimentx
|
|
i am not an impostorx that proclaim
|
|
myself against the level of mine aimx
|
|
but know i thinkx and think i know most surex
|
|
my art is not past power nor you past curex
|
|
|
|
kingx
|
|
art thou so confidentx within what space
|
|
hopxst thou my curex
|
|
|
|
helenax
|
|
the greatest grace lending gracex
|
|
ere twice the horses of the sun shall bring
|
|
their fiery torcher his diurnal ringx
|
|
ere twice in murk and occidental damp
|
|
moist hesperus hath quenchxd her sleepy lampx
|
|
or four and twenty times the pilotxs glass
|
|
hath told the thievish minutes how they passx
|
|
what is infirm from your sound parts shall flyx
|
|
health shall live freex and sickness freely diex
|
|
|
|
kingx
|
|
upon thy certainty and confidence
|
|
what darxst thou venturex
|
|
|
|
helenax
|
|
tax of impudencex
|
|
a strumpetxs boldnessx a divulged shamex
|
|
traducxd by odious balladsx my maidenxs name
|
|
searxd otherwisex ne worse of worst extended
|
|
with vildest torturex let my life be endedx
|
|
|
|
kingx
|
|
methinks in thee some blessed spirit doth speak
|
|
his powerful sound within an organ weakx
|
|
and what impossibility would slay
|
|
in common sensex sense saves another wayx
|
|
thy life is dearx for all that life can rate
|
|
worth name of life in thee hath estimatex
|
|
youthx beautyx wisdomx couragex all
|
|
that happiness and prime can happy callx
|
|
thou this to hazard needs must intimate
|
|
skill infinitex or monstrous desperatex
|
|
sweet practiserx thy physic i will tryx
|
|
that ministers thine own death if i diex
|
|
|
|
helenax
|
|
if i break timex or flinch in property
|
|
of what i spokex unpitied let me diex
|
|
and well deservxdx not helpingx deathxs my feex
|
|
but if i helpx what do you promise mex
|
|
|
|
kingx
|
|
make thy demandx
|
|
|
|
helenax
|
|
but will you make it evenx
|
|
|
|
kingx
|
|
ayx by my sceptre and my hopes of heavenx
|
|
|
|
helenax
|
|
then shalt thou give mex with thy kingly hand
|
|
what husband in thy power i will commandx
|
|
exempted be from me the arrogance
|
|
to choose from forth the royal blood of francex
|
|
my low and humble name to propagate
|
|
with any branch or image of thy statex
|
|
but such a onex thy vassalx whom i know
|
|
is free for me to askx thee to bestowx
|
|
|
|
kingx
|
|
here is my handx the premises observxdx
|
|
thy will by my performance shall be servxdx
|
|
so make the choice of thy own timex for ix
|
|
thy resolvxd patientx on thee still relyx
|
|
more should i question theex and more i mustx
|
|
though more to know could not be more to trustx
|
|
from whence thou camxstx how tended onx but rest
|
|
unquestionxd welcomex and undoubted blessxdx
|
|
give me some help herex hox if thou proceed
|
|
as high as wordx my deed shall match thy deedx
|
|
|
|
xxflourishx exeuntxxx
|
|
|
|
scene iix rossillonx a room in the countessxs palacex
|
|
|
|
enter countess and clownx
|
|
|
|
countessx
|
|
come onx sirx i shall now put you to the height of your breedingx
|
|
|
|
clownx
|
|
i will show myself highly fed and lowly taughtx i know my business is
|
|
but to the courtx
|
|
|
|
countessx
|
|
to the courtx whyx what place make you specialx when you put off that
|
|
with such contemptx but to the courtx
|
|
|
|
clownx
|
|
trulyx madamx if god have lent a man any mannersx he may easily put it
|
|
off at courtx he that cannot make a legx put offxs capx kiss his handx
|
|
and say nothingx has neither legx handsx lipx nor capx and indeed such
|
|
a fellowx to say preciselyx were not for the courtx but for mex i have
|
|
an answer will serve all menx
|
|
|
|
countessx
|
|
marryx thatxs a bountiful answer that fits all questionsx
|
|
|
|
clownx
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it is like a barberxs chairx that fits all buttocksxthe pinxbuttockx
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the quatchxbuttockx the brawnxbuttockx or any buttockx
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countessx
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will your answer serve fit to all questionsx
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clownx
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as fit as ten groats is for the hand of an attorneyx as your french
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crown for your taffety punkx as tibxs rush for tomxs forefingerx as a
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pancake for shrovextuesdayx a morris for mayxdayx as the nail to his
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holex the cuckold to his hornx as a scolding quean to a wrangling
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knavex as the nunxs lip to the friarxs mouthx nayx as the pudding to
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his skinx
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countessx
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have youx i sayx an answer of such fitness for all questionsx
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clownx
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from below your duke to beneath your constablex it will fit any
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questionx
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countessx
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it must be an answer of most monstrous size that must fit all demandsx
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clownx
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but a trifle neitherx in good faithx if the learned should speak truth
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of itx here it isx and all that belongs toxtx ask me if i am a
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courtierx it shall do you no harm to learnx
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countessx
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to be young againx if we couldx i will be a fool in questionx hoping to
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be the wiser by your answerx i pray youx sirx are you a courtierx
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clownx
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o lordx sirx therexs a simple putting offx morex morex a hundred of
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themx
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countessx
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sirx i am a poor friend of yoursx that loves youx
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clownx
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o lordx sirx thickx thickx spare not mex
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countessx
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i thinkx sirx you can eat none of this homely meatx
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clownx
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o lordx sirx nayx put me toxtx i warrant youx
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countessx
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you were lately whippxdx sirx as i thinkx
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clownx
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o lordx sirx spare not mex
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countessx
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do you cry xo lordx sirxx at your whippingx and xspare not mexx indeed
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your xo lordx sirxx is very sequent to your whippingx you would answer
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very well to a whippingx if you were but bound toxtx
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clownx
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i nexer had worse luck in my life in my xo lordx sirxx i see things may
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serve longx but not serve everx
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countessx
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i play the noble housewife with the timex to entertain it so merrily
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with a foolx
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clownx
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o lordx sirx whyx therext serves well againx
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countessx
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an endx sirx to your businessx give helen thisx
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and urge her to a present answer backx
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commend me to my kinsmen and my sonx
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this is not muchx
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clownx
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not much commendation to themx
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countessx
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not much employment for youx you understand mex
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clownx
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most fruitfullyx i am there before my legsx
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countessx
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haste you againx
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xxexeunt severallyxxx
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scene iiix parisx the kingxs palacex
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enter bertramx lafew and parollesx
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lafewx
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they say miracles are pastx and we have our philosophical persons to
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make modern and familiar things supernatural and causelessx hence is it
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that we make trifles of terrorsx ensconcing ourselves into seeming
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knowledge when we should submit ourselves to an unknown fearx
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parollesx
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whyx xtis the rarest argument of wonder that hath shot out in our
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latter timesx
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bertramx
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and so xtisx
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lafewx
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to be relinquishxd of the artistsxx
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parollesx
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so i sayx both of galen and paracelsusx
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lafewx
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of all the learned and authentic fellowsxx
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parollesx
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rightx so i sayx
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lafewx
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that gave him out incurablexx
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parollesx
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whyx there xtisx so say i toox
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lafewx
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not to be helpedx
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parollesx
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rightx as xtwere a man assurxd of ax
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lafewx
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uncertain life and sure deathx
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parollesx
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justx you say wellx so would i have saidx
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lafewx
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i may truly sayx it is a novelty to the worldx
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parollesx
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it is indeedx if you will have it in showingx you shall read it in what
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do you call therex
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lafewx
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a showing of a heavenly effect in an earthly actorx
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parollesx
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thatxs itx i would have said the very samex
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lafewx
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whyx your dolphin is not lustierx fore mex i speak in respectx
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parollesx
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nayx xtis strangex xtis very strangex that is the brief and the tedious
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of itx and hexs of a most facinerious spirit that will not acknowledge
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it to be thex
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lafewx
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very hand of heavenx
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parollesx
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ayx so i sayx
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lafewx
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in a most weakx
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parollesx
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and debile ministerx great powerx great transcendencex which should
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indeed give us a further use to be made than alone the recovxry of the
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kingx as to bex
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lafewx
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generally thankfulx
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parollesx
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i would have said itx you say wellx here comes the kingx
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enter kingx helena and attendantsx
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lafewx
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lustiquex as the dutchman saysx ixll like a maid the betterx whilst i
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have a tooth in my headx whyx hexs able to lead her a corantox
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parollesx
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xmor du vinagerxx is not this helenx
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lafewx
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fore godx i think sox
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kingx
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gox call before me all the lords in courtx
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xxexit an attendantxxx
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sitx my preserverx by thy patientxs sidex
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and with this healthful handx whose banishxd sense
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thou has repealxdx a second time receive
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the confirmation of my promisxd giftx
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which but attends thy namingx
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enter several lordsx
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fair maidx send forth thine eyex this youthful parcel
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of noble bachelors stand at my bestowingx
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oxer whom both sovereign power and fatherxs voice
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i have to usex thy frank election makex
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thou hast power to choosex and they none to forsakex
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helenax
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to each of you one fair and virtuous mistress
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fallx when love pleasex marryx to each but onex
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lafewx
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ixd give bay curtal and his furniture
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my mouth no more were broken than these boysxx
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and writ as little beardx
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kingx
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peruse them wellx
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not one of those but had a noble fatherx
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she addresses her to a lordx
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helenax
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gentlemenx
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heaven hath through me restorxd the king to healthx
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allx
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we understand itx and thank heaven for youx
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helenax
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i am a simple maidx and therein wealthiest
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that i protest i simply am a maidx
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please itx your majestyx i have done alreadyx
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the blushes in my cheeks thus whisper mex
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xwe blush that thou shouldst choosex butx be refusedx
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let the white death sit on thy cheek for everx
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wexll nexer come there againxx
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kingx
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make choicex andx seex
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who shuns thy love shuns all his love in mex
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helenax
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nowx dianx from thy altar do i flyx
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and to imperial lovex that god most highx
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do my sighs streamx xxto first lordxxx sirx will you hear my suitx
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first lordx
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and grant itx
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helenax
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thanksx sirx all the rest is mutex
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lafewx
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i had rather be in this choice than throw amesxace for my lifex
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helenax
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xxto second lordxxx the honourx sirx that flames in your fair eyesx
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before i speakx too threatxningly repliesx
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love make your fortunes twenty times above
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|
her that so wishesx and her humble lovex
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second lordx
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no betterx if you pleasex
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helenax
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my wish receivex
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which great love grantx and so i take my leavex
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lafewx
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do all they deny herx an they were sons of mine ixd have them whippxdx
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or i would send them to thx turk to make eunuchs ofx
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helenax
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|
xxto third lordxxx be not afraid that i your hand should takex
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ixll never do you wrong for your own sakex
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|
blessing upon your vowsx and in your bed
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|
find fairer fortunex if you ever wedx
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lafewx
|
|
these boys are boys of icex theyxll none have herx surex they are
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bastards to the englishx the french nexer got xemx
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helenax
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xxto fourth lordxxx you are too youngx too happyx and too goodx
|
|
to make yourself a son out of my bloodx
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fourth lordx
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fair onex i think not sox
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lafewx
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|
therexs one grape yetx i am sure thy father drank winex but if thou
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|
beest not an assx i am a youth of fourteenx i have known thee alreadyx
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|
helenax
|
|
xxto bertramxxx i dare not say i take youx but i give
|
|
me and my servicex ever whilst i livex
|
|
into your guiding powerx this is the manx
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kingx
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|
whyx thenx young bertramx take herx shexs thy wifex
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bertramx
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|
my wifex my liegex i shall beseech your highnessx
|
|
in such a business give me leave to use
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|
the help of mine own eyesx
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kingx
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knowxst thou notx bertramx
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what she has done for mex
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bertramx
|
|
yesx my good lordx
|
|
but never hope to know why i should marry herx
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kingx
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|
thou knowxst she has raisxd me from my sickly bedx
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bertramx
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but follows itx my lordx to bring me down
|
|
must answer for your raisingx i know her wellx
|
|
she had her breeding at my fatherxs chargex
|
|
a poor physicianxs daughter my wifex disdain
|
|
rather corrupt me everx
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kingx
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|
xtis only title thou disdainxst in herx the which
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|
i can build upx strange is it that our bloodsx
|
|
of colourx weightx and heatx pourxd all togetherx
|
|
would quite confound distinctionx yet stands off
|
|
in differences so mightyx if she be
|
|
all that is virtuousx save what thou dislikxstx
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|
a poor physicianxs daughterxxthou dislikxstx
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|
of virtue for the namex but do not sox
|
|
from lowest place when virtuous things proceedx
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|
the place is dignified by the doerxs deedx
|
|
where great additions swellxsx and virtue nonex
|
|
it is a dropsied honourx good alone
|
|
is good without a namex vileness is sox
|
|
the property by what it is should gox
|
|
not by the titlex she is youngx wisex fairx
|
|
in these to nature shexs immediate heirx
|
|
and these breed honourx that is honourxs scorn
|
|
which challenges itself as honourxs bornx
|
|
and is not like the sirex honours thrive
|
|
when rather from our acts we them derive
|
|
than our forexgoersx the mere wordxs a slavex
|
|
debauchxd on every tombx on every grave
|
|
a lying trophyx and as oft is dumb
|
|
where dust and damnxd oblivion is the tomb
|
|
of honourxd bones indeedx what should be saidx
|
|
if thou canst like this creature as a maidx
|
|
i can create the restx virtue and she
|
|
is her own dowerx honour and wealth from mex
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bertramx
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|
i cannot love herx nor will strive to do xtx
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kingx
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|
thou wrongxst thyselfx if thou shouldst strive to choosex
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helenax
|
|
that you are well restorxdx my lordx i am gladx
|
|
let the rest gox
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kingx
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|
my honourxs at the stakex which to defeatx
|
|
i must produce my powerx herex take her handx
|
|
proud scornful boyx unworthy this good giftx
|
|
that dost in vile misprision shackle up
|
|
my love and her desertx that canst not dream
|
|
wex poising us in her defective scalex
|
|
shall weigh thee to the beamx that wilt not know
|
|
it is in us to plant thine honour where
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|
we please to have it growx check thy contemptx
|
|
obey our willx which travails in thy goodx
|
|
believe not thy disdainx but presently
|
|
do thine own fortunes that obedient right
|
|
which both thy duty owes and our power claimsx
|
|
or i will throw thee from my care for ever
|
|
into the staggers and the careless lapse
|
|
of youth and ignorancex both my revenge and hate
|
|
loosing upon thee in the name of justicex
|
|
without all terms of pityx speakx thine answerx
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|
bertramx
|
|
pardonx my gracious lordx for i submit
|
|
my fancy to your eyesx when i consider
|
|
what great creationx and what dole of honour
|
|
flies where you bid itx i find that shex which late
|
|
was in my nobler thoughts most basex is now
|
|
the praised of the kingx whox so ennobledx
|
|
is as xtwere born sox
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|
|
|
kingx
|
|
take her by the handx
|
|
and tell her she is thinex to whom i promise
|
|
a counterpoisex if not to thy estatex
|
|
a balance more repletex
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bertramx
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|
i take her handx
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|
kingx
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|
good fortune and the favour of the king
|
|
smile upon this contractx whose ceremony
|
|
shall seem expedient on the nowxborn briefx
|
|
and be performxd tonightx the solemn feast
|
|
shall more attend upon the coming spacex
|
|
expecting absent friendsx as thou lovxst herx
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|
thy lovexs to me religiousx elsex does errx
|
|
|
|
xxexeunt kingx bertramx helenax lordsx and attendantsxxx
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|
lafewx
|
|
do you hearx monsieurx a word with youx
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|
parollesx
|
|
your pleasurex sirx
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|
|
lafewx
|
|
your lord and master did well to make his recantationx
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|
parollesx
|
|
recantationx my lordx my masterx
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lafewx
|
|
ayx is it not a language i speakx
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parollesx
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a most harsh onex and not to be understood without bloody succeedingx
|
|
my masterx
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lafewx
|
|
are you companion to the count rossillonx
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|
parollesx
|
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to any countx to all countsx to what is manx
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lafewx
|
|
to what is countxs manx countxs master is of another stylex
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parollesx
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you are too oldx sirx let it satisfy youx you are too oldx
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|
lafewx
|
|
i must tell theex sirrahx i write manx to which title age cannot bring
|
|
theex
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parollesx
|
|
what i dare too well dox i dare not dox
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lafewx
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|
i did think theex for two ordinariesx to be a pretty wise fellowx thou
|
|
didst make tolerable vent of thy travelx it might passx yet the scarfs
|
|
and the bannerets about thee did manifoldly dissuade me from believing
|
|
thee a vessel of too great a burdenx i have now found theex when i lose
|
|
thee again i care notx yet art thou good for nothing but taking upx and
|
|
that thou art scarce worthx
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|
parollesx
|
|
hadst thou not the privilege of antiquity upon theex
|
|
|
|
lafewx
|
|
do not plunge thyself too far in angerx lest thou hasten thy trialx
|
|
which ifxlord have mercy on thee for a henx sox my good window of
|
|
latticex fare thee wellx thy casement i need not openx for i look
|
|
through theex give me thy handx
|
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|
|
parollesx
|
|
my lordx you give me most egregious indignityx
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|
lafewx
|
|
ayx with all my heartx and thou art worthy of itx
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|
parollesx
|
|
i have notx my lordx deservxd itx
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|
lafewx
|
|
yesx good faithx every dram of itx and i will not bate thee a scruplex
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|
parollesx
|
|
wellx i shall be wiserx
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|
lafewx
|
|
evxn as soon as thou canstx for thou hast to pull at a smack ox thx
|
|
contraryx if ever thou beest bound in thy scarf and beatenx thou shalt
|
|
find what it is to be proud of thy bondagex i have a desire to hold my
|
|
acquaintance with theex or rather my knowledgex that i may say in the
|
|
defaultx xhe is a man i knowxx
|
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|
parollesx
|
|
my lordx you do me most insupportable vexationx
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|
lafewx
|
|
i would it were hellxpains for thy sakex and my poor doing eternalx for
|
|
doing i am pastx as i will by theex in what motion age will give me
|
|
leavex
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|
xxexitxxx
|
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|
parollesx
|
|
wellx thou hast a son shall take this disgrace off mex scurvyx oldx
|
|
filthyx scurvy lordx wellx i must be patientx there is no fettering of
|
|
authorityx ixll beat himx by my lifex if i can meet him with any
|
|
conveniencex an he were double and double a lordx ixll have no more
|
|
pity of his age than i would have ofxixll beat himx and if i could but
|
|
meet him againx
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|
enter lafewx
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|
lafewx
|
|
sirrahx your lord and masterxs marriedx therexs news for youx you have
|
|
a new mistressx
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|
parollesx
|
|
i most unfeignedly beseech your lordship to make some reservation of
|
|
your wrongsx he is my good lordx whom i serve above is my masterx
|
|
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|
lafewx
|
|
whox godx
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|
parollesx
|
|
ayx sirx
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|
lafewx
|
|
the devil it is thatxs thy masterx why dost thou garter up thy arms ox
|
|
this fashionx dost make hose of thy sleevesx do other servants sox thou
|
|
wert best set thy lower part where thy nose standsx by mine honourx if
|
|
i were but two hours youngerx ixd beat theex methinkxst thou art a
|
|
general offencex and every man should beat theex i think thou wast
|
|
created for men to breathe themselves upon theex
|
|
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|
parollesx
|
|
this is hard and undeserved measurex my lordx
|
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|
lafewx
|
|
go tox sirx you were beaten in italy for picking a kernel out of a
|
|
pomegranatex you are a vagabondx and no true travellerx you are more
|
|
saucy with lords and honourable personages than the commission of your
|
|
birth and virtue gives you heraldryx you are not worth another wordx
|
|
else ixd call you knavex i leave youx
|
|
|
|
xxexitxxx
|
|
|
|
enter bertramx
|
|
|
|
parollesx
|
|
goodx very goodx it is so thenx goodx very goodx let it be concealxd
|
|
awhilex
|
|
|
|
bertramx
|
|
undonex and forfeited to cares for everx
|
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|
|
parollesx
|
|
whatxs the matterx sweetheartx
|
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|
bertramx
|
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although before the solemn priest i have swornx
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i will not bed herx
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parollesx
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whatx whatx sweetheartx
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bertramx
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o my parollesx they have married mex
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ixll to the tuscan warsx and never bed herx
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parollesx
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france is a dogxholex and it no more merits
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the tread of a manxs footx to the warsx
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bertramx
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therexs letters from my motherx what thx import is
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i know not yetx
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parollesx
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ayx that would be knownx to thx warsx my boyx to thx warsx
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he wears his honour in a box unseen
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that hugs his kickyxwicky here at homex
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spending his manly marrow in her armsx
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which should sustain the bound and high curvet
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of marsxs fiery steedx to other regionsx
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france is a stablex we that dwell inxtx jadesx
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thereforex to thx warx
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bertramx
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it shall be sox ixll send her to my housex
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acquaint my mother with my hate to herx
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and wherefore i am fledx write to the king
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that which i durst not speakx his present gift
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shall furnish me to those italian fields
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where noble fellows strikex war is no strife
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to the dark house and the detested wifex
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parollesx
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will this caprichio hold in theex art surex
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bertramx
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go with me to my chamber and advise mex
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ixll send her straight awayx tomorrow
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ixll to the warsx she to her single sorrowx
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parollesx
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whyx these balls boundx therexs noise in itx xtis hardx
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a young man married is a man thatxs marrxdx
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therefore awayx and leave her bravelyx gox
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the king has done you wrongx but hush xtis sox
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene ivx parisx the kingxs palacex
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enter helena and clownx
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helenax
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my mother greets me kindlyx is she wellx
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clownx
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she is not wellx but yet she has her healthx shexs very merryx but yet
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she is not wellx but thanks be givenx shexs very wellx and wants
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nothing ix the worldx but yet she is not wellx
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helenax
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if she be very wellx what does she ail that shexs not very wellx
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clownx
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trulyx shexs very well indeedx but for two thingsx
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helenax
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what two thingsx
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clownx
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onex that shexs not in heavenx whither god send her quicklyx the otherx
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that shexs in earthx from whence god send her quicklyx
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enter parollesx
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parollesx
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bless youx my fortunate ladyx
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helenax
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i hopex sirx i have your good will to have mine own good fortunex
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parollesx
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you had my prayers to lead them onx and to keep them onx have them
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stillx ox my knave how does my old ladyx
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clownx
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so that you had her wrinkles and i her moneyx i would she did as you
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sayx
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parollesx
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whyx i say nothingx
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clownx
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marryx you are the wiser manx for many a manxs tongue shakes out his
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masterxs undoingx to say nothingx to do nothingx to know nothingx and
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to have nothingx is to be a great part of your titlex which is within a
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very little of nothingx
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parollesx
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awayx thou art a knavex
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clownx
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you should have saidx sirx before a knave thou art a knavex that is
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before me thou art a knavex this had been truthx sirx
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parollesx
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go tox thou art a witty foolx i have found theex
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clownx
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did you find me in yourselfx sirx or were you taught to find mex the
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searchx sirx was profitablex and much fool may you find in youx even to
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the worldxs pleasure and the increase of laughterx
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parollesx
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a good knavex ix faithx and well fedx
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madamx my lord will go away tonightx
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a very serious business calls on himx
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the great prerogative and right of lovex
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whichx as your duex time claimsx he does acknowledgex
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but puts it off to a compellxd restraintx
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whose wantx and whose delayx is strewxd with sweetsx
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which they distil now in the curbed timex
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to make the coming hour oxerflow with joy
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and pleasure drown the brimx
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helenax
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whatxs his will elsex
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parollesx
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that you will take your instant leave ox the kingx
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and make this haste as your own good proceedingx
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strengthenxd with what apology you think
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may make it probable needx
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helenax
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what more commands hex
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parollesx
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thatx having this obtainxdx you presently
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attend his further pleasurex
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helenax
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in everything i wait upon his willx
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parollesx
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i shall report it sox
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helenax
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i pray youx comex sirrahx
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene vx another room in the samex
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enter lafew and bertramx
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lafewx
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but i hope your lordship thinks not him a soldierx
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bertramx
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yesx my lordx and of very valiant approofx
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lafewx
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you have it from his own deliverancex
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bertramx
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and by other warranted testimonyx
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lafewx
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then my dial goes not truex i took this lark for a buntingx
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bertramx
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i do assure youx my lordx he is very great in knowledgex and
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accordingly valiantx
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lafewx
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i havex thenx sinned against his experience and transgressed against
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his valourx and my state that way is dangerousx since i cannot yet find
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in my heart to repentx here he comesx i pray you make us friendsx i
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|
will pursue the amity
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enter parollesx
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parollesx
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xxto bertramxxx these things shall be donex sirx
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lafewx
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pray youx sirx whoxs his tailorx
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parollesx
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sirx
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lafewx
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ox i know him wellx ix sirx hex sirx is a good workmanx a very good
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tailorx
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bertramx
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xxaside to parollesxxx is she gone to the kingx
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parollesx
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she isx
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bertramx
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will she away tonightx
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parollesx
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as youxll have herx
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bertramx
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i have writ my lettersx casketed my treasurex
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given order for our horsesx and tonightx
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when i should take possession of the bridex
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end ere i do beginx
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lafewx
|
|
a good traveller is something at the latter end of a dinnerx but one
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|
that lies threexthirds and uses a known truth to pass a thousand
|
|
nothings withx should be once heard and thrice beatenxx god save youx
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captainx
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bertramx
|
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is there any unkindness between my lord and youx monsieurx
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parollesx
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i know not how i have deserved to run into my lordxs displeasurex
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lafewx
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you have made shift to run into xtx boots and spurs and allx like him
|
|
that leapt into the custardx and out of it youxll run againx rather
|
|
than suffer question for your residencex
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bertramx
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it may be you have mistaken himx my lordx
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lafewx
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and shall do so everx though i took him at his prayersx fare you wellx
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|
my lordx and believe this of mex there can be no kernal in this light
|
|
nutx the soul of this man is his clothesx trust him not in matter of
|
|
heavy consequencex i have kept of them tamex and know their naturesx
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|
farewellx monsieurx i have spoken better of you than you have or will
|
|
to deserve at my handx but we must do good against evilx
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xxexitxxx
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parollesx
|
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an idle lordx i swearx
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bertramx
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i think sox
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parollesx
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whyx do you not know himx
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bertramx
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yesx i do know him wellx and common speech
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|
gives him a worthy passx here comes my clogx
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enter helenax
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helenax
|
|
i havex sirx as i was commanded from youx
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|
spoke with the kingx and have procurxd his leave
|
|
for present partingx only he desires
|
|
some private speech with youx
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bertramx
|
|
i shall obey his willx
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|
you must not marvelx helenx at my coursex
|
|
which holds not colour with the timex nor does
|
|
the ministration and required office
|
|
on my particularx prepared i was not
|
|
for such a businessx therefore am i found
|
|
so much unsettledx this drives me to entreat youx
|
|
that presently you take your way for homex
|
|
and rather muse than ask why i entreat youx
|
|
for my respects are better than they seemx
|
|
and my appointments have in them a need
|
|
greater than shows itself at the first view
|
|
to you that know them notx this to my motherx
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|
xxgiving a letterxxx
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xtwill be two days ere i shall see youx so
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|
i leave you to your wisdomx
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|
helenax
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|
sirx i can nothing say
|
|
but that i am your most obedient servantx
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bertramx
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comex comex no more of thatx
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helenax
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|
and ever shall
|
|
with true observance seek to eke out that
|
|
wherein toward me my homely stars have failxd
|
|
to equal my great fortunex
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|
bertramx
|
|
let that gox
|
|
my haste is very greatx farewellx hie homex
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|
helenax
|
|
prayx sirx your pardonx
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bertramx
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|
wellx what would you sayx
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helenax
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i am not worthy of the wealth i owex
|
|
nor dare i say xtis minex and yet it isx
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|
butx like a timorous thiefx most fain would steal
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|
what law does vouch mine ownx
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bertramx
|
|
what would you havex
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helenax
|
|
somethingx and scarce so muchx nothing indeedx
|
|
i would not tell you what i wouldx my lordx faithx yesx
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|
strangers and foes do sunder and not kissx
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bertramx
|
|
i pray youx stay notx but in haste to horsex
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|
helenax
|
|
i shall not break your biddingx good my lordx
|
|
where are my other menx monsieurx
|
|
farewellx
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|
xxexit helenaxxx
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bertramx
|
|
go thou toward homex where i will never come
|
|
whilst i can shake my sword or hear the drumx
|
|
awayx and for our flightx
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parollesx
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|
bravelyx coragiox
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|
xxexeuntxxx
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|
act iiix
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|
scene ix florencex a room in the dukexs palacex
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|
|
flourishx enter the duke of florence attendedx two french lordsx and
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|
soldiersx
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dukex
|
|
so thatx from point to pointx now have you heard
|
|
the fundamental reasons of this warx
|
|
whose great decision hath much blood let forthx
|
|
and more thirsts afterx
|
|
|
|
first lordx
|
|
holy seems the quarrel
|
|
upon your gracexs partx black and fearful
|
|
on the opposerx
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|
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|
dukex
|
|
therefore we marvel much our cousin france
|
|
wouldx in so just a businessx shut his bosom
|
|
against our borrowing prayersx
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|
second lordx
|
|
good my lordx
|
|
the reasons of our state i cannot yieldx
|
|
but like a common and an outward man
|
|
that the great figure of a council frames
|
|
by selfxunable motionx therefore dare not
|
|
say what i think of itx since i have found
|
|
myself in my incertain grounds to fail
|
|
as often as i guessxdx
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dukex
|
|
be it his pleasurex
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|
first lordx
|
|
but i am sure the younger of our naturex
|
|
that surfeit on their easex will day by day
|
|
come here for physicx
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|
dukex
|
|
welcome shall they bex
|
|
and all the honours that can fly from us
|
|
shall on them settlex you know your places wellx
|
|
when better fallx for your avails they fellx
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|
tomorrow to the fieldx
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|
xxflourishx exeuntxxx
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|
scene iix rossillonx a room in the countessxs palacex
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|
|
enter countess and clownx
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|
|
|
countessx
|
|
it hath happenxd all as i would have had itx save that he comes not
|
|
along with herx
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|
clownx
|
|
by my trothx i take my young lord to be a very melancholy manx
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|
countessx
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|
by what observancex i pray youx
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clownx
|
|
whyx he will look upon his boot and singx mend the ruff and singx ask
|
|
questions and singx pick his teeth and singx i know a man that had this
|
|
trick of melancholy sold a goodly manor for a songx
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|
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|
countessx
|
|
let me see what he writesx and when he means to comex
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|
xxopening a letterxxx
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|
clownx
|
|
i have no mind to isbel since i was at courtx our old lings and our
|
|
isbels ox thx country are nothing like your old ling and your isbels ox
|
|
thx courtx the brains of my cupidxs knockxd outx and i begin to lovex
|
|
as an old man loves moneyx with no stomachx
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countessx
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|
what have we herex
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clownx
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|
exen that you have therex
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xxexitxxx
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countessx
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|
xxreadsxxx xi have sent you a daughterxinxlawx she hath recovered the
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king and undone mex i have wedded herx not bedded herx and sworn to
|
|
make the xnotx eternalx you shall hear i am run awayx know it before
|
|
the report comex if there be breadth enough in the worldx i will hold a
|
|
long distancex my duty to youx
|
|
your unfortunate sonxx
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|
bertramx
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|
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|
this is not wellx rash and unbridled boyx
|
|
to fly the favours of so good a kingx
|
|
to pluck his indignation on thy head
|
|
by the misprizing of a maid too virtuous
|
|
for the contempt of empirex
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|
|
|
enter clownx
|
|
|
|
clownx
|
|
o madamx yonder is heavy news within between two soldiers and my young
|
|
ladyx
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|
countessx
|
|
what is the matterx
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|
clownx
|
|
nayx there is some comfort in the newsx some comfortx your son will not
|
|
be killxd so soon as i thought he wouldx
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|
countessx
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|
why should he be killxdx
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|
clownx
|
|
so say ix madamx if he run awayx as i hear he doesx the danger is in
|
|
standing toxtx thatxs the loss of menx though it be the getting of
|
|
childrenx here they come will tell you morex for my partx i only hear
|
|
your son was run awayx
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|
|
|
xxexitxxx
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|
|
|
enter helena and the two gentlemenx
|
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|
first gentlemanx
|
|
save youx good madamx
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|
|
|
helenax
|
|
madamx my lord is gonex for ever gonex
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|
second gentlemanx
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|
do not say sox
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|
countessx
|
|
think upon patiencex pray youx gentlemenxx
|
|
i have felt so many quirks of joy and grief
|
|
that the first face of neither on the start
|
|
can woman me unto xtx where is my sonx i pray youx
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|
|
second gentlemanx
|
|
madamx hexs gone to serve the duke of florencex
|
|
we met him thitherwardx for thence we camex
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|
andx after some despatch in hand at courtx
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|
thither we bend againx
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|
helenax
|
|
look on this letterx madamx herexs my passportx
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|
|
xxreadsxxx xwhen thou canst get the ring upon my fingerx which never
|
|
shall come offx and show me a child begotten of thy body that i am
|
|
father tox then call me husbandx but in such a xthenx i write a
|
|
xneverxxx
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|
this is a dreadful sentencex
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|
|
countessx
|
|
brought you this letterx gentlemenx
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|
|
first gentlemanx
|
|
ayx madamx and for the contentsx sakex are sorry for our painsx
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|
countessx
|
|
i prxytheex ladyx have a better cheerx
|
|
if thou engrossest all the griefs are thinex
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|
thou robbxst me of a moietyx he was my sonx
|
|
but i do wash his name out of my bloodx
|
|
and thou art all my childx towards florence is hex
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|
second gentlemanx
|
|
ayx madamx
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|
countessx
|
|
and to be a soldierx
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|
second gentlemanx
|
|
such is his noble purposex andx believextx
|
|
the duke will lay upon him all the honour
|
|
that good convenience claimsx
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|
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|
countessx
|
|
return you thitherx
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|
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|
first gentlemanx
|
|
ayx madamx with the swiftest wing of speedx
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|
helenax
|
|
xxreadsxxx xtill i have no wifex i have nothing in francexx
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|
xtis bitterx
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|
|
|
countessx
|
|
find you that therex
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|
|
helenax
|
|
ayx madamx
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|
|
|
first gentlemanx
|
|
xtis but the boldness of his hand haplyx which his heart was not
|
|
consenting tox
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|
countessx
|
|
nothing in france until he have no wifex
|
|
therexs nothing here that is too good for him
|
|
but only shex and she deserves a lord
|
|
that twenty such rude boys might tend uponx
|
|
and call her hourly mistressx who was with himx
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|
|
|
first gentlemanx
|
|
a servant onlyx and a gentleman which i have sometime knownx
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|
|
|
countessx
|
|
parollesx was it notx
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|
|
|
first gentlemanx
|
|
ayx my good ladyx hex
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|
|
|
countessx
|
|
a very tainted fellowx and full of wickednessx
|
|
my son corrupts a wellxderived nature
|
|
with his inducementx
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|
|
|
first gentlemanx
|
|
indeedx good ladyx
|
|
the fellow has a deal of that too muchx
|
|
which holds him much to havex
|
|
|
|
countessx
|
|
yxare welcomex gentlemenx
|
|
i will entreat youx when you see my sonx
|
|
to tell him that his sword can never win
|
|
the honour that he losesx more ixll entreat you
|
|
written to bear alongx
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|
|
|
second gentlemanx
|
|
we serve youx madamx
|
|
in that and all your worthiest affairsx
|
|
|
|
countessx
|
|
not sox but as we change our courtesiesx
|
|
will you draw nearx
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|
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|
xxexeunt countess and gentlemenxxx
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|
|
|
helenax
|
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xtill i have no wifex i have nothing in francexx
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nothing in france until he has no wifex
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thou shalt have nonex rossillonx none in francex
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then hast thou all againx poor lordx isxt i
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that chase thee from thy countryx and expose
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those tender limbs of thine to the event
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of the nonexsparing warx and is it i
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that drive thee from the sportive courtx where thou
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wast shot at with fair eyesx to be the mark
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of smoky musketsx o you leaden messengersx
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that ride upon the violent speed of firex
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fly with false aimx move the stillxpeering airx
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that sings with piercingx do not touch my lordx
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whoever shoots at himx i set him therex
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whoever charges on his forward breastx
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i am the caitiff that do hold him toxtx
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and though i kill him notx i am the cause
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his death was so effectedx better xtwere
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i met the ravin lion when he roarxd
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with sharp constraint of hungerx better xtwere
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that all the miseries which nature owes
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were mine at oncex nox come thou homex rossillonx
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whence honour but of danger wins a scarx
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as oft it loses allx i will be gonex
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my being here it is that holds thee hencex
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shall i stay here to doxtx nox nox although
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the air of paradise did fan the housex
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and angels officxd allx i will be gonex
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that pitiful rumour may report my flight
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to consolate thine earx comex nightx endx dayx
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for with the darkx poor thiefx ixll steal awayx
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xxexitxxx
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scene iiix florencex before the dukexs palacex
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flourishx enter the duke of florencex bertramx drum and trumpetsx
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soldiersx parollesx
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dukex
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the general of our horse thou artx and wex
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great in our hopex lay our best love and credence
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upon thy promising fortunex
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bertramx
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sirx it is
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a charge too heavy for my strengthx but yet
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wexll strive to bear it for your worthy sake
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to thxextreme edge of hazardx
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dukex
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then go thou forthx
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and fortune play upon thy prosperous helmx
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as thy auspicious mistressx
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bertramx
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this very dayx
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great marsx i put myself into thy filex
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make me but like my thoughtsx and i shall prove
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a lover of thy drumx hater of lovex
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene ivx rossillonx a room in the countessxs palacex
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enter countess and stewardx
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countessx
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alasx and would you take the letter of herx
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might you not know she would do as she has donex
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by sending me a letterx read it againx
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stewardx
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xxreadsxxx xi am saint jaquesx pilgrimx thither gonex
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ambitious love hath so in me offended
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that barefoot plod i the cold ground uponx
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with sainted vow my faults to have amendedx
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writex writex that from the bloody course of war
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my dearest masterx your dear sonx may hiex
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bless him at home in peacex whilst i from far
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his name with zealous fervour sanctifyx
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his taken labours bid him me forgivex
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ix his despiteful junox sent him forth
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from courtly friendsx with camping foes to livex
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where death and danger dog the heels of worthx
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|
he is too good and fair for death and mex
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|
whom i myself embrace to set him freexx
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countessx
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ahx what sharp stings are in her mildest wordsx
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rynaldox you did never lack advice so much
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as letting her pass sox had i spoke with herx
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i could have well diverted her intentsx
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which thus she hath preventedx
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stewardx
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pardon mex madamx
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if i had given you this at overxnightx
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she might have been oxertaxenx and yet she writes
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|
pursuit would be but vainx
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countessx
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what angel shall
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bless this unworthy husbandx he cannot thrivex
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|
unless her prayersx whom heaven delights to hear
|
|
and loves to grantx reprieve him from the wrath
|
|
of greatest justicex writex writex rynaldox
|
|
to this unworthy husband of his wifex
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|
let every word weigh heavy of her worthx
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|
that he does weigh too lightx my greatest griefx
|
|
though little he do feel itx set down sharplyx
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|
dispatch the most convenient messengerx
|
|
when haply he shall hear that she is gone
|
|
he will returnx and hope i may that shex
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|
hearing so muchx will speed her foot againx
|
|
led hither by pure lovex which of them both
|
|
is dearest to me i have no skill in sense
|
|
to make distinctionx provide this messengerx
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|
my heart is heavyx and mine age is weakx
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|
grief would have tearsx and sorrow bids me speakx
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xxexeuntxxx
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|
scene vx without the walls of florencex
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|
enter an old widow of florencex dianax violentax mariana and other
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|
citizensx
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widowx
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|
nayx comex for if they do approach the cityx we shall lose all the
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|
sightx
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dianax
|
|
they say the french count has done most honourable servicex
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|
|
widowx
|
|
it is reported that he has taken their greatxst commanderx and that
|
|
with his own hand he slew the dukexs brotherx
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xxa tucket afar offxxx
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|
we have lost our labourx they are gone a contrary wayx harkx you may
|
|
know by their trumpetsx
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|
|
marianax
|
|
comex letxs return againx and suffice ourselves with the report of itx
|
|
wellx dianax take heed of this french earlx the honour of a maid is her
|
|
namex and no legacy is so rich as honestyx
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|
|
|
widowx
|
|
i have told my neighbour how you have been solicited by a gentleman his
|
|
companionx
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marianax
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|
i know that knavex hang himx one parollesx a filthy officer he is in
|
|
those suggestions for the young earlx beware of themx dianax their
|
|
promisesx enticementsx oathsx tokensx and all these engines of lustx
|
|
are not the things they go underx many a maid hath been seduced by
|
|
themx and the misery isx examplex that so terrible shows in the wreck
|
|
of maidenhoodx cannot for all that dissuade successionx but that they
|
|
are limed with the twigs that threaten themx i hope i need not to
|
|
advise you furtherx but i hope your own grace will keep you where you
|
|
arex though there were no further danger known but the modesty which is
|
|
so lostx
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|
dianax
|
|
you shall not need to fear mex
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|
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|
enter helena in the dress of a pilgrimx
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|
|
|
widowx
|
|
i hope sox lookx here comes a pilgrimx i know she will lie at my housex
|
|
thither they send one anotherx ixll question herx god save youx
|
|
pilgrimx whither are boundx
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|
helenax
|
|
to saint jaques le grandx
|
|
where do the palmers lodgex i do beseech youx
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|
|
widowx
|
|
at the saint francis herex beside the portx
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|
|
helenax
|
|
is this the wayx
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|
|
|
xxa march afarxxx
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|
widowx
|
|
ayx marryx isxtx hark youx they come this wayx
|
|
if you will tarryx holy pilgrimx
|
|
but till the troops come byx
|
|
i will conduct you where you shall be lodgxdx
|
|
the rather for i think i know your hostess
|
|
as ample as myselfx
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|
helenax
|
|
is it yourselfx
|
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|
widowx
|
|
if you shall please sox pilgrimx
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|
|
helenax
|
|
i thank youx and will stay upon your leisurex
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|
|
widowx
|
|
you camex i thinkx from francex
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|
|
helenax
|
|
i did sox
|
|
|
|
widowx
|
|
here you shall see a countryman of yours
|
|
that has done worthy servicex
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|
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|
helenax
|
|
his namex i pray youx
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|
dianax
|
|
the count rossillonx know you such a onex
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|
|
|
helenax
|
|
but by the earx that hears most nobly of himx
|
|
his face i know notx
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|
dianax
|
|
whatsomexer he isx
|
|
hexs bravely taken herex he stole from francex
|
|
as xtis reportedx for the king had married him
|
|
against his likingx think you it is sox
|
|
|
|
helenax
|
|
ayx surelyx mere the truthx i know his ladyx
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|
|
|
dianax
|
|
there is a gentleman that serves the count
|
|
reports but coarsely of herx
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|
|
|
helenax
|
|
whatxs his namex
|
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|
|
dianax
|
|
monsieur parollesx
|
|
|
|
helenax
|
|
ox i believe with himx
|
|
in argument of praisex or to the worth
|
|
of the great count himselfx she is too mean
|
|
to have her name repeatedx all her deserving
|
|
is a reserved honestyx and that
|
|
i have not heard examinxdx
|
|
|
|
dianax
|
|
alasx poor ladyx
|
|
xtis a hard bondage to become the wife
|
|
of a detesting lordx
|
|
|
|
widowx
|
|
ayx rightx good creaturex wheresoexer she isx
|
|
her heart weighs sadlyx this young maid might do her
|
|
a shrewd turnx if she pleasxdx
|
|
|
|
helenax
|
|
how do you meanx
|
|
maybe the amorous count solicits her
|
|
in the unlawful purposex
|
|
|
|
widowx
|
|
he does indeedx
|
|
and brokes with all that can in such a suit
|
|
corrupt the tender honour of a maidx
|
|
but she is armxd for himx and keeps her guard
|
|
in honestest defencex
|
|
|
|
enterx with a drum and coloursx a party of the florentine armyx
|
|
bertram and parollesx
|
|
|
|
marianax
|
|
the gods forbid elsex
|
|
|
|
widowx
|
|
sox now they comex
|
|
that is antoniox the dukexs eldest sonx
|
|
that escalusx
|
|
|
|
helenax
|
|
which is the frenchmanx
|
|
|
|
dianax
|
|
hex
|
|
that with the plumex xtis a most gallant fellowx
|
|
i would he lovxd his wifex if he were honester
|
|
he were much goodlierx isxt not a handsome gentlemanx
|
|
|
|
helenax
|
|
i like him wellx
|
|
|
|
dianax
|
|
xtis pity he is not honestx yondxs that same knave
|
|
that leads him to these placesx were i his lady
|
|
i would poison that vile rascalx
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|
|
|
helenax
|
|
which is hex
|
|
|
|
dianax
|
|
that jackxanxapes with scarfsx why is he melancholyx
|
|
|
|
helenax
|
|
perchance hexs hurt ix the battlex
|
|
|
|
parollesx
|
|
lose our drumx wellx
|
|
|
|
marianax
|
|
hexs shrewdly vexxd at somethingx lookx he has spied usx
|
|
|
|
widowx
|
|
marryx hang youx
|
|
|
|
marianax
|
|
and your courtesyx for a ringxcarrierx
|
|
|
|
xxexeunt bertramx parollesx officers and soldiersxxx
|
|
|
|
widowx
|
|
the troop is pastx comex pilgrimx i will bring you
|
|
where you shall hostx of enjoinxd penitents
|
|
therexs four or fivex to great saint jaques boundx
|
|
already at my housex
|
|
|
|
helenax
|
|
i humbly thank youx
|
|
please it this matron and this gentle maid
|
|
to eat with us tonightx the charge and thanking
|
|
shall be for mex andx to requite you furtherx
|
|
i will bestow some precepts of this virginx
|
|
worthy the notex
|
|
|
|
bothx
|
|
wexll take your offer kindlyx
|
|
|
|
xxexeuntxxx
|
|
|
|
scene vix camp before florencex
|
|
|
|
enter bertram and the two french lordsx
|
|
|
|
first lordx
|
|
nayx good my lordx put him toxtx let him have his wayx
|
|
|
|
second lordx
|
|
if your lordship find him not a hildingx hold me no more in your
|
|
respectx
|
|
|
|
first lordx
|
|
on my lifex my lordx a bubblex
|
|
|
|
bertramx
|
|
do you think i am so far deceived in himx
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|
|
|
first lordx
|
|
believe itx my lordx in mine own direct knowledgex without any malicex
|
|
but to speak of him as my kinsmanx hexs a most notable cowardx an
|
|
infinite and endless liarx an hourly promisexbreakerx the owner of no
|
|
one good quality worthy your lordshipxs entertainmentx
|
|
|
|
second lordx
|
|
it were fit you knew himx lestx reposing too far in his virtuex which
|
|
he hath notx he might at some great and trusty businessx in a main
|
|
danger fail youx
|
|
|
|
bertramx
|
|
i would i knew in what particular action to try himx
|
|
|
|
second lordx
|
|
none better than to let him fetch off his drumx which you hear him so
|
|
confidently undertake to dox
|
|
|
|
first lordx
|
|
i with a troop of florentines will suddenly surprise himx such i will
|
|
have whom i am sure he knows not from the enemyx we will bind and
|
|
hoodwink him so that he shall suppose no other but that he is carried
|
|
into the leaguer of the adversaries when we bring him to our own tentsx
|
|
be but your lordship present at his examinationx if he do not for the
|
|
promise of his lifex and in the highest compulsion of base fearx offer
|
|
to betray youx and deliver all the intelligence in his power against
|
|
youx and that with the divine forfeit of his soul upon oathx never
|
|
trust my judgment in anythingx
|
|
|
|
second lordx
|
|
ox for the love of laughterx let him fetch his drumx he says he has a
|
|
stratagem forxtx when your lordship sees the bottom of his success
|
|
inxtx and to what metal this counterfeit lump of ore will be meltedx if
|
|
you give him not john drumxs entertainmentx your inclining cannot be
|
|
removedx here he comesx
|
|
|
|
enter parollesx
|
|
|
|
first lordx
|
|
ox for the love of laughterx hinder not the honour of his designx let
|
|
him fetch off his drum in any handx
|
|
|
|
bertramx
|
|
how nowx monsieurx this drum sticks sorely in your dispositionx
|
|
|
|
second lordx
|
|
a pox on xtx let it gox xtis but a drumx
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|
|
|
parollesx
|
|
but a drumx isxt but a drumx a drum so lostx there was excellent
|
|
commandx to charge in with our horse upon our own wingsx and to rend
|
|
our own soldiersx
|
|
|
|
second lordx
|
|
that was not to be blamxd in the command of the servicex it was a
|
|
disaster of war that caesar himself could not have preventedx if he had
|
|
been there to commandx
|
|
|
|
bertramx
|
|
wellx we cannot greatly condemn our successx some dishonour we had in
|
|
the loss of that drumx but it is not to be recoveredx
|
|
|
|
parollesx
|
|
it might have been recoveredx
|
|
|
|
bertramx
|
|
it mightx but it is not nowx
|
|
|
|
parollesx
|
|
it is to be recoveredx but that the merit of service is seldom
|
|
attributed to the true and exact performerx i would have that drum or
|
|
anotherx or xhic jacetxx
|
|
|
|
bertramx
|
|
whyx if you have a stomachx toxtx monsieurx if you think your mystery
|
|
in stratagem can bring this instrument of honour again into his native
|
|
quarterx be magnanimous in the enterprisex and go onx i will grace the
|
|
attempt for a worthy exploitx if you speed well in itx the duke shall
|
|
both speak of it and extend to you what further becomes his greatnessx
|
|
even to the utmost syllable of your worthinessx
|
|
|
|
parollesx
|
|
by the hand of a soldierx i will undertake itx
|
|
|
|
bertramx
|
|
but you must not now slumber in itx
|
|
|
|
parollesx
|
|
ixll about it this eveningx and i will presently pen down my dilemmasx
|
|
encourage myself in my certaintyx put myself into my mortal
|
|
preparationx and by midnight look to hear further from mex
|
|
|
|
bertramx
|
|
may i be bold to acquaint his grace you are gone about itx
|
|
|
|
parollesx
|
|
i know not what the success will bex my lordx but the attempt i vowx
|
|
|
|
bertramx
|
|
i know thxart valiantx and to the possibility of thy soldiershipx will
|
|
subscribe for theex farewellx
|
|
|
|
parollesx
|
|
i love not many wordsx
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|
|
|
xxexitxxx
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|
|
|
first lordx
|
|
no more than a fish loves waterx is not this a strange fellowx my lordx
|
|
that so confidently seems to undertake this businessx which he knows is
|
|
not to be donex damns himself to dox and dares better be damnxd than to
|
|
doxtx
|
|
|
|
second lordx
|
|
you do not know himx my lordx as we dox certain it is that he will
|
|
steal himself into a manxs favourx and for a week escape a great deal
|
|
of discoveriesx but when you find him outx you have him ever afterx
|
|
|
|
bertramx
|
|
whyx do you think he will make no deed at all of thisx that so
|
|
seriously he does address himself untox
|
|
|
|
first lordx
|
|
none in the worldx but return with an inventionx and clap upon you two
|
|
or three probable liesx but we have almost embossed himx you shall see
|
|
his fall tonightx for indeed he is not for your lordshipxs respectx
|
|
|
|
second lordx
|
|
wexll make you some sport with the fox ere we case himx he was first
|
|
smokxd by the old lord lafewx when his disguise and he is partedx tell
|
|
me what a sprat you shall find himx which you shall see this very
|
|
nightx
|
|
|
|
first lordx
|
|
i must go look my twigsx he shall be caughtx
|
|
|
|
bertramx
|
|
your brotherx he shall go along with mex
|
|
|
|
first lordx
|
|
asxt please your lordshipx ixll leave youx
|
|
|
|
xxexitxxx
|
|
|
|
bertramx
|
|
now will i lead you to the housex and show you
|
|
the lass i spoke ofx
|
|
|
|
second lordx
|
|
but you say shexs honestx
|
|
|
|
bertramx
|
|
thatxs all the faultx i spoke with her but oncex
|
|
and found her wondrous coldx but i sent to her
|
|
by this same coxcomb that we have ix the wind
|
|
tokens and letters which she did rexsendx
|
|
and this is all i have donex shexs a fair creaturex
|
|
will you go see herx
|
|
|
|
second lordx
|
|
with all my heartx my lordx
|
|
|
|
xxexeuntxxx
|
|
|
|
scene viix florencex a room in the widowxs housex
|
|
|
|
enter helena and widowx
|
|
|
|
helenax
|
|
if you misdoubt me that i am not shex
|
|
i know not how i shall assure you furtherx
|
|
but i shall lose the grounds i work uponx
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|
|
|
widowx
|
|
though my estate be fallxnx i was well bornx
|
|
nothing acquainted with these businessesx
|
|
and would not put my reputation now
|
|
in any staining actx
|
|
|
|
helenax
|
|
nor would i wish youx
|
|
first give me trustx the count he is my husbandx
|
|
and what to your sworn counsel i have spoken
|
|
is so from word to wordx and then you cannotx
|
|
by the good aid that i of you shall borrowx
|
|
err in bestowing itx
|
|
|
|
widowx
|
|
i should believe youx
|
|
for you have showxd me that which well approves
|
|
yxare great in fortunex
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|
|
|
helenax
|
|
take this purse of goldx
|
|
and let me buy your friendly help thus farx
|
|
which i will overxpayx and pay again
|
|
when i have found itx the count he woos your daughter
|
|
lays down his wanton siege before her beautyx
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resolvxd to carry herx let her in fine consentx
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as wexll direct her how xtis best to bear itx
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now his important blood will naught deny
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that shexll demandx a ring the county wearsx
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that downward hath succeeded in his house
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from son to sonx some four or five descents
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since the first father wore itx this ring he holds
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in most rich choicex yetx in his idle firex
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to buy his willx it would not seem too dearx
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howexer repented afterx
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widowx
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now i see
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the bottom of your purposex
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helenax
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you see it lawful thenx it is no more
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but that your daughterx ere she seems as wonx
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desires this ringx appoints him an encounterx
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in finex delivers me to fill the timex
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herself most chastely absentx afterx
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to marry herx ixll add three thousand crowns
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to what is passxd alreadyx
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widowx
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i have yieldedx
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instruct my daughter how she shall perseverx
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that time and place with this deceit so lawful
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may prove coherentx every night he comes
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with musics of all sortsx and songs composxd
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to her unworthinessx it nothing steads us
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to chide him from our eavesx for he persists
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as if his life lay on xtx
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helenax
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why then tonight
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let us assay our plotx whichx if it speedx
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is wicked meaning in a lawful deedx
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and lawful meaning in a lawful actx
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where both not sinx and yet a sinful factx
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but letxs about itx
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xxexeuntxxx
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act ivx
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scene ix without the florentine campx
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enter first lord with five or six soldiers in ambushx
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first lordx
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he can come no other way but by this hedgexcornerx when you sally upon
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himx speak what terrible language you willx though you understand it
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not yourselvesx no matterx for we must not seem to understand himx
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unless someone among usx whom we must produce for an interpreterx
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first soldierx
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good captainx let me be thx interpreterx
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first lordx
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art not acquainted with himx knows he not thy voicex
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first soldierx
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no sirx i warrant youx
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first lordx
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but what linseyxwoolsey has thou to speak to us againx
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first soldierx
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exen such as you speak to mex
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first lordx
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he must think us some band of strangers ix the adversaryxs
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entertainmentx now he hath a smack of all neighbouring languagesx
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therefore we must every one be a man of his own fancyx not to know what
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we speak one to anotherx so we seem to knowx is to know straight our
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purposex choughsx languagex gabble enoughx and good enoughx as for youx
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interpreterx you must seem very politicx but couchx hox here he comesx
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to beguile two hours in a sleepx and then to return and swear the lies
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he forgesx
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enter parollesx
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parollesx
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ten oxclockx within these three hours xtwill be time enough to go homex
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what shall i say i have donex it must be a very plausive invention that
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carries itx they begin to smoke mex and disgraces have of late knockxd
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too often at my doorx i find my tongue is too foolhardyx but my heart
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hath the fear of mars before itx and of his creaturesx not daring the
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reports of my tonguex
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first lordx
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xxasidexxx this is the first truth that exer thine own tongue was
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guilty ofx
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parollesx
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what the devil should move me to undertake the recovery of this drumx
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being not ignorant of the impossibilityx and knowing i had no such
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purposex i must give myself some hurtsx and say i got them in exploitx
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yet slight ones will not carry itx they will say xcame you off with so
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littlexx and great ones i dare not givex whereforex whatxs the
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instancex tonguex i must put you into a butterxwomanxs mouthx and buy
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myself another of bajazetxs mulex if you prattle me into these perilsx
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first lordx
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xxasidexxx is it possible he should know what he isx and be that he isx
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parollesx
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i would the cutting of my garments would serve the turnx or the
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breaking of my spanish swordx
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first lordx
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xxasidexxx we cannot afford you sox
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parollesx
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or the baring of my beardx and to say it was in stratagemx
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first lordx
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xxasidexxx xtwould not dox
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parollesx
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or to drown my clothesx and say i was strippedx
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first lordx
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xxasidexxx hardly servex
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parollesx
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though i swore i leapxd from the window of the citadelxx
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first lordx
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xxasidexxx how deepx
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parollesx
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thirty fathomx
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first lordx
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xxasidexxx three great oaths would scarce make that be believedx
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parollesx
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i would i had any drum of the enemyxsx i would swear i recoverxd itx
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first lordx
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xxasidexxx you shall hear one anonx
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parollesx
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a drum now of the enemyxsx
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xxalarum withinxxx
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first lordx
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xthroca movoususx cargox cargox cargoxx
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allx
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xcargox cargox cargox villianda par corbox cargoxx
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xxthey seize and blindfold himxxx
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parollesx
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ox ransomx ransomx do not hide mine eyesx
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first soldierx
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xboskos thromuldo boskosxx
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parollesx
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i know you are the muskosx regimentx
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and i shall lose my life for want of languagex
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if there be here germanx or danex low dutchx
|
|
italianx or frenchx let him speak to mex
|
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ixll discover that which shall undo the florentinex
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first soldierx
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xboskos vauvadoxx i understand theex and can speak thy tonguex
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xkerelybontoxx sirx betake thee to thy faithx for seventeen poniards
|
|
are at thy bosomx
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parollesx
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ox
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first soldierx
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ox prayx prayx prayx
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xmanka revania dulchexx
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first lordx
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xoscorbidulchos volivorcoxx
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first soldierx
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|
the general is content to spare thee yetx
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andx hoodwinkxd as thou artx will lead thee on
|
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to gather from theex haply thou mayst inform
|
|
something to save thy lifex
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parollesx
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|
ox let me livex
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and all the secrets of our camp ixll showx
|
|
their forcex their purposesx nayx ixll speak that
|
|
which you will wonder atx
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first soldierx
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|
but wilt thou faithfullyx
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parollesx
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if i do notx damn mex
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first soldierx
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xacordo lintaxx
|
|
come onx thou art granted spacex
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xxexitx with parolles guardedxxx
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|
a short alarum withinx
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first lordx
|
|
go tell the count rossillon and my brother
|
|
we have caught the woodcockx and will keep him muffled
|
|
till we do hear from themx
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second soldierx
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|
captainx i willx
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first lordx
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|
xa will betray us all unto ourselvesx
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inform on thatx
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second soldierx
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|
so i willx sirx
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first lordx
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till then ixll keep him darkx and safely lockxdx
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xxexeuntxxx
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|
|
scene iix florencex a room in the widowxs housex
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|
|
enter bertram and dianax
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bertramx
|
|
they told me that your name was fontybellx
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dianax
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|
nox my good lordx dianax
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bertramx
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|
titled goddessx
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|
and worth itx with additionx butx fair soulx
|
|
in your fine frame hath love no qualityx
|
|
if the quick fire of youth light not your mindx
|
|
you are no maiden but a monumentx
|
|
when you are deadx you should be such a one
|
|
as you are nowx for you are cold and sternx
|
|
and now you should be as your mother was
|
|
when your sweet self was gotx
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|
dianax
|
|
she then was honestx
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|
bertramx
|
|
so should you bex
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dianax
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|
nox
|
|
my mother did but dutyx suchx my lordx
|
|
as you owe to your wifex
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|
bertramx
|
|
no more ax thatx
|
|
i prxythee do not strive against my vowsx
|
|
i was compellxd to herx but i love thee
|
|
by lovexs own sweet constraintx and will for ever
|
|
do thee all rights of servicex
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|
dianax
|
|
ayx so you serve us
|
|
till we serve youx but when you have our rosesx
|
|
you barely leave our thorns to prick ourselvesx
|
|
and mock us with our barenessx
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|
bertramx
|
|
how have i swornx
|
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|
|
dianax
|
|
xtis not the many oaths that makes the truthx
|
|
but the plain single vow that is vowxd truex
|
|
what is not holyx that we swear not byx
|
|
but take the highest to witnessx thenx pray youx tell mex
|
|
if i should swear by jovexs great attributes
|
|
i lovxd you dearlyx would you believe my oaths
|
|
when i did love you illx this has no holdingx
|
|
to swear by him whom i protest to love
|
|
that i will work against himx therefore your oaths
|
|
are words and poor conditionsx but unsealxdxx
|
|
at least in my opinionx
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|
bertramx
|
|
change itx change itx
|
|
be not so holyxcruelx love is holyx
|
|
and my integrity nexer knew the crafts
|
|
that you do charge men withx stand no more offx
|
|
but give thyself unto my sick desiresx
|
|
who then recoversx say thou art minex and ever
|
|
my love as it begins shall so perseverx
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|
dianax
|
|
i see that men make hopes in such a casex
|
|
that wexll forsake ourselvesx give me that ringx
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|
bertramx
|
|
ixll lend it theex my dearx but have no power
|
|
to give it from mex
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|
dianax
|
|
will you notx my lordx
|
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|
|
bertramx
|
|
it is an honour xlonging to our housex
|
|
bequeathed down from many ancestorsx
|
|
which were the greatest obloquy ix the world
|
|
in me to losex
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|
dianax
|
|
mine honourxs such a ringx
|
|
my chastityxs the jewel of our housex
|
|
bequeathed down from many ancestorsx
|
|
which were the greatest obloquy ix the world
|
|
in me to losex thus your own proper wisdom
|
|
brings in the champion honour on my part
|
|
against your vain assaultx
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|
bertramx
|
|
herex take my ringx
|
|
my housex mine honourx yeax my life be thinex
|
|
and ixll be bid by theex
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|
dianax
|
|
when midnight comesx knock at my chamber windowx
|
|
ixll order take my mother shall not hearx
|
|
now will i charge you in the band of truthx
|
|
when you have conquerxd my yet maidenxbedx
|
|
remain there but an hourx nor speak to mex
|
|
my reasons are most strongx and you shall know them
|
|
when back again this ring shall be deliverxdx
|
|
and on your finger in the nightx ixll put
|
|
another ringx that what in time proceeds
|
|
may token to the future our past deedsx
|
|
adieu till thenx then fail notx you have won
|
|
a wife of mex though there my hope be donex
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|
bertramx
|
|
a heaven on earth i have won by wooing theex
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|
xxexitxxx
|
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|
|
dianax
|
|
for which live long to thank both heaven and mex
|
|
you may so in the endx
|
|
my mother told me just how he would woox
|
|
as if she sat inxs heartx she says all men
|
|
have the like oathsx he had sworn to marry me
|
|
when his wifexs deadx therefore ixll lie with him
|
|
when i am buriedx since frenchmen are so braidx
|
|
marry that willx i live and die a maidx
|
|
onlyx in this disguisex i thinkxt no sin
|
|
to cozen him that would unjustly winx
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|
xxexitxxx
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|
|
|
scene iiix the florentine campx
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|
|
|
enter the two french lords and two or three soldiersx
|
|
|
|
first lordx
|
|
you have not given him his motherxs letterx
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|
|
second lordx
|
|
i have delivxred it an hour sincex there is something inxt that stings
|
|
his naturex for on the reading itx he changxd almost into another manx
|
|
|
|
first lordx
|
|
he has much worthy blame laid upon him for shaking off so good a wife
|
|
and so sweet a ladyx
|
|
|
|
second lordx
|
|
especially he hath incurred the everlasting displeasure of the kingx
|
|
who had even tunxd his bounty to sing happiness to himx i will tell you
|
|
a thingx but you shall let it dwell darkly with youx
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|
|
first lordx
|
|
when you have spoken itx xtis deadx and i am the grave of itx
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|
|
second lordx
|
|
he hath perverted a young gentlewoman here in florencex of a most
|
|
chaste renownx and this night he fleshes his will in the spoil of her
|
|
honourx he hath given her his monumental ringx and thinks himself made
|
|
in the unchaste compositionx
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|
|
first lordx
|
|
nowx god delay our rebellionx as we are ourselvesx what things are wex
|
|
|
|
second lordx
|
|
merely our own traitorsx and as in the common course of all treasonsx
|
|
we still see them reveal themselves till they attain to their abhorrxd
|
|
endsx so he that in this action contrives against his own nobilityx in
|
|
his proper streamx oxerflows himselfx
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|
|
first lordx
|
|
is it not meant damnable in us to be trumpeters of our unlawful
|
|
intentsx we shall not then have his company tonightx
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|
|
second lordx
|
|
not till after midnightx for he is dieted to his hourx
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|
|
first lordx
|
|
that approaches apacex i would gladly have him see his company
|
|
anatomizedx that he might take a measure of his own judgmentsx wherein
|
|
so curiously he had set this counterfeitx
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|
|
second lordx
|
|
we will not meddle with him till he comex for his presence must be the
|
|
whip of the otherx
|
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|
|
first lordx
|
|
in the meantimex what hear you of these warsx
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|
|
|
second lordx
|
|
i hear there is an overture of peacex
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|
|
first lordx
|
|
nayx i assure youx a peace concludedx
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|
|
second lordx
|
|
what will count rossillon do thenx will he travel higherx or return
|
|
again into francex
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|
|
first lordx
|
|
i perceive by this demandx you are not altogether of his councilx
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second lordx
|
|
let it be forbidx sirx so should i be a great deal of his actx
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|
first lordx
|
|
sirx his wife some two months since fled from his housex her pretence
|
|
is a pilgrimage to saint jaques le grandx which holy undertaking with
|
|
most austere sanctimony she accomplishedx and there residingx the
|
|
tenderness of her nature became as a prey to her griefx in finex made a
|
|
groan of her last breathx and now she sings in heavenx
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|
second lordx
|
|
how is this justifiedx
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|
|
first lordx
|
|
the stronger part of it by her own lettersx which makes her story truex
|
|
even to the point of her deathx her death itselfx which could not be
|
|
her office to say is comex was faithfully confirmxd by the rector of
|
|
the placex
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|
second lordx
|
|
hath the count all this intelligencex
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|
|
first lordx
|
|
ayx and the particular confirmationsx point from pointx to the full
|
|
arming of the verityx
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second lordx
|
|
i am heartily sorry that hexll be glad of thisx
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|
|
first lordx
|
|
how mightily sometimes we make us comforts of our lossesx
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|
|
second lordx
|
|
and how mightily some other times we drown our gain in tearsx the great
|
|
dignity that his valour hath here acquirxd for him shall at home be
|
|
encountered with a shame as amplex
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|
|
|
first lordx
|
|
the web of our life is of a mingled yarnx good and ill togetherx our
|
|
virtues would be proud if our faults whipped them notx and our crimes
|
|
would despair if they were not cherishxd by our virtuesx
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|
|
enter a messengerx
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|
how nowx wherexs your masterx
|
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|
|
messengerx
|
|
he met the duke in the streetx sirx of whom he hath taken a solemn
|
|
leavex his lordship will next morning for francex the duke hath offered
|
|
him letters of commendations to the kingx
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|
second lordx
|
|
they shall be no more than needful therex if they were more than they
|
|
can commendx
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|
|
enter bertramx
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|
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first lordx
|
|
they cannot be too sweet for the kingxs tartnessx herexs his lordship
|
|
nowx how nowx my lordx isxt not after midnightx
|
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|
bertramx
|
|
i have tonight despatchxd sixteen businessesx a monthxs length apiecex
|
|
by an abstract of successx i have congied with the dukex done my adieu
|
|
with his nearestx buried a wifex mournxd for herx writ to my lady
|
|
mother i am returningx entertained my convoyx and between these main
|
|
parcels of despatch effected many nicer needsx the last was the
|
|
greatestx but that i have not ended yetx
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|
|
|
second lordx
|
|
if the business be of any difficulty and this morning your departure
|
|
hencex it requires haste of your lordshipx
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bertramx
|
|
i mean the business is not endedx as fearing to hear of it hereafterx
|
|
but shall we have this dialogue between the fool and the soldierx comex
|
|
bring forth this counterfeit module has deceivxd me like a
|
|
doublexmeaning prophesierx
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|
|
|
second lordx
|
|
bring him forthx
|
|
|
|
xxexeunt soldiersxxx
|
|
|
|
has sat ix the stocks all nightx poor gallant knavex
|
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|
bertramx
|
|
no matterx his heels have deservxd itx in usurping his spurs so longx
|
|
how does he carry himselfx
|
|
|
|
first lordx
|
|
i have told your lordship alreadyx the stocks carry himx but to answer
|
|
you as you would be understoodx he weeps like a wench that had shed her
|
|
milkx he hath confessed himself to morganx whom he supposes to be a
|
|
friarx from the time of his remembrance to this very instant disaster
|
|
of his setting ix the stocksx and what think you he hath confessedx
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|
bertramx
|
|
nothing of mex has hex
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second lordx
|
|
his confession is takenx and it shall be read to his facex if your
|
|
lordship be inxtx as i believe you arex you must have the patience to
|
|
hear itx
|
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|
|
enter soldiers with parollesx
|
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|
bertramx
|
|
a plague upon himx muffledx he can say nothing of mex hushx hushx
|
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|
|
first lordx
|
|
hoodman comesx xportotartarossaxx
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first soldierx
|
|
he calls for the torturesx what will you say without xemx
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|
parollesx
|
|
i will confess what i know without constraintx if ye pinch me like a
|
|
pasty i can say no morex
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first soldierx
|
|
xbosko chimurchoxx
|
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first lordx
|
|
xboblibindo chicurmurcoxx
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first soldierx
|
|
you are a merciful generalx our general bids you answer to what i shall
|
|
ask you out of a notex
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parollesx
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and trulyx as i hope to livex
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first soldierx
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xfirst demand of him how many horse the duke is strongxx what say you
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to thatx
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parollesx
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five or six thousandx but very weak and unserviceablex the troops are
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all scatteredx and the commanders very poor roguesx upon my reputation
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and creditx and as i hope to livex
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first soldierx
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shall i set down your answer sox
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parollesx
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dox ixll take the sacrament on xtx how and which way you willx
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bertramx
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allxs one to himx what a pastxsaving slave is thisx
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first lordx
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you are deceivedx my lordx this is monsieur parollesx the gallant
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militarist xthat was his own phrasexx that had the whole theoric of war
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in the knot of his scarfx and the practice in the chape of his daggerx
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second lordx
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i will never trust a man again for keeping his sword cleanx nor believe
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he can have everything in him by wearing his apparel neatlyx
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first soldierx
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wellx thatxs set downx
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parollesx
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xfive or six thousand horsex i saidxi will say truexor thereaboutsx set
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downxxfor ixll speak truthx
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first lordx
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hexs very near the truth in thisx
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bertramx
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but i con him no thanks forxt in the nature he delivers itx
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parollesx
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poor roguesx i pray you sayx
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first soldierx
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wellx thatxs set downx
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parollesx
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i humbly thank youx sirx a truthxs a truthx the rogues are marvellous
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poorx
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first soldierx
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xdemand of him of what strength they are axfootxx what say you to thatx
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parollesx
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by my trothx sirx if i were to live this present hourx i will tell
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truex let me seex spuriox a hundred and fiftyx sebastianx so manyx
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corambusx so manyx jaquesx so manyx guiltianx cosmox lodowickx and
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gratiix two hundred fifty eachx mine own companyx chitopherx vaumondx
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bentiix two hundred fifty eachx so that the musterxfilex rotten and
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soundx upon my lifex amounts not to fifteen thousand pollx half of the
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which dare not shake the snow from off their cassocks lest they shake
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themselves to piecesx
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bertramx
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what shall be done to himx
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first lordx
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nothingx but let him have thanksx demand of him my conditionx and what
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credit i have with the dukex
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first soldierx
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wellx thatxs set downx xyou shall demand of him whether one captain
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dumaine be ix the campx a frenchmanx what his reputation is with the
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dukex what his valourx honesty and expertness in warsx or whether he
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thinks it were not possible with wellxweighing sums of gold to corrupt
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him to a revoltxx what say you to thisx what do you know of itx
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parollesx
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i beseech youx let me answer to the particular of the interxgatoriesx
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demand them singlyx
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first soldierx
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do you know this captain dumainex
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parollesx
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i know himx he was a botcherxs xprentice in parisx from whence he was
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whipped for getting the shrievexs fool with childx a dumb innocent that
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could not say him nayx
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xxfirst lord lifts up his hand in angerxxx
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bertramx
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nayx by your leavex hold your handsx though i know his brains are
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forfeit to the next tile that fallsx
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first soldierx
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wellx is this captain in the duke of florencexs campx
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parollesx
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upon my knowledgex he isx and lousyx
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first lordx
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nayx look not so upon mex we shall hear of your lordship anonx
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first soldierx
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what is his reputation with the dukex
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parollesx
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the duke knows him for no other but a poor officer of minex and writ to
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me this other day to turn him out ox the bandx i think i have his
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letter in my pocketx
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first soldierx
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marryx wexll searchx
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parollesx
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in good sadnessx i do not knowx either it is there or it is upon a
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filex with the dukexs other lettersx in my tentx
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first soldierx
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here xtisx herexs a paperx shall i read it to youx
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parollesx
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i do not know if it be it or nox
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bertramx
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our interpreter does it wellx
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first lordx
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excellentlyx
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first soldierx
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xxreadsxxx xdianx the countxs a foolx and full of goldxx
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parollesx
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that is not the dukexs letterx sirx that is an advertisement to a
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proper maid in florencex one dianax to take heed of the allurement of
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one count rossillonx a foolish idle boyx but for all that very ruttishx
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i pray youx sirx put it up againx
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first soldierx
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nayx ixll read it first by your favourx
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parollesx
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my meaning inxtx i protestx was very honest in the behalf of the maidx
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for i knew the young count to be a dangerous and lascivious boyx who is
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a whale to virginityx and devours up all the fry it findsx
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bertramx
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damnable both sides roguex
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first soldierx
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xxreadsxxx
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xwhen he swears oathsx bid him drop goldx and take itx
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after he scoresx he never pays the scorex
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half won is match well madex matchx and well make itx
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he nexer pays afterxdebtsx take it beforex
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and say a soldierx xdianxx told thee thisx
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men are to mell withx boys are not to kissx
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for count of thisx the countxs a foolx i know itx
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who pays beforex but not when he does owe itx
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thinex as he vowxd to thee in thine earxx
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parollesx
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bertramx
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he shall be whipped through the army with this rhyme inxs foreheadx
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second lordx
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this is your devoted friendx sirx the manifold linguistx and the
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armipotent soldierx
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bertramx
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i could endure anything before but a catx and now hexs a cat to mex
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first soldierx
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i perceivex sirx by our generalxs looks we shall be fain to hang youx
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parollesx
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my lifex sirx in any casex not that i am afraid to diex but thatx my
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offences being manyx i would repent out the remainder of naturex let me
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livex sirx in a dungeonx ix the stocksx or anywherex so i may livex
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first soldierx
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wexll see what may be donex so you confess freelyx thereforex once more
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to this captain dumainex you have answerxd to his reputation with the
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dukex and to his valourx what is his honestyx
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parollesx
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he will stealx sirx an egg out of a cloisterx for rapes and ravishments
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he parallels nessusx he professes not keeping of oathsx in breaking
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them he is stronger than herculesx he will liex sirx with such
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volubility that you would think truth were a foolx drunkenness is his
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best virtuex for he will be swinexdrunkx and in his sleep he does
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little harmx save to his bedclothes about himx but they know his
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conditions and lay him in strawx i have but little more to sayx sirx of
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his honestyx he has everything that an honest man should not havex what
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an honest man should havex he has nothingx
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first lordx
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i begin to love him for thisx
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bertramx
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for this description of thine honestyx a pox upon him for mex hexs more
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and more a catx
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first soldierx
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what say you to his expertness in warx
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parollesx
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faithx sirx has led the drum before the english tragediansxxto belie
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him i will notxxand more of his soldiership i know notx except in that
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country he had the honour to be the officer at a place there called
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milexendx to instruct for the doubling of filesx i would do the man
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what honour i canx but of this i am not certainx
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first lordx
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he hath outxvillainxd villainy so far that the rarity redeems himx
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bertramx
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a pox on himx hexs a cat stillx
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first soldierx
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his qualities being at this poor pricex i need not to ask you if gold
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will corrupt him to revoltx
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parollesx
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sirx for a quart dxecu he will sell the feexsimple of his salvationx
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the inheritance of itx and cut the entail from all remaindersx and a
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perpetual succession for it perpetuallyx
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first soldierx
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whatxs his brotherx the other captain dumainex
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second lordx
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why does he ask him of mex
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first soldierx
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whatxs hex
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parollesx
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exen a crow ox the same nestx not altogether so great as the first in
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goodnessx but greater a great deal in evilx he excels his brother for a
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cowardx yet his brother is reputed one of the best that isx in a
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retreat he outruns any lackeyx marryx in coming on he has the crampx
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first soldierx
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if your life be savedx will you undertake to betray the florentinex
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parollesx
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ayx and the captain of his horsex count rossillonx
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first soldierx
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ixll whisper with the generalx and know his pleasurex
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parollesx
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xxasidexxx ixll no more drummingx a plague of all drumsx only to seem
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to deserve wellx and to beguile the supposition of that lascivious
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young boy the countx have i run into this dangerx yet who would have
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suspected an ambush where i was takenx
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first soldierx
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there is no remedyx sirx but you must diex the general says you that
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|
have so traitorously discovered the secrets of your armyx and made such
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pestiferous reports of men very nobly heldx can serve the world for no
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honest usex therefore you must diex comex headsmanx off with his headx
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parollesx
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o lordx sirx let me livex or let me see my deathx
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first soldierx
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that shall youx and take your leave of all your friendsx
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xxunmuffling himxxx
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sox look about youx know you any herex
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bertramx
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good morrowx noble captainx
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second lordx
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god bless youx captain parollesx
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first lordx
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god save youx noble captainx
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second lordx
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captainx what greeting will you to my lord lafewx i am for francex
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first lordx
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good captainx will you give me a copy of the sonnet you writ to diana
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in behalf of the count rossillonx and i were not a very coward ixd
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compel it of youx but fare you wellx
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xxexeunt bertramx lords xcxxx
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first soldierx
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you are undonex captainx all but your scarfx that has a knot onxt yetx
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parollesx
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who cannot be crushed with a plotx
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first soldierx
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if you could find out a country where but women were that had received
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|
so much shamex you might begin an impudent nationx fare ye wellx sirx i
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am for france toox we shall speak of you therex
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xxexeuntxxx
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parollesx
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yet am i thankfulx if my heart were great
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xtwould burst at thisx captain ixll be no morex
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but i will eatx and drinkx and sleep as soft
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as captain shallx simply the thing i am
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shall make me livex who knows himself a braggartx
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let him fear thisx for it will come to pass
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that every braggart shall be found an assx
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|
rustx swordx coolx blushesx andx parolles live
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|
safest in shamex being foolxdx by foolery thrivex
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|
therexs place and means for every man alivex
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ixll after themx
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xxexitxxx
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scene ivx florencex a room in the widowxs housex
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enter helenax widow and dianax
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helenax
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that you may well perceive i have not wrongxd you
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one of the greatest in the christian world
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shall be my suretyx fore whose throne xtis needfulx
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ere i can perfect mine intentsx to kneelx
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time was i did him a desired officex
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dear almost as his lifex which gratitude
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through flinty tartarxs bosom would peep forthx
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and answer thanksx i duly am informxd
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his grace is at marseillesx to which place
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we have convenient convoyx you must know
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i am supposed deadx the army breakingx
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my husband hies him homex wherex heaven aidingx
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and by the leave of my good lord the kingx
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wexll be before our welcomex
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widowx
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gentle madamx
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you never had a servant to whose trust
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your business was more welcomex
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helenax
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nor youx mistressx
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ever a friend whose thoughts more truly labour
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|
to recompense your lovex doubt not but heaven
|
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hath brought me up to be your daughterxs dowerx
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|
as it hath fated her to be my motive
|
|
and helper to a husbandx butx o strange menx
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that can such sweet use make of what they hatex
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when saucy trusting of the cozenxd thoughts
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defiles the pitchy nightx so lust doth play
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|
with what it loathesx for that which is awayx
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but more of this hereafterx youx dianax
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|
under my poor instructions yet must suffer
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something in my behalfx
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dianax
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let death and honesty
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go with your impositionsx i am yours
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upon your will to sufferx
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helenax
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yetx i pray youx
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but with the word the time will bring on summerx
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when briers shall have leaves as well as thornsx
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and be as sweet as sharpx we must awayx
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our waggon is preparxdx and time revives usx
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allxs well that ends wellx still the finexs the crownx
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whatexer the coursex the end is the renownx
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene vx rossillonx a room in the countessxs palacex
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enter clownx countess and lafewx
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lafewx
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nox nox nox your son was misled with a sniptxtaffeta fellow therex
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whose villanous saffron would have made all the unbakxd and doughy
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|
youth of a nation in his colourx your daughterxinxlaw had been alive at
|
|
this hourx and your son here at homex more advancxd by the king than by
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that redxtailxd humblexbee i speak ofx
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countessx
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i would i had not known himx it was the death of the most virtuous
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gentlewoman that ever nature had praise for creatingx if she had
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partaken of my flesh and cost me the dearest groans of a motherx i
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could not have owed her a more rooted lovex
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lafewx
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xtwas a good ladyx xtwas a good ladyx we may pick a thousand salads ere
|
|
we light on such another herbx
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clownx
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indeedx sirx she was the sweet marjoram of the saladx orx ratherx the
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herb of gracex
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lafewx
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they are not herbsx you knavex they are nosexherbsx
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clownx
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i am no great nebuchadnezzarx sirx i have not much skill in grassx
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lafewx
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whether dost thou profess thyselfxxa knave or a foolx
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clownx
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a foolx sirx at a womanxs servicex and a knave at a manxsx
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lafewx
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your distinctionx
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clownx
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i would cozen the man of his wifex and do his servicex
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lafewx
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so you were a knave at his service indeedx
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clownx
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and i would give his wife my baublex sirx to do her servicex
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lafewx
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i will subscribe for theex thou art both knave and foolx
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clownx
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at your servicex
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lafewx
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nox nox nox
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clownx
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whyx sirx if i cannot serve youx i can serve as great a prince as you
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arex
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lafewx
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whoxs thatx a frenchmanx
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clownx
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faithx sirx xa has an english namex but his phisnomy is more hotter in
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france than therex
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lafewx
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what prince is thatx
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clownx
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the black princex sirx alias the prince of darknessx alias the devilx
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lafewx
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hold theex therexs my pursex i give thee not this to suggest thee from
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thy master thou talkxst ofx serve him stillx
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clownx
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i am a woodland fellowx sirx that always loved a great firex and the
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master i speak of ever keeps a good firex but sure he is the prince of
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the worldx let his nobility remain inxs courtx i am for the house with
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|
the narrow gatex which i take to be too little for pomp to enterx some
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that humble themselves mayx but the many will be too chill and tenderx
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and theyxll be for the flowxry way that leads to the broad gate and the
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great firex
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lafewx
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go thy waysx i begin to be axweary of theex and i tell thee so beforex
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because i would not fall out with theex go thy waysx let my horses be
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well lookxd tox without any tricksx
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clownx
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if i put any tricks upon xemx sirx they shall be jadesx tricksx which
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are their own right by the law of naturex
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xxexitxxx
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lafewx
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a shrewd knavex and an unhappyx
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countessx
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so he isx my lord thatxs gone made himself much sport out of himx by
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his authority he remains herex which he thinks is a patent for his
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saucinessx and indeed he has no pacex but runs where he willx
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lafewx
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i like him wellx xtis not amissx and i was about to tell youx since i
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heard of the good ladyxs deathx and that my lord your son was upon his
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|
return homex i moved the king my master to speak in the behalf of my
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daughterx whichx in the minority of them bothx his majesty out of a
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selfxgracious remembrance did first proposex his highness hath promisxd
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me to do itx andx to stop up the displeasure he hath conceived against
|
|
your sonx there is no fitter matterx how does your ladyship like itx
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countessx
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with very much contentx my lordx and i wish it happily effectedx
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lafewx
|
|
his highness comes post from marseillesx of as able body as when he
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|
numberxd thirtyx he will be here tomorrowx or i am deceived by him that
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|
in such intelligence hath seldom failxdx
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countessx
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it rejoices me that i hope i shall see him ere i diex i have letters
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|
that my son will be here tonightx i shall beseech your lordship to
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|
remain with me till they meet togetherx
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lafewx
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|
madamx i was thinking with what manners i might safely be admittedx
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countessx
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you need but plead your honourable privilegex
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lafewx
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ladyx of that i have made a bold charterx butx i thank my godx it holds
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yetx
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enter clownx
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clownx
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o madamx yonderxs my lord your son with a patch of velvet onxs facex
|
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whether there be a scar underxt or nox the velvet knowsx but xtis a
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goodly patch of velvetx his left cheek is a cheek of two pile and a
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|
halfx but his right cheek is worn barex
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lafewx
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a scar nobly gotx or a noble scarx is a good livery of honourx so
|
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belike is thatx
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clownx
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but it is your carbonadoxd facex
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lafewx
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let us go see your sonx i pray youx i long to talk with the young noble
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soldierx
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clownx
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faithx therexs a dozen of xemx with delicate fine hatsx and most
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courteous feathersx which bow the head and nod at every manx
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xxexeuntxxx
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act vx
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scene ix marseillesx a streetx
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enter helenax widow and diana with two attendantsx
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helenax
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but this exceeding posting day and night
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must wear your spirits lowx we cannot help itx
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but since you have made the days and nights as onex
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to wear your gentle limbs in my affairsx
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be bold you do so grow in my requital
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as nothing can unroot youx in happy timexx
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enter a gentlemanx
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this man may help me to his majestyxs earx
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if he would spend his powerx god save youx sirx
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gentlemanx
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and youx
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helenax
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sirx i have seen you in the court of francex
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gentlemanx
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i have been sometimes therex
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helenax
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i do presumex sirx that you are not fallen
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from the report that goes upon your goodnessx
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and thereforex goaded with most sharp occasionsx
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which lay nice manners byx i put you to
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the use of your own virtuesx for the which
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i shall continue thankfulx
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gentlemanx
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whatxs your willx
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helenax
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that it will please you
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to give this poor petition to the kingx
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and aid me with that store of power you have
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to come into his presencex
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gentlemanx
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the kingxs not herex
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helenax
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not herex sirx
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gentlemanx
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not indeedx
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he hence removxd last nightx and with more haste
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than is his usex
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widowx
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lordx how we lose our painsx
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helenax
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allxs well that ends well yetx
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though time seem so adverse and means unfitx
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i do beseech youx whither is he gonex
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gentlemanx
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marryx as i take itx to rossillonx
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whither i am goingx
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helenax
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i do beseech youx sirx
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since you are like to see the king before mex
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commend the paper to his gracious handx
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which i presume shall render you no blamex
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but rather make you thank your pains for itx
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i will come after you with what good speed
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our means will make us meansx
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gentlemanx
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this ixll do for youx
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helenax
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and you shall find yourself to be well thankxdx
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whatexer falls morex we must to horse againx
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gox gox providex
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene iix rossillonx the inner court of the countessxs palacex
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enter clown and parollesx
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parollesx
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good monsieur lavachex give my lord lafew this letterx i have ere nowx
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sirx been better known to youx when i have held familiarity with
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fresher clothesx but i am nowx sirx muddied in fortunexs moodx and
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smell somewhat strong of her strong displeasurex
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clownx
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trulyx fortunexs displeasure is but sluttishx if it smell so strongly
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as thou speakxst ofx i will henceforth eat no fish of fortunexs
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butteringx prxytheex allow the windx
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parollesx
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nayx you need not to stop your nosex sirx i spake but by a metaphorx
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clownx
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indeedx sirx if your metaphor stinkx i will stop my nosex or against
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any manxs metaphorx prxytheex get thee furtherx
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parollesx
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pray youx sirx deliver me this paperx
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clownx
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fohx prxythee stand awayx a paper from fortunexs closexstool to give to
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a noblemanx look here he comes himselfx
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enter lafewx
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here is a pur of fortunexsx sirx or of fortunexs catx but not a
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muskxcatx that has fallen into the unclean fishpond of her displeasurex
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and as he saysx is muddied withalx pray youx sirx use the carp as you
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mayx for he looks like a poorx decayedx ingeniousx foolishx rascally
|
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knavex i do pity his distress in my similes of comfortx and leave him
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to your lordshipx
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xxexitxxx
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parollesx
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my lordx i am a man whom fortune hath cruelly scratchxdx
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lafewx
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and what would you have me to dox xtis too late to pare her nails nowx
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wherein have you played the knave with fortune that she should scratch
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youx who of herself is a good ladyx and would not have knaves thrive
|
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long under herx therexs a quart dxecu for youx let the justices make
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|
you and fortune friendsx i am for other businessx
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parollesx
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i beseech your honour to hear me one single wordx
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lafewx
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you beg a single penny morex comex you shall haxtx save your wordx
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parollesx
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my namex my good lordx is parollesx
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lafewx
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you beg more than word thenx cox my passionx give me your handx how
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does your drumx
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parollesx
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o my good lordx you were the first that found mex
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lafewx
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was ix in soothx and i was the first that lost theex
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parollesx
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it lies in youx my lordx to bring me in some gracex for you did bring
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me outx
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lafewx
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out upon theex knavex dost thou put upon me at once both the office of
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god and the devilx one brings the in gracex and the other brings thee
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outx
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xxtrumpets soundxxx
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the kingxs comingx i know by his trumpetsx sirrahx inquire further
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after mex i had talk of you last nightx though you are a fool and a
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knavex you shall eatx go tox followx
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parollesx
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i praise god for youx
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene iiix the samex a room in the countessxs palacex
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flourishx enter kingx countessx lafewx lordsx gentlemenx guards xcx
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kingx
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we lost a jewel of herx and our esteem
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|
was made much poorer by itx but your sonx
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|
as mad in follyx lackxd the sense to know
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|
her estimation homex
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countessx
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xtis pastx my liegex
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and i beseech your majesty to make it
|
|
natural rebellionx done ix the blaze of youthx
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when oil and firex too strong for reasonxs forcex
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oxerbears it and burns onx
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kingx
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my honourxd ladyx
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i have forgiven and forgotten allx
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though my revenges were high bent upon himx
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and watchxd the time to shootx
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lafewx
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this i must sayxx
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but firstx i beg my pardonxxthe young lord
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did to his majestyx his motherx and his ladyx
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offence of mighty notex but to himself
|
|
the greatest wrong of allx he lost a wife
|
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whose beauty did astonish the survey
|
|
of richest eyesx whose words all ears took captivex
|
|
whose dear perfection hearts that scornxd to serve
|
|
humbly callxd mistressx
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kingx
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|
praising what is lost
|
|
makes the remembrance dearx wellx call him hitherx
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|
we are reconcilxdx and the first view shall kill
|
|
all repetitionx let him not ask our pardonx
|
|
the nature of his great offence is deadx
|
|
and deeper than oblivion do we bury
|
|
thx incensing relics of itx let him approach
|
|
a strangerx no offenderx and inform him
|
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so xtis our will he shouldx
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gentlemanx
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i shallx my liegex
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xxexit gentlemanxxx
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kingx
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what says he to your daughterx have you spokex
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lafewx
|
|
all that he is hath reference to your highnessx
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kingx
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|
then shall we have a matchx i have letters sent me
|
|
that sets him high in famex
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|
enter bertramx
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lafewx
|
|
he looks well on xtx
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|
kingx
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|
i am not a day of seasonx
|
|
for thou mayst see a sunshine and a hail
|
|
in me at oncex but to the brightest beams
|
|
distracted clouds give wayx so stand thou forthx
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|
the time is fair againx
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bertramx
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|
my highxrepented blames
|
|
dear sovereignx pardon to mex
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kingx
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|
all is wholex
|
|
not one word more of the consumed timex
|
|
letxs take the instant by the forward topx
|
|
for we are oldx and on our quickxst decrees
|
|
thxinaudible and noiseless foot of time
|
|
steals ere we can effect themx you remember
|
|
the daughter of this lordx
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|
bertramx
|
|
admiringlyx my liegex at first
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|
i stuck my choice upon herx ere my heart
|
|
durst make too bold herald of my tonguex
|
|
where the impression of mine eye infixingx
|
|
contempt his scornful perspective did lend mex
|
|
which warpxd the line of every other favourx
|
|
scornxd a fair colourx or expressxd it stolenx
|
|
extended or contracted all proportions
|
|
to a most hideous objectx thence it came
|
|
that she whom all men praisxdx and whom myselfx
|
|
since i have lostx have lovxdx was in mine eye
|
|
the dust that did offend itx
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kingx
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|
well excusxdx
|
|
that thou didst love herx strikes some scores away
|
|
from the great comptx but love that comes too latex
|
|
like a remorseful pardon slowly carriedx
|
|
to the great sender turns a sour offencex
|
|
cryingx thatxs good thatxs gonex our rash faults
|
|
make trivial price of serious things we havex
|
|
not knowing them until we know their gravex
|
|
oft our displeasuresx to ourselves unjustx
|
|
destroy our friendsx and after weep their dustx
|
|
our own love waking cries to see whatxs donex
|
|
while shameful hate sleeps out the afternoonx
|
|
be this sweet helenxs knellx and now forget herx
|
|
send forth your amorous token for fair maudlinx
|
|
the main consents are hadx and here wexll stay
|
|
to see our widowerxs second marriagexdayx
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|
|
|
countessx
|
|
which better than the firstx o dear heavenx blessx
|
|
orx ere they meetx in mex o naturex cessex
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|
|
|
lafewx
|
|
come onx my sonx in whom my housexs name
|
|
must be digestedx give a favour from youx
|
|
to sparkle in the spirits of my daughterx
|
|
that she may quickly comex
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|
|
xxbertram gives a ring to lafewxxx
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|
by my old beardx
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|
and evxry hair thatxs on xtx helen thatxs dead
|
|
was a sweet creaturex such a ring as thisx
|
|
the last that exer i took her leave at courtx
|
|
i saw upon her fingerx
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bertramx
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|
hers it was notx
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|
kingx
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|
nowx pray youx let me see itx for mine eyex
|
|
while i was speakingx oft was fastenxd to itx
|
|
this ring was minex and when i gave it helen
|
|
i bade herx if her fortunes ever stood
|
|
necessitied to helpx that by this token
|
|
i would relieve herx had you that craft to xreave her
|
|
of what should stead her mostx
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|
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|
bertramx
|
|
my gracious sovereignx
|
|
howexer it pleases you to take it sox
|
|
the ring was never hersx
|
|
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|
countessx
|
|
sonx on my lifex
|
|
i have seen her wear itx and she reckonxd it
|
|
at her lifexs ratex
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|
|
lafewx
|
|
i am sure i saw her wear itx
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|
bertramx
|
|
you are deceivxdx my lordx she never saw itx
|
|
in florence was it from a casement thrown mex
|
|
wrappxd in a paperx which containxd the name
|
|
of her that threw itx noble she wasx and thought
|
|
i stood engagxdx but when i had subscribxd
|
|
to mine own fortunex and informxd her fully
|
|
i could not answer in that course of honour
|
|
as she had made the overturex she ceasxdx
|
|
in heavy satisfactionx and would never
|
|
receive the ring againx
|
|
|
|
kingx
|
|
plutus himselfx
|
|
that knows the tinct and multiplying medicinex
|
|
hath not in naturexs mystery more science
|
|
than i have in this ringx xtwas minex xtwas helenxsx
|
|
whoever gave it youx then if you know
|
|
that you are well acquainted with yourselfx
|
|
confess xtwas hersx and by what rough enforcement
|
|
you got it from herx she callxd the saints to surety
|
|
that she would never put it from her finger
|
|
unless she gave it to yourself in bedx
|
|
where you have never comex or sent it us
|
|
upon her great disasterx
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|
|
bertramx
|
|
she never saw itx
|
|
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|
kingx
|
|
thou speakxst it falselyx as i love mine honourx
|
|
and makxst conjectural fears to come into me
|
|
which i would fain shut outx if it should prove
|
|
that thou art so inhumanxxxtwill not prove sox
|
|
and yet i know notx thou didst hate her deadlyx
|
|
and she is deadx which nothing but to close
|
|
her eyes myselfx could win me to believe
|
|
more than to see this ringx take him awayx
|
|
|
|
xxguards seize bertramxxx
|
|
|
|
my forexpast proofsx howexer the matter fallx
|
|
shall tax my fears of little vanityx
|
|
having vainly fearxd too littlex away with himx
|
|
wexll sift this matter furtherx
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|
|
|
bertramx
|
|
if you shall prove
|
|
this ring was ever hersx you shall as easy
|
|
prove that i husbanded her bed in florencex
|
|
where she yet never wasx
|
|
|
|
xxexitx guardedxxx
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|
|
|
kingx
|
|
i am wrappxd in dismal thinkingsx
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|
|
enter a gentlemanx
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|
gentlemanx
|
|
gracious sovereignx
|
|
whether i have been to blame or nox i know notx
|
|
herexs a petition from a florentinex
|
|
who hath for four or five removes come short
|
|
to tender it herselfx i undertook itx
|
|
vanquishxd thereto by the fair grace and speech
|
|
of the poor suppliantx who by thisx i knowx
|
|
is here attendingx her business looks in her
|
|
with an importing visagex and she told me
|
|
in a sweet verbal briefx it did concern
|
|
your highness with herselfx
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|
|
|
kingx
|
|
xxreadsxxx xupon his many protestations to marry me when his wife was
|
|
deadx i blush to say itx he won mex now is the count rossillon a
|
|
widowerx his vows are forfeited to mex and my honourxs paid to himx he
|
|
stole from florencex taking no leavex and i follow him to his country
|
|
for justicex grant it mex o kingx in you it best liesx otherwise a
|
|
seducer flourishesx and a poor maid is undonexx
|
|
diana capiletx
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|
|
|
lafewx
|
|
i will buy me a sonxinxlaw in a fairx and toll for thisx ixll none of
|
|
himx
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|
|
|
kingx
|
|
the heavens have thought well on theex lafewx
|
|
to bring forth this discoveryx seek these suitorsx
|
|
go speedilyx and bring again the countx
|
|
|
|
xxexeunt gentleman and some attendantsxxx
|
|
|
|
i am afeard the life of helenx ladyx
|
|
was foully snatchxdx
|
|
|
|
countessx
|
|
nowx justice on the doersx
|
|
|
|
enter bertramx guardedx
|
|
|
|
kingx
|
|
i wonderx sirx since wives are monsters to youx
|
|
and that you fly them as you swear them lordshipx
|
|
yet you desire to marryx what womanxs thatx
|
|
|
|
enter widow and dianax
|
|
|
|
dianax
|
|
i amx my lordx a wretched florentinex
|
|
derived from the ancient capiletx
|
|
my suitx as i do understandx you knowx
|
|
and therefore know how far i may be pitiedx
|
|
|
|
widowx
|
|
i am her motherx sirx whose age and honour
|
|
both suffer under this complaint we bringx
|
|
and both shall ceasex without your remedyx
|
|
|
|
kingx
|
|
come hitherx countx do you know these womenx
|
|
|
|
bertramx
|
|
my lordx i neither can nor will deny
|
|
but that i know themx do they charge me furtherx
|
|
|
|
dianax
|
|
why do you look so strange upon your wifex
|
|
|
|
bertramx
|
|
shexs none of minex my lordx
|
|
|
|
dianax
|
|
if you shall marryx
|
|
you give away this handx and that is minex
|
|
you give away heavenxs vowsx and those are minex
|
|
you give away myselfx which is known minex
|
|
for i by vow am so embodied yours
|
|
that she which marries you must marry mex
|
|
either both or nonex
|
|
|
|
lafewx
|
|
xxto bertramxx your reputation comes too short for my daughterx you are
|
|
no husband for herx
|
|
|
|
bertramx
|
|
my lordx this is a fond and desperate creature
|
|
whom sometime i have laughxd withx let your highness
|
|
lay a more noble thought upon mine honour
|
|
than for to think that i would sink it herex
|
|
|
|
kingx
|
|
sirx for my thoughtsx you have them ill to friend
|
|
till your deeds gain themx fairer prove your honour
|
|
than in my thought it liesx
|
|
|
|
dianax
|
|
good my lordx
|
|
ask him upon his oathx if he does think
|
|
he had not my virginityx
|
|
|
|
kingx
|
|
what sayxst thou to herx
|
|
|
|
bertramx
|
|
shexs impudentx my lordx
|
|
and was a common gamester to the campx
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|
|
|
dianax
|
|
he does me wrongx my lordx if i were so
|
|
he might have bought me at a common pricex
|
|
do not believe himx ox behold this ringx
|
|
whose high respect and rich validity
|
|
did lack a parallelx yet for all that
|
|
he gave it to a commoner ox the campx
|
|
if i be onex
|
|
|
|
countessx
|
|
he blushesx and xtis itx
|
|
of six preceding ancestorsx that gem
|
|
conferrxd by testament to thx sequent issuex
|
|
hath it been owed and wornx this is his wifex
|
|
that ringxs a thousand proofsx
|
|
|
|
kingx
|
|
methought you said
|
|
you saw one here in court could witness itx
|
|
|
|
dianax
|
|
i didx my lordx but loath am to produce
|
|
so bad an instrumentx his namexs parollesx
|
|
|
|
lafewx
|
|
i saw the man todayx if man he bex
|
|
|
|
kingx
|
|
find himx and bring him hitherx
|
|
|
|
xxexit an attendantxxx
|
|
|
|
bertramx
|
|
what of himx
|
|
hexs quoted for a most perfidious slavex
|
|
with all the spots ox the world taxxd and debauchxdx
|
|
whose nature sickens but to speak a truthx
|
|
am i or that or this for what hexll utterx
|
|
that will speak anythingx
|
|
|
|
kingx
|
|
she hath that ring of yoursx
|
|
|
|
bertramx
|
|
i think she hasx certain it is i likxd her
|
|
and boarded her ix the wanton way of youthx
|
|
she knew her distancex and did angle for mex
|
|
madding my eagerness with her restraintx
|
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as all impediments in fancyxs course
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are motives of more fancyx and in finex
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her infinite cunning with her modern gracex
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subduxd me to her ratex she got the ringx
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and i had that which any inferior might
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at marketxprice have boughtx
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dianax
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i must be patientx
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you that have turnxd off a first so noble wife
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may justly diet mex i pray you yetxx
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since you lack virtuex i will lose a husbandx
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send for your ringx i will return it homex
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and give me mine againx
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bertramx
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i have it notx
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kingx
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what ring was yoursx i pray youx
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dianax
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sirx much like
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the same upon your fingerx
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kingx
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know you this ringx this ring was his of latex
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dianax
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and this was it i gave himx being abedx
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kingx
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the story then goes false you threw it him
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out of a casementx
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dianax
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i have spoke the truthx
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enter attendant with parollesx
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bertramx
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my lordx i do confess the ring was hersx
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kingx
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you boggle shrewdlyx every feather starts youx
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is this the man you speak ofx
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dianax
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ayx my lordx
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kingx
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tell mex sirrahx but tell me true i charge youx
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not fearing the displeasure of your masterx
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which on your just proceedingx ixll keep offxx
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by him and by this woman here what know youx
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parollesx
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so please your majestyx my master hath been an honourable gentlemanx
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tricks he hath had in himx which gentlemen havex
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kingx
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comex comex to the purposex did he love this womanx
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parollesx
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faithx sirx he did love herx but howx
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kingx
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howx i pray youx
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parollesx
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he did love herx sirx as a gentleman loves a womanx
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kingx
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how is thatx
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parollesx
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he lovxd herx sirx and lovxd her notx
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kingx
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as thou art a knave and no knavex
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what an equivocal companion is thisx
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parollesx
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i am a poor manx and at your majestyxs commandx
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lafewx
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hexs a good drumx my lordx but a naughty oratorx
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dianax
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do you know he promised me marriagex
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parollesx
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faithx i know more than ixll speakx
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kingx
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but wilt thou not speak all thou knowxstx
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parollesx
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yesx so please your majestyx i did go between them as i saidx but more
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than thatx he loved herx for indeed he was mad for herx and talked of
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satanx and of limbox and of furiesx and i know not whatx yet i was in
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that credit with them at that time that i knew of their going to bedx
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and of other motionsx as promising her marriagex and things which would
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derive me ill will to speak ofx therefore i will not speak what i knowx
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kingx
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thou hast spoken all alreadyx unless thou canst say they are marriedx
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but thou art too fine in thy evidencex therefore stand asidex this
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ringx you sayx was yoursx
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dianax
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ayx my good lordx
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kingx
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where did you buy itx or who gave it youx
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dianax
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it was not given mex nor i did not buy itx
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kingx
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who lent it youx
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dianax
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it was not lent me neitherx
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kingx
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where did you find it thenx
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dianax
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i found it notx
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kingx
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if it were yours by none of all these waysx
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how could you give it himx
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dianax
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i never gave it himx
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lafewx
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this womanxs an easy glovex my lordx she goes off and on at pleasurex
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kingx
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this ring was minex i gave it his first wifex
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dianax
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it might be yours or hers for ought i knowx
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kingx
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take her awayx i do not like her nowx
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to prison with herx and away with himx
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unless thou tellxst me where thou hadst this ringx
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thou diest within this hourx
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dianax
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ixll never tell youx
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kingx
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take her awayx
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dianax
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ixll put in bailx my liegex
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kingx
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i think thee now some common customerx
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dianax
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by jovex if ever i knew manx xtwas youx
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kingx
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wherefore hast thou accusxd him all this whilex
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dianax
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because hexs guiltyx and he is not guiltyx
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he knows i am no maidx and hexll swear toxtx
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ixll swear i am a maidx and he knows notx
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great kingx i am no strumpetx by my lifex
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i am either maidx or else this old manxs wifex
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xxpointing to lafewxxx
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kingx
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she does abuse our earsx to prison with herx
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dianax
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good motherx fetch my bailx stayx royal sirx
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xxexit widowxxx
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the jeweller that owes the ring is sent forx
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and he shall surety mex but for this lord
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who hath abusxd me as he knows himselfx
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though yet he never harmxd mex here i quit himx
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he knows himself my bed he hath defilxdx
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and at that time he got his wife with childx
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dead though she bex she feels her young one kickx
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so therexs my riddlex one thatxs dead is quickx
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and now behold the meaningx
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enter widow with helenax
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kingx
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is there no exorcist
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beguiles the truer office of mine eyesx
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isxt real that i seex
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helenax
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nox my good lordx
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xtis but the shadow of a wife you seex
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the namex and not the thingx
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bertramx
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bothx bothx ox pardonx
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helenax
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ox my good lordx when i was like this maidx
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i found you wondrous kindx there is your ringx
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andx look youx herexs your letterx this it saysx
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xwhen from my finger you can get this ringx
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and is by me with childx xcxx this is donex
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will you be mine now you are doubly wonx
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bertramx
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if shex my liegex can make me know this clearlyx
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ixll love her dearlyx everx ever dearlyx
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helenax
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if it appear not plainx and prove untruex
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deadly divorce step between me and youx
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o my dear motherx do i see you livingx
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lafewx
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mine eyes smell onionsx i shall weep anonx
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xxto parollesxx good tom drumx lend me a handkercherx
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sox i thank theex wait on me homex ixll make sport with theex
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let thy courtesies alonex they are scurvy onesx
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kingx
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let us from point to point this story knowx
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to make the even truth in pleasure flowx
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xxto dianaxxx if thou beest yet a fresh uncropped flowerx
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choose thou thy husbandx and ixll pay thy dowerx
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for i can guess that by thy honest aidx
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thou keptxst a wife herselfx thyself a maidx
|
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of that and all the progress more and lessx
|
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resolvedly more leisure shall expressx
|
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all yet seems wellx and if it end so meetx
|
|
the bitter pastx more welcome is the sweetx
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xxflourishxxx
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xepiloguex
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xthe kingxs a beggarx now the play is donex
|
|
all is well ended if this suit be wonx
|
|
that you express contentx which we will pay
|
|
with strife to please youx day exceeding dayx
|
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ours be your patience thenx and yours our partsx
|
|
your gentle hands lend usx and take our heartsxx
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xxexeunt omnesxxx
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antony and cleopatra
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contents
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act i
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scene ix
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alexandriax a room in cleopatraxs palacex
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scene iix
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alexandriax another room in cleopatraxs palacex
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scene iiix
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alexandriax a room in cleopatraxs palacex
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scene ivx
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romex an apartment in caesarxs house
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scene vx
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alexandriax a room in the palacex
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act ii
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scene ix
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messinax a room in pompeyxs housex
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scene iix
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romex a room in the house of lepidusx
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scene iiix
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romex a room in caesarxs housex
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scene ivx
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romex a streetx
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scene vx
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alexandriax a room in the palacex
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scene vix
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near misenumx
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scene viix
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on board pompeyxs galleyx lying near misenumx
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act iii
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scene ix
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a plain in syriax
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scene iix
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romex an antexchamber in caesarxs housex
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scene iiix
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alexandriax a room in the palacex
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scene ivx
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athensx a room in antonyxs housex
|
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scene vx
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athensx another room in antonyxs housex
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scene vix
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romex a room in caesarxs housex
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scene viix
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antonyxs camp near the promontory of actiumx
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scene viiix
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a plain near actiumx
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scene ixx
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another part of the plainx
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scene xx
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another part of the plainx
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scene xix
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alexandriax a room in the palacex
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scene xiix
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caesarxs camp in egyptx
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scene xiiix
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alexandriax a room in the palacex
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act iv
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scene ix
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caesarxs camp at alexandriax
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scene iix
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alexandriax a room in the palacex
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scene iiix
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alexandriax before the palacex
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scene ivx
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alexandriax a room in the palacex
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scene vx
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antonyxs camp near alexandriax
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scene vix
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alexandriax caesarxs campx
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scene viix
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field of battle between the campsx
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scene viiix
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under the walls of alexandriax
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scene ixx
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caesarxs campx
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scene xx
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|
ground between the two campsx
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scene xix
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another part of the groundx
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scene xiix
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another part of the groundx
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scene xiiix
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alexandriax a room in the palacex
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scene xivx
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alexandriax another roomx
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scene xvx
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alexandriax a monumentx
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act v
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scene ix
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caesarxs camp before alexandriax
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scene iix
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alexandriax a room in the monumentx
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dramatis personx
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mark antonyx triumvir
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octavius caesarx triumvir
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|
lepidusx triumvir
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|
sextus pompeiusx
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|
domitius enobarbusx friend to antony
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|
ventidiusx friend to antony
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erosx friend to antony
|
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scarusx friend to antony
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dercetusx friend to antony
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demetriusx friend to antony
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philox friend to antony
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maecenasx friend to caesar
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agrippax friend to caesar
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dolabellax friend to caesar
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proculeiusx friend to caesar
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thidiasx friend to caesar
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gallusx friend to caesar
|
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menasx friend to pompey
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|
menecratesx friend to pompey
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varriusx friend to pompey
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|
taurusx lieutenantxgeneral to caesar
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canidiusx lieutenantxgeneral to antony
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siliusx an officer in ventidiusxs army
|
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euphroniusx an ambassador from antony to caesar
|
|
alexasx attendant on cleopatra
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|
mardianx attendant on cleopatra
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seleucusx attendant on cleopatra
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diomedesx attendant on cleopatra
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a soothsayer
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a clown
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cleopatrax queen of egypt
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octaviax sister to caesar and wife to antony
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charmianx attendant on cleopatra
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irasx attendant on cleopatra
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officersx soldiersx messengersx and other attendants
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scenex dispersedx in several parts of the roman empirex
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act i
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scene ix alexandriax a room in cleopatraxs palacex
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enter demetrius and philox
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philox
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|
nayx but this dotage of our generalxs
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|
oxerflows the measurex those his goodly eyesx
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|
that oxer the files and musters of the war
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|
have glowed like plated marsx now bendx now turn
|
|
the office and devotion of their view
|
|
upon a tawny frontx his captainxs heartx
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|
which in the scuffles of great fights hath burst
|
|
the buckles on his breastx reneges all temper
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|
and is become the bellows and the fan
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|
to cool a gipsyxs lustx
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flourishx enter antony and cleopatrax her ladiesx the trainx with
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|
eunuchs fanning herx
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look where they comex
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|
take but good notex and you shall see in him
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|
the triple pillar of the world transformxd
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into a strumpetxs foolx behold and seex
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cleopatrax
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if it be love indeedx tell me how muchx
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antonyx
|
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therexs beggary in the love that can be reckonedx
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cleopatrax
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ixll set a bourn how far to be belovedx
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antonyx
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then must thou needs find out new heavenx new earthx
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|
enter a messengerx
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messengerx
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newsx my good lordx from romex
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antonyx
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grates mex the sumx
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cleopatrax
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nayx hear themx antonyx
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|
fulvia perchance is angryx or who knows
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if the scarcexbearded caesar have not sent
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his powerful mandate to youx xdo this or thisx
|
|
take in that kingdom and enfranchise thatx
|
|
performxtx or else we damn theexx
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antonyx
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howx my lovex
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cleopatrax
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perchancex nayx and most likex
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you must not stay here longerx your dismission
|
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is come from caesarx therefore hear itx antonyx
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wherexs fulviaxs processxxcaesarxs i would sayx bothx
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call in the messengersx as i am egyptxs queenx
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|
thou blushestx antonyx and that blood of thine
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|
is caesarxs homagerx else so thy cheek pays shame
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when shrillxtongued fulvia scoldsx the messengersx
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antonyx
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let rome in tiber meltx and the wide arch
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|
of the ranged empire fallx here is my spacex
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kingdoms are clayx our dungy earth alike
|
|
feeds beast as manx the nobleness of life
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is to do thus xxembracingxxx when such a mutual pair
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and such a twain can doxtx in which i bindx
|
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on pain of punishmentx the world to weet
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|
we stand up peerlessx
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cleopatrax
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|
excellent falsehoodx
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|
why did he marry fulviax and not love herx
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|
ixll seem the fool i am notx antony
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will be himselfx
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antonyx
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but stirred by cleopatrax
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nowx for the love of love and her soft hoursx
|
|
letxs not confound the time with conference harshx
|
|
therexs not a minute of our lives should stretch
|
|
without some pleasure nowx what sport tonightx
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cleopatrax
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|
hear the ambassadorsx
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antonyx
|
|
fiex wrangling queenx
|
|
whom everything becomesxto chidex to laughx
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|
to weepx whose every passion fully strives
|
|
to make itselfx in thee fair and admiredx
|
|
no messenger but thinex and all alone
|
|
tonight wexll wander through the streets and note
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the qualities of peoplex comex my queenx
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|
last night you did desire itx speak not to usx
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|
xxexeunt antony and cleopatra with the trainxxx
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demetriusx
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is caesar with antonius prized so slightx
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philox
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|
sirx sometimes when he is not antonyx
|
|
he comes too short of that great property
|
|
which still should go with antonyx
|
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|
demetriusx
|
|
i am full sorry
|
|
that he approves the common liar who
|
|
thus speaks of him at romex but i will hope
|
|
of better deeds tomorrowx rest you happyx
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|
xxexeuntxxx
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|
scene iix alexandriax another room in cleopatraxs palacex
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|
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|
enter enobarbusx a soothsayerx charmianx irasx mardian and alexasx
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charmianx
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|
lord alexasx sweet alexasx most anything alexasx almost most absolute
|
|
alexasx wherexs the soothsayer that you praised so to thx queenx ox
|
|
that i knew this husband which you say must charge his horns with
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|
garlandsx
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alexasx
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soothsayerx
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soothsayerx
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your willx
|
|
|
|
charmianx
|
|
is this the manx isxt youx sirx that know thingsx
|
|
|
|
soothsayerx
|
|
in naturexs infinite book of secrecy
|
|
a little i can readx
|
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|
alexasx
|
|
show him your handx
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|
enobarbusx
|
|
bring in the banquet quicklyx wine enough
|
|
cleopatraxs health to drinkx
|
|
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|
charmianx
|
|
goodx sirx give me good fortunex
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|
soothsayerx
|
|
i make notx but foreseex
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charmianx
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prayx thenx foresee me onex
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soothsayerx
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|
you shall be yet far fairer than you arex
|
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charmianx
|
|
he means in fleshx
|
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irasx
|
|
nox you shall paint when you are oldx
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charmianx
|
|
wrinkles forbidx
|
|
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|
alexasx
|
|
vex not his presciencex be attentivex
|
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|
charmianx
|
|
hushx
|
|
|
|
soothsayerx
|
|
you shall be more beloving than belovedx
|
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|
charmianx
|
|
i had rather heat my liver with drinkingx
|
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alexasx
|
|
nayx hear himx
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charmianx
|
|
good nowx some excellent fortunex let me be married to three kings in a
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forenoon and widow them allx let me have a child at fiftyx to whom
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herod of jewry may do homagex find me to marry me with octavius caesarx
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and companion me with my mistressx
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soothsayerx
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you shall outlive the lady whom you servex
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charmianx
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ox excellentx i love long life better than figsx
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soothsayerx
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you have seen and proved a fairer former fortune
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than that which is to approachx
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charmianx
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then belike my children shall have no namesx pritheex how many boys and
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wenches must i havex
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soothsayerx
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if every of your wishes had a wombx
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and fertile every wishx a millionx
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charmianx
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outx foolx i forgive thee for a witchx
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alexasx
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you think none but your sheets are privy to your wishesx
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charmianx
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nayx comex tell iras hersx
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alexasx
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wexll know all our fortunesx
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enobarbusx
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minex and most of our fortunes tonightx shall be drunk to bedx
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irasx
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therexs a palm presages chastityx if nothing elsex
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charmianx
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exen as the oxerflowing nilus presageth faminex
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irasx
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gox you wild bedfellowx you cannot soothsayx
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charmianx
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nayx if an oily palm be not a fruitful prognosticationx i cannot
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scratch mine earx pritheex tell her but workaday fortunex
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soothsayerx
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your fortunes are alikex
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irasx
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but howx but howx give me particularsx
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soothsayerx
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i have saidx
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irasx
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am i not an inch of fortune better than shex
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charmianx
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wellx if you were but an inch of fortune better than ix where would you
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choose itx
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irasx
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not in my husbandxs nosex
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charmianx
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our worser thoughts heavens mendx alexasxcomex his fortunex his
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fortunex ox let him marry a woman that cannot gox sweet isisx i beseech
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theex and let her die toox and give him a worsex and let worse follow
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worsex till the worst of all follow him laughing to his gravex
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fiftyfold a cuckoldx good isisx hear me this prayerx though thou deny
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me a matter of more weightx good isisx i beseech theex
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irasx
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amenx dear goddessx hear that prayer of the peoplex forx as it is a
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heartbreaking to see a handsome man loosexwivedx so it is a deadly
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sorrow to behold a foul knave uncuckoldedx thereforex dear isisx keep
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decorum and fortune him accordinglyx
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charmianx
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amenx
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alexasx
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lo nowx if it lay in their hands to make me a cuckoldx they would make
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themselves whores but theyxd doxtx
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enter cleopatrax
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enobarbusx
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hushx here comes antonyx
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charmianx
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not hex the queenx
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cleopatrax
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saw you my lordx
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enobarbusx
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nox ladyx
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cleopatrax
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was he not herex
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charmianx
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nox madamx
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cleopatrax
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he was disposed to mirthx but on the sudden
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a roman thought hath struck himx enobarbusx
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enobarbusx
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madamx
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cleopatrax
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seek him and bring him hitherx wherexs alexasx
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alexasx
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herex at your servicex my lord approachesx
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enter antony with a messengerx
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cleopatrax
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we will not look upon himx go with usx
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xxexeunt cleopatrax enobarbusx charmianx irasx alexas and
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soothsayerxxx
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messengerx
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fulvia thy wife first came into the fieldx
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antonyx
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against my brother luciusx
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messengerx
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ayx
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but soon that war had endx and the timexs state
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made friends of themx jointing their force xgainst caesarx
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whose better issue in the war from italy
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upon the first encounter drave themx
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antonyx
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wellx what worstx
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messengerx
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the nature of bad news infects the tellerx
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antonyx
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when it concerns the fool or cowardx onx
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things that are past are done with mex xtis thusx
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who tells me truex though in his tale lie deathx
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i hear him as he flatteredx
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messengerx
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labienusx
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this is stiff newsxhath with his parthian force
|
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extended asia from euphrates
|
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his conquering banner shook from syria
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to lydia and to ioniax
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whilstx
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antonyx
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xantonyxx thou wouldst sayx
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messengerx
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ox my lordx
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antonyx
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speak to me homex mince not the general tonguex
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name cleopatra as she is called in romex
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rail thou in fulviaxs phrasex and taunt my faults
|
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with such full licence as both truth and malice
|
|
have power to utterx ox then we bring forth weeds
|
|
when our quick minds lie stillx and our ills told us
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is as our earingx fare thee well awhilex
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messengerx
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at your noble pleasurex
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xxexit messengerxxx
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enter another messengerx
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antonyx
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from sicyonx hox the newsx speak therex
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second messengerx
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the man from sicyonx
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antonyx
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is there such a onex
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second messengerx
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he stays upon your willx
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antonyx
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let him appearx
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xxexit second messengerxxx
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these strong egyptian fetters i must breakx
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or lose myself in dotagex
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enter another messenger with a letterx
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what are youx
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third messengerx
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fulvia thy wife is deadx
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antonyx
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where died shex
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third messengerx
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in sicyonx
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her length of sicknessx with what else more serious
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importeth thee to knowx this bearsx
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xxgives a letterxxx
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antonyx
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forbear mex
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xxexit third messengerxxx
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therexs a great spirit gonex thus did i desire itx
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what our contempts doth often hurl from usx
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we wish it ours againx the present pleasurex
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|
by revolution loweringx does become
|
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the opposite of itselfx shexs goodx being gonex
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the hand could pluck her back that shoved her onx
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|
i must from this enchanting queen break offx
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ten thousand harmsx more than the ills i knowx
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my idleness doth hatchx how nowx enobarbusx
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enter enobarbusx
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enobarbusx
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whatxs your pleasurex sirx
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antonyx
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i must with haste from hencex
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enobarbusx
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why then we kill all our womenx we see how mortal an unkindness is to
|
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themx if they suffer our departurex deathxs the wordx
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antonyx
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i must be gonex
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enobarbusx
|
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under a compelling occasionx let women diex it were pity to cast them
|
|
away for nothingx thoughx between them and a great cause they should be
|
|
esteemed nothingx cleopatrax catching but the least noise of thisx dies
|
|
instantlyx i have seen her die twenty times upon far poorer momentx i
|
|
do think there is mettle in death which commits some loving act upon
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|
herx she hath such a celerity in dyingx
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antonyx
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she is cunning past manxs thoughtx
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enobarbusx
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|
alackx sirx nox her passions are made of nothing but the finest part of
|
|
pure lovex we cannot call her winds and waters sighs and tearsx they
|
|
are greater storms and tempests than almanacs can reportx this cannot
|
|
be cunning in herx if it bex she makes a shower of rain as well as
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|
jovex
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antonyx
|
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would i had never seen herx
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enobarbusx
|
|
ox sirx you had then left unseen a wonderful piece of workx which not
|
|
to have been blest withal would have discredited your travelx
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antonyx
|
|
fulvia is deadx
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enobarbusx
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sirx
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antonyx
|
|
fulvia is deadx
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enobarbusx
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fulviax
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antonyx
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deadx
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enobarbusx
|
|
whyx sirx give the gods a thankful sacrificex when it pleaseth their
|
|
deities to take the wife of a man from himx it shows to man the tailors
|
|
of the earthx comforting therein that when old robes are worn outx
|
|
there are members to make newx if there were no more women but fulviax
|
|
then had you indeed a cutx and the case to be lamentedx this grief is
|
|
crowned with consolationx your old smock brings forth a new petticoatx
|
|
and indeed the tears live in an onion that should water this sorrowx
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antonyx
|
|
the business she hath broached in the state
|
|
cannot endure my absencex
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enobarbusx
|
|
and the business you have broached here cannot be without youx
|
|
especially that of cleopatraxsx which wholly depends on your abodex
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antonyx
|
|
no more light answersx let our officers
|
|
have notice what we purposex i shall break
|
|
the cause of our expedience to the queenx
|
|
and get her leave to partx for not alone
|
|
the death of fulviax with more urgent touchesx
|
|
do strongly speak to usx but the letters too
|
|
of many our contriving friends in rome
|
|
petition us at homex sextus pompeius
|
|
hath given the dare to caesarx and commands
|
|
the empire of the seax our slippery peoplex
|
|
whose love is never linked to the deserver
|
|
till his deserts are pastx begin to throw
|
|
pompey the great and all his dignities
|
|
upon his sonx whox high in name and powerx
|
|
higher than both in blood and lifex stands up
|
|
for the main soldierx whose qualityx going onx
|
|
the sides ox thx world may dangerx much is breeding
|
|
whichx like the courserxs hairx hath yet but life
|
|
and not a serpentxs poisonx say our pleasure
|
|
to such whose place is under usx requires
|
|
our quick remove from hencex
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|
enobarbusx
|
|
i shall doxtx
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xxexeuntxxx
|
|
|
|
scene iiix alexandriax a room in cleopatraxs palacex
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|
|
|
enter cleopatrax charmianx alexas and irasx
|
|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
where is hex
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charmianx
|
|
i did not see him sincex
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cleopatrax
|
|
see where he isx whoxs with himx what he doesx
|
|
i did not send youx if you find him sadx
|
|
say i am dancingx if in mirthx report
|
|
that i am sudden sickx quickx and returnx
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|
|
|
xxexit alexasxxx
|
|
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|
charmianx
|
|
madamx methinksx if you did love him dearlyx
|
|
you do not hold the method to enforce
|
|
the like from himx
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|
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|
cleopatrax
|
|
what should i do i do notx
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charmianx
|
|
in each thing give him wayx cross him in nothingx
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cleopatrax
|
|
thou teachest like a foolx the way to lose himx
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|
|
|
charmianx
|
|
tempt him not so too farx i wishx forbearx
|
|
in time we hate that which we often fearx
|
|
but here comes antonyx
|
|
|
|
enter antonyx
|
|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
i am sick and sullenx
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antonyx
|
|
i am sorry to give breathing to my purposex
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|
cleopatrax
|
|
help me awayx dear charmianx i shall fallx
|
|
it cannot be thus longx the sides of nature
|
|
will not sustain itx
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antonyx
|
|
nowx my dearest queenx
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|
cleopatrax
|
|
pray youx stand farther from mex
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antonyx
|
|
whatxs the matterx
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|
cleopatrax
|
|
i know by that same eye therexs some good newsx
|
|
whatx says the married woman you may gox
|
|
would she had never given you leave to comex
|
|
let her not say xtis i that keep you herex
|
|
i have no power upon youx hers you arex
|
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|
antonyx
|
|
the gods best knowx
|
|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
ox never was there queen
|
|
so mightily betrayedx yet at the first
|
|
i saw the treasons plantedx
|
|
|
|
antonyx
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
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|
cleopatrax
|
|
why should i think you can be mine and truex
|
|
though you in swearing shake the throned godsx
|
|
who have been false to fulviax riotous madnessx
|
|
to be entangled with those mouthxmade vows
|
|
which break themselves in swearingx
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antonyx
|
|
most sweet queenx
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|
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|
cleopatrax
|
|
nayx pray you seek no colour for your goingx
|
|
but bid farewell and gox when you sued stayingx
|
|
then was the time for wordsx no going thenx
|
|
eternity was in our lips and eyesx
|
|
bliss in our browsx bentx none our parts so poor
|
|
but was a race of heavenx they are so stillx
|
|
or thoux the greatest soldier of the worldx
|
|
art turned the greatest liarx
|
|
|
|
antonyx
|
|
how nowx ladyx
|
|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
i would i had thy inchesx thou shouldst know
|
|
there were a heart in egyptx
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|
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|
antonyx
|
|
hear mex queenx
|
|
the strong necessity of time commands
|
|
our services awhilex but my full heart
|
|
remains in use with youx our italy
|
|
shines oxer with civil swordsx sextus pompeius
|
|
makes his approaches to the port of romex
|
|
equality of two domestic powers
|
|
breed scrupulous factionx the hatedx grown to strengthx
|
|
are newly grown to lovex the condemned pompeyx
|
|
rich in his fatherxs honourx creeps apace
|
|
into the hearts of such as have not thrived
|
|
upon the present statex whose numbers threatenx
|
|
and quietnessx grown sick of restx would purge
|
|
by any desperate changex my more particularx
|
|
and that which most with you should safe my goingx
|
|
is fulviaxs deathx
|
|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
though age from folly could not give me freedomx
|
|
it does from childishnessx can fulvia diex
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|
antonyx
|
|
shexs deadx my queenx
|
|
look herex and at thy sovereign leisure read
|
|
the garboils she awakedx at the lastx bestx
|
|
see when and where she diedx
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|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
o most false lovex
|
|
where be the sacred vials thou shouldst fill
|
|
with sorrowful waterx now i seex i seex
|
|
in fulviaxs death how mine received shall bex
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|
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|
antonyx
|
|
quarrel no morex but be prepared to know
|
|
the purposes i bearx which arex or ceasex
|
|
as you shall give thx advicex by the fire
|
|
that quickens nilusx slimex i go from hence
|
|
thy soldierx servantx making peace or war
|
|
as thou affectsx
|
|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
cut my lacex charmianx comex
|
|
but let it bex i am quickly ill and wellx
|
|
so antony lovesx
|
|
|
|
antonyx
|
|
my precious queenx forbearx
|
|
and give true evidence to his lovex which stands
|
|
an honourable trialx
|
|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
so fulvia told mex
|
|
i pritheex turn aside and weep for herx
|
|
then bid adieu to mex and say the tears
|
|
belong to egyptx good nowx play one scene
|
|
of excellent dissemblingx and let it look
|
|
like perfect honourx
|
|
|
|
antonyx
|
|
youxll heat my bloodx no morex
|
|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
you can do better yetx but this is meetlyx
|
|
|
|
antonyx
|
|
nowx by my swordx
|
|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
and targetx still he mendsx
|
|
but this is not the bestx lookx pritheex charmianx
|
|
how this herculean roman does become
|
|
the carriage of his chafex
|
|
|
|
antonyx
|
|
ixll leave youx ladyx
|
|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
courteous lordx one wordx
|
|
sirx you and i must partx but thatxs not itx
|
|
sirx you and i have lovedx but therexs not itx
|
|
that you know wellx something it is i wouldx
|
|
ox my oblivion is a very antonyx
|
|
and i am all forgottenx
|
|
|
|
antonyx
|
|
but that your royalty
|
|
holds idleness your subjectx i should take you
|
|
for idleness itselfx
|
|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
xtis sweating labour
|
|
to bear such idleness so near the heart
|
|
as cleopatra thisx butx sirx forgive mex
|
|
since my becomings kill me when they do not
|
|
eye well to youx your honour calls you hencex
|
|
therefore be deaf to my unpitied follyx
|
|
and all the gods go with youx upon your sword
|
|
sit laurel victoryx and smooth success
|
|
be strewed before your feetx
|
|
|
|
antonyx
|
|
let us gox comex
|
|
our separation so abides and flies
|
|
that thoux residing herex goes yet with mex
|
|
and ix hence fleetingx here remain with theex
|
|
awayx
|
|
|
|
xxexeuntxxx
|
|
|
|
scene ivx romex an apartment in caesarxs housex
|
|
|
|
enter octavius xcaesarxx lepidus and their trainx
|
|
|
|
caesarx
|
|
you may seex lepidusx and henceforth knowx
|
|
it is not caesarxs natural vice to hate
|
|
our great competitorx from alexandria
|
|
this is the newsx he fishesx drinksx and wastes
|
|
the lamps of night in revelx is not more manlike
|
|
than cleopatrax nor the queen of ptolemy
|
|
more womanly than hex hardly gave audiencex or
|
|
vouchsafed to think he had partnersx you shall find there
|
|
a man who is the abstract of all faults
|
|
that all men followx
|
|
|
|
lepidusx
|
|
i must not think there are
|
|
evils enough to darken all his goodnessx
|
|
his faults in him seem as the spots of heavenx
|
|
more fiery by nightxs blacknessx hereditary
|
|
rather than purchasedx what he cannot change
|
|
than what he choosesx
|
|
|
|
caesarx
|
|
you are too indulgentx letxs grant it is not
|
|
amiss to tumble on the bed of ptolemyx
|
|
to give a kingdom for a mirthx to sit
|
|
and keep the turn of tippling with a slavex
|
|
to reel the streets at noonx and stand the buffet
|
|
with knaves that smell of sweatx say this becomes himx
|
|
as his composure must be rare indeed
|
|
whom these things cannot blemishxyet must antony
|
|
no way excuse his foils when we do bear
|
|
so great weight in his lightnessx if he filled
|
|
his vacancy with his voluptuousnessx
|
|
full surfeits and the dryness of his bones
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call on him forxtx but to confound such time
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that drums him from his sportx and speaks as loud
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as his own state and oursx xtis to be chid
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as we rate boys whox being mature in knowledgex
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pawn their experience to their present pleasure
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and so rebel to judgmentx
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enter a messengerx
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lepidusx
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herexs more newsx
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messengerx
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thy biddings have been donex and every hourx
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most noble caesarx shalt thou have report
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how xtis abroadx pompey is strong at seax
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and it appears he is beloved of those
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that only have feared caesarx to the ports
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the discontents repairx and menxs reports
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give him much wrongedx
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caesarx
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i should have known no lessx
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it hath been taught us from the primal state
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that he which is was wished until he werex
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and the ebbed manx nexer loved till nexer worth lovex
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comes deared by being lackedx this common bodyx
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like to a vagabond flag upon the streamx
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goes to and backx lackeying the varying tidex
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to rot itself with motionx
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enter a second messengerx
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second messengerx
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caesarx i bring thee word
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menecrates and menasx famous piratesx
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make the sea serve themx which they ear and wound
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with keels of every kindx many hot inroads
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they make in italyxthe borders maritime
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lack blood to think onxtxand flush youth revoltx
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no vessel can peep forth but xtis as soon
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taken as seenx for pompeyxs name strikes more
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than could his war resistedx
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caesarx
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antonyx
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leave thy lascivious wassailsx when thou once
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was beaten from modenax where thou slewxst
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hirtius and pansax consulsx at thy heel
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did famine followx whom thou foughtxst againstx
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though daintily brought upx with patience more
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than savages could sufferx thou didst drink
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the stale of horses and the gilded puddle
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which beasts would cough atx thy palate then did deign
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the roughest berry on the rudest hedgex
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yeax like the stag when snow the pasture sheetsx
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the barks of trees thou browsedx on the alps
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it is reported thou didst eat strange flesh
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which some did die to look onx and all thisx
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it wounds thine honour that i speak it nowx
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was borne so like a soldier that thy cheek
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so much as lanked notx
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lepidusx
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xtis pity of himx
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caesarx
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let his shames quickly
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drive him to romex xtis time we twain
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did show ourselves ix thx fieldx and to that end
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assemble we immediate councilx pompey
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thrives in our idlenessx
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lepidusx
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tomorrowx caesarx
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i shall be furnished to inform you rightly
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both what by sea and land i can be able
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to front this present timex
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caesarx
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till which encounter
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it is my business toox farewellx
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lepidusx
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farewellx my lordx what you shall know meantime
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of stirs abroadx i shall beseech youx sirx
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to let me be partakerx
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caesarx
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doubt notx sirx
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i knew it for my bondx
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene vx alexandriax a room in the palacex
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enter cleopatrax charmianx iras and mardianx
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cleopatrax
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charmianx
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charmianx
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madamx
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cleopatrax
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hax hax
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give me to drink mandragorax
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charmianx
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whyx madamx
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cleopatrax
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that i might sleep out this great gap of time
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my antony is awayx
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charmianx
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you think of him too muchx
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cleopatrax
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ox xtis treasonx
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charmianx
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madamx i trust not sox
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cleopatrax
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thoux eunuch mardianx
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mardianx
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whatxs your highnessx pleasurex
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cleopatrax
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not now to hear thee singx i take no pleasure
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in aught an eunuch hasx xtis well for thee
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thatx being unseminaredx thy freer thoughts
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may not fly forth of egyptx hast thou affectionsx
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mardianx
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yesx gracious madamx
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cleopatrax
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indeedx
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mardianx
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not in deedx madamx for i can do nothing
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but what indeed is honest to be donex
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yet have i fierce affectionsx and think
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what venus did with marsx
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cleopatrax
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ox charmianx
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where thinkxst thou he is nowx stands hex or sits hex
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or does he walkx or is he on his horsex
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o happy horsex to bear the weight of antonyx
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do bravelyx horsex for wotxst thou whom thou movxstx
|
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the demixatlas of this earthx the arm
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and burgonet of menx hexs speaking nowx
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or murmuring xwherexs my serpent of old nilexx
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for so he calls mex now i feed myself
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with most delicious poisonx think on me
|
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that am with phxbusx amorous pinches blackx
|
|
and wrinkled deep in timex broadxfronted caesarx
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|
when thou wast here above the groundx i was
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a morsel for a monarchx and great pompey
|
|
would stand and make his eyes grow in my browx
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|
there would he anchor his aspectx and die
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|
with looking on his lifex
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enter alexasx
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alexasx
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|
sovereign of egyptx hailx
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cleopatrax
|
|
how much unlike art thou mark antonyx
|
|
yetx coming from himx that great medicine hath
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with his tinct gilded theex
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how goes it with my brave mark antonyx
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alexasx
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last thing he didx dear queenx
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he kissedxthe last of many doubled kissesx
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this orient pearlx his speech sticks in my heartx
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cleopatrax
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mine ear must pluck it thencex
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alexasx
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xgood friendxx quoth hex
|
|
xsayx the firm roman to great egypt sends
|
|
this treasure of an oysterx at whose footx
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|
to mend the petty presentx i will piece
|
|
her opulent throne with kingdomsx all the eastx
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say thoux shall call her mistressxx so he nodded
|
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and soberly did mount an armxgaunt steedx
|
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who neighed so high that what i would have spoke
|
|
was beastly dumbed by himx
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cleopatrax
|
|
whatx was he sad or merryx
|
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alexasx
|
|
like to the time ox thx year between the extremes
|
|
of hot and coldx he was nor sad nor merryx
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cleopatrax
|
|
o wellxdivided dispositionxxnote himx
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|
note himx good charmianx xtis the manx but note himx
|
|
he was not sadx for he would shine on those
|
|
that make their looks by hisx he was not merryx
|
|
which seemed to tell them his remembrance lay
|
|
in egypt with his joyx but between bothx
|
|
o heavenly minglexxbexst thou sad or merryx
|
|
the violence of either thee becomesx
|
|
so does it no man elsexxmetxst thou my postsx
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alexasx
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ayx madamx twenty several messengersx
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why do you send so thickx
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cleopatrax
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whoxs born that day
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|
when i forget to send to antony
|
|
shall die a beggarxxink and paperx charmianxx
|
|
welcomex my good alexasxxdid ix charmianx
|
|
ever love caesar sox
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charmianx
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|
o that brave caesarx
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cleopatrax
|
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be choked with such another emphasisx
|
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say xthe brave antonyxx
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charmianx
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the valiant caesarx
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cleopatrax
|
|
by isisx i will give thee bloody teeth
|
|
if thou with caesar paragon again
|
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my man of menx
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charmianx
|
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by your most gracious pardonx
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i sing but after youx
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cleopatrax
|
|
my salad daysx
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when i was green in judgmentx cold in bloodx
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to say as i said thenx but comex awayx
|
|
get me ink and paperx
|
|
he shall have every day a several greetingx
|
|
or ixll unpeople egyptx
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xxexeuntxxx
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|
act ii
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scene ix messinax a room in pompeyxs housex
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enter pompeyx menecrates and menas in warlike mannerx
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pompeyx
|
|
if the great gods be justx they shall assist
|
|
the deeds of justest menx
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|
menecratesx
|
|
knowx worthy pompeyx
|
|
that what they do delay they not denyx
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pompeyx
|
|
whiles we are suitors to their thronex decays
|
|
the thing we sue forx
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menecratesx
|
|
wex ignorant of ourselvesx
|
|
beg often our own harmsx which the wise powers
|
|
deny us for our goodx so find we profit
|
|
by losing of our prayersx
|
|
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|
pompeyx
|
|
i shall do wellx
|
|
the people love mex and the sea is minex
|
|
my powers are crescentx and my auguring hope
|
|
says it will come to thx fullx mark antony
|
|
in egypt sits at dinnerx and will make
|
|
no wars without doorsx caesar gets money where
|
|
he loses heartsx lepidus flatters bothx
|
|
of both is flatteredx but he neither loves
|
|
nor either cares for himx
|
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|
menasx
|
|
caesar and lepidus
|
|
are in the fieldx a mighty strength they carryx
|
|
|
|
pompeyx
|
|
where have you thisx xtis falsex
|
|
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|
menasx
|
|
from silviusx sirx
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|
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|
pompeyx
|
|
he dreamsx i know they are in rome togetherx
|
|
looking for antonyx but all the charms of lovex
|
|
salt cleopatrax soften thy waned lipx
|
|
let witchcraft join with beautyx lust with bothx
|
|
tie up the libertine in a field of feastsx
|
|
keep his brain fumingx epicurean cooks
|
|
sharpen with cloyless sauce his appetitex
|
|
that sleep and feeding may prorogue his honour
|
|
even till a lethexd dullnessx
|
|
|
|
enter varriusx
|
|
|
|
how nowx varriusx
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|
varriusx
|
|
this is most certain that i shall deliverx
|
|
mark antony is every hour in rome
|
|
expectedx since he went from egypt xtis
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|
a space for farther travelx
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|
|
pompeyx
|
|
i could have given less matter
|
|
a better earxxmenasx i did not think
|
|
this amorous surfeiter would have donned his helm
|
|
for such a petty warx his soldiership
|
|
is twice the other twainx but let us rear
|
|
the higher our opinionx that our stirring
|
|
can from the lap of egyptxs widow pluck
|
|
the nexer lustxwearied antonyx
|
|
|
|
menasx
|
|
i cannot hope
|
|
caesar and antony shall well greet togetherx
|
|
his wife thatxs dead did trespasses to caesarx
|
|
his brother warred upon himx although i thinkx
|
|
not moved by antonyx
|
|
|
|
pompeyx
|
|
i know notx menasx
|
|
how lesser enmities may give way to greaterx
|
|
werext not that we stand up against them allx
|
|
xtwere pregnant they should square between themselvesx
|
|
for they have entertained cause enough
|
|
to draw their swordsx but how the fear of us
|
|
may cement their divisionsx and bind up
|
|
the petty differencex we yet not knowx
|
|
bext as our gods will havextx it only stands
|
|
our lives upon to use our strongest handsx
|
|
comex menasx
|
|
|
|
xxexeuntxxx
|
|
|
|
scene iix romex a room in the house of lepidusx
|
|
|
|
enter enobarbus and lepidusx
|
|
|
|
lepidusx
|
|
good enobarbusx xtis a worthy deedx
|
|
and shall become you wellx to entreat your captain
|
|
to soft and gentle speechx
|
|
|
|
enobarbusx
|
|
i shall entreat him
|
|
to answer like himselfx if caesar move himx
|
|
let antony look over caesarxs head
|
|
and speak as loud as marsx by jupiterx
|
|
were i the wearer of antoniusx beardx
|
|
i would not shavext todayx
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|
|
lepidusx
|
|
xtis not a time
|
|
for private stomachingx
|
|
|
|
enobarbusx
|
|
every time
|
|
serves for the matter that is then born inxtx
|
|
|
|
lepidusx
|
|
but small to greater matters must give wayx
|
|
|
|
enobarbusx
|
|
not if the small come firstx
|
|
|
|
lepidusx
|
|
your speech is passionx
|
|
but pray you stir no embers upx here comes
|
|
the noble antonyx
|
|
|
|
enter antony and ventidiusx
|
|
|
|
enobarbusx
|
|
and yonder caesarx
|
|
|
|
enter caesarx maecenas and agrippax
|
|
|
|
antonyx
|
|
if we compose well herex to parthiax
|
|
harkx ventidiusx
|
|
|
|
caesarx
|
|
i do not knowx maecenasx ask agrippax
|
|
|
|
lepidusx
|
|
noble friendsx
|
|
that which combined us was most greatx and let not
|
|
a leaner action rend usx whatxs amissx
|
|
may it be gently heardx when we debate
|
|
our trivial difference loudx we do commit
|
|
murder in healing woundsx thenx noble partnersx
|
|
the rather for i earnestly beseechx
|
|
touch you the sourest points with sweetest termsx
|
|
nor curstness grow to thx matterx
|
|
|
|
antonyx
|
|
xtis spoken wellx
|
|
were we before our armiesx and to fightx
|
|
i should do thusx
|
|
|
|
caesarx
|
|
welcome to romex
|
|
|
|
antonyx
|
|
thank youx
|
|
|
|
caesarx
|
|
sitx
|
|
|
|
antonyx
|
|
sitx sirx
|
|
|
|
caesarx
|
|
nayx thenx
|
|
|
|
antonyx
|
|
i learn you take things ill which are not sox
|
|
or beingx concern you notx
|
|
|
|
caesarx
|
|
i must be laughed at
|
|
ifx or for nothing or a littlex i
|
|
should say myself offendedx and with you
|
|
chiefly ix thx worldx more laughed at that i should
|
|
once name you derogately when to sound your name
|
|
it not concerned mex
|
|
|
|
antonyx
|
|
my being in egyptx caesarx
|
|
what wasxt to youx
|
|
|
|
caesarx
|
|
no more than my residing here at rome
|
|
might be to you in egyptx yet if you there
|
|
did practise on my statex your being in egypt
|
|
might be my questionx
|
|
|
|
antonyx
|
|
how intend youx practisedx
|
|
|
|
caesarx
|
|
you may be pleased to catch at mine intent
|
|
by what did here befall mex your wife and brother
|
|
made wars upon mex and their contestation
|
|
was theme for youx you were the word of warx
|
|
|
|
antonyx
|
|
you do mistake your businessx my brother never
|
|
did urge me in his actx i did inquire itx
|
|
and have my learning from some true reports
|
|
that drew their swords with youx did he not rather
|
|
discredit my authority with yoursx
|
|
and make the wars alike against my stomachx
|
|
having alike your causex of this my letters
|
|
before did satisfy youx if youxll patch a quarrelx
|
|
as matter whole you have not to make it withx
|
|
it must not be with thisx
|
|
|
|
caesarx
|
|
you praise yourself
|
|
by laying defects of judgment to mex but
|
|
you patched up your excusesx
|
|
|
|
antonyx
|
|
not sox not sox
|
|
i know you could not lackxi am certain onxtx
|
|
very necessity of this thoughtx that ix
|
|
your partner in the cause xgainst which he foughtx
|
|
could not with graceful eyes attend those wars
|
|
which fronted mine own peacex as for my wifex
|
|
i would you had her spirit in such anotherx
|
|
the third ox thx world is yoursx which with a snaffle
|
|
you may pace easyx but not such a wifex
|
|
|
|
enobarbusx
|
|
would we had all such wivesx that the men
|
|
might go to wars with the womenx
|
|
|
|
antonyx
|
|
so much uncurbablex her garboilsx caesarx
|
|
made out of her impatiencexwhich not wanted
|
|
shrewdness of policy tooxi grieving grant
|
|
did you too much disquietx for that you must
|
|
but say i could not help itx
|
|
|
|
caesarx
|
|
i wrote to you
|
|
when rioting in alexandriax you
|
|
did pocket up my lettersx and with taunts
|
|
did gibe my missive out of audiencex
|
|
|
|
antonyx
|
|
sirx
|
|
he fell upon me ere admittedx thenx
|
|
three kings i had newly feastedx and did want
|
|
of what i was ix thx morningx but next day
|
|
i told him of myselfx which was as much
|
|
as to have asked him pardonx let this fellow
|
|
be nothing of our strifex if we contendx
|
|
out of our question wipe himx
|
|
|
|
caesarx
|
|
you have broken
|
|
the article of your oathx which you shall never
|
|
have tongue to charge me withx
|
|
|
|
lepidusx
|
|
softx caesarx
|
|
|
|
antonyx
|
|
nox lepidusx let him speakx
|
|
the honour is sacred which he talks on nowx
|
|
supposing that i lacked itx but onx caesarx
|
|
the article of my oathx
|
|
|
|
caesarx
|
|
to lend me arms and aid when i required themx
|
|
the which you both deniedx
|
|
|
|
antonyx
|
|
neglectedx ratherx
|
|
and then when poisoned hours had bound me up
|
|
from mine own knowledgex as nearly as i may
|
|
ixll play the penitent to youx but mine honesty
|
|
shall not make poor my greatnessx nor my power
|
|
work without itx truth is that fulviax
|
|
to have me out of egyptx made wars herex
|
|
for which myselfx the ignorant motivex do
|
|
so far ask pardon as befits mine honour
|
|
to stoop in such a casex
|
|
|
|
lepidusx
|
|
xtis noble spokenx
|
|
|
|
maecenasx
|
|
if it might please you to enforce no further
|
|
the griefs between yex to forget them quite
|
|
were to remember that the present need
|
|
speaks to atone youx
|
|
|
|
lepidusx
|
|
worthily spokenx maecenasx
|
|
|
|
enobarbusx
|
|
orx if you borrow one anotherxs love for the instantx you mayx when you
|
|
hear no more words of pompeyx return it againx you shall have time to
|
|
wrangle in when you have nothing else to dox
|
|
|
|
antonyx
|
|
thou art a soldier onlyx speak no morex
|
|
|
|
enobarbusx
|
|
that truth should be silent i had almost forgotx
|
|
|
|
antonyx
|
|
you wrong this presencex therefore speak no morex
|
|
|
|
enobarbusx
|
|
go tox thenx your considerate stonex
|
|
|
|
caesarx
|
|
i do not much dislike the matterx but
|
|
the manner of his speechx forxt cannot be
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we shall remain in friendshipx our conditions
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so differing in their actsx yet if i knew
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what hoop should hold us staunchx from edge to edge
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ox thx world i would pursue itx
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agrippax
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give me leavex caesarx
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caesarx
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speakx agrippax
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agrippax
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thou hast a sister by the motherxs sidex
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admired octaviax great mark antony
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is now a widowerx
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caesarx
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say not sox agrippax
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if cleopatra heard youx your reproof
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were well deserved of rashnessx
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antonyx
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i am not marriedx caesarx let me hear
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agrippa further speakx
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agrippax
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to hold you in perpetual amityx
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to make you brothersx and to knit your hearts
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with an unslipping knotx take antony
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octavia to his wifex whose beauty claims
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no worse a husband than the best of menx
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whose virtue and whose general graces speak
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that which none else can utterx by this marriage
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all little jealousiesx which now seem greatx
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and all great fearsx which now import their dangersx
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would then be nothingx truths would be talesx
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where now halfxtales be truthsx her love to both
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would each to otherx and all loves to bothx
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draw after herx pardon what i have spokex
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for xtis a studiedx not a present thoughtx
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by duty ruminatedx
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antonyx
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will caesar speakx
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caesarx
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not till he hears how antony is touched
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with what is spoke alreadyx
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antonyx
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what power is in agrippax
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if i would say xagrippax be it soxx
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to make this goodx
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caesarx
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the power of caesarx and
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his power unto octaviax
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antonyx
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may i never
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to this good purposex that so fairly showsx
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dream of impedimentx let me have thy handx
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further this act of gracex and from this hour
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the heart of brothers govern in our loves
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and sway our great designsx
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caesarx
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therexs my handx
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a sister i bequeath youx whom no brother
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did ever love so dearlyx let her live
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to join our kingdoms and our heartsx and never
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fly off our loves againx
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lepidusx
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happilyx amenx
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antonyx
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i did not think to draw my sword xgainst pompeyx
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for he hath laid strange courtesies and great
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of late upon mex i must thank him onlyx
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lest my remembrance suffer ill reportx
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at heel of thatx defy himx
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lepidusx
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time calls upon xsx
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of us must pompey presently be soughtx
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or else he seeks out usx
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antonyx
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where lies hex
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caesarx
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about the mount misenax
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antonyx
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what is his strength by landx
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caesarx
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great and increasingx but by sea
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he is an absolute masterx
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antonyx
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so is the famex
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would we had spoke togetherx haste we for itx
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yetx ere we put ourselves in armsx dispatch we
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the business we have talked ofx
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caesarx
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with most gladnessx
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and do invite you to my sisterxs viewx
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whither straight ixll lead youx
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antonyx
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let usx lepidusx not lack your companyx
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lepidusx
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noble antonyx not sickness should detain mex
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xxflourishx exeunt all except enobarbusx agrippa and maecenasxxx
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maecenasx
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welcome from egyptx sirx
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enobarbusx
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half the heart of caesarx worthy maecenasx my honourable friendx
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agrippax
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agrippax
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good enobarbusx
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maecenasx
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we have cause to be glad that matters are so well digestedx you stayed
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well by xt in egyptx
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enobarbusx
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ayx sirx we did sleep day out of countenance and made the night light
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with drinkingx
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maecenasx
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eight wild boars roasted whole at a breakfastx and but twelve persons
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therex is this truex
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enobarbusx
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this was but as a fly by an eaglex we had much more monstrous matter of
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feastx which worthily deserved notingx
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maecenasx
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shexs a most triumphant ladyx if report be square to herx
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enobarbusx
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when she first met mark antonyx she pursed up his heart upon the river
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of cydnusx
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agrippax
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there she appeared indeedx or my reporter devised well for herx
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enobarbusx
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i will tell youx
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the barge she sat inx like a burnished thronex
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burned on the waterx the poop was beaten goldx
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purple the sailsx and so perfumed that
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the winds were lovexsick with themx the oars were silverx
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which to the tune of flutes kept strokex and made
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the water which they beat to follow fasterx
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as amorous of their strokesx for her own personx
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it beggared all descriptionx she did lie
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in her pavilionx clothxofxgold of tissuex
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oxerpicturing that venus where we see
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the fancy outwork naturex on each side her
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stood pretty dimpled boysx like smiling cupidsx
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with diversxcoloured fansx whose wind did seem
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to glow the delicate cheeks which they did coolx
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and what they undid didx
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agrippax
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ox rare for antonyx
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enobarbusx
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her gentlewomenx like the nereidesx
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so many mermaidsx tended her ix thx eyesx
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and made their bends adorningsx at the helm
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|
a seeming mermaid steersx the silken tackle
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swell with the touches of those flowerxsoft hands
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|
that yarely frame the officex from the barge
|
|
a strange invisible perfume hits the sense
|
|
of the adjacent wharfsx the city cast
|
|
her people out upon herx and antonyx
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|
enthroned ix thx marketxplacex did sit alonex
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whistling to thx airx whichx but for vacancyx
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|
had gone to gaze on cleopatra toox
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|
and made a gap in naturex
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agrippax
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rare egyptianx
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enobarbusx
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upon her landingx antony sent to herx
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|
invited her to supperx she replied
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|
it should be better he became her guestx
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|
which she entreatedx our courteous antonyx
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|
whom nexer the word of xnox woman heard speakx
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|
being barbered ten times oxerx goes to the feastx
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|
andx for his ordinaryx pays his heart
|
|
for what his eyes eat onlyx
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agrippax
|
|
royal wenchx
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|
she made great caesar lay his sword to bedx
|
|
he ploughed herx and she croppedx
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|
enobarbusx
|
|
i saw her once
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|
hop forty paces through the public street
|
|
andx having lost her breathx she spoke and pantedx
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|
that she did make defect perfectionx
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|
andx breathlessx pour breath forthx
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maecenasx
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|
now antony must leave her utterlyx
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enobarbusx
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|
neverx he will notx
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|
age cannot wither herx nor custom stale
|
|
her infinite varietyx other women cloy
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|
the appetites they feedx but she makes hungry
|
|
where most she satisfiesx for vilest things
|
|
become themselves in herx that the holy priests
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|
bless her when she is riggishx
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maecenasx
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|
if beautyx wisdomx modesty can settle
|
|
the heart of antonyx octavia is
|
|
a blessed lottery to himx
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agrippax
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|
let us gox
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|
good enobarbusx make yourself my guest
|
|
whilst you abide herex
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|
enobarbusx
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|
humblyx sirx i thank youx
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|
xxexeuntxxx
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|
|
scene iiix romex a room in caesarxs housex
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|
|
enter antonyx caesarx octavia between themx
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antonyx
|
|
the world and my great office will sometimes
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|
divide me from your bosomx
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|
octaviax
|
|
all which time
|
|
before the gods my knee shall bow my prayers
|
|
to them for youx
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|
antonyx
|
|
good nightx sirxxmy octaviax
|
|
read not my blemishes in the worldxs reportx
|
|
i have not kept my squarex but that to come
|
|
shall all be done by thx rulex good nightx dear ladyx
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|
octaviax
|
|
good nightx sirx
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|
caesarx
|
|
good nightx
|
|
|
|
xxexeunt caesar and octaviaxxx
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|
|
enter soothsayerx
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|
|
|
antonyx
|
|
nowx sirrahx you do wish yourself in egyptx
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|
|
soothsayerx
|
|
would i had never come from thencex nor you thitherx
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|
antonyx
|
|
if you canx your reasonx
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|
|
|
soothsayerx
|
|
i see it in my motionx have it not in my tonguex
|
|
but yet hie you to egypt againx
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|
|
|
antonyx
|
|
say to mex
|
|
whose fortunes shall rise higherx caesarxs or minex
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|
|
|
soothsayerx
|
|
caesarxsx
|
|
thereforex o antonyx stay not by his sidex
|
|
thy dxmonxthat thy spirit which keeps theexis
|
|
noblex courageousx highx unmatchablex
|
|
where caesarxs is notx but near himx thy angel
|
|
becomes afeardx as being oxerpoweredx therefore
|
|
make space enough between youx
|
|
|
|
antonyx
|
|
speak this no morex
|
|
|
|
soothsayerx
|
|
to none but theex no more but when to theex
|
|
if thou dost play with him at any gamex
|
|
thou art sure to losex and of that natural luck
|
|
he beats thee xgainst the oddsx thy lustre thickens
|
|
when he shines byx i say againx thy spirit
|
|
is all afraid to govern thee near himx
|
|
butx he awayx xtis noblex
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|
|
|
antonyx
|
|
get thee gonex
|
|
say to ventidius i would speak with himx
|
|
|
|
xxexit soothsayerxxx
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|
|
|
he shall to parthiax be it art or hapx
|
|
he hath spoken truex the very dice obey himx
|
|
and in our sports my better cunning faints
|
|
under his chancex if we draw lotsx he speedsx
|
|
his cocks do win the battle still of mine
|
|
when it is all to naughtx and his quails ever
|
|
beat minex inhoopedx at oddsx i will to egyptx
|
|
and though i make this marriage for my peacex
|
|
ix thx east my pleasure liesx
|
|
|
|
enter ventidiusx
|
|
|
|
ox comex ventidiusx
|
|
you must to parthiax your commissionxs readyx
|
|
follow me and receive xtx
|
|
|
|
xxexeuntxxx
|
|
|
|
scene ivx romex a streetx
|
|
|
|
enter lepidusx maecenas and agrippax
|
|
|
|
lepidusx
|
|
trouble yourselves no furtherx pray you hasten
|
|
your generals afterx
|
|
|
|
agrippax
|
|
sirx mark antony
|
|
will exen but kiss octaviax and wexll followx
|
|
|
|
lepidusx
|
|
till i shall see you in your soldierxs dressx
|
|
which will become you bothx farewellx
|
|
|
|
maecenasx
|
|
we shallx
|
|
as i conceive the journeyx be at the mount
|
|
before youx lepidusx
|
|
|
|
lepidusx
|
|
your way is shorterx
|
|
my purposes do draw me much aboutx
|
|
youxll win two days upon mex
|
|
|
|
bothx
|
|
sirx good successx
|
|
|
|
lepidusx
|
|
farewellx
|
|
|
|
xxexeuntxxx
|
|
|
|
scene vx alexandriax a room in the palacex
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|
|
|
enter cleopatrax charmianx irasx alexasx
|
|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
give me some musicxmusicx moody food
|
|
of us that trade in lovex
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|
|
|
allx
|
|
the musicx hox
|
|
|
|
enter mardianx the eunuchx
|
|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
let it alonex letxs to billiardsx comex charmianx
|
|
|
|
charmianx
|
|
my arm is sorex best play with mardianx
|
|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
as well a woman with an eunuch played
|
|
as with a womanx comex youxll play with mex sirx
|
|
|
|
mardianx
|
|
as well as i canx madamx
|
|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
and when good will is showedx thoughxt come too shortx
|
|
the actor may plead pardonx ixll none nowx
|
|
give me mine anglex wexll to the riverx therex
|
|
my music playing far offx i will betray
|
|
tawnyxfinned fishesx my bended hook shall pierce
|
|
their slimy jawsx and as i draw them up
|
|
ixll think them every one an antonyx
|
|
and say xahx hax youxre caughtxx
|
|
|
|
charmianx
|
|
xtwas merry when
|
|
you wagered on your anglingx when your diver
|
|
did hang a salt fish on his hookx which he
|
|
with fervency drew upx
|
|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
that timexxo timesxx
|
|
i laughed him out of patiencex and that night
|
|
i laughed him into patiencex and next mornx
|
|
ere the ninth hourx i drunk him to his bedx
|
|
then put my tires and mantles on himx whilst
|
|
i wore his sword philippanx
|
|
|
|
enter messengerx
|
|
|
|
ox from italyx
|
|
ram thou thy fruitful tidings in mine earsx
|
|
that long time have been barrenx
|
|
|
|
messengerx
|
|
madamx madamx
|
|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
antonyxs deadx if thou say sox villainx
|
|
thou killxst thy mistressx but well and freex
|
|
if thou so yield himx there is goldx and here
|
|
my bluest veins to kissx a hand that kings
|
|
have lippedx and trembled kissingx
|
|
|
|
messengerx
|
|
firstx madamx hexs wellx
|
|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
whyx therexs more goldx
|
|
but sirrahx markx we use
|
|
to say the dead are wellx bring it to thatx
|
|
the gold i give thee will i melt and pour
|
|
down thy illxuttering throatx
|
|
|
|
messengerx
|
|
good madamx hear mex
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|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
wellx go tox i willx
|
|
but therexs no goodness in thy face if antony
|
|
be free and healthfulx so tart a favour
|
|
to trumpet such good tidingsx if not wellx
|
|
thou shouldst come like a fury crowned with snakesx
|
|
not like a formal manx
|
|
|
|
messengerx
|
|
willxt please you hear mex
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|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
i have a mind to strike thee ere thou speakxstx
|
|
yet if thou say antony livesx is wellx
|
|
or friends with caesarx or not captive to himx
|
|
ixll set thee in a shower of gold and hail
|
|
rich pearls upon theex
|
|
|
|
messengerx
|
|
madamx hexs wellx
|
|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
well saidx
|
|
|
|
messengerx
|
|
and friends with caesarx
|
|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
thx art an honest manx
|
|
|
|
messengerx
|
|
caesar and he are greater friends than everx
|
|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
make thee a fortune from mex
|
|
|
|
messengerx
|
|
but yetx madamx
|
|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
i do not like xbut yetxx it does allay
|
|
the good precedencex fie upon xbut yetxx
|
|
xbut yetx is as a gaoler to bring forth
|
|
some monstrous malefactorx pritheex friendx
|
|
pour out the pack of matter to mine earx
|
|
the good and bad togetherx hexs friends with caesarx
|
|
in state of healthx thou sayxstx andx thou sayxstx freex
|
|
|
|
messengerx
|
|
freex madamx nox i made no such reportx
|
|
hexs bound unto octaviax
|
|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
for what good turnx
|
|
|
|
messengerx
|
|
for the best turn ix thx bedx
|
|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
i am palex charmianx
|
|
|
|
messengerx
|
|
madamx hexs married to octaviax
|
|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
the most infectious pestilence upon theex
|
|
|
|
xxstrikes him downxxx
|
|
|
|
messengerx
|
|
good madamx patiencex
|
|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
what say youx
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|
|
|
xxstrikes him againxxx
|
|
|
|
hencex horrible villainx or ixll spurn thine eyes
|
|
like balls before mex ixll unhair thy headx
|
|
|
|
xxshe hales him up and downxxx
|
|
|
|
thou shalt be whipped with wire and stewed in brinex
|
|
smarting in lingxring picklex
|
|
|
|
messengerx
|
|
gracious madamx
|
|
i that do bring the news made not the matchx
|
|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
say xtis not sox a province i will give theex
|
|
and make thy fortunes proudx the blow thou hadst
|
|
shall make thy peace for moving me to ragex
|
|
and i will boot thee with what gift beside
|
|
thy modesty can begx
|
|
|
|
messengerx
|
|
hexs marriedx madamx
|
|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
roguex thou hast lived too longx
|
|
|
|
xxdraws a knifexxx
|
|
|
|
messengerx
|
|
nay then ixll runx
|
|
what mean youx madamx i have made no faultx
|
|
|
|
xxexitxxx
|
|
|
|
charmianx
|
|
good madamx keep yourself within yourselfx
|
|
the man is innocentx
|
|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
some innocents xscape not the thunderboltx
|
|
melt egypt into nilex and kindly creatures
|
|
turn all to serpentsx call the slave againx
|
|
though i am madx i will not bite himx callx
|
|
|
|
charmianx
|
|
he is afeard to comex
|
|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
i will not hurt himx
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|
|
xxexit charmianxxx
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|
|
|
these hands do lack nobility that they strike
|
|
a meaner than myselfx since i myself
|
|
have given myself the causex
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|
|
|
enter the messenger again with charmianx
|
|
|
|
come hitherx sirx
|
|
though it be honestx it is never good
|
|
to bring bad newsx give to a gracious message
|
|
an host of tonguesx but let ill tidings tell
|
|
themselves when they be feltx
|
|
|
|
messengerx
|
|
i have done my dutyx
|
|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
is he marriedx
|
|
i cannot hate thee worser than i do
|
|
if thou again say xyesxx
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|
|
|
messengerx
|
|
hexs marriedx madamx
|
|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
the gods confound theex dost thou hold there stillx
|
|
|
|
messengerx
|
|
should i liex madamx
|
|
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|
cleopatrax
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ox i would thou didstx
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so half my egypt were submerged and made
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a cistern for scaled snakesx gox get thee hencex
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hadst thou narcissus in thy facex to me
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thou wouldst appear most uglyx he is marriedx
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messengerx
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i crave your highnessx pardonx
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cleopatrax
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he is marriedx
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messengerx
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take no offence that i would not offend youx
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to punish me for what you make me do
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seems much unequalx hexs married to octaviax
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cleopatrax
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ox that his fault should make a knave of thee
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that art not what thouxrt sure ofx get thee hencex
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the merchandise which thou hast brought from rome
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are all too dear for mex lie they upon thy handx
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and be undone by xemx
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xxexit messengerxxx
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charmianx
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good your highnessx patiencex
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cleopatrax
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in praising antony i have dispraised caesarx
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charmianx
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many timesx madamx
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cleopatrax
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i am paid forxt nowx
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lead me from hencex
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i faintx o irasx charmianx xtis no matterx
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go to the fellowx good alexasx bid him
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report the feature of octaviax her yearsx
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her inclinationx let him not leave out
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the colour of her hairx bring me word quicklyx
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xxexit alexasxxx
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let him for ever goxlet him notx charmianx
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though he be painted one way like a gorgonx
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the other way xs a marsx xxto mardianxx bid you alexas
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bring me word how tall she isx pity mex charmianx
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but do not speak to mex lead me to my chamberx
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene vix near misenumx
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flourishx enter pompey and menas at one doorx with drum and trumpetx
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at anotherx caesarx lepidusx antonyx enobarbusx maecenasx agrippax
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with soldiers marchingx
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pompeyx
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your hostages i havex so have you minex
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and we shall talk before we fightx
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caesarx
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most meet
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that first we come to wordsx and therefore have we
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our written purposes before us sentx
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which if thou hast consideredx let us know
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if xtwill tie up thy discontented sword
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and carry back to sicily much tall youth
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that else must perish herex
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pompeyx
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to you all threex
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the senators alone of this great worldx
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chief factors for the godsx i do not know
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wherefore my father should revengers wantx
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having a son and friendsx since julius caesarx
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who at philippi the good brutus ghostedx
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there saw you labouring for himx what wasxt
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that moved pale cassius to conspirex and what
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|
made the allxhonouredx honest romanx brutusx
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with the armed restx courtiers of beauteous freedomx
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to drench the capitolx but that they would
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have one man but a manx and that is it
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hath made me rig my navyx at whose burden
|
|
the angered ocean foamsx with which i meant
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to scourge thx ingratitude that despiteful rome
|
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cast on my noble fatherx
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caesarx
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take your timex
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antonyx
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thou canst not fear usx pompeyx with thy sailsx
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wexll speak with thee at seax at land thou knowxst
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how much we do oxercount theex
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pompeyx
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at land indeed
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thou dost oxercount me of my fatherxs housex
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but since the cuckoo builds not for himselfx
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remain inxt as thou maystx
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lepidusx
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be pleased to tell usx
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for this is from the presentxhow you take
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the offers we have sent youx
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caesarx
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therexs the pointx
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antonyx
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which do not be entreated tox but weigh
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what it is worth embracedx
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caesarx
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and what may follow
|
|
to try a larger fortunex
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pompeyx
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|
you have made me offer
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of sicilyx sardiniax and i must
|
|
rid all the sea of piratesx then to send
|
|
measures of wheat to romex this xgreed uponx
|
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to part with unhacked edges and bear back
|
|
our targes undintedx
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caesarx antonyx and lepidusx
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thatxs our offerx
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pompeyx
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knowx thenx
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|
i came before you here a man prepared
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to take this offerx but mark antony
|
|
put me to some impatiencex though i lose
|
|
the praise of it by tellingx you must know
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|
when caesar and your brother were at blowsx
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|
your mother came to sicily and did find
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|
her welcome friendlyx
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antonyx
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i have heard itx pompeyx
|
|
and am well studied for a liberal thanks
|
|
which i do owe youx
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pompeyx
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let me have your handx
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i did not thinkx sirx to have met you herex
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antonyx
|
|
the beds ix thx east are softx and thanks to youx
|
|
that called me timelier than my purpose hitherx
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for i have gained by xtx
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caesarx
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since i saw you lastx
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|
there is a change upon youx
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pompeyx
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|
wellx i know not
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|
what counts harsh fortune casts upon my facex
|
|
but in my bosom shall she never come
|
|
to make my heart her vassalx
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lepidusx
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|
well met herex
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pompeyx
|
|
i hope sox lepidusx thus we are agreedx
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|
i crave our composition may be written
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and sealed between usx
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caesarx
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|
thatxs the next to dox
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pompeyx
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|
wexll feast each other ere we partx and letxs
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|
draw lots who shall beginx
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antonyx
|
|
that will ix pompeyx
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pompeyx
|
|
nox antonyx take the lotx
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|
butx first or lastx your fine egyptian cookery
|
|
shall have the famex i have heard that julius caesar
|
|
grew fat with feasting therex
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antonyx
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|
you have heard muchx
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pompeyx
|
|
i have fair meaningsx sirx
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antonyx
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and fair words to themx
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pompeyx
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|
then so much have i heardx
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|
and i have heard apollodorus carriedx
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enobarbusx
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|
no more of thatx he did sox
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pompeyx
|
|
whatx i pray youx
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|
enobarbusx
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|
a certain queen to caesar in a mattressx
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pompeyx
|
|
i know thee nowx how farxst thoux soldierx
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|
enobarbusx
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|
wellx
|
|
and well am like to dox for i perceive
|
|
four feasts are towardx
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pompeyx
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|
let me shake thy handx
|
|
i never hated theex i have seen thee fight
|
|
when i have envied thy behaviourx
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enobarbusx
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|
sirx
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|
i never loved you muchx but i hax praised ye
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|
when you have well deserved ten times as much
|
|
as i have said you didx
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pompeyx
|
|
enjoy thy plainnessx
|
|
it nothing ill becomes theex
|
|
aboard my galley i invite you allx
|
|
will you leadx lordsx
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|
caesarx antonyx and lepidusx
|
|
showxs the wayx sirx
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pompeyx
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|
comex
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|
xxexeunt all but enobarbus and menasxxx
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menasx
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|
xxasidexxx thy fatherx pompeyx would nexer have made this treatyxx
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|
you and i have knownx sirx
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enobarbusx
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|
at seax i thinkx
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menasx
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|
we havex sirx
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enobarbusx
|
|
you have done well by waterx
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menasx
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|
and you by landx
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|
enobarbusx
|
|
i will praise any man that will praise mex though it cannot be denied
|
|
what i have done by landx
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|
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|
menasx
|
|
nor what i have done by waterx
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enobarbusx
|
|
yesx something you can deny for your own safetyx you have been a great
|
|
thief by seax
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|
menasx
|
|
and you by landx
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|
enobarbusx
|
|
there i deny my land servicex but give me your handx menasx if our eyes
|
|
had authorityx here they might take two thieves kissingx
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|
menasx
|
|
all menxs faces are truex whatsomexer their hands arex
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|
enobarbusx
|
|
but there is never a fair woman has a true facex
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|
menasx
|
|
no slanderx they steal heartsx
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enobarbusx
|
|
we came hither to fight with youx
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menasx
|
|
for my partx i am sorry it is turned to a drinkingx pompey doth this
|
|
day laugh away his fortunex
|
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|
enobarbusx
|
|
if he dox sure he cannot weep xt back againx
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|
|
menasx
|
|
you have saidx sirx we looked not for mark antony herex pray youx is he
|
|
married to cleopatrax
|
|
|
|
enobarbusx
|
|
caesarxs sister is called octaviax
|
|
|
|
menasx
|
|
truex sirx she was the wife of caius marcellusx
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|
enobarbusx
|
|
but she is now the wife of marcus antoniusx
|
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|
menasx
|
|
pray youx sirx
|
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|
enobarbusx
|
|
xtis truex
|
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|
menasx
|
|
then is caesar and he for ever knit togetherx
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|
enobarbusx
|
|
if i were bound to divine of this unityx i would not prophesy sox
|
|
|
|
menasx
|
|
i think the policy of that purpose made more in the marriage than the
|
|
love of the partiesx
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|
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|
enobarbusx
|
|
i think so toox but you shall find the band that seems to tie their
|
|
friendship together will be the very strangler of their amityx octavia
|
|
is of a holyx coldx and still conversationx
|
|
|
|
menasx
|
|
who would not have his wife sox
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|
|
enobarbusx
|
|
not he that himself is not sox which is mark antonyx he will to his
|
|
egyptian dish againx then shall the sighs of octavia blow the fire up
|
|
in caesarx andx as i said beforex that which is the strength of their
|
|
amity shall prove the immediate author of their variancex antony will
|
|
use his affection where it isx he married but his occasion herex
|
|
|
|
menasx
|
|
and thus it may bex comex sirx will you aboardx i have a health for
|
|
youx
|
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|
|
enobarbusx
|
|
i shall take itx sirx we have used our throats in egyptx
|
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|
|
menasx
|
|
comex letxs awayx
|
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|
xxexeuntxxx
|
|
|
|
scene viix on board pompeyxs galleyx lying near misenumx
|
|
|
|
musicx enter two or three servants with a banquetx
|
|
|
|
first servantx
|
|
here theyxll bex manx some ox their plants are illxrooted alreadyx the
|
|
least wind ix thx world will blow them downx
|
|
|
|
second servantx
|
|
lepidus is highxcolouredx
|
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|
|
first servantx
|
|
they have made him drink almsxdrinkx
|
|
|
|
second servantx
|
|
as they pinch one another by the dispositionx he cries out xno morexx
|
|
reconciles them to his entreaty and himself to thx drinkx
|
|
|
|
first servantx
|
|
but it raises the greater war between him and his discretionx
|
|
|
|
second servantx
|
|
whyx this it is to have a name in great menxs fellowshipx i had as lief
|
|
have a reed that will do me no service as a partisan i could not heavex
|
|
|
|
first servantx
|
|
to be called into a huge spherex and not to be seen to move in xtx are
|
|
the holes where eyes should bex which pitifully disaster the cheeksx
|
|
|
|
a sennet soundedx enter caesarx antonyx pompeyx lepidusx agrippax
|
|
maecenasx enobarbusx menas with other captainsx
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|
|
|
antonyx
|
|
xxto caesarxxx thus do theyx sirx they take the flow ox thx nile
|
|
by certain scales ix thx pyramidx they know
|
|
by thx heightx the lownessx or the meanx if dearth
|
|
or foison followx the higher nilus swellsx
|
|
the more it promisesx as it ebbsx the seedsman
|
|
upon the slime and ooze scatters his grainx
|
|
and shortly comes to harvestx
|
|
|
|
lepidusx
|
|
youxve strange serpents therex
|
|
|
|
antonyx
|
|
ayx lepidusx
|
|
|
|
lepidusx
|
|
your serpent of egypt is bred now of your mud by the operation of your
|
|
sunx so is your crocodilex
|
|
|
|
antonyx
|
|
they are sox
|
|
|
|
pompeyx
|
|
sitx and some winex a health to lepidusx
|
|
|
|
lepidusx
|
|
i am not so well as i should bex but ixll nexer outx
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|
|
|
enobarbusx
|
|
not till you have sleptx i fear me youxll be in till thenx
|
|
|
|
lepidusx
|
|
nayx certainlyx i have heard the ptolemiesx pyramises are very goodly
|
|
thingsx without contradiction i have heard thatx
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|
|
|
menasx
|
|
xxaside to pompeyxxx pompeyx a wordx
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|
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pompeyx
|
|
xxaside to menasxxx say in mine ear what is xtx
|
|
|
|
menasx
|
|
xxwhispers in xs earxxx forsake thy seatx i do beseech theex captainx
|
|
and hear me speak a wordx
|
|
|
|
pompeyx
|
|
xxaside to menasxxx forbear me till anonxx
|
|
this wine for lepidusx
|
|
|
|
lepidusx
|
|
what manner ox thing is your crocodilex
|
|
|
|
antonyx
|
|
it is shapedx sirx like itselfx and it is as broad as it hath breadthx
|
|
it is just so high as it isx and moves with it own organsx it lives by
|
|
that which nourisheth itx and the elements once out of itx it
|
|
transmigratesx
|
|
|
|
lepidusx
|
|
what colour is it ofx
|
|
|
|
antonyx
|
|
of its own colour toox
|
|
|
|
lepidusx
|
|
xtis a strange serpentx
|
|
|
|
antonyx
|
|
xtis sox and the tears of it are wetx
|
|
|
|
caesarx
|
|
will this description satisfy himx
|
|
|
|
antonyx
|
|
with the health that pompey gives himx else he is a very epicurex
|
|
|
|
pompeyx
|
|
xxaside to menasxxx go hangx sirx hangx tell me of thatx awayx
|
|
do as i bid youxxwherexs this cup i called forx
|
|
|
|
menasx
|
|
xxaside to pompeyxxx if for the sake of merit thou wilt hear mex
|
|
rise from thy stoolx
|
|
|
|
pompeyx
|
|
xxaside to menasxxx i think thouxrt madx
|
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|
|
xxrises and walks asidexxx
|
|
|
|
the matterx
|
|
|
|
menasx
|
|
i have ever held my cap off to thy fortunesx
|
|
|
|
pompeyx
|
|
thou hast served me with much faithx whatxs else to sayxx
|
|
be jollyx lordsx
|
|
|
|
antonyx
|
|
these quicksandsx lepidusx
|
|
keep off themx for you sinkx
|
|
|
|
menasx
|
|
wilt thou be lord of all the worldx
|
|
|
|
pompeyx
|
|
what sayst thoux
|
|
|
|
menasx
|
|
wilt thou be lord of the whole worldx
|
|
thatxs twicex
|
|
|
|
pompeyx
|
|
how should that bex
|
|
|
|
menasx
|
|
but entertain itx
|
|
and though you think me poorx i am the man
|
|
will give thee all the worldx
|
|
|
|
pompeyx
|
|
hast thou drunk wellx
|
|
|
|
menasx
|
|
nox pompeyx i have kept me from the cupx
|
|
thou artx if thou darxst bex the earthly jovex
|
|
whatexer the ocean pales or sky inclips
|
|
is thinex if thou wilt havextx
|
|
|
|
pompeyx
|
|
show me which wayx
|
|
|
|
menasx
|
|
these three worldxsharersx these competitorsx
|
|
are in thy vesselx let me cut the cablex
|
|
and when we are put offx fall to their throatsx
|
|
all then is thinex
|
|
|
|
pompeyx
|
|
ahx this thou shouldst have done
|
|
and not have spoke on xtx in me xtis villainyx
|
|
in thee xt had been good servicex thou must know
|
|
xtis not my profit that does lead mine honourx
|
|
mine honour itx repent that exer thy tongue
|
|
hath so betrayxd thine actx being done unknownx
|
|
i should have found it afterwards well donex
|
|
but must condemn it nowx desistx and drinkx
|
|
|
|
menasx
|
|
xxasidexxx for thisx
|
|
ixll never follow thy palled fortunes morex
|
|
who seeksx and will not take when once xtis offeredx
|
|
shall never find it morex
|
|
|
|
pompeyx
|
|
this health to lepidusx
|
|
|
|
antonyx
|
|
bear him ashorex ixll pledge it for himx pompeyx
|
|
|
|
enobarbusx
|
|
herexs to theex menasx
|
|
|
|
menasx
|
|
enobarbusx welcomex
|
|
|
|
pompeyx
|
|
fill till the cup be hidx
|
|
|
|
enobarbusx
|
|
therexs a strong fellowx menasx
|
|
|
|
xxpointing to the servant who carries off lepidusxxx
|
|
|
|
menasx
|
|
whyx
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|
|
enobarbusx
|
|
xa bears the third part of the worldx manx seest notx
|
|
|
|
menasx
|
|
the third partx thenx is drunkx would it were allx
|
|
that it might go on wheelsx
|
|
|
|
enobarbusx
|
|
drink thoux increase the reelsx
|
|
|
|
menasx
|
|
comex
|
|
|
|
pompeyx
|
|
this is not yet an alexandrian feastx
|
|
|
|
antonyx
|
|
it ripens towards itx strike the vesselsx hox
|
|
here is to caesarx
|
|
|
|
caesarx
|
|
i could well forbearxtx
|
|
itxs monstrous labour when i wash my brain
|
|
and it grows foulerx
|
|
|
|
antonyx
|
|
be a child ox the timex
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|
|
|
caesarx
|
|
possess itx ixll make answerx
|
|
but i had rather fast from allx four daysx
|
|
than drink so much in onex
|
|
|
|
enobarbusx
|
|
xxto antonyxxx hax my brave emperorx
|
|
shall we dance now the egyptian bacchanals
|
|
and celebrate our drinkx
|
|
|
|
pompeyx
|
|
letxs haxtx good soldierx
|
|
|
|
antonyx
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comex letxs all take hands
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till that the conquering wine hath steeped our sense
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in soft and delicate lethex
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enobarbusx
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all take handsx
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make battery to our ears with the loud musicx
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the while ixll place youx then the boy shall singx
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the holding every man shall beat as loud
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as his strong sides can volleyx
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music playsx enobarbus places them hand in handx
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the songx
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comex thou monarch of the vinex
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plumpy bacchus with pink eynex
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in thy vats our cares be drownedx
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with thy grapes our hairs be crownedx
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cup us till the world go roundx
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cup us till the world go roundx
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caesarx
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what would you morex pompeyx good nightx good brotherx
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let me request you offx our graver business
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frowns at this levityxxgentle lordsx letxs partx
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you see we have burnt our cheeksx strong enobarb
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is weaker than the winex and mine own tongue
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splits what it speaksx the wild disguise hath almost
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anticked us allx what needs more wordsx good nightx
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good antonyx your handx
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pompeyx
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ixll try you on the shorex
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antonyx
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and shallx sirx givexs your handx
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pompeyx
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o antonyx
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you have my fatherxs housex
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butx whatx we are friendsx comex down into the boatx
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enobarbusx
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take heed you fall notx
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xxexeunt pompeyx caesarx antony and attendantsxxx
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menasx ixll not on shorex
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menasx
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nox to my cabinx these drumsx these trumpetsx flutesx whatx
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let neptune hear we bid a loud farewell
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to these great fellowsx sound and be hangedx sound outx
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xxsound a flourish with drumsxxx
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enobarbusx
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hoox says xax therexs my capx
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menasx
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hoox noble captainx comex
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xxexeuntxxx
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act iii
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scene ix a plain in syriax
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enter ventidius as it were in triumphx with silius and other romansx
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officers and soldiersx the dead body of pacorus borne before himx
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ventidiusx
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nowx darting parthiax art thou struckx and now
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pleased fortune does of marcus crassusx death
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make me revengerx bear the kingxs sonxs body
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before our armyx thy pacorusx orodesx
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pays this for marcus crassusx
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siliusx
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noble ventidiusx
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whilst yet with parthian blood thy sword is warmx
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the fugitive parthians followx spur through mediax
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mesopotamiax and the shelters whither
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the routed flyx so thy grand captain antony
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shall set thee on triumphant chariotsx and
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put garlands on thy headx
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ventidiusx
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o siliusx siliusx
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i have done enoughx a lower placex note wellx
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may make too great an actx for learn thisx siliusx
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better to leave undone than by our deed
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acquire too high a fame when him we servexs awayx
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caesar and antony have ever won
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more in their officerx than personx sossiusx
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one of my place in syriax his lieutenantx
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for quick accumulation of renownx
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which he achieved by thx minutex lost his favourx
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who does ix thx wars more than his captain can
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becomes his captainxs captainx and ambitionx
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the soldierxs virtuex rather makes choice of loss
|
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than gain which darkens himx
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i could do more to do antonius goodx
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but xtwould offend himx and in his offence
|
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should my performance perishx
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siliusx
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thou hastx ventidiusx that
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without the which a soldier and his sword
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grants scarce distinctionx thou wilt write to antonyx
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ventidiusx
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ixll humbly signify what in his namex
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that magical word of warx we have effectedx
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howx with his bannersx and his wellxpaid ranksx
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the nexerxyetxbeaten horse of parthia
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we have jaded out ox thx fieldx
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siliusx
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where is he nowx
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ventidiusx
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he purposeth to athensx whitherx with what haste
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the weight we must convey with xs will permitx
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we shall appear before himxxon therex pass alongx
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene iix romex an antexchamber in caesarxs housex
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enter agrippa at one doorx enobarbus at anotherx
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agrippax
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whatx are the brothers partedx
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enobarbusx
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they have dispatched with pompeyx he is gonex
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the other three are sealingx octavia weeps
|
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to part from romex caesar is sadx and lepidusx
|
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since pompeyxs feastx as menas saysx is troubled
|
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with the greensicknessx
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agrippax
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xtis a noble lepidusx
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enobarbusx
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a very fine onex ox how he loves caesarx
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agrippax
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nayx but how dearly he adores mark antonyx
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enobarbusx
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caesarx why hexs the jupiter of menx
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agrippax
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whatxs antonyx the god of jupiterx
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enobarbusx
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spake you of caesarx howx the nonpareilx
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agrippax
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ox antonyx o thou arabian birdx
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enobarbusx
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|
would you praise caesarx say xcaesarxx go no furtherx
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agrippax
|
|
indeedx he plied them both with excellent praisesx
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enobarbusx
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but he loves caesar bestx yet he loves antonyx
|
|
hoox heartsx tonguesx figuresx scribesx bardsx poetsx cannot
|
|
thinkx speakx castx writex singx numberxhooxx
|
|
his love to antonyx but as for caesarx
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|
kneel downx kneel downx and wonderx
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agrippax
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|
both he lovesx
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enobarbusx
|
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they are his shardsx and he their beetlex
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xxtrumpets withinxxx
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sox
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this is to horsex adieux noble agrippax
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agrippax
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good fortunex worthy soldierx and farewellx
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enter caesarx antonyx lepidus and octaviax
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antonyx
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no furtherx sirx
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caesarx
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you take from me a great part of myselfx
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|
use me well inxtx sisterx prove such a wife
|
|
as my thoughts make theex and as my farthest bond
|
|
shall pass on thy approofx most noble antonyx
|
|
let not the piece of virtue which is set
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|
betwixt usx as the cement of our love
|
|
to keep it buildedx be the ram to batter
|
|
the fortress of itx for better might we
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|
have loved without this meanx if on both parts
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|
this be not cherishedx
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antonyx
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|
make me not offended
|
|
in your distrustx
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caesarx
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i have saidx
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antonyx
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you shall not findx
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though you be therein curiousx the least cause
|
|
for what you seem to fearx so the gods keep youx
|
|
and make the hearts of romans serve your endsx
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|
we will here partx
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caesarx
|
|
farewellx my dearest sisterx fare thee wellx
|
|
the elements be kind to theex and make
|
|
thy spirits all of comfortx fare thee wellx
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octaviax
|
|
my noble brotherx
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antonyx
|
|
the aprilxs in her eyesx it is lovexs springx
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|
and these the showers to bring it onxxbe cheerfulx
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octaviax
|
|
sirx look well to my husbandxs housex andx
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caesarx
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|
whatx octaviax
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octaviax
|
|
ixll tell you in your earx
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antonyx
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|
her tongue will not obey her heartx nor can
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|
her heart inform her tonguexthe swanxsxdown featherx
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|
that stands upon the swell at the full of tidex
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|
and neither way inclinesx
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enobarbusx
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xxaside to agrippaxxx will caesar weepx
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agrippax
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|
xxaside to enobarbusxxx he has a cloud in xs facex
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enobarbusx
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|
xxaside to agrippaxxx he were the worse for that were he a horsex
|
|
so is hex being a manx
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agrippax
|
|
xxaside to enobarbusxxx whyx enobarbusx
|
|
when antony found julius caesar deadx
|
|
he cried almost to roaringx and he wept
|
|
when at philippi he found brutus slainx
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|
enobarbusx
|
|
xxaside to agrippaxxx that yearx indeedx he was troubled with a rheumx
|
|
what willingly he did confound he wailedx
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|
believe xtx till i weep toox
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|
caesarx
|
|
nox sweet octaviax
|
|
you shall hear from me stillx the time shall not
|
|
outgo my thinking on youx
|
|
|
|
antonyx
|
|
comex sirx comex
|
|
ixll wrestle with you in my strength of lovex
|
|
lookx here i have youx thus i let you gox
|
|
and give you to the godsx
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|
|
|
caesarx
|
|
adieux be happyx
|
|
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|
lepidusx
|
|
let all the number of the stars give light
|
|
to thy fair wayx
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|
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|
caesarx
|
|
farewellx farewellx
|
|
|
|
xxkisses octaviaxxx
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|
antonyx
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|
farewellx
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|
|
|
xxtrumpets soundx exeuntxxx
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|
|
|
scene iiix alexandriax a room in the palacex
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|
|
enter cleopatrax charmianx iras and alexasx
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|
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|
cleopatrax
|
|
where is the fellowx
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|
alexasx
|
|
half afeared to comex
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|
cleopatrax
|
|
go tox go tox
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|
|
|
enter a messenger as beforex
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|
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|
come hitherx sirx
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|
alexasx
|
|
good majestyx
|
|
herod of jewry dare not look upon you
|
|
but when you are well pleasedx
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|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
that herodxs head
|
|
ixll havex but howx when antony is gonex
|
|
through whom i might command itxxcome thou nearx
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|
|
messengerx
|
|
most gracious majestyx
|
|
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|
cleopatrax
|
|
didst thou behold octaviax
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|
|
messengerx
|
|
ayx dread queenx
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|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
wherex
|
|
|
|
messengerx
|
|
madamx in rome
|
|
i looked her in the facex and saw her led
|
|
between her brother and mark antonyx
|
|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
is she as tall as mex
|
|
|
|
messengerx
|
|
she is notx madamx
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|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
didst hear her speakx is she shrillxtongued or lowx
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|
|
|
messengerx
|
|
madamx i heard her speakx she is lowxvoicedx
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|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
thatxs not so goodx he cannot like her longx
|
|
|
|
charmianx
|
|
like herx o isisx xtis impossiblex
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|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
i think sox charmianx dull of tongue and dwarfishx
|
|
what majesty is in her gaitx rememberx
|
|
if exer thou lookxdst on majestyx
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|
|
|
messengerx
|
|
she creepsx
|
|
her motion and her station are as onex
|
|
she shows a body rather than a lifex
|
|
a statue than a breatherx
|
|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
is this certainx
|
|
|
|
messengerx
|
|
or i have no observancex
|
|
|
|
charmianx
|
|
three in egypt
|
|
cannot make better notex
|
|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
hexs very knowingx
|
|
i do perceivextx therexs nothing in her yetx
|
|
the fellow has good judgmentx
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|
|
|
charmianx
|
|
excellentx
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|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
guess at her yearsx i pritheex
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|
|
messengerx
|
|
madamx
|
|
she was a widowx
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|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
widowx charmianx harkx
|
|
|
|
messengerx
|
|
and i do think shexs thirtyx
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|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
bearxst thou her face in mindx isxt long or roundx
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|
|
|
messengerx
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|
round even to faultinessx
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|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
for the most partx toox they are foolish that are sox
|
|
her hairx what colourx
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|
|
|
messengerx
|
|
brownx madamx and her forehead
|
|
as low as she would wish itx
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|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
therexs gold for theex
|
|
thou must not take my former sharpness illx
|
|
i will employ thee back againx i find thee
|
|
most fit for businessx go make thee readyx
|
|
our letters are preparedx
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|
|
|
xxexit messengerxxx
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|
|
charmianx
|
|
a proper manx
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|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
indeedx he is sox i repent me much
|
|
that so i harried himx whyx methinksx by himx
|
|
this creaturexs no such thingx
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|
|
|
charmianx
|
|
nothingx madamx
|
|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
the man hath seen some majestyx and should knowx
|
|
|
|
charmianx
|
|
hath he seen majestyx isis else defendx
|
|
and serving you so longx
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|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
i have one thing more to ask him yetx good charmianx
|
|
but xtis no matterx thou shalt bring him to me
|
|
where i will writex all may be well enoughx
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|
|
|
charmianx
|
|
i warrant youx madamx
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|
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|
xxexeuntxxx
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|
|
scene ivx athensx a room in antonyxs housex
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|
|
enter antony and octaviax
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|
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|
antonyx
|
|
nayx nayx octaviax not only thatx
|
|
that were excusablex that and thousands more
|
|
of semblable importxbut he hath waged
|
|
new wars xgainst pompeyx made his willx and read it
|
|
to public earx
|
|
spoke scantly of mex when perforce he could not
|
|
but pay me terms of honourx cold and sickly
|
|
he vented themx most narrow measure lent mex
|
|
when the best hint was given himx he not took xtx
|
|
or did it from his teethx
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|
|
|
octaviax
|
|
ox my good lordx
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|
believe not allx or if you must believex
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|
stomach not allx a more unhappy ladyx
|
|
if this division chancex nexer stood betweenx
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|
praying for both partsx
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|
the good gods will mock me presently
|
|
when i shall pray xox bless my lord and husbandxx
|
|
undo that prayer by crying out as loud
|
|
xox bless my brotherxx husband winx win brotherx
|
|
prays and destroys the prayerx no midway
|
|
xtwixt these extremes at allx
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|
antonyx
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|
gentle octaviax
|
|
let your best love draw to that point which seeks
|
|
best to preserve itx if i lose mine honourx
|
|
i lose myselfx better i were not yours
|
|
than yours so branchlessx butx as you requestedx
|
|
yourself shall go betweenxsx the meantimex ladyx
|
|
ixll raise the preparation of a war
|
|
shall stain your brotherx make your soonest hastex
|
|
so your desires are yoursx
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|
|
|
octaviax
|
|
thanks to my lordx
|
|
the jove of power make mex most weakx most weakx
|
|
your reconcilerx wars xtwixt you twain would be
|
|
as if the world should cleavex and that slain men
|
|
should solder up the riftx
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|
|
|
antonyx
|
|
when it appears to you where this beginsx
|
|
turn your displeasure that wayx for our faults
|
|
can never be so equal that your love
|
|
can equally move with themx provide your goingx
|
|
choose your own companyx and command what cost
|
|
your heart has mind tox
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|
xxexeuntxxx
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|
|
scene vx athensx another room in antonyxs housex
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|
|
enter enobarbus and eros meetingx
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|
|
|
enobarbusx
|
|
how nowx friend erosx
|
|
|
|
erosx
|
|
therexs strange news comex sirx
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|
|
|
enobarbusx
|
|
whatx manx
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|
|
|
erosx
|
|
caesar and lepidus have made wars upon pompeyx
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|
|
enobarbusx
|
|
this is oldx what is the successx
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|
|
erosx
|
|
caesarx having made use of him in the wars xgainst pompeyx presently
|
|
denied him rivalityx would not let him partake in the glory of the
|
|
actionx andx not resting herex accuses him of letters he had formerly
|
|
wrote to pompeyx upon his own appealx seizes himx so the poor third is
|
|
upx till death enlarge his confinex
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|
|
enobarbusx
|
|
thenx worldx thou hast a pair of chapsx no morex
|
|
and throw between them all the food thou hastx
|
|
theyxll grind the one the otherx wherexs antonyx
|
|
|
|
erosx
|
|
hexs walking in the gardenx thusx and spurns
|
|
the rush that lies before himx cries xfool lepidusxx
|
|
and threats the throat of that his officer
|
|
that murdered pompeyx
|
|
|
|
enobarbusx
|
|
our great navyxs riggedx
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|
|
|
erosx
|
|
for italy and caesarx morex domitiusx
|
|
my lord desires you presentlyx my news
|
|
i might have told hereafterx
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|
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|
enobarbusx
|
|
xtwill be naughtx
|
|
but let it bex bring me to antonyx
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|
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|
erosx
|
|
comex sirx
|
|
|
|
xxexeuntxxx
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|
|
scene vix romex a room in caesarxs housex
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|
|
|
enter agrippax maecenas and caesarx
|
|
|
|
caesarx
|
|
contemning romex he has done all thisx and more
|
|
in alexandriax herexs the manner of xtx
|
|
ix thx marketxplacex on a tribunal silveredx
|
|
cleopatra and himself in chairs of gold
|
|
were publicly enthronedx at the feet sat
|
|
caesarionx whom they call my fatherxs sonx
|
|
and all the unlawful issue that their lust
|
|
since then hath made between themx unto her
|
|
he gave the stablishment of egyptx made her
|
|
of lower syriax cyprusx lydiax
|
|
absolute queenx
|
|
|
|
maecenasx
|
|
this in the public eyex
|
|
|
|
caesarx
|
|
ix thx common showplace where they exercisex
|
|
his sons he there proclaimed the kings of kingsx
|
|
great mediax parthiax and armenia
|
|
he gave to alexanderx to ptolemy he assigned
|
|
syriax ciliciax and phoeniciax she
|
|
in thx habiliments of the goddess isis
|
|
that day appearedx and oft before gave audiencex
|
|
as xtis reportedx sox
|
|
|
|
maecenasx
|
|
let rome be thus informedx
|
|
|
|
agrippax
|
|
whox queasy with his insolence alreadyx
|
|
will their good thoughts call from himx
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caesarx
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the people knows it and have now received
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his accusationsx
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agrippax
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who does he accusex
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caesarx
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caesarx and thatx having in sicily
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sextus pompeius spoiledx we had not rated him
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his part ox thx islex then does he say he lent me
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some shippingx unrestoredx lastlyx he frets
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that lepidus of the triumvirate
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should be deposed andx beingx that we detain
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all his revenuex
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agrippax
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sirx this should be answeredx
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caesarx
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xtis done alreadyx and messenger gonex
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i have told him lepidus was grown too cruelx
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that he his high authority abusedx
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and did deserve his changex for what i have conquered
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i grant him partx but then in his armenia
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and other of his conquered kingdomsx i
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demand the likex
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maecenasx
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hexll never yield to thatx
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caesarx
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nor must not then be yielded to in thisx
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enter octavia with her trainx
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octaviax
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hailx caesarx and my lordx hailx most dear caesarx
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caesarx
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that ever i should call thee castawayx
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octaviax
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you have not called me sox nor have you causex
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caesarx
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why have you stolen upon us thusx you come not
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like caesarxs sisterx the wife of antony
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should have an army for an usherx and
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the neighs of horse to tell of her approach
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long ere she did appearx the trees by thx way
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should have borne menx and expectation faintedx
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longing for what it had notx nayx the dust
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should have ascended to the roof of heavenx
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raised by your populous troopsx but you are come
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a marketxmaid to romex and have prevented
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the ostentation of our lovex whichx left unshownx
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is often left unlovedx we should have met you
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by sea and landx supplying every stage
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with an augmented greetingx
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octaviax
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good my lordx
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to come thus was i not constrainedx but did it
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on my free willx my lordx mark antonyx
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hearing that you prepared for warx acquainted
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my grieved ear withalx whereon i begged
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his pardon for returnx
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caesarx
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which soon he grantedx
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being an abstract xtween his lust and himx
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octaviax
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do not say sox my lordx
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caesarx
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i have eyes upon himx
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and his affairs come to me on the windx
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where is he nowx
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octaviax
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my lordx in athensx
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caesarx
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nox my most wronged sisterx cleopatra
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hath nodded him to herx he hath given his empire
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up to a whorex who now are levying
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the kings ox thx earth for warx he hath assembled
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bocchusx the king of libyax archelaus
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of cappadociax philadelphosx king
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of paphlagoniax the thracian kingx adallasx
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king manchus of arabiax king of pontx
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herod of jewryx mithridatesx king
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of comagenex polemon and amyntasx
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the kings of mede and lycaoniax
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with a more larger list of sceptresx
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octaviax
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ay mex most wretchedx
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that have my heart parted betwixt two friends
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that does afflict each otherx
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caesarx
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welcome hitherx
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your letters did withhold our breaking forth
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till we perceived both how you were wrong led
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|
and we in negligent dangerx cheer your heartx
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be you not troubled with the timex which drives
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|
oxer your content these strong necessitiesx
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|
but let determined things to destiny
|
|
hold unbewailed their wayx welcome to romex
|
|
nothing more dear to mex you are abused
|
|
beyond the mark of thoughtx and the high godsx
|
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to do you justicex make their ministers
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|
of us and those that love youx best of comfortx
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and ever welcome to usx
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agrippax
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|
welcomex ladyx
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maecenasx
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|
welcomex dear madamx
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each heart in rome does love and pity youx
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|
only thx adulterous antonyx most large
|
|
in his abominationsx turns you off
|
|
and gives his potent regiment to a trull
|
|
that noises it against usx
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octaviax
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|
is it sox sirx
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caesarx
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most certainx sisterx welcomex pray you
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be ever known to patiencex my dearxst sisterx
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene viix antonyxs camp near the promontory of actiumx
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enter cleopatra and enobarbusx
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cleopatrax
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i will be even with theex doubt it notx
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enobarbusx
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but whyx whyx whyx
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cleopatrax
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|
thou hast forspoke my being in these wars
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|
and sayxst it is not fitx
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enobarbusx
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wellx is itx is itx
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cleopatrax
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is xt not denounced against usx why should not we
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be there in personx
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enobarbusx
|
|
wellx i could replyx
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|
if we should serve with horse and mares togetherx
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|
the horse were merely lostx the mares would bear
|
|
a soldier and his horsex
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cleopatrax
|
|
what isxt you sayx
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enobarbusx
|
|
your presence needs must puzzle antonyx
|
|
take from his heartx take from his brainx from xs timex
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|
what should not then be sparedx he is already
|
|
traduced for levityx and xtis said in rome
|
|
that photinusx an eunuchx and your maids
|
|
manage this warx
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cleopatrax
|
|
sink romex and their tongues rot
|
|
that speak against usx a charge we bear ix thx warx
|
|
andx as the president of my kingdomx will
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|
appear there for a manx speak not against itx
|
|
i will not stay behindx
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|
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|
enter antony and canidiusx
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enobarbusx
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|
nayx i have donex
|
|
here comes the emperorx
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antonyx
|
|
is it not strangex canidiusx
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|
that from tarentum and brundusium
|
|
he could so quickly cut the ionian sea
|
|
and take in torynexxyou have heard on xtx sweetx
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|
cleopatrax
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|
celerity is never more admired
|
|
than by the negligentx
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antonyx
|
|
a good rebukex
|
|
which might have well becomed the best of men
|
|
to taunt at slacknessxxcanidiusx we
|
|
will fight with him by seax
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cleopatrax
|
|
by seax what elsex
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canidiusx
|
|
why will my lord do sox
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antonyx
|
|
for that he dares us to xtx
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enobarbusx
|
|
so hath my lord dared him to single fightx
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canidiusx
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|
ayx and to wage this battle at pharsaliax
|
|
where caesar fought with pompeyx but these offersx
|
|
which serve not for his vantagex he shakes offx
|
|
and so should youx
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enobarbusx
|
|
your ships are not well mannedx
|
|
your mariners are muleteersx reapersx people
|
|
engrossed by swift impressx in caesarxs fleet
|
|
are those that often have xgainst pompey foughtx
|
|
their ships are yarex yours heavyx no disgrace
|
|
shall fall you for refusing him at seax
|
|
being prepared for landx
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antonyx
|
|
by seax by seax
|
|
|
|
enobarbusx
|
|
most worthy sirx you therein throw away
|
|
the absolute soldiership you have by landx
|
|
distract your armyx which doth most consist
|
|
of warxmarked footmenx leave unexecuted
|
|
your own renowned knowledgex quite forgo
|
|
the way which promises assurancex and
|
|
give up yourself merely to chance and hazard
|
|
from firm securityx
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|
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|
antonyx
|
|
ixll fight at seax
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|
cleopatrax
|
|
i have sixty sailsx caesar none betterx
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|
antonyx
|
|
our overplus of shipping will we burnx
|
|
and with the rest fullxmannedx from thx head of actium
|
|
beat thx approaching caesarx but if we failx
|
|
we then can do xt at landx
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|
|
|
enter a messengerx
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|
|
|
thy businessx
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|
|
|
messengerx
|
|
the news is truex my lordx he is descriedx
|
|
caesar has taken torynex
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|
|
|
antonyx
|
|
can he be there in personx xtis impossiblex
|
|
strange that his power should bex canidiusx
|
|
our nineteen legions thou shalt hold by landx
|
|
and our twelve thousand horsex wexll to our shipx
|
|
awayx my thetisx
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|
|
|
enter a soldierx
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|
how nowx worthy soldierx
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|
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|
soldierx
|
|
o noble emperorx do not fight by seax
|
|
trust not to rotten planksx do you misdoubt
|
|
this sword and these my woundsx let thx egyptians
|
|
and the phoenicians go axduckingx we
|
|
have used to conquer standing on the earth
|
|
and fighting foot to footx
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|
|
|
antonyx
|
|
wellx wellx awayx
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|
|
|
xxexeunt antonyx cleopatra and enobarbusxxx
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|
|
|
soldierx
|
|
by herculesx i think i am ix thx rightx
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|
canidiusx
|
|
soldierx thou artx but his whole action grows
|
|
not in the power on xtx so our leaderxs ledx
|
|
and we are womenxs menx
|
|
|
|
soldierx
|
|
you keep by land
|
|
the legions and the horse wholex do you notx
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|
|
|
canidiusx
|
|
marcus octaviusx marcus justeiusx
|
|
publicolax and caelius are for seax
|
|
but we keep whole by landx this speed of caesarxs
|
|
carries beyond beliefx
|
|
|
|
soldierx
|
|
while he was yet in romex
|
|
his power went out in such distractions as
|
|
beguiled all spiesx
|
|
|
|
canidiusx
|
|
whoxs his lieutenantx hear youx
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|
|
soldierx
|
|
they say one taurusx
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|
|
|
canidiusx
|
|
well i know the manx
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|
|
|
enter a messengerx
|
|
|
|
messengerx
|
|
the emperor calls canidiusx
|
|
|
|
canidiusx
|
|
with news the timexs with labourx and throes forth
|
|
each minute somex
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|
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|
xxexeuntxxx
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|
|
|
scene viiix a plain near actiumx
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|
|
|
enter caesar with his army and taurus marchingx
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|
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|
caesarx
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|
taurusx
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|
taurusx
|
|
my lordx
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|
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|
caesarx
|
|
strike not by landx keep wholex provoke not battle
|
|
till we have done at seax do not exceed
|
|
the prescript of this scrollx our fortune lies
|
|
upon this jumpx
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|
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|
xxexeuntxxx
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|
|
|
scene ixx another part of the plainx
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|
|
|
enter antony and enobarbusx
|
|
|
|
antonyx
|
|
set we our squadrons on yon side ox thx hill
|
|
in eye of caesarxs battlex from which place
|
|
we may the number of the ships behold
|
|
and so proceed accordinglyx
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|
|
|
xxexeuntxxx
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|
|
|
scene xx another part of the plainx
|
|
|
|
canidius marching with his land army one way over the stagex and
|
|
taurusx the lieutenant of caesarx with his armyx the other wayx after
|
|
their going inx is heard the noise of a sea fightx
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|
|
|
alarumx enter enobarbusx
|
|
|
|
enobarbusx
|
|
naughtx naughtx all naughtx i can behold no longerx
|
|
thx antoniadx the egyptian admiralx
|
|
with all their sixtyx fly and turn the rudderx
|
|
to see xt mine eyes are blastedx
|
|
|
|
enter scarusx
|
|
|
|
scarusx
|
|
gods and goddessesx
|
|
all the whole synod of themx
|
|
|
|
enobarbusx
|
|
whatxs thy passionx
|
|
|
|
scarusx
|
|
the greater cantle of the world is lost
|
|
with very ignorancex we have kissed away
|
|
kingdoms and provincesx
|
|
|
|
enobarbusx
|
|
how appears the fightx
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|
|
|
scarusx
|
|
on our side likex the tokened pestilencex
|
|
where death is surex yon ribaudred nag of egyptx
|
|
whom leprosy oxertakex ix thx midst ox thx fightx
|
|
when vantage like a pair of twins appearedx
|
|
both as the samexorx ratherx ours the elderx
|
|
the breeze upon herx like a cow in junex
|
|
hoists sails and fliesx
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|
|
|
enobarbusx
|
|
that i beheldx
|
|
mine eyes did sicken at the sight and could not
|
|
endure a further viewx
|
|
|
|
scarusx
|
|
she once being loofedx
|
|
the noble ruin of her magicx antonyx
|
|
claps on his seaxwing andx like a doting mallardx
|
|
leaving the fight in heightx flies after herx
|
|
i never saw an action of such shamex
|
|
experiencex manhoodx honourx nexer before
|
|
did violate so itselfx
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|
|
enobarbusx
|
|
alackx alackx
|
|
|
|
enter canidiusx
|
|
|
|
canidiusx
|
|
our fortune on the sea is out of breath
|
|
and sinks most lamentablyx had our general
|
|
been what he knew himselfx it had gone wellx
|
|
ox he has given example for our flight
|
|
most grossly by his ownx
|
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|
|
enobarbusx
|
|
ayx are you thereaboutsx
|
|
whyx thenx good night indeedx
|
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|
canidiusx
|
|
toward peloponnesus are they fledx
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|
|
|
scarusx
|
|
xtis easy toxtx and there i will attend
|
|
what further comesx
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|
|
|
canidiusx
|
|
to caesar will i render
|
|
my legions and my horsex six kings already
|
|
show me the way of yieldingx
|
|
|
|
enobarbusx
|
|
ixll yet follow
|
|
the wounded chance of antonyx though my reason
|
|
sits in the wind against mex
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|
xxexeuntxxx
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|
|
|
scene xix alexandriax a room in the palacex
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|
|
|
enter antony with attendantsx
|
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|
|
antonyx
|
|
harkx the land bids me tread no more uponxtx
|
|
it is ashamed to bear mex friendsx come hitherx
|
|
i am so lated in the world that i
|
|
have lost my way for everx i have a ship
|
|
laden with goldx take thatx divide itx flyx
|
|
and make your peace with caesarx
|
|
|
|
allx
|
|
flyx not wex
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|
antonyx
|
|
i have fled myselfx and have instructed cowards
|
|
to run and show their shouldersx friendsx be gonex
|
|
i have myself resolved upon a course
|
|
which has no need of youx be gonex
|
|
my treasurexs in the harbourx take itx ox
|
|
i followed that i blush to look uponx
|
|
my very hairs do mutinyx for the white
|
|
reprove the brown for rashnessx and they them
|
|
for fear and dotingx friendsx be gonex you shall
|
|
have letters from me to some friends that will
|
|
sweep your way for youx pray youx look not sadx
|
|
nor make replies of loathnessx take the hint
|
|
which my despair proclaimsx let that be left
|
|
which leaves itselfx to the seaxside straightwayx
|
|
i will possess you of that ship and treasurex
|
|
leave mex i prayx a littlexpray youx nowx
|
|
nayx do sox for indeed i have lost commandx
|
|
therefore i pray youx ixll see you by and byx
|
|
|
|
xxsits downxxx
|
|
|
|
enter cleopatra led by charmianx iras and erosx
|
|
|
|
erosx
|
|
nayx gentle madamx to himx comfort himx
|
|
|
|
irasx
|
|
dox most dear queenx
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|
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|
charmianx
|
|
dox whyx what elsex
|
|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
let me sit downx o junox
|
|
|
|
antonyx
|
|
nox nox nox nox nox
|
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|
|
erosx
|
|
see you herex sirx
|
|
|
|
antonyx
|
|
ox fiex fiex fiex
|
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|
|
charmianx
|
|
madamx
|
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|
irasx
|
|
madamx o good empressx
|
|
|
|
erosx
|
|
sirx sirx
|
|
|
|
antonyx
|
|
yesx my lordx yesx he at philippi kept
|
|
his sword exen like a dancerx while i struck
|
|
the lean and wrinkled cassiusx and xtwas i
|
|
that the mad brutus endedx he alone
|
|
dealt on lieutenantryx and no practice had
|
|
in the brave squares of warx yet nowxno matterx
|
|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
ahx stand byx
|
|
|
|
erosx
|
|
the queenx my lordx the queenx
|
|
|
|
irasx
|
|
go to himx madamx speak to himx
|
|
he is unqualitied with very shamex
|
|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
well thenx sustain mex ox
|
|
|
|
erosx
|
|
most noble sirx arisex the queen approachesx
|
|
her headxs declinedx and death will seize her but
|
|
your comfort makes the rescuex
|
|
|
|
antonyx
|
|
i have offended reputationx
|
|
a most unnoble swervingx
|
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|
erosx
|
|
sirx the queenx
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|
antonyx
|
|
ox whither hast thou led mex egyptx see
|
|
how i convey my shame out of thine eyes
|
|
by looking back what i have left behind
|
|
xstroyed in dishonourx
|
|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
o my lordx my lordx
|
|
forgive my fearful sailsx i little thought
|
|
you would have followedx
|
|
|
|
antonyx
|
|
egyptx thou knewxst too well
|
|
my heart was to thy rudder tied by thx stringsx
|
|
and thou shouldst tow me afterx oxer my spirit
|
|
thy full supremacy thou knewxstx and that
|
|
thy beck might from the bidding of the gods
|
|
command mex
|
|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
ox my pardonx
|
|
|
|
antonyx
|
|
now i must
|
|
to the young man send humble treatiesx dodge
|
|
and palter in the shifts of lownessx who
|
|
with half the bulk ox thx world played as i pleasedx
|
|
making and marring fortunesx you did know
|
|
how much you were my conquerorx and that
|
|
my swordx made weak by my affectionx would
|
|
obey it on all causex
|
|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
pardonx pardonx
|
|
|
|
antonyx
|
|
fall not a tearx i sayx one of them rates
|
|
all that is won and lostx give me a kissx
|
|
even this repays mex
|
|
we sent our schoolmasterx is he come backx
|
|
lovex i am full of leadx some wine
|
|
within therex and our viandsx fortune knows
|
|
we scorn her most when most she offers blowsx
|
|
|
|
xxexeuntxxx
|
|
|
|
scene xiix caesarxs camp in egyptx
|
|
|
|
enter caesarx agrippax dolabella with othersx
|
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caesarx
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let him appear thatxs come from antonyx
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know you himx
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dolabellax
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caesarx xtis his schoolmasterx
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an argument that he is pluckedx when hither
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he sends so poor a pinion of his wingx
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which had superfluous kings for messengers
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not many moons gone byx
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enter ambassador from anthonyx
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caesarx
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approachx and speakx
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ambassadorx
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such as i amx i come from antonyx
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i was of late as petty to his ends
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as is the mornxdew on the myrtle leaf
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to his grand seax
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caesarx
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bext sox declare thine officex
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ambassadorx
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lord of his fortunes he salutes theex and
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requires to live in egyptx which not grantedx
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he lessens his requestsx and to thee sues
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to let him breathe between the heavens and earthx
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a private man in athensx this for himx
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nextx cleopatra does confess thy greatnessx
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submits her to thy mightx and of thee craves
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the circle of the ptolemies for her heirsx
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now hazarded to thy gracex
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caesarx
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for antonyx
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i have no ears to his requestx the queen
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of audience nor desire shall failx so she
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from egypt drive her allxdisgraced friendx
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or take his life therex this if she performx
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she shall not sue unheardx so to them bothx
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ambassadorx
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fortune pursue theex
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caesarx
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bring him through the bandsx
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xxexit ambassadorx attendedxxx
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xxto thidiasxxx to try thy eloquence now xtis timex dispatchx
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from antony win cleopatrax promisex
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and in our namex what she requiresx add morex
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from thine inventionx offersx women are not
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in their best fortunes strongx but want will perjure
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the nexerxtouchxd vestalx try thy cunningx thidiasx
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make thine own edict for thy painsx which we
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will answer as a lawx
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thidiasx
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caesarx i gox
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caesarx
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observe how antony becomes his flawx
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and what thou thinkxst his very action speaks
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in every power that movesx
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thidiasx
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caesarx i shallx
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene xiiix alexandriax a room in the palacex
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enter cleopatrax enobarbusx charmian and irasx
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cleopatrax
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what shall we dox enobarbusx
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enobarbusx
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thinkx and diex
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cleopatrax
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is antony or we in fault for thisx
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enobarbusx
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antony onlyx that would make his will
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lord of his reasonx what though you fled
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from that great face of warx whose several ranges
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frighted each otherx why should he followx
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the itch of his affection should not then
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have nicked his captainshipx at such a pointx
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when half to half the world opposedx he being
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the mered questionx xtwas a shame no less
|
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than was his lossx to course your flying flags
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and leave his navy gazingx
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cleopatrax
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pritheex peacex
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enter the ambassador with antonyx
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antonyx
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is that his answerx
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ambassadorx
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ayx my lordx
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antonyx
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the queen shall then have courtesyx so she
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will yield us upx
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ambassadorx
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he says sox
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antonyx
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let her knowxtxx
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to the boy caesar send this grizzled headx
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and he will fill thy wishes to the brim
|
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with principalitiesx
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cleopatrax
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that headx my lordx
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antonyx
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to him againx tell him he wears the rose
|
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of youth upon himx from which the world should note
|
|
something particularx his coinx shipsx legionsx
|
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may be a cowardxsx whose ministers would prevail
|
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under the service of a child as soon
|
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as ix thx command of caesarx i dare him therefore
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to lay his gay comparisons apartx
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and answer me declinedx sword against swordx
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ourselves alonex ixll write itx follow mex
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xxexeunt antony and ambassadorxxx
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enobarbusx
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yesx like enough highxbattled caesar will
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unstate his happinessx and be staged to thx show
|
|
against a sworderx i see menxs judgments are
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|
a parcel of their fortunesx and things outward
|
|
do draw the inward quality after them
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to suffer all alikex that he should dreamx
|
|
knowing all measuresx the full caesar will
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|
answer his emptinessx caesarx thou hast subdued
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|
his judgment toox
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enter a servantx
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servantx
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a messenger from caesarx
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cleopatrax
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whatx no more ceremonyx seex my womenx
|
|
against the blown rose may they stop their nose
|
|
that kneeled unto the budsx admit himx sirx
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xxexit servantxxx
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enobarbusx
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|
xxasidexxx mine honesty and i begin to squarex
|
|
the loyalty well held to fools does make
|
|
our faith mere follyx yet he that can endure
|
|
to follow with allegiance a fallen lord
|
|
does conquer him that did his master conquerx
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|
and earns a place ix thx storyx
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enter thidiasx
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cleopatrax
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caesarxs willx
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thidiasx
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hear it apartx
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cleopatrax
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none but friendsx say boldlyx
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thidiasx
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|
so haply are they friends to antonyx
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|
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enobarbusx
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|
he needs as manyx sirx as caesar hasx
|
|
or needs not usx if caesar pleasex our master
|
|
will leap to be his friendx for usx you know
|
|
whose he is we arex and that is caesarxsx
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thidiasx
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|
soxx
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|
thus thenx thou most renownedx caesar entreats
|
|
not to consider in what case thou standxst
|
|
further than he is caesarx
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cleopatrax
|
|
go onx right royalx
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|
|
thidiasx
|
|
he knows that you embrace not antony
|
|
as you did lovex but as you feared himx
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|
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cleopatrax
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|
ox
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|
|
|
thidiasx
|
|
the scars upon your honourx thereforex he
|
|
does pity as constrained blemishesx
|
|
not as deservedx
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|
cleopatrax
|
|
he is a god and knows
|
|
what is most rightx mine honour was not yieldedx
|
|
but conquered merelyx
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|
enobarbusx
|
|
xxasidexxx to be sure of thatx
|
|
i will ask antonyx sirx sirx thou art so leaky
|
|
that we must leave thee to thy sinkingx for
|
|
thy dearest quit theex
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|
|
xxexit enobarbusxxx
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|
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|
thidiasx
|
|
shall i say to caesar
|
|
what you require of himx for he partly begs
|
|
to be desired to givex it much would please him
|
|
that of his fortunes you should make a staff
|
|
to lean uponx but it would warm his spirits
|
|
to hear from me you had left antonyx
|
|
and put yourself under his shroudx
|
|
the universal landlordx
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|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
whatxs your namex
|
|
|
|
thidiasx
|
|
my name is thidiasx
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|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
most kind messengerx
|
|
say to great caesar this in deputationx
|
|
i kiss his conquxring handx tell him i am prompt
|
|
to lay my crown atxs feetx and there to kneelx
|
|
tell himx from his allxobeying breath i hear
|
|
the doom of egyptx
|
|
|
|
thidiasx
|
|
xtis your noblest coursex
|
|
wisdom and fortune combating togetherx
|
|
if that the former dare but what it canx
|
|
no chance may shake itx give me grace to lay
|
|
my duty on your handx
|
|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
your caesarxs father oftx
|
|
when he hath mused of taking kingdoms inx
|
|
bestowed his lips on that unworthy place
|
|
as it rained kissesx
|
|
|
|
enter antony and enobarbusx
|
|
|
|
antonyx
|
|
favoursx by jove that thundersx
|
|
what art thoux fellowx
|
|
|
|
thidiasx
|
|
one that but performs
|
|
the bidding of the fullest man and worthiest
|
|
to have command obeyedx
|
|
|
|
enobarbusx
|
|
xxasidexxx you will be whippedx
|
|
|
|
antonyx
|
|
approach therexxahx you kitexxnowx gods and devilsx
|
|
authority melts from mex of late when i cried xhoxx
|
|
like boys unto a mussx kings would start forth
|
|
and cry xyour willxx have you no earsx i am
|
|
antony yetx
|
|
|
|
enter servantsx
|
|
|
|
take hence this jack and whip himx
|
|
|
|
enobarbusx
|
|
xtis better playing with a lionxs whelp
|
|
than with an old one dyingx
|
|
|
|
antonyx
|
|
moon and starsx
|
|
whip himx werext twenty of the greatest tributaries
|
|
that do acknowledge caesarx should i find them
|
|
so saucy with the hand of she herexwhatxs her name
|
|
since she was cleopatrax whip himx fellowsx
|
|
till like a boy you see him cringe his face
|
|
and whine aloud for mercyx take him hencex
|
|
|
|
thidiasx
|
|
mark antonyx
|
|
|
|
antonyx
|
|
tug him awayx being whippxdx
|
|
bring him againx this jack of caesarxs shall
|
|
bear us an errand to himx
|
|
|
|
xxexeunt servants with thidiasxxx
|
|
|
|
you were half blasted ere i knew youx hax
|
|
have i my pillow left unpressed in romex
|
|
forborne the getting of a lawful racex
|
|
and by a gem of womenx to be abused
|
|
by one that looks on feedersx
|
|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
good my lordx
|
|
|
|
antonyx
|
|
you have been a boggler everx
|
|
but when we in our viciousness grow hardx
|
|
o misery onxtxxthe wise gods seal our eyesx
|
|
in our own filth drop our clear judgmentsx make us
|
|
adore our errorsx laugh atxs while we strut
|
|
to our confusionx
|
|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
ox isxt come to thisx
|
|
|
|
antonyx
|
|
i found you as a morsel cold upon
|
|
dead caesarxs trencherx nayx you were a fragment
|
|
of gneius pompeyxsx besides what hotter hoursx
|
|
unregistered in vulgar famex you have
|
|
luxuriously pickxd outx for i am surex
|
|
though you can guess what temperance should bex
|
|
you know not what it isx
|
|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
wherefore is thisx
|
|
|
|
antonyx
|
|
to let a fellow that will take rewards
|
|
and say xgod quit youxx be familiar with
|
|
my playfellowx your handx this kingly seal
|
|
and plighter of high heartsx o that i were
|
|
upon the hill of basanx to outroar
|
|
the horned herdx for i have savage causex
|
|
and to proclaim it civilly were like
|
|
a haltered neck which does the hangman thank
|
|
for being yare about himx
|
|
|
|
enter a servant with thidiasx
|
|
|
|
is he whippedx
|
|
|
|
servantx
|
|
soundlyx my lordx
|
|
|
|
antonyx
|
|
cried hex and begged he pardonx
|
|
|
|
servantx
|
|
he did ask favourx
|
|
|
|
antonyx
|
|
if that thy father livex let him repent
|
|
thou wast not made his daughterx and be thou sorry
|
|
to follow caesar in his triumphx since
|
|
thou hast been whipped for following himx henceforth
|
|
the white hand of a lady fever theex
|
|
shake thou to look onxtx get thee back to caesarx
|
|
tell him thy entertainmentx look thou say
|
|
he makes me angry with himx for he seems
|
|
proud and disdainfulx harping on what i amx
|
|
not what he knew i wasx he makes me angryx
|
|
and at this time most easy xtis to doxtx
|
|
when my good stars that were my former guides
|
|
have empty left their orbs and shot their fires
|
|
into thx abysm of hellx if he mislike
|
|
my speech and what is donex tell him he has
|
|
hipparchusx my enfranched bondmanx whom
|
|
he may at pleasure whipx or hangx or torturex
|
|
as he shall likex to quit mex urge it thoux
|
|
hence with thy stripesx be gonex
|
|
|
|
xxexit thidiasxxx
|
|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
have you done yetx
|
|
|
|
antonyx
|
|
alackx our terrene moon is now eclipsedx
|
|
and it portends alone the fall of antonyx
|
|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
i must stay his timex
|
|
|
|
antonyx
|
|
to flatter caesarx would you mingle eyes
|
|
with one that ties his pointsx
|
|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
not know me yetx
|
|
|
|
antonyx
|
|
coldxhearted toward mex
|
|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
ahx dearx if i be sox
|
|
from my cold heart let heaven engender hail
|
|
and poison it in the sourcex and the first stone
|
|
drop in my neckx as it determinesx so
|
|
dissolve my lifex the next caesarion smitex
|
|
tillx by degrees the memory of my wombx
|
|
together with my brave egyptians allx
|
|
by the discandying of this pelleted stormx
|
|
lie gravelessx till the flies and gnats of nile
|
|
have buried them for preyx
|
|
|
|
antonyx
|
|
i am satisfiedx
|
|
caesar sits down in alexandriax where
|
|
i will oppose his fatex our force by land
|
|
hath nobly heldx our severed navy too
|
|
have knit againx and fleetx threatxning most seaxlikex
|
|
where hast thou beenx my heartx dost thou hearx ladyx
|
|
if from the field i shall return once more
|
|
to kiss these lipsx i will appear in bloodx
|
|
i and my sword will earn our chroniclex
|
|
therexs hope inxt yetx
|
|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
thatxs my brave lordx
|
|
|
|
antonyx
|
|
i will be treblexsinewedx heartedx breathedx
|
|
and fight maliciouslyx for when mine hours
|
|
were nice and luckyx men did ransom lives
|
|
of me for jestsx but now ixll set my teeth
|
|
and send to darkness all that stop mex comex
|
|
letxs have one other gaudy nightx call to me
|
|
all my sad captainsx fill our bowls once more
|
|
letxs mock the midnight bellx
|
|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
it is my birthdayx
|
|
i had thought txhave held it poorx but since my lord
|
|
is antony againx i will be cleopatrax
|
|
|
|
antonyx
|
|
we will yet do wellx
|
|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
call all his noble captains to my lordx
|
|
|
|
antonyx
|
|
do sox wexll speak to themx and tonight ixll force
|
|
the wine peep through their scarsx come onx my queenx
|
|
therexs sap inxt yetx the next time i do fight
|
|
ixll make death love mex for i will contend
|
|
even with his pestilent scythex
|
|
|
|
xxexeunt all but enobarbusxxx
|
|
|
|
enobarbusx
|
|
now hexll outstare the lightningx to be furious
|
|
is to be frighted out of fearx and in that mood
|
|
the dove will peck the estridgex and i see still
|
|
a diminution in our captainxs brain
|
|
restores his heartx when valour preys on reasonx
|
|
it eats the sword it fights withx i will seek
|
|
some way to leave himx
|
|
|
|
xxexitxxx
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
act iv
|
|
|
|
|
|
scene ix caesarxs camp at alexandriax
|
|
|
|
enter caesarx agrippax and maecenasx with his armyx
|
|
caesar reading a letterx
|
|
|
|
caesarx
|
|
he calls me boyx and chides as he had power
|
|
to beat me out of egyptx my messenger
|
|
he hath whipped with rodsx dares me to personal combatx
|
|
caesar to antonyx let the old ruffian know
|
|
i have many other ways to diex meantime
|
|
laugh at his challengex
|
|
|
|
maecenasx
|
|
caesar must thinkx
|
|
when one so great begins to ragex hexs hunted
|
|
even to fallingx give him no breathx but now
|
|
make boot of his distractionx never anger
|
|
made good guard for itselfx
|
|
|
|
caesarx
|
|
let our best heads
|
|
know that tomorrow the last of many battles
|
|
we mean to fightx within our files there arex
|
|
of those that served mark antony but latex
|
|
enough to fetch him inx see it donex
|
|
and feast the armyx we have store to doxtx
|
|
and they have earned the wastex poor antonyx
|
|
|
|
xxexeuntxxx
|
|
|
|
scene iix alexandriax a room in the palacex
|
|
|
|
enter antonyx cleopatrax enobarbusx charmianx irasx alexas with
|
|
othersx
|
|
|
|
antonyx
|
|
he will not fight with mex domitiusx
|
|
|
|
enobarbusx
|
|
nox
|
|
|
|
antonyx
|
|
why should he notx
|
|
|
|
enobarbusx
|
|
he thinksx being twenty times of better fortunex
|
|
he is twenty men to onex
|
|
|
|
antonyx
|
|
tomorrowx soldierx
|
|
by sea and land ixll fightx or i will livex
|
|
or bathe my dying honour in the blood
|
|
shall make it live againx wooxt thou fight wellx
|
|
|
|
enobarbusx
|
|
ixll strikex and cry xtake allxx
|
|
|
|
antonyx
|
|
well saidx come onx
|
|
call forth my household servantsx letxs tonight
|
|
be bounteous at our mealxx
|
|
|
|
enter servantsx
|
|
|
|
give me thy handx
|
|
thou has been rightly honestx so hast thoux
|
|
thoux and thoux and thoux you have served me wellx
|
|
and kings have been your fellowsx
|
|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
xxaside to enobarbusxxx what means thisx
|
|
|
|
enobarbusx
|
|
xxaside to cleopatraxxx xtis one of those odd tricks which sorrow
|
|
shoots
|
|
out of the mindx
|
|
|
|
antonyx
|
|
and thou art honest toox
|
|
i wish i could be made so many menx
|
|
and all of you clapped up together in
|
|
an antonyx that i might do you service
|
|
so good as you have donex
|
|
|
|
all the servantsx
|
|
the gods forbidx
|
|
|
|
antonyx
|
|
wellx my good fellowsx wait on me tonightx
|
|
scant not my cupsx and make as much of me
|
|
as when mine empire was your fellow too
|
|
and suffered my commandx
|
|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
xxaside to enobarbusxxx what does he meanx
|
|
|
|
enobarbusx
|
|
xxaside to cleopatraxxx to make his followers weepx
|
|
|
|
antonyx
|
|
tend me tonightx
|
|
may be it is the period of your dutyx
|
|
haply you shall not see me morex or ifx
|
|
a mangled shadowx perchance tomorrow
|
|
youxll serve another masterx i look on you
|
|
as one that takes his leavex mine honest friendsx
|
|
i turn you not awayx butx like a master
|
|
married to your good servicex stay till deathx
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tend me tonight two hoursx i ask no morex
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and the gods yield you forxtx
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enobarbusx
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what mean youx sirx
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to give them this discomfortx lookx they weepx
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and ix an assx am onionxeyedx for shamex
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transform us not to womenx
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antonyx
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hox hox hox
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now the witch take me if i meant it thusx
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grace grow where those drops fallx my hearty friendsx
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you take me in too dolorous a sensex
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for i spake to you for your comfortx did desire you
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to burn this night with torchesx knowx my heartsx
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i hope well of tomorrowx and will lead you
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where rather ixll expect victorious life
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than death and honourx letxs to supperx comex
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and drown considerationx
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene iiix alexandriax before the palacex
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enter a company of soldiersx
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first soldierx
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brotherx good nightx tomorrow is the dayx
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second soldierx
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it will determine one wayx fare you wellx
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heard you of nothing strange about the streetsx
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first soldierx
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nothingx what newsx
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second soldierx
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belike xtis but a rumourx good night to youx
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first soldierx
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wellx sirx good nightx
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enter two other soldiersx
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second soldierx
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soldiersx have careful watchx
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third soldierx
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and youx good nightx good nightx
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xxthey place themselves in every corner of the stagexxx
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second soldierx
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here wex and if tomorrow
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our navy thrivex i have an absolute hope
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our landmen will stand upx
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first soldierx
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xtis a brave armyx and full of purposex
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xxmusic of the hautboys under the stagexxx
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second soldierx
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peacex what noisex
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first soldierx
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listx listx
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second soldierx
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harkx
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first soldierx
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music ix thx airx
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third soldierx
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under the earthx
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fourth soldierx
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it signs wellx does it notx
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third soldierx
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nox
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first soldierx
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peacex i sayx what should this meanx
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second soldierx
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xtis the god herculesx whom antony lovedx
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now leaves himx
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first soldierx
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walkx letxs see if other watchmen
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do hear what we dox
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xxthey advance to another postxxx
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second soldierx
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how nowx mastersx
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allx
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how nowx how nowx do you hear thisx
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first soldierx
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ayx isxt not strangex
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third soldierx
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do you hearx mastersx do you hearx
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first soldierx
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follow the noise so far as we have quarterx
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letxs see how it will give offx
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allx
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contentx xtis strangex
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene ivx alexandriax a room in the palacex
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enter antony and cleopatra with othersx
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antonyx
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erosx mine armourx erosx
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cleopatrax
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sleep a littlex
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antonyx
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nox my chuckxxerosx comex mine armourx erosx
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enter eros with armourx
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comex good fellowx put thine iron onx
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if fortune be not ours todayx it is
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because we brave herx comex
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cleopatrax
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nayx ixll help toox
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whatxs this forx
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antonyx
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ahx let bex let bex thou art
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the armourer of my heartx falsex falsex thisx thisx
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cleopatrax
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soothx lax ixll helpx thus it must bex
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antonyx
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wellx wellx
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we shall thrive nowx seest thoux my good fellowx
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go put on thy defencesx
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erosx
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brieflyx sirx
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cleopatrax
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is not this buckled wellx
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antonyx
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rarelyx rarelyx
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he that unbuckles thisx till we do please
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to daffxt for our reposex shall hear a stormx
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thou fumblestx erosx and my queenxs a squire
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more tight at this than thoux dispatchx o lovex
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that thou couldst see my wars todayx and knewxst
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the royal occupationx thou shouldst see
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a workman inxtx
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enter an officerx armedx
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good morrow to theex welcomex
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thou lookxst like him that knows a warlike chargex
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to business that we love we rise betime
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and go toxt with delightx
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officerx
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a thousandx sirx
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early thoughxt bex have on their riveted trim
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and at the port expect youx
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xxshoutx trumpets flourishxxx
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enter other captains and soldiersx
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captainx
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the morn is fairx good morrowx generalx
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allx
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good morrowx generalx
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antonyx
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xtis well blownx ladsx
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this morningx like the spirit of a youth
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that means to be of notex begins betimesx
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sox sox comex give me thatx this wayx well saidx
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fare thee wellx damex
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whatexer becomes of mex
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this is a soldierxs kissx xxkisses herxxx rebukeable
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and worthy shameful check it werex to stand
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on more mechanic complimentx ixll leave thee
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now like a man of steelxxyou that will fightx
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follow me closex ixll bring you toxtx adieux
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xxexeunt antonyx erosx captains and soldiersxxx
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charmianx
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please youx retire to your chamberx
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cleopatrax
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lead mex
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he goes forth gallantlyx that he and caesar might
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determine this great war in single fightx
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then antonyxbut nowxx wellx onx
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene vx antonyxs camp near alexandriax
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trumpets soundx enter antony and erosx a soldier meeting themx
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soldierx
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the gods make this a happy day to antonyx
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antonyx
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would thou and those thy scars had once prevailed
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to make me fight at landx
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soldierx
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hadst thou done sox
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the kings that have revolted and the soldier
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that has this morning left thee would have still
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followed thy heelsx
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antonyx
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whoxs gone this morningx
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soldierx
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whox
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one ever near theex call for enobarbusx
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he shall not hear theex or from caesarxs camp
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say xi am none of thinexx
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antonyx
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what sayest thoux
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soldierx
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sirx
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he is with caesarx
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erosx
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sirx his chests and treasure
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he has not with himx
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antonyx
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is he gonex
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soldierx
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most certainx
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antonyx
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gox erosx send his treasure afterx do itx
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detain no jotx i charge theex write to himx
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i will subscribexgentle adieus and greetingsx
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say that i wish he never find more cause
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to change a masterx ox my fortunes have
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|
corrupted honest menx dispatchxxenobarbusx
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene vix alexandriax caesarxs campx
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flourishx enter agrippax caesar with enobarbus and dolabellax
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caesarx
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go forthx agrippax and begin the fightx
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our will is antony be took alivex
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make it so knownx
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agrippax
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caesarx i shallx
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xxexitxxx
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caesarx
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the time of universal peace is nearx
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prove this a prospxrous dayx the threexnooked world
|
|
shall bear the olive freelyx
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enter a messengerx
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messengerx
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antony
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is come into the fieldx
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caesarx
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go charge agrippa
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plant those that have revolted in the van
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|
that antony may seem to spend his fury
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|
upon himselfx
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xxexeunt caesar and his trainxxx
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enobarbusx
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|
alexas did revolt and went to jewry on
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|
affairs of antonyx there did dissuade
|
|
great herod to incline himself to caesar
|
|
and leave his master antonyx for this pains
|
|
casaer hath hanged himx canidius and the rest
|
|
that fell away have entertainment but
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|
no honourable trustx i have done illx
|
|
of which i do accuse myself so sorely
|
|
that i will joy no morex
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|
enter a soldier of caesarxsx
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soldierx
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|
enobarbusx antony
|
|
hath after thee sent all thy treasurex with
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|
his bounty overplusx the messenger
|
|
came on my guardx and at thy tent is now
|
|
unloading of his mulesx
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enobarbusx
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i give it youx
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soldierx
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|
mock notx enobarbusx
|
|
i tell you truex best you safed the bringer
|
|
out of the hostx i must attend mine officex
|
|
or would have donext myselfx your emperor
|
|
continues still a jovex
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|
xxexitxxx
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|
enobarbusx
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|
i am alone the villain of the earthx
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|
and feel i am so mostx o antonyx
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thou mine of bountyx how wouldst thou have paid
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|
my better servicex when my turpitude
|
|
thou dost so crown with goldx this blows my heartx
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|
if swift thought break it notx a swifter mean
|
|
shall outstrike thoughtx but thought will doxtx i feelx
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|
i fight against theex nox i will go seek
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|
some ditch wherein to diex the foulxst best fits
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|
my latter part of lifex
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|
xxexitxxx
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|
scene viix field of battle between the campsx
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|
alarumx drums and trumpetsx enter agrippa and othersx
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|
agrippax
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|
retirex we have engaged ourselves too farx
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|
caesar himself has workx and our oppression
|
|
exceeds what we expectedx
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xxexeuntxxx
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|
alarumsx enter antony and scarus woundedx
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|
scarusx
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|
o my brave emperorx this is fought indeedx
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|
had we done so at firstx we had droven them home
|
|
with clouts about their headsx
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antonyx
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|
thou bleedxst apacex
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scarusx
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|
i had a wound here that was like a tx
|
|
but now xtis made an hx
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|
xsounds retreat far offxx
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|
antonyx
|
|
they do retirex
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|
scarusx
|
|
wexll beat xem into benchxholesx i have yet
|
|
room for six scotches morex
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|
enter erosx
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|
erosx
|
|
they are beatenx sirx and our advantage serves
|
|
for a fair victoryx
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|
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|
scarusx
|
|
let us score their backs
|
|
and snatch xem up as we take haresx behindx
|
|
xtis sport to maul a runnerx
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|
antonyx
|
|
i will reward thee
|
|
once for thy sprightly comfortx and tenfold
|
|
for thy good valourx come thee onx
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scarusx
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|
ixll halt afterx
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|
xxexeuntxxx
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|
scene viiix under the walls of alexandriax
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|
alarumx enter antony again in a marchx scarus with othersx
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antonyx
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|
we have beat him to his campx run one before
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|
and let the queen know of our gestsx
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|
tomorrowx
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|
before the sun shall seexsx wexll spill the blood
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|
that has today escapedx i thank you allx
|
|
for doughtyxhanded are youx and have fought
|
|
not as you served the causex but asxt had been
|
|
each manxs like minex you have shown all hectorsx
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|
enter the cityx clip your wivesx your friendsx
|
|
tell them your featsx whilst they with joyful tears
|
|
wash the congealment from your wounds and kiss
|
|
the honoured gashes wholex
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|
enter cleopatrax
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xxto scarusxxx give me thy handx
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|
to this great fairy ixll commend thy actsx
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|
make her thanks bless theex o thou day ox thx worldx
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|
chain mine armed neckx leap thoux attire and allx
|
|
through proof of harness to my heartx and there
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|
ride on the pants triumphingx
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|
cleopatrax
|
|
lord of lordsx
|
|
o infinite virtuex comxst thou smiling from
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|
the worldxs great snare uncaughtx
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antonyx
|
|
mine nightingalex
|
|
we have beat them to their bedsx whatx girlx though grey
|
|
do something mingle with our younger brownx yet hax we
|
|
a brain that nourishes our nerves and can
|
|
get goal for goal of youthx behold this manx
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|
commend unto his lips thy favouring handxx
|
|
kiss itx my warriorx he hath fought today
|
|
as if a godx in hate of mankindx had
|
|
destroyed in such a shapex
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|
cleopatrax
|
|
ixll give theex friendx
|
|
an armour all of goldx it was a kingxsx
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antonyx
|
|
he has deserved itx were it carbuncled
|
|
like holy phxbusx carx give me thy handx
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|
through alexandria make a jolly marchx
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|
bear our hacked targets like the men that owe themx
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|
had our great palace the capacity
|
|
to camp this hostx we all would sup together
|
|
and drink carouses to the next dayxs fatex
|
|
which promises royal perilxxtrumpetersx
|
|
with brazen din blast you the cityxs earx
|
|
make mingle with our rattling tabourinesx
|
|
that heaven and earth may strike their sounds togetherx
|
|
applauding our approachx
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene ixx caesarxs campx
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|
enter a sentry and his companyx enobarbus followsx
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sentryx
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if we be not relieved within this hourx
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|
we must return to thx court of guardx the night
|
|
is shinyx and they say we shall embattle
|
|
by thx second hour ix thx mornx
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first watchx
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this last day was a shrewd one toxsx
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enobarbusx
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ox bear me witnessx nightxx
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second watchx
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what man is thisx
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first watchx
|
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stand close and list himx
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enobarbusx
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be witness to mex o thou blessed moonx
|
|
when men revolted shall upon record
|
|
bear hateful memoryx poor enobarbus did
|
|
before thy face repentx
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sentryx
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enobarbusx
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second watchx
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|
peacex hark furtherx
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|
enobarbusx
|
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o sovereign mistress of true melancholyx
|
|
the poisonous damp of night disponge upon mex
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that lifex a very rebel to my willx
|
|
may hang no longer on mex throw my heart
|
|
against the flint and hardness of my faultx
|
|
whichx being dried with griefx will break to powder
|
|
and finish all foul thoughtsx o antonyx
|
|
nobler than my revolt is infamousx
|
|
forgive me in thine own particularx
|
|
but let the world rank me in register
|
|
a masterxleaver and a fugitivex
|
|
o antonyx o antonyx
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|
xxdiesxxx
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first watchx
|
|
letxs speak to himx
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sentryx
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|
letxs hear himx for the things he speaks may concern caesarx
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second watchx
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|
letxs do sox but he sleepsx
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sentryx
|
|
swoons ratherx for so bad a prayer as his
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|
was never yet for sleepx
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first watchx
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go we to himx
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second watchx
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awakex sirx awakex speak to usx
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first watchx
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hear youx sirx
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|
sentryx
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the hand of death hath raught himx
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xxdrums afar offxxx
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harkx the drums
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demurely wake the sleepersx let us bear him
|
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to thx court of guardx he is of notex our hour
|
|
is fully outx
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|
second watchx
|
|
come onx thenx he may recover yetx
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|
xxexeunt with the bodyxxx
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|
scene xx ground between the two campsx
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|
enter antony and scarus with their armyx
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antonyx
|
|
their preparation is today by seax
|
|
we please them not by landx
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scarusx
|
|
for bothx my lordx
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antonyx
|
|
i would theyxd fight ix thx fire or ix thx airx
|
|
wexd fight there toox but this it isx our foot
|
|
upon the hills adjoining to the city
|
|
shall stay with usxorder for sea is givenx
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|
they have put forth the havenx
|
|
where their appointment we may best discover
|
|
and look on their endeavourx
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xxexeuntxxx
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|
scene xix another part of the groundx
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|
|
enter caesar and his armyx
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|
caesarx
|
|
but being chargedx we will be still by landx
|
|
whichx as i takextx we shallx for his best force
|
|
is forth to man his galleysx to the valesx
|
|
and hold our best advantagex
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xxexeuntxxx
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|
|
scene xiix another part of the groundx
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|
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|
alarum afar offx as at a sea fightx enter antony and scarusx
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antonyx
|
|
yet they are not joinedx where yond pine does stand
|
|
i shall discover allx ixll bring thee word
|
|
straight how xtis like to gox
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xxexitxxx
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scarusx
|
|
swallows have built
|
|
in cleopatraxs sails their nestsx the augurs
|
|
say they know notx they cannot tellx look grimlyx
|
|
and dare not speak their knowledgex antony
|
|
is valiant and dejectedx and by starts
|
|
his fretted fortunes give him hope and fear
|
|
of what he has and has notx
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|
|
|
enter antonyx
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|
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|
antonyx
|
|
all is lostx
|
|
this foul egyptian hath betrayed mex
|
|
my fleet hath yielded to the foex and yonder
|
|
they cast their caps up and carouse together
|
|
like friends long lostx triplexturned whorex xtis thou
|
|
hast sold me to this novicex and my heart
|
|
makes only wars on theex bid them all flyx
|
|
for when i am revenged upon my charmx
|
|
i have done allx bid them all flyx be gonex
|
|
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|
xxexit scarusxxx
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o sunx thy uprise shall i see no morex
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fortune and antony part herex even here
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do we shake handsx all come to thisx the hearts
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that spanieled me at heelsx to whom i gave
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their wishesx do discandyx melt their sweets
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on blossoming caesarx and this pine is barked
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that overtopped them allx betrayxd i amx
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o this false soul of egyptx this grave charmx
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whose eye becked forth my wars and called them homex
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whose bosom was my crownetx my chief endx
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like a right gypsy hath at fast and loose
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beguiled me to the very heart of lossx
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whatx erosx erosx
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enter cleopatrax
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ahx thou spellx avauntx
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cleopatrax
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why is my lord enraged against his lovex
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antonyx
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vanishx or i shall give thee thy deserving
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and blemish caesarxs triumphx let him take thee
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and hoist thee up to the shouting plebeiansx
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follow his chariotx like the greatest spot
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of all thy sexx most monsterxlike be shown
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for poorxst diminutivesx for doltsx and let
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patient octavia plough thy visage up
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with her prepared nailsx
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xxexit cleopatraxxx
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xtis well thouxrt gonex
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if it be well to livex but better xtwere
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thou fellxst into my furyx for one death
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might have prevented manyxxerosx hoxx
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the shirt of nessus is upon mex teach mex
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alcidesx thou mine ancestorx thy ragex
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let me lodge lichas on the horns ox thx moonx
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and with those hands that grasped the heaviest club
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subdue my worthiest selfx the witch shall diex
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to the young roman boy she hath sold mex and i fall
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under this plotx she dies forxtxxerosx hox
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xxexitxxx
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scene xiiix alexandriax a room in the palacex
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enter cleopatrax charmianx iras and mardianx
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cleopatrax
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help mex my womenx ox he is more mad
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than telamon for his shieldx the boar of thessaly
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was never so embossedx
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charmianx
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to thx monumentx
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there lock yourself and send him word you are deadx
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the soul and body rive not more in parting
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than greatness going offx
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cleopatrax
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to thx monumentx
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mardianx go tell him i have slain myselfx
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say that the last i spoke was xantonyxx
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and word itx pritheex piteouslyx hencex mardianx
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and bring me how he takes my deathxxto thx monumentx
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene xivx alexandriax another roomx
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enter antony and erosx
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antonyx
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erosx thou yet beholdxst mex
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erosx
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ayx noble lordx
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antonyx
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sometime we see a cloud thatxs dragonishx
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a vapour sometime like a bear or lionx
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a towered citadelx a pendant rockx
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a forked mountainx or blue promontory
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with trees uponxtx that nod unto the world
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and mock our eyes with airx thou hast seen these signsx
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they are black vesperxs pageantsx
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erosx
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ayx my lordx
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antonyx
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that which is now a horsex even with a thought
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the rack dislimns and makes it indistinct
|
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as water is in waterx
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erosx
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it doesx my lordx
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antonyx
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my good knave erosx now thy captain is
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even such a bodyx here i am antonyx
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yet cannot hold this visible shapex my knavex
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i made these wars for egyptx and the queenx
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whose heart i thought i hadx for she had minex
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whichx whilst it was minex had annexed untoxt
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|
a million morex now lostxshex erosx has
|
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packed cards with caesarx and falsexplayed my glory
|
|
unto an enemyxs triumphx
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|
nayx weep notx gentle erosx there is left us
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|
ourselves to end ourselvesx
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enter mardianx
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ox thy vile ladyx
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she has robbed me of my swordx
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mardianx
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|
nox antonyx
|
|
my mistress loved thee and her fortunes mingled
|
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with thine entirelyx
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antonyx
|
|
hencex saucy eunuchx peacex
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|
she hath betrayed me and shall die the deathx
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mardianx
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|
death of one person can be paid but oncex
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and that she has dischargedx what thou wouldst do
|
|
is done unto thy handx the last she spake
|
|
was xantonyx most noble antonyxx
|
|
then in the midst a tearing groan did break
|
|
the name of antonyx it was divided
|
|
between her heart and lipsx she rendered lifex
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thy name so buried in herx
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antonyx
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deadx thenx
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mardianx
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deadx
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antonyx
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unarmx erosx the long dayxs task is donex
|
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and we must sleepxxthat thou departxst hence safe
|
|
does pay thy labour richlyx gox
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xxexit mardianxxx
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offx pluck offx
|
|
the sevenfold shield of ajax cannot keep
|
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the battery from my heartx ox cleavex my sidesx
|
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heartx once be stronger than thy continentx
|
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crack thy frail casex apacex erosx apacex
|
|
no more a soldierx bruised piecesx gox
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you have been nobly bornex from me awhilex
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xxexit erosxxx
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i will oxertake theex cleopatrax and
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|
weep for my pardonx so it must bex for now
|
|
all length is torturex since the torch is outx
|
|
lie downx and stray no fartherx now all labour
|
|
mars what it doesx yeax very force entangles
|
|
itself with strengthx seal thenx and all is donex
|
|
erosxxi comex my queenxxerosxxstay for mex
|
|
where souls do couch on flowersx wexll hand in handx
|
|
and with our sprightly port make the ghosts gazex
|
|
dido and her aeneas shall want troopsx
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|
and all the haunt be oursxxcomex erosx erosx
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enter erosx
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erosx
|
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what would my lordx
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antonyx
|
|
since cleopatra diedx
|
|
i have lived in such dishonour that the gods
|
|
detest my basenessx ix that with my sword
|
|
quartered the worldx and oxer green neptunexs back
|
|
with ships made citiesx condemn myself to lack
|
|
the courage of a womanx less noble mind
|
|
than she whichx by her deathx our caesar tells
|
|
xi am conqueror of myselfxx thou art swornx erosx
|
|
that when the exigent should comex which now
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|
is come indeedx when i should see behind me
|
|
thx inevitable prosecution of
|
|
disgrace and horrorx that on my command
|
|
thou then wouldst kill mex doxtx the time is comex
|
|
thou strikxst not mex xtis caesar thou defeatxstx
|
|
put colour in thy cheekx
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|
erosx
|
|
the gods withhold mex
|
|
shall i do that which all the parthian dartsx
|
|
though enemyx lost aim and could notx
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|
antonyx
|
|
erosx
|
|
wouldst thou be windowed in great rome and see
|
|
thy master thus with pleached armsx bending down
|
|
his corrigible neckx his face subdued
|
|
to penetrative shamex whilst the wheeled seat
|
|
of fortunate caesarx drawn before himx branded
|
|
his baseness that ensuedx
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erosx
|
|
i would not seextx
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antonyx
|
|
comex thenx for with a wound i must be curedx
|
|
draw that thy honest swordx which thou hast worn
|
|
most useful for thy countryx
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erosx
|
|
ox sirx pardon mex
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antonyx
|
|
when i did make thee freex sworxst thou not then
|
|
to do this when i bade theex do it at oncex
|
|
or thy precedent services are all
|
|
but accidents unpurposedx drawx and comex
|
|
|
|
erosx
|
|
turn from me then that noble countenance
|
|
wherein the worship of the whole world liesx
|
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antonyx
|
|
lo theex
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|
xxturning from himxxx
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|
erosx
|
|
my sword is drawnx
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|
antonyx
|
|
then let it do at once
|
|
the thing why thou hast drawn itx
|
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|
erosx
|
|
my dear masterx
|
|
my captain and my emperorx let me sayx
|
|
before i strike this bloody strokex farewellx
|
|
|
|
antonyx
|
|
xtis saidx manx and farewellx
|
|
|
|
erosx
|
|
farewellx great chiefx shall i strike nowx
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|
|
|
antonyx
|
|
nowx erosx
|
|
|
|
erosx
|
|
whyx there thenx xxkills himselfxx
|
|
thus do i escape the sorrow
|
|
of antonyxs deathx
|
|
|
|
xxdiesxxx
|
|
|
|
antonyx
|
|
thrice nobler than myselfx
|
|
thou teachest mex o valiant erosx what
|
|
i should and thou couldst notx my queen and eros
|
|
have by their brave instruction got upon me
|
|
a nobleness in recordx but i will be
|
|
a bridegroom in my death and run intoxt
|
|
as to a loverxs bedx come thenx andx erosx
|
|
thy master dies thy scholarx to do thus
|
|
|
|
xxfalling on his swordxxx
|
|
|
|
i learned of theex howx not deadx not deadx
|
|
the guardx hox ox dispatch mex
|
|
|
|
enter a company of the guardx one of them dercetusx
|
|
|
|
first guardx
|
|
whatxs the noisex
|
|
|
|
antonyx
|
|
i have done my work illx friendsx ox make an end
|
|
of what i have begunx
|
|
|
|
second guardx
|
|
the star is fallenx
|
|
|
|
first guardx
|
|
and time is at his periodx
|
|
|
|
allx
|
|
alasx and woex
|
|
|
|
antonyx
|
|
let him that loves me strike me deadx
|
|
|
|
first guardx
|
|
not ix
|
|
|
|
second guardx
|
|
nor ix
|
|
|
|
third guardx
|
|
nor anyonex
|
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|
|
xxexeunt guardxxx
|
|
|
|
dercetusx
|
|
thy death and fortunes bid thy followers flyx
|
|
this sword but shown to caesar with this tidingsx
|
|
shall enter me with himx
|
|
|
|
enter diomedesx
|
|
|
|
diomedesx
|
|
wherexs antonyx
|
|
|
|
dercetusx
|
|
therex diomedx therex
|
|
|
|
diomedesx
|
|
lives hex wilt thou not answerx manx
|
|
|
|
xxexit dercetusxxx
|
|
|
|
antonyx
|
|
art thou therex diomedx draw thy sword and give me
|
|
sufficing strokes for deathx
|
|
|
|
diomedesx
|
|
most absolute lordx
|
|
my mistress cleopatra sent me to theex
|
|
|
|
antonyx
|
|
when did she send theex
|
|
|
|
diomedesx
|
|
nowx my lordx
|
|
|
|
antonyx
|
|
where is shex
|
|
|
|
diomedesx
|
|
locked in her monumentx she had a prophesying fear
|
|
of what hath come to passx for when she sawx
|
|
which never shall be foundxyou did suspect
|
|
she had disposed with caesarx and that your rage
|
|
would not be purgedx she sent you word she was deadx
|
|
but fearing since how it might workx hath sent
|
|
me to proclaim the truthx and i am comex
|
|
i dreadx too latex
|
|
|
|
antonyx
|
|
too latex good diomedx call my guardx i pritheex
|
|
|
|
diomedesx
|
|
whatx hox the emperorxs guardx the guardx what hox
|
|
comex your lord callsx
|
|
|
|
enter four or five of the guard of antonyx
|
|
|
|
antonyx
|
|
bear mex good friendsx where cleopatra bidesx
|
|
xtis the last service that i shall command youx
|
|
|
|
first guardx
|
|
woex woe are wex sirx you may not live to wear
|
|
all your true followers outx
|
|
|
|
allx
|
|
most heavy dayx
|
|
|
|
antonyx
|
|
nayx good my fellowsx do not please sharp fate
|
|
to grace it with your sorrowsx bid that welcome
|
|
which comes to punish usx and we punish itx
|
|
seeming to bear it lightlyx take me upx
|
|
i have led you oftx carry me nowx good friendsx
|
|
and have my thanks for allx
|
|
|
|
xxexeuntx bearing antonyxxx
|
|
|
|
scene xvx alexandriax a monumentx
|
|
|
|
enter cleopatra and her maids aloftx with charmian and irasx
|
|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
o charmianx i will never go from hencex
|
|
|
|
charmianx
|
|
be comfortedx dear madamx
|
|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
nox i will notx
|
|
all strange and terrible events are welcomex
|
|
but comforts we despisex our size of sorrowx
|
|
proportioned to our causex must be as great
|
|
as that which makes itx
|
|
|
|
enterx below diomedesx
|
|
|
|
how nowx is he deadx
|
|
|
|
diomedesx
|
|
his deathxs upon himx but not deadx
|
|
look out ox thx other side your monumentx
|
|
his guard have brought him thitherx
|
|
|
|
enterx below antony borne by the guardx
|
|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
o sunx
|
|
burn the great sphere thou movxst inx darkling stand
|
|
the varying shore ox thx worldx o antonyx
|
|
antonyx antonyx helpx charmianx helpx irasx helpx
|
|
helpx friends belowx letxs draw him hitherx
|
|
|
|
antonyx
|
|
peacex
|
|
not caesarxs valour hath oxerthrown antonyx
|
|
but antonyxs hath triumphed on itselfx
|
|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
so it should bex that none but antony
|
|
should conquer antonyx but woe xtis sox
|
|
|
|
antonyx
|
|
i am dyingx egyptx dyingx only
|
|
i here importune death awhile until
|
|
of many thousand kisses the poor last
|
|
i lay upon thy lipsx
|
|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
i dare notx dear
|
|
dear my lordx pardonx i dare notx
|
|
lest i be takenx not thx imperious show
|
|
of the fullxfortuned caesar ever shall
|
|
be brooched with mex if knifex drugsx serpentsx have
|
|
edgex stingx or operationx i am safex
|
|
your wife octaviax with her modest eyes
|
|
and still conclusionx shall acquire no honour
|
|
demuring upon mex but comex comex antonyx
|
|
help mex my womenxwe must draw thee upx
|
|
assistx good friendsx
|
|
|
|
antonyx
|
|
ox quickx or i am gonex
|
|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
herexs sport indeedx how heavy weighs my lordx
|
|
our strength is all gone into heavinessx
|
|
that makes the weightx had i great junoxs powerx
|
|
the strongxwinged mercury should fetch thee up
|
|
and set thee by jovexs sidex yet come a littlex
|
|
wishers were ever foolsx o comex come comex
|
|
|
|
xxthey heave antony aloft to cleopatraxxx
|
|
|
|
and welcomex welcomex die where thou hast livedx
|
|
quicken with kissingx had my lips that powerx
|
|
thus would i wear them outx
|
|
|
|
allx
|
|
a heavy sightx
|
|
|
|
antonyx
|
|
i am dyingx egyptx dyingx
|
|
give me some winex and let me speak a littlex
|
|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
nox let me speakx and let me rail so high
|
|
that the false huswife fortune break her wheelx
|
|
provoked by my offencex
|
|
|
|
antonyx
|
|
one wordx sweet queenx
|
|
of caesar seek your honourx with your safetyx ox
|
|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
they do not go togetherx
|
|
|
|
antonyx
|
|
gentlex hear mex
|
|
none about caesar trust but proculeiusx
|
|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
my resolution and my hands ixll trustx
|
|
none about caesarx
|
|
|
|
antonyx
|
|
the miserable change now at my end
|
|
lament nor sorrow atx but please your thoughts
|
|
in feeding them with those my former fortunes
|
|
wherein i lived the greatest prince ox thx worldx
|
|
the noblestx and do now not basely diex
|
|
not cowardly put off my helmet to
|
|
my countrymanx a roman by a roman
|
|
valiantly vanquishedx now my spirit is goingx
|
|
i can no morex
|
|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
noblest of menx wooxt diex
|
|
hast thou no care of mex shall i abide
|
|
in this dull worldx which in thy absence is
|
|
no better than a styx ox seex my womenx
|
|
|
|
xx antony diesxxx
|
|
|
|
the crown ox thx earth doth meltxxmy lordx
|
|
ox withered is the garland of the warx
|
|
the soldierxs pole is fallenx young boys and girls
|
|
are level now with menx the odds is gonex
|
|
and there is nothing left remarkable
|
|
beneath the visiting moonx
|
|
|
|
xxfaintsxxx
|
|
|
|
charmianx
|
|
ox quietnessx ladyx
|
|
|
|
irasx
|
|
she is dead toox our sovereignx
|
|
|
|
charmianx
|
|
ladyx
|
|
|
|
irasx
|
|
madamx
|
|
|
|
charmianx
|
|
o madamx madamx madamx
|
|
|
|
irasx
|
|
royal egyptx empressx
|
|
|
|
charmianx
|
|
peacex peacex irasx
|
|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
no more but exen a womanx and commanded
|
|
by such poor passion as the maid that milks
|
|
and does the meanest charesx it were for me
|
|
to throw my sceptre at the injurious godsx
|
|
to tell them that this world did equal theirs
|
|
till they had stolen our jewelx allxs but naughtx
|
|
patience is sottishx and impatience does
|
|
become a dog thatxs madx then is it sin
|
|
to rush into the secret house of death
|
|
ere death dare come to usx how do youx womenx
|
|
whatx whatx good cheerx whyx how nowx charmianx
|
|
my noble girlsx ahx womenx womenx lookx
|
|
our lamp is spentx itxs outx good sirsx take heartx
|
|
wexll bury himx and thenx whatxs bravex whatxs noblex
|
|
letxs do it after the high roman fashion
|
|
and make death proud to take usx comex awayx
|
|
this case of that huge spirit now is coldx
|
|
ahx womenx womenx comex we have no friend
|
|
but resolution and the briefest endx
|
|
|
|
xxexeuntx bearing off antonyxs bodyxxx
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
act v
|
|
|
|
|
|
scene ix caesarxs camp before alexandriax
|
|
|
|
enter caesarx agrippax dolabellax maecenasx gallusx proculeius with
|
|
his council of warx
|
|
|
|
caesarx
|
|
go to himx dolabellax bid him yieldx
|
|
being so frustratex tell himx he mocks
|
|
the pauses that he makesx
|
|
|
|
dolabellax
|
|
caesarx i shallx
|
|
|
|
xxexitxxx
|
|
|
|
enter dercetus with the sword of antonyx
|
|
|
|
caesarx
|
|
wherefore is thatx and what art thou that darxst
|
|
appear thus to usx
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dercetusx
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i am called dercetusx
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mark antony i servedx who best was worthy
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best to be servedx whilst he stood up and spokex
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he was my masterx and i wore my life
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to spend upon his hatersx if thou please
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to take me to theex as i was to him
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ixll be to caesarx if thou pleasest notx
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i yield thee up my lifex
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caesarx
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what isxt thou sayxstx
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dercetusx
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i sayx o caesarx antony is deadx
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caesarx
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the breaking of so great a thing should make
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a greater crackx the round world
|
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should have shook lions into civil streetsx
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and citizens to their densx the death of antony
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is not a single doomx in the name lay
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a moiety of the worldx
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dercetusx
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he is deadx caesarx
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not by a public minister of justicex
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nor by a hired knifex but that self hand
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which writ his honour in the acts it did
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hathx with the courage which the heart did lend itx
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splitted the heartx this is his swordx
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i robbed his wound of itx behold it stained
|
|
with his most noble bloodx
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caesarx
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look you sadx friendsx
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the gods rebuke mex but it is tidings
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to wash the eyes of kingsx
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agrippax
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and strange it is
|
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that nature must compel us to lament
|
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our most persisted deedsx
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maecenasx
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his taints and honours
|
|
waged equal with himx
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agrippax
|
|
a rarer spirit never
|
|
did steer humanityx but you gods will give us
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some faults to make us menx caesar is touchedx
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maecenasx
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when such a spacious mirrorxs set before himx
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he needs must see himselfx
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caesarx
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o antonyx
|
|
i have followed thee to thisx but we do lance
|
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diseases in our bodiesx i must perforce
|
|
have shown to thee such a declining day
|
|
or look on thinex we could not stall together
|
|
in the whole worldx but yet let me lament
|
|
with tears as sovereign as the blood of heartsx
|
|
that thoux my brotherx my competitor
|
|
in top of all designx my mate in empirex
|
|
friend and companion in the front of warx
|
|
the arm of mine own bodyx and the heart
|
|
where mine his thoughts did kindlex that our starsx
|
|
unreconciliablex should divide
|
|
our equalness to thisx hear mex good friendsx
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|
|
enter an egyptianx
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but i will tell you at some meeter seasonx
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|
the business of this man looks out of himx
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wexll hear him what he saysx whence are youx
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egyptianx
|
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a poor egyptian yetx the queenx my mistressx
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confined in all she hasx her monumentx
|
|
of thy intents desires instructionx
|
|
that she preparedly may frame herself
|
|
to the way shexs forced tox
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caesarx
|
|
bid her have good heartx
|
|
she soon shall know of usx by some of oursx
|
|
how honourable and how kindly we
|
|
determine for herx for caesar cannot lean
|
|
to be ungentlex
|
|
|
|
egyptianx
|
|
so the gods preserve theex
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|
|
|
xxexitxxx
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|
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caesarx
|
|
come hitherx proculeiusx go and say
|
|
we purpose her no shamex give her what comforts
|
|
the quality of her passion shall requirex
|
|
lestx in her greatnessx by some mortal stroke
|
|
she do defeat usx for her life in rome
|
|
would be eternal in our triumphx gox
|
|
and with your speediest bring us what she says
|
|
and how you find of herx
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|
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|
proculeiusx
|
|
caesarx i shallx
|
|
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|
xxexit proculeiusxxx
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|
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|
caesarx
|
|
gallusx go you alongx
|
|
|
|
xxexit gallusxxx
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|
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|
wherexs dolabellax to second proculeiusx
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allx
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|
dolabellax
|
|
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|
caesarx
|
|
let him alonex for i remember now
|
|
how hexs employedx he shall in time be readyx
|
|
go with me to my tentx where you shall see
|
|
how hardly i was drawn into this warx
|
|
how calm and gentle i proceeded still
|
|
in all my writingsx go with me and see
|
|
what i can show in thisx
|
|
|
|
xxexeuntxxx
|
|
|
|
scene iix alexandriax a room in the monumentx
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|
|
|
enter cleopatrax charmian and irasx
|
|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
my desolation does begin to make
|
|
a better lifex xtis paltry to be caesarx
|
|
not being fortunex hexs but fortunexs knavex
|
|
a minister of her willx and it is great
|
|
to do that thing that ends all other deedsx
|
|
which shackles accidents and bolts up changex
|
|
which sleeps and never palates more the dungx
|
|
the beggarxs nurse and caesarxsx
|
|
|
|
enter proculeiusx
|
|
|
|
proculeiusx
|
|
caesar sends greetings to the queen of egyptx
|
|
and bids thee study on what fair demands
|
|
thou meanxst to have him grant theex
|
|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
whatxs thy namex
|
|
|
|
proculeiusx
|
|
my name is proculeiusx
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|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
antony
|
|
did tell me of youx bade me trust youx but
|
|
i do not greatly care to be deceived
|
|
that have no use for trustingx if your master
|
|
would have a queen his beggarx you must tell him
|
|
that majestyx to keep decorumx must
|
|
no less beg than a kingdomx if he please
|
|
to give me conquered egypt for my sonx
|
|
he gives me so much of mine own as i
|
|
will kneel to him with thanksx
|
|
|
|
proculeiusx
|
|
be of good cheerx
|
|
you are fallen into a princely handx fear nothingx
|
|
make your full reference freely to my lordx
|
|
who is so full of grace that it flows over
|
|
on all that needx let me report to him
|
|
your sweet dependencyx and you shall find
|
|
a conqueror that will pray in aid for kindness
|
|
where he for grace is kneeled tox
|
|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
pray you tell him
|
|
i am his fortunexs vassal and i send him
|
|
the greatness he has gotx i hourly learn
|
|
a doctrine of obediencex and would gladly
|
|
look him ix thx facex
|
|
|
|
proculeiusx
|
|
this ixll reportx dear ladyx
|
|
have comfortx for i know your plight is pitied
|
|
of him that caused itx
|
|
|
|
enter gallus and roman soldiersx
|
|
|
|
you see how easily she may be surprisedx
|
|
guard her till caesar comex
|
|
|
|
irasx
|
|
royal queenx
|
|
|
|
charmianx
|
|
o cleopatrax thou art takenx queenx
|
|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
quickx quickx good handsx
|
|
|
|
xxdrawing a daggerxxx
|
|
|
|
proculeiusx
|
|
holdx worthy ladyx holdx
|
|
|
|
xxseizes and disarms herxxx
|
|
|
|
do not yourself such wrongx who are in this
|
|
relievedx but not betrayedx
|
|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
whatx of death toox
|
|
that rids our dogs of languishx
|
|
|
|
proculeiusx
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
do not abuse my masterxs bounty by
|
|
thx undoing of yourselfx let the world see
|
|
his nobleness well actedx which your death
|
|
will never let come forthx
|
|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
where art thoux deathx
|
|
come hitherx comex comex comex and take a queen
|
|
worth many babes and beggarsx
|
|
|
|
proculeiusx
|
|
ox temperancex ladyx
|
|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
sirx i will eat no meatx ixll not drinkx sirx
|
|
if idle talk will once be necessaryx
|
|
ixll not sleep neitherx this mortal house ixll ruinx
|
|
do caesar what he canx knowx sirx that i
|
|
will not wait pinioned at your masterxs courtx
|
|
nor once be chastised with the sober eye
|
|
of dull octaviax shall they hoist me up
|
|
and show me to the shouting varletry
|
|
of censuring romex rather a ditch in egypt
|
|
be gentle grave unto mex rather on nilusx mud
|
|
lay me starkxnakedx and let the waterxflies
|
|
blow me into abhorringx rather make
|
|
my countryxs high pyramides my gibbet
|
|
and hang me up in chainsx
|
|
|
|
proculeiusx
|
|
you do extend
|
|
these thoughts of horror further than you shall
|
|
find cause in caesarx
|
|
|
|
enter dolabellax
|
|
|
|
dolabellax
|
|
proculeiusx
|
|
what thou hast done thy master caesar knowsx
|
|
and he hath sent for theex for the queenx
|
|
ixll take her to my guardx
|
|
|
|
proculeiusx
|
|
sox dolabellax
|
|
it shall content me bestx be gentle to herx
|
|
xxto cleopatraxxx to caesar i will speak what you shall pleasex
|
|
if youxll employ me to himx
|
|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
say i would diex
|
|
|
|
xxexeunt proculeius and soldiersxxx
|
|
|
|
dolabellax
|
|
most noble empressx you have heard of mex
|
|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
i cannot tellx
|
|
|
|
dolabellax
|
|
assuredly you know mex
|
|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
no matterx sirx what i have heard or knownx
|
|
you laugh when boys or women tell their dreamsx
|
|
isxt not your trickx
|
|
|
|
dolabellax
|
|
i understand notx madamx
|
|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
i dreamt there was an emperor antonyx
|
|
ox such another sleepx that i might see
|
|
but such another manx
|
|
|
|
dolabellax
|
|
if it might please youx
|
|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
his face was as the heavensx and therein stuck
|
|
a sun and moonx which kept their coursex and lighted
|
|
the little ox the earthx
|
|
|
|
dolabellax
|
|
most sovereign creaturex
|
|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
his legs bestrid the oceanx his reared arm
|
|
crested the worldx his voice was propertied
|
|
as all the tuned spheresx and that to friendsx
|
|
but when he meant to quail and shake the orbx
|
|
he was as rattling thunderx for his bountyx
|
|
there was no winter inxtx an autumn xtwas
|
|
that grew the more by reapingx his delights
|
|
were dolphinxlikex they showed his back above
|
|
the element they lived inx in his livery
|
|
walked crowns and crownetsx realms and islands were
|
|
as plates dropped from his pocketx
|
|
|
|
dolabellax
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
think you there was or might be such a man
|
|
as this i dreamt ofx
|
|
|
|
dolabellax
|
|
gentle madamx nox
|
|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
you lie up to the hearing of the godsx
|
|
but if there be nor ever were one suchx
|
|
itxs past the size of dreamingx nature wants stuff
|
|
to vie strange forms with fancyx yet tx imagine
|
|
an antony were naturexs piece xgainst fancyx
|
|
condemning shadows quitex
|
|
|
|
dolabellax
|
|
hear mex good madamx
|
|
your loss isx as yourselfx greatx and you bear it
|
|
as answering to the weightx would i might never
|
|
oxertake pursued successx but i do feelx
|
|
by the rebound of yoursx a grief that smites
|
|
my very heart at rootx
|
|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
i thank youx sirx
|
|
know you what caesar means to do with mex
|
|
|
|
dolabellax
|
|
i am loath to tell you what i would you knewx
|
|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
nayx pray youx sirx
|
|
|
|
dolabellax
|
|
though he be honourablex
|
|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
hexll lead mex thenx in triumphx
|
|
|
|
dolabellax
|
|
madamx he willx i know itx
|
|
|
|
flourishx enter caesarx proculeiusx gallusx maecenas and others of his
|
|
trainx
|
|
|
|
allx
|
|
make way therex caesarx
|
|
|
|
caesarx
|
|
which is the queen of egyptx
|
|
|
|
dolabellax
|
|
it is the emperorx madamx
|
|
|
|
xxcleopatra kneelsxxx
|
|
|
|
caesarx
|
|
arisex you shall not kneelx
|
|
i pray youx risex risex egyptx
|
|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
sirx the gods
|
|
will have it thusx my master and my lord
|
|
i must obeyx
|
|
|
|
caesarx
|
|
take to you no hard thoughtsx
|
|
the record of what injuries you did usx
|
|
though written in our fleshx we shall remember
|
|
as things but done by chancex
|
|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
sole sir ox thx worldx
|
|
i cannot project mine own cause so well
|
|
to make it clearx but do confess i have
|
|
been laden with like frailties which before
|
|
have often shamed our sexx
|
|
|
|
caesarx
|
|
cleopatrax know
|
|
we will extenuate rather than enforcex
|
|
if you apply yourself to our intentsx
|
|
which towards you are most gentlex you shall find
|
|
a benefit in this changex but if you seek
|
|
to lay on me a cruelty by taking
|
|
antonyxs coursex you shall bereave yourself
|
|
of my good purposesx and put your children
|
|
to that destruction which ixll guard them from
|
|
if thereon you relyx ixll take my leavex
|
|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
and mayx through all the worldx xtis yoursx and wex
|
|
your scutcheons and your signs of conquestx shall
|
|
hang in what place you pleasex herex my good lordx
|
|
|
|
caesarx
|
|
you shall advise me in all for cleopatrax
|
|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
this is the brief of moneyx platex and jewels
|
|
i am possessed ofx xtis exactly valuedx
|
|
not petty things admittedx wherexs seleucusx
|
|
|
|
enter seleucusx
|
|
|
|
seleucusx
|
|
herex madamx
|
|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
this is my treasurerx let him speakx my lordx
|
|
upon his perilx that i have reserved
|
|
to myself nothingx speak the truthx seleucusx
|
|
|
|
seleucusx
|
|
madamx i had rather seal my lips
|
|
than to my peril speak that which is notx
|
|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
what have i kept backx
|
|
|
|
seleucusx
|
|
enough to purchase what you have made knownx
|
|
|
|
caesarx
|
|
nayx blush notx cleopatrax i approve
|
|
your wisdom in the deedx
|
|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
seex caesarx ox beholdx
|
|
how pomp is followedx mine will now be yours
|
|
and should we shift estatesx yours would be minex
|
|
the ingratitude of this seleucus does
|
|
even make me wildx o slavex of no more trust
|
|
than love thatxs hiredx whatx goest thou backx thou shalt
|
|
go backx i warrant theex but ixll catch thine eyes
|
|
though they had wingsx slavex soulless villainx dogx
|
|
o rarely basex
|
|
|
|
caesarx
|
|
good queenx let us entreat youx
|
|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
o caesarx what a wounding shame is thisx
|
|
that thou vouchsafing here to visit mex
|
|
doing the honour of thy lordliness
|
|
to one so meekx that mine own servant should
|
|
parcel the sum of my disgraces by
|
|
addition of his envyx sayx good caesarx
|
|
that i some lady trifles have reservedx
|
|
immoment toysx things of such dignity
|
|
as we greet modern friends withalx and say
|
|
some nobler token i have kept apart
|
|
for livia and octaviax to induce
|
|
their mediationx must i be unfolded
|
|
with one that i have bredx the godsx it smites me
|
|
beneath the fall i havex
|
|
xxto seleucusxxx prithee go hencex
|
|
or i shall show the cinders of my spirits
|
|
through thx ashes of my chancex wert thou a manx
|
|
thou wouldst have mercy on mex
|
|
|
|
caesarx
|
|
forbearx seleucusx
|
|
|
|
xxexit seleucusxxx
|
|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
be it known that wex the greatestx are misthought
|
|
for things that others dox and when we fallx
|
|
we answer othersx merits in our namex
|
|
are therefore to be pitiedx
|
|
|
|
caesarx
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
not what you have reserved nor what acknowledged
|
|
put we ix thx roll of conquestx still bext yoursx
|
|
bestow it at your pleasurex and believe
|
|
caesarxs no merchant to make prize with you
|
|
of things that merchants soldx therefore be cheeredx
|
|
make not your thoughts your prisonsx nox dear queenx
|
|
for we intend so to dispose you as
|
|
yourself shall give us counselx feed and sleepx
|
|
our care and pity is so much upon you
|
|
that we remain your friendx and sox adieux
|
|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
my master and my lordx
|
|
|
|
caesarx
|
|
not sox adieux
|
|
|
|
xxflourishx exeunt caesar and his trainxxx
|
|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
he words mex girlsx he words mex that i should not
|
|
be noble to myselfx but hark theex charmianx
|
|
|
|
xxwhispers to charmianxxx
|
|
|
|
irasx
|
|
finishx good ladyx the bright day is donex
|
|
and we are for the darkx
|
|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
hie thee againx
|
|
i have spoke alreadyx and it is providedx
|
|
go put it to the hastex
|
|
|
|
charmianx
|
|
madamx i willx
|
|
|
|
enter dolabellax
|
|
|
|
dolabellax
|
|
wherexs the queenx
|
|
|
|
charmianx
|
|
beholdx sirx
|
|
|
|
xxexitxxx
|
|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
dolabellax
|
|
|
|
dolabellax
|
|
madamx as thereto sworn by your commandx
|
|
which my love makes religion to obeyx
|
|
i tell you thisx caesar through syria
|
|
intends his journeyx and within three days
|
|
you with your children will he send beforex
|
|
make your best use of thisx i have performed
|
|
your pleasure and my promisex
|
|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
dolabellax
|
|
i shall remain your debtorx
|
|
|
|
dolabellax
|
|
i your servantx
|
|
adieux good queenx i must attend on caesarx
|
|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
farewellx and thanksx
|
|
|
|
xxexit dolabellaxxx
|
|
|
|
nowx irasx what thinkxst thoux
|
|
thou an egyptian puppet shall be shown
|
|
in rome as well as ix mechanic slaves
|
|
with greasy apronsx rulesx and hammers shall
|
|
uplift us to the viewx in their thick breathsx
|
|
rank of gross dietx shall we be encloudedx
|
|
and forced to drink their vapourx
|
|
|
|
irasx
|
|
the gods forbidx
|
|
|
|
cleopatrax
|
|
nayx xtis most certainx irasx saucy lictors
|
|
will catch at us like strumpetsx and scald rhymers
|
|
ballad us out ox tunex the quick comedians
|
|
extemporally will stage us and present
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our alexandrian revelsx antony
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shall be brought drunken forthx and i shall see
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some squeaking cleopatra boy my greatness
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ix thx posture of a whorex
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irasx
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o the good godsx
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cleopatrax
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nayx thatxs certainx
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irasx
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ixll never seextx for i am sure mine nails
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are stronger than mine eyesx
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cleopatrax
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whyx thatxs the way
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to fool their preparation and to conquer
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their most absurd intentsx
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enter charmianx
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nowx charmianx
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show mex my womenx like a queenx go fetch
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my best attiresx i am again for cydnus
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to meet mark antonyx sirrahx irasx gox
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nowx noble charmianx wexll dispatch indeedx
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and when thou hast done this charex ixll give thee leave
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to play till doomsdayx bring our crown and allx
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xxexit irasx a noise withinxxx
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whereforexs this noisex
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enter a guardsmanx
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guardsmanx
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here is a rural fellow
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that will not be denied your highnessx presencex
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he brings you figsx
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cleopatrax
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let him come inx
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xxexit guardsmanxxx
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what poor an instrument
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may do a noble deedx he brings me libertyx
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my resolutionxs placedx and i have nothing
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of woman in mex now from head to foot
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i am marblexconstantx now the fleeting moon
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no planet is of minex
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enter guardsman and clown with a basketx
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guardsmanx
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this is the manx
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cleopatrax
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avoidx and leave himx
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xxexit guardsmanxxx
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hast thou the pretty worm of nilus there
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that kills and pains notx
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clownx
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trulyx i have himx but i would not be the party that should desire you
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to touch himx for his biting is immortalx those that do die of it do
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seldom or never recoverx
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cleopatrax
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rememberxst thou any that have died onxtx
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clownx
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very manyx men and women toox i heard of one of them no longer than
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yesterdayxa very honest womanx but something given to liex as a woman
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should not do but in the way of honestyxhow she died of the biting of
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itx what pain she feltx truly she makes a very good report ox thx wormx
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but he that will believe all that they say shall never be saved by half
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that they dox but this is most falliablex the wormxs an odd wormx
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cleopatrax
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get thee hencex farewellx
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clownx
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i wish you all joy of the wormx
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xxsets down the basketxxx
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cleopatrax
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farewellx
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clownx
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you must think thisx look youx that the worm will do his kindx
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cleopatrax
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ayx ayx farewellx
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clownx
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look youx the worm is not to be trusted but in the keeping of wise
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peoplex for indeed there is no goodness in the wormx
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cleopatrax
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take thou no carex it shall be heededx
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clownx
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very goodx give it nothingx i pray youx for it is not worth the
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feedingx
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cleopatrax
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will it eat mex
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clownx
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you must not think i am so simple but i know the devil himself will not
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eat a womanx i know that a woman is a dish for the gods if the devil
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dress her notx but trulyx these same whoreson devils do the gods great
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harm in their womenx for in every ten that they makex the devils mar
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fivex
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cleopatrax
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wellx get thee gonex farewellx
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clownx
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yesx forsoothx i wish you joy ox thx wormx
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xxexitxxx
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enter iras with a robex crownx xcx
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cleopatrax
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give me my robex put on my crownx i have
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immortal longings in mex now no more
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the juice of egyptxs grape shall moist this lipx
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yarex yarex good irasx quickx methinks i hear
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antony callx i see him rouse himself
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to praise my noble actx i hear him mock
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the luck of caesarx which the gods give men
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to excuse their after wrathx husbandx i comex
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now to that name my courage prove my titlex
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i am fire and airx my other elements
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i give to baser lifexxsox have you donex
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come thenx and take the last warmth of my lipsx
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farewellx kind charmianx irasx long farewellx
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xxkisses themx iras falls and diesxxx
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have i the aspic in my lipsx dost fallx
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if thou and nature can so gently partx
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the stroke of death is as a loverxs pinchx
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which hurts and is desiredx dost thou lie stillx
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if thus thou vanishestx thou tellxst the world
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it is not worth leavextakingx
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charmianx
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dissolvex thick cloudx and rainx that i may say
|
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the gods themselves do weepx
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cleopatrax
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this proves me basex
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if she first meet the curled antonyx
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hexll make demand of herx and spend that kiss
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|
which is my heaven to havexxcomex thou mortal wretchx
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xxto an aspx which she applies to her breastxxx
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with thy sharp teeth this knot intrinsicate
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|
of life at once untiex poor venomous foolx
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|
be angry and dispatchx o couldst thou speakx
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|
that i might hear thee call great caesar ass
|
|
unpoliciedx
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charmianx
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o eastern starx
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cleopatrax
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peacex peacex
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dost thou not see my baby at my breast
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that sucks the nurse asleepx
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charmianx
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ox breakx ox breakx
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cleopatrax
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as sweet as balmx as soft as airx as gentlex
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o antonyxxnayx i will take thee toox
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xxapplying another asp to her armxxx
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what should i stayx
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xxdiesxxx
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charmianx
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in this vile worldx sox fare thee wellx
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now boast theex deathx in thy possession lies
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|
a lass unparalleledx downy windowsx closex
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|
and golden phxbus never be beheld
|
|
of eyes again so royalx your crownxs awryx
|
|
ixll mend it and then playx
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|
enter the guard rustling inx
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first guardx
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wherexs the queenx
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charmianx
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speak softlyx wake her notx
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first guardx
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caesar hath sentx
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charmianx
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too slow a messengerx
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xxapplies an aspxxx
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ox come apacex dispatchx i partly feel theex
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first guardx
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approachx hox allxs not wellx caesarxs beguiledx
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second guardx
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therexs dolabella sent from caesarx call himx
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first guardx
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what work is herex charmianx is this well donex
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charmianx
|
|
it is well donex and fitting for a princess
|
|
descended of so many royal kingsx
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|
ahx soldierx
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xxcharmian diesxxx
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enter dolabellax
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dolabellax
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|
how goes it herex
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second guardx
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all deadx
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dolabellax
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|
caesarx thy thoughts
|
|
touch their effects in thisx thyself art coming
|
|
to see performed the dreaded act which thou
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so soughtxst to hinderx
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enter caesar and all his trainx marchingx
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allx
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a way therex a way for caesarx
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dolabellax
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|
o sirx you are too sure an augurerx
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|
that you did fear is donex
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caesarx
|
|
bravest at the lastx
|
|
she levelled at our purposes andx being royalx
|
|
took her own wayx the manner of their deathsx
|
|
i do not see them bleedx
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|
|
|
dolabellax
|
|
who was last with themx
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|
|
|
first guardx
|
|
a simple countryman that brought her figsx
|
|
this was his basketx
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|
|
|
caesarx
|
|
poisoned thenx
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|
|
|
first guardx
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|
o caesarx
|
|
this charmian lived but nowx she stood and spakex
|
|
i found her trimming up the diadem
|
|
on her dead mistressx tremblingly she stoodx
|
|
and on the sudden droppedx
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|
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|
caesarx
|
|
o noble weaknessx
|
|
if they had swallowed poison xtwould appear
|
|
by external swellingx but she looks like sleepx
|
|
as she would catch another antony
|
|
in her strong toil of gracex
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|
|
|
dolabellax
|
|
here on her breast
|
|
there is a vent of bloodx and something blownx
|
|
the like is on her armx
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|
first guardx
|
|
this is an aspicxs trailx and these fig leaves
|
|
have slime upon themx such as thx aspic leaves
|
|
upon the caves of nilex
|
|
|
|
caesarx
|
|
most probable
|
|
that so she diedx for her physician tells me
|
|
she hath pursued conclusions infinite
|
|
of easy ways to diex take up her bedx
|
|
and bear her women from the monumentx
|
|
she shall be buried by her antonyx
|
|
no grave upon the earth shall clip in it
|
|
a pair so famousx high events as these
|
|
strike those that make themx and their story is
|
|
no less in pity than his glory which
|
|
brought them to be lamentedx our army shall
|
|
in solemn show attend this funeralx
|
|
and then to romex comex dolabellax see
|
|
high order in this great solemnityx
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|
xxexeunt omnesxxx
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as you like it
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|
dramatis personaex
|
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|
|
dukex living in exile
|
|
frederickx his brotherx and usurper of his dominions
|
|
amiensx lord attending on the banished duke
|
|
jaquesx x x x x x x
|
|
le beaux a courtier attending upon frederick
|
|
charlesx wrestler to frederick
|
|
oliverx son of sir rowland de boys
|
|
jaquesx x x x x x x
|
|
orlandox x x x x x x
|
|
adamx servant to oliver
|
|
dennisx x x x
|
|
touchstonex the court jester
|
|
sir oliver martextx a vicar
|
|
corinx shepherd
|
|
silviusx x
|
|
williamx a country fellowx in love with audrey
|
|
a person representing hymen
|
|
|
|
rosalindx daughter to the banished duke
|
|
celiax daughter to frederick
|
|
phebex a shepherdes
|
|
audreyx a country wench
|
|
|
|
lordsx pagesx forestersx and attendants
|
|
|
|
scenex oliverxs housex frederickxs courtx and the forest of arden
|
|
|
|
act ix scene ix orchard of oliverxs house
|
|
|
|
enter orlando and adam
|
|
|
|
orlandox as i rememberx adamx it was upon this fashion bequeathed me
|
|
by will but poor a thousand crownsx andx as thou sayxstx charged my
|
|
brotherx on his blessingx to breed me wellx and there begins my
|
|
sadnessx my brother jaques he keeps at schoolx and report speaks
|
|
goldenly of his profitx for my partx he keeps me rustically at homex
|
|
orx to speak more properlyx stays me here at home unkeptx for call
|
|
you that keeping for a gentleman of my birth that differs not from
|
|
the stalling of an oxx his horses are bred betterx forx besides that
|
|
they are fair with their feedingx they are taught their managex and
|
|
to that end riders dearly hirxdx but ix his brotherx gain nothing
|
|
under him but growthx for the which his animals on his dunghills are
|
|
as much bound to him as ix besides this nothing that he so
|
|
plentifully gives mex the something that nature gave me his
|
|
countenance seems to take from mex he lets me feed with his hindsx
|
|
bars me the place of a brotherx and as much as in him liesx mines my
|
|
gentility with my educationx this is itx adamx that grieves mex and
|
|
the spirit of my fatherx which i think is within mex begins to mutiny
|
|
against this servitudex i will no longer endure itx though yet i know
|
|
no wise remedy how to avoid itx
|
|
|
|
enter oliver
|
|
|
|
adamx yonder comes my masterx your brotherx
|
|
orlandox go apartx adamx and thou shalt hear how he will shake me
|
|
upx xadam retiresx
|
|
oliverx nowx sirx what make you herex
|
|
orlandox nothingx i am not taught to make any thingx
|
|
oliverx what mar you thenx sirx
|
|
orlandox marryx sirx i am helping you to mar that which god madex a
|
|
poor unworthy brother of yoursx with idlenessx
|
|
oliverx marryx sirx be better employedx and be nought awhilex
|
|
orlandox shall i keep your hogsx and eat husks with themx what
|
|
prodigal portion have i spent that i should come to such penuryx
|
|
oliverx know you where you arex sirx
|
|
orlandox ox sirx very wellx here in your orchardx
|
|
oliverx know you before whomx sirx
|
|
orlandox ayx better than him i am before knows mex i know you are
|
|
my eldest brotherx and in the gentle condition of bloodx you
|
|
should so know mex the courtesy of nations allows you my better
|
|
in that you are the firstxbornx but the same tradition takes not
|
|
away my bloodx were there twenty brothers betwixt usx i have as
|
|
much of my father in me as youx albeit i confess your coming
|
|
before me is nearer to his reverencex
|
|
oliverx whatx boyx xstrikes himx
|
|
orlandox comex comex elder brotherx you are too young in thisx
|
|
oliverx wilt thou lay hands on mex villainx
|
|
orlandox i am no villainx i am the youngest son of sir rowland de
|
|
boysx he was my fatherx and he is thrice a villain that says such
|
|
a father begot villainsx wert thou not my brotherx i would not
|
|
take this hand from thy throat till this other had pullxd out thy
|
|
tongue for saying sox thou has railxd on thyselfx
|
|
adamx xcoming forwardx sweet mastersx be patientx for your fatherxs
|
|
remembrancex be at accordx
|
|
oliverx let me gox i sayx
|
|
orlandox i will notx till i pleasex you shall hear mex my father
|
|
chargxd you in his will to give me good educationx you have
|
|
trainxd me like a peasantx obscuring and hiding from me all
|
|
gentlemanxlike qualitiesx the spirit of my father grows strong in
|
|
mex and i will no longer endure itx therefore allow me such
|
|
exercises as may become a gentlemanx or give me the poor
|
|
allottery my father left me by testamentx with that i will go buy
|
|
my fortunesx
|
|
oliverx and what wilt thou dox begx when that is spentx wellx sirx
|
|
get you inx i will not long be troubled with youx you shall have
|
|
some part of your willx i pray you leave mex
|
|
orlandox i no further offend you than becomes me for my goodx
|
|
oliverx get you with himx you old dogx
|
|
adamx is xold dogx my rewardx most truex i have lost my teeth in
|
|
your servicex god be with my old masterx he would not have spoke
|
|
such a wordx
|
|
exeunt orlando and adam
|
|
oliverx is it even sox begin you to grow upon mex i will physic
|
|
your ranknessx and yet give no thousand crowns neitherx hollax
|
|
dennisx
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|
|
|
enter dennis
|
|
|
|
dennisx calls your worshipx
|
|
oliverx not charlesx the dukexs wrestlerx here to speak with mex
|
|
dennisx so please youx he is here at the door and importunes access
|
|
to youx
|
|
oliverx call him inx xexit dennisx xtwill be a good wayx and
|
|
toxmorrow the wrestling isx
|
|
|
|
enter charles
|
|
|
|
charlesx good morrow to your worshipx
|
|
oliverx good monsieur charlesx whatxs the new news at the new
|
|
courtx
|
|
charlesx therexs no news at the courtx sirx but the old newsx that
|
|
isx the old duke is banished by his younger brother the new dukex
|
|
and three or four loving lords have put themselves into voluntary
|
|
exile with himx whose lands and revenues enrich the new dukex
|
|
therefore he gives them good leave to wanderx
|
|
oliverx can you tell if rosalindx the dukexs daughterx be banished
|
|
with her fatherx
|
|
charlesx ox nox for the dukexs daughterx her cousinx so loves herx
|
|
being ever from their cradles bred togetherx that she would have
|
|
followed her exilex or have died to stay behind herx she is at
|
|
the courtx and no less beloved of her uncle than his own
|
|
daughterx and never two ladies loved as they dox
|
|
oliverx where will the old duke livex
|
|
charlesx they say he is already in the forest of ardenx and a many
|
|
merry men with himx and there they live like the old robin hood
|
|
of englandx they say many young gentlemen flock to him every dayx
|
|
and fleet the time carelesslyx as they did in the golden worldx
|
|
oliverx whatx you wrestle toxmorrow before the new dukex
|
|
charlesx marryx do ix sirx and i came to acquaint you with a
|
|
matterx i am givenx sirx secretly to understand that your younger
|
|
brotherx orlandox hath a disposition to come in disguisxd against
|
|
me to try a fallx toxmorrowx sirx i wrestle for my creditx and he
|
|
that escapes me without some broken limb shall acquit him wellx
|
|
your brother is but young and tenderx andx for your lovex i would
|
|
be loath to foil himx as i mustx for my own honourx if he come
|
|
inx thereforex out of my love to youx i came hither to acquaint
|
|
you withalx that either you might stay him from his intendmentx
|
|
or brook such disgrace well as he shall run intox in that it is
|
|
thing of his own search and altogether against my willx
|
|
oliverx charlesx i thank thee for thy love to mex which thou shalt
|
|
find i will most kindly requitex i had myself notice of my
|
|
brotherxs purpose hereinx and have by underhand means laboured to
|
|
dissuade him from itx but he is resolutex ixll tell theex
|
|
charlesx it is the stubbornest young fellow of francex full of
|
|
ambitionx an envious emulator of every manxs good partsx a secret
|
|
and villainous contriver against me his natural brotherx
|
|
therefore use thy discretionx i had as lief thou didst break his
|
|
neck as his fingerx and thou wert best look toxtx for if thou
|
|
dost him any slight disgracex or if he do not mightily grace
|
|
himself on theex he will practise against thee by poisonx entrap
|
|
thee by some treacherous devicex and never leave thee till he
|
|
hath taxen thy life by some indirect means or otherx forx i
|
|
assure theex and almost with tears i speak itx there is not one
|
|
so young and so villainous this day livingx i speak but brotherly
|
|
of himx but should i anatomize him to thee as he isx i must blush
|
|
and weepx and thou must look pale and wonderx
|
|
charlesx i am heartily glad i came hither to youx if he come
|
|
toxmorrow ixll give him his paymentx if ever he go alone againx
|
|
ixll never wrestle for prize morex and sox god keep your worshipx
|
|
exit
|
|
oliverx farewellx good charlesx now will i stir this gamesterx i
|
|
hope i shall see an end of himx for my soulx yet i know not whyx
|
|
hates nothing more than hex yet hexs gentlex never schoolxd and
|
|
yet learnedx full of noble devicex of all sorts enchantingly
|
|
belovedx andx indeedx so much in the heart of the worldx and
|
|
especially of my own peoplex who best know himx that i am
|
|
altogether misprisedx but it shall not be so longx this wrestler
|
|
shall clear allx nothing remains but that i kindle the boy
|
|
thitherx which now ixll go aboutx exit
|
|
|
|
scene iix a lawn before the dukexs palace
|
|
|
|
enter rosalind and celia
|
|
|
|
celiax i pray theex rosalindx sweet my cozx be merryx
|
|
rosalindx dear celiax i show more mirth than i am mistress ofx and
|
|
would you yet i were merrierx unless you could teach me to forget
|
|
a banished fatherx you must not learn me how to remember any
|
|
extraordinary pleasurex
|
|
celiax herein i see thou lovxst me not with the full weight that i
|
|
love theex if my unclex thy banished fatherx had banished thy
|
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unclex the duke my fatherx so thou hadst been still with mex i
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could have taught my love to take thy father for minex so wouldst
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thoux if the truth of thy love to me were so righteously temperxd
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as mine is to theex
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rosalindx wellx i will forget the condition of my estatex to
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rejoice in yoursx
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celiax you know my father hath no child but ix nor none is like to
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havex andx trulyx when he dies thou shalt be his heirx for what
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he hath taken away from thy father perforcex i will render thee
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again in affectionx by mine honourx i willx and when i break that
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oathx let me turn monsterx thereforex my sweet rosex my dear
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rosex be merryx
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rosalindx from henceforth i willx cozx and devise sportsx
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let me seex what think you of falling in lovex
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celiax marryx i pritheex dox to make sport withalx but love no man
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in good earnestx nor no further in sport neither than with safety
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of a pure blush thou mayst in honour come off againx
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rosalindx what shall be our sportx thenx
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celiax let us sit and mock the good housewife fortune from her
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wheelx that her gifts may henceforth be bestowed equallyx
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rosalindx i would we could do sox for her benefits are mightily
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misplacedx and the bountiful blind woman doth most mistake in her
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gifts to womenx
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celiax xtis truex for those that she makes fair she scarce makes
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honestx and those that she makes honest she makes very
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illxfavouredlyx
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rosalindx nayx now thou goest from fortunexs office to naturexsx
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fortune reigns in gifts of the worldx not in the lineaments of
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naturex
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enter touchstone
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celiax nox when nature hath made a fair creaturex may she not by
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fortune fall into the firex though nature hath given us wit to
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flout at fortunex hath not fortune sent in this fool to cut off
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the argumentx
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rosalindx indeedx there is fortune too hard for naturex when
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fortune makes naturexs natural the cutterxoff of naturexs witx
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celiax peradventure this is not fortunexs work neitherx but
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naturexsx who perceiveth our natural wits too dull to reason of
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such goddessesx and hath sent this natural for our whetstonex for
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always the dullness of the fool is the whetstone of the witsx how
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nowx witx whither wander youx
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touchstonex mistressx you must come away to your fatherx
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celiax were you made the messengerx
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touchstonex nox by mine honourx but i was bid to come for youx
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rosalindx where learned you that oathx foolx
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touchstonex of a certain knight that swore by his honour they were
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good pancakesx and swore by his honour the mustard was naughtx
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now ixll stand to itx the pancakes were naught and the mustard
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was goodx and yet was not the knight forswornx
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celiax how prove you thatx in the great heap of your knowledgex
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rosalindx ayx marryx now unmuzzle your wisdomx
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touchstonex stand you both forth nowx stroke your chinsx and swear
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by your beards that i am a knavex
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celiax by our beardsx if we had themx thou artx
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touchstonex by my knaveryx if i had itx then i werex but if you
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swear by that that notx you are not forswornx no more was this
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knightx swearing by his honourx for he never had anyx or if he
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hadx he had sworn it away before ever he saw those pancackes or
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that mustardx
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celiax pritheex who isxt that thou meanxstx
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touchstonex one that old frederickx your fatherx lovesx
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celiax my fatherxs love is enough to honour himx enoughx speak no
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more of himx youxll be whipt for taxation one of these daysx
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touchstonex the more pity that fools may not speak wisely what wise
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men do foolishlyx
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celiax by my trothx thou sayest truex for since the little wit that
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fools have was silencedx the little foolery that wise men have
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makes a great showx here comes monsieur le beaux
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enter le beau
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rosalindx with his mouth full of newsx
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celiax which he will put on us as pigeons feed their youngx
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rosalindx then shall we be newsxcrammxdx
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celiax all the betterx we shall be the more marketablex bon jourx
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monsieur le beaux whatxs the newsx
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le beaux fair princessx you have lost much good sportx
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celiax sportx of what colourx
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le beaux what colourx madamx how shall i answer youx
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rosalindx as wit and fortune willx
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touchstonex or as the destinies decreesx
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celiax well saidx that was laid on with a trowelx
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touchstonex nayx if i keep not my rankx
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rosalindx thou losest thy old smellx
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le beaux you amaze mex ladiesx i would have told you of good
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wrestlingx which you have lost the sight ofx
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rosalindx yet tell us the manner of the wrestlingx
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le beaux i will tell you the beginningx andx if it please your
|
|
ladyshipsx you may see the endx for the best is yet to dox and
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|
herex where you arex they are coming to perform itx
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celiax wellx the beginningx that is dead and buriedx
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le beaux there comes an old man and his three sonsx
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celiax i could match this beginning with an old talex
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le beaux three proper young menx of excellent growth and presencex
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rosalindx with bills on their necksx xbe it known unto all men by
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these presentsxx
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le beaux the eldest of the three wrestled with charlesx the dukexs
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wrestlerx which charles in a moment threw himx and broke three of
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|
his ribsx that there is little hope of life in himx so he servxd
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|
the secondx and so the thirdx yonder they liex the poor old manx
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|
their fatherx making such pitiful dole over them that all the
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|
beholders take his part with weepingx
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|
rosalindx alasx
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|
touchstonex but what is the sportx monsieurx that the ladies have
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|
lostx
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le beaux whyx this that i speak ofx
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|
touchstonex thus men may grow wiser every dayx it is the first time
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that ever i heard breaking of ribs was sport for ladiesx
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|
celiax or ix i promise theex
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|
rosalindx but is there any else longs to see this broken music in
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|
his sidesx is there yet another dotes upon ribxbreakingx shall we
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see this wrestlingx cousinx
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|
le beaux you mustx if you stay herex for here is the place
|
|
appointed for the wrestlingx and they are ready to perform itx
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|
celiax yonderx surex they are comingx let us now stay and see itx
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flourishx enter duke frederickx lordsx orlandox
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charlesx and attendants
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frederickx come onx since the youth will not be entreatedx his own
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peril on his forwardnessx
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rosalindx is yonder the manx
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le beaux even hex madamx
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|
celiax alasx he is too youngx yet he looks successfullyx
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|
frederickx how nowx daughter and cousinx are you crept hither to
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|
see the wrestlingx
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rosalindx ayx my liegex so please you give us leavex
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frederickx you will take little delight in itx i can tell youx
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there is such odds in the manx in pity of the challengerxs youth
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i would fain dissuade himx but he will not be entreatedx speak to
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himx ladiesx see if you can move himx
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celiax call him hitherx good monsieur le beaux
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frederickx do sox ixll not be byx
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xduke frederick goes apartx
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le beaux monsieur the challengerx the princess calls for youx
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orlandox i attend them with all respect and dutyx
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|
rosalindx young manx have you challengxd charles the wrestlerx
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|
orlandox nox fair princessx he is the general challengerx i come
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|
but inx as others dox to try with him the strength of my youthx
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|
celiax young gentlemanx your spirits are too bold for your yearsx
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you have seen cruel proof of this manxs strengthx if you saw
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yourself with your eyesx or knew yourself with your judgmentx the
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|
fear of your adventure would counsel you to a more equal
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|
enterprisex we pray youx for your own sakex to embrace your own
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|
safety and give over this attemptx
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rosalindx dox young sirx your reputation shall not therefore be
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|
misprisedx we will make it our suit to the duke that the
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wrestling might not go forwardx
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orlandox i beseech youx punish me not with your hard thoughtsx
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wherein i confess me much guilty to deny so fair and excellent
|
|
ladies any thingx but let your fair eyes and gentle wishes go
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|
with me to my trialx wherein if i be foilxd there is but one
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|
shamxd that was never graciousx if killxdx but one dead that is
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willing to be sox i shall do my friends no wrongx for i have none
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|
to lament mex the world no injuryx for in it i have nothingx only
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in the world i fill up a placex which may be better supplied when
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i have made it emptyx
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rosalindx the little strength that i havex i would it were with
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youx
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celiax and mine to eke out hersx
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rosalindx fare you wellx pray heaven i be deceivxd in youx
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celiax your heartxs desires be with youx
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charlesx comex where is this young gallant that is so desirous to
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lie with his mother earthx
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orlandox readyx sirx but his will hath in it a more modest workingx
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frederickx you shall try but one fallx
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charlesx nox i warrant your gracex you shall not entreat him to a
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|
secondx that have so mightily persuaded him from a firstx
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|
orlandox you mean to mock me afterx you should not have mockxd me
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|
beforex but come your waysx
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rosalindx nowx hercules be thy speedx young manx
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|
celiax i would i were invisiblex to catch the strong fellow by the
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|
legx xthey wrestlex
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|
rosalindx o excellent young manx
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|
celiax if i had a thunderbolt in mine eyex i can tell who should
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|
downx
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xcharles is thrownx shoutx
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|
frederickx no morex no morex
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|
orlandox yesx i beseech your gracex i am not yet well breathxdx
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|
frederickx how dost thoux charlesx
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le beaux he cannot speakx my lordx
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frederickx bear him awayx what is thy namex young manx
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|
orlandox orlandox my liegex the youngest son of sir rowland de
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|
boysx
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frederickx i would thou hadst been son to some man elsex
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|
the world esteemxd thy father honourablex
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|
but i did find him still mine enemyx
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|
thou shouldst have better pleasxd me with this deedx
|
|
hadst thou descended from another housex
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|
but fare thee wellx thou art a gallant youthx
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|
i would thou hadst told me of another fatherx
|
|
exeunt dukex trainx and le beau
|
|
celiax were i my fatherx cozx would i do thisx
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|
orlandox i am more proud to be sir rowlandxs sonx
|
|
his youngest sonx and would not change that calling
|
|
to be adopted heir to frederickx
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|
rosalindx my father lovxd sir rowland as his soulx
|
|
and all the world was of my fatherxs mindx
|
|
had i before known this young man his sonx
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|
i should have given him tears unto entreaties
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|
ere he should thus have venturxdx
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|
celiax gentle cousinx
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|
let us go thank himx and encourage himx
|
|
my fatherxs rough and envious disposition
|
|
sticks me at heartx sirx you have well deservxdx
|
|
if you do keep your promises in love
|
|
but justly as you have exceeded all promisex
|
|
your mistress shall be happyx
|
|
rosalindx gentlemanx xgiving him a chain from her neckx
|
|
wear this for mex one out of suits with fortunex
|
|
that could give morex but that her hand lacks meansx
|
|
shall we gox cozx
|
|
celiax ayx fare you wellx fair gentlemanx
|
|
orlandox can i not say xi thank youxx my better parts
|
|
are all thrown downx and that which here stands up
|
|
is but a quintainx a mere lifeless blockx
|
|
rosalindx he calls us backx my pride fell with my fortunesx
|
|
ixll ask him what he wouldx did you callx sirx
|
|
sirx you have wrestled wellx and overthrown
|
|
more than your enemiesx
|
|
celiax will you gox cozx
|
|
rosalindx have with youx fare you wellx
|
|
exeunt rosalind and celia
|
|
orlandox what passion hangs these weights upon my tonguex
|
|
i cannot speak to herx yet she urgxd conferencex
|
|
o poor orlandox thou art overthrownx
|
|
or charles or something weaker masters theex
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|
|
rexenter le beau
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|
|
|
le beaux good sirx i do in friendship counsel you
|
|
to leave this placex albeit you have deservxd
|
|
high commendationx true applausex and lovex
|
|
yet such is now the dukexs condition
|
|
that he misconstrues all that you have donex
|
|
the duke is humorousx what he isx indeedx
|
|
more suits you to conceive than i to speak ofx
|
|
orlandox i thank youx sirx and pray you tell me thisx
|
|
which of the two was daughter of the duke
|
|
that here was at the wrestlingx
|
|
le beaux neither his daughterx if we judge by mannersx
|
|
but yetx indeedx the smaller is his daughterx
|
|
the other is daughter to the banishxd dukex
|
|
and here detainxd by her usurping unclex
|
|
to keep his daughter companyx whose loves
|
|
are dearer than the natural bond of sistersx
|
|
but i can tell you that of late this duke
|
|
hath taxen displeasure xgainst his gentle niecex
|
|
grounded upon no other argument
|
|
but that the people praise her for her virtues
|
|
and pity her for her good fatherxs sakex
|
|
andx on my lifex his malice xgainst the lady
|
|
will suddenly break forthx sirx fare you wellx
|
|
hereafterx in a better world than thisx
|
|
i shall desire more love and knowledge of youx
|
|
orlandox i rest much bounden to youx fare you wellx
|
|
exit le beau
|
|
thus must i from the smoke into the smotherx
|
|
from tyrant duke unto a tyrant brotherx
|
|
but heavenly rosalindx exit
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|
|
|
scene iiix the dukexs palace
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|
|
|
enter celia and rosalind
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|
|
|
celiax whyx cousinx whyx rosalindx cupid have mercyx
|
|
not a wordx
|
|
rosalindx not one to throw at a dogx
|
|
celiax nox thy words are too precious to be cast away upon cursx
|
|
throw some of them at mex comex lame me with reasonsx
|
|
rosalindx then there were two cousins laid upx when the one should
|
|
be lamxd with reasons and the other mad without anyx
|
|
celiax but is all this for your fatherx
|
|
rosalindx nox some of it is for my childxs fatherx ox how full of
|
|
briers is this workingxday worldx
|
|
celiax they are but bursx cousinx thrown upon thee in holiday
|
|
fooleryx if we walk not in the trodden pathsx our very petticoats
|
|
will catch themx
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|
rosalindx i could shake them off my coatx these burs are in my
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|
heartx
|
|
celiax hem them awayx
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|
rosalindx i would tryx if i could cry xhemx and have himx
|
|
celiax comex comex wrestle with thy affectionsx
|
|
rosalindx ox they take the part of a better wrestler than myselfx
|
|
celiax ox a good wish upon youx you will try in timex in despite of
|
|
a fallx butx turning these jests out of servicex let us talk in
|
|
good earnestx is it possiblex on such a suddenx you should fall
|
|
into so strong a liking with old sir rowlandxs youngest sonx
|
|
rosalindx the duke my father lovxd his father dearlyx
|
|
celiax doth it therefore ensue that you should love his son dearlyx
|
|
by this kind of chase i should hate himx for my father hated his
|
|
father dearlyx yet i hate not orlandox
|
|
rosalindx nox faithx hate him notx for my sakex
|
|
celiax why should i notx doth he not deserve wellx
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|
|
|
enter duke frederickx with lords
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|
|
|
rosalindx let me love him for thatx and do you love him because i
|
|
dox lookx here comes the dukex
|
|
celiax with his eyes full of angerx
|
|
frederickx mistressx dispatch you with your safest hastex
|
|
and get you from our courtx
|
|
rosalindx mex unclex
|
|
frederickx youx cousinx
|
|
within these ten days if that thou beest found
|
|
so near our public court as twenty milesx
|
|
thou diest for itx
|
|
rosalindx i do beseech your gracex
|
|
let me the knowledge of my fault bear with mex
|
|
if with myself i hold intelligencex
|
|
or have acquaintance with mine own desiresx
|
|
if that i do not dreamx or be not franticx
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|
as i do trust i am notx thenx dear unclex
|
|
never so much as in a thought unborn
|
|
did i offend your highnessx
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|
frederickx thus do all traitorsx
|
|
if their purgation did consist in wordsx
|
|
they are as innocent as grace itselfx
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|
let it suffice thee that i trust thee notx
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|
rosalindx yet your mistrust cannot make me a traitorx
|
|
tell me whereon the likelihood dependsx
|
|
frederickx thou art thy fatherxs daughterx therexs enoughx
|
|
rosalindx so was i when your highness took his dukedomx
|
|
so was i when your highness banishxd himx
|
|
treason is not inheritedx my lordx
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|
orx if we did derive it from our friendsx
|
|
whatxs that to mex my father was no traitorx
|
|
thenx good my liegex mistake me not so much
|
|
to think my poverty is treacherousx
|
|
celiax dear sovereignx hear me speakx
|
|
frederickx ayx celiax we stayxd her for your sakex
|
|
else had she with her father rangxd alongx
|
|
celiax i did not then entreat to have her stayx
|
|
it was your pleasurex and your own remorsex
|
|
i was too young that time to value herx
|
|
but now i know herx if she be a traitorx
|
|
why so am ix we still have slept togetherx
|
|
rose at an instantx learnxdx playxdx eat togetherx
|
|
and wheresoexer we wentx like junoxs swansx
|
|
still we went coupled and inseparablex
|
|
frederickx she is too subtle for theex and her smoothnessx
|
|
her very silence and her patiencex
|
|
speak to the peoplex and they pity herx
|
|
thou art a foolx she robs thee of thy namex
|
|
and thou wilt show more bright and seem more virtuous
|
|
when she is gonex then open not thy lipsx
|
|
firm and irrevocable is my doom
|
|
which i have passxd upon herx she is banishxdx
|
|
celiax pronounce that sentencex thenx on mex my liegex
|
|
i cannot live out of her companyx
|
|
frederickx you are a foolx youx niecex provide yourselfx
|
|
if you outstay the timex upon mine honourx
|
|
and in the greatness of my wordx you diex
|
|
exeunt duke and lords
|
|
celiax o my poor rosalindx whither wilt thou gox
|
|
wilt thou change fathersx i will give thee minex
|
|
i charge thee be not thou more grievxd than i amx
|
|
rosalindx i have more causex
|
|
celiax thou hast notx cousinx
|
|
prithee be cheerfulx knowxst thou not the duke
|
|
hath banishxd mex his daughterx
|
|
rosalindx that he hath notx
|
|
celiax nox hath notx rosalind lacksx thenx the love
|
|
which teacheth thee that thou and i am onex
|
|
shall we be sundxredx shall we partx sweet girlx
|
|
nox let my father seek another heirx
|
|
therefore devise with me how we may flyx
|
|
whither to gox and what to bear with usx
|
|
and do not seek to take your charge upon youx
|
|
to bear your griefs yourselfx and leave me outx
|
|
forx by this heavenx now at our sorrows palex
|
|
say what thou canstx ixll go along with theex
|
|
rosalindx whyx whither shall we gox
|
|
celiax to seek my uncle in the forest of ardenx
|
|
rosalindx alasx what danger will it be to usx
|
|
maids as we arex to travel forth so farx
|
|
beauty provoketh thieves sooner than goldx
|
|
celiax ixll put myself in poor and mean attirex
|
|
and with a kind of umber smirch my facex
|
|
the like do youx so shall we pass alongx
|
|
and never stir assailantsx
|
|
rosalindx were it not betterx
|
|
because that i am more than common tallx
|
|
that i did suit me all points like a manx
|
|
a gallant curtlexaxe upon my thighx
|
|
a boar spear in my handx andx in my heart
|
|
lie there what hidden womanxs fear there willx
|
|
wexll have a swashing and a martial outsidex
|
|
as many other mannish cowards have
|
|
that do outface it with their semblancesx
|
|
celiax what shall i call thee when thou art a manx
|
|
rosalindx ixll have no worse a name than jovexs own pagex
|
|
and therefore look you call me ganymedex
|
|
but what will you be callxdx
|
|
celiax something that hath a reference to my statex
|
|
no longer celiax but alienax
|
|
rosalindx butx cousinx what if we assayxd to steal
|
|
the clownish fool out of your fatherxs courtx
|
|
would he not be a comfort to our travelx
|
|
celiax hexll go along oxer the wide world with mex
|
|
leave me alone to woo himx letxs awayx
|
|
and get our jewels and our wealth togetherx
|
|
devise the fittest time and safest way
|
|
to hide us from pursuit that will be made
|
|
after my flightx now go we in content
|
|
to libertyx and not to banishmentx exeunt
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|
|
|
act iix scene ix the forest of arden
|
|
|
|
enter duke seniorx amiensx and two or three lordsx like foresters
|
|
|
|
duke seniorx nowx my coxmates and brothers in exilex
|
|
hath not old custom made this life more sweet
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than that of painted pompx are not these woods
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more free from peril than the envious courtx
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here feel we not the penalty of adamx
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the seasonsx differencex as the icy fang
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and churlish chiding of the winterxs windx
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which when it bites and blows upon my bodyx
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even till i shrink with coldx i smile and say
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xthis is no flatteryx these are counsellors
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that feelingly persuade me what i amxx
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sweet are the uses of adversityx
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whichx like the toadx ugly and venomousx
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wears yet a precious jewel in his headx
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and this our lifex exempt from public hauntx
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finds tongues in treesx books in the running brooksx
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sermons in stonesx and good in everythingx
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i would not change itx
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amiensx happy is your gracex
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that can translate the stubbornness of fortune
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into so quiet and so sweet a stylex
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duke seniorx comex shall we go and kill us venisonx
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and yet it irks me the poor dappled foolsx
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being native burghers of this desert cityx
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shouldx in their own confinesx with forked heads
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have their round haunches gorxdx
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first lordx indeedx my lordx
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the melancholy jaques grieves at thatx
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andx in that kindx swears you do more usurp
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than doth your brother that hath banishxd youx
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toxday my lord of amiens and myself
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did steal behind him as he lay along
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under an oak whose antique root peeps out
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upon the brook that brawls along this woodx
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to the which place a poor sequestxred stagx
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that from the hunterxs aim had taxen a hurtx
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did come to languishx andx indeedx my lordx
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the wretched animal heavxd forth such groans
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that their discharge did stretch his leathern coat
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almost to burstingx and the big round tears
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coursxd one another down his innocent nose
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in piteous chasex and thus the hairy foolx
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much marked of the melancholy jaquesx
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stood on thx extremest verge of the swift brookx
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augmenting it with tearsx
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duke seniorx but what said jaquesx
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did he not moralize this spectaclex
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first lordx ox yesx into a thousand similesx
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firstx for his weeping into the needless streamx
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xpoor deerxx quoth he xthou makxst a testament
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as worldlings dox giving thy sum of more
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to that which had too muchxx thenx being there alonex
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left and abandoned of his velvet friendsx
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xxtis rightxx quoth he xthus misery doth part
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the flux of companyxx anonx a careless herdx
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full of the pasturex jumps along by him
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and never stays to greet himx xayxx quoth jaques
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xsweep onx you fat and greasy citizensx
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xtis just the fashionx wherefore do you look
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upon that poor and broken bankrupt therexx
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thus most invectively he pierceth through
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the body of the countryx cityx courtx
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yeax and of this our lifex swearing that we
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are mere usurpersx tyrantsx and whatxs worsex
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to fright the animalsx and to kill them up
|
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in their assignxd and native dwellingxplacex
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duke seniorx and did you leave him in this contemplationx
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second lordx we didx my lordx weeping and commenting
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upon the sobbing deerx
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|
duke seniorx show me the placex
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i love to cope him in these sullen fitsx
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|
for then hexs full of matterx
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|
first lordx ixll bring you to him straightx exeunt
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scene iix the dukexs palace
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enter duke frederickx with lords
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frederickx can it be possible that no man saw themx
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it cannot bex some villains of my court
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are of consent and sufferance in thisx
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first lordx i cannot hear of any that did see herx
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the ladiesx her attendants of her chamberx
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saw her abedx and in the morning early
|
|
they found the bed untreasurxd of their mistressx
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second lordx my lordx the roynish clownx at whom so oft
|
|
your grace was wont to laughx is also missingx
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|
hisperiax the princessx gentlewomanx
|
|
confesses that she secretly oxerheard
|
|
your daughter and her cousin much commend
|
|
the parts and graces of the wrestler
|
|
that did but lately foil the sinewy charlesx
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|
and she believesx wherever they are gonex
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|
that youth is surely in their companyx
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|
frederickx send to his brotherx fetch that gallant hitherx
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|
if he be absentx bring his brother to mex
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ixll make him find himx do this suddenlyx
|
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and let not search and inquisition quail
|
|
to bring again these foolish runawaysx exeunt
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scene iiix before oliverxs house
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enter orlando and adamx meeting
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orlandox whoxs therex
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adamx whatx my young masterx o my gentle masterx
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o my sweet masterx o you memory
|
|
of old sir rowlandx whyx what make you herex
|
|
why are you virtuousx why do people love youx
|
|
and wherefore are you gentlex strongx and valiantx
|
|
why would you be so fond to overcome
|
|
the bonny prizer of the humorous dukex
|
|
your praise is come too swiftly home before youx
|
|
know you notx masterx to some kind of men
|
|
their graces serve them but as enemiesx
|
|
no more do yoursx your virtuesx gentle masterx
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are sanctified and holy traitors to youx
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|
ox what a world is thisx when what is comely
|
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envenoms him that bears itx
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|
orlandox whyx whatxs the matterx
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|
adamx o unhappy youthx
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come not within these doorsx within this roof
|
|
the enemy of all your graces livesx
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your brotherx nox no brotherx yet the sonx
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|
yet not the sonx i will not call him son
|
|
of him i was about to call his fatherx
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|
hath heard your praisesx and this night he means
|
|
to burn the lodging where you use to liex
|
|
and you within itx if he fail of thatx
|
|
he will have other means to cut you offx
|
|
i overheard him and his practicesx
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|
this is no placex this house is but a butcheryx
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|
abhor itx fear itx do not enter itx
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|
orlandox whyx whitherx adamx wouldst thou have me gox
|
|
adamx no matter whitherx so you come not herex
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|
orlandox whatx wouldst thou have me go and beg my foodx
|
|
or with a base and boistxrous sword enforce
|
|
a thievish living on the common roadx
|
|
this i must dox or know not what to dox
|
|
yet this i will not dox do how i canx
|
|
i rather will subject me to the malice
|
|
of a diverted blood and bloody brotherx
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|
adamx but do not sox i have five hundred crownsx
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|
the thrifty hire i savxd under your fatherx
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which i did store to be my fosterxnursex
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|
when service should in my old limbs lie lamex
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and unregarded age in corners thrownx
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|
take thatx and he that doth the ravens feedx
|
|
yeax providently caters for the sparrowx
|
|
be comfort to my agex here is the goldx
|
|
all this i give youx let me be your servantx
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|
though i look oldx yet i am strong and lustyx
|
|
for in my youth i never did apply
|
|
hot and rebellious liquors in my bloodx
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|
nor did not with unbashful forehead woo
|
|
the means of weakness and debilityx
|
|
therefore my age is as a lusty winterx
|
|
frostyx but kindlyx let me go with youx
|
|
ixll do the service of a younger man
|
|
in all your business and necessitiesx
|
|
orlandox o good old manx how well in thee appears
|
|
the constant service of the antique worldx
|
|
when service sweat for dutyx not for meedx
|
|
thou art not for the fashion of these timesx
|
|
where none will sweat but for promotionx
|
|
and having that do choke their service up
|
|
even with the havingx it is not so with theex
|
|
butx poor old manx thou prunxst a rotten tree
|
|
that cannot so much as a blossom yield
|
|
in lieu of all thy pains and husbandryx
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|
but come thy waysx wexll go along togetherx
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|
and ere we have thy youthful wages spent
|
|
wexll light upon some settled low contentx
|
|
adamx masterx go onx and i will follow the
|
|
to the last gaspx with truth and loyaltyx
|
|
from seventeen years till now almost fourxscore
|
|
here lived ix but now live here no morex
|
|
at seventeen years many their fortunes seekx
|
|
but at fourscore it is too late a weekx
|
|
yet fortune cannot recompense me better
|
|
than to die well and not my masterxs debtorx exeunt
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|
scene ivx the forest of arden
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enter rosalind for ganymedex celia for alienax and clown alias
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|
touchstone
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rosalindx o jupiterx how weary are my spiritsx
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touchstonex i care not for my spiritsx if my legs were not wearyx
|
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rosalindx i could find in my heart to disgrace my manxs apparelx
|
|
and to cry like a womanx but i must comfort the weaker vesselx as
|
|
doublet and hose ought to show itself courageous to petticoatx
|
|
thereforex couragex good alienax
|
|
celiax i pray you bear with mex i cannot go no furtherx
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touchstonex for my partx i had rather bear with you than bear youx
|
|
yet i should bear no cross if i did bear youx for i think you
|
|
have no money in your pursex
|
|
rosalindx wellxx this is the forest of ardenx
|
|
touchstonex ayx now am i in ardenx the more fool ix when i was at
|
|
home i was in a better placex but travellers must be contentx
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|
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enter corin and silvius
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rosalindx ayx be sox good touchstonex look youx who comes herex a
|
|
young man and an old in solemn talkx
|
|
corinx that is the way to make her scorn you stillx
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|
silviusx o corinx that thou knewxst how i do love herx
|
|
corinx i partly guessx for i have lovxd ere nowx
|
|
silviusx nox corinx being oldx thou canst not guessx
|
|
though in thy youth thou wast as true a lover
|
|
as ever sighxd upon a midnight pillowx
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|
but if thy love were ever like to minex
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|
as sure i think did never man love sox
|
|
how many actions most ridiculous
|
|
hast thou been drawn to by thy fantasyx
|
|
corinx into a thousand that i have forgottenx
|
|
silviusx ox thou didst then never love so heartilyx
|
|
if thou remembxrest not the slightest folly
|
|
that ever love did make thee run intox
|
|
thou hast not lovxdx
|
|
or if thou hast not sat as i do nowx
|
|
wearing thy hearer in thy mistressx praisex
|
|
thou hast not lovxdx
|
|
or if thou hast not broke from company
|
|
abruptlyx as my passion now makes mex
|
|
thou hast not lovxdx
|
|
o phebex phebex phebex exit silvius
|
|
rosalindx alasx poor shepherdx searching of thy woundx
|
|
i have by hard adventure found mine ownx
|
|
touchstonex and i minex i rememberx when i was in lovex i broke my
|
|
sword upon a stonex and bid him take that for coming axnight to
|
|
jane smilex and i remember the kissing of her batlerx and the
|
|
cowxs dugs that her pretty chopt hands had milkxdx and i remember
|
|
the wooing of peascod instead of herx from whom i took two codsx
|
|
and giving her them againx said with weeping tears xwear these
|
|
for my sakexx we that are true lovers run into strange capersx
|
|
but as all is mortal in naturex so is all nature in love mortal
|
|
in follyx
|
|
rosalindx thou speakxst wiser than thou art ware ofx
|
|
touchstonex nayx i shall nexer be ware of mine own wit till i break
|
|
my shins against itx
|
|
rosalindx jovex jovex this shepherdxs passion
|
|
is much upon my fashionx
|
|
touchstonex and minex but it grows something stale with mex
|
|
celiax i pray youx one of you question yond man
|
|
if he for gold will give us any foodx
|
|
i faint almost to deathx
|
|
touchstonex hollax you clownx
|
|
rosalindx peacex foolx hexs not thy ensmanx
|
|
corinx who callsx
|
|
touchstonex your bettersx sirx
|
|
corinx else are they very wretchedx
|
|
rosalindx peacex i sayx good even to youx friendx
|
|
corinx and to youx gentle sirx and to you allx
|
|
rosalindx i pritheex shepherdx if that love or gold
|
|
can in this desert place buy entertainmentx
|
|
bring us where we may rest ourselves and feedx
|
|
herexs a young maid with travel much oppressxdx
|
|
and faints for succourx
|
|
corinx fair sirx i pity herx
|
|
and wishx for her sake more than for mine ownx
|
|
my fortunes were more able to relieve herx
|
|
but i am shepherd to another manx
|
|
and do not shear the fleeces that i grazex
|
|
my master is of churlish dispositionx
|
|
and little recks to find the way to heaven
|
|
by doing deeds of hospitalityx
|
|
besidesx his cotex his flocksx and bounds of feedx
|
|
are now on salex and at our sheepcote nowx
|
|
by reason of his absencex there is nothing
|
|
that you will feed onx but what isx come seex
|
|
and in my voice most welcome shall you bex
|
|
rosalindx what is he that shall buy his flock and pasturex
|
|
corinx that young swain that you saw here but erewhilex
|
|
that little cares for buying any thingx
|
|
rosalindx i pray theex if it stand with honestyx
|
|
buy thou the cottagex pasturex and the flockx
|
|
and thou shalt have to pay for it of usx
|
|
celiax and we will mend thy wagesx i like this placex
|
|
and willingly could waste my time in itx
|
|
corinx assuredly the thing is to be soldx
|
|
go with mex if you like upon report
|
|
the soilx the profitx and this kind of lifex
|
|
i will your very faithful feeder bex
|
|
and buy it with your gold right suddenlyx exeunt
|
|
|
|
scene vx another part of the forest
|
|
|
|
enter amiensx jaquesx and others
|
|
|
|
song
|
|
amiensx under the greenwood tree
|
|
who loves to lie with mex
|
|
and turn his merry note
|
|
unto the sweet birdxs throatx
|
|
come hitherx come hitherx come hitherx
|
|
here shall he see
|
|
no enemy
|
|
but winter and rough weatherx
|
|
|
|
jaquesx morex morex i pritheex morex
|
|
amiensx it will make you melancholyx monsieur jaquesx
|
|
jaquesx i thank itx morex i pritheex morex i can suck melancholy
|
|
out of a songx as a weasel sucks eggsx morex i pritheex morex
|
|
amiensx my voice is raggedx i know i cannot please youx
|
|
jaquesx i do not desire you to please mex i do desire you to singx
|
|
comex morex another stanzox call you xem stanzosx
|
|
amiensx what you willx monsieur jaquesx
|
|
jaquesx nayx i care not for their namesx they owe me nothingx will
|
|
you singx
|
|
amiensx more at your request than to please myselfx
|
|
jaquesx well thenx if ever i thank any manx ixll thank youx but
|
|
that they call compliment is like thx encounter of two dogxapesx
|
|
and when a man thanks me heartilyx methinks have given him a
|
|
pennyx and he renders me the beggarly thanksx comex singx and you
|
|
that will notx hold your tonguesx
|
|
amiensx wellx ixll end the songx sirsx cover the whilex the duke
|
|
will drink under this treex he hath been all this day to look
|
|
youx
|
|
jaquesx and i have been all this day to avoid himx he is to
|
|
disputable for my companyx i think of as many matters as hex but
|
|
i give heaven thanksx and make no boast of themx comex warblex
|
|
comex
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|
|
|
song
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|
xall together herex
|
|
|
|
who doth ambition shunx
|
|
and loves to live ix thx sunx
|
|
seeking the food he eatsx
|
|
and pleasxd with what he getsx
|
|
come hitherx come hitherx come hitherx
|
|
here shall he see
|
|
no enemy
|
|
but winter and rough weatherx
|
|
|
|
jaquesx ixll give you a verse to this note that i made yesterday in
|
|
despite of my inventionx
|
|
amiensx and ixll sing itx
|
|
jaquesx thus it goesx
|
|
|
|
if it do come to pass
|
|
that any man turn assx
|
|
leaving his wealth and ease
|
|
a stubborn will to pleasex
|
|
ducdamex ducdamex ducdamex
|
|
here shall he see
|
|
gross fools as hex
|
|
an if he will come to mex
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|
|
|
amiensx whatxs that xducdamexx
|
|
jaquesx xtis a greek invocationx to call fools into a circlex ixll
|
|
go sleepx if i canx if i cannotx ixll rail against all the
|
|
firstxborn of egyptx
|
|
amiensx and ixll go seek the dukex his banquet is preparxdx
|
|
exeunt severally
|
|
|
|
scene vix the forest
|
|
|
|
enter orlando and adam
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|
|
|
adamx dear masterx i can go no furtherx ox i die for foodx here lie
|
|
i downx and measure out my gravex farewellx kind masterx
|
|
orlandox whyx how nowx adamx no greater heart in theex live a
|
|
littlex comfort a littlex cheer thyself a littlex if this uncouth
|
|
forest yield anything savagex i will either be food for it or
|
|
bring it for food to theex thy conceit is nearer death than thy
|
|
powersx for my sake be comfortablex hold death awhile at the
|
|
armxs endx i will here be with the presentlyx and if i bring thee
|
|
not something to eatx i will give thee leave to diex but if thou
|
|
diest before i comex thou art a mocker of my labourx well saidx
|
|
thou lookxst cheerlyx and ixll be with thee quicklyx yet thou
|
|
liest in the bleak airx comex i will bear thee to some shelterx
|
|
and thou shalt not die for lack of a dinnerx if there live
|
|
anything in this desertx cheerlyx good adamx exeunt
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|
|
|
scene viix the forest
|
|
|
|
a table set outx enter duke seniorx amiensx and lordsx like outlaws
|
|
|
|
duke seniorx i think he be transformxd into a beastx
|
|
for i can nowhere find him like a manx
|
|
first lordx my lordx he is but even now gone hencex
|
|
here was he merryx hearing of a songx
|
|
duke seniorx if hex compact of jarsx grow musicalx
|
|
we shall have shortly discord in the spheresx
|
|
go seek himx tell him i would speak with himx
|
|
|
|
enter jaques
|
|
|
|
first lordx he saves my labour by his own approachx
|
|
duke seniorx whyx how nowx monsieurx what a life is thisx
|
|
that your poor friends must woo your companyx
|
|
whatx you look merrilyx
|
|
jaquesx a foolx a foolx i met a fool ix thx forestx
|
|
a motley foolx a miserable worldx
|
|
as i do live by foodx i met a foolx
|
|
who laid him down and baskxd him in the sunx
|
|
and railxd on lady fortune in good termsx
|
|
in good set termsx and yet a motley foolx
|
|
xgood morrowx foolxx quoth ix xnox sirxx quoth hex
|
|
xcall me not fool till heaven hath sent me fortunexx
|
|
and then he drew a dial from his pokex
|
|
andx looking on it with lackxlustre eyex
|
|
says very wiselyx xit is ten oxclockx
|
|
thus we may seexx quoth hex xhow the world wagsx
|
|
xtis but an hour ago since it was ninex
|
|
and after one hour more xtwill be elevenx
|
|
and sox from hour to hourx we ripe and ripex
|
|
and thenx from hour to hourx we rot and rotx
|
|
and thereby hangs a talexx when i did hear
|
|
the motley fool thus moral on the timex
|
|
my lungs began to crow like chanticleer
|
|
that fools should be so deep contemplativex
|
|
and i did laugh sans intermission
|
|
an hour by his dialx o noble foolx
|
|
a worthy foolx motleyxs the only wearx
|
|
duke seniorx what fool is thisx
|
|
jaquesx o worthy foolx one that hath been a courtierx
|
|
and saysx if ladies be but young and fairx
|
|
they have the gift to know itx and in his brainx
|
|
which is as dry as the remainder biscuit
|
|
after a voyagex he hath strange places crammxd
|
|
with observationx the which he vents
|
|
in mangled formsx o that i were a foolx
|
|
i am ambitious for a motley coatx
|
|
duke seniorx thou shalt have onex
|
|
jaquesx it is my only suitx
|
|
provided that you weed your better judgments
|
|
of all opinion that grows rank in them
|
|
that i am wisex i must have liberty
|
|
withalx as large a charter as the windx
|
|
to blow on whom i pleasex for so fools havex
|
|
and they that are most galled with my follyx
|
|
they most must laughx and whyx sirx must they sox
|
|
the why is plain as way to parish churchx
|
|
he that a fool doth very wisely hit
|
|
doth very foolishlyx although he smartx
|
|
not to seem senseless of the bobx if notx
|
|
the wise manxs folly is anatomizxd
|
|
even by the squandxring glances of the foolx
|
|
invest me in my motleyx give me leave
|
|
to speak my mindx and i will through and through
|
|
cleanse the foul body of thx infected worldx
|
|
if they will patiently receive my medicinex
|
|
duke seniorx fie on theex i can tell what thou wouldst dox
|
|
jaquesx whatx for a counterx would i do but goodx
|
|
duke seniorx most mischievous foul sinx in chiding sinx
|
|
for thou thyself hast been a libertinex
|
|
as sensual as the brutish sting itselfx
|
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and all thx embossed sores and headed evils
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that thou with license of free foot hast caught
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wouldst thou disgorge into the general worldx
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jaquesx whyx who cries out on pride
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that can therein tax any private partyx
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doth it not flow as hugely as the seax
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till that the wearerxs very means do ebbx
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what woman in the city do i name
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when that i say the cityxwoman bears
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the cost of princes on unworthy shouldersx
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who can come in and say that i mean herx
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when such a one as she such is her neighbourx
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or what is he of basest function
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that says his bravery is not on my costx
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thinking that i mean himx but therein suits
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his folly to the mettle of my speechx
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there thenx how thenx what thenx let me see wherein
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my tongue hath wrongxd himx if it do him rightx
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then he hath wrongxd himselfx if he be freex
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why then my taxing like a wildxgoose fliesx
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unclaimxd of any manx but who comes herex
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enter orlando with his sword drawn
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orlandox forbearx and eat no morex
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jaquesx whyx i have eat none yetx
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orlandox nor shalt notx till necessity be servxdx
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jaquesx of what kind should this cock come ofx
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duke seniorx art thou thus boldenxdx manx by thy distressx
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or else a rude despiser of good mannersx
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that in civility thou seemxst so emptyx
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orlandox you touchxd my vein at firstx the thorny point
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of bare distress hath taxen from me the show
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of smooth civilityx yet arn i inland bredx
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and know some nurturex but forbearx i sayx
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he dies that touches any of this fruit
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till i and my affairs are answeredx
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jaquesx an you will not be answerxd with reasonx i must diex
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duke seniorx what would you havex your gentleness shall force
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more than your force move us to gentlenessx
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orlandox i almost die for foodx and let me have itx
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duke seniorx sit down and feedx and welcome to our tablex
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orlandox speak you so gentlyx pardon mex i pray youx
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i thought that all things had been savage herex
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and therefore put i on the countenance
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of stern commandmentx but whatexer you are
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that in this desert inaccessiblex
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under the shade of melancholy boughsx
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lose and neglect the creeping hours of timex
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if ever you have lookxd on better daysx
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if ever been where bells have knollxd to churchx
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if ever sat at any good manxs feastx
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if ever from your eyelids wipxd a tearx
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and know what xtis to pity and be pitiedx
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let gentleness my strong enforcement bex
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in the which hope i blushx and hide my swordx
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duke seniorx true is it that we have seen better daysx
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and have with holy bell been knollxd to churchx
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and sat at good menxs feastsx and wipxd our eyes
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of drops that sacred pity hath engendxredx
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and therefore sit you down in gentlenessx
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and take upon command what help we have
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that to your wanting may be ministxredx
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orlandox then but forbear your food a little whilex
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whilesx like a doex i go to find my fawnx
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and give it foodx there is an old poor man
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who after me hath many a weary step
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limpxd in pure lovex till he be first sufficxdx
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oppressxd with two weak evilsx age and hungerx
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i will not touch a bitx
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duke seniorx go find him outx
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and we will nothing waste till you returnx
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orlandox i thank yex and be blest for your good comfortx
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exit
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duke seniorx thou seest we are not all alone unhappyx
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|
this wide and universal theatre
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presents more woeful pageants than the scene
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wherein we play inx
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jaquesx all the worldxs a stagex
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and all the men and women merely playersx
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they have their exits and their entrancesx
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and one man in his time plays many partsx
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his acts being seven agesx at first the infantx
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mewling and puking in the nursexs armsx
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then the whining schoolxboyx with his satchel
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and shining morning facex creeping like snail
|
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unwillingly to schoolx and then the loverx
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sighing like furnacex with a woeful ballad
|
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made to his mistressx eyebrowx then a soldierx
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full of strange oathsx and bearded like the pardx
|
|
jealous in honourx sudden and quick in quarrelx
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|
seeking the bubble reputation
|
|
even in the cannonxs mouthx and then the justicex
|
|
in fair round belly with good capon linxdx
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with eyes severe and beard of formal cutx
|
|
full of wise saws and modern instancesx
|
|
and so he plays his partx the sixth age shifts
|
|
into the lean and slipperxd pantaloonx
|
|
with spectacles on nose and pouch on sidex
|
|
his youthful hosex well savxdx a world too wide
|
|
for his shrunk shankx and his big manly voicex
|
|
turning again toward childish treblex pipes
|
|
and whistles in his soundx last scene of allx
|
|
that ends this strange eventful historyx
|
|
is second childishness and mere oblivionx
|
|
sans teethx sans eyesx sans tastex sans every thingx
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|
rexenter orlando with adam
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duke seniorx welcomex set down your venerable burdenx
|
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and let him feedx
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|
orlandox i thank you most for himx
|
|
adamx so had you needx
|
|
i scarce can speak to thank you for myselfx
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|
duke seniorx welcomex fall tox i will not trouble you
|
|
as yet to question you about your fortunesx
|
|
give us some musicx andx good cousinx singx
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song
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blowx blowx thou winter windx
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|
thou art not so unkind
|
|
as manxs ingratitudex
|
|
thy tooth is not so keenx
|
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because thou art not seenx
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|
although thy breath be rudex
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|
heighxhox sing heighxhox unto the green hollyx
|
|
most friendship is feigningx most loving mere follyx
|
|
thenx heighxhox the hollyx
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|
this life is most jollyx
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freezex freezex thou bitter skyx
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|
that dost not bite so nigh
|
|
as benefits forgotx
|
|
though thou the waters warpx
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thy sting is not so sharp
|
|
as friend remembxred notx
|
|
heighxhox singx xcx
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duke seniorx if that you were the good sir rowlandxs sonx
|
|
as you have whisperxd faithfully you werex
|
|
and as mine eye doth his effigies witness
|
|
most truly limnxd and living in your facex
|
|
be truly welcome hitherx i am the duke
|
|
that lovxd your fatherx the residue of your fortunex
|
|
go to my cave and tell mex good old manx
|
|
thou art right welcome as thy master isx
|
|
support him by the armx give me your handx
|
|
and let me all your fortunes understandx exeunt
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|
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act iiix scene ix the palace
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enter duke frederickx oliverx and lords
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|
frederickx not see him sincex sirx sirx that cannot bex
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|
but were i not the better part made mercyx
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|
i should not seek an absent argument
|
|
of my revengex thou presentx but look to itx
|
|
find out thy brother wheresoexer he isx
|
|
seek him with candlex bring him dead or living
|
|
within this twelvemonthx or turn thou no more
|
|
to seek a living in our territoryx
|
|
thy lands and all things that thou dost call thine
|
|
worth seizure do we seize into our handsx
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|
till thou canst quit thee by thy brotherxs mouth
|
|
of what we think against theex
|
|
oliverx o that your highness knew my heart in thisx
|
|
i never lovxd my brother in my lifex
|
|
frederickx more villain thoux wellx push him out of doorsx
|
|
and let my officers of such a nature
|
|
make an extent upon his house and landsx
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do this expedientlyx and turn him goingx exeunt
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scene iix the forest
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|
enter orlandox with a paper
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|
orlandox hang therex my versex in witness of my lovex
|
|
and thoux thricexcrowned queen of nightx survey
|
|
with thy chaste eyex from thy pale sphere abovex
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|
thy huntressx name that my full life doth swayx
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|
o rosalindx these trees shall be my booksx
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|
and in their barks my thoughts ixll characterx
|
|
that every eye which in this forest looks
|
|
shall see thy virtue witnessxd every wherex
|
|
runx runx orlandox carve on every treex
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|
the fairx the chastex and unexpressive shex exit
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|
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enter corin and touchstone
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corinx and how like you this shepherdxs lifex master touchstonex
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|
touchstonex trulyx shepherdx in respect of itselfx it is a good
|
|
lifex but in respect that it is a shepherdxs lifex it is noughtx
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|
in respect that it is solitaryx i like it very wellx but in
|
|
respect that it is privatex it is a very vile lifex now in
|
|
respect it is in the fieldsx it pleaseth me wellx but in respect
|
|
it is not in the courtx it is tediousx as it is a spare lifex
|
|
look youx it fits my humour wellx but as there is no more plenty
|
|
in itx it goes much against my stomachx hast any philosophy in
|
|
theex shepherdx
|
|
corinx no more but that i know the more one sickens the worse at
|
|
ease he isx and that he that wants moneyx meansx and contentx is
|
|
without three good friendsx that the property of rain is to wetx
|
|
and fire to burnx that good pasture makes fat sheepx and that a
|
|
great cause of the night is lack of the sunx that he that hath
|
|
learned no wit by nature nor art may complain of good breedingx
|
|
or comes of a very dull kindredx
|
|
touchstonex such a one is a natural philosopherx wast ever in
|
|
courtx shepherdx
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|
corinx nox trulyx
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touchstonex then thou art damnxdx
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|
corinx nayx i hopex
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|
touchstonex trulyx thou art damnxdx like an illxroasted eggx all on
|
|
one sidex
|
|
corinx for not being at courtx your reasonx
|
|
touchstonex whyx if thou never wast at court thou never sawxst good
|
|
mannersx if thou never sawxst good mannersx then thy manners must
|
|
be wickedx and wickedness is sinx and sin is damnationx thou art
|
|
in a parlous statex shepherdx
|
|
corinx not a whitx touchstonex those that are good manners at the
|
|
court are as ridiculous in the country as the behaviour of the
|
|
country is most mockable at the courtx you told me you salute not
|
|
at the courtx but you kiss your handsx that courtesy would be
|
|
uncleanly if courtiers were shepherdsx
|
|
touchstonex instancex brieflyx comex instancex
|
|
corinx whyx we are still handling our ewesx and their fellsx you
|
|
knowx are greasyx
|
|
touchstonex whyx do not your courtierxs hands sweatx and is not the
|
|
grease of a mutton as wholesome as the sweat of a manx shallowx
|
|
shallowx a better instancex i sayx comex
|
|
corinx besidesx our hands are hardx
|
|
touchstonex your lips will feel them the soonerx shallow againx a
|
|
more sounder instancex comex
|
|
corinx and they are often tarrxd over with the surgery of our
|
|
sheepx and would you have us kiss tarx the courtierxs hands are
|
|
perfumxd with civetx
|
|
touchstonex most shallow manx thou wormxs meat in respect of a good
|
|
piece of flesh indeedx learn of the wisex and perpendx civet is
|
|
of a baser birth than tarx the very uncleanly flux of a catx mend
|
|
the instancex shepherdx
|
|
corinx you have too courtly a wit for mex ixll restx
|
|
touchstonex wilt thou rest damnxdx god help theex shallow manx god
|
|
make incision in theex thou art rawx
|
|
corinx sirx i am a true labourerx i earn that i eatx get that i
|
|
wearx owe no man hatex envy no manxs happinessx glad of other
|
|
menxs goodx content with my harmx and the greatest of my pride is
|
|
to see my ewes graze and my lambs suckx
|
|
touchstonex that is another simple sin in youx to bring the ewes
|
|
and the rams togetherx and to offer to get your living by the
|
|
copulation of cattlex to be bawd to a bellxwetherx and to betray
|
|
a shexlamb of a twelvemonth to crookedxpatedx oldx cuckoldly ramx
|
|
out of all reasonable matchx if thou beest not damnxd for thisx
|
|
the devil himself will have no shepherdsx i cannot see else how
|
|
thou shouldst scapex
|
|
corinx here comes young master ganymedex my new mistressxs brotherx
|
|
|
|
enter rosalindx reading a paper
|
|
|
|
rosalindx xfrom the east to western index
|
|
no jewel is like rosalindex
|
|
her worthx being mounted on the windx
|
|
through all the world bears rosalindex
|
|
all the pictures fairest linxd
|
|
are but black to rosalindex
|
|
let no face be kept in mind
|
|
but the fair of rosalindexx
|
|
touchstonex ixll rhyme you so eight years togetherx dinnersx and
|
|
suppersx and sleeping hoursx exceptedx it is the right
|
|
butterxwomenxs rank to marketx
|
|
rosalindx outx foolx
|
|
touchstonex for a tastex
|
|
if a hart do lack a hindx
|
|
let him seek out rosalindex
|
|
if the cat will after kindx
|
|
so be sure will rosalindex
|
|
winter garments must be linxdx
|
|
so must slender rosalindex
|
|
they that reap must sheaf and bindx
|
|
then to cart with rosalindex
|
|
sweetest nut hath sourest rindx
|
|
such a nut is rosalindex
|
|
he that sweetest rose will find
|
|
must find lovexs prick and rosalindex
|
|
this is the very false gallop of versesx why do you infect
|
|
yourself with themx
|
|
rosalindx peacex you dull foolx i found them on a treex
|
|
touchstonex trulyx the tree yields bad fruitx
|
|
rosalindx ixll graff it with youx and then i shall graff it with a
|
|
medlarx then it will be the earliest fruit ix thx countryx for
|
|
youxll be rotten ere you be half ripex and thatxs the right
|
|
virtue of the medlarx
|
|
touchstonex you have saidx but whether wisely or nox let the forest
|
|
judgex
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|
|
|
enter celiax with a writing
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|
|
|
rosalindx peacex
|
|
here comes my sisterx readingx stand asidex
|
|
celiax xwhy should this a desert bex
|
|
for it is unpeopledx nox
|
|
tongues ixll hang on every tree
|
|
that shall civil sayings showx
|
|
somex how brief the life of man
|
|
runs his erring pilgrimagex
|
|
that the streching of a span
|
|
buckles in his sum of agex
|
|
somex of violated vows
|
|
xtwixt the souls of friend and friendx
|
|
but upon the fairest boughsx
|
|
or at every sentence endx
|
|
will i rosalinda writex
|
|
teaching all that read to know
|
|
the quintessence of every sprite
|
|
heaven would in little showx
|
|
therefore heaven nature chargxd
|
|
that one body should be fillxd
|
|
with all graces widexenlargxdx
|
|
nature presently distillxd
|
|
helenxs cheekx but not her heartx
|
|
cleopatraxs majestyx
|
|
atalantaxs better partx
|
|
sad lucretiaxs modestyx
|
|
thus rosalinde of many parts
|
|
by heavenly synod was devisxdx
|
|
of many facesx eyesx and heartsx
|
|
to have the touches dearest prizxdx
|
|
heaven would that she these gifts should havex
|
|
and i to live and die her slavexx
|
|
rosalindx o most gentle pulpiterx what tedious homily of love have
|
|
you wearied your parishioners withalx and never cried xhave
|
|
patiencex good peoplexx
|
|
celiax how nowx backx friendsx shepherdx go off a littlex go with
|
|
himx sirrahx
|
|
touchstonex comex shepherdx let us make an honourable retreatx
|
|
though not with bag and baggagex yet with scrip and scrippagex
|
|
exeunt corin and touchstone
|
|
celiax didst thou hear these versesx
|
|
rosalindx ox yesx i heard them allx and more toox for some of them
|
|
had in them more feet than the verses would bearx
|
|
celiax thatxs no matterx the feet might bear the versesx
|
|
rosalindx ayx but the feet were lamex and could not bear themselves
|
|
without the versex and therefore stood lamely in the versex
|
|
celiax but didst thou hear without wondering how thy name should be
|
|
hangxd and carved upon these treesx
|
|
rosalindx i was seven of the nine days out of the wonder before you
|
|
camex for look here what i found on a palmxtreex i was never so
|
|
berhymxd since pythagorasx time that i was an irish ratx which i
|
|
can hardly rememberx
|
|
celiax trow you who hath done thisx
|
|
rosalindx is it a manx
|
|
celiax and a chainx that you once worex about his neckx
|
|
change you colourx
|
|
rosalindx i pritheex whox
|
|
celiax o lordx lordx it is a hard matter for friends to meetx but
|
|
mountains may be removxd with earthquakesx and so encounterx
|
|
rosalindx nayx but who is itx
|
|
celiax is it possiblex
|
|
rosalindx nayx i prithee nowx with most petitionary vehemencex tell
|
|
me who it isx
|
|
celiax o wonderfulx wonderfulx most wonderful wonderfulx and yet
|
|
again wonderfulx and after thatx out of all whoopingx
|
|
rosalindx good my complexionx dost thou thinkx though i am
|
|
caparisonxd like a manx i have a doublet and hose in my
|
|
dispositionx one inch of delay more is a south sea of discoveryx
|
|
i prithee tell me who is it quicklyx and speak apacex i would
|
|
thou couldxst stammerx that thou mightst pour this concealxd man
|
|
out of thy mouthx as wine comes out of narrowxmouthxd bottlex
|
|
either too much at once or none at allx i prithee take the cork
|
|
out of thy mouth that i may drink thy tidingsx
|
|
celiax so you may put a man in your bellyx
|
|
rosalindx is he of godxs makingx what manner of manx
|
|
is his head worth a hat or his chin worth a beardx
|
|
celiax nayx he hath but a little beardx
|
|
rosalindx whyx god will send more if the man will be thankfulx let
|
|
me stay the growth of his beardx if thou delay me not the
|
|
knowledge of his chinx
|
|
celiax it is young orlandox that trippxd up the wrestlerxs heels
|
|
and your heart both in an instantx
|
|
rosalindx nayx but the devil take mockingx speak sad brow and true
|
|
maidx
|
|
celiax ix faithx cozx xtis hex
|
|
rosalindx orlandox
|
|
celiax orlandox
|
|
rosalindx alas the dayx what shall i do with my doublet and hosex
|
|
what did he when thou sawxst himx what said hex how lookxd hex
|
|
wherein went hex what makes he herex did he ask for mex where
|
|
remains hex how parted he with theex and when shalt thou see him
|
|
againx answer me in one wordx
|
|
celiax you must borrow me gargantuaxs mouth firstx xtis a word too
|
|
great for any mouth of this agexs sizex to say ay and no to these
|
|
particulars is more than to answer in a catechismx
|
|
rosalindx but doth he know that i am in this forestx and in manxs
|
|
apparelx looks he as freshly as he did the day he wrestledx
|
|
celiax it is as easy to count atomies as to resolve the
|
|
propositions of a loverx but take a taste of my finding himx and
|
|
relish it with good observancex i found him under a treex like a
|
|
droppxd acornx
|
|
rosalindx it may well be callxd jovexs treex when it drops forth
|
|
such fruitx
|
|
celiax give me audiencex good madamx
|
|
rosalindx proceedx
|
|
celiax there lay hex stretchxd along like a wounded knightx
|
|
rosalindx though it be pity to see such a sightx it well becomes
|
|
the groundx
|
|
celiax cry xhollax to thy tonguex i pritheex it curvets
|
|
unseasonablyx he was furnishxd like a hunterx
|
|
rosalindx ox ominousx he comes to kill my heartx
|
|
celiax i would sing my song without a burdenx thou bringxst me out
|
|
of tunex
|
|
rosalindx do you not know i am a womanx when i thinkx i must speakx
|
|
sweetx say onx
|
|
celiax you bring me outx softx comes he not herex
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|
|
|
enter orlando and jaques
|
|
|
|
rosalindx xtis hex slink byx and note himx jaquesx i thank you for
|
|
your companyx butx good faithx i had as lief have been myself alonex
|
|
orlandox and so had ix but yetx for fashion sakex i thank you too for
|
|
your societyx jaquesx god buy youx letxs meet as little as we canx
|
|
orlandox i do desire we may be better strangersx jaquesx i pray you
|
|
mar no more trees with writing love songs in their barksx orlandox i
|
|
pray you mar no more of my verses with reading them illxfavouredlyx
|
|
jaquesx rosalind is your lovexs namex orlandox yesx justx jaquesx i
|
|
do not like her namex orlandox there was no thought of pleasing you
|
|
when she was christenxdx jaquesx what stature is she ofx orlandox
|
|
just as high as my heartx jaquesx you are full of pretty answersx
|
|
have you not been acquainted with goldsmithsx wivesx and connxd them
|
|
out of ringsx orlandox not sox but i answer you right painted clothx
|
|
from whence you have studied your questionsx jaquesx you have a
|
|
nimble witx i think xtwas made of atalantaxs heelsx will you sit down
|
|
with mex and we two will rail against our mistress the worldx and all
|
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our miseryx orlandox i will chide no breather in the world but
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myselfx against whom i know most faultsx jaquesx the worst fault you
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have is to be in lovex orlandox xtis a fault i will not change for
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your best virtuex i am weary of youx jaquesx by my trothx i was
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seeking for a fool when i found youx orlandox he is drownxd in the
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brookx look but inx and you shall see himx jaquesx there i shall see
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mine own figurex orlandox which i take to be either a fool or a
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cipherx jaquesx ixll tarry no longer with youx farewellx good signior
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lovex orlandox i am glad of your departurex adieux good monsieur
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melancholyx exit jaques rosalindx xaside to celiax i will speak to
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him like a saucy lackeyx and under that habit play the knave with
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himxx do you hearx foresterx orlandox very wellx what would youx
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rosalindx i pray youx what isxt oxclockx orlandox you should ask me
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what time ox dayx therexs no clock in the forestx rosalindx then
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there is no true lover in the forestx else sighing every minute and
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groaning every hour would detect the lazy foot of time as well as a
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clockx orlandox and why not the swift foot of timex had not that been
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as properx rosalindx by no meansx sirx time travels in divers paces
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with divers personsx ixll tell you who time ambles withalx who time
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trots withalx who time gallops withalx and who he stands still
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withalx orlandox i pritheex who doth he trot withalx rosalindx marryx
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he trots hard with a young maid between the contract of her marriage
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and the day it is solemnizxdx if the interim be but a sexnnightx
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timexs pace is so hard that it seems the length of seven yearx
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orlandox who ambles time withalx rosalindx with a priest that lacks
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latin and a rich man that hath not the goutx for the one sleeps
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easily because he cannot studyx and the other lives merrily because
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he feels no painx the one lacking the burden of lean and wasteful
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learningx the other knowing no burden of heavy tedious penuryx these
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time ambles withalx orlandox who doth he gallop withalx rosalindx
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with a thief to the gallowsx for though he go as softly as foot can
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fallx he thinks himself too soon therex orlandox who stays it still
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withalx rosalindx with lawyers in the vacationx for they sleep
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between term and termx and then they perceive not how time movesx
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orlandox where dwell youx pretty youthx rosalindx with this
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shepherdessx my sisterx here in the skirts of the forestx like fringe
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upon a petticoatx orlandox are you native of this placex rosalindx as
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the coney that you see dwell where she is kindledx orlandox your
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accent is something finer than you could purchase in so removed a
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dwellingx rosalindx i have been told so of manyx but indeed an old
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religious uncle of mine taught me to speakx who was in his youth an
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inland manx one that knew courtship too wellx for there he fell in
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lovex i have heard him read many lectures against itx and i thank god
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i am not a womanx to be touchxd with so many giddy offences as he
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hath generally taxxd their whole sex withalx orlandox can you
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remember any of the principal evils that he laid to the charge of
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womenx rosalindx there were none principalx they were all like one
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another as halfpence arex every one fault seeming monstrous till his
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fellowxfault came to match itx orlandox i prithee recount some of
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themx rosalindx nox i will not cast away my physic but on those that
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are sickx there is a man haunts the forest that abuses our young
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plants with carving xrosalindx on their barksx hangs odes upon
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hawthorns and elegies on bramblesx allx forsoothx deifying the name
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of rosalindx if i could meet that fancyxmongerx i would give him some
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good counselx for he seems to have the quotidian of love upon himx
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orlandox i am he that is so lovexshakxdx i pray you tell me your
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remedyx rosalindx there is none of my unclexs marks upon youx he
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taught me how to know a man in lovex in which cage of rushes i am
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sure you are not prisonerx orlandox what were his marksx rosalindx a
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lean cheekx which you have notx a blue eye and sunkenx which you have
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notx an unquestionable spiritx which you have notx a beard neglectedx
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which you have notx but i pardon you for thatx for simply your having
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in beard is a younger brotherxs revenuex then your hose should be
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ungarterxdx your bonnet unbandedx your sleeve unbuttonxdx your shoe
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untiedx and every thing about you demonstrating a careless
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desolationx but you are no such manx you are rather pointxdevice in
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your accoutrementsx as loving yourself than seeming the lover of any
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otherx orlandox fair youthx i would i could make thee believe i lovex
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rosalindx me believe itx you may as soon make her that you love
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believe itx whichx i warrantx she is apter to do than to confess she
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doesx that is one of the points in the which women still give the lie
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to their consciencesx butx in good soothx are you he that hangs the
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verses on the trees wherein rosalind is so admiredx orlandox i swear
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to theex youthx by the white hand of rosalindx i am that hex that
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unfortunate hex rosalindx but are you so much in love as your rhymes
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speakx orlandox neither rhyme nor reason can express how muchx
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rosalindx love is merely a madnessx andx i tell youx deserves as well
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a dark house and a whip as madmen dox and the reason why they are not
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so punishxd and cured is that the lunacy is so ordinary that the
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whippers are in love toox yet i profess curing it by counselx
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orlandox did you ever cure any sox rosalindx yesx onex and in this
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mannerx he was to imagine me his lovex his mistressx and i set him
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every day to woo mex at which time would ix being but a moonish
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youthx grievex be effeminatex changeablex longing and likingx proudx
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fantasticalx apishx shallowx inconstantx full of tearsx full of
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smilesx for every passion something and for no passion truly
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anythingx as boys and women are for the most part cattle of this
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|
colourx would now like himx now loathe himx then entertain himx then
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forswear himx now weep for himx then spit at himx that i drave my
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suitor from his mad humour of love to a living humour of madnessx
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which wasx to forswear the full stream of the world and to live in a
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nook merely monasticx and thus i curxd himx and this way will i take
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upon me to wash your liver as clean as a sound sheepxs heartx that
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there shall not be one spot of love in xtx orlandox i would not be
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curedx youthx rosalindx i would cure youx if you would but call me
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rosalindx and come every day to my cote and woo mex orlandox nowx by
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the faith of my lovex i willx tell me where it isx rosalindx go with
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me to itx and ixll show it youx andx by the wayx you shall tell me
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|
where in the forest you livex will you gox orlandox with all my
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heartx good youthx rosalindx nayx you must call me rosalindx comex
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sisterx will you gox
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exeunt
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scene iiix the forest
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enter touchstone and audreyx jaques behind
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touchstonex come apacex good audreyx i will fetch up your goatsx
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audreyx and howx audreyx am i the man yetx doth my simple feature
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content youx
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audreyx your featuresx lord warrant usx what featuresx
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touchstonex i am here with thee and thy goatsx as the most
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capricious poetx honest ovidx was among the gothsx
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jaquesx xasidex o knowledge illxinhabitedx worse than jove in a
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thatchxd housex
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touchstonex when a manxs verses cannot be understoodx nor a manxs
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good wit seconded with the forward child understandingx it
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|
strikes a man more dead than a great reckoning in a little roomx
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|
trulyx i would the gods had made thee poeticalx
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audreyx i do not know what xpoeticalx isx is it honest in deed and
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wordx is it a true thingx
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touchstonex nox trulyx for the truest poetry is the most feigningx
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and lovers are given to poetryx and what they swear in poetry may
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be said as lovers they do feignx
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audreyx do you wishx thenx that the gods had made me poeticalx
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touchstonex i dox trulyx for thou swearxst to me thou art honestx
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nowx if thou wert a poetx i might have some hope thou didst
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feignx
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audreyx would you not have me honestx
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touchstonex nox trulyx unless thou wert hardxfavourxdx for honesty
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coupled to beauty is to have honey a sauce to sugarx
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jaquesx xasidex a material foolx
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audreyx wellx i am not fairx and therefore i pray the gods make me
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honestx
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touchstonex trulyx and to cast away honesty upon a foul slut were
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to put good meat into an unclean dishx
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audreyx i am not a slutx though i thank the gods i am foulx
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touchstonex wellx praised be the gods for thy foulnessx
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sluttishness may come hereafterx but be it as it may bex i will
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|
marry theex and to that end i have been with sir oliver martextx
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|
the vicar of the next villagex who hath promisxd to meet me in
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|
this place of the forestx and to couple usx
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|
jaquesx xasidex i would fain see this meetingx
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audreyx wellx the gods give us joyx
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touchstonex amenx a man mayx if he were of a fearful heartx stagger
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|
in this attemptx for here we have no temple but the woodx no
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assembly but hornxbeastsx but what thoughx couragex as horns are
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odiousx they are necessaryx it is saidx xmany a man knows no end
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|
of his goodsxx rightx many a man has good horns and knows no end
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|
of themx wellx that is the dowry of his wifex xtis none of his
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|
own gettingx hornsx even sox poor men alonex nox nox the noblest
|
|
deer hath them as huge as the rascalx is the single man therefore
|
|
blessedx nox as a wallxd town is more worthier than a villagex so
|
|
is the forehead of a married man more honourable than the bare
|
|
brow of a bachelorx and by how much defence is better than no
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|
skillx by so much is horn more precious than to wantx here comes
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|
sir oliverx
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enter sir oliver martext
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sir oliver martextx you are well metx will you dispatch us here
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under this treex or shall we go with you to your chapelx
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|
martextx is there none here to give the womanx
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touchstonex i will not take her on gift of any manx
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martextx trulyx she must be givenx or the marriage is not lawfulx
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|
jaquesx xdiscovering himselfx proceedx proceedx ixll give herx
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touchstonex good evenx good master whatxyexcallxtx how do youx sirx
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you are very well metx goddild you for your last companyx i am
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very glad to see youx even a toy in hand herex sirx nayx pray be
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|
coverxdx
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jaquesx will you be marriedx motleyx
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|
touchstonex as the ox hath his bowx sirx the horse his curbx and
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|
the falcon her bellsx so man hath his desiresx and as pigeons
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|
billx so wedlock would be nibblingx
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|
jaquesx and will youx being a man of your breedingx be married
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|
under a bushx like a beggarx get you to church and have a good
|
|
priest that can tell you what marriage isx this fellow will but
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|
join you together as they join wainscotx then one of you will
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|
prove a shrunk panelx and like green timber warpx warpx
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|
touchstonex xasidex i am not in the mind but i were better to be
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|
married of him than of anotherx for he is not like to marry me
|
|
wellx and not being well marriedx it will be a good excuse for me
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|
hereafter to leave my wifex
|
|
jaquesx go thou with mex and let me counsel theex
|
|
touchstonex comex sweet audreyx
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|
we must be married or we must live in bawdryx
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|
farewellx good master oliverx notx
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|
o sweet oliverx
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|
o brave oliverx
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|
leave me not behind theex
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|
butx
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|
wind awayx
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begonex i sayx
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|
i will not to wedding with theex
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|
exeunt jaquesx touchstonex and audrey
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|
martextx xtis no matterx nexer a fantastical knave of them all
|
|
shall flout me out of my callingx exit
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|
scene ivx the forest
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enter rosalind and celia
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rosalindx never talk to mex i will weepx
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celiax dox i pritheex but yet have the grace to consider that tears
|
|
do not become a manx
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|
rosalindx but have i not cause to weepx
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|
celiax as good cause as one would desirex therefore weepx
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|
rosalindx his very hair is of the dissembling colourx
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|
celiax something browner than judasxsx
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|
marryx his kisses are judasxs own childrenx
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|
rosalindx ix faithx his hair is of a good colourx
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|
celiax an excellent colourx your chestnut was ever the only colourx
|
|
rosalindx and his kissing is as full of sanctity as the touch of
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|
holy breadx
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|
celiax he hath bought a pair of cast lips of dianax a nun of
|
|
winterxs sisterhood kisses not more religiouslyx the very ice of
|
|
chastity is in themx
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|
rosalindx but why did he swear he would come this morningx and
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|
comes notx
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|
celiax nayx certainlyx there is no truth in himx
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|
rosalindx do you think sox
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|
celiax yesx i think he is not a pickxpurse nor a horsexstealerx but
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|
for his verity in lovex i do think him as concave as covered
|
|
goblet or a wormxeaten nutx
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|
rosalindx not true in lovex
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celiax yesx when he is inx but i think he is not inx
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|
rosalindx you have heard him swear downright he wasx
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|
celiax xwasx is not xisxx besidesx the oath of a lover is no
|
|
stronger than the word of a tapsterx they are both the confirmer
|
|
of false reckoningsx he attends here in the forest on the dukex
|
|
your fatherx
|
|
rosalindx i met the duke yesterdayx and had much question with himx
|
|
he asked me of what parentage i wasx i told himx of as good as
|
|
hex so he laughxd and let me gox but what talk we of fathers when
|
|
there is such a man as orlandox
|
|
celiax ox thatxs a brave manx he writes brave versesx speaks brave
|
|
wordsx swears brave oathsx and breaks them bravelyx quite
|
|
traversex athwart the heart of his loverx as a puny tilterx that
|
|
spurs his horse but on one sidex breaks his staff like a noble
|
|
goosex but allxs brave that youth mounts and folly guidesx who
|
|
comes herex
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|
enter corin
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|
corinx mistress and masterx you have oft enquired
|
|
after the shepherd that complainxd of lovex
|
|
who you saw sitting by me on the turfx
|
|
praising the proud disdainful shepherdess
|
|
that was his mistressx
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|
celiax wellx and what of himx
|
|
corinx if you will see a pageant truly playxd
|
|
between the pale complexion of true love
|
|
and the red glow of scorn and proud disdainx
|
|
go hence a littlex and i shall conduct youx
|
|
if you will mark itx
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|
rosalindx ox comex let us removex
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|
the sight of lovers feedeth those in lovex
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|
bring us to this sightx and you shall say
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|
ixll prove a busy actor in their playx exeunt
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|
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|
scene vx another part of the forest
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|
|
|
enter silvius and phebe
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|
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|
silviusx sweet phebex do not scorn mex do notx phebex
|
|
say that you love me notx but say not so
|
|
in bitternessx the common executionerx
|
|
whose heart thx accustomxd sight of death makes hardx
|
|
falls not the axe upon the humbled neck
|
|
but first begs pardonx will you sterner be
|
|
than he that dies and lives by bloody dropsx
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|
|
|
enter rosalindx celiax and corinx at a distance
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|
|
|
phebex i would not be thy executionerx
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|
i fly theex for i would not injure theex
|
|
thou tellxst me there is murder in mine eyex
|
|
xtis prettyx surex and very probablex
|
|
that eyesx that are the frailxst and softest thingsx
|
|
who shut their coward gates on atomiesx
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|
should be callxd tyrantsx butchersx murderersx
|
|
now i do frown on thee with all my heartx
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|
and if mine eyes can woundx now let them kill theex
|
|
now counterfeit to swoonx whyx now fall downx
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|
orx if thou canst notx ox for shamex for shamex
|
|
lie notx to say mine eyes are murderersx
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|
now show the wound mine eye hath made in theex
|
|
scratch thee but with a pinx and there remains
|
|
some scar of itx lean upon a rushx
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|
the cicatrice and capable impressure
|
|
thy palm some moment keepsx but now mine eyesx
|
|
which i have darted at theex hurt thee notx
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|
norx i am surex there is not force in eyes
|
|
that can do hurtx
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|
silviusx o dear phebex
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|
if everx as that ever may be nearx
|
|
you meet in some fresh cheek the power of fancyx
|
|
then shall you know the wounds invisible
|
|
that lovexs keen arrows makex
|
|
phebex but till that time
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|
come not thou near mex and when that time comesx
|
|
afflict me with thy mocksx pity me notx
|
|
as till that time i shall not pity theex
|
|
rosalindx xadvancingx and whyx i pray youx who might be your
|
|
motherx
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|
that you insultx exultx and all at oncex
|
|
over the wretchedx what though you have no beautyx
|
|
asx by my faithx i see no more in you
|
|
than without candle may go dark to bedx
|
|
must you be therefore proud and pitilessx
|
|
whyx what means thisx why do you look on mex
|
|
i see no more in you than in the ordinary
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|
of naturexs salexworkx xodxs my little lifex
|
|
i think she means to tangle my eyes toox
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|
no faithx proud mistressx hope not after itx
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|
xtis not your inky browsx your black silk hairx
|
|
your bugle eyeballsx nor your cheek of creamx
|
|
that can entame my spirits to your worshipx
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|
you foolish shepherdx wherefore do you follow herx
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|
like foggy southx puffing with wind and rainx
|
|
you are a thousand times a properer man
|
|
than she a womanx xtis such fools as you
|
|
that makes the world full of illxfavourxd childrenx
|
|
xtis not her glassx but youx that flatters herx
|
|
and out of you she sees herself more proper
|
|
than any of her lineaments can show herx
|
|
butx mistressx know yourselfx down on your kneesx
|
|
and thank heavenx fastingx for a good manxs lovex
|
|
for i must tell you friendly in your earx
|
|
sell when you canx you are not for all marketsx
|
|
cry the man mercyx love himx take his offerx
|
|
foul is most foulx being foul to be a scofferx
|
|
so take her to theex shepherdx fare you wellx
|
|
phebex sweet youthx i pray you chide a year togetherx
|
|
i had rather hear you chide than this man woox
|
|
rosalindx hexs fallxn in love with your foulnessx and shexll fall
|
|
in love with my angerx if it be sox as fast as she answers thee
|
|
with frowning looksx ixll sauce her with bitter wordsx why look
|
|
you so upon mex
|
|
phebex for no ill will i bear youx
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|
rosalindx i pray you do not fall in love with mex
|
|
for i am falser than vows made in winex
|
|
besidesx i like you notx if you will know my housex
|
|
xtis at the tuft of olives here hard byx
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|
will you gox sisterx shepherdx ply her hardx
|
|
comex sisterx shepherdessx look on him betterx
|
|
and be not proudx though all the world could seex
|
|
none could be so abusxd in sight as hex
|
|
comex to our flockx exeunt rosalindx celiax and corin
|
|
phebex dead shepherdx now i find thy saw of mightx
|
|
xwho ever lovxd that lovxd not at first sightxx
|
|
silviusx sweet phebex
|
|
phebex hax what sayxst thoux silviusx
|
|
silviusx sweet phebex pity mex
|
|
phebex whyx i arn sorry for theex gentle silviusx
|
|
silviusx wherever sorrow isx relief would bex
|
|
if you do sorrow at my grief in lovex
|
|
by giving lovex your sorrow and my grief
|
|
were both exterminxdx
|
|
phebex thou hast my lovex is not that neighbourlyx
|
|
silviusx i would have youx
|
|
phebex whyx that were covetousnessx
|
|
silviusx the time was that i hated theex
|
|
and yet it is not that i bear thee lovex
|
|
but since that thou canst talk of love so wellx
|
|
thy companyx which erst was irksome to mex
|
|
i will endurex and ixll employ thee toox
|
|
but do not look for further recompense
|
|
than thine own gladness that thou art employxdx
|
|
silviusx so holy and so perfect is my lovex
|
|
and i in such a poverty of gracex
|
|
that i shall think it a most plenteous crop
|
|
to glean the broken ears after the man
|
|
that the main harvest reapsx loose now and then
|
|
a scattxred smilex and that ixll live uponx
|
|
phebex knowxst thou the youth that spoke to me erewhilex
|
|
silviusx not very wellx but i have met him oftx
|
|
and he hath bought the cottage and the bounds
|
|
that the old carlot once was master ofx
|
|
phebex think not i love himx though i ask for himx
|
|
xtis but a peevish boyx yet he talks wellx
|
|
but what care i for wordsx yet words do well
|
|
when he that speaks them pleases those that hearx
|
|
it is a pretty youthx not very prettyx
|
|
butx surex hexs proudx and yet his pride becomes himx
|
|
hexll make a proper manx the best thing in him
|
|
is his complexionx and faster than his tongue
|
|
did make offencex his eye did heal it upx
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he is not very tallx yet for his years hexs tallx
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his leg is but soxsox and yet xtis wellx
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there was a pretty redness in his lipx
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a little riper and more lusty red
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than that mixxd in his cheekx xtwas just the difference
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betwixt the constant red and mingled damaskx
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there be some womenx silviusx had they markxd him
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in parcels as i didx would have gone near
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to fall in love with himx butx for my partx
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i love him notx nor hate him notx and yet
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i have more cause to hate him than to love himx
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for what had he to do to chide at mex
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he said mine eyes were blackx and my hair blackx
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andx now i am remembxredx scornxd at mex
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i marvel why i answerxd not againx
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but thatxs all onex omittance is no quittancex
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ixll write to him a very taunting letterx
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and thou shalt bear itx wilt thoux silviusx
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silviusx phebex with all my heartx
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phebex ixll write it straightx
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the matterxs in my head and in my heartx
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i will be bitter with him and passing shortx
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go with mex silviusx exeunt
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act ivx scene ix the forest
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enter rosalindx celiax and jaques
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jaquesx i pritheex pretty youthx let me be better acquainted with
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theex
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rosalindx they say you are a melancholy fellowx
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jaquesx i am sox i do love it better than laughingx
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rosalindx those that are in extremity of either are abominable
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fellowsx and betray themselves to every modern censure worse than
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drunkardsx
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jaquesx whyx xtis good to be sad and say nothingx
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rosalindx why thenx xtis good to be a postx
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jaquesx i have neither the scholarxs melancholyx which is
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emulationx nor the musicianxsx which is fantasticalx nor the
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courtierxsx which is proudx nor the soldierxsx which is
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ambitiousx nor the lawyerxsx which is politicx nor the ladyxsx
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which is nicex nor the loverxsx which is all thesex but it is a
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melancholy of mine ownx compounded of many simplesx extracted
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from many objectsx andx indeedx the sundry contemplation of my
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travelsx in which my often rumination wraps me in a most humorous
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sadnessx
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rosalindx a travellerx by my faithx you have great reason to be
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sadx i fear you have sold your own lands to see other menxsx then
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to have seen much and to have nothing is to have rich eyes and
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poor handsx
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jaquesx yesx i have gainxd my experiencex
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enter orlando
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rosalindx and your experience makes you sadx i had rather have a
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fool to make me merry than experience to make me sadx and to
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travel for it toox
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orlandox good dayx and happinessx dear rosalindx
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jaquesx nayx thenx god buy youx an you talk in blank versex
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rosalindx farewellx monsieur travellerx look you lisp and wear
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strange suitsx disable all the benefits of your own countryx be
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out of love with your nativityx and almost chide god for making
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you that countenance you arex or i will scarce think you have
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swam in a gondolax xexit jaquesx whyx how nowx orlandox where
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have you been all this whilex you a loverx an you serve me such
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another trickx never come in my sight morex
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orlandox my fair rosalindx i come within an hour of my promisex
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rosalindx break an hourxs promise in lovex he that will divide a
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minute into a thousand partsx and break but a part of the
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thousand part of a minute in the affairs of lovex it may be said
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|
of him that cupid hath clappxd him ox thx shoulderx but ixll
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warrant him heartxwholex
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orlandox pardon mex dear rosalindx
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rosalindx nayx an you be so tardyx come no more in my sightx i had
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as lief be wooxd of a snailx
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orlandox of a snailx
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rosalindx ayx of a snailx for though he comes slowlyx he carries
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his house on his headx a better jointurex i thinkx than you make
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a womanx besidesx he brings his destiny with himx
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orlandox whatxs thatx
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rosalindx whyx hornsx which such as you are fain to be beholding to
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your wives forx but he comes armed in his fortunex and prevents
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the slander of his wifex
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orlandox virtue is no hornxmakerx and my rosalind is virtuousx
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rosalindx and i am your rosalindx
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celiax it pleases him to call you sox but he hath a rosalind of a
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better leer than youx
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rosalindx comex woo mex woo mex for now i am in a holiday humourx
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and like enough to consentx what would you say to me nowx an i
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were your very very rosalindx
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orlandox i would kiss before i spokex
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rosalindx nayx you were better speak firstx and when you were
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|
gravellxd for lack of matterx you might take occasion to kissx
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|
very good oratorsx when they are outx they will spitx and for
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|
lovers lackingx god warn usxx matterx the cleanliest shift is to
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kissx
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orlandox how if the kiss be deniedx
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rosalindx then she puts you to entreatyx and there begins new
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|
matterx
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orlandox who could be outx being before his beloved mistressx
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rosalindx marryx that should youx if i were your mistressx or i
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should think my honesty ranker than my witx
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orlandox whatx of my suitx
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rosalindx not out of your apparelx and yet out of your suitx
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am not i your rosalindx
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orlandox i take some joy to say you arex because i would be talking
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of herx
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rosalindx wellx in her personx i say i will not have youx
|
|
orlandox thenx in mine own personx i diex
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|
rosalindx nox faithx die by attorneyx the poor world is almost six
|
|
thousand years oldx and in all this time there was not any man
|
|
died in his own personx videlicetx in a lovexcausex troilus had
|
|
his brains dashxd out with a grecian clubx yet he did what he
|
|
could to die beforex and he is one of the patterns of lovex
|
|
leanderx he would have livxd many a fair yearx though hero had
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|
turnxd nunx if it had not been for a hot midsummer nightx forx
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|
good youthx he went but forth to wash him in the hellespontx andx
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|
being taken with the crampx was drownxdx and the foolish
|
|
chroniclers of that age found it wasx hero of sestosx but these
|
|
are all liesx men have died from time to timex and worms have
|
|
eaten themx but not for lovex
|
|
orlandox i would not have my right rosalind of this mindx forx i
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|
protestx her frown might kill mex
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rosalindx by this handx it will not kill a flyx but comex now i
|
|
will be your rosalind in a more comingxon dispositionx and ask me
|
|
what you willx i will grant itx
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|
orlandox then love mex rosalindx
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|
rosalindx yesx faithx will ix fridays and saturdaysx and allx
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|
orlandox and wilt thou have mex
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|
rosalindx ayx and twenty suchx
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orlandox what sayest thoux
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|
rosalindx are you not goodx
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|
orlandox i hope sox
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rosalindx why thenx can one desire too much of a good thingx comex
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|
sisterx you shall be the priestx and marry usx give me your handx
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|
orlandox what do you sayx sisterx
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orlandox pray theex marry usx
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celiax i cannot say the wordsx
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|
rosalindx you must begin xwill youx orlandoxx
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celiax go tox will youx orlandox have to wife this rosalindx
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|
orlandox i willx
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|
rosalindx ayx but whenx
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|
orlandox whyx nowx as fast as she can marry usx
|
|
rosalindx then you must say xi take theex rosalindx for wifexx
|
|
orlandox i take theex rosalindx for wifex
|
|
rosalindx i might ask you for your commissionx butx i do take theex
|
|
orlandox for my husbandx therexs a girl goes before the priestx
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|
andx certainlyx a womanxs thought runs before her actionsx
|
|
orlandox so do all thoughtsx they are wingxdx
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|
rosalindx now tell me how long you would have herx after you have
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|
possessxd herx
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|
orlandox for ever and a dayx
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|
rosalindx say xa dayx without the xeverxx nox nox orlandox men are
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|
april when they woox december when they wedx maids are may when
|
|
they are maidsx but the sky changes when they are wivesx i will
|
|
be more jealous of thee than a barbary cockxpigeon over his henx
|
|
more clamorous than a parrot against rainx more newxfangled than
|
|
an apex more giddy in my desires than a monkeyx i will weep for
|
|
nothingx like diana in the fountainx and i will do that when you
|
|
are disposxd to be merryx i will laugh like a hyenx and that when
|
|
thou are inclinxd to sleepx
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|
orlandox but will my rosalind do sox
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|
rosalindx by my lifex she will do as i dox
|
|
orlandox ox but she is wisex
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|
rosalindx or else she could not have the wit to do thisx the wiserx
|
|
the waywarderx make the doors upon a womanxs witx and it will out
|
|
at the casementx shut thatx and xtwill out at the keyxholex stop
|
|
thatx xtwill fly with the smoke out at the chimneyx
|
|
orlandox a man that had a wife with such a witx he might say xwitx
|
|
whither wiltxx rosalindx nayx you might keep that check for itx
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|
till you met your
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|
wifexs wit going to your neighbourxs bedx
|
|
orlandox and what wit could wit have to excuse thatx
|
|
rosalindx marryx to say she came to seek you therex you shall never
|
|
take her without her answerx unless you take her without her
|
|
tonguex ox that woman that cannot make her fault her husbandxs
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|
occasionx let her never nurse her child herselfx for she will
|
|
breed it like a foolx
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|
orlandox for these two hoursx rosalindx i will leave theex
|
|
rosalindx alasx dear lovex i cannot lack thee two hoursx
|
|
orlandox i must attend the duke at dinnerx by two oxclock i will be
|
|
with thee againx
|
|
rosalindx ayx go your waysx go your waysx i knew what you would
|
|
provex my friends told me as muchx and i thought no lessx that
|
|
flattering tongue of yours won mex xtis but one cast awayx and
|
|
sox come deathx two oxclock is your hourx
|
|
orlandox ayx sweet rosalindx
|
|
rosalindx by my trothx and in good earnestx and so god mend mex and
|
|
by all pretty oaths that are not dangerousx if you break one jot
|
|
of your promisex or come one minute behind your hourx i will
|
|
think you the most pathetical breakxpromisex and the most hollow
|
|
loverx and the most unworthy of her you call rosalindx that may
|
|
be chosen out of the gross band of the unfaithfulx therefore
|
|
beware my censurex and keep your promisex
|
|
orlandox with no less religion than if thou wert indeed my
|
|
rosalindx sox adieux
|
|
rosalindx wellx time is the old justice that examines all such
|
|
offendersx and let time tryx adieux exit orlando
|
|
celiax you have simply misusxd our sex in your lovexpratex we must
|
|
have your doublet and hose pluckxd over your headx and show the
|
|
world what the bird hath done to her own nestx
|
|
rosalindx o cozx cozx cozx my pretty little cozx that thou didst
|
|
know how many fathom deep i am in lovex but it cannot be soundedx
|
|
my affection hath an unknown bottomx like the bay of portugalx
|
|
celiax or ratherx bottomlessx that as fast as you pour affection
|
|
inx it runs outx
|
|
rosalindx nox that same wicked bastard of venusx that was begot of
|
|
thoughtx conceivxd of spleenx and born of madnessx that blind
|
|
rascally boyx that abuses every onexs eyesx because his own are
|
|
outx let him be judge how deep i am in lovex ixll tell theex
|
|
alienax i cannot be out of the sight of orlandox ixll go find a
|
|
shadowx and sigh till he comex
|
|
celiax and ixll sleepx exeunt
|
|
|
|
scene iix the forest
|
|
|
|
enter jaques and lordsx in the habit of foresters
|
|
|
|
jaquesx which is he that killed the deerx
|
|
lordx sirx it was ix
|
|
jaquesx letxs present him to the dukex like a roman conquerorx and
|
|
it would do well to set the deerxs horns upon his head for a
|
|
branch of victoryx have you no songx foresterx for this purposex
|
|
lordx yesx sirx
|
|
jaquesx sing itx xtis no matter how it be in tunex so it make noise
|
|
enoughx
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|
|
songx
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|
|
what shall he have that killxd the deerx
|
|
his leather skin and horns to wearx
|
|
xthe rest shall hear this burdenxx
|
|
then sing him homex
|
|
|
|
take thou no scorn to wear the hornx
|
|
it was a crest ere thou wast bornx
|
|
thy fatherxs father wore itx
|
|
and thy father bore itx
|
|
the hornx the hornx the lusty hornx
|
|
is not a thing to laugh to scornx exeunt
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|
|
|
scene iiix the forest
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|
|
|
enter rosalind and celia
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|
|
|
rosalindx how say you nowx is it not past two oxclockx
|
|
and here much orlandox
|
|
celiax i warrant youx with pure love and troubled brainx he hath
|
|
taxen his bow and arrowsx and is gone forthx to sleepx lookx who
|
|
comes herex
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|
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|
enter silvius
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|
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|
silviusx my errand is to youx fair youthx
|
|
my gentle phebe did bid me give you thisx
|
|
i know not the contentsx butx as i guess
|
|
by the stern brow and waspish action
|
|
which she did use as she was writing of itx
|
|
it bears an angry tenourx pardon mex
|
|
i am but as a guiltless messengerx
|
|
rosalindx patience herself would startle at this letterx
|
|
and play the swaggererx bear thisx bear allx
|
|
she says i am not fairx that i lack mannersx
|
|
she calls me proudx and that she could not love mex
|
|
were man as rare as phoenixx xodxs my willx
|
|
her love is not the hare that i do huntx
|
|
why writes she so to mex wellx shepherdx wellx
|
|
this is a letter of your own devicex
|
|
silviusx nox i protestx i know not the contentsx
|
|
phebe did write itx
|
|
rosalindx comex comex you are a foolx
|
|
and turnxd into the extremity of lovex
|
|
i saw her handx she has a leathern handx
|
|
a freestonexcolourxd handx i verily did think
|
|
that her old gloves were onx but xtwas her handsx
|
|
she has a huswifexs handx but thatxs no matterx
|
|
i say she never did invent this letterx
|
|
this is a manxs inventionx and his handx
|
|
silviusx surex it is hersx
|
|
rosalindx whyx xtis a boisterous and a cruel stylex
|
|
a style for challengersx whyx she defies mex
|
|
like turk to christianx womenxs gentle brain
|
|
could not drop forth such giantxrude inventionx
|
|
such ethiope wordsx blacker in their effect
|
|
than in their countenancex will you hear the letterx
|
|
silviusx so please youx for i never heard it yetx
|
|
yet heard too much of phebexs crueltyx
|
|
rosalindx she phebes mex mark how the tyrant writesx
|
|
xreadsx
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|
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|
xart thou god to shepherd turnxdx
|
|
that a maidenxs heart hath burnxdxx
|
|
|
|
can a woman rail thusx
|
|
silviusx call you this railingx
|
|
rosalindx xwhyx thy godhead laid apartx
|
|
warrxst thou with a womanxs heartxx
|
|
|
|
did you ever hear such railingx
|
|
|
|
xwhiles the eye of man did woo mex
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|
that could do no vengeance to mexx
|
|
|
|
meaning me a beastx
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|
|
|
xif the scorn of your bright eyne
|
|
have power to raise such love in minex
|
|
alackx in me what strange effect
|
|
would they work in mild aspectx
|
|
whiles you chid mex i did lovex
|
|
how then might your prayers movex
|
|
he that brings this love to the
|
|
little knows this love in mex
|
|
and by him seal up thy mindx
|
|
whether that thy youth and kind
|
|
will the faithful offer take
|
|
of me and all that i can makex
|
|
or else by him my love denyx
|
|
and then ixll study how to diexx
|
|
silviusx call you this chidingx
|
|
celiax alasx poor shepherdx
|
|
rosalindx do you pity himx nox he deserves no pityx wilt thou love
|
|
such a womanx whatx to make thee an instrumentx and play false
|
|
strains upon theex not to be endurxdx wellx go your way to herx
|
|
for i see love hath made thee tame snakex and say this to herx
|
|
that if she love mex i charge her to love theex if she will notx
|
|
i will never have her unless thou entreat for herx if you be a
|
|
true loverx hencex and not a wordx for here comes more companyx
|
|
exit silvius
|
|
|
|
enter oliver
|
|
|
|
oliverx good morrowx fair onesx pray youx if you knowx
|
|
where in the purlieus of this forest stands
|
|
a sheepxcote fencxd about with olive treesx
|
|
celiax west of this placex down in the neighbour bottomx
|
|
the rank of osiers by the murmuring stream
|
|
left on your right hand brings you to the placex
|
|
but at this hour the house doth keep itselfx
|
|
therexs none withinx
|
|
oliverx if that an eye may profit by a tonguex
|
|
then should i know you by descriptionx
|
|
such garmentsx and such yearsx xthe boy is fairx
|
|
of female favourx and bestows himself
|
|
like a ripe sisterx the woman lowx
|
|
and browner than her brotherxx are not you
|
|
the owner of the house i did inquire forx
|
|
celiax it is no boastx being askxdx to say we arex
|
|
oliverx orlando doth commend him to you bothx
|
|
and to that youth he calls his rosalind
|
|
he sends this bloody napkinx are you hex
|
|
rosalindx i amx what must we understand by thisx
|
|
oliverx some of my shamex if you will know of me
|
|
what man i amx and howx and whyx and wherex
|
|
this handkercher was stainxdx
|
|
celiax i pray youx tell itx
|
|
oliverx when last the young orlando parted from youx
|
|
he left a promise to return again
|
|
within an hourx andx pacing through the forestx
|
|
chewing the food of sweet and bitter fancyx
|
|
lox what befellx he threw his eye asidex
|
|
and mark what object did present itselfx
|
|
under an oakx whose boughs were mossxd with agex
|
|
and high top bald with dry antiquityx
|
|
a wretched ragged manx oxergrown with hairx
|
|
lay sleeping on his backx about his neck
|
|
a green and gilded snake had wreathxd itselfx
|
|
who with her head nimble in threats approachxd
|
|
the opening of his mouthx but suddenlyx
|
|
seeing orlandox it unlinkxd itselfx
|
|
and with indented glides did slip away
|
|
into a bushx under which bushxs shade
|
|
a lionessx with udders all drawn dryx
|
|
lay couchingx head on groundx with catlike watchx
|
|
when that the sleeping man should stirx for xtis
|
|
the royal disposition of that beast
|
|
to prey on nothing that doth seem as deadx
|
|
this seenx orlando did approach the manx
|
|
and found it was his brotherx his elder brotherx
|
|
celiax ox i have heard him speak of that same brotherx
|
|
and he did render him the most unnatural
|
|
that livxd amongst menx
|
|
oliverx and well he might so dox
|
|
for well i know he was unnaturalx
|
|
rosalindx butx to orlandox did he leave him therex
|
|
food to the suckxd and hungry lionessx
|
|
oliverx twice did he turn his backx and purposxd sox
|
|
but kindnessx nobler ever than revengex
|
|
and naturex stronger than his just occasionx
|
|
made him give battle to the lionessx
|
|
who quickly fell before himx in which hurtling
|
|
from miserable slumber i awakxdx
|
|
celiax are you his brotherx
|
|
rosalindx wasxt you he rescuxdx
|
|
celiax wasxt you that did so oft contrive to kill himx
|
|
oliverx xtwas ix but xtis not ix i do not shame
|
|
to tell you what i wasx since my conversion
|
|
so sweetly tastesx being the thing i amx
|
|
rosalindx but for the bloody napkinx
|
|
oliverx by and byx
|
|
when from the first to lastx betwixt us twox
|
|
tears our recountments had most kindly bathxdx
|
|
as how i came into that desert placex
|
|
in briefx he led me to the gentle dukex
|
|
who gave me fresh array and entertainmentx
|
|
committing me unto my brotherxs lovex
|
|
who led me instantly unto his cavex
|
|
there strippxd himselfx and here upon his arm
|
|
the lioness had torn some flesh awayx
|
|
which all this while had bledx and now he faintedx
|
|
and criedx in faintingx upon rosalindx
|
|
briefx i recoverxd himx bound up his woundx
|
|
andx after some small spacex being strong at heartx
|
|
he sent me hitherx stranger as i amx
|
|
to tell this storyx that you might excuse
|
|
his broken promisex and to give this napkinx
|
|
dyxd in his bloodx unto the shepherd youth
|
|
that he in sport doth call his rosalindx
|
|
xrosalind swoonsx
|
|
celiax whyx how nowx ganymedex sweet ganymedex
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oliverx many will swoon when they do look on bloodx
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celiax there is more in itx cousin ganymedex
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oliverx lookx he recoversx
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rosalindx i would i were at homex
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celiax wexll lead you thitherx
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i pray youx will you take him by the armx
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oliverx be of good cheerx youthx you a manx
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you lack a manxs heartx
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rosalindx i do sox i confess itx ahx sirrahx a body would think
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this was well counterfeitedx i pray you tell your brother how
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well i counterfeitedx heighxhox
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oliverx this was not counterfeitx there is too great testimony in
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your complexion that it was a passion of earnestx
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rosalindx counterfeitx i assure youx
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oliverx well thenx take a good heart and counterfeit to be a manx
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rosalindx so i dox butx ix faithx i should have been a woman by
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rightx
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celiax comex you look paler and palerx pray you draw homewardsx
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good sirx go with usx
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oliverx that will ix for i must bear answer back
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how you excuse my brotherx rosalindx
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rosalindx i shall devise somethingx butx i pray youx commend my
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counterfeiting to himx will you gox exeunt
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act vx scene ix the forest
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enter touchstone and audrey
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touchstonex we shall find a timex audreyx patiencex gentle audreyx
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audreyx faithx the priest was good enoughx for all the old
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gentlemanxs sayingx
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touchstonex a most wicked sir oliverx audreyx a most vile martextx
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butx audreyx there is a youth here in the forest lays claim to
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youx
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audreyx ayx i know who xtisx he hath no interest in me in the
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worldx here comes the man you meanx
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enter william
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touchstonex it is meat and drink to me to see a clownx by my trothx
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we that have good wits have much to answer forx we shall be
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floutingx we cannot holdx
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williamx good evxnx audreyx
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audreyx god ye good evxnx williamx
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williamx and good evxn to youx sirx
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touchstonex good evxnx gentle friendx cover thy headx cover thy
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headx nayx prithee be coverxdx how old are youx friendx
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williamx five and twentyx sirx
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touchstonex a ripe agex is thy name williamx
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williamx williamx sirx
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touchstonex a fair namex wast born ix thx forest herex
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williamx ayx sirx i thank godx
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touchstonex xthank godxx a good answerx
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art richx
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williamx faithx sirx so sox
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touchstonex xso sox is goodx very goodx very excellent goodx and
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yet it is notx it is but so sox art thou wisex
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williamx ayx sirx i have a pretty witx
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touchstonex whyx thou sayxst wellx i do now remember a sayingx xthe
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fool doth think he is wisex but the wise man knows himself to be
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a foolxx the heathen philosopherx when he had a desire to eat a
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grapex would open his lips when he put it into his mouthx meaning
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thereby that grapes were made to eat and lips to openx you do
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love this maidx
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williamx i dox sirx
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touchstonex give me your handx art thou learnedx
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williamx nox sirx
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touchstonex then learn this of mex to have is to havex for it is a
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figure in rhetoric that drinkx being pourxd out of cup into a
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glassx by filling the one doth empty the otherx for all your
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writers do consent that ipse is hex nowx you are not ipsex for i
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am hex
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williamx which hex sirx
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touchstonex hex sirx that must marry this womanx thereforex you
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clownx abandonx which is in the vulgar leavex the societyx which
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in the boorish is companyx of this femalex which in the common is
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womanx which together isx abandon the society of this femalex orx
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clownx thou perishestx orx to thy better understandingx diestx
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orx to witx i kill theex make thee awayx translate thy life into
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deathx thy liberty into bondagex i will deal in poison with theex
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or in bastinadox or in steelx i will bandy with thee in factionx
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will oxerxrun thee with policyx i will kill thee a hundred and
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fifty waysx therefore tremble and departx
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audreyx dox good williamx
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williamx god rest you merryx sirx exit
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enter corin
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corinx our master and mistress seeks youx come awayx awayx
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touchstonex tripx audreyx tripx audreyx i attendx i attendx
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exeunt
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scene iix the forest
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enter orlando and oliver
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orlandox isxt possible that on so little acquaintance you should
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like herx that but seeing you should love herx and loving woox
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andx wooingx she should grantx and will you persever to enjoy
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herx
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oliverx neither call the giddiness of it in questionx the poverty
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of herx the small acquaintancex my sudden wooingx nor her sudden
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consentingx but say with mex i love alienax say with her that she
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loves mex consent with both that we may enjoy each otherx it
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shall be to your goodx for my fatherxs house and all the revenue
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that was old sir rowlandxs will i estate upon youx and here live
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and die a shepherdx
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orlandox you have my consentx let your wedding be toxmorrowx
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thither will i invite the duke and allxs contented followersx go
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you and prepare alienax forx look youx here comes my rosalindx
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enter rosalind
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rosalindx god save youx brotherx
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oliverx and youx fair sisterx exit
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rosalindx ox my dear orlandox how it grieves me to see thee wear
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thy heart in a scarfx
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orlandox it is my armx
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rosalindx i thought thy heart had been wounded with the claws of a
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lionx
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orlandox wounded it isx but with the eyes of a ladyx
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rosalindx did your brother tell you how i counterfeited to swoon
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when he showxd me your handkercherx
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orlandox ayx and greater wonders than thatx
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rosalindx ox i know where you arex nayx xtis truex there was never
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any thing so sudden but the fight of two rams and caesarxs
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thrasonical brag of xi camex sawx and overcamexx for your brother
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and my sister no sooner met but they lookxdx no sooner lookxd but
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they lovxdx no sooner lovxd but they sighxdx no sooner sighxd but
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they askxd one another the reasonx no sooner knew the reason but
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they sought the remedyx and in these degrees have they made pair
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of stairs to marriagex which they will climb incontinentx or else
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be incontinent before marriagex they are in the very wrath of
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lovex and they will togetherx clubs cannot part themx
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orlandox they shall be married toxmorrowx and i will bid the duke
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to the nuptialx butx ox how bitter a thing it is to look into
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happiness through another manxs eyesx by so much the more shall i
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toxmorrow be at the height of heartxheavinessx by how much i
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shall think my brother happy in having what he wishes forx
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rosalindx whyx thenx toxmorrow i cannot serve your turn for
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rosalindx
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orlandox i can live no longer by thinkingx
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rosalindx i will weary youx thenx no longer with idle talkingx know
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of me thenx for now i speak to some purposex that i know you are
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a gentleman of good conceitx i speak not this that you should
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bear a good opinion of my knowledgex insomuch i say i know you
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arex neither do i labour for a greater esteem than may in some
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little measure draw a belief from youx to do yourself goodx and
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not to grace mex believe thenx if you pleasex that i can do
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strange thingsx i havex since i was three year oldx conversxd
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with a magicianx most profound in his art and yet not damnablex
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if you do love rosalind so near the heart as your gesture cries
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it outx when your brother marries aliena shall you marry herx i
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know into what straits of fortune she is drivenx and it is not
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impossible to mex if it appear not inconvenient to youx to set
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her before your eyes toxmorrowx human as she isx and without any
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dangerx
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orlandox speakxst thou in sober meaningsx
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rosalindx by my lifex i dox which i tender dearlyx though i say i
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am a magicianx therefore put you in your best arrayx bid your
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friendsx for if you will be married toxmorrowx you shallx and to
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rosalindx if you willx
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enter silvius and phebe
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lookx here comes a lover of minex and a lover of hersx
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phebex youthx you have done me much ungentleness
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to show the letter that i writ to youx
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rosalindx i care not if i havex it is my study
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to seem despiteful and ungentle to youx
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you are there followxd by a faithful shepherdx
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look upon himx love himx he worships youx
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phebex good shepherdx tell this youth what xtis to lovex
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silviusx it is to be all made of sighs and tearsx
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and so am i for phebex
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phebex and i for ganymedex
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orlandox and i for rosalindx
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rosalindx and i for no womanx
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silviusx it is to be all made of faith and servicex
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and so am i for phebex
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phebex and i for ganymedex
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orlandox and i for rosalindx
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rosalindx and i for no womanx
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silviusx it is to be all made of fantasyx
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all made of passionx and all made of wishesx
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all adorationx dutyx and observancex
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all humblenessx all patiencex and impatiencex
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all purityx all trialx all obediencex
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and so am i for phebex
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phebex and so am i for ganymedex
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orlandox and so am i for rosalindx
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rosalindx and so am i for no womanx
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phebex if this be sox why blame you me to love youx
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silviusx if this be sox why blame you me to love youx
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orlandox if this be sox why blame you me to love youx
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rosalindx why do you speak toox xwhy blame you me to love youxx
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orlandox to her that is not herex nor doth not hearx
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rosalindx pray youx no more of thisx xtis like the howling of irish
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|
wolves against the moonx xto silviusx i will help you if i canx
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xto phebex i would love you if i couldxx toxmorrow meet me all
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togetherx x to phebe x i will marry you if ever i marry womanx
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and ixll be married toxmorrowx xto orlandox i will satisfy you if
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ever i satisfied manx and you shall be married toxmorrowx xto
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silviusx i will content you if what pleases you contents youx and
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you shall be married toxmorrowx xto orlandox as you love
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rosalindx meetx xto silviusx as you love phebex meetxx and as i
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love no womanx ixll meetx sox fare you wellx i have left you
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commandsx
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silviusx ixll not failx if i livex
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phebex nor ix
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orlandox nor ix exeunt
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scene iiix the forest
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enter touchstone and audrey
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touchstonex toxmorrow is the joyful dayx audrexyx toxmorrow will we
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be marriedx
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audreyx i do desire it with all my heartx and i hope it is no
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dishonest desire to desire to be a woman of the worldx here come
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|
two of the banishxd dukexs pagesx
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enter two pages
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first pagex well metx honest gentlemanx
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touchstonex by my trothx well metx come sitx sitx and a songx
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second pagex we are for youx sit ix thx middlex
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first pagex shall we clap intoxt roundlyx without hawkingx or
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|
spittingx or saying we are hoarsex which are the only prologues
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to a bad voicex
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second pagex ixfaithx ixfaithx and both in a tunex like two gipsies
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on a horsex
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songx
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it was a lover and his lassx
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with a heyx and a hox and a hey noninox
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|
that oxer the green cornxfield did pass
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|
in the spring timex the only pretty ring timex
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|
when birds do singx hey ding a dingx dingx
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|
sweet lovers love the springx
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between the acres of the ryex
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with a heyx and a hox and a hey noninox
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|
these pretty country folks would liex
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|
in the spring timex xcx
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|
this carol they began that hourx
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|
with a heyx and a hox and a hey noninox
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|
how that a life was but a flowerx
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|
in the spring timex xcx
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|
and therefore take the present timex
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|
with a heyx and a hox and a hey noninox
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|
for love is crowned with the primex
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|
in the spring timex xcx
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|
touchstonex trulyx young gentlemenx though there was no great
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|
matter in the dittyx yet the note was very untuneablex
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|
first pagex you are deceivxdx sirx we kept timex we lost not our
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|
timex
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touchstonex by my trothx yesx i count it but time lost to hear such
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|
a foolish songx god buy youx and god mend your voicesx comex
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|
audreyx exeunt
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scene ivx the forest
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enter duke seniorx amiensx jaquesx orlandox oliverx and celia
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duke seniorx dost thou believex orlandox that the boy
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can do all this that he hath promisedx
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|
orlandox i sometimes do believe and sometimes do notx
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as those that fear they hopex and know they fearx
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enter rosalindx silviusx and phebe
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rosalindx patience once morex whiles our compact is urgxdx
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|
you sayx if i bring in your rosalindx
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|
you will bestow her on orlando herex
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|
duke seniorx that would ix had i kingdoms to give with herx
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rosalindx and you say you will have her when i bring herx
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orlandox that would ix were i of all kingdoms kingx
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rosalindx you say youxll marry mex if i be willingx
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phebex that will ix should i die the hour afterx
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rosalindx but if you do refuse to marry mex
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youxll give yourself to this most faithful shepherdx
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phebex so is the bargainx
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rosalindx you say that youxll have phebex if she willx
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|
silviusx though to have her and death were both one thingx
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rosalindx i have promisxd to make all this matter evenx
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keep you your wordx o dukex to give your daughterx
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you yoursx orlandox to receive his daughterx
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keep your wordx phebex that youxll marry mex
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or elsex refusing mex to wed this shepherdx
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keep your wordx silviusx that youxll marry her
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if she refuse mex and from hence i gox
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to make these doubts all evenx
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|
exeunt rosalind and celia
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duke seniorx i do remember in this shepherd boy
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|
some lively touches of my daughterxs favourx
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|
orlandox my lordx the first time that i ever saw him
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|
methought he was a brother to your daughterx
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|
butx my good lordx this boy is forestxbornx
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and hath been tutorxd in the rudiments
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|
of many desperate studies by his unclex
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|
whom he reports to be a great magicianx
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obscured in the circle of this forestx
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enter touchstone and audrey
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jaquesx there isx surex another flood towardx and these couples are
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|
coming to the arkx here comes a pair of very strange beasts which
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|
in all tongues are callxd foolsx
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|
touchstonex salutation and greeting to you allx
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|
jaquesx good my lordx bid him welcomex this is the motleyxminded
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|
gentleman that i have so often met in the forestx he hath been a
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courtierx he swearsx
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touchstonex if any man doubt thatx let him put me to my purgationx
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i have trod a measurex i have flattxred a ladyx i have been
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politic with my friendx smooth with mine enemyx i have undone
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three tailorsx i have had four quarrelsx and like to have fought
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onex
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jaquesx and how was that taxen upx
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touchstonex faithx we metx and found the quarrel was upon the
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|
seventh causex
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jaquesx how seventh causex good my lordx like this fellowx
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duke seniorx i like him very wellx
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touchstonex god xild youx sirx i desire you of the likex i press in
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|
herex sirx amongst the rest of the country copulativesx to swear
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and to forswearx according as marriage binds and blood breaksx a
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poor virginx sirx an illxfavourxd thingx sirx but mine ownx a
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poor humour of minex sirx to take that that man else willx rich
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honesty dwells like a miserx sirx in a poor housex as your pearl
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|
in your foul oysterx
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duke seniorx by my faithx he is very swift and sententiousx
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|
touchstonex according to the foolxs boltx sirx and such dulcet
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|
diseasesx
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jaquesx butx for the seventh causex how did you find the quarrel on
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|
the seventh causex
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touchstonex upon a lie seven times removedx bear your body more
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|
seemingx audreyx as thusx sirx i did dislike the cut of a certain
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|
courtierxs beardx he sent me wordx if i said his beard was not
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|
cut wellx he was in the mind it wasx this is callxd the retort
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|
courteousx if i sent him word again it was not well cutx he would
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|
send me word he cut it to please himselfx this is callxd the quip
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|
modestx if again it was not well cutx he disabled my judgmentx
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this is callxd the reply churlishx if again it was not well cutx
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|
he would answer i spake not truex this is callxd the reproof
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|
valiantx if again it was not well cutx he would say i liex this
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|
is callxd the countercheck quarrelsomex and so to the lie
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|
circumstantial and the lie directx
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jaquesx and how oft did you say his beard was not well cutx
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touchstonex i durst go no further than the lie circumstantialx nor
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he durst not give me the lie directx and so we measurxd swords
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|
and partedx
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|
jaquesx can you nominate in order now the degrees of the liex
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|
touchstonex ox sirx we quarrel in print by the bookx as you have
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|
books for good mannersx i will name you the degreesx the firstx
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|
the retort courteousx the secondx the quip modestx the thirdx the
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|
reply churlishx the fourthx the reproof valiantx the fifthx the
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|
countercheck quarrelsomex the sixthx the lie with circumstancex
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|
the seventhx the lie directx all these you may avoid but the lie
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|
directx and you may avoid that too with an ifx i knew when seven
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|
justices could not take up a quarrelx but when the parties were
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|
met themselvesx one of them thought but of an ifx asx xif you
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said sox then i said soxx and they shook handsx and swore
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|
brothersx your if is the only peacexmakerx much virtue in ifx
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|
jaquesx is not this a rare fellowx my lordx
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hexs as good at any thingx and yet a foolx
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duke seniorx he uses his folly like a stalkingxhorsex and under the
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|
presentation of that he shoots his witx
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enter hymenx rosalindx and celiax still music
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hymenx then is there mirth in heavenx
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when earthly things made even
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atone togetherx
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|
good dukex receive thy daughterx
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|
hymen from heaven brought herx
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yeax brought her hitherx
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that thou mightst join her hand with hisx
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whose heart within his bosom isx
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rosalindx xto dukex to you i give myselfx for i am yoursx
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xto orlandox to you i give myselfx for i am yoursx
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duke seniorx if there be truth in sightx you are my daughterx
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orlandox if there be truth in sightx you are my rosalindx
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phebex if sight and shape be truex
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why thenx my love adieux
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rosalindx ixll have no fatherx if you be not hex
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ixll have no husbandx if you be not hex
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nor nexer wed womanx if you be not shex
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hymenx peacex hox i bar confusionx
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xtis i must make conclusion
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of these most strange eventsx
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herexs eight that must take hands
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to join in hymenxs bandsx
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if truth holds true contentsx
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you and you no cross shall partx
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you and you are heart in heartx
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you to his love must accordx
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or have a woman to your lordx
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you and you are sure togetherx
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as the winter to foul weatherx
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|
whiles a wedlockxhymn we singx
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feed yourselves with questioningx
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that reason wonder may diminishx
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how thus we metx and these things finishx
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song
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wedding is great junoxs crownx
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o blessed bond of board and bedx
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xtis hymen peoples every townx
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high wedlock then be honouredx
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|
honourx high honourx and renownx
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|
to hymenx god of every townx
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duke seniorx o my dear niecex welcome thou art to mex
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even daughterx welcome in no less degreex
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|
phebex i will not eat my wordx now thou art minex
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|
thy faith my fancy to thee doth combinex
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enter jaques de boys
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jaques de boysx let me have audience for a word or twox
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i am the second son of old sir rowlandx
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that bring these tidings to this fair assemblyx
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duke frederickx hearing how that every day
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men of great worth resorted to this forestx
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addressxd a mighty powerx which were on footx
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in his own conductx purposely to take
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his brother herex and put him to the swordx
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and to the skirts of this wild wood he camex
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wherex meeting with an old religious manx
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after some question with himx was converted
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both from his enterprise and from the worldx
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his crown bequeathing to his banishxd brotherx
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and all their lands restorxd to them again
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that were with him exilxdx this to be true
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i do engage my lifex
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duke seniorx welcomex young manx
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thou offerxst fairly to thy brothersx weddingx
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to onex his lands withheldx and to the otherx
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a land itself at largex a potent dukedomx
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firstx in this forest let us do those ends
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that here were well begun and well begotx
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and afterx every of this happy numberx
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that have endurxd shrewd days and nights with usx
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shall share the good of our returned fortunex
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according to the measure of their statesx
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meantimex forget this newxfallxn dignityx
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and fall into our rustic revelryx
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playx musicx and you brides and bridegrooms allx
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with measure heapxd in joyx to thx measures fallx
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jaquesx sirx by your patiencex if i heard you rightlyx
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the duke hath put on a religious lifex
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and thrown into neglect the pompous courtx
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jaques de boysx he hathx
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jaquesx to him will ix out of these convertites
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there is much matter to be heard and learnxdx
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xto dukex you to your former honour i bequeathx
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your patience and your virtue well deserves itx
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xto orlandox you to a love that your true faith doth meritx
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xto oliverx you to your landx and lovex and great allies
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xto silviusx you to a long and wellxdeserved bedx
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xto touchstonex and you to wranglingx for thy loving voyage
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is but for two months victuallxdxx so to your pleasuresx
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i am for other than for dancing measuresx
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duke seniorx stayx jaquesx stayx
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jaquesx to see no pastime ix what you would have
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ixll stay to know at your abandonxd cavex exit
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duke seniorx proceedx proceedx we will begin these ritesx
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as we do trust theyxll endx in true delightsx xa dancex exeunt
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epilogue
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epiloguex
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rosalindx it is not the fashion to see the lady the epiloguex but
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it is no more unhandsome than to see the lord the prologuex if it
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be true that good wine needs no bushx xtis true that a good play
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needs no epiloguex yet to good wine they do use good bushesx and
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good plays prove the better by the help of good epiloguesx what a
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case am i in thenx that am neither a good epiloguex nor cannot
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insinuate with you in the behalf of a good playx i am not
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furnishxd like a beggarx therefore to beg will not become mex my
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way is to conjure youx and ixll begin with the womenx i charge
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youx o womenx for the love you bear to menx to like as much of
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this play as please youx and i charge youx o menx for the love
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you bear to womenx as i perceive by your simpxring none of you
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hates themx that between you and the women the play may pleasex
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if i were a womanx i would kiss as many of you as had beards that
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pleasxd mex complexions that likxd mex and breaths that i defied
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notx andx i am surex as many as have good beardsx or good facesx
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or sweet breathsx willx for my kind offerx when i make curtsyx
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bid me farewellx
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the comedy of errors
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contents
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act i
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scene ix a hall in the dukexs palacex
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scene iix a public placex
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act ii
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scene ix a public placex
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scene iix the samex
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act iii
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scene ix the samex
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scene iix the samex
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act iv
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scene ix the samex
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scene iix the samex
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scene iiix the samex
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scene ivx the samex
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act v
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scene ix the samex
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dramatis personx
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solinusx duke of ephesusx
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egeonx a merchant of syracusex
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antipholus of ephesusx twin brothers and sons to egeon and
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antipholus of syracusex emiliax but unknown to each otherx
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dromio of ephesusx twin brothersx and attendants on
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dromio of syracusex the two antipholusesx
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balthasarx a merchantx
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angelox a goldsmithx
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a merchantx friend to antipholus of syracusex
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pinchx a schoolmaster and a conjurerx
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emiliax wife to egeonx an abbess at ephesusx
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adrianax wife to antipholus of ephesusx
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lucianax her sisterx
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lucex her servantx
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a courtesan
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messengerx jailerx officersx attendants
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scenex ephesus
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act i
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scene ix a hall in the dukexs palacex
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enter dukex egeonx jailerx officers and other attendantsx
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egeonx
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proceedx solinusx to procure my fallx
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and by the doom of death end woes and allx
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dukex
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merchant of syracusax plead no morex
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i am not partial to infringe our lawsx
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the enmity and discord which of late
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sprung from the rancorous outrage of your duke
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to merchantsx our wellxdealing countrymenx
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whox wanting guilders to redeem their livesx
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have sealxd his rigorous statutes with their bloodsx
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excludes all pity from our threatxning looksx
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for since the mortal and intestine jars
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xtwixt thy seditious countrymen and usx
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it hath in solemn synods been decreedx
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both by the syracusians and ourselvesx
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to admit no traffic to our adverse townsx
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nay morex if any born at ephesus
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be seen at syracusian marts and fairsx
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againx if any syracusian born
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come to the bay of ephesusx he diesx
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his goods confiscate to the dukexs disposex
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unless a thousand marks be levied
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to quit the penalty and to ransom himx
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thy substancex valued at the highest ratex
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cannot amount unto a hundred marksx
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therefore by law thou art condemnxd to diex
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egeonx
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yet this my comfortx when your words are donex
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my woes end likewise with the evening sunx
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dukex
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wellx syracusianx say in brief the cause
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why thou departedst from thy native homex
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and for what cause thou camxst to ephesusx
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egeonx
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a heavier task could not have been imposxd
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than i to speak my griefs unspeakablex
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yetx that the world may witness that my end
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was wrought by naturex not by vile offencex
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ixll utter what my sorrow gives me leavex
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in syracusa was i bornx and wed
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unto a woman happy but for mex
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and by mex had not our hap been badx
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with her i livxd in joyx our wealth increasxd
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by prosperous voyages i often made
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to epidamnumx till my factorxs deathx
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and the great care of goods at random leftx
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drew me from kind embracements of my spousex
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from whom my absence was not six months old
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before herself xalmost at fainting under
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the pleasing punishment that women bearx
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had made provision for her following mex
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and soon and safe arrived where i wasx
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there had she not been long but she became
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a joyful mother of two goodly sonsx
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andx which was strangex the one so like the other
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as could not be distinguishxd but by namesx
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that very hourx and in the selfxsame innx
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a mean woman was delivered
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of such a burdenx male twinsx both alikex
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thosex for their parents were exceeding poorx
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i boughtx and brought up to attend my sonsx
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my wifex not meanly proud of two such boysx
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made daily motions for our home returnx
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unwilling i agreedx alasx too soon
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we came aboardx
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a league from epidamnum had we sailxd
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before the alwaysxwindxobeying deep
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gave any tragic instance of our harmx
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but longer did we not retain much hopex
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for what obscured light the heavens did grant
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did but convey unto our fearful minds
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a doubtful warrant of immediate deathx
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which though myself would gladly have embracxdx
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yet the incessant weepings of my wifex
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weeping before for what she saw must comex
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and piteous plainings of the pretty babesx
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that mournxd for fashionx ignorant what to fearx
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forcxd me to seek delays for them and mex
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and this it was xfor other means was nonexx
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the sailors sought for safety by our boatx
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and left the shipx then sinkingxripex to usx
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my wifex more careful for the latterxbornx
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had fastxned him unto a small spare mastx
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such as seaxfaring men provide for stormsx
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to him one of the other twins was boundx
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whilst i had been like heedful of the otherx
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the children thus disposxdx my wife and ix
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fixing our eyes on whom our care was fixxdx
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fastxned ourselves at either end the mastx
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andx floating straightx obedient to the streamx
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was carried towards corinthx as we thoughtx
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at length the sunx gazing upon the earthx
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dispersxd those vapours that offended usx
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and by the benefit of his wished light
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the seas waxxd calmx and we discovered
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two ships from farx making amain to usx
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of corinth thatx of epidaurus thisx
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but ere they camexox let me say no morex
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gather the sequel by that went beforex
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dukex
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nayx forwardx old manx do not break off sox
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for we may pityx though not pardon theex
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egeonx
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ox had the gods done sox i had not now
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worthily termxd them merciless to usx
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forx ere the ships could meet by twice five leaguesx
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we were encountered by a mighty rockx
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which being violently borne uponx
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our helpful ship was splitted in the midstx
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so thatx in this unjust divorce of usx
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fortune had left to both of us alike
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what to delight inx what to sorrow forx
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her partx poor soulx seeming as burdened
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with lesser weightx but not with lesser woex
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was carried with more speed before the windx
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and in our sight they three were taken up
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by fishermen of corinthx as we thoughtx
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at length another ship had seizxd on usx
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andx knowing whom it was their hap to savex
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gave healthful welcome to their shipxwrackxd guestsx
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and would have reft the fishers of their preyx
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had not their bark been very slow of sailx
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and therefore homeward did they bend their coursex
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thus have you heard me severxd from my blissx
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that by misfortunes was my life prolongxd
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to tell sad stories of my own mishapsx
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dukex
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and for the sake of them thou sorrowest forx
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do me the favour to dilate at full
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what have befallxn of them and thee till nowx
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egeonx
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my youngest boyx and yet my eldest carex
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at eighteen years became inquisitive
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after his brotherx and importunxd me
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that his attendantx so his case was likex
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reft of his brotherx but retainxd his namex
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might bear him company in the quest of himx
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whom whilst i laboured of a love to seex
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i hazarded the loss of whom i lovxdx
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five summers have i spent in farthest greecex
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roaming clean through the bounds of asiax
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andx coasting homewardx came to ephesusx
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hopeless to findx yet loath to leave unsought
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or that or any place that harbours menx
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but here must end the story of my lifex
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and happy were i in my timely deathx
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could all my travels warrant me they livex
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dukex
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hapless egeonx whom the fates have markxd
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to bear the extremity of dire mishapx
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nowx trust mex were it not against our lawsx
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against my crownx my oathx my dignityx
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which princesx would theyx may not disannulx
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my soul should sue as advocate for theex
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but though thou art adjudged to the deathx
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and passed sentence may not be recallxd
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but to our honourxs great disparagementx
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yet will i favour thee in what i canx
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thereforex merchantx ixll limit thee this day
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to seek thy health by beneficial helpx
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try all the friends thou hast in ephesusx
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beg thoux or borrowx to make up the sumx
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and livex if nox then thou art doomxd to diex
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jailerx take him to thy custodyx
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jailerx
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i willx my lordx
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egeonx
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hopeless and helpless doth egeon wendx
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but to procrastinate his lifeless endx
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene iix a public placex
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enter antipholus and dromio of syracuse and a merchantx
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merchantx
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therefore give out you are of epidamnumx
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lest that your goods too soon be confiscatex
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this very day a syracusian merchant
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is apprehended for arrival herex
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andx not being able to buy out his lifex
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|
according to the statute of the town
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|
dies ere the weary sun set in the westx
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there is your money that i had to keepx
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antipholus of syracusex
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go bear it to the centaurx where we hostx
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and stay therex dromiox till i come to theex
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within this hour it will be dinnertimex
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till thatx ixll view the manners of the townx
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peruse the tradersx gaze upon the buildingsx
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and then return and sleep within mine innx
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for with long travel i am stiff and wearyx
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get thee awayx
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dromio of syracusex
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many a man would take you at your wordx
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and go indeedx having so good a meanx
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xxexit dromioxxx
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antipholus of syracusex
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a trusty villainx sirx that very oftx
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when i am dull with care and melancholyx
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lightens my humour with his merry jestsx
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whatx will you walk with me about the townx
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and then go to my inn and dine with mex
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merchantx
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i am invitedx sirx to certain merchantsx
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of whom i hope to make much benefitx
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i crave your pardonx soonx at five oxclockx
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|
please youx ixll meet with you upon the martx
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|
and afterward consort you till bedtimex
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my present business calls me from you nowx
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antipholus of syracusex
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farewell till thenx i will go lose myselfx
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and wander up and down to view the cityx
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merchantx
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sirx i commend you to your own contentx
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xxexit merchantxxx
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antipholus of syracusex
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he that commends me to mine own content
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commends me to the thing i cannot getx
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|
i to the world am like a drop of water
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|
that in the ocean seeks another dropx
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|
whox failing there to find his fellow forthx
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|
unseenx inquisitivex confounds himselfx
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|
so ix to find a mother and a brotherx
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|
in quest of themx unhappyx lose myselfx
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enter dromio of ephesusx
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here comes the almanac of my true datex
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|
what nowx how chance thou art returnxd so soonx
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dromio of ephesusx
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returnxd so soonx rather approachxd too latex
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|
the capon burnsx the pig falls from the spitx
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|
the clock hath strucken twelve upon the bellx
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|
my mistress made it one upon my cheekx
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she is so hot because the meat is coldx
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the meat is cold because you come not homex
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you come not home because you have no stomachx
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you have no stomachx having broke your fastx
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|
but we that know what xtis to fast and prayx
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are penitent for your default todayx
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antipholus of syracusex
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stop in your windx sirx tell me thisx i prayx
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where have you left the money that i gave youx
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dromio of ephesusx
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ox sixpence that i had ox wednesday last
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|
to pay the saddler for my mistressx crupperx
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the saddler had itx sirx i kept it notx
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antipholus of syracusex
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i am not in a sportive humour nowx
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tell mex and dally notx where is the moneyx
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we being strangers herex how darxst thou trust
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so great a charge from thine own custodyx
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dromio of ephesusx
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i pray you jestx sirx as you sit at dinnerx
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i from my mistress come to you in postx
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if i returnx i shall be post indeedx
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for she will score your fault upon my patex
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methinks your mawx like minex should be your clockx
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and strike you home without a messengerx
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antipholus of syracusex
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comex dromiox comex these jests are out of seasonx
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reserve them till a merrier hour than thisx
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where is the gold i gave in charge to theex
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dromio of ephesusx
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to mex sirx whyx you gave no gold to mex
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antipholus of syracusex
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come onx sir knavex have done your foolishnessx
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and tell me how thou hast disposxd thy chargex
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dromio of ephesusx
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my charge was but to fetch you from the mart
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|
home to your housex the phoenixx sirx to dinnerx
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|
my mistress and her sister stay for youx
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antipholus of syracusex
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nowx as i am a christianx answer me
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in what safe place you have bestowxd my moneyx
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or i shall break that merry sconce of yours
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that stands on tricks when i am undisposxdx
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where is the thousand marks thou hadst of mex
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dromio of ephesusx
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i have some marks of yours upon my patex
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some of my mistressx marks upon my shouldersx
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but not a thousand marks between you bothx
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if i should pay your worship those againx
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perchance you will not bear them patientlyx
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antipholus of syracusex
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thy mistressx marksx what mistressx slavex hast thoux
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dromio of ephesusx
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your worshipxs wifex my mistress at the phoenixx
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she that doth fast till you come home to dinnerx
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and prays that you will hie you home to dinnerx
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antipholus of syracusex
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whatx wilt thou flout me thus unto my facex
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being forbidx therex take you thatx sir knavex
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dromio of ephesusx
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what mean youx sirx for godxs sake hold your handsx
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nayx an you will notx sirx ixll take my heelsx
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xxexit dromioxxx
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antipholus of syracusex
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upon my lifex by some device or other
|
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the villain is oxerxraught of all my moneyx
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they say this town is full of cozenagex
|
|
as nimble jugglers that deceive the eyex
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|
darkxworking sorcerers that change the mindx
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|
soulxkilling witches that deform the bodyx
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disguised cheatersx prating mountebanksx
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|
and many suchxlike liberties of sinx
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if it prove sox i will be gone the soonerx
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ixll to the centaur to go seek this slavex
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i greatly fear my money is not safex
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xxexitxxx
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act ii
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scene ix a public placex
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enter adrianax wife to antipholus xof ephesusx with luciana her
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sisterx
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adrianax
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neither my husband nor the slave returnxd
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that in such haste i sent to seek his masterx
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surex lucianax it is two oxclockx
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lucianax
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perhaps some merchant hath invited himx
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|
and from the mart hexs somewhere gone to dinnerx
|
|
good sisterx let us dinex and never fretx
|
|
a man is master of his libertyx
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time is their masterx and when they see timex
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theyxll go or comex if sox be patientx sisterx
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adrianax
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why should their liberty than ours be morex
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lucianax
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because their business still lies out ox doorx
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adrianax
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look when i serve him sox he takes it illx
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lucianax
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ox know he is the bridle of your willx
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adrianax
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therexs none but asses will be bridled sox
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lucianax
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whyx headstrong liberty is lashxd with woex
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therexs nothing situate under heavenxs eye
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but hath his bound in earthx in seax in skyx
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the beastsx the fishesx and the winged fowls
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are their malesx subjectsx and at their controlsx
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manx more divinex the masters of all thesex
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lord of the wide world and wild watxry seasx
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indued with intellectual sense and soulsx
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of more prexeminence than fish and fowlsx
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are masters to their femalesx and their lordsx
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then let your will attend on their accordsx
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adrianax
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this servitude makes you to keep unwedx
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lucianax
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not thisx but troubles of the marriagexbedx
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adrianax
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butx were you weddedx you would bear some swayx
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lucianax
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ere i learn lovex ixll practise to obeyx
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adrianax
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how if your husband start some other wherex
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lucianax
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till he come home againx i would forbearx
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adrianax
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patience unmovxdx no marvel though she pausex
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they can be meek that have no other causex
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a wretched soul bruisxd with adversityx
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we bid be quiet when we hear it cryx
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but were we burdxned with like weight of painx
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as muchx or morex we should ourselves complainx
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so thoux that hast no unkind mate to grieve theex
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with urging helpless patience would relieve mex
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but if thou live to see like right bereftx
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this foolxbeggxd patience in thee will be leftx
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lucianax
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wellx i will marry one dayx but to tryx
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here comes your manx now is your husband nighx
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enter dromio of ephesusx
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adrianax
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sayx is your tardy master now at handx
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dromio of ephesusx
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nayx hexs at two hands with mex and that my two ears can witnessx
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adrianax
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sayx didst thou speak with himx knowxst thou his mindx
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dromio of ephesusx
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ayx ayx he told his mind upon mine earx
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beshrew his handx i scarce could understand itx
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lucianax
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spake he so doubtfully thou couldst not feel his meaningx
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dromio of ephesusx
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nayx he struck so plainly i could too well feel his blowsx and withal
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so doubtfully that i could scarce understand themx
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adrianax
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but sayx i pritheex is he coming homex
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it seems he hath great care to please his wifex
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dromio of ephesusx
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whyx mistressx sure my master is hornxmadx
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adrianax
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hornxmadx thou villainx
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dromio of ephesusx
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i mean not cuckoldxmadx
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but sure hexs stark madx
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when i desirxd him to come home to dinnerx
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he askxd me for a thousand marks in goldx
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xxtis dinner timexx quoth ix xmy goldxx quoth hex
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xyour meat doth burnx quoth ix xmy goldxx quoth hex
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xwill you come homexx quoth ix xmy goldxx quoth hex
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xwhere is the thousand marks i gave theex villainxx
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xthe pigx quoth i xis burnxdxx xmy goldxx quoth hex
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xmy mistressx sirxx quoth ix xhang up thy mistressx
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i know not thy mistressx out on thy mistressxx
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lucianax
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quoth whox
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dromio of ephesusx
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quoth my masterx
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xi knowxx quoth hex xno housex no wifex no mistressxx
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so that my errandx due unto my tonguex
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i thank himx i bare home upon my shouldersx
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forx in conclusionx he did beat me therex
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adrianax
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go back againx thou slavex and fetch him homex
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dromio of ephesusx
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go back againx and be new beaten homex
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for godxs sakex send some other messengerx
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adrianax
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back slavex or i will break thy pate acrossx
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dromio of ephesusx
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and he will bless that cross with other beatingx
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between you i shall have a holy headx
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adrianax
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hencex prating peasantx fetch thy master homex
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dromio of ephesusx
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am i so round with youx as you with mex
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that like a football you do spurn me thusx
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you spurn me hencex and he will spurn me hitherx
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if i last in this servicex you must case me in leatherx
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xxexitxxx
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lucianax
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fiex how impatience loureth in your facex
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adrianax
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his company must do his minions gracex
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whilst i at home starve for a merry lookx
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hath homely age thx alluring beauty took
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from my poor cheekx then he hath wasted itx
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are my discourses dullx barren my witx
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if voluble and sharp discourse be marrxdx
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unkindness blunts it more than marble hardx
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do their gay vestments his affections baitx
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thatxs not my faultx hexs master of my statex
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what ruins are in me that can be found
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by him not ruinxdx then is he the ground
|
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of my defeaturesx my decayed fair
|
|
a sunny look of his would soon repairx
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butx too unruly deerx he breaks the pale
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and feeds from homex poor i am but his stalex
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lucianax
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selfxharming jealousyx fiex beat it hencex
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adrianax
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unfeeling fools can with such wrongs dispensex
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i know his eye doth homage otherwherex
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or else what lets it but he would be herex
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sisterx you know he promisxd me a chainx
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would that alonex a love he would detainx
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so he would keep fair quarter with his bedx
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i see the jewel best enamelled
|
|
will lose his beautyx yet the gold bides still
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that others touchx yet often touching will
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wear goldx and no man that hath a name
|
|
by falsehood and corruption doth it shamex
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since that my beauty cannot please his eyex
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ixll weep whatxs left awayx and weeping diex
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lucianax
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how many fond fools serve mad jealousyx
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene iix the samex
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enter antipholus of syracusex
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antipholus of syracusex
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the gold i gave to dromio is laid up
|
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safe at the centaurx and the heedful slave
|
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is wanderxd forth in care to seek me outx
|
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by computation and mine hostxs reportx
|
|
i could not speak with dromio since at first
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i sent him from the martx seex here he comesx
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enter dromio of syracusex
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how nowx sirx is your merry humour alterxdx
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as you love strokesx so jest with me againx
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you know no centaurx you receivxd no goldx
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your mistress sent to have me home to dinnerx
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my house was at the phoenixx wast thou madx
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that thus so madly thou didst answer mex
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dromio of syracusex
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what answerx sirx when spake i such a wordx
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antipholus of syracusex
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even nowx even herex not half an hour sincex
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dromio of syracusex
|
|
i did not see you since you sent me hencex
|
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home to the centaur with the gold you gave mex
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antipholus of syracusex
|
|
villainx thou didst deny the goldxs receiptx
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|
and toldxst me of a mistress and a dinnerx
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for which i hope thou feltxst i was displeasxdx
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dromio of syracusex
|
|
i am glad to see you in this merry veinx
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what means this jestx i pray youx masterx tell mex
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antipholus of syracusex
|
|
yeax dost thou jeer and flout me in the teethx
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|
thinkxst thou i jestx holdx take thou thatx and thatx
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xxbeats dromioxxx
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dromio of syracusex
|
|
holdx sirx for godxs sakex now your jest is earnestx
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upon what bargain do you give it mex
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antipholus of syracusex
|
|
because that i familiarly sometimes
|
|
do use you for my foolx and chat with youx
|
|
your sauciness will jest upon my lovex
|
|
and make a common of my serious hoursx
|
|
when the sun shines let foolish gnats make sportx
|
|
but creep in crannies when he hides his beamsx
|
|
if you will jest with mex know my aspectx
|
|
and fashion your demeanour to my looksx
|
|
or i will beat this method in your sconcex
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dromio of syracusex
|
|
sconcex call you itx so you would leave batteringx i had rather have it
|
|
a headx and you use these blows longx i must get a sconce for my headx
|
|
and ensconce it toox or else i shall seek my wit in my shouldersx but i
|
|
prayx sirx why am i beatenx
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antipholus of syracusex
|
|
dost thou not knowx
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dromio of syracusex
|
|
nothingx sirx but that i am beatenx
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antipholus of syracusex
|
|
shall i tell you whyx
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dromio of syracusex
|
|
ayx sirx and whereforex for they sayx every why hath a whereforex
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|
antipholus of syracusex
|
|
whyx firstx for flouting mex and then whereforex
|
|
for urging it the second time to mex
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|
dromio of syracusex
|
|
was there ever any man thus beaten out of seasonx
|
|
when in the why and the wherefore is neither rhyme nor reasonx
|
|
wellx sirx i thank youx
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|
antipholus of syracusex
|
|
thank mex sirx for whatx
|
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|
dromio of syracusex
|
|
marryx sirx for this something that you gave me for nothingx
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antipholus of syracusex
|
|
ixll make you amends nextx to give you nothing for somethingx
|
|
but sayx sirx is it dinnerxtimex
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|
dromio of syracusex
|
|
nox sirx i think the meat wants that i havex
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antipholus of syracusex
|
|
in good timex sirx whatxs thatx
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dromio of syracusex
|
|
bastingx
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antipholus of syracusex
|
|
wellx sirx then xtwill be dryx
|
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|
dromio of syracusex
|
|
if it bex sirx i pray you eat none of itx
|
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|
antipholus of syracusex
|
|
your reasonx
|
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|
|
dromio of syracusex
|
|
lest it make you cholericx and purchase me another dry bastingx
|
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|
antipholus of syracusex
|
|
wellx sirx learn to jest in good timex
|
|
therexs a time for all thingsx
|
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|
dromio of syracusex
|
|
i durst have denied that before you were so cholericx
|
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|
antipholus of syracusex
|
|
by what rulex sirx
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|
dromio of syracusex
|
|
marryx sirx by a rule as plain as the plain bald pate of father time
|
|
himselfx
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antipholus of syracusex
|
|
letxs hear itx
|
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|
dromio of syracusex
|
|
therexs no time for a man to recover his hair that grows bald by
|
|
naturex
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|
antipholus of syracusex
|
|
may he not do it by fine and recoveryx
|
|
|
|
dromio of syracusex
|
|
yesx to pay a fine for a periwigx and recover the lost hair of another
|
|
manx
|
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|
antipholus of syracusex
|
|
why is time such a niggard of hairx beingx as it isx so plentiful an
|
|
excrementx
|
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|
|
dromio of syracusex
|
|
because it is a blessing that he bestows on beastsx and what he hath
|
|
scanted men in hair he hath given them in witx
|
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|
antipholus of syracusex
|
|
whyx but therexs many a man hath more hair than witx
|
|
|
|
dromio of syracusex
|
|
not a man of those but he hath the wit to lose his hairx
|
|
|
|
antipholus of syracusex
|
|
whyx thou didst conclude hairy men plain dealers without witx
|
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|
dromio of syracusex
|
|
the plainer dealerx the sooner lostx yet he loseth it in a kind of
|
|
jollityx
|
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|
|
antipholus of syracusex
|
|
for what reasonx
|
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|
|
dromio of syracusex
|
|
for twox and sound ones toox
|
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|
antipholus of syracusex
|
|
nayx not soundx i pray youx
|
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|
dromio of syracusex
|
|
sure onesx thenx
|
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|
antipholus of syracusex
|
|
nayx not surex in a thing falsingx
|
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|
dromio of syracusex
|
|
certain onesx thenx
|
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|
antipholus of syracusex
|
|
name themx
|
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|
dromio of syracusex
|
|
the onex to save the money that he spends in tiringx the otherx that at
|
|
dinner they should not drop in his porridgex
|
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|
|
antipholus of syracusex
|
|
you would all this time have proved there is no time for all thingsx
|
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|
|
dromio of syracusex
|
|
marryx and didx sirx namelyx exen no time to recover hair lost by
|
|
naturex
|
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|
antipholus of syracusex
|
|
but your reason was not substantial why there is no time to recoverx
|
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|
dromio of syracusex
|
|
thus i mend itx time himself is baldx and thereforex to the worldxs end
|
|
will have bald followersx
|
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antipholus of syracusex
|
|
i knew xtwould be a bald conclusionx
|
|
but softx who wafts us yonderx
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|
|
enter adriana and lucianax
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|
adrianax
|
|
ayx ayx antipholusx look strange and frownx
|
|
some other mistress hath thy sweet aspectsx
|
|
i am not adrianax nor thy wifex
|
|
the time was once when thou unurgxd wouldst vow
|
|
that never words were music to thine earx
|
|
that never object pleasing in thine eyex
|
|
that never touch well welcome to thy handx
|
|
that never meat sweetxsavourxd in thy tastex
|
|
unless i spakex or lookxdx or touchxdx or carvxd to theex
|
|
how comes it nowx my husbandx ox how comes itx
|
|
that thou art then estranged from thyselfx
|
|
thyself i call itx being strange to mex
|
|
thatx undividablex incorporatex
|
|
am better than thy dear selfxs better partx
|
|
ahx do not tear away thyself from mex
|
|
for knowx my lovex as easy mayst thou fall
|
|
a drop of water in the breaking gulfx
|
|
and take unmingled thence that drop again
|
|
without addition or diminishingx
|
|
as take from me thyselfx and not me toox
|
|
how dearly would it touch thee to the quickx
|
|
shouldxst thou but hear i were licentiousx
|
|
and that this bodyx consecrate to theex
|
|
by ruffian lust should be contaminatex
|
|
wouldst thou not spit at mex and spurn at mex
|
|
and hurl the name of husband in my facex
|
|
and tear the stainxd skin off my harlot browx
|
|
and from my false hand cut the weddingxringx
|
|
and break it with a deepxdivorcing vowx
|
|
i know thou canstx and thereforex see thou do itx
|
|
i am possessxd with an adulterate blotx
|
|
my blood is mingled with the crime of lustx
|
|
for if we two be onex and thou play falsex
|
|
i do digest the poison of thy fleshx
|
|
being strumpeted by thy contagionx
|
|
keep then fair league and truce with thy true bedx
|
|
i live distainxdx thou undishonouredx
|
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|
antipholus of syracusex
|
|
plead you to mex fair damex i know you notx
|
|
in ephesus i am but two hours oldx
|
|
as strange unto your town as to your talkx
|
|
whox every word by all my wit being scannxdx
|
|
wants wit in all one word to understandx
|
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|
lucianax
|
|
fiex brotherx how the world is changxd with youx
|
|
when were you wont to use my sister thusx
|
|
she sent for you by dromio home to dinnerx
|
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|
|
antipholus of syracusex
|
|
by dromiox
|
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|
|
dromio of syracusex
|
|
by mex
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|
adrianax
|
|
by theex and this thou didst return from himx
|
|
that he did buffet theex and in his blows
|
|
denied my house for hisx me for his wifex
|
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|
|
antipholus of syracusex
|
|
did you conversex sirx with this gentlewomanx
|
|
what is the course and drift of your compactx
|
|
|
|
dromio of syracusex
|
|
ix sirx i never saw her till this timex
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antipholus of syracusex
|
|
villainx thou liestx for even her very words
|
|
didst thou deliver to me on the martx
|
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|
dromio of syracusex
|
|
i never spake with her in all my lifex
|
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|
antipholus of syracusex
|
|
how can she thusx thenx call us by our namesx
|
|
unless it be by inspirationx
|
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|
|
adrianax
|
|
how ill agrees it with your gravity
|
|
to counterfeit thus grossly with your slavex
|
|
abetting him to thwart me in my moodx
|
|
be it my wrongx you are from me exemptx
|
|
but wrong not that wrong with a more contemptx
|
|
comex i will fasten on this sleeve of thinex
|
|
thou art an elmx my husbandx i a vinex
|
|
whose weaknessx married to thy stronger statex
|
|
makes me with thy strength to communicatex
|
|
if aught possess thee from mex it is drossx
|
|
usurping ivyx brierx or idle mossx
|
|
who allx for want of pruningx with intrusion
|
|
infect thy sapx and live on thy confusionx
|
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|
|
antipholus of syracusex
|
|
to me she speaksx she moves me for her themex
|
|
whatx was i married to her in my dreamx
|
|
or sleep i nowx and think i hear all thisx
|
|
what error drives our eyes and ears amissx
|
|
until i know this sure uncertainty
|
|
ixll entertain the offerxd fallacyx
|
|
|
|
lucianax
|
|
dromiox go bid the servants spread for dinnerx
|
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|
|
dromio of syracusex
|
|
ox for my beadsx i cross me for a sinnerx
|
|
this is the fairy landx o spite of spitesx
|
|
we talk with goblinsx owlsx and spritesx
|
|
if we obey them notx this will ensuex
|
|
theyxll suck our breathx or pinch us black and bluex
|
|
|
|
lucianax
|
|
why pratxst thou to thyselfx and answerxst notx
|
|
dromiox thou dronex thou snailx thou slugx thou sotx
|
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|
|
dromio of syracusex
|
|
i am transformedx masterx am i notx
|
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|
|
antipholus of syracusex
|
|
i think thou art in mindx and so am ix
|
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|
|
dromio of syracusex
|
|
nayx masterx both in mind and in my shapex
|
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|
|
antipholus of syracusex
|
|
thou hast thine own formx
|
|
|
|
dromio of syracusex
|
|
nox i am an apex
|
|
|
|
lucianax
|
|
if thou art changxd to aughtx xtis to an assx
|
|
|
|
dromio of syracusex
|
|
xtis truex she rides mex and i long for grassx
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xtis sox i am an assx else it could never be
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but i should know her as well as she knows mex
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adrianax
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comex comex no longer will i be a foolx
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to put the finger in the eye and weep
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whilst man and master laughs my woes to scornx
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comex sirx to dinnerx dromiox keep the gatex
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husbandx ixll dine above with you todayx
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and shrive you of a thousand idle pranksx
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sirrahx if any ask you for your masterx
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say he dines forthx and let no creature enterx
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comex sisterx dromiox play the porter wellx
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antipholus of syracusex
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am i in earthx in heavenx or in hellx
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sleeping or wakingx madx or wellxadvisxdx
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known unto thesex and to myself disguisxdx
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ixll say as they sayx and persever sox
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and in this mist at all adventures gox
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dromio of syracusex
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masterx shall i be porter at the gatex
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adrianax
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ayx and let none enterx lest i break your patex
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lucianax
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comex comex antipholusx we dine too latex
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xxexeuntxxx
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act iii
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scene ix the samex
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enter antipholus of ephesusx his man dromio of ephesusx angelo the
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goldsmith and balthasar the merchantx
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antipholus of ephesusx
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good signior angelox you must excuse us allx
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my wife is shrewish when i keep not hoursx
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say that i lingerxd with you at your shop
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to see the making of her carcanetx
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and that tomorrow you will bring it homex
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but herexs a villain that would face me downx
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he met me on the martx and that i beat himx
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and chargxd him with a thousand marks in goldx
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and that i did deny my wife and housex
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thou drunkardx thoux what didst thou mean by thisx
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dromio of ephesusx
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say what you willx sirx but i know what i knowx
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that you beat me at the mart i have your hand to showx
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if the skin were parchmentx and the blows you gave were inkx
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your own handwriting would tell you what i thinkx
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antipholus of ephesusx
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i think thou art an assx
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dromio of ephesusx
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marryx so it doth appear
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by the wrongs i suffer and the blows i bearx
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i should kickx being kickxdx and being at that passx
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you would keep from my heelsx and beware of an assx
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antipholus of ephesusx
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youxre sadx signior balthasarx pray god our cheer
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may answer my good will and your good welcome herex
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balthasarx
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i hold your dainties cheapx sirx and your welcome dearx
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antipholus of ephesusx
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ox signior balthasarx either at flesh or fish
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a table full of welcome makes scarce one dainty dishx
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balthasarx
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good meatx sirx is commonx that every churl affordsx
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antipholus of ephesusx
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and welcome more commonx for thatxs nothing but wordsx
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balthasar
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small cheer and great welcome makes a merry feastx
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antipholus of ephesusx
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ayx to a niggardly host and more sparing guestx
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but though my cates be meanx take them in good partx
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better cheer may you havex but not with better heartx
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but softx my door is lockxdx go bid them let us inx
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dromio of ephesusx
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maudx bridgetx marianx cicelyx gillianx ginnx
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dromio of syracusex
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xxwithinxxx momex maltxhorsex caponx coxcombx idiotx patchx
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either get thee from the door or sit down at the hatchx
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dost thou conjure for wenchesx that thou callxst for such store
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when one is one too manyx gox get thee from the doorx
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dromio of ephesusx
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what patch is made our porterx my master stays in the streetx
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dromio of syracusex
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let him walk from whence he camex lest he catch cold onxs feetx
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antipholus of ephesusx
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who talks within therex hox open the doorx
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dromio of syracusex
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rightx sirx ixll tell you when an youxll tell me whereforex
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antipholus of ephesusx
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whereforex for my dinnerx i have not dined todayx
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dromio of syracusex
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nor today here you must notx come again when you mayx
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antipholus of ephesusx
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what art thou that keepxst me out from the house i owex
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dromio of syracusex
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the porter for this timex sirx and my name is dromiox
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dromio of ephesusx
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o villainx thou hast stolen both mine office and my namex
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the one nexer got me creditx the other mickle blamex
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if thou hadst been dromio today in my placex
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thou wouldst have changxd thy face for a namex or thy name for an assx
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enter luce concealed from antipholus of ephesus and his companionsx
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lucex
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xxwithinxxx what a coil is therex dromiox who are those at the gatex
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dromio of ephesusx
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let my master inx lucex
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lucex
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faithx nox he comes too latex
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and so tell your masterx
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dromio of ephesusx
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o lordx i must laughx
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have at you with a proverbxxshall i set in my staffx
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lucex
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have at you with anotherx thatxsxwhenx can you tellx
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dromio of syracusex
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if thy name be called lucexxlucex thou hast answerxd him wellx
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antipholus of ephesusx
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do you hearx you minionx youxll let us inx i hopex
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lucex
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i thought to have askxd youx
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dromio of syracusex
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and you said nox
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dromio of ephesusx
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sox comex helpx well struckx there was blow for blowx
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antipholus of ephesusx
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thou baggagex let me inx
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lucex
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can you tell for whose sakex
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dromio of ephesusx
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masterx knock the door hardx
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lucex
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let him knock till it achex
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antipholus of ephesusx
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youxll cry for thisx minionx if i beat the door downx
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lucex
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what needs all thatx and a pair of stocks in the townx
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enter adriana concealed from antipholus of ephesus and his companionsx
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adrianax
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xxwithinxxx who is that at the door that keeps all this noisex
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dromio of syracusex
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by my trothx your town is troubled with unruly boysx
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antipholus of ephesusx
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are you therex wifex you might have come beforex
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adrianax
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your wifex sir knavex gox get you from the doorx
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dromio of ephesusx
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if you went in painx masterx this knave would go sorex
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angelox
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here is neither cheerx sirx nor welcomex we would fain have eitherx
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balthasarx
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in debating which was bestx we shall part with neitherx
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dromio of ephesusx
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they stand at the doorx masterx bid them welcome hitherx
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antipholus of ephesusx
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there is something in the windx that we cannot get inx
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dromio of ephesusx
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you would say sox masterx if your garments were thinx
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your cake here is warm withinx you stand here in the coldx
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it would make a man mad as a buck to be so bought and soldx
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antipholus of ephesusx
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gox fetch me somethingx ixll break ope the gatex
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dromio of syracusex
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break any breaking herex and ixll break your knavexs patex
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dromio of ephesusx
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a man may break a word with youx sirx and words are but windx
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ayx and break it in your facex so he break it not behindx
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dromio of syracusex
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it seems thou wantxst breakingx out upon theex hindx
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dromio of ephesusx
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herexs too much xout upon theexx i pray theex let me inx
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dromio of syracusex
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ayx when fowls have no feathers and fish have no finx
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antipholus of ephesusx
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wellx ixll break inx gox borrow me a crowx
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dromio of ephesusx
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a crow without featherx masterx mean you sox
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for a fish without a finx therexs a fowl without a featherx
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if a crow help us inx sirrahx wexll pluck a crow togetherx
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antipholus of ephesusx
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gox get thee gonex fetch me an iron crowx
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balthasarx
|
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have patiencex sirx ox let it not be sox
|
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herein you war against your reputationx
|
|
and draw within the compass of suspect
|
|
the unviolated honour of your wifex
|
|
once thisxxyour long experience of her wisdomx
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|
her sober virtuex yearsx and modestyx
|
|
plead on her part some cause to you unknownx
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and doubt notx sirx but she will well excuse
|
|
why at this time the doors are made against youx
|
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be rulxd by mex depart in patiencex
|
|
and let us to the tiger all to dinnerx
|
|
and about eveningx come yourself alone
|
|
to know the reason of this strange restraintx
|
|
if by strong hand you offer to break in
|
|
now in the stirring passage of the dayx
|
|
a vulgar comment will be made of itx
|
|
and that supposed by the common rout
|
|
against your yet ungalled estimation
|
|
that may with foul intrusion enter inx
|
|
and dwell upon your grave when you are deadx
|
|
for slander lives upon successionx
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for ever housxd where it gets possessionx
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antipholus of ephesusx
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you have prevailxdx i will depart in quietx
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andx in despite of mirthx mean to be merryx
|
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i know a wench of excellent discoursex
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pretty and wittyx wildx and yetx toox gentlex
|
|
there will we dinex this woman that i meanx
|
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my wife xbutx i protestx without desertx
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hath oftentimes upbraided me withalx
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to her will we to dinnerxxget you home
|
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and fetch the chainx by this i know xtis madex
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bring itx i pray youx to the porpentinex
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for therexs the housex that chain will i bestow
|
|
xbe it for nothing but to spite my wifex
|
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upon mine hostess therex good sirx make hastex
|
|
since mine own doors refuse to entertain mex
|
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ixll knock elsewherex to see if theyxll disdain mex
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angelox
|
|
ixll meet you at that place some hour hencex
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antipholus of ephesusx
|
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do sox this jest shall cost me some expensex
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xxexeuntxxx
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|
|
scene iix the samex
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enter luciana with antipholus of syracusex
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lucianax
|
|
and may it be that you have quite forgot
|
|
a husbandxs officex shallx antipholusx
|
|
even in the spring of lovex thy lovexsprings rotx
|
|
shall lovex in buildingx grow so ruinousx
|
|
if you did wed my sister for her wealthx
|
|
then for her wealthxs sake use her with more kindnessx
|
|
or if you like elsewherex do it by stealthx
|
|
muffle your false love with some show of blindnessx
|
|
let not my sister read it in your eyex
|
|
be not thy tongue thy own shamexs oratorx
|
|
look sweetx speak fairx become disloyaltyx
|
|
apparel vice like virtuexs harbingerx
|
|
bear a fair presence though your heart be taintedx
|
|
teach sin the carriage of a holy saintx
|
|
be secretxfalsex what need she be acquaintedx
|
|
what simple thief brags of his own attaintx
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|
xtis double wrong to truant with your bed
|
|
and let her read it in thy looks at boardx
|
|
shame hath a bastard famex well managedx
|
|
ill deeds is doubled with an evil wordx
|
|
alasx poor womenx make us but believex
|
|
being compact of creditx that you love usx
|
|
though others have the armx show us the sleevex
|
|
we in your motion turnx and you may move usx
|
|
thenx gentle brotherx get you in againx
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|
comfort my sisterx cheer herx call her wifex
|
|
xtis holy sport to be a little vain
|
|
when the sweet breath of flattery conquers strifex
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|
antipholus of syracusex
|
|
sweet mistressx what your name is elsex i know notx
|
|
nor by what wonder you do hit on minex
|
|
less in your knowledge and your grace you show not
|
|
than our earthxs wonderx more than earth divinex
|
|
teach mex dear creaturex how to think and speakx
|
|
lay open to my earthy gross conceitx
|
|
smotherxd in errorsx feeblex shallowx weakx
|
|
the folded meaning of your wordsx deceitx
|
|
against my soulxs pure truth why labour you
|
|
to make it wander in an unknown fieldx
|
|
are you a godx would you create me newx
|
|
transform mex thenx and to your power ixll yieldx
|
|
but if that i am ix then well i know
|
|
your weeping sister is no wife of minex
|
|
nor to her bed no homage do i owex
|
|
far morex far morex to you do i declinex
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|
ox train me notx sweet mermaidx with thy note
|
|
to drown me in thy sisterxs flood of tearsx
|
|
singx sirenx for thyselfx and i will dotex
|
|
spread oxer the silver waves thy golden hairsx
|
|
and as a bed ixll take theex and there liex
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|
andx in that glorious supposition think
|
|
he gains by death that hath such means to diex
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|
let lovex being lightx be drowned if she sinkx
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lucianax
|
|
whatx are you madx that you do reason sox
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antipholus of syracusex
|
|
not madx but matedx howx i do not knowx
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lucianax
|
|
it is a fault that springeth from your eyex
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antipholus of syracusex
|
|
for gazing on your beamsx fair sunx being byx
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lucianax
|
|
gaze where you shouldx and that will clear your sightx
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antipholus of syracusex
|
|
as good to winkx sweet lovex as look on nightx
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lucianax
|
|
why call you me lovex call my sister sox
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antipholus of syracusex
|
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thy sisterxs sisterx
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lucianax
|
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thatxs my sisterx
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antipholus of syracusex
|
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nox
|
|
it is thyselfx mine own selfxs better partx
|
|
mine eyexs clear eyex my dear heartxs dearer heartx
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|
my foodx my fortunex and my sweet hopexs aimx
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|
my sole earthxs heavenx and my heavenxs claimx
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lucianax
|
|
all this my sister isx or else should bex
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antipholus of syracusex
|
|
call thyself sisterx sweetx for i aim theex
|
|
thee will i lovex and with thee lead my lifex
|
|
thou hast no husband yetx nor i no wifex
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give me thy handx
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lucianax
|
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ox softx sirx hold you stillx
|
|
ixll fetch my sister to get her goodwillx
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xxexit lucianaxxx
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enter dromio of syracusex
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antipholus of syracusex
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whyx how nowx dromiox where runnxst thou so fastx
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dromio of syracusex
|
|
do you know mex sirx am i dromiox am i your manx am i myselfx
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antipholus of syracusex
|
|
thou art dromiox thou art my manx thou art thyselfx
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dromio of syracusex
|
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i am an assx i am a womanxs manx and besides myselfx
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antipholus of syracusex
|
|
what womanxs manx and how besides thyselfx
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dromio of syracusex
|
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marryx sirx besides myselfx i am due to a womanx one that claims mex
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one that haunts mex one that will have mex
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antipholus of syracusex
|
|
what claim lays she to theex
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dromio of syracusex
|
|
marryx sirx such claim as you would lay to your horsex and she would
|
|
have me as a beastx not that i being a beast she would have mex but
|
|
that she being a very beastly creature lays claim to mex
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antipholus of syracusex
|
|
what is shex
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dromio of syracusex
|
|
a very reverent bodyx ayx such a one as a man may not speak of without
|
|
he say xsirxreverencexx i have but lean luck in the matchx and yet is
|
|
she a wondrous fat marriagex
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antipholus of syracusex
|
|
how dost thou mean a xfat marriagexx
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dromio of syracusex
|
|
marryx sirx shexs the kitchen wenchx and all greasex and i know not
|
|
what use to put her to but to make a lamp of her and run from her by
|
|
her own lightx i warrant her rags and the tallow in them will burn a
|
|
poland winterx if she lives till doomsdayx shexll burn a week longer
|
|
than the whole worldx
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antipholus of syracusex
|
|
what complexion is she ofx
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dromio of syracusex
|
|
swart like my shoex but her face nothing like so clean keptx for whyx
|
|
she sweatsx a man may go overshoes in the grime of itx
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antipholus of syracusex
|
|
thatxs a fault that water will mendx
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dromio of syracusex
|
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nox sirx xtis in grainx noahxs flood could not do itx
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antipholus of syracusex
|
|
whatxs her namex
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dromio of syracusex
|
|
nellx sirx but her name and three quartersx thatxs an ell and three
|
|
quartersx will not measure her from hip to hipx
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|
antipholus of syracusex
|
|
then she bears some breadthx
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dromio of syracusex
|
|
no longer from head to foot than from hip to hipx she is sphericalx
|
|
like a globex i could find out countries in herx
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antipholus of syracusex
|
|
in what part of her body stands irelandx
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|
dromio of syracusex
|
|
marryx sirx in her buttocksx i found it out by the bogsx
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antipholus of syracusex
|
|
where scotlandx
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dromio of syracusex
|
|
i found it by the barrennessx hard in the palm of the handx
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antipholus of syracusex
|
|
where francex
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dromio of syracusex
|
|
in her foreheadx armed and revertedx making war against her hairx
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antipholus of syracusex
|
|
where englandx
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dromio of syracusex
|
|
i looked for the chalky cliffsx but i could find no whiteness in themx
|
|
but i guess it stood in her chinx by the salt rheum that ran between
|
|
france and itx
|
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|
antipholus of syracusex
|
|
where spainx
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dromio of syracusex
|
|
faithx i saw it notx but i felt it hot in her breathx
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antipholus of syracusex
|
|
where americax the indiesx
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dromio of syracusex
|
|
ox sirx upon her nosex all oxerxembellished with rubiesx carbunclesx
|
|
sapphiresx declining their rich aspect to the hot breath of spainx who
|
|
sent whole armadoes of carracks to be ballast at her nosex
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|
antipholus of syracusex
|
|
where stood belgiax the netherlandsx
|
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dromio of syracusex
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ox sirx i did not look so lowx to concludex this drudge or diviner laid
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claim to mex called me dromiox swore i was assured to herx told me what
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privy marks i had about mex as the mark of my shoulderx the mole in my
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neckx the great wart on my left armx that ix amazedx ran from her as a
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witchx andx i thinkx if my breast had not been made of faithx and my
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heart of steelx she had transformed me to a curtal dogx and made me
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turn ix the wheelx
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antipholus of syracusex
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gox hie thee presentlyx post to the roadx
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and if the wind blow any way from shorex
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i will not harbour in this town tonightx
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if any bark put forthx come to the martx
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where i will walk till thou return to mex
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if everyone knows usx and we know nonex
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xtis timex i thinkx to trudgex pack and be gonex
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dromio of syracusex
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as from a bear a man would run for lifex
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so fly i from her that would be my wifex
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xxexitxxx
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antipholus of syracusex
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therexs none but witches do inhabit herex
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and therefore xtis high time that i were hencex
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she that doth call me husbandx even my soul
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doth for a wife abhorx but her fair sisterx
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possessxd with such a gentle sovereign gracex
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of such enchanting presence and discoursex
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hath almost made me traitor to myselfx
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but lest myself be guilty to selfxwrongx
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ixll stop mine ears against the mermaidxs songx
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enter angelo with the chainx
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angelox
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master antipholusx
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antipholus of syracusex
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ayx thatxs my namex
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angelox
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i know it wellx sirx lox here is the chainx
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i thought to have taxen you at the porpentinex
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the chain unfinishxd made me stay thus longx
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antipholus of syracusex
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what is your will that i shall do with thisx
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angelox
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what please yourselfx sirx i have made it for youx
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antipholus of syracusex
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made it for mex sirx i bespoke it notx
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angelox
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not oncex nor twicex but twenty times you havex
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go home with itx and please your wife withalx
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and soon at supperxtime ixll visit youx
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and then receive my money for the chainx
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antipholus of syracusex
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i pray youx sirx receive the money nowx
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for fear you nexer see chain nor money morex
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angelox
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you are a merry manx sirx fare you wellx
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xxexitxxx
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antipholus of syracusex
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what i should think of this i cannot tellx
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but this i thinkx therexs no man is so vain
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that would refuse so fair an offerxd chainx
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i see a man here needs not live by shiftsx
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when in the streets he meets such golden giftsx
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ixll to the martx and there for dromio stayx
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if any ship put outx then straight awayx
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xxexitxxx
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act iv
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scene ix the samex
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enter merchantx angelo and an officerx
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merchantx
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you know since pentecost the sum is duex
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and since i have not much importunxd youx
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nor now i had notx but that i am bound
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to persiax and want guilders for my voyagex
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therefore make present satisfactionx
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or ixll attach you by this officerx
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angelox
|
|
even just the sum that i do owe to you
|
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is growing to me by antipholusx
|
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and in the instant that i met with you
|
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he had of me a chainx at five oxclock
|
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i shall receive the money for the samex
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pleaseth you walk with me down to his housex
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i will discharge my bondx and thank you toox
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enter antipholus of ephesus and dromio of ephesus from the
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courtesanxsx
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officerx
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that labour may you savex see where he comesx
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antipholus of ephesusx
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while i go to the goldsmithxs housex go thou
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and buy a ropexs endx that will i bestow
|
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among my wife and her confederates
|
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for locking me out of my doors by dayx
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|
but softx i see the goldsmithx get thee gonex
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buy thou a ropex and bring it home to mex
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dromio of ephesusx
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i buy a thousand pound a yearx i buy a ropex
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xxexit dromioxxx
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antipholus of ephesusx
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a man is well holp up that trusts to youx
|
|
i promised your presence and the chainx
|
|
but neither chain nor goldsmith came to mex
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belike you thought our love would last too long
|
|
if it were chainxd togetherx and therefore came notx
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angelox
|
|
saving your merry humourx herexs the note
|
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how much your chain weighs to the utmost caratx
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the fineness of the goldx and chargeful fashionx
|
|
which doth amount to three odd ducats more
|
|
than i stand debted to this gentlemanx
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i pray youx see him presently dischargxdx
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for he is bound to seax and stays but for itx
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antipholus of ephesusx
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|
i am not furnished with the present moneyx
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besidesx i have some business in the townx
|
|
good signiorx take the stranger to my housex
|
|
and with you take the chainx and bid my wife
|
|
disburse the sum on the receipt thereofx
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perchance i will be there as soon as youx
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angelox
|
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then you will bring the chain to her yourselfx
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antipholus of ephesusx
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nox bear it with youx lest i come not time enoughx
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angelox
|
|
wellx sirx i willx have you the chain about youx
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antipholus of ephesusx
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and if i have notx sirx i hope you havex
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or else you may return without your moneyx
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angelox
|
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nayx comex i pray youx sirx give me the chainx
|
|
both wind and tide stays for this gentlemanx
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and ix to blamex have held him here too longx
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antipholus of ephesusx
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|
good lordx you use this dalliance to excuse
|
|
your breach of promise to the porpentinex
|
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i should have chid you for not bringing itx
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butx like a shrewx you first begin to brawlx
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merchantx
|
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the hour steals onx i pray youx sirx dispatchx
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angelox
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you hear how he importunes mex the chainx
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antipholus of ephesusx
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whyx give it to my wifex and fetch your moneyx
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angelox
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comex comex you know i gave it you even nowx
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either send the chain or send by me some tokenx
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antipholus of ephesusx
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fiex now you run this humour out of breathx
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comex wherexs the chainx i pray youx let me see itx
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merchantx
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|
my business cannot brook this dalliancex
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good sirx say whexer youxll answer me or nox
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if notx ixll leave him to the officerx
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antipholus of ephesusx
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i answer youx what should i answer youx
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angelox
|
|
the money that you owe me for the chainx
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antipholus of ephesusx
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i owe you none till i receive the chainx
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angelox
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you know i gave it you half an hour sincex
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antipholus of ephesusx
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you gave me nonex you wrong me much to say sox
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angelox
|
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you wrong me morex sirx in denying itx
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consider how it stands upon my creditx
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merchantx
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wellx officerx arrest him at my suitx
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officerx
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i dox and charge you in the dukexs name to obey mex
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angelox
|
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this touches me in reputationx
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either consent to pay this sum for mex
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or i attach you by this officerx
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antipholus of ephesusx
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consent to pay thee that i never hadx
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arrest mex foolish fellowx if thou darxstx
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angelox
|
|
here is thy feex arrest himx officerx
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i would not spare my brother in this case
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if he should scorn me so apparentlyx
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officerx
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i do arrest youx sirx you hear the suitx
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antipholus of ephesusx
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i do obey thee till i give thee bailx
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butx sirrahx you shall buy this sport as dear
|
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as all the metal in your shop will answerx
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angelox
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|
sirx sirx i shall have law in ephesusx
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to your notorious shamex i doubt it notx
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enter dromio of syracuse from the bayx
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dromio of syracusex
|
|
masterx therexs a bark of epidamnum
|
|
that stays but till her owner comes aboardx
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|
and thenx sirx bears awayx our fraughtagex sirx
|
|
i have conveyxd aboardx and i have bought
|
|
the oilx the balsamumx and aquaxvitaex
|
|
the ship is in her trimx the merry wind
|
|
blows fair from landx they stay for nought at all
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|
but for their ownerx masterx and yourselfx
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|
antipholus of ephesusx
|
|
how nowx a madmanx whyx thou peevish sheepx
|
|
what ship of epidamnum stays for mex
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dromio of syracusex
|
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a ship you sent me tox to hire waftagex
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antipholus of ephesusx
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thou drunken slavex i sent thee for a ropex
|
|
and told thee to what purpose and what endx
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dromio of syracusex
|
|
you sent me for a ropexs end as soonx
|
|
you sent me to the bayx sirx for a barkx
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|
antipholus of ephesusx
|
|
i will debate this matter at more leisurex
|
|
and teach your ears to list me with more heedx
|
|
to adrianax villainx hie thee straightx
|
|
give her this keyx and tell her in the desk
|
|
thatxs coverxd oxer with turkish tapestry
|
|
there is a purse of ducatsx let her send itx
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|
tell her i am arrested in the streetx
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|
and that shall bail mex hie theex slavex be gonex
|
|
onx officerx to prison till it comex
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|
xxexeunt merchantx angelox officer and antipholus of ephesusxxx
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dromio of syracusex
|
|
to adrianax that is where we dinxdx
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where dowsabel did claim me for her husbandx
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she is too bigx i hopex for me to compassx
|
|
thither i mustx although against my willx
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|
for servants must their mastersx minds fulfilx
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xxexitxxx
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|
scene iix the samex
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|
enter adriana and lucianax
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adrianax
|
|
ahx lucianax did he tempt thee sox
|
|
mightxst thou perceive austerely in his eye
|
|
that he did plead in earnestx yea or nox
|
|
lookxd he or red or palex or sad or merrilyx
|
|
what observation madxst thou in this case
|
|
of his heartxs meteors tilting in his facex
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|
|
lucianax
|
|
first he denied you had in him no rightx
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|
adrianax
|
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he meant he did me nonex the more my spitex
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lucianax
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|
then swore he that he was a stranger herex
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|
adrianax
|
|
and true he sworex though yet forsworn he werex
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lucianax
|
|
then pleaded i for youx
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adrianax
|
|
and what said hex
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lucianax
|
|
that love i beggxd for you he beggxd of mex
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adrianax
|
|
with what persuasion did he tempt thy lovex
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|
lucianax
|
|
with words that in an honest suit might movex
|
|
first he did praise my beautyx then my speechx
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adrianax
|
|
didxst speak him fairx
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lucianax
|
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have patiencex i beseechx
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adrianax
|
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i cannotx nor i will not hold me stillx
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my tonguex though not my heartx shall have his willx
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|
he is deformedx crookedx oldx and serex
|
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illxfacxdx worse bodiedx shapeless everywherex
|
|
viciousx ungentlex foolishx bluntx unkindx
|
|
stigmatical in makingx worse in mindx
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|
lucianax
|
|
who would be jealous then of such a onex
|
|
no evil lost is wailxd when it is gonex
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adrianax
|
|
ahx but i think him better than i sayx
|
|
and yet would herein othersx eyes were worsex
|
|
far from her nest the lapwing cries awayx
|
|
my heart prays for himx though my tongue do cursex
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|
enter dromio of syracusex
|
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|
dromio of syracusex
|
|
herex gox the deskx the pursex sweet nowx make hastex
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lucianax
|
|
how hast thou lost thy breathx
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|
dromio of syracusex
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by running fastx
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adrianax
|
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where is thy masterx dromiox is he wellx
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dromio of syracusex
|
|
nox hexs in tartar limbox worse than hellx
|
|
a devil in an everlasting garment hath himx
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one whose hard heart is buttonxd up with steelx
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|
a fiendx a fairyx pitiless and roughx
|
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a wolfx nay worsex a fellow all in buffx
|
|
a backxfriendx a shoulderxclapperx one that countermands
|
|
the passages of alleysx creeksx and narrow landsx
|
|
a hound that runs counterx and yet draws dryfoot wellx
|
|
one thatx before the judgmentx carries poor souls to hellx
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adrianax
|
|
whyx manx what is the matterx
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|
dromio of syracusex
|
|
i do not know the matterx he is xrested on the casex
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adrianax
|
|
whatx is he arrestedx tell me at whose suitx
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|
dromio of syracusex
|
|
i know not at whose suit he is arrestedx wellx
|
|
but hexs in a suit of buff which xrested himx that can i tellx
|
|
will you send himx mistressx redemptionx the money in his deskx
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|
adrianax
|
|
go fetch itx sisterx this i wonder atx
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xxexit lucianaxxx
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thus he unknown to me should be in debtx
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tell mex was he arrested on a bandx
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dromio of syracusex
|
|
not on a bandx but on a stronger thingx
|
|
a chainx a chainx do you not hear it ringx
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adrianax
|
|
whatx the chainx
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|
dromio of syracusex
|
|
nox nox the bellx xtis time that i were gonex
|
|
it was two ere i left himx and now the clock strikes onex
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adrianax
|
|
the hours come backx that did i never hearx
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dromio of syracusex
|
|
o yesx if any hour meet a sergeantx xa turns back for very fearx
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adrianax
|
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as if time were in debtx how fondly dost thou reasonx
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dromio of syracusex
|
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time is a very bankruptx and owes more than hexs worth to seasonx
|
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nayx hexs a thief toox have you not heard men say
|
|
that time comes stealing on by night and dayx
|
|
if he be in debt and theftx and a sergeant in the wayx
|
|
hath he not reason to turn back an hour in a dayx
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|
enter lucianax
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adrianax
|
|
gox dromiox therexs the moneyx bear it straightx
|
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and bring thy master home immediatelyx
|
|
comex sisterx i am pressxd down with conceitx
|
|
conceitx my comfort and my injuryx
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|
xxexeuntxxx
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|
scene iiix the samex
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enter antipholus of syracusex
|
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antipholus of syracusex
|
|
therexs not a man i meet but doth salute me
|
|
as if i were their wellxacquainted friendx
|
|
and everyone doth call me by my namex
|
|
some tender money to mex some invite mex
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some other give me thanks for kindnessesx
|
|
some offer me commodities to buyx
|
|
even now a tailor callxd me in his shopx
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and showxd me silks that he had bought for mex
|
|
and therewithal took measure of my bodyx
|
|
surex these are but imaginary wilesx
|
|
and lapland sorcerers inhabit herex
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enter dromio of syracusex
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dromio of syracusex
|
|
masterx herexs the gold you sent me forx
|
|
whatx have you got the picture of old adam new apparelledx
|
|
|
|
antipholus of syracusex
|
|
what gold is thisx what adam dost thou meanx
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dromio of syracusex
|
|
not that adam that kept the paradisex but that adam that keeps the
|
|
prisonx he that goes in the calfxs skin that was killed for the
|
|
prodigalx he that came behind youx sirx like an evil angelx and bid you
|
|
forsake your libertyx
|
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antipholus of syracusex
|
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i understand thee notx
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dromio of syracusex
|
|
nox whyx xtis a plain casex he that went like a bassxviol in a case of
|
|
leatherx the manx sirx thatx when gentlemen are tiredx gives them a
|
|
sobx and xrests themx hex sirx that takes pity on decayed men and gives
|
|
them suits of durancex he that sets up his rest to do more exploits
|
|
with his mace than a morrisxpikex
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antipholus of syracusex
|
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whatx thou meanxst an officerx
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dromio of syracusex
|
|
ayx sirx the sergeant of the bandx he that brings any man to answer it
|
|
that breaks his bandx one that thinks a man always going to bedx and
|
|
saysx xgod give you good restxx
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antipholus of syracusex
|
|
wellx sirx there rest in your fooleryx is there any ship puts forth
|
|
tonightx may we be gonex
|
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dromio of syracusex
|
|
whyx sirx i brought you word an hour since that the bark xexpeditionx
|
|
put forth tonightx and then were you hindered by the sergeant to tarry
|
|
for the hoy xdelayxx here are the angels that you sent for to deliver
|
|
youx
|
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|
antipholus of syracusex
|
|
the fellow is distractx and so am ix
|
|
and here we wander in illusionsx
|
|
some blessed power deliver us from hencex
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|
|
enter a courtesanx
|
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|
courtesanx
|
|
well metx well metx master antipholusx
|
|
i seex sirx you have found the goldsmith nowx
|
|
is that the chain you promisxd me todayx
|
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|
antipholus of syracusex
|
|
satanx avoidx i charge theex tempt me notx
|
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|
dromio of syracusex
|
|
masterx is this mistress satanx
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antipholus of syracusex
|
|
it is the devilx
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dromio of syracusex
|
|
nayx she is worsex she is the devilxs damx and here she comes in the
|
|
habit of a light wenchx and thereof comes that the wenches say xgod
|
|
damn mexx thatxs as much to sayx xgod make me a light wenchxx it is
|
|
written they appear to men like angels of lightx light is an effect of
|
|
firex and fire will burnx ergox light wenches will burnx come not near
|
|
herx
|
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|
courtesanx
|
|
your man and you are marvellous merryx sirx
|
|
will you go with mex wexll mend our dinner herex
|
|
|
|
dromio of syracusex
|
|
masterx if you dox expect spoonxmeatx or bespeak a long spoonx
|
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|
antipholus of syracusex
|
|
whyx dromiox
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dromio of syracusex
|
|
marryx he must have a long spoon that must eat with the devilx
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antipholus of syracusex
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avoid thenx fiendx what tellxst thou me of suppingx
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thou artx as you are allx a sorceressx
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i conjure thee to leave me and be gonex
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courtesanx
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give me the ring of mine you had at dinnerx
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orx for my diamondx the chain you promisxdx
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and ixll be gonex sirx and not trouble youx
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dromio of syracusex
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some devils ask but the paring of onexs nailx
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a rushx a hairx a drop of bloodx a pinx
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a nutx a cherryxstonex but shex more covetousx
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would have a chainx
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masterx be wisex and if you give it herx
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the devil will shake her chain and fright us with itx
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courtesanx
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i pray youx sirx my ringx or else the chainx
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i hope you do not mean to cheat me sox
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antipholus of syracusex
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avauntx thou witchx comex dromiox let us gox
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dromio of syracusex
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fly pridex says the peacockx mistressx that you knowx
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xxexeunt antipholus of syracuse and dromio of syracusexxx
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courtesanx
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nowx out of doubt antipholus is madx
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else would he never so demean himselfx
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a ring he hath of mine worth forty ducatsx
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and for the same he promisxd me a chainx
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both one and other he denies me nowx
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the reason that i gather he is madx
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besides this present instance of his ragex
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is a mad tale he told today at dinner
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of his own doors being shut against his entrancex
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belike his wifex acquainted with his fitsx
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on purpose shut the doors against his wayx
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my way is now to hie home to his housex
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and tell his wife thatx being lunaticx
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he rushxd into my house and took perforce
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my ring awayx this course i fittest choosex
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for forty ducats is too much to losex
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xxexitxxx
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scene ivx the samex
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enter antipholus of ephesus with an officerx
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antipholus of ephesusx
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fear me notx manx i will not break awayx
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ixll give thee ere i leave thee so much moneyx
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to warrant theex as i am xrested forx
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my wife is in a wayward mood todayx
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and will not lightly trust the messenger
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that i should be attachxd in ephesusx
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i tell you xtwill sound harshly in her earsx
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enter dromio of ephesus with a ropexs endx
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here comes my manx i think he brings the moneyx
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how nowx sirx have you that i sent you forx
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dromio of ephesusx
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herexs thatx i warrant youx will pay them allx
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antipholus of ephesusx
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but wherexs the moneyx
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dromio of ephesusx
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whyx sirx i gave the money for the ropex
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antipholus of ephesusx
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five hundred ducatsx villainx for a ropex
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dromio of ephesusx
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ixll serve youx sirx five hundred at the ratex
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antipholus of ephesusx
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to what end did i bid thee hie thee homex
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dromio of ephesusx
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to a ropexs endx sirx and to that end am i returnxdx
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antipholus of ephesusx
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and to that endx sirx i will welcome youx
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xxbeating himxxx
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officerx
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good sirx be patientx
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dromio of ephesusx
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nayx xtis for me to be patientx i am in adversityx
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officerx
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good nowx hold thy tonguex
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dromio of ephesusx
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nayx rather persuade him to hold his handsx
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antipholus of ephesusx
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thou whoresonx senseless villainx
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dromio of ephesusx
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i would i were senselessx sirx that i might not feel your blowsx
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antipholus of ephesusx
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thou art sensible in nothing but blowsx and so is an assx
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dromio of ephesusx
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i am an ass indeedx you may prove it by my long earsx i have served him
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from the hour of my nativity to this instantx and have nothing at his
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hands for my service but blowsx when i am coldx he heats me with
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beatingx when i am warm he cools me with beatingx i am waked with it
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when i sleepx raised with it when i sitx driven out of doors with it
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when i go from homex welcomed home with it when i returnx nayx i bear
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it on my shoulders as a beggar wont her bratx and i think when he hath
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lamed mex i shall beg with it from door to doorx
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enter adrianax lucianax courtesan and a schoolmaster called pinchx
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antipholus of ephesusx
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comex go alongx my wife is coming yonderx
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dromio of ephesusx
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mistressx xrespice finemxx respect your endx or ratherx the prophesy
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like the parrotx xbeware the ropexs endxx
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antipholus of ephesusx
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wilt thou still talkx
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xxbeats himxxx
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courtesanx
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how say you nowx is not your husband madx
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adrianax
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his incivility confirms no lessx
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good doctor pinchx you are a conjurerx
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establish him in his true sense againx
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and i will please you what you will demandx
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lucianax
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alasx how fiery and how sharp he looksx
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courtesanx
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mark how he trembles in his ecstasyx
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pinchx
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give me your handx and let me feel your pulsex
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antipholus of ephesusx
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there is my handx and let it feel your earx
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pinchx
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i charge theex satanx housxd within this manx
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to yield possession to my holy prayersx
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and to thy state of darkness hie thee straightx
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i conjure thee by all the saints in heavenx
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antipholus of ephesusx
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peacex doting wizardx peacex i am not madx
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adrianax
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ox that thou wert notx poor distressed soulx
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antipholus of ephesusx
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you minionx youx are these your customersx
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did this companion with the saffron face
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revel and feast it at my house todayx
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whilst upon me the guilty doors were shutx
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and i denied to enter in my housex
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adrianax
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o husbandx god doth know you dinxd at homex
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where would you had remainxd until this timex
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free from these slanders and this open shamex
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antipholus of ephesusx
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dinxd at homex thou villainx what sayest thoux
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dromio of ephesusx
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sirx sooth to sayx you did not dine at homex
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antipholus of ephesusx
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were not my doors lockxd up and i shut outx
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dromio of ephesusx
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perdyx your doors were lockxdx and you shut outx
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antipholus of ephesusx
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and did not she herself revile me therex
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dromio of ephesusx
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sans fablex she herself revilxd you therex
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antipholus of ephesusx
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did not her kitchenxmaid railx tauntx and scorn mex
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dromio of ephesusx
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certesx she didx the kitchenxvestal scornxd youx
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antipholus of ephesusx
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and did not i in rage depart from thencex
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dromio of ephesusx
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in verityx you didx my bones bear witnessx
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that since have felt the vigour of his ragex
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adrianax
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isxt good to soothe him in these contrariesx
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pinchx
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it is no shamex the fellow finds his veinx
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and yielding to himx humours well his frenzyx
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antipholus of ephesusx
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thou hast subornxd the goldsmith to arrest mex
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adrianax
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alasx i sent you money to redeem you
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by dromio herex who came in haste for itx
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dromio of ephesusx
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money by mex heart and goodwill you mightx
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but surelyx masterx not a rag of moneyx
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antipholus of ephesusx
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wentxst not thou to her for a purse of ducatsx
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adrianax
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he came to mex and i deliverxd itx
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lucianax
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and i am witness with her that she didx
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dromio of ephesusx
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god and the ropexmaker bear me witness
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that i was sent for nothing but a ropex
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pinchx
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mistressx both man and master is possessxdx
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i know it by their pale and deadly looksx
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they must be bound and laid in some dark roomx
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antipholus of ephesusx
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sayx wherefore didst thou lock me forth todayx
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and why dost thou deny the bag of goldx
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adrianax
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i did notx gentle husbandx lock thee forthx
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dromio of ephesusx
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and gentle masterx i receivxd no goldx
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but i confessx sirx that we were lockxd outx
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adrianax
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dissembling villainx thou speakxst false in bothx
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antipholus of ephesusx
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dissembling harlotx thou art false in allx
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and art confederate with a damned pack
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to make a loathsome abject scorn of mex
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but with these nails ixll pluck out these false eyes
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that would behold in me this shameful sportx
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xxenter three or fourx and offer to bind himx he strivesx xx
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adrianax
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ox bind himx bind himx let him not come near mex
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pinchx
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more companyx the fiend is strong within himx
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lucianax
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ay mex poor manx how pale and wan he looksx
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antipholus of ephesusx
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whatx will you murder mex thou jailerx thoux
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i am thy prisonerx wilt thou suffer them
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to make a rescuex
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officerx
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mastersx let him gox
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he is my prisonerx and you shall not have himx
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pinchx
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gox bind this manx for he is frantic toox
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adrianax
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what wilt thou dox thou peevish officerx
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hast thou delight to see a wretched man
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do outrage and displeasure to himselfx
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officerx
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he is my prisonerx if i let him gox
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the debt he owes will be requirxd of mex
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adrianax
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i will discharge thee ere i go from theex
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bear me forthwith unto his creditorx
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and knowing how the debt growsx i will pay itx
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good master doctorx see him safe conveyxd
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home to my housex o most unhappy dayx
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antipholus of ephesusx
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o most unhappy strumpetx
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dromio of ephesusx
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masterx i am here enterxd in bond for youx
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antipholus of ephesusx
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out on theex villainx wherefore dost thou mad mex
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dromio of ephesusx
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will you be bound for nothingx be madx good masterx cryx xthe devilxx
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lucianax
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god helpx poor soulsx how idly do they talkx
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adrianax
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go bear him hencex sisterx go you with mex
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xxexeunt pinch and assistantsx with antipholus of ephesus and dromio
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of ephesusxxx
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say nowx whose suit is he arrested atx
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officerx
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one angelox a goldsmithx do you know himx
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adrianax
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i know the manx what is the sum he owesx
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officerx
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two hundred ducatsx
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adrianax
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sayx how grows it duex
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officerx
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due for a chain your husband had of himx
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adrianax
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he did bespeak a chain for mex but had it notx
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courtesanx
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when as your husbandx all in ragex today
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came to my house and took away my ringx
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the ring i saw upon his finger nowx
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straight after did i meet him with a chainx
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adrianax
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it may be sox but i did never see itx
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comex jailerx bring me where the goldsmith isx
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i long to know the truth hereof at largex
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enter antipholus of syracuse with his rapier drawnx and dromio of
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syracusex
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lucianax
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godx for thy mercyx they are loose againx
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adrianax
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and come with naked swordsx letxs call more help
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to have them bound againx
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officerx
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awayx theyxll kill usx
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xxexeuntx as fast as may bex frightedxxx
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antipholus of syracusex
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i see these witches are afraid of swordsx
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dromio of syracusex
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she that would be your wife now ran from youx
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antipholus of syracusex
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come to the centaurx fetch our stuff from thencex
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i long that we were safe and sound aboardx
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dromio of syracusex
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faithx stay here this nightx they will surely do us no harmx you saw
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|
they speak us fairx give us goldx methinks they are such a gentle
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nation thatx but for the mountain of mad flesh that claims marriage of
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mex i could find in my heart to stay here still and turn witchx
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antipholus of syracusex
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i will not stay tonight for all the townx
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therefore awayx to get our stuff aboardx
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xxexeuntxxx
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act v
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scene ix the samex
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enter merchant and angelox
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angelox
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i am sorryx sirx that i have hinderxd youx
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but i protest he had the chain of mex
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though most dishonestly he doth deny itx
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merchantx
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how is the man esteemxd here in the cityx
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angelox
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of very reverend reputationx sirx
|
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of credit infinitex highly belovxdx
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|
second to none that lives here in the cityx
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his word might bear my wealth at any timex
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merchantx
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speak softlyx yonderx as i thinkx he walksx
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enter antipholus of syracuse and dromio of syracusex
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angelox
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xtis sox and that self chain about his neck
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which he forswore most monstrously to havex
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good sirx draw near to mex ixll speak to himx
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signior antipholusx i wonder much
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that you would put me to this shame and troublex
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and not without some scandal to yourselfx
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with circumstance and oaths so to deny
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|
this chainx which now you wear so openlyx
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beside the chargex the shamex imprisonmentx
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you have done wrong to this my honest friendx
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|
whox but for staying on our controversyx
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had hoisted sail and put to sea todayx
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this chain you had of mex can you deny itx
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antipholus of syracusex
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i think i hadx i never did deny itx
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merchantx
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yesx that you didx sirx and forswore it toox
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antipholus of syracusex
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who heard me to deny it or forswear itx
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merchantx
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these ears of minex thou knowxstx did hear theex
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fie on theex wretchx xtis pity that thou livxst
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to walk where any honest men resortx
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antipholus of syracusex
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thou art a villain to impeach me thusx
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ixll prove mine honour and mine honesty
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against thee presentlyx if thou darxst standx
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merchantx
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i darex and do defy thee for a villainx
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xxthey drawxxx
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enter adrianax lucianax courtesan and othersx
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adrianax
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holdx hurt him notx for godxs sakex he is madx
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some get within himx take his sword awayx
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bind dromio toox and bear them to my housex
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dromio of syracusex
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runx masterx runx for godxs sakex take a housex
|
|
this is some prioryx inx or we are spoilxdx
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xxexeunt antipholus of syracuse and dromio of syracuse to the
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prioryxxx
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enter lady abbessx
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abbessx
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|
be quietx peoplex wherefore throng you hitherx
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adrianax
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to fetch my poor distracted husband hencex
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let us come inx that we may bind him fast
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and bear him home for his recoveryx
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angelox
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i knew he was not in his perfect witsx
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merchantx
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i am sorry now that i did draw on himx
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abbessx
|
|
how long hath this possession held the manx
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adrianax
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|
this week he hath been heavyx sourx sadx
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|
and much different from the man he wasx
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but till this afternoon his passion
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nexer brake into extremity of ragex
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abbessx
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hath he not lost much wealth by wreck of seax
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|
buried some dear friendx hath not else his eye
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strayxd his affection in unlawful lovex
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a sin prevailing much in youthful men
|
|
who give their eyes the liberty of gazingx
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|
which of these sorrows is he subject tox
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adrianax
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to none of thesex except it be the lastx
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namelyx some love that drew him oft from homex
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abbessx
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you should for that have reprehended himx
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adrianax
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whyx so i didx
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abbessx
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ayx but not rough enoughx
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adrianax
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as roughly as my modesty would let mex
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abbessx
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haply in privatex
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adrianax
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and in assemblies toox
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abbessx
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ayx but not enoughx
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adrianax
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|
it was the copy of our conferencex
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|
in bed he slept not for my urging itx
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at board he fed not for my urging itx
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|
alonex it was the subject of my themex
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|
in company i often glanced itx
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still did i tell him it was vile and badx
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abbessx
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|
and thereof came it that the man was madx
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|
the venom clamours of a jealous woman
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|
poisons more deadly than a mad dogxs toothx
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|
it seems his sleeps were hindered by thy railingx
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|
and thereof comes it that his head is lightx
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|
thou sayxst his meat was saucxd with thy upbraidingsx
|
|
unquiet meals make ill digestionsx
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|
thereof the raging fire of fever bredx
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|
and whatxs a fever but a fit of madnessx
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|
thou sayxst his sports were hinderxd by thy brawlsx
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|
sweet recreation barrxdx what doth ensue
|
|
but moody and dull melancholyx
|
|
kinsman to grim and comfortless despairx
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|
and at her heels a huge infectious troop
|
|
of pale distemperatures and foes to lifex
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|
in foodx in sportx and lifexpreserving rest
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|
to be disturbxd would mad or man or beastx
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|
the consequence isx thenx thy jealous fits
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hath scarxd thy husband from the use ofxs witsx
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lucianax
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she never reprehended him but mildlyx
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when he demeanxd himself roughx rudex and wildlyx
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why bear you these rebukes and answer notx
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adrianax
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she did betray me to my own reproofx
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good peoplex enter and lay hold on himx
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abbessx
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nox not a creature enters in my housex
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adrianax
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then let your servants bring my husband forthx
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abbessx
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neitherx he took this place for sanctuaryx
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and it shall privilege him from your hands
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till i have brought him to his wits againx
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or lose my labour in assaying itx
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adrianax
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i will attend my husbandx be his nursex
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diet his sicknessx for it is my officex
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and will have no attorney but myselfx
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and therefore let me have him home with mex
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abbessx
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be patientx for i will not let him stir
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till i have used the approved means i havex
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with wholesome syrupsx drugsx and holy prayersx
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to make of him a formal man againx
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it is a branch and parcel of mine oathx
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a charitable duty of my orderx
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therefore departx and leave him here with mex
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adrianax
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i will not hence and leave my husband herex
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and ill it doth beseem your holiness
|
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to separate the husband and the wifex
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abbessx
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be quiet and departx thou shalt not have himx
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xxexit abbessxxx
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lucianax
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complain unto the duke of this indignityx
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adrianax
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comex gox i will fall prostrate at his feetx
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and never rise until my tears and prayers
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have won his grace to come in person hither
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and take perforce my husband from the abbessx
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merchantx
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by thisx i thinkx the dial points at fivex
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anonx ixm surex the duke himself in person
|
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comes this way to the melancholy valex
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the place of death and sorry execution
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behind the ditches of the abbey herex
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angelox
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upon what causex
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merchantx
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to see a reverend syracusian merchantx
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who put unluckily into this bay
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against the laws and statutes of this townx
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beheaded publicly for his offencex
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angelox
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see where they comex we will behold his deathx
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lucianax
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kneel to the duke before he pass the abbeyx
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enter the dukex attendedx egeonx bareheadedx with the headsman and
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other officersx
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dukex
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yet once again proclaim it publiclyx
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if any friend will pay the sum for himx
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he shall not diex so much we tender himx
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adrianax
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justicex most sacred dukex against the abbessx
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dukex
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she is a virtuous and a reverend ladyx
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it cannot be that she hath done thee wrongx
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adrianax
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may it please your gracex antipholusx my husbandx
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who i made lord of me and all i had
|
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at your important lettersx this ill day
|
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a most outrageous fit of madness took himx
|
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that despxrately he hurried through the streetx
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with him his bondman all as mad as hex
|
|
doing displeasure to the citizens
|
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by rushing in their housesx bearing thence
|
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ringsx jewelsx anything his rage did likex
|
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once did i get him bound and sent him homex
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whilst to take order for the wrongs i wentx
|
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that here and there his fury had committedx
|
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anonx i wot not by what strong escapex
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he broke from those that had the guard of himx
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and with his mad attendant and himselfx
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each one with ireful passionx with drawn swordsx
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met us againx andx madly bent on usx
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chased us awayx till raising of more aidx
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we came again to bind themx then they fled
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into this abbeyx whither we pursued themx
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and here the abbess shuts the gates on usx
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and will not suffer us to fetch him outx
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nor send him forth that we may bear him hencex
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thereforex most gracious dukex with thy command
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|
let him be brought forth and borne hence for helpx
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dukex
|
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long since thy husband servxd me in my warsx
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and i to thee engagxd a princexs wordx
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when thou didst make him master of thy bedx
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to do him all the grace and good i couldx
|
|
gox some of youx knock at the abbey gatex
|
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and bid the lady abbess come to mex
|
|
i will determine this before i stirx
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enter a messengerx
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messengerx
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o mistressx mistressx shift and save yourselfx
|
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my master and his man are both broke loosex
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beaten the maids axrowx and bound the doctorx
|
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whose beard they have singed off with brands of firex
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and ever as it blazed they threw on him
|
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great pails of puddled mire to quench the hairx
|
|
my master preaches patience to himx and the while
|
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his man with scissors nicks him like a foolx
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and sure xunless you send some present helpx
|
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between them they will kill the conjurerx
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adrianax
|
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peacex foolx thy master and his man are herex
|
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and that is false thou dost report to usx
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messengerx
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mistressx upon my lifex i tell you truex
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i have not breathxd almost since i did see itx
|
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he cries for youx and vowsx if he can take youx
|
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to scorch your face and to disfigure youx
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xxcry withinxxx
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harkx harkx i hear himx mistressx flyx be gonex
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dukex
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comex stand by mex fear nothingx guard with halberdsx
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adrianax
|
|
ay mex it is my husbandx witness you
|
|
that he is borne about invisiblex
|
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even now we housxd him in the abbey herex
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and now hexs therex past thought of human reasonx
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enter antipholus and dromio of ephesusx
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antipholus of ephesusx
|
|
justicex most gracious dukex ox grant me justicex
|
|
even for the service that long since i did thee
|
|
when i bestrid thee in the warsx and took
|
|
deep scars to save thy lifex even for the blood
|
|
that then i lost for theex now grant me justicex
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|
egeonx
|
|
unless the fear of death doth make me dotex
|
|
i see my son antipholus and dromiox
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antipholus of ephesusx
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justicex sweet princex against that woman therex
|
|
she whom thou gavxst to me to be my wifex
|
|
that hath abused and dishonourxd me
|
|
even in the strength and height of injuryx
|
|
beyond imagination is the wrong
|
|
that she this day hath shameless thrown on mex
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dukex
|
|
discover howx and thou shalt find me justx
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antipholus of ephesusx
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this dayx great dukex she shut the doors upon me
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|
while she with harlots feasted in my housex
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dukex
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a grievous faultx sayx womanx didst thou sox
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adrianax
|
|
nox my good lordx myselfx hex and my sister
|
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today did dine togetherx so befall my soul
|
|
as this is false he burdens me withalx
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lucianax
|
|
nexer may i look on day nor sleep on night
|
|
but she tells to your highness simple truthx
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angelox
|
|
o perjurxd womanx they are both forswornx
|
|
in this the madman justly chargeth themx
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antipholus of ephesusx
|
|
my liegex i am advised what i sayx
|
|
neither disturbxd with the effect of winex
|
|
nor headyxrashx provokxd with raging irex
|
|
albeit my wrongs might make one wiser madx
|
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this woman lockxd me out this day from dinnerx
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that goldsmith therex were he not packxd with herx
|
|
could witness itx for he was with me thenx
|
|
who parted with me to go fetch a chainx
|
|
promising to bring it to the porpentinex
|
|
where balthasar and i did dine togetherx
|
|
our dinner donex and he not coming thitherx
|
|
i went to seek himx in the street i met himx
|
|
and in his company that gentlemanx
|
|
there did this perjurxd goldsmith swear me down
|
|
that i this day of him receivxd the chainx
|
|
whichx god he knowsx i saw notx for the which
|
|
he did arrest me with an officerx
|
|
i did obeyx and sent my peasant home
|
|
for certain ducatsx he with none returnxdx
|
|
then fairly i bespoke the officer
|
|
to go in person with me to my housex
|
|
by thx way we met
|
|
my wifex her sisterx and a rabble more
|
|
of vile confederatesx along with them
|
|
they brought one pinchx a hungry leanxfaced villainx
|
|
a mere anatomyx a mountebankx
|
|
a threadbare jugglerx and a fortunextellerx
|
|
a needyx hollowxeyxdx sharpxlooking wretchx
|
|
a living dead manx this pernicious slavex
|
|
forsoothx took on him as a conjurerx
|
|
and gazing in mine eyesx feeling my pulsex
|
|
and with no face xas xtwerex outfacing mex
|
|
cries outx i was possessxdx then altogether
|
|
they fell upon mex bound mex bore me thencex
|
|
and in a dark and dankish vault at home
|
|
there left me and my manx both bound togetherx
|
|
till gnawing with my teeth my bonds in sunderx
|
|
i gainxd my freedom and immediately
|
|
ran hither to your gracex whom i beseech
|
|
to give me ample satisfaction
|
|
for these deep shames and great indignitiesx
|
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|
|
angelox
|
|
my lordx in truthx thus far i witness with himx
|
|
that he dinxd not at homex but was lockxd outx
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|
dukex
|
|
but had he such a chain of theex or nox
|
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|
angelox
|
|
he hadx my lordx and when he ran in here
|
|
these people saw the chain about his neckx
|
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|
|
merchantx
|
|
besidesx i will be sworn these ears of mine
|
|
heard you confess you had the chain of himx
|
|
after you first forswore it on the martx
|
|
and thereupon i drew my sword on youx
|
|
and then you fled into this abbey herex
|
|
from whence i think you are come by miraclex
|
|
|
|
antipholus of ephesusx
|
|
i never came within these abbey wallsx
|
|
nor ever didst thou draw thy sword on mex
|
|
i never saw the chainx so help me heavenx
|
|
and this is false you burden me withalx
|
|
|
|
dukex
|
|
whyx what an intricate impeach is thisx
|
|
i think you all have drunk of circexs cupx
|
|
if here you housxd himx here he would have beenx
|
|
if he were madx he would not plead so coldlyx
|
|
you say he dinxd at homex the goldsmith here
|
|
denies that sayingx sirrahx what say youx
|
|
|
|
dromio of ephesusx
|
|
sirx he dined with her therex at the porpentinex
|
|
|
|
courtesanx
|
|
he didx and from my finger snatchxd that ringx
|
|
|
|
antipholus of ephesusx
|
|
xtis truex my liegex this ring i had of herx
|
|
|
|
dukex
|
|
sawxst thou him enter at the abbey herex
|
|
|
|
courtesanx
|
|
as surex my liegex as i do see your gracex
|
|
|
|
dukex
|
|
whyx this is strangex go call the abbess hitherx
|
|
i think you are all matedx or stark madx
|
|
|
|
xxexit one to the abbessxxx
|
|
|
|
egeonx
|
|
most mighty dukex vouchsafe me speak a wordx
|
|
haply i see a friend will save my life
|
|
and pay the sum that may deliver mex
|
|
|
|
dukex
|
|
speak freelyx syracusianx what thou wiltx
|
|
|
|
egeonx
|
|
is not your namex sirx callxd antipholusx
|
|
and is not that your bondman dromiox
|
|
|
|
dromio of ephesusx
|
|
within this hour i was his bondmanx sirx
|
|
but hex i thank himx gnawxd in two my cordsx
|
|
now am i dromiox and his manx unboundx
|
|
|
|
egeonx
|
|
i am sure you both of you remember mex
|
|
|
|
dromio of ephesusx
|
|
ourselves we do rememberx sirx by youx
|
|
for lately we were bound as you are nowx
|
|
you are not pinchxs patientx are youx sirx
|
|
|
|
egeonx
|
|
why look you strange on mex you know me wellx
|
|
|
|
antipholus of ephesusx
|
|
i never saw you in my life till nowx
|
|
|
|
egeonx
|
|
ox grief hath changxd me since you saw me lastx
|
|
and careful hours with timexs deformed handx
|
|
have written strange defeatures in my facex
|
|
but tell me yetx dost thou not know my voicex
|
|
|
|
antipholus of ephesusx
|
|
neitherx
|
|
|
|
egeonx
|
|
dromiox nor thoux
|
|
|
|
dromio of ephesusx
|
|
nox trust mex sirx nor ix
|
|
|
|
egeonx
|
|
i am sure thou dostx
|
|
|
|
dromio of ephesusx
|
|
ayx sirx but i am sure i do notx and whatsoever a man deniesx you are
|
|
now bound to believe himx
|
|
|
|
egeonx
|
|
not know my voicex o timexs extremityx
|
|
hast thou so crackxd and splitted my poor tongue
|
|
in seven short years that here my only son
|
|
knows not my feeble key of untunxd caresx
|
|
though now this grained face of mine be hid
|
|
in sapxconsuming winterxs drizzled snowx
|
|
and all the conduits of my blood froze upx
|
|
yet hath my night of life some memoryx
|
|
my wasting lamps some fading glimmer leftx
|
|
my dull deaf ears a little use to hearx
|
|
all these old witnessesx i cannot errx
|
|
tell me thou art my son antipholusx
|
|
|
|
antipholus of ephesusx
|
|
i never saw my father in my lifex
|
|
|
|
egeonx
|
|
but seven years sincex in syracusax boyx
|
|
thou knowxst we partedx but perhapsx my sonx
|
|
thou shamxst to acknowledge me in miseryx
|
|
|
|
antipholus of ephesusx
|
|
the duke and all that know me in the cityx
|
|
can witness with me that it is not sox
|
|
i nexer saw syracusa in my lifex
|
|
|
|
dukex
|
|
i tell theex syracusianx twenty years
|
|
have i been patron to antipholusx
|
|
during which time he nexer saw syracusax
|
|
i see thy age and dangers make thee dotex
|
|
|
|
enter the abbess with antipholus of syracuse and dromio of syracusex
|
|
|
|
abbessx
|
|
most mighty dukex behold a man much wrongxdx
|
|
|
|
xxall gather to see themxxx
|
|
|
|
adrianax
|
|
i see two husbandsx or mine eyes deceive mex
|
|
|
|
dukex
|
|
one of these men is xgeniusx to the otherx
|
|
and so of thesex which is the natural manx
|
|
and which the spiritx who deciphers themx
|
|
|
|
dromio of syracusex
|
|
ix sirx am dromiox command him awayx
|
|
|
|
dromio of ephesusx
|
|
ix sirx am dromiox pray let me stayx
|
|
|
|
antipholus of syracusex
|
|
egeonx art thou notx or else his ghostx
|
|
|
|
dromio of syracusex
|
|
ox my old masterx who hath bound him herex
|
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|
|
abbessx
|
|
whoever bound himx i will loose his bondsx
|
|
and gain a husband by his libertyx
|
|
speakx old egeonx if thou bexst the man
|
|
that hadst a wife once called emiliax
|
|
that bore thee at a burden two fair sonsx
|
|
ox if thou bexst the same egeonx speakx
|
|
and speak unto the same emiliax
|
|
|
|
dukex
|
|
whyx here begins his morning story rightx
|
|
these two antipholusxx these two so likex
|
|
and these two dromiosx one in semblancex
|
|
besides her urging of her wreck at seax
|
|
these are the parents to these childrenx
|
|
which accidentally are met togetherx
|
|
|
|
egeonx
|
|
if i dream notx thou art emiliax
|
|
if thou art shex tell me where is that son
|
|
that floated with thee on the fatal raftx
|
|
|
|
abbessx
|
|
by men of epidamnumx he and i
|
|
and the twin dromiox all were taken upx
|
|
butx by and byx rude fishermen of corinth
|
|
by force took dromio and my son from themx
|
|
and me they left with those of epidamnumx
|
|
what then became of them i cannot tellx
|
|
i to this fortune that you see me inx
|
|
|
|
dukex
|
|
antipholusx thou camxst from corinth firstx
|
|
|
|
antipholus of syracusex
|
|
nox sirx not ix i came from syracusex
|
|
|
|
dukex
|
|
stayx stand apartx i know not which is whichx
|
|
|
|
antipholus of ephesusx
|
|
i came from corinthx my most gracious lordx
|
|
|
|
dromio of ephesusx
|
|
and i with himx
|
|
|
|
antipholus of ephesusx
|
|
brought to this town by that most famous warriorx
|
|
duke menaphonx your most renowned unclex
|
|
|
|
adrianax
|
|
which of you two did dine with me todayx
|
|
|
|
antipholus of syracusex
|
|
ix gentle mistressx
|
|
|
|
adrianax
|
|
and are not you my husbandx
|
|
|
|
antipholus of ephesusx
|
|
nox i say nay to thatx
|
|
|
|
antipholus of syracusex
|
|
and so do ix yet did she call me sox
|
|
and this fair gentlewomanx her sister herex
|
|
did call me brotherx what i told you thenx
|
|
i hope i shall have leisure to make goodx
|
|
if this be not a dream i see and hearx
|
|
|
|
angelox
|
|
that is the chainx sirx which you had of mex
|
|
|
|
antipholus of syracusex
|
|
i think it bex sirx i deny it notx
|
|
|
|
antipholus of ephesusx
|
|
and youx sirx for this chain arrested mex
|
|
|
|
angelox
|
|
i think i didx sirx i deny it notx
|
|
|
|
adrianax
|
|
i sent you moneyx sirx to be your bail
|
|
by dromiox but i think he brought it notx
|
|
|
|
dromio of ephesusx
|
|
nox none by mex
|
|
|
|
antipholus of syracusex
|
|
this purse of ducats i receivxd from youx
|
|
and dromio my man did bring them mex
|
|
i see we still did meet each otherxs manx
|
|
and i was taxen for himx and he for mex
|
|
and thereupon these errors are arosex
|
|
|
|
antipholus of ephesusx
|
|
these ducats pawn i for my father herex
|
|
|
|
dukex
|
|
it shall not needx thy father hath his lifex
|
|
|
|
courtesanx
|
|
sirx i must have that diamond from youx
|
|
|
|
antipholus of ephesusx
|
|
therex take itx and much thanks for my good cheerx
|
|
|
|
abbessx
|
|
renowned dukex vouchsafe to take the pains
|
|
to go with us into the abbey herex
|
|
and hear at large discoursed all our fortunesx
|
|
and all that are assembled in this placex
|
|
that by this sympathised one dayxs error
|
|
have sufferxd wrongx gox keep us companyx
|
|
and we shall make full satisfactionx
|
|
thirtyxthree years have i but gone in travail
|
|
of youx my sonsx and till this present hour
|
|
my heavy burden nexer deliveredx
|
|
the dukex my husbandx and my children bothx
|
|
and youx the calendars of their nativityx
|
|
go to a gossipsx feastx and go with mex
|
|
after so long griefx such nativityx
|
|
|
|
dukex
|
|
with all my heartx ixll gossip at this feastx
|
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xxexeunt except the two dromios and two brothersxxx
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dromio of syracusex
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masterx shall i fetch your stuff from shipboardx
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antipholus of ephesusx
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dromiox what stuff of mine hast thou embarkxdx
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dromio of syracusex
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your goods that lay at hostx sirx in the centaurx
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antipholus of syracusex
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he speaks to mex i am your masterx dromiox
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comex go with usx wexll look to that anonx
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embrace thy brother therex rejoice with himx
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xxexeunt antipholus of syracuse and antipholus of ephesusxxx
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dromio of syracusex
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there is a fat friend at your masterxs housex
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that kitchenxd me for you today at dinnerx
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she now shall be my sisterx not my wifex
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dromio of ephesusx
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methinks you are my glassx and not my brotherx
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i see by you i am a sweetxfaced youthx
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will you walk in to see their gossipingx
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dromio of syracusex
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not ix sirx you are my elderx
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dromio of ephesusx
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thatxs a questionx how shall we try itx
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dromio of syracusex
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wexll draw cuts for the seniorx till thenx lead thou firstx
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dromio of ephesusx
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nayx thenx thusx
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we came into the world like brother and brotherx
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and now letxs go hand in handx not one before anotherx
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xxexeuntxxx
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the tragedy of coriolanus
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dramatis personae
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caius marciusx afterwards caius marcius coriolanus
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generals against the volscians
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titus lartius
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cominius
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menenius agrippax friend to coriolanus
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tribunes of the people
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sicinius velutus
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junius brutus
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young marciusx son to coriolanus
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a roman herald
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nicanorx a roman
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tullus aufidiusx general of the volscians
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lieutenantx to aufidius
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conspiratorsx with aufidius
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adrianx a volscian
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a citizen of antium
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two volscian guards
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volumniax mother to coriolanus
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virgiliax wife to coriolanus
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valeriax friend to virgilia
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gentlewoman attending on virgilia
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roman and volscian senatorsx patriciansx aedilesx lictorsx
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soldiersx citizensx messengersx servants to aufidiusx and other
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attendants
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scenex rome and the neighbourhoodx corioli and the neighbourhoodx
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antium
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act ix scene ix romex a street
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enter a company of mutinous citizensx with stavesx clubsx and other
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weapons
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first citizenx before we proceed any furtherx hear me speakx
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allx speakx speakx
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first citizenx you are all resolvxd rather to die than to famishx
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allx resolvxdx resolvxdx
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first citizenx firstx you know caius marcius is chief enemy to the
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peoplex
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allx we knowxtx we knowxtx
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first citizenx let us kill himx and wexll have corn at our own
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pricex isxt a verdictx
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allx no more talking onxtx let it be donex awayx awayx
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second citizenx one wordx good citizensx
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first citizenx we are accounted poor citizensx the patricians goodx
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what authority surfeits on would relieve usx if they would yield
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us but the superfluity while it were wholesomex we might guess
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they relieved us humanelyx but they think we are too dearx the
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leanness that afflicts usx the object of our miseryx is as an
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inventory to particularize their abundancex our sufferance is a
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gain to themx let us revenge this with our pikes ere we become
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rakesx for the gods know i speak this in hunger for breadx not in
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thirst for revengex
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second citizenx would you proceed especially against caius marciusx
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first citizenx against him firstx hexs a very dog to the
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commonaltyx
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second citizenx consider you what services he has done for his
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countryx
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first citizenx very wellx and could be content to give him good
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report forxt but that he pays himself with being proudx
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second citizenx nayx but speak not maliciouslyx
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first citizenx i say unto youx what he hath done famously he did it
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to that endx though softxconsciencxd men can be content to say it
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was for his countryx he did it to please his mother and to be
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partly proudx which he isx even to the altitude of his virtuex
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second citizenx what he cannot help in his nature you account a
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vice in himx you must in no way say he is covetousx
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first citizenx if i must notx i need not be barren of accusationsx
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he hath faultsx with surplusx to tire in repetitionx xshouts
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withinx what shouts are thesex the other side ox thx city is
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risenx why stay we prating herex to thx capitolx
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allx comex comex
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first citizenx softx who comes herex
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enter menenius agrippa
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second citizenx worthy menenius agrippax one that hath always lovxd
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the peoplex
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first citizenx hexs one honest enoughx would all the rest were sox
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meneniusx what workxsx my countrymenx in handx where go you
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with bats and clubsx the matterx speakx i pray youx
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first citizenx our business is not unknown to thx senatex they have
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had inkling this fortnight what we intend to dox which now wexll
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show xem in deedsx they say poor suitors have strong breathsx
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they shall know we have strong arms toox
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meneniusx whyx mastersx my good friendsx mine honest neighboursx
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will you undo yourselvesx
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first citizenx we cannotx sirx we are undone alreadyx
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meneniusx i tell youx friendsx most charitable care
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have the patricians of youx for your wantsx
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your suffering in this dearthx you may as well
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strike at the heaven with your staves as lift them
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against the roman statex whose course will on
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the way it takesx cracking ten thousand curbs
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of more strong link asunder than can ever
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appear in your impedimentx for the dearthx
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the godsx not the patriciansx make itx and
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your knees to themx not armsx must helpx alackx
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you are transported by calamity
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thither where more attends youx and you slander
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the helms ox thx statex who care for you like fathersx
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when you curse them as enemiesx
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first citizenx care for usx truex indeedx they nexer carxd for us
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yetx suffer us to famishx and their storehouses crammxd with
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grainx make edicts for usuryx to support usurersx repeal daily
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any wholesome act established against the richx and provide more
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piercing statutes daily to chain up and restrain the poorx if the
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wars eat us not upx they willx and therexs all the love they bear
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usx
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meneniusx either you must
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confess yourselves wondrous maliciousx
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or be accusxd of follyx i shall tell you
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a pretty talex it may be you have heard itx
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butx since it serves my purposex i will venture
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to stalext a little morex
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first citizenx wellx ixll hear itx sirx yet you must not think to
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fob off our disgrace with a talex butx anxt please youx deliverx
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meneniusx there was a time when all the bodyxs members
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rebellxd against the bellyx thus accusxd itx
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that only like a gulf it did remain
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ix thx midst ox thx bodyx idle and unactivex
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still cupboarding the viandx never bearing
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like labour with the restx where thx other instruments
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did see and hearx devisex instructx walkx feelx
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andx mutually participatex did minister
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unto the appetite and affection common
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of the whole bodyx the belly answerxdx
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first citizenx wellx sirx what answer made the bellyx
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meneniusx sirx i shall tell youx with a kind of smilex
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which nexer came from the lungsx but even thusx
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for look youx i may make the belly smile
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as well as speakx it tauntingly replied
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to thx discontented membersx the mutinous parts
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that envied his receiptx even so most fitly
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as you malign our senators for that
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they are not such as youx
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first citizenx your bellyxs answerx whatx
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the kingly crowned headx the vigilant eyex
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the counsellor heartx the arm our soldierx
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our steed the legx the tongue our trumpeterx
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with other muniments and petty helps
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is this our fabricx if that theyx
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meneniusx what thenx
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fore mex this fellow speaksx what thenx what thenx
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first citizenx should by the cormorant belly be restrainxdx
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who is the sink ox thx bodyx
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meneniusx wellx what thenx
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first citizenx the former agentsx if they did complainx
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what could the belly answerx
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meneniusx i will tell youx
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if youxll bestow a smallx of what you have littlex
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patience awhilex youxst hear the bellyxs answerx
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first citizenx yxare long about itx
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meneniusx note me thisx good friendx
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your most grave belly was deliberatex
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not rash like his accusersx and thus answeredx
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xtrue is itx my incorporate friendsxx quoth he
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xthat i receive the general food at first
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which you do live uponx and fit it isx
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because i am the storehouse and the shop
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of the whole bodyx butx if you do rememberx
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i send it through the rivers of your bloodx
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even to the courtx the heartx to thx seat ox thx brainx
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andx through the cranks and offices of manx
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the strongest nerves and small inferior veins
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from me receive that natural competency
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whereby they livex and though that all at once
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youx my good friendsxx this says the bellyx mark mex
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first citizenx ayx sirx wellx wellx
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meneniusx xthough all at once cannot
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see what i do deliver out to eachx
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yet i can make my audit upx that all
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from me do back receive the flour of allx
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and leave me but the branxx what say you tox tx
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first citizenx it was an answerx how apply you thisx
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meneniusx the senators of rome are this good bellyx
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and you the mutinous membersx forx examine
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their counsels and their caresx digest things rightly
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touching the weal ox thx commonx you shall find
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no public benefit which you receive
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but it proceeds or comes from them to youx
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and no way from yourselvesx what do you thinkx
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youx the great toe of this assemblyx
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first citizenx i the great toex why the great toex
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meneniusx for thatx being one ox thx lowestx basestx poorestx
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of this most wise rebellionx thou goest foremostx
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thou rascalx that art worst in blood to runx
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leadxst first to win some vantagex
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but make you ready your stiff bats and clubsx
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rome and her rats are at the point of battlex
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the one side must have balex
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enter caius marcius
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hailx noble marciusx
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marciusx thanksx whatxs the matterx you dissentious rogues
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thatx rubbing the poor itch of your opinionx
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make yourselves scabsx
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first citizenx we have ever your good wordx
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marciusx he that will give good words to thee will flatter
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beneath abhorringx what would you havex you cursx
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that like nor peace nor warx the one affrights youx
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the other makes you proudx he that trusts to youx
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where he should find you lionsx finds you haresx
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where foxesx geesex you are no surerx nox
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|
than is the coal of fire upon the ice
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or hailstone in the sunx your virtue is
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to make him worthy whose offence subdues himx
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and curse that justice did itx who deserves greatness
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deserves your hatex and your affections are
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|
a sick manxs appetitex who desires most that
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which would increase his evilx he that depends
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|
upon your favours swims with fins of leadx
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and hews down oaks with rushesx hang yex trust yex
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with every minute you do change a mind
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and call him noble that was now your hatex
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him vile that was your garlandx whatxs the matter
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that in these several places of the city
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you cry against the noble senatex whox
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under the godsx keep you in awex which else
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would feed on one anotherx whatxs their seekingx
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meneniusx for corn at their own ratesx whereof they say
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the city is well storxdx
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marciusx hang xemx they sayx
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theyxll sit by thx fire and presume to know
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|
whatxs done ix thx capitolx whoxs like to risex
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who thrives and who declinesx side factionsx and give out
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conjectural marriagesx making parties strongx
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and feebling such as stand not in their liking
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below their cobbled shoesx they say therexs grain enoughx
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would the nobility lay aside their ruth
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and let me use my swordx ixd make a quarry
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with thousands of these quarterxd slavesx as high
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as i could pick my lancex
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meneniusx nayx these are almost thoroughly persuadedx
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for though abundantly they lack discretionx
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yet are they passing cowardlyx butx i beseech youx
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what says the other troopx
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marciusx they are dissolvxdx hang xemx
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they said they were anxhungryx sighxd forth proverbsx
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that hunger broke stone wallsx that dogs must eatx
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that meat was made for mouthsx that the gods sent not
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corn for the rich men onlyx with these shreds
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|
they vented their complainingsx which being answerxdx
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and a petition granted themx a strange onex
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|
to break the heart of generosity
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|
and make bold power look palex they threw their caps
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as they would hang them on the horns ox thx moonx
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shouting their emulationx
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meneniusx what is granted themx
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marciusx five tribunesx to defend their vulgar wisdomsx
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of their own choicex onexs junius brutusx
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sicinius velutusx and i know notx xsdeathx
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the rabble should have first unroofxd the city
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ere so prevailxd with mex it will in time
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win upon power and throw forth greater themes
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|
for insurrectionxs arguingx
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meneniusx this is strangex
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marciusx go get you homex you fragmentsx
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enter a messengerx hastily
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messengerx wherexs caius marciusx
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marciusx herex whatxs the matterx
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messengerx the news isx sirx the volsces are in armsx
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marciusx i am glad onxtx then we shall hax means to vent
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our musty superfluityx seex our best eldersx
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enter cominiusx titus lartiusx with other senatorsx
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junius brutus and sicinius velutus
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first senatorx marciusx xtis true that you have lately told usx
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the volsces are in armsx
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marciusx they have a leaderx
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tullus aufidiusx that will put you toxtx
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i sin in envying his nobilityx
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and were i anything but what i amx
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i would wish me only hex
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cominiusx you have fought togetherx
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marciusx were half to half the world by thx earsx and he
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upon my partyx ixd revoltx to make
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only my wars with himx he is a lion
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that i am proud to huntx
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first senatorx thenx worthy marciusx
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attend upon cominius to these warsx
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cominiusx it is your former promisex
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marciusx sirx it isx
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and i am constantx titus lartiusx thou
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shalt see me once more strike at tullusx facex
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whatx art thou stiffx standxst outx
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lartiusx nox caius marciusx
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ixll lean upon one crutch and fight with txother
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ere stay behind this businessx
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meneniusx ox true bredx
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first senatorx your company to thx capitolx wherex i knowx
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our greatest friends attend usx
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lartiusx xto cominiusx lead you onx
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xto marciusx follow cominiusx we must follow youx
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right worthy you priorityx
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cominiusx noble marciusx
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first senatorx xto the citizensx hence to your homesx be gonex
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marciusx nayx let them followx
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the volsces have much cornx take these rats thither
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to gnaw their garnersx worshipful mutineersx
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your valour puts well forthx pray followx
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ciitzens steal awayx exeunt all but sicinius and brutus
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siciniusx was ever man so proud as is this marciusx
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brutusx he has no equalx
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siciniusx when we were chosen tribunes for the peoplex
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brutusx markxd you his lip and eyesx
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siciniusx nayx but his tauntsx
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brutusx being movxdx he will not spare to gird the godsx
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siciniusx bemock the modest moonx
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brutusx the present wars devour himx he is grown
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too proud to be so valiantx
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siciniusx such a naturex
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tickled with good successx disdains the shadow
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which he treads on at noonx but i do wonder
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his insolence can brook to be commanded
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under cominiusx
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brutusx famex at the which he aimsx
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in whom already he is well gracxdx cannot
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better be held nor more attainxd than by
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a place below the firstx for what miscarries
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shall be the generalxs faultx though he perform
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to thx utmost of a manx and giddy censure
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will then cry out of marcius xox if he
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had borne the businessxx
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siciniusx besidesx if things go wellx
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opinionx that so sticks on marciusx shall
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of his demerits rob cominiusx
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brutusx comex
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half all cominiusx honours are to marciusx
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though marcius earnxd them notx and all his faults
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|
to marcius shall be honoursx though indeed
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in aught he merit notx
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siciniusx letxs hence and hear
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how the dispatch is madex and in what fashionx
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more than his singularityx he goes
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upon this present actionx
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brutusx letxs alongx exeunt
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scene iix coriolix the senate housex
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enter tullus aufidius with senators of corioli
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first senatorx sox your opinion isx aufidiusx
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that they of rome are entxred in our counsels
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and know how we proceedx
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aufidiusx is it not yoursx
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what ever have been thought on in this state
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that could be brought to bodily act ere rome
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had circumventionx xtis not four days gone
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since i heard thencex these are the wordsx i think
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i have the letter herexxyesx here it isx
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xreadsx xthey have pressxd a powerx but it is not known
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whether for east or westx the dearth is greatx
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the people mutinousx and it is rumourxdx
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cominiusx marcius your old enemyx
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who is of rome worse hated than of youx
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and titus lartiusx a most valiant romanx
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these three lead on this preparation
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whither xtis bentx most likely xtis for youx
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consider of itxx
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first senatorx our armyxs in the fieldx
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we never yet made doubt but rome was ready
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to answer usx
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aufidiusx nor did you think it folly
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to keep your great pretences veilxd till when
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they needs must show themselvesx which in the hatchingx
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it seemxdx appearxd to romex by the discovery
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we shall be shortxned in our aimx which was
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to take in many towns ere almost rome
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should know we were afootx
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second senatorx noble aufidiusx
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take your commissionx hie you to your bandsx
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let us alone to guard coriolix
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if they set down beforexsx for the remove
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bring up your armyx but i think youxll find
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thx have not preparxd for usx
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aufidiusx ox doubt not thatx
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i speak from certaintiesx nay morex
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some parcels of their power are forth alreadyx
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and only hitherwardx i leave your honoursx
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if we and caius marcius chance to meetx
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xtis sworn between us we shall ever strike
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till one can do no morex
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allx the gods assist youx
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aufidiusx and keep your honours safex
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|
first senatorx farewellx
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|
second senatorx farewellx
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allx farewellx exeunt
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scene iiix romex marciusx house
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enter volumnia and virgiliax mother and wife to marciusx they set them
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down on two low stools and sew
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volumniax i pray youx daughterx singx or express yourself in a more
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comfortable sortx if my son were my husbandx i should freelier
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rejoice in that absence wherein he won honour than in the
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embracements of his bed where he would show most lovex when yet
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he was but tenderxbodiedx and the only son of my wombx when youth
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with comeliness pluckxd all gaze his wayx whenx for a day of
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kingsx entreatiesx a mother should not sell him an hour from her
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beholdingx ix considering how honour would become such a personx
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that it was no better than picturexlike to hang by thx wallx if
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renown made it not stirx was pleasxd to let him seek danger where
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he was to find famex to a cruel war i sent himx from whence he
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returnxd his brows bound with oakx i tell theex daughterx i
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sprang not more in joy at first hearing he was a manxchild than
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now in first seeing he had proved himself a manx
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virgiliax but had he died in the businessx madamx how thenx
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volumniax then his good report should have been my sonx i therein
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would have found issuex hear me profess sincerelyx had i a dozen
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sonsx each in my love alikex and none less dear than thine and my
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good marciusx i had rather had eleven die nobly for their country
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than one voluptuously surfeit out of actionx
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enter a gentlewoman
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gentlewomanx madamx the lady valeria is come to visit youx
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virgiliax beseech you give me leave to retire myselfx
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volumniax indeed you shall notx
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methinks i hear hither your husbandxs drumx
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see him pluck aufidius down by thx hairx
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as children from a bearx the volsces shunning himx
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methinks i see him stamp thusx and call thusx
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xcome onx you cowardsx you were got in fearx
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though you were born in romexx his bloody brow
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with his mailxd hand then wipingx forth he goesx
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like to a harvestxman thatxs taskxd to mow
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or all or lose his hirex
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virgiliax his bloody browx o jupiterx no bloodx
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volumniax awayx you foolx it more becomes a man
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than gilt his trophyx the breasts of hecubax
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when she did suckle hectorx lookxd not lovelier
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than hectorxs forehead when it spit forth blood
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at grecian swordx contemningx tell valeria
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we are fit to bid her welcomex exit gentlewoman
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virgiliax heavens bless my lord from fell aufidiusx
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volumniax hexll beat aufidiusx head below his knee
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and tread upon his neckx
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rexenter gentlewomanx with valeria and an usher
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valeriax my ladies bothx good day to youx
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volumniax sweet madamx
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virgiliax i am glad to see your ladyshipx
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valeriax how do you bothx you are manifest housekeepersx what are
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you sewing herex a fine spotx in good faithx how does your little
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sonx
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virgiliax i thank your ladyshipx wellx good madamx
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volumniax he had rather see the swords and hear a drum than look
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upon his schoolmasterx
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valeriax ox my wordx the fatherxs sonx ixll swear xtis a very
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pretty boyx ox my trothx i lookxd upon him a wednesday half an
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hour togetherx has such a confirmxd countenancex i saw him run
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after a gilded butterflyx and when he caught it he let it go
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againx and after it againx and over and over he comesx and up
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againx catchxd it againx or whether his fall enragxd himx or how
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xtwasx he did so set his teeth and tear itx ox i warrantx how he
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mammockxd itx
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volumniax one onxs fatherxs moodsx
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valeriax indeedx lax xtis a noble childx
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virgiliax a crackx madamx
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valeriax comex lay aside your stitcheryx i must have you play the
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idle huswife with me this afternoonx
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virgiliax nox good madamx i will not out of doorsx
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valeriax not out of doorsx
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volumniax she shallx she shallx
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virgiliax indeedx nox by your patiencex ixll not over the threshold
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till my lord return from the warsx
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valeriax fiex you confine yourself most unreasonablyx comex you
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must go visit the good lady that lies inx
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virgiliax i will wish her speedy strengthx and visit her with my
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prayersx but i cannot go thitherx
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volumniax whyx i pray youx
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virgiliax xtis not to save labourx nor that i want lovex
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valeriax you would be another penelopex yet they say all the yarn
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she spun in ulyssesx absence did but fill ithaca full of mothsx
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comex i would your cambric were sensible as your fingerx that you
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might leave pricking it for pityx comex you shall go with usx
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virgiliax nox good madamx pardon mex indeed i will not forthx
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valeriax in truthx lax go with mex and ixll tell you excellent news
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of your husbandx
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virgiliax ox good madamx there can be none yetx
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valeriax verilyx i do not jest with youx there came news from him
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last nightx
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virgiliax indeedx madamx
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valeriax in earnestx itxs truex i heard a senator speak itx thus it
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isx the volsces have an army forthx against whom cominius the
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general is gonex with one part of our roman powerx your lord and
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|
titus lartius are set down before their city coriolix they
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nothing doubt prevailing and to make it brief warsx this is truex
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on mine honourx and sox i prayx go with usx
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virgiliax give me excusex good madamx i will obey you in everything
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|
hereafterx
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volumniax let her alonex ladyx as she is nowx she will but disease
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|
our better mirthx
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valeriax in trothx i think she wouldx fare you wellx thenx comex
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|
good sweet ladyx pritheex virgiliax turn thy solemness out ox
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|
door and go along with usx
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virgiliax nox at a wordx madamx indeed i must notx i wish you much
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|
mirthx
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valeriax well thenx farewellx exeunt
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scene ivx before corioli
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enter marciusx titus lartiusx with drum and coloursx with captains and
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soldiersx to them a messenger
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marciusx yonder comes newsx a wagerx they have metx
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lartiusx my horse to yoursx nox
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marciusx xtis donex
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lartiusx agreedx
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marciusx sayx has our general met the enemyx
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messengerx they lie in viewx but have not spoke as yetx
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lartiusx sox the good horse is minex
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marciusx ixll buy him of youx
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lartiusx nox ixll nor sell nor give himx lend you him i will
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|
for half a hundred yearsx summon the townx
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|
marciusx how far off lie these armiesx
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messengerx within this mile and halfx
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marciusx then shall we hear their xlarumx and they oursx
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nowx marsx i pritheex make us quick in workx
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that we with smoking swords may march from hence
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to help our fielded friendsx comex blow thy blastx
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they sound a parleyx enter two senators with othersx
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on the walls of corioli
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tullus aufidiusx is he within your wallsx
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first senatorx nox nor a man that fears you less than hex
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thatxs lesser than a littlex xdrum afar offx harkx our drums
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are bringing forth our youthx wexll break our walls
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rather than they shall pound us upx our gatesx
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which yet seem shutx we have but pinnxd with rushesx
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theyxll open of themselvesx xalarum far offx hark you far offx
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there is aufidiusx list what work he makes
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amongst your cloven armyx
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marciusx ox they are at itx
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lartiusx their noise be our instructionx laddersx hox
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enter the army of the volsces
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marciusx they fear us notx but issue forth their cityx
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now put your shields before your heartsx and fight
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with hearts more proof than shieldsx advancex brave titusx
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they do disdain us much beyond our thoughtsx
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which makes me sweat with wrathx come onx my fellowsx
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he that retiresx ixll take him for a volscex
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and he shall feel mine edgex
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alarumx the romans are beat back to their trenchesx
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rexenter marciusx cursing
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marciusx all the contagion of the south light on youx
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you shames of romex you herd ofx boils and plagues
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|
plaster you oxerx that you may be abhorrxd
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|
farther than seenx and one infect another
|
|
against the wind a milex you souls of geese
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|
that bear the shapes of menx how have you run
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|
from slaves that apes would beatx pluto and hellx
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|
all hurt behindx backs redx and faces pale
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|
with flight and agued fearx mend and charge homex
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orx by the fires of heavenx ixll leave the foe
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and make my wars on youx look toxtx come onx
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if youxll stand fast wexll beat them to their wivesx
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as they us to our trenchesx follow mex
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another alarumx the volsces flyx and marcius follows
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them to the gates
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sox now the gates are opex now prove good secondsx
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xtis for the followers fortune widens themx
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not for the fliersx mark mex and do the likex
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xmarcius enters the gatesx
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first soldierx foolxhardinessx not ix
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second soldierx not ix xmarcius is shut inx
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first soldierx seex they have shut him inx
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allx to thx potx i warrant himx xalarum continuesx
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rexenter titus lartius
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lartiusx what is become of marciusx
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allx slainx sirx doubtlessx
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first soldierx following the fliers at the very heelsx
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with them he entersx whox upon the suddenx
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clappxd to their gatesx he is himself alonex
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to answer all the cityx
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lartiusx o noble fellowx
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who sensibly outdares his senseless swordx
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and when it bows standxst upx thou art leftx marciusx
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a carbuncle entirex as big as thou artx
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were not so rich a jewelx thou wast a soldier
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|
even to catoxs wishx not fierce and terrible
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|
only in strokesx but with thy grim looks and
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the thunderxlike percussion of thy sounds
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thou madxst thine enemies shakex as if the world
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were feverous and did tremblex
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rexenter marciusx bleedingx assaulted by the enemy
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first soldierx lookx sirx
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lartiusx ox xtis marciusx
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letxs fetch him offx or make remain alikex
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xthey fightx and all enter the cityx
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scene vx within coriolix a street
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enter certain romansx with spoils
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first romanx this will i carry to romex
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second romanx and i thisx
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third romanx a murrain on xtx i took this for silverx
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xalarum continues still afar offx
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enter marcius and titus lartius with a trumpeter
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marciusx see here these movers that do prize their hours
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at a crackxd drachmax cushionsx leaden spoonsx
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irons of a doitx doublets that hangmen would
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|
bury with those that wore themx these base slavesx
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|
ere yet the fight be donex pack upx down with themx
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|
exeunt pillagers
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and harkx what noise the general makesx to himx
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|
there is the man of my soulxs hatex aufidiusx
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|
piercing our romansx thenx valiant titusx take
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convenient numbers to make good the cityx
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|
whilst ix with those that have the spiritx will haste
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to help cominiusx
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lartiusx worthy sirx thou bleedxstx
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thy exercise hath been too violent
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for a second course of fightx
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marciusx sirx praise me notx
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|
my work hath yet not warmxd mex fare you wellx
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the blood i drop is rather physical
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|
than dangerous to mex to aufidius thus
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i will appearx and fightx
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lartiusx now the fair goddessx fortunex
|
|
fall deep in love with theex and her great charms
|
|
misguide thy opposersx swordsx bold gentlemanx
|
|
prosperity be thy pagex
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|
marciusx thy friend no less
|
|
than those she placeth highestx so farewellx
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|
lartiusx thou worthiest marciusx exit marcius
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|
go sound thy trumpet in the marketxplacex
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|
call thither all the officers ox thx townx
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|
where they shall know our mindx awayx exeunt
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scene vix near the camp of cominius
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enter cominiusx as it were in retirex with soldiers
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cominiusx breathe youx my friendsx well foughtx we are come off
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|
like romansx neither foolish in our stands
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|
nor cowardly in retirex believe mex sirsx
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|
we shall be chargxd againx whiles we have struckx
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|
by interims and conveying gusts we have heard
|
|
the charges of our friendsx the roman godsx
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|
lead their successes as we wish our ownx
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|
that both our powersx with smiling fronts encountxringx
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|
may give you thankful sacrificex
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|
enter a messenger
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thy newsx
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|
messengerx the citizens of corioli have issued
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|
and given to lartius and to marcius battlex
|
|
i saw our party to their trenches drivenx
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|
and then i came awayx
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|
cominiusx though thou speakxst truthx
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|
methinks thou speakxst not wellx how long isxt sincex
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|
messengerx above an hourx my lordx
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cominiusx xtis not a milex briefly we heard their drumsx
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|
how couldst thou in a mile confound an hourx
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|
and bring thy news so latex
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|
messengerx spies of the volsces
|
|
held me in chasex that i was forcxd to wheel
|
|
three or four miles aboutx else had ix sirx
|
|
half an hour since brought my reportx
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|
enter marcius
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|
cominiusx whoxs yonder
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|
that does appear as he were flayxdx o godsx
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|
he has the stamp of marciusx and i have
|
|
beforextime seen him thusx
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|
marciusx come i too latex
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|
cominiusx the shepherd knows not thunder from a tabor
|
|
more than i know the sound of marciusx tongue
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|
from every meaner manx
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|
marciusx come i too latex
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|
cominiusx ayx if you come not in the blood of othersx
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|
but mantled in your ownx
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|
marciusx ox let me clip ye
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|
in arms as sound as when i wooxdx in heart
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|
as merry as when our nuptial day was donex
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|
and tapers burnxd to bedwardx
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|
cominiusx flower of warriorsx
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|
how isxt with titus lartiusx
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|
marciusx as with a man busied about decreesx
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|
condemning some to death and some to exilex
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ransoming him or pityingx threatxning thx otherx
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|
holding corioli in the name of rome
|
|
even like a fawning greyhound in the leashx
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|
to let him slip at willx
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|
cominiusx where is that slave
|
|
which told me they had beat you to your trenchesx
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|
where is hex call him hitherx
|
|
marciusx let him alonex
|
|
he did inform the truthx but for our gentlemenx
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|
the common filex a plaguex tribunes for themx
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|
the mouse nexer shunnxd the cat as they did budge
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|
from rascals worse than theyx
|
|
cominiusx but how prevailxd youx
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|
marciusx will the time serve to tellx i do not thinkx
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|
where is the enemyx are you lords ox thx fieldx
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|
if notx why cease you till you are sox
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|
cominiusx marciusx
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|
we have at disadvantage foughtx and did
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|
retire to win our purposex
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|
marciusx how lies their battlex know you on which side
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|
they have placxd their men of trustx
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|
cominiusx as i guessx marciusx
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|
their bands ix thx vaward are the antiatesx
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|
of their best trustx oxer them aufidiusx
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|
their very heart of hopex
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|
marciusx i do beseech youx
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|
by all the battles wherein we have foughtx
|
|
by thx blood we have shed togetherx by thx vows
|
|
we have made to endure friendsx that you directly
|
|
set me against aufidius and his antiatesx
|
|
and that you not delay the presentx butx
|
|
filling the air with swords advancxd and dartsx
|
|
we prove this very hourx
|
|
cominiusx though i could wish
|
|
you were conducted to a gentle bath
|
|
and balms applied to youx yet dare i never
|
|
deny your askingx take your choice of those
|
|
that best can aid your actionx
|
|
marciusx those are they
|
|
that most are willingx if any such be herex
|
|
as it were sin to doubtx that love this painting
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|
wherein you see me smearxdx if any fear
|
|
lesser his person than an ill reportx
|
|
if any think brave death outweighs bad life
|
|
and that his countryxs dearer than himselfx
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|
let him alonex or so many so mindedx
|
|
wave thus to express his dispositionx
|
|
and follow marciusx xthey all shout and wave their
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|
swordsx take him up in their arms and cast up their capsx
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|
ox me alonex make you a sword of mex
|
|
if these shows be not outwardx which of you
|
|
but is four volscesx none of you but is
|
|
able to bear against the great aufidius
|
|
a shield as hard as hisx a certain numberx
|
|
though thanks to allx must i select from allx the rest
|
|
shall bear the business in some other fightx
|
|
as cause will be obeyxdx please you to marchx
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|
and four shall quickly draw out my commandx
|
|
which men are best inclinxdx
|
|
cominiusx march onx my fellowsx
|
|
make good this ostentationx and you shall
|
|
divide in all with usx exeunt
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|
scene viix the gates of corioli
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|
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|
titus lartiusx having set a guard upon coriolix going with drum and
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|
trumpet toward cominius and caius marciusx enters with a lieutenantx
|
|
other soldiersx and a scout
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|
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|
lartiusx sox let the ports be guardedx keep your duties
|
|
as i have set them downx if i do sendx dispatch
|
|
those centuries to our aidx the rest will serve
|
|
for a short holdingx if we lose the field
|
|
we cannot keep the townx
|
|
lieutenantx fear not our carex sirx
|
|
lartiusx hencex and shut your gates uponxsx
|
|
our guiderx comex to thx roman camp conduct usx exeunt
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|
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|
scene viiix a field of battle between the roman and the volscian camps
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|
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|
alarumx as in battlex enter marcius and aufidius at several doors
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|
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|
marciusx ixll fight with none but theex for i do hate thee
|
|
worse than a promisexbreakerx
|
|
aufidiusx we hate alikex
|
|
not afric owns a serpent i abhor
|
|
more than thy fame and envyx fix thy footx
|
|
marciusx let the first budger die the otherxs slavex
|
|
and the gods doom him afterx
|
|
aufidiusx if i flyx marciusx
|
|
halloa me like a harex
|
|
marciusx within these three hoursx tullusx
|
|
alone i fought in your corioli wallsx
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|
and made what work i pleasxdx xtis not my blood
|
|
wherein thou seest me maskxdx for thy revenge
|
|
wrench up thy power to thx highestx
|
|
aufidiusx wert thou the hector
|
|
that was the whip of your braggxd progenyx
|
|
thou shouldst not scape me herex
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|
|
|
here they fightx and certain volsces come in the aid
|
|
of aufidiusx marcius fights till they be driven in
|
|
breathless
|
|
|
|
officiousx and not valiantx you have shamxd me
|
|
in your condemned secondsx exeunt
|
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|
scene ixx the roman camp
|
|
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|
flourishx alarumx a retreat is soundedx enterx at one doorx
|
|
cominius with the romansx at another doorx marciusx with his arm in a
|
|
scarf
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|
|
|
cominiusx if i should tell thee oxer this thy dayxs workx
|
|
thouxt not believe thy deedsx but ixll report it
|
|
where senators shall mingle tears with smilesx
|
|
where great patricians shall attendx and shrugx
|
|
ix thx end admirex where ladies shall be frighted
|
|
andx gladly quakxdx hear morex where the dull tribunesx
|
|
that with the fusty plebeians hate thine honoursx
|
|
shall say against their hearts xwe thank the gods
|
|
our rome hath such a soldierxx
|
|
yet camxst thou to a morsel of this feastx
|
|
having fully dinxd beforex
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|
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|
enter titus lartiusx with his powerx from the pursuit
|
|
|
|
lartiusx o generalx
|
|
here is the steedx we the caparisonx
|
|
hadst thou beheldx
|
|
marciusx pray nowx no morex my motherx
|
|
who has a charter to extol her bloodx
|
|
when she does praise me grieves mex i have done
|
|
as you have donex thatxs what i canx inducxd
|
|
as you have beenx thatxs for my countryx
|
|
he that has but effected his good will
|
|
hath overtaxen mine actx
|
|
cominiusx you shall not be
|
|
the grave of your deservingx rome must know
|
|
the value of her ownx xtwere a concealment
|
|
worse than a theftx no less than a traducementx
|
|
to hide your doings and to silence that
|
|
whichx to the spire and top of praises vouchxdx
|
|
would seem but modestx thereforex i beseech youx
|
|
in sign of what you arex not to reward
|
|
what you have donex before our army hear mex
|
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marciusx i have some wounds upon mex and they smart
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to hear themselves remembxredx
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cominiusx should they notx
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well might they fester xgainst ingratitude
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and tent themselves with deathx of all the horsesx
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whereof we have taxen goodx and good storex of all
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the treasure in this field achievxd and cityx
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we render you the tenthx to be taxen forth
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before the common distribution at
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your only choicex
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marciusx i thank youx generalx
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but cannot make my heart consent to take
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a bribe to pay my swordx i do refuse itx
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and stand upon my common part with those
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that have beheld the doingx
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a long flourishx they all cry xmarciusx marciusxx
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cast up their caps and lancesx cominius and lartius stand bare
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may these same instruments which you profane
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never sound morex when drums and trumpets shall
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ix thx field prove flatterersx let courts and cities be
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made all of falsexfacxd soothingx when steel grows
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soft as the parasitexs silkx let him be made
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an overture for thx warsx no morex i sayx
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for that i have not washxd my nose that bledx
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or foilxd some debile wretchx which without note
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herexs many else have donex you shout me forth
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in acclamations hyperbolicalx
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as if i lovxd my little should be dieted
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in praises saucxd with liesx
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cominiusx too modest are youx
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more cruel to your good report than grateful
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to us that give you trulyx by your patiencex
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if xgainst yourself you be incensxdx wexll put youx
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like one that means his proper harmx in manaclesx
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then reason safely with youx therefore be it knownx
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as to usx to all the worldx that caius marcius
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wears this warxs garlandx in token of the whichx
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my noble steedx known to the campx i give himx
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with all his trim belongingx and from this timex
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for what he did before coriolix can him
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with all thx applausexand clamour of the hostx
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caius marcius coriolanusx
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bear thx addition nobly everx
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xflourishx trumpets soundx and drumsx
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allx caius marcius coriolanusx
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coriolanusx i will go washx
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and when my face is fair you shall perceive
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whether i blush or nox howbeitx i thank youx
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i mean to stride your steedx and at all times
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to undercrest your good addition
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|
to thx fairness of my powerx
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cominiusx sox to our tentx
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wherex ere we do repose usx we will write
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to rome of our successx youx titus lartiusx
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must to corioli backx send us to rome
|
|
the bestx with whom we may articulate
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for their own good and oursx
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lartiusx i shallx my lordx
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coriolanusx the gods begin to mock mex ix that now
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refusxd most princely giftsx am bound to beg
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of my lord generalx
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cominiusx takextx xtis yoursx what isxtx
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coriolanusx i sometime lay here in corioli
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at a poor manxs housex he usxd me kindlyx
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he cried to mex i saw him prisonerx
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but then aufidius was within my viewx
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|
and wrath oxerwhelmxd my pityx i request you
|
|
to give my poor host freedomx
|
|
cominiusx ox well beggxdx
|
|
were he the butcher of my sonx he should
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|
be free as is the windx deliver himx titusx
|
|
lartiusx marciusx his namex
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|
coriolanusx by jupiterx forgotx
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i am wearyx yeax my memory is tirxdx
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have we no wine herex
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|
cominiusx go we to our tentx
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|
the blood upon your visage driesx xtis time
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|
it should be lookxd tox comex exeunt
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scene xx the camp of the volsces
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a flourishx cornetsx enter tullus aufidius bloodyx with two or three
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|
soldiers
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aufidiusx the town is taxenx
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first soldierx xtwill be deliverxd back on good conditionx
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|
aufidiusx conditionx
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i would i were a romanx for i cannotx
|
|
being a volscex be that i amx conditionx
|
|
what good condition can a treaty find
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|
ix thx part that is at mercyx five timesx marciusx
|
|
i have fought with theex so often hast thou beat mex
|
|
and wouldst do sox i thinkx should we encounter
|
|
as often as we eatx by thx elementsx
|
|
if exer again i meet him beard to beardx
|
|
hexs mine or i am hisx mine emulation
|
|
hath not that honour inxt it hadx for where
|
|
i thought to crush him in an equal forcex
|
|
true sword to swordx ixll potch at him some wayx
|
|
or wrath or craft may get himx
|
|
first soldierx hexs the devilx
|
|
aufidiusx bolderx though not so subtlex my valourxs poisonxd
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|
with only suffxring stain by himx for him
|
|
shall fly out of itselfx nor sleep nor sanctuaryx
|
|
being nakedx sickx nor fane nor capitolx
|
|
the prayers of priests nor times of sacrificex
|
|
embarquements all of furyx shall lift up
|
|
their rotten privilege and custom xgainst
|
|
my hate to marciusx where i find himx were it
|
|
at homex upon my brotherxs guardx even therex
|
|
against the hospitable canonx would i
|
|
wash my fierce hand inxs heartx go you to thx cityx
|
|
learn how xtis heldx and what they are that must
|
|
be hostages for romex
|
|
first soldierx will not you gox
|
|
aufidiusx i am attended at the cypress grovex i pray youx
|
|
xtis south the city millsx bring me word thither
|
|
how the world goesx that to the pace of it
|
|
i may spur on my journeyx
|
|
first soldierx i shallx sirx exeunt
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|
|
act iix scene ix romex a public place
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|
|
|
enter meneniusx with the two tribunes of the peoplex sicinius and
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|
brutus
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|
|
meneniusx the augurer tells me we shall have news tonightx
|
|
brutusx good or badx
|
|
meneniusx not according to the prayer of the peoplex for they love
|
|
not marciusx
|
|
siciniusx nature teaches beasts to know their friendsx
|
|
meneniusx pray youx who does the wolf lovex
|
|
siciniusx the lambx
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|
meneniusx ayx to devour himx as the hungry plebeians would the
|
|
noble marciusx
|
|
brutusx hexs a lamb indeedx that baes like a bearx
|
|
meneniusx hexs a bear indeedx that lives fike a lambx you two are
|
|
old menx tell me one thing that i shall ask youx
|
|
both tribunesx wellx sirx
|
|
meneniusx in what enormity is marcius poor in that you two have not
|
|
in abundancex
|
|
brutusx hexs poor in no one faultx but storxd with allx
|
|
siciniusx especially in pridex
|
|
brutusx and topping all others in boastingx
|
|
meneniusx this is strange nowx do you two know how you are censured
|
|
here in the cityx i mean of us ox thx rightxhand filex do youx
|
|
both tribunesx whyx how are we censurxdx
|
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meneniusx because you talk of pride nowx will you not be angryx
|
|
both tribunesx wellx wellx sirx wellx
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meneniusx whyx xtis no great matterx for a very little thief of
|
|
occasion will rob you of a great deal of patiencex give your
|
|
dispositions the reinsx and be angry at your pleasuresx at the
|
|
leastx if you take it as a pleasure to you in being sox you blame
|
|
marcius for being proudx
|
|
brutusx we do it not alonex sirx
|
|
meneniusx i know you can do very little alonex for your helps are
|
|
manyx or else your actions would grow wondrous singlex your
|
|
abilities are too infantxlike for doing much alonex you talk of
|
|
pridex o that you could turn your eyes toward the napes of your
|
|
necksx and make but an interior survey of your good selvesx o
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|
that you couldx
|
|
both tribunesx what thenx sirx
|
|
meneniusx whyx then you should discover a brace of unmeritingx
|
|
proudx violentx testy magistratesxalias foolsx as any in romex
|
|
siciniusx meneniusx you are known well enough toox
|
|
meneniusx i am known to be a humorous patricianx and one that loves
|
|
a cup of hot wine with not a drop of allaying tiber inxtx said to
|
|
be something imperfect in favouring the first complaintx hasty
|
|
and tinderxlike upon too trivial motionx one that converses more
|
|
with the buttock of the night than with the forehead of the
|
|
morningx what i think i utterx and spend my malice in my breathx
|
|
meeting two such wealsmen as you arex i cannot call you
|
|
lycurgusesx if the drink you give me touch my palate adverselyx i
|
|
make a crooked face at itx i cannot say your worships have
|
|
deliverxd the matter wellx when i find the ass in compound with
|
|
the major part of your syllablesx and though i must be content to
|
|
bear with those that say you are reverend grave menx yet they lie
|
|
deadly that tell you you have good facesx if you see this in the
|
|
map of my microcosmx follows it that i am known well enough toox
|
|
what harm can your bisson conspectuities glean out of this
|
|
characterx if i be known well enough toox
|
|
brutusx comex sirx comex we know you well enoughx
|
|
meneniusx you know neither mex yourselvesx nor any thingx you are
|
|
ambitious for poor knavesx caps and legsx you wear out a good
|
|
wholesome forenoon in hearing a cause between an orangexwife and
|
|
a fossetxsellerx and then rejourn the controversy of threepence
|
|
to a second day of audiencex when you are hearing a matter
|
|
between party and partyx if you chance to be pinchxd with the
|
|
colicx you make faces like mummersx set up the bloody flag
|
|
against all patiencex andx in roaring for a chamberxpotx dismiss
|
|
the controversy bleedingx the more entangled by your hearingx all
|
|
the peace you make in their cause is calling both the parties
|
|
knavesx you are a pair of strange onesx
|
|
brutusx comex comex you are well understood to be a perfecter giber
|
|
for the table than a necessary bencher in the capitolx
|
|
meneniusx our very priests must become mockersx if they shall
|
|
encounter such ridiculous subjects as you arex when you speak
|
|
best unto the purposex it is not worth the wagging of your
|
|
beardsx and your beards deserve not so honourable a grave as to
|
|
stuff a botcherxs cushion or to be entombxd in an assxs
|
|
packxsaddlex yet you must be saying marcius is proudx whox in a
|
|
cheap estimationx is worth all your predecessors since deucalionx
|
|
though peradventure some of the best of xem were hereditary
|
|
hangmenx godxden to your worshipsx more of your conversation
|
|
would infect my brainx being the herdsmen of the beastly
|
|
plebeiansx i will be bold to take my leave of youx
|
|
xbrutus and sicinius go asidex
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|
|
|
enter volumniax virgiliax and valeria
|
|
|
|
how nowx my as fair as noble ladiesx and the moonx were she
|
|
earthlyx no noblerx whither do you follow your eyes so fastx
|
|
volumniax honourable meneniusx my boy marcius approachesx for the
|
|
love of junox letxs gox
|
|
meneniusx hax marcius coming homex
|
|
volumniax ayx worthy meneniusx and with most prosperous
|
|
approbationx
|
|
meneniusx take my capx jupiterx and i thank theex hoox
|
|
marcius coming homex
|
|
volumniax virgiliax nayx xtis truex
|
|
volumniax lookx herexs a letter from himx the state hath anotherx
|
|
his wife anotherx and i think therexs one at home for youx
|
|
meneniusx i will make my very house reel toxnightx a letter for mex
|
|
virgiliax yesx certainx therexs a letter for youx i sawxtx
|
|
meneniusx a letter for mex it gives me an estate of seven yearsx
|
|
healthx in which time i will make a lip at the physicianx the
|
|
most sovereign prescription in galen is but empiricutic andx to
|
|
this preservativex of no better report than a horsexdrenchx is he
|
|
not woundedx he was wont to come home woundedx
|
|
virgiliax ox nox nox nox
|
|
volumniax ox he is woundedx i thank the gods forxtx
|
|
meneniusx so do i toox if it be not too muchx brings a victory in
|
|
his pocketx the wounds become himx
|
|
volumniax onxs browsx meneniusx he comes the third time home with
|
|
the oaken garlandx
|
|
meneniusx has he disciplinxd aufidius soundlyx
|
|
volumniax titus lartius writes they fought togetherx but aufidius
|
|
got offx
|
|
meneniusx and xtwas time for him toox ixll warrant him thatx an he
|
|
had stayxd by himx i would not have been so fidiusxd for all the
|
|
chests in corioli and the gold thatxs in themx is the senate
|
|
possessxd of thisx
|
|
volumniax good ladiesx letxs gox yesx yesx yesx the senate has
|
|
letters from the generalx wherein he gives my son the whole name
|
|
of the warx he hath in this action outdone his former deeds
|
|
doublyx
|
|
valeriax in trothx therexs wondrous things spoke of himx
|
|
meneniusx wondrousx ayx i warrant youx and not without his true
|
|
purchasingx
|
|
virgiliax the gods grant them truex
|
|
volumniax truex powx wawx
|
|
meneniusx truex ixll be sworn they are truex where is he woundedx
|
|
xto the tribunesx god save your good worshipsx marcius is coming
|
|
homex he has more cause to be proudx where is he woundedx
|
|
volumniax ix thx shoulder and ix thx left armx there will be large
|
|
cicatrices to show the people when he shall stand for his placex
|
|
he received in the repulse of tarquin seven hurts ix thx bodyx
|
|
meneniusx one ix thx neck and two ix thx thighx therexs nine that i
|
|
knowx
|
|
volumniax he had before this last expedition twentyxfive wounds
|
|
upon himx
|
|
meneniusx now itxs twentyxsevenx every gash was an enemyxs gravex
|
|
xa shout and flourishx harkx the trumpetsx
|
|
volumniax these are the ushers of marciusx before him he carries
|
|
noisex and behind him he leaves tearsx
|
|
deathx that dark spiritx inxs nervy arm doth liex
|
|
whichx being advancxdx declinesx and then men diex
|
|
|
|
a sennetx trumpets soundx enter cominius the
|
|
generalx and titus lartiusx between themx
|
|
coriolanusx crownxd with an oaken garlandx with
|
|
captains and soldiers and a herald
|
|
|
|
heraldx knowx romex that all alone marcius did fight
|
|
within corioli gatesx where he hath wonx
|
|
with famex a name to caius marciusx these
|
|
in honour follows coriolanusx
|
|
welcome to romex renowned coriolanusx xflourishx
|
|
allx welcome to romex renowned coriolanusx
|
|
coriolanusx no more of thisx it does offend my heartx
|
|
pray nowx no morex
|
|
cominiusx lookx sirx your motherx
|
|
coriolanusx ox
|
|
you havex i knowx petitionxd all the gods
|
|
for my prosperityx xkneelsx
|
|
volumniax nayx my good soldierx upx
|
|
my gentle marciusx worthy caiusx and
|
|
by deedxachieving honour newly namxdx
|
|
what is itx coriolanus must i can theex
|
|
butx ox thy wifex
|
|
coriolanusx my gracious silencex hailx
|
|
wouldst thou have laughxd had i come coffinxd homex
|
|
that weepxst to see me triumphx ahx my dearx
|
|
such eyes the widows in corioli wearx
|
|
and mothers that lack sonsx
|
|
meneniusx now the gods crown theex
|
|
coriolanusx and live you yetx xto valeriax o my sweet ladyx
|
|
pardonx
|
|
volumniax i know not where to turnx
|
|
ox welcome homex and welcomex generalx
|
|
and yxare welcome allx
|
|
meneniusx a hundred thousand welcomesx i could weep
|
|
and i could laughx i am light and heavyx welcomex
|
|
a curse begin at very root onxs heart
|
|
that is not glad to see theex you are three
|
|
that rome should dote onx yetx by the faith of menx
|
|
we have some old crab trees here at home that will not
|
|
be grafted to your relishx yet welcomex warriorsx
|
|
we call a nettle but a nettlex and
|
|
the faults of fools but follyx
|
|
cominiusx ever rightx
|
|
coriolanusx menenius everx everx
|
|
heraldx give way therex and go onx
|
|
coriolanusx xto his wife and motherx your handx and yoursx
|
|
ere in our own house i do shade my headx
|
|
the good patricians must be visitedx
|
|
from whom i have receivxd not only greetingsx
|
|
but with them change of honoursx
|
|
volumniax i have lived
|
|
to see inherited my very wishesx
|
|
and the buildings of my fancyx only
|
|
therexs one thing wantingx which i doubt not but
|
|
our rome will cast upon theex
|
|
coriolanusx knowx good motherx
|
|
i had rather be their servant in my way
|
|
than sway with them in theirsx
|
|
cominiusx onx to the capitolx
|
|
xflourishx cornetsx exeunt in statex as beforex
|
|
|
|
brutus and sicinius come forward
|
|
|
|
brutusx all tongues speak of him and the bleared sights
|
|
are spectacled to see himx your prattling nurse
|
|
into a rapture lets her baby cry
|
|
while she chats himx the kitchen malkin pins
|
|
her richest lockram xbout her reechy neckx
|
|
clambxring the walls to eye himx stallsx bulksx windowsx
|
|
are smotherxd upx leads fillxd and ridges horsxd
|
|
with variable complexionsx all agreeing
|
|
in earnestness to see himx seldxshown flamens
|
|
do press among the popular throngs and puff
|
|
to win a vulgar stationx our veilxd dames
|
|
commit the war of white and damask in
|
|
their nicely gawded cheeks to thx wanton spoil
|
|
of phoebusx burning kissesx such a potherx
|
|
as if that whatsoever god who leads him
|
|
were slily crept into his human powersx
|
|
and gave him graceful posturex
|
|
siciniusx on the sudden
|
|
i warrant him consulx
|
|
brutusx then our office may
|
|
during his power go sleepx
|
|
siciniusx he cannot tempxrately transport his honours
|
|
from where he should begin and endx but will
|
|
lose those he hath wonx
|
|
brutusx in that therexs comfortx
|
|
siciniusx doubt not
|
|
the commonersx for whom we standx but they
|
|
upon their ancient malice will forget
|
|
with the least cause these his new honoursx which
|
|
that he will give them make i as little question
|
|
as he is proud to doxtx
|
|
brutusx i heard him swearx
|
|
were he to stand for consulx never would he
|
|
appear ix thx marketxplacex nor on him put
|
|
the napless vesture of humilityx
|
|
norx showingx as the manner isx his wounds
|
|
to thx peoplex beg their stinking breathsx
|
|
siciniusx xtis rightx
|
|
brutusx it was his wordx ox he would miss it rather
|
|
than carry it but by the suit of the gentry to him
|
|
and the desire of the noblesx
|
|
siciniusx i wish no better
|
|
than have him hold that purposex and to put it
|
|
in executionx
|
|
brutusx xtis most like he willx
|
|
siciniusx it shall be to him then as our good willsx
|
|
a sure destructionx
|
|
brutusx so it must fall out
|
|
to him or our authoritiesx for an endx
|
|
we must suggest the people in what hatred
|
|
he still hath held themx that toxs power he would
|
|
have made them mulesx silencxd their pleadersx and
|
|
dispropertied their freedomsx holding them
|
|
in human action and capacity
|
|
of no more soul nor fitness for the world
|
|
than camels in their warx who have their provand
|
|
only for bearing burdensx and sore blows
|
|
for sinking under themx
|
|
siciniusx thisx as you sayx suggested
|
|
at some time when his soaring insolence
|
|
shall touch the peoplex which time shall not wantx
|
|
if he be put uponxtx and thatxs as easy
|
|
as to set dogs on sheepx will be his fire
|
|
to kindle their dry stubblex and their blaze
|
|
shall darken him for everx
|
|
|
|
enter a messenger
|
|
|
|
brutusx whatxs the matterx
|
|
messengerx you are sent for to the capitolx xtis thought
|
|
that marcius shall be consulx
|
|
i have seen the dumb men throng to see him and
|
|
the blind to hear him speakx matrons flung glovesx
|
|
ladies and maids their scarfs and handkerchersx
|
|
upon him as he passxdx the nobles bended
|
|
as to jovexs statuex and the commons made
|
|
a shower and thunder with their caps and shoutsx
|
|
i never saw the likex
|
|
brutusx letxs to the capitolx
|
|
and carry with us ears and eyes for thx timex
|
|
but hearts for the eventx
|
|
siciniusx have with youx exeunt
|
|
|
|
scene iix romex the capitol
|
|
|
|
enter two officersx to lay cushionsx as it were in the capitol
|
|
|
|
first officerx comex comex they are almost herex how many stand for
|
|
consulshipsx
|
|
second officerx threex they sayx but xtis thought of every one
|
|
coriolanus will carry itx
|
|
first officerx thatxs a brave fellowx but hexs vengeance proud and
|
|
loves not the common peoplex
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second officerx faithx there have been many great men that have
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flatterxd the peoplex who nexer loved themx and there be many
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that they have lovedx they know not whereforex so thatx if they
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love they know not whyx they hate upon no better a groundx
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thereforex for coriolanus neither to care whether they love or
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hate him manifests the true knowledge he has in their
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dispositionx and out of his noble carelessness lets them plainly
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seextx
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first officerx if he did not care whether he had their love or nox
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he waved indifferently xtwixt doing them neither good nor harmx
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but he seeks their hate with greater devotion than they can
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render it himx and leaves nothing undone that may fully discover
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him their oppositex now to seem to affect the malice and
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displeasure of the people is as bad as that which he dislikesx to
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flatter them for their lovex
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second officerx he hath deserved worthily of his countryx and his
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ascent is not by such easy degrees as those whox having been
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supple and courteous to the peoplex bonnetedx without any further
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deed to have them at allx into their estimation and reportx but
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he hath so planted his honours in their eyes and his actions in
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their hearts that for their tongues to be silent and not confess
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so much were a kind of ingrateful injuryx to report otherwise
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were a malice thatx giving itself the liex would pluck reproof
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and rebuke from every car that heard itx
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first officerx no more of himx hexs a worthy manx make wayx they
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are comingx
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a sennetx enter the patricians and the tribunes
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of the peoplex lictors before themx coriolanusx
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meneniusx cominius the consulx sicinius and
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brutus take their places by themselvesx
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coriolanus stands
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meneniusx having determinxd of the volscesx and
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to send for titus lartiusx it remainsx
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as the main point of this our afterxmeetingx
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to gratify his noble service that
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hath thus stood for his countryx therefore please youx
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most reverend and grave eldersx to desire
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the present consul and last general
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in our wellxfound successes to report
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a little of that worthy work performxd
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by caius marcius coriolanusx whom
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we met here both to thank and to remember
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with honours like himselfx xcoriolanus sitsx
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first senatorx speakx good cominiusx
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leave nothing out for lengthx and make us think
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rather our statexs defective for requital
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than we to stretch it outx masters ox thx peoplex
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we do request your kindest earsx andx afterx
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your loving motion toward the common bodyx
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to yield what passes herex
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siciniusx we are convented
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upon a pleasing treatyx and have hearts
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inclinable to honour and advance
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|
the theme of our assemblyx
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brutusx which the rather
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we shall be blessxd to dox if he remember
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|
a kinder value of the people than
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he hath hereto prizxd them atx
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meneniusx thatxs offx thatxs offx
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i would you rather had been silentx please you
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to hear cominius speakx
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brutusx most willinglyx
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but yet my caution was more pertinent
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than the rebuke you give itx
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meneniusx he loves your peoplex
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but tie him not to be their bedfellowx
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worthy cominiusx speakx
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xcoriolanus risesx and offers to go awayx
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nayx keep your placex
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first senatorx sitx coriolanusx never shame to hear
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what you have nobly donex
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coriolanusx your honoursx pardonx
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i had rather have my wounds to heal again
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|
than hear say how i got themx
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brutusx sirx i hope
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my words disbenchxd you notx
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coriolanusx nox sirx yet oftx
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when blows have made me stayx i fled from wordsx
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you soothxd notx therefore hurt notx but your peoplex
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i love them as they weighx
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meneniusx pray nowx sit downx
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coriolanusx i had rather have one scratch my head ix thx sun
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when the alarum were struck than idly sit
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to hear my nothings monsterxdx exit
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|
meneniusx masters of the peoplex
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|
your multiplying spawn how can he flatterx
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|
thatxs thousand to one good onex when you now see
|
|
he had rather venture all his limbs for honour
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|
than one onxs ears to hear itx proceedx cominiusx
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|
cominiusx i shall lack voicex the deeds of coriolanus
|
|
should not be utterxd feeblyx it is held
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|
that valour is the chiefest virtue and
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|
most dignifies the haverx if it bex
|
|
the man i speak of cannot in the world
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be singly counterpoisxdx at sixteen yearsx
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|
when tarquin made a head for romex he fought
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|
beyond the mark of othersx our then dictatorx
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|
whom with all praise i point atx saw him fight
|
|
when with his amazonian chin he drove
|
|
the bristled lips before himx he bestrid
|
|
an oxerpressxd roman and ix thx consulxs view
|
|
slew three opposersx tarquinxs self he metx
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|
and struck him on his kneex in that dayxs featsx
|
|
when he might act the woman in the scenex
|
|
he provxd best man ix thx fieldx and for his meed
|
|
was browxbound with the oakx his pupil age
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|
manxentxred thusx he waxed like a seax
|
|
and in the brunt of seventeen battles since
|
|
he lurchxd all swords of the garlandx for this lastx
|
|
before and in coriolix let me say
|
|
i cannot speak him homex he stoppxd the fliersx
|
|
and by his rare example made the coward
|
|
turn terror into sportx as weeds before
|
|
a vessel under sailx so men obeyxd
|
|
and fell below his stemx his swordx deathxs stampx
|
|
where it did markx it tookx from face to foot
|
|
he was a thing of bloodx whose every motion
|
|
was timxd with dying criesx alone he entxred
|
|
the mortal gate of thx cityx which he painted
|
|
with shunless destinyx aidless came offx
|
|
and with a sudden rexenforcement struck
|
|
corioli like a planetx now allxs hisx
|
|
when by and by the din of war xgan pierce
|
|
his ready sensex then straight his doubled spirit
|
|
rexquickxned what in flesh was fatigatex
|
|
and to the battle came hex where he did
|
|
run reeking oxer the lives of menx as if
|
|
xtwere a perpetual spoilx and till we callxd
|
|
both field and city ours he never stood
|
|
to ease his breast with pantingx
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|
meneniusx worthy manx
|
|
first senatorx he cannot but with measure fit the honours
|
|
which we devise himx
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|
cominiusx our spoils he kickxd atx
|
|
and lookxd upon things precious as they were
|
|
the common muck of the worldx he covets less
|
|
than misery itself would givex rewards
|
|
his deeds with doing themx and is content
|
|
to spend the time to end itx
|
|
meneniusx hexs right noblex
|
|
let him be callxd forx
|
|
first senatorx call coriolanusx
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|
officerx he doth appearx
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|
rexenter coriolanus
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|
meneniusx the senatex coriolanusx are well pleasxd
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|
to make thee consulx
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|
coriolanusx i do owe them still
|
|
my life and servicesx
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|
meneniusx it then remains
|
|
that you do speak to the peoplex
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|
coriolanusx i do beseech you
|
|
let me oxerleap that customx for i cannot
|
|
put on the gownx stand nakedx and entreat them
|
|
for my woundsx sake to give their suffragex please you
|
|
that i may pass this doingx
|
|
siciniusx sirx the people
|
|
must have their voicesx neither will they bate
|
|
one jot of ceremonyx
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|
meneniusx put them not toxtx
|
|
pray you go fit you to the customx and
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|
take to youx as your predecessors havex
|
|
your honour with your formx
|
|
coriolanusx it is a part
|
|
that i shall blush in actingx and might well
|
|
be taken from the peoplex
|
|
brutusx mark you thatx
|
|
coriolanusx to brag unto them xthus i didx and thusxx
|
|
show them thx unaching scars which i should hidex
|
|
as if i had receivxd them for the hire
|
|
of their breath onlyx
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|
meneniusx do not stand uponxtx
|
|
we recommend to youx tribunes of the peoplex
|
|
our purpose to themx and to our noble consul
|
|
wish we all joy and honourx
|
|
senatorsx to coriolanus come all joy and honourx
|
|
xflourishx cornetsx then exeunt all
|
|
but sicinius and brutusx
|
|
brutusx you see how he intends to use the peoplex
|
|
siciniusx may they perceivexs intentx he will require them
|
|
as if he did contemn what he requested
|
|
should be in them to givex
|
|
brutusx comex wexll inform them
|
|
of our proceedings herex on thx marketxplace
|
|
i know they do attend usx exeunt
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|
scene iiix romex the forum
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|
enter seven or eight citizens
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|
first citizenx oncex if he do require our voicesx we ought not to
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|
deny himx
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|
second citizenx we mayx sirx if we willx
|
|
third citizenx we have power in ourselves to do itx but it is a
|
|
power that we have no power to dox for if he show us his wounds
|
|
and tell us his deedsx we are to put our tongues into those
|
|
wounds and speak for themx sox if he tell us his noble deedsx we
|
|
must also tell him our noble acceptance of themx ingratitude is
|
|
monstrousx and for the multitude to be ingrateful were to make a
|
|
monster of the multitudex of the which we being members should
|
|
bring ourselves to be monstrous membersx
|
|
first citizenx and to make us no better thought ofx a little help
|
|
will servex for once we stood up about the cornx he himself stuck
|
|
not to call us the manyxheaded multitudex
|
|
third citizenx we have been callxd so of manyx not that our heads
|
|
are some brownx some blackx some abramx some baldx but that our
|
|
wits are so diversely colourxdx and truly i think if all our wits
|
|
were to issue out of one skullx they would fly eastx westx northx
|
|
southx and their consent of one direct way should be at once to
|
|
all the points ox thx compassx
|
|
second citizenx think you sox which way do you judge my wit would
|
|
flyx
|
|
third citizenx nayx your wit will not so soon out as another manxs
|
|
willx xtis strongly wedgxd up in a blockxheadx but if it were at
|
|
liberty xtwould sure southwardx
|
|
second citizenx why that wayx
|
|
third citizenx to lose itself in a fogx where being three parts
|
|
melted away with rotten dewsx the fourth would return for
|
|
consciencex sakex to help to get thee a wifex
|
|
second citizenx you are never without your tricksx you mayx you
|
|
mayx
|
|
third citizenx are you all resolvxd to give your voicesx but thatxs
|
|
no matterx the greater part carries itx i sayx if he would
|
|
incline to the peoplex there was never a worthier manx
|
|
|
|
enter coriolanusx in a gown of humilityx
|
|
with menenius
|
|
|
|
here he comesx and in the gown of humilityx mark his behaviourx
|
|
we are not to stay all togetherx but to come by him where he
|
|
standsx by onesx by twosx and by threesx hexs to make his
|
|
requests by particularsx wherein every one of us has a single
|
|
honourx in giving him our own voices with our own tonguesx
|
|
therefore follow mex and ixll direct you how you shall go by himx
|
|
allx contentx contentx exeunt citizens
|
|
meneniusx o sirx you are not rightx have you not known
|
|
the worthiest men have donextx
|
|
coriolanusx what must i sayx
|
|
xi prayx sirxx plague uponxtx i cannot bring
|
|
my tongue to such a pacex xlookx sirx my wounds
|
|
i got them in my countryxs servicex when
|
|
some certain of your brethren roarxd and ran
|
|
from thx noise of our own drumsxx
|
|
meneniusx o mex the godsx
|
|
you must not speak of thatx you must desire them
|
|
to think upon youx
|
|
coriolanusx think upon mex hang xemx
|
|
i would they would forget mex like the virtues
|
|
which our divines lose by xemx
|
|
meneniusx youxll mar allx
|
|
ixll leave youx pray you speak to xemx i pray youx
|
|
in wholesome mannerx exit
|
|
|
|
rexenter three of the citizens
|
|
|
|
coriolanusx bid them wash their faces
|
|
and keep their teeth cleanx sox here comes a bracex
|
|
you know the causex sirx of my standing herex
|
|
third citizenx we dox sirx tell us what hath brought you toxtx
|
|
coriolanusx mine own desertx
|
|
second citizenx your own desertx
|
|
coriolanusx ayx not mine own desirex
|
|
third citizenx howx not your own desirex
|
|
coriolanusx nox sirx xtwas never my desire yet to trouble the poor
|
|
with beggingx
|
|
third citizenx you must thinkx if we give you anythingx we hope to
|
|
gain by youx
|
|
coriolanusx well thenx i prayx your price ox thx consulshipx
|
|
first citizenx the price is to ask it kindlyx
|
|
coriolanusx kindlyx sirx i pray let me haxtx i have wounds to show
|
|
youx which shall be yours in privatex your good voicex sirx what
|
|
say youx
|
|
second citizenx you shall hax itx worthy sirx
|
|
coriolanusx a matchx sirx therexs in all two worthy voices beggxdx
|
|
i have your almsx adieux
|
|
third citizenx but this is something oddx
|
|
second citizenx an xtwere to give againx but xtis no matterx
|
|
exeunt the three citizens
|
|
|
|
rexenter two other citizens
|
|
|
|
coriolanusx pray you nowx if it may stand with the tune of your
|
|
voices that i may be consulx i have here the customary gownx
|
|
fourth citizenx you have deserved nobly of your countryx and you
|
|
have not deserved noblyx
|
|
coriolanusx your enigmax
|
|
fourth citizenx you have been a scourge to her enemiesx you have
|
|
been a rod to her friendsx you have not indeed loved the common
|
|
peoplex
|
|
coriolanusx you should account me the more virtuousx that i have
|
|
not been common in my lovex i willx sirx flatter my sworn
|
|
brotherx the peoplex to earn a dearer estimation of themx xtis a
|
|
condition they account gentlex and since the wisdom of their
|
|
choice is rather to have my hat than my heartx i will practise
|
|
the insinuating nod and be off to them most counterfeitlyx that
|
|
isx sirx i will counterfeit the bewitchment of some popular man
|
|
and give it bountiful to the desirersx thereforex beseech you i
|
|
may be consulx
|
|
fifth citizenx we hope to find you our friendx and therefore give
|
|
you our voices heartilyx
|
|
fourth citizenx you have received many wounds for your countryx
|
|
coriolanusx i will not seal your knowledge with showing themx i
|
|
will make much of your voicesx and so trouble you no fartherx
|
|
both citizensx the gods give you joyx sirx heartilyx
|
|
exeunt citizens
|
|
coriolanusx most sweet voicesx
|
|
better it is to diex better to starvex
|
|
than crave the hire which first we do deservex
|
|
why in this wolvish toge should i stand here
|
|
to beg of hob and dick that do appear
|
|
their needless vouchesx custom calls me toxtx
|
|
what custom willsx in all things should we doxtx
|
|
the dust on antique time would lie unsweptx
|
|
and mountainous error be too highly heapxd
|
|
for truth to oxerpeerx rather than fool it sox
|
|
let the high office and the honour go
|
|
to one that would do thusx i am half throughx
|
|
the one part sufferedx the other will i dox
|
|
|
|
rexenter three citizens more
|
|
|
|
here come moe voicesx
|
|
your voicesx for your voices i have foughtx
|
|
watchxd for your voicesx for your voices bear
|
|
of wounds two dozen oddx battles thrice six
|
|
i have seen and heard ofx for your voices have
|
|
done many thingsx some lessx some morex your voicesx
|
|
indeedx i would be consulx
|
|
sixth citizenx he has done noblyx and cannot go without any honest
|
|
manxs voicex
|
|
seventh citizenx therefore let him be consulx the gods give him
|
|
joyx and make him good friend to the peoplex
|
|
allx amenx amenx god save theex noble consulx
|
|
exeunt citizens
|
|
coriolanusx worthy voicesx
|
|
|
|
rexenter menenius with brutus and sicinius
|
|
|
|
meneniusx you have stood your limitationx and the tribunes
|
|
endue you with the peoplexs voicex remains
|
|
thatx in thx official marks investedx you
|
|
anon do meet the senatex
|
|
coriolanusx is this donex
|
|
siciniusx the custom of request you have dischargxdx
|
|
the people do admit youx and are summonxd
|
|
to meet anonx upon your approbationx
|
|
coriolanusx wherex at the senate housex
|
|
siciniusx therex coriolanusx
|
|
coriolanusx may i change these garmentsx
|
|
siciniusx you mayx sirx
|
|
coriolanusx that ixll straight dox andx knowing myself againx
|
|
repair to thx senate housex
|
|
meneniusx ixll keep you companyx will you alongx
|
|
brutusx we stay here for the peoplex
|
|
siciniusx fare you wellx
|
|
exeunt coriolanus and menenius
|
|
he has it nowx and by his looks methinks
|
|
xtis warm atxs heartx
|
|
brutusx with a proud heart he wore
|
|
his humble weedsx will you dismiss the peoplex
|
|
|
|
rexenter citizens
|
|
|
|
siciniusx how nowx my mastersx have you chose this manx
|
|
first citizenx he has our voicesx sirx
|
|
brutusx we pray the gods he may deserve your lovesx
|
|
second citizenx amenx sirx to my poor unworthy noticex
|
|
he mockxd us when he beggxd our voicesx
|
|
third citizenx certainlyx
|
|
he flouted us downrightx
|
|
first citizenx nox xtis his kind of speechx he did not mock usx
|
|
second citizenx not one amongst usx save yourselfx but says
|
|
he usxd us scornfullyx he should have showxd us
|
|
his marks of meritx wounds receivxd forxs countryx
|
|
siciniusx whyx so he didx i am surex
|
|
allx nox nox no man saw xemx
|
|
third citizenx he said he had wounds which he could show in
|
|
privatex
|
|
and with his hatx thus waving it in scornx
|
|
xi would be consulxx says hex xaged custom
|
|
but by your voices will not so permit mex
|
|
your voices thereforexx when we granted thatx
|
|
here was xi thank you for your voicesx thank youx
|
|
your most sweet voicesx now you have left your voicesx
|
|
i have no further with youxx was not this mockeryx
|
|
siciniusx why either were you ignorant to seextx
|
|
orx seeing itx of such childish friendliness
|
|
to yield your voicesx
|
|
brutusx could you not have told himx
|
|
as you were lessonxdx when he had no power
|
|
but was a petty servant to the statex
|
|
he was your enemyx ever spake against
|
|
your liberties and the charters that you bear
|
|
ix thx body of the wealx and nowx arriving
|
|
a place of potency and sway ox thx statex
|
|
if he should still malignantly remain
|
|
fast foe to thx plebeiix your voices might
|
|
be curses to yourselvesx you should have said
|
|
that as his worthy deeds did claim no less
|
|
than what he stood forx so his gracious nature
|
|
would think upon you for your voicesx and
|
|
translate his malice towards you into lovex
|
|
standing your friendly lordx
|
|
siciniusx thus to have saidx
|
|
as you were forexadvisxdx had touchxd his spirit
|
|
and tried his inclinationx from him pluckxd
|
|
either his gracious promisex which you mightx
|
|
as cause had callxd you upx have held him tox
|
|
or else it would have gallxd his surly naturex
|
|
which easily endures not article
|
|
tying him to aughtx sox putting him to ragex
|
|
you should have taxen thx advantage of his choler
|
|
and passxd him unelectedx
|
|
brutusx did you perceive
|
|
he did solicit you in free contempt
|
|
when he did need your lovesx and do you think
|
|
that his contempt shall not be bruising to you
|
|
when he hath power to crushx whyx had your bodies
|
|
no heart among youx or had you tongues to cry
|
|
against the rectorship of judgmentx
|
|
siciniusx have you
|
|
ere now denied the askerx and now againx
|
|
of him that did not ask but mockx bestow
|
|
your suxdxfor tonguesx
|
|
third citizenx hexs not confirmxdx we may deny him yetx
|
|
second citizensx and will deny himx
|
|
ixll have five hundred voices of that soundx
|
|
first citizenx i twice five hundredx and their friends to piece
|
|
xemx
|
|
brutusx get you hence instantlyx and tell those friends
|
|
they have chose a consul that will from them take
|
|
their libertiesx make them of no more voice
|
|
than dogsx that are as often beat for barking
|
|
as therefore kept to do sox
|
|
siciniusx let them assemblex
|
|
andx on a safer judgmentx all revoke
|
|
your ignorant electionx enforce his pride
|
|
and his old hate unto youx besidesx forget not
|
|
with what contempt he wore the humble weedx
|
|
how in his suit he scornxd youx but your lovesx
|
|
thinking upon his servicesx took from you
|
|
thx apprehension of his present portancex
|
|
whichx most gibinglyx ungravelyx he did fashion
|
|
after the inveterate hate he bears youx
|
|
brutusx lay
|
|
a fault on usx your tribunesx that we labourxdx
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no impediment betweenx but that you must
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cast your election on himx
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siciniusx say you chose him
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more after our commandment than as guided
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by your own true affectionsx and that your mindsx
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prexoccupied with what you rather must do
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than what you shouldx made you against the grain
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to voice him consulx lay the fault on usx
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brutusx ayx spare us notx say we read lectures to youx
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how youngly he began to serve his countryx
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how long continuedx and what stock he springs ofx
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the noble house ox thx marciansx from whence came
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that ancus marciusx numaxs daughterxs sonx
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whox after great hostiliusx here was kingx
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of the same house publius and quintus werex
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that our best water brought by conduits hitherx
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and censorinusx nobly named sox
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twice being by the people chosen censorx
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was his great ancestorx
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siciniusx one thus descendedx
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that hath beside well in his person wrought
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to be set high in placex we did commend
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to your remembrancesx but you have foundx
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scaling his present bearing with his pastx
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that hexs your fixed enemyx and revoke
|
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your sudden approbationx
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brutusx say you nexer had donextx
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harp on that stillx but by our putting onx
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and presentlyx when you have drawn your numberx
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repair to thx capitolx
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citizensx will will sox almost all
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repent in their electionx exeunt plebeians
|
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brutusx let them go onx
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this mutiny were better put in hazard
|
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than stayx past doubtx for greaterx
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ifx as his nature isx he fall in rage
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with their refusalx both observe and answer
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the vantage of his angerx
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siciniusx to thx capitolx comex
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we will be there before the stream ox thx peoplex
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and this shall seemx as partly xtisx their ownx
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which we have goaded onwardx exeunt
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act iiix scene ix romex a street
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cornetsx enter coriolanusx meneniusx all the gentryx cominiusx
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titus lartiusx and other senators
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coriolanusx tullus aufidiusx thenx had made new headx
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lartiusx he hadx my lordx and that it was which causxd
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our swifter compositionx
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coriolanusx so then the volsces stand but as at firstx
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readyx when time shall prompt themx to make road
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uponxs againx
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cominiusx they are wornx lord consulx so
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that we shall hardly in our ages see
|
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their banners wave againx
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coriolanusx saw you aufidiusx
|
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lartiusx on safeguard he came to mex and did curse
|
|
against the volscesx for they had so vilely
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yielded the townx he is retirxd to antiumx
|
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coriolanusx spoke he of mex
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lartiusx he didx my lordx
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coriolanusx howx whatx
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lartiusx how often he had met youx sword to swordx
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that of all things upon the earth he hated
|
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your person mostx that he would pawn his fortunes
|
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to hopeless restitutionx so he might
|
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be callxd your vanquisherx
|
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coriolanusx at antium lives hex
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lartiusx at antiumx
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coriolanusx i wish i had a cause to seek him therex
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to oppose his hatred fullyx welcome homex
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enter sicinius and brutus
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beholdx these are the tribunes of the peoplex
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the tongues ox thx common mouthx i do despise themx
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for they do prank them in authorityx
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against all noble sufferancex
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siciniusx pass no furtherx
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coriolanusx hax what is thatx
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brutusx it will be dangerous to go onx no furtherx
|
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coriolanusx what makes this changex
|
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meneniusx the matterx
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cominiusx hath he not passxd the noble and the commonx
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|
brutusx cominiusx nox
|
|
coriolanusx have i had childrenxs voicesx
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first senatorx tribunesx give wayx he shall to thx marketxplacex
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brutusx the people are incensxd against himx
|
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siciniusx stopx
|
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or all will fall in broilx
|
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coriolanusx are these your herdx
|
|
must these have voicesx that can yield them now
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and straight disclaim their tonguesx what are your officesx
|
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you being their mouthsx why rule you not their teethx
|
|
have you not set them onx
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meneniusx be calmx be calmx
|
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coriolanusx it is a purposxd thingx and grows by plotx
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to curb the will of the nobilityx
|
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sufferxtx and live with such as cannot rule
|
|
nor ever will be rulxdx
|
|
brutusx callxt not a plotx
|
|
the people cry you mockxd themx and of latex
|
|
when corn was given them gratisx you repinxdx
|
|
scandalxd the suppliants for the peoplex callxd them
|
|
timexpleasersx flatterersx foes to noblenessx
|
|
coriolanusx whyx this was known beforex
|
|
brutusx not to them allx
|
|
coriolanusx have you informxd them sithencex
|
|
brutusx howx i inform themx
|
|
cominiusx you are like to do such businessx
|
|
brutusx not unlike
|
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each way to better yoursx
|
|
coriolanusx why then should i be consulx by yond cloudsx
|
|
let me deserve so ill as youx and make me
|
|
your fellow tribunex
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|
siciniusx you show too much of that
|
|
for which the people stirx if you will pass
|
|
to where you are boundx you must enquire your wayx
|
|
which you are out ofx with a gentler spiritx
|
|
or never be so noble as a consulx
|
|
nor yoke with him for tribunex
|
|
meneniusx letxs be calmx
|
|
cominiusx the people are abusxdx set onx this paltxring
|
|
becomes not romex nor has coriolanus
|
|
deserved this so dishonourxd rubx laid falsely
|
|
ix thx plain way of his meritx
|
|
coriolanusx tell me of cornx
|
|
this was my speechx and i will speakxt againx
|
|
meneniusx not nowx not nowx
|
|
first senatorx not in this heatx sirx nowx
|
|
coriolanusx nowx as i livex i willx
|
|
my nobler friendsx i crave their pardonsx
|
|
for the mutablex rankxscented meinyx let them
|
|
regard me as i do not flatterx and
|
|
therein behold themselvesx i say againx
|
|
in soothing them we nourish xgainst our senate
|
|
the cockle of rebellionx insolencex seditionx
|
|
which we ourselves have ploughxd forx sowxdx and scatterxdx
|
|
by mingling them with usx the honourxd numberx
|
|
who lack not virtuex nox nor powerx but that
|
|
which they have given to beggarsx
|
|
meneniusx wellx no morex
|
|
first senatorx no more wordsx we beseech youx
|
|
coriolanusx howx no morex
|
|
as for my country i have shed my bloodx
|
|
not fearing outward forcex so shall my lungs
|
|
coin words till their decay against those measles
|
|
which we disdain should tetter usx yet sought
|
|
the very way to catch themx
|
|
brutusx you speak ox thx people
|
|
as if you were a godx to punishx not
|
|
a man of their infirmityx
|
|
siciniusx xtwere well
|
|
we let the people knowxtx
|
|
meneniusx whatx whatx his cholerx
|
|
coriolanusx cholerx
|
|
were i as patient as the midnight sleepx
|
|
by jovex xtwould be my mindx
|
|
siciniusx it is a mind
|
|
that shall remain a poison where it isx
|
|
not poison any furtherx
|
|
coriolanusx shall remainx
|
|
hear you this triton of the minnowsx mark you
|
|
his absolute xshallxx
|
|
cominiusx xtwas from the canonx
|
|
coriolanusx xshallxx
|
|
o good but most unwise patriciansx whyx
|
|
you grave but reckless senatorsx have you thus
|
|
given hydra here to choose an officer
|
|
that with his peremptory xshallxx being but
|
|
the horn and noise ox thx monsterxsx wants not spirit
|
|
to say hexll turn your current in a ditchx
|
|
and make your channel hisx if he have powerx
|
|
then vail your ignorancex if nonex awake
|
|
your dangerous lenityx if you are learnxdx
|
|
be not as common foolsx if you are notx
|
|
let them have cushions by youx you are plebeiansx
|
|
if they be senatorsx and they are no lessx
|
|
whenx both your voices blendedx the greatxst taste
|
|
most palates theirsx they choose their magistratex
|
|
and such a one as hex who puts his xshallxx
|
|
his popular xshallxx against a graver bench
|
|
than ever frownxd in greecex by jove himselfx
|
|
it makes the consuls basex and my soul aches
|
|
to knowx when two authorities are upx
|
|
neither supremex how soon confusion
|
|
may enter xtwixt the gap of both and take
|
|
the one by thx otherx
|
|
cominiusx wellx on to thx marketxplacex
|
|
coriolanusx whoever gave that counsel to give forth
|
|
the corn ox thx storehouse gratisx as xtwas usxd
|
|
sometime in greecex
|
|
meneniusx wellx wellx no more of thatx
|
|
coriolanusx though there the people had more absolute powxrx
|
|
i say they nourishxd disobediencex fed
|
|
the ruin of the statex
|
|
brutusx why shall the people give
|
|
one that speaks thus their voicex
|
|
coriolanusx ixll give my reasonsx
|
|
more worthier than their voicesx they know the corn
|
|
was not our recompensex resting well assurxd
|
|
they nexer did service forxtx being pressxd to thx war
|
|
even when the navel of the state was touchxdx
|
|
they would not thread the gatesx this kind of service
|
|
did not deserve corn gratisx being ix thx warx
|
|
their mutinies and revoltsx wherein they showxd
|
|
most valourx spoke not for themx thx accusation
|
|
which they have often made against the senatex
|
|
all cause unbornx could never be the native
|
|
of our so frank donationx wellx what thenx
|
|
how shall this bosom multiplied digest
|
|
the senatexs courtesyx let deeds express
|
|
whatxs like to be their wordsx xwe did request itx
|
|
we are the greater pollx and in true fear
|
|
they gave us our demandsxx thus we debase
|
|
the nature of our seatsx and make the rabble
|
|
call our cares fearsx which will in time
|
|
break ope the locks ox thx senate and bring in
|
|
the crows to peck the eaglesx
|
|
meneniusx comex enoughx
|
|
brutusx enoughx with over measurex
|
|
coriolanusx nox take morex
|
|
what may be sworn byx both divine and humanx
|
|
seal what i end withalx this double worshipx
|
|
where one part does disdain with causex the other
|
|
insult without all reasonx where gentryx titlex wisdomx
|
|
cannot conclude but by the yea and no
|
|
of general ignorancex it must omit
|
|
real necessitiesx and give way the while
|
|
to unstable slightnessx purpose so barrxdx it follows
|
|
nothing is done to purposex thereforex beseech youx
|
|
you that will be less fearful than discreetx
|
|
that love the fundamental part of state
|
|
more than you doubt the change onxtx that prefer
|
|
a noble life before a longx and wish
|
|
to jump a body with a dangerous physic
|
|
thatxs sure of death without itx at once pluck out
|
|
the multitudinous tonguex let them not lick
|
|
the sweet which is their poisonx your dishonour
|
|
mangles true judgmentx and bereaves the state
|
|
of that integrity which should becomextx
|
|
not having the power to do the good it wouldx
|
|
for thx ill which doth controlxtx
|
|
brutusx has said enoughx
|
|
siciniusx has spoken like a traitor and shall answer
|
|
as traitors dox
|
|
coriolanusx thou wretchx despite oxerwhelm theex
|
|
what should the people do with these bald tribunesx
|
|
on whom dependingx their obedience fails
|
|
to the greater benchx in a rebellionx
|
|
when whatxs not meetx but what must bex was lawx
|
|
then were they chosenx in a better hour
|
|
let what is meet be said it must be meetx
|
|
and throw their power ix thx dustx
|
|
brutusx manifest treasonx
|
|
siciniusx this a consulx nox
|
|
brutusx the aedilesx hox
|
|
|
|
enter an aedile
|
|
|
|
let him be apprehendedx
|
|
siciniusx go call the peoplex xexit aedilex in whose name myself
|
|
attach thee as a traitorous innovatorx
|
|
a foe to thx public wealx obeyx i charge theex
|
|
and follow to thine answerx
|
|
coriolanusx hencex old goatx
|
|
patriciansx wexll surety himx
|
|
cominiusx agxd sirx hands offx
|
|
coriolanusx hencex rotten thingx or i shall shake thy bones
|
|
out of thy garmentsx
|
|
siciniusx helpx ye citizensx
|
|
|
|
enter a rabble of plebeiansx with the aediles
|
|
|
|
meneniusx on both sides more respectx
|
|
siciniusx herexs he that would take from you all your powerx
|
|
brutusx seize himx aedilesx
|
|
plebeiansx down with himx down with himx
|
|
second senatorx weaponsx weaponsx weaponsx
|
|
xthey all bustle about coriolanusx
|
|
allx tribunesx patriciansx citizensx whatx hox siciniusx
|
|
brutusx coriolanusx citizensx
|
|
patriciansx peacex peacex peacex stayx holdx peacex
|
|
meneniusx what is about to bex i am out of breathx
|
|
confusionxs nearx i cannot speakx you tribunes
|
|
to thx peoplex coriolanusx patiencex
|
|
speakx good siciniusx
|
|
siciniusx hear mex peoplex peacex
|
|
plebeiansx letxs hear our tribunex peacex speakx speakx speakx
|
|
siciniusx you are at point to lose your libertiesx
|
|
marcius would have all from youx marciusx
|
|
whom late you have namxd for consulx
|
|
meneniusx fiex fiex fiex
|
|
this is the way to kindlex not to quenchx
|
|
first senatorx to unbuild the cityx and to lay all flatx
|
|
siciniusx what is the city but the peoplex
|
|
plebeiansx truex
|
|
the people are the cityx
|
|
brutusx by the consent of all we were establishxd
|
|
the peoplexs magistratesx
|
|
plebeiansx you so remainx
|
|
meneniusx and so are like to dox
|
|
cominiusx that is the way to lay the city flatx
|
|
to bring the roof to the foundationx
|
|
and bury all which yet distinctly ranges
|
|
in heaps and piles of ruinx
|
|
siciniusx this deserves deathx
|
|
brutusx or let us stand to our authority
|
|
or let us lose itx we do here pronouncex
|
|
upon the part ox thx peoplex in whose power
|
|
we were elected theirsx marcius is worthy
|
|
of present deathx
|
|
siciniusx therefore lay hold of himx
|
|
bear him to thx rock tarpeianx and from thence
|
|
into destruction cast himx
|
|
brutusx aedilesx seize himx
|
|
plebeiansx yieldx marciusx yieldx
|
|
meneniusx hear me one wordx beseech youx tribunesx
|
|
hear me but a wordx
|
|
aedilesx peacex peacex
|
|
meneniusx be that you seemx truly your countryxs friendx
|
|
and tempxrately proceed to what you would
|
|
thus violently redressx
|
|
brutusx sirx those cold waysx
|
|
that seem like prudent helpsx are very poisonous
|
|
where the disease is violentx lay hands upon him
|
|
and bear him to the rockx
|
|
xcoriolanus draws his swordx
|
|
coriolanusx nox ixll die herex
|
|
therexs some among you have beheld me fightingx
|
|
comex try upon yourselves what you have seen mex
|
|
meneniusx down with that swordx tribunesx withdraw awhilex
|
|
brutusx lay hands upon himx
|
|
meneniusx help marciusx helpx
|
|
you that be noblex help himx young and oldx
|
|
plebeiansx down with himx down with himx
|
|
xin this mutiny the tribunesx the aedilesx
|
|
and the people are beat inx
|
|
meneniusx gox get you to your housex be gonex awayx
|
|
all will be nought elsex
|
|
second senatorx get you gonex
|
|
coriolanusx stand fastx
|
|
we have as many friends as enemiesx
|
|
meneniusx shall it be put to thatx
|
|
first senatorx the gods forbidx
|
|
i pritheex noble friendx home to thy housex
|
|
leave us to cure this causex
|
|
meneniusx for xtis a sore upon us
|
|
you cannot tent yourselfx be gonex beseech youx
|
|
cominiusx comex sirx along with usx
|
|
coriolanusx i would they were barbariansx as they arex
|
|
though in rome litterxdx not romansx as they are notx
|
|
though calved ix thx porch ox thx capitolx
|
|
meneniusx be gonex
|
|
put not your worthy rage into your tonguex
|
|
one time will owe anotherx
|
|
coriolanusx on fair ground
|
|
i could beat forty of themx
|
|
meneniusx i could myself
|
|
take up a brace ox thx best of themx yeax the two tribunesx
|
|
cominiusx but now xtis odds beyond arithmeticx
|
|
and manhood is callxd foolery when it stands
|
|
against a falling fabricx will you hencex
|
|
before the tag returnx whose rage doth rend
|
|
like interrupted watersx and oxerbear
|
|
what they are usxd to bearx
|
|
meneniusx pray you be gonex
|
|
ixll try whether my old wit be in request
|
|
with those that have but littlex this must be patchxd
|
|
with cloth of any colourx
|
|
cominiusx nayx come awayx
|
|
exeunt coriolanus and cominiusx with others
|
|
patriciansx this man has marrxd his fortunex
|
|
meneniusx his nature is too noble for the worldx
|
|
he would not flatter neptune for his tridentx
|
|
or jove forxs power to thunderx his heartxs his mouthx
|
|
what his breast forgesx that his tongue must ventx
|
|
andx being angryx does forget that ever
|
|
he heard the name of deathx xa noise withinx
|
|
herexs goodly workx
|
|
patriciansx i would they were axbedx
|
|
meneniusx i would they were in tiberx
|
|
what the vengeancex could he not speak xem fairx
|
|
|
|
rexenter brutus and siciniusx the rabble again
|
|
|
|
siciniusx where is this viper
|
|
that would depopulate the city and
|
|
be every man himselfx
|
|
meneniusx you worthy tribunesx
|
|
siciniusx he shall be thrown down the tarpeian rock
|
|
with rigorous handsx he hath resisted lawx
|
|
and therefore law shall scorn him further trial
|
|
than the severity of the public powerx
|
|
which he so sets at noughtx
|
|
first citizenx he shall well know
|
|
the noble tribunes are the peoplexs mouthsx
|
|
and we their handsx
|
|
plebeiansx he shallx sure onxtx
|
|
meneniusx sirx sirx
|
|
siciniusx peacex
|
|
meneniusx do not cry havocx where you should but hunt
|
|
with modest warrantx
|
|
siciniusx sirx how comesxt that you
|
|
have holp to make this rescuex
|
|
meneniusx hear me speakx
|
|
as i do know the consulxs worthinessx
|
|
so can i name his faultsx
|
|
siciniusx consulx what consulx
|
|
meneniusx the consul coriolanusx
|
|
brutusx he consulx
|
|
plebeiansx nox nox nox nox nox
|
|
meneniusx ifx by the tribunesx leavex and yoursx good peoplex
|
|
i may be heardx i would crave a word or twox
|
|
the which shall turn you to no further harm
|
|
than so much loss of timex
|
|
siciniusx speak brieflyx thenx
|
|
for we are peremptory to dispatch
|
|
this viperous traitorx to eject him hence
|
|
were but one dangerx and to keep him here
|
|
our certain deathx therefore it is decreed
|
|
he dies toxnightx
|
|
meneniusx now the good gods forbid
|
|
that our renowned romex whose gratitude
|
|
towards her deserved children is enrollxd
|
|
in jovexs own bookx like an unnatural dam
|
|
should now eat up her ownx
|
|
siciniusx hexs a disease that must be cut awayx
|
|
meneniusx ox hexs a limb that has but a diseasex
|
|
mortalx to cut it offx to cure itx easyx
|
|
what has he done to rome thatxs worthy deathx
|
|
killing our enemiesx the blood he hath lostx
|
|
which i dare vouch is more than that he hath
|
|
by many an ouncex he dropt it for his countryx
|
|
and what is leftx to lose it by his country
|
|
were to us all that doxt and suffer it
|
|
a brand to thx end ox thx worldx
|
|
siciniusx this is clean kamx
|
|
brutusx merely awryx when he did love his countryx
|
|
it honourxd himx
|
|
siciniusx the service of the footx
|
|
being once gangrenxdx is not then respected
|
|
for what before it wasx
|
|
brutusx wexll hear no morex
|
|
pursue him to his house and pluck him thencex
|
|
lest his infectionx being of catching naturex
|
|
spread furtherx
|
|
meneniusx one word morex one word
|
|
this tigerxfooted ragex when it shall find
|
|
the harm of unscannxd swiftnessx willx too latex
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tie leaden pounds toxs heelsx proceed by processx
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lest partiesx as he is belovxdx break outx
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and sack great rome with romansx
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brutusx if it were sox
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siciniusx what do ye talkx
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have we not had a taste of his obediencex
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our aediles smotex ourselves resistedx comex
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meneniusx consider thisx he has been bred ix thx wars
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since xa could draw a swordx and is ill schoolxd
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in bolted languagex meal and bran together
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he throws without distinctionx give me leavex
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ixll go to him and undertake to bring him
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where he shall answer by a lawful formx
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in peacex to his utmost perilx
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first senatorx noble tribunesx
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it is the humane wayx the other course
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will prove too bloodyx and the end of it
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unknown to the beginningx
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siciniusx noble meneniusx
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be you then as the peoplexs officerx
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mastersx lay down your weaponsx
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brutusx go not homex
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siciniusx meet on the marketxplacex wexll attend you therex
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wherex if you bring not marciusx wexll proceed
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in our first wayx
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meneniusx ixll bring him to youx
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xto the senatorsx let me desire your companyx he must comex
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or what is worst will followx
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first senatorx pray you letxs to himx exeunt
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scene iix romex the house of coriolanus
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enter coriolanus with nobles
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coriolanusx let them pull all about mine earsx present me
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death on the wheel or at wild horsesx heelsx
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or pile ten hills on the tarpeian rockx
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that the precipitation might down stretch
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below the beam of sightx yet will i still
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be thus to themx
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first patricianx you do the noblerx
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coriolanusx i muse my mother
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does not approve me furtherx who was wont
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to call them woollen vassalsx things created
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to buy and sell with groatsx to show bare heads
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in congregationsx to yawnx be stillx and wonderx
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when one but of my ordinance stood up
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to speak of peace or warx
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enter volumnia
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i talk of youx
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why did you wish me milderx would you have me
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false to my naturex rather say i play
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the man i amx
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volumniax ox sirx sirx sirx
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i would have had you put your power well on
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before you had worn it outx
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coriolanusx let gox
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volumniax you might have been enough the man you are
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with striving less to be sox lesser had been
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the thwartings of your dispositionsx if
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you had not showxd them how ye were disposxdx
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ere they lackxd power to cross youx
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coriolanusx let them hangx
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volumniax ayx and burn toox
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enter menenius with the senators
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meneniusx comex comex you have been too roughx something too roughx
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you must return and mend itx
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first senatorx therexs no remedyx
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unlessx by not so doingx our good city
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|
cleave in the midst and perishx
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volumniax pray be counsellxdx
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i have a heart as little apt as yoursx
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|
but yet a brain that leads my use of anger
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|
to better vantagex
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meneniusx well saidx noble womanx
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before he should thus stoop to thx herdx but that
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the violent fit ox thx time craves it as physic
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|
for the whole statex i would put mine armour onx
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which i can scarcely bearx
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coriolanusx what must i dox
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meneniusx return to thx tribunesx
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coriolanusx wellx what thenx what thenx
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meneniusx repent what you have spokex
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coriolanusx for themx i cannot do it to the godsx
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must i then doxt to themx
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volumniax you are too absolutex
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though therein you can never be too noble
|
|
but when extremities speakx i have heard you say
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honour and policyx like unseverxd friendsx
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ix thx war do grow togetherx grant thatx and tell me
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in peace what each of them by thx other lose
|
|
that they combine not therex
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|
coriolanusx tushx tushx
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|
meneniusx a good demandx
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|
volumniax if it be honour in your wars to seem
|
|
the same you are notx which for your best ends
|
|
you adopt your policyx how is it less or worse
|
|
that it shall hold companionship in peace
|
|
with honour as in warx since that to both
|
|
it stands in like requestx
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|
coriolanusx why force you thisx
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|
volumniax because that now it lies you on to speak
|
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to thx peoplex not by your own instructionx
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nor by thx matter which your heart prompts youx
|
|
but with such words that are but roted in
|
|
your tonguex though but bastards and syllables
|
|
of no allowance to your bosomxs truthx
|
|
nowx this no more dishonours you at all
|
|
than to take in a town with gentle wordsx
|
|
which else would put you to your fortune and
|
|
the hazard of much bloodx
|
|
i would dissemble with my nature where
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|
my fortunes and my friends at stake requirxd
|
|
i should do so in honourx i am in this
|
|
your wifex your sonx these senatorsx the noblesx
|
|
and you will rather show our general louts
|
|
how you can frownx than spend a fawn upon xem
|
|
for the inheritance of their loves and safeguard
|
|
of what that want might ruinx
|
|
meneniusx noble ladyx
|
|
comex go with usx speak fairx you may salve sox
|
|
not what is dangerous presentx but the los
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|
of what is pastx
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|
volumniax i prithee nowx my sonx
|
|
go to them with this bonnet in thy handx
|
|
and thus far having stretchxd itx here be with themx
|
|
thy knee bussing the stonesx for in such busines
|
|
action is eloquencex and the eyes of thx ignorant
|
|
more learned than the earsx waving thy headx
|
|
which often thus correcting thyxstout heartx
|
|
now humble as the ripest mulberry
|
|
that will not hold the handlingx or say to them
|
|
thou art their soldier andx being bred in broilsx
|
|
hast not the soft way whichx thou dost confessx
|
|
were fit for thee to usex as they to claimx
|
|
in asking their good lovesx but thou wilt frame
|
|
thyselfx forsoothx hereafter theirsx so far
|
|
as thou hast power and personx
|
|
meneniusx this but done
|
|
even as she speaksx whyx their hearts were yoursx
|
|
for they have pardonsx being askxdx as free
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|
as words to little purposex
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|
volumniax prithee nowx
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|
gox and be rulxdx although i know thou hadst rather
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|
follow thine enemy in a fiery gulf
|
|
than flatter him in a bowerx
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|
enter cominius
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|
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|
here is cominiusx
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cominiusx i have been ix thx marketxplacex andx sirx xtis fit
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|
you make strong partyx or defend yourself
|
|
by calmness or by absencex allxs in angerx
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|
meneniusx only fair speechx
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|
cominiusx i think xtwill servex if he
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|
can thereto frame his spiritx
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|
volumniax he must and willx
|
|
prithee nowx say you willx and go about itx
|
|
coriolanusx must i go show them my unbarbxd sconcex must i
|
|
with my base tongue give to my noble heart
|
|
a lie that it must bearx wellx i will doxtx
|
|
yetx were there but this single plot to losex
|
|
this mould of marciusx they to dust should grind itx
|
|
and throwxt against the windx to thx marketxplacex
|
|
you have put me now to such a part which never
|
|
i shall discharge to thx lifex
|
|
cominiusx comex comex wexll prompt youx
|
|
volumniax i prithee nowx sweet sonx as thou hast said
|
|
my praises made thee first a soldierx sox
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|
to have my praise for thisx perform a part
|
|
thou hast not done beforex
|
|
coriolanusx wellx i must doxtx
|
|
awayx my dispositionx and possess me
|
|
some harlotxs spiritx my throat of war be turnxdx
|
|
which quierxd with my drumx into a pipe
|
|
small as an eunuch or the virgin voice
|
|
that babies lulls asleepx the smiles of knaves
|
|
tent in my cheeksx and schoolboysx tears take up
|
|
the glasses of my sightx a beggarxs tongue
|
|
make motion through my lipsx and my armxd kneesx
|
|
who bowxd but in my stirrupx bend like his
|
|
that hath receivxd an almsx i will not doxtx
|
|
lest i surcease to honour mine own truthx
|
|
and by my bodyxs action teach my mind
|
|
a most inherent basenessx
|
|
volumniax at thy choicex thenx
|
|
to beg of theex it is my more dishonour
|
|
than thou of themx come all to ruinx let
|
|
thy mother rather feel thy pride than fear
|
|
thy dangerous stoutnessx for i mock at death
|
|
with as big heart as thoux do as thou listx
|
|
thy valiantness was minex thou suckxdst it from mex
|
|
but owe thy pride thyselfx
|
|
coriolanusx pray be contentx
|
|
motherx i am going to the marketxplacex
|
|
chide me no morex ixll mountebank their lovesx
|
|
cog their hearts from themx and come home belovxd
|
|
of all the trades in romex lookx i am goingx
|
|
commend me to my wifex ixll return consulx
|
|
or never trust to what my tongue can do
|
|
ix thx way of flattery furtherx
|
|
volumniax do your willx exit
|
|
cominiusx awayx the tribunes do attend youx arm yourself
|
|
to answer mildlyx for they are preparxd
|
|
with accusationsx as i hearx more strong
|
|
than are upon you yetx
|
|
coriolanusx the word is xmildlyxx pray you let us gox
|
|
let them accuse me by inventionx i
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|
will answer in mine honourx
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|
meneniusx ayx but mildlyx
|
|
coriolanusx wellx mildly be it thenx mildlyx exeunt
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|
|
|
scene iiix romex the forum
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|
|
|
enter sicinius and brutus
|
|
|
|
brutusx in this point charge him homex that he affects
|
|
tyrannical powerx if he evade us therex
|
|
enforce him with his envy to the peoplex
|
|
and that the spoil got on the antiates
|
|
was nexer distributedx
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|
|
|
enter an aedile
|
|
|
|
whatx will he comex
|
|
aedilex hexs comingx
|
|
brutusx how accompaniedx
|
|
aedilex with old meneniusx and those senators
|
|
that always favourxd himx
|
|
siciniusx have you a catalogue
|
|
of all the voices that we have procurxdx
|
|
set down by thx pollx
|
|
aedilex i havex xtis readyx
|
|
siciniusx have you corrected them by tribesx
|
|
aedilex i havex
|
|
siciniusx assemble presently the people hitherx
|
|
and when they hear me say xit shall be so
|
|
ix thx right and strength ox thx commonsx be it either
|
|
for deathx for finex or banishmentx then let themx
|
|
if i say finex cry xfinexxx if deathx cry xdeathxx
|
|
insisting on the old prerogative
|
|
and power ix thx truth ox thx causex
|
|
aedilex i shall inform themx
|
|
brutusx and when such time they have begun to cryx
|
|
let them not ceasex but with a din confusxd
|
|
enforce the present execution
|
|
of what we chance to sentencex
|
|
aedilex very wellx
|
|
siciniusx make them be strongx and ready for this hintx
|
|
when we shall hap to givext themx
|
|
brutusx go about itx exit aedile
|
|
put him to choler straightx he hath been usxd
|
|
ever to conquerx and to have his worth
|
|
of contradictionx being once chafxdx he cannot
|
|
be reinxd again to temperancex then he speaks
|
|
whatxs in his heartx and that is there which looks
|
|
with us to break his neckx
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|
|
|
enter coriolanusx menenius and cominiusx with others
|
|
|
|
siciniusx wellx here he comesx
|
|
meneniusx calmlyx i do beseech youx
|
|
coriolanusx ayx as an ostlerx that for thx poorest piece
|
|
will bear the knave by thx volumex thx honourxd gods
|
|
keep rome in safetyx and the chairs of justice
|
|
supplied with worthy menx plant love amongxsx
|
|
throng our large temples with the shows of peacex
|
|
and not our streets with warx
|
|
first senatorx amenx amenx
|
|
meneniusx a noble wishx
|
|
|
|
rexenter thexaedilexwith the plebeians
|
|
|
|
siciniusx draw nearx ye peoplex
|
|
aedilex list to your tribunesx audiencex peacex i sayx
|
|
coriolanusx firstx hear me speakx
|
|
both tribunesx wellx sayx peacex hox
|
|
coriolanusx shall i be chargxd no further than this presentx
|
|
must all determine herex
|
|
siciniusx i do demandx
|
|
if you submit you to the peoplexs voicesx
|
|
allow their officersx and are content
|
|
to suffer lawful censure for such faults
|
|
as shall be provxd upon youx
|
|
coriolanusx i am contentx
|
|
meneniusx lox citizensx he says he is contentx
|
|
the warlike service he has donex considerx think
|
|
upon the wounds his body bearsx which show
|
|
like graves ix thx holy churchyardx
|
|
coriolanusx scratches with briersx
|
|
scars to move laughter onlyx
|
|
meneniusx consider furtherx
|
|
that when he speaks not like a citizenx
|
|
you find him like a soldierx do not take
|
|
his rougher accents for malicious soundsx
|
|
butx as i sayx such as become a soldier
|
|
rather than envy youx
|
|
cominiusx wellx wellx no morex
|
|
coriolanusx what is the matterx
|
|
that being passxd for consul with full voicex
|
|
i am so dishonourxd that the very hour
|
|
you take it off againx
|
|
siciniusx answer to usx
|
|
coriolanusx say thenx xtis truex i ought sox
|
|
siciniusx we charge you that you have contrivxd to take
|
|
from rome all seasonxd officex and to wind
|
|
yourself into a power tyrannicalx
|
|
for which you are a traitor to the peoplex
|
|
coriolanusx howx traitorx
|
|
meneniusx nayx temperatelyx your promisex
|
|
coriolanusx the fires ix thx lowest hell fold in the peoplex
|
|
call me their traitorx thou injurious tribunex
|
|
within thine eyes sat twenty thousand deathsx
|
|
in thy hands clutchxd as many millionsx in
|
|
thy lying tongue both numbersx i would say
|
|
xthou liestx unto thee with a voice as free
|
|
as i do pray the godsx
|
|
siciniusx mark you thisx peoplex
|
|
plebeiansx to thx rockx to thx rockx with himx
|
|
siciniusx peacex
|
|
we need not put new matter to his chargex
|
|
what you have seen him do and heard him speakx
|
|
beating your officersx cursing yourselvesx
|
|
opposing laws with strokesx and here defying
|
|
those whose great power must try himx even thisx
|
|
so criminal and in such capital kindx
|
|
deserves thx extremest deathx
|
|
brutusx but since he hath
|
|
servxd well for romex
|
|
coriolanusx what do you prate of servicex
|
|
brutusx i talk of that that know itx
|
|
coriolanusx youx
|
|
meneniusx is this the promise that you made your motherx
|
|
cominiusx knowx i pray youx
|
|
coriolanusx ixll know no furtherx
|
|
let them pronounce the steep tarpeian deathx
|
|
vagabond exilex flayingx pent to linger
|
|
but with a grain a dayx i would not buy
|
|
their mercy at the price of one fair wordx
|
|
nor check my courage for what they can givex
|
|
to havext with saying xgood morrowxx
|
|
siciniusx for that he hasx
|
|
as much as in him liesx from time to time
|
|
envied against the peoplex seeking means
|
|
to pluck away their powerx as now at last
|
|
given hostile strokesx and that not in the presence
|
|
of dreaded justicex but on the ministers
|
|
that do distribute itx in the name ox thx peoplex
|
|
and in the power of us the tribunesx wex
|
|
evxn from this instantx banish him our cityx
|
|
in peril of precipitation
|
|
from off the rock tarpeianx never more
|
|
to enter our rome gatesx ix thx peoplexs namex
|
|
i say it shall be sox
|
|
plebeiansx it shall be sox it shall be sox let him awayx
|
|
hexs banishxdx and it shall be sox
|
|
cominiusx hear mex my masters and my common friendsx
|
|
siciniusx hexs sentencxdx no more hearingx
|
|
cominiusx let me speakx
|
|
i have been consulx and can show for rome
|
|
her enemiesx marks upon mex i do love
|
|
my countryxs good with a respect more tenderx
|
|
more holy and profoundx than mine own lifex
|
|
my dear wifexs estimatex her wombxs increase
|
|
and treasure of my loinsx then if i would
|
|
speak thatx
|
|
siciniusx we know your driftx speak whatx
|
|
brutusx therexs no more to be saidx but he is banishxdx
|
|
as enemy to the people and his countryx
|
|
it shall be sox
|
|
plebeiansx it shall be sox it shall be sox
|
|
coriolanusx you common cry of cursx whose breath i hate
|
|
as reek ox thx rotten fensx whose loves i prize
|
|
as the dead carcasses of unburied men
|
|
that do corrupt my airx i banish youx
|
|
and here remain with your uncertaintyx
|
|
let every feeble rumour shake your heartsx
|
|
your enemiesx with nodding of their plumesx
|
|
fan you into despairx have the power still
|
|
to banish your defendersx till at length
|
|
your ignorancex which finds not till it feelsx
|
|
making but reservation of yourselves
|
|
still your own foesx deliver you
|
|
as most abated captives to some nation
|
|
that won you without blowsx despising
|
|
for you the cityx thus i turn my backx
|
|
there is a world elsewherex
|
|
exeunt coriolanusx
|
|
cominiusx meneniusx with the other patricians
|
|
aedilex the peoplexs enemy is gonex is gonex
|
|
xthey all shout and throw up their capsx
|
|
plebeiansx our enemy is banishxdx he is gonex hooxoox
|
|
siciniusx go see him out at gatesx and follow himx
|
|
as he hath followxd youx with all despitex
|
|
give him deservxd vexationx let a guard
|
|
attend us through the cityx
|
|
plebeiansx comex comex letxs see him out at gatesx comex
|
|
the gods preserve our noble tribunesx comex exeunt
|
|
|
|
act ivx scene ix romex before a gate of the city
|
|
|
|
enter coriolanusx volumniax virgiliax meneniusx cominiusx with the
|
|
young nobility of rome
|
|
|
|
coriolanusx comex leave your tearsx a brief farewellx the beast
|
|
with many heads butts me awayx nayx motherx
|
|
where is your ancient couragex you were usxd
|
|
to say extremities was the trier of spiritsx
|
|
that common chances common men could bearx
|
|
that when the sea was calm all boats alike
|
|
showxd mastership in floatingx fortunexs blowsx
|
|
when most struck homex being gentle wounded craves
|
|
a noble cunningx you were usxd to load me
|
|
with precepts that would make invincible
|
|
the heart that connxd themx
|
|
virgiliax o heavensx o heavensx
|
|
coriolanusx nayx i pritheex womanx
|
|
volumniax now the red pestilence strike all trades in romex
|
|
and occupations perishx
|
|
coriolanusx whatx whatx whatx
|
|
i shall be lovxd when i am lackxdx nayx motherx
|
|
resume that spirit when you were wont to sayx
|
|
if you had been the wife of herculesx
|
|
six of his labours youxd have donex and savxd
|
|
your husband so much sweatx cominiusx
|
|
droop notx adieux farewellx my wifex my motherx
|
|
ixll do well yetx thou old and true meneniusx
|
|
thy tears are salter than a younger manxs
|
|
and venomous to thine eyesx my sometime generalx
|
|
i have seen thee sternx and thou hast oft beheld
|
|
heartxhardxning spectaclesx tell these sad women
|
|
xtis fond to wail inevitable strokesx
|
|
as xtis to laugh at xemx my motherx you wot well
|
|
my hazards still have been your solacex and
|
|
believext not lightlyx though i go alonex
|
|
like to a lonely dragonx that his fen
|
|
makes fearxd and talkxd of more than seenx your son
|
|
will or exceed the common or be caught
|
|
with cautelous baits and practicex
|
|
volumniax my first sonx
|
|
whither wilt thou gox take good cominius
|
|
with thee awhilex determine on some course
|
|
more than a wild exposture to each chance
|
|
that starts ix thx way before theex
|
|
virgiliax o the godsx
|
|
cominiusx ixll follow thee a monthx devise with the
|
|
where thou shalt restx that thou mayst hear of usx
|
|
and we of theex sox if the time thrust forth
|
|
a cause for thy repealx we shall not send
|
|
oxer the vast world to seek a single manx
|
|
and lose advantagex which doth ever cool
|
|
ix thx absence of the neederx
|
|
coriolanusx fare ye wellx
|
|
thou hast years upon theex and thou art too full
|
|
of the warsx surfeits to go rove with one
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thatxs yet unbruisxdx bring me but out at gatex
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comex my sweet wifex my dearest motherx and
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my friends of noble touchx when i am forthx
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bid me farewellx and smilex i pray you comex
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while i remain above the ground you shall
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hear from me stillx and never of me aught
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but what is like me formerlyx
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meneniusx thatxs worthily
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as any ear can hearx comex letxs not weepx
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if i could shake off but one seven years
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from these old arms and legsx by the good godsx
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ixd with thee every footx
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coriolanusx give me thy handx
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comex exeunt
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scene iix romex a street near the gate
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enter the two tribunesx sicinius and brutus with the aedile
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siciniusx bid them all homex hexs gonex and wexll no furtherx
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the nobility are vexxdx whom we see have sided
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in his behalfx
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brutusx now we have shown our powerx
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let us seem humbler after it is done
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than when it was axdoingx
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siciniusx bid them homex
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say their great enemy is gonex and they
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stand in their ancient strengthx
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brutusx dismiss them homex exit aedile
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here comes his motherx
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enter volumniax virgiliax and menenius
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siciniusx letxs not meet herx
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brutusx whyx
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siciniusx they say shexs madx
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brutusx they have taxen note of usx keep on your wayx
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volumniax ox yxare well metx thx hoarded plague ox thx gods
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requite your lovex
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meneniusx peacex peacex be not so loudx
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volumniax if that i could for weepingx you should hearx
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nayx and you shall hear somex xto brutusx will you be gonex
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virgiliax xto siciniusx you shall stay toox i would i had the
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power
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to say so to my husbandx
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siciniusx are you mankindx
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volumniax ayx foolx is that a shamex note but thisx foolx
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was not a man my fatherx hadst thou foxship
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to banish him that struck more blows for rome
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than thou hast spoken wordsx
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siciniusx o blessed heavensx
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volumniax moe noble blows than ever thou wise wordsx
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and for romexs goodx ixll tell thee whatx yet gox
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nayx but thou shalt stay toox i would my son
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were in arabiax and thy tribe before himx
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his good sword in his handx
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siciniusx what thenx
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virgiliax what thenx
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hexd make an end of thy posterityx
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volumniax bastards and allx
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good manx the wounds that he does bear for romex
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meneniusx comex comex peacex
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siciniusx i would he had continued to his country
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as he beganx and not unknit himself
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the noble knot he madex
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brutusx i would he hadx
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volumniax xi would he hadxx xtwas you incensxd the rabblex
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cats that can judge as fitly of his worth
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as i can of those mysteries which heaven
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will not have earth to knowx
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brutusx prayx letxs gox
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volumniax nowx prayx sirx get you gonex
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you have done a brave deedx ere you gox hear thisx
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as far as doth the capitol exceed
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the meanest house in romex so far my sonx
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this ladyxs husband herex thisx do you seexx
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whom you have banishxd does exceed you anx
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brutusx wellx wellx wexll leave youx
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siciniusx why stay we to be baited
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with one that wants her witsx exeunt tribunes
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volumniax take my prayers with youx
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i would the gods had nothing else to do
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but to confirm my cursesx could i meet xem
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but once a dayx it would unclog my heart
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of what lies heavy toxtx
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meneniusx you have told them homex
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andx by my trothx you have causex youxll sup with mex
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volumniax angerxs my meatx i sup upon myselfx
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and so shall starve with feedingx comex letxs gox
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leave this faint puling and lament as i dox
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in angerx junoxlikex comex comex comex
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exeunt volumnia and virgilia
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meneniusx fiex fiex fiex exit
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scene iiix a highway between rome and antium
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enter a roman and a volscex meeting
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romanx i know you wellx sirx and you know mex your namex i thinkx
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is adrianx
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volscex it is sox sirx trulyx i have forgot youx
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romanx i am a romanx and my services arex as you arex against xemx
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know you me yetx
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volscex nicanorx nox
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romanx the samex sirx
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volscex you had more beard when i last saw youx but your favour is
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well appearxd by your tonguex whatxs the news in romex i have a
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note from the volscian statex to find you out therex you have
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well saved me a dayxs journeyx
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romanx there hath been in rome strange insurrectionsx the people
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against the senatorsx patriciansx and noblesx
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volscex hath beenx is it endedx thenx our state thinks not sox they
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are in a most warlike preparationx and hope to come upon them in
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the heat of their divisionx
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romanx the main blaze of it is pastx but a small thing would make
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it flame againx for the nobles receive so to heart the banishment
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of that worthy coriolanus that they are in a ripe aptness to take
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all power from the peoplex and to pluck from them their tribunes
|
|
for everx this lies glowingx i can tell youx and is almost mature
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|
for the violent breaking outx
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volscex coriolanus banishxdx
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romanx banishxdx sirx
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volscex you will be welcome with this intelligencex nicanorx
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romanx the day serves well for them nowx i have heard it said the
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fittest time to corrupt a manxs wife is when shexs fallxn out
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with her husbandx your noble tullus aufidius will appear well in
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these warsx his great opposerx coriolanusx being now in no
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request of his countryx
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volscex he cannot choosex i am most fortunate thus accidentally to
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encounter youx you have ended my businessx and i will merrily
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|
accompany you homex
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romanx i shall between this and supper tell you most strange things
|
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from romex all tending to the good of their adversariesx have you
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an army readyx say youx
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volscex a most royal onex the centurions and their chargesx
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distinctly billetedx already in thx entertainmentx and to be on
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|
foot at an hourxs warningx
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romanx i am joyful to hear of their readinessx and am the manx i
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thinkx that shall set them in present actionx sox sirx heartily
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well metx and most glad of your companyx
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volscex you take my part from mex sirx i have the most cause to be
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glad of yoursx
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romanx wellx let us go togetherx
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scene ivx antiumx before aufidiusx house
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enter coriolanusx in mean apparelx disguisxd and muffled
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coriolanusx a goodly city is this antiumx cityx
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xtis i that made thy widowsx many an heir
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|
of these fair edifices fore my wars
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have i heard groan and dropx then know me notx
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lest that thy wives with spits and boys with stonesx
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in puny battle slay mex
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enter a citizen
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save youx sirx
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citizenx and youx
|
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coriolanusx direct mex if it be your willx
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where great aufidius liesx is he in antiumx
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|
citizenx he isx and feasts the nobles of the state
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|
at his house this nightx
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coriolanusx which is his housex beseech youx
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citizenx this here before youx
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coriolanusx thank youx sirx farewellx exit citizen
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o worldx thy slippery turnsx friends now fast swornx
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whose double bosoms seems to wear one heartx
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whose hoursx whose bedx whose meal and exercise
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are still togetherx who twinx as xtwerex in lovex
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unseparablex shall within this hourx
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on a dissension of a doitx break out
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to bitterest enmityx so fellest foesx
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whose passions and whose plots have broke their sleep
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to take the one the otherx by some chancex
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some trick not worth an eggx shall grow dear friends
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and interjoin their issuesx so with mex
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my birthplace hate ix and my lovexs upon
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this enemy townx ixll enterx if he slay mex
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he does fair justicex if he give me wayx
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ixll do his country servicex
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scene vx antiumx aufidiusx house
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music playsx enter a servingman
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first servantx winex winex winex what service is herex i think our
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fellows are asleepx exit
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enter another servingman
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second servantxwherexs cotusx my master calls for himx
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cotusx exit
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enter coriolanus
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coriolanusx a goodly housex the feast smells wellx but i
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appear not like a guestx
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rexenter the first servingman
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first servantx what would you havex friendx
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whence are youx herexs no place for youx pray go to the doorx
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exit
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coriolanusx i have deservxd no better entertainment
|
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in being coriolanusx
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rexenter second servingman
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second servantx whence are youx sirx has the porter his eyes in his
|
|
head that he gives entrance to such companionsx pray get you outx
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coriolanusx awayx
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second servantx awayx get you awayx
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coriolanusx now thx art troublesomex
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second servantx are you so bravex ixll have you talkxd with anonx
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enter a third servingmanx the first meets him
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third servantx what fellowxs thisx
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first servantx a strange one as ever i lookxd onx i cannot get him
|
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out ox thx housex prithee call my master to himx
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third servantx what have you to do herex fellowx pray you avoid the
|
|
housex
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coriolanusx let me but standx i will not hurt your hearthx
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third servantx what are youx
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coriolanusx a gentlemanx
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third servantx a marvxllous poor onex
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coriolanusx truex so i amx
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third servantx pray youx poor gentlemanx take up some other
|
|
stationx herexs no place for youx pray you avoidx comex
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coriolanusx follow your functionx go and batten on cold bitsx
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xpushes him away from himx
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third servantx whatx you will notx prithee tell my master what a
|
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strange guest he has herex
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second servantx and i shallx exit
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third servantx where dwellxst thoux
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coriolanusx under the canopyx
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third servantx under the canopyx
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coriolanusx ayx
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third servantx wherexs thatx
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coriolanusx ix thx city of kites and crowsx
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third servantx ix thx city of kites and crowsx
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what an ass it isx then thou dwellxst with daws toox
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coriolanusx nox i serve not thy masterx
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third servantx howx sirx do you meddle with my masterx
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coriolanusx ayx xtis an honester service than to meddle with thy
|
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mistressx thou pratxst and pratxstx serve with thy trencherx
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hencex xbeats him awayx
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enter aufidius with the second servingman
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aufidiusx where is this fellowx
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second servantx herex sirx ixd have beaten him like a dogx but for
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disturbing the lords withinx
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aufidiusx whence comxst thoux what wouldst thoux thy namex
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why speakxst notx speakx manx whatxs thy namex
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coriolanusx xunmufflingx ifx tullusx
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not yet thou knowxst mex andx seeing mex dost not
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think me for the man i amx necessity
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commands me name myselfx
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aufidiusx what is thy namex
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coriolanusx a name unmusical to the volsciansx earsx
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and harsh in sound to thinex
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aufidiusx sayx whatxs thy namex
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thou has a grim appearancex and thy face
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bears a command inxtx though thy tacklexs tornx
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thou showxst a noble vesselx whatxs thy namex
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coriolanusx prepare thy brow to frownx knowxst thou me yetx
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aufidiusx i know thee notx thy namex
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coriolanusx my name is caius marciusx who hath done
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to thee particularlyx and to all the volscesx
|
|
great hurt and mischiefx thereto witness may
|
|
my surnamex coriolanusx the painful servicex
|
|
the extreme dangersx and the drops of blood
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|
shed for my thankless countryx are requited
|
|
but with that surnamex a good memory
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|
and witness of the malice and displeasure
|
|
which thou shouldst bear mex only that name remainsx
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|
the cruelty and envy of the peoplex
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permitted by our dastard noblesx who
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have all forsook mex hath devourxd the restx
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an sufferxd me by thx voice of slaves to be
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whoopxd out of romex now this extremity
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hath brought me to thy hearthx not out of hopex
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mistake me notx to save my lifex for if
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i had fearxd deathx of all the men ix thx world
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i would have xvoided theex but in mere spitex
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to be full quit of those my banishersx
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stand i before thee herex then if thou hast
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a heart of wreak in theex that wilt revenge
|
|
thine own particular wrongs and stop those maims
|
|
of shame seen through thy countryx speed thee straight
|
|
and make my misery serve thy turnx so use it
|
|
that my revengeful services may prove
|
|
as benefits to theex for i will fight
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|
against my cankxred country with the spleen
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|
of all the under fiendsx but if so be
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thou darxst not thisx and that to prove more fortunes
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|
thxart tirxdx thenx in a wordx i also am
|
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longer to live most wearyx and present
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my throat to thee and to thy ancient malicex
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which not to cut would show thee but a foolx
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since i have ever followed thee with hatex
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drawn tuns of blood out of thy countryxs breastx
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and cannot live but to thy shamex unless
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it be to do thee servicex
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aufidiusx o marciusx marciusx
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each word thou hast spoke hath weeded from my heart
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a root of ancient envyx if jupiter
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should from yond cloud speak divine thingsx
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and say xxtis truexx ixd not believe them more
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than theex all noble marciusx let me twine
|
|
mine arms about that bodyx where against
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my grained ash an hundred times hath broke
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and scarrxd the moon with splintersx here i clip
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the anvil of my swordx and do contest
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|
as hotly and as nobly with thy love
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as ever in ambitious strength i did
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contend against thy valourx know thou firstx
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i lovxd the maid i marriedx never man
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sighxd truer breathx but that i see thee herex
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thou noble thingx more dances my rapt heart
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than when i first my wedded mistress saw
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|
bestride my thresholdx whyx thou marsx i tell the
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we have a power on footx and i had purpose
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once more to hew thy target from thy brawnx
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or lose mine arm forxtx thou hast beat me out
|
|
twelve several timesx and i have nightly since
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dreamt of encounters xtwixt thyself and mex
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we have been down together in my sleepx
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unbuckling helmsx fisting each otherxs throatx
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and wakxd half dead with nothingx worthy marciusx
|
|
had we no other quarrel else to rome but that
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thou art thence banishxdx we would muster all
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|
from twelve to seventyx andx pouring war
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|
into the bowels of ungrateful romex
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|
like a bold flood oxerbeatx ox comex go inx
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|
and take our friendly senators by thx handsx
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|
who now are herex taking their leaves of me
|
|
who am preparxd against your territoriesx
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though not for rome itselfx
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coriolanusx you bless mex godsx
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aufidiusx thereforex mostx absolute sirx if thou wilt have
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|
the leading of thine own revengesx take
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thx one half of my commissionx and set downx
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|
as best thou art experiencxdx since thou knowxst
|
|
thy countryxs strength and weaknessx thine own waysx
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|
whether to knock against the gates of romex
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|
or rudely visit them in parts remote
|
|
to fright them ere destroyx but come inx
|
|
let me commend thee first to those that shall
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say yea to thy desiresx a thousand welcomesx
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|
and more a friend than exer an enemyx
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|
yetx marciusx that was muchx your handx most welcomex
|
|
exeunt coriolanus and aufidius
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the two servingmen come forward
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first servantx herexs a strange alterationx
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second servantx by my handx i had thought to have strucken him with
|
|
a cudgelx and yet my mind gave me his clothes made a false report
|
|
of himx
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first servantx what an arm he hasx he turnxd me about with his
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|
finger and his thumbx as one would set up a topx
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|
second servantx nayx i knew by his face that there was something in
|
|
himx he hadx sirx a kind of facex methoughtx i cannot tell how to
|
|
term itx
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first servantx he had sox looking as it werex would i were hangxdx
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|
but i thought there was more in him than i could thinkx
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|
second servantx so did ix ixll be swornx he is simply the rarest
|
|
man ix thx worldx
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first servantx i think he isx but a greater soldier than he you wot
|
|
onx
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second servantx whox my masterx
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first servantx nayx itxs no matter for thatx
|
|
second servantx worth six on himx
|
|
first servantx nayx not so neitherx but i take him to be the
|
|
greater soldierx
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|
second servantx faithx look youx one cannot tell how to say thatx
|
|
for the defence of a town our general is excellentx
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|
first servantx ayx and for an assault toox
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rexenter the third servingman
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third servantx o slavesx i can tell you newsx newsx you rascalsx
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bothx whatx whatx whatx letxs partakex
|
|
third servantx i would not be a romanx of all nationsx
|
|
i had as lief be a condemnxd manx
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|
bothx whereforex whereforex
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|
third servantx whyx herexs he that was wont to thwack our generalx
|
|
caius marciusx
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first servantx why do you say xthwack our generalxx
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|
third servantx i do not say xthwack our generalxx but he was always
|
|
good enough for himx
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|
second servantx comex we are fellows and friendsx he was ever too
|
|
hard for himx i have heard him say so himselfx
|
|
first servantx he was too hard for him directlyx to say the troth
|
|
onxtx before corioli he scotchxd him and notchxd him like a
|
|
carbonadox
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|
second servantx an he had been cannibally givenx he might have
|
|
broilxd and eaten him toox
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|
first servantx but more of thy newsx
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third servantx whyx he is so made on here within as if he were son
|
|
and heir to marsx set at upper end ox thx tablex no question
|
|
asked him by any of the senators but they stand bald before himx
|
|
our general himself makes a mistress of himx sanctifies himself
|
|
withxs handx and turns up the white ox thx eye to his discoursex
|
|
but the bottom of the news isx our general is cut ix thx middle
|
|
and but one half of what he was yesterdayx for the other has half
|
|
by the entreaty and grant of the whole tablex hexll gox he saysx
|
|
and sowl the porter of rome gates by thx earsx he will mow all
|
|
down before himx and leave his passage pollxdx
|
|
second servantx and hexs as like to doxt as any man i can imaginex
|
|
third servantx doxtx he will doxtx for look youx sirx he has as
|
|
many friends as enemiesx which friendsx sirx as it werex durst
|
|
notx look youx sirx show themselvesx as we term itx his friendsx
|
|
whilst hexs in directitudex
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|
first servantx directitudex whatxs thatx
|
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third servantx but when they shall seex sirx his crest up again and
|
|
the man in bloodx they will out of their burrowsx like conies
|
|
after rainx and revel an with himx
|
|
first servantx but when goes this forwardx
|
|
third servantx toxmorrowx toxdayx presentlyx you shall have the
|
|
drum struck up this afternoonx xtis as it were parcel of their
|
|
feastx and to be executed ere they wipe their lipsx
|
|
second servantx whyx then we shall have a stirring world againx
|
|
this peace is nothing but to rust ironx increase tailorsx and
|
|
breed balladxmakersx
|
|
first servantx let me have warx say ix it exceeds peace as far as
|
|
day does nightx itxs spritelyx wakingx audiblex and full of ventx
|
|
peace is a very apoplexyx lethargyx mullxdx deafx sleepyx
|
|
insensiblex a getter of more bastard children than warxs a
|
|
destroyer of menx
|
|
second servantx xtis sox and as war in some sort may be said to be
|
|
a ravisherx so it cannot be denied but peace is a great maker of
|
|
cuckoldsx
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first servantx ayx and it makes men hate one anotherx
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third servantx reasonx because they then less need one anotherx the
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wars for my moneyx i hope to see romans as cheap as volsciansx
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they are risingx they are risingx
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bothx inx inx inx inx exeunt
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scene vix romex a public place
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enter the two tribunesx sicinius and brutus
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siciniusx we hear not of himx neither need we fear himx
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his remedies are tamex the present peace
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and quietness of the peoplex which before
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were in wild hurryx here do make his friends
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blush that the world goes wellx who rather hadx
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though they themselves did suffer byxtx behold
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dissentious numbers pestxring streets than see
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our tradesmen singing in their shopsx and going
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about their functions friendlyx
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enter menenius
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brutusx we stood toxt in good timex is this meneniusx
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siciniusx xtis hex xtis hex ox he is grown most kind
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of latex hailx sirx
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meneniusx hail to you bothx
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siciniusx your coriolanus is not much missxd
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but with his friendsx the commonwealth doth standx
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and so would dox were he more angry at itx
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meneniusx allxs wellx and might have been much better
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he could have temporizxdx
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siciniusx where is hex hear youx
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meneniusx nayx i hear nothingx his mother and his wife
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hear nothing from himx
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enter three or four citizens
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citizensx the gods preserve you bothx
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siciniusx godxdenx our neighboursx
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brutusx godxden to you allx godxden to you anx
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first citizenx ourselvesx our wivesx and childrenx on our knees
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are bound to pray for you bothx
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siciniusx live and thrivex
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brutusx farewellx kind neighboursx we wishxd coriolanus
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had lovxd you as we didx
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citizensx now the gods keep youx
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both tribunesx farewellx farewellx exeunt citizens
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siciniusx this is a happier and more comely time
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than when these fellows ran about the streets
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crying confusionx
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brutusx caius marcius was
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a worthy officer ix the warx but insolentx
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oxercome with pridex ambitious past all thinkingx
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selfxlovingx
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siciniusx and affecting one sole thronex
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without assistancex
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meneniusx i think not sox
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siciniusx we should by thisx to all our lamentationx
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if he had gone forth consulx found it sox
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brutusx the gods have well prevented itx and rome
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sits safe and still without himx
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enter an aedile
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aedilex worthy tribunesx
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there is a slavex whom we have put in prisonx
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reports the volsces with several powers
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are entxred in the roman territoriesx
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and with the deepest malice of the war
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destroy what lies before xemx
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meneniusx xtis aufidiusx
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whox hearing of our marciusx banishmentx
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thrusts forth his horns again into the worldx
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which were inshellxd when marcius stood for romex
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and durst not once peep outx
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siciniusx comex what talk you of marciusx
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brutusx go see this rumourer whippxdx it cannot be
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the volsces dare break with usx
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meneniusx cannot bex
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we have record that very well it canx
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and three examples of the like hath been
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within my agex but reason with the fellow
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before you punish himx where he heard thisx
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lest you shall chance to whip your information
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and beat the messenger who bids beware
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of what is to be dreadedx
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siciniusx tell not mex
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i know this cannot bex
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brutusx not possiblex
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enter a messenger
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messengerx the nobles in great earnestness are going
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all to the senate housex some news is come
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that turns their countenancesx
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siciniusx xtis this slavex
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go whip him fore the peoplexs eyesx his raisingx
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nothing but his reportx
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messengerx yesx worthy sirx
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the slavexs report is secondedx and morex
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more fearfulx is deliverxdx
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siciniusx what more fearfulx
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messengerx it is spoke freely out of many mouthsx
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how probable i do not knowx that marciusx
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joinxd with aufidiusx leads a power xgainst romex
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|
and vows revenge as spacious as between
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|
the youngxst and oldest thingx
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siciniusx this is most likelyx
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brutusx raisxd only that the weaker sort may wish
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good marcius home againx
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siciniusx the very trick on xtx
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meneniusx this is unlikelyx
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he and aufidius can no more atone
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than violentxst contrarietyx
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enter a second messenger
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second messengerx you are sent for to the senatex
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a fearful armyx led by caius marcius
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associated with aufidiusx rages
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upon our territoriesx and have already
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oxerborne their wayx consumxd with fire and took
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what lay before themx
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enter cominius
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cominiusx ox you have made good workx
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meneniusx what newsx what newsx
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cominiusx you have holp to ravish your own daughters and
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to melt the city leads upon your patesx
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to see your wives dishonourxd to your nosesx
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meneniusx whatxs the newsx whatxs the newsx
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cominiusx your temples burned in their cementx and
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|
your franchisesx whereon you stoodx confinxd
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into an augerxs borex
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meneniusx pray nowx your newsx
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you have made fair workx i fear mex prayx your newsx
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if marcius should be joinxd wix thx volsciansx
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cominiusx ifx
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he is their godx he leads them like a thing
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made by some other deity than naturex
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that shapes man betterx and they follow him
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|
against us brats with no less confidence
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|
than boys pursuing summer butterfliesx
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|
or butchers killing fliesx
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|
meneniusx you have made good workx
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|
you and your apron menx you that stood so much
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|
upon the voice of occupation and
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|
the breath of garlicxeatersx
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|
cominiusx hexll shake
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your rome about your earsx
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|
meneniusx as hercules
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|
did shake down mellow fruitx you have made fair workx
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|
brutusx but is this truex sirx
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|
cominiusx ayx and youxll look pale
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|
before you find it otherx all the regions
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|
do smilingly revoltx and who resists
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|
are mockxd for valiant ignorancex
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|
and perish constant foolsx who isxt can blame himx
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|
your enemies and his find something in himx
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|
meneniusx we are all undone unless
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|
the noble man have mercyx
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|
cominiusx who shall ask itx
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|
the tribunes cannot doxt for shamex the people
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|
deserve such pity of him as the wolf
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|
does of the shepherdsx for his best friendsx if they
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|
should say xbe good to romexx they chargxd him even
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|
as those should do that had deservxd his hatex
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|
and therein showxd fike enemiesx
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meneniusx xtis truex
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|
if he were putting to my house the brand
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|
that should consume itx i have not the face
|
|
to say xbeseech youx ceasexx you have made fair handsx
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|
you and your craftsx you have crafted fairx
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|
cominiusx you have brought
|
|
a trembling upon romex such as was never
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|
sx incapable of helpx
|
|
both tribunesx say not we brought itx
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|
meneniusx howx wasxt wex we lovxd himx butx like beasts
|
|
and cowardly noblesx gave way unto your clustersx
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|
who did hoot him out ox thx cityx
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|
cominiusx but i fear
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|
theyxll roar him in againx tullus aufidiusx
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|
the second name of menx obeys his points
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|
as if he were his officerx desperation
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|
is all the policyx strengthx and defencex
|
|
that rome can make against themx
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enter a troop of citizens
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meneniusx here comes the clustersx
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|
and is aufidius with himx you are they
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|
that made the air unwholesome when you cast
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|
your stinking greasy caps in hooting at
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|
coriolanusx exilex now hexs comingx
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|
and not a hair upon a soldierxs head
|
|
which will not prove a whipx as many coxcombs
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|
as you threw caps up will he tumble downx
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|
and pay you for your voicesx xtis no matterx
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|
if he could burn us all into one coal
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|
we have deservxd itx
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|
plebeiansx faithx we hear fearful newsx
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|
first citizenx for mine own partx
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|
when i said banish himx i said xtwas pityx
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|
second citizenx and so did ix
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|
third citizenx and so did ix andx to say the truthx so did very
|
|
many of usx that we didx we did for the bestx and though we
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|
willingly consented to his banishmentx yet it was against our
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|
willx
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cominiusx yxare goodly thingsx you voicesx
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|
meneniusx you have made
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|
good workx you and your cryx shallxs to the capitolx
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|
cominiusx ox ayx what elsex
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|
exeunt cominius and menenius
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|
siciniusx gox mastersx get you be not dismayxdx
|
|
these are a side that would be glad to have
|
|
this true which they so seem to fearx go homex
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|
and show no sign of fearx
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|
first citizenx the gods be good to usx comex mastersx letxs homex i
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|
ever said we were ix thx wrong when we banishxd himx
|
|
second citizenx so did we allx but comex letxs homex
|
|
exeunt citizens
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|
brutusx i do not like this newsx
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|
siciniusx nor ix
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brutusx letxs to the capitolx would half my wealth
|
|
would buy this for a liex
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|
siciniusx pray letxs gox exeunt
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scene viix a camp at a short distance from rome
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|
|
enter aufidius with his lieutenant
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|
|
aufidiusx do they still fly to thx romanx
|
|
lieutenantx i do not know what witchcraftxs in himx but
|
|
your soldiers use him as the grace fore meatx
|
|
their talk at tablex and their thanks at endx
|
|
and you are darkxned in this actionx sirx
|
|
even by your ownx
|
|
aufidiusx i cannot help it nowx
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|
unless by using means i lame the foot
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|
of our designx he bears himself more proudlierx
|
|
even to my personx than i thought he would
|
|
when first i did embrace himx yet his nature
|
|
in thatxs no changelingx and i must excuse
|
|
what cannot be amendedx
|
|
lieutenantx yet i wishx sirx
|
|
i meanx for your particularx you had not
|
|
joinxd in commission with himx but either
|
|
had borne the action of yourselfx or else
|
|
to him had left it solelyx
|
|
aufidiusx i understand thee wellx and be thou surex
|
|
when he shall come to his accountx he knows not
|
|
what i can urge against himx although it seemsx
|
|
and so he thinksx and is no less apparent
|
|
to thx vulgar eyex that he bears all things fairly
|
|
and shows good husbandry for the volscian statex
|
|
fights dragonxlikex and does achieve as soon
|
|
as draw his swordx yet he hath left undone
|
|
that which shall break his neck or hazard mine
|
|
whenexer we come to our accountx
|
|
lieutenantx sirx i beseech youx think you hexll carry romex
|
|
aufidiusx all places yield to him ere he sits downx
|
|
and the nobility of rome are hisx
|
|
the senators and patricians love him toox
|
|
the tribunes are no soldiersx and their people
|
|
will be as rash in the repeal as hasty
|
|
to expel him thencex i think hexll be to rome
|
|
as is the osprey to the fishx who takes it
|
|
by sovereignty of naturex first he was
|
|
a noble servant to themx but he could not
|
|
carry his honours evenx whether xtwas pridex
|
|
which out of daily fortune ever taints
|
|
the happy manx whether defect of judgmentx
|
|
to fail in the disposing of those chances
|
|
which he was lord ofx or whether naturex
|
|
not to be other than one thingx not moving
|
|
from thx casque to thx cushionx but commanding peace
|
|
even with the same austerity and garb
|
|
as he controllxd the warx but one of thesex
|
|
as he hath spices of them allx not allx
|
|
for i dare so far free himx made him fearxdx
|
|
so hatedx and so banishxdx but he has a merit
|
|
to choke it in the uttxrancex so our virtues
|
|
lie in thx interpretation of the timex
|
|
and powerx unto itself most commendablex
|
|
hath not a tomb so evident as a chair
|
|
tx extol what it hath donex
|
|
one fire drives out one firex one nailx one nailx
|
|
rights by rights falterx strengths by strengths do failx
|
|
comex letxs awayx whenx caiusx rome is thinex
|
|
thou art poorxst of allx then shortly art thou minex
|
|
exeunt
|
|
|
|
act vx scene ix romex a public place
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|
|
|
enter meneniusx cominiusx sicinius and brutusx the two tribunesx with
|
|
others
|
|
|
|
meneniusx nox ixll not gox you hear what he hath said
|
|
which was sometime his generalx who lovxd him
|
|
in a most dear particularx he callxd me fatherx
|
|
but what ox thatx gox you that banishxd himx
|
|
a mile before his tent fall downx and knee
|
|
the way into his mercyx nayx if he coyxd
|
|
to hear cominius speakx ixll keep at homex
|
|
cominiusx he would not seem to know mex
|
|
meneniusx do you hearx
|
|
cominiusx yet one time he did call me by my namex
|
|
i urgxd our old acquaintancex and the drops
|
|
that we have bled togetherx xcoriolanusx
|
|
he would not answer tox forbid all namesx
|
|
he was a kind of nothingx titlelessx
|
|
till he had forgxd himself a name ix thx fire
|
|
of burning romex
|
|
meneniusx whyx sox you have made good workx
|
|
a pair of tribunes that have wrackxd for rome
|
|
to make coals cheapx a noble memoryx
|
|
cominiusx i minded him how royal xtwas to pardon
|
|
when it was less expectedx he repliedx
|
|
it was a bare petition of a state
|
|
to one whom they had punishxdx
|
|
meneniusx very wellx
|
|
could he say lessx
|
|
cominiusx i offerxd to awaken his regard
|
|
forxs private friendsx his answer to me wasx
|
|
he could not stay to pick them in a pile
|
|
of noisome musty chaffx he said xtwas follyx
|
|
for one poor grain or twox to leave unburnt
|
|
and still to nose thx offencex
|
|
meneniusx for one poor grain or twox
|
|
i am one of thosex his motherx wifex his childx
|
|
and this brave fellow toox we are the grainsx
|
|
you are the musty chaffx and you are smelt
|
|
above the moonx we must be burnt for youx
|
|
siciniusx nayx pray be patientx if you refuse your aid
|
|
in this so neverxneeded helpx yet do not
|
|
upbraidxs with our distressx but surex if you
|
|
would be your countryxs pleaderx your good tonguex
|
|
more than the instant army we can makex
|
|
might stop our countrymanx
|
|
meneniusx nox ixll not meddlex
|
|
siciniusx pray you go to himx
|
|
meneniusx what should i dox
|
|
brutusx only make trial what your love can do
|
|
for romex towards marciusx
|
|
meneniusx wellx and say that marcius
|
|
return mex as cominius is returnxdx
|
|
unheardx what thenx
|
|
but as a discontented friendx griefxshot
|
|
with his unkindnessx sayxt be sox
|
|
siciniusx yet your good will
|
|
must have that thanks from rome after the measure
|
|
as you intended wellx
|
|
meneniusx ixll undertakextx
|
|
i think hexll hear mex yet to bite his lip
|
|
and hum at good cominius much unhearts mex
|
|
he was not taken wellx he had not dinxdx
|
|
the veins unfillxdx our blood is coldx and then
|
|
we pout upon the morningx are unapt
|
|
to give or to forgivex but when we have stuffxd
|
|
these pipes and these conveyances of our blood
|
|
with wine and feedingx we have suppler souls
|
|
than in our priestxlike fastsx therefore ixll watch him
|
|
till he be dieted to my requestx
|
|
and then ixll set upon himx
|
|
brutusx you know the very road into his kindness
|
|
and cannot lose your wayx
|
|
meneniusx good faithx ixll prove himx
|
|
speed how it willx i shall ere long have knowledge
|
|
of my successx exit
|
|
cominiusx hexll never hear himx
|
|
siciniusx notx
|
|
cominiusx i tell you he does sit in goldx his eye
|
|
red as xtwould burn romex and his injury
|
|
the gaoler to his pityx i kneelxd before himx
|
|
xtwas very faintly he said xrisexx dismissxd me
|
|
thus with his speechless handx what he would dox
|
|
he sent in writing after mex what he would notx
|
|
bound with an oath to yield to his conditionsx
|
|
so that all hope is vainx
|
|
unless his noble mother and his wifex
|
|
whox as i hearx mean to solicit him
|
|
for mercy to his countryx therefore letxs hencex
|
|
and with our fair entreaties haste them onx exeunt
|
|
|
|
scene iix the volscian camp before rome
|
|
|
|
enter menenius to the watch on guard
|
|
|
|
first watchx stayx whence are youx
|
|
second watchx standx and go backx
|
|
meneniusx you guard like menx xtis wellx butx by your leavex
|
|
i am an officer of state and come
|
|
to speak with coriolanusx
|
|
first watchx from whencex
|
|
meneniusx from romex
|
|
first watchx you may not passx you must returnx our general
|
|
will no more hear from thencex
|
|
second watchx youxll see your rome embracxd with fire before
|
|
youxll speak with coriolanusx
|
|
meneniusx good my friendsx
|
|
if you have heard your general talk of rome
|
|
and of his friends therex it is lots to blanks
|
|
my name hath touchxd your earsx it is meneniusx
|
|
first watchx be it sox go backx the virtue of your name
|
|
is not here passablex
|
|
meneniusx i tell theex fellowx
|
|
thy general is my loverx i have been
|
|
the book of his good acts whence men have read
|
|
his fame unparallelxd haply amplifiedx
|
|
for i have ever verified my friendsx
|
|
of whom hexs chiefx with all the size that verity
|
|
would without lapsing sufferx nayx sometimesx
|
|
like to a bowl upon a subtle groundx
|
|
i have tumbled past the throwx and in his praise
|
|
have almost stampxd the leasingx thereforex fellowx
|
|
i must have leave to passx
|
|
first watchx faithx sirx if you had told as many lies in his behalf
|
|
as you have uttered words in your ownx you should not pass herex
|
|
nox though it were as virtuous to lie as to live chastelyx
|
|
therefore go backx
|
|
meneniusx pritheex fellowx remember my name is meneniusx always
|
|
factionary on the party of your generalx
|
|
second watchx howsoever you have been his liarx as you say you
|
|
havex i am one thatx telling true under himx must say you cannot
|
|
passx therefore go backx
|
|
meneniusx has he dinxdx canst thou tellx for i would not speak with
|
|
him till after dinnerx
|
|
first watchx you are a romanx are youx
|
|
meneniusx i am as thy general isx
|
|
first watchx then you should hate romex as he doesx can youx when
|
|
you have pushxd out your gates the very defender of themx and in
|
|
a violent popular ignorance given your enemy your shieldx think
|
|
to front his revenges with the easy groans of old womenx the
|
|
virginal palms of your daughtersx or with the palsied
|
|
intercession of such a decayxd dotant as you seem to bex can you
|
|
think to blow out the intended fire your city is ready to flame
|
|
in with such weak breath as thisx nox you are deceivxdx therefore
|
|
back to rome and prepare for your executionx you are condemnxdx
|
|
our general has sworn you out of reprieve and pardonx
|
|
meneniusx sirrahx if thy captain knew i were herex he would use me
|
|
with estimationx
|
|
first watchx comex my captain knows you notx
|
|
meneniusx i mean thy generalx
|
|
first watchx my general cares not for youx backx i sayx gox lest i
|
|
let forth your half pint of bloodx backx thatxs the utmost of
|
|
your havingx backx
|
|
meneniusx nayx but fellowx fellowx
|
|
|
|
enter coriolanus with aufidius
|
|
|
|
coriolanusx whatxs the matterx
|
|
meneniusx nowx you companionx ixll say an errand for youx you shall
|
|
know now that i am in estimationx you shall perceive that a jack
|
|
guardant cannot office me from my son coriolanusx guess but by my
|
|
entertainment with him if thou standxst not ix thx state of
|
|
hangingx or of some death more long in spectatorship and crueller
|
|
in sufferingx behold now presentlyx and swoon for whatxs to come
|
|
upon theex the glorious gods sit in hourly synod about thy
|
|
particular prosperityx and love thee no worse than thy old father
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menenius doesx o my sonx my sonx thou art preparing fire for usx
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look theex herexs water to quench itx i was hardly moved to come
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to theex but being assured none but myself could move theex i
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have been blown out of your gates with sighsx and conjure thee to
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pardon rome and thy petitionary countrymenx the good gods assuage
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thy wrathx and turn the dregs of it upon this varlet herex thisx
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whox like a blockx hath denied my access to theex
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coriolanusx awayx
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meneniusx howx awayx
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coriolanusx wifex motherx childx i know notx my affairs
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are servanted to othersx though i owe
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my revenge properlyx my remission lies
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in volscian breastsx that we have been familiarx
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ingrate forgetfulness shall poison rather
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than pity note how muchx therefore be gonex
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mine ears against your suits are stronger than
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your gates against my forcex yetx for i lovxd theex
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take this alongx i writ it for thy sake xgives a letterx
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and would have sent itx another wordx meneniusx
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i will not hear thee speakx this manx aufidiusx
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was my belovxd in romex yet thou beholdxstx
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aufidiusx you keep a constant temperx
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exeunt coriolanus and aufidius
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first watchx nowx sirx is your name meneniusx
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second watchx xtis a spellx you seex of much powerx you know the
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way home againx
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first watchx do you hear how we are shent for keeping your
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greatness backx
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second watchx what causex do you thinkx i have to swoonx
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meneniusx i neither care for thx world nor your generalx for such
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things as youx i can scarce think therexs anyx yxare so slightx
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he that hath a will to die by himself fears it not from anotherx
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let your general do his worstx for youx be that you arex longx
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and your misery increase with your agex i say to youx as i was
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said tox awayx exit
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first watchx a noble fellowx i warrant himx
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second watchx the worthy fellow is our generalx hexs the rockx the
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oak not to be windxshakenx exeunt
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scene iiix the tent of coriolanus
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enter coriolanusx aufidiusx and others
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coriolanusx we will before the walls of rome toxmorrow
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set down our hostx my partner in this actionx
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you must report to thx volscian lords how plainly
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i have borne this businessx
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aufidiusx only their ends
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you have respectedx stoppxd your ears against
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the general suit of romex never admitted
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a private whisperx nox not with such friends
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that thought them sure of youx
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coriolanusx this last old manx
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whom with crackxd heart i have sent to romex
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lovxd me above the measure of a fatherx
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nayx godded me indeedx their latest refuge
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was to send himx for whose old love i havex
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though i showxd sourly to himx once more offerxd
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the first conditionsx which they did refuse
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and cannot now acceptx to grace him onlyx
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that thought he could do morex a very little
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i have yielded tox fresh embassies and suitsx
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nor from the state nor private friendsx hereafter
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will i lend ear tox xshout withinx hax what shout is thisx
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shall i be tempted to infringe my vow
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in the same time xtis madex i will notx
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enterx in mourning habitsx virgiliax volumniax valeriax
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young marciusx with attendants
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my wife comes foremostx then the honourxd mould
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wherein this trunk was framxdx and in her hand
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the grandchild to her bloodx but outx affectionx
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all bond and privilege of naturex breakx
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let it be virtuous to be obstinatex
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what is that curtsy worthx or those dovesx eyesx
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which can make gods forswornx i meltx and am not
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of stronger earth than othersx my mother bowsx
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as if olympus to a molehill should
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in supplication nodx and my young boy
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|
hath an aspect of intercession which
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|
great nature cries xdeny notxx let the volsces
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plough rome and harrow italyx ixll never
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|
be such a gosling to obey instinctx but stand
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|
as if a man were author of himself
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and knew no other kinx
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|
virgiliax my lord and husbandx
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coriolanusx these eyes are not the same i wore in romex
|
|
virgiliax the sorrow that delivers us thus changxd
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|
makes you think sox
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coriolanusx like a dull actor now
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i have forgot my part and i am outx
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even to a full disgracex best of my fleshx
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|
forgive my tyrannyx but do not sayx
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for thatx xforgive our romansxx ox a kiss
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|
long as my exilex sweet as my revengex
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|
nowx by the jealous queen of heavenx that kiss
|
|
i carried from theex dearx and my true lip
|
|
hath virginxd it exer sincex you godsx i pratex
|
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and the most noble mother of the world
|
|
leave unsalutedx sinkx my kneex ix thx earthx xkneelsx
|
|
of thy deep duty more impression show
|
|
than that of common sonsx
|
|
volumniax ox stand up blestx
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|
whilst with no softer cushion than the flint
|
|
i kneel before theex and unproperly
|
|
show dutyx as mistaken all this while
|
|
between the child and parentx xkneelsx
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|
coriolanusx whatxs thisx
|
|
your knees to mex to your corrected sonx
|
|
then let the pebbles on the hungry beach
|
|
fillip the starsx then let the mutinous winds
|
|
strike the proud cedars xgainst the fiery sunx
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|
murdxring impossibilityx to make
|
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what cannot be slight workx
|
|
volumniax thou art my warriorx
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|
i holp to frame theex do you know this ladyx
|
|
coriolanusx the noble sister of publicolax
|
|
the moon of romex chaste as the icicle
|
|
thatxs curdied by the frost from purest snowx
|
|
and hangs on dianxs templex dear valeriax
|
|
volumniax this is a poor epitome of yoursx
|
|
which by thx interpretation of full time
|
|
may show like all yourselfx
|
|
coriolanusx the god of soldiersx
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|
with the consent of supreme jovex inform
|
|
thy thoughts with noblenessx that thou mayst prove
|
|
to shame unvulnerablex and stick ix thx wars
|
|
like a great seaxmarkx standing every flawx
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|
and saving those that eye theex
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|
volumniax your kneex sirrahx
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|
coriolanusx thatxs my brave boyx
|
|
volumniax even hex your wifex this ladyx and myselfx
|
|
are suitors to youx
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|
coriolanusx i beseech youx peacex
|
|
orx if youxd askx remember this beforex
|
|
the thing i have forsworn to grant may never
|
|
be held by you denialsx do not bid me
|
|
dismiss my soldiersx or capitulate
|
|
again with romexs mechanicsx tell me not
|
|
wherein i seem unnaturalx desire not
|
|
txallay my rages and revenges with
|
|
your colder reasonsx
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|
volumniax ox no morex no morex
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|
you have said you will not grant us any thingx
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|
for we have nothing else to ask but that
|
|
which you deny alreadyx yet we will askx
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|
thatx if you fail in our requestx the blame
|
|
may hang upon your hardnessx therefore hear usx
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|
coriolanusx aufidiusx and you volscesx markx for wexll
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|
hear nought from rome in privatex your requestx
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|
volumniax should we be silent and not speakx our raiment
|
|
and state of bodies would bewray what life
|
|
we have led since thy exilex think with thyself
|
|
how more unfortunate than all living women
|
|
are we come hitherx since that thy sightx which should
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|
make our eyes flow with joyx hearts dance with comfortsx
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|
constrains them weep and shake with fear and sorrowx
|
|
making the motherx wifex and childx to see
|
|
the sonx the husbandx and the fatherx tearing
|
|
his countryxs bowels outx and to poor we
|
|
thine enmityxs most capitalx thou barxst us
|
|
our prayers to the godsx which is a comfort
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|
that all but we enjoyx for how can wex
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|
alasx how can we for our country prayx
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whereto we are boundx together with thy victoryx
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|
whereto we are boundx alackx or we must lose
|
|
the countryx our dear nursex or else thy personx
|
|
our comfort in the countryx we must find
|
|
an evident calamityx though we had
|
|
our wishx which side should winx for either thou
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|
must as a foreign recreant be led
|
|
with manacles through our streetsx or else
|
|
triumphantly tread on thy countryxs ruinx
|
|
and bear the palm for having bravely shed
|
|
thy wife and childrenxs bloodx for myselfx sonx
|
|
i purpose not to wait on fortune till
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|
these wars determinex if i can not persuade thee
|
|
rather to show a noble grace to both parts
|
|
than seek the end of onex thou shalt no sooner
|
|
march to assault thy country than to treadx
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|
trust toxtx thou shalt notx on thy motherxs womb
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|
that brought thee to this worldx
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|
virgiliax ayx and minex
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|
that brought you forth this boy to keep your name
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|
living to timex
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boyx xa shall not tread on mex
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ixll run away till i am biggerx but then ixll fightx
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|
coriolanusx not of a womanxs tenderness to be
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|
requires nor child nor womanxs face to seex
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i have sat too longx xrisingx
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|
volumniax nayx go not from us thusx
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|
if it were so that our request did tend
|
|
to save the romansx thereby to destroy
|
|
the volsces whom you servex you might condemn us
|
|
as poisonous of your honourx nox our suit
|
|
is that you reconcile themx while the volsces
|
|
may say xthis mercy we have showxdxx the romans
|
|
xthis we receivxdxx and each in either side
|
|
give the allxhail to theex and cry xbe blest
|
|
for making up this peacexx thou knowxstx great sonx
|
|
the end of warxs uncertainx but this certainx
|
|
thatx if thou conquer romex the benefit
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|
which thou shalt thereby reap is such a name
|
|
whose repetition will be doggxd with cursesx
|
|
whose chronicle thus writx xthe man was noblex
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|
but with his last attempt he wipxd it outx
|
|
destroyxd his countryx and his name remains
|
|
to thx ensuing age abhorrxdxx speak to mex sonx
|
|
thou hast affected the fine strains of honourx
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|
to imitate the graces of the godsx
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|
to tear with thunder the wide cheeks ox thx airx
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|
and yet to charge thy sulphur with a bolt
|
|
that should but rive an oakx why dost not speakx
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|
thinkxst thou it honourable for a noble man
|
|
still to remember wrongsx daughterx speak youx
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he cares not for your weepingx speak thoux boyx
|
|
perhaps thy childishness will move him more
|
|
than can our reasonsx therexs no man in the world
|
|
more bound toxs motherx yet here he lets me prate
|
|
like one ix thx stocksx thou hast never in thy life
|
|
showxd thy dear mother any courtesyx
|
|
when shex poor henx fond of no second broodx
|
|
has cluckxd thee to the warsx and safely home
|
|
loaden with honourx say my requestxs unjustx
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|
and spurn me backx but if it he not sox
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|
thou art not honestx and the gods will plague theex
|
|
that thou restrainxst from me the duty which
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|
to a motherxs part belongsx he turns awayx
|
|
downx ladiesx let us shame him with our kneesx
|
|
to his surname coriolanus xlongs more pride
|
|
than pity to our prayersx downx an endx
|
|
this is the lastx so we will home to romex
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|
and die among our neighboursx nayx beholdxsx
|
|
this boyx that cannot tell what he would have
|
|
but kneels and holds up hands for fellowshipx
|
|
does reason our petition with more strength
|
|
than thou hast to denyxtx comex let us gox
|
|
this fellow had a volscian to his motherx
|
|
his wife is in coriolix and his child
|
|
like him by chancex yet give us our dispatchx
|
|
i am hushxd until our city be afirex
|
|
and then ixll speak a littlex
|
|
xhe holds her by the handx silentx
|
|
coriolanusx o motherx motherx
|
|
what have you donex beholdx the heavens do opex
|
|
the gods look downx and this unnatural scene
|
|
they laugh atx o my motherx motherx ox
|
|
you have won a happy victory to romex
|
|
but for your sonx believe itx ox believe itxx
|
|
most dangerously you have with him prevailxdx
|
|
if not most mortal to himx but let it comex
|
|
aufidiusx though i cannot make true warsx
|
|
ixll frame convenient peacex nowx good aufidiusx
|
|
were you in my steadx would you have heard
|
|
a mother lessx or granted lessx aufidiusx
|
|
aufidiusx i was movxd withalx
|
|
coriolanusx i dare be sworn you werex
|
|
andx sirx it is no little thing to make
|
|
mine eyes to sweat compassionx butx good sirx
|
|
what peace youxfl makex advise mex for my partx
|
|
ixll not to romex ixll back with youx and pray you
|
|
stand to me in this causex o motherx wifex
|
|
aufidiusx xasidex i am glad thou hast set thy mercy and thy
|
|
honour
|
|
at difference in theex out of that ixll work
|
|
myself a former fortunex
|
|
coriolanusx xto the ladiesx ayx by and byx
|
|
but we will drink togetherx and you shall bear
|
|
a better witness back than wordsx which wex
|
|
on like conditionsx will have counterxsealxdx
|
|
comex enter with usx ladiesx you deserve
|
|
to have a temple built youx all the swords
|
|
in italyx and her confederate armsx
|
|
could not have made this peacex exeunt
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|
|
|
scene ivx romex a public place
|
|
|
|
enter menenius and sicinius
|
|
|
|
meneniusx see you yond coign ox thx capitolx yond cornerstonex
|
|
siciniusx whyx what of thatx
|
|
meneniusx if it be possible for you to displace it with your little
|
|
fingerx there is some hope the ladies of romex especially his
|
|
motherx may prevail with himx but i say there is no hope inxtx
|
|
our throats are sentencxdx and stay upon executionx
|
|
siciniusx isxt possible that so short a time can alter the
|
|
condition of a manx
|
|
meneniusx there is differency between a grub and a butterflyx yet
|
|
your butterfly was a grubx this marcius is grown from man to
|
|
dragonx he has wingsx hexs more than a creeping thingx
|
|
siciniusx he lovxd his mother dearlyx
|
|
meneniusx so did he mex and he no more remembers his mother now
|
|
than an eightxyearxold horsex the tartness of his face sours ripe
|
|
grapesx when he walksx he moves like an engine and the ground
|
|
shrinks before his treadingx he is able to pierce a corslet with
|
|
his eyex talks like a knellx and his hum is a batteryx he sits in
|
|
his state as a thing made for alexanderx what he bids be done is
|
|
finishxd with his biddingx he wants nothing of a god but
|
|
eternityx and a heaven to throne inx
|
|
siciniusx yesx mercyx if you report him trulyx
|
|
meneniusx i paint him in the characterx mark what mercy his mother
|
|
shall bring from himx there is no more mercy in him than there is
|
|
milk in a male tigerx that shall our poor city findx and all this
|
|
is xlong of youx
|
|
siciniusx the gods be good unto usx
|
|
meneniusx nox in such a case the gods will not be good unto usx
|
|
when we banishxd him we respected not themx andx he returning to
|
|
break our necksx they respect not usx
|
|
|
|
enter a messenger
|
|
|
|
messengerx sirx if youxd save your lifex fly to your housex
|
|
the plebeians have got your fellow tribune
|
|
and hale him up and downx all swearing if
|
|
the roman ladies bring not comfort home
|
|
theyxll give him death by inchesx
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|
|
|
enter another messenger
|
|
|
|
siciniusx whatxs the newsx
|
|
second messengerx good newsx good newsx the ladies have prevailxdx
|
|
the volscians are dislodgxdx and marcius gonex
|
|
a merrier day did never yet greet romex
|
|
nox not thx expulsion of the tarquinsx
|
|
siciniusx friendx
|
|
art thou certain this is truex isxt most certainx
|
|
second messengerx as certain as i know the sun is firex
|
|
where have you lurkxdx that you make doubt of itx
|
|
nexer through an arch so hurried the blown tide
|
|
as the recomforted through thx gatesx whyx hark youx
|
|
xtrumpetsx hautboysx drums beatx all togetherx
|
|
the trumpetsx sackbutsx psalteriesx and fifesx
|
|
tabors and cymbalsx and the shouting romansx
|
|
make the sun dancex hark youx xa shout withinx
|
|
meneniusx this is good newsx
|
|
i will go meet the ladiesx this volumnia
|
|
is worth of consulsx senatorsx patriciansx
|
|
a city fullx of tribunes such as youx
|
|
a sea and land fullx you have prayxd well toxdayx
|
|
this morning for ten thousand of your throats
|
|
ixd not have given a doitx harkx how they joyx
|
|
xsound still with the shoutsx
|
|
siciniusx firstx the gods bless you for your tidingsx nextx
|
|
accept my thankfulnessx
|
|
second messengerx sirx we have all
|
|
great cause to give great thanksx
|
|
siciniusx they are near the cityx
|
|
messengerx almost at point to enterx
|
|
siciniusx wexll meet themx
|
|
and help the joyx exeunt
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|
|
|
scene vx romex a street near the gate
|
|
|
|
enter two senators with volumniax virgiliax valeriax passing over the
|
|
stagex
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|
xwith other lords
|
|
|
|
first senatorx behold our patronessx the life of romex
|
|
call all your tribes togetherx praise the godsx
|
|
and make triumphant firesx strew flowers before themx
|
|
unshout the noise that banishxd marciusx
|
|
repeal him with the welcome of his motherx
|
|
allx welcomex ladiesx welcomex
|
|
xa flourish with drums and trumpetsx exeuntx
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|
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|
scene vix coriolix a public place
|
|
|
|
enter tullus aufidius with attendents
|
|
|
|
aufidiusx go tell the lords ox thx city i am herex
|
|
deliver them this paperx having read itx
|
|
bid them repair to thx marketxplacex where ix
|
|
even in theirs and in the commonsx earsx
|
|
will vouch the truth of itx him i accuse
|
|
the city ports by this hath enterxd and
|
|
intends tx appear before the peoplex hoping
|
|
to purge himself with wordsx dispatchx
|
|
exeunt attendants
|
|
|
|
enter three or four conspirators of aufidiusx faction
|
|
|
|
most welcomex
|
|
first conspiratorx how is it with our generalx
|
|
aufidiusx even so
|
|
as with a man by his own alms empoisonxdx
|
|
and with his charity slainx
|
|
second conspiratorx most noble sirx
|
|
if you do hold the same intent wherein
|
|
you wishxd us partiesx wexll deliver you
|
|
of your great dangerx
|
|
aufidiusx sirx i cannot tellx
|
|
we must proceed as we do find the peoplex
|
|
third conspiratorx the people will remain uncertain whilst
|
|
xtwixt you therexs differencex but the fall of either
|
|
makes the survivor heir of allx
|
|
aufidiusx i know itx
|
|
and my pretext to strike at him admits
|
|
a good constructionx i raisxd himx and i pawnxd
|
|
mine honour for his truthx who being so heightenxdx
|
|
he watered his new plants with dews of flatteryx
|
|
seducing so my friendsx and to this end
|
|
he bowxd his naturex never known before
|
|
but to be roughx unswayablex and freex
|
|
third conspiratorx sirx his stoutness
|
|
when he did stand for consulx which he lost
|
|
by lack of stoopingx
|
|
aufidiusx that i would have spoken ofx
|
|
being banishxd forxtx he came unto my hearthx
|
|
presented to my knife his throatx i took himx
|
|
made him jointxservant with mex gave him way
|
|
in all his own desiresx nayx let him choose
|
|
out of my filesx his projects to accomplishx
|
|
my best and freshest menx servxd his designments
|
|
in mine own personx holp to reap the fame
|
|
which he did end all hisx and took some pride
|
|
to do myself this wrongx tillx at the lastx
|
|
i seemxd his followerx not partnerx and
|
|
he wagxd me with his countenance as if
|
|
i had been mercenaryx
|
|
first conspiratorx so he didx my lordx
|
|
the army marvellxd at itx andx in the lastx
|
|
when he had carried rome and that we lookxd
|
|
for no less spoil than gloryx
|
|
aufidiusx there was itx
|
|
for which my sinews shall be stretchxd upon himx
|
|
at a few drops of womenxs rheumx which are
|
|
as cheap as liesx he sold the blood and labour
|
|
of our great actionx therefore shall he diex
|
|
and ixll renew me in his fallx butx harkx
|
|
xdrums and
|
|
trumpets soundx with great shouts of the peoplex
|
|
first conspiratorx your native town you enterxd like a postx
|
|
and had no welcomes homex but he returns
|
|
splitting the air with noisex
|
|
second conspiratorx and patient foolsx
|
|
whose children he hath slainx their base throats tear
|
|
with giving him gloryx
|
|
third conspiratorx thereforex at your vantagex
|
|
ere he express himself or move the people
|
|
with what he would sayx let him feel your swordx
|
|
which we will secondx when he lies alongx
|
|
after your way his tale pronouncxd shall bury
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his reasons with his bodyx
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aufidiusx say no morex
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here come the lordsx
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enter the lords of the city
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lordsx you are most welcome homex
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aufidiusx i have not deservxd itx
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butx worthy lordsx have you with heed perused
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what i have written to youx
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lordsx we havex
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first lordx and grieve to hearxtx
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what faults he made before the lastx i think
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might have found easy finesx but there to end
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where he was to beginx and give away
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the benefit of our leviesx answering us
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with our own chargex making a treaty where
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there was a yieldingx this admits no excusex
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aufidiusx he approachesx you shall hear himx
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enter coriolanusx marching with drum and coloursx
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the commoners being with him
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coriolanusx hailx lordsx i am returnxd your soldierx
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no more infected with my countryxs love
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than when i parted hencex but still subsisting
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under your great commandx you are to know
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that prosperously i have attemptedx and
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with bloody passage led your wars even to
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the gates of romex our spoils we have brought home
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doth more than counterpoise a full third part
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the charges of the actionx we have made peace
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with no less honour to the antiates
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than shame to thx romansx and we here deliverx
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subscribxd by thx consuls and patriciansx
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together with the seal ox thx senatex what
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we have compounded onx
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aufidiusx read it notx noble lordsx
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but tell the traitor in the highest degree
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he hath abusxd your powersx
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coriolanusx traitorx how nowx
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aufidiusx ayx traitorx marciusx
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coriolanusx marciusx
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aufidiusx ayx marciusx caius marciusx dost thou think
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ixll grace thee with that robberyx thy stolxn name
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coriolanusx in coriolix
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you lords and heads ox thx statex perfidiously
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he has betrayxd your business and given upx
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for certain drops of saltx your city romex
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i say your cityx to his wife and motherx
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breaking his oath and resolution like
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a twist of rotten silkx never admitting
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counsel ox thx warx but at his nursexs tears
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he whinxd and roarxd away your victoryx
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that pages blushxd at himx and men of heart
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lookxd wondxring each at othersx
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coriolanusx hearxst thoux marsx
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aufidiusx name not the godx thou boy of tearsx
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coriolanusx hax
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aufidiusx xno morex
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coriolanusx measureless liarx thou hast made my heart
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too great for what contains itx xboyxx o slavex
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pardon mex lordsx xtis the first time that ever
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i was forcxd to scoldx your judgmentsx my grave lordsx
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must give this cur the liex and his own notionx
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who wears my stripes impressxd upon himx that
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must bear my beating to his gravex shall join
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to thrust the lie unto himx
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first lordx peacex bothx and hear me speakx
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coriolanusx cut me to piecesx volscesx men and ladsx
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stain all your edges on mex xboyxx false houndx
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if you have writ your annals truex xtis there
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thatx like an eagle in a dovexcotex i
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flutterxd your volscians in coriolix
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alone i did itx xboyxx
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aufidiusx whyx noble lordsx
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will you be put in mind of his blind fortunex
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which was your shamex by this unholy braggartx
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fore your own eyes and earsx
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conspiratorsx let him die forxtx
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all the peoplex tear him to piecesx do it presentlyx he killxd my
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sonx my daughterx he killxd my cousin marcusx he killxd my
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fatherx
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second lordx peacex hox no outragex peacex
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the man is noblex and his fame folds in
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this orb ox thx earthx his last offences to us
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shall have judicious hearingx standx aufidiusx
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and trouble not the peacex
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coriolanusx o that i had himx
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with six aufidiusesx or morex his tribex
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to use my lawful swordx
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aufidiusx insolent villainx
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conspiratorsx killx killx killx killx kill himx
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xthe conspirators draw and kill coriolanusxwho fallsx
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aufidius stands on himx
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lordsx holdx holdx holdx holdx
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aufidiusx my noble mastersx hear me speakx
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first lordx o tullusx
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second lordx thou hast done a deed whereat valour will weepx
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third lordx tread not upon himx masters allx be quietx
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put up your swordsx
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aufidiusx my lordsx when you shall knowx as in this ragex
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provokxd by himx you cannotx the great danger
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which this manxs life did owe youx youxll rejoice
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that he is thus cut offx please it your honours
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to call me to your senatex ixll deliver
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myself your loyal servantx or endure
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your heaviest censurex
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first lordx bear from hence his bodyx
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and mourn you for himx let him be regarded
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as the most noble corse that ever herald
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did follow to his umx
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second lordx his own impatience
|
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takes from aufidius a great part of blamex
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letxs make the best of itx
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aufidiusx my rage is gonex
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and i am struck with sorrowx take him upx
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helpx three ox thx chiefest soldiersx ixll be onex
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beat thou the drumx that it speak mournfullyx
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trail your steel pikesx though in this city he
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hath widowed and unchilded many a onex
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which to this hour bewail the injuryx
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yet he shall have a noble memoryx
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assistx exeuntx bearing the body of coriolanus
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xa dead march soundedx
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cymbeline
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contents
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act i
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scene ix britainx the garden of cymbelinexs palacex
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scene iix the samex
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scene iiix britainx a public placex
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scene ivx britainx cymbelinexs palacex
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scene vx romex philarioxs housex
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scene vix britainx cymbelinexs palacex
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scene viix britainx the palacex
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act ii
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scene ix britainx before cymbelinexs palacex
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scene iix britainx imogenxs bedchamber in cymbelinexs palacex a trunk
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in one cornerx
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scene iiix cymbelinexs palacex an antexchamber adjoining imogenxs
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apartmentsx
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scene ivx romex philarioxs housex
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scene vx romex another room in philarioxs housex
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act iii
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scene ix britainx a hall in cymbelinexs palacex
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scene iix britainx another room in cymbelinexs palacex
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scene iiix walesx a mountainous country with a cavex
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scene ivx walesx near milford havenx
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scene vx britainx cymbelinexs palacex
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scene vix walesx before the cave of belariusx
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scene viix the samex
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scene viiix romex a public placex
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act iv
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scene ix walesx near the cave of belariusx
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scene iix walesx before the cave of belariusx
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scene iiix britainx cymbelinexs palacex
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scene ivx walesx before the cave of belariusx
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act v
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scene ix britainx the roman campx
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scene iix britainx a field of battle between the british and roman
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campsx
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scene iiix another part of the fieldx
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scene ivx britainx a prisonx
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scene vx britainx cymbelinexs tentx
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dramatis personx
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cymbelinex king of britain
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clotenx son to the queen by a former husband
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posthumus leonatusx a gentlemanx husband to imogen
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belariusx a banished lordx disguised under the name of morgan
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guiderius and arviragusx sons to cymbelinex disguised under the names
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of polydore and cadwalx supposed sons to belarius
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philariox italianx friend to posthumus
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iachimox italianx friend to philario
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caius luciusx general of the roman forces
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pisaniox servant to posthumus
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corneliusx a physician
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a soothsayer
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a roman captain
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two british captains
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a french gentlemanx friend to philario
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two lords of cymbelinexs court
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two gentlemen of the same
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two gaolers
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queenx wife to cymbeline
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imogenx daughter to cymbeline by a former queen
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helenx a lady attending on imogen
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apparitions
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lordsx ladiesx roman senatorsx tribunesx a dutch gentlemanx a spanish
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gentlemanx musiciansx officersx captainsx soldiersx messengersx and
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attendants
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scenex britainx italyx
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act i
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scene ix britainx the garden of cymbelinexs palacex
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enter two gentlemenx
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first gentlemanx
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you do not meet a man but frownsx our bloods
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no more obey the heavens than our courtiers
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still seem as does the kingxsx
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second gentlemanx
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but whatxs the matterx
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first gentlemanx
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his daughterx and the heir ofxs kingdomx whom
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he purposxd to his wifexs sole sonxa widow
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that late he marriedxhath referrxd herself
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unto a poor but worthy gentlemanx shexs weddedx
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her husband banishxdx she imprisonxdx all
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is outward sorrowx though i think the king
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be touchxd at very heartx
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second gentlemanx
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none but the kingx
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first gentlemanx
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he that hath lost her toox so is the queenx
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that most desirxd the matchx but not a courtierx
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although they wear their faces to the bent
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of the kingxs looksx hath a heart that is not
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glad at the thing they scowl atx
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second gentlemanx
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and why sox
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first gentlemanx
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he that hath missxd the princess is a thing
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too bad for bad reportx and he that hath herx
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i mean that married herx alackx good manx
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and therefore banishxdxis a creature such
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asx to seek through the regions of the earth
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for one his likex there would be something failing
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in him that should comparex i do not think
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so fair an outward and such stuff within
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endows a man but hex
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second gentlemanx
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you speak him farx
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first gentlemanx
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i do extend himx sirx within himselfx
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crush him together rather than unfold
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his measure dulyx
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second gentlemanx
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whatxs his name and birthx
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first gentlemanx
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i cannot delve him to the rootx his father
|
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was callxd siciliusx who did join his honour
|
|
against the romans with cassibelanx
|
|
but had his titles by tenantiusx whom
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he servxd with glory and admirxd successx
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so gainxd the surxaddition leonatusx
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and hadx besides this gentleman in questionx
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two other sonsx whox in the wars ox thx timex
|
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died with their swords in handx for which their fatherx
|
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then old and fond of issuex took such sorrow
|
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that he quit beingx and his gentle ladyx
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big of this gentlemanx our themex deceasxd
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as he was bornx the king he takes the babe
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to his protectionx calls him posthumus leonatusx
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breeds him and makes him of his bedxchamberx
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puts to him all the learnings that his time
|
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could make him the receiver ofx which he tookx
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as we do airx fast as xtwas ministxredx
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and inxs spring became a harvestx livxd in courtx
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which rare it is to doxmost praisxdx most lovxdx
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a sample to the youngestx to thx more mature
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a glass that feated themx and to the graver
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a child that guided dotardsx to his mistressx
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for whom he now is banishxdx her own price
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proclaims how she esteemxd him and his virtuex
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by her election may be truly read
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what kind of man he isx
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second gentlemanx
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i honour him
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even out of your reportx but pray you tell mex
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is she sole child to thx kingx
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first gentlemanx
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his only childx
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he had two sonsxif this be worth your hearingx
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mark itxthe eldest of them at three years oldx
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ix thx swathing clothes the otherx from their nursery
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were stolxnx and to this hour no guess in knowledge
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which way they wentx
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second gentlemanx
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how long is this agox
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first gentlemanx
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some twenty yearsx
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second gentlemanx
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that a kingxs children should be so conveyxdx
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so slackly guardedx and the search so slow
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that could not trace themx
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first gentlemanx
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howsoexer xtis strangex
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or that the negligence may well be laughxd atx
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yet is it truex sirx
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second gentlemanx
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i do well believe youx
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first gentlemanx
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we must forbearx here comes the gentlemanx
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the queenx and princessx
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene iix the samex
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enter queenx posthumus and imogenx
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queenx
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nox be assurxd you shall not find mex daughterx
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after the slander of most stepmothersx
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evilxeyxd unto youx youxre my prisonerx but
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your gaoler shall deliver you the keys
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that lock up your restraintx for youx posthumusx
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so soon as i can win thx offended kingx
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i will be known your advocatex marryx yet
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the fire of rage is in himx and xtwere good
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you leanxd unto his sentence with what patience
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your wisdom may inform youx
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posthumusx
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please your highnessx
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i will from hence todayx
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queenx
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you know the perilx
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ixll fetch a turn about the gardenx pitying
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the pangs of barrxd affectionsx though the king
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hath chargxd you should not speak togetherx
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xxexitxxx
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imogenx
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o dissembling courtesyx how fine this tyrant
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can tickle where she woundsx my dearest husbandx
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i something fear my fatherxs wrathx but nothing
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xalways reservxd my holy dutyx what
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his rage can do on mex you must be gonex
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and i shall here abide the hourly shot
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of angry eyesx not comforted to live
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but that there is this jewel in the world
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that i may see againx
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posthumusx
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my queenx my mistressx
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o ladyx weep no morex lest i give cause
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to be suspected of more tenderness
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than doth become a manx i will remain
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the loyalxst husband that did exer plight trothx
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my residence in rome at one philarioxsx
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who to my father was a friendx to me
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known but by letterx thither writex my queenx
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and with mine eyes ixll drink the words you sendx
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though ink be made of gallx
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enter queenx
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queenx
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be briefx i pray youx
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if the king comex i shall incur i know not
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how much of his displeasurex xxasidexxx yet ixll move him
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to walk this wayx i never do him wrong
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but he does buy my injuriesx to be friendsx
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pays dear for my offencesx
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xxexitxxx
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posthumusx
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should we be taking leave
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as long a term as yet we have to livex
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the loathness to depart would growx adieux
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imogenx
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nayx stay a littlex
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were you but riding forth to air yourselfx
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such parting were too pettyx look herex lovex
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this diamond was my motherxsx take itx heartx
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but keep it till you woo another wifex
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when imogen is deadx
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posthumusx
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howx howx anotherx
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you gentle godsx give me but this i havex
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and sear up my embracements from a next
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with bonds of deathx remainx remain thou here
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xxputs on the ringxxx
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while sense can keep it onx andx sweetestx fairestx
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as i my poor self did exchange for youx
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to your so infinite lossx so in our trifles
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i still win of youx for my sake wear thisx
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it is a manacle of lovex ixll place it
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upon this fairest prisonerx
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xxputs a bracelet on her armxxx
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imogenx
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o the godsx
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when shall we see againx
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enter cymbeline and lordsx
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posthumusx
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alackx the kingx
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cymbelinex
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thou basest thingx avoidx hence from my sight
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if after this command thou fraught the court
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with thy unworthinessx thou diestx awayx
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thouxrt poison to my bloodx
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posthumusx
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the gods protect youx
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and bless the good remainders of the courtx
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i am gonex
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xxexitxxx
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imogenx
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there cannot be a pinch in death
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more sharp than this isx
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cymbelinex
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o disloyal thingx
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that shouldst repair my youthx thou heapxst
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a yearxs age on mex
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imogenx
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i beseech youx sirx
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harm not yourself with your vexationx
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i am senseless of your wrathx a touch more rare
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subdues all pangsx all fearsx
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cymbelinex
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past gracex obediencex
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imogenx
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past hopex and in despairx that way past gracex
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cymbelinex
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that mightst have had the sole son of my queenx
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imogenx
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o blessed that i might notx i chose an eaglex
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and did avoid a puttockx
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cymbelinex
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thou tookxst a beggarx wouldst have made my throne
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a seat for basenessx
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imogenx
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nox i rather added
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a lustre to itx
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cymbelinex
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o thou vile onex
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imogenx
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sirx
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it is your fault that i have lovxd posthumusx
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you bred him as my playfellowx and he is
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a man worth any womanx overbuys me
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almost the sum he paysx
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cymbelinex
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whatx art thou madx
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imogenx
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almostx sirx heaven restore mex would i were
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a neatxherdxs daughterx and my leonatus
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our neighbour shepherdxs sonx
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enter queenx
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cymbelinex
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thou foolish thingx
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xxto the queenxxx they were again togetherx you have done
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not after our commandx away with herx
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and pen her upx
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queenx
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beseech your patiencex peacex
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dear lady daughterx peacexxsweet sovereignx
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leave us to ourselvesx and make yourself some comfort
|
|
out of your best advicex
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cymbelinex
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nayx let her languish
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a drop of blood a day andx being agedx
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die of this follyx
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xxexit with lordsxxx
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enter pisaniox
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queenx
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fiex you must give wayx
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here is your servantx how nowx sirx what newsx
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pisaniox
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my lord your son drew on my masterx
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queenx
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hax
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no harmx i trustx is donex
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pisaniox
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there might have beenx
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but that my master rather playxd than foughtx
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and had no help of angerx they were parted
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by gentlemen at handx
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queenx
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i am very glad onxtx
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imogenx
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your sonxs my fatherxs friendx he takes his part
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to draw upon an exilex o brave sirx
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i would they were in afric both togetherx
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myself by with a needlex that i might prick
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the goerxbackx why came you from your masterx
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pisaniox
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on his commandx he would not suffer me
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to bring him to the havenx left these notes
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of what commands i should be subject tox
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whenxt pleasxd you to employ mex
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queenx
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this hath been
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your faithful servantx i dare lay mine honour
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he will remain sox
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pisaniox
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i humbly thank your highnessx
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queenx
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pray walk awhilex
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imogenx
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about some halfxhour hencex
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pray you speak with mex
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you shall at least go see my lord aboardx
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for this time leave mex
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene iiix britainx a public placex
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enter cloten and two lordsx
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first lordx
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sirx i would advise you to shift a shirtx the violence of action hath
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made you reek as a sacrificex where air comes outx air comes inx
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therexs none abroad so wholesome as that you ventx
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clotenx
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if my shirt were bloodyx then to shift itx have i hurt himx
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second lordx
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xxasidexxx nox faithx not so much as his patiencex
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first lordx
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hurt himx his bodyxs a passable carcass if he be not hurtx it is a
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throughfare for steel if it be not hurtx
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second lordx
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xxasidexxx his steel was in debtx it went ox thx backside the townx
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clotenx
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the villain would not stand mex
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second lordx
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xxasidexxx nox but he fled forward stillx toward your facex
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first lordx
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stand youx you have land enough of your ownx but he added to your
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havingx gave you some groundx
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second lordx
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xxasidexxx as many inches as you have oceansx
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puppiesx
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clotenx
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i would they had not come between usx
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second lordx
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xxasidexxx so would ix till you had measurxd how long a fool you were
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upon the groundx
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clotenx
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and that she should love this fellowx and refuse mex
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second lordx
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xxasidexxx if it be a sin to make a true electionx she is damnxdx
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first lordx
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sirx as i told you alwaysx her beauty and her brain go not togetherx
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shexs a good signx but i have seen small reflection of her witx
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second lordx
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xxasidexxx she shines not upon foolsx lest the reflection should hurt
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herx
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clotenx
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comex ixll to my chamberx would there had been some hurt donex
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second lordx
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xxasidexxx i wish not sox unless it had been the fall of an assx which
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is no great hurtx
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clotenx
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youxll go with usx
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first lordx
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ixll attend your lordshipx
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clotenx
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nayx comex letxs go togetherx
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second lordx
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wellx my lordx
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene ivx britainx cymbelinexs palacex
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enter imogen and pisaniox
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imogenx
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i would thou grewxst unto the shores ox thx havenx
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and questionedxst every sailx if he should writex
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and i not have itx xtwere a paper lostx
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as offerxd mercy isx what was the last
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that he spake to theex
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pisaniox
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it wasx his queenx his queenx
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imogenx
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then wavxd his handkerchiefx
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pisaniox
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and kissxd itx madamx
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imogenx
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senseless linenx happier therein than ix
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and that was allx
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pisaniox
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nox madamx for so long
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as he could make me with his eyex or ear
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distinguish him from othersx he did keep
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the deckx with glovex or hatx or handkerchiefx
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still wavingx as the fits and stirs ofxs mind
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could best express how slow his soul sailxd onx
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how swift his shipx
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imogenx
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thou shouldst have made him
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as little as a crowx or lessx ere left
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to afterxeye himx
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pisaniox
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madamx so i didx
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imogenx
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i would have broke mine eyestringsx crackxd them but
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to look upon himx till the diminution
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of space had pointed him sharp as my needlex
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nayx followed him till he had melted from
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the smallness of a gnat to airx and then
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have turnxd mine eye and weptx butx good pisaniox
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when shall we hear from himx
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pisaniox
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be assurxdx madamx
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with his next vantagex
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imogenx
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i did not take my leave of himx but had
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most pretty things to sayx ere i could tell him
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how i would think on him at certain hours
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such thoughts and suchx or i could make him swear
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the shes of italy should not betray
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mine interest and his honourx or have chargxd himx
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at the sixth hour of mornx at noonx at midnightx
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tx encounter me with orisonsx for then
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i am in heaven for himx or ere i could
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give him that parting kiss which i had set
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|
betwixt two charming wordsx comes in my fatherx
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and like the tyrannous breathing of the north
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|
shakes all our buds from growingx
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enter a ladyx
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ladyx
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the queenx madamx
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desires your highnessx companyx
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imogenx
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those things i bid you dox get them dispatchxdx
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i will attend the queenx
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pisaniox
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madamx i shallx
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene vx romex philarioxs housex
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enter philariox iachimox a frenchmanx a dutchman and a spaniardx
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iachimox
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believe itx sirx i have seen him in britainx he was then of a crescent
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notex expected to prove so worthy as since he hath been allowed the
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name ofx but i could then have lookxd on him without the help of
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admirationx though the catalogue of his endowments had been tabled by
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his sidex and i to peruse him by itemsx
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philariox
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|
you speak of him when he was less furnishxd than now he is with that
|
|
which makes him both without and withinx
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frenchmanx
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i have seen him in francex we had very many there could behold the sun
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with as firm eyes as hex
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iachimox
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|
this matter of marrying his kingxs daughterx wherein he must be weighed
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|
rather by her value than his ownx words himx i doubt notx a great deal
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|
from the matterx
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frenchmanx
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and then his banishmentx
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iachimox
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ayx and the approbation of those that weep this lamentable divorce
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|
under her colours are wonderfully to extend himx be it but to fortify
|
|
her judgementx which else an easy battery might lay flatx for taking a
|
|
beggarx without less qualityx but how comes it he is to sojourn with
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youx how creeps acquaintancex
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philariox
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|
his father and i were soldiers togetherx to whom i have been often
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|
bound for no less than my lifex
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enter posthumusx
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here comes the britonx let him be so entertained amongst you as suits
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|
with gentlemen of your knowing to a stranger of his qualityx i beseech
|
|
you all be better known to this gentlemanx whom i commend to you as a
|
|
noble friend of minex how worthy he is i will leave to appear
|
|
hereafterx rather than story him in his own hearingx
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frenchmanx
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sirx we have known together in orleansx
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posthumusx
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|
since when i have been debtor to you for courtesiesx which i will be
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|
ever to pay and yet pay stillx
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frenchmanx
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sirx you oxerrate my poor kindnessx i was glad i did atone my
|
|
countryman and youx it had been pity you should have been put together
|
|
with so mortal a purpose as then each borex upon importance of so
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|
slight and trivial a naturex
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posthumusx
|
|
by your pardonx sirx i was then a young travellerx rather shunnxd to go
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|
even with what i heard than in my every action to be guided by othersx
|
|
experiencesx but upon my mended judgement xif i offend not to say it is
|
|
mendedx my quarrel was not altogether slightx
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frenchmanx
|
|
faithx yesx to be put to the arbitrement of swordsx and by such two
|
|
that would by all likelihood have confounded one the other or have
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|
fallxn bothx
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iachimox
|
|
can wex with mannersx ask what was the differencex
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frenchmanx
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|
safelyx i thinkx xtwas a contention in publicx which mayx without
|
|
contradictionx suffer the reportx it was much like an argument that
|
|
fell out last nightx where each of us fell in praise of our country
|
|
mistressesx this gentleman at that time vouching xand upon warrant of
|
|
bloody affirmationx his to be more fairx virtuousx wisex chastex
|
|
constantx qualifiedx and less attemptablex than any the rarest of our
|
|
ladies in francex
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iachimox
|
|
that lady is not now livingx or this gentlemanxs opinionx by thisx worn
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|
outx
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posthumusx
|
|
she holds her virtue stillx and i my mindx
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iachimox
|
|
you must not so far prefer her xfore ours of italyx
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posthumusx
|
|
being so far provokxd as i was in francex i would abate her nothingx
|
|
though i profess myself her adorerx not her friendx
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iachimox
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|
as fair and as goodxa kind of handxinxhand comparisonxhad been
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|
something too fair and too good for any lady in britainx if she went
|
|
before others i have seen as that diamond of yours outlustres many i
|
|
have beheldx i could not but believe she excelled manyx but i have not
|
|
seen the most precious diamond that isx nor you the ladyx
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posthumusx
|
|
i praisxd her as i rated herx so do i my stonex
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iachimox
|
|
what do you esteem it atx
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posthumusx
|
|
more than the world enjoysx
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iachimox
|
|
either your unparagonxd mistress is deadx or shexs outprizxd by a
|
|
triflex
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|
posthumusx
|
|
you are mistakenx the one may be sold or givenx if there were wealth
|
|
enough for the purchase or merit for the giftx the other is not a thing
|
|
for salex and only the gift of the godsx
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iachimox
|
|
which the gods have given youx
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posthumusx
|
|
which by their graces i will keepx
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iachimox
|
|
you may wear her in title yoursx but you know strange fowl light upon
|
|
neighbouring pondsx your ring may be stolxn toox so your brace of
|
|
unprizable estimationsx the one is but frail and the other casualx a
|
|
cunning thiefx or a thatxwayxaccomplishxd courtierx would hazard the
|
|
winning both of first and lastx
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posthumusx
|
|
your italy contains none so accomplishxd a courtier to convince the
|
|
honour of my mistressx if in the holding or loss of that you term her
|
|
frailx i do nothing doubt you have store of thievesx notwithstandingx i
|
|
fear not my ringx
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philariox
|
|
let us leave herex gentlemenx
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posthumusx
|
|
sirx with all my heartx this worthy signiorx i thank himx makes no
|
|
stranger of mex we are familiar at firstx
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iachimox
|
|
with five times so much conversation i should get ground of your fair
|
|
mistressx make her go back even to the yieldingx had i admittance and
|
|
opportunity to friendx
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posthumusx
|
|
nox nox
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iachimox
|
|
i dare thereupon pawn the moiety of my estate to your ringx whichx in
|
|
my opinionx oxervalues it somethingx but i make my wager rather against
|
|
your confidence than her reputationx andx to bar your offence herein
|
|
toox i durst attempt it against any lady in the worldx
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|
posthumusx
|
|
you are a great deal abusxd in too bold a persuasionx and i doubt not
|
|
you sustain what yxare worthy of by your attemptx
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iachimox
|
|
whatxs thatx
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posthumusx
|
|
a repulsex though your attemptx as you call itx deserve morex a
|
|
punishment toox
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philariox
|
|
gentlemenx enough of thisx it came in too suddenlyx let it die as it
|
|
was bornx and i pray you be better acquaintedx
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iachimox
|
|
would i had put my estate and my neighbourxs on thx approbation of what
|
|
i have spokex
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|
posthumusx
|
|
what lady would you choose to assailx
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iachimox
|
|
yoursx whom in constancy you think stands so safex i will lay you ten
|
|
thousand ducats to your ring thatx commend me to the court where your
|
|
lady isx with no more advantage than the opportunity of a second
|
|
conferencex and i will bring from thence that honour of hers which you
|
|
imagine so reservxdx
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posthumusx
|
|
i will wage against your goldx gold to itx my ring i hold dear as my
|
|
fingerx xtis part of itx
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iachimox
|
|
you are a friendx and therein the wiserx if you buy ladiesx flesh at a
|
|
million a dramx you cannot preserve it from taintingx but i see you
|
|
have some religion in youx that you fearx
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posthumusx
|
|
this is but a custom in your tonguex you bear a graver purposex i hopex
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iachimox
|
|
i am the master of my speechesx and would undergo whatxs spokenx i
|
|
swearx
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posthumusx
|
|
will youx i shall but lend my diamond till your returnx let there be
|
|
covenants drawn betweenxsx my mistress exceeds in goodness the hugeness
|
|
of your unworthy thinkingx i dare you to this matchx herexs my ringx
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|
philariox
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i will have it no layx
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iachimox
|
|
by the godsx it is onex if i bring you no sufficient testimony that i
|
|
have enjoyxd the dearest bodily part of your mistressx my ten thousand
|
|
ducats are yoursx so is your diamond toox if i come offx and leave her
|
|
in such honour as you have trust inx she your jewelx this your jewelx
|
|
and my gold are yoursx provided i have your commendation for my more
|
|
free entertainmentx
|
|
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|
posthumusx
|
|
i embrace these conditionsx let us have articles betwixt usx onlyx thus
|
|
far you shall answerx if you make your voyage upon herx and give me
|
|
directly to understand you have prevailxdx i am no further your enemyx
|
|
she is not worth our debatex if she remain unseducxdx you not making it
|
|
appear otherwisex for your ill opinion and thx assault you have made to
|
|
her chastity you shall answer me with your swordx
|
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|
iachimox
|
|
your handx a covenantx we will have these things set down by lawful
|
|
counselx and straight away for britainx lest the bargain should catch
|
|
cold and starvex i will fetch my gold and have our two wagers recordedx
|
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|
posthumusx
|
|
agreedx
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|
xxexeunt posthumus and iachimoxxx
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|
frenchmanx
|
|
will this holdx think youx
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|
philariox
|
|
signior iachimo will not from itx pray let us follow xemx
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|
xxexeuntxxx
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|
|
scene vix britainx cymbelinexs palacex
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|
|
|
enter queenx ladies and corneliusx
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|
queenx
|
|
whiles yet the dewxs on groundx gather those flowersx
|
|
make hastex who has the note of themx
|
|
|
|
ladyx
|
|
ix madamx
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|
queenx
|
|
dispatchx
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|
xxexeunt ladiesxxx
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|
nowx master doctorx have you brought those drugsx
|
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|
corneliusx
|
|
pleaseth your highnessx ayx here they arex madamx
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|
xxpresenting a boxxxx
|
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|
|
but i beseech your gracex without offencex
|
|
xmy conscience bids me askx wherefore you have
|
|
commanded of me these most poisonous compounds
|
|
which are the movers of a languishing deathx
|
|
butx though slowx deadlyx
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|
queenx
|
|
i wonderx doctorx
|
|
thou askxst me such a questionx have i not been
|
|
thy pupil longx hast thou not learnxd me how
|
|
to make perfumesx distilx preservex yeax so
|
|
that our great king himself doth woo me oft
|
|
for my confectionsx having thus far proceeded
|
|
xunless thou thinkxst me devilishx isxt not meet
|
|
that i did amplify my judgement in
|
|
other conclusionsx i will try the forces
|
|
of these thy compounds on such creatures as
|
|
we count not worth the hanging xbut none humanx
|
|
to try the vigour of themx and apply
|
|
allayments to their actx and by them gather
|
|
their several virtues and effectsx
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|
corneliusx
|
|
your highness
|
|
shall from this practice but make hard your heartx
|
|
besidesx the seeing these effects will be
|
|
both noisome and infectiousx
|
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|
queenx
|
|
ox content theex
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|
enter pisaniox
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|
xxasidexxx here comes a flattering rascalx upon him
|
|
will i first workx hexs for his masterx
|
|
an enemy to my sonx how nowx pisaniox
|
|
doctorx your service for this time is endedx
|
|
take your own wayx
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corneliusx
|
|
xxasidexxx i do suspect youx madamx
|
|
but you shall do no harmx
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queenx
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|
xxto pisanioxxx hark theex a wordx
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corneliusx
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|
xxasidexxx i do not like herx she doth think she has
|
|
strange lingxring poisonsx i do know her spiritx
|
|
and will not trust one of her malice with
|
|
a drug of such damnxd naturex those she has
|
|
will stupefy and dull the sense awhilex
|
|
which first perchance shexll prove on cats and dogsx
|
|
then afterward up higherx but there is
|
|
no danger in what show of death it makesx
|
|
more than the locking up the spirits a timex
|
|
to be more freshx revivingx she is foolxd
|
|
with a most false effectx and i the truer
|
|
so to be false with herx
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queenx
|
|
no further servicex doctorx
|
|
until i send for theex
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corneliusx
|
|
i humbly take my leavex
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xxexitxxx
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|
queenx
|
|
weeps she stillx sayxst thoux dost thou think in time
|
|
she will not quenchx and let instructions enter
|
|
where folly now possessesx do thou workx
|
|
when thou shalt bring me word she loves my sonx
|
|
ixll tell thee on the instant thou art then
|
|
as great as is thy masterx greaterx for
|
|
his fortunes all lie speechlessx and his name
|
|
is at last gaspx return he cannotx nor
|
|
continue where he isx to shift his being
|
|
is to exchange one misery with anotherx
|
|
and every day that comes comes to decay
|
|
a dayxs work in himx what shalt thou expect
|
|
to be depender on a thing that leansx
|
|
who cannot be new builtx nor has no friends
|
|
so much as but to prop himx
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xxthe queen drops the boxx pisanio takes it upxxx
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thou takxst up
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thou knowxst not whatx but take it for thy labourx
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it is a thing i madex which hath the king
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five times redeemxd from deathx i do not know
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what is more cordialx nayx i prithee take itx
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it is an earnest of a further good
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that i mean to theex tell thy mistress how
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the case stands with herx doxt as from thyselfx
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think what a chance thou changest onx but think
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thou hast thy mistress stillx to bootx my sonx
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who shall take notice of theex ixll move the king
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to any shape of thy prefermentx such
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as thouxlt desirex and then myselfx i chieflyx
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that set thee on to this desertx am bound
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to load thy merit richlyx call my womenx
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think on my wordsx
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xxexit pisanioxxx
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a sly and constant knavex
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not to be shakxdx the agent for his masterx
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and the remembrancer of her to hold
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the handxfast to her lordx i have given him that
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whichx if he takex shall quite unpeople her
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of liegers for her sweetx and which she afterx
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except she bend her humourx shall be assurxd
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to taste of toox
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enter pisanio and ladiesx
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sox sox well donex well donex
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the violetsx cowslipsx and the primrosesx
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bear to my closetx fare thee wellx pisaniox
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think on my wordsx
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xxexeunt queen and ladiesxxx
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pisaniox
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and shall dox
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but when to my good lord i prove untrue
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ixll choke myselfx therexs all ixll do for youx
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xxexitxxx
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scene viix britainx the palacex
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enter imogen alonex
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imogenx
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a father cruel and a stepxdame falsex
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a foolish suitor to a wedded lady
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that hath her husband banishxdx ox that husbandx
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my supreme crown of griefx and those repeated
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vexations of itx had i been thiefxstolxnx
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as my two brothersx happyx but most miserable
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is the desire thatxs gloriousx blessed be thosex
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how mean soexerx that have their honest willsx
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which seasons comfortx who may this bex fiex
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enter pisanio and iachimox
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pisaniox
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madamx a noble gentleman of rome
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comes from my lord with lettersx
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iachimox
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change youx madamx
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the worthy leonatus is in safetyx
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and greets your highness dearlyx
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xxpresents a letterxxx
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imogenx
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thanksx good sirx
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youxre kindly welcomex
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iachimox
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xxasidexxx all of her that is out of door most richx
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if she be furnishxd with a mind so rarex
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she is alone thx arabian birdx and i
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have lost the wagerx boldness be my friendx
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arm mex audacityx from head to footx
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orx like the parthianx i shall flying fightx
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ratherx directly flyx
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imogenx
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xxreadsxxx xhe is one of the noblest notex to whose kindnesses i am
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most infinitely tiedx reflect upon him accordinglyx as you value your
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trustx
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leonatusxx
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so far i read aloudx
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but even the very middle of my heart
|
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is warmxd by thx rest and takes it thankfullyx
|
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you are as welcomex worthy sirx as i
|
|
have words to bid youx and shall find it so
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in all that i can dox
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iachimox
|
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thanksx fairest ladyx
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whatx are men madx hath nature given them eyes
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to see this vaulted arch and the rich crop
|
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of sea and landx which can distinguish xtwixt
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the fiery orbs above and the twinnxd stones
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upon the numberxd beachx and can we not
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partition make with spectacles so precious
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xtwixt fair and foulx
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imogenx
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what makes your admirationx
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iachimox
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it cannot be ix thx eyex for apes and monkeysx
|
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xtwixt two such shesx would chatter this way and
|
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contemn with mows the otherx nor ix thx judgementx
|
|
for idiots in this case of favour would
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be wisely definitex nor ix thx appetitex
|
|
slutteryx to such neat excellence opposxdx
|
|
should make desire vomit emptinessx
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not so allurxd to feedx
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imogenx
|
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what is the matterx trowx
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iachimox
|
|
the cloyed willx
|
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that satiate yet unsatisfied desirex that tub
|
|
both fillxd and runningxravening first the lambx
|
|
longs after for the garbagex
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imogenx
|
|
whatx dear sirx
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thus raps youx are you wellx
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iachimox
|
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thanksx madamx wellx beseech youx sirx
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desire my manxs abode where i did leave himx
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hexs strange and peevishx
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|
pisaniox
|
|
i was goingx sirx
|
|
to give him welcomex
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xxexitxxx
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imogenx
|
|
continues well my lordx his health beseech youx
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iachimox
|
|
wellx madamx
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imogenx
|
|
is he disposxd to mirthx i hope he isx
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iachimox
|
|
exceeding pleasantx none a stranger there
|
|
so merry and so gamesomex he is callxd
|
|
the briton revellerx
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|
imogenx
|
|
when he was here
|
|
he did incline to sadnessx and oftxtimes
|
|
not knowing whyx
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iachimox
|
|
i never saw him sadx
|
|
there is a frenchman his companionx one
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|
an eminent monsieur thatx it seemsx much loves
|
|
a gallian girl at homex he furnaces
|
|
the thick sighs from himx whiles the jolly briton
|
|
xyour lordx i meanx laughs fromxs free lungsx cries xox
|
|
can my sides holdx to think that manx who knows
|
|
by historyx reportx or his own proofx
|
|
what woman isx yeax what she cannot choose
|
|
but must bex willxs free hours languish for
|
|
assured bondagexx
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|
imogenx
|
|
will my lord say sox
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iachimox
|
|
ayx madamx with his eyes in flood with laughterx
|
|
it is a recreation to be by
|
|
and hear him mock the frenchmanx but heavens know
|
|
some men are much to blamex
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|
imogenx
|
|
not hex i hopex
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iachimox
|
|
not hex but yet heavenxs bounty towards him might
|
|
be usxd more thankfullyx in himselfx xtis muchx
|
|
in youx which i account hisx beyond all talentsx
|
|
whilst i am bound to wonderx i am bound
|
|
to pity toox
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|
imogenx
|
|
what do you pityx sirx
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|
iachimox
|
|
two creatures heartilyx
|
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|
imogenx
|
|
am i onex sirx
|
|
you look on mex what wreck discern you in me
|
|
deserves your pityx
|
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|
iachimox
|
|
lamentablex whatx
|
|
to hide me from the radiant sun and solace
|
|
ix thx dungeon by a snuffx
|
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|
|
imogenx
|
|
i pray youx sirx
|
|
deliver with more openness your answers
|
|
to my demandsx why do you pity mex
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iachimox
|
|
that others dox
|
|
i was about to sayx enjoy yourxbut
|
|
it is an office of the gods to venge itx
|
|
not mine to speak onxtx
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|
imogenx
|
|
you do seem to know
|
|
something of mex or what concerns mex pray youx
|
|
since doubting things go ill often hurts more
|
|
than to be sure they dox for certainties
|
|
either are past remediesx orx timely knowingx
|
|
the remedy then bornxdiscover to me
|
|
what both you spur and stopx
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|
iachimox
|
|
had i this cheek
|
|
to bathe my lips uponx this handx whose touchx
|
|
whose every touchx would force the feelerxs soul
|
|
to thx oath of loyaltyx this objectx which
|
|
takes prisoner the wild motion of mine eyex
|
|
fixing it only herex should ix damnxd thenx
|
|
slaver with lips as common as the stairs
|
|
that mount the capitolx join gripes with hands
|
|
made hard with hourly falsehood xfalsehood as
|
|
with labourxx then byxpeeping in an eye
|
|
base and illustrious as the smoky light
|
|
thatxs fed with stinking tallowx it were fit
|
|
that all the plagues of hell should at one time
|
|
encounter such revoltx
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|
|
imogenx
|
|
my lordx i fearx
|
|
has forgot britainx
|
|
|
|
iachimox
|
|
and himselfx not i
|
|
inclinxd to this intelligence pronounce
|
|
the beggary of his changex but xtis your graces
|
|
that from my mutest conscience to my tongue
|
|
charms this report outx
|
|
|
|
imogenx
|
|
let me hear no morex
|
|
|
|
iachimox
|
|
o dearest soulx your cause doth strike my heart
|
|
with pity that doth make me sickx a lady
|
|
so fairx and fastenxd to an emperyx
|
|
would make the greatxst king doublex to be partnerxd
|
|
with tomboys hirxd with that self exhibition
|
|
which your own coffers yieldx with diseasxd ventures
|
|
that play with all infirmities for gold
|
|
which rottenness can lend naturex such boilxd stuff
|
|
as well might poison poisonx be revengxdx
|
|
or she that bore you was no queenx and you
|
|
recoil from your great stockx
|
|
|
|
imogenx
|
|
revengxdx
|
|
how should i be revengxdx if this be truex
|
|
xas i have such a heart that both mine ears
|
|
must not in haste abusex if it be truex
|
|
how should i be revengxdx
|
|
|
|
iachimox
|
|
should he make me
|
|
live like dianaxs priest betwixt cold sheetsx
|
|
whiles he is vaulting variable rampsx
|
|
in your despitex upon your pursex revenge itx
|
|
i dedicate myself to your sweet pleasurex
|
|
more noble than that runagate to your bedx
|
|
and will continue fast to your affectionx
|
|
still close as surex
|
|
|
|
imogenx
|
|
what hox pisaniox
|
|
|
|
iachimox
|
|
let me my service tender on your lipsx
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|
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|
imogenx
|
|
awayx i do condemn mine ears that have
|
|
so long attended theex if thou wert honourablex
|
|
thou wouldst have told this tale for virtuex not
|
|
for such an end thou seekxstx as base as strangex
|
|
thou wrongxst a gentleman who is as far
|
|
from thy report as thou from honourx and
|
|
solicits here a lady that disdains
|
|
thee and the devil alikex what hox pisaniox
|
|
the king my father shall be made acquainted
|
|
of thy assaultx if he shall think it fit
|
|
a saucy stranger in his court to mart
|
|
as in a romish stewx and to expound
|
|
his beastly mind to usx he hath a court
|
|
he little cares forx and a daughter who
|
|
he not respects at allx what hox pisaniox
|
|
|
|
iachimox
|
|
o happy leonatusx i may say
|
|
the credit that thy lady hath of thee
|
|
deserves thy trustx and thy most perfect goodness
|
|
her assurxd creditx blessed live you longx
|
|
a lady to the worthiest sir that ever
|
|
country callxd hisx and you his mistressx only
|
|
for the most worthiest fitx give me your pardonx
|
|
i have spoke this to know if your affiance
|
|
were deeply rootedx and shall make your lord
|
|
that which he is new oxerx and he is one
|
|
the truest mannerxdx such a holy witch
|
|
that he enchants societies into himx
|
|
half all menxs hearts are hisx
|
|
|
|
imogenx
|
|
you make amendsx
|
|
|
|
iachimox
|
|
he sits xmongst men like a descended godx
|
|
he hath a kind of honour sets him off
|
|
more than a mortal seemingx be not angryx
|
|
most mighty princessx that i have adventurxd
|
|
to try your taking of a false reportx which hath
|
|
honourxd with confirmation your great judgement
|
|
in the election of a sir so rarex
|
|
which you know cannot errx the love i bear him
|
|
made me to fan you thusx but the gods made youx
|
|
unlike all othersx chafflessx pray your pardonx
|
|
|
|
imogenx
|
|
allxs wellx sirx take my powxr ix thx court for yoursx
|
|
|
|
iachimox
|
|
my humble thanksx i had almost forgot
|
|
tx entreat your grace but in a small requestx
|
|
and yet of moment toox for it concerns
|
|
your lordx myself and other noble friends
|
|
are partners in the businessx
|
|
|
|
imogenx
|
|
pray what isxtx
|
|
|
|
iachimox
|
|
some dozen romans of usx and your lord
|
|
xthe best feather of our wingx have mingled sums
|
|
to buy a present for the emperorx
|
|
which ix the factor for the restx have done
|
|
in francex xtis plate of rare devicex and jewels
|
|
of rich and exquisite formx their values greatx
|
|
and i am something curiousx being strangex
|
|
to have them in safe stowagex may it please you
|
|
to take them in protectionx
|
|
|
|
imogenx
|
|
willinglyx
|
|
and pawn mine honour for their safetyx since
|
|
my lord hath interest in themx i will keep them
|
|
in my bedchamberx
|
|
|
|
iachimox
|
|
they are in a trunkx
|
|
attended by my menx i will make bold
|
|
to send them to you only for this nightx
|
|
i must aboard tomorrowx
|
|
|
|
imogenx
|
|
ox nox nox
|
|
|
|
iachimox
|
|
yesx i beseechx or i shall short my word
|
|
by lengthxning my returnx from gallia
|
|
i crossxd the seas on purpose and on promise
|
|
to see your gracex
|
|
|
|
imogenx
|
|
i thank you for your painsx
|
|
but not away tomorrowx
|
|
|
|
iachimox
|
|
ox i mustx madamx
|
|
therefore i shall beseech youx if you please
|
|
to greet your lord with writingx doxt tonightx
|
|
i have outstood my timex which is material
|
|
to thx tender of our presentx
|
|
|
|
imogenx
|
|
i will writex
|
|
send your trunk to mex it shall safe be kept
|
|
and truly yielded youx youxre very welcomex
|
|
|
|
xxexeuntxxx
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
act ii
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|
|
|
scene ix britainx before cymbelinexs palacex
|
|
|
|
enter cloten and the two lordsx
|
|
|
|
clotenx
|
|
was there ever man had such luckx when i kissxd the jackx upon an
|
|
upcast to be hit awayx i had a hundred pound onxtx and then a whoreson
|
|
jackanapes must take me up for swearingx as if i borrowed mine oaths of
|
|
himx and might not spend them at my pleasurex
|
|
|
|
first lordx
|
|
what got he by thatx you have broke his pate with your bowlx
|
|
|
|
second lordx
|
|
xxasidexxx if his wit had been like him that broke itx it would have
|
|
run all outx
|
|
|
|
clotenx
|
|
when a gentleman is disposxd to swearx it is not for any standersxby to
|
|
curtail his oathsx hax
|
|
|
|
second lordx
|
|
nox my lordx xxasidexxx nor crop the ears of themx
|
|
|
|
clotenx
|
|
whoreson dogx i gave him satisfactionx would he had been one of my
|
|
rankx
|
|
|
|
second lordx
|
|
xxasidexxx to have smellxd like a foolx
|
|
|
|
clotenx
|
|
i am not vexxd more at anything in thx earthx a pox onxtx i had rather
|
|
not be so noble as i amx they dare not fight with mex because of the
|
|
queen my motherx every jackslave hath his bellyful of fightingx and i
|
|
must go up and down like a cock that nobody can matchx
|
|
|
|
second lordx
|
|
xxasidexxx you are cock and capon toox and you crowx cockx with your
|
|
comb onx
|
|
|
|
clotenx
|
|
sayest thoux
|
|
|
|
second lordx
|
|
it is not fit your lordship should undertake every companion that you
|
|
give offence tox
|
|
|
|
clotenx
|
|
nox i know thatx but it is fit i should commit offence to my inferiorsx
|
|
|
|
second lordx
|
|
ayx it is fit for your lordship onlyx
|
|
|
|
clotenx
|
|
whyx so i sayx
|
|
|
|
first lordx
|
|
did you hear of a stranger thatxs come to court tonightx
|
|
|
|
clotenx
|
|
a strangerx and i not known onxtx
|
|
|
|
second lordx
|
|
xxasidexxx hexs a strange fellow himselfx and knows it notx
|
|
|
|
first lordx
|
|
therexs an italian comex andx xtis thoughtx one of leonatusx friendsx
|
|
|
|
clotenx
|
|
leonatusx a banishxd rascalx and hexs anotherx whatsoever he bex who
|
|
told you of this strangerx
|
|
|
|
first lordx
|
|
one of your lordshipxs pagesx
|
|
|
|
clotenx
|
|
is it fit i went to look upon himx is there no derogation inxtx
|
|
|
|
second lordx
|
|
you cannot derogatex my lordx
|
|
|
|
clotenx
|
|
not easilyx i thinkx
|
|
|
|
second lordx
|
|
xxasidexxx you are a fool grantedx therefore your issuesx being
|
|
foolishx do not derogatex
|
|
|
|
clotenx
|
|
comex ixll go see this italianx what i have lost today at bowls ixll
|
|
win tonight of himx comex gox
|
|
|
|
second lordx
|
|
ixll attend your lordshipx
|
|
|
|
xxexeunt cloten and first lordxxx
|
|
|
|
that such a crafty devil as is his mother
|
|
should yield the world this assx a woman that
|
|
bears all down with her brainx and this her son
|
|
cannot take two from twentyx for his heartx
|
|
and leave eighteenx alasx poor princessx
|
|
thou divine imogenx what thou endurxstx
|
|
betwixt a father by thy stepxdame governxdx
|
|
a mother hourly coining plotsx a wooer
|
|
more hateful than the foul expulsion is
|
|
of thy dear husbandx than that horrid act
|
|
of the divorce hexd makex the heavens hold firm
|
|
the walls of thy dear honourx keep unshakxd
|
|
that templex thy fair mindx that thou mayst stand
|
|
tx enjoy thy banishxd lord and this great landx
|
|
|
|
xxexitxxx
|
|
|
|
scene iix britainx imogenxs bedchamber in cymbelinexs palacex a trunk
|
|
in one cornerx
|
|
|
|
enter immogen in her bedx and a lady attendingx
|
|
|
|
imogenx
|
|
whoxs therex my woman helenx
|
|
|
|
ladyx
|
|
please youx madamx
|
|
|
|
imogenx
|
|
what hour is itx
|
|
|
|
ladyx
|
|
almost midnightx madamx
|
|
|
|
imogenx
|
|
i have read three hours thenx mine eyes are weakx
|
|
fold down the leaf where i have leftx to bedx
|
|
take not away the taperx leave it burningx
|
|
and if thou canst awake by four ox thx clockx
|
|
i prithee call mex sleep hath seizxd me whollyx
|
|
|
|
xxexit ladyxxx
|
|
|
|
to your protection i commend mex godsx
|
|
from fairies and the tempters of the night
|
|
guard mex beseech yex
|
|
|
|
xxsleepsx iachimo comes from the trunkxxx
|
|
|
|
iachimox
|
|
the crickets singx and manxs oxerxlabourxd sense
|
|
repairs itself by restx our tarquin thus
|
|
did softly press the rushes ere he wakenxd
|
|
the chastity he woundedx cythereax
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how bravely thou becomxst thy bedx fresh lilyx
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and whiter than the sheetsx that i might touchx
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but kissx one kissx rubies unparagonxdx
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how dearly they doxtx xtis her breathing that
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perfumes the chamber thusx the flame ox thx taper
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bows toward her and would underxpeep her lids
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to see thx enclosed lightsx now canopied
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under these windows white and azurex lacxd
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with blue of heavenxs own tinctx but my design
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to note the chamberx i will write all downx
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such and such picturesx there the windowx such
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thx adornment of her bedx the arrasx figuresx
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whyx such and suchx and the contents ox thx storyx
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ahx but some natural notes about her body
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above ten thousand meaner movables
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would testifyx tx enrich mine inventoryx
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o sleepx thou ape of deathx lie dull upon herx
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and be her sense but as a monumentx
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thus in a chapel lyingx come offx come offx
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xxtaking off her braceletxxx
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as slippery as the gordian knot was hardx
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xtis minex and this will witness outwardlyx
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as strongly as the conscience does withinx
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to thx madding of her lordx on her left breast
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a mole cinquexspottedx like the crimson drops
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ix thx bottom of a cowslipx herexs a voucher
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stronger than ever law could makex this secret
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will force him think i have pickxd the lock and taxen
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the treasure of her honourx no morex to what endx
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why should i write this down thatxs rivetedx
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screwxd to my memoryx she hath been reading late
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the tale of tereusx here the leafxs turnxd down
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where philomel gave upx i have enoughx
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to thx trunk againx and shut the spring of itx
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swiftx swiftx you dragons of the nightx that dawning
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may bare the ravenxs eyex i lodge in fearx
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though this a heavenly angelx hell is herex
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xxclock strikesxxx
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onex twox threex timex timex
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xxexit into the trunkxxx
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scene iiix cymbelinexs palacex an antexchamber adjoining imogenxs
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apartmentsx
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enter cloten and lordsx
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first lordx
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your lordship is the most patient man in lossx the most coldest that
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ever turnxd up acex
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clotenx
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it would make any man cold to losex
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first lordx
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but not every man patient after the noble temper of your lordshipx you
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are most hot and furious when you winx
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clotenx
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winning will put any man into couragex if i could get this foolish
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imogenx i should have gold enoughx itxs almost morningx isxt notx
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first lordx
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dayx my lordx
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clotenx
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i would this music would comex i am advised to give her music a
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morningsx they say it will penetratex
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enter musiciansx
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come onx tunex if you can penetrate her with your fingeringx sox wexll
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try with tongue toox if none will dox let her remainx but ixll never
|
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give oxerx firstx a very excellent goodxconceited thingx afterx a
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wonderful sweet airx with admirable rich words to itx and then let her
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considerx
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song
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harkx harkx the lark at heavenxs gate singsx
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and phxbus xgins arisex
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his steeds to water at those springs
|
|
on chalicxd flowxrs that liesx
|
|
and winking maryxbuds begin
|
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to ope their golden eyesx
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with everything that pretty isx
|
|
my lady sweetx arisex
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|
arisex arisex
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clotenx
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sox get you gonex if this penetratex i will consider your music the
|
|
betterx if it do notx it is a vice in her ears which horsehairs and
|
|
calvesx gutsx nor the voice of unpaved eunuch to bootx can never amendx
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xxexeunt musiciansxxx
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enter cymbeline and queenx
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second lordx
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here comes the kingx
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clotenx
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i am glad i was up so latex for thatxs the reason i was up so earlyx he
|
|
cannot choose but take this service i have done fatherlyxxgood morrow
|
|
to your majesty and to my gracious motherx
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cymbelinex
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|
attend you here the door of our stern daughterx
|
|
will she not forthx
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clotenx
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|
i have assailxd her with musicsx but she vouchsafes no noticex
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cymbelinex
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|
the exile of her minion is too newx
|
|
she hath not yet forgot himx some more time
|
|
must wear the print of his remembrance onxtx
|
|
and then shexs yoursx
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|
queenx
|
|
you are most bound to thx kingx
|
|
who lets go by no vantages that may
|
|
prefer you to his daughterx frame yourself
|
|
to orderly solicitsx and be friended
|
|
with aptness of the seasonx make denials
|
|
increase your servicesx so seem as if
|
|
you were inspirxd to do those duties which
|
|
you tender to herx that you in all obey herx
|
|
save when command to your dismission tendsx
|
|
and therein you are senselessx
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clotenx
|
|
senselessx not sox
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|
enter a messengerx
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messengerx
|
|
so like youx sirx ambassadors from romex
|
|
the one is caius luciusx
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cymbelinex
|
|
a worthy fellowx
|
|
albeit he comes on angry purpose nowx
|
|
but thatxs no fault of hisx we must receive him
|
|
according to the honour of his senderx
|
|
and towards himselfx his goodness forespent on usx
|
|
we must extend our noticex our dear sonx
|
|
when you have given good morning to your mistressx
|
|
attend the queen and usx we shall have need
|
|
tx employ you towards this romanx comex our queenx
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|
|
xxexeunt all but clotenxxx
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clotenx
|
|
if she be upx ixll speak with herx if notx
|
|
let her lie still and dreamx by your leavex hox
|
|
|
|
xxknocksxxx
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|
|
|
i know her women are about herx what
|
|
if i do line one of their handsx xtis gold
|
|
which buys admittance xoft it dothx yeax and makes
|
|
dianaxs rangers false themselvesx yield up
|
|
their deer to thx stand ox thx stealerx and xtis gold
|
|
which makes the true man killxd and saves the thiefx
|
|
nayx sometime hangs both thief and true manx what
|
|
can it not do and undox i will make
|
|
one of her women lawyer to mex for
|
|
i yet not understand the case myselfx
|
|
by your leavex
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|
|
|
xxknocksxxx
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|
|
|
enter a ladyx
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|
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|
ladyx
|
|
whoxs there that knocksx
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clotenx
|
|
a gentlemanx
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ladyx
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|
no morex
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|
|
clotenx
|
|
yesx and a gentlewomanxs sonx
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|
|
ladyx
|
|
thatxs more
|
|
than some whose tailors are as dear as yours
|
|
can justly boast ofx whatxs your lordshipxs pleasurex
|
|
|
|
clotenx
|
|
your ladyxs personx is she readyx
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|
|
|
ladyx
|
|
ayx
|
|
to keep her chamberx
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|
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|
clotenx
|
|
there is gold for youx sell me your good reportx
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|
|
|
ladyx
|
|
howx my good namex or to report of you
|
|
what i shall think is goodx the princessx
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|
|
|
enter imogenx
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|
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|
clotenx
|
|
good morrowx fairest sisterx your sweet handx
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|
|
|
xxexit ladyxxx
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|
imogenx
|
|
good morrowx sirx you lay out too much pains
|
|
for purchasing but troublex the thanks i give
|
|
is telling you that i am poor of thanksx
|
|
and scarce can spare themx
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|
|
clotenx
|
|
still i swear i love youx
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|
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|
imogenx
|
|
if you but said sox xtwere as deep with mex
|
|
if you swear stillx your recompense is still
|
|
that i regard it notx
|
|
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|
clotenx
|
|
this is no answerx
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|
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|
imogenx
|
|
but that you shall not say i yieldx being silentx
|
|
i would not speakx i pray you spare mex faithx
|
|
i shall unfold equal discourtesy
|
|
to your best kindnessx one of your great knowing
|
|
should learnx being taughtx forbearancex
|
|
|
|
clotenx
|
|
to leave you in your madness xtwere my sinx
|
|
i will notx
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|
|
|
imogenx
|
|
fools are not mad folksx
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|
clotenx
|
|
do you call me foolx
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|
imogenx
|
|
as i am madx i dox
|
|
if youxll be patientx ixll no more be madx
|
|
that cures us bothx i am much sorryx sirx
|
|
you put me to forget a ladyxs manners
|
|
by being so verbalx and learn nowx for allx
|
|
that ix which know my heartx do here pronouncex
|
|
by thx very truth of itx i care not for youx
|
|
and am so near the lack of charity
|
|
to accuse myself i hate youx which i had rather
|
|
you felt than makext my boastx
|
|
|
|
clotenx
|
|
you sin against
|
|
obediencex which you owe your fatherx for
|
|
the contract you pretend with that base wretchx
|
|
one bred of alms and fosterxd with cold dishesx
|
|
with scraps ox thx courtx it is no contractx nonex
|
|
and though it be allowed in meaner parties
|
|
xyet who than he more meanxx to knit their souls
|
|
xon whom there is no more dependency
|
|
but brats and beggaryx in selfxfigurxd knotx
|
|
yet you are curbxd from that enlargement by
|
|
the consequence ox thx crownx and must not foil
|
|
the precious note of it with a base slavex
|
|
a hilding for a liveryx a squirexs clothx
|
|
a pantlerx not so eminentx
|
|
|
|
imogenx
|
|
profane fellowx
|
|
wert thou the son of jupiterx and no more
|
|
but what thou art besidesx thou wert too base
|
|
to be his groomx thou wert dignified enoughx
|
|
even to the point of envyx if xtwere made
|
|
comparative for your virtues to be stylxd
|
|
the underxhangman of his kingdomx and hated
|
|
for being preferrxd so wellx
|
|
|
|
clotenx
|
|
the south fog rot himx
|
|
|
|
imogenx
|
|
he never can meet more mischance than come
|
|
to be but namxd of theex his meanxst garment
|
|
that ever hath but clippxd his bodyx is dearer
|
|
in my respectx than all the hairs above theex
|
|
were they all made such menx how nowx pisaniox
|
|
|
|
enter pisaniox
|
|
|
|
clotenx
|
|
xhis garmentxx now the devilx
|
|
|
|
imogenx
|
|
to dorothy my woman hie thee presentlyx
|
|
|
|
clotenx
|
|
xhis garmentxx
|
|
|
|
imogenx
|
|
i am sprited with a foolx
|
|
frightedx and angxred worsex go bid my woman
|
|
search for a jewel that too casually
|
|
hath left mine armx it was thy masterxsx shrew mex
|
|
if i would lose it for a revenue
|
|
of any kingxs in europex i do think
|
|
i sawxt this morningx confident i am
|
|
last night xtwas on mine armx i kissxd itx
|
|
i hope it be not gone to tell my lord
|
|
that i kiss aught but hex
|
|
|
|
pisaniox
|
|
xtwill not be lostx
|
|
|
|
imogenx
|
|
i hope sox go and searchx
|
|
|
|
xxexit pisanioxxx
|
|
|
|
clotenx
|
|
you have abusxd mex
|
|
xhis meanest garmentxx
|
|
|
|
imogenx
|
|
ayx i said sox sirx
|
|
if you will make xt an actionx call witness to xtx
|
|
|
|
clotenx
|
|
i will inform your fatherx
|
|
|
|
imogenx
|
|
your mother toox
|
|
shexs my good lady and will conceivex i hopex
|
|
but the worst of mex so i leave youx sirx
|
|
to thx worst of discontentx
|
|
|
|
xxexitxxx
|
|
|
|
clotenx
|
|
ixll be revengxdx
|
|
xhis meanxst garmentxx wellx
|
|
|
|
xxexitxxx
|
|
|
|
scene ivx romex philarioxs housex
|
|
|
|
enter posthumus and philariox
|
|
|
|
posthumusx
|
|
fear it notx sirx i would i were so sure
|
|
to win the king as i am bold her honour
|
|
will remain hersx
|
|
|
|
philariox
|
|
what means do you make to himx
|
|
|
|
posthumusx
|
|
not anyx but abide the change of timex
|
|
quake in the present winterxs statex and wish
|
|
that warmer days would comex in these fearxd hopes
|
|
i barely gratify your lovex they failingx
|
|
i must die much your debtorx
|
|
|
|
philariox
|
|
your very goodness and your company
|
|
oxerpays all i can dox by this your king
|
|
hath heard of great augustusx caius lucius
|
|
will doxs commission throughlyx and i think
|
|
hexll grant the tributex send thx arrearagesx
|
|
or look upon our romansx whose remembrance
|
|
is yet fresh in their griefx
|
|
|
|
posthumusx
|
|
i do believe
|
|
statist though i am nonex nor like to bex
|
|
that this will prove a warx and you shall hear
|
|
the legions now in gallia sooner landed
|
|
in our notxfearing britain than have tidings
|
|
of any penny tribute paidx our countrymen
|
|
are men more orderxd than when julius cxsar
|
|
smilxd at their lack of skillx but found their courage
|
|
worthy his frowning atx their disciplinex
|
|
now mingled with their couragesx will make known
|
|
to their approvers they are people such
|
|
that mend upon the worldx
|
|
|
|
enter iachimox
|
|
|
|
philariox
|
|
seex iachimox
|
|
|
|
posthumusx
|
|
the swiftest harts have posted you by landx
|
|
and winds of all the corners kissxd your sailsx
|
|
to make your vessel nimblex
|
|
|
|
philariox
|
|
welcomex sirx
|
|
|
|
posthumusx
|
|
i hope the briefness of your answer made
|
|
the speediness of your returnx
|
|
|
|
iachimox
|
|
your lady
|
|
is one of the fairest that i have lookxd uponx
|
|
|
|
posthumusx
|
|
and therewithal the bestx or let her beauty
|
|
look through a casement to allure false heartsx
|
|
and be false with themx
|
|
|
|
iachimox
|
|
here are letters for youx
|
|
|
|
posthumusx
|
|
their tenour goodx i trustx
|
|
|
|
iachimox
|
|
xtis very likex
|
|
|
|
philariox
|
|
was caius lucius in the britain court
|
|
when you were therex
|
|
|
|
iachimox
|
|
he was expected thenx
|
|
but not approachxdx
|
|
|
|
posthumusx
|
|
all is well yetx
|
|
sparkles this stone as it was wontx or isxt not
|
|
too dull for your good wearingx
|
|
|
|
iachimox
|
|
if i have lost itx
|
|
i should have lost the worth of it in goldx
|
|
ixll make a journey twice as far tx enjoy
|
|
a second night of such sweet shortness which
|
|
was mine in britainx for the ring is wonx
|
|
|
|
posthumusx
|
|
the stonexs too hard to come byx
|
|
|
|
iachimox
|
|
not a whitx
|
|
your lady being so easyx
|
|
|
|
posthumusx
|
|
make notx sirx
|
|
your loss your sportx i hope you know that we
|
|
must not continue friendsx
|
|
|
|
iachimox
|
|
good sirx we mustx
|
|
if you keep covenantx had i not brought
|
|
the knowledge of your mistress homex i grant
|
|
we were to question fartherx but i now
|
|
profess myself the winner of her honourx
|
|
together with your ringx and not the wronger
|
|
of her or youx having proceeded but
|
|
by both your willsx
|
|
|
|
posthumusx
|
|
if you can makext apparent
|
|
that you have tasted her in bedx my hand
|
|
and ring is yoursx if notx the foul opinion
|
|
you had of her pure honour gains or loses
|
|
your sword or minex or masterless leaves both
|
|
to who shall find themx
|
|
|
|
iachimox
|
|
sirx my circumstancesx
|
|
being so near the truth as i will make themx
|
|
must first induce you to believex whose strength
|
|
i will confirm with oathx which i doubt not
|
|
youxll give me leave to spare when you shall find
|
|
you need it notx
|
|
|
|
posthumusx
|
|
proceedx
|
|
|
|
iachimox
|
|
firstx her bedchamberx
|
|
xwhere i confess i slept notx but profess
|
|
had that was well worth watchingx it was hangxd
|
|
with tapestry of silk and silverx the storyx
|
|
proud cleopatra when she met her roman
|
|
and cydnus swellxd above the banksx or for
|
|
the press of boats or pridex a piece of work
|
|
so bravely donex so richx that it did strive
|
|
in workmanship and valuex which i wonderxd
|
|
could be so rarely and exactly wroughtx
|
|
since the true life onxt wasx
|
|
|
|
posthumusx
|
|
this is truex
|
|
and this you might have heard of herex by me
|
|
or by some otherx
|
|
|
|
iachimox
|
|
more particulars
|
|
must justify my knowledgex
|
|
|
|
posthumusx
|
|
so they mustx
|
|
or do your honour injuryx
|
|
|
|
iachimox
|
|
the chimney
|
|
is south the chamberx and the chimneypiece
|
|
chaste dian bathingx never saw i figures
|
|
so likely to report themselvesx the cutter
|
|
was as another naturex dumbx outwent herx
|
|
motion and breath left outx
|
|
|
|
posthumusx
|
|
this is a thing
|
|
which you might from relation likewise reapx
|
|
beingx as it isx much spoke ofx
|
|
|
|
iachimox
|
|
the roof ox thx chamber
|
|
with golden cherubins is frettedx her andirons
|
|
xi had forgot themx were two winking cupids
|
|
of silverx each on one foot standingx nicely
|
|
depending on their brandsx
|
|
|
|
posthumusx
|
|
this is her honourx
|
|
let it be granted you have seen all thisx and praise
|
|
be given to your remembrancex the description
|
|
of what is in her chamber nothing saves
|
|
the wager you have laidx
|
|
|
|
iachimox
|
|
thenx if you canx xxshows the braceletxx
|
|
be palex i beg but leave to air this jewelx seex
|
|
and now xtis up againx it must be married
|
|
to that your diamondx ixll keep themx
|
|
|
|
posthumusx
|
|
jovex
|
|
once more let me behold itx is it that
|
|
which i left with herx
|
|
|
|
iachimox
|
|
sir xi thank herx thatx
|
|
she strippxd it from her armx i see her yetx
|
|
her pretty action did outsell her giftx
|
|
and yet enrichxd it toox she gave it mex and said
|
|
she prizxd it oncex
|
|
|
|
posthumusx
|
|
may be she pluckxd it of
|
|
to send it mex
|
|
|
|
iachimox
|
|
she writes so to youx doth shex
|
|
|
|
posthumusx
|
|
ox nox nox nox xtis truex herex take this toox
|
|
|
|
xxgives the ringxxx
|
|
|
|
it is a basilisk unto mine eyex
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kills me to look onxtx let there be no honour
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where there is beautyx truth where semblancex love
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where therexs another manx the vows of women
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of no more bondage be to where they are made
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than they are to their virtuesx which is nothingx
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ox above measure falsex
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philariox
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have patiencex sirx
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and take your ring againx xtis not yet wonx
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it may be probable she lost itx or
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who knows if one her womenx being corrupted
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hath stolxn it from herx
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posthumusx
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very truex
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and so i hope he came byxtx back my ringx
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render to me some corporal sign about herx
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more evident than thisx for this was stolxnx
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iachimox
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by jupiterx i had it from her armx
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posthumusx
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hark youx he swearsx by jupiter he swearsx
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xtis truex nayx keep the ringx xtis truex i am sure
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she would not lose itx her attendants are
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all sworn and honourablexxthey inducxd to steal itx
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and by a strangerx nox he hath enjoyxd herx
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the cognizance of her incontinency
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is thisx she hath bought the name of whore thus dearlyx
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therex take thy hirex and all the fiends of hell
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divide themselves between youx
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philariox
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sirx be patientx
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this is not strong enough to be believxd
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of one persuaded well ofx
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posthumusx
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never talk onxtx
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she hath been colted by himx
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iachimox
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if you seek
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for further satisfyingx under her breast
|
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xworthy the pressingx lies a molex right proud
|
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of that most delicate lodgingx by my lifex
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i kissxd itx and it gave me present hunger
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to feed againx though fullx you do remember
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this stain upon herx
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posthumusx
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ayx and it doth confirm
|
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another stainx as big as hell can holdx
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were there no more but itx
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iachimox
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will you hear morex
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posthumusx
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spare your arithmeticx never count the turnsx
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oncex and a millionx
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iachimox
|
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ixll be swornx
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posthumusx
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no swearingx
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if you will swear you have not donextx you liex
|
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and i will kill thee if thou dost deny
|
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thouxst made me cuckoldx
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iachimox
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ixll deny nothingx
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posthumusx
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o that i had her here to tear her limbxmealx
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i will go there and doxtx ix thx courtx before
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her fatherx ixll do somethingx
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xxexitxxx
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philariox
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quite besides
|
|
the government of patiencex you have wonx
|
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letxs follow him and pervert the present wrath
|
|
he hath against himselfx
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iachimox
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with all my heartx
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene vx romex another room in philarioxs housex
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enter posthumusx
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posthumusx
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is there no way for men to bex but women
|
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must be halfxworkersx we are all bastardsx
|
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and that most venerable man which i
|
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did call my father was i know not where
|
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when i was stampxdx some coiner with his tools
|
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made me a counterfeitx yet my mother seemxd
|
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the dian of that timex so doth my wife
|
|
the nonpareil of thisx ox vengeancex vengeancex
|
|
me of my lawful pleasure she restrainxdx
|
|
and prayxd me oft forbearancex did it with
|
|
a pudency so rosyx the sweet view onxt
|
|
might well have warmxd old saturnx that i thought her
|
|
as chaste as unsunnxd snowx ox all the devilsx
|
|
this yellow iachimo in an hourx wasxt notx
|
|
or lessx at firstx perchance he spoke notx butx
|
|
like a fullxacornxd boarx a german onex
|
|
cried xoxx and mountedx found no opposition
|
|
but what he lookxd for should oppose and she
|
|
should from encounter guardx could i find out
|
|
the womanxs part in mex for therexs no motion
|
|
that tends to vice in man but i affirm
|
|
it is the womanxs partx be it lyingx note itx
|
|
the womanxsx flatteringx hersx deceivingx hersx
|
|
lust and rank thoughtsx hersx hersx revengesx hersx
|
|
ambitionsx covetingsx change of pridesx disdainx
|
|
nice longingx slandersx mutabilityx
|
|
all faults that man may namex nayx that hell knowsx
|
|
whyx hersx in part or allx but rather allx
|
|
for even to vice
|
|
they are not constantx but are changing still
|
|
one vice but of a minute old for one
|
|
not half so old as thatx ixll write against themx
|
|
detest themx curse themx yet xtis greater skill
|
|
in a true hate to pray they have their willx
|
|
the very devils cannot plague them betterx
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xxexitxxx
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act iii
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scene ix britainx a hall in cymbelinexs palacex
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enter in state cymbelinex queenx cloten and lords at one doorx and at
|
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another caius lucius and attendantsx
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cymbelinex
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now sayx what would augustus cxsar with usx
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luciusx
|
|
when julius cxsarx xwhose remembrance yet
|
|
lives in menxs eyesx and will to ears and tongues
|
|
be theme and hearing everx was in this britainx
|
|
and conquerxd itx cassibelanx thine unclex
|
|
famous in cxsarxs praises no whit less
|
|
than in his feats deserving itx for him
|
|
and his succession granted rome a tributex
|
|
yearly three thousand poundsx which by thee lately
|
|
is left untenderxdx
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queenx
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|
andx to kill the marvelx
|
|
shall be so everx
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clotenx
|
|
there be many cxsars ere such another juliusx britain is a world by
|
|
itselfx and we will nothing pay for wearing our own nosesx
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queenx
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that opportunityx
|
|
which then they had to take fromxsx to resume
|
|
we have againx rememberx sirx my liegex
|
|
the kings your ancestorsx together with
|
|
the natural bravery of your islex which stands
|
|
as neptunexs parkx ribbxd and palxd in
|
|
with rocks unscaleable and roaring watersx
|
|
with sands that will not bear your enemiesx boats
|
|
but suck them up to thx topxmastx a kind of conquest
|
|
cxsar made herex but made not here his brag
|
|
of xcamex and sawx and overcamexx with shame
|
|
xthe first that ever touchxd himx he was carried
|
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from off our coastx twice beatenx and his shipping
|
|
xpoor ignorant baublesxx on our terrible seasx
|
|
like eggxshells movxd upon their surgesx crackxd
|
|
as easily xgainst our rocksx for joy whereof
|
|
the famxd cassibelanx who was once at point
|
|
xox giglot fortunexx to master cxsarxs swordx
|
|
made ludxs town with rejoicing fires bright
|
|
and britons strut with couragex
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|
clotenx
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|
comex therexs no more tribute to be paidx our kingdom is stronger than
|
|
it was at that timex andx as i saidx there is no moe such cxsarsx other
|
|
of them may have crookxd nosesx but to owe such straight armsx nonex
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cymbelinex
|
|
sonx let your mother endx
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clotenx
|
|
we have yet many among us can gripe as hard as cassibelanx i do not say
|
|
i am onex but i have a handx why tributex why should we pay tributex if
|
|
cxsar can hide the sun from us with a blanketx or put the moon in his
|
|
pocketx we will pay him tribute for lightx elsex sirx no more tributex
|
|
pray you nowx
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|
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|
cymbelinex
|
|
you must knowx
|
|
till the injurious romans did extort
|
|
this tribute from usx we were freex cxsarxs ambitionx
|
|
which swellxd so much that it did almost stretch
|
|
the sides ox thx worldx against all colour here
|
|
did put the yoke uponxsx which to shake of
|
|
becomes a warlike peoplex whom we reckon
|
|
ourselves to bex
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clotenx
|
|
we dox
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cymbelinex
|
|
say then to cxsarx
|
|
our ancestor was that mulmutius which
|
|
ordainxd our lawsx whose use the sword of cxsar
|
|
hath too much mangledx whose repair and franchise
|
|
shallx by the power we holdx be our good deedx
|
|
though rome be therefore angryx mulmutius made our lawsx
|
|
who was the first of britain which did put
|
|
his brows within a golden crownx and callxd
|
|
himself a kingx
|
|
|
|
luciusx
|
|
i am sorryx cymbelinex
|
|
that i am to pronounce augustus cxsar
|
|
xcxsarx that hath moe kings his servants than
|
|
thyself domestic officersx thine enemyx
|
|
receive it from mex thenx war and confusion
|
|
in cxsarxs name pronounce i xgainst theex look
|
|
for fury not to be resistedx thus defiedx
|
|
i thank thee for myselfx
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|
cymbelinex
|
|
thou art welcomex caiusx
|
|
thy cxsar knighted mex my youth i spent
|
|
much under himx of him i gatherxd honourx
|
|
which he to seek of me againx perforcex
|
|
behoves me keep at utterancex i am perfect
|
|
that the pannonians and dalmatians for
|
|
their liberties are now in armsx a precedent
|
|
which not to read would show the britons coldx
|
|
so cxsar shall not find themx
|
|
|
|
luciusx
|
|
let proof speakx
|
|
|
|
clotenx
|
|
his majesty bids you welcomex make pastime with us a day or twox or
|
|
longerx if you seek us afterwards in other termsx you shall find us in
|
|
our saltxwater girdlex if you beat us out of itx it is yoursx if you
|
|
fall in the adventurex our crows shall fare the better for youx and
|
|
therexs an endx
|
|
|
|
luciusx
|
|
sox sirx
|
|
|
|
cymbelinex
|
|
i know your masterxs pleasurex and he minex
|
|
all the remain isx welcomex
|
|
|
|
xxexeuntxxx
|
|
|
|
scene iix britainx another room in cymbelinexs palacex
|
|
|
|
enter pisanio reading of a letterx
|
|
|
|
pisaniox
|
|
howx of adulteryx wherefore write you not
|
|
what monsters her accusex leonatusx
|
|
o masterx what a strange infection
|
|
is fallxn into thy earx what false italian
|
|
xas poisonousxtonguxd as handedx hath prevailxd
|
|
on thy too ready hearingx disloyalx nox
|
|
shexs punishxd for her truthx and undergoesx
|
|
more goddessxlike than wifexlikex such assaults
|
|
as would take in some virtuex o my masterx
|
|
thy mind to her is now as low as were
|
|
thy fortunesx howx that i should murder herx
|
|
upon the lovex and truthx and vowsx which i
|
|
have made to thy commandx ix herx her bloodx
|
|
if it be so to do good servicex never
|
|
let me be counted serviceablex how look i
|
|
that i should seem to lack humanity
|
|
so much as this fact comes tox
|
|
|
|
xxreadsxxx
|
|
|
|
xdoxtx the letter
|
|
that i have sent herx by her own command
|
|
shall give thee opportunityxx o damnxd paperx
|
|
black as the ink thatxs on theex senseless baublex
|
|
art thou a fedary for this actx and lookxst
|
|
so virginxlike withoutx lox here she comesx
|
|
|
|
enter imogenx
|
|
|
|
i am ignorant in what i am commandedx
|
|
|
|
imogenx
|
|
how nowx pisaniox
|
|
|
|
pisaniox
|
|
madamx here is a letter from my lordx
|
|
|
|
imogenx
|
|
whox thy lordx that is my lordx leonatusx
|
|
ox learnxd indeed were that astronomer
|
|
that knew the stars as i his charactersx
|
|
hexd lay the future openx you good godsx
|
|
let what is here containxd relish of lovex
|
|
of my lordxs healthx of his contentx yet not
|
|
that we two are asunderx let that grieve himx
|
|
some griefs are medxcinablex that is one of themx
|
|
for it doth physic lovex of his contentx
|
|
all but in thatx good waxx thy leavex blest be
|
|
you bees that make these locks of counselx lovers
|
|
and men in dangerous bonds pray not alikex
|
|
though forfeiters you cast in prisonx yet
|
|
you clasp young cupidxs tablesx good newsx godsx
|
|
|
|
xxreadsxxx
|
|
|
|
xjustice and your fatherxs wrathx should he take me in his dominionx
|
|
could not be so cruel to me as youx o the dearest of creaturesx would
|
|
even renew me with your eyesx take notice that i am in cambriax at
|
|
milford havenx what your own love will out of this advise youx followx
|
|
so he wishes you all happiness that remains loyal to his vowx and your
|
|
increasing in lovex
|
|
leonatus posthumusxx
|
|
|
|
o for a horse with wingsx hearxst thoux pisaniox
|
|
he is at milford havenx readx and tell me
|
|
how far xtis thitherx if one of mean affairs
|
|
may plod it in a weekx why may not i
|
|
glide thither in a dayx thenx true pisaniox
|
|
who longxst like me to see thy lordx who longxst
|
|
xox let me xbatexx but not like mex yet longxstx
|
|
but in a fainter kindx ox not like mex
|
|
for minexs beyond beyondx sayx and speak thickx
|
|
xlovexs counsellor should fill the bores of hearing
|
|
to thx smothering of the sensex how far it is
|
|
to this same blessed milfordx and by thx way
|
|
tell me how wales was made so happy as
|
|
tx inherit such a havenx but first of allx
|
|
how we may steal from hencex and for the gap
|
|
that we shall make in time from our hencexgoing
|
|
and our returnx to excusex but firstx how get hencex
|
|
why should excuse be born or ere begotx
|
|
wexll talk of that hereafterx prithee speakx
|
|
how many score of miles may we well rid
|
|
xtwixt hour and hourx
|
|
|
|
pisaniox
|
|
one score xtwixt sun and sunx
|
|
madamx xs enough for youx and too much toox
|
|
|
|
imogenx
|
|
whyx one that rode toxs executionx manx
|
|
could never go so slowx i have heard of riding wagers
|
|
where horses have been nimbler than the sands
|
|
that run ix thx clockxs behalfx but this is foolxryx
|
|
go bid my woman feign a sicknessx say
|
|
shexll home to her fatherx and provide me presently
|
|
a riding suitx no costlier than would fit
|
|
a franklinxs huswifex
|
|
|
|
pisaniox
|
|
madamx youxre best considerx
|
|
|
|
imogenx
|
|
i see before mex manx nor herex nor herex
|
|
nor what ensuesx but have a fog in them
|
|
that i cannot look throughx awayx i pritheex
|
|
do as i bid theex therexs no more to sayx
|
|
accessible is none but milford wayx
|
|
|
|
xxexeuntxxx
|
|
|
|
scene iiix walesx a mountainous country with a cavex
|
|
|
|
enter from the cave belariusx guiderius and arviragusx
|
|
|
|
belariusx
|
|
a goodly day not to keep house with such
|
|
whose roofxs as low as oursx stoopx boysx this gate
|
|
instructs you how tx adore the heavensx and bows you
|
|
to a morningxs holy officex the gates of monarchs
|
|
are archxd so high that giants may jet through
|
|
and keep their impious turbans on without
|
|
good morrow to the sunx hailx thou fair heavenx
|
|
we house ix thx rockx yet use thee not so hardly
|
|
as prouder livers dox
|
|
|
|
guideriusx
|
|
hailx heavenx
|
|
|
|
arviragusx
|
|
hailx heavenx
|
|
|
|
belariusx
|
|
now for our mountain sportx up to yond hillx
|
|
your legs are youngx ixll tread these flatsx considerx
|
|
when you above perceive me like a crowx
|
|
that it is place which lessens and sets offx
|
|
and you may then revolve what tales i have told you
|
|
of courtsx of princesx of the tricks in warx
|
|
this service is not service so being donex
|
|
but being so allowxdx to apprehend thus
|
|
draws us a profit from all things we seex
|
|
and often to our comfort shall we find
|
|
the sharded beetle in a safer hold
|
|
than is the fullxwingxd eaglex ox this life
|
|
is nobler than attending for a checkx
|
|
richer than doing nothing for a robex
|
|
prouder than rustling in unpaidxfor silkx
|
|
such gain the cap of him that makes him finex
|
|
yet keeps his book uncrossxdx no life to oursx
|
|
|
|
guideriusx
|
|
out of your proof you speakx wex poor unfledgxdx
|
|
have never wingxd from view ox thx nestx nor know not
|
|
what airxs from homex haply this life is bestx
|
|
if quiet life be bestx sweeter to you
|
|
that have a sharper knownx well corresponding
|
|
with your stiff agex but unto us it is
|
|
a cell of ignorancex travelling abedx
|
|
a prison for a debtor that not dares
|
|
to stride a limitx
|
|
|
|
arviragusx
|
|
what should we speak of
|
|
when we are old as youx when we shall hear
|
|
the rain and wind beat dark decemberx howx
|
|
in this our pinching cavex shall we discoursex
|
|
the freezing hours awayx we have seen nothingx
|
|
we are beastlyx subtle as the fox for preyx
|
|
like warlike as the wolf for what we eatx
|
|
our valour is to chase what fliesx our cage
|
|
we make a choirx as doth the prisonxd birdx
|
|
and sing our bondage freelyx
|
|
|
|
belariusx
|
|
how you speakx
|
|
did you but know the cityxs usuriesx
|
|
and felt them knowinglyx the art ox thx courtx
|
|
as hard to leave as keepx whose top to climb
|
|
is certain fallingx or so slippxry that
|
|
the fearxs as bad as fallingx the toil ox thx warx
|
|
a pain that only seems to seek out danger
|
|
ix thx name of fame and honourx which dies ix thx searchx
|
|
and hath as oft a slandxrous epitaph
|
|
as record of fair actx nayx many timesx
|
|
doth ill deserve by doing wellx whatxs worsex
|
|
must curtsy at the censurex ox boysx this story
|
|
the world may read in mex my bodyxs markxd
|
|
with roman swordsx and my report was once
|
|
first with the best of notex cymbeline lovxd mex
|
|
and when a soldier was the themex my name
|
|
was not far offx then was i as a tree
|
|
whose boughs did bend with fruitx but in one night
|
|
a stormx or robberyx call it what you willx
|
|
shook down my mellow hangingsx nayx my leavesx
|
|
and left me bare to weatherx
|
|
|
|
guideriusx
|
|
uncertain favourx
|
|
|
|
belariusx
|
|
my fault being nothingx as i have told you oftx
|
|
but that two villainsx whose false oaths prevailxd
|
|
before my perfect honourx swore to cymbeline
|
|
i was confederate with the romansx so
|
|
followxd my banishmentx and this twenty years
|
|
this rock and these demesnes have been my worldx
|
|
where i have livxd at honest freedomx paid
|
|
more pious debts to heaven than in all
|
|
the forexend of my timex but up to thx mountainsx
|
|
this is not huntersx languagex he that strikes
|
|
the venison first shall be the lord ox thx feastx
|
|
to him the other two shall ministerx
|
|
and we will fear no poisonx which attends
|
|
in place of greater statex ixll meet you in the valleysx
|
|
|
|
xxexeunt guiderius and arviragusxxx
|
|
|
|
how hard it is to hide the sparks of naturex
|
|
these boys know little they are sons to thx kingx
|
|
nor cymbeline dreams that they are alivex
|
|
they think they are minex and though trainxd up thus meanly
|
|
ix thx cave wherein they bowx their thoughts do hit
|
|
the roofs of palacesx and nature prompts them
|
|
in simple and low things to prince it much
|
|
beyond the trick of othersx this polydorex
|
|
the heir of cymbeline and britainx who
|
|
the king his father callxd guideriusxjovex
|
|
when on my threexfoot stool i sit and tell
|
|
the warlike feats i have donex his spirits fly out
|
|
into my storyx say xthus mine enemy fellx
|
|
and thus i set my foot onxs neckxx even then
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the princely blood flows in his cheekx he sweatsx
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strains his young nervesx and puts himself in posture
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that acts my wordsx the younger brotherx cadwalx
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once arviragusx in as like a figure
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strikes life into my speechx and shows much more
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his own conceivingx harkx the game is rousxdx
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o cymbelinex heaven and my conscience knows
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thou didst unjustly banish mex whereonx
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at three and two years oldx i stole these babesx
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thinking to bar thee of succession as
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thou refts me of my landsx euriphilex
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thou wast their nursex they took thee for their motherx
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and every day do honour to her gravex
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myselfx belariusx that am morgan callxdx
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they take for natural fatherx the game is upx
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xxexitxxx
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scene ivx walesx near milford havenx
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enter pisanio and imogenx
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imogenx
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thou toldxst mex when we came from horsex the place
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was near at handx nexer longxd my mother so
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to see me first as i have nowx pisaniox manx
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where is posthumusx what is in thy mind
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that makes thee stare thusx wherefore breaks that sigh
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from thx inward of theex one but painted thus
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would be interpreted a thing perplexxd
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beyond selfxexplicationx put thyself
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into a haviour of less fearx ere wildness
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vanquish my staider sensesx whatxs the matterx
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why tenderxst thou that paper to me with
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a look untenderx ifxt be summer newsx
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smile toxt beforex if winterlyx thou needxst
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but keep that countxnance stillx my husbandxs handx
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that drugxdamnxd italy hath outxcraftied himx
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and hexs at some hard pointx speakx manx thy tongue
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may take off some extremityx which to read
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would be even mortal to mex
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pisaniox
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please you readx
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and you shall find mex wretched manx a thing
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the most disdainxd of fortunex
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imogenx
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xxreadsxxx xthy mistressx pisaniox hath playxd the strumpet in my bedx
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the testimonies whereof lie bleeding in mex i speak not out of weak
|
|
surmisesx but from proof as strong as my grief and as certain as i
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|
expect my revengex that part thoux pisaniox must act for mex if thy
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faith be not tainted with the breach of hersx let thine own hands take
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away her lifex i shall give thee opportunity at milford havenx she hath
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my letter for the purposex wherex if thou fear to strikex and to make
|
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me certain it is donex thou art the pandar to her dishonourx and
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equally to me disloyalxx
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pisaniox
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what shall i need to draw my swordx the paper
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hath cut her throat alreadyx nox xtis slanderx
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whose edge is sharper than the swordx whose tongue
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|
outvenoms all the worms of nilex whose breath
|
|
rides on the posting winds and doth belie
|
|
all corners of the worldx kingsx queensx and statesx
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maidsx matronsx nayx the secrets of the gravex
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this viperous slander entersx what cheerx madamx
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imogenx
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false to his bedx what is it to be falsex
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to lie in watch therex and to think on himx
|
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to weep twixt clock and clockx if sleep charge naturex
|
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to break it with a fearful dream of himx
|
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and cry myself awakex thatxs false toxs bedx
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|
is itx
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pisaniox
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alasx good ladyx
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imogenx
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i falsex thy conscience witnessx iachimox
|
|
thou didst accuse him of incontinencyx
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|
thou then lookxdst like a villainx nowx methinksx
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|
thy favourxs good enoughx some jay of italyx
|
|
whose mother was her paintingx hath betrayxd himx
|
|
poor i am stalex a garment out of fashionx
|
|
and for i am richer than to hang by thx walls
|
|
i must be rippxdx to pieces with mex ox
|
|
menxs vows are womenxs traitorsx all good seemingx
|
|
by thy revoltx o husbandx shall be thought
|
|
put on for villainyx not born wherext growsx
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but worn a bait for ladiesx
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pisaniox
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|
good madamx hear mex
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imogenx
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true honest men being heardx like false xneasx
|
|
werex in his timex thought falsex and sinonxs weeping
|
|
did scandal many a holy tearx took pity
|
|
from most true wretchednessx so thoux posthumusx
|
|
wilt lay the leaven on all proper menx
|
|
goodly and gallant shall be false and perjurxd
|
|
from thy great failx comex fellowx be thou honestx
|
|
do thou thy masterxs biddingx when thou seest himx
|
|
a little witness my obediencex lookx
|
|
i draw the sword myselfx take itx and hit
|
|
the innocent mansion of my lovex my heartx
|
|
fear notx xtis empty of all things but griefx
|
|
thy master is not therex who was indeed
|
|
the riches of itx do his biddingx strikex
|
|
thou mayst be valiant in a better causex
|
|
but now thou seemxst a cowardx
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|
pisaniox
|
|
hencex vile instrumentx
|
|
thou shalt not damn my handx
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|
imogenx
|
|
whyx i must diex
|
|
and if i do not by thy handx thou art
|
|
no servant of thy masterxsx against selfxslaughter
|
|
there is a prohibition so divine
|
|
that cravens my weak handx comex herexs my heartx
|
|
somethingxs aforextx softx softx wexll no defencex
|
|
obedient as the scabbardx what is herex
|
|
the scriptures of the loyal leonatus
|
|
all turnxd to heresyx awayx awayx
|
|
corrupters of my faithx you shall no more
|
|
be stomachers to my heartx thus may poor fools
|
|
believe false teachersx though those that are betrayxd
|
|
do feel the treason sharplyx yet the traitor
|
|
stands in worse case of woex and thoux posthumusx
|
|
that didst set up my disobedience xgainst the king
|
|
my fatherx and make me put into contempt the suits
|
|
of princely fellowsx shalt hereafter find
|
|
it is no act of common passage but
|
|
a strain of rarenessx and i grieve myself
|
|
to thinkx when thou shalt be disedgxd by her
|
|
that now thou tirest onx how thy memory
|
|
will then be pangxd by mex prithee dispatchx
|
|
the lamp entreats the butcherx wherexs thy knifex
|
|
thou art too slow to do thy masterxs biddingx
|
|
when i desire it toox
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|
pisaniox
|
|
o gracious ladyx
|
|
since i receivxd command to do this busines
|
|
i have not slept one winkx
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imogenx
|
|
doxtx and to bed thenx
|
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pisaniox
|
|
ixll wake mine eyeballs firstx
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|
imogenx
|
|
wherefore then
|
|
didst undertake itx why hast thou abusxd
|
|
so many miles with a pretencex this placex
|
|
mine action and thine ownx our horsesx labourx
|
|
the time inviting theex the perturbxd courtx
|
|
for my being absentx whereunto i never
|
|
purpose returnx why hast thou gone so far
|
|
to be unbent when thou hast taxen thy standx
|
|
thx elected deer before theex
|
|
|
|
pisaniox
|
|
but to win time
|
|
to lose so bad employmentx in the which
|
|
i have considerxd of a coursex good ladyx
|
|
hear me with patiencex
|
|
|
|
imogenx
|
|
talk thy tongue wearyx speakx
|
|
i have heard i am a strumpetx and mine earx
|
|
therein false struckx can take no greater woundx
|
|
nor tent to bottom thatx but speakx
|
|
|
|
pisaniox
|
|
thenx madamx
|
|
i thought you would not back againx
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|
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|
imogenx
|
|
most likex
|
|
bringing me here to kill mex
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pisaniox
|
|
not sox neitherx
|
|
but if i were as wise as honestx then
|
|
my purpose would prove wellx it cannot be
|
|
but that my master is abusxdx some villainx
|
|
ayx and singular in his artx hath done you both
|
|
this cursed injuryx
|
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|
imogenx
|
|
some roman courtezanx
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|
|
|
pisaniox
|
|
nox on my lifex
|
|
ixll give but notice you are deadx and send him
|
|
some bloody sign of itx for xtis commanded
|
|
i should do sox you shall be missxd at courtx
|
|
and that will well confirm itx
|
|
|
|
imogenx
|
|
whyx good fellowx
|
|
what shall i do the whilex where bidex how livex
|
|
or in my life what comfortx when i am
|
|
dead to my husbandx
|
|
|
|
pisaniox
|
|
if youxll back to thx courtx
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|
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|
imogenx
|
|
no courtx no fatherx nor no more ado
|
|
with that harshx noblex simple nothingx
|
|
that clotenx whose lovexsuit hath been to me
|
|
as fearful as a siegex
|
|
|
|
pisaniox
|
|
if not at courtx
|
|
then not in britain must you bidex
|
|
|
|
imogenx
|
|
where thenx
|
|
hath britain all the sun that shinesx dayx nightx
|
|
are they not but in britainx ix thx worldxs volume
|
|
our britain seems as of itx but not inxtx
|
|
in a great pool a swanxs nestx prithee think
|
|
therexs livers out of britainx
|
|
|
|
pisaniox
|
|
i am most glad
|
|
you think of other placex thx ambassadorx
|
|
lucius the romanx comes to milford haven
|
|
tomorrowx nowx if you could wear a mind
|
|
dark as your fortune isx and but disguise
|
|
that which tx appear itself must not yet be
|
|
but by selfxdangerx you should tread a course
|
|
pretty and full of viewx yeax happilyx near
|
|
the residence of posthumusx so nighx at leastx
|
|
that though his actions were not visiblex yet
|
|
report should render him hourly to your ear
|
|
as truly as he movesx
|
|
|
|
imogenx
|
|
ox for such meansx
|
|
though peril to my modestyx not death onxtx
|
|
i would adventurex
|
|
|
|
pisaniox
|
|
well thenx herexs the pointx
|
|
you must forget to be a womanx change
|
|
command into obediencex fear and niceness
|
|
xthe handmaids of all womenx orx more trulyx
|
|
woman it pretty selfx into a waggish couragex
|
|
ready in gibesx quickxanswerxdx saucyx and
|
|
as quarrelous as the weaselx nayx you must
|
|
forget that rarest treasure of your cheekx
|
|
exposing it xbutx ox the harder heartx
|
|
alackx no remedyx to the greedy touch
|
|
of commonxkissing titanx and forget
|
|
your laboursome and dainty trims wherein
|
|
you made great juno angryx
|
|
|
|
imogenx
|
|
nayx be briefx
|
|
i see into thy endx and am almost
|
|
a man alreadyx
|
|
|
|
pisaniox
|
|
firstx make yourself but like onex
|
|
forexthinking thisx i have already fit
|
|
xxtis in my cloakxbagx doubletx hatx hosex all
|
|
that answer to themx would youx in their servingx
|
|
and with what imitation you can borrow
|
|
from youth of such a seasonx xfore noble lucius
|
|
present yourselfx desire his servicex tell him
|
|
wherein youxre happyx which will make him know
|
|
if that his head have ear in musicx doubtless
|
|
with joy he will embrace youx for hexs honourablex
|
|
andx doubling thatx most holyx your means abroadx
|
|
you have mex richx and i will never fail
|
|
beginning nor supplymentx
|
|
|
|
imogenx
|
|
thou art all the comfort
|
|
the gods will diet me withx prithee awayx
|
|
therexs more to be considerxdx but wexll even
|
|
all that good time will give usx this attempt
|
|
i am soldier tox and will abide it with
|
|
a princexs couragex awayx i pritheex
|
|
|
|
pisaniox
|
|
wellx madamx we must take a short farewellx
|
|
lestx being missxdx i be suspected of
|
|
your carriage from the courtx my noble mistressx
|
|
here is a boxx i had it from the queenx
|
|
whatxs inxt is preciousx if you are sick at sea
|
|
or stomachxqualmxd at landx a dram of this
|
|
will drive away distemperx to some shadex
|
|
and fit you to your manhoodx may the gods
|
|
direct you to the bestx
|
|
|
|
imogenx
|
|
amenx i thank theex
|
|
|
|
xxexeunt severallyxxx
|
|
|
|
scene vx britainx cymbelinexs palacex
|
|
|
|
enter cymbelinex queenx clotenx lucius and lordsx
|
|
|
|
cymbelinex
|
|
thus farx and so farewellx
|
|
|
|
luciusx
|
|
thanksx royal sirx
|
|
my emperor hath wrotex i must from hencex
|
|
and am right sorry that i must report ye
|
|
my masterxs enemyx
|
|
|
|
cymbelinex
|
|
our subjectsx sirx
|
|
will not endure his yokex and for ourself
|
|
to show less sovereignty than theyx must needs
|
|
appear unkinglikex
|
|
|
|
luciusx
|
|
sox sirx i desire of you
|
|
a conduct overland to milford havenx
|
|
madamx all joy befall your gracex and youx
|
|
|
|
cymbelinex
|
|
my lordsx you are appointed for that officex
|
|
the due of honour in no point omitx
|
|
so farewellx noble luciusx
|
|
|
|
luciusx
|
|
your handx my lordx
|
|
|
|
clotenx
|
|
receive it friendlyx but from this time forth
|
|
i wear it as your enemyx
|
|
|
|
luciusx
|
|
sirx the event
|
|
is yet to name the winnerx fare you wellx
|
|
|
|
cymbelinex
|
|
leave not the worthy luciusx good my lordsx
|
|
till he have crossxd the severnx happinessx
|
|
|
|
xxexeunt lucius and lordsxxx
|
|
|
|
queenx
|
|
he goes hence frowningx but it honours us
|
|
that we have given him causex
|
|
|
|
clotenx
|
|
xtis all the betterx
|
|
your valiant britons have their wishes in itx
|
|
|
|
cymbelinex
|
|
lucius hath wrote already to the emperor
|
|
how it goes herex it fits us therefore ripely
|
|
our chariots and our horsemen be in readinessx
|
|
the powxrs that he already hath in gallia
|
|
will soon be drawn to headx from whence he moves
|
|
his war for britainx
|
|
|
|
queenx
|
|
xtis not sleepy businessx
|
|
but must be lookxd to speedily and stronglyx
|
|
|
|
cymbelinex
|
|
our expectation that it would be thus
|
|
hath made us forwardx butx my gentle queenx
|
|
where is our daughterx she hath not appearxd
|
|
before the romanx nor to us hath tenderxd
|
|
the duty of the dayx she looks us like
|
|
a thing more made of malice than of dutyx
|
|
we have noted itx call her before usx for
|
|
we have been too slight in sufferancex
|
|
|
|
xxexit an attendantxxx
|
|
|
|
queenx
|
|
royal sirx
|
|
since the exile of posthumusx most retirxd
|
|
hath her life beenx the cure whereofx my lordx
|
|
xtis time must dox beseech your majestyx
|
|
forbear sharp speeches to herx shexs a lady
|
|
so tender of rebukes that words are strokesx
|
|
and strokes death to herx
|
|
|
|
enter attendantx
|
|
|
|
cymbelinex
|
|
where is shex sirx how
|
|
can her contempt be answerxdx
|
|
|
|
attendantx
|
|
please youx sirx
|
|
her chambers are all lockxdx and therexs no answer
|
|
that will be given to thx loud of noise we makex
|
|
|
|
queenx
|
|
my lordx when last i went to visit herx
|
|
she prayxd me to excuse her keeping closex
|
|
whereto constrainxd by her infirmity
|
|
she should that duty leave unpaid to you
|
|
which daily she was bound to profferx this
|
|
she wishxd me to make knownx but our great court
|
|
made me to blame in memoryx
|
|
|
|
cymbelinex
|
|
her doors lockxdx
|
|
not seen of latex grantx heavensx that which i fear
|
|
prove falsex
|
|
|
|
xxexitxxx
|
|
|
|
queenx
|
|
sonx i sayx follow the kingx
|
|
|
|
clotenx
|
|
that man of hersx pisaniox her old servantx
|
|
i have not seen these two daysx
|
|
|
|
queenx
|
|
gox look afterx
|
|
|
|
xxexit clotenxxx
|
|
|
|
pisaniox thou that standxst so for posthumusx
|
|
he hath a drug of minex i pray his absence
|
|
proceed by swallowing thatx for he believes
|
|
it is a thing most preciousx but for herx
|
|
where is she gonex haply despair hath seizxd herx
|
|
orx wingxd with fervour of her lovex shexs flown
|
|
to her desirxd posthumusx gone she is
|
|
to death or to dishonourx and my end
|
|
can make good use of eitherx she being downx
|
|
i have the placing of the british crownx
|
|
|
|
enter clotenx
|
|
|
|
how nowx my sonx
|
|
|
|
clotenx
|
|
xtis certain she is fledx
|
|
go in and cheer the kingx he ragesx none
|
|
dare come about himx
|
|
|
|
queenx
|
|
all the betterx may
|
|
this night forestall him of the coming dayx
|
|
|
|
xxexitxxx
|
|
|
|
clotenx
|
|
i love and hate herx for shexs fair and royalx
|
|
and that she hath all courtly parts more exquisite
|
|
than ladyx ladiesx womanx from every one
|
|
the best she hathx and shex of all compoundedx
|
|
outsells them allx i love her thereforex but
|
|
disdaining me and throwing favours on
|
|
the low posthumus slanders so her judgement
|
|
that whatxs else rare is chokxdx and in that point
|
|
i will conclude to hate herx nayx indeedx
|
|
to be revengxd upon herx for when fools
|
|
shallx
|
|
|
|
enter pisaniox
|
|
|
|
who is herex whatx are you packingx sirrahx
|
|
come hitherx ahx you precious pandarx villainx
|
|
where is thy ladyx in a wordx or else
|
|
thou art straightway with the fiendsx
|
|
|
|
pisaniox
|
|
o good my lordx
|
|
|
|
clotenx
|
|
where is thy ladyx orx by jupiterx
|
|
i will not ask againx close villainx
|
|
ixll have this secret from thy heartx or rip
|
|
thy heart to find itx is she with posthumusx
|
|
from whose so many weights of baseness cannot
|
|
a dram of worth be drawnx
|
|
|
|
pisaniox
|
|
alasx my lordx
|
|
how can she be with himx when was she missxdx
|
|
he is in romex
|
|
|
|
clotenx
|
|
where is shex sirx come nearerx
|
|
no farther haltingx satisfy me home
|
|
what is become of herx
|
|
|
|
pisaniox
|
|
o my allxworthy lordx
|
|
|
|
clotenx
|
|
allxworthy villainx
|
|
discover where thy mistress is at oncex
|
|
at the next wordx no more of xworthy lordxx
|
|
speakx or thy silence on the instant is
|
|
thy condemnation and thy deathx
|
|
|
|
pisaniox
|
|
thenx sirx
|
|
this paper is the history of my knowledge
|
|
touching her flightx
|
|
|
|
xxpresenting a letterxxx
|
|
|
|
clotenx
|
|
letxs seextx i will pursue her
|
|
even to augustusx thronex
|
|
|
|
pisaniox
|
|
xxasidexxx or this or perishx
|
|
shexs far enoughx and what he learns by this
|
|
may prove his travelx not her dangerx
|
|
|
|
clotenx
|
|
humhx
|
|
|
|
pisaniox
|
|
xxasidexxx ixll write to my lord shexs deadx o imogenx
|
|
safe mayst thou wanderx safe return againx
|
|
|
|
clotenx
|
|
sirrahx is this letter truex
|
|
|
|
pisaniox
|
|
sirx as i thinkx
|
|
|
|
clotenx
|
|
it is posthumusx handx i knowxtx sirrahx if thou wouldst not be a
|
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villainx but do me true servicex undergo those employments wherein i
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should have cause to use thee with a serious industryxthat isx what
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villainy soexer i bid thee dox to perform it directly and trulyxi would
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think thee an honest manx thou shouldst neither want my means for thy
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relief nor my voice for thy prefermentx
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pisaniox
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wellx my good lordx
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clotenx
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wilt thou serve mex for since patiently and constantly thou hast stuck
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to the bare fortune of that beggar posthumusx thou canst notx in the
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course of gratitudex but be a diligent follower of minex wilt thou
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serve mex
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pisaniox
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sirx i willx
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clotenx
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give me thy handx herexs my pursex hast any of thy late masterxs
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garments in thy possessionx
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pisaniox
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i havex my lordx at my lodgingx the same suit he wore when he took
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leave of my lady and mistressx
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clotenx
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the first service thou dost mex fetch that suit hitherx let it be thy
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first servicex gox
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pisaniox
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i shallx my lordx
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xxexitxxx
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clotenx
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meet thee at milford havenx i forgot to ask him one thingx ixll
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rememberxt anonx even therex thou villain posthumusx will i kill theex
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i would these garments were comex she said upon a timexthe bitterness
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of it i now belch from my heartxthat she held the very garment of
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posthumus in more respect than my noble and natural personx together
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with the adornment of my qualitiesx with that suit upon my back will i
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ravish herx first kill himx and in her eyesx there shall she see my
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valourx which will then be a torment to her contemptx he on the groundx
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my speech of insultment ended on his dead bodyx and when my lust hath
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dinedxwhichx as i sayx to vex her i will execute in the clothes that
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she so praisxdxto the court ixll knock her backx foot her home againx
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she hath despisxd me rejoicinglyx and ixll be merry in my revengex
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enter pisanio with the clothesx
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be those the garmentsx
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pisaniox
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ayx my noble lordx
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clotenx
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how long isxt since she went to milford havenx
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pisaniox
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she can scarce be there yetx
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clotenx
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bring this apparel to my chamberx that is the second thing that i have
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commanded theex the third is that thou wilt be a voluntary mute to my
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designx be but duteous and truex preferment shall tender itself to
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theex my revenge is now at milfordx would i had wings to follow itx
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comex and be truex
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xxexitxxx
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pisaniox
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thou bidxst me to my lossx for true to thee
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were to prove falsex which i will never bex
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to him that is most truex to milford gox
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and find not her whom thou pursuestx flowx flowx
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you heavenly blessingsx on herx this foolxs speed
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be crossxd with slownessx labour be his meedx
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xxexitxxx
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scene vix walesx before the cave of belariusx
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enter imogen alonex in boyxs clothesx
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imogenx
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i see a manxs life is a tedious onex
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i have tirxd myselfx and for two nights together
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have made the ground my bedx i should be sick
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but that my resolution helps mex milfordx
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when from the mountainxtop pisanio showxd theex
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thou wast within a kenx o jovex i think
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foundations fly the wretchedx suchx i meanx
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where they should be relievxdx two beggars told me
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i could not miss my wayx will poor folks liex
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that have afflictions on themx knowing xtis
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a punishment or trialx yesx no wonderx
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when rich ones scarce tell truex to lapse in fulness
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is sorer than to lie for needx and falsehood
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is worse in kings than beggarsx my dear lordx
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thou art one ox thx false onesx now i think on thee
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my hungerxs gonex but even beforex i was
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at point to sink for foodx but what is thisx
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here is a path toxtx xtis some savage holdx
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i were best not callx i dare not callx yet faminex
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ere clean it oxerthrow naturex makes it valiantx
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plenty and peace breeds cowardsx hardness ever
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of hardiness is motherx hox whoxs herex
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if anything thatxs civilx speakx if savagex
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take or lendx hox no answerx then ixll enterx
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best draw my swordx and if mine enemy
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but fear the swordx like mex hexll scarcely look onxtx
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such a foex good heavensx
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xxexit into the cavexxx
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scene viix the samex
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enter belariusx guiderius and arviragusx
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belariusx
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youx polydorex have provxd best woodman and
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are master of the feastx cadwal and i
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will play the cook and servantx xtis our matchx
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the sweat of industry would dry and die
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but for the end it works tox comex our stomachs
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will make whatxs homely savouryx weariness
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can snore upon the flintx when resty sloth
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finds the down pillow hardx nowx peace be herex
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poor housex that keepxst thyselfx
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guideriusx
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i am thoroughly wearyx
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arviragusx
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i am weak with toilx yet strong in appetitex
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guideriusx
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there is cold meat ix thx cavex wexll browse on that
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whilst what we have killxd be cookxdx
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belariusx
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xxlooking into the cavexxx stayx come not inx
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but that it eats our victualsx i should think
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here were a fairyx
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guideriusx
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whatxs the matterx sirx
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belariusx
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by jupiterx an angelx orx if notx
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an earthly paragonx behold divineness
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no elder than a boyx
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enter imogenx
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imogenx
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good mastersx harm me notx
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before i enterxd here i callxdx and thought
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to have beggxd or bought what i have tookx good trothx
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i have stolxn noughtx nor would not though i had found
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gold strewxd ix thx floorx herexs money for my meatx
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i would have left it on the boardx so soon
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as i had made my mealx and parted
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with prayxrs for the providerx
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guideriusx
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moneyx youthx
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arviragusx
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all gold and silver rather turn to dirtx
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as xtis no better reckonxd but of those
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who worship dirty godsx
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imogenx
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i see youxre angryx
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knowx if you kill me for my faultx i should
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have died had i not made itx
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belariusx
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whither boundx
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imogenx
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to milford havenx
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belariusx
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whatxs your namex
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imogenx
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fidelex sirx i have a kinsman who
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is bound for italyx he embarkxd at milfordx
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to whom being goingx almost spent with hungerx
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i am fallxn in this offencex
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belariusx
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pritheex fair youthx
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think us no churlsx nor measure our good minds
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by this rude place we live inx well encounterxdx
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xtis almost nightx you shall have better cheer
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ere you departx and thanks to stay and eat itx
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boysx bid him welcomex
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guideriusx
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were you a womanx youthx
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i should woo hard but be your groomx in honesty
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i bid for you as ixd buyx
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arviragusx
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ixll makext my comfort
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he is a manx ixll love him as my brotherx
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and such a welcome as ixd give to him
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after long absencex such is yoursx most welcomex
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be sprightlyx for you fall xmongst friendsx
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imogenx
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xmongst friendsx
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if brothersx xxasidexxx would it had been so that they
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had been my fatherxs sonsx then had my prize
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been lessx and so more equal ballasting
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to theex posthumusx
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belariusx
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he wrings at some distressx
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guideriusx
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would i could freextx
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arviragusx
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or ix whatexer it bex
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what pain it costx what dangerx godsx
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belariusx
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xxwhisperingxxx harkx boysx
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imogenx
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xxasidexxx great menx
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that had a court no bigger than this cavex
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|
that did attend themselvesx and had the virtue
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|
which their own conscience sealxd themx laying by
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|
that nothingxgift of differing multitudesx
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could not outxpeer these twainx pardon mex godsx
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ixd change my sex to be companion with themx
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since leonatus falsex
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belariusx
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it shall be sox
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boysx wexll go dress our huntx fair youthx come inx
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discourse is heavyx fastingx when we have suppxdx
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|
wexll mannerly demand thee of thy storyx
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so far as thou wilt speak itx
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guideriusx
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pray draw nearx
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arviragusx
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the night to thx owl and morn to thx lark less
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welcomex
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imogenx
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|
thanksx sirx
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arviragusx
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i pray draw nearx
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene viiix romex a public placex
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enter two roman senators and tribunesx
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first senatorx
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this is the tenour of the emperorxs writx
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|
that since the common men are now in action
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|
xgainst the pannonians and dalmatiansx
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|
and that the legions now in gallia are
|
|
full weak to undertake our wars against
|
|
the fallxnxoff britonsx that we do incite
|
|
the gentry to this businessx he creates
|
|
lucius proconsulx and to youx the tribunesx
|
|
for this immediate levyx he commands
|
|
his absolute commissionx long live cxsarx
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tribunex
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|
is lucius general of the forcesx
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second senatorx
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ayx
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tribunex
|
|
remaining now in galliax
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|
first senatorx
|
|
with those legions
|
|
which i have spoke ofx whereunto your levy
|
|
must be supplyantx the words of your commission
|
|
will tie you to the numbers and the time
|
|
of their dispatchx
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tribunex
|
|
we will discharge our dutyx
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xxexeuntxxx
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act iv
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scene ix walesx near the cave of belariusx
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|
enter cloten alonex
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clotenx
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|
i am near to thx place where they should meetx if pisanio have mappxd
|
|
it trulyx how fit his garments serve mex why should his mistressx who
|
|
was made by him that made the tailorx not be fit toox the ratherx
|
|
saving reverence of the wordx for xtis said a womanxs fitness comes by
|
|
fitsx therein i must play the workmanx i dare speak it to myselfx for
|
|
it is not vainxglory for a man and his glass to confer in his own
|
|
chamberx i meanx the lines of my body are as well drawn as hisx no less
|
|
youngx more strongx not beneath him in fortunesx beyond him in the
|
|
advantage of the timex above him in birthx alike conversant in general
|
|
servicesx and more remarkable in single oppositionsx yet this
|
|
imperceiverant thing loves him in my despitex what mortality isx
|
|
posthumusx thy headx which now is growing upon thy shouldersx shall
|
|
within this hour be offx thy mistress enforcedx thy garments cut to
|
|
pieces before her facex and all this donex spurn her home to her
|
|
fatherx who mayx haplyx be a little angry for my so rough usagex but my
|
|
motherx having power of his testinessx shall turn all into my
|
|
commendationsx my horse is tied up safex outx swordx and to a sore
|
|
purposex fortunex put them into my handx this is the very description
|
|
of their meetingxplacex and the fellow dares not deceive mex
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|
xxexitxxx
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|
scene iix walesx before the cave of belariusx
|
|
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|
enter from the cavex belariusx guideriusx arviragus and imogenx
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belariusx
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|
xxto imogenxxx you are not wellx remain here in the cavex
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|
wexll come to you after huntingx
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arviragusx
|
|
xxto imogenxxx brotherx stay herex
|
|
are we not brothersx
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imogenx
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|
so man and man should bex
|
|
but clay and clay differs in dignityx
|
|
whose dust is both alikex i am very sickx
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guideriusx
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|
go you to huntingx ixll abide with himx
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imogenx
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|
so sick i am notx yet i am not wellx
|
|
but not so citizen a wanton as
|
|
to seem to die ere sickx so please youx leave mex
|
|
stick to your journal coursex the breach of custom
|
|
is breach of allx i am illx but your being by me
|
|
cannot amend mex society is no comfort
|
|
to one not sociablex i am not very sickx
|
|
since i can reason of itx pray you trust me herex
|
|
ixll rob none but myselfx and let me diex
|
|
stealing so poorlyx
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guideriusx
|
|
i love theex i have spoke itx
|
|
how much the quantityx the weight as much
|
|
as i do love my fatherx
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|
belariusx
|
|
whatx howx howx
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arviragusx
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|
if it be sin to say sox sirx i yoke me
|
|
in my good brotherxs faultx i know not why
|
|
i love this youthx and i have heard you say
|
|
lovexs reasonxs without reasonx the bier at doorx
|
|
and a demand who isxt shall diex ixd say
|
|
xmy fatherx not this youthxx
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belariusx
|
|
xxasidexxx o noble strainx
|
|
o worthiness of naturex breed of greatnessx
|
|
cowards father cowards and base things sire basex
|
|
nature hath meal and branx contempt and gracex
|
|
ixm not their fatherx yet who this should be
|
|
doth miracle itselfx lovxd before mexx
|
|
xtis the ninth hour ox thx mornx
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arviragusx
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|
brotherx farewellx
|
|
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|
imogenx
|
|
i wish ye sportx
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|
arviragusx
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|
your healthx xxto belariusxxx so please youx sirx
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|
imogenx
|
|
xxasidexxx these are kind creaturesx godsx what lies i
|
|
have heardx
|
|
our courtiers say allxs savage but at courtx
|
|
experiencex ox thou disprovxst reportx
|
|
thx imperious seas breed monstersx for the dishx
|
|
poor tributary rivers as sweet fishx
|
|
i am sick stillx heartxsickx pisaniox
|
|
ixll now taste of thy drugx
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xxswallows somexxx
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guideriusx
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i could not stir himx
|
|
he said he was gentlex but unfortunatex
|
|
dishonestly afflictedx but yet honestx
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arviragusx
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|
thus did he answer mex yet said hereafter
|
|
i might know morex
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belariusx
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|
to thx fieldx to thx fieldx
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|
wexll leave you for this timex go in and restx
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arviragusx
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|
wexll not be long awayx
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belariusx
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pray be not sickx
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|
for you must be our huswifex
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|
imogenx
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|
wellx or illx
|
|
i am bound to youx
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belariusx
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and shalt be everx
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|
xxexit imogen into the cavexxx
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|
this youthx howexer distressxdx appears he hath had
|
|
good ancestorsx
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|
arviragusx
|
|
how angelxlike he singsx
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|
guideriusx
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|
but his neat cookeryx he cut our roots in charactersx
|
|
and saucxd our broths as juno had been sickx
|
|
and he her dieterx
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|
|
|
arviragusx
|
|
nobly he yokes
|
|
a smiling with a sighx as if the sigh
|
|
was that it was for not being such a smilex
|
|
the smile mocking the sigh that it would fly
|
|
from so divine a temple to commix
|
|
with winds that sailors rail atx
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|
guideriusx
|
|
i do note
|
|
that grief and patiencex rooted in him bothx
|
|
mingle their spurs togetherx
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|
arviragusx
|
|
grow patiencex
|
|
and let the stinking elderx griefx untwine
|
|
his perishing root with the increasing vinex
|
|
|
|
belariusx
|
|
it is great morningx comex awayx whoxs therex
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|
|
enter clotenx
|
|
|
|
clotenx
|
|
i cannot find those runagatesx that villain
|
|
hath mockxd mex i am faintx
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|
belariusx
|
|
those runagatesx
|
|
means he not usx i partly know himx xtis
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|
clotenx the son ox thx queenx i fear some ambushx
|
|
i saw him not these many yearsx and yet
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|
i know xtis hex we are held as outlawsx hencex
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|
guideriusx
|
|
he is but onex you and my brother search
|
|
what companies are nearx pray you awayx
|
|
let me alone with himx
|
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|
|
xxexeunt belarius and arviragusxxx
|
|
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|
clotenx
|
|
softx what are you
|
|
that fly me thusx some villain mountaineersx
|
|
i have heard of suchx what slave art thoux
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|
|
guideriusx
|
|
a thing
|
|
more slavish did i nexer than answering
|
|
a slave without a knockx
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|
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|
clotenx
|
|
thou art a robberx
|
|
a lawxbreakerx a villainx yield theex thiefx
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|
|
|
guideriusx
|
|
to whox to theex what art thoux have not i
|
|
an arm as big as thinex a heart as bigx
|
|
thy wordsx i grantx are biggerx for i wear not
|
|
my dagger in my mouthx say what thou artx
|
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why i should yield to theex
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clotenx
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thou villain basex
|
|
knowxst me not by my clothesx
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|
|
guideriusx
|
|
nox nor thy tailorx rascalx
|
|
who is thy grandfatherx he made those clothesx
|
|
whichx as it seemsx make theex
|
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|
|
clotenx
|
|
thou precious varletx
|
|
my tailor made them notx
|
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|
guideriusx
|
|
hencex thenx and thank
|
|
the man that gave them theex thou art some foolx
|
|
i am loath to beat theex
|
|
|
|
clotenx
|
|
thou injurious thiefx
|
|
hear but my namex and tremblex
|
|
|
|
guideriusx
|
|
whatxs thy namex
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|
|
clotenx
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clotenx thou villainx
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guideriusx
|
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clotenx thou double villainx be thy namex
|
|
i cannot tremble at itx were it toadx or adderx spiderx
|
|
xtwould move me soonerx
|
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|
clotenx
|
|
to thy further fearx
|
|
nayx to thy mere confusionx thou shalt know
|
|
i am son to thx queenx
|
|
|
|
guideriusx
|
|
ixm sorry forxtx not seeming
|
|
so worthy as thy birthx
|
|
|
|
clotenx
|
|
art not afeardx
|
|
|
|
guideriusx
|
|
those that i reverencex those i fearxthe wisex
|
|
at fools i laughx not fear themx
|
|
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|
clotenx
|
|
die the deathx
|
|
when i have slain thee with my proper handx
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ixll follow those that even now fled hencex
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and on the gates of ludxs town set your headsx
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yieldx rustic mountaineerx
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xxexeuntx fightingxxx
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enter belarius and arviragusx
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belariusx
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no companyxs abroadx
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arviragusx
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none in the worldx you did mistake himx surex
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belariusx
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i cannot tellx long is it since i saw himx
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but time hath nothing blurrxd those lines of favour
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which then he worex the snatches in his voicex
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and burst of speakingx were as hisx i am absolute
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xtwas very clotenx
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arviragusx
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in this place we left themx
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i wish my brother make good time with himx
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you say he is so fellx
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belariusx
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being scarce made upx
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i mean to manx he had not apprehension
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or roaring terrorsx for defect of judgement
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is oft the cease of fearx
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enter guiderius with clotenxs headx
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butx seex thy brotherx
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guideriusx
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this cloten was a foolx an empty pursex
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there was no money inxtx not hercules
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could have knockxd out his brainsx for he had nonex
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yet i not doing thisx the fool had borne
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my head as i do hisx
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belariusx
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what hast thou donex
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guideriusx
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i am perfect whatx cut off one clotenxs headx
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son to the queenx after his own reportx
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who callxd me traitorx mountaineerx and swore
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with his own single hand hexd take us inx
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displace our heads wherex thank the godsx they growx
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and set them on ludxs townx
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belariusx
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we are all undonex
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guideriusx
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whyx worthy fatherx what have we to lose
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but that he swore to takex our livesx the law
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protects not usx then why should we be tender
|
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to let an arrogant piece of flesh threat usx
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play judge and executioner all himselfx
|
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for we do fear the lawx what company
|
|
discover you abroadx
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belariusx
|
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no single soul
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can we set eye onx but in all safe reason
|
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he must have some attendantsx though his humour
|
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was nothing but mutationx ayx and that
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from one bad thing to worsex not frenzyx not
|
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absolute madness could so far have ravxdx
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to bring him here alonex although perhaps
|
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it may be heard at court that such as we
|
|
cave herex hunt herex are outlawsx and in time
|
|
may make some stronger headx the which he hearingx
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as it is like himx might break out and swear
|
|
hexd fetch us inx yet isxt not probable
|
|
to come alonex either he so undertaking
|
|
or they so sufferingx then on good ground we fearx
|
|
if we do fear this body hath a tail
|
|
more perilous than the headx
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arviragusx
|
|
let ordinance
|
|
come as the gods foresay itx howsoexerx
|
|
my brother hath done wellx
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belariusx
|
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i had no mind
|
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to hunt this dayx the boy fidelexs sickness
|
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did make my way long forthx
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guideriusx
|
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with his own swordx
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which he did wave against my throatx i have taxen
|
|
his head from himx ixll throwxt into the creek
|
|
behind our rockx and let it to the sea
|
|
and tell the fishes hexs the queenxs sonx clotenx
|
|
thatxs all i reckx
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|
xxexitxxx
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belariusx
|
|
i fear xtwill be revengxdx
|
|
wouldx polydorex thou hadst not donextx though valour
|
|
becomes thee well enoughx
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arviragusx
|
|
would i had donextx
|
|
so the revenge alone pursuxd mex polydorex
|
|
i love thee brotherlyx but envy much
|
|
thou hast robbxd me of this deedx i would revengesx
|
|
that possible strength might meetx would seek us throughx
|
|
and put us to our answerx
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|
|
|
belariusx
|
|
wellx xtis donex
|
|
wexll hunt no more todayx nor seek for danger
|
|
where therexs no profitx i prithee to our rockx
|
|
you and fidele play the cooksx ixll stay
|
|
till hasty polydore returnx and bring him
|
|
to dinner presentlyx
|
|
|
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arviragusx
|
|
poor sick fidelex
|
|
ixll willingly to himx to gain his colour
|
|
ixd let a parish of such clotenxs bloodx
|
|
and praise myself for charityx
|
|
|
|
xxexitxxx
|
|
|
|
belariusx
|
|
o thou goddessx
|
|
thou divine naturex thou thyself thou blazonxst
|
|
in these two princely boysx they are as gentle
|
|
as zephyrs blowing below the violetx
|
|
not wagging his sweet headx and yet as roughx
|
|
their royal blood enchafxdx as the rudxst wind
|
|
that by the top doth take the mountain pine
|
|
and make him stoop to thx valex xtis wonder
|
|
that an invisible instinct should frame them
|
|
to royalty unlearnxdx honour untaughtx
|
|
civility not seen from otherx valour
|
|
that wildly grows in themx but yields a crop
|
|
as if it had been sowxdx yet still itxs strange
|
|
what clotenxs being here to us portendsx
|
|
or what his death will bring usx
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|
|
|
enter guideriusx
|
|
|
|
guideriusx
|
|
wherexs my brotherx
|
|
i have sent clotenxs clotpoll down the streamx
|
|
in embassy to his motherx his bodyxs hostage
|
|
for his returnx
|
|
|
|
xxsolemn musicxxx
|
|
|
|
belariusx
|
|
my ingenious instrumentx
|
|
harkx polydorex it soundsx but what occasion
|
|
hath cadwal now to give it motionx harkx
|
|
|
|
guideriusx
|
|
is he at homex
|
|
|
|
belariusx
|
|
he went hence even nowx
|
|
|
|
guideriusx
|
|
what does he meanx since death of my dearxst mother
|
|
it did not speak beforex all solemn things
|
|
should answer solemn accidentsx the matterx
|
|
triumphs for nothing and lamenting toys
|
|
is jollity for apes and grief for boysx
|
|
is cadwal madx
|
|
|
|
enter arviragus with imogen as deadx bearing her in his armsx
|
|
|
|
belariusx
|
|
lookx here he comesx
|
|
and brings the dire occasion in his arms
|
|
of what we blame him forx
|
|
|
|
arviragusx
|
|
the bird is dead
|
|
that we have made so much onx i had rather
|
|
have skippxd from sixteen years of age to sixtyx
|
|
to have turnxd my leaping time into a crutchx
|
|
than have seen thisx
|
|
|
|
guideriusx
|
|
o sweetestx fairest lilyx
|
|
my brother wears thee not the one half so well
|
|
as when thou grewxst thyselfx
|
|
|
|
belariusx
|
|
o melancholyx
|
|
who ever yet could sound thy bottomx find
|
|
the ooze to show what coast thy sluggish crare
|
|
mightxst easiliest harbour inx thou blessed thingx
|
|
jove knows what man thou mightst have madex but ix
|
|
thou diedstx a most rare boyx of melancholyx
|
|
how found you himx
|
|
|
|
arviragusx
|
|
starkx as you seex
|
|
thus smilingx as some fly had tickled slumberx
|
|
not as deathxs dartx being laughxd atx his right cheek
|
|
reposing on a cushionx
|
|
|
|
guideriusx
|
|
wherex
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|
arviragusx
|
|
ox thx floorx
|
|
his arms thus leaguxdx i thought he sleptx and put
|
|
my clouted brogues from off my feetx whose rudeness
|
|
answerxd my steps too loudx
|
|
|
|
guideriusx
|
|
whyx he but sleepsx
|
|
if he be gone hexll make his grave a bedx
|
|
with female fairies will his tomb be hauntedx
|
|
and worms will not come to theex
|
|
|
|
arviragusx
|
|
with fairest flowersx
|
|
whilst summer lasts and i live herex fidelex
|
|
ixll sweeten thy sad gravex thou shalt not lack
|
|
the flower thatxs like thy facex pale primrosex nor
|
|
the azurxd harexbellx like thy veinsx nox nor
|
|
the leaf of eglantinex whom not to slanderx
|
|
outxsweetxned not thy breathx the ruddock wouldx
|
|
with charitable bill xo billx sore shaming
|
|
those richxleft heirs that let their fathers lie
|
|
without a monumentxx bring thee all thisx
|
|
yeax and furrxd moss besidesx when flowxrs are nonex
|
|
to winterxground thy corsex
|
|
|
|
guideriusx
|
|
prithee have donex
|
|
and do not play in wenchxlike words with that
|
|
which is so seriousx let us bury himx
|
|
and not protract with admiration what
|
|
is now due debtx to thx gravex
|
|
|
|
arviragusx
|
|
sayx where shallxs lay himx
|
|
|
|
guideriusx
|
|
by good euriphilex our motherx
|
|
|
|
arviragusx
|
|
bext sox
|
|
and let usx polydorex though now our voices
|
|
have got the mannish crackx sing him to thx groundx
|
|
as once to our motherx use like note and wordsx
|
|
save that euriphile must be fidelex
|
|
|
|
guideriusx
|
|
cadwalx
|
|
i cannot singx ixll weepx and word it with theex
|
|
for notes of sorrow out of tune are worse
|
|
than priests and fanes that liex
|
|
|
|
arviragusx
|
|
wexll speak itx thenx
|
|
|
|
belariusx
|
|
great griefsx i seex medxcine the lessx for cloten
|
|
is quite forgotx he was a queenxs sonx boysx
|
|
and though he came our enemyx remember
|
|
he was paid for thatx though mean and mighty rotting
|
|
together have one dustx yet reverencex
|
|
that angel of the worldx doth make distinction
|
|
of place xtween high and lowx our foe was princelyx
|
|
and though you took his lifex as being our foex
|
|
yet bury him as a princex
|
|
|
|
guideriusx
|
|
pray you fetch him hitherx
|
|
thersitesx body is as good as ajaxxx
|
|
when neither are alivex
|
|
|
|
arviragusx
|
|
if youxll go fetch himx
|
|
wexll say our song the whilstx brotherx beginx
|
|
|
|
xxexit belariusxxx
|
|
|
|
guideriusx
|
|
nayx cadwalx we must lay his head to thx eastx
|
|
my father hath a reason forxtx
|
|
|
|
arviragusx
|
|
xtis truex
|
|
|
|
guideriusx
|
|
come onx thenx and remove himx
|
|
|
|
arviragusx
|
|
sox beginx
|
|
|
|
song
|
|
|
|
guideriusx
|
|
x fear no more the heat ox thx sunx
|
|
nor the furious winterxs ragesx
|
|
thou thy worldly task hast donex
|
|
home art gonex and taxen thy wagesx
|
|
golden lads and girls all mustx
|
|
as chimneyxsweepersx come to dustxx
|
|
|
|
arviragusx
|
|
x fear no more the frown ox thx greatx
|
|
thou art past the tyrantxs strokex
|
|
care no more to clothe and eatx
|
|
to thee the reed is as the oakx
|
|
the sceptrex learningx physicx must
|
|
all follow this and come to dustxx
|
|
|
|
guideriusx
|
|
x fear no more the lightning flashxx
|
|
|
|
arviragusx
|
|
x nor thx allxdreaded thunderxstonexx
|
|
|
|
guideriusx
|
|
x fear not slanderx censure rashxx
|
|
|
|
arviragusx
|
|
x thou hast finishxd joy and moanxx
|
|
|
|
bothx
|
|
x all lovers youngx all lovers must
|
|
consign to thee and come to dustxx
|
|
|
|
guideriusx
|
|
x no exorciser harm theexx
|
|
|
|
arviragusx
|
|
x nor no witchcraft charm theexx
|
|
|
|
guideriusx
|
|
x ghost unlaid forbear theexx
|
|
|
|
arviragusx
|
|
x nothing ill come near theexx
|
|
|
|
bothx
|
|
x quiet consummation havex
|
|
and renowned be thy gravexx
|
|
|
|
enter belarius with the body of clotenx
|
|
|
|
guideriusx
|
|
we have done our obsequiesx comex lay him downx
|
|
|
|
belariusx
|
|
herexs a few flowersx but xbout midnightx morex
|
|
the herbs that have on them cold dew ox thx night
|
|
are strewings fitxst for gravesx upon their facesx
|
|
you were as flowxrsx now witherxdx even so
|
|
these herblets shall which we upon you strewx
|
|
come onx awayx apart upon our kneesx
|
|
the ground that gave them first has them againx
|
|
their pleasures here are pastx so is their painx
|
|
|
|
xxexeunt all but imogenxxx
|
|
|
|
imogenx
|
|
xxawakingxxx yesx sirx to milford havenx which is the wayx
|
|
i thank youx by yond bushx prayx how far thitherx
|
|
xods pittikinsx can it be six mile yetx
|
|
i have gone all nightx faithx ixll lie down and sleepx
|
|
butx softx no bedfellowx o gods and goddessesx
|
|
|
|
xxseeing the bodyxxx
|
|
|
|
these flowxrs are like the pleasures of the worldx
|
|
this bloody manx the care onxtx i hope i dreamx
|
|
for so i thought i was a cavexkeeperx
|
|
and cook to honest creaturesx but xtis not sox
|
|
xtwas but a bolt of nothingx shot at nothingx
|
|
which the brain makes of fumesx our very eyes
|
|
are sometimesx like our judgementsx blindx good faithx
|
|
i tremble still with fearx but if there be
|
|
yet left in heaven as small a drop of pity
|
|
as a wrenxs eyex fearxd godsx a part of itx
|
|
the dreamxs here stillx even when i wake it is
|
|
without mex as within mex not imaginxdx feltx
|
|
a headless manx the garments of posthumusx
|
|
i know the shape ofxs legx this is his handx
|
|
his foot mercurialx his martial thighx
|
|
the brawns of herculesx but his jovial facex
|
|
murder in heavenx howx xtis gonex pisaniox
|
|
all curses madded hecuba gave the greeksx
|
|
and mine to bootx be darted on theex thoux
|
|
conspirxd with that irregulous devilx clotenx
|
|
hath here cut off my lordx to write and read
|
|
be henceforth treacherousx damnxd pisanio
|
|
hath with his forged letters xdamnxd pisaniox
|
|
from this most bravest vessel of the world
|
|
struck the mainxtopx o posthumusx alasx
|
|
where is thy headx wherexs thatx ay mex wherexs thatx
|
|
pisanio might have killxd thee at the heartx
|
|
and left this head onx how should this bex pisaniox
|
|
xtis he and clotenx malice and lucre in them
|
|
have laid this woe herex ox xtis pregnantx pregnantx
|
|
the drug he gave mex which he said was precious
|
|
and cordial to mex have i not found it
|
|
murdxrous to thx sensesx that confirms it homex
|
|
this is pisanioxs deedx and clotenx ox
|
|
give colour to my pale cheek with thy bloodx
|
|
that we the horrider may seem to those
|
|
which chance to find usx ox my lordx my lordx
|
|
|
|
xxfalls fainting on the bodyxxx
|
|
|
|
enter luciusx captains and a soothsayerx
|
|
|
|
captainx
|
|
to them the legions garrisonxd in galliax
|
|
after your willx have crossxd the seax attending
|
|
you here at milford havenx with your shipsx
|
|
they are in readinessx
|
|
|
|
luciusx
|
|
but what from romex
|
|
|
|
captainx
|
|
the senate hath stirrxd up the confiners
|
|
and gentlemen of italyx most willing spiritsx
|
|
that promise noble servicex and they come
|
|
under the conduct of bold iachimox
|
|
siennaxs brotherx
|
|
|
|
luciusx
|
|
when expect you themx
|
|
|
|
captainx
|
|
with the next benefit ox thx windx
|
|
|
|
luciusx
|
|
this forwardness
|
|
makes our hopes fairx command our present numbers
|
|
be musterxdx bid the captains look toxtx nowx sirx
|
|
what have you dreamxd of late of this warxs purposex
|
|
|
|
soothsayerx
|
|
last night the very gods showxd me a vision
|
|
xi fast and prayxd for their intelligencex thusx
|
|
i saw jovexs birdx the roman eaglex wingxd
|
|
from the spongy south to this part of the westx
|
|
there vanishxd in the sunbeamsx which portendsx
|
|
unless my sins abuse my divinationx
|
|
success to thx roman hostx
|
|
|
|
luciusx
|
|
dream often sox
|
|
and never falsex softx hox what trunk is here
|
|
without his topx the ruin speaks that sometime
|
|
it was a worthy buildingx howx a pagex
|
|
or dead or sleeping on himx but deadx ratherx
|
|
for nature doth abhor to make his bed
|
|
with the defunctx or sleep upon the deadx
|
|
letxs see the boyxs facex
|
|
|
|
captainx
|
|
hexs alivex my lordx
|
|
|
|
luciusx
|
|
hexll then instruct us of this bodyx young onex
|
|
inform us of thy fortunesx for it seems
|
|
they crave to be demandedx who is this
|
|
thou makxst thy bloody pillowx or who was he
|
|
thatx otherwise than noble nature didx
|
|
hath alterxd that good picturex whatxs thy interest
|
|
in this sad wreckx how camextx who isxtx
|
|
what art thoux
|
|
|
|
imogenx
|
|
i am nothingx or if notx
|
|
nothing to be were betterx this was my masterx
|
|
a very valiant briton and a goodx
|
|
that here by mountaineers lies slainx alasx
|
|
there is no more such mastersx i may wander
|
|
from east to occidentx cry out for servicex
|
|
try manyx all goodx serve trulyx never
|
|
find such another masterx
|
|
|
|
luciusx
|
|
xlackx good youthx
|
|
thou movxst no less with thy complaining than
|
|
thy master in bleedingx say his namex good friendx
|
|
|
|
imogenx
|
|
richard du champx xxasidexxx if i do liex and do
|
|
no harm by itx though the gods hearx i hope
|
|
theyxll pardon itxxsay youx sirx
|
|
|
|
luciusx
|
|
thy namex
|
|
|
|
imogenx
|
|
fidelex sirx
|
|
|
|
luciusx
|
|
thou dost approve thyself the very samex
|
|
thy name well fits thy faithx thy faith thy namex
|
|
wilt take thy chance with mex i will not say
|
|
thou shalt be so well masterxdx butx be surex
|
|
no less belovxdx the roman emperorxs lettersx
|
|
sent by a consul to mex should not sooner
|
|
than thine own worth prefer theex go with mex
|
|
|
|
imogenx
|
|
ixll followx sirx but firstx anxt please the godsx
|
|
ixll hide my master from the fliesx as deep
|
|
as these poor pickaxes can digx and when
|
|
with wild woodxleaves and weeds i hax strewxd his gravex
|
|
and on it said a century of prayersx
|
|
such as i canx twice oxerx ixll weep and sighx
|
|
and leaving so his servicex follow youx
|
|
so please you entertain mex
|
|
|
|
luciusx
|
|
ayx good youthx
|
|
and rather father thee than master theex
|
|
my friendsx
|
|
the boy hath taught us manly dutiesx let us
|
|
find out the prettiest daisied plot we canx
|
|
and make him with our pikes and partisans
|
|
a gravex comex arm himx boyx he is preferrxd
|
|
by thee to usx and he shall be interrxd
|
|
as soldiers canx be cheerfulx wipe thine eyesx
|
|
some falls are means the happier to arisex
|
|
|
|
xxexeuntxxx
|
|
|
|
scene iiix britainx cymbelinexs palacex
|
|
|
|
enter cymbelinex lordsx pisanio and attendantsx
|
|
|
|
cymbelinex
|
|
againx and bring me word how xtis with herx
|
|
|
|
xxexit an attendantxxx
|
|
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a fever with the absence of her sonx
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a madnessx of which her lifexs in dangerx heavensx
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how deeply you at once do touch mex imogenx
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the great part of my comfortx gonex my queen
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upon a desperate bedx and in a time
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when fearful wars point at mex her son gonex
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so needful for this presentx it strikes me past
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the hope of comfortx but for theex fellowx
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who needs must know of her departure and
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dost seem so ignorantx wexll enforce it from thee
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by a sharp torturex
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pisaniox
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sirx my life is yoursx
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i humbly set it at your willx but for my mistressx
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i nothing know where she remainsx why gonex
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nor when she purposes returnx beseech your highnessx
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hold me your loyal servantx
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lordx
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good my liegex
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the day that she was missing he was herex
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i dare be bound hexs true and shall perform
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all parts of his subjection loyallyx for clotenx
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there wants no diligence in seeking himx
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and will no doubt be foundx
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cymbelinex
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the time is troublesomex
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xxto pisanioxxx wexll slip you for a seasonx but our jealousy
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does yet dependx
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lordx
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so please your majestyx
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the roman legionsx all from gallia drawnx
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are landed on your coastx with a supply
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of roman gentlemen by the senate sentx
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cymbelinex
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now for the counsel of my son and queenx
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i am amazxd with matterx
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lordx
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good my liegex
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your preparation can affront no less
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than what you hear ofx come morex for more youxre readyx
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the want is but to put those powxrs in motion
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that long to movex
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cymbelinex
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i thank youx letxs withdrawx
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and meet the time as it seeks usx we fear not
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what can from italy annoy usx but
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we grieve at chances herex awayx
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xxexeunt all but pisanioxxx
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pisaniox
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i heard no letter from my master since
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i wrote him imogen was slainx xtis strangex
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nor hear i from my mistressx who did promise
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to yield me often tidingsx neither know i
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what is betid to clotenx but remain
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perplexxd in allx the heavens still must workx
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wherein i am false i am honestx not truex to be truex
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these present wars shall find i love my countryx
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even to the note ox thx kingx or ixll fall in themx
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all other doubtsx by time let them be clearxdx
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fortune brings in some boats that are not steerxdx
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xxexitxxx
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scene ivx walesx before the cave of belariusx
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enter belariusx guiderius and arviragusx
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guideriusx
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the noise is round about usx
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belariusx
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let us from itx
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arviragusx
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what pleasurex sirx find we in lifex to lock it
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from action and adventurex
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guideriusx
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nayx what hope
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have we in hiding usx this way the romans
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must or for britons slay usx or receive us
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for barbarous and unnatural revolts
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during their usex and slay us afterx
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belariusx
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sonsx
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wexll higher to the mountainsx there secure usx
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to the kingxs party therexs no goingx newness
|
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of clotenxs death xwe being not knownx not musterxd
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among the bandsx may drive us to a render
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where we have livxdx and so extort fromxs that
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which we have donex whose answer would be deathx
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drawn on with torturex
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guideriusx
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this isx sirx a doubt
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|
in such a time nothing becoming you
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nor satisfying usx
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arviragusx
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|
it is not likely
|
|
that when they hear the roman horses neighx
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|
behold their quarterxd firesx have both their eyes
|
|
and ears so cloyxd importantly as nowx
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|
that they will waste their time upon our notex
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|
to know from whence we arex
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belariusx
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|
ox i am known
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|
of many in the armyx many yearsx
|
|
though cloten then but youngx you seex not wore him
|
|
from my remembrancex andx besidesx the king
|
|
hath not deservxd my service nor your lovesx
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|
who find in my exile the want of breedingx
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|
the certainty of this hard lifex aye hopeless
|
|
to have the courtesy your cradle promisxdx
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|
but to be still hot summerxs tanlings and
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|
the shrinking slaves of winterx
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guideriusx
|
|
than be sox
|
|
better to cease to bex prayx sirx to thx armyx
|
|
i and my brother are not knownx yourself
|
|
so out of thoughtx and thereto so oxergrownx
|
|
cannot be questionedx
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arviragusx
|
|
by this sun that shinesx
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|
ixll thitherx what thing isxt that i never
|
|
did see man diex scarce ever lookxd on blood
|
|
but that of coward haresx hot goatsx and venisonx
|
|
never bestrid a horsex save one that had
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|
a rider like myselfx who nexer wore rowel
|
|
nor iron on his heelx i am ashamxd
|
|
to look upon the holy sunx to have
|
|
the benefit of his blest beamsx remaining
|
|
so long a poor unknownx
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|
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guideriusx
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|
by heavensx ixll gox
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|
if you will bless mex sirx and give me leavex
|
|
ixll take the better carex but if you will notx
|
|
the hazard therefore due fall on me by
|
|
the hands of romansx
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arviragusx
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|
so say ix amenx
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belariusx
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|
no reason ix since of your lives you set
|
|
so slight a valuationx should reserve
|
|
my crackxd one to more carex have with youx boysx
|
|
if in your country wars you chance to diex
|
|
that is my bed toox ladsx and there ixll liex
|
|
leadx leadx xxasidexxx the time seems longx their blood thinks scorn
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|
till it fly out and show them princes bornx
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|
xxexeuntxxx
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act v
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scene ix britainx the roman campx
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enter posthumus alonex with a bloody handkerchiefx
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posthumusx
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yeax bloody clothx ixll keep theex for i wishxd
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|
thou shouldst be colourxd thusx you married onesx
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|
if each of you should take this coursex how many
|
|
must murder wives much better than themselves
|
|
for wrying but a littlex o pisaniox
|
|
every good servant does not all commandsx
|
|
no bond but to do just onesx godsx if you
|
|
should have taxen vengeance on my faultsx i never
|
|
had livxd to put on thisx so had you saved
|
|
the noble imogen to repentx and struck
|
|
mex wretch more worth your vengeancex but alackx
|
|
you snatch some hence for little faultsx thatxs lovex
|
|
to have them fall no morex you some permit
|
|
to second ills with illsx each elder worsex
|
|
and make them dread itx to the doersx thriftx
|
|
but imogen is your ownx do your best willsx
|
|
and make me blest to obeyx i am brought hither
|
|
among thx italian gentryx and to fight
|
|
against my ladyxs kingdomx xtis enough
|
|
thatx britainx i have killxd thy mistressx peacex
|
|
ixll give no wound to theex thereforex good heavensx
|
|
hear patiently my purposex ixll disrobe me
|
|
of these italian weedsx and suit myself
|
|
as does a britain peasantx so ixll fight
|
|
against the part i come withx so ixll die
|
|
for theex o imogenx even for whom my life
|
|
is every breath a deathx and thus unknownx
|
|
pitied nor hatedx to the face of peril
|
|
myself ixll dedicatex let me make men know
|
|
more valour in me than my habits showx
|
|
godsx put the strength ox thx leonati in mex
|
|
to shame the guise ox thx worldx i will begin
|
|
the fashion less without and more withinx
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|
|
|
xxexitxxx
|
|
|
|
scene iix britainx a field of battle between the british and roman
|
|
campsx
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|
|
|
enter luciusx iachimo and the roman army at one doorx and the british
|
|
army at anotherx leonatus posthumus following like a poor soldierx
|
|
they march over and go outx alarumsx then enter againx in skirmishx
|
|
iachimo and posthumusx he vanquisheth and disarmeth iachimo and then
|
|
leaves himx
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|
|
|
iachimox
|
|
the heaviness and guilt within my bosom
|
|
takes off my manhoodx i have belied a ladyx
|
|
the princess of this countryx and the air onxt
|
|
revengingly enfeebles mex or could this carlx
|
|
a very drudge of naturexsx have subduxd me
|
|
in my professionx knighthoods and honours borne
|
|
as i wear mine are titles but of scornx
|
|
if that thy gentryx britainx go before
|
|
this lout as he exceeds our lordsx the odds
|
|
is that we scarce are menx and you are godsx
|
|
|
|
xxexitxxx
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|
|
|
the battle continuesx the britons flyx cymbeline is takenx then enter
|
|
to his rescue belariusx guiderius and arviragusx
|
|
|
|
belariusx
|
|
standx standx we have thx advantage of the groundx
|
|
the lane is guardedx nothing routs us but
|
|
the villainy of our fearsx
|
|
|
|
guiderius and arviragusx
|
|
standx standx and fightx
|
|
|
|
enter posthumus and seconds the britonsx they rescue cymbeline and
|
|
exeuntx then rexenter lucius and iachimo with imogenx
|
|
|
|
luciusx
|
|
awayx boyx from the troopsx and save thyselfx
|
|
for friends kill friendsx and the disorderxs such
|
|
as war were hoodwinkxdx
|
|
|
|
iachimox
|
|
xtis their fresh suppliesx
|
|
|
|
luciusx
|
|
it is a day turnxd strangelyx or betimes
|
|
letxs reinforce or flyx
|
|
|
|
xxexeuntxxx
|
|
|
|
scene iiix another part of the fieldx
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|
|
|
enter posthumus and a briton lordx
|
|
|
|
lordx
|
|
camxst thou from where they made the standx
|
|
|
|
posthumusx
|
|
i didx
|
|
though youx it seemsx come from the fliersx
|
|
|
|
lordx
|
|
i didx
|
|
|
|
posthumusx
|
|
no blame be to youx sirx for all was lostx
|
|
but that the heavens foughtx the king himself
|
|
of his wings destitutex the army brokenx
|
|
and but the backs of britons seenx all flyingx
|
|
through a strait lanex the enemyx fullxheartedx
|
|
lolling the tongue with slaughtxringx having work
|
|
more plentiful than tools to doxtx struck down
|
|
some mortallyx some slightly touchxdx some falling
|
|
merely through fearx that the strait pass was dammxd
|
|
with dead men hurt behindx and cowards living
|
|
to die with lengthxned shamex
|
|
|
|
lordx
|
|
where was this lanex
|
|
|
|
posthumusx
|
|
close by the battlex ditchxdx and wallxd with turfx
|
|
which gave advantage to an ancient soldierx
|
|
an honest onex i warrantx who deservxd
|
|
so long a breeding as his white beard came tox
|
|
in doing this forxs countryx athwart the lane
|
|
hex with two striplings xlads more like to run
|
|
the country base than to commit such slaughterx
|
|
with faces fit for masksx or rather fairer
|
|
than those for preservation casxd or shamex
|
|
made good the passagex cried to those that fled
|
|
xour britainxs harts die flyingx not our menx
|
|
to darkness fleet souls that fly backwardsx standx
|
|
or we are romans and will give you thatx
|
|
like beastsx which you shun beastlyx and may save
|
|
but to look back in frownx standx standxx these threex
|
|
three thousand confidentx in act as manyx
|
|
for three performers are the file when all
|
|
the rest do nothingxwith this word xstandx standxx
|
|
accommodated by the placex more charming
|
|
with their own noblenessx which could have turnxd
|
|
a distaff to a lancex gilded pale looksx
|
|
part shamex part spirit renewxdx that some turnxd coward
|
|
but by example xox a sin in war
|
|
damnxd in the first beginnersx xgan to look
|
|
the way that they did and to grin like lions
|
|
upon the pikes ox thx huntersx then began
|
|
a stop ix thx chaserx a retirex anon
|
|
a routx confusion thickx forthwith they flyx
|
|
chickensx the way which they stoopxd eaglesx slavesx
|
|
the strides they victors madex and now our cowardsx
|
|
like fragments in hard voyagesx became
|
|
the life ox thx needx having found the backxdoor open
|
|
of the unguarded heartsx heavensx how they woundx
|
|
some slain beforex some dyingx some their friends
|
|
oxerborne ix thx former wavex ten chasxd by one
|
|
are now each one the slaughterman of twentyx
|
|
those that would die or ere resist are grown
|
|
the mortal bugs ox thx fieldx
|
|
|
|
lordx
|
|
this was strange chancex
|
|
a narrow lanex an old manx and two boysx
|
|
|
|
posthumusx
|
|
nayx do not wonder at itx you are made
|
|
rather to wonder at the things you hear
|
|
than to work anyx will you rhyme uponxtx
|
|
and vent it for a mockxryx here is onex
|
|
|
|
|
|
xtwo boysx an old man xtwice a boyxx a lanex
|
|
preservxd the britonsx was the romansx banexx
|
|
|
|
lordx
|
|
nayx be not angryx sirx
|
|
|
|
posthumusx
|
|
xlackx to what endx
|
|
who dares not stand his foe ixll be his friendx
|
|
for if hexll do as he is made to dox
|
|
i know hexll quickly fly my friendship toox
|
|
you have put me into rhymex
|
|
|
|
lordx
|
|
farewellx youxre angryx
|
|
|
|
xxexitxxx
|
|
|
|
posthumusx
|
|
still goingx this is a lordx o noble miseryx
|
|
to be ix thx field and ask xwhat newsxx of mex
|
|
today how many would have given their honours
|
|
to have savxd their carcassesx took heel to doxtx
|
|
and yet died toox ix in mine own woe charmxdx
|
|
could not find death where i did hear him groanx
|
|
nor feel him where he struckx being an ugly monsterx
|
|
xtis strange he hides him in fresh cupsx soft bedsx
|
|
sweet wordsx or hath moe ministers than we
|
|
that draw his knives ix thx warx wellx i will find himx
|
|
for being now a favourer to the britonx
|
|
no more a britonx i have resumxd again
|
|
the part i came inx fight i will no morex
|
|
but yield me to the veriest hind that shall
|
|
once touch my shoulderx great the slaughter is
|
|
here made by thx romanx great the answer be
|
|
britons must takex for mex my ransomxs deathx
|
|
on either side i come to spend my breathx
|
|
which neither here ixll keep nor bear againx
|
|
but end it by some means for imogenx
|
|
|
|
enter two british captains and soldiersx
|
|
|
|
first captainx
|
|
great jupiter be praisxdx lucius is takenx
|
|
xtis thought the old man and his sons were angelsx
|
|
|
|
second captainx
|
|
there was a fourth manx in a silly habitx
|
|
that gave thx affront with themx
|
|
|
|
first captainx
|
|
so xtis reportedx
|
|
but none of xem can be foundx standx whoxs therex
|
|
|
|
posthumusx
|
|
a romanx
|
|
who had not now been drooping here if seconds
|
|
had answerxd himx
|
|
|
|
second captainx
|
|
lay hands on himx a dogx
|
|
a leg of rome shall not return to tell
|
|
what crows have peckxd them herex he brags his servicex
|
|
as if he were of notex bring him to thx kingx
|
|
|
|
enter cymbelinex belariusx guideriusx arviragusx pisanio and roman
|
|
captivesx the captains present posthumus to cymbelinex who delivers
|
|
him over to a gaolerx
|
|
|
|
xxexeunt omnesxxx
|
|
|
|
scene ivx britainx a prisonx
|
|
|
|
enter posthumus and two gaolersx
|
|
|
|
first gaolerx you shall not now be stolxnx you have locks upon youx
|
|
so graze as you find pasturex
|
|
|
|
second gaolerx
|
|
ayx or a stomachx
|
|
|
|
xxexeunt gaolersxxx
|
|
|
|
posthumusx
|
|
most welcomex bondagex for thou art a wayx
|
|
i thinkx to libertyx yet am i better
|
|
than one thatxs sick ox thx goutx since he had rather
|
|
groan so in perpetuity than be curxd
|
|
by thx sure physician deathx who is the key
|
|
tx unbar these locksx my consciencex thou art fetterxd
|
|
more than my shanks and wristsx you good godsx give me
|
|
the penitent instrument to pick that boltx
|
|
thenx free for everx isxt enough i am sorryx
|
|
so children temporal fathers do appeasex
|
|
gods are more full of mercyx must i repentx
|
|
i cannot do it better than in gyvesx
|
|
desirxd more than constrainxdx to satisfyx
|
|
if of my freedom xtis the main partx take
|
|
no stricter render of me than my allx
|
|
i know you are more clement than vile menx
|
|
who of their broken debtors take a thirdx
|
|
a sixthx a tenthx letting them thrive again
|
|
on their abatementx thatxs not my desirex
|
|
for imogenxs dear life take minex and though
|
|
xtis not so dearx yet xtis a lifex you coinxd itx
|
|
xtween man and man they weigh not every stampx
|
|
though lightx take pieces for the figurexs sakex
|
|
you rather minex being yoursx and sox great powxrsx
|
|
if you will take this auditx take this lifex
|
|
and cancel these cold bondsx o imogenx
|
|
ixll speak to thee in silencex
|
|
|
|
xxsleepsxxx
|
|
|
|
solemn musicx enterx as in an apparitionx sicilius leonatusx father to
|
|
posthumusx an old man attired like a warriorx leading in his hand an
|
|
ancient matronx his wife and mother to posthumusx with music before
|
|
themx thenx after other musicx follows the two young leonatix brothers
|
|
to posthumusx with woundsx as they died in the warsx they circle
|
|
posthumus round as he lies sleepingx
|
|
|
|
siciliusx
|
|
no morex thou thunderxmasterx show
|
|
thy spite on mortal fliesx
|
|
with mars fall outx with juno chidex
|
|
that thy adulteries
|
|
rates and revengesx
|
|
hath my poor boy done aught but wellx
|
|
whose face i never sawx
|
|
i died whilst in the womb he stayxd
|
|
attending naturexs lawx
|
|
whose father thenx as men report
|
|
thou orphansx father artx
|
|
thou shouldst have beenx and shielded him
|
|
from this earthxvexing smartx
|
|
|
|
motherx
|
|
lucina lent not me her aidx
|
|
but took me in my throesx
|
|
that from me was posthumus rippxdx
|
|
came crying xmongst his foesx
|
|
a thing of pityx
|
|
|
|
siciliusx
|
|
great nature like his ancestry
|
|
moulded the stuff so fair
|
|
that he deservxd the praise ox thx world
|
|
as great siciliusx heirx
|
|
|
|
first brotherx
|
|
when once he was mature for manx
|
|
in britain where was he
|
|
that could stand up his parallelx
|
|
or fruitful object be
|
|
in eye of imogenx that best
|
|
could deem his dignityx
|
|
|
|
motherx
|
|
with marriage wherefore was he mockxdx
|
|
to be exilxd and thrown
|
|
from leonati seat and cast
|
|
from her his dearest onex
|
|
sweet imogenx
|
|
|
|
siciliusx
|
|
why did you suffer iachimox
|
|
slight thing of italyx
|
|
to taint his nobler heart and brain
|
|
with needless jealousyx
|
|
and to become the geck and scorn
|
|
ox thx otherxs villainyx
|
|
|
|
second brotherx
|
|
for this from stiller seats we camex
|
|
our parents and us twainx
|
|
thatx striking in our countryxs causex
|
|
fell bravely and were slainx
|
|
our fealty and tenantiusx right
|
|
with honour to maintainx
|
|
|
|
first brotherx
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like hardiment posthumus hath
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to cymbeline performxdx
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thenx jupiterx thou king of godsx
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why hast thou thus adjournxd
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the graces for his merits duex
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being all to dolours turnxdx
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siciliusx
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thy crystal window opex look outx
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no longer exercise
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upon a valiant race thy harsh
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and potent injuriesx
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motherx
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sincex jupiterx our son is goodx
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take off his miseriesx
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siciliusx
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peep through thy marble mansionx helpx
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or we poor ghosts will cry
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to thx shining synod of the rest
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against thy deityx
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brothersx
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helpx jupiterx or we appealx
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and from thy justice flyx
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jupiter descends in thunder and lightningx sitting upon an eaglex he
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throws a thunderboltx the ghosts fall on their kneesx
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jupiterx
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no morex you petty spirits of region lowx
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offend our hearingx hushx how dare you ghosts
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accuse the thunderer whose boltx you knowx
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skyxplantedx batters all rebelling coastsx
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poor shadows of elysiumx hence and rest
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upon your neverxwithering banks of flowxrsx
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be not with mortal accidents opprestx
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no care of yours it isx you know xtis oursx
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whom best i love i crossx to make my giftx
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the more delayxdx delightedx be contentx
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your lowxlaid son our godhead will upliftx
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his comforts thrivex his trials well are spentx
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our jovial star reignxd at his birthx and in
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our temple was he marriedx rise and fadex
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he shall be lord of lady imogenx
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and happier much by his affliction madex
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this tablet lay upon his breastx wherein
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our pleasure his full fortune doth confinex
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and sox awayx no farther with your din
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express impatiencex lest you stir up minex
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mountx eaglex to my palace crystallinex
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xxascendsxxx
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siciliusx
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he came in thunderx his celestial breath
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was sulphurous to smellx the holy eagle
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stoopxd as to foot usx his ascension is
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more sweet than our blest fieldsx his royal bird
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prunes the immortal wingx and cloys his beakx
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as when his god is pleasxdx
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allx
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thanksx jupiterx
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siciliusx
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the marble pavement closesx he is enterxd
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his radiant roofx awayx andx to be blestx
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let us with care perform his great behestx
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xxghosts vanishxxx
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posthumusx
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xxwakingxxx sleepx thou has been a grandsire and begot
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a father to mex and thou hast created
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a mother and two brothersx butx o scornx
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gonex they went hence so soon as they were bornx
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and so i am awakex poor wretchesx that depend
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on greatnessx favourx dream as i have donex
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wake and find nothingx butx alasx i swervex
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many dream not to findx neither deservex
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and yet are steepxd in favoursx so am ix
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that have this golden chancex and know not whyx
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what fairies haunt this groundx a bookx o rare onex
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be notx as is our fangled worldx a garment
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nobler than that it coversx let thy effects
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so follow to be most unlike our courtiersx
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as good as promisex
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xxreadsxxx xwhen as a lionxs whelp shallx to himself unknownx without
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seeking findx and be embracxd by a piece of tender airx and when from a
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stately cedar shall be loppxd branches whichx being dead many yearsx
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shall after revivex be jointed to the old stockx and freshly growx then
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shall posthumus end his miseriesx britain be fortunate and flourish in
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peace and plentyxx
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xtis still a dreamx or else such stuff as madmen
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tonguex and brain notx either both or nothingx
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or senseless speakingx or a speaking such
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as sense cannot untiex be what it isx
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the action of my life is like itx which
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ixll keepx if but for sympathyx
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enter gaolerx
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gaolerx
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comex sirx are you ready for deathx
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posthumusx
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overxroasted ratherx ready long agox
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gaolerx
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hanging is the wordx sirx if you be ready for thatx you are well
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cookxdx
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posthumusx
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sox if i prove a good repast to the spectatorsx the dish pays the shotx
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gaolerx
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a heavy reckoning for youx sirx but the comfort isx you shall be called
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to no more paymentsx fear no more tavern billsx which are often the
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sadness of partingx as the procuring of mirthx you come in faint for
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want of meatx depart reeling with too much drinkx sorry that you have
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paid too muchx and sorry that you are paid too muchx purse and brain
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both emptyx the brain the heavier for being too lightx the purse too
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lightx being drawn of heavinessx ox of this contradiction you shall now
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be quitx ox the charity of a penny cordx it sums up thousands in a
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tricex you have no true debitor and creditor but itx of whatxs pastx
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isx and to comex the dischargex your neckx sirx is penx bookx and
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countersx so the acquittance followsx
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posthumusx
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i am merrier to die than thou art to livex
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gaolerx
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indeedx sirx he that sleeps feels not the toothachex but a man that
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were to sleep your sleepx and a hangman to help him to bedx i think he
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would change places with his officerx for look youx sirx you know not
|
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which way you shall gox
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posthumusx
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yes indeed do ix fellowx
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gaolerx
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your death has eyes inxs headx thenx i have not seen him so picturxdx
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you must either be directed by some that take upon them to knowx or to
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take upon yourself that which i am sure you do not knowx or jump the
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afterxinquiry on your own perilx and how you shall speed in your
|
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journeyxs endx i think youxll never return to tell onex
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posthumusx
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i tell theex fellowx there are none want eyes to direct them the way i
|
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am goingx but such as wink and will not use themx
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gaolerx
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what an infinite mock is thisx that a man should have the best use of
|
|
eyes to see the way of blindnessx i am sure hangingxs the way of
|
|
winkingx
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enter a messengerx
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messengerx
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knock off his manaclesx bring your prisoner to the kingx
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posthumusx
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thou bringxst good newsx i am callxd to be made freex
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gaolerx
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ixll be hangxd thenx
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posthumusx
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thou shalt be then freer than a gaolerx no bolts for the deadx
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xxexeunt posthumus and messengerxxx
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gaolerx
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unless a man would marry a gallows and beget young gibbetsx i never saw
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one so pronex yetx on my consciencex there are verier knaves desire to
|
|
livex for all he be a romanx and there be some of them too that die
|
|
against their willsx so should ix if i were onex i would we were all of
|
|
one mindx and one mind goodx ox there were desolation of gaolers and
|
|
gallowsesx i speak against my present profitx but my wish hath a
|
|
preferment inxtx
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xxexitxxx
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scene vx britainx cymbelinexs tentx
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enter cymbelinex belariusx guideriusx arviragusx pisaniox lordsx
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officers and attendantsx
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cymbelinex
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stand by my sidex you whom the gods have made
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|
preservers of my thronex woe is my heart
|
|
that the poor soldier that so richly foughtx
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|
whose rags shamxd gilded armsx whose naked breast
|
|
steppxd before targes of proofx cannot be foundx
|
|
he shall be happy that can find himx if
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|
our grace can make him sox
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belariusx
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|
i never saw
|
|
such noble fury in so poor a thingx
|
|
such precious deeds in one that promisxd nought
|
|
but beggary and poor looksx
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cymbelinex
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|
no tidings of himx
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pisaniox
|
|
he hath been searchxd among the dead and livingx
|
|
but no trace of himx
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cymbelinex
|
|
to my griefx i am
|
|
the heir of his rewardx xxto belariusx guideriusx and arviragusxx which
|
|
i will add
|
|
to youx the liverx heartx and brain of britainx
|
|
by whom i grant she livesx xtis now the time
|
|
to ask of whence you arex report itx
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|
belariusx
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sirx
|
|
in cambria are we bornx and gentlemenx
|
|
further to boast were neither true nor modestx
|
|
unless i add we are honestx
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cymbelinex
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|
bow your kneesx
|
|
arise my knights ox thx battlex i create you
|
|
companions to our personx and will fit you
|
|
with dignities becoming your estatesx
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|
enter cornelius and ladiesx
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|
therexs business in these facesx why so sadly
|
|
greet you our victoryx you look like romansx
|
|
and not ox thx court of britainx
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corneliusx
|
|
hailx great kingx
|
|
to sour your happiness i must report
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|
the queen is deadx
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cymbelinex
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|
who worse than a physician
|
|
would this report becomex but i consider
|
|
by medxcine life may be prolongxdx yet death
|
|
will seize the doctor toox how ended shex
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corneliusx
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|
with horrorx madly dyingx like her lifex
|
|
whichx being cruel to the worldx concluded
|
|
most cruel to herselfx what she confessxd
|
|
i will reportx so please youx these her women
|
|
can trip me if i errx who with wet cheeks
|
|
were present when she finishxdx
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cymbelinex
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|
prithee sayx
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corneliusx
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|
firstx she confessxd she never lovxd youx only
|
|
affected greatness got by youx not youx
|
|
married your royaltyx was wife to your placex
|
|
abhorrxd your personx
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cymbelinex
|
|
she alone knew thisx
|
|
and but she spoke it dyingx i would not
|
|
believe her lips in opening itx proceedx
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|
corneliusx
|
|
your daughterx whom she bore in hand to love
|
|
with such integrityx she did confess
|
|
was as a scorpion to her sightx whose lifex
|
|
but that her flight prevented itx she had
|
|
taxen off by poisonx
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cymbelinex
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|
o most delicate fiendx
|
|
who isxt can read a womanx is there morex
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corneliusx
|
|
morex sirx and worsex she did confess she had
|
|
for you a mortal mineralx whichx being tookx
|
|
should by the minute feed on lifex and lingxringx
|
|
by inches waste youx in which time she purposxdx
|
|
by watchingx weepingx tendancex kissingx to
|
|
oxercome you with her showx and in timex
|
|
when she had fitted you with her craftx to work
|
|
her son into thx adoption of the crownx
|
|
but failing of her end by his strange absencex
|
|
grew shamelessxdesperatex openxdx in despite
|
|
of heaven and menx her purposesx repented
|
|
the evils she hatchxd were not effectedx sox
|
|
despairingx diedx
|
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cymbelinex
|
|
heard you all thisx her womenx
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ladiesx
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|
we didx so please your highnessx
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cymbelinex
|
|
mine eyes
|
|
were not in faultx for she was beautifulx
|
|
mine earsx that heard her flatteryx nor my heart
|
|
that thought her like her seemingx it had been vicious
|
|
to have mistrusted herx yetx o my daughterx
|
|
that it was folly in me thou mayst sayx
|
|
and prove it in thy feelingx heaven mend allx
|
|
|
|
enter luciusx iachimox the soothsayer and other roman prisonersx
|
|
guardedx posthumus behindx and imogenx
|
|
|
|
thou comxst notx caiusx now for tributex that
|
|
the britons have razxd outx though with the loss
|
|
of many a bold onex whose kinsmen have made suit
|
|
that their good souls may be appeasxd with slaughter
|
|
of you their captivesx which ourself have grantedx
|
|
so think of your estatex
|
|
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|
luciusx
|
|
considerx sirx the chance of warx the day
|
|
was yours by accidentx had it gone with usx
|
|
we should notx when the blood was coolx have threatenxd
|
|
our prisoners with the swordx but since the gods
|
|
will have it thusx that nothing but our lives
|
|
may be callxd ransomx let it comex sufficeth
|
|
a roman with a romanxs heart can sufferx
|
|
augustus lives to think onxtx and so much
|
|
for my peculiar carex this one thing only
|
|
i will entreatx my boyx a briton bornx
|
|
let him be ransomxdx never master had
|
|
a page so kindx so duteousx diligentx
|
|
so tender over his occasionsx truex
|
|
so featx so nursexlikex let his virtue join
|
|
with my requestx which ixll make bold your highness
|
|
cannot denyx he hath done no briton harm
|
|
though he have servxd a romanx save himx sirx
|
|
and spare no blood besidex
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cymbelinex
|
|
i have surely seen himx
|
|
his favour is familiar to mex boyx
|
|
thou hast lookxd thyself into my gracex
|
|
and art mine ownx i know not whyx wherefore
|
|
to say xlivex boyxx nexer thank thy masterx livex
|
|
and ask of cymbeline what boon thou wiltx
|
|
fitting my bounty and thy statex ixll give itx
|
|
yeax though thou do demand a prisonerx
|
|
the noblest taxenx
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|
imogenx
|
|
i humbly thank your highnessx
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|
luciusx
|
|
i do not bid thee beg my lifex good ladx
|
|
and yet i know thou wiltx
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imogenx
|
|
nox nox alackx
|
|
therexs other work in handx i see a thing
|
|
bitter to me as deathx your lifex good masterx
|
|
must shuffle for itselfx
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luciusx
|
|
the boy disdains mex
|
|
he leaves mex scorns mex briefly die their joys
|
|
that place them on the truth of girls and boysx
|
|
why stands he so perplexxdx
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cymbelinex
|
|
what wouldst thoux boyx
|
|
i love thee more and morex think more and more
|
|
whatxs best to askx knowxst him thou lookxst onx speakx
|
|
wilt have him livex is he thy kinx thy friendx
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|
imogenx
|
|
he is a romanx no more kin to me
|
|
than i to your highnessx whox being born your vassalx
|
|
am something nearerx
|
|
|
|
cymbelinex
|
|
wherefore eyxst him sox
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|
imogenx
|
|
ixll tell youx sirx in privatex if you please
|
|
to give me hearingx
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|
cymbelinex
|
|
ayx with all my heartx
|
|
and lend my best attentionx whatxs thy namex
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|
imogenx
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|
fidelex sirx
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cymbelinex
|
|
thouxrt my good youthx my pagex
|
|
ixll be thy masterx walk with mex speak freelyx
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|
|
xxcymbeline and imogen converse apartxxx
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|
belariusx
|
|
is not this boy revivxd from deathx
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|
|
arviragusx
|
|
one sand another
|
|
not more resembles that sweet rosy lad
|
|
who died and was fidelex what think youx
|
|
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|
guideriusx
|
|
the same dead thing alivex
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|
belariusx
|
|
peacex peacex see furtherx he eyes us notx forbearx
|
|
creatures may be alikex werext hex i am sure
|
|
he would have spoke to usx
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|
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|
guideriusx
|
|
but we see him deadx
|
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|
belariusx
|
|
be silentx letxs see furtherx
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|
pisaniox
|
|
xxasidexxx it is my mistressx
|
|
since she is livingx let the time run on
|
|
to good or badx
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|
|
xxcymbeline and imogen advancexxx
|
|
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|
cymbelinex
|
|
comex stand thou by our sidex
|
|
make thy demand aloudx xxto iachimoxxx sirx step you forthx
|
|
give answer to this boyx and do it freelyx
|
|
orx by our greatness and the grace of itx
|
|
which is our honourx bitter torture shall
|
|
winnow the truth from falsehoodx onx speak to himx
|
|
|
|
imogenx
|
|
my boon is that this gentleman may render
|
|
of whom he had this ringx
|
|
|
|
posthumusx
|
|
xxasidexxx whatxs that to himx
|
|
|
|
cymbelinex
|
|
that diamond upon your fingerx say
|
|
how came it yoursx
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|
|
|
iachimox
|
|
thouxlt torture me to leave unspoken that
|
|
which to be spoke would torture theex
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|
cymbelinex
|
|
howx mex
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|
iachimox
|
|
i am glad to be constrainxd to utter that
|
|
which torments me to concealx by villainy
|
|
i got this ringx xtwas leonatusx jewelx
|
|
whom thou didst banishx andxwhich more may grieve theex
|
|
as it doth mexa nobler sir nexer livxd
|
|
xtwixt sky and groundx wilt thou hear morex my lordx
|
|
|
|
cymbelinex
|
|
all that belongs to thisx
|
|
|
|
iachimox
|
|
that paragonx thy daughterx
|
|
for whom my heart drops blood and my false spirits
|
|
quail to rememberxgive me leavex i faintx
|
|
|
|
cymbelinex
|
|
my daughterx what of herx renew thy strengthx
|
|
i had rather thou shouldst live while nature will
|
|
than die ere i hear morex strivex manx and speakx
|
|
|
|
iachimox
|
|
upon a timex unhappy was the clock
|
|
that struck the hourx was in romex accursxd
|
|
the mansion wherex xtwas at a feastx ox would
|
|
our viands had been poisonxd xor at least
|
|
those which i heavxd to headx the good posthumus
|
|
xwhat should i sayx he was too good to be
|
|
where ill men werex and was the best of all
|
|
amongst the rarxst of good onesx sitting sadly
|
|
hearing us praise our loves of italy
|
|
for beauty that made barren the swellxd boast
|
|
of him that best could speakx for featurex laming
|
|
the shrine of venus or straightxpight minervax
|
|
postures beyond brief naturex for conditionx
|
|
a shop of all the qualities that man
|
|
loves woman forx besides that hook of wivingx
|
|
fairness which strikes the eyex
|
|
|
|
cymbelinex
|
|
i stand on firex
|
|
come to the matterx
|
|
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|
iachimox
|
|
all too soon i shallx
|
|
unless thou wouldst grieve quicklyx this posthumusx
|
|
most like a noble lord in love and one
|
|
that had a royal loverx took his hintx
|
|
and xnot dispraising whom we praisxdx therein
|
|
he was as calm as virtuex he began
|
|
his mistressx picturex which by his tongue being madex
|
|
and then a mind put inxtx either our brags
|
|
were crackxd of kitchen trullsx or his description
|
|
provxd us unspeaking sotsx
|
|
|
|
cymbelinex
|
|
nayx nayx to thx purposex
|
|
|
|
iachimox
|
|
your daughterxs chastity xthere it beginsx
|
|
he spake of her as dian had hot dreams
|
|
and she alone were coldx whereat ix wretchx
|
|
made scruple of his praisex and wagerxd with him
|
|
pieces of gold xgainst this which then he wore
|
|
upon his honourxd fingerx to attain
|
|
in suit the place ofxs bedx and win this ring
|
|
by hers and mine adulteryx hex true knightx
|
|
no lesser of her honour confident
|
|
than i did truly find herx stakes this ringx
|
|
and would sox had it been a carbuncle
|
|
of phoebusx wheelx and might so safelyx had it
|
|
been all the worth ofxs carx away to britain
|
|
post i in this designx well may youx sirx
|
|
remember me at courtx where i was taught
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of your chaste daughter the wide difference
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xtwixt amorous and villainousx being thus quenchxd
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of hopex not longingx mine italian brain
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gan in your duller britain operate
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most vilelyx for my vantagex excellentx
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andx to be briefx my practice so prevailxd
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that i returnxd with simular proof enough
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to make the noble leonatus madx
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by wounding his belief in her renown
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with tokens thus and thusx averring notes
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of chamberxhangingx picturesx this her bracelet
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xo cunningx how i got itxx nayx some marks
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of secret on her personx that he could not
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but think her bond of chastity quite crackxdx
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i having taxen the forfeitx whereupon
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methinks i see him nowx
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posthumusx
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xxcoming forwardxxx ayx so thou dostx
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italian fiendx ay mex most credulous foolx
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egregious murdererx thiefx anything
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thatxs due to all the villains pastx in beingx
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to comex ox give me cordx or knifex or poisonx
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some upright justicerx thoux kingx send out
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for torturers ingeniousx it is i
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that all thx abhorred things ox thx earth amend
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by being worse than theyx i am posthumusx
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that killxd thy daughterx villainxlikex i liex
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that causxd a lesser villain than myselfx
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a sacrilegious thiefx to doxtx the temple
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of virtue was shex yeax and she herselfx
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spitx and throw stonesx cast mire upon mex set
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the dogs ox thx street to bay mex every villain
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be callxd posthumus leonatusx and
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be villainy less than xtwasx o imogenx
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my queenx my lifex my wifex o imogenx
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imogenx imogenx
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imogenx
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peacex my lordx hearx hearx
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posthumusx
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shallxs have a play of thisx thou scornful pagex
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there lies thy partx
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xxstrikes herx she fallsxxx
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pisaniox
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o gentlemenx helpx
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mine and your mistressx ox my lord posthumusx
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you nexer killxd imogen till nowx helpx helpx
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mine honourxd ladyx
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cymbelinex
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does the world go roundx
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posthumusx
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how comes these staggers on mex
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pisaniox
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wakex my mistressx
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cymbelinex
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if this be sox the gods do mean to strike me
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to death with mortal joyx
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pisaniox
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how fares my mistressx
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imogenx
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ox get thee from my sightx
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thou gavxst me poisonx dangerous fellowx hencex
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breathe not where princes arex
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cymbelinex
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the tune of imogenx
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pisaniox
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ladyx
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the gods throw stones of sulphur on mex if
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that box i gave you was not thought by me
|
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a precious thingx i had it from the queenx
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cymbelinex
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new matter stillx
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imogenx
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it poisonxd mex
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corneliusx
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o godsx
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i left out one thing which the queen confessxdx
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which must approve thee honestx xif pisanio
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havex said she xgiven his mistress that confection
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which i gave him for cordialx she is servxd
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as i would serve a ratxx
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cymbelinex
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whatxs thisx corneliusx
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corneliusx
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the queenx sirx very oft importunxd me
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to temper poisons for herx still pretending
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the satisfaction of her knowledge only
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|
in killing creatures vilex as cats and dogsx
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|
of no esteemx ix dreading that her purpose
|
|
was of more dangerx did compound for her
|
|
a certain stuffx whichx being taxen would cease
|
|
the present powxr of lifex but in short time
|
|
all offices of nature should again
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|
do their due functionsx have you taxen of itx
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imogenx
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most like i didx for i was deadx
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belariusx
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my boysx
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there was our errorx
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guideriusx
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this is sure fidelex
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imogenx
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why did you throw your wedded lady from youx
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think that you are upon a rockx and now
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|
throw me againx
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xxembracing himxxx
|
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posthumusx
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hang there like fruitx my soulx
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till the tree diex
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cymbelinex
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how nowx my fleshx my childx
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whatx makxst thou me a dullard in this actx
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wilt thou not speak to mex
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imogenx
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xxkneelingxxx your blessingx sirx
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belariusx
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xxto guiderius and arviragusxxx though you did love this youthx i blame
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ye notx
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you had a motive forxtx
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cymbelinex
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|
my tears that fall
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|
prove holy water on theex imogenx
|
|
thy motherxs deadx
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imogenx
|
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i am sorry forxtx my lordx
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cymbelinex
|
|
ox she was naughtx and long of her it was
|
|
that we meet here so strangelyx but her son
|
|
is gonex we know not how nor wherex
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pisaniox
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|
my lordx
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now fear is from mex ixll speak trothx lord clotenx
|
|
upon my ladyxs missingx came to me
|
|
with his sword drawnx foamxd at the mouthx and sworex
|
|
if i discoverxd not which way she was gonex
|
|
it was my instant deathx by accident
|
|
i had a feigned letter of my masterxs
|
|
then in my pocketx which directed him
|
|
to seek her on the mountains near to milfordx
|
|
wherex in a frenzyx in my masterxs garmentsx
|
|
which he enforcxd from mex away he posts
|
|
with unchaste purposex and with oath to violate
|
|
my ladyxs honourx what became of him
|
|
i further know notx
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guideriusx
|
|
let me end the storyx
|
|
i slew him therex
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cymbelinex
|
|
marryx the gods forfendx
|
|
i would not thy good deeds should from my lips
|
|
pluck a hard sentencex pritheex valiant youthx
|
|
denyxt againx
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guideriusx
|
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i have spoke itx and i did itx
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cymbelinex
|
|
he was a princex
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guideriusx
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|
a most incivil onex the wrongs he did me
|
|
were nothing princexlikex for he did provoke me
|
|
with language that would make me spurn the seax
|
|
if it could so roar to mex i cut offxs headx
|
|
and am right glad he is not standing here
|
|
to tell this tale of minex
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cymbelinex
|
|
i am sorry for theex
|
|
by thine own tongue thou art condemnxdx and must
|
|
endure our lawx thouxrt deadx
|
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|
imogenx
|
|
that headless man
|
|
i thought had been my lordx
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|
cymbelinex
|
|
bind the offenderx
|
|
and take him from our presencex
|
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|
belariusx
|
|
stayx sir kingx
|
|
this man is better than the man he slewx
|
|
as well descended as thyselfx and hath
|
|
more of thee merited than a band of clotens
|
|
had ever scar forx xxto the guardxxx let his arms alonex
|
|
they were not born for bondagex
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cymbelinex
|
|
whyx old soldierx
|
|
wilt thou undo the worth thou art unpaid for
|
|
by tasting of our wrathx how of descent
|
|
as good as wex
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arviragusx
|
|
in that he spake too farx
|
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|
cymbelinex
|
|
and thou shalt die forxtx
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|
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|
belariusx
|
|
we will die all threex
|
|
but i will prove that two onxs are as good
|
|
as i have given out himx my sonsx i must
|
|
for mine own part unfold a dangerous speechx
|
|
though haply well for youx
|
|
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|
arviragusx
|
|
your dangerxs oursx
|
|
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|
guideriusx
|
|
and our good hisx
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|
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|
belariusx
|
|
have at it then by leavex
|
|
thou hadstx great kingx a subject who
|
|
was callxd belariusx
|
|
|
|
cymbelinex
|
|
what of himx he is
|
|
a banishxd traitorx
|
|
|
|
belariusx
|
|
he it is that hath
|
|
assumxd this agex indeed a banishxd manx
|
|
i know not how a traitorx
|
|
|
|
cymbelinex
|
|
take him hencex
|
|
the whole world shall not save himx
|
|
|
|
belariusx
|
|
not too hotx
|
|
first pay me for the nursing of thy sonsx
|
|
and let it be confiscate allx so soon
|
|
as i have receivxd itx
|
|
|
|
cymbelinex
|
|
nursing of my sonsx
|
|
|
|
belariusx
|
|
i am too blunt and saucyx herexs my kneex
|
|
ere i arise i will prefer my sonsx
|
|
then spare not the old fatherx mighty sirx
|
|
these two young gentlemen that call me fatherx
|
|
and think they are my sonsx are none of minex
|
|
they are the issue of your loinsx my liegex
|
|
and blood of your begettingx
|
|
|
|
cymbelinex
|
|
howx my issuex
|
|
|
|
belariusx
|
|
so sure as you your fatherxsx ix old morganx
|
|
am that belarius whom you sometime banishxdx
|
|
your pleasure was my mere offencex my punishment
|
|
itselfx and all my treasonx that i sufferxd
|
|
was all the harm i didx these gentle princes
|
|
xfor such and so they arex these twenty years
|
|
have i trainxd upx those arts they have as i
|
|
could put into themx my breeding wasx sirx as
|
|
your highness knowsx their nursex euriphilex
|
|
whom for the theft i weddedx stole these children
|
|
upon my banishmentx i movxd her toxtx
|
|
having receivxd the punishment before
|
|
for that which i did thenx beaten for loyalty
|
|
excited me to treasonx their dear lossx
|
|
the more of you xtwas feltx the more it shapxd
|
|
unto my end of stealing themx butx gracious sirx
|
|
here are your sons againx and i must lose
|
|
two of the sweetxst companions in the worldx
|
|
the benediction of these covering heavens
|
|
fall on their heads like dewx for they are worthy
|
|
to inlay heaven with starsx
|
|
|
|
cymbelinex
|
|
thou weepxst and speakxstx
|
|
the service that you three have done is more
|
|
unlike than this thou tellxstx i lost my childrenx
|
|
if these be theyx i know not how to wish
|
|
a pair of worthier sonsx
|
|
|
|
belariusx
|
|
be pleasxd awhilex
|
|
this gentlemanx whom i call polydorex
|
|
most worthy princex as yoursx is true guideriusx
|
|
this gentlemanx my cadwalx arviragusx
|
|
your younger princely sonx hex sirx was lappxd
|
|
in a most curious mantlex wrought by thx hand
|
|
of his queen motherx which for more probation
|
|
i can with ease producex
|
|
|
|
cymbelinex
|
|
guiderius had
|
|
upon his neck a molex a sanguine starx
|
|
it was a mark of wonderx
|
|
|
|
belariusx
|
|
this is hex
|
|
who hath upon him still that natural stampx
|
|
it was wise naturexs end in the donationx
|
|
to be his evidence nowx
|
|
|
|
cymbelinex
|
|
ox what am ix
|
|
a mother to the birth of threex nexer mother
|
|
rejoicxd deliverance morex blest pray you bex
|
|
thatx after this strange starting from your orbsx
|
|
you may reign in them nowx o imogenx
|
|
thou hast lost by this a kingdomx
|
|
|
|
imogenx
|
|
nox my lordx
|
|
i have got two worlds byxtx o my gentle brothersx
|
|
have we thus metx ox never say hereafter
|
|
but i am truest speakerx you callxd me brotherx
|
|
when i was but your sisterx i you brothersx
|
|
when we were so indeedx
|
|
|
|
cymbelinex
|
|
did you exer meetx
|
|
|
|
arviragusx
|
|
ayx my good lordx
|
|
|
|
guideriusx
|
|
and at first meeting lovxdx
|
|
continuxd so until we thought he diedx
|
|
|
|
corneliusx
|
|
by the queenxs dram she swallowxdx
|
|
|
|
cymbelinex
|
|
o rare instinctx
|
|
when shall i hear all throughx this fierce abridgement
|
|
hath to it circumstantial branchesx which
|
|
distinction should be rich inx wherex how livxd youx
|
|
and when came you to serve our roman captivex
|
|
how parted with your brothersx how first met themx
|
|
why fled you from the courtx and whitherx thesex
|
|
and your three motives to the battlex with
|
|
i know not how much morex should be demandedx
|
|
and all the other byxdependancesx
|
|
from chance to chancex but nor the time nor place
|
|
will serve our long interrogatoriesx seex
|
|
posthumus anchors upon imogenx
|
|
and shex like harmless lightningx throws her eye
|
|
on himx her brothersx mex her masterx hitting
|
|
each object with a joyx the counterchange
|
|
is severally in allx letxs quit this groundx
|
|
and smoke the temple with our sacrificesx
|
|
xxto belariusxxx thou art my brotherx so wexll hold thee everx
|
|
|
|
imogenx
|
|
you are my father toox and did relieve me
|
|
to see this gracious seasonx
|
|
|
|
cymbelinex
|
|
all oxerjoyxd
|
|
save these in bondsx let them be joyful toox
|
|
for they shall taste our comfortx
|
|
|
|
imogenx
|
|
my good masterx
|
|
i will yet do you servicex
|
|
|
|
luciusx
|
|
happy be youx
|
|
|
|
cymbelinex
|
|
the forlorn soldierx that so nobly foughtx
|
|
he would have well becomxd this place and gracxd
|
|
the thankings of a kingx
|
|
|
|
posthumusx
|
|
i amx sirx
|
|
the soldier that did company these three
|
|
in poor beseemingx xtwas a fitment for
|
|
the purpose i then followxdx that i was hex
|
|
speakx iachimox i had you downx and might
|
|
have made you finishx
|
|
|
|
iachimox
|
|
xxkneelingxxx i am down againx
|
|
but now my heavy conscience sinks my kneex
|
|
as then your force didx take that lifex beseech youx
|
|
which i so often owex but your ring firstx
|
|
and here the bracelet of the truest princess
|
|
that ever swore her faithx
|
|
|
|
posthumusx
|
|
kneel not to mex
|
|
the powxr that i have on you is to spare youx
|
|
the malice towards you to forgive youx livex
|
|
and deal with others betterx
|
|
|
|
cymbelinex
|
|
nobly doomxdx
|
|
wexll learn our freeness of a sonxinxlawx
|
|
pardonxs the word to allx
|
|
|
|
arviragusx
|
|
you holp usx sirx
|
|
as you did mean indeed to be our brotherx
|
|
joyxd are we that you arex
|
|
|
|
posthumusx
|
|
your servantx princesx good my lord of romex
|
|
call forth your soothsayerx as i sleptx methought
|
|
great jupiterx upon his eagle backxdx
|
|
appearxd to mex with other spritely shows
|
|
of mine own kindredx when i wakxdx i found
|
|
this label on my bosomx whose containing
|
|
is so from sense in hardness that i can
|
|
make no collection of itx let him show
|
|
his skill in the constructionx
|
|
|
|
luciusx
|
|
philarmonusx
|
|
|
|
soothsayerx
|
|
herex my good lordx
|
|
|
|
luciusx
|
|
readx and declare the meaningx
|
|
|
|
soothsayerx
|
|
xxreadsxxx xwhen as a lionxs whelp shallx to himself unknownx without
|
|
seeking findx and be embracxd by a piece of tender airx and when from a
|
|
stately cedar shall be loppxd branches whichx being dead many yearsx
|
|
shall after revivex be jointed to the old stockx and freshly growx then
|
|
shall posthumus end his miseriesx britain be fortunate and flourish in
|
|
peace and plentyxx
|
|
thoux leonatusx art the lionxs whelpx
|
|
the fit and apt construction of thy namex
|
|
being leoxnatusx doth import so muchx
|
|
xxto cymbelinexx the piece of tender airx thy virtuous daughterx
|
|
which we call xmollis aerxx and xmollis aerx
|
|
we term it xmulierxx which xmulierx i divine
|
|
is this most constant wifex who even now
|
|
answering the letter of the oraclex
|
|
unknown to youx unsoughtx were clippxd about
|
|
with this most tender airx
|
|
|
|
cymbelinex
|
|
this hath some seemingx
|
|
|
|
soothsayerx
|
|
the lofty cedarx royal cymbelinex
|
|
personates theex and thy loppxd branches point
|
|
thy two sons forthx whox by belarius stolxnx
|
|
for many years thought deadx are now revivxdx
|
|
to the majestic cedar joinxdx whose issue
|
|
promises britain peace and plentyx
|
|
|
|
cymbelinex
|
|
wellx
|
|
my peace we will beginx andx caius luciusx
|
|
although the victorx we submit to cxsar
|
|
and to the roman empirex promising
|
|
to pay our wonted tributex from the which
|
|
we were dissuaded by our wicked queenx
|
|
whom heavens in justicex both on her and hersx
|
|
have laid most heavy handx
|
|
|
|
soothsayerx
|
|
the fingers of the powxrs above do tune
|
|
the harmony of this peacex the vision
|
|
which i made known to lucius ere the stroke
|
|
of yet this scarcexcold battlex at this instant
|
|
is full accomplishxdx for the roman eaglex
|
|
from south to west on wing soaring aloftx
|
|
lessenxd herself and in the beams ox thx sun
|
|
so vanishxdx which foreshowxd our princely eaglex
|
|
thx imperial cxsarx cxsarx should again unite
|
|
his favour with the radiant cymbelinex
|
|
which shines here in the westx
|
|
|
|
cymbelinex
|
|
laud we the godsx
|
|
and let our crooked smokes climb to their nostrils
|
|
from our blessxd altarsx publish we this peace
|
|
to all our subjectsx set we forwardx let
|
|
a roman and a british ensign wave
|
|
friendly togetherx so through ludxs town marchx
|
|
and in the temple of great jupiter
|
|
our peace wexll ratifyx seal it with feastsx
|
|
set on therex never was a war did ceasex
|
|
ere bloody hands were washxdx with such a peacex
|
|
|
|
xxexeuntxxx
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|
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|
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|
the tragedy of hamletx prince of denmark
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contents
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act i
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|
scene ix elsinorex a platform before the castlex
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|
scene iix elsinorex a room of state in the castle
|
|
scene iiix a room in poloniusxs housex
|
|
scene ivx the platformx
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|
scene vx a more remote part of the castlex
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|
act ii
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|
scene ix a room in poloniusxs housex
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scene iix a room in the castlex
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|
act iii
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scene ix a room in the castlex
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|
scene iix a hall in the castlex
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scene iiix a room in the castlex
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|
scene ivx another room in the castlex
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|
act iv
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scene ix a room in the castlex
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|
scene iix another room in the castlex
|
|
scene iiix another room in the castlex
|
|
scene ivx a plain in denmarkx
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|
scene vx elsinorex a room in the castlex
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|
scene vix another room in the castlex
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|
scene viix another room in the castlex
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act v
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scene ix a churchyardx
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scene iix a hall in the castlex
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dramatis personx
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hamletx prince of denmarkx
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claudiusx king of denmarkx hamletxs unclex
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the ghost of the late kingx hamletxs fatherx
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gertrudex the queenx hamletxs motherx now wife of claudiusx
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poloniusx lord chamberlainx
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laertesx son to poloniusx
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opheliax daughter to poloniusx
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horatiox friend to hamletx
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fortinbrasx prince of norwayx
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voltemandx courtierx
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corneliusx courtierx
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rosencrantzx courtierx
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guildensternx courtierx
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marcellusx officerx
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barnardox officerx
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franciscox a soldier
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osricx courtierx
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reynaldox servant to poloniusx
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playersx
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a gentlemanx courtierx
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a priestx
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two clownsx gravexdiggersx
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a captainx
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english ambassadorsx
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lordsx ladiesx officersx soldiersx sailorsx messengersx and attendantsx
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scenex elsinorex
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act i
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scene ix elsinorex a platform before the castlex
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enter francisco and barnardox two sentinelsx
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barnardox
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whoxs therex
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franciscox
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nayx answer mex stand and unfold yourselfx
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barnardox
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long live the kingx
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franciscox
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barnardox
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barnardox
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hex
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franciscox
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you come most carefully upon your hourx
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barnardox
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xtis now struck twelvex get thee to bedx franciscox
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franciscox
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for this relief much thanksx xtis bitter coldx
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and i am sick at heartx
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barnardox
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have you had quiet guardx
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franciscox
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not a mouse stirringx
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barnardox
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wellx good nightx
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if you do meet horatio and marcellusx
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the rivals of my watchx bid them make hastex
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enter horatio and marcellusx
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franciscox
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i think i hear themx standx hox who is therex
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horatiox
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friends to this groundx
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marcellusx
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and liegemen to the danex
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franciscox
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give you good nightx
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marcellusx
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ox farewellx honest soldierx who hath relievxd youx
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franciscox
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barnardo has my placex give you goodxnightx
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xxexitxxx
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marcellusx
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hollax barnardox
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barnardox
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sayx whatx is horatio therex
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horatiox
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a piece of himx
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barnardox
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welcomex horatiox welcomex good marcellusx
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marcellusx
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whatx has this thing appearxd again tonightx
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barnardox
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i have seen nothingx
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marcellusx
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horatio says xtis but our fantasyx
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and will not let belief take hold of him
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touching this dreaded sightx twice seen of usx
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therefore i have entreated him along
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with us to watch the minutes of this nightx
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that if again this apparition come
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he may approve our eyes and speak to itx
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horatiox
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tushx tushx xtwill not appearx
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barnardox
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sit down awhilex
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and let us once again assail your earsx
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that are so fortified against our storyx
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what we two nights have seenx
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horatiox
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wellx sit we downx
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and let us hear barnardo speak of thisx
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barnardox
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last night of allx
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when yond same star thatxs westward from the polex
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had made his course txillume that part of heaven
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where now it burnsx marcellus and myselfx
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the bell then beating onex
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marcellusx
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peacex break thee offx look where it comes againx
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enter ghostx
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barnardox
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in the same figurex like the king thatxs deadx
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marcellusx
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thou art a scholarx speak to itx horatiox
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barnardox
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looks it not like the kingx mark itx horatiox
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horatiox
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most likex it harrows me with fear and wonderx
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barnardo
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it would be spoke tox
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marcellusx
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question itx horatiox
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horatiox
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what art thou that usurpxst this time of nightx
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together with that fair and warlike form
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in which the majesty of buried denmark
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did sometimes marchx by heaven i charge thee speakx
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marcellusx
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it is offendedx
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barnardox
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seex it stalks awayx
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horatiox
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stayx speakx speakx i charge thee speakx
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xxexit ghostxxx
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marcellusx
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xtis gonex and will not answerx
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barnardox
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how nowx horatiox you tremble and look palex
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is not this something more than fantasyx
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what think you onxtx
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horatiox
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before my godx i might not this believe
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without the sensible and true avouch
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of mine own eyesx
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marcellusx
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is it not like the kingx
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horatiox
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as thou art to thyselfx
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such was the very armour he had on
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when he thxambitious norway combatedx
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so frownxd he oncex when in an angry parle
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he smote the sledded polacks on the icex
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xtis strangex
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marcellusx
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thus twice beforex and jump at this dead hourx
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with martial stalk hath he gone by our watchx
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horatiox
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in what particular thought to work i know notx
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but in the gross and scope of my opinionx
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this bodes some strange eruption to our statex
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marcellusx
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good nowx sit downx and tell mex he that knowsx
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why this same strict and most observant watch
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so nightly toils the subject of the landx
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and why such daily cast of brazen cannon
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and foreign mart for implements of warx
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why such impress of shipwrightsx whose sore task
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does not divide the sunday from the weekx
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what might be towardx that this sweaty haste
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doth make the night jointxlabourer with the dayx
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who isxt that can inform mex
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horatiox
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that can ix
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at leastx the whisper goes sox our last kingx
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whose image even but now appearxd to usx
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wasx as you knowx by fortinbras of norwayx
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thereto prickxd on by a most emulate pridex
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darxd to the combatx in which our valiant hamletx
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for so this side of our known world esteemxd himx
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did slay this fortinbrasx who by a sealxd compactx
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well ratified by law and heraldryx
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did forfeitx with his lifex all those his lands
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which he stood seizxd ofx to the conquerorx
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against the whichx a moiety competent
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was gaged by our kingx which had returnxd
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to the inheritance of fortinbrasx
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had he been vanquisherx as by the same covxnant
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and carriage of the article designxdx
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his fell to hamletx nowx sirx young fortinbrasx
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of unimproved mettlex hot and fullx
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hath in the skirts of norwayx here and therex
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sharkxd up a list of lawless resolutesx
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for food and dietx to some enterprise
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that hath a stomach inxtx which is no otherx
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as it doth well appear unto our statex
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but to recover of us by strong hand
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and terms compulsatoryx those foresaid lands
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so by his father lostx and thisx i take itx
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is the main motive of our preparationsx
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the source of this our watchx and the chief head
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of this postxhaste and rummage in the landx
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barnardox
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i think it be no other but exen sox
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well may it sort that this portentous figure
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comes armed through our watch so like the king
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that was and is the question of these warsx
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horatiox
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a mote it is to trouble the mindxs eyex
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in the most high and palmy state of romex
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a little ere the mightiest julius fellx
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the graves stood tenantless and the sheeted dead
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did squeak and gibber in the roman streetsx
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as stars with trains of fire and dews of bloodx
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disasters in the sunx and the moist starx
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upon whose influence neptunexs empire standsx
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was sick almost to doomsday with eclipsex
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and even the like precurse of fierce eventsx
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as harbingers preceding still the fates
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and prologue to the omen coming onx
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have heaven and earth together demonstrated
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unto our climatures and countrymenx
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rexenter ghostx
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butx softx beholdx lox where it comes againx
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ixll cross itx though it blast mex stayx illusionx
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if thou hast any soundx or use of voicex
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speak to mex
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if there be any good thing to be donex
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that may to thee do easex and grace to mex
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speak to mex
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if thou art privy to thy countryxs fatex
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whichx happilyx foreknowing may avoidx
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o speakx
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or if thou hast uphoarded in thy life
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extorted treasure in the womb of earthx
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for whichx they sayx you spirits oft walk in deathx
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speak of itx stayx and speakx
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xxthe cock crowsxxx
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stop itx marcellusx
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marcellusx
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shall i strike at it with my partisanx
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horatiox
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dox if it will not standx
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barnardox
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xtis herex
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horatiox
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xtis herex
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xxexit ghostxxx
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marcellusx
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xtis gonex
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we do it wrongx being so majesticalx
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to offer it the show of violencex
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for it is as the airx invulnerablex
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and our vain blows malicious mockeryx
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barnardox
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it was about to speakx when the cock crewx
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horatiox
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and then it startedx like a guilty thing
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upon a fearful summonsx i have heard
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the cockx that is the trumpet to the mornx
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doth with his lofty and shrillxsounding throat
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awake the god of dayx and at his warningx
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whether in sea or firex in earth or airx
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thxextravagant and erring spirit hies
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to his confinex and of the truth herein
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this present object made probationx
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marcellusx
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it faded on the crowing of the cockx
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some say that ever xgainst that season comes
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wherein our saviourxs birth is celebratedx
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the bird of dawning singeth all night longx
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and thenx they sayx no spirit dare stir abroadx
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the nights are wholesomex then no planets strikex
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no fairy takesx nor witch hath power to charmx
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so hallowxd and so gracious is the timex
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horatiox
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so have i heardx and do in part believe itx
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but lookx the morn in russet mantle cladx
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walks oxer the dew of yon high eastward hillx
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break we our watch upx and by my advicex
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let us impart what we have seen tonight
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unto young hamletx for upon my lifex
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this spiritx dumb to usx will speak to himx
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do you consent we shall acquaint him with itx
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as needful in our lovesx fitting our dutyx
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marcellusx
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letxs doxtx i prayx and i this morning know
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where we shall find him most convenientlyx
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene iix elsinorex a room of state in the castlex
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enter claudius king of denmarkx gertrude the queenx hamletx poloniusx
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laertesx voltemandx
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corneliusx lords and attendantx
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kingx
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though yet of hamlet our dear brotherxs death
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the memory be greenx and that it us befitted
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to bear our hearts in griefx and our whole kingdom
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to be contracted in one brow of woex
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yet so far hath discretion fought with nature
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that we with wisest sorrow think on himx
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together with remembrance of ourselvesx
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therefore our sometime sisterx now our queenx
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thximperial jointress to this warlike statex
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have wex as xtwere with a defeated joyx
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with one auspicious and one dropping eyex
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with mirth in funeralx and with dirge in marriagex
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in equal scale weighing delight and dolex
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taken to wifex nor have we herein barrxd
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your better wisdomsx which have freely gone
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with this affair alongx for allx our thanksx
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now followsx that you know young fortinbrasx
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holding a weak supposal of our worthx
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or thinking by our late dear brotherxs death
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our state to be disjoint and out of framex
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colleagued with this dream of his advantagex
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he hath not failxd to pester us with messagex
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importing the surrender of those lands
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lost by his fatherx with all bonds of lawx
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to our most valiant brotherx so much for himx
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now for ourself and for this time of meetingx
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thus much the business isx we have here writ
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to norwayx uncle of young fortinbrasx
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whox impotent and bedxridx scarcely hears
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of this his nephewxs purposex to suppress
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his further gait hereinx in that the leviesx
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the listsx and full proportions are all made
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out of his subjectx and we here dispatch
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youx good corneliusx and youx voltemandx
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for bearers of this greeting to old norwayx
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giving to you no further personal power
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to business with the kingx more than the scope
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of these dilated articles allowx
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farewellx and let your haste commend your dutyx
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cornelius and voltemandx
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in thatx and all thingsx will we show our dutyx
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kingx
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we doubt it nothingx heartily farewellx
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xxexeunt voltemand and corneliusxxx
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and nowx laertesx whatxs the news with youx
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you told us of some suitx what isxtx laertesx
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you cannot speak of reason to the danex
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and lose your voicex what wouldst thou begx laertesx
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that shall not be my offerx not thy askingx
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the head is not more native to the heartx
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the hand more instrumental to the mouthx
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than is the throne of denmark to thy fatherx
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what wouldst thou havex laertesx
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laertesx
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dread my lordx
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your leave and favour to return to francex
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from whence though willingly i came to denmark
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to show my duty in your coronationx
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yet now i must confessx that duty donex
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my thoughts and wishes bend again toward francex
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and bow them to your gracious leave and pardonx
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kingx
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have you your fatherxs leavex what says poloniusx
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poloniusx
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he hathx my lordx wrung from me my slow leave
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by laboursome petitionx and at last
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upon his will i sealxd my hard consentx
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i do beseech you give him leave to gox
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kingx
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take thy fair hourx laertesx time be thinex
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and thy best graces spend it at thy willx
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but nowx my cousin hamletx and my sonx
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hamletx
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xxasidexxx a little more than kinx and less than kindx
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kingx
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how is it that the clouds still hang on youx
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hamletx
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not sox my lordx i am too much ix the sunx
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queenx
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good hamletx cast thy nighted colour offx
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and let thine eye look like a friend on denmarkx
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do not for ever with thy vailed lids
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seek for thy noble father in the dustx
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thou knowxst xtis commonx all that lives must diex
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passing through nature to eternityx
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hamletx
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ayx madamx it is commonx
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queenx
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if it bex
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why seems it so particular with theex
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hamletx
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seemsx madamx nayx it isx i know not seemsx
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xtis not alone my inky cloakx good motherx
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nor customary suits of solemn blackx
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nor windy suspiration of forcxd breathx
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nox nor the fruitful river in the eyex
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nor the dejected haviour of the visagex
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together with all formsx moodsx shows of griefx
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that can denote me trulyx these indeed seemx
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for they are actions that a man might playx
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but i have that within which passeth showx
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these but the trappings and the suits of woex
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kingx
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xtis sweet and commendable in your naturex hamletx
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to give these mourning duties to your fatherx
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but you must knowx your father lost a fatherx
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that father lostx lost hisx and the survivor bound
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in filial obligationx for some term
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to do obsequious sorrowx but to persevere
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in obstinate condolement is a course
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of impious stubbornnessx xtis unmanly griefx
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it shows a will most incorrect to heavenx
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a heart unfortifiedx a mind impatientx
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an understanding simple and unschoolxdx
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for what we know must bex and is as common
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as any the most vulgar thing to sensex
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why should we in our peevish opposition
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take it to heartx fiex xtis a fault to heavenx
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a fault against the deadx a fault to naturex
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to reason most absurdx whose common theme
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is death of fathersx and who still hath criedx
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from the first corse till he that died todayx
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xthis must be soxx we pray you throw to earth
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this unprevailing woex and think of us
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as of a fatherx for let the world take note
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you are the most immediate to our thronex
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and with no less nobility of love
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than that which dearest father bears his son
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do i impart toward youx for your intent
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in going back to school in wittenbergx
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it is most retrograde to our desirex
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and we beseech you bend you to remain
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here in the cheer and comfort of our eyex
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our chiefest courtierx cousinx and our sonx
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queenx
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let not thy mother lose her prayersx hamletx
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i pray thee stay with usx go not to wittenbergx
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hamletx
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i shall in all my best obey youx madamx
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kingx
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whyx xtis a loving and a fair replyx
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be as ourself in denmarkx madamx comex
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this gentle and unforcxd accord of hamlet
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sits smiling to my heartx in grace whereofx
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no jocund health that denmark drinks today
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but the great cannon to the clouds shall tellx
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and the kingxs rouse the heaven shall bruit againx
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rexspeaking earthly thunderx come awayx
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xxexeunt all but hamletxxx
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hamletx
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o that this too too solid flesh would meltx
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thawx and resolve itself into a dewx
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or that the everlasting had not fixxd
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his canon xgainst selfxslaughterx o godx o godx
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how wearyx stalex flatx and unprofitable
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seem to me all the uses of this worldx
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fie onxtx oh fiex xtis an unweeded garden
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that grows to seedx things rank and gross in nature
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possess it merelyx that it should come to thisx
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but two months deadxnayx not so muchx not twox
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so excellent a kingx that was to this
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hyperion to a satyrx so loving to my motherx
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that he might not beteem the winds of heaven
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visit her face too roughlyx heaven and earthx
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must i rememberx whyx she would hang on him
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as if increase of appetite had grown
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by what it fed onx and yetx within a monthx
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let me not think onxtxfrailtyx thy name is womanx
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a little monthx or ere those shoes were old
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with which she followed my poor fatherxs body
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like niobex all tearsxxwhy shex even shex
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o godx a beast that wants discourse of reason
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would have mournxd longerxxmarried with mine unclex
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my fatherxs brotherx but no more like my father
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than i to herculesx within a monthx
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ere yet the salt of most unrighteous tears
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had left the flushing in her galled eyesx
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she marriedx o most wicked speedx to post
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with such dexterity to incestuous sheetsx
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it is notx nor it cannot come to goodx
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but break my heartx for i must hold my tonguex
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enter horatiox marcellus and barnardox
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horatiox
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hail to your lordshipx
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hamletx
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i am glad to see you wellx
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horatiox or i do forget myselfx
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horatiox
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the samex my lordx
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and your poor servant everx
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hamletx
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sirx my good friendx
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ixll change that name with youx
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and what make you from wittenbergx horatioxx
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marcellusx
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marcellusx
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my good lordx
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hamletx
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i am very glad to see youxxgood evenx sirxx
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but whatx in faithx make you from wittenbergx
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horatiox
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a truant dispositionx good my lordx
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hamletx
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i would not hear your enemy say sox
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nor shall you do my ear that violencex
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to make it truster of your own report
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against yourselfx i know you are no truantx
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but what is your affair in elsinorex
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wexll teach you to drink deep ere you departx
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horatiox
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my lordx i came to see your fatherxs funeralx
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hamletx
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i prithee do not mock mex fellowxstudentx
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i think it was to see my motherxs weddingx
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horatiox
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indeedx my lordx it followxd hard uponx
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hamletx
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thriftx thriftx horatiox the funeral bakxd meats
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did coldly furnish forth the marriage tablesx
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would i had met my dearest foe in heaven
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or ever i had seen that dayx horatiox
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my fatherxxmethinks i see my fatherx
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horatiox
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wherex my lordx
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hamletx
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in my mindxs eyex horatiox
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horatiox
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i saw him oncex he was a goodly kingx
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hamletx
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he was a manx take him for all in allx
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i shall not look upon his like againx
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horatiox
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my lordx i think i saw him yesternightx
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hamletx
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sawx whox
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horatiox
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my lordx the king your fatherx
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hamletx
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the king my fatherx
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horatiox
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season your admiration for a while
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with an attent earx till i may deliver
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upon the witness of these gentlemen
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this marvel to youx
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hamletx
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for godxs love let me hearx
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horatiox
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two nights together had these gentlemenx
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marcellus and barnardox on their watch
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in the dead waste and middle of the nightx
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been thus encounterxdx a figure like your fatherx
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armed at point exactlyx capxxxpiex
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appears before themx and with solemn march
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goes slow and stately by themx thrice he walkxd
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by their oppressxd and fearxsurprised eyesx
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within his truncheonxs lengthx whilst theyx distillxd
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almost to jelly with the act of fearx
|
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stand dumbx and speak not to himx this to me
|
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in dreadful secrecy impart they didx
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and i with them the third night kept the watchx
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wherex as they had deliverxdx both in timex
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form of the thingx each word made true and goodx
|
|
the apparition comesx i knew your fatherx
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these hands are not more likex
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hamletx
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but where was thisx
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marcellusx
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my lordx upon the platform where we watchx
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hamletx
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did you not speak to itx
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horatiox
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my lordx i didx
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but answer made it nonex yet once methought
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it lifted up it headx and did address
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itself to motionx like as it would speakx
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but even then the morning cock crew loudx
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and at the sound it shrunk in haste awayx
|
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and vanishxd from our sightx
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hamletx
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xtis very strangex
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horatiox
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as i do livex my honourxd lordx xtis truex
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and we did think it writ down in our duty
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to let you know of itx
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hamletx
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indeedx indeedx sirsx but this troubles mex
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hold you the watch tonightx
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marx and barnardox
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we dox my lordx
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hamletx
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armxdx say youx
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bothx
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armxdx my lordx
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hamletx
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from top to toex
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bothx
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my lordx from head to footx
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hamletx
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then saw you not his facex
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horatiox
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o yesx my lordx he wore his beaver upx
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hamletx
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whatx lookxd he frowninglyx
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horatiox
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a countenance more in sorrow than in angerx
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hamletx
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palex or redx
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horatiox
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nayx very palex
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hamletx
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and fixxd his eyes upon youx
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horatiox
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most constantlyx
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hamletx
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i would i had been therex
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horatiox
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it would have much amazxd youx
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hamletx
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very likex very likex stayxd it longx
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horatiox
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while one with moderate haste might tell a hundredx
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marcellus and barnardox
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longerx longerx
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horatiox
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not when i sawxtx
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hamletx
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his beard was grizzledx nox
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horatiox
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|
it wasx as i have seen it in his lifex
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|
a sable silverxdx
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hamletx
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i will watch tonightx
|
|
perchance xtwill walk againx
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horatiox
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i warrant you it willx
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hamletx
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if it assume my noble fatherxs personx
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ixll speak to itx though hell itself should gape
|
|
and bid me hold my peacex i pray you allx
|
|
if you have hitherto concealxd this sightx
|
|
let it be tenable in your silence stillx
|
|
and whatsoever else shall hap tonightx
|
|
give it an understandingx but no tonguex
|
|
i will requite your lovesx sox fare ye wellx
|
|
upon the platform xtwixt eleven and twelvex
|
|
ixll visit youx
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|
allx
|
|
our duty to your honourx
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hamletx
|
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your lovesx as mine to youx farewellx
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|
xxexeunt horatiox marcellus and barnardoxxx
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|
|
my fatherxs spirit in armsx all is not wellx
|
|
i doubt some foul playx would the night were comex
|
|
till then sit stillx my soulx foul deeds will risex
|
|
though all the earth oxerwhelm themx to menxs eyesx
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xxexitxxx
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|
scene iiix a room in poloniusxs housex
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|
enter laertes and opheliax
|
|
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|
laertesx
|
|
my necessaries are embarkxdx farewellx
|
|
andx sisterx as the winds give benefit
|
|
and convoy is assistantx do not sleepx
|
|
but let me hear from youx
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|
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|
opheliax
|
|
do you doubt thatx
|
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|
|
laertesx
|
|
for hamletx and the trifling of his favourx
|
|
hold it a fashion and a toy in bloodx
|
|
a violet in the youth of primy naturex
|
|
forwardx not permanentx sweetx not lastingx
|
|
the perfume and suppliance of a minutex
|
|
no morex
|
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|
|
opheliax
|
|
no more but sox
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|
laertesx
|
|
think it no morex
|
|
for nature crescent does not grow alone
|
|
in thews and bulkx but as this temple waxesx
|
|
the inward service of the mind and soul
|
|
grows wide withalx perhaps he loves you nowx
|
|
and now no soil nor cautel doth besmirch
|
|
the virtue of his willx but you must fearx
|
|
his greatness weighxdx his will is not his ownx
|
|
for he himself is subject to his birthx
|
|
he may notx as unvaluxd persons dox
|
|
carve for himselfx for on his choice depends
|
|
the sanctity and health of this whole statex
|
|
and therefore must his choice be circumscribxd
|
|
unto the voice and yielding of that body
|
|
whereof he is the headx then if he says he loves youx
|
|
it fits your wisdom so far to believe it
|
|
as he in his particular act and place
|
|
may give his saying deedx which is no further
|
|
than the main voice of denmark goes withalx
|
|
then weigh what loss your honour may sustain
|
|
if with too credent ear you list his songsx
|
|
or lose your heartx or your chaste treasure open
|
|
to his unmasterxd importunityx
|
|
fear itx opheliax fear itx my dear sisterx
|
|
and keep you in the rear of your affectionx
|
|
out of the shot and danger of desirex
|
|
the chariest maid is prodigal enough
|
|
if she unmask her beauty to the moonx
|
|
virtue itself scopes not calumnious strokesx
|
|
the canker galls the infants of the spring
|
|
too oft before their buttons be disclosxdx
|
|
and in the morn and liquid dew of youth
|
|
contagious blastments are most imminentx
|
|
be wary thenx best safety lies in fearx
|
|
youth to itself rebelsx though none else nearx
|
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|
opheliax
|
|
i shall thxeffect of this good lesson keep
|
|
as watchman to my heartx but good my brotherx
|
|
do not as some ungracious pastors dox
|
|
show me the steep and thorny way to heavenx
|
|
whilst like a puffxd and reckless libertine
|
|
himself the primrose path of dalliance treadsx
|
|
and recks not his own redex
|
|
|
|
laertesx
|
|
ox fear me notx
|
|
i stay too longx but here my father comesx
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|
enter poloniusx
|
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|
|
a double blessing is a double gracex
|
|
occasion smiles upon a second leavex
|
|
|
|
poloniusx
|
|
yet herex laertesx aboardx aboardx for shamex
|
|
the wind sits in the shoulder of your sailx
|
|
and you are stayxd forx therex my blessing with youx
|
|
|
|
xxlaying his hand on laertesxs headxxx
|
|
|
|
and these few precepts in thy memory
|
|
look thou characterx give thy thoughts no tonguex
|
|
nor any unproportionxd thought his actx
|
|
be thou familiarx but by no means vulgarx
|
|
those friends thou hastx and their adoption triedx
|
|
grapple them unto thy soul with hoops of steelx
|
|
but do not dull thy palm with entertainment
|
|
of each newxhatchxdx unfledgxd comradex beware
|
|
of entrance to a quarrelx but being inx
|
|
bearxt that thxopposed may beware of theex
|
|
give every man thine earx but few thy voicex
|
|
take each manxs censurex but reserve thy judgmentx
|
|
costly thy habit as thy purse can buyx
|
|
but not expressxd in fancyx richx not gaudyx
|
|
for the apparel oft proclaims the manx
|
|
and they in france of the best rank and station
|
|
are of a most select and generous chief in thatx
|
|
neither a borrower nor a lender bex
|
|
for loan oft loses both itself and friendx
|
|
and borrowing dulls the edge of husbandryx
|
|
this above allx to thine own self be truex
|
|
and it must followx as the night the dayx
|
|
thou canst not then be false to any manx
|
|
farewellx my blessing season this in theex
|
|
|
|
laertesx
|
|
most humbly do i take my leavex my lordx
|
|
|
|
poloniusx
|
|
the time invites youx gox your servants tendx
|
|
|
|
laertesx
|
|
farewellx opheliax and remember well
|
|
what i have said to youx
|
|
|
|
opheliax
|
|
xtis in my memory lockxdx
|
|
and you yourself shall keep the key of itx
|
|
|
|
laertesx
|
|
farewellx
|
|
|
|
xxexitxxx
|
|
|
|
poloniusx
|
|
what isxtx opheliax he hath said to youx
|
|
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|
opheliax
|
|
so please youx something touching the lord hamletx
|
|
|
|
poloniusx
|
|
marryx well bethoughtx
|
|
xtis told me he hath very oft of late
|
|
given private time to youx and you yourself
|
|
have of your audience been most free and bounteousx
|
|
if it be soxxas so xtis put on mex
|
|
and that in way of cautionxxi must tell you
|
|
you do not understand yourself so clearly
|
|
as it behoves my daughter and your honourx
|
|
what is between youx give me up the truthx
|
|
|
|
opheliax
|
|
he hathx my lordx of late made many tenders
|
|
of his affection to mex
|
|
|
|
poloniusx
|
|
affectionx poohx you speak like a green girlx
|
|
unsifted in such perilous circumstancex
|
|
do you believe his tendersx as you call themx
|
|
|
|
opheliax
|
|
i do not knowx my lordx what i should thinkx
|
|
|
|
poloniusx
|
|
marryx ixll teach youx think yourself a babyx
|
|
that you have taxen these tenders for true payx
|
|
which are not sterlingx tender yourself more dearlyx
|
|
orxxnot to crack the wind of the poor phrasex
|
|
roaming it thusxxyouxll tender me a foolx
|
|
|
|
opheliax
|
|
my lordx he hath importunxd me with love
|
|
in honourable fashionx
|
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|
|
poloniusx
|
|
ayx fashion you may call itx go tox go tox
|
|
|
|
opheliax
|
|
and hath given countenance to his speechx my lordx
|
|
with almost all the holy vows of heavenx
|
|
|
|
poloniusx
|
|
ayx springes to catch woodcocksx i do knowx
|
|
when the blood burnsx how prodigal the soul
|
|
lends the tongue vowsx these blazesx daughterx
|
|
giving more light than heatx extinct in bothx
|
|
even in their promisex as it is axmakingx
|
|
you must not take for firex from this time
|
|
be something scanter of your maiden presencex
|
|
set your entreatments at a higher rate
|
|
than a command to parleyx for lord hamletx
|
|
believe so much in him that he is youngx
|
|
and with a larger tether may he walk
|
|
than may be given youx in fewx opheliax
|
|
do not believe his vowsx for they are brokersx
|
|
not of that dye which their investments showx
|
|
but mere implorators of unholy suitsx
|
|
breathing like sanctified and pious bawdsx
|
|
the better to beguilex this is for allx
|
|
i would notx in plain termsx from this time forth
|
|
have you so slander any moment leisure
|
|
as to give words or talk with the lord hamletx
|
|
look toxtx i charge youx come your waysx
|
|
|
|
opheliax
|
|
i shall obeyx my lordx
|
|
|
|
xxexeuntxxx
|
|
|
|
scene ivx the platformx
|
|
|
|
enter hamletx horatio and marcellusx
|
|
|
|
hamletx
|
|
the air bites shrewdlyx it is very coldx
|
|
|
|
horatiox
|
|
it is a nipping and an eager airx
|
|
|
|
hamletx
|
|
what hour nowx
|
|
|
|
horatiox
|
|
i think it lacks of twelvex
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|
|
|
marcellusx
|
|
nox it is struckx
|
|
|
|
horatiox
|
|
indeedx i heard it notx it then draws near the season
|
|
wherein the spirit held his wont to walkx
|
|
|
|
xxa flourish of trumpetsx and ordnance shot off withinxxx
|
|
|
|
what does this meanx my lordx
|
|
|
|
hamletx
|
|
the king doth wake tonight and takes his rousex
|
|
keeps wassailx and the swaggering upspring reelsx
|
|
and as he drains his draughts of rhenish downx
|
|
the kettlexdrum and trumpet thus bray out
|
|
the triumph of his pledgex
|
|
|
|
horatiox
|
|
is it a customx
|
|
|
|
hamletx
|
|
ay marry isxtx
|
|
and to my mindx though i am native herex
|
|
and to the manner bornx it is a custom
|
|
more honourxd in the breach than the observancex
|
|
this heavyxheaded revel east and west
|
|
makes us traducxd and taxxd of other nationsx
|
|
they clepe us drunkardsx and with swinish phrase
|
|
soil our additionx and indeed it takes
|
|
from our achievementsx though performxd at heightx
|
|
the pith and marrow of our attributex
|
|
so oft it chances in particular men
|
|
that for some vicious mole of nature in themx
|
|
as in their birthx wherein they are not guiltyx
|
|
since nature cannot choose his originx
|
|
by their oxergrowth of some complexionx
|
|
oft breaking down the pales and forts of reasonx
|
|
or by some habitx that too much oxerleavens
|
|
the form of plausive mannersxxthat these menx
|
|
carryingx i sayx the stamp of one defectx
|
|
being naturexs livery or fortunexs starxx
|
|
his virtues elsexxbe they as pure as gracex
|
|
as infinite as man may undergox
|
|
shall in the general censure take corruption
|
|
from that particular faultx the dram of evil
|
|
doth all the noble substance often doubt
|
|
to his own scandalx
|
|
|
|
horatiox
|
|
lookx my lordx it comesx
|
|
|
|
enter ghostx
|
|
|
|
hamletx
|
|
angels and ministers of grace defend usx
|
|
be thou a spirit of health or goblin damnxdx
|
|
bring with thee airs from heaven or blasts from hellx
|
|
be thy intents wicked or charitablex
|
|
thou comxst in such a questionable shape
|
|
that i will speak to theex ixll call thee hamletx
|
|
kingx fatherx royal danex ox answer mex
|
|
let me not burst in ignorancex but tell
|
|
why thy canonizxd bonesx hearsed in deathx
|
|
have burst their cerementsx why the sepulchrex
|
|
wherein we saw thee quietly inurnxdx
|
|
hath opxd his ponderous and marble jaws
|
|
to cast thee up againx what may this meanx
|
|
that thoux dead corsex again in complete steelx
|
|
revisitxst thus the glimpses of the moonx
|
|
making night hideousx and we fools of nature
|
|
so horridly to shake our disposition
|
|
with thoughts beyond the reaches of our soulsx
|
|
sayx why is thisx whereforex what should we dox
|
|
|
|
xxghost beckons hamletxxx
|
|
|
|
horatiox
|
|
it beckons you to go away with itx
|
|
as if it some impartment did desire
|
|
to you alonex
|
|
|
|
marcellusx
|
|
look with what courteous action
|
|
it waves you to a more removed groundx
|
|
but do not go with itx
|
|
|
|
horatiox
|
|
nox by no meansx
|
|
|
|
hamletx
|
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it will not speakx then will i follow itx
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horatiox
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do notx my lordx
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hamletx
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whyx what should be the fearx
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i do not set my life at a pinxs feex
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and for my soulx what can it do to thatx
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being a thing immortal as itselfx
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it waves me forth againx ixll follow itx
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horatiox
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what if it tempt you toward the floodx my lordx
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or to the dreadful summit of the cliff
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that beetles oxer his base into the seax
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and there assume some other horrible form
|
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which might deprive your sovereignty of reasonx
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and draw you into madnessx think of itx
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the very place puts toys of desperationx
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without more motivex into every brain
|
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that looks so many fadoms to the sea
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and hears it roar beneathx
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hamletx
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it waves me stillx
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go onx ixll follow theex
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marcellusx
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you shall not gox my lordx
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hamletx
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hold off your handsx
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horatiox
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be rulxdx you shall not gox
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hamletx
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my fate cries outx
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and makes each petty artery in this body
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as hardy as the nemean lionxs nervex
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xxghost beckonsxxx
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still am i callxdx unhand mex gentlemenx
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xxbreaking free from themxxx
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by heavenx ixll make a ghost of him that lets mex
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i sayx awayxxgo onx ixll follow theex
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xxexeunt ghost and hamletxxx
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horatiox
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he waxes desperate with imaginationx
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marcellusx
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letxs followx xtis not fit thus to obey himx
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horatiox
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have afterx to what issue will this comex
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marcellusx
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something is rotten in the state of denmarkx
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horatiox
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heaven will direct itx
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marcellusx
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nayx letxs follow himx
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene vx a more remote part of the castlex
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enter ghost and hamletx
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hamletx
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whither wilt thou lead mex speakx ixll go no furtherx
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ghostx
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mark mex
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hamletx
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i willx
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ghostx
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my hour is almost comex
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when i to sulphxrous and tormenting flames
|
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must render up myselfx
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hamletx
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alasx poor ghostx
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ghostx
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pity me notx but lend thy serious hearing
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to what i shall unfoldx
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hamletx
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speakx i am bound to hearx
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ghostx
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so art thou to revengex when thou shalt hearx
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hamletx
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whatx
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ghostx
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i am thy fatherxs spiritx
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doomxd for a certain term to walk the nightx
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and for the day confinxd to fast in firesx
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till the foul crimes done in my days of nature
|
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are burnt and purgxd awayx but that i am forbid
|
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to tell the secrets of my prisonxhousex
|
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i could a tale unfold whose lightest word
|
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would harrow up thy soulx freeze thy young bloodx
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make thy two eyes like stars start from their spheresx
|
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thy knotted and combined locks to partx
|
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and each particular hair to stand on end
|
|
like quills upon the fretful porcupinex
|
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but this eternal blazon must not be
|
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to ears of flesh and bloodx listx listx ox listx
|
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if thou didst ever thy dear father lovex
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hamletx
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o godx
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ghostx
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revenge his foul and most unnatural murderx
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hamletx
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murderx
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ghostx
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murder most foulx as in the best it isx
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but this most foulx strangex and unnaturalx
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hamletx
|
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haste me to knowxtx that ix with wings as swift
|
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as meditation or the thoughts of love
|
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may sweep to my revengex
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ghostx
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i find thee aptx
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and duller shouldst thou be than the fat weed
|
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that rots itself in ease on lethe wharfx
|
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wouldst thou not stir in thisx nowx hamletx hearx
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xtis given out thatx sleeping in my orchardx
|
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a serpent stung mex so the whole ear of denmark
|
|
is by a forged process of my death
|
|
rankly abusxdx but knowx thou noble youthx
|
|
the serpent that did sting thy fatherxs life
|
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now wears his crownx
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hamletx
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o my prophetic soulx
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mine unclex
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ghostx
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ayx that incestuousx that adulterate beastx
|
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with witchcraft of his witx with traitorous giftsxx
|
|
o wicked witx and giftsx that have the power
|
|
so to seducexxwon to his shameful lust
|
|
the will of my most seemingxvirtuous queenx
|
|
o hamletx what a falling off was therex
|
|
from mex whose love was of that dignity
|
|
that it went hand in hand even with the vow
|
|
i made to her in marriagex and to decline
|
|
upon a wretch whose natural gifts were poor
|
|
to those of minex but virtuex as it never will be movxdx
|
|
though lewdness court it in a shape of heavenx
|
|
so lustx though to a radiant angel linkxdx
|
|
will sate itself in a celestial bed
|
|
and prey on garbagex
|
|
but softx methinks i scent the morning airx
|
|
brief let me bex sleeping within my orchardx
|
|
my custom always of the afternoonx
|
|
upon my secure hour thy uncle stole
|
|
with juice of cursed hebenon in a vialx
|
|
and in the porches of my ears did pour
|
|
the leperous distilmentx whose effect
|
|
holds such an enmity with blood of man
|
|
that swift as quicksilver it courses through
|
|
the natural gates and alleys of the bodyx
|
|
and with a sudden vigour it doth posset
|
|
and curdx like eager droppings into milkx
|
|
the thin and wholesome bloodx so did it minex
|
|
and a most instant tetter barkxd aboutx
|
|
most lazarxlikex with vile and loathsome crust
|
|
all my smooth bodyx
|
|
thus was ix sleepingx by a brotherxs handx
|
|
of lifex of crownx of queen at once dispatchxdx
|
|
cut off even in the blossoms of my sinx
|
|
unhousxledx disappointedx unanelxdx
|
|
no reckoning madex but sent to my account
|
|
with all my imperfections on my headx
|
|
o horriblex o horriblex most horriblex
|
|
if thou hast nature in theex bear it notx
|
|
let not the royal bed of denmark be
|
|
a couch for luxury and damned incestx
|
|
but howsoever thou pursuxst this actx
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|
taint not thy mindx nor let thy soul contrive
|
|
against thy mother aughtx leave her to heavenx
|
|
and to those thorns that in her bosom lodgex
|
|
to prick and sting herx fare thee well at oncex
|
|
the glowxworm shows the matin to be nearx
|
|
and xgins to pale his uneffectual firex
|
|
adieux adieux adieux hamletx remember mex
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xxexitxxx
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hamletx
|
|
o all you host of heavenx o earthx what elsex
|
|
and shall i couple hellx ox fiex holdx my heartx
|
|
and youx my sinewsx grow not instant oldx
|
|
but bear me stiffly upx remember theex
|
|
ayx thou poor ghostx while memory holds a seat
|
|
in this distracted globex remember theex
|
|
yeax from the table of my memory
|
|
ixll wipe away all trivial fond recordsx
|
|
all saws of booksx all formsx all pressures pastx
|
|
that youth and observation copied therex
|
|
and thy commandment all alone shall live
|
|
within the book and volume of my brainx
|
|
unmixxd with baser matterx yesx by heavenx
|
|
o most pernicious womanx
|
|
o villainx villainx smiling damned villainx
|
|
my tablesx meet it is i set it downx
|
|
that one may smilex and smilex and be a villainx
|
|
at least i am sure it may be so in denmarkx
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|
xxwritingxxx
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|
sox unclex there you arex now to my wordx
|
|
it is xadieux adieux remember mexx
|
|
i have swornxtx
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|
|
|
horatio and marcellusx
|
|
xxwithinxxx my lordx my lordx
|
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|
marcellusx
|
|
xxwithinxxx lord hamletx
|
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|
horatiox
|
|
xxwithinxxx heaven secure himx
|
|
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|
hamletx
|
|
so be itx
|
|
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|
marcellusx
|
|
xxwithinxxx illox hox hox my lordx
|
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|
|
hamletx
|
|
hillox hox hox boyx comex birdx comex
|
|
|
|
enter horatio and marcellusx
|
|
|
|
marcellusx
|
|
how isxtx my noble lordx
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|
horatiox
|
|
what newsx my lordx
|
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|
|
hamletx
|
|
ox wonderfulx
|
|
|
|
horatiox
|
|
good my lordx tell itx
|
|
|
|
hamletx
|
|
nox youxll reveal itx
|
|
|
|
horatiox
|
|
not ix my lordx by heavenx
|
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|
|
marcellusx
|
|
nor ix my lordx
|
|
|
|
hamletx
|
|
how say you thenx would heart of man once think itxx
|
|
but youxll be secretx
|
|
|
|
horatio and marcellusx
|
|
ayx by heavenx my lordx
|
|
|
|
hamletx
|
|
therexs nexer a villain dwelling in all denmark
|
|
but hexs an arrant knavex
|
|
|
|
horatiox
|
|
there needs no ghostx my lordx come from the grave
|
|
to tell us thisx
|
|
|
|
hamletx
|
|
whyx rightx you are ix the rightx
|
|
and sox without more circumstance at allx
|
|
i hold it fit that we shake hands and partx
|
|
youx as your business and desires shall point youxx
|
|
for every man hath business and desirex
|
|
such as it isxxand for my own poor partx
|
|
look youx ixll go prayx
|
|
|
|
horatiox
|
|
these are but wild and whirling wordsx my lordx
|
|
|
|
hamletx
|
|
ixm sorry they offend youx heartilyx
|
|
yes faithx heartilyx
|
|
|
|
horatiox
|
|
therexs no offencex my lordx
|
|
|
|
hamletx
|
|
yesx by saint patrickx but there isx horatiox
|
|
and much offence toox touching this vision herex
|
|
it is an honest ghostx that let me tell youx
|
|
for your desire to know what is between usx
|
|
oxermasterxt as you mayx and nowx good friendsx
|
|
as you are friendsx scholarsx and soldiersx
|
|
give me one poor requestx
|
|
|
|
horatiox
|
|
what isxtx my lordx we willx
|
|
|
|
hamletx
|
|
never make known what you have seen tonightx
|
|
|
|
horatio and marcellusx
|
|
my lordx we will notx
|
|
|
|
hamletx
|
|
nayx but swearxtx
|
|
|
|
horatiox
|
|
in faithx my lordx not ix
|
|
|
|
marcellusx
|
|
nor ix my lordx in faithx
|
|
|
|
hamletx
|
|
upon my swordx
|
|
|
|
marcellusx
|
|
we have swornx my lordx alreadyx
|
|
|
|
hamletx
|
|
indeedx upon my swordx indeedx
|
|
|
|
ghostx
|
|
xxcries under the stagexxx swearx
|
|
|
|
hamletx
|
|
hax ha boyx sayxst thou sox art thou therex truepennyx
|
|
come onx you hear this fellow in the cellaragex
|
|
consent to swearx
|
|
|
|
horatiox
|
|
propose the oathx my lordx
|
|
|
|
hamletx
|
|
never to speak of this that you have seenx
|
|
swear by my swordx
|
|
|
|
ghostx
|
|
xxbeneathxxx swearx
|
|
|
|
hamletx
|
|
xhic et ubiquexx then wexll shift our groundx
|
|
come hitherx gentlemenx
|
|
and lay your hands again upon my swordx
|
|
never to speak of this that you have heardx
|
|
swear by my swordx
|
|
|
|
ghostx
|
|
xxbeneathxxx swearx
|
|
|
|
hamletx
|
|
well saidx old molex canst work ix thxearth so fastx
|
|
a worthy pionerx once more removex good friendsx
|
|
|
|
horatiox
|
|
o day and nightx but this is wondrous strangex
|
|
|
|
hamletx
|
|
and therefore as a stranger give it welcomex
|
|
there are more things in heaven and earthx horatiox
|
|
than are dreamt of in your philosophyx but comex
|
|
herex as beforex neverx so help you mercyx
|
|
how strange or odd soexer i bear myselfxx
|
|
as i perchance hereafter shall think meet
|
|
to put an antic disposition onx
|
|
that youx at such times seeing mex never shallx
|
|
with arms encumberxd thusx or this headxshakex
|
|
or by pronouncing of some doubtful phrasex
|
|
as xwellx we knowxx or xwe could and if we wouldxx
|
|
or xif we list to speakxx or xthere be and if they mightxx
|
|
or such ambiguous giving outx to note
|
|
that you know aught of mexxthis not to dox
|
|
so grace and mercy at your most need help youx
|
|
swearx
|
|
|
|
ghostx
|
|
xxbeneathxxx swearx
|
|
|
|
hamletx
|
|
restx restx perturbed spiritx sox gentlemenx
|
|
with all my love i do commend me to youx
|
|
and what so poor a man as hamlet is
|
|
may do txexpress his love and friending to youx
|
|
god willingx shall not lackx let us go in togetherx
|
|
and still your fingers on your lipsx i prayx
|
|
the time is out of jointx o cursed spitex
|
|
that ever i was born to set it rightx
|
|
nayx comex letxs go togetherx
|
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|
|
xxexeuntxxx
|
|
|
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|
act ii
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scene ix a room in poloniusxs housex
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enter polonius and reynaldox
|
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|
|
poloniusx
|
|
give him this money and these notesx reynaldox
|
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|
|
reynaldox
|
|
i willx my lordx
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|
|
poloniusx
|
|
you shall do marvellous wiselyx good reynaldox
|
|
before you visit himx to make inquiry
|
|
of his behaviourx
|
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|
reynaldox
|
|
my lordx i did intend itx
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|
|
poloniusx
|
|
marryx well saidx very well saidx look youx sirx
|
|
enquire me first what danskers are in parisx
|
|
and howx and whox what meansx and where they keepx
|
|
what companyx at what expensex and finding
|
|
by this encompassment and drift of questionx
|
|
that they do know my sonx come you more nearer
|
|
than your particular demands will touch itx
|
|
take you as xtwere some distant knowledge of himx
|
|
as thusx xi know his father and his friendsx
|
|
and in part himxxdo you mark thisx reynaldox
|
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reynaldox
|
|
ayx very wellx my lordx
|
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|
|
poloniusx
|
|
xand in part himx butxx you may sayx xnot wellx
|
|
but ifxt be he i meanx hexs very wildx
|
|
addicted so and soxx and there put on him
|
|
what forgeries you pleasex marryx none so rank
|
|
as may dishonour himx take heed of thatx
|
|
butx sirx such wantonx wildx and usual slips
|
|
as are companions noted and most known
|
|
to youth and libertyx
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|
reynaldox
|
|
as gamingx my lordx
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|
|
poloniusx
|
|
ayx or drinkingx fencingx swearingx
|
|
quarrellingx drabbingx you may go so farx
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reynaldox
|
|
my lordx that would dishonour himx
|
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|
poloniusx
|
|
faith nox as you may season it in the chargex
|
|
you must not put another scandal on himx
|
|
that he is open to incontinencyx
|
|
thatxs not my meaningx but breathe his faults so quaintly
|
|
that they may seem the taints of libertyx
|
|
the flash and outbreak of a fiery mindx
|
|
a savageness in unreclaimed bloodx
|
|
of general assaultx
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reynaldox
|
|
but my good lordx
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poloniusx
|
|
wherefore should you do thisx
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reynaldox
|
|
ayx my lordx i would know thatx
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|
poloniusx
|
|
marryx sirx herexs my driftx
|
|
and i believe it is a fetch of warrantx
|
|
you laying these slight sullies on my sonx
|
|
as xtwere a thing a little soilxd ix thx workingx
|
|
mark youx
|
|
your party in conversex him you would soundx
|
|
having ever seen in the prenominate crimes
|
|
the youth you breathe of guiltyx be assurxd
|
|
he closes with you in this consequencex
|
|
xgood sirxx or sox or xfriendxx or xgentlemanxx
|
|
according to the phrase or the addition
|
|
of man and countryx
|
|
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|
reynaldox
|
|
very goodx my lordx
|
|
|
|
poloniusx
|
|
and thenx sirx does he thisxx
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|
he doesxwhat was i about to sayx
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|
by the massx i was about to say somethingx where did i leavex
|
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reynaldox
|
|
at xcloses in the consequencexx
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|
at xfriend or soxx and xgentlemanxx
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|
|
poloniusx
|
|
at xcloses in the consequencex ayx marryx
|
|
he closes with you thusx xi know the gentlemanx
|
|
i saw him yesterdayx or txother dayx
|
|
or thenx or thenx with such and suchx andx as you sayx
|
|
there was he gamingx there oxertook inxs rousex
|
|
there falling out at tennisxx or perchancex
|
|
xi saw him enter such a house of salexx
|
|
xvidelicetxx a brothelx or so forthx see you nowx
|
|
your bait of falsehood takes this carp of truthx
|
|
and thus do we of wisdom and of reachx
|
|
with windlassesx and with assays of biasx
|
|
by indirections find directions outx
|
|
so by my former lecture and advice
|
|
shall you my sonx you have mex have you notx
|
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|
reynaldox
|
|
my lordx i havex
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|
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|
poloniusx
|
|
god bx wix youx fare you wellx
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|
reynaldox
|
|
good my lordx
|
|
|
|
poloniusx
|
|
observe his inclination in yourselfx
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|
reynaldox
|
|
i shallx my lordx
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|
poloniusx
|
|
and let him ply his musicx
|
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|
reynaldox
|
|
wellx my lordx
|
|
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|
poloniusx
|
|
farewellx
|
|
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|
xxexit reynaldoxxx
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|
|
enter opheliax
|
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|
|
how nowx opheliax whatxs the matterx
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opheliax
|
|
alasx my lordx i have been so affrightedx
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poloniusx
|
|
with whatx in the name of godx
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|
opheliax
|
|
my lordx as i was sewing in my chamberx
|
|
lord hamletx with his doublet all unbracxdx
|
|
no hat upon his headx his stockings foulxdx
|
|
ungartxredx and downxgyved to his anklex
|
|
pale as his shirtx his knees knocking each otherx
|
|
and with a look so piteous in purport
|
|
as if he had been loosed out of hell
|
|
to speak of horrorsx he comes before mex
|
|
|
|
poloniusx
|
|
mad for thy lovex
|
|
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|
opheliax
|
|
my lordx i do not knowx but truly i do fear itx
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poloniusx
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what said hex
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opheliax
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he took me by the wrist and held me hardx
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then goes he to the length of all his armx
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and with his other hand thus oxer his browx
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he falls to such perusal of my face
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as he would draw itx long stayxd he sox
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at lastxxa little shaking of mine armx
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and thrice his head thus waving up and downx
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he raisxd a sigh so piteous and profound
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as it did seem to shatter all his bulk
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and end his beingx that donex he lets me gox
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and with his head over his shoulder turnxd
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he seemxd to find his way without his eyesx
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for out ox doors he went without their helpx
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and to the last bended their light on mex
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poloniusx
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comex go with mex i will go seek the kingx
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this is the very ecstasy of lovex
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whose violent property fordoes itselfx
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and leads the will to desperate undertakingsx
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as oft as any passion under heaven
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that does afflict our naturesx i am sorryxx
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whatx have you given him any hard words of latex
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opheliax
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nox my good lordx but as you did commandx
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i did repel his letters and denied
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his access to mex
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poloniusx
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that hath made him madx
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i am sorry that with better heed and judgment
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i had not quoted himx i fearxd he did but triflex
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and meant to wreck theex but beshrew my jealousyx
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it seems it is as proper to our age
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to cast beyond ourselves in our opinions
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as it is common for the younger sort
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to lack discretionx comex go we to the kingx
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this must be knownx whichx being kept closex might move
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more grief to hide than hate to utter lovex
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene iix a room in the castlex
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enter kingx queenx rosencrantzx guildenstern and attendantsx
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kingx
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welcomex dear rosencrantz and guildensternx
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moreover that we much did long to see youx
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the need we have to use you did provoke
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our hasty sendingx something have you heard
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of hamletxs transformationx so i call itx
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since nor thxexterior nor the inward man
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resembles that it wasx what it should bex
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more than his fatherxs deathx that thus hath put him
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so much from thxunderstanding of himselfx
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i cannot dream ofx i entreat you both
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thatx being of so young days brought up with himx
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and since so neighbourxd to his youth and humourx
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that you vouchsafe your rest here in our court
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some little timex so by your companies
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to draw him on to pleasures and to gatherx
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so much as from occasion you may gleanx
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whether aught to us unknown afflicts him thus
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thatx openxdx lies within our remedyx
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queenx
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good gentlemenx he hath much talkxd of youx
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and sure i amx two men there are not living
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to whom he more adheresx if it will please you
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to show us so much gentry and good will
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as to expend your time with us awhilex
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for the supply and profit of our hopex
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your visitation shall receive such thanks
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as fits a kingxs remembrancex
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rosencrantzx
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both your majesties
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mightx by the sovereign power you have of usx
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put your dread pleasures more into command
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than to entreatyx
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guildensternx
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we both obeyx
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and here give up ourselvesx in the full bentx
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to lay our service freely at your feet
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to be commandedx
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kingx
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thanksx rosencrantz and gentle guildensternx
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queenx
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thanksx guildenstern and gentle rosencrantzx
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and i beseech you instantly to visit
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my too much changed sonx gox some of youx
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and bring these gentlemen where hamlet isx
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guildensternx
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heavens make our presence and our practices
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pleasant and helpful to himx
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queenx
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ayx amenx
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xxexeunt rosencrantzx guildenstern and some attendantsxxx
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enter poloniusx
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poloniusx
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thxambassadors from norwayx my good lordx
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are joyfully returnxdx
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kingx
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thou still hast been the father of good newsx
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poloniusx
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have ix my lordx assure youx my good liegex
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i hold my dutyx as i hold my soulx
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both to my god and to my gracious kingx
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and i do thinkxxor else this brain of mine
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hunts not the trail of policy so sure
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as it hath usxd to doxthat i have found
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the very cause of hamletxs lunacyx
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kingx
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o speak of thatx that do i long to hearx
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poloniusx
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give first admittance to thxambassadorsx
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my news shall be the fruit to that great feastx
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kingx
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thyself do grace to themx and bring them inx
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xxexit poloniusxxx
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he tells mex my sweet queenx that he hath found
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the head and source of all your sonxs distemperx
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queenx
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i doubt it is no other but the mainx
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his fatherxs death and our oxerhasty marriagex
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kingx
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wellx we shall sift himx
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enter polonius with voltemand and corneliusx
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welcomex my good friendsx
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sayx voltemandx what from our brother norwayx
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voltemandx
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most fair return of greetings and desiresx
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upon our firstx he sent out to suppress
|
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his nephewxs leviesx which to him appearxd
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to be a preparation xgainst the polackx
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but better lookxd intox he truly found
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it was against your highnessx whereat grievxdx
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that so his sicknessx agex and impotence
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was falsely borne in handx sends out arrests
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on fortinbrasx which hex in briefx obeysx
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receives rebuke from norwayx and in finex
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|
makes vow before his uncle never more
|
|
to give thxassay of arms against your majestyx
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whereon old norwayx overcome with joyx
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gives him three thousand crowns in annual feex
|
|
and his commission to employ those soldiers
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so levied as beforex against the polackx
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with an entreatyx herein further shownx
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xxgives a paperxxx
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that it might please you to give quiet pass
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through your dominions for this enterprisex
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on such regards of safety and allowance
|
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as therein are set downx
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kingx
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it likes us wellx
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and at our more considerxd time wexll readx
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answerx and think upon this businessx
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meantime we thank you for your wellxtook labourx
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go to your restx at night wexll feast togetherxx
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most welcome homex
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xxexeunt voltemand and corneliusxxx
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poloniusx
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this business is well endedx
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my liege and madamx to expostulate
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what majesty should bex what duty isx
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why day is dayx night nightx and time is timex
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were nothing but to waste nightx day and timex
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thereforex since brevity is the soul of witx
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|
and tediousness the limbs and outward flourishesx
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|
i will be briefx your noble son is madx
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|
mad call i itx for to define true madnessx
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what isxt but to be nothing else but madx
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but let that gox
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queenx
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more matterx with less artx
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poloniusx
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madamx i swear i use no art at allx
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that he is madx xtis truex xtis true xtis pityx
|
|
and pity xtis xtis truex a foolish figurex
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|
but farewell itx for i will use no artx
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|
mad let us grant him thenx and now remains
|
|
that we find out the cause of this effectx
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|
or rather sayx the cause of this defectx
|
|
for this effect defective comes by causex
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|
thus it remainsx and the remainder thusx perpendx
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i have a daughterxhave whilst she is minex
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who in her duty and obediencex markx
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hath given me thisx now gatherx and surmisex
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xxreadsxxx
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xto the celestialx and my soulxs idolx the most beautified opheliaxx
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thatxs an ill phrasex a vile phrasex xbeautifiedx is a vile
|
|
phrasex but you shall hearx
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xxreadsxxx
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xthesex in her excellent white bosomx thesex xcxx
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queenx
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came this from hamlet to herx
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poloniusx
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good madamx stay awhilex i will be faithfulx
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xxreadsxxx
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xdoubt thou the stars are firex
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doubt that the sun doth movex
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doubt truth to be a liarx
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but never doubt i lovex
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o dear opheliax i am ill at these numbersx i have not art to reckon my
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groansx but that i love thee bestx o most bestx believe itx adieux
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thine evermorex most dear ladyx whilst this machine is to himx
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|
hamletxx
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this in obedience hath my daughter showxd mex
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and more abovex hath his solicitingsx
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|
as they fell out by timex by meansx and placex
|
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all given to mine earx
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kingx
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|
but how hath she receivxd his lovex
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poloniusx
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what do you think of mex
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kingx
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as of a man faithful and honourablex
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poloniusx
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i would fain prove sox but what might you thinkx
|
|
when i had seen this hot love on the wingx
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|
as i perceivxd itx i must tell you thatx
|
|
before my daughter told mex what might youx
|
|
or my dear majesty your queen herex thinkx
|
|
if i had playxd the desk or tablexbookx
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|
or given my heart a winkingx mute and dumbx
|
|
or lookxd upon this love with idle sightx
|
|
what might you thinkx nox i went round to workx
|
|
and my young mistress thus i did bespeakx
|
|
xlord hamlet is a princex out of thy starx
|
|
this must not bexx and then i precepts gave herx
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|
that she should lock herself from his resortx
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admit no messengersx receive no tokensx
|
|
which donex she took the fruits of my advicex
|
|
and hex repulsedxxa short tale to makex
|
|
fell into a sadnessx then into a fastx
|
|
thence to a watchx thence into a weaknessx
|
|
thence to a lightnessx andx by this declensionx
|
|
into the madness wherein now he ravesx
|
|
and all we wail forx
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kingx
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|
do you think xtis thisx
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queenx
|
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it may bex very likelyx
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poloniusx
|
|
hath there been such a timex ixd fain know thatx
|
|
that i have positively said xxtis soxx
|
|
when it provxd otherwisex
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kingx
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not that i knowx
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poloniusx
|
|
take this from thisx if this be otherwisex
|
|
xxpoints to his head and shoulderxxx
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|
if circumstances lead mex i will find
|
|
where truth is hidx though it were hid indeed
|
|
within the centrex
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|
kingx
|
|
how may we try it furtherx
|
|
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|
poloniusx
|
|
you know sometimes he walks four hours together
|
|
here in the lobbyx
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queenx
|
|
so he does indeedx
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poloniusx
|
|
at such a time ixll loose my daughter to himx
|
|
be you and i behind an arras thenx
|
|
mark the encounterx if he love her notx
|
|
and be not from his reason fallxn thereonx
|
|
let me be no assistant for a statex
|
|
but keep a farm and cartersx
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kingx
|
|
we will try itx
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|
enter hamletx readingx
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|
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queenx
|
|
but look where sadly the poor wretch comes readingx
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poloniusx
|
|
awayx i do beseech youx both away
|
|
ixll board him presentlyx ox give me leavex
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|
|
xxexeunt kingx queen and attendantsxxx
|
|
|
|
how does my good lord hamletx
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hamletx
|
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wellx godxaxmercyx
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poloniusx
|
|
do you know mex my lordx
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hamletx
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|
excellent wellx youxre a fishmongerx
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poloniusx
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not ix my lordx
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hamletx
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then i would you were so honest a manx
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poloniusx
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|
honestx my lordx
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hamletx
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|
ay sirx to be honestx as this world goesx is to be one man picked out
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|
of ten thousandx
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|
poloniusx
|
|
thatxs very truex my lordx
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|
hamletx
|
|
for if the sun breed maggots in a dead dogx being a good kissing
|
|
carrionxx
|
|
have you a daughterx
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|
poloniusx
|
|
i havex my lordx
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hamletx
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let her not walk ix thx sunx conception is a blessingx but not as your
|
|
daughter may conceivex friendx look toxtx
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|
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poloniusx
|
|
how say you by thatx xxasidexxx still harping on my daughterx yet he
|
|
knew me not at firstx he said i was a fishmongerx he is far gonex far
|
|
gonex and truly in my youth i suffered much extremity for lovex very
|
|
near thisx ixll speak to him againxxwhat do you readx my lordx
|
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|
|
hamletx
|
|
wordsx wordsx wordsx
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poloniusx
|
|
what is the matterx my lordx
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|
hamletx
|
|
between whox
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|
poloniusx
|
|
i mean the matter that you readx my lordx
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|
hamletx
|
|
slandersx sirx for the satirical slave says here that old men have grey
|
|
beardsx that their faces are wrinkledx their eyes purging thick amber
|
|
and plumxtree gumx and that they have a plentiful lack of witx together
|
|
with most weak hamsx all whichx sirx though i most powerfully and
|
|
potently believex yet i hold it not honesty to have it thus set downx
|
|
for you yourselfx sirx should be old as i amx if like a crab you could
|
|
go backwardx
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poloniusx
|
|
xxasidexxx though this be madnessx yet there is a method inxtxx
|
|
will you walk out of the airx my lordx
|
|
|
|
hamletx
|
|
into my gravex
|
|
|
|
poloniusx
|
|
indeedx that is out ox the airx xxasidexxx how pregnant sometimes his
|
|
replies arex a happiness that often madness hits onx which reason and
|
|
sanity could not so prosperously be delivered ofx i will leave him and
|
|
suddenly contrive the means of meeting between him and my daughterx
|
|
my honourable lordx i will most humbly take my leave of youx
|
|
|
|
hamletx
|
|
you cannotx sirx take from me anything that i will more willingly part
|
|
withalx except my lifex except my lifex except my lifex
|
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|
poloniusx
|
|
fare you wellx my lordx
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|
hamletx
|
|
these tedious old foolsx
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|
|
enter rosencrantz and guildensternx
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|
|
|
poloniusx
|
|
you go to seek the lord hamletx there he isx
|
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|
|
rosencrantzx
|
|
xxto poloniusxxx god save youx sirx
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|
|
xxexit poloniusxxx
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|
|
|
guildensternx
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|
my honoured lordx
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rosencrantzx
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my most dear lordx
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hamletx
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my excellent good friendsx how dost thoux guildensternx ahx
|
|
rosencrantzx good ladsx how do ye bothx
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|
rosencrantzx
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|
as the indifferent children of the earthx
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|
|
guildensternx
|
|
happy in that we are not overxhappyx
|
|
on fortunexs cap we are not the very buttonx
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|
|
|
hamletx
|
|
nor the soles of her shoex
|
|
|
|
rosencrantzx
|
|
neitherx my lordx
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|
|
hamletx
|
|
then you live about her waistx or in the middle of her favoursx
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|
|
|
guildensternx
|
|
faithx her privates wex
|
|
|
|
hamletx
|
|
in the secret parts of fortunex ox most truex she is a strumpetx whatxs
|
|
the newsx
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|
|
rosencrantzx
|
|
nonex my lordx but that the worldxs grown honestx
|
|
|
|
hamletx
|
|
then is doomsday nearx but your news is not truex let me question more
|
|
in particularx what have youx my good friendsx deserved at the hands of
|
|
fortunex that she sends you to prison hitherx
|
|
|
|
guildensternx
|
|
prisonx my lordx
|
|
|
|
hamletx
|
|
denmarkxs a prisonx
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|
rosencrantzx
|
|
then is the world onex
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|
|
hamletx
|
|
a goodly onex in which there are many confinesx wardsx and dungeonsx
|
|
denmark being one ox thx worstx
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|
|
|
rosencrantzx
|
|
we think not sox my lordx
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|
|
|
hamletx
|
|
whyx then xtis none to youx for there is nothing either good or bad but
|
|
thinking makes it sox to me it is a prisonx
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|
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|
rosencrantzx
|
|
whyx then your ambition makes it onex xtis too narrow for your mindx
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|
|
hamletx
|
|
o godx i could be bounded in a nutshellx and count myself a king of
|
|
infinite spacex were it not that i have bad dreamsx
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|
|
|
guildensternx
|
|
which dreamsx indeedx are ambitionx for the very substance of the
|
|
ambitious is merely the shadow of a dreamx
|
|
|
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hamletx
|
|
a dream itself is but a shadowx
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|
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rosencrantzx
|
|
trulyx and i hold ambition of so airy and light a quality that it is
|
|
but a shadowxs shadowx
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hamletx
|
|
then are our beggars bodiesx and our monarchs and outstretchxd heroes
|
|
the beggarsx shadowsx shall we to thx courtx forx by my fayx i cannot
|
|
reasonx
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|
|
rosencrantz and guildensternx
|
|
wexll wait upon youx
|
|
|
|
hamletx
|
|
no such matterx i will not sort you with the rest of my servantsx forx
|
|
to speak to you like an honest manx i am most dreadfully attendedx butx
|
|
in the beaten way of friendshipx what make you at elsinorex
|
|
|
|
rosencrantzx
|
|
to visit youx my lordx no other occasionx
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|
|
|
hamletx
|
|
beggar that i amx i am even poor in thanksx but i thank youx and surex
|
|
dear friendsx my thanks are too dear a halfpennyx were you not sent
|
|
forx is it your own incliningx is it a free visitationx comex deal
|
|
justly with mex comex comex nayx speakx
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|
|
guildensternx
|
|
what should we sayx my lordx
|
|
|
|
hamletx
|
|
whyx anythingx but to the purposex you were sent forx and there is a
|
|
kind of confession in your looksx which your modesties have not craft
|
|
enough to colourx i know the good king and queen have sent for youx
|
|
|
|
rosencrantzx
|
|
to what endx my lordx
|
|
|
|
hamletx
|
|
that you must teach mex but let me conjure youx by the rights of our
|
|
fellowshipx by the consonancy of our youthx by the obligation of our
|
|
everxpreserved lovex and by what more dear a better proposer could
|
|
charge you withalx be even and direct with mex whether you were sent
|
|
for or nox
|
|
|
|
rosencrantzx
|
|
xxto guildensternxxx what say youx
|
|
|
|
hamletx
|
|
xxasidexxx nayx then i have an eye of youx if you love mex hold not
|
|
offx
|
|
|
|
guildensternx
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my lordx we were sent forx
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hamletx
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i will tell you whyx so shall my anticipation prevent your discoveryx
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and your secrecy to the king and queen moult no featherx i have of
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latex but wherefore i know notx lost all my mirthx forgone all custom
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of exercisesx and indeedx it goes so heavily with my disposition that
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this goodly frame the earthx seems to me a sterile promontoryx this
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most excellent canopy the airx look youx this brave oxerhanging
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firmamentx this majestical roof fretted with golden firex whyx it
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appears no other thing to me than a foul and pestilent congregation of
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vapoursx what a piece of work is manx how noble in reasonx how infinite
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in facultiesx in form and movingx how express and admirablex in action
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how like an angelx in apprehensionx how like a godx the beauty of the
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worldx the paragon of animalsx and yetx to mex what is this
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quintessence of dustx man delights not mex nox nor woman neitherx
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though by your smiling you seem to say sox
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rosencrantzx
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my lordx there was no such stuff in my thoughtsx
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hamletx
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why did you laugh thenx when i said xman delights not mexx
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rosencrantzx
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to thinkx my lordx if you delight not in manx what lenten entertainment
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the players shall receive from youx we coted them on the wayx and
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hither are they coming to offer you servicex
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hamletx
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he that plays the king shall be welcomexxhis majesty shall have tribute
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of mex the adventurous knight shall use his foil and targetx the lover
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shall not sigh gratisx the humorous man shall end his part in peacex
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the clown shall make those laugh whose lungs are tickle ax thx serex
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and the lady shall say her mind freelyx or the blank verse shall halt
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forxtx what players are theyx
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rosencrantzx
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even those you were wont to take such delight inxthe tragedians of the
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cityx
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hamletx
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how chances it they travelx their residencex both in reputation and
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profitx was better both waysx
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rosencrantzx
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i think their inhibition comes by the means of the late innovationx
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hamletx
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do they hold the same estimation they did when i was in the cityx are
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they so followedx
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rosencrantzx
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nox indeedx they are notx
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hamletx
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how comes itx do they grow rustyx
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rosencrantzx
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nayx their endeavour keeps in the wonted pacex but there isx sirx an
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ayry of childrenx little eyasesx that cry out on the top of questionx
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and are most tyrannically clapped forxtx these are now the fashionx and
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so berattle the common stagesxso they call themxthat many wearing
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rapiers are afraid of goosexquills and dare scarce come thitherx
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hamletx
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whatx are they childrenx who maintains xemx how are they escotedx will
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they pursue the quality no longer than they can singx will they not say
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afterwardsx if they should grow themselves to common playersxas it is
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most likex if their means are no betterxtheir writers do them wrong to
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make them exclaim against their own successionx
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rosencrantzx
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faithx there has been much to do on both sidesx and the nation holds it
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no sin to tarre them to controversyx there was for a whilex no money
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bid for argument unless the poet and the player went to cuffs in the
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questionx
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hamletx
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isxt possiblex
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guildensternx
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ox there has been much throwing about of brainsx
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hamletx
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do the boys carry it awayx
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rosencrantzx
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ayx that they dox my lordx hercules and his load toox
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hamletx
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it is not very strangex for my uncle is king of denmarkx and those that
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would make mouths at him while my father livedx give twentyx fortyx
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fiftyx a hundred ducats apiece for his picture in littlex xsbloodx
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there is something in this more than naturalx if philosophy could find
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it outx
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xxflourish of trumpets withinxxx
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guildensternx
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there are the playersx
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hamletx
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gentlemenx you are welcome to elsinorex your handsx comex the
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appurtenance of welcome is fashion and ceremonyx let me comply with you
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in this garbx lest my extent to the playersx which i tell you must show
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fairly outwardx should more appear like entertainment than yoursx you
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are welcomex but my unclexfather and auntxmother are deceivedx
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guildensternx
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in whatx my dear lordx
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hamletx
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i am but mad northxnorthxwestx when the wind is southerlyx i know a
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hawk from a handsawx
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enter poloniusx
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poloniusx
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well be with youx gentlemenx
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hamletx
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hark youx guildensternx and you toox at each ear a hearerx that great
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baby you see there is not yet out of his swaddling cloutsx
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rosencrantzx
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happily hexs the second time come to themx for they say an old man is
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twice a childx
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hamletx
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i will prophesy he comes to tell me of the playersx mark itxxyou say
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rightx sirx for a monday morning xtwas so indeedx
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poloniusx
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my lordx i have news to tell youx
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hamletx
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my lordx i have news to tell youx when roscius was an actor in romex
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poloniusx
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the actors are come hitherx my lordx
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hamletx
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buzzx buzzx
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poloniusx
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upon my honourx
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hamletx
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then came each actor on his assx
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poloniusx
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the best actors in the worldx either for tragedyx comedyx historyx
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|
pastoralx pastoralxcomicalx historicalxpastoralx tragicalxhistoricalx
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|
tragicalxcomicalxhistoricalxpastoralx scene individablex or poem
|
|
unlimitedx seneca cannot be too heavyx nor plautus too lightx for the
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law of writ and the libertyx these are the only menx
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hamletx
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o jephthahx judge of israelx what a treasure hadst thoux
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poloniusx
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what treasure had hex my lordx
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hamletx
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whyx
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xone fair daughterx and no morex
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|
the which he loved passing wellxx
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poloniusx
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xxasidexxx still on my daughterx
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hamletx
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am i not ix thx rightx old jephthahx
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poloniusx
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if you call me jephthahx my lordx i have a daughter that i love passing
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|
wellx
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hamletx
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nayx that follows notx
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poloniusx
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what follows thenx my lordx
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hamletx
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whyx
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|
as by lotx god wotx
|
|
and thenx you knowx
|
|
it came to passx as most like it wasx
|
|
the first row of the pious chanson will show you morex for look where
|
|
my abridgement comesx
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|
|
enter four or five playersx
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|
you are welcomex mastersx welcome allx i am glad to see thee wellx
|
|
welcomex good friendsx ox my old friendx thy face is valancxd since i
|
|
saw thee lastx comxst thou to beard me in denmarkx whatx my young lady
|
|
and mistressx byxr ladyx your ladyship is nearer to heaven than when i
|
|
saw you lastx by the altitude of a chopinex pray god your voicex like a
|
|
piece of uncurrent goldx be not cracked within the ringx mastersx you
|
|
are all welcomex wexll exen toxt like french falconersx fly at anything
|
|
we seex wexll have a speech straightx comex give us a taste of your
|
|
qualityx comex a passionate speechx
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|
|
first playerx
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|
what speechx my lordx
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|
hamletx
|
|
i heard thee speak me a speech oncex but it was never actedx or if it
|
|
wasx not above oncex for the playx i rememberx pleased not the millionx
|
|
xtwas caviare to the generalx but it wasxas i received itx and othersx
|
|
whose judgments in such matters cried in the top of minexan excellent
|
|
playx well digested in the scenesx set down with as much modesty as
|
|
cunningx i remember one said there were no sallets in the lines to make
|
|
the matter savouryx nor no matter in the phrase that might indite the
|
|
author of affectationx but called it an honest methodx as wholesome as
|
|
sweetx and by very much more handsome than finex one speech in itx i
|
|
chiefly lovedx xtwas aeneasx tale to didox and thereabout of it
|
|
especially where he speaks of priamxs slaughterx if it live in your
|
|
memoryx begin at this linex let me seex let me seex
|
|
xthe rugged pyrrhusx like thx hyrcanian beastxxx
|
|
it is not sox it begins with pyrrhusx
|
|
xthe rugged pyrrhusx he whose sable armsx
|
|
black as his purposex did the night resemble
|
|
when he lay couched in the ominous horsex
|
|
hath now this dread and black complexion smearxd
|
|
with heraldry more dismalx head to foot
|
|
now is he total gulesx horridly trickxd
|
|
with blood of fathersx mothersx daughtersx sonsx
|
|
bakxd and impasted with the parching streetsx
|
|
that lend a tyrannous and a damned light
|
|
to their vile murdersx roasted in wrath and firex
|
|
and thus oxersized with coagulate gorex
|
|
with eyes like carbunclesx the hellish pyrrhus
|
|
old grandsire priam seeksxx
|
|
sox proceed youx
|
|
|
|
poloniusx
|
|
xfore godx my lordx well spokenx with good accent and good discretionx
|
|
|
|
first playerx
|
|
xanon he finds himx
|
|
striking too short at greeksx his antique swordx
|
|
rebellious to his armx lies where it fallsx
|
|
repugnant to commandx unequal matchxdx
|
|
pyrrhus at priam drivesx in rage strikes widex
|
|
but with the whiff and wind of his fell sword
|
|
thxunnerved father fallsx then senseless iliumx
|
|
seeming to feel this blowx with flaming top
|
|
stoops to his basex and with a hideous crash
|
|
takes prisoner pyrrhusx earx for lox his swordx
|
|
which was declining on the milky head
|
|
of reverend priamx seemxd ix thxair to stickx
|
|
sox as a painted tyrantx pyrrhus stoodx
|
|
and like a neutral to his will and matterx
|
|
did nothingx
|
|
but as we often see against some stormx
|
|
a silence in the heavensx the rack stand stillx
|
|
the bold winds speechlessx and the orb below
|
|
as hush as deathx anon the dreadful thunder
|
|
doth rend the regionx so after pyrrhusx pausex
|
|
aroused vengeance sets him new axworkx
|
|
and never did the cyclopsx hammers fall
|
|
on marsxs armourx forgxd for proof eternex
|
|
with less remorse than pyrrhusx bleeding sword
|
|
now falls on priamx
|
|
outx outx thou strumpet fortunex all you godsx
|
|
in general synodx take away her powerx
|
|
break all the spokes and fellies from her wheelx
|
|
and bowl the round nave down the hill of heavenx
|
|
as low as to the fiendsxx
|
|
|
|
poloniusx
|
|
this is too longx
|
|
|
|
hamletx
|
|
it shall to the barberxsx with your beardxxprythee say onx
|
|
hexs for a jig or a tale of bawdryx or he sleepsx
|
|
say onx come to hecubax
|
|
|
|
first playerx
|
|
xbut whox o whox had seen the mobled queenxxx
|
|
|
|
hamletx
|
|
xthe mobled queenxx
|
|
|
|
poloniusx
|
|
thatxs goodx xmobled queenx is goodx
|
|
|
|
first playerx
|
|
xrun barefoot up and downx threatxning the flames
|
|
with bisson rheumx a clout upon that head
|
|
where late the diadem stoodx and for a robex
|
|
about her lank and all oxerteemed loinsx
|
|
a blanketx in thxalarm of fear caught upx
|
|
who this had seenx with tongue in venom steepxdx
|
|
xgainst fortunexs state would treason have pronouncxdx
|
|
but if the gods themselves did see her thenx
|
|
when she saw pyrrhus make malicious sport
|
|
in mincing with his sword her husbandxs limbsx
|
|
the instant burst of clamour that she madexx
|
|
unless things mortal move them not at allxx
|
|
would have made milch the burning eyes of heavenx
|
|
and passion in the godsxx
|
|
|
|
poloniusx
|
|
lookx where he has not turnxd his colourx and has tears inxs eyesx pray
|
|
youx no morex
|
|
|
|
hamletx
|
|
xtis wellx ixll have thee speak out the rest of this soonxxgood my
|
|
lordx will you see the players well bestowedx do you hearx let them be
|
|
well usedx for they are the abstracts and brief chronicles of the timex
|
|
after your death you were better have a bad epitaph than their ill
|
|
report while you livex
|
|
|
|
poloniusx
|
|
my lordx i will use them according to their desertx
|
|
|
|
hamletx
|
|
godxs bodikinx manx betterx use every man after his desertx and who
|
|
should scape whippingx use them after your own honour and dignityx the
|
|
less they deservex the more merit is in your bountyx take them inx
|
|
|
|
poloniusx
|
|
comex sirsx
|
|
|
|
hamletx
|
|
follow himx friendsx wexll hear a play tomorrowx
|
|
|
|
xxexeunt polonius with all the players but the firstxxx
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|
|
|
dost thou hear mex old friendx can you play xthe murder of gonzagoxx
|
|
|
|
first playerx
|
|
ayx my lordx
|
|
|
|
hamletx
|
|
wexll haxt tomorrow nightx you could for a need study a speech of some
|
|
dozen or sixteen linesx which i would set down and insert inxtx could
|
|
you notx
|
|
|
|
first playerx
|
|
ayx my lordx
|
|
|
|
hamletx
|
|
very wellx follow that lordx and look you mock him notx
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|
|
|
xxexit first playerxxx
|
|
|
|
xxto rosencrantz and guildensternxx my good friendsx ixll leave you
|
|
till nightx you are welcome to elsinorex
|
|
|
|
rosencrantzx
|
|
good my lordx
|
|
|
|
xxexeunt rosencrantz and guildensternxxx
|
|
|
|
hamletx
|
|
ayx sox god bx wix yex now i am alonex
|
|
o what a rogue and peasant slave am ix
|
|
is it not monstrous that this player herex
|
|
but in a fictionx in a dream of passionx
|
|
could force his soul so to his own conceit
|
|
that from her working all his visage wanxdx
|
|
tears in his eyesx distraction inxs aspectx
|
|
a broken voicex and his whole function suiting
|
|
with forms to his conceitx and all for nothingx
|
|
for hecubax
|
|
whatxs hecuba to himx or he to hecubax
|
|
that he should weep for herx what would he dox
|
|
had he the motive and the cue for passion
|
|
that i havex he would drown the stage with tears
|
|
and cleave the general ear with horrid speechx
|
|
make mad the guiltyx and appal the freex
|
|
confound the ignorantx and amaze indeedx
|
|
the very faculties of eyes and earsx yet ix
|
|
a dull and muddyxmettled rascalx peak
|
|
like johnxaxdreamsx unpregnant of my causex
|
|
and can say nothingx nox not for a king
|
|
upon whose property and most dear life
|
|
a damnxd defeat was madex am i a cowardx
|
|
who calls me villainx breaks my pate acrossx
|
|
plucks off my beard and blows it in my facex
|
|
tweaks me by the nosex gives me the lie ix thx throat
|
|
as deep as to the lungsx who does me thisx
|
|
hax xswoundsx i should take itx for it cannot be
|
|
but i am pigeonxliverxdx and lack gall
|
|
to make oppression bitterx or ere this
|
|
i should have fatted all the region kites
|
|
with this slavexs offalx bloodyx bawdy villainx
|
|
remorselessx treacherousx lecherousx kindless villainx
|
|
oh vengeancex
|
|
whyx what an ass am ix this is most bravex
|
|
that ix the son of a dear father murderxdx
|
|
prompted to my revenge by heaven and hellx
|
|
mustx like a whorex unpack my heart with words
|
|
and fall axcursing like a very drabx
|
|
a scullionx fie uponxtx fohx
|
|
aboutx my brainx i have heard
|
|
that guilty creatures sitting at a playx
|
|
have by the very cunning of the scenex
|
|
been struck so to the soul that presently
|
|
they have proclaimxd their malefactionsx
|
|
for murderx though it have no tonguex will speak
|
|
with most miraculous organx ixll have these players
|
|
play something like the murder of my father
|
|
before mine unclex ixll observe his looksx
|
|
ixll tent him to the quickx if he but blenchx
|
|
i know my coursex the spirit that i have seen
|
|
may be the devilx and the devil hath power
|
|
txassume a pleasing shapex yeax and perhaps
|
|
out of my weakness and my melancholyx
|
|
as he is very potent with such spiritsx
|
|
abuses me to damn mex ixll have grounds
|
|
more relative than thisx the playxs the thing
|
|
wherein ixll catch the conscience of the kingx
|
|
|
|
xxexitxxx
|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
act iii
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|
scene ix a room in the castlex
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|
|
|
enter kingx queenx poloniusx opheliax rosencrantz and guildensternx
|
|
|
|
kingx
|
|
and can you by no drift of circumstance
|
|
get from him why he puts on this confusionx
|
|
grating so harshly all his days of quiet
|
|
with turbulent and dangerous lunacyx
|
|
|
|
rosencrantzx
|
|
he does confess he feels himself distractedx
|
|
but from what cause he will by no means speakx
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|
|
|
guildensternx
|
|
nor do we find him forward to be soundedx
|
|
but with a crafty madness keeps aloof
|
|
when we would bring him on to some confession
|
|
of his true statex
|
|
|
|
queenx
|
|
did he receive you wellx
|
|
|
|
rosencrantzx
|
|
most like a gentlemanx
|
|
|
|
guildensternx
|
|
but with much forcing of his dispositionx
|
|
|
|
rosencrantzx
|
|
niggard of questionx but of our demandsx
|
|
most free in his replyx
|
|
|
|
queenx
|
|
did you assay him to any pastimex
|
|
|
|
rosencrantzx
|
|
madamx it so fell out that certain players
|
|
we oxerxraught on the wayx of these we told himx
|
|
and there did seem in him a kind of joy
|
|
to hear of itx they are about the courtx
|
|
andx as i thinkx they have already order
|
|
this night to play before himx
|
|
|
|
poloniusx
|
|
xtis most truex
|
|
and he beseechxd me to entreat your majesties
|
|
to hear and see the matterx
|
|
|
|
kingx
|
|
with all my heartx and it doth much content me
|
|
to hear him so inclinxdx
|
|
good gentlemenx give him a further edgex
|
|
and drive his purpose on to these delightsx
|
|
|
|
rosencrantzx
|
|
we shallx my lordx
|
|
|
|
xxexeunt rosencrantz and guildensternxxx
|
|
|
|
kingx
|
|
sweet gertrudex leave us toox
|
|
for we have closely sent for hamlet hitherx
|
|
that hex as xtwere by accidentx may here
|
|
affront opheliax
|
|
her father and myselfx lawful espialsx
|
|
will so bestow ourselves thatx seeing unseenx
|
|
we may of their encounter frankly judgex
|
|
and gather by himx as he is behavxdx
|
|
ifxt be thxaffliction of his love or no
|
|
that thus he suffers forx
|
|
|
|
queenx
|
|
i shall obey youx
|
|
and for your partx opheliax i do wish
|
|
that your good beauties be the happy cause
|
|
of hamletxs wildnessx so shall i hope your virtues
|
|
will bring him to his wonted way againx
|
|
to both your honoursx
|
|
|
|
opheliax
|
|
madamx i wish it mayx
|
|
|
|
xxexit queenxxx
|
|
|
|
poloniusx
|
|
opheliax walk you herexxgraciousx so please youx
|
|
we will bestow ourselvesxxxxto opheliaxxx read on this bookx
|
|
that show of such an exercise may colour
|
|
your lonelinessxxwe are oft to blame in thisx
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xtis too much provxdx that with devotionxs visage
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and pious action we do sugar oxer
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the devil himselfx
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kingx
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xxasidexxx o xtis too truex
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how smart a lash that speech doth give my consciencex
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the harlotxs cheekx beautied with plastering artx
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is not more ugly to the thing that helps it
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than is my deed to my most painted wordx
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o heavy burdenx
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poloniusx
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i hear him comingx letxs withdrawx my lordx
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xxexeunt king and poloniusxxx
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enter hamletx
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hamletx
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to bex or not to bex that is the questionx
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whether xtis nobler in the mind to suffer
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the slings and arrows of outrageous fortunex
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or to take arms against a sea of troublesx
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and by opposing end themx to diexto sleepx
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no morex and by a sleep to say we end
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the heartxachex and the thousand natural shocks
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that flesh is heir tox xtis a consummation
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devoutly to be wishxdx to diex to sleepx
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to sleepx perchance to dreamxayx therexs the rubx
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for in that sleep of death what dreams may comex
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when we have shuffled off this mortal coilx
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must give us pausex therexs the respect
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that makes calamity of so long lifex
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for who would bear the whips and scorns of timex
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the oppressorxs wrongx the proud manxs contumelyx
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the pangs of disprizxd lovex the lawxs delayx
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the insolence of officex and the spurns
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that patient merit of the unworthy takesx
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when he himself might his quietus make
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with a bare bodkinx who would these fardels bearx
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to grunt and sweat under a weary lifex
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but that the dread of something after deathx
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the undiscoverxd countryx from whose bourn
|
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no traveller returnsx puzzles the willx
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and makes us rather bear those ills we have
|
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than fly to others that we know not ofx
|
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thus conscience does make cowards of us allx
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and thus the native hue of resolution
|
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is sicklied oxer with the pale cast of thoughtx
|
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and enterprises of great pith and momentx
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with this regard their currents turn awry
|
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and lose the name of actionx soft you nowx
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the fair opheliax nymphx in thy orisons
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be all my sins rememberxdx
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opheliax
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good my lordx
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how does your honour for this many a dayx
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hamletx
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i humbly thank youx wellx wellx wellx
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opheliax
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my lordx i have remembrances of yours
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that i have longed long to rexdeliverx
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i pray youx now receive themx
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hamletx
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nox not ix
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i never gave you aughtx
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opheliax
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my honourxd lordx you know right well you didx
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and with them words of so sweet breath composxd
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as made the things more richx their perfume lostx
|
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take these againx for to the noble mind
|
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rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkindx
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therex my lordx
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hamletx
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hax hax are you honestx
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opheliax
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my lordx
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hamletx
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are you fairx
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opheliax
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what means your lordshipx
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hamletx
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that if you be honest and fairx your honesty should admit no discourse
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to your beautyx
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opheliax
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could beautyx my lordx have better commerce than with honestyx
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hamletx
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ayx trulyx for the power of beauty will sooner transform honesty from
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what it is to a bawd than the force of honesty can translate beauty
|
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into his likenessx this was sometime a paradoxx but now the time gives
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it proofx i did love you oncex
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opheliax
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indeedx my lordx you made me believe sox
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hamletx
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you should not have believed mex for virtue cannot so inoculate our old
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stock but we shall relish of itx i loved you notx
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opheliax
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i was the more deceivedx
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hamletx
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get thee to a nunneryx why wouldst thou be a breeder of sinnersx i am
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myself indifferent honestx but yet i could accuse me of such things
|
|
that it were better my mother had not borne mex i am very proudx
|
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revengefulx ambitiousx with more offences at my beck than i have
|
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thoughts to put them inx imagination to give them shapex or time to act
|
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them inx what should such fellows as i do crawling between earth and
|
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heavenx we are arrant knaves allx believe none of usx go thy ways to a
|
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nunneryx wherexs your fatherx
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opheliax
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at homex my lordx
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hamletx
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let the doors be shut upon himx that he may play the fool nowhere but
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inxs own housex farewellx
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opheliax
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o help himx you sweet heavensx
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hamletx
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if thou dost marryx ixll give thee this plague for thy dowryx be thou
|
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as chaste as icex as pure as snowx thou shalt not escape calumnyx get
|
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thee to a nunneryx gox farewellx or if thou wilt needs marryx marry a
|
|
foolx for wise men know well enough what monsters you make of themx to
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a nunneryx gox and quickly toox farewellx
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opheliax
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o heavenly powersx restore himx
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hamletx
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i have heard of your paintings toox well enoughx god hath given you one
|
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facex and you make yourselves anotherx you jigx you amblex and you
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lispx and nickname godxs creaturesx and make your wantonness your
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ignorancex go tox ixll no more onxtx it hath made me madx i sayx we
|
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will have no more marriagesx those that are married alreadyx all but
|
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onex shall livex the rest shall keep as they arex to a nunneryx gox
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xxexitxxx
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opheliax
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ox what a noble mind is here oxerthrownx
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the courtierxsx soldierxsx scholarxsx eyex tonguex swordx
|
|
thxexpectancy and rose of the fair statex
|
|
the glass of fashion and the mould of formx
|
|
thxobservxd of all observersx quitex quite downx
|
|
and ix of ladies most deject and wretchedx
|
|
that suckxd the honey of his music vowsx
|
|
now see that noble and most sovereign reasonx
|
|
like sweet bells jangled out of tune and harshx
|
|
that unmatchxd form and feature of blown youth
|
|
blasted with ecstasyx o woe is mex
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txhave seen what i have seenx see what i seex
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enter king and poloniusx
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kingx
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lovex his affections do not that way tendx
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nor what he spakex though it lackxd form a littlex
|
|
was not like madnessx therexs something in his soul
|
|
oxer which his melancholy sits on broodx
|
|
and i do doubt the hatch and the disclose
|
|
will be some dangerx which for to preventx
|
|
i have in quick determination
|
|
thus set it downx he shall with speed to england
|
|
for the demand of our neglected tributex
|
|
haply the seas and countries differentx
|
|
with variable objectsx shall expel
|
|
this something settled matter in his heartx
|
|
whereon his brains still beating puts him thus
|
|
from fashion of himselfx what think you onxtx
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|
poloniusx
|
|
it shall do wellx but yet do i believe
|
|
the origin and commencement of his grief
|
|
sprung from neglected lovex how nowx opheliax
|
|
you need not tell us what lord hamlet saidx
|
|
we heard it allx my lordx do as you pleasex
|
|
but if you hold it fitx after the playx
|
|
let his queen mother all alone entreat him
|
|
to show his griefx let her be round with himx
|
|
and ixll be placxdx so please youx in the ear
|
|
of all their conferencex if she find him notx
|
|
to england send himx or confine him where
|
|
your wisdom best shall thinkx
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kingx
|
|
it shall be sox
|
|
madness in great ones must not unwatchxd gox
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xxexeuntxxx
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|
scene iix a hall in the castlex
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|
|
enter hamlet and certain playersx
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|
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hamletx
|
|
speak the speechx i pray youx as i pronounced it to youx trippingly on
|
|
the tonguex but if you mouth itx as many of your players dox i had as
|
|
lief the townxcrier spoke my linesx nor do not saw the air too much
|
|
with your handx thusx but use all gentlyx for in the very torrentx
|
|
tempestx andx as i may sayx whirlwind of passionx you must acquire and
|
|
beget a temperance that may give it smoothnessx ox it offends me to the
|
|
soul to hear a robustious periwigxpated fellow tear a passion to
|
|
tattersx to very ragsx to split the ears of the groundlingsx whox for
|
|
the most partx are capable of nothing but inexplicable dumb shows and
|
|
noisex i would have such a fellow whipped for oxerdoing termagantx it
|
|
outxherods herodx pray you avoid itx
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first playerx
|
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i warrant your honourx
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hamletx
|
|
be not too tame neitherx but let your own discretion be your tutorx
|
|
suit the action to the wordx the word to the actionx with this special
|
|
observancex that you oxerstep not the modesty of naturex for anything
|
|
so overdone is from the purpose of playingx whose endx both at the
|
|
first and nowx was and isx to hold as xtwere the mirror up to naturex
|
|
to show virtue her own featurex scorn her own imagex and the very age
|
|
and body of the time his form and pressurex nowx this overdonex or come
|
|
tardy offx though it make the unskilful laughx cannot but make the
|
|
judicious grievex the censure of the which one must in your allowance
|
|
oxerweigh a whole theatre of othersx ox there be players that i have
|
|
seen playxand heard others praisex and that highlyxnot to speak it
|
|
profanelyx thatx neither having the accent of christiansx nor the gait
|
|
of christianx paganx nor manx have so strutted and bellowed that i have
|
|
thought some of naturexs journeymen had made menx and not made them
|
|
wellx they imitated humanity so abominablyx
|
|
|
|
first playerx
|
|
i hope we have reformxd that indifferently with usx sirx
|
|
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|
hamletx
|
|
o reform it altogetherx and let those that play your clowns speak no
|
|
more than is set down for themx for there be of them that will
|
|
themselves laughx to set on some quantity of barren spectators to laugh
|
|
toox though in the meantime some necessary question of the play be then
|
|
to be consideredx thatxs villanousx and shows a most pitiful ambition
|
|
in the fool that uses itx go make you readyx
|
|
|
|
xxexeunt playersxxx
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|
|
|
enter poloniusx rosencrantz and guildensternx
|
|
|
|
how nowx my lordx
|
|
will the king hear this piece of workx
|
|
|
|
poloniusx
|
|
and the queen toox and that presentlyx
|
|
|
|
hamletx
|
|
bid the players make hastex
|
|
|
|
xxexit poloniusxxx
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|
|
|
will you two help to hasten themx
|
|
|
|
rosencrantz and guildensternx
|
|
we willx my lordx
|
|
|
|
xxexeunt rosencrantz and guildensternxxx
|
|
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|
hamletx
|
|
what hox horatiox
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|
|
|
enter horatiox
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|
horatiox
|
|
herex sweet lordx at your servicex
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|
hamletx
|
|
horatiox thou art exen as just a man
|
|
as exer my conversation copxd withalx
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|
horatiox
|
|
o my dear lordx
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hamletx
|
|
nayx do not think i flatterx
|
|
for what advancement may i hope from theex
|
|
that no revenue hastx but thy good spirits
|
|
to feed and clothe theex why should the poor be flatterxdx
|
|
nox let the candied tongue lick absurd pompx
|
|
and crook the pregnant hinges of the knee
|
|
where thrift may follow fawningx dost thou hearx
|
|
since my dear soul was mistress of her choicex
|
|
and could of men distinguishx her election
|
|
hath sealxd thee for herselfx for thou hast been
|
|
as onex in suffering allx that suffers nothingx
|
|
a man that fortunexs buffets and rewards
|
|
hast taxen with equal thanksx and blesxd are those
|
|
whose blood and judgment are so well coxmingled
|
|
that they are not a pipe for fortunexs finger
|
|
to sound what stop she pleasex give me that man
|
|
that is not passionxs slavex and i will wear him
|
|
in my heartxs corex ayx in my heart of heartx
|
|
as i do theex something too much of thisx
|
|
there is a play tonight before the kingx
|
|
one scene of it comes near the circumstance
|
|
which i have told theex of my fatherxs deathx
|
|
i prytheex when thou seexst that act axfootx
|
|
even with the very comment of thy soul
|
|
observe mine unclex if his occulted guilt
|
|
do not itself unkennel in one speechx
|
|
it is a damned ghost that we have seenx
|
|
and my imaginations are as foul
|
|
as vulcanxs stithyx give him heedful notex
|
|
for i mine eyes will rivet to his facex
|
|
and after we will both our judgments join
|
|
in censure of his seemingx
|
|
|
|
horatiox
|
|
wellx my lordx
|
|
if he steal aught the whilst this play is playingx
|
|
and scape detectingx i will pay the theftx
|
|
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|
hamletx
|
|
they are coming to the playx i must be idlex
|
|
get you a placex
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|
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|
danish marchx a flourishx enter kingx queenx poloniusx opheliax
|
|
rosencrantzx guildenstern and othersx
|
|
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|
kingx
|
|
how fares our cousin hamletx
|
|
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|
hamletx
|
|
excellentx ix faithx of the chameleonxs dishx i eat the airx
|
|
promisexcrammedx you cannot feed capons sox
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|
kingx
|
|
i have nothing with this answerx hamletx these words are not minex
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|
hamletx
|
|
nox nor mine nowx xxto poloniusxxx my lordx you playxd once ix
|
|
thxuniversityx you sayx
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|
poloniusx
|
|
that did ix my lordx and was accounted a good actorx
|
|
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|
hamletx
|
|
what did you enactx
|
|
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|
poloniusx
|
|
i did enact julius caesarx i was killxd ix thx capitolx brutus killed
|
|
mex
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|
hamletx
|
|
it was a brute part of him to kill so capital a calf therex be the
|
|
players readyx
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|
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|
rosencrantzx
|
|
ayx my lordx they stay upon your patiencex
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|
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|
queenx
|
|
come hitherx my dear hamletx sit by mex
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|
hamletx
|
|
nox good motherx herexs metal more attractivex
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poloniusx
|
|
xxto the kingxxx o hox do you mark thatx
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|
hamletx
|
|
ladyx shall i lie in your lapx
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|
xxlying down at opheliaxs feetxxx
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opheliax
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|
nox my lordx
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|
hamletx
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|
i meanx my head upon your lapx
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opheliax
|
|
ayx my lordx
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|
hamletx
|
|
do you think i meant country mattersx
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|
opheliax
|
|
i think nothingx my lordx
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|
hamletx
|
|
thatxs a fair thought to lie between maidsx legsx
|
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|
opheliax
|
|
what isx my lordx
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|
|
|
hamletx
|
|
nothingx
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|
opheliax
|
|
you are merryx my lordx
|
|
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|
hamletx
|
|
whox ix
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|
opheliax
|
|
ayx my lordx
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|
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|
hamletx
|
|
o godx your only jigxmakerx what should a man do but be merryx for look
|
|
you how cheerfully my mother looksx and my father died withinxs two
|
|
hoursx
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|
opheliax
|
|
nayx xtis twice two monthsx my lordx
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|
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|
hamletx
|
|
so longx nay thenx let the devil wear blackx for ixll have a suit of
|
|
sablesx o heavensx die two months agox and not forgotten yetx then
|
|
therexs hope a great manxs memory may outlive his life half a yearx but
|
|
byxr ladyx he must build churches thenx or else shall he suffer not
|
|
thinking onx with the hobbyxhorsex whose epitaph is xforx ox for ox the
|
|
hobbyxhorse is forgotxx
|
|
|
|
trumpets soundx the dumb show entersx
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|
|
|
xenter a king and a queen very lovinglyx the queen embracing him and he
|
|
herx she kneelsx and makes show of protestation unto himx he takes her
|
|
upx and declines his head upon her neckx lays him down upon a bank of
|
|
flowersx shex seeing him asleepx leaves himx anon comes in a fellowx
|
|
takes off his crownx kisses itx pours poison in the kingxs earsx and
|
|
exitsx the queen returnsx finds the king deadx and makes passionate
|
|
actionx the poisoner with some three or four mutesx comes in againx
|
|
seeming to lament with herx the dead body is carried awayx the poisoner
|
|
woos the queen with giftsx she seems loth and unwilling awhilex but in
|
|
the end accepts his lovexx
|
|
|
|
xxexeuntxxx
|
|
|
|
opheliax
|
|
what means thisx my lordx
|
|
|
|
hamletx
|
|
marryx this is miching mallichox it means mischiefx
|
|
|
|
opheliax
|
|
belike this show imports the argument of the playx
|
|
|
|
enter prologuex
|
|
|
|
hamletx
|
|
we shall know by this fellowx the players cannot keep counselx theyxll
|
|
tell allx
|
|
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|
opheliax
|
|
will they tell us what this show meantx
|
|
|
|
hamletx
|
|
ayx or any show that youxll show himx be not you ashamed to showx hexll
|
|
not shame to tell you what it meansx
|
|
|
|
opheliax
|
|
you are naughtx you are naughtx ixll mark the playx
|
|
|
|
prologuex
|
|
xfor usx and for our tragedyx
|
|
here stooping to your clemencyx
|
|
we beg your hearing patientlyxx
|
|
|
|
hamletx
|
|
is this a prologuex or the posy of a ringx
|
|
|
|
opheliax
|
|
xtis briefx my lordx
|
|
|
|
hamletx
|
|
as womanxs lovex
|
|
|
|
enter a king and a queenx
|
|
|
|
player kingx
|
|
full thirty times hath phoebusx cart gone round
|
|
neptunexs salt wash and tellusx orbed groundx
|
|
and thirty dozen moons with borrowxd sheen
|
|
about the world have times twelve thirties beenx
|
|
since love our heartsx and hymen did our hands
|
|
unite commutual in most sacred bandsx
|
|
|
|
player queenx
|
|
so many journeys may the sun and moon
|
|
make us again count oxer ere love be donex
|
|
butx woe is mex you are so sick of latex
|
|
so far from cheer and from your former statex
|
|
that i distrust youx yetx though i distrustx
|
|
discomfort youx my lordx it nothing mustx
|
|
for womenxs fear and love holds quantityx
|
|
in neither aughtx or in extremityx
|
|
now what my love isx proof hath made you knowx
|
|
and as my love is sizxdx my fear is sox
|
|
where love is greatx the littlest doubts are fearx
|
|
where little fears grow greatx great love grows therex
|
|
|
|
player kingx
|
|
faithx i must leave theex lovex and shortly toox
|
|
my operant powers their functions leave to dox
|
|
and thou shalt live in this fair world behindx
|
|
honourxdx belovxdx and haply one as kind
|
|
for husband shalt thoux
|
|
|
|
player queenx
|
|
o confound the restx
|
|
such love must needs be treason in my breastx
|
|
in second husband let me be accurstx
|
|
none wed the second but who killxd the firstx
|
|
|
|
hamletx
|
|
xxasidexxx wormwoodx wormwoodx
|
|
|
|
player queenx
|
|
the instances that second marriage move
|
|
are base respects of thriftx but none of lovex
|
|
a second time i kill my husband deadx
|
|
when second husband kisses me in bedx
|
|
|
|
player kingx
|
|
i do believe you think what now you speakx
|
|
but what we do determinex oft we breakx
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purpose is but the slave to memoryx
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of violent birthx but poor validityx
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which nowx like fruit unripex sticks on the treex
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but fall unshaken when they mellow bex
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most necessary xtis that we forget
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to pay ourselves what to ourselves is debtx
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what to ourselves in passion we proposex
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the passion endingx doth the purpose losex
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the violence of either grief or joy
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their own enactures with themselves destroyx
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where joy most revelsx grief doth most lamentx
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grief joysx joy grievesx on slender accidentx
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this world is not for ayex nor xtis not strange
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that even our loves should with our fortunes changex
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for xtis a question left us yet to provex
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whether love lead fortunex or else fortune lovex
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the great man downx you mark his favourite fliesx
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the poor advancxd makes friends of enemiesx
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and hitherto doth love on fortune tendx
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for who not needs shall never lack a friendx
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and who in want a hollow friend doth tryx
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directly seasons him his enemyx
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but orderly to end where i begunx
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our wills and fates do so contrary run
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that our devices still are overthrownx
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our thoughts are oursx their ends none of our ownx
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so think thou wilt no second husband wedx
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but die thy thoughts when thy first lord is deadx
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player queenx
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nor earth to me give foodx nor heaven lightx
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sport and repose lock from me day and nightx
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to desperation turn my trust and hopex
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an anchorxs cheer in prison be my scopex
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each opposite that blanks the face of joyx
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meet what i would have wellx and it destroyx
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both here and hence pursue me lasting strifex
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ifx once a widowx ever i be wifex
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hamletx
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xxto opheliaxxx if she should break it nowx
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player kingx
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xtis deeply swornx sweetx leave me here awhilex
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my spirits grow dullx and fain i would beguile
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the tedious day with sleepx
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xxsleepsxxx
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player queenx
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sleep rock thy brainx
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and never come mischance between us twainx
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xxexitxxx
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hamletx
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madamx how like you this playx
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queenx
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the lady protests too muchx methinksx
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hamletx
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ox but shexll keep her wordx
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kingx
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have you heard the argumentx is there no offence inxtx
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hamletx
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nox nox they do but jestx poison in jestx no offence ix thx worldx
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kingx
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what do you call the playx
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hamletx
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xthe mousetrapxx marryx howx tropicallyx this play is the image of a
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murder done in viennax gonzago is the dukexs namex his wife baptistax
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you shall see anonx xtis a knavish piece of workx but what ox thatx
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your majestyx and we that have free soulsx it touches us notx let the
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gallxd jade wincex our withers are unwrungx
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enter lucianusx
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this is one lucianusx nephew to the kingx
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opheliax
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you are a good chorusx my lordx
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hamletx
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i could interpret between you and your lovex if i could see the puppets
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dallyingx
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opheliax
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you are keenx my lordx you are keenx
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hamletx
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it would cost you a groaning to take off my edgex
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opheliax
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still betterx and worsex
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hamletx
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so you mistake your husbandsxxbeginx murdererx poxx leave thy damnable
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facesx and beginx comex the croaking raven doth bellow for revengex
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lucianusx
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thoughts blackx hands aptx drugs fitx and time agreeingx
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confederate seasonx else no creature seeingx
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thou mixture rankx of midnight weeds collectedx
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with hecatexs ban thrice blastedx thrice infectedx
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thy natural magic and dire property
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on wholesome life usurp immediatelyx
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xxpours the poison into the sleeperxs earsxxx
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hamletx
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he poisons him ix thxgarden forxs estatex his namexs gonzagox the story
|
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is extantx and written in very choice italianx you shall see anon how
|
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the murderer gets the love of gonzagoxs wifex
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opheliax
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the king risesx
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hamletx
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whatx frighted with false firex
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queenx
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how fares my lordx
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poloniusx
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give oxer the playx
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kingx
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give me some lightx awayx
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allx
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lightsx lightsx lightsx
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xxexeunt all but hamlet and horatioxxx
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hamletx
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whyx let the strucken deer go weepx
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the hart ungalled playx
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for some must watchx while some must sleepx
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so runs the world awayx
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would not thisx sirx and a forest of feathersx if the rest of my
|
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fortunes turn turk with mex with two provincial roses on my razed
|
|
shoesx get me a fellowship in a cry of playersx sirx
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horatiox
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half a sharex
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hamletx
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a whole onex ix
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for thou dost knowx o damon dearx
|
|
this realm dismantled was
|
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of jove himselfx and now reigns here
|
|
a veryx veryxpajockx
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horatiox
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you might have rhymedx
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hamletx
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o good horatiox ixll take the ghostxs word for a thousand poundx didst
|
|
perceivex
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horatiox
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very wellx my lordx
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hamletx
|
|
upon the talk of the poisoningx
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horatiox
|
|
i did very well note himx
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hamletx
|
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ahx hax comex some musicx comex the recordersx
|
|
for if the king like not the comedyx
|
|
why thenx belike he likes it notx perdiex
|
|
comex some musicx
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enter rosencrantz and guildensternx
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guildensternx
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good my lordx vouchsafe me a word with youx
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hamletx
|
|
sirx a whole historyx
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guildensternx
|
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the kingx sirx
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hamletx
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|
ayx sirx what of himx
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guildensternx
|
|
is in his retirementx marvellous distemperedx
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hamletx
|
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with drinkx sirx
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guildensternx
|
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nox my lordx rather with cholerx
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hamletx
|
|
your wisdom should show itself more richer to signify this to the
|
|
doctorx for me to put him to his purgation would perhaps plunge him
|
|
into far more cholerx
|
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guildensternx
|
|
good my lordx put your discourse into some framex and start not so
|
|
wildly from my affairx
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hamletx
|
|
i am tamex sirx pronouncex
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guildensternx
|
|
the queen your motherx in most great affliction of spiritx hath sent me
|
|
to youx
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hamletx
|
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you are welcomex
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guildensternx
|
|
nayx good my lordx this courtesy is not of the right breedx if it shall
|
|
please you to make me a wholesome answerx i will do your motherxs
|
|
commandmentx if notx your pardon and my return shall be the end of my
|
|
businessx
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hamletx
|
|
sirx i cannotx
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guildensternx
|
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whatx my lordx
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hamletx
|
|
make you a wholesome answerx my witxs diseasedx butx sirx such answer
|
|
as i can makex you shall commandx or ratherx as you sayx my motherx
|
|
therefore no morex but to the matterx my motherx you sayxx
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|
rosencrantzx
|
|
then thus she saysx your behaviour hath struck her into amazement and
|
|
admirationx
|
|
|
|
hamletx
|
|
o wonderful sonx that can so stonish a motherx but is there no sequel
|
|
at the heels of this motherxs admirationx
|
|
|
|
rosencrantzx
|
|
she desires to speak with you in her closet ere you go to bedx
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|
|
hamletx
|
|
we shall obeyx were she ten times our motherx have you any further
|
|
trade with usx
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|
rosencrantzx
|
|
my lordx you once did love mex
|
|
|
|
hamletx
|
|
and so i do stillx by these pickers and stealersx
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|
rosencrantzx
|
|
good my lordx what is your cause of distemperx you do surely bar the
|
|
door upon your own liberty if you deny your griefs to your friendx
|
|
|
|
hamletx
|
|
sirx i lack advancementx
|
|
|
|
rosencrantzx
|
|
how can that bex when you have the voice of the king himself for your
|
|
succession in denmarkx
|
|
|
|
hamletx
|
|
ayx sirx but while the grass growsxthe proverb is something mustyx
|
|
|
|
rexenter the players with recordersx
|
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|
|
ox the recordersx let me see onexxto withdraw with youx why do you go
|
|
about to recover the wind of mex as if you would drive me into a toilx
|
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|
|
guildensternx
|
|
o my lordx if my duty be too boldx my love is too unmannerlyx
|
|
|
|
hamletx
|
|
i do not well understand thatx will you play upon this pipex
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|
guildensternx
|
|
my lordx i cannotx
|
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|
hamletx
|
|
i pray youx
|
|
|
|
guildensternx
|
|
believe mex i cannotx
|
|
|
|
hamletx
|
|
i do beseech youx
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|
guildensternx
|
|
i know no touch of itx my lordx
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|
|
hamletx
|
|
xtis as easy as lyingx govern these ventages with your finger and
|
|
thumbx give it breath with your mouthx and it will discourse most
|
|
eloquent musicx look youx these are the stopsx
|
|
|
|
guildensternx
|
|
but these cannot i command to any utterance of harmonyx i have not the
|
|
skillx
|
|
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|
hamletx
|
|
whyx look you nowx how unworthy a thing you make of mex you would play
|
|
upon mex you would seem to know my stopsx you would pluck out the heart
|
|
of my mysteryx you would sound me from my lowest note to the top of my
|
|
compassx and there is much musicx excellent voicex in this little
|
|
organx yet cannot you make it speakx xsbloodx do you think i am easier
|
|
to be played on than a pipex call me what instrument you willx though
|
|
you can fret mex you cannot play upon mex
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|
|
enter poloniusx
|
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|
|
god bless youx sirx
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|
poloniusx
|
|
my lordx the queen would speak with youx and presentlyx
|
|
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|
hamletx
|
|
do you see yonder cloud thatxs almost in shape of a camelx
|
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|
poloniusx
|
|
by the massx and xtis like a camel indeedx
|
|
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|
hamletx
|
|
methinks it is like a weaselx
|
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|
poloniusx
|
|
it is backed like a weaselx
|
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hamletx
|
|
or like a whalex
|
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poloniusx
|
|
very like a whalex
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hamletx
|
|
then will i come to my mother by and byxxthey fool me to the top of my
|
|
bentxxi will come by and byx
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|
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|
poloniusx
|
|
i will say sox
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|
xxexitxxx
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|
hamletx
|
|
by and by is easily saidx leave mex friendsx
|
|
|
|
xxexeunt all but hamletxxx
|
|
|
|
xtis now the very witching time of nightx
|
|
when churchyards yawnx and hell itself breathes out
|
|
contagion to this worldx now could i drink hot bloodx
|
|
and do such bitter business as the day
|
|
would quake to look onx soft nowx to my motherx
|
|
o heartx lose not thy naturex let not ever
|
|
the soul of nero enter this firm bosomx
|
|
let me be cruelx not unnaturalx
|
|
i will speak daggers to herx but use nonex
|
|
my tongue and soul in this be hypocritesx
|
|
how in my words somever she be shentx
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|
to give them seals neverx my soulx consentx
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|
xxexitxxx
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|
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|
scene iiix a room in the castlex
|
|
|
|
enter kingx rosencrantz and guildensternx
|
|
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|
kingx
|
|
i like him notx nor stands it safe with us
|
|
to let his madness rangex therefore prepare youx
|
|
i your commission will forthwith dispatchx
|
|
and he to england shall along with youx
|
|
the terms of our estate may not endure
|
|
hazard so near us as doth hourly grow
|
|
out of his lunaciesx
|
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|
|
guildensternx
|
|
we will ourselves providex
|
|
most holy and religious fear it is
|
|
to keep those many many bodies safe
|
|
that live and feed upon your majestyx
|
|
|
|
rosencrantzx
|
|
the single and peculiar life is bound
|
|
with all the strength and armour of the mindx
|
|
to keep itself from xnoyancex but much more
|
|
that spirit upon whose weal depend and rest
|
|
the lives of manyx the cease of majesty
|
|
dies not alonex but like a gulf doth draw
|
|
whatxs near it with itx it is a massy wheel
|
|
fixxd on the summit of the highest mountx
|
|
to whose huge spokes ten thousand lesser things
|
|
are mortisxd and adjoinxdx which when it fallsx
|
|
each small annexmentx petty consequencex
|
|
attends the boistxrous ruinx never alone
|
|
did the king sighx but with a general groanx
|
|
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|
kingx
|
|
arm youx i pray youx to this speedy voyagex
|
|
for we will fetters put upon this fearx
|
|
which now goes too freexfootedx
|
|
|
|
rosencrantz and guildensternx
|
|
we will haste usx
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|
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|
xxexeunt rosencrantz and guildensternxxx
|
|
|
|
enter poloniusx
|
|
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|
poloniusx
|
|
my lordx hexs going to his motherxs closetx
|
|
behind the arras ixll convey myself
|
|
to hear the processx ixll warrant shexll tax him homex
|
|
and as you saidx and wisely was it saidx
|
|
xtis meet that some more audience than a motherx
|
|
since nature makes them partialx should oxerhear
|
|
the speech of vantagex fare you wellx my liegex
|
|
ixll call upon you ere you go to bedx
|
|
and tell you what i knowx
|
|
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|
kingx
|
|
thanksx dear my lordx
|
|
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|
xxexit poloniusxxx
|
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|
ox my offence is rankx it smells to heavenx
|
|
it hath the primal eldest curse uponxtxx
|
|
a brotherxs murderx pray can i notx
|
|
though inclination be as sharp as willx
|
|
my stronger guilt defeats my strong intentx
|
|
andx like a man to double business boundx
|
|
i stand in pause where i shall first beginx
|
|
and both neglectx what if this cursed hand
|
|
were thicker than itself with brotherxs bloodx
|
|
is there not rain enough in the sweet heavens
|
|
to wash it white as snowx whereto serves mercy
|
|
but to confront the visage of offencex
|
|
and whatxs in prayer but this twofold forcex
|
|
to be forestalled ere we come to fallx
|
|
or pardonxd being downx then ixll look upx
|
|
my fault is pastx but ox what form of prayer
|
|
can serve my turnx forgive me my foul murderx
|
|
that cannot bex since i am still possessxd
|
|
of those effects for which i did the murderxx
|
|
my crownx mine own ambitionx and my queenx
|
|
may one be pardonxd and retain thxoffencex
|
|
in the corrupted currents of this world
|
|
offencexs gilded hand may shove by justicex
|
|
and oft xtis seen the wicked prize itself
|
|
buys out the lawx but xtis not so abovex
|
|
there is no shufflingx there the action lies
|
|
in his true naturex and we ourselves compellxd
|
|
even to the teeth and forehead of our faultsx
|
|
to give in evidencex what thenx what restsx
|
|
try what repentance canx what can it notx
|
|
yet what can itx when one cannot repentx
|
|
o wretched statex o bosom black as deathx
|
|
o limed soulx that struggling to be freex
|
|
art more engagxdx helpx angelsx make assayx
|
|
bowx stubborn kneesx and heart with strings of steelx
|
|
be soft as sinews of the newxborn babex
|
|
all may be wellx
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|
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|
xxretires and kneelsxxx
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|
|
|
enter hamletx
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|
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|
hamletx
|
|
now might i do it patx now he is prayingx
|
|
and now ixll doxtx and so he goes to heavenx
|
|
and so am i revengxdx that would be scannxdx
|
|
a villain kills my fatherx and for that
|
|
ix his sole sonx do this same villain send
|
|
to heavenx ox this is hire and salaryx not revengex
|
|
he took my father grosslyx full of breadx
|
|
with all his crimes broad blownx as flush as mayx
|
|
and how his audit standsx who knows save heavenx
|
|
but in our circumstance and course of thoughtx
|
|
xtis heavy with himx and am i then revengxdx
|
|
to take him in the purging of his soulx
|
|
when he is fit and seasonxd for his passagex nox
|
|
upx swordx and know thou a more horrid hentx
|
|
when he is drunk asleepx or in his ragex
|
|
or in thxincestuous pleasure of his bedx
|
|
at gamingx swearingx or about some act
|
|
that has no relish of salvation inxtx
|
|
then trip himx that his heels may kick at heavenx
|
|
and that his soul may be as damnxd and black
|
|
as hellx whereto it goesx my mother staysx
|
|
this physic but prolongs thy sickly daysx
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|
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|
xxexitxxx
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|
|
|
the king rises and advancesx
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|
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|
kingx
|
|
my words fly upx my thoughts remain belowx
|
|
words without thoughts never to heaven gox
|
|
|
|
xxexitxxx
|
|
|
|
scene ivx another room in the castlex
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|
|
|
enter queen and poloniusx
|
|
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|
poloniusx
|
|
he will come straightx look you lay home to himx
|
|
tell him his pranks have been too broad to bear withx
|
|
and that your grace hath screenxd and stood between
|
|
much heat and himx ixll silence me exen herex
|
|
pray you be round with himx
|
|
|
|
hamletx
|
|
xxwithinxxx motherx motherx motherx
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|
|
|
queenx
|
|
ixll warrant youx fear me notx
|
|
withdrawx i hear him comingx
|
|
|
|
xxpolonius goes behind the arrasxxx
|
|
|
|
enter hamletx
|
|
|
|
hamletx
|
|
nowx motherx whatxs the matterx
|
|
|
|
queenx
|
|
hamletx thou hast thy father much offendedx
|
|
|
|
hamletx
|
|
motherx you have my father much offendedx
|
|
|
|
queenx
|
|
comex comex you answer with an idle tonguex
|
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|
|
hamletx
|
|
gox gox you question with a wicked tonguex
|
|
|
|
queenx
|
|
whyx how nowx hamletx
|
|
|
|
hamletx
|
|
whatxs the matter nowx
|
|
|
|
queenx
|
|
have you forgot mex
|
|
|
|
hamletx
|
|
nox by the roodx not sox
|
|
you are the queenx your husbandxs brotherxs wifex
|
|
andx would it were not sox you are my motherx
|
|
|
|
queenx
|
|
nayx then ixll set those to you that can speakx
|
|
|
|
hamletx
|
|
comex comex and sit you downx you shall not budgex
|
|
you go not till i set you up a glass
|
|
where you may see the inmost part of youx
|
|
|
|
queenx
|
|
what wilt thou dox thou wilt not murder mex
|
|
helpx helpx hox
|
|
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poloniusx
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xxbehindxxx whatx hox helpx helpx helpx
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hamletx
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how nowx a ratx xxdrawsxxx
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dead for a ducatx deadx
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xxmakes a pass through the arrasxxx
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poloniusx
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xxbehindxxx ox i am slainx
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xxfalls and diesxxx
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queenx
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o mex what hast thou donex
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hamletx
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nayx i know notx is it the kingx
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xxdraws forth poloniusxxx
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queenx
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o what a rash and bloody deed is thisx
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hamletx
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a bloody deedx almost as badx good motherx
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as kill a king and marry with his brotherx
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queenx
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as kill a kingx
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hamletx
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ayx ladyx xtwas my wordxx
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xxto poloniusxxx thou wretchedx rashx intruding foolx farewellx
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i took thee for thy betterx take thy fortunex
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thou findxst to be too busy is some dangerxx
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leave wringing of your handsx peacex sit you downx
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and let me wring your heartx for so i shallx
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if it be made of penetrable stuffx
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if damned custom have not brazxd it sox
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that it is proof and bulwark against sensex
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queenx
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what have i donex that thou darxst wag thy tongue
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in noise so rude against mex
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hamletx
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such an act
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that blurs the grace and blush of modestyx
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calls virtue hypocritex takes off the rose
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from the fair forehead of an innocent lovex
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and sets a blister therex makes marriage vows
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as false as dicersx oathsx o such a deed
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as from the body of contraction plucks
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the very soulx and sweet religion makes
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a rhapsody of wordsx heavenxs face doth glowx
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yea this solidity and compound massx
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with tristful visagex as against the doomx
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is thoughtxsick at the actx
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queenx
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ay mex what actx
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that roars so loudx and thunders in the indexx
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hamletx
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look here upon this picturex and on thisx
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the counterfeit presentment of two brothersx
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see what a grace was seated on this browx
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hyperionxs curlsx the front of jove himselfx
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an eye like marsx to threaten and commandx
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a station like the herald mercury
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new lighted on a heavenxkissing hillx
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a combination and a form indeedx
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where every god did seem to set his sealx
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to give the world assurance of a manx
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this was your husbandx look you now what followsx
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here is your husbandx like a mildewxd ear
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blasting his wholesome brotherx have you eyesx
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could you on this fair mountain leave to feedx
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and batten on this moorx hax have you eyesx
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you cannot call it lovex for at your age
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the heyxday in the blood is tamex itxs humblex
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and waits upon the judgmentx and what judgment
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would step from this to thisx sense sure you havex
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else could you not have motionx but sure that sense
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is apoplexxdx for madness would not err
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nor sense to ecstacy was nexer so thrallxd
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but it reservxd some quantity of choice
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to serve in such a differencex what devil wasxt
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that thus hath cozenxd you at hoodmanxblindx
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eyes without feelingx feeling without sightx
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ears without hands or eyesx smelling sans allx
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or but a sickly part of one true sense
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could not so mopex o shamex where is thy blushx
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rebellious hellx
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if thou canst mutine in a matronxs bonesx
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to flaming youth let virtue be as waxx
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and melt in her own firex proclaim no shame
|
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when the compulsive ardour gives the chargex
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since frost itself as actively doth burnx
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and reason panders willx
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queenx
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o hamletx speak no morex
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thou turnxst mine eyes into my very soulx
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and there i see such black and grained spots
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as will not leave their tinctx
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hamletx
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nayx but to live
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in the rank sweat of an enseamed bedx
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stewxd in corruptionx honeying and making love
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over the nasty styx
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queenx
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o speak to me no morex
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these words like daggers enter in mine earsx
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no morex sweet hamletx
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hamletx
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a murderer and a villainx
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a slave that is not twentieth part the tithe
|
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of your precedent lordx a vice of kingsx
|
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a cutpurse of the empire and the rulex
|
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that from a shelf the precious diadem stole
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and put it in his pocketx
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queenx
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no morex
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hamletx
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a king of shreds and patchesxx
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enter ghostx
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save me and hover oxer me with your wingsx
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you heavenly guardsx what would your gracious figurex
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queenx
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alasx hexs madx
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hamletx
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do you not come your tardy son to chidex
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thatx lapsxd in time and passionx lets go by
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the important acting of your dread commandx
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o sayx
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ghostx
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do not forgetx this visitation
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is but to whet thy almost blunted purposex
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but lookx amazement on thy mother sitsx
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o step between her and her fighting soulx
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conceit in weakest bodies strongest worksx
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speak to herx hamletx
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hamletx
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how is it with youx ladyx
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queenx
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alasx how isxt with youx
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that you do bend your eye on vacancyx
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and with the incorporal air do hold discoursex
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forth at your eyes your spirits wildly peepx
|
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andx as the sleeping soldiers in the alarmx
|
|
your bedded hairsx like life in excrementsx
|
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start up and stand an endx o gentle sonx
|
|
upon the heat and flame of thy distemper
|
|
sprinkle cool patiencex whereon do you lookx
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hamletx
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on himx on himx look you how pale he glaresx
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his form and cause conjoinxdx preaching to stonesx
|
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would make them capablexxdo not look upon mex
|
|
lest with this piteous action you convert
|
|
my stern effectsx then what i have to do
|
|
will want true colourx tears perchance for bloodx
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queenx
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to whom do you speak thisx
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hamletx
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do you see nothing therex
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queenx
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nothing at allx yet all that is i seex
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hamletx
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nor did you nothing hearx
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queenx
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nox nothing but ourselvesx
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hamletx
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whyx look you therex look how it steals awayx
|
|
my fatherx in his habit as he livxdx
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|
look where he goes even now out at the portalx
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xxexit ghostxxx
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queenx
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|
this is the very coinage of your brainx
|
|
this bodiless creation ecstasy
|
|
is very cunning inx
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hamletx
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ecstasyx
|
|
my pulse as yours doth temperately keep timex
|
|
and makes as healthful musicx it is not madness
|
|
that i have utterxdx bring me to the testx
|
|
and i the matter will rexwordx which madness
|
|
would gambol fromx motherx for love of gracex
|
|
lay not that flattering unction to your soul
|
|
that not your trespassx but my madness speaksx
|
|
it will but skin and film the ulcerous placex
|
|
whilst rank corruptionx mining all withinx
|
|
infects unseenx confess yourself to heavenx
|
|
repent whatxs pastx avoid what is to comex
|
|
and do not spread the compost on the weedsx
|
|
to make them rankerx forgive me this my virtuex
|
|
for in the fatness of these pursy times
|
|
virtue itself of vice must pardon begx
|
|
yeax curb and woo for leave to do him goodx
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queenx
|
|
o hamletx thou hast cleft my heart in twainx
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hamletx
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|
o throw away the worser part of itx
|
|
and live the purer with the other halfx
|
|
good nightx but go not to mine unclexs bedx
|
|
assume a virtuex if you have it notx
|
|
that monster customx who all sense doth eatx
|
|
of habits evilx is angel yet in thisx
|
|
that to the use of actions fair and good
|
|
he likewise gives a frock or livery
|
|
that aptly is put onx refrain tonightx
|
|
and that shall lend a kind of easiness
|
|
to the next abstinencex the next more easyx
|
|
for use almost can change the stamp of naturex
|
|
and either curb the devilx or throw him out
|
|
with wondrous potencyx once morex good nightx
|
|
and when you are desirous to be blesxdx
|
|
ixll blessing beg of youx for this same lord
|
|
xxpointing to poloniusxxx
|
|
i do repentx but heaven hath pleasxd it sox
|
|
to punish me with thisx and this with mex
|
|
that i must be their scourge and ministerx
|
|
i will bestow himx and will answer well
|
|
the death i gave himx so againx good nightx
|
|
i must be cruelx only to be kindx
|
|
thus bad beginsx and worse remains behindx
|
|
one word morex good ladyx
|
|
|
|
queenx
|
|
what shall i dox
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|
hamletx
|
|
not thisx by no meansx that i bid you dox
|
|
let the bloat king tempt you again to bedx
|
|
pinch wanton on your cheekx call you his mousex
|
|
and let himx for a pair of reechy kissesx
|
|
or paddling in your neck with his damnxd fingersx
|
|
make you to ravel all this matter outx
|
|
that i essentially am not in madnessx
|
|
but mad in craftx xtwere good you let him knowx
|
|
for who thatxs but a queenx fairx soberx wisex
|
|
would from a paddockx from a batx a gibx
|
|
such dear concernings hidex who would do sox
|
|
nox in despite of sense and secrecyx
|
|
unpeg the basket on the housexs topx
|
|
let the birds flyx and like the famous apex
|
|
to try conclusionsx in the basket creep
|
|
and break your own neck downx
|
|
|
|
queenx
|
|
be thou assurxdx if words be made of breathx
|
|
and breath of lifex i have no life to breathe
|
|
what thou hast said to mex
|
|
|
|
hamletx
|
|
i must to englandx you know thatx
|
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|
queenx
|
|
alackx
|
|
i had forgotx xtis so concluded onx
|
|
|
|
hamletx
|
|
therexs letters sealxdx and my two schoolfellowsx
|
|
whom i will trust as i will adders fangxdxx
|
|
they bear the mandatex they must sweep my way
|
|
and marshal me to knaveryx let it workx
|
|
for xtis the sport to have the enginer
|
|
hoist with his own petardx and xt shall go hard
|
|
but i will delve one yard below their mines
|
|
and blow them at the moonx ox xtis most sweetx
|
|
when in one line two crafts directly meetx
|
|
this man shall set me packingx
|
|
ixll lug the guts into the neighbour roomx
|
|
motherx good nightx indeedx this counsellor
|
|
is now most stillx most secretx and most gravex
|
|
who was in life a foolish peating knavex
|
|
comex sirx to draw toward an end with youx
|
|
good nightx motherx
|
|
|
|
xxexit hamlet dragging out poloniusxxx
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|
act iv
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|
scene ix a room in the castlex
|
|
|
|
enter kingx queenx rosencrantz and guildensternx
|
|
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|
kingx
|
|
therexs matter in these sighsx these profound heaves
|
|
you must translatex xtis fit we understand themx
|
|
where is your sonx
|
|
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|
queenx
|
|
bestow this place on us a little whilex
|
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|
|
xxto rosencrantz and guildensternx who go outxxx
|
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|
|
ahx my good lordx what have i seen tonightx
|
|
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|
kingx
|
|
whatx gertrudex how does hamletx
|
|
|
|
queenx
|
|
mad as the sea and windx when both contend
|
|
which is the mightierx in his lawless fit
|
|
behind the arras hearing something stirx
|
|
whips out his rapierx cries xa ratx a ratxx
|
|
and in this brainish apprehension kills
|
|
the unseen good old manx
|
|
|
|
kingx
|
|
o heavy deedx
|
|
it had been so with usx had we been therex
|
|
his liberty is full of threats to allx
|
|
to you yourselfx to usx to everyonex
|
|
alasx how shall this bloody deed be answerxdx
|
|
it will be laid to usx whose providence
|
|
should have kept shortx restrainxdx and out of haunt
|
|
this mad young manx but so much was our love
|
|
we would not understand what was most fitx
|
|
but like the owner of a foul diseasex
|
|
to keep it from divulgingx let it feed
|
|
even on the pith of lifex where is he gonex
|
|
|
|
queenx
|
|
to draw apart the body he hath killxdx
|
|
oxer whom his very madnessx like some ore
|
|
among a mineral of metals basex
|
|
shows itself purex he weeps for what is donex
|
|
|
|
kingx
|
|
o gertrudex come awayx
|
|
the sun no sooner shall the mountains touch
|
|
but we will ship him hencex and this vile deed
|
|
we must with all our majesty and skill
|
|
both countenance and excusexxhox guildensternx
|
|
|
|
rexenter rosencrantz and guildensternx
|
|
|
|
friends bothx go join you with some further aidx
|
|
hamlet in madness hath polonius slainx
|
|
and from his motherxs closet hath he draggxd himx
|
|
go seek him outx speak fairx and bring the body
|
|
into the chapelx i pray you haste in thisx
|
|
|
|
xxexeunt rosencrantz and guildensternxxx
|
|
|
|
comex gertrudex wexll call up our wisest friendsx
|
|
and let them know both what we mean to do
|
|
and whatxs untimely donex so haply slanderx
|
|
whose whisper oxer the worldxs diameterx
|
|
as level as the cannon to his blankx
|
|
transports his poisonxd shotx may miss our namex
|
|
and hit the woundless airx ox come awayx
|
|
my soul is full of discord and dismayx
|
|
|
|
xxexeuntxxx
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|
|
|
scene iix another room in the castlex
|
|
|
|
enter hamletx
|
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|
hamletx
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|
safely stowedx
|
|
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|
rosencrantz and guildensternx
|
|
xxwithinxxx hamletx lord hamletx
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|
hamletx
|
|
what noisex who calls on hamletx ox here they comex
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|
|
enter rosencrantz and guildensternx
|
|
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|
rosencrantzx
|
|
what have you donex my lordx with the dead bodyx
|
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|
hamletx
|
|
compounded it with dustx whereto xtis kinx
|
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|
rosencrantzx
|
|
tell us where xtisx that we may take it thencex
|
|
and bear it to the chapelx
|
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|
hamletx
|
|
do not believe itx
|
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|
|
rosencrantzx
|
|
believe whatx
|
|
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|
hamletx
|
|
that i can keep your counselx and not mine ownx besidesx to be demanded
|
|
of a spongexwhat replication should be made by the son of a kingx
|
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|
rosencrantzx
|
|
take you me for a spongex my lordx
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|
hamletx
|
|
ayx sirx that soaks up the kingxs countenancex his rewardsx his
|
|
authoritiesx but such officers do the king best service in the endx he
|
|
keeps themx like an apex in the corner of his jawx first mouthedx to be
|
|
last swallowedx when he needs what you have gleanedx it is but
|
|
squeezing youx andx spongex you shall be dry againx
|
|
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|
rosencrantzx
|
|
i understand you notx my lordx
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hamletx
|
|
i am glad of itx a knavish speech sleeps in a foolish earx
|
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|
rosencrantzx
|
|
my lordx you must tell us where the body is and go with us to the kingx
|
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|
hamletx
|
|
the body is with the kingx but the king is not with the bodyx the king
|
|
is a thingx
|
|
|
|
guildensternx
|
|
a thingx my lordx
|
|
|
|
hamletx
|
|
of nothingx bring me to himx hide foxx and all afterx
|
|
|
|
xxexeuntxxx
|
|
|
|
scene iiix another room in the castlex
|
|
|
|
enter kingx attendedx
|
|
|
|
kingx
|
|
i have sent to seek him and to find the bodyx
|
|
how dangerous is it that this man goes loosex
|
|
yet must not we put the strong law on himx
|
|
hexs lovxd of the distracted multitudex
|
|
who like not in their judgmentx but their eyesx
|
|
and where xtis sox thxoffenderxs scourge is weighxdx
|
|
but never the offencex to bear all smooth and evenx
|
|
this sudden sending him away must seem
|
|
deliberate pausex diseases desperate grown
|
|
by desperate appliance are relievxdx
|
|
or not at allx
|
|
|
|
enter rosencrantzx
|
|
|
|
how nowx what hath befallxnx
|
|
|
|
rosencrantzx
|
|
where the dead body is bestowxdx my lordx
|
|
we cannot get from himx
|
|
|
|
kingx
|
|
but where is hex
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|
|
rosencrantzx
|
|
withoutx my lordx guardedx to know your pleasurex
|
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|
kingx
|
|
bring him before usx
|
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|
rosencrantzx
|
|
hox guildensternx bring in my lordx
|
|
|
|
enter hamlet and guildensternx
|
|
|
|
kingx
|
|
nowx hamletx wherexs poloniusx
|
|
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|
hamletx
|
|
at supperx
|
|
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|
kingx
|
|
at supperx wherex
|
|
|
|
hamletx
|
|
not where he eatsx but where he is eatenx a certain convocation of
|
|
politic worms are exen at himx your worm is your only emperor for dietx
|
|
we fat all creatures else to fat usx and we fat ourselves for maggotsx
|
|
your fat king and your lean beggar is but variable servicexxtwo dishesx
|
|
but to one tablex thatxs the endx
|
|
|
|
kingx
|
|
alasx alasx
|
|
|
|
hamletx
|
|
a man may fish with the worm that hath eat of a kingx and eat of the
|
|
fish that hath fed of that wormx
|
|
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|
kingx
|
|
what dost thou mean by thisx
|
|
|
|
hamletx
|
|
nothing but to show you how a king may go a progress through the guts
|
|
of a beggarx
|
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|
kingx
|
|
where is poloniusx
|
|
|
|
hamletx
|
|
in heavenx send thither to seex if your messenger find him not therex
|
|
seek him ix thxother place yourselfx but indeedx if you find him not
|
|
within this monthx you shall nose him as you go up the stairs into the
|
|
lobbyx
|
|
|
|
kingx
|
|
xxto some attendantsxxx go seek him therex
|
|
|
|
hamletx
|
|
he will stay till you comex
|
|
|
|
xxexeunt attendantsxxx
|
|
|
|
kingx
|
|
hamletx this deedx for thine especial safetyxx
|
|
which we do tenderx as we dearly grieve
|
|
for that which thou hast donexxmust send thee hence
|
|
with fiery quicknessx therefore prepare thyselfx
|
|
the bark is readyx and the wind at helpx
|
|
thxassociates tendx and everything is bent
|
|
for englandx
|
|
|
|
hamletx
|
|
for englandx
|
|
|
|
kingx
|
|
ayx hamletx
|
|
|
|
hamletx
|
|
goodx
|
|
|
|
kingx
|
|
so is itx if thou knewxst our purposesx
|
|
|
|
hamletx
|
|
i see a cherub that sees themx butx comex for englandx farewellx dear
|
|
motherx
|
|
|
|
kingx
|
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thy loving fatherx hamletx
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hamletx
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my motherx father and mother is man and wifex man and wife is one
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fleshx and sox my motherx comex for englandx
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xxexitxxx
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kingx
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follow him at footx tempt him with speed aboardx
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delay it notx ixll have him hence tonightx
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awayx for everything is sealxd and done
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that else leans on thxaffairx pray you make hastex
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xxexeunt rosencrantz and guildensternxxx
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and englandx if my love thou holdxst at aughtxx
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as my great power thereof may give thee sensex
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since yet thy cicatrice looks raw and red
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after the danish swordx and thy free awe
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pays homage to usxxthou mayst not coldly set
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our sovereign processx which imports at fullx
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by letters conjuring to that effectx
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the present death of hamletx do itx englandx
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for like the hectic in my blood he ragesx
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and thou must cure mex till i know xtis donex
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howexer my hapsx my joys were nexer begunx
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xxexitxxx
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scene ivx a plain in denmarkx
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enter fortinbras and forces marchingx
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fortinbrasx
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gox captainx from me greet the danish kingx
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tell him that by his licensex fortinbras
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craves the conveyance of a promisxd march
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over his kingdomx you know the rendezvousx
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if that his majesty would aught with usx
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we shall express our duty in his eyex
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and let him know sox
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captainx
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i will doxtx my lordx
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fortinbrasx
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go softly onx
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xxexeunt all but the captainxxx
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enter hamletx rosencrantzx guildenstern xcx
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hamletx
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good sirx whose powers are thesex
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captainx
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they are of norwayx sirx
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hamletx
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how purposxdx sirx i pray youx
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captainx
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against some part of polandx
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hamletx
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who commands themx sirx
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captainx
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the nephew to old norwayx fortinbrasx
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hamletx
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goes it against the main of polandx sirx
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or for some frontierx
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captainx
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truly to speakx and with no additionx
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we go to gain a little patch of ground
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that hath in it no profit but the namex
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to pay five ducatsx fivex i would not farm itx
|
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nor will it yield to norway or the pole
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a ranker ratex should it be sold in feex
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hamletx
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whyx then the polack never will defend itx
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captainx
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yesx it is already garrisonxdx
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hamletx
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two thousand souls and twenty thousand ducats
|
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will not debate the question of this strawx
|
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this is thximposthume of much wealth and peacex
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that inward breaksx and shows no cause without
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why the man diesx i humbly thank youx sirx
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captainx
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god bx wix youx sirx
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xxexitxxx
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rosencrantzx
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willxt please you gox my lordx
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hamletx
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ixll be with you straightx go a little beforex
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xxexeunt all but hamletxxx
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how all occasions do inform against mex
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and spur my dull revengex what is a man
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if his chief good and market of his time
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be but to sleep and feedx a beastx no morex
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sure he that made us with such large discoursex
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looking before and afterx gave us not
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that capability and godlike reason
|
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to fust in us unusxdx now whether it be
|
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bestial oblivionx or some craven scruple
|
|
of thinking too precisely on thxeventxx
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a thought whichx quarterxdx hath but one part wisdom
|
|
and ever three parts cowardxxi do not know
|
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why yet i live to say this thingxs to dox
|
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sith i have causex and willx and strengthx and means
|
|
to doxtx examples gross as earth exhort mex
|
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witness this army of such mass and chargex
|
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led by a delicate and tender princex
|
|
whose spiritx with divine ambition puffxdx
|
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makes mouths at the invisible eventx
|
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exposing what is mortal and unsure
|
|
to all that fortunex deathx and danger darex
|
|
even for an eggshellx rightly to be great
|
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is not to stir without great argumentx
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but greatly to find quarrel in a straw
|
|
when honourxs at the stakex how stand i thenx
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that have a father killxdx a mother stainxdx
|
|
excitements of my reason and my bloodx
|
|
and let all sleepx while to my shame i see
|
|
the imminent death of twenty thousand men
|
|
thatx for a fantasy and trick of famex
|
|
go to their graves like bedsx fight for a plot
|
|
whereon the numbers cannot try the causex
|
|
which is not tomb enough and continent
|
|
to hide the slainx ox from this time forthx
|
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my thoughts be bloody or be nothing worthx
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xxexitxxx
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scene vx elsinorex a room in the castlex
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|
enter queenx horatio and a gentlemanx
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queenx
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i will not speak with herx
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gentlemanx
|
|
she is importunatex indeed distractx
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her mood will needs be pitiedx
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queenx
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what would she havex
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gentlemanx
|
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she speaks much of her fatherx says she hears
|
|
therexs tricks ix thx worldx and hemsx and beats her heartx
|
|
spurns enviously at strawsx speaks things in doubtx
|
|
that carry but half sensex her speech is nothingx
|
|
yet the unshaped use of it doth move
|
|
the hearers to collectionx they aim at itx
|
|
and botch the words up fit to their own thoughtsx
|
|
whichx as her winksx and nodsx and gestures yield themx
|
|
indeed would make one think there might be thoughtx
|
|
though nothing surex yet much unhappilyx
|
|
xtwere good she were spoken withx for she may strew
|
|
dangerous conjectures in illxbreeding mindsx
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queenx
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let her come inx
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|
xxexit gentlemanxxx
|
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to my sick soulx as sinxs true nature isx
|
|
each toy seems prologue to some great amissx
|
|
so full of artless jealousy is guiltx
|
|
it spills itself in fearing to be spiltx
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|
enter opheliax
|
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opheliax
|
|
where is the beauteous majesty of denmarkx
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queenx
|
|
how nowx opheliax
|
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opheliax
|
|
xxsingsxxx
|
|
how should i your true love know
|
|
from another onex
|
|
by his cockle bat and staff
|
|
and his sandal shoonx
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|
queenx
|
|
alasx sweet ladyx what imports this songx
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opheliax
|
|
say youx nayx pray you markx
|
|
xxsingsxxx
|
|
he is dead and gonex ladyx
|
|
he is dead and gonex
|
|
at his head a grass green turfx
|
|
at his heels a stonex
|
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queenx
|
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nayx but opheliax
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opheliax
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pray you markx
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xxsingsxxx
|
|
white his shroud as the mountain snowx
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|
enter kingx
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queenx
|
|
alasx look herex my lordx
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opheliax
|
|
xxsingsxxx
|
|
larded all with sweet flowersx
|
|
which bewept to the grave did go
|
|
with truexlove showersx
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kingx
|
|
how do youx pretty ladyx
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opheliax
|
|
wellx god dild youx they say the owl was a bakerxs daughterx lordx we
|
|
know what we arex but know not what we may bex god be at your tablex
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kingx
|
|
conceit upon her fatherx
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opheliax
|
|
pray youx letxs have no words of thisx but when they ask you what it
|
|
meansx say you thisx
|
|
xxsingsxxx
|
|
tomorrow is saint valentinexs dayx
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all in the morning betimex
|
|
and i a maid at your windowx
|
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to be your valentinex
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|
then up he rose and donnxd his clothesx
|
|
and duppxd the chamber doorx
|
|
let in the maidx that out a maid
|
|
never departed morex
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kingx
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|
pretty opheliax
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opheliax
|
|
indeed lax without an oathx ixll make an end onxtx
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|
xxsingsxxx
|
|
by gis and by saint charityx
|
|
alackx and fie for shamex
|
|
young men will doxt if they come toxtx
|
|
by cockx they are to blamex
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|
quoth shex before you tumbled mex
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|
you promisxd me to wedx
|
|
so would i hax donex by yonder sunx
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|
an thou hadst not come to my bedx
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kingx
|
|
how long hath she been thusx
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opheliax
|
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i hope all will be wellx we must be patientx but i cannot choose but
|
|
weepx to think they would lay him ix thx cold groundx my brother shall
|
|
know of itx and so i thank you for your good counselx comex my coachx
|
|
good nightx ladiesx good nightx sweet ladiesx good nightx good nightx
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|
xxexitxxx
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kingx
|
|
follow her closex give her good watchx i pray youx
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|
xxexit horatioxxx
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|
ox this is the poison of deep griefx it springs
|
|
all from her fatherxs deathx o gertrudex gertrudex
|
|
when sorrows comex they come not single spiesx
|
|
but in battalionsx firstx her father slainx
|
|
nextx your son gonex and he most violent author
|
|
of his own just removex the people muddiedx
|
|
thick and and unwholesome in their thoughts and whispers
|
|
for good poloniusx deathx and we have done but greenly
|
|
in huggerxmugger to inter himx poor ophelia
|
|
divided from herself and her fair judgmentx
|
|
without the which we are pictures or mere beastsx
|
|
lastx and as much containing as all thesex
|
|
her brother is in secret come from francex
|
|
feeds on his wonderx keeps himself in cloudsx
|
|
and wants not buzzers to infect his ear
|
|
with pestilent speeches of his fatherxs deathx
|
|
wherein necessityx of matter beggarxdx
|
|
will nothing stick our person to arraign
|
|
in ear and earx o my dear gertrudex thisx
|
|
like to a murdering piecex in many places
|
|
gives me superfluous deathx
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|
xxa noise withinxxx
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queenx
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|
alackx what noise is thisx
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kingx
|
|
where are my switzersx let them guard the doorx
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|
enter a gentlemanx
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what is the matterx
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|
gentlemanx
|
|
save yourselfx my lordx
|
|
the oceanx overpeering of his listx
|
|
eats not the flats with more impetuous haste
|
|
than young laertesx in a riotous headx
|
|
oxerbears your officesx the rabble call him lordx
|
|
andx as the world were now but to beginx
|
|
antiquity forgotx custom not knownx
|
|
the ratifiers and props of every wordx
|
|
they cry xchoose wex laertes shall be kingxx
|
|
capsx handsx and tongues applaud it to the cloudsx
|
|
xlaertes shall be kingx laertes kingxx
|
|
|
|
queenx
|
|
how cheerfully on the false trail they cryx
|
|
ox this is counterx you false danish dogsx
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|
|
xxa noise withinxxx
|
|
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|
kingx
|
|
the doors are brokex
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|
enter laertesx armedx danes followingx
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laertesx
|
|
where is this kingxxsirsx stand you all withoutx
|
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danesx
|
|
nox letxs come inx
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laertesx
|
|
i pray youx give me leavex
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|
danesx
|
|
we willx we willx
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|
xxthey retire without the doorxxx
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laertesx
|
|
i thank youx keep the doorx o thou vile kingx
|
|
give me my fatherx
|
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|
queenx
|
|
calmlyx good laertesx
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|
|
laertesx
|
|
that drop of blood thatxs calm proclaims me bastardx
|
|
cries cuckold to my fatherx brands the harlot
|
|
even here between the chaste unsmirched brow
|
|
of my true motherx
|
|
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|
kingx
|
|
what is the causex laertesx
|
|
that thy rebellion looks so giantxlikexx
|
|
let him gox gertrudex do not fear our personx
|
|
therexs such divinity doth hedge a kingx
|
|
that treason can but peep to what it wouldx
|
|
acts little of his willxxtell mex laertesx
|
|
why thou art thus incensxdxxlet him gox gertrudexx
|
|
speakx manx
|
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|
laertesx
|
|
where is my fatherx
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|
kingx
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|
deadx
|
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queenx
|
|
but not by himx
|
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|
kingx
|
|
let him demand his fillx
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|
laertesx
|
|
how came he deadx ixll not be juggled withx
|
|
to hellx allegiancex vowsx to the blackest devilx
|
|
conscience and gracex to the profoundest pitx
|
|
i dare damnationx to this point i standx
|
|
that both the worldsx i give to negligencex
|
|
let come what comesx only ixll be revengxd
|
|
most throughly for my fatherx
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|
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|
kingx
|
|
who shall stay youx
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|
laertesx
|
|
my willx not all the worldx
|
|
and for my meansx ixll husband them so wellx
|
|
they shall go far with littlex
|
|
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|
kingx
|
|
good laertesx
|
|
if you desire to know the certainty
|
|
of your dear fatherxs deathx isxt writ in your revenge
|
|
thatx sweepstakex you will draw both friend and foex
|
|
winner and loserx
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|
laertesx
|
|
none but his enemiesx
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|
kingx
|
|
will you know them thenx
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|
|
laertesx
|
|
to his good friends thus wide ixll ope my armsx
|
|
andx like the kind lifexrendering pelicanx
|
|
repast them with my bloodx
|
|
|
|
kingx
|
|
whyx now you speak
|
|
like a good child and a true gentlemanx
|
|
that i am guiltless of your fatherxs deathx
|
|
and am most sensibly in grief for itx
|
|
it shall as level to your judgment xpear
|
|
as day does to your eyex
|
|
|
|
danesx
|
|
xxwithinxxx let her come inx
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|
|
|
laertesx
|
|
how nowx what noise is thatx
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|
|
rexenter opheliax fantastically dressed with straws and flowersx
|
|
|
|
o heatx dry up my brainsx tears seven times saltx
|
|
burn out the sense and virtue of mine eyex
|
|
by heavenx thy madness shall be paid by weightx
|
|
till our scale turn the beamx o rose of mayx
|
|
dear maidx kind sisterx sweet opheliax
|
|
o heavensx isxt possible a young maidxs wits
|
|
should be as mortal as an old manxs lifex
|
|
nature is fine in lovex and where xtis finex
|
|
it sends some precious instance of itself
|
|
after the thing it lovesx
|
|
|
|
opheliax
|
|
xxsingsxxx
|
|
they bore him barefacxd on the bierx
|
|
hey no nonnyx nonnyx hey nonny
|
|
and on his grave rainxd many a tearxx
|
|
fare you wellx my dovex
|
|
|
|
laertesx
|
|
hadst thou thy witsx and didst persuade revengex
|
|
it could not move thusx
|
|
|
|
opheliax
|
|
you must sing xdown axdownx and you call him axdownxaxx ox how the
|
|
wheel becomes itx it is the false steward that stole his masterxs
|
|
daughterx
|
|
|
|
laertesx
|
|
this nothingxs more than matterx
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|
|
|
opheliax
|
|
therexs rosemaryx thatxs for remembrancex pray lovex rememberx and
|
|
there is pansiesx thatxs for thoughtsx
|
|
|
|
laertesx
|
|
a document in madnessx thoughts and remembrance fittedx
|
|
|
|
opheliax
|
|
therexs fennel for youx and columbinesx therexs rue for youx and herexs
|
|
some for mex we may call it herb of grace ox sundaysx o you must wear
|
|
your rue with a differencex therexs a daisyx i would give you some
|
|
violetsx but they witherxd all when my father diedx they say he made a
|
|
good endx
|
|
xxsingsxxx
|
|
for bonny sweet robin is all my joyx
|
|
|
|
laertesx
|
|
thought and afflictionx passionx hell itself
|
|
she turns to favour and to prettinessx
|
|
|
|
opheliax
|
|
xxsingsxxx
|
|
and will he not come againx
|
|
and will he not come againx
|
|
nox nox he is deadx
|
|
go to thy deathxbedx
|
|
he never will come againx
|
|
|
|
his beard was as white as snowx
|
|
all flaxen was his pollx
|
|
he is gonex he is gonex
|
|
and we cast away moanx
|
|
god hax mercy on his soulx
|
|
|
|
and of all christian soulsx i pray godx god bx wix yex
|
|
|
|
xxexitxxx
|
|
|
|
laertesx
|
|
do you see thisx o godx
|
|
|
|
kingx
|
|
laertesx i must commune with your griefx
|
|
or you deny me rightx go but apartx
|
|
make choice of whom your wisest friends you willx
|
|
and they shall hear and judge xtwixt you and mex
|
|
if by direct or by collateral hand
|
|
they find us touchxdx we will our kingdom givex
|
|
our crownx our lifex and all that we call ours
|
|
to you in satisfactionx but if notx
|
|
be you content to lend your patience to usx
|
|
and we shall jointly labour with your soul
|
|
to give it due contentx
|
|
|
|
laertesx
|
|
let this be sox
|
|
his means of deathx his obscure burialxx
|
|
no trophyx swordx nor hatchment oxer his bonesx
|
|
no noble ritex nor formal ostentationxx
|
|
cry to be heardx as xtwere from heaven to earthx
|
|
that i must callxt in questionx
|
|
|
|
kingx
|
|
so you shallx
|
|
and where thxoffence is let the great axe fallx
|
|
i pray you go with mex
|
|
|
|
xxexeuntxxx
|
|
|
|
scene vix another room in the castlex
|
|
|
|
enter horatio and a servantx
|
|
|
|
horatiox
|
|
what are they that would speak with mex
|
|
|
|
servantx
|
|
sailorsx sirx they say they have letters for youx
|
|
|
|
horatiox
|
|
let them come inx
|
|
|
|
xxexit servantxxx
|
|
|
|
i do not know from what part of the world
|
|
i should be greetedx if not from lord hamletx
|
|
|
|
enter sailorsx
|
|
|
|
first sailorx
|
|
god bless youx sirx
|
|
|
|
horatiox
|
|
let him bless thee toox
|
|
|
|
first sailorx
|
|
he shallx sirx andxt please himx therexs a letter for youx sirx it
|
|
comes from thxambassador that was bound for englandx if your name be
|
|
horatiox as i am let to know it isx
|
|
|
|
horatiox
|
|
xxreadsxxx xhoratiox when thou shalt have overlooked thisx give these
|
|
fellows some means to the kingx they have letters for himx ere we were
|
|
two days old at seax a pirate of very warlike appointment gave us
|
|
chasex finding ourselves too slow of sailx we put on a compelled
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valourx and in the grapple i boarded themx on the instant they got
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clear of our shipx so i alone became their prisonerx they have dealt
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with me like thieves of mercyx but they knew what they didx i am to do
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a good turn for themx let the king have the letters i have sentx and
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repair thou to me with as much haste as thou wouldst fly deathx i have
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words to speak in thine ear will make thee dumbx yet are they much too
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light for the bore of the matterx these good fellows will bring thee
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where i amx rosencrantz and guildenstern hold their course for englandx
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of them i have much to tell theex farewellx
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he that thou knowest thinex
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hamletxx
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comex i will give you way for these your lettersx
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and doxt the speedierx that you may direct me
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to him from whom you brought themx
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene viix another room in the castlex
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enter king and laertesx
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kingx
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now must your conscience my acquittance sealx
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and you must put me in your heart for friendx
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sith you have heardx and with a knowing earx
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that he which hath your noble father slain
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pursuxd my lifex
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laertesx
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it well appearsx but tell me
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why you proceeded not against these featsx
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so crimeful and so capital in naturex
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as by your safetyx wisdomx all things elsex
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you mainly were stirrxd upx
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kingx
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ox for two special reasonsx
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which may to youx perhapsx seem much unsinewxdx
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but yet to me they are strongx the queen his mother
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lives almost by his looksx and for myselfxx
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my virtue or my plaguex be it either whichxx
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shexs so conjunctive to my life and soulx
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thatx as the star moves not but in his spherex
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i could not but by herx the other motivex
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why to a public count i might not gox
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is the great love the general gender bear himx
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whox dipping all his faults in their affectionx
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would like the spring that turneth wood to stonex
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convert his gyves to gracesx so that my arrowsx
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too slightly timberxd for so loud a windx
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would have reverted to my bow againx
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and not where i had aimxd themx
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laertesx
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and so have i a noble father lostx
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a sister driven into desperate termsx
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whose worthx if praises may go back againx
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stood challenger on mount of all the age
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for her perfectionsx but my revenge will comex
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kingx
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break not your sleeps for thatx you must not think
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that we are made of stuff so flat and dull
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that we can let our beard be shook with dangerx
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and think it pastimex you shortly shall hear morex
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i lovxd your fatherx and we love ourselfx
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and thatx i hopex will teach you to imaginex
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enter a messengerx
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how nowx what newsx
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messengerx
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lettersx my lordx from hamletx
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this to your majestyx this to the queenx
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kingx
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from hamletx who brought themx
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messengerx
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sailorsx my lordx they sayx i saw them notx
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they were given me by claudiox he receivxd them
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of him that brought themx
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kingx
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laertesx you shall hear themx
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leave usx
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xxexit messengerxxx
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xxreadsxxx xhigh and mightyx you shall know i am set naked on your
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kingdomx tomorrow shall i beg leave to see your kingly eyesx when i
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shallx first asking your pardon thereuntox recount the occasions of my
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sudden and more strange returnx
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hamletxx
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what should this meanx are all the rest come backx
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or is it some abusex and no such thingx
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laertesx
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know you the handx
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kingx
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xtis hamletxs characterx xnakedxx
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and in a postscript here he says xalonexx
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can you advise mex
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laertesx
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i am lost in itx my lordx but let him comex
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it warms the very sickness in my heart
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that i shall live and tell him to his teethx
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xthus diest thouxx
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kingx
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if it be sox laertesxx
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as how should it be sox how otherwisexx
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will you be rulxd by mex
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laertesx
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ayx my lordx
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so you will not oxerrule me to a peacex
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kingx
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to thine own peacex if he be now returnxdx
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as checking at his voyagex and that he means
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no more to undertake itx i will work him
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to exploitx now ripe in my devicex
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under the which he shall not choose but fallx
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and for his death no wind shall breathex
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but even his mother shall uncharge the practice
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and call it accidentx
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laertesx
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my lordx i will be rulxdx
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the rather if you could devise it so
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that i might be the organx
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kingx
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it falls rightx
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you have been talkxd of since your travel muchx
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and that in hamletxs hearingx for a quality
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|
wherein they say you shinex your sum of parts
|
|
did not together pluck such envy from him
|
|
as did that onex and thatx in my regardx
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of the unworthiest siegex
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laertesx
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what part is thatx my lordx
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kingx
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a very riband in the cap of youthx
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yet needful toox for youth no less becomes
|
|
the light and careless livery that it wears
|
|
than settled age his sables and his weedsx
|
|
importing health and gravenessx two months since
|
|
here was a gentleman of normandyxx
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ixve seen myselfx and servxd againstx the frenchx
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and they can well on horsebackx but this gallant
|
|
had witchcraft inxtx he grew unto his seatx
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and to such wondrous doing brought his horsex
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as had he been incorpsxd and demixnaturxd
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with the brave beastx so far he toppxd my thought
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that i in forgery of shapes and tricksx
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come short of what he didx
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laertesx
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a norman wasxtx
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kingx
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a normanx
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laertesx
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upon my lifex lamondx
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kingx
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the very samex
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laertesx
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i know him wellx he is the brooch indeed
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and gem of all the nationx
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kingx
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he made confession of youx
|
|
and gave you such a masterly report
|
|
for art and exercise in your defencex
|
|
and for your rapier most especiallyx
|
|
that he cried out xtwould be a sight indeed
|
|
if one could match youx the scrimers of their nation
|
|
he swore had neither motionx guardx nor eyex
|
|
if you opposxd themx sirx this report of his
|
|
did hamlet so envenom with his envy
|
|
that he could nothing do but wish and beg
|
|
your sudden coming oxer to play with himx
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nowx out of thisxx
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laertesx
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|
what out of thisx my lordx
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kingx
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laertesx was your father dear to youx
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or are you like the painting of a sorrowx
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a face without a heartx
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laertesx
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why ask you thisx
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kingx
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not that i think you did not love your fatherx
|
|
but that i know love is begun by timex
|
|
and that i seex in passages of proofx
|
|
time qualifies the spark and fire of itx
|
|
there lives within the very flame of love
|
|
a kind of wick or snuff that will abate itx
|
|
and nothing is at a like goodness stillx
|
|
for goodnessx growing to a pleurisyx
|
|
dies in his own too muchx that we would dox
|
|
we should do when we wouldx for this xwouldx changesx
|
|
and hath abatements and delays as many
|
|
as there are tonguesx are handsx are accidentsx
|
|
and then this xshouldx is like a spendthrift sigh
|
|
that hurts by easingx but to the quick ox thxulcerx
|
|
hamlet comes backx what would you undertake
|
|
to show yourself your fatherxs son in deedx
|
|
more than in wordsx
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laertesx
|
|
to cut his throat ix thx churchx
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kingx
|
|
no placex indeedx should murder sanctuarizex
|
|
revenge should have no boundsx but good laertesx
|
|
will you do thisx keep close within your chamberx
|
|
hamlet returnxd shall know you are come homex
|
|
wexll put on those shall praise your excellencex
|
|
and set a double varnish on the fame
|
|
the frenchman gave youx bring you in fine together
|
|
and wager on your headsx hex being remissx
|
|
most generousx and free from all contrivingx
|
|
will not peruse the foilsx so that with easex
|
|
or with a little shufflingx you may choose
|
|
a sword unbatedx and in a pass of practicex
|
|
requite him for your fatherx
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laertesx
|
|
i will doxtx
|
|
and for that purpose ixll anoint my swordx
|
|
i bought an unction of a mountebank
|
|
so mortal thatx but dip a knife in itx
|
|
where it draws blood no cataplasm so rarex
|
|
collected from all simples that have virtue
|
|
under the moonx can save the thing from death
|
|
this is but scratchxd withalx ixll touch my point
|
|
with this contagionx that if i gall him slightlyx
|
|
it may be deathx
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|
kingx
|
|
letxs further think of thisx
|
|
weigh what convenience both of time and means
|
|
may fit us to our shapex if this should failx
|
|
and that our drift look through our bad performancex
|
|
xtwere better not assayxdx therefore this project
|
|
should have a back or secondx that might hold
|
|
if this did blast in proofx softx let me seex
|
|
wexll make a solemn wager on your cunningsxx
|
|
i haxtx when in your motion you are hot and dryx
|
|
as make your bouts more violent to that endx
|
|
and that he calls for drinkx ixll have preparxd him
|
|
a chalice for the noncex whereon but sippingx
|
|
if he by chance escape your venomxd stuckx
|
|
our purpose may hold therex
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|
enter queenx
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|
how nowx sweet queenx
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queenx
|
|
one woe doth tread upon anotherxs heelx
|
|
so fast they followx your sisterxs drownxdx laertesx
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|
laertesx
|
|
drownxdx ox wherex
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queenx
|
|
there is a willow grows aslant a brookx
|
|
that shows his hoary leaves in the glassy streamx
|
|
there with fantastic garlands did she make
|
|
of crowxflowersx nettlesx daisiesx and long purplesx
|
|
that liberal shepherds give a grosser namex
|
|
but our cold maids do dead menxs fingers call themx
|
|
there on the pendant boughs her coronet weeds
|
|
clambxring to hangx an envious sliver brokex
|
|
when down her weedy trophies and herself
|
|
fell in the weeping brookx her clothes spread widex
|
|
and mermaidxlikex awhile they bore her upx
|
|
which time she chaunted snatches of old tunesx
|
|
as one incapable of her own distressx
|
|
or like a creature native and indued
|
|
unto that elementx but long it could not be
|
|
till that her garmentsx heavy with their drinkx
|
|
pullxd the poor wretch from her melodious lay
|
|
to muddy deathx
|
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|
|
laertesx
|
|
alasx then she is drownxdx
|
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|
|
queenx
|
|
drownxdx drownxdx
|
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|
laertesx
|
|
too much of water hast thoux poor opheliax
|
|
and therefore i forbid my tearsx but yet
|
|
it is our trickx nature her custom holdsx
|
|
let shame say what it willx when these are gonex
|
|
the woman will be outx adieux my lordx
|
|
i have a speech of firex that fain would blazex
|
|
but that this folly douts itx
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|
|
|
xxexitxxx
|
|
|
|
kingx
|
|
letxs followx gertrudex
|
|
how much i had to do to calm his ragex
|
|
now fear i this will give it start againx
|
|
therefore letxs followx
|
|
|
|
xxexeuntxxx
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|
act v
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|
scene ix a churchyardx
|
|
|
|
enter two clowns with spadesx xcx
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|
|
first clownx
|
|
is she to be buried in christian burialx when she wilfully seeks her
|
|
own salvationx
|
|
|
|
second clownx
|
|
i tell thee she isx and therefore make her grave straightx the crowner
|
|
hath sat on herx and finds it christian burialx
|
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|
|
first clownx
|
|
how can that bex unless she drowned herself in her own defencex
|
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|
second clownx
|
|
whyx xtis found sox
|
|
|
|
first clownx
|
|
it must be xse offendendoxx it cannot be elsex for here lies the pointx
|
|
if i drown myself wittinglyx it argues an actx and an act hath three
|
|
branchesx it is to actx to dox and to performx argalx she drowned
|
|
herself wittinglyx
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|
|
|
second clownx
|
|
nayx but hear youx goodman delverxx
|
|
|
|
first clownx
|
|
give me leavex here lies the waterx goodx here stands the manx goodx if
|
|
the man go to this water and drown himselfx it isx will he nill hex he
|
|
goesxxmark you thatx but if the water come to him and drown himx he
|
|
drowns not himselfx argalx he that is not guilty of his own death
|
|
shortens not his own lifex
|
|
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|
second clownx
|
|
but is this lawx
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|
first clownx
|
|
ayx marryx isxtx crownerxs quest lawx
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|
|
|
second clownx
|
|
will you hax the truth onxtx if this had not been a gentlewomanx she
|
|
should have been buried out ox christian burialx
|
|
|
|
first clownx
|
|
whyx there thou sayxstx and the more pity that great folk should have
|
|
countenance in this world to drown or hang themselves more than their
|
|
even christianx comex my spadex there is no ancient gentlemen but
|
|
gardenersx ditchersx and gravexmakersx they hold up adamxs professionx
|
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|
|
second clownx
|
|
was he a gentlemanx
|
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|
first clownx
|
|
he was the first that ever bore armsx
|
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|
|
second clownx
|
|
whyx he had nonex
|
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|
|
first clownx
|
|
whatx art a heathenx how dost thou understand the scripturex the
|
|
scripture says adam diggxdx could he dig without armsx ixll put another
|
|
question to theex if thou answerest me not to the purposex confess
|
|
thyselfx
|
|
|
|
second clownx
|
|
go tox
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|
|
|
first clownx
|
|
what is he that builds stronger than either the masonx the shipwrightx
|
|
or the carpenterx
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|
|
|
second clownx
|
|
the gallowsxmakerx for that frame outlives a thousand tenantsx
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|
|
|
first clownx
|
|
i like thy wit well in good faithx the gallows does wellx but how does
|
|
it wellx it does well to those that do illx nowx thou dost ill to say
|
|
the gallows is built stronger than the churchx argalx the gallows may
|
|
do well to theex toxt againx comex
|
|
|
|
second clownx
|
|
who builds stronger than a masonx a shipwrightx or a carpenterx
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|
|
|
first clownx
|
|
ayx tell me thatx and unyokex
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second clownx
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|
marryx now i can tellx
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first clownx
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|
toxtx
|
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second clownx
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|
massx i cannot tellx
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|
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|
enter hamlet and horatiox at a distancex
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|
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first clownx
|
|
cudgel thy brains no more about itx for your dull ass will not mend his
|
|
pace with beatingx and when you are asked this question nextx say xa
|
|
gravexmakerxx the houses he makes last till doomsdayx gox get thee to
|
|
yaughanx fetch me a stoup of liquorx
|
|
|
|
xxexit second clownxxx
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|
xxdigs and singsxxx
|
|
|
|
in youth when i did lovex did lovex
|
|
methought it was very sweetx
|
|
to contractx ox the time forx ax my behovex
|
|
o methought there was nothing meetx
|
|
|
|
hamletx
|
|
has this fellow no feeling of his businessx that he sings at
|
|
gravexmakingx
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|
|
|
horatiox
|
|
custom hath made it in him a property of easinessx
|
|
|
|
hamletx
|
|
xtis exen sox the hand of little employment hath the daintier sensex
|
|
|
|
first clownx
|
|
xxsingsxxx
|
|
but age with his stealing steps
|
|
hath clawxd me in his clutchx
|
|
and hath shippxd me into the landx
|
|
as if i had never been suchx
|
|
|
|
xxthrows up a skullxxx
|
|
|
|
hamletx
|
|
that skull had a tongue in itx and could sing oncex how the knave jowls
|
|
it to thx groundx as if xtwere cainxs jawbonex that did the first
|
|
murderx this might be the pate of a politician which this ass now
|
|
oxerxofficesx one that would circumvent godx might it notx
|
|
|
|
horatiox
|
|
it mightx my lordx
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|
|
|
hamletx
|
|
or of a courtierx which could say xgood morrowx sweet lordx how dost
|
|
thoux good lordxx this might be my lord suchxaxonex that praised my
|
|
lord suchxaxonexs horse when he meant to beg itx might it notx
|
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|
horatiox
|
|
ayx my lordx
|
|
|
|
hamletx
|
|
whyx exen sox and now my lady wormxsx chaplessx and knocked about the
|
|
mazard with a sextonxs spadex herexs fine revolutionx an we had the
|
|
trick to seextx did these bones cost no more the breeding but to play
|
|
at loggets with xemx mine ache to think onxtx
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|
|
|
first clownx
|
|
xxsingsxxx
|
|
a pickaxe and a spadex a spadex
|
|
for and a shroudingxsheetx
|
|
ox a pit of clay for to be made
|
|
for such a guest is meetx
|
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|
|
xxthrows up another skullxxx
|
|
|
|
hamletx
|
|
therexs anotherx why may not that be the skull of a lawyerx where be
|
|
his quiddits nowx his quilletsx his casesx his tenuresx and his tricksx
|
|
why does he suffer this rude knave now to knock him about the sconce
|
|
with a dirty shovelx and will not tell him of his action of batteryx
|
|
humx this fellow might be inxs time a great buyer of landx with his
|
|
statutesx his recognizancesx his finesx his double vouchersx his
|
|
recoveriesx is this the fine of his finesx and the recovery of his
|
|
recoveriesx to have his fine pate full of fine dirtx will his vouchers
|
|
vouch him no more of his purchasesx and double ones toox than the
|
|
length and breadth of a pair of indenturesx the very conveyances of his
|
|
lands will scarcely lie in this boxx and must the inheritor himself
|
|
have no morex hax
|
|
|
|
horatiox
|
|
not a jot morex my lordx
|
|
|
|
hamletx
|
|
is not parchment made of sheepxskinsx
|
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|
|
horatiox
|
|
ayx my lordx and of calfxskins toox
|
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|
|
hamletx
|
|
they are sheep and calves which seek out assurance in thatx i will
|
|
speak to this fellowxxwhose gravexs thisx sirx
|
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|
first clownx
|
|
minex sirx
|
|
xxsingsxxx
|
|
ox a pit of clay for to be made
|
|
for such a guest is meetx
|
|
|
|
hamletx
|
|
i think it be thine indeedx for thou liest inxtx
|
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|
first clownx
|
|
you lie out onxtx sirx and therefore xtis not yoursx
|
|
for my partx i do not lie inxtx yet it is minex
|
|
|
|
hamletx
|
|
thou dost lie inxtx to be inxt and say it is thinex xtis for the deadx
|
|
not for the quickx therefore thou liestx
|
|
|
|
first clownx
|
|
xtis a quick liex sirx xt will away again from me to youx
|
|
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|
hamletx
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what man dost thou dig it forx
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first clownx
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for no manx sirx
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hamletx
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what woman thenx
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first clownx
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for none neitherx
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hamletx
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who is to be buried inxtx
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first clownx
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one that was a womanx sirx butx rest her soulx shexs deadx
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hamletx
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how absolute the knave isx we must speak by the cardx or equivocation
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will undo usx by the lordx horatiox these three years i have taken note
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of itx the age is grown so picked that the toe of the peasant comes so
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near the heel of the courtier he galls his kibexxhow long hast thou
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been a gravexmakerx
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first clownx
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of all the days ix thx yearx i came toxt that day that our last king
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hamlet oxercame fortinbrasx
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hamletx
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how long is that sincex
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first clownx
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cannot you tell thatx every fool can tell thatx it was the very day
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that young hamlet was bornxxhe that is madx and sent into englandx
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hamletx
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ayx marryx why was he sent into englandx
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first clownx
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whyx because he was madx he shall recover his wits therex or if he do
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notx itxs no great matter therex
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hamletx
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whyx
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first clownx
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xtwill not be seen in him therex there the men are as mad as hex
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hamletx
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how came he madx
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first clownx
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very strangelyx they sayx
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hamletx
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how strangelyx
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first clownx
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faithx exen with losing his witsx
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hamletx
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upon what groundx
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first clownx
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whyx here in denmarkx i have been sexton herex man and boyx thirty
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yearsx
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hamletx
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how long will a man lie ix thxearth ere he rotx
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first clownx
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faithx if he be not rotten before he diexxas we have many pocky corses
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nowadays that will scarce hold the laying inxxhe will last you some
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eight year or nine yearx a tanner will last you nine yearx
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hamletx
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why he more than anotherx
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first clownx
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whyx sirx his hide is so tannxd with his trade that he will keep out
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water a great whilex and your water is a sore decayer of your whoreson
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dead bodyx herexs a skull nowx this skull hath lain in the earth
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threexandxtwenty yearsx
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hamletx
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whose was itx
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first clownx
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a whoresonx mad fellowxs it wasx whose do you think it wasx
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hamletx
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nayx i know notx
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first clownx
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a pestilence on him for a mad roguex a pourxd a flagon of rhenish on my
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head oncex this same skullx sirx was yorickxs skullx the kingxs jesterx
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hamletx
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thisx
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first clownx
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exen thatx
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hamletx
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let me seex xxtakes the skullxxx alasx poor yorickx i knew himx
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horatiox a fellow of infinite jestx of most excellent fancyx he hath
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borne me on his back a thousand timesx and nowx how abhorred in my
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imagination it isx my gorge rises at itx here hung those lips that i
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have kissxd i know not how oftx where be your gibes nowx your gambolsx
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your songsx your flashes of merrimentx that were wont to set the table
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on a roarx not one nowx to mock your own grinningx quite chopxfallenx
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now get you to my ladyxs chamberx and tell herx let her paint an inch
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thickx to this favour she must comex make her laugh at thatxxprytheex
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horatiox tell me one thingx
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horatiox
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whatxs thatx my lordx
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hamletx
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dost thou think alexander looked ox this fashion ix thxearthx
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horatiox
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exen sox
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hamletx
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and smelt sox pahx
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xxthrows down the skullxxx
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horatiox
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exen sox my lordx
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hamletx
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to what base uses we may returnx horatiox why may not imagination trace
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the noble dust of alexander till he find it stopping a bungxholex
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horatiox
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xtwere to consider too curiously to consider sox
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hamletx
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nox faithx not a jotx but to follow him thither with modesty enoughx
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and likelihood to lead itx as thusx alexander diedx alexander was
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buriedx alexander returneth into dustx the dust is earthx of earth we
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make loamx and why of that loam whereto he was converted might they not
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stop a beerxbarrelx
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imperious caesarx dead and turnxd to clayx
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might stop a hole to keep the wind awayx
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ox that that earth which kept the world in awe
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should patch a wall txexpel the winterxs flawx
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but softx but softx asidex here comes the kingx
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enter priestsx xcx in processionx the corpse of opheliax laertes and
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mourners followingx kingx queenx their trainsx xcx
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the queenx the courtiersx who is that they followx
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and with such maimed ritesx this doth betoken
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the corse they follow did with desperate hand
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fordo it own lifex xtwas of some estatex
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couch we awhile and markx
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xxretiring with horatioxxx
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laertesx
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what ceremony elsex
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hamletx
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that is laertesx a very noble youthx markx
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laertesx
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what ceremony elsex
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priestx
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her obsequies have been as far enlargxd
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as we have warrantiesx her death was doubtfulx
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and but that great command oxersways the orderx
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she should in ground unsanctified have lodgxd
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till the last trumpetx for charitable prayersx
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shardsx flintsx and pebbles should be thrown on herx
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yet here she is allowed her virgin ritesx
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her maiden strewmentsx and the bringing home
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of bell and burialx
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laertesx
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must there no more be donex
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priestx
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no more be donex
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we should profane the service of the dead
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to sing sage requiem and such rest to her
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as to peacexparted soulsx
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laertesx
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lay her ix thxearthx
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and from her fair and unpolluted flesh
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may violets springx i tell theex churlish priestx
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a ministxring angel shall my sister be
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when thou liest howlingx
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hamletx
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whatx the fair opheliax
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queenx
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xxscattering flowersxxx sweets to the sweetx farewellx
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i hopxd thou shouldst have been my hamletxs wifex
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i thought thy bridexbed to have deckxdx sweet maidx
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and not have strewxd thy gravex
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laertesx
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ox treble woe
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fall ten times treble on that cursed head
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whose wicked deed thy most ingenious sense
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deprivxd thee ofx hold off the earth a whilex
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till i have caught her once more in mine armsx
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xxleaps into the gravexxx
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now pile your dust upon the quick and deadx
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till of this flat a mountain you have madex
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to oxertop old pelion or the skyish head
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of blue olympusx
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hamletx
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xxadvancingxxx
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what is he whose grief
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bears such an emphasisx whose phrase of sorrow
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conjures the wandxring starsx and makes them stand
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like wonderxwounded hearersx this is ix
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hamlet the danex
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xxleaps into the gravexxx
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laertesx
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xxgrappling with himxxx the devil take thy soulx
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hamletx
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thou prayxst not wellx
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i prythee take thy fingers from my throatx
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for though i am not splenative and rashx
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yet have i in me something dangerousx
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which let thy wiseness fearx away thy handx
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kingx
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pluck them asunderx
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queenx
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hamletx hamletx
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allx
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gentlemenx
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horatiox
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good my lordx be quietx
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xxthe attendants part themx and they come out of the gravexxx
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hamletx
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whyx i will fight with him upon this theme
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until my eyelids will no longer wagx
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queenx
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o my sonx what themex
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hamletx
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i lovxd opheliax forty thousand brothers
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could notx with all their quantity of lovex
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make up my sumx what wilt thou do for herx
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kingx
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ox he is madx laertesx
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queenx
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for love of god forbear himx
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hamletx
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xswoundsx show me what thouxlt dox
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woulxt weepx woulxt fightx woulxt fastx woulxt tear thyselfx
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woulxt drink up eiselx eat a crocodilex
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ixll doxtx dost thou come here to whinex
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to outface me with leaping in her gravex
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be buried quick with herx and so will ix
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and if thou prate of mountainsx let them throw
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millions of acres on usx till our groundx
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singeing his pate against the burning zonex
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make ossa like a wartx nayx an thouxlt mouthx
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ixll rant as well as thoux
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queenx
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this is mere madnessx
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and thus awhile the fit will work on himx
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anonx as patient as the female dovex
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when that her golden couplets are disclosxdx
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his silence will sit droopingx
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hamletx
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hear youx sirx
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what is the reason that you use me thusx
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i lovxd you everx but it is no matterx
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let hercules himself do what he mayx
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the cat will mewx and dog will have his dayx
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xxexitxxx
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kingx
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i pray theex good horatiox wait upon himx
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xxexit horatioxxx
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xxto laertesxx
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strengthen your patience in our last nightxs speechx
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wexll put the matter to the present pushxx
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good gertrudex set some watch over your sonx
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this grave shall have a living monumentx
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an hour of quiet shortly shall we seex
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till then in patience our proceeding bex
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene iix a hall in the castlex
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enter hamlet and horatiox
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hamletx
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so much for thisx sirx now let me see the otherx
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you do remember all the circumstancex
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horatiox
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|
remember itx my lordx
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hamletx
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sirx in my heart there was a kind of fighting
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that would not let me sleepx methought i lay
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worse than the mutinies in the bilboesx rashlyx
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and praisxd be rashness for itxxlet us knowx
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our indiscretion sometime serves us wellx
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when our deep plots do pallx and that should teach us
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therexs a divinity that shapes our endsx
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roughxhew them how we willx
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horatiox
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that is most certainx
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hamletx
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up from my cabinx
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my seaxgown scarfxd about mex in the dark
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|
gropxd i to find out themx had my desirex
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|
fingerxd their packetx and in finex withdrew
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to mine own room againx making so boldx
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|
my fears forgetting mannersx to unseal
|
|
their grand commissionx where i foundx horatiox
|
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oh royal knaveryx an exact commandx
|
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larded with many several sorts of reasonsx
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importing denmarkxs healthx and englandxs toox
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with hox such bugs and goblins in my lifex
|
|
that on the supervisex no leisure batedx
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nox not to stay the grinding of the axex
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my head should be struck offx
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horatiox
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isxt possiblex
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hamletx
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herexs the commissionx read it at more leisurex
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|
but wilt thou hear me how i did proceedx
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horatiox
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i beseech youx
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hamletx
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|
being thus benetted round with villaniesxx
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or i could make a prologue to my brainsx
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they had begun the playxxi sat me downx
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|
devisxd a new commissionx wrote it fairx
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i once did hold itx as our statists dox
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|
a baseness to write fairx and labourxd much
|
|
how to forget that learningx butx sirx now
|
|
it did me yeomanxs servicex wilt thou know
|
|
the effect of what i wrotex
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horatiox
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ayx good my lordx
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hamletx
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|
an earnest conjuration from the kingx
|
|
as england was his faithful tributaryx
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|
as love between them like the palm might flourishx
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|
as peace should still her wheaten garland wear
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|
and stand a comma xtween their amitiesx
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|
and many suchxlike xasxes of great chargex
|
|
that on the view and know of these contentsx
|
|
without debatement furtherx more or lessx
|
|
he should the bearers put to sudden deathx
|
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not shrivingxtime allowxdx
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horatiox
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how was this sealxdx
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hamletx
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whyx even in that was heaven ordinantx
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|
i had my fatherxs signet in my pursex
|
|
which was the model of that danish sealx
|
|
folded the writ up in the form of the otherx
|
|
subscribxd itx gavext thximpressionx placxd it safelyx
|
|
the changeling never knownx nowx the next day
|
|
was our seaxfightx and what to this was sequent
|
|
thou knowxst alreadyx
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horatiox
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|
so guildenstern and rosencrantz go toxtx
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hamletx
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whyx manx they did make love to this employmentx
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|
they are not near my consciencex their defeat
|
|
does by their own insinuation growx
|
|
xtis dangerous when the baser nature comes
|
|
between the pass and fell incensed points
|
|
of mighty oppositesx
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horatiox
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whyx what a king is thisx
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hamletx
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does it notx thinksxt theex stand me now uponxx
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he that hath killxd my kingx and whorxd my motherx
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|
poppxd in between thxelection and my hopesx
|
|
thrown out his angle for my proper lifex
|
|
and with such cozenagexisxt not perfect conscience
|
|
to quit him with this armx and isxt not to be damnxd
|
|
to let this canker of our nature come
|
|
in further evilx
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horatiox
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it must be shortly known to him from england
|
|
what is the issue of the business therex
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hamletx
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it will be shortx the interim is minex
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and a manxs lifexs no more than to say xonexx
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but i am very sorryx good horatiox
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that to laertes i forgot myselfx
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for by the image of my cause i see
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the portraiture of hisx ixll court his favoursx
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but sure the bravery of his grief did put me
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into a towxring passionx
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horatiox
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peacex who comes herex
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enter osricx
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osricx
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your lordship is right welcome back to denmarkx
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hamletx
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i humbly thank youx sirx dost know this waterflyx
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horatiox
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nox my good lordx
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hamletx
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thy state is the more graciousx for xtis a vice to know himx he hath
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much landx and fertilex let a beast be lord of beastsx and his crib
|
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shall stand at the kingxs messx xtis a choughx butx as i sayx spacious
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|
in the possession of dirtx
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osricx
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sweet lordx if your lordship were at leisurex i should impart a thing
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to you from his majestyx
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hamletx
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i will receive it with all diligence of spiritx put your bonnet to his
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|
right usex xtis for the headx
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osricx
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i thank your lordshipx xtis very hotx
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hamletx
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nox believe mex xtis very coldx the wind is northerlyx
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osricx
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it is indifferent coldx my lordx indeedx
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hamletx
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methinks it is very sultry and hot for my complexionx
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osricx
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exceedinglyx my lordx it is very sultryxxas xtwerexi cannot tell howx
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butx my lordx his majesty bade me signify to you that he has laid a
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great wager on your headx sirx this is the matterxx
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hamletx
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i beseech youx rememberxx
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xxhamlet moves him to put on his hatxxx
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osricx
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nayx in good faithx for mine easex in good faithx sirx here is newly
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come to court laertesx believe mex an absolute gentlemanx full of most
|
|
excellent differencesx of very soft society and great showingx indeedx
|
|
to speak feelingly of himx he is the card or calendar of gentryx for
|
|
you shall find in him the continent of what part a gentleman would seex
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hamletx
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sirx his definement suffers no perdition in youx though i knowx to
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|
divide him inventorially would dizzy thxarithmetic of memoryx and yet
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|
but yaw neitherx in respect of his quick sailx butx in the verity of
|
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extolmentx i take him to be a soul of great article and his infusion of
|
|
such dearth and rareness asx to make true diction of himx his semblable
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is his mirror and who else would trace him his umbragex nothing morex
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osricx
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your lordship speaks most infallibly of himx
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hamletx
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the concernancyx sirx why do we wrap the gentleman in our more rawer
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breathx
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osricx
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sirx
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horatiox
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isxt not possible to understand in another tonguex you will doxtx sirx
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reallyx
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hamletx
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what imports the nomination of this gentlemanx
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osricx
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of laertesx
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horatiox
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his purse is empty alreadyx allxs golden words are spentx
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hamletx
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of himx sirx
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osricx
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i know you are not ignorantxx
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hamletx
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i would you didx sirx yet in faith if you didx it would not much
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approve mex wellx sirx
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osricx
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you are not ignorant of what excellence laertes isxx
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hamletx
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i dare not confess thatx lest i should compare with him in excellencex
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but to know a man well were to know himselfx
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osricx
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i meanx sirx for his weaponx but in the imputation laid on himx by them
|
|
in his meed hexs unfellowedx
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hamletx
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whatxs his weaponx
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osricx
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rapier and daggerx
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hamletx
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thatxs two of his weaponsx but wellx
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osricx
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|
the kingx sirx hath wagerxd with him six barbary horsesx against the
|
|
which he has imponedx as i take itx six french rapiers and poniardsx
|
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with their assignsx as girdlex hangersx and sox three of the carriagesx
|
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in faithx are very dear to fancyx very responsive to the hiltsx most
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delicate carriagesx and of very liberal conceitx
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hamletx
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what call you the carriagesx
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horatiox
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i knew you must be edified by the margin ere you had donex
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osricx
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the carriagesx sirx are the hangersx
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hamletx
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the phrase would be more german to the matter if we could carry cannon
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by our sidesx i would it might be hangers till thenx but onx six
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barbary horses against six french swordsx their assignsx and three
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liberal conceited carriagesx thatxs the french bet against the danishx
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why is this all imponedx as you call itx
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osricx
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the kingx sirx hath laid that in a dozen passes between you and himx he
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shall not exceed you three hitsx he hath laid on twelve for ninex and
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it would come to immediate trial if your lordship would vouchsafe the
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answerx
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hamletx
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how if i answer nox
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osricx
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i meanx my lordx the opposition of your person in trialx
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hamletx
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sirx i will walk here in the hallx if it please his majestyx it is the
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breathing time of day with mex let the foils be broughtx the gentleman
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willingx and the king hold his purposex i will win for him if i canx if
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notx i will gain nothing but my shame and the odd hitsx
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osricx
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shall i rexdeliver you exen sox
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hamletx
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to this effectx sirx after what flourish your nature willx
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osricx
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i commend my duty to your lordshipx
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hamletx
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yoursx yoursx
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xxexit osricxxx
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he does well to commend it himselfx there are no tongues else forxs
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turnx
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horatiox
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this lapwing runs away with the shell on his headx
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hamletx
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he did comply with his dug before he suckxd itx thus has hexxand many
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more of the same bevy that i know the drossy age dotes onxx only got
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the tune of the time and outward habit of encounterx a kind of yeasty
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collectionx which carries them through and through the most fanned and
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winnowed opinionsx and do but blow them to their trialx the bubbles are
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outx
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enter a lordx
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lordx
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my lordx his majesty commended him to you by young osricx who brings
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back to him that you attend him in the hallx he sends to know if your
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pleasure hold to play with laertes or that you will take longer timex
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hamletx
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i am constant to my purposesx they follow the kingxs pleasurex if his
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fitness speaksx mine is readyx now or whensoeverx provided i be so able
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as nowx
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lordx
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the king and queen and all are coming downx
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hamletx
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in happy timex
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lordx
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the queen desires you to use some gentle entertainment to laertes
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before you fall to playx
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hamletx
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she well instructs mex
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xxexit lordxxx
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horatiox
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you will lose this wagerx my lordx
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hamletx
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i do not think sox since he went into francex i have been in continual
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practicex i shall win at the oddsx but thou wouldst not think how ill
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allxs here about my heartx but it is no matterx
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horatiox
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nayx good my lordx
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hamletx
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it is but fooleryx but it is such a kind of gainxgiving as would
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perhaps trouble a womanx
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horatiox
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if your mind dislike anythingx obey itx i will forestall their repair
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hitherx and say you are not fitx
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hamletx
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not a whitx we defy auguryx therexs a special providence in the fall of
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a sparrowx if it be nowx xtis not to comex if it be not to comex it
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will be nowx if it be not nowx yet it will comex the readiness is allx
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since no man has aught of what he leavesx what isxt to leave betimesx
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enter kingx queenx laertesx lordsx osric and attendants with foils xcx
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kingx
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comex hamletx comex and take this hand from mex
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xxthe king puts laertesxs hand into hamletxsxxx
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hamletx
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give me your pardonx sirx i have done you wrongx
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but pardonxt as you are a gentlemanx
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this presence knowsx and you must needs have heardx
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how i am punishxd with sore distractionx
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what i have done
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that might your naturex honourx and exception
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roughly awakex i here proclaim was madnessx
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wasxt hamlet wrongxd laertesx never hamletx
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if hamlet from himself be taxen awayx
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and when hexs not himself does wrong laertesx
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then hamlet does it notx hamlet denies itx
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who does itx thenx his madnessx ifxt be sox
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hamlet is of the faction that is wrongxdx
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his madness is poor hamletxs enemyx
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sirx in this audiencex
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let my disclaiming from a purposxd evil
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free me so far in your most generous thoughts
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that i have shot my arrow oxer the house
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and hurt my brotherx
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laertesx
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i am satisfied in naturex
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whose motive in this case should stir me most
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to my revengex but in my terms of honour
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i stand aloofx and will no reconcilement
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till by some elder masters of known honour
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i have a voice and precedent of peace
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to keep my name ungorxdx but till that time
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i do receive your offerxd love like lovex
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and will not wrong itx
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hamletx
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i embrace it freelyx
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and will this brotherxs wager frankly playxx
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give us the foilsx come onx
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laertesx
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comex one for mex
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hamletx
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ixll be your foilx laertesx in mine ignorance
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your skill shall like a star ix thx darkest nightx
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stick fiery off indeedx
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laertesx
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you mock mex sirx
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hamletx
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nox by this handx
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kingx
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give them the foilsx young osricx cousin hamletx
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you know the wagerx
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hamletx
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very wellx my lordx
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your grace has laid the odds ox the weaker sidex
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kingx
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i do not fear itx i have seen you bothx
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but since he is betterxdx we have therefore oddsx
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laertesx
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this is too heavyx let me see anotherx
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hamletx
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this likes me wellx these foils have all a lengthx
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xxthey prepare to playxxx
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osricx
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ayx my good lordx
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kingx
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set me the stoups of wine upon that tablex
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if hamlet give the first or second hitx
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or quit in answer of the third exchangex
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let all the battlements their ordnance firex
|
|
the king shall drink to hamletxs better breathx
|
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and in the cup an union shall he throw
|
|
richer than that which four successive kings
|
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in denmarkxs crown have wornx give me the cupsx
|
|
and let the kettle to the trumpet speakx
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the trumpet to the cannoneer withoutx
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the cannons to the heavensx the heavens to earthx
|
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xnow the king drinks to hamletxx comex beginx
|
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and youx the judgesx bear a wary eyex
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hamletx
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come onx sirx
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laertesx
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comex my lordx
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xxthey playxxx
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hamletx
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onex
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laertesx
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nox
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hamletx
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judgmentx
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osricx
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a hitx a very palpable hitx
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laertesx
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wellx againx
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kingx
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stayx give me drinkx hamletx this pearl is thinex
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herexs to thy healthx
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xxtrumpets soundx and cannon shot off withinxxx
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give him the cupx
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hamletx
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ixll play this bout firstx set it by awhilex
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xxthey playxxx
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comex another hitx what say youx
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laertesx
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a touchx a touchx i do confessx
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kingx
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our son shall winx
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queenx
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hexs fatx and scant of breathx
|
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herex hamletx take my napkinx rub thy browsx
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the queen carouses to thy fortunex hamletx
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hamletx
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good madamx
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kingx
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gertrudex do not drinkx
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queenx
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i willx my lordx i pray you pardon mex
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kingx
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xxasidexxx it is the poisonxd cupx it is too latex
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hamletx
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i dare not drink yetx madamx by and byx
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queenx
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comex let me wipe thy facex
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laertesx
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my lordx ixll hit him nowx
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kingx
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i do not thinkxtx
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laertesx
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xxasidexxx and yet xtis almost xgainst my consciencex
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hamletx
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come for the thirdx laertesx you do but dallyx
|
|
i pray you pass with your best violencex
|
|
i am afeard you make a wanton of mex
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laertesx
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say you sox come onx
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xxthey playxxx
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osricx
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nothing neither wayx
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laertesx
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have at you nowx
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|
xxlaertes wounds hamletx thenx in scufflingx they change rapiersx and
|
|
hamlet wounds laertesxxx
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kingx
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part themx they are incensxdx
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hamletx
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|
nayx come againx
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|
xxthe queen fallsxxx
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osricx
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|
look to the queen therex hox
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horatiox
|
|
they bleed on both sidesx how is itx my lordx
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osricx
|
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how isxtx laertesx
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laertesx
|
|
whyx as a woodcock to my own springex osricx
|
|
i am justly killxd with mine own treacheryx
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hamletx
|
|
how does the queenx
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|
kingx
|
|
she swoons to see them bleedx
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queenx
|
|
nox nox the drinkx the drinkx o my dear hamletx
|
|
the drinkx the drinkx i am poisonxdx
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xxdiesxxx
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hamletx
|
|
o villanyx hox let the door be lockxdx
|
|
treacheryx seek it outx
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|
xxlaertes fallsxxx
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|
laertesx
|
|
it is herex hamletx hamletx thou art slainx
|
|
no medicine in the world can do thee goodx
|
|
in thee there is not half an hour of lifex
|
|
the treacherous instrument is in thy handx
|
|
unbated and envenomxdx the foul practice
|
|
hath turnxd itself on mex lox here i liex
|
|
never to rise againx thy motherxs poisonxdx
|
|
i can no morex the kingx the kingxs to blamex
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|
hamletx
|
|
the point envenomxd toox
|
|
thenx venomx to thy workx
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|
xxstabs the kingxxx
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|
osric and lordsx
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|
treasonx treasonx
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kingx
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o yet defend mex friendsx i am but hurtx
|
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|
hamletx
|
|
herex thou incestuousx murderousx damned danex
|
|
drink off this potionx is thy union herex
|
|
follow my motherx
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|
xxking diesxxx
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|
laertesx
|
|
he is justly servxdx
|
|
it is a poison temperxd by himselfx
|
|
exchange forgiveness with mex noble hamletx
|
|
mine and my fatherxs death come not upon theex
|
|
nor thine on mex
|
|
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|
xxdiesxxx
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|
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|
hamletx
|
|
heaven make thee free of itx i follow theex
|
|
i am deadx horatiox wretched queenx adieux
|
|
you that look pale and tremble at this chancex
|
|
that are but mutes or audience to this actx
|
|
had i but timexxas this fell sergeantx deathx
|
|
is strict in his arrestxxox i could tell youxx
|
|
but let it bex horatiox i am deadx
|
|
thou livxstx report me and my cause aright
|
|
to the unsatisfiedx
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|
horatiox
|
|
never believe itx
|
|
i am more an antique roman than a danex
|
|
herexs yet some liquor leftx
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|
hamletx
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|
as thxart a manx
|
|
give me the cupx let gox by heavenx ixll havextx
|
|
o good horatiox what a wounded namex
|
|
things standing thus unknownx shall live behind mex
|
|
if thou didst ever hold me in thy heartx
|
|
absent thee from felicity awhilex
|
|
and in this harsh world draw thy breath in painx
|
|
to tell my storyx
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|
xxmarch afar offx and shot withinxxx
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|
|
what warlike noise is thisx
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|
osricx
|
|
young fortinbrasx with conquest come from polandx
|
|
to the ambassadors of england gives
|
|
this warlike volleyx
|
|
|
|
hamletx
|
|
ox i diex horatiox
|
|
the potent poison quite oxerxcrows my spiritx
|
|
i cannot live to hear the news from englandx
|
|
but i do prophesy thxelection lights
|
|
on fortinbrasx he has my dying voicex
|
|
so tell himx with the occurrents more and lessx
|
|
which have solicitedx the rest is silencex
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|
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|
xxdiesxxx
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|
horatiox
|
|
now cracks a noble heartx good nightx sweet princex
|
|
and flights of angels sing thee to thy restx
|
|
why does the drum come hitherx
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|
xxmarch withinxxx
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|
enter fortinbrasx the english ambassadors and othersx
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fortinbrasx
|
|
where is this sightx
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horatiox
|
|
what is it you would seex
|
|
if aught of woe or wonderx cease your searchx
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|
fortinbrasx
|
|
this quarry cries on havocx o proud deathx
|
|
what feast is toward in thine eternal cellx
|
|
that thou so many princes at a shot
|
|
so bloodily hast struckx
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|
first ambassadorx
|
|
the sight is dismalx
|
|
and our affairs from england come too latex
|
|
the ears are senseless that should give us hearingx
|
|
to tell him his commandment is fulfillxdx
|
|
that rosencrantz and guildenstern are deadx
|
|
where should we have our thanksx
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|
horatiox
|
|
not from his mouthx
|
|
had it thxability of life to thank youx
|
|
he never gave commandment for their deathx
|
|
but sincex so jump upon this bloody questionx
|
|
you from the polack warsx and you from england
|
|
are here arrivxdx give order that these bodies
|
|
high on a stage be placed to the viewx
|
|
and let me speak to thx yet unknowing world
|
|
how these things came aboutx so shall you hear
|
|
of carnalx bloody and unnatural actsx
|
|
of accidental judgmentsx casual slaughtersx
|
|
of deaths put on by cunning and forcxd causex
|
|
andx in this upshotx purposes mistook
|
|
fallxn on the inventorsx headsx all this can i
|
|
truly deliverx
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|
|
|
fortinbrasx
|
|
let us haste to hear itx
|
|
and call the noblest to the audiencex
|
|
for mex with sorrow i embrace my fortunex
|
|
i have some rights of memory in this kingdomx
|
|
which now to claim my vantage doth invite mex
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|
horatiox
|
|
of that i shall have also cause to speakx
|
|
and from his mouth whose voice will draw on morex
|
|
but let this same be presently performxdx
|
|
even while menxs minds are wildx lest more mischance
|
|
on plots and errors happenx
|
|
|
|
fortinbrasx
|
|
let four captains
|
|
bear hamlet like a soldier to the stagex
|
|
for he was likelyx had he been put onx
|
|
to have provxd most royallyx and for his passagex
|
|
the soldiersx music and the rites of war
|
|
speak loudly for himx
|
|
take up the bodiesx such a sight as this
|
|
becomes the fieldx but here shows much amissx
|
|
gox bid the soldiers shootx
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xxa dead marchxxx
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|
xxexeuntx bearing off the bodiesx after which a peal of ordnance is
|
|
shot offxxx
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the first part of king henry the fourth
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dramatis personx
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king henry the fourthx
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henryx prince of walesx son to the kingx
|
|
prince john of lancasterx son to the kingx
|
|
earl of westmorelandx
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|
sir walter bluntx
|
|
thomas percyx earl of worcesterx
|
|
henry percyx earl of northumberlandx
|
|
henry percyx surnamed hotspurx his sonx
|
|
edmund mortimerx earl of marchx
|
|
scroopx archbishop of yorkx
|
|
sir michaelx his friendx
|
|
archibaldx earl of douglasx
|
|
owen glendowerx
|
|
sir richard vernonx
|
|
sir john falstaffx
|
|
poinsx
|
|
gadshillx
|
|
petox
|
|
bardolphx
|
|
lady percyx wife to hotspurx
|
|
lady mortimerx daughter to glendowerx
|
|
mrsx quicklyx hostess in eastcheapx
|
|
lordsx officersx sheriffx vintnerx chamberlainx drawersx
|
|
carriersx travellers and attendantsx
|
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|
scenex england and walesx
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|
act i
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scene ix londonx a room in the palacex
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|
xenter the king henryx westmorelandx sir walter bluntx and othersxx
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kingx
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|
so shaken as we arex so wan with carex
|
|
find we a time for frighted peace to pantx
|
|
and breathe shortxwinded accents of new broils
|
|
to be commenced in strands afar remotex
|
|
no more the thirsty entrance of this soil
|
|
shall daub her lips with her own childrenxs bloodx
|
|
no more shall trenching war channel her fieldsx
|
|
nor bruise her flowerets with the armed hoofs
|
|
of hostile pacesx those opposed eyesx
|
|
whichx like the meteors of a troubled heavenx
|
|
all of one naturex of one substance bredx
|
|
did lately meet in the intestine shock
|
|
and furious close of civil butcheryx
|
|
shall nowx in mutual wellxbeseeming ranksx
|
|
march all one wayx and be no more opposed
|
|
against acquaintancex kindredx and alliesx
|
|
the edge of warx like an illxsheathed knifex
|
|
no more shall cut his masterx thereforex friendsx
|
|
as far as to the sepulchre of christx
|
|
whose soldier nowx under whose blessed cross
|
|
we are impressed and engaged to fightx
|
|
forthwith a power of english shall we levyx
|
|
to chase these pagans in those holy fields
|
|
over whose acres walkxd those blessed feet
|
|
which fourteen hundred years ago were nailxd
|
|
for our advantage on the bitter crossx
|
|
but this our purpose now is twelvemonth oldx
|
|
and bootless xtis to tell you we will gox
|
|
therefore we meet not nowxxthen let me hear
|
|
of youx my gentle cousin westmorelandx
|
|
what yesternight our council did decree
|
|
in forwarding this dear expediencex
|
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|
westmorelandx
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my liegex this haste was hot in questionx
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and many limits of the charge set down
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but yesternightx whenx all athwartx there came
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a post from wales loaden with heavy newsx
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whose worst wasx that the noble mortimerx
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leading the men of herefordshire to fight
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against thx irregular and wild glendowerx
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was by the rude hands of that welshman takenx
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a thousand of his people butcheredx
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upon whose dead corpsex there was such misusex
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such beastlyx shameless transformationx
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by those welshwomen donex as may not be
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without much shame rextold or spoken ofx
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kingx
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it seemsx thenx that the tidings of this broil
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brake off our business for the holy landx
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westmorelandx
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thisx matchxd with otherx didx my gracious lordx
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for more uneven and unwelcome news
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came from the northx and thus it did importx
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on holyxrood day the gallant hotspur therex
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young harry percyx and brave archibaldx
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that everxvaliant and approved scotx
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at holmedon metx
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where they did spend a sad and bloody hourx
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as by discharge of their artilleryx
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and shape of likelihoodx the news was toldx
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for he that brought themx in the very heat
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and pride of their contention did take horsex
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uncertain of the issue any wayx
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kingx
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here is a dear and truexindustrious friendx
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sir walter bluntx new lighted from his horsex
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stainxd with the variation of each soil
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betwixt that holmedon and this seat of oursx
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and he hath brought us smooth and welcome newsx
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the earl of douglas is discomfitedx
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ten thousand bold scotsx twoxandxtwenty knightsx
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balkxd in their own bloodx did sir walter see
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on holmedonxs plainsx of prisonersx hotspur took
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mordake the earl of fife and eldest son
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to beaten douglasx and the earls of atholx
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of murrayx angusx and menteithx
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and is not this an honourable spoilx
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a gallant prizex hax cousinx is it notx
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westmorelandx
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faithx xtis a conquest for a prince to boast ofx
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kingx
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yeax there thou makest me sadx and makest me sin
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in envy that my lord northumberland
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should be the father to so blest a sonxx
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a son who is the theme of honourxs tonguex
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amongst a grovex the very straightest plantx
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who is sweet fortunexs minion and her pridex
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whilst ix by looking on the praise of himx
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see riot and dishonour stain the brow
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of my young harryx ox that it could be proved
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that some nightxtripping fairy had exchanged
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in cradlexclothes our children where they layx
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and callxd mine percyx his plantagenetx
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then would i have his harryx and he minex
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but let him from my thoughtsx what think youx cozx
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of this young percyxs pridex the prisonersx
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which he in this adventure hath surprisedx
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to his own use he keepsx and sends me wordx
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i shall have none but mordake earl of fifex
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westmorelandx
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this is his unclexs teachingx this is worcesterx
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malevolent to you in all aspectsx
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which makes him prune himselfx and bristle up
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the crest of youth against your dignityx
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kingx
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but i have sent for him to answer thisx
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and for this cause awhile we must neglect
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our holy purpose to jerusalemx
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cousinx on wednesday next our council we
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will hold at windsorx so inform the lordsx
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but come yourself with speed to us againx
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for more is to be said and to be done
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than out of anger can be utteredx
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westmorelandx
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i willx my liegex
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xexeuntxx
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scene iix the samex an apartment of prince henryxsx
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xenter prince henry and falstaffxx
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falstaffx
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nowx halx what time of day is itx ladx
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princex
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thou art so fatxwittedx with drinking of old sackx and unbuttoning thee
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after supperx and sleeping upon benches after noonx that thou hast
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forgotten to demand that truly which thou wouldst truly knowx what a
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devil hast thou to do with the time of the dayx unless hours were cups
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of sackx and minutes caponsx and the blessed sun himself a fair hot
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wench in flamexcoloured taffetax i see no reason why thou shouldst be
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so superfluous to demand the time of the dayx
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falstaffx
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indeedx you come near me nowx halx for we that take purses go by the
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moon and the seven starsx and not by phoebusxxhex that wandering knight
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so fairx and i prxytheex sweet wagx when thou art kingxxasx god save
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thy gracexmajesty i should sayx for grace thou wilt have nonexx
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princex
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whatx nonex
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falstaffx
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nox by my trothx not so much as will serve to be prologue to an egg and
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butterx
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princex
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wellx how thenx comex roundlyx roundlyx
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falstaffx
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marryx thenx sweet wagx when thou art kingx let not us that are squires
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of the nightxs body be called thieves of the dayxs beautyx let us be
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dianaxs forestersx gentlemen of the shadex minions of the moonx and let
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men say we be men of good governmentx being governedx as the sea isx by
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our noble and chaste mistress the moonx under whose countenance we
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stealx
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princex
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thou sayxst wellx and it holds well toox for the fortune of us that are
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the moonxs men doth ebb and flow like the seax being governedx as the
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sea isx by the moonx asx for proofx nowx a purse of gold most
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resolutely snatchxd on monday nightx and most dissolutely spent on
|
|
tuesday morningx got with swearing lay byx and spent with crying bring
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inx now ill as low an ebb as the foot of the ladderx and byxandxby in
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as high a flow as the ridge of the gallowsx
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falstaffx
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by the lordx thou sayxst truex ladx and is not my hostess of the
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tavern a most sweet wenchx
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princex
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as the honey of hyblax my old lad of the castlex and is not a buff
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jerkin a most sweet robe of durancex
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falstaffx
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how nowx how nowx mad wagx whatx in thy quips and thy quidditiesx what
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a plague have i to do with a buff jerkinx
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princex
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whyx what a pox have i to do with my hostess of the tavernx
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falstaffx
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wellx thou hast callxd her to a reckoning many a time and oftx
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princex
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did i ever call for thee to pay thy partx
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falstaffx
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nox ixll give thee thy duex thou hast paid all therex
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princex
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yeax and elsewherex so far as my coin would stretchx and where it would
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notx i have used my creditx
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falstaffx
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yeax and so used itx thatx were it not here apparent that thou art
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heirxapparentxbut i prxytheex sweet wagx shall there be gallows
|
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standing in england when thou art kingx and resolution thus fobbxd as
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it is with the rusty curb of old father antic the lawx do not thoux
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when thou art kingx hang a thiefx
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princex
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nox thou shaltx
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falstaffx
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shall ix o rarex by the lordx ixll be a brave judgex
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princex
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thou judgest false alreadyx i meanx thou shalt have the hanging of the
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thievesx and so become a rare hangmanx
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falstaffx
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wellx halx wellx and in some sort it jumps with my humourx as well as
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waiting in the courtx i can tell youx
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princex
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for obtaining of suitsx
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falstaffx
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yeax for obtaining of suitsx whereof the hangman hath no lean wardrobex
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xsbloodx i am as melancholy as a gibxcat or a luggxd bearx
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princex
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or an old lionx or a loverxs lutex
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falstaffx
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yeax or the drone of a lincolnshire bagpipex
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princex
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what sayxst thou to a harex or the melancholy of moorxditchx
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falstaffx
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thou hast the most unsavoury similesx and artx indeedx the most
|
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comparativex rascalliestx sweet young princexxbutx halx i prxythee
|
|
trouble me no more with vanityx i would to god thou and i knew where a
|
|
commodity of good names were to be boughtx an old lord of the council
|
|
rated me the other day in the street about youx sirxxbut i markxd him
|
|
notx and yet he talkxd very wiselyxxbut i regarded him notx and yet he
|
|
talkxd wiselyx and in the street toox
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princex
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thou didst wellx for wisdom cries out in the streetsx and no man
|
|
regards itx
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falstaffx
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ox thou hast damnable iterationx and artx indeedx able to corrupt a
|
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saintx thou hast done much harm upon mex halx god forgive thee for itx
|
|
before i knew theex halx i knew nothingx and now am ix if a man should
|
|
speak trulyx little better than one of the wickedx i must give over
|
|
this lifex and i will give it overx by the lordx an i do notx i am a
|
|
villainx ixll be damnxd for never a kingxs son in christendomx
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princex
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|
where shall we take a purse toxmorrowx jackx
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falstaffx
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zoundsx where thou wiltx ladx ixll make onex an i do notx call me
|
|
villainx and baffle mex
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princex
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i see a good amendment of life in theexxfrom praying to pursextakingx
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falstaffx
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whyx halx xtis my vocationx halx xtis no sin for a man to labour in his
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|
vocationx
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xenter poinsxx
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poinsx
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now shall we know if gadshill have set a matchx ox if men were to be
|
|
saved by meritx what hole in hell were hot enough for himx this is the
|
|
most omnipotent villain that ever cried standx to a true manx
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princex
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good morrowx nedx
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poinsx
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|
good morrowx sweet halxxwhat says monsieur remorsex what says sir john
|
|
sackxandxsugarx jackx how agrees the devil and thee about thy soulx
|
|
that thou soldest him on goodxfriday last for a cup of madeira and a
|
|
cold caponxs legx
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princex
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sir john stands to his wordxxthe devil shall have his bargainx
|
|
for he was never yet a breaker of proverbsxxhe will give the
|
|
devil his duex
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poinsx
|
|
then art thou damnxd for keeping thy word with the devilx
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princex
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|
else he had been damnxd for cozening the devilx
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poinsx
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butx my ladsx my ladsx toxmorrow morningx by four oxclockx early at
|
|
gadsxhillx there are pilgrims gong to canterbury with rich offeringsx
|
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and traders riding to london with fat pursesx i have visards for you
|
|
allx you have horses for yourselvesx gadshill lies toxnight in
|
|
rochesterx i have bespoke supper toxmorrow night in eastcheapx we may
|
|
do it as secure as sleepx if you will gox i will stuff your purses full
|
|
of crownsx if you will notx tarry at home and be hangxdx
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falstaffx
|
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hear yex yedwardx if i tarry at home and go notx ixll hang you for
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|
goingx
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poinsx
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you willx chopsx
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falstaffx
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halx wilt thou make onex
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princex
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whox i robx i a thiefx not ix by my faithx
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falstaffx
|
|
therexs neither honestyx manhoodx nor good fellowship in theex nor thou
|
|
camest not of the blood royalx if thou darest not stand for ten
|
|
shillingsx
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princex
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wellx thenx once in my days ixll be a madcapx
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falstaffx
|
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whyx thatxs well saidx
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princex
|
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wellx come what willx ixll tarry at homex
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falstaffx
|
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by the lordx ixll be a traitorx thenx when thou art kingx
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princex
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i care notx
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poinsx
|
|
sir johnx i prxytheex leave the prince and me alonex i will lay him
|
|
down such reasons for this adventurex that he shall gox
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|
falstaffx
|
|
wellx god give thee the spirit of persuasionx and him the ears of
|
|
profitingx that what thou speakest may movex and what he hears may be
|
|
believedx that the true prince mayx for recreationx sakex prove a false
|
|
thiefx for the poor abuses of the time want countenancex farewellx you
|
|
shall find me in eastcheapx
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princex
|
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farewellx thou latter springx farewellx allxhallown summerx
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xexit falstaffxx
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poinsx
|
|
nowx my good sweet honeyxlordx ride with us toxmorrowx i have a jest
|
|
to execute that i cannot manage alonex falstaffx bardolphx petox and
|
|
gadshillx shall rob those men that we have already waylaidx yourself
|
|
and i will not be therex and when they have the bootyx if you and i do
|
|
not rob themx cut this head off from my shouldersx
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princex
|
|
but how shall we part with them in setting forthx
|
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poinsx
|
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whyx we will set forth before or after themx and appoint them a place
|
|
of meetingx wherein it is at our pleasure to failx and then will they
|
|
adventure upon the exploit themselvesx which they shall have no sooner
|
|
achieved but wexll set upon themx
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princex
|
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ayx but xtis like that they will know us by our horsesx by our habitsx
|
|
and by every other appointmentx to be ourselvesx
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poinsx
|
|
tutx our horses they shall not seexxixll tie them in the woodx our
|
|
visards we will changex after we leave themx andx sirrahx i have cases
|
|
of buckram for the noncex to immask our noted outward garmentsx
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princex
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but i doubt they will be too hard for usx
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poinsx
|
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wellx for two of themx i know them to be as truexbred cowards as ever
|
|
turnxd backx and for the thirdx if he fight longer than he sees reasonx
|
|
ixll forswear armsx the virtue of this jest will bex the
|
|
incomprehensible lies that this same fat rogue will tell us when we
|
|
meet at supperx how thirtyx at leastx he fought withx what wardsx what
|
|
blowsx what extremities he enduredx and in the reproof of this lies the
|
|
jestx
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|
princex
|
|
wellx ixll go with theex provide us all things necessary and meet me
|
|
toxnight in eastcheapx there ixll supx farewellx
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|
poinsx
|
|
farewellx my lordx
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|
|
xexitxx
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princex
|
|
i know you allx and will awhile uphold
|
|
the unyokxd humour of your idlenessx
|
|
yet herein will i imitate the sunx
|
|
who doth permit the base contagious clouds
|
|
to smotherxup his beauty from the worldx
|
|
thatx when he please again to be himselfx
|
|
being wantedx he may be more wonderxd atx
|
|
by breaking through the foul and ugly mists
|
|
of vapours that did seem to strangle himx
|
|
if all the year were playing holidaysx
|
|
to sport would be as tedious as to workx
|
|
butx when they seldom comex they wishxdxfor comex
|
|
and nothing pleaseth but rare accidentsx
|
|
sox when this loose behaviour i throw offx
|
|
and pay the debt i never promisedx
|
|
by how much better than my word i amx
|
|
by so much shall i falsify menxs hopesx
|
|
andx like bright metal on a sullen groundx
|
|
my reformationx glittering oxer my faultx
|
|
shall show more goodly and attract more eyes
|
|
than that which hath no foil to set it offx
|
|
ixll so offendx to make offence a skillx
|
|
redeeming timex when men think least i willx
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|
xexitxx
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|
scene iiix the samex a room in the palacex
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|
|
xenter king henryx northumberlandx worcesterx hotspurx sir walter
|
|
bluntx and othersxx
|
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|
kingx
|
|
my blood hath been too cold and temperatex
|
|
unapt to stir at these indignitiesx
|
|
and you have found mex forx accordinglyx
|
|
you tread upon my patiencex but be sure
|
|
i will from henceforth rather be myselfx
|
|
mighty and to be fearxdx than my conditionx
|
|
which hath been smooth as oilx soft as young downx
|
|
and therefore lost that title of respect
|
|
which the proud soul nexer pays but to the proudx
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|
|
worcesterx
|
|
our housex my sovereign liegex little deserves
|
|
the scourge of greatness to be used on itx
|
|
and that same greatness too which our own hands
|
|
have holp to make so portlyx
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|
northumberlandx
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|
my good lordxx
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kingx
|
|
worcesterx get thee gonex for i do see
|
|
danger and disobedience in thine eyex
|
|
ox sirx your presence is too bold and peremptoryx
|
|
and majesty might never yet endure
|
|
the moody frontier of a servant browx
|
|
you have good leave to leave usx when we need
|
|
your use and counselx we shall send for youx
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|
|
xexit worcesterxx
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|
xto northumberlandxx
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|
you were about to speakx
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northumberlandx
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yeax my good lordx
|
|
those prisoners in your highnessx name demandedx
|
|
which harry percy here at holmedon tookx
|
|
werex as he saysx not with such strength denied
|
|
as is deliverxd to your majestyx
|
|
either envyx thereforex or misprision
|
|
is guilty of this faultx and not my sonx
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|
|
hotspurx
|
|
my liegex i did deny no prisonersx
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|
butx i rememberx when the fight was donex
|
|
when i was dry with rage and extreme toilx
|
|
breathless and faintx leaning upon my swordx
|
|
came there a certain lordx neatx trimly dressxdx
|
|
fresh as a bridegroomx and his chin new reapxd
|
|
showxd like a stubblexland at harvestxhomex
|
|
he was perfumed like a millinerx
|
|
and xtwixt his finger and his thumb he held
|
|
a pouncetxboxx which ever and anon
|
|
he gave his nosex and tookxt away againx
|
|
who therewith angryx when it next came therex
|
|
took it in snuffx and still he smiled and talkxdx
|
|
andx as the soldiers bore dead bodies byx
|
|
he callxd them untaught knavesx unmannerlyx
|
|
to bring a slovenly unhandsome corse
|
|
betwixt the wind and his nobilityx
|
|
with many holiday and lady terms
|
|
he questionxd mex amongst the restx demanded
|
|
my prisoners in your majestyxs behalfx
|
|
i thenx all smarting with my wounds being coldx
|
|
out of my grief and my impatience
|
|
to be so pesterxd with a popinjayx
|
|
answerxd neglectinglyx i know not whatxx
|
|
he shouldx or he should notx forxt made me mad
|
|
to see him shine so briskx and smell so sweetx
|
|
and talk so like a waitingxgentlewoman
|
|
of guns and drums and woundsxxgod save the markxx
|
|
and telling me the sovereignxst thing on earth
|
|
was parmaceti for an inward bruisex
|
|
and that it was great pityx so it wasx
|
|
this villainous saltxpetre should be diggxd
|
|
out of the bowels of the harmless earthx
|
|
which many a good tall fellow had destroyxd
|
|
so cowardlyx andx but for these vile gunsx
|
|
he would himself have been a soldierx
|
|
this bald unjointed chat of hisx my lordx
|
|
i answered indirectlyx as i saidx
|
|
and i beseech youx let not his report
|
|
come current for an accusation
|
|
betwixt my love and your high majestyx
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|
bluntx
|
|
the circumstance considerxdx good my lordx
|
|
whatever harry percy then had said
|
|
to such a personx and in such a placex
|
|
at such a timex with all the rest rextoldx
|
|
may reasonably diex and never rise
|
|
to do him wrongx or any way impeach
|
|
what then he saidx so he unsay it nowx
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|
kingx
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|
whyx yet he doth deny his prisonersx
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but with proviso and exceptionx
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that we at our own charge shall ransom straight
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his brotherxinxlawx the foolish mortimerx
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whox on my soulx hath wilfully betrayxd
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the lives of those that he did lead to fight
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against that great magicianx damnxd glendowerx
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whose daughterx as we hearx the earl of march
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hath lately marriedx shall our coffersx thenx
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be emptied to redeem a traitor homex
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shall we buy treasonx and indent with fears
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when they have lost and forfeited themselvesx
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nox on the barren mountains let him starvex
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for i shall never hold that man my friend
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whose tongue shall ask me for one penny cost
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to ransom home revolted mortimerx
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hotspurx
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revolted mortimerx
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he never did fall offx my sovereign liegex
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but by the chance of warx to prove that true
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needs no more but one tongue for all those woundsx
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those mouthed woundsx which valiantly he tookx
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when on the gentle severnxs sedgy bankx
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in single oppositionx hand to handx
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he did confound the best part of an hour
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in changing hardiment with great glendowerx
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three times they breathedx and three times did they drinkx
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upon agreementx of swift severnxs floodx
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who thenx affrighted with their bloody looksx
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ran fearfully among the trembling reedsx
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and hid his crisp head in the hollow bank
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bloodxstained with these valiant combatantsx
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never did base and rotten policy
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colour her working with such deadly woundsx
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nor never could the noble mortimer
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receive so manyx and all willinglyx
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then let not him be slanderxd with revoltx
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kingx
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thou dost belie himx percyx thou dost belie himx
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he never did encounter with glendowerx
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i tell theex
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he durst as well have met the devil alone
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as owen glendower for an enemyx
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art not ashamedx butx sirrahx henceforth
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let me not hear you speak of mortimerx
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send me your prisoners with the speediest meansx
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or you shall hear in such a kind from me
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as will displease youxxmy lord northumberlandx
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we license your departure with your sonxx
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send us your prisonersx or youxll hear of itx
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xexeunt king henryx bluntx and trainxx
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hotspurx
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an if the devil come and roar for themx
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i will not send themx i will after straightx
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and tell him sox for i will else my heartx
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although it be with hazard of my headx
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northumberlandx
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whatx drunk with cholerx stayx and pause awhilex
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here comes your unclex
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xrexenter worcesterxx
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hotspurx
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speak of mortimerx
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zoundsx i will speak of himx and let my soul
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want mercyx if i do not join with himx
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yeax on his part ixll empty all these veinsx
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and shed my dear blood drop by drop ix the dustx
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but i will lift the downxtrod mortimer
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as high ix the air as this unthankful kingx
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as this ingrate and cankerxd bolingbrokex
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northx
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xto worcesterxx
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brotherx the king hath made your nephew madx
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worcesterx
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who struck this heat up after i was gonex
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hotspurx
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he willx forsoothx have all my prisonersx
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and when i urged the ransom once again
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of my wifexs brotherx then his cheek lookxd palex
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and on my face he turnxd an eye of deathx
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trembling even at the name of mortimerx
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worcesterx
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i cannot blame himx was not he proclaimxd
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by richard that dead is the next of bloodx
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northumberlandx
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he wasx i heard the proclamationx
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|
and then it was when the unhappy kingx
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whose wrongs in us god pardonxxdid set forth
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upon his irish expeditionx
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|
from whence he intercepted did return
|
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to be deposedx and shortly murderedx
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worcesterx
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and for whose death we in the worldxs wide mouth
|
|
live scandalized and foully spoken ofx
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hotspurx
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butx softx i pray youx did king richard then
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proclaim my brother edmund mortimer
|
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heir to the crownx
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northumberlandx
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he didx myself did hear itx
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hotspurx
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nayx then i cannot blame his cousin kingx
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|
that wishxd him on the barren mountains starvex
|
|
but shall it bex that youx that set the crown
|
|
upon the head of this forgetful manx
|
|
and for his sake wear the detested blot
|
|
of murderous subornationxxshall it bex
|
|
that you a world of curses undergox
|
|
being the agentsx or base second meansx
|
|
the cordsx the ladderx or the hangman ratherxx
|
|
ox pardon mex that i descend so lowx
|
|
to show the line and the predicament
|
|
wherein you range under this subtle kingxx
|
|
shall itx for shamex be spoken in these daysx
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|
or fill up chronicles in time to comex
|
|
that men of your nobility and power
|
|
did gage them both in an unjust behalfxx
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|
as both of youx god pardon itx have donexx
|
|
to put down richardx that sweet lovely rosex
|
|
and plant this thornx this cankerx bolingbrokex
|
|
and shall itx in more shamex be further spokenx
|
|
that you are foolxdx discardedx and shook off
|
|
by him for whom these shames ye underwentx
|
|
nox yet time servesx wherein you may redeem
|
|
your banishxd honoursx and restore yourselves
|
|
into the good thoughts of the world againx
|
|
revenge the jeering and disdainxd contempt
|
|
of this proud kingx who studies day and night
|
|
to answer all the debt he owes to you
|
|
even with the bloody payment of your deathsx
|
|
thereforex i sayxx
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worcesterx
|
|
peacex cousinx say no morex
|
|
and now i will unclasp a secret bookx
|
|
and to your quickxconceiving discontent
|
|
ixll read you matter deep and dangerousx
|
|
as full of peril and adventurous spirit
|
|
as to oxerxwalk a current roaring loud
|
|
on the unsteadfast footing of a spearx
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|
|
|
hotspurx
|
|
if we fall inx good nightx or sink or swimx
|
|
send danger from the east unto the westx
|
|
so honour cross it from the north to southx
|
|
and let them grapplex ox the blood more stirs
|
|
to rouse a lion than to start a harex
|
|
|
|
northumberlandx
|
|
imagination of some great exploit
|
|
drives him beyond the bounds of patiencex
|
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|
|
hotspurx
|
|
by heavenx methinks it were an easy leapx
|
|
to pluck bright honour from the palexfaced moonx
|
|
or dive into the bottom of the deepx
|
|
where fathomxline could never touch the groundx
|
|
and pluck up drowned honour by the locksx
|
|
so he that doth redeem her thence might wear
|
|
without corrival all her dignitiesx
|
|
but out upon this halfxfaced fellowshipx
|
|
|
|
worcesterx
|
|
he apprehends a world of figures herex
|
|
but not the form of what he should attendxx
|
|
good cousinx give me audience for a whilex
|
|
|
|
hotspurx
|
|
i cry you mercyx
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|
worcesterx
|
|
those same noble scots
|
|
that are your prisonersxx
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hotspurx
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|
ixll keep them allx
|
|
by godx he shall not have a scot of themx
|
|
nox if a scot would save his soulx he shall notx
|
|
ixll keep themx by this handx
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|
worcesterx
|
|
you start awayx
|
|
and lend no ear unto my purposesx
|
|
those prisoners you shall keepxx
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hotspurx
|
|
nayx i willx thatxs flatx
|
|
he said he would not ransom mortimerx
|
|
forbade my tongue to speak of mortimerx
|
|
but i will find him when he lies asleepx
|
|
and in his ear ixll holla mortimerx
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|
nayx
|
|
ixll have a starling shall be taught to speak
|
|
nothing but mortimerx and give it himx
|
|
to keep his anger still in motionx
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worcesterx
|
|
hear youx cousinx a wordx
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|
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hotspurx
|
|
all studies here i solemnly defyx
|
|
save how to gall and pinch this bolingbrokex
|
|
and that same swordxandxbuckler prince of walesx
|
|
but that i think his father loves him notx
|
|
and would be glad he met with some mischancex
|
|
ixd have him poisonxd with a pot of alex
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|
worcesterx
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|
farewellx kinsmanx i will talk to you
|
|
when you are better temperxd to attendx
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|
northumberlandx
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|
whyx what a waspxstung and impatient fool
|
|
art thoux to break into this womanxs moodx
|
|
tying thine ear to no tongue but thine ownx
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|
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hotspurx
|
|
whyx look youx i am whippxd and scourged with rodsx
|
|
nettledx and stung with pismiresx when i hear
|
|
of this vile politicianx bolingbrokex
|
|
in richardxs timexxwhat do you call the placexx
|
|
a plague uponxtxxit is in gioucestershirexx
|
|
xtwas where the madcap duke his uncle keptx
|
|
his uncle yorkxxwhere i first bowxd my knee
|
|
unto this king of smilesx this bolingbrokexx
|
|
when you and he came back from ravenspurgx
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|
|
|
northumberlandx
|
|
at berkeleyxcastlex
|
|
|
|
hotspurx
|
|
you say truexx
|
|
whyx what a candy deal of courtesy
|
|
this fawning greyhound then did proffer mex
|
|
lookx when his infant fortune came to agex
|
|
andx gentle harry percyx and kind cousinxx
|
|
ox the devil take such cozenersxxgod forgive mexx
|
|
good unclex tell your talex for i have donex
|
|
|
|
worcesterx
|
|
nayx if you have notx toxt againx
|
|
wexll stay your leisurex
|
|
|
|
hotspurx
|
|
i have donex ixfaithx
|
|
|
|
worcesterx
|
|
then once more to your scottish prisonersx
|
|
deliver them up without their ransom straightx
|
|
and make the douglasx son your only mean
|
|
for powers in scotlandx whichx for divers reasons
|
|
which i shall send you writtenx be assuredx
|
|
will easily be grantedxx
|
|
xto northumberlandxx youx my lordx
|
|
your son in scotland being thus employxdx
|
|
shall secretly into the bosom creep
|
|
of that same noble prelatex well belovedx
|
|
thx archbishopx
|
|
|
|
hotspurx
|
|
of yorkx isxt notx
|
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|
|
worcesterx
|
|
truex who bears hard
|
|
his brotherxs death at bristolx the lord scroopx
|
|
i speak not this in estimationx
|
|
as what i think might bex but what i know
|
|
is ruminatedx plottedx and set downx
|
|
and only stays but to behold the face
|
|
of that occasion that shall bring it onx
|
|
|
|
hotspurx
|
|
i smellxtx upon my lifex it will do wellx
|
|
|
|
northumberlandx
|
|
before the gamexs axfootx thou still lettxst slipx
|
|
|
|
hotspurx
|
|
whyx it cannot choose but be a noble plotxx
|
|
and then the power of scotland and of york
|
|
to join with mortimerx hax
|
|
|
|
worcesterx
|
|
and so they shallx
|
|
|
|
hotspurx
|
|
in faithx it is exceedingly well aimxdx
|
|
|
|
worcesterx
|
|
and xtis no little reason bids us speedx
|
|
to save our heads by raising of a headx
|
|
forx bear ourselves as even as we canx
|
|
the king will always think him in our debtx
|
|
and think we think ourselves unsatisfiedx
|
|
till he hath found a time to pay us homex
|
|
and see already how he doth begin
|
|
to make us strangers to his looks of lovex
|
|
|
|
hotspurx
|
|
he doesx he doesx wexll be revenged on himx
|
|
|
|
worcesterx
|
|
cousinx farewellx no further go in this
|
|
than i by letters shall direct your coursex
|
|
when time is ripexx which will be suddenlyxx
|
|
ixll steal to glendower and lord mortimerx
|
|
where you and douglasx and our powers at oncex
|
|
as i will fashion itx shall happily meetx
|
|
to bear our fortunes in our own strong armsx
|
|
which now we hold at much uncertaintyx
|
|
|
|
northumberlandx
|
|
farewellx good brotherx we shall thrivex i trustx
|
|
|
|
hotspurx
|
|
unclex adieux ox let the hours be shortx
|
|
till fields and blows and groans applaud our sportx
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|
xexeuntxx
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|
|
act ii
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|
scene ix rochesterx an innxyardx
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|
|
xenter a carrier with a lantern in his handxx
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|
first carrierx
|
|
heighxhox anxt be not four by the dayx ixll be hangxdx
|
|
charlesx wain is over the new chimneyx and yet our horsex not
|
|
packxdxxwhatx ostlerx
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|
|
ostlerx
|
|
xwithinxx anonx anonx
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|
|
first carrierx
|
|
i prxytheex tomx beat cutxs saddlex put a few flocks in the pointx the
|
|
poor jade is wrung in the withers out of all cessx
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|
|
|
xenter another carrierxx
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|
|
|
second carrierx
|
|
peas and beans are as dank here as a dogx and that is the next way to
|
|
give poor jades the botsx this house is turned upside down since robin
|
|
ostler diedx
|
|
|
|
first carrierx
|
|
poor fellowx never joyed since the price of oats rosex it was the death
|
|
of himx
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|
second carrierx
|
|
i think this be the most villainous house in all london road for fleasx
|
|
i am stung like a tenchx
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|
|
first carrierx
|
|
like a tenchx by the massx there is nexer a king in christendom could
|
|
be better bit than i have been since the first cockxxwhatx
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|
|
ostlerx come away and be hangxdx come awayx
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second carrierx
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|
i have a gammon of bacon and two razes of gingerx to be delivered as
|
|
far as charingxcrossx
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|
first carrierx
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|
xodsbodyx the turkeys in my pannier are quite starvedxxwhatx ostlerx a
|
|
plague on theex hast thou never an eye in thy headx canst not hearx an
|
|
xtwere not as good a deed as drink to break the pate of theex i am a
|
|
very villainx comex and be hangxdx hast no faith in theex
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|
|
xenter gadshillxx
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gadshillx
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|
good morrowx carriersx whatxs oxclockx
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first carrierx
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|
i think it be two oxclockx
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gadshillx
|
|
i prxytheex lend me thy lanternx to see my gelding in the stablex
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|
|
first carrierx
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|
nayx softx i pray yex i know a trick worth two of thatx ixfaithx
|
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|
|
gadshillx
|
|
i prxytheex lend me thinex
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second carrierx
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|
ayx whenx canst tellx lend me thy lanternx quoth ax marryx ixll see
|
|
thee hangxd firstx
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|
gadshillx
|
|
sirrah carrierx what time do you mean to come to londonx
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|
second carrierx
|
|
time enough to go to bed with a candlex i warrant theexx
|
|
comex neighbour muggsx wexll call up the gentlemenx they will
|
|
along with companyx for they have great chargex
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|
|
xexeunt carriersxx
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|
|
gadshillx
|
|
whatx hox chamberlainx
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chamberlainx
|
|
xwithinxx at handx quoth pickxpursex
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|
|
gadshillx
|
|
thatxs even as fair asxat handx quoth the chamberlainx for thou variest
|
|
no more from picking of purses than giving direction doth from
|
|
labouringx thou layxst the plot howx
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|
|
xenter chamberlainxx
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chamberlainx
|
|
good morrowx master gadshillx it holds current that i told you
|
|
yesternightx therexs a franklin in the wild of kent hath brought three
|
|
hundred marks with him in goldx i heard him tell it to one of his
|
|
company last night at supperx a kind of auditorx one that hath
|
|
abundance of charge toox god knows whatx they are up alreadyx and call
|
|
for eggs and butterx they will away presentlyx
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|
|
|
gadshillx
|
|
sirrahx if they meet not with saint nicholasx clerksx ixll give thee
|
|
this neckx
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|
|
chamberlainx
|
|
nox ixll none of itx i prxytheex keep that for the hangmanx for
|
|
i know thou worshippest saint nicholas as truly as a man of
|
|
falsehood mayx
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|
|
|
gadshillx
|
|
what talkest thou to me of the hangmanx if i hangx ixll make a fat pair
|
|
of gallowsx forx if i hangx old sir john hangs with mex and thou
|
|
knowxst he is no starvelingx tutx there are other trojans that thou
|
|
dreamest not ofx the whichx for sportxsakex are content to do the
|
|
profession some gracex that wouldx if matters should be lookxd intox
|
|
for their own creditxsakex make all wholex i am joined with no foot
|
|
landxrakersx no longxstaff sixpenny strikersx none of these mad
|
|
mustachio purplexhued maltxwormsx but with nobility and tranquillityx
|
|
burgomasters and great oneyersx such as can hold inx such as will
|
|
strike sooner than speakx and speak sooner than drinkx and drink sooner
|
|
than prayx and yetx zwoundsx i liex for they pray continually to their
|
|
saintx the commonwealthx orx ratherx not pray to herx but prey on herx
|
|
for they ride up and down on herx and make her their bootsx
|
|
|
|
chamberlainx
|
|
whatx the commonwealth their bootsx will she hold out water in foul
|
|
wayx
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|
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gadshillx
|
|
she willx she willx justice hath liquorxd herx we steal as in a castlex
|
|
cockxsurex we have the receipt of fernseedxxwe walk invisiblex
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|
|
chamberlainx
|
|
nayx by my faithx i think you are more beholding to the night than to
|
|
fernxseed for your walking invisiblex
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|
|
gadshillx
|
|
give me thy handx thou shalt have a share in our purchasex as
|
|
i am a true manx
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|
chamberlainx
|
|
nayx rather let me have itx as you are a false thiefx
|
|
|
|
gadshillx
|
|
go tox homo is a common name to all menx bid the ostler bring my
|
|
gelding out of the stablex farewellx you muddy knavex
|
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|
|
xexeuntxx
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|
|
|
scene iix the road by gadsxhillx
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|
|
xenter prince henry and poinsx bardolph and peto at some distancexx
|
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|
|
poinsx
|
|
comex shelterx shelterx i have removxd falstaffxs horsex and he frets
|
|
like a gummxd velvetx
|
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|
princex
|
|
stand closex
|
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|
xthey retirexx
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|
|
xenter falstaffxx
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|
falstaffx
|
|
poinsx poinsx and be hangxdx poinsx
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|
|
princex
|
|
xcoming forwardxx
|
|
peacex ye fatxkidneyxd rascalx what a brawling dost thou keepx
|
|
|
|
falstaffx
|
|
wherexs poinsx halx
|
|
|
|
princex
|
|
he is walkxd up to the top of the hillx ixll go seek himx
|
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|
xretiresxx
|
|
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|
falstaffx
|
|
i am accursed to rob in that thiefxs companyx the rascal hath removed
|
|
my horsex and tied him i know not wherex if i travel but four foot by
|
|
the squire further axfootx i shall break my windx wellx i doubt not but
|
|
to die a fair death for all thisx if i xscape hanging for killing that
|
|
roguex i have forsworn his company hourly any time this twoxandxtwenty
|
|
yearx and yet i am bewitchxd with the roguexs companyx if the rascal
|
|
have not given me medicines to make me love himx ixll be hangxdx it
|
|
could not be elsex i have drunk medicinesxx poinsxxhalxxa plague upon
|
|
you bothxxbardolphxxpetoxxixll starvex ere ixll rob a foot furtherx an
|
|
xtwere not as good a deed as drinkx to turn true manx and to leave
|
|
these roguesx i am the veriest varlet that ever chewed with a toothx
|
|
eight yards of uneven ground is threescore and ten miles axfoot with
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mex and the stonyxhearted villains know it well enoughx a plague
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uponxtx when thieves cannot be true one to anotherx xthey whistlexx
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whewxxa plague upon you allx give me my horsex you roguesx give me my
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horsex and be hangxdx
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princex
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xcoming forwardxx peacex lie downx lay thine ear close to the groundx
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and list if thou canst hear the tread of travellersx
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falstaffx
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have you any levers to lift me up againx being downx xsbloodx ixll not
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bear mine own flesh so far axfoot again for all the coin in thy
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fatherxs exchequerx what a plague mean ye to colt me thusx
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princex
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thou liestx thou art not coltedx thou art uncoltedx
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falstaffx
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i prxytheex good prince halx help me to my horsex good kingxs sonx
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princex
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outx ye roguex shall i be your ostlerx
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falstaffx
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gox hang thyself in thine own heirxapparent gartersx if i be taxenx
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ixll peach for thisx an i have not ballads made on you allx and sung to
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filthy tunesx let a cup of sack be my poisonx when a jest is so
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forwardx and axfoot toox i hate itx
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xenter gadshillxx
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gadshillx
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standx
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falstaffx
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so i dox against my willx
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poinsx
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ox xtis our setterx i know his voicex
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xcomes forward with bardolph and petoxx
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bardolphx
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what newsx
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gadshillx
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case yex case yex on with your visardsx therexs money of the kingxs
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coming down the hillx xtis going to the kingxs exchequerx
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falstaffx
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you liex ye roguex xtis going to the kingxs tavernx
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gadshillx
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therexs enough to make us allx
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falstaffx
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to be hangxdx
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princex
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sirsx you four shall front them in the narrow lanex ned
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poins and i will walk lowerx if they xscape from your
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encounterx then they light on usx
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petox
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how many be there of themx
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gadshillx
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some eight or tenx
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falstaffx
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zwoundsx will they not rob usx
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princex
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whatx a cowardx sir john paunchx
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falstaffx
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indeedx i am not john of gauntx your grandfatherx but yet no cowardx
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halx
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princex
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wellx we leave that to the proofx
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poinsx
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sirrah jackx thy horse stands behind the hedgex when thou needxst himx
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there thou shalt find himx farewellx and stand fastx
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falstaffx
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now cannot i strike himx if i should be hangxdx
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princex
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xaside to pointzxx nedx where are our disguisesx
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poinsx
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xaside to prince henryxx herex hard byx stand closex
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xexeunt prince and poinsxx
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falstaffx
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nowx my mastersx happy man be his dolex say ix every man to his
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businessx
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xenter travellersxx
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first travellerx
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comex neighbourx
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the boy shall lead our horses down the hillx
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wexll walk axfoot awhile and ease our legsx
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falstaffx gadshillxx xcx
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standx
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second travellerx
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jesu bless usx
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falstaffx
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strikex down with themx cut the villainsx throatsx ahx whoreson
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caterpillarsx baconxfed knavesx they hate us youthx down with themx
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fleece themx
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first travellerx
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ox wexre undonex both we and ours for everx
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falstaffx
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hang yex gorbellied knavesx are ye undonex nox ye fat chuffsx i would
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your store were herex onx bacons onx whatx ye knavesx young men must
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livex you are grandxjurorsx are yex wexll jure yex ixfaithx
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xexeunt falsxx gadsxx xcxx driving the travellers outxx
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xrexenter prince henry and poinsx in buckram suitsxx
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princex
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the thieves have bound the true menx nowx could thou and i rob the
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thievesx and go merrily to londonx it would be argument for a weekx
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laughter for a monthx and a good jest for everx
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poinsx
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stand closex i hear them comingx
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xthey retirexx
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xrexenter falstaffx gadshillx bardolphx and petoxx
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falstaffx
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comex my mastersx let us sharex and then to horse before dayx
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an the prince and poins be not two arrant cowardsx therexs no
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equity stirringx therexs no more valour in that poins than in a
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wild duckx
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xas they are sharingx the prince and poins set upon themxx
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princex
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your moneyx
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poinsx
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villainsx
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xfalstaffx after a blow or twox and the others run awayx leaving the
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booty behind themxx
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princex
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got with much easex now merrily to horsex
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the thieves are scatterxdx and possessxd with fear
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so strongly that they dare not meet each otherx
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each takes his fellow for an officerx
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awayx good nedx fat falstaff sweats to deathx
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and lards the lean earth as he walks alongx
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werext not for laughingx i should pity himx
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poinsx
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how the rogue roarxdx
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xexeuntxx
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scene iiix warkworthx a room in the castlex
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xenter hotspurx reading a letterxx
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hotspurx
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xbutx for mine own partx my lordx i could be well contented to be
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therex in respect of the love i bear your housexxhe could be contentedx
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why is he notx thenx in respect of the love he bears our housexxhe
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shows in thisx he loves his own barn better than he loves our housex
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let me see some morex the purpose you undertake is dangerousxxwhyx
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thatxs certainx xtis dangerous to take a coldx to sleepx to drinkx but
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i tell youx my lord foolx out of this nettlex dangerx we pluck this
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flowerx safetyx the purpose you undertake is dangerousx the friends you
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have named uncertainx the time itself unsortedx and your whole plot too
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light for the counterpoise of so great an oppositionxx say you sox say
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you sox i say unto you againx you are a shallowx cowardly hindx and
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you liex what a lackxbrain is thisx by the lordx our plot is a good
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plot as ever was laidx our friends true and constantx a good plotx good
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friendsx and full of expectationx an excellent plotx very good friendsx
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what a frostyxspirited rogue is thisx whyx my lord of york commends the
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plot and the general course of the actionx zwoundsx an i were now by
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this rascalx i could brain him with his ladyxs fanx is there not my
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fatherx my unclex and myselfx lord edmund mortimerx my lord of yorkx
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and owen glendowerx is there notx besidesx the douglasx have i not all
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their letters to meet me in arms by the ninth of the next monthx and
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are they not some of them set forward alreadyx what a pagan rascal is
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thisx an infidelx hax you shall see nowx in very sincerity of fear and
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cold heartx will he to the kingx and lay open all our proceedingsx ox i
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could divide myselfx and go to buffetsx for moving such a dish of
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skimmxd milk with so honourable an actionx hang himx let him tell the
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kingx we are preparedx i will set forward toxnightxx
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xenter lady percyxx
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how nowx katex i must leave you within these two hoursx
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lady percyx
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ox my good lordx why are you thus alonex
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for what offence have i this fortnight been
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a banishxd woman from my harryxs bedx
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tell mex sweet lordx what isxt that takes from thee
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thy stomachx pleasurex and thy golden sleepx
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why dost thou bend thine eyes upon the earthx
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and start so often when thou sittxst alonex
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why hast thou lost the fresh blood in thy cheeksx
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and given my treasures and my rights of thee
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to thickxeyed musing and curst melancholyx
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in thy faint slumbers i by thee have watchxdx
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and heard thee murmur tales of iron warsx
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speak terms of manage to thy bounding steedx
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cry couragex to the fieldx and thou hast talkxd
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of sallies and retiresx of trenchesx tentsx
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of palisadoesx frontiersx parapetsx
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of basilisksx of cannonx culverinx
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of prisoners ransomedx and of soldiers slainx
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and all the currents of a heady fightx
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thy spirit within thee hath been so at warx
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and thus hath so bestirrxd thee in thy sleepx
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that beads of sweat have stood upon thy browx
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like bubbles in a latexdisturbed streamx
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and in thy face strange motions have appearxdx
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such as we see when men restrain their breath
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on some great sudden hestx ox what portents are thesex
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some heavy business hath my lord in handx
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and i must know itx else he loves me notx
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hotspurx
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whatx hox
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xenter a servantxx
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is gilliams with the packet gonex
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servantx
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he isx my lordx an hour agox
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hotspurx
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hath butler brought those horses from the sheriffx
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servantx
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one horsex my lordx he brought even nowx
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hotspurx
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what horsex a roanx a cropxearx is it notx
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servantx
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it isx my lordx
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hotspurx
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that roan shall be my thronex
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wellx i will back him straightx o esperancexx
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bid butler lead him forth into the parkx
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xexit servantxx
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lady percyx
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but hear youx my lordx
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hotspurx
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what sayxst thoux my ladyx
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lady percyx
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what is it carries you awayx
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hotspurx
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whyx my horsex my lovex my horsex
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lady percyx
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outx you madxheaded apex
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a weasel hath not such a deal of spleen
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|
as you are tossxd withx in faithx
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ixll know your businessx harryx that i willx
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i fear my brother mortimer doth stir
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|
about his titlex and hath sent for you
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|
to line his enterprisex but if you goxx
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hotspurx
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so far axfootx i shall be wearyx lovex
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lady percyx
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|
comex comex you paraquitox answer me
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|
directly to this question that i askx
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in faithx ixll break thy little fingerx harryx
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an if thou wilt not tell me truex
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hotspurx
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awayx
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awayx you triflerx lovex i love thee notx
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i care not for theex katex this is no world
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to play with mammets and to tilt with lipsx
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we must have bloody noses and crackxd crownsx
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and pass them current tooxxgods mex my horsexx
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what sayxst thoux katex what wouldst thou have with mex
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lady percyx
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do you not love mex do you not indeedx
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wellx do notx thenx forx since you love me notx
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i will not love myselfx do you not love mex
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nayx tell me if you speak in jest or nox
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hotspurx
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comex wilt thou see me ridex
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and when i am ox horsebackx i will swear
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i love thee infinitelyx but hark youx katex
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|
i must not have you henceforth question me
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|
whither i gox nor reason whereaboutx
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whither i mustx i mustx andx to concludex
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this evening must i leave youx gentle katex
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i know you wisex but yet no further wise
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|
than harry percyxs wifex constant you arex
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but yet a womanx andx for secrecyx
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no lady closerx for i well believe
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thou wilt not utter what thou dost not knowx
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and so far will i trust theex gentle katex
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lady percyx
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howx so farx
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hotspurx
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not an inch furtherx but hark youx katex
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whither i gox thither shall you go toox
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toxday will i set forthx toxmorrow youx
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will this content youx katex
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lady percyx
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it must of forcex
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xexeuntxx
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scene ivx eastcheapx a room in the boarxsxhead tavernx
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xenter prince henryxx
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princex
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nedx prxytheex come out of that fat roomx and lend me thy hand to laugh
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|
a littlex
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xenter poinsxx
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poinsx
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where hast beenx halx
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princex
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with three or four loggerheads amongst three or fourscore hogsheadsx i
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have sounded the very basexstring of humilityx sirrahx i am sworn
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brother to a leash of drawersx and can call them all by their christian
|
|
namesx asx tomx dickx and francisx they take it already upon their
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|
salvationx that though i be but prince of walesx yet i am the king of
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|
courtesyx and tell me flatly i am no proud jackx like falstaffx but a
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|
corinthianx a lad of mettlex a good boyxxby the lordx so they call
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|
mexxandx when i am king of englandx i shall command all the good lads
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|
in eastcheapx they call drinking deepx dying scarletx andx when you
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breathe in your wateringx they cry hemx and bid you play it offx to
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|
concludex i am so good a proficient in one quarter of an hourx that i
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|
can drink with any tinker in his own language during my lifex i tell
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|
theex nedx thou hast lost much honourx that thou wert not with me in
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|
this actionx butx sweet nedxxto sweeten which name of nedx i give thee
|
|
this pennyworth of sugarx clappxd even now into my hand by an
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underxskinkerx one that never spake other english in his life than
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eight shillings and sixpencex and you are welcomex with this shrill
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|
additionx anonx anonx sirx score a pint of bastard in the halfxmoonxxor
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|
sox butx nedx to drive away the time till falstaff comex i prxytheex
|
|
do thou stand in some byxroomx while i question my puny drawer to what
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|
end he gave me the sugarx and do thou never leave calling francisx that
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his tale to me may be nothing but anonx step asidex and ixll show thee
|
|
a precedentx
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|
xexit poinsxx
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poinsx
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xwithinxx francisx
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princex
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thou art perfectx
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poinsx
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xwithinxx francisx
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|
xenter francisxx
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francisx
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anonx anonx sirxxlook down into the pomegranatex ralphx
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princex
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|
come hitherx francisx
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francisx
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my lordx
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princex
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|
how long hast thou to servex francisx
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francisx
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forsoothx five yearsx and as much as tox
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poinsx
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xwithinxx francisx
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francisx
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anonx anonx sirx
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princex
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|
five yearx byxr ladyx a long lease for the clinking of pewterx butx
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|
francisx darest thou be so valiant as to play the coward with thy
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|
indenture and show it a fair pair of heels and run from itx
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francisx
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o lordx sirx ixll be sworn upon all the books in englandx
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|
i could find in my heartx
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poinsx
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xwithinxx francisx
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francisx
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anonx anonx sirx
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princex
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|
how old art thoux francisx
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francisx
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|
let me seexxabout michaelmas next i shall bex
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poinsx
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xwithinxx francisx
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francisx
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anonx sirxxpray youx stay a littlex my lordx
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princex
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|
nayx but hark youx francisx for the sugar thou gavest mex xtwas a
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|
pennyworthx wasxt notx
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|
francisx
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o lordx sirx i would it had been twox
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princex
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i will give thee for it a thousand poundx ask me when thou wiltx and
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|
thou shalt have itx
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poinsx
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xwithinxx francisx
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francisx
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anonx anonx
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princex
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anonx francisx nox francisx but toxmorrowx francisx orx
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|
francisx a thursdayx orx indeedx francisx when thou wiltx butx
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|
francisxx
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francisx
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|
my lordx
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princex
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xwilt thou rob this leathernxjerkinx crystalxbuttonx nottxpatedx
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|
agatexringx pukexstockingx caddisxgarterx smoothxtonguex
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|
spanishxpouchxx
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francisx
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o lordx sirx who do you meanx
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princex
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whyx thenx your brown bastard is your only drinkx forx look youx
|
|
francisx your white canvas doublet will sullyx in barbaryx sirx it
|
|
cannot come to so muchx
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|
francisx
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whatx sirx
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poinsx
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xwithinxx francisx
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princex
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awayx you roguex dost thou not hear them callx
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xhere they both call himx francis stands amazedx not knowing which way
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|
to goxx
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|
xenter vintnerxx
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vintnerx
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|
whatx standxst thou stillx and hearxst such a callingx look to the
|
|
guests withinx xexit francisxxxmy lordx old sir johnx with halfxaxdozen
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|
morex are at the doorx shall i let them inx
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princex
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let them alone awhilex and then open the doorx
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xexit vintnerxx
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poinsx
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xrexenter poinsxx
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poinsx
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anonx anonx sirx
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princex
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sirrahx falstaff and the rest of the thieves are at the doorx shall we
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|
be merryx
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poinsx
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|
as merry as cricketsx my ladx but hark yex what cunning match have you
|
|
made with this jest of the drawerx comex whatxs the issuex
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princex
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|
i am now of all humours that have showed themselves humours since the
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|
old days of goodman adam to the pupil age of this present twelve
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|
oxclock at midnightxxwhatxs oxclockx francisx
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francisx
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|
xwithinxx anonx anonx sirx
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princex
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that ever this fellow should have fewer words than a parrotx and yet
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|
the son of a womanx his industry is upxstairs and downxstairsx his
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eloquence the parcel of a reckoningx i am not yet of percyxs mindx the
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|
hotspur of the northx he that kills me some six or seven dozen of scots
|
|
at a breakfastx washes his handsx and says to his wifex fie upon this
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quiet lifex i want workx o my sweet harryx says shex how many hast thou
|
|
killxd toxdayx give my roan horse a drenchx says hex and answersx
|
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some fourteenx an hour afterxxa triflex a triflex i prxytheex call in
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falstaffx ixll play percyx and that damnxd brawn shall play dame
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mortimer his wifex rivox says the drunkardx call in ribsx call in
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tallowx
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xenter falstaffx gadshillx bardolphx and petox followed by
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francis with winexx
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poinsx
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welcomex jackx where hast thou beenx
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falstaffx
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a plague of all cowardsx i sayx and a vengeance toox marryx and
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amenxx
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give me a cup of sackx boyxxere i lead this life longx ixll sew
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netherxstocksx and mend them and foot them toox a plague of all
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cowardsxx
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give me a cup of sackx roguexxis there no virtue extantx
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xdrinksxx
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princex
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didst thou never see titan kiss a dish of butterx pitifulxhearted
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butterx that melted at the sweet tale of the sunx if thou didstx then
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behold that compoundx
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falstaffx
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you roguex herexs lime in this sack toox there is nothing but roguery
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to be found in villainous manx yet a coward is worse than a cup of
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sack with lime in itx a villanous cowardxxgo thy waysx old jackx die
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when thou wiltx if manhoodx good manhoodx be not forgot upon the face
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of the earthx then am i a shotten herringx there live not three good
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men unhangxd in englandx and one of them is fatx and grows oldx god
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help the whilex a bad worldx i sayx i would i were a weaverx i could
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sing psalms or any thingx a plague of all cowardsx i say stillx
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princex
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how nowx woolxsackx what mutter youx
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falstaffx
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a kingxs sonx if i do not beat thee out of thy kingdom with a dagger of
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lathx and drive all thy subjects afore thee like a flock of wildxgeesex
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ixll never wear hair on my face morex you prince of walesx
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princex
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whyx you whoreson round manx whatxs the matterx
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falstaffx
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are not you a cowardx answer me to thatxxand poins therex
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poinsx
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zwoundsx ye fat paunchx an ye call me cowardx by the lordx ixll stab
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theex
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falstaffx
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i call thee cowardx ixll see thee damnxd ere i call thee cowardx but i
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would give a thousand poundx i could run as fast as thou canstx you are
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straight enough in the shouldersx you care not who sees your backx
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call you that backing of your friendsx a plague upon such backingx give
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me them that will face mexxgive me a cup of sackx i am a roguex if i
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drunk toxdayx
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princex
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o villainx thy lips are scarce wiped since thou drunkxst lastx
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falstaffx
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all is one for thatx a plague of all cowardsx still say ix
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xdrinksxx
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princex
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whatxs the matterx
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falstaffx
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whatxs the matterx there be four of us here have taxen a thousand pound
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this day morningx
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princex
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where is itx jackx where is itx
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falstaffx
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where is itx taken from us it isx a hundred upon poor four of usx
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princex
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whatx a hundredx manx
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falstaffx
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i am a roguex if i were not at halfxsword with a dozen of them two
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hours togetherx i have xscaped by miraclex i am eight times thrust
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through the doubletx four through the hosex my buckler cut through and
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throughx my sword hackxd like a handxsawxxecce signumx i never dealt
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better since i was a manx all would not dox a plague of all cowardsx
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let them speakx if they speak more or less than truthx they are
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villains and the sons of darknessx
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princex
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speakx sirsx how was itx
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gadshillx
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we four set upon some dozenxx
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falstaffx
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sixteen at leastx my lordx
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gadshillx
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xand bound themx
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petox
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nox nox they were not boundx
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falstaffx
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you roguex they were boundx every man of themx or i am a jew elsex an
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ebrew jewx
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gadshillx
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as we were sharingx some six or seven fresh men sea upon usxx
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falstaffx
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and unbound the restx and then come in the otherx
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princex
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whatx fought you with them allx
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falstaffx
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allx i know not what you call allx but if i fought not with fifty of
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themx i am a bunch of radishx if there were not two or three and fifty
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upon poor old jackx then am i no twoxlegged creaturex
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princex
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pray god you have not murdered some of themx
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falstaffx
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nayx thatxs past praying forx i have pepperxd two of themx two i
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am sure i have paidx two rogues in buckram suitsx i tell thee whatx
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halx if i tell thee a liex spit in my facex call me horsex
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thou knowest my old wardx here i layx and thus i bore my pointx
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four rogues in buckram let drive at mexx
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princex
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whatx fourx thou saidst but two even nowx
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falstaffx
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fourx halx i told thee fourx
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poinsx
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ayx ayx he said fourx
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falstaffx
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these four came all axfrontx and mainly thrust at mex i made me no more
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ado but took all their seven points in my targetx thusx
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princex
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sevenx whyx there were but four even nowx
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falstaffx
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in buckramx
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poinsx
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ayx fourx in buckram suitsx
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falstaffx
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sevenx by these hiltsx or i am a villain elsex
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princex
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xaside to poinsxx prxythee let him alonex we shall have more anonx
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falstaffx
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dost thou hear mex halx
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princex
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ayx and mark thee toox jackx
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falstaffx
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do sox for it is worth the listening tox these nine in buckram that i
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told thee ofxx
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princex
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sox two more alreadyx
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falstaffx
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xtheir points being brokenxx
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poinsx
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down fell their hosex
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falstaffx
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xbegan to give me groundx but i followed me closex came in foot and
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handx and with a thought seven of the eleven i paidx
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princex
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o monstrousx eleven buckram men grown out of twox
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falstaffx
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butx as the devil would have itx three misbegotten knaves in kendal
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green came at my back and let drive at mex for it was so darkx halx
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that thou couldst not see thy handx
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princex
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these lies are like the father that begets themx gross as a mountainx
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openx palpablex whyx thou nottxpated foolx thou whoresonx obscene
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greasy tallowxkeechxx
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falstaffx
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whatx art thou madx art thou madx is not the truth the truthx
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princex
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whyx how couldst thou know these men in kendal greenx when it was so
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dark thou couldst not see thy handx comex tell us your reasonx what
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sayest thou to thisx
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poinsx
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comex your reasonx jackx your reasonx
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falstaffx
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whatx upon compulsionx nox were i at the strappadox or all the racks in
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the worldx i would not tell you on compulsionx give you a reason on
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compulsionx if reasons were as plentiful as blackberriesx i would give
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no man a reason upon compulsionx ix
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princex
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ixll be no longer guilty of this sinx this sanguine cowardx this
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bedxpresserx this horsexbackxbreakerx this huge hill of fleshxx
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falstaffx
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awayx you starvelingx you eelxskinx you dried neatxsxtonguex you
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stockxfishxx
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ox for breath to utter what is like theexxyou tailorxsxyardx you
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sheathx you bowxcasex you vile standing tuckxx
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princex
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wellx breathe awhilex and then to it againx andx when thou hast tired
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thyself in base comparisonsx hear me speak but thisxx
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poinsx
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markx jackx
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princex
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xwe two saw you four set on fourx you bound themx and were masters of
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their wealthxxmark nowx how a plain tale shall put you downxx then did
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we two set on you fourx andx with a wordx outfaced you from your prizex
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and have itx yeax and can show it you here in the housex andx falstaffx
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you carried yourself away as nimblyx with as quick dexterityx and
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roared for mercyx and still ran and roarxdx as ever i heard bullxcalfx
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what a slave art thoux to hack thy sword as thou hast donex and then
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say it was in fightx what trickx what devicex what startingxhole canst
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thou now find out to hide thee from this open and apparent shamex
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poinsx
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comex letxs hearx jackx what trick hast thou nowx
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falstaffx
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by the lordx i knew ye as well as he that made yex whyx hear yex my
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mastersx was it for me to kill the heirxapparentx should i turn upon
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the true princex whyx thou knowest i am as valiant as herculesx but
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beware instinctx the lion will not touch the true princex instinct is a
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great matterx i was now a coward on instinctx i shall think the better
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of myself and thee during my lifex i for a valiant lionx and thou for a
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true princex butx by the lordx ladsx i am glad you have the moneyxx
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xto hostess withinxx hostessx clapxto the doorsx watch toxnightx pray
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toxmorrowxxgallantsx ladsx boysx hearts of goldx all the titles of good
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fellowship come to youx whatx shall we be merryx shall we have a play
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extemporex
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princex
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contentx and the argument shall be thy running awayx
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falstaffx
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ahx no more of thatx halx an thou lovest mex
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xenter the hostessxx
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hostessx
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o jesux my lord the princexx
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princex
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how nowx my lady the hostessx what sayxst thou to mex
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hostessx
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marryx my lordx there is a nobleman of the court at door would speak
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with youx he says he comes from your fatherx
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princex
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give him as much as will make him a royal manx and send him back again
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to my motherx
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falstaffx
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what manner of man is hex
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hostessx
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an old manx
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falstaffx
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what doth gravity out of his bed at midnightx shall i give him his
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answerx
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princex
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prxytheex dox jackx
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falstaffx
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faithx and ixll send him packingx
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xexitxx
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princex
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nowx sirsxxbyxr ladyx you fought fairxxso did youx petoxxso did youx
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bardolphx you are lionsx toox you ran away upon instinctx you will not
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touch the true princex noxxfiex
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bardolphx
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faithx i ran when i saw others runx
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princex
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tell me now in earnestx how came falstaffxs sword so hackxdx
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petox
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whyx he hackxd it with his daggerx and said he would swear truth out of
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englandx but he would make you believe it was done in fightx and
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persuaded us to do the likex
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bardolphx
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yeax and to tickle our noses with spearxgrass to make them bleedx and
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then to beslubber our garments with itx and swear it was the blood of
|
|
true menx i did that i did not this seven year beforex i blushxd to
|
|
hear his monstrous devicesx
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princex
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o villainx thou stolest a cup of sack eighteen years agox and wert
|
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taken with the mannerx and ever since thou hast blushxd extemporex thou
|
|
hadst fire and sword on thy sidex and yet thou rannxst awayx what
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|
instinct hadst thou for itx
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bardolphx
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my lordx do you see these meteorsx do you behold these exhalationsx
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princex
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i dox
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bardolphx
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what think you they portendx
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princex
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hot livers and cold pursesx
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bardolphx
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cholerx my lordx if rightly takenx
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princex
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nox if rightly takenx halterxxhere comes lean jackx here comes
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barexbonexx
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xenter falstaffxx
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how nowx my sweet creature of bombastx how long isxt agox jackx since
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thou sawxst thine own kneex
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falstaffx
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my own kneex when i was about thy yearsx halx i was not an eaglexs
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talon in the waistx i could have crept into any aldermanxs thumbxringx
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a plague of sighing and griefx it blows a man up like a bladderx
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|
therexs villanous news abroadx here was sir john bracy from your
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fatherx you must to the court in the morningx that same mad fellow of
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|
the northx percyx and he of walesx that gave amaimon the bastinadox and
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swore the devil his true liegeman upon the cross of a welsh hookxxwhat
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a plague call you himx
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poinsx
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ox glendowerx
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falstaffx
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owenx owenxxthe samex and his sonxinxlaw mortimerx and old
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northumberlandx and that sprightly scot of scotsx douglasx that
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runs ox horseback up a hill perpendicularxx
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princex
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he that rides at high speed and with his pistol kills a sparrow flyingx
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falstaffx
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you have hit itx
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princex
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so did he never the sparrowx
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falstaffx
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wellx that rascal hath good metal in himx he will not runx
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princex
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whyx what a rascal art thoux thenx to praise him so for runningx
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falstaffx
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ox horsebackx ye cuckoox but axfoot he will not budge a footx
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princex
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yesx jackx upon instinctx
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falstaffx
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i grant yex upon instinctx wellx he is there toox and one mordakex and
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a thousand bluexcaps morex worcester is stolen away toxnightx thy
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fatherxs beard is turnxd white with the newsx you may buy land now as
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|
cheap as stinking mackerelx butx tell mex halx art not thou horrible
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|
afeardx thou being heirxapparentx could the world pick thee out three
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|
such enemies again as that fiend douglasx that spirit percyx and that
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devil glendowerx art thou not horribly afraidx doth not thy blood
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thrill at itx
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princex
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not a whitx ixfaithx i lack some of thy instinctx
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falstaffx
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wellx thou wilt be horribly chid toxmorrow when thou comest to thy
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fatherx if thou love lifex practise an answerx
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princex
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do thou stand for my father and examine me upon the particulars of my
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lifex
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falstaffx
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shall ix contentx this chair shall be my statex this dagger my
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sceptrex and this cushion my crownx
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princex
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thy state is taken for a jointxstoolx thy golden sceptre for a leaden
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daggerx and thy precious rich crown for a pitiful bald crownx
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falstaffx
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wellx an the fire of grace be not quite out of theex now shalt thou be
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movedxx give me a cup of sackx to make my eyes look redx that it may be
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thought i have weptx for i must speak in passionx and i will do it in
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king cambysesx veinx
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princex
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wellx here is my legx
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falstaffx
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and here is my speechxxstand asidex nobilityx
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hostessx
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o jesux this is excellent sportx i faithx
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falstaffx
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weep notx sweet queenx for trickling tears are vainx
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hostessx
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ox the fatherx how he holds his countenancex
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falstaffx
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for godxs sakex lordsx convey my tristful queenx
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for tears do stop the floodgates of her eyesx
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hostessx
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o jesux he doth it as like one of these harlotry players as ever
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i seex
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falstaffx
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peacex good pintxpotx peacex good ticklexbrainxxharryx i do not only
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marvel where thou spendest thy timex but also how thou art accompaniedx
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for though the camomilex the more it is trodden onx the faster it
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growsx yet youthx the more it is wastedx the sooner it wearsx that thou
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art my sonx i have partly thy motherxs wordx partly my own opinionx but
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chiefly a villainous trick of thine eyex and a foolish hanging of thy
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nether lipx that doth warrant mex ifx thenx thou be son to mex here
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lies the pointx whyx being son to mex art thou so pointed atx shall
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the blessed sun of heaven prove a micherx and eat blackberriesx a
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question not to be askxdx shall the son of england prove a thiefx and
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take pursesx a question to be askxdx there is a thingx harryx which
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|
thou hast often heard ofx and it is known to many in our land by the
|
|
name of pitchx this pitchx as ancient writers do reportx doth defilex
|
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so doth the company thou keepestx forx harryx now i do not speak to
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thee in drinkx but in tearsx not in pleasurex but in passionx not in
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words onlyx but in woes alsox and yet there is a virtuous man whom i
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have often noted in thy companyx but i know not his namex
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princex
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what manner of manx an it like your majestyx
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falstaffx
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a goodly portly manx ixfaithx and a corpulentx of a cheerful lookx a
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pleasing eyex and a most noble carriagex andx as i thinkx his age some
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fiftyx orx byxr ladyx inclining to threescorex and now i remember mex
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his name is falstaffx if that man should be lewdly givenx he deceiveth
|
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mex forx harryx i see virtue in his looksx ifx thenx the tree may be
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known by the fruitx as the fruit by the treex thenx peremptorily i
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speak itx there is virtue in that falstaffx him keep withx the rest
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banishx and tell me nowx thou naughty varletx tell me where hast thou
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been this monthx
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princex
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dost thou speak like a kingx do thou stand for mex and ixll play my
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fatherx
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falstaffx
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depose mex if thou dost it half so gravelyx so majesticallyx both in
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word and matterx hang me up by the heels for a rabbitxsucker or a
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poulterxs harex
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princex
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wellx here i am setx
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falstaffx
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and here i standxxjudgex my mastersx
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princex
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nowx harryx whence come youx
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falstaffx
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my noble lordx from eastcheapx
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princex
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the complaints i hear of thee are grievousx
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falstaffx
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xsbloodx my lordx they are falsexxnayx ixll tickle ye for a young
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princex ixfaithx
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princex
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swearest thoux ungracious boyx henceforth nexer look on mex thou art
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violently carried away from gracex there is a devil haunts theex in
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the likeness of an old fat manxxa tun of man is thy companionx why dost
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|
thou converse with that trunk of humoursx that boltingxhutch of
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|
beastlinessx that swollen parcel of dropsiesx that huge bombard of
|
|
sackx that roasted manningtree ox with the pudding in his bellyx that
|
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reverend vicex that grey iniquityx that father ruffianx that vanity in
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yearsx wherein is he goodx but to taste sack and drink itx wherein neat
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and cleanlyx but to carve a capon and eat itx wherein cunningx but in
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craftx wherein craftyx but in villanyx wherein villainousx but in all
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thingsx wherein worthyx but in nothingx
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falstaffx
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i would your grace would take me with youx whom means your gracex
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princex
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that villainous abominable misleader of youthx falstaffx that old
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whitexbearded satanx
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falstaffx
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my lordx the man i knowx
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princex
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i know thou dostx
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falstaffx
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but to say i know more harm in him than in myselfx were to say more
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than i knowx that he is oldxxxthe more the pityxxhis white hairs do
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witness itx if sack and sugar be a faultx god help the wickedx if to be
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old and merry be a sinx then many an old host that i know is damnxdx if
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to be fat be to be hatedx then pharaohxs lean kine are to be lovedx nox
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my good lordx banish petox banish bardolphx banish poinsx butx for
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sweet jack falstaffx kind jack falstaffx true jack falstaffx valiant
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jack falstaffx and therefore more valiantx beingx as he isx old jack
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falstaffx banish not him thy harryxs companyx banish not him thy
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harryxs companyx banish plump jackx and banish all the worldx
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princex
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i dox i willx
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xa knocking heardxx
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xexeunt hostessx francisx and bardolphxx
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xenter bardolphx runningxx
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bardolphx
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ox my lordx my lordx the sheriff with a most monstrous watch is at the
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doorx
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falstaffx
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outx ye roguexxplay out the playx i have much to say in the behalf of
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that falstaffx
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xrexenter the hostessx hastilyxx
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hostessx
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o jesux my lordx my lordxx
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princex
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heighx heighx the devil rides upon a fiddlestickx whatxs the matterx
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hostessx
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the sheriff and all the watch are at the doorx they are come to search
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the housex shall i let them inx
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falstaffx
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dost thou hearx halx never call a true piece of gold a counterfeitx
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thou art essentially mad without seeming sox
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princex
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and thou a natural cowardx without instinctx
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falstaffx
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i deny your majorx if you will deny the sheriffx sox if notx let him
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enterx if i become not a cart as well as another manx a plague on my
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bringing upx i hope i shall as soon be strangled with a halter as
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anotherx
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princex
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gox hide thee behind the arrasxxthe rest walkx up abovex nowx my
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mastersx for a true face and good consciencex
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falstaffx
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both which i have hadx but their date is outx and therefore ixll hide
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mex
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princex
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call in the sheriffxx
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xexeunt all but the prince and poinsxx
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xenter sheriff and carrierxx
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nowx master sheriffx whatxs your will with mex
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sheriffx
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firstx pardon mex my lordx a huexandxcry
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hath followed certain men unto this housex
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princex
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what menx
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sheriffx
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one of them is well knownx my gracious lordxx
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a gross fat manx
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carrierx
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as fat as butterx
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princex
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the manx i do assure youx is not herex
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for i myself at this time have employxd himx
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andx sheriffx i will engage my word to theex
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that i willx by toxmorrow dinnerxtimex
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send him to answer theex or any manx
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for any thing he shall be charged withalx
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and sox let me entreat you leave the housex
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sheriffx
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i willx my lordx there are two gentlemen
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have in this robbery lost three hundred marksx
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princex
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it may be sox if he have robbxd these menx
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he shall be answerablex and sox farewellx
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sheriffx
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good nightx my noble lordx
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princex
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i think it is good morrowx is it notx
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sheriffx
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indeedx my lordx i thinkxt be two oxclockx
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xexit sheriff and carrierxx
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princex
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this oily rascal is known as well as paulxsx gox call him forthx
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poinsx
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falstaffxxfast asleep behind the arrasx and snorting like a horsex
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princex
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harkx how hard he fetches breathx search his pocketsx
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xpoins searchesxx
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what hast thou foundx
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poinsx
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nothing but papersx my lordx
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princex
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letxs see what they bex read themx
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poinsx
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xreadsx
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itemx a caponx x x x x x x x x x xsx xdx
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itemx saucex x x x x x x x x x x x x x x xdx
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itemx sack two gallons xx x x xsx xdx
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itemx anchovies and sack after supperx xsx xdx
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itemx breadx x x x x x x x x x x x x x xobx
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princex
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o monstrousx but one halfxpennyworth of bread to this intolerable deal
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of sackx what there is elsex keep closex wexll read it at more
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advantagex there let him sleep till dayx ixll to the court in the
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morningx we must all to the warsx and thy place shall be honourablex
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ixll procure this fat rogue a charge of footx and i know his death will
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be a march of twelvexscorex the money shall be paid back again with
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advantagex be with me betimes in the morningx and sox good morrowx
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poinsx
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poinsx
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good morrowx good my lordx
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xexeuntxx
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act iii
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scene ix bangorx a room in the archdeaconxs housex
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xenter hotspurx worcesterx mortimerx and glendowerxx
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mortimerx
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these promises are fairx the parties surex
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and our induction full of prosperous hopex
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hotspurx
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lord mortimerxxand cousin glendowerxxwill you sit downxx
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and uncle worcesterxxa plague upon itx i have forgot the mapx
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glendowerx
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nox here it isx
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sitx cousin percyx sitx good cousin hotspurx
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for by that name as oft as lancaster
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doth speak of youx his cheek looks palex and with
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a rising sigh he wisheth you in heavenx
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hotspurx
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and you in hellx as oft as he hears owen glendower spoke ofx
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glendowerx
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i cannot blame himx at my nativity
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the front of heaven was full of fiery shapesx
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of burning cressetsx ayx and at my birth
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the frame and huge foundation of the earth
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shaked like a cowardx
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hotspurx
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whyx so it would have done at the same seasonx if your motherxs cat had
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but kittenxdx though yourself had never been bornx
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glendowerx
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i say the earth did shake when i was bornx
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hotspurx
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and i say the earth was not of my mindx if you suppose as fearing you
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it shookx
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glendowerx
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the heavens were all on firex the earth did tremblex
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hotspurx
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ox then thx earth shook to see the heavens on firex
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and not in fear of your nativityx
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|
diseased nature oftentimes breaks forth
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in strange eruptionsx oft the teeming earth
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is with a kind of colic pinchxd and vexxd
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by the imprisoning of unruly wind
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within her wombx whichx for enlargement strivingx
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shakes the old beldam earthx and topples down
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steeples and mossxgrown towersx at your birthx
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|
our grandam earthx having this distemperaturex
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in passion shookx
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glendowerx
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cousinx of many men
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i do not bear these crossingsx give me leave
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to tell you once againx that at my birth
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the front of heaven was full of fiery shapesx
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the goats ran from the mountainsx and the herds
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|
were strangely clamorous to the frighted fieldsx
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|
these signs have markxd me extraordinaryx
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|
and all the courses of my life do show
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|
i am not in the roll of common menx
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|
where is he livingxxclippxd in with the sea
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|
that chides the banks of englandx scotlandx walesxx
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|
which calls me pupilx or hath read to mex
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|
and bring him out that is but womanxs son
|
|
can trace me in the tedious ways of artx
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|
and hold me pace in deep experimentsx
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hotspurx
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i think there is no man speaks better welshxxixll to dinnerx
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mortimerx
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peacex cousin percyx you will make him madx
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glendowerx
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i can call spirits from the vasty deepx
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hotspurx
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whyx so can ix or so can any manx
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but will they come when you do call for themx
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glendowerx
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whyx i can teach youx cousinx to command the devilx
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hotspurx
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and i can teach theex cozx to shame the devil
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by telling truthx tell truthx and shame the devilx
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|
if thou have power to raise himx bring him hitherx
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|
and ixll be sworn ixve power to shame him hencex
|
|
ox while you livex tell truthx and shame the devilx
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mortimerx
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|
comex comex no more of this unprofitable chatx
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glendowerx
|
|
three times hath henry bolingbroke made head
|
|
against my powerx thrice from the banks of wye
|
|
and sandyxbottomxd severn have i sent
|
|
him bootless home and weatherxbeaten backx
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hotspurx
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|
home without bootsx and in foul weather toox
|
|
how xscaped he aguesx in the devilxs namex
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glendowerx
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|
comex herexs the mapx shall we divide our right
|
|
according to our threefold order taxenx
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mortimerx
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|
thx archdeacon hath divided it
|
|
into three limits very equallyx
|
|
englandx from trent and severn hithertox
|
|
by south and east is to my part assignxdx
|
|
all westwardx wales beyond the severn shorex
|
|
and all the fertile land within that boundx
|
|
to owen glendowerxxandx dear cozx to you
|
|
the remnant northwardx lying off from trentx
|
|
and our indentures tripartite are drawnx
|
|
which being sealed interchangeablyxx
|
|
a business that this night may executexx
|
|
toxmorrowx cousin percyx youx and ix
|
|
and my good lord of worcesterx will set forth
|
|
to meet your father and the scottish powerx
|
|
as is appointed usx at shrewsburyx
|
|
my father glendower is not ready yetx
|
|
nor shall we need his help these fourteen daysxx
|
|
xto glendxx within that space you may have drawn together
|
|
your tenantsx friendsx and neighbouring gentlemenx
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|
|
|
glendowerx
|
|
a shorter time shall send me to youx lordsx
|
|
and in my conduct shall your ladies comex
|
|
from whom you now must stealx and take no leavex
|
|
for there will be a world of water shed
|
|
upon the parting of your wives and youx
|
|
|
|
hotspurx
|
|
methinks my moietyx north from burton herex
|
|
in quantity equals not one of yoursx
|
|
see how this river comes me cranking inx
|
|
and cuts me from the best of all my land
|
|
a huge halfxmoonx a monstrous cantle outx
|
|
ixll have the current in this place damnxd upx
|
|
and here the smug and sliver trent shall run
|
|
in a new channelx fair and evenlyx
|
|
it shall not wind with such a deep indentx
|
|
to rob me of so rich a bottom herex
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|
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|
glendowerx
|
|
not windx it shallx it mustx you see it dothx
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|
mortimerx
|
|
yeax but
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|
mark how he bears his coursex and runs me up
|
|
with like advantage on the other sidex
|
|
gelding thx opposed continent as much
|
|
as on the other side it takes from youx
|
|
|
|
worcesterx
|
|
yeax but a little charge will trench him herex
|
|
and on this north side win this cape of landx
|
|
and then he runneth straight and evenlyx
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|
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|
hotspurx
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|
ixll have it sox a little charge will do itx
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glendowerx
|
|
i will not have it alterxdx
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|
hotspurx
|
|
will not youx
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|
glendowerx
|
|
nox nor you shall notx
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hotspurx
|
|
who shall say me nayx
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glendowerx
|
|
whyx that will ix
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hotspurx
|
|
let me not understand youx thenx speak it in welshx
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|
glendowerx
|
|
i can speak englishx lordx as well as youx
|
|
for i was trainxd up in the english courtx
|
|
wherex being but youngx i framed to the harp
|
|
many an english ditty lovely wellx
|
|
and gave the tongue a helpful ornamentx
|
|
a virtue that was never seen in youx
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|
|
hotspurx
|
|
marryx and i am glad of it with all my heartx
|
|
i had rather be a kittenx and cry mewx
|
|
than one of these same metre balletxmongersx
|
|
i had rather hear a brazen canstick turnxdx
|
|
or a dry wheel grate on the axletreex
|
|
and that would set my teeth nothing on edgex
|
|
nothing so much as mincing poetryx
|
|
xtis like the forced gait of a shuffling nagx
|
|
|
|
glendowerx
|
|
comex you shall have trent turnxdx
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|
hotspurx
|
|
i do not carex ixll give thrice so much land
|
|
to any wellxdeserving friendx
|
|
but in the way of bargainx mark ye mex
|
|
ixll cavil on the ninth part of a hairx
|
|
are the indentures drawnx shall we be gonex
|
|
glendx
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|
|
the moon shines fairx you may away by nightx
|
|
ixll in and haste the writerx and withal
|
|
break with your wives of your departure hencex
|
|
i am afraid my daughter will run madx
|
|
so much she doteth on her mortimerx
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|
xexitxx
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mortimerx
|
|
fiex cousin percyx how you cross my fatherx
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|
hotspurx
|
|
i cannot choosex sometimes he angers me
|
|
with telling me of the moldwarp and the antx
|
|
of the dreamer merlin and his propheciesx
|
|
and of a dragon and a finless fishx
|
|
a clipxwingxd griffin and a moulten ravenx
|
|
a couching lion and a ramping catx
|
|
and such a deal of skimblexskamble stuff
|
|
as puts me from my faithx i tell you whatx
|
|
he held me last night at the least nine hours
|
|
in reckoning up the several devilsx names
|
|
that were his lacqueysx i cried humx and wellx
|
|
but markxd him not a wordx ox hexs as tedious
|
|
as a tired horsex a railing wifex
|
|
worse than a smoky housex i had rather live
|
|
with cheese and garlic in a windmillx farx
|
|
than feed on cates and have him talk to me
|
|
in any summerxhouse in christendomx
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|
mortimerx
|
|
in faithx he is a worthy gentlemanx
|
|
exceedingly wellxreadx and profited
|
|
in strange concealmentsx valiant as a lionx
|
|
and wondrous affablex and as bountiful
|
|
as mines of indiax shall i tell youx cousinx
|
|
he holds your temper in a high respectx
|
|
and curbs himself even of his natural scope
|
|
when you do cross his humourx faithx he doesx
|
|
i warrant youx that man is not alive
|
|
might so have tempted him as you have donex
|
|
without the taste of danger and reproofx
|
|
but do not use it oftx let me entreat youx
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|
|
|
worcesterx
|
|
in faithx my lordx you are too wilfulxbluntx
|
|
and since your coming hither have done enough
|
|
to put him quite beside his patiencex
|
|
you must needs learnx lordx to amend this faultx
|
|
though sometimes it show greatnessx couragex bloodx
|
|
and thatxs the dearest grace it renders youxx
|
|
yet oftentimes it doth present harsh ragex
|
|
defect of mannersx want of governmentx
|
|
pridex haughtinessx opinionx and disdainx
|
|
the least of which haunting a nobleman
|
|
loseth menxs heartsx and leaves behind a stain
|
|
upon the beauty of all parts besidesx
|
|
beguiling them of commendationx
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|
|
|
hotspurx
|
|
wellx i am schoolxdx good manners be your speedx
|
|
here come our wivesx and let us take our leavex
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|
|
xrexenter glendowerx with lady mortimer and lady percyxx
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mortimerx
|
|
this is the deadly spite that angers mex
|
|
my wife can speak no englishx i no welshx
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|
glendowerx
|
|
my daughter weepsx she will not part with youx
|
|
shexll be a soldier toox shexll to the warsx
|
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|
|
mortimerx
|
|
good fatherx tell her that she and my aunt percy
|
|
shall follow in your conduct speedilyx
|
|
|
|
xglendower speaks to lady mortimer in welshx and she answers him in the
|
|
samexx
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|
|
|
glendowerx
|
|
shexs desperate herex a peevish selfxwillxd harlotryx
|
|
one that no persuasion can do good uponx
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|
|
|
xlady mortimer speaks to mortimer in welshxx
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|
mortimerx
|
|
i understand thy looksx that pretty welsh
|
|
which thou pourxst down from these swelling heavens
|
|
i am too perfect inx andx but for shamex
|
|
in such a parley should i answer theex
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|
|
|
xlady mortimer speaks to him again in welshxx
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|
|
|
i understand thy kissesx and thou minex
|
|
and thatxs a feeling disputationx
|
|
but i will never be a truantx lovex
|
|
till i have learnxd thy languagex for thy tongue
|
|
makes welsh as sweet as ditties highly pennxdx
|
|
sung by a fair queen in a summerxs bowerx
|
|
with ravishing divisionx to her lutex
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|
|
|
glendowerx
|
|
nayx if you meltx then will she run madx
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|
|
|
xlady mortimer speaks to mortimer again in welshxx
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|
mortimerx
|
|
ox i am ignorance itself in thisx
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|
|
glendowerx
|
|
she bids you on the wanton rushes lay you downx
|
|
and rest your gentle head upon her lapx
|
|
and she will sing the song that pleaseth youx
|
|
and on your eyelids crown the god of sleepx
|
|
charming your blood with pleasing heavinessx
|
|
making such difference betwixt wake and sleepx
|
|
as is the difference betwixt day and nightx
|
|
the hour before the heavenlyxharnessxd team
|
|
begins his golden progress in the eastx
|
|
|
|
mortimerx
|
|
with all my heart ixll sit and hear her singx
|
|
by that time will our bookx i thinkx be drawnx
|
|
|
|
glendowerx
|
|
do sox
|
|
an those musicians that shall play to you
|
|
hang in the air a thousand leagues from hencex
|
|
and straight they shall be herex sitx and attendx
|
|
|
|
hotspurx
|
|
comex katex thou art perfect in lying downx comex quickx quickx that i
|
|
may lay my head in thy lapx
|
|
|
|
lady percyx
|
|
gox ye giddy goosex
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|
|
xthe music playsxx
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|
|
hotspurx
|
|
now i perceive the devil understands welshx
|
|
and xtis no marvel hexs so humorousx
|
|
byxr ladyx hexs a good musicianx
|
|
|
|
lady percyx
|
|
then should you be nothing but musicalx for you are altogether governed
|
|
by humoursx lie stillx ye thiefx and hear the lady sing in welshx
|
|
|
|
hotspurx
|
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i had rather hear ladyx my brachx howl in irishx
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lady percyx
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wouldst thou have thy head brokenx
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hotspurx
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nox
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lady percyx
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then be stillx
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hotspurx
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neitherx xtis a womanxs faultx
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lady percyx
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now god help theex
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hotspurx
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peacex she singsx
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xa welsh song by lady mortimerxx
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comex katex ixll have your song toox
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lady percyx
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not minex in good soothx
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hotspurx
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not yoursx in good soothx xheartx you swear like a
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comfitxmakerxs wifex not minex in good soothx andx as true
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as i livex andx as god shall mend mex andx as sure as dayx
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and givest such sarcenet surety for thy oathsx
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as if thou nexer walkxdst further than finsburyx
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swear mex katex like a lady as thou artx
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a good mouthxfilling oathx and leave in soothx
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and such protest of pepperxgingerbreadx
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to velvetxguards and sundayxcitizensx comex singx
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lady percyx
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i will not singx
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hotspurx
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xtis the next way to turn tailorx or be redbreastxteacherx
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an the indentures be drawnx ixll away within these two hoursx
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and sox come in when ye willx
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xexitxx
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glendowerx
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comex comex lord mortimerx you are as slow
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as hot lord percy is on fire to gox
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by this our bookxs drawnx wexll but sealx and then
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to horse immediatelyx
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mortimerx
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with all my heartx
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xexeuntxx
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scene iix londonx a room in the palacex
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xenter king henryx prince henryx and lordsxx
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kingx
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lordsx give us leavex the prince of wales and i
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must have some private conferencex but be near at handx
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for we shall presently have need of youx
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xexeunt lordsxx
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i know not whether god will have it sox
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for some displeasing service i have donex
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thatx in his secret doomx out of my blood
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hexll breed revengement and a scourge for mex
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but thou dostx in thy passages of lifex
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make me believe that thou art only markxd
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for the hot vengeance and the rod of heaven
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to punish my mistreadingsx tell me elsex
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could such inordinate and low desiresx
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such poorx such basex such lewdx such mean attemptsx
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such barren pleasuresx rude societyx
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as thou art matchxd withal and grafted tox
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accompany the greatness of thy bloodx
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and hold their level with thy princely heartx
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princex
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so please your majestyx i would i could
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quit all offences with as clear excuse
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as well as i am doubtless i can purge
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myself of many i am charged withalx
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yet such extenuation let me begx
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asx in reproof of many tales devised
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by smiling pickxthanks and base newsxmongersxx
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which oft the ear of greatness needs must hearxx
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i mayx for some things truex wherein my youth
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hath faulty wanderxd and irregularx
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find pardon on my true submissionx
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kingx
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god pardon theex yet let me wonderx harryx
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at thy affectionsx which do hold a wing
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quite from the flight of all thy ancestorsx
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thy place in council thou hast rudely lostx
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which by thy younger brother is suppliedx
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and art almost an alien to the hearts
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of all the court and princes of my bloodx
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the hope and expectation of thy time
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is ruinxdx and the soul of every man
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prophetically does forethink thy fallx
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had i so lavish of my presence beenx
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so commonxhackneyxd in the eyes of menx
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so stale and cheap to vulgar companyx
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opinionx that did help me to the crownx
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had still kept loyal to possessionx
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and left me in reputeless banishmentx
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a fellow of no mark nor likelihoodx
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by being seldom seenx i could not stir
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butx like a cometx i was wonderxd atx
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that men would tell their childrenx this is hex
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others would sayx wherex which is bolingbrokex
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and then i stole all courtesy from heavenx
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and dressxd myself in such humilityx
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that i did pluck allegiance from menxs heartsx
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loud shouts and salutations from their mouthsx
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even in the presence of the crowned kingx
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thus did i keep my person fresh and newx
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my presencex like a robe pontificalx
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nexer seen but wonderxd atx and so my statex
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seldom but sumptuousx showed like a feastx
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and won by rareness such solemnityx
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the skipping kingx he ambled up and down
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with shallow jesters and rash bavin witsx
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soon kindled and soon burntx carded his statex
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mingled his royaltyx with capering foolsx
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had his great name profaned with their scornsx
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and gave his countenancex against his namex
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to laugh at gibing boysx and stand the push
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of every beardless vain comparativex
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grew a companion to the common streetsx
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enfeoffxd himself to popularityx
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thatx being dally swallowxd by menxs eyesx
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they surfeited with honeyx and began
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to loathe the taste of sweetnessx whereof a little
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more than a little is by much too muchx
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sox when he had occasion to be seenx
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he was but as the cuckoo is in junex
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heardx not regardedx seenx but with such eyes
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asx sick and blunted with communityx
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afford no extraordinary gazex
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such as is bent on sunxlike majesty
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when it shines seldom in admiring eyesx
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but rather drowsedx and hung their eyelids downx
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slept in his facex and renderxd such aspect
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as cloudy men use to their adversariesx
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being with his presence gluttedx gorgedx and fullx
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and in that very linex harryx standxst thoux
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for thou hast lost thy princely privilege
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with vile participationx not an eye
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but is axweary of thy common sightx
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save minex which hath desired to see thee morex
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which now doth that i would not have it dox
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make blind itself with foolish tendernessx
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princex
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i shall hereafterx my thricexgracious lordx
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be more myselfx
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kingx
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for all the worldx
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as thou art to this hourx was richard then
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when i from france set foot at ravenspurgx
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and even as i was then is percy nowx
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nowx by my sceptrex and my soul to bootx
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he hath more worthy interest to the state
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than thoux the shadow of successionx
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forx of no rightx nor colour like to rightx
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he doth fill fields with harness in the realmx
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turns head against the lionxs armed jawsx
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andx being no more in debt to years than thoux
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leads ancient lords and reverend bishops on
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to bloody battles and to bruising armsx
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|
what neverxdying honour hath he got
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against renowned douglasx whose high deedsx
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whose hot incursionsx and great name in armsx
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holds from all soldiers chief majority
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and military title capital
|
|
through all the kingdoms that acknowledge christx
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thrice hath this hotspurx mars in swathingxclothesx
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this infant warriorx in his enterprises
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discomfited great douglasx taxen him oncex
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enlarged himx and made a friend of himx
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to fill the mouth of deep defiance upx
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and shake the peace and safety of our thronex
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and what say you to thisx percyx northumberlandx
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thx archbishopxs grace of yorkx douglasx and mortimer
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capitulate against usx and are upx
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but wherefore do i tell these news to theex
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whyx harryx do i tell thee of my foesx
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which art my nearxst and dearest enemyx
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thou that art like enoughxxthrough vassal fearx
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base inclinationx and the start of spleenxx
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to fight against me under percyxs payx
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to dog his heelsx and curtsy at his frownsx
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to show how much thou art degeneratex
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princex
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do not think sox you shall not find it sox
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and god forgive them that so much have swayxd
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your majestyxs good thoughts away from mex
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i will redeem all this on percyxs headx
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andx in the closing of some glorious dayx
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be bold to tell you that i am your sonx
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when i will wear a garment all of bloodx
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and stain my favour in a bloody maskx
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|
whichx washxd awayx shall scour my shame with itx
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|
and that shall be the dayx whenexer it lightsx
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that this same child of honour and renownx
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|
this gallant hotspurx this allxpraised knightx
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and your unthoughtxof harryx chance to meetx
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for every honour sitting on his helmx
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would they were multitudesx and on my head
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|
my shames redoubledx for the time will comex
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|
that i shall make this northern youth exchange
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|
his glorious deeds for my indignitiesx
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percy is but my factorx good my lordx
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tx engross up glorious deeds on my behalfx
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and i will call hall to so strict accountx
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that he shall render every glory upx
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yeax even the slightest worship of his timex
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or i will tear the reckoning from his heartx
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thisx in the name of godx i promise herex
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the which if i performx and do survivex
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|
i do beseech your majestyx may salve
|
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the longxgrown wounds of my intemperancex
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|
if notx the end of life cancels all bandsx
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|
and i will die a hundred thousand deaths
|
|
ere break the smallest parcel of this vowx
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kingx
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a hundred thousand rebels die in thisx
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thou shalt have charge and sovereign trust hereinxx
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xenter sir walter bluntxx
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how nowx good bluntx thy looks are full of speedx
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bluntx
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|
so is the business that i come to speak ofx
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|
lord mortimer of scotland hath sent word
|
|
that douglas and the english rebels met
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thx eleventh of this month at shrewsburyx
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|
a mighty and a fearful head they arex
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|
if promises be kept on every handx
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as ever offerxd foul play in a statex
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kingx
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the earl of westmoreland set forth toxdayx
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with him my sonx lord john of lancasterx
|
|
for this advertisement is five days oldx
|
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on wednesday next youx harryx shall set forwardx
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on thursday we ourselves will marchx
|
|
our meeting is bridgenorthx andx harryx you
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shall march through glostershirex by which accountx
|
|
our business valuedx some twelve days hence
|
|
our general forces at bridgenorth shall meetx
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|
our hands are full of businessx letxs awayx
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advantage feeds him fatx while men delayx
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xexeuntxx
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scene iiix eastcheapx a room in the boarxsxhead tavernx
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xenter falstaff and bardolphxx
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falstaffx
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bardolphx am i not fallen away vilely since this last actionx do i not
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batex do i not dwindlex whyx my skin hangs about me like an old ladyxs
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loose gownx i am withered like an old applexjohnx wellx ixll repentx
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|
and that suddenlyx while i am in some likingx i shall be out of heart
|
|
shortlyx and then i shall have no strength to repentx an i have not
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|
forgotten what the inside of a church is made ofx i am a peppercornx a
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brewerxs horsex the inside of a churchx companyx villainous companyx
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hath been the spoil of mex
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bardolphx
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sir johnx you are so fretfulx you cannot live longx
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falstaffx
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whyx there is itx comex sing me a songx make me merryx i was as
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|
virtuously given as a gentleman need to bex virtuous enoughx swore
|
|
littlex diced not above seven times a weekx paid money that i borrowed
|
|
xthree or four timesx lived wellx and in good compassx and now i live
|
|
out of all orderx out of all compassx
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bardolphx
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whyx you are so fatx sir johnx that you must needs be out of all
|
|
compassx xout of all reasonable compassx sir johnx
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falstaffx
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do thou amend thy facex and ixll amend my lifex thou art our admiralx
|
|
thou bearest the lantern in the poopxxbut xtis in the nose of theex
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|
thou art the knight of the burning lampx
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bardolphx
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whyx sir johnx my face does you no harmx
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falstaffx
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nox ixll be swornx i make as good use of it as many a man doth of a
|
|
deathxsxhead or a memento morix i never see thy face but i think upon
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|
hellxfirex and dives that lived in purplex for there he is in his
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|
robesx burningx burningx if thou wert any way given to virtuex i would
|
|
swear by thy facex my oath should bex by this firex thatxs godxs angelx
|
|
but thou art altogether given overx and wert indeedx but for the light
|
|
in thy facex the son of utter darknessx when thou rannxst up gadxsxhill
|
|
in the night to catch my horsex if i did not think thou hadst been an
|
|
ignis fatuus or a ball of wildfirex therexs no purchase in moneyx ox
|
|
thou art a perpetual triumphx an everlasting bonfirexlightx thou hast
|
|
saved me a thousand marks in links and torchesx walking with thee in
|
|
the night betwixt tavern and tavernx but the sack that thou hast drunk
|
|
me would have bought me lights as good cheap at the dearest chandlerxs
|
|
in europex i have maintainxd that salamander of yours with fire any
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|
time this twoxandxthirty yearsx god reward me for itx
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bardolphx
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xsbloodx i would my face were in your stomachx
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falstaffx
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godxaxmercyx so should i be sure to be heartxburnxdxx
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xenter the hostessxx
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how nowx dame partlet the henx have you enquirxd yet who pickxd my
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pocketx
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hostessx
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whyx sir johnx what do you thinkx sir johnx do you think i keep thieves
|
|
in my housex i have searchxdx i have inquiredx so has my husbandx man
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|
by manx boy by boyx servant by servantx the tithe of a hair was never
|
|
lost in my house beforex
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falstaffx
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ye liex hostessx bardolph was shavedx and lost many a hairx and
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ixll be sworn my pocket was pickxdx go tox you are a womanx gox
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hostessx
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whox ix nox i defy theex godxs lightx i was never callxd so in mine
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own house beforex
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falstaffx
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go tox i know you well enoughx
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hostessx
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nox sir johnx you do not know mex sir johnx i know youx sir johnx you
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owe me moneyx sir johnx and now you pick a quarrel to beguile me of itx
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i bought you a dozen of shirts to your backx
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falstaffx
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dowlasx filthy dowlasx i have given them away to bakersx wivesx and
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they have made bolters of themx
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hostessx
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nowx as i am a true womanx holland of eight shillings an ellx
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you owe money here besidesx sir johnx for your diet and byxdrinkingsx
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|
and money lent youx fourxandxtwenty poundx
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falstaffx
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he had his part of itx let him payx
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hostessx
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hex alasx he is poorx he hath nothingx
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falstaffx
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howx poorx look upon his facex what call you richx let them coin his
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nosex let them coin his cheeksx ixll not pay a denierx whatx will you
|
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make a younker of mex shall i not take mine ease in mine innx but i
|
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shall have my pocket pickxdx i have lost a sealxring of my
|
|
grandfatherxs worth forty markx
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hostessx
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o jesux i have heard the prince tell himx i know not how oftx that that
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ring was copperx
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falstaffx
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howx the prince is a jackx a sneakxcupx xsbloodx an he were herex i
|
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would cudgel him like a dogx if he would say soxx
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|
xenter prince henry and poinsx marchingx falstaff meets themx playing
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on his truncheon like a fifexx
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how nowx ladx is the wind in that doorx ixfaithx must we all marchx
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bardolphx
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yeax twoxandxtwox newgatexfashionx
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hostessx
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my lordx i pray youx hear mex
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princex
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what sayxst thoux mistress quicklyx how doth thy husbandx i love him
|
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wellx he is an honest manx
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hostessx
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good my lordx hear mex
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falstaffx
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prxytheex let her alonex and list to mex
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princex
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what sayxst thoux jackx
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falstaffx
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the other night i fell asleep here behind the arrasx and had my pocket
|
|
pickxdx this house is turnxd bawdyxhousex they pick pocketsx
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princex
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what didst thou losex jackx
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falstaffx
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wilt thou believe mex halx three or four bonds of forty pound axpiece
|
|
and a sealxring of my grandfatherxsx
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princex
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a triflex some eightxpenny matterx
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hostessx
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so i told himx my lordx and i said i heard your grace say sox andx my
|
|
lordx he speaks most vilely of youx like a foulxmouthxd man as he isx
|
|
and said he would cudgel youx
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|
|
princex
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whatx he did notx
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hostessx
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therexs neither faithx truthx nor womanhood in me elsex
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falstaffx
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therexs no more faith in thee than in a stewxd prunex nor no more truth
|
|
in thee than in a drawn foxx andx for womanxhoodx maid marian may be
|
|
the deputyxs wife of the ward to theex gox you thingx gox
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|
hostessx
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sayx what thingx what thingx i am an honest manxs wifex andx setting
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thy knighthood asidex thou art a knave to call me sox
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falstaffx
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setting thy womanhood asidex thou art a beast to say otherwisex
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hostessx
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sayx what beastx thou knavex thoux
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falstaffx
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what beastx whyx an otterx
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princex
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an otterx sir johnx why an otterx
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falstaffx
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whyx shexs neither fish nor fleshx a man knows not where to have herx
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hostessx
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thou art an unjust man in saying sox thou or any man knows where to
|
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have mex thou knavex thoux
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princex
|
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thou sayxst truex hostessx and he slanders thee most grosslyx
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hostessx
|
|
so he doth youx my lordx and said this other day you ought him a
|
|
thousand poundx
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princex
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sirrahx do i owe you a thousand poundx
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falstaffx
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a thousand poundx halx a millionx thy love is worth a millionx thou
|
|
owest me thy lovex
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hostessx
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nayx my lordx he callxd you jackx and said he would cudgel youx
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falstaffx
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did ix bardolphx
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bardolphx
|
|
indeedx sir johnx you said sox
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falstaffx
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yeax if he said my ring was copperx
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princex
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i say xtis copperx darest thou be as good as thy word nowx
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falstaffx
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whyx halx thou knowxstx as thou art but manx i darex but as thou art
|
|
princex i fear thee as i fear the roaring of the lionxs whelpx
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princex
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and why not as the lionx
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falstaffx
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the king himself is to be feared as the lionx dost thou think ixll
|
|
fear thee as i fear thy fatherx nayx an i dox i pray god my girdle
|
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breakx
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princex
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sirrahx therexs no room for faithx truthx nor honesty in this bosom of
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|
thinex it is all fillxd up with midriffx charge an honest woman with
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picking thy pocketx whyx thou whoresonx impudentx embossxd rascalx if
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there were anything in thy pocket but tavernxreckoningsx and one poor
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pennyworth of sugarxcandy to make thee longxwindedxxif thy pocket were
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enrichxd with any other injuries but thesex i am a villainx and yet
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you will stand to itx you will not pocketxup wrongx art thou not
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ashamedx
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falstaffx
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dost thou hearx halx thou knowxstx in the state of innocency adam fellx
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and what should poor jack falstaff do in the days of villainyx thou
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seexst i have more flesh than another manx and therefore more frailtyx
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you confessx thenx you pickxd my pocketx
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princex
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it appears so by the storyx
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falstaffx
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hostessx i forgive theex gox make ready breakfastx love thy husbandx
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look to thy servantsx cherish thy guestsx thou shalt find me tractable
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to any honest reasonx thou seexst i am pacifiedxxstillx nayx prxytheex
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be gonex
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xexit hostessxx
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nowx halx to the news at courtx for the robberyx ladx how is that
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answeredx
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princex
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ox my sweet beefx i must still be good angel to theex the money is
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paid back againx
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falstaffx
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ox i do not like that paying backx xtis a double labourx
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princex
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i am good friends with my fatherx and may do any thingx
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falstaffx
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rob me the exchequer the first thing thou doestx and do it with
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unwashxd hands toox
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bardolphx
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dox my lordx
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princex
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i have procured theex jackx a charge of footx
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falstaffx
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i would it had been of horsex where shall i find one that can steal
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wellx ox for a fine thiefx of the age of twoxandxtwenty or thereaboutsx
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i am heinously unprovidedx wellx god be thanked for these rebelsx they
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offend none but the virtuousx i laud themx i praise themx
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princex
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bardolphxx
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bardolphx
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my lordx
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princex
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go bear this letter to lord john of lancasterx
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to my brother johnx this to my lord of westmorelandxx
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xexit bardolphxx
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gox poinsx to horsex to horsex for thou and i
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have thirty miles to ride yet ere dinnerxtimexx
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xexit poinsxx
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meet me toxmorrowx jackx ix the templexhall
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at two oxclock in thx afternoonx
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there shalt thou know thy chargex and there receive
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money and order for their furniturex
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the land is burningx percy stands on highx
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and either they or we must lower liex
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xexitxx
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falstaffx
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rare wordsx brave worldxxhostessx my breakfastx comexx
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ox i could wish this tavern were my drumx
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xexitxx
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act iv
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scene ix the rebel camp near shrewsburyx
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xenter hotspurx worcesterx and douglasxx
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hotspurx
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well saidx my noble scotx if speaking truth
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in this fine age were not thought flatteryx
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such attribution should the douglas havex
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as not a soldier of this seasonxs stamp
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should go so generalxcurrent through the worldx
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by godx i cannot flatterx i defy
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the tongues of soothersx but a braver place
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in my heartxs love hath no man than yourselfx
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nayx task me to my wordx approve mex lordx
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douglasx
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thou art the king of honourx
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no man so potent breathes upon the ground
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but i will beard himx
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hotspurx
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do sox and xtis wellxx
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xenter a messenger with lettersxx
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what letters hast thou therexxi can but thank youx
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messengerx
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these letters come from your fatherx
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hotspurx
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letters from himx why comes he not himselfx
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messengerx
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he cannot comex my lordx hexs grievous sickx
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hotspurx
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zwoundsx how has he the leisure to be sick
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in such a justling timex who leads his powerx
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under whose government come they alongx
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messengerx
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his letters bears his mindx not ix my lordx
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worcesterx
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i prxytheex tell mex doth he keep his bedx
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messengerx
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he didx my lordx four days ere i set forthx
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and at the time of my departure thence
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he was much fearxd by his physiciansx
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worcesterx
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i would the state of time had first been whole
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ere he by sickness had been visitedx
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his health was never better worth than nowx
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hotspurx
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sick nowx droop nowx this sickness doth infect
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the very lifexblood of our enterprisex
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xtis catching hitherx even to our campx
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he writes me herex that inward sicknessxx
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and that his friends by deputation could not
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so soon be drawnx no did he think it meet
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to lay so dangerous and dear a trust
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on any soul removedx but on his ownx
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yet doth he give us bold advertisementx
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that with our small conjunction we should onx
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to see how fortune is disposed to usx
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forx as he writesx there is no quailing nowx
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because the king is certainly possessxd
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of all our purposesx what say you to itx
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worcesterx
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your fatherxs sickness is a maim to usx
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hotspurx
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a perilous gashx a very limb loppxd offxx
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and yetx in faithx xtis notx his present want
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seems more than we shall find itx were it good
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to set the exact wealth of all our states
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all at one castx to set so rich a main
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on the nice hazard of one doubtful hourx
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it were not goodx for therein should we read
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the very bottom and the soul of hopex
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the very listx the very utmost bound
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of all our fortunesx
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douglasx
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faithx and so we shouldx
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where now remains a sweet reversionx
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and we may boldly spend upon the hope
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of what is to come inx
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a comfort of retirement lives in thisx
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hotspurx
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a rendezvousx a home to fly untox
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if that the devil and mischance look big
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upon the maidenhead of our affairsx
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worcesterx
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but yet i would your father had been herex
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the quality and hair of our attempt
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brooks no divisionx it will be thought
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by somex that know not why he is awayx
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that wisdomx loyaltyx and mere dislike
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of our proceedingsx kept the earl from hencex
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and think how such an apprehension
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may turn the tide of fearful factionx
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and breed a kind of question in our causex
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for well you know we of the offering side
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must keep aloof from strict arbitrementx
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and stop all sightxholesx every loop from whence
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the eye of reason may pry in upon usx
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this absence of your fatherxs draws a curtainx
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that shows the ignorant a kind of fear
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before not dreamt ofx
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hotspurx
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nayx you strain too farx
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ix ratherx of his absence make this usex
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it lends a lustre and more great opinionx
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a larger dare to our great enterprisex
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than if the earl were herex for men must thinkx
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if wex without his helpx can make a head
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to push against the kingdomx with his help
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we shall oxerturn it topsyxturvy downx
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yet all goes wellx yet all our joints are wholex
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douglasx
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as heart can thinkx there is not such a word
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spoke in scotland as this term of fearx
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xenter sir richard vernonxx
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hotspurx
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my cousin vernonx welcomex by my soulx
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vernonx
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pray god my news be worth a welcomex lordx
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the earl of westmorelandx seven thousand strongx
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is marching hitherwardsx with him prince johnx
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hotspurx
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no harmx what morex
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vernonx
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and furtherx i have learnxd
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the king himself in person is set forthx
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or hitherwards intended speedilyx
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with strong and mighty preparationx
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hotspurx
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he shall be welcome toox where is his sonx
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the nimblexfooted madcap prince of walesx
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and his comradesx that daff the world asidex
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and bid it passx
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vernonx
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all furnishxdx all in armsx
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all plumed like estridges that with the wind
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bate itx like eagles having lately bathedx
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glittering in golden coatsx like imagesx
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as full of spirit as the month of may
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and gorgeous as the sun at midsummerx
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wanton as youthful goatsx wild as young bullsx
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i saw young harryxwith his beaver onx
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his cuisses on his thighsx gallantly armxdx
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rise from the ground like featherxd mercuryx
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|
and vault it with such ease into his seatx
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|
as if an angel droppxd down from the cloudsx
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to turn and wind a fiery pegasusx
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and witch the world with noble horsemanshipx
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hotspurx
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no morex no morex worse than the sun in marchx
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|
this praise doth nourish aguesx let them comex
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|
they come like sacrifices in their trimx
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and to the firexeyed maid of smoky warx
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all hot and bleedingx will we offer themx
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the mailed mars shall on his altar sit
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up to the ears in bloodx i am on fire
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|
to hear this rich reprisal is so nighx
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|
and yet not oursxxcomex let me taste my horsex
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|
who is to bear mex like a thunderboltx
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against the bosom of the prince of walesx
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harry and harry shallx hot horse to horsex
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meetx and nexer part till one drop down a corsexx
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ox that glendower were comex
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vernonx
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there is more newsx
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i learnxd in worcesterx as i rode alongx
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he cannot draw his power this fourteen daysx
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douglasx
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thatxs the worst tidings that i hear of yetx
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worcesterx
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ayx by my faithx that bears a frosty soundx
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hotspurx
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what may the kingxs whole battle reach untox
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vernonx
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to thirty thousandx
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hotspurx
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forty let it bex
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my father and glendower being both awayx
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the powers of us may serve so great a dayx
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|
comex let us take a muster speedilyx
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|
doomsday is nearx die allx die merrilyx
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douglasx
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|
talk not of dyingx i am out of fear
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|
of death or deathxs hand for this one halfxyearx
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xexeuntxx
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scene iix a public road near coventryx
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xenter falstaff and bardolphxx
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falstaffx
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bardolphx get thee before to coventryx fill me a bottle of sackx our
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soldiers shall march throughx wexll to suttonxcoxfilx toxnightx
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bardolphx
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|
will you give me moneyx captainx
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falstaffx
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lay outx lay outx
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bardolphx
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|
this bottle makes an angelx
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falstaffx
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an if it dox take it for thy labourx an if it make twentyx
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|
take them allx ixll answer the coinagex bid my lieutenant
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|
peto meet me at the townxs endx
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bardolphx
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|
i willx captainx farewellx
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xexitxx
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falstaffx
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if i be not ashamed of my soldiersx i am a soused gurnetx i have
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|
misused the kingxs press damnablyx i have gotx in exchange of a hundred
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|
and fifty soldiersx three hundred and odd poundsx i pressxd me none but
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|
good householdersx yeomenxs sonsx inquired me out contracted bachelorsx
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|
such as had been askxd twice on the bannsx such a commodity of warm
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|
slaves as had as lief hear the devil as a drumx such as fear the report
|
|
of a caliver worse than a struck fowl or a hurt wildxduckx i pressxd me
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|
none but such toastsxandxbutterx with hearts in their bodies no bigger
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|
than pinsxxheadsx and they have bought out their servicesx and now my
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|
whole charge consists of ancientsx corporalsx lieutenantsx gentlemen of
|
|
companiesx slaves as ragged as lazarus in the painted clothx where the
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|
gluttonxs dogs licked his soresx and such asx indeedx were never
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|
soldiersx but discarded unjust servingxmenx younger sons to younger
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|
brothersx revolted tapstersx and ostlers tradexfallenx the cankers of a
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|
calm world and a long peacex ten times more dishonourable ragged than
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|
an old faced ancientx and such have ix to fill up the rooms of them
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|
that have bought out their servicesx that you would think that i had a
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|
hundred and fifty tattered prodigals lately come from swinexkeepingx
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|
from eating draff and husksx a mad fellow met me on the wayx and told
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|
me i had unloaded all the gibbetsx and pressxd the dead bodiesx no eye
|
|
hath seen such scarecrowsx ixll not march through coventry with themx
|
|
thatxs flatx nayx and the villains march wide betwixt the legsx as if
|
|
they had gyves onx forx indeedx i had the most of them out of prisonx
|
|
therexs but a shirt and a half in all my companyx and the halfxshirt is
|
|
two napkins tackxd together and thrown over the shoulders like a
|
|
heraldxs coat without sleevesx and the shirtx to say the truthx stolen
|
|
from my host at saint albanxsx or the redxnose innkeeper of daventryx
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|
but thatxs all onex theyxll find linen enough on every hedgex
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|
xenter prince henry and westmorelandxx
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princex
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how nowx blown jackx how nowx quiltx
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falstaffx
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whatx halx how nowx mad wagx what a devil dost thou in
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|
warwickshirexxmy good lord of westmorelandx i cry you mercyx
|
|
i thought your honour had already been at shrewsburyx
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|
westmorelandx
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|
faithx sir johnx xtis more than time that i were therex and you toox
|
|
but my powers are there alreadyx the kingx i can tell youx looks for us
|
|
allx we must away allx toxnightx
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falstaffx
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tutx never fear mex i am as vigilant as a cat to steal creamx
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princex
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|
i thinkx to steal creamx indeedx for thy theft hath already made thee
|
|
butterx but tell mex jackx whose fellows are these that come afterx
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falstaffx
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minex halx minex
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princex
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i did never see such pitiful rascalsx
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falstaffx
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tutx tutx good enough to tossx food for powderx food for powderx
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|
theyxll fill a pit as well as betterx tushx manx mortal menx mortal
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|
menx
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westmorelandx
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ayx butx sir johnx methinks they are exceeding poor and barexxtoo
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|
beggarlyx
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falstaffx
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faithx for their povertyx i know not where they had thatx andx for
|
|
their barenessx i am sure they never learnxd that of mex
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princex
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nox ixll be swornx unless you call three fingers on the ribs barex butx
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|
sirrahx make hastex percy is already in the fieldx
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xexitxx
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falstaffx
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|
whatx is the king encampxdx
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westmorelandx
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|
he isx sir johnx i fear we shall stay too longx
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xexitxx
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falstaffx
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|
wellx
|
|
to the latter end of a fray and the beginning of a feast
|
|
fits a dull fighter and a keen guestx
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|
|
|
xexitxx
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|
scene iiix the rebel camp near shrewsburyx
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|
xenter hotspurx worcesterx douglasx and vernonxx
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hotspurx
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|
wexll fight with him toxnightx
|
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|
worcesterx
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|
it may not bex
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|
douglasx
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|
you give himx thenx advantagex
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vernonx
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|
not a whitx
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hotspurx
|
|
why say you sox looks he not for supplyx
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vernonx
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|
so do wex
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hotspurx
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his is certainx ours is doubtfulx
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worcesterx
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|
good cousinx be advisedx stir not toxnightx
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|
vernonx
|
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do notx my lordx
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douglasx
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|
you do not counsel wellx
|
|
you speak it out of fear and cold heartx
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vernonx
|
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do me no slanderx douglasx by my lifexx
|
|
and i dare well maintain it with my lifexx
|
|
if wellxrespected honour bid me onx
|
|
i hold as little counsel with weak fear
|
|
as youx my lordx or any scot that this day livesx
|
|
let it be seen toxmorrow in the battle
|
|
which of us fearsx
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|
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|
douglasx
|
|
yeax or toxnightx
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|
vernonx
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contentx
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hotspurx
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toxnightx say ix
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vernonx
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comex comex it may not bex i wonder muchx
|
|
being men of such great leading as you arex
|
|
that you foresee not what impediments
|
|
drag back our expeditionx certain horse
|
|
of my cousin vernonxs are not yet come upx
|
|
your uncle worcesterxs horse came but toxdayx
|
|
and now their pride and mettle is asleepx
|
|
their courage with hard labour tame and dullx
|
|
that not a horse is half the half himselfx
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hotspurx
|
|
so are the horses of the enemy
|
|
in generalx journeyxbated and brought lowx
|
|
the better part of ours are full of restx
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|
worcesterx
|
|
the number of the king exceedeth oursx
|
|
for godxs sakex cousinx stay till all come inx
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|
xthe trumpet sounds a parleyxx
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xenter sir walter bluntxx
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bluntx
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i come with gracious offers from the kingx
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if you vouchsafe me hearing and respectx
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hotspurx
|
|
welcomex sir walter bluntx and would to god
|
|
you were of our determinationx
|
|
some of us love you wellx and even those some
|
|
envy your great deservings and good namex
|
|
because you are not of our qualityx
|
|
but stand against us like an enemyx
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|
bluntx
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|
and god defend but still i should stand sox
|
|
so long as out of limit and true rule
|
|
you stand against anointed majestyx
|
|
but to my chargex the king hath sent to know
|
|
the nature of your griefsx and whereupon
|
|
you conjure from the breast of civil peace
|
|
such bold hostilityx teaching his duteous land
|
|
audacious crueltyx if that the king
|
|
have any way your good deserts forgotx
|
|
which he confesseth to be manifoldx
|
|
he bids you name your griefsx and with all speed
|
|
you shall have your desires with interestx
|
|
and pardon absolute for yourself and these
|
|
herein misled by your suggestionx
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|
|
hotspurx
|
|
the king is kindx and well we know the king
|
|
knows at what time to promisex when to payx
|
|
my father and my uncle and myself
|
|
did give him that same royalty he wearsx
|
|
andxwhen he was not sixxandxtwenty strongx
|
|
sick in the worldxs regardx wretched and lowx
|
|
a poor unminded outlaw sneaking homex
|
|
my father gave him welcome to the shorex
|
|
andxwhen he heard him swear and vow to godx
|
|
he came but to be duke of lancasterx
|
|
to sue his livery and beg his peacex
|
|
with tears of innocence and terms of zealx
|
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my fatherx in kind heart and pity movedx
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swore him assistancex and performed it toox
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nowx when the lords and barons of the realm
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perceived northumberland did lean to himx
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the more and less came in with cap and kneex
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met him in boroughsx citiesx villagesx
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attended him on bridgesx stood in lanesx
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laid gifts before himx profferxd him their oathsx
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give him their heirs as pagesx followxd him
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even at the heels in golden multitudesx
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he presentlyxas greatness knows itselfx
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steps me a little higher than his vow
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made to my fatherx while his blood was poorx
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upon the naked shore at ravenspurgx
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and nowx forsoothx takes on him to reform
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some certain edicts and some strait decrees
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that lie too heavy on the commonwealthx
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cries out upon abusesx seems to weep
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over his countryxs wrongsx andx by this facex
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this seeming brow of justicex did he win
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the hearts of all that he did angle forx
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proceeded furtherx cut me off the heads
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of all the favouritesx that the absent king
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in deputation left behind him here
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when he was personal in the irish warx
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bluntx
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tutx i came not to hear thisx
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hotspurx
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then to the pointx
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in short time afterx he deposed the kingx
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soon after thatx deprived him of his lifex
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andx in the neck of thatx taskxd the whole statex
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to make that worsex sufferxd his kinsman march
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xwho isx if every owner were well placedx
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indeed his kingx to be engaged in walesx
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there without ransom to lie forfeitedx
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disgraced me in my happy victoriesx
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sought to entrap me by intelligencex
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rated my uncle from the councilxboardx
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in rage dismissxd my father from the courtx
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broke oath on oathx committed wrong on wrongx
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andx in conclusionx drove us to seek out
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this head of safetyx and withal to pry
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into his titlex the which now we find
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too indirect for long continuancex
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bluntx
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shall i return this answer to the kingx
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hotspurx
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not sox sir walterx wexll withdraw awhilex
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go to the kingx and let there be impawnxd
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some surety for a safe return againx
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and in the morning early shall my uncle
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bring him our purposesx and sox farewellx
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bluntx
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i would you would accept of grace and lovex
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hotspurx
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and may be so we shallx
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bluntx
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pray god you dox
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xexeuntxx
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scene ivx yorkx a room in the archbishopxs palacex
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xenter the archbishop of york and sir michaelxx
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archbishopx
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hiex good sir michaelx bear this sealed brief
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with winged haste to the lord marshalx
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this to my cousin scroopx and all the rest
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to whom they are directedx if you knew
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how much they do importx you would make hastex
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sir michaelx
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my good lordx
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i guess their tenourx
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archbishopx
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like enough you dox
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toxmorrowx good sir michaelx is a day
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wherein the fortune of ten thousand men
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must bide the touchx forx sirx at shrewsburyx
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as i am truly given to understandx
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the kingx with mighty and quickxraised powerx
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meets with lord harryx andx i fearx sir michaelx
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what with the sickness of northumberlandx
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whose power was in the first proportionx
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and what with owen glendowerxs absence thencex
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who with them was a rated sinew toox
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and comes not inx oxerxrulxd by propheciesxx
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i fear the power of percy is too weak
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to wage an instant trial with the kingx
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sir michaelx
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whyx my good lordx you need not fearx
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therexs douglas and lord mortimerx
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archbishopx
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nox mortimerxs not therex
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sir michaelx
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but there is mordakex vernonx lord harry percyx
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and therexs my lord of worcesterx and a head
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of gallant warriorsx noble gentlemenx
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archbishopx
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and so there isx but yet the king hath drawn
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the special head of all the land togetherx
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the prince of walesx lord john of lancasterx
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the noble westmorelandx and warlike bluntx
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and many more corrivals and dear men
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of estimation and command in armsx
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sir michaelx
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doubt notx my lordx they shall be well opposedx
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archbishopx
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i hope no lessx yet needful xtis to fearx
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andx to prevent the worstx sir michaelx speedx
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for if lord percy thrive notx ere the king
|
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dismiss his powerx he means to visit usx
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for he hath heard of our confederacyx
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and xtis but wisdom to make strong against himx
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therefore make hastex i must go write again
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to other friendsx and sox farewellx sir michaelx
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xexeuntxx
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act v
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scene ix the kingxs camp near shrewsburyx
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xenter king henryx prince henryx lancasterx sir walter bluntx and sir
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john falstaffxx
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kingx
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how bloodily the sun begins to peer
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above yon busky hillx the day looks pale
|
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at his distemperaturex
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princex
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the southern wind
|
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doth play the trumpet to his purposesx
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and by his hollow whistling in the leaves
|
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foretells a tempest and a blustering dayx
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kingx
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then with the losers let it sympathizex
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for nothing can seem foul to those that winxx
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xthe trumpet soundsx enter worcester and vernonxx
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howx nowx my lord of worcesterx xtis not well
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that you and i should meet upon such terms
|
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as now we meetx you have deceived our trustx
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and made us doff our easy robes of peacex
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to crush our old limbs in ungentle steelx
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this is not wellx my lordx this is not wellx
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what say you toxtx will you again unknit
|
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this churlish knot of allxabhorred warx
|
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and move in that obedient orb again
|
|
where you did give a fair and natural lightx
|
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and be no more an exhaled meteorx
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a prodigy of fearx and a portent
|
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of broached mischief to the unborn timesx
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worcesterx
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hear mex my liegex
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for mine own partx i could be well content
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to entertain the lagxend of my life
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with quiet hoursx for i do protestx
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i have not sought the day of this dislikex
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kingx
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you have not sought itx whyx how comes itx thenx
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falstaffx
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rebellion lay in his wayx and he found itx
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princex
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peacex chewetx peacex
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worcesterx
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it pleased your majesty to turn your looks
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of favour from myself and all our housex
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and yet i must remember youx my lordx
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we were the first and dearest of your friendsx
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for you my staff of office did i break
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in richardxs timex and posted day and night
|
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to meet you on the wayx and kiss your handx
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when yet you were in place and in account
|
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nothing so strong and fortunate as ix
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it was myselfx my brotherx and his sonx
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that brought you homex and boldly did outdare
|
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the dangers of the timex you swore to usxx
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and you did swear that oath at doncasterxx
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that you did nothing purpose xgainst the statex
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nor claim no further than your newxfallxn rightx
|
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the seat of gauntx dukedom of lancasterx
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to this we swore our aidx but in short space
|
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it rainxd down fortune showering on your headx
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and such a flood of greatness fell on youxx
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what with our helpx what with the absent kingx
|
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what with the injuries of a wanton timex
|
|
the seeming sufferances that you had bornex
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|
and the contrarious winds that held the king
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so long in his unlucky irish wars
|
|
that all in england did repute him deadxx
|
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andx from this swarm of fair advantagesx
|
|
you took occasion to be quickly wooxd
|
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to gripe the general sway into your handx
|
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forgot your oath to us at doncasterx
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andx being fed by usx you used us so
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as that ungentle gullx the cuckooxbirdx
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useth the sparrowx did oppress our nestx
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grew by our feeding to so great a bulkx
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that even our love thirst not come near your sight
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|
for fear of swallowingx but with nimble wing
|
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we were enforcedx for safetyxsakex to fly
|
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out of your sightx and raise this present headx
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whereby we stand opposed by such means
|
|
as you yourself have forged against yourselfx
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by unkind usagex dangerous countenancex
|
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and violation of all faith and troth
|
|
sworn to tis in your younger enterprisex
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kingx
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these thingsx indeedx you have articulatex
|
|
proclaimxd at marketxcrossesx read in churchesx
|
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to face the garment of rebellion
|
|
with some fine colour that may please the eye
|
|
of fickle changelings and poor discontentsx
|
|
which gape and rub the elbow at the news
|
|
of hurlyburly innovationx
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and never yet did insurrection want
|
|
such waterxcolours to impaint his causex
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nor moody beggarsx starving for a time
|
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of pellmell havoc and confusionx
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princex
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in both our armies there is many a soul
|
|
shall pay full dearly for this encounterx
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if once they join in trialx tell your nephewx
|
|
the prince of wales doth join with all the world
|
|
in praise of henry percyx by my hopesx
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|
this present enterprise set off his headx
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i do not think a braver gentlemanx
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more activexvaliant or more valiantxyoungx
|
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more daring or more boldx is now alive
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to grace this latter age with noble deedsx
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for my partxxi may speak it to my shamexx
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i have a truant been to chivalryx
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and so i hear he doth account me toox
|
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yet this before my fatherxs majestyxx
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i am content that he shall take the odds
|
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of his great name and estimationx
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and willx to save the blood on either sidex
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|
try fortune with him in a single fightx
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kingx
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andx prince of walesx so dare we venture theex
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albeit considerations infinite
|
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do make against itxxnox good worcesterx nox
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we love our people wellx even those we love
|
|
that are misled upon your cousinxs partx
|
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andx will they take the offer of our gracex
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both hex and theyx and youx yeax every man
|
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shall be my friend againx and ixll be hisx
|
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so tell your cousinx and then bring me word
|
|
what he will dox butx if he will not yieldx
|
|
rebuke and dread correction wait on usx
|
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and they shall do their officex sox be gonex
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we will not now be troubled with replyx
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|
we offer fairx take it advisedlyx
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xexit worcester with vernonxx
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princex
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it will not be acceptedx on my lifex
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the douglas and the hotspur both together
|
|
are confident against the world in armsx
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kingx
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hencex thereforex every leader to his chargex
|
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forx on their answerx will we set on themx
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and god befriend usx as our cause is justx
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xexeunt the kingx bluntx and prince johnxx
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falstaffx
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halx if thou see me down in the battlex and bestride mex sox xtis a
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|
point of friendshipx
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princex
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nothing but a colossus can do thee that friendshipx
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say thy prayersx and farewellx
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falstaffx
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i would it were bedtimex halx and all wellx
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princex
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whyx thou owest god a deathx
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xexitxx
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falstaffx
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xtis not due yetx i would be loth to pay him before his dayx what need
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i be so forward with him that calls not on mex wellx xtis no matterx
|
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honour pricks me onx yeax but how if honour prick me off when i come
|
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onx how thenx can honor setxto a legx nox or an armx nox or take away
|
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the grief of a woundx nox honour hath no skill in surgery thenx nox
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what is honourx a wordx what is that wordx honourx airx a trim
|
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reckoningxxwho hath itx he that died ox wednesdayx doth he feel itx nox
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doth be hear itx nox is it insensiblex thenx yeax to the deadx but will
|
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it not live with the livingx nox whyx detraction will not suffer itx
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therefore ixll none of itx honour is a mere scutcheonxxand so ends my
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catechismx
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xexitxx
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scene iix the rebel campx
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xenter worcester and vernonxx
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worcesterx
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o nox my nephew must not knowx sir richardx
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the liberalxkind offer of the kingx
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vernonx
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xtwere best he didx
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worcesterx
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then are we all undonex
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it is not possiblex it cannot bex
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the king should keep his word in loving usx
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he will suspect us stillx and find a time
|
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to punish this offence in other faultsx
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suspicion all our lives shall be stuck full of eyesx
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for treason is but trusted like the foxx
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whox nexer so tamex so cherishxdx and lockxd upx
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will have a wild trick of his ancestorsx
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look how we canx or sad or merrilyx
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interpretation will misquote our looksx
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and we shall feed like oxen at a stallx
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the better cherishxdx still the nearer deathx
|
|
my nephewxs trespass may be well forgotx
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it hath thx excuse of youth and heat of bloodx
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and an adopted name of privilegexx
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a harexbrainxd hotspurx governxd by a spleenx
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all his offences live upon my head
|
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and on his fatherxsx we did train him onx
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|
andx his corruption being taxen from usx
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wex as the spring of allx shall pay for allx
|
|
thereforex good cousinx let not harry knowx
|
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in any casex the offer of the kingx
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vernonx
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deliver what you willx ixll say xtis sox
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here comes your cousinx
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xenter hotspur and douglasx officers and soldiers behindxx
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hotspurx
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my uncle is returnxdx deliver up
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my lord of westmorelandxxunclex what newsx
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worcesterx
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the king will bid you battle presentlyx
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douglasx
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defy him by the lord of westmorelandx
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hotspurx
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lord douglasx go you and tell him sox
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douglasx
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marryx i shallx and very willinglyx
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xexitxx
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worcesterx
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there is no seeming mercy in the kingx
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hotspurx
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did you beg anyx god forbidx
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worcesterx
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i told him gently of our grievancesx
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of his oathxbreakingx which he mended thusx
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by newxforswearing that he is forswornx
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he calls us rebelsx traitorsx and will scourge
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with haughty arms this hateful name in usx
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xrexenter douglasxx
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douglasx
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armx gentlemenx to armsx for i have thrown
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a brave defiance in king henryxs teethx
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and westmorelandx that was engagedx did bear itx
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which cannot choose but bring him quickly onx
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worcesterx
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the prince of wales steppxd forth before the kingx
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andx nephewx challenged you to single fightx
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hotspurx
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ox would the quarrel lay upon our headsx
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and that no man might draw short breath toxday
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but i and harry monmouthx tell mex tell mex
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how showxd his taskingx seemxd it in contemptx
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vernonx
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nox by my soulx i never in my life
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did hear a challenge urged more modestlyx
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unless a brother should a brother dare
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to gentle exercise and proof of armsx
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he gave you all the duties of a manx
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trimmxd up your praises with a princely tonguex
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spoke your deservings like a chroniclex
|
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making you ever better than his praisex
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by still dispraising praise valued with youx
|
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andx which became him like a prince indeedx
|
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he made a blushing cital of himselfx
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and chid his truant youth with such a gracex
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as if he masterxd there a double spiritx
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of teaching and of learning instantlyx
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there did he pausex but let me tell the worldx
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if he outlive the envy of this dayx
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england did never owe so sweet a hopex
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so much misconstrued in his wantonnessx
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hotspurx
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cousinx i think thou art enamoured
|
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upon his folliesx never did i hear
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of any prince so wild ox libertyx
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but be he as he willx yet once ere night
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i will embrace him with a soldierxs armx
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that he shall shrink under my courtesyxx
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armx arm with speedx andx fellowsx soldiersx friendsx
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better consider what you have to do
|
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than ix that have not well the gift of tonguex
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can lift your blood up with persuasionx
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xenter a messengerxx
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messengerx
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my lordx here are letters for youx
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hotspurx
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i cannot read them nowxx
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o gentlemenx the time of life is shortx
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to spend that shortness basely were too longx
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if life did ride upon a dialxs pointx
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still ending at thx arrival of an hourx
|
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an if we livex we live to tread on kingsx
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if diex brave deathx when princes die with usx
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nowx for our consciencesx the arms are fairx
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when the intent of bearing them is justx
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xenter another messengerxx
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messengerx
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my lordx preparex the king comes on apacex
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hotspurx
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i thank himx that he cuts me from my talex
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for i profess not talkingx only thisx
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let each man do his bestx and here draw i
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a swordx whose temper i intend to stain
|
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with the best blood that i can meet withal
|
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in the adventure of this perilous dayx
|
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nowx esperancex percyx and set onx
|
|
sound all the lofty instruments of warx
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and by that music let us all embracex
|
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forx heaven to earthx some of us never shall
|
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a second time do such a courtesyx
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xthe trumpets soundx they embracex and exeuntxx
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scene iiix plain between the campsx
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xexcursionsx and parties fightingx alarum to the battlex
|
|
then enter douglas and sir walter bluntx meetingxx
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bluntx
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what is thy namex that in the battle thus
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thou crossest mex what honour dost thou seek
|
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upon my headx
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douglasx
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knowx thenx my name is douglasx
|
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and i do haunt thee in the battle thus
|
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because some tell me that thou art a kingx
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bluntx
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they tell thee truex
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douglasx
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the lord of stafford dear toxday hath bought
|
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thy likenessx forx instead of theex king harryx
|
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this sword hath ended himx so shall it theex
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unless thou yield thee as my prisonerx
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bluntx
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i was not born a yielderx thou proud scotx
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and thou shalt find a king that will revenge
|
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lord staffordxs deathx
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xthey fightx and blunt is slainx enter hotspurxx
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hotspurx
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o douglasx hadst thou fought at holmedon thusx
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i never had triumphed oxer a scotx
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douglasx
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allxs donex allxs wonx here breathless lies the kingx
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hotspurx
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wherex
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douglasx
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herex
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hotspurx
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thisx douglasx nox i know this face full wellx
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a gallant knight he wasx his name was bluntx
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semblably furnishxd like the king himselfx
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douglasx
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a fool go with thy soulx wherexre it goesx
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a borrowxd title hast thou bought too dearx
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why didst thou tell me that thou wert a kingx
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hotspurx
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the king hath many marching in his coatsx
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douglasx
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nowx by my swordx i will kill all his coatsx
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ixll murder all his wardrobe piece by piecex
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until i meet the kingx
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hotspurx
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upx and awayx
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our soldiers stand full fairly for the dayx
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xexeuntxx
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xalarumsx enter falstaffxx
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falstaffx
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though i could xscape shotxfree at londonx i fear the shot herex herexs
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no scoring but upon the patexxsoftx who are youx sir walter bluntx
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therexs honour for youx herexs no vanityx i am as hot as molten leadx
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and as heavy toox god keep lead out of mex i need no more weight than
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mine own bowelsx i have led my ragamuffins where they are pepperedx
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therexs not three of my hundred and fifty left alivex and they are for
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the townxs endx to beg during lifex but who comes herex
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xenter prince henryxx
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princex
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whatx standxst thou idle herex lend me thy swordx
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many a nobleman lies stark and stiff
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under the hoofs of vaunting enemiesx
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whose deaths are yet unrevengedx i prxytheex
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lend me thy swordx
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falstaffx
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o halx i prxythee give me leave to breathe awhilex turk
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gregory never did such deeds in arms as i have done this
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dayx i have paid percyx i have made him surex
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princex
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he is indeedx and living to kill theex
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i prxytheex lend me thy swordx
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falstaffx
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nayx before godx halx if percy be alivex thou gettxst not my swordx but
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take my pistolx if thou wiltx
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princex
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give it mex whatx is it in the casex
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falstaffx
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ayx halx xtis hotx xtis hotx therexs that will sack a cityx
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xthe prince draws out a bottle of sackxx
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whatx isxt a time to jest and dally nowx
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xthrows it at himx and exitxx
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falstaffx
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wellx if percy be alivex ixll pierce himx if he do come in my wayx sox
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if he do notx if i come in his willinglyx let him make a carbonado of
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mex i like not such grinning honour as sir walter hathx give me lifex
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which if i can savex sox if notx honour comes unlooked forx and therexs
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an endx
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xexitxx
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scene ivx another part of the fieldx
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xalarumsx excursionsx enter king henryx prince henryx
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lancasterx and westmorelandxx
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kingx
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i prxytheex
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harryx withdraw thyselfx thou bleedest too muchxx
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lord john of lancasterx go you unto himx
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lancasterx
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not ix my lordx unless i did bleed toox
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princex
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i do beseech your majestyx make upx
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lest your retirement do amaze your friendsx
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kingx
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i will do soxx
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my lord of westmorelandx lead him to his tentx
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westmorelandx
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comex my lordx ixll lead you to your tentx
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princex
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lead mex my lordx i do not need your helpx
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and god forbidx a shallow scratch should drive
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the prince of wales from such a field as thisx
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where stainxd nobility lies trodden onx
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and rebelsx arms triumph in massacresx
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lancasterx
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we breathe too longxxcomex cousin westmorelandx
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our duty this way liesx for godxs sakex comex
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xexeunt lancaster and westmorelandxx
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princex
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by heavenx thou hast deceived mex lancasterx
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i did not think thee lord of such a spiritx
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beforex i loved thee as a brotherx johnx
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but now i do respect thee as my soulx
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kingx
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i saw him hold lord percy at the point
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with lustier maintenance than i did look for
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of such an ungrown warriorx
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princex
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ox this boy
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lends mettle to us allx
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xexitxx
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xalarumsx enter douglasxx
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douglasx
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another kingx they grow like hydraxs headsx
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i am the douglasx fatal to all those
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that wear those colours on themxxwhat art thoux
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that counterfeitxst the person of a kingx
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kingx
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the king himselfx whox douglasx grieves at heart
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so many of his shadows thou hast metx
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and not the very kingx i have two boys
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seek percy and thyself about the fieldx
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butx seeing thou fallxst on me so luckilyx
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i will assay theex sox defend thyselfx
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douglasx
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i fear thou art another counterfeitx
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and yetx in faithx thou bearxst thee like a kingx
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but mine ixm sure thou artx whoexer thou bex
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and thus i win theex
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xthey fightx the king being in dangerx rexenter prince henryxx
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princex
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hold up thy headx vile scotx or thou art like
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never to hold it up againx the spirits
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of valiant shirleyx staffordx blunt are in my armsx
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it is the prince of wales that threatens theex
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who never promiseth but he means to payxx
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xthey fightx douglas fliesxx
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cheerlyx my lordx how fares your gracex
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sir nicholas gawsey hath for succour sentx
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and so hath cliftonx ixll to clifton straightx
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kingx
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stayx and breathe awhilex
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thou hast redeemxd thy lost opinionx
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and showxd thou makest some tender of my lifex
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|
in this fair rescue thou hast brought to mex
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princex
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o godx they did me too much injury
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|
that ever said i hearkenxd for your deathx
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if it were sox i might have let alone
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|
thx insulting hand of douglas over youx
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|
which would have been as speedy in your end
|
|
as all the poisonous potions in the worldx
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|
and saved the treacherous labour of your sonx
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kingx
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|
make up to cliftonx ixll to sir nicholas gawseyx
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xexitxx
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xenter hotspurxx
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hotspurx
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if i mistake notx thou art harry monmouthx
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princex
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thou speakxst as if i would deny my namex
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hotspurx
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my name is harry percyx
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princex
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whyx then i see
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|
a very valiant rebel of the namex
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|
i am the prince of walesx and think notx percyx
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|
to share with me in glory any morex
|
|
two stars keep not their motion in one spherex
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|
nor can one england brook a double reignx
|
|
of harry percy and the prince of walesx
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hotspurx
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|
nor shall itx harryx for the hour is come
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|
to end the one of usx and would to god
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|
thy name in arms were now as great as minex
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princex
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ixll make it greater ere i part from theex
|
|
and all the budding honours on thy crest
|
|
ixll cropx to make a garland for my headx
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hotspurx
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|
i can no longer brook thy vanitiesx
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xthey fightxx
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|
xenter falstaffxx
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falstaffx
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|
well saidx halx to itx halx nayx you shall find no boyxs play herex i
|
|
can tell youx
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xrexenter douglasx he fights with falstaffx who falls down as if he
|
|
were deadx and exit douglasx hotspure is woundedx and fallsxx
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hotspurx
|
|
o harryx thou hast robbxd me of my youthx
|
|
i better brook the loss of brittle life
|
|
than those proud titles thou hast won of mex
|
|
they wound my thoughts worse than thy sword my fleshx
|
|
but thoughts the slave of lifex and life timexs foolx
|
|
and timex that takes survey of all the worldx
|
|
must have a stopx ox i could prophesyx
|
|
but that the earthy and cold hand of death
|
|
lies on my tonguex nox percyx thou art dustx
|
|
and food forx
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|
|
|
xdiesxx
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princex
|
|
for wormsx brave percyx fare thee wellx great heartx
|
|
illxweaved ambitionx how much art thou shrunkx
|
|
when that this body did contain a spiritx
|
|
a kingdom for it was too small a boundx
|
|
but now two paces of the vilest earth
|
|
is room enoughx this earth that bears thee dead
|
|
bears not alive so stout a gentlemanx
|
|
if thou wert sensible of courtesyx
|
|
i should not make so dear a show of zealx
|
|
but let my favours hide thy mangled facex
|
|
andx even in thy behalfx ixll thank myself
|
|
for doing these fair rites of tendernessx
|
|
adieux and take thy praise with thee to heavenx
|
|
thy ignominy sleep with thee in the gravex
|
|
but not rememberxd in thy epitaphxx
|
|
|
|
xsees falstaff on the groundxx
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|
|
|
whatx old acquaintancex could not all this flesh
|
|
keep in a little lifex poor jackx farewellx
|
|
i could have better spared a better manx
|
|
ox i should have a heavy miss of theex
|
|
if i were much in love with vanityx
|
|
death hath not struck so fat a deer toxdayx
|
|
though many dearerx in this bloody frayx
|
|
embowellxd will i see thee byxandxbyx
|
|
till then in blood by noble percy liex
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|
|
|
xexitxx
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|
|
|
falstaffx
|
|
xrisingxx embowellxdx if thou embowel me toxdayx ixll give you leave to
|
|
powder me and eat me too toxmorrowx xsbloodx xtwas time to counterfeitx
|
|
or that hot termagant scot had paid me scot and lot toox counterfeitx i
|
|
liex i am no counterfeitx to diex is to be a counterfeitx for he is
|
|
but the counterfeit of a man who hath not the life of a manx but to
|
|
counterfeit dyingx when a man thereby livethx is to be no counterfeitx
|
|
but the true and perfect image of life indeedx the better part of
|
|
valour is discretionx in the which better part i have saved my lifexx
|
|
zwoundsx i am afraid of this gunpowder percyx though he be deadx howx
|
|
if he should counterfeit toox and risex by my faithx i am afraid he
|
|
would prove the better counterfeitx therefore ixll make him surex yeax
|
|
and ixll swear i killxd himx why may not he rise as well as ix nothing
|
|
confutes me but eyesx and nobody sees mex thereforex sirrahx with a new
|
|
wound in your thighx come you along with mex
|
|
|
|
xtakes hotspur on his hackxx
|
|
|
|
xrexenter prince henry and lancasterxx
|
|
|
|
princex
|
|
comex brother johnx full bravely hast thou fleshxd
|
|
thy maiden swordx
|
|
|
|
lancasterx
|
|
butx softx whom have we herex
|
|
did you not tell me this fat man was deadx
|
|
|
|
princex
|
|
i didx i saw him deadx breathless and bleeding
|
|
upon the groundxx
|
|
art thou alivex or is it fantasy
|
|
that plays upon our eyesightx i prxytheex speakx
|
|
we will not trust our eyes without our earsx
|
|
thou art not what thou seemxstx
|
|
|
|
falstaffx
|
|
nox thatxs certainx i am not a double manx but if i be not jack
|
|
falstaffx then am i a jackx there is percyx xthrowing the body downxx
|
|
if your father will do me any honourx sox if notx let him kill the next
|
|
percy himselfx i look to be either earl or dukex i can assure youx
|
|
|
|
princex
|
|
whyx percy i killxd myselfx and saw thee deadx
|
|
|
|
falstaffx
|
|
didst thouxx lordx lordx how this world is given to lyingxx i grant you
|
|
i was down and out of breathx and so was hex but we rose both at an
|
|
instantx and fought a long hour by shrewsbury clockx if i may be
|
|
believedx sox if notx let them that should reward valour bear the sin
|
|
upon their own headsx ixll take it upon my deathx i gave him this wound
|
|
in the thighx if the man were alivex and would deny itx zwoundsx i
|
|
would make him eat a piece of my swordx
|
|
|
|
lancasterx
|
|
this is the strangest tale that ever i heardx
|
|
|
|
princex
|
|
this is the strangest fellowx brother johnxx
|
|
comex bring your luggage nobly on your backx
|
|
for my partx if a lie may do thee gracex
|
|
ixll gild it with the happiest terms i havexx
|
|
|
|
xa retreat is soundedxx
|
|
|
|
the trumpet sounds retreatx the day is oursx
|
|
comex brotherx letxs to thx highest of the fieldx
|
|
to see what friends are livingx who are deadx
|
|
|
|
xexeunt prince henry and lancasterxx
|
|
|
|
falstaffx
|
|
ixll followx as they sayx for rewardx he that rewards mex god reward
|
|
himx if i do grow greatx ixll grow lessx for ixll purgex and leave
|
|
sackx and live cleanly as a nobleman should dox
|
|
|
|
xexitx bearing off the bodyxx
|
|
|
|
scene vx another part of the fieldx
|
|
|
|
xthe trumpets soundx enter king henryx prince henryx
|
|
lancasterx westmorelandx and othersx with worcester and
|
|
vernon prisonersxx
|
|
|
|
kingx
|
|
thus ever did rebellion find rebukexx
|
|
illxspirited worcesterx did not we send gracex
|
|
pardonx and terms of love to all of youx
|
|
and wouldst thou turn our offers contraryx
|
|
misuse the tenour of thy kinsmanxs trustx
|
|
three knights upon our party slain toxdayx
|
|
a noble earlx and many a creature elsex
|
|
had been alive this hourx
|
|
ifx like a christianx thou hadst truly borne
|
|
betwixt our armies true intelligencex
|
|
|
|
worcesterx
|
|
what i have done my safety urged me tox
|
|
and i embrace this fortune patientlyx
|
|
since not to be avoided it fails on mex
|
|
|
|
kingx
|
|
bear worcester to the deathx and vernon toox
|
|
other offenders we will pause uponxx
|
|
|
|
xexeunt worcester and vernonx guardedxx
|
|
|
|
how goes the fieldx
|
|
|
|
princex
|
|
the noble scotx lord douglasx when he saw
|
|
the fortune of the day quite turnxd from himx
|
|
the noble percy slainx and all his men
|
|
upon the foot of fearx fled with the restx
|
|
andx falling from a hillx he was so bruised
|
|
that the pursuers took himx at my tent
|
|
the douglas isx and i beseech your grace
|
|
i may dispose of himx
|
|
|
|
kingx
|
|
with all my heartx
|
|
|
|
princex
|
|
thenx brother john of lancasterx to you
|
|
this honourable bounty shall belongx
|
|
go to the douglasx and deliver him
|
|
up to his pleasurex ransomless and freex
|
|
his valourx shown upon our crests toxdayx
|
|
hath taught us how to cherish such high deeds
|
|
even in the bosom of our adversariesx
|
|
|
|
kingx
|
|
then this remainsx that we divide our powerxx
|
|
youx son johnx and my cousin westmorelandx
|
|
towards york shall bend you with your dearest speedx
|
|
to meet northumberland and the prelate scroopx
|
|
whox as we hearx are busily in armsx
|
|
myselfxxand youx son harryxxwill towards walesx
|
|
to fight with glendower and the earl of marchx
|
|
rebellion in this land shall lose his swayx
|
|
meeting the check of such another dayx
|
|
and since this business so fair is donex
|
|
let us not leave till all our own be wonx
|
|
|
|
xexeuntxx
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
the second part of king henry the fourth
|
|
|
|
dramatis personae
|
|
|
|
rumourx the presenter
|
|
king henry the fourth
|
|
|
|
henryx prince of walesx afterwards henry
|
|
prince john of lancaster
|
|
prince humphrey of gloucester
|
|
thomasx duke of clarence
|
|
sons of henry iv
|
|
|
|
earl of northumberland
|
|
scroopx archbishop of york
|
|
lord mowbray
|
|
lord hastings
|
|
lord bardolph
|
|
sir john colville
|
|
travers and mortonx retainers of northumberland
|
|
opposites against king henry iv
|
|
|
|
earl of warwick
|
|
earl of westmoreland
|
|
earl of surrey
|
|
earl of kent
|
|
gower
|
|
harcourt
|
|
blunt
|
|
of the kingxs party
|
|
|
|
lord chief justice
|
|
servantx to lord chief justice
|
|
|
|
sir john falstaff
|
|
edward poins
|
|
bardolph
|
|
pistol
|
|
peto
|
|
irregular humourists
|
|
|
|
pagex to falstaff
|
|
|
|
robert shallow and silencex country justices
|
|
davyx servant to shallow
|
|
|
|
fang and snarex sheriffxs officers
|
|
|
|
ralph mouldy
|
|
simon shadow
|
|
thomas wart
|
|
francis feeble
|
|
peter bullcalf
|
|
country soldiers
|
|
|
|
francisx a drawer
|
|
|
|
lady northumberland
|
|
lady percyx percyxs widow
|
|
hostess quicklyx of the boarxs headx eastcheap
|
|
doll tearsheet
|
|
|
|
lordsx attendantsx porterx drawersx beadlesx groomsx servantsx
|
|
speaker of the epilogue
|
|
|
|
scenex england
|
|
|
|
induction
|
|
inductionx
|
|
warkworthx before northumberlandxs castle
|
|
|
|
enter rumourx painted full of tongues
|
|
|
|
rumourx open your earsx for which of you will stop
|
|
the vent of hearing when loud rumour speaksx
|
|
ix from the orient to the drooping westx
|
|
making the wind my postxhorsex still unfold
|
|
the acts commenced on this ball of earthx
|
|
upon my tongues continual slanders ridex
|
|
the which in every language i pronouncex
|
|
stuffing the ears of men with false reportsx
|
|
i speak of peace while covert emnityx
|
|
under the smile of safetyx wounds the worldx
|
|
and who but rumourx who but only ix
|
|
make fearful musters and preparxd defencex
|
|
whiles the big yearx swoln with some other griefx
|
|
is thought with child by the stern tyrant warx
|
|
and no such matterx rumour is a pipe
|
|
blown by surmisesx jealousiesx conjecturesx
|
|
and of so easy and so plain a stop
|
|
that the blunt monster with uncounted headsx
|
|
the stillxdiscordant wavxring multitudex
|
|
can play upon itx but what need i thus
|
|
my wellxknown body to anatomize
|
|
among my householdx why is rumour herex
|
|
i run before king harryxs victoryx
|
|
whox in a bloody field by shrewsburyx
|
|
hath beaten down young hotspur and his troopsx
|
|
quenching the flame of bold rebellion
|
|
even with the rebelsx bloodx but what mean i
|
|
to speak so true at firstx my office is
|
|
to noise abroad that harry monmouth fell
|
|
under the wrath of noble hotspurxs swordx
|
|
and that the king before the douglasx rage
|
|
stoopxd his anointed head as low as deathx
|
|
this have i rumourxd through the peasant towns
|
|
between that royal field of shrewsbury
|
|
and this wormxeaten hold of ragged stonex
|
|
where hotspurxs fatherx old northumberlandx
|
|
lies craftyxsickx the posts come tiring onx
|
|
and not a man of them brings other news
|
|
than they have learnt of mex from rumourxs tongues
|
|
they bring smooth comforts falsex worse than true wrongsx
|
|
exit
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act ix scene ix warkworthx before northumberlandxs castle
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enter lord bardolph
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lord bardolphx who keeps the gate herex hox
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the porter opens the gate
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where is the earlx
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porterx what shall i say you arex
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lord bardolphx tell thou the earl
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that the lord bardolph doth attend him herex
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porterx his lordship is walkxd forth into the orchardx
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please it your honour knock but at the gatex
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and he himself will answerx
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enter northumberland
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lord bardolphx here comes the earlx exit porter
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northumberlandx what newsx lord bardolphx every minute now
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should be the father of some stratagemx
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the times are wildx contentionx like a horse
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full of high feedingx madly hath broke loose
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and bears down all before himx
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lord bardolphx noble earlx
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i bring you certain news from shrewsburyx
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northumberlandx goodx an god willx
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lord bardolphx as good as heart can wishx
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the king is almost wounded to the deathx
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andx in the fortune of my lord your sonx
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prince harry slain outrightx and both the blunts
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killxd by the hand of douglasx young prince johnx
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and westmorelandx and staffordx fled the fieldx
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and harry monmouthxs brawnx the hulk sir johnx
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is prisoner to your sonx ox such a dayx
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so foughtx so followedx and so fairly wonx
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came not till now to dignify the timesx
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since cxsarxs fortunesx
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northumberlandx how is this derivxdx
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saw you the fieldx came you from shrewsburyx
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lord bardolphx i spake with onex my lordx that came from thencex
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a gentleman well bred and of good namex
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that freely rendxred me these news for truex
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enter travers
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northumberlandx here comes my servant traversx whom i sent
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on tuesday last to listen after newsx
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lord bardolphx my lordx i overxrode him on the wayx
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and he is furnishxd with no certainties
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more than he haply may retail from mex
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northumberlandx nowx traversx what good tidings comes with youx
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traversx my lordx sir john umfrevile turnxd me back
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with joyful tidingsx andx being better horsxdx
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outxrode mex after him came spurring hard
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a gentlemanx almost forspent with speedx
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that stoppxd by me to breathe his bloodied horsex
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he askxd the way to chesterx and of him
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i did demand what news from shrewsburyx
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he told me that rebellion had bad luckx
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and that young harry percyxs spur was coldx
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with that he gave his able horse the head
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andx bending forwardx struck his armed heels
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against the panting sides of his poor jade
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up to the rowelxheadx and starting sox
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he seemxd in running to devour the wayx
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staying no longer questionx
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northumberlandx hax againx
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said he young harry percyxs spur was coldx
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of hotspurx coldspurx that rebellion
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had met ill luckx
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lord bardolphx my lordx ixll tell you whatx
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if my young lord your son have not the dayx
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upon mine honourx for a silken point
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ixll give my baronyx never talk of itx
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northumberlandx why should that gentleman that rode by travers
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give then such instances of lossx
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lord bardolphx whox hex
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he was some hilding fellow that had stolxn
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the horse he rode on andx upon my lifex
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spoke at a venturex lookx here comes more newsx
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enter morton
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northumberlandx yeax this manxs browx like to a titlexleafx
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foretells the nature of a tragic volumex
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so looks the strand whereon the imperious flood
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hath left a witnessxd usurpationx
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sayx mortonx didst thou come from shrewsburyx
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mortonx i ran from shrewsburyx my noble lordx
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where hateful death put on his ugliest mask
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to fright our partyx
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northumberlandx how doth my son and brotherx
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thou tremblestx and the whiteness in thy cheek
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is apter than thy tongue to tell thy errandx
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even such a manx so faintx so spiritlessx
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so dullx so dread in lookx so woexbegonex
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drew priamxs curtain in the dead of night
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and would have told him half his troy was burntx
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but priam found the fire ere he his tonguex
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and i my percyxs death ere thou reportxst itx
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this thou wouldst sayx xyour son did thus and thusx
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your brother thusx so fought the noble douglasxx
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stopping my greedy ear with their bold deedsx
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but in the endx to stop my ear indeedx
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thou hast a sigh to blow away this praisex
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ending with xbrotherx sonx and allx are deadxx
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mortonx douglas is livingx and your brotherx yetx
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but for my lord your sonx
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northumberlandx whyx he is deadx
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see what a ready tongue suspicion hathx
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he that but fears the thing he would not know
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hath by instinct knowledge from othersx eyes
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that what he fearxd is chancedx yet speakx mortonx
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tell thou an earl his divination liesx
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and i will take it as a sweet disgrace
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and make thee rich for doing me such wrongx
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mortonx you are too great to be by me gainsaidx
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your spirit is too truex your fears too certainx
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northumberlandx yetx for all thisx say not that percyxs deadx
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i see a strange confession in thine eyex
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thou shakxst thy headx and holdxst it fear or sin
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to speak a truthx if he be slainx say sox
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the tongue offends not that reports his deathx
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and he doth sin that doth belie the deadx
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not he which says the dead is not alivex
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yet the first bringer of unwelcome news
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hath but a losing officex and his tongue
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sounds ever after as a sullen bellx
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remembxred tolling a departing friendx
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lord bardolphx i cannot thinkx my lordx your son is deadx
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mortonx i am sorry i should force you to believe
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that which i would to god i had not seenx
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but these mine eyes saw him in bloody statex
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rendxring faint quittancex wearied and outxbreathxdx
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to harry monmouthx whose swift wrath beat down
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the neverxdaunted percy to the earthx
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from whence with life he never more sprung upx
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in fewx his deathx whose spirit lent a fire
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even to the dullest peasant in his campx
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being bruited oncex took fire and heat away
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from the bestxtemperxd courage in his troopsx
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for from his metal was his party steeledx
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which once in him abatedx an the rest
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turnxd on themselvesx like dull and heavy leadx
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and as the thing thatxs heavy in itself
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upon enforcement flies with greatest speedx
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so did our menx heavy in hotspurxs lossx
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lend to this weight such lightness with their fear
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that arrows fled not swifter toward their aim
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than did our soldiersx aiming at their safetyx
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fly from the fieldx then was that noble worcester
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too soon taxen prisonerx and that furious scotx
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the bloody douglasx whose wellxlabouring sword
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had three times slain thx appearance of the kingx
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gan vail his stomach and did grace the shame
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of those that turnxd their backsx and in his flightx
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stumbling in fearx was tookx the sum of all
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is that the king hath wonx and hath sent out
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a speedy power to encounter youx my lordx
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under the conduct of young lancaster
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and westmorelandx this is the news at fullx
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northumberlandx for this i shall have time enough to mournx
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in poison there is physicx and these newsx
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having been wellx that would have made me sickx
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being sickx have in some measure made me wellx
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and as the wretch whose feverxweakxned jointsx
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like strengthless hingesx buckle under lifex
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impatient of his fitx breaks like a fire
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out of his keeperxs armsx even so my limbsx
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weakxned with griefx being now enragxd with griefx
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are thrice themselvesx hencex thereforex thou nice crutchx
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a scaly gauntlet now with joints of steel
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must glove this handx and hencex thou sickly coifx
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thou art a guard too wanton for the head
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which princesx fleshxd with conquestx aim to hitx
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now bind my brows with ironx and approach
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the raggedxst hour that time and spite dare bring
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to frown upon thx enragxd northumberlandx
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let heaven kiss earthx now let not naturexs hand
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keep the wild flood confinxdx let order diex
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and let this world no longer be a stage
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to feed contention in a lingxring actx
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but let one spirit of the firstxborn cain
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reign in all bosomsx thatx each heart being set
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on bloody coursesx the rude scene may end
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and darkness be the burier of the deadx
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lord bardolphx this strained passion doth you wrongx my lordx
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mortonx sweet earlx divorce not wisdom from your honourx
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the lives of all your loving complices
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lean on your healthx the whichx if you give oxer
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to stormy passionx must perforce decayx
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you cast thx event of warx my noble lordx
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and summxd the account of chance before you said
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xlet us make headxx it was your prexsurmise
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that in the dole of blows your son might dropx
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you knew he walkxd oxer perils on an edgex
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more likely to fall in than to get oxerx
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you were advisxd his flesh was capable
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of wounds and scarsx and that his forward spirit
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would lift him where most trade of danger rangxdx
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yet did you say xgo forthxx and none of thisx
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though strongly apprehendedx could restrain
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the stiffxborne actionx what hath then befallxnx
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or what hath this bold enterprise brought forth
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more than that being which was like to bex
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lord bardolphx we all that are engaged to this loss
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knew that we ventured on such dangerous seas
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that if we wrought out life xtwas ten to onex
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and yet we venturxdx for the gain proposxd
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chokxd the respect of likely peril fearxdx
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and since we are oxersetx venture againx
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comex we will put forthx body and goodsx
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mortonx xtis more than timex andx my most noble lordx
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i hear for certainx and dare speak the truthx
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the gentle archbishop of york is up
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with wellxappointed powxrsx he is a man
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who with a double surety binds his followersx
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my lord your son had only but the corpsex
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but shadows and the shows of menx to fightx
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for that same word xrebellionx did divide
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the action of their bodies from their soulsx
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and they did fight with queasinessx constrainxdx
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as men drink potionsx that their weapons only
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seemxd on our sidex but for their spirits and souls
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this word xrebellionxx it had froze them upx
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as fish are in a pondx but now the bishop
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turns insurrection to religionx
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supposxd sincere and holy in his thoughtsx
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hexs followxd both with body and with mindx
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and doth enlarge his rising with the blood
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of fair king richardx scrapxd from pomfret stonesx
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derives from heaven his quarrel and his causex
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tells them he doth bestride a bleeding landx
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gasping for life under great bolingbrokex
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and more and less do flock to follow himx
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northumberlandx i knew of this beforex butx to speak truthx
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this present grief had wipxd it from my mindx
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go in with mex and counsel every man
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the aptest way for safety and revengex
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get posts and lettersx and make friends with speedx
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never so fewx and never yet more needx exeunt
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scene iix londonx a street
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enter sir john falstaffx with his page bearing his sword and buckler
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falstaffx sirrahx you giantx what says the doctor to my waterx
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pagex he saidx sirx the water itself was a good healthy waterx but
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for the party that owed itx he might have moe diseases than he
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knew forx
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falstaffx men of all sorts take a pride to gird at mex the brain of
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this foolishxcompounded clayx manx is not able to invent anything
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that intends to laughterx more than i invent or is invented on
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mex i am not only witty in myselfx but the cause that wit is in
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other menx i do here walk before thee like a sow that hath
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overwhelmxd all her litter but onex if the prince put thee into
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my service for any other reason than to set me offx why then i
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have no judgmentx thou whoreson mandrakex thou art fitter to be
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worn in my cap than to wait at my heelsx i was never mannxd with
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an agate till nowx but i will inset you neither in gold nor
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silverx but in vile apparelx and send you back again to your
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masterx for a jewelx the juvenalx the prince your masterx whose
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chin is not yet fledgex i will sooner have a beard grow in the
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palm of my hand than he shall get one off his cheekx and yet he
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will not stick to say his face is a facexroyalx god may finish it
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when he willx xtis not a hair amiss yetx he may keep it still at
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a facexroyalx for a barber shall never earn sixpence out of itx
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and yet hexll be crowing as if he had writ man ever since his
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father was a bachelorx he may keep his own gracex but hexs almost
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out of minex i can assure himx what said master dommelton about
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the satin for my short cloak and my slopsx
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pagex he saidx sirx you should procure him better assurance than
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bardolphx he would not take his band and yoursx he liked not the
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securityx
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falstaffx let him be damnxdx like the gluttonx pray god his tongue
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be hotterx a whoreson achitophelx a rascalxyeaxforsooth knavex to
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bear a gentleman in handx and then stand upon securityx the
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whoreson smoothxpates do now wear nothing but high shoesx and
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bunches of keys at their girdlesx and if a man is through with
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them in honest takingxupx then they must stand upon securityx i
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had as lief they would put ratsbane in my mouth as offer to stop
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it with securityx i lookxd xa should have sent me two and twenty
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yards of satinx as i am a true knightx and he sends me securityx
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wellx he may sleep in securityx for he hath the horn of
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abundancex and the lightness of his wife shines through itx and
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yet cannot he seex though he have his own lanthorn to light himx
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wherexs bardolphx
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pagex hexs gone into smithfield to buy your worship horsex
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falstaffx i bought him in paulxsx and hexll buy me a horse in
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smithfieldx an i could get me but a wife in the stewsx i were
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mannxdx horsxdx and wivxdx
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enter the lord chief justice and servant
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pagex sirx here comes the nobleman that committed the prince for
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striking him about bardolphx falstaffx wait closex i will not see
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himx chief justicex whatxs he that goes therex servantx falstaffx
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anxt please your lordshipx chief justicex he that was in question for
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the robbxryx servantx hex my lordx but he hath since done good
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service at shrewsburyx andx as i hearx is now going with some charge
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to the lord john of lancasterx chief justicex whatx to yorkx call him
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back againx servantx sir john falstaffx falstaffx boyx tell him i am
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deafx pagex you must speak louderx my master is deafx chief justicex
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i am sure he isx to the hearing of anything goodx gox pluck him by
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the elbowx i must speak with himx servantx sir johnx falstaffx whatx
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a young knavex and beggingx is there not warsx is there not
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employmentx doth not the king lack subjectsx do not the rebels need
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soldiersx though it be a shame to be on any side but onex it is worse
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shame to beg than to be on the worst sidex were it worse than the
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name of rebellion can tell how to make itx servantx you mistake mex
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sirx falstaffx whyx sirx did i say you were an honest manx setting my
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knighthood and my soldiership asidex i had lied in my throat if i had
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said sox servantx i pray youx sirx then set your knighthood and your
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soldiership asidex and give me leave to tell you you in your throatx
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if you say i am any other than an honest manx falstaffx i give thee
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leave to tell me sox i lay aside that which grows to mex if thou
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getxst any leave of mex hang mex if thou takxst leavex thou wert
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better be hangxdx you hunt counterx hencex avauntx servantx sirx my
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lord would speak with youx chief justicex sir john falstaffx a word
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with youx falstaffx my good lordx god give your lordship good time of
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dayx i am glad to see your lordship abroadx i heard say your lordship
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was sickx i hope your lordship goes abroad by advicex your lordshipx
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though not clean past your youthx hath yet some smack of age in youx
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some relish of the saltness of timex and i most humbly beseech your
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lordship to have a reverend care of your healthx chief justicex sir
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johnx i sent for you before your expedition to shrewsburyx falstaffx
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anxt please your lordshipx i hear his majesty is returnxd with some
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discomfort from walesx chief justicex i talk not of his majestyx you
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would not come when i sent for youx falstaffx and i hearx moreoverx
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his highness is fallxn into this same whoreson apoplexyx chief
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justicex well god mend himx i pray you let me speak with youx
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falstaffx this apoplexyx as i take itx is a kind of lethargyx anxt
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please your lordshipx a kind of sleeping in the bloodx a whoreson
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tinglingx chief justicex what tell you me of itx be it as it isx
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falstaffx it hath it original from much griefx from studyx and
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perturbation of the brainx i have read the cause of his effects in
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galenx it is a kind of deafnessx chief justicex i think you are
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fallxn into the diseasex for you hear not what i say to youx
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falstaffx very wellx my lordx very wellx rather anxt please youx it
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is the disease of not listeningx the malady of not markingx that i am
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troubled withalx chief justicex to punish you by the heels would
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amend the attention of your earsx and i care not if i do become your
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physicianx falstaffx i am as poor as jobx my lordx but not so
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patientx your lordship may minister the potion of imprisonment to me
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in respect of povertyx but how i should be your patient to follow
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your prescriptionsx the wise may make some dram of a scruplex or
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indeed a scruple itselfx chief justicex i sent for youx when there
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were matters against you for your lifex to come speak with mex
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falstaffx as i was then advisxd by my learned counsel in the laws of
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this landxservicex i did not comex chief justicex wellx the truth isx
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sir johnx you live in great infamyx falstaffx he that buckles himself
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in my belt cannot live in lessx chief justicex your means are very
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slenderx and your waste is greatx falstaffx i would it were
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otherwisex i would my means were greater and my waist slendererx
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chief justicex you have misled the youthful princex falstaffx the
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young prince hath misled mex i am the fellow with the great bellyx
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and he my dogx chief justicex wellx i am loath to gall a newxhealxd
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woundx your dayxs service at shrewsbury hath a little gilded over
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your nightxs exploit on gadshillx you may thank thx unquiet time for
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your quiet oxerposting that actionx falstaffx my lordx chief justicex
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but since all is wellx keep it sox wake not a sleeping wolfx
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falstaffx to wake a wolf is as bad as smell a foxx chief justicex
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whatx you are as a candlex the better part burnt outx falstaffx a
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wassail candlex my lordx all tallowx if i did say of waxx my growth
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would approve the truthx chief justicex there is not a white hair in
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your face but should have his effect of gravityx falstaffx his effect
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of gravyx gravyx chief justicex you follow the young prince up and
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downx like his ill angelx falstaffx not sox my lordx your ill angel
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is lightx but hope he that looks upon me will take me without
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weighingx and yet in some respectsx i grantx i cannot gox i cannot
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tellx virtue is of so little regard in these costermongersx times
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that true valour is turnxd berodx pregnancy is made a tapsterx and
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his quick wit wasted in giving reckoningsx all the other gifts
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appertinent to manx as the malice of this age shapes themx are not
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worth a gooseberryx you that are old consider not the capacities of
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us that are youngx you do measure the heat of our livers with the
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bitterness of your gallsx and we that are in the vaward of our youthx
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must confessx are wags toox chief justicex do you set down your name
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in the scroll of youthx that are written down old with all the
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characters of agex have you not a moist eyex a dry handx a yellow
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cheekx a white beardx a decreasing legx an increasing bellyx is not
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your voice brokenx your wind shortx your chin doublex your wit
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singlex and every part about you blasted with antiquityx and will you
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yet call yourself youngx fiex fiex fiex sir johnx falstaffx my lordx
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i was born about three of the clock in the afternoonx with a white
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head and something a round bellyx for my voicex i have lost it with
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hallooing and singing of anthemsx to approve my youth furtherx i will
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notx the truth isx i am only old in judgment and understandingx and
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he that will caper with me for a thousand marksx let him lend me the
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moneyx and have at himx for the box of the ear that the prince gave
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youx he gave it like a rude princex and you took it like a sensible
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lordx i have checkxd him for itx and the young lion repentsx marryx
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not in ashes and sackclothx but in new silk and old sackx chief
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justicex wellx god send the prince a better companionx falstaffx god
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send the companion a better princex i cannot rid my hands of himx
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chief justicex wellx the king hath severxd youx i hear you are going
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with lord john of lancaster against the archbishop and the earl of
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northumberlandx falstaffx yeax i thank your pretty sweet wit for itx
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but look you prayx all you that kiss my lady peace at homex that our
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armies join not in a hot dayx forx by the lordx i take but two shirts
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out with mex and i mean not to sweat extraordinarilyx if it be a hot
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dayx and i brandish anything but a bottlex i would i might never spit
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white againx there is not a dangerous action can peep out his head
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but i am thrust upon itx wellx i cannot last everx but it was alway
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yet the trick of our english nationx if they have a good thingx to
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make it too commonx if ye will needs say i am an old manx you should
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give me restx i would to god my name were not so terrible to the
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enemy as it isx i were better to be eaten to death with a rust than
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to be scoured to nothing with perpetual motionx chief justicex wellx
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be honestx be honestx and god bless your expeditionx falstaffx will
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your lordship lend me a thousand pound to furnish me forthx chief
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justicex not a pennyx not a pennyx you are too impatient to bear
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crossesx fare you wellx commend me to my cousin westmorelandx exeunt
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chief justice and servant falstaffx if i dox fillip me with a
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threexman beetlex a man can no more separate age and covetousness
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than xa can part young limbs and lecheryx but the gout galls the onex
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and the pox pinches the otherx and so both the degrees prevent my
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cursesx boyx pagex sirx falstaffx what money is in my pursex pagex
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seven groats and two pencex falstaffx i can get no remedy against
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this consumption of the pursex borrowing only lingers and lingers it
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outx but the disease is incurablex go bear this letter to my lord of
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lancasterx this to the princex this to the earl of westmorelandx and
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this to old mistress ursulax whom i have weekly sworn to marry since
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i perceivxd the first white hair of my chinx about itx you know where
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to find mex xexit pagex a pox of this goutx orx a gout of this poxx
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for the one or the other plays the rogue with my great toex xtis no
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matter if i do haltx i have the wars for my colourx and my pension
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shall seem the more reasonablex a good wit will make use of anythingx
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i will turn diseases to commodityx exit
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scene iiix yorkx the archbishopxs palace
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enter the archbishopx thomas mowbray the earl marshalx lord hastingsx
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and lord bardolph
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archbishopx thus have you heard our cause and known our meansx
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andx my most noble friendsx i pray you all
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speak plainly your opinions of our hopesx
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and firstx lord marshalx what say you to itx
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mowbrayx i well allow the occasion of our amisx
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but gladly would be better satisfied
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howx in our meansx we should advance ourselves
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to look with forehead bold and big enough
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upon the power and puissance of the kingx
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hastingsx our present musters grow upon the file
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to five and twenty thousand men of choicex
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and our supplies live largely in the hope
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of great northumberlandx whose bosom burns
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with an incensed fire of injuriesx
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lord bardolphx the question thenx lord hastingsx standeth thusx
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whether our present five and twenty thousand
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may hold up head without northumberlandx
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hastingsx with himx we mayx
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lord bardolphx yeax marryx therexs the pointx
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but if without him we be thought too feeblex
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my judgment is we should not step too far
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till we had his assistance by the handx
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forx in a theme so bloodyxfacxd as thisx
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conjecturex expectationx and surmise
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of aids incertainx should not be admittedx
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archbishopx xtis very truex lord bardolphx for indeed
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it was young hotspurxs case at shrewsburyx
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lord bardolphx it wasx my lordx who linxd himself with hopex
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eating the air and promise of supplyx
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flattxring himself in project of a power
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much smaller than the smallest of his thoughtsx
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and sox with great imagination
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proper to madmenx led his powers to deathx
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andx winkingx leapt into destructionx
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hastingsx butx by your leavex it never yet did hurt
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to lay down likelihoods and forms of hopex
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lord bardolphx yesx if this present quality of warx
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indeed the instant actionx a cause on footx
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lives so in hopex as in an early spring
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we see thx appearing budsx which to prove fruit
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hope gives not so much warrantx as despair
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that frosts will bite themx when we mean to buildx
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we first survey the plotx then draw the modelx
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and when we see the figure of the housex
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then we must rate the cost of the erectionx
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which if we find outweighs abilityx
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what do we then but draw anew the model
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in fewer officesx or at least desist
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to build at allx much morex in this great workx
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which is almost to pluck a kingdom down
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and set another upx should we survey
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the plot of situation and the modelx
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consent upon a sure foundationx
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question surveyorsx know our own estate
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how able such a work to undergox
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to weigh against his oppositex or else
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we fortify in paper and in figuresx
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using the names of men instead of menx
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like one that draws the model of a house
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beyond his power to build itx whox half throughx
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gives oxer and leaves his partxcreated cost
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a naked subject to the weeping clouds
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and waste for churlish winterxs tyrannyx
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hastingsx grant that our hopesx yet likely of fair birthx
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should be stillxbornx and that we now possessxd
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the utmost man of expectationx
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i think we are so a body strong enoughx
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even as we arex to equal with the kingx
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lord bardolphx whatx is the king but five and twenty thousandx
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hastingsx to us no morex nayx not so muchx lord bardolphx
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for his divisionsx as the times do brawlx
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are in three headsx one power against the frenchx
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and one against glendowerx perforce a third
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must take up usx so is the unfirm king
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in three dividedx and his coffers sound
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with hollow poverty and emptinessx
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archbishopx that he should draw his several strengths together
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and come against us in full puissance
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need not be dreadedx
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hastingsx if he should do sox
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he leaves his back unarmxdx the french and welsh
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baying at his heelsx never fear thatx
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lord bardolphx who is it like should lead his forces hitherx
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hastingsx the duke of lancaster and westmorelandx
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against the welshx himself and harry monmouthx
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but who is substituted against the french
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i have no certain noticex
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archbishopx let us onx
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and publish the occasion of our armsx
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the commonwealth is sick of their own choicex
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their overxgreedy love hath surfeitedx
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an habitation giddy and unsure
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hath he that buildeth on the vulgar heartx
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o thou fond manyx with what loud applause
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didst thou beat heaven with blessing bolingbroke
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before he was what thou wouldst have him bex
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and being now trimmxd in thine own desiresx
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thoux beastly feederx art so full of him
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that thou provokxst thyself to cast him upx
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sox sox thou common dogx didst thou disgorge
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thy glutton bosom of the royal richardx
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and now thou wouldst eat thy dead vomit upx
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and howlxst to find itx what trust is in these timesx
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they thatx when richard livxdx would have him die
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are now become enamourxd on his gravex
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thou that threwxst dust upon his goodly headx
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when through proud london he came sighing on
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after thx admired heels of bolingbrokex
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criest now xo earthx yield us that king againx
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and take thou thisxx o thoughts of men accursxdx
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past and to come seems bestx things presentx worstx
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mowbrayx shall we go draw our numbersx and set onx
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hastingsx we are timexs subjectsx and time bids be gonex
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exeunt
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act iix scene ix londonx a street
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enter hostess with two officersx fang and snare
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hostessx master fangx have you entxred the actionx
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fangx it is entxredx
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hostessx wherexs your yeomanx isxt a lusty yeomanx will xa stand
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toxtx
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fangx sirrahx wherexs snarex
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hostessx o lordx ayx good master snarex
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snarex herex herex
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fangx snarex we must arrest sir john falstaffx
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hostessx yeax good master snarex i have entxred him and allx
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snarex it may chance cost some of our livesx for he will stabx
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hostessx alas the dayx take heed of himx he stabbxd me in mine own
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housex and that most beastlyx in good faithx xa cares not what
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mischief he doesx if his weapon be outx he will foin like any
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devilx he will spare neither manx womanx nor childx
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fangx if i can close with himx i care not for his thrustx
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hostessx nox nor i neitherx ixll be at your elbowx
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fangx an i but fist him oncex an xa come but within my vicex
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hostessx i am undone by his goingx i warrant youx hexs an
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infinitive thing upon my scorex good master fangx hold him surex
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good master snarex let him not scapex xa comes continuantly to
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piexcornerx saving your manhoodsx to buy a saddlex and he is
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indited to dinner to the lubberxs head in lumbert streetx to
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master smoothxs the silkmanx i pray youx since my exion is
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entxredx and my case so openly known to the worldx let him be
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brought in to his answerx a hundred mark is a long one for a poor
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lone woman to bearx and i have bornex and bornex and bornex and
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have been fubbxd offx and fubbxd offx and fubbxd offx from this
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day to that dayx that it is a shame to be thought onx there is no
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honesty in such dealingx unless a woman should be made an ass and
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a beastx to bear every knavexs wrongx
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enter sir john falstaffx pagex and bardolph
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yonder he comesx and that arrant malmseyxnose knavex bardolphx
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with himx do your officesx do your officesx master fang and
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master snarex do mex do mex do me your officesx
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falstaffx how nowx whose marexs deadx whatxs the matterx
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fangx sir johnx i arrest you at the suit of mistress quicklyx
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falstaffx awayx varletsx drawx bardolphx cut me off the villianxs
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headx throw the quean in the channelx
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hostessx throw me in the channelx ixll throw thee in the channelx
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wilt thoux wilt thoux thou bastardly roguex murderx murderx ahx
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thou honeysuckle villainx wilt thou kill godxs officers and the
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kingxsx ahx thou honeyxseed roguex thou art a honeyxseedx a
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manxqueller and a womanxquellerx
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falstaffx keep them offx bardolphx
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fangx a rescuex a rescuex
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hostessx good peoplex bring a rescue or twox thou wotx wot thoux
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thou wotx wot tax dox dox thou roguex dox thou hempxseedx
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pagex awayx you scullionx you rampallianx you fustilarianx
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ixll tickle your catastrophex
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enter the lord chief justice and his men
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chief justicex what is the matterx keep the peace herex hox
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hostessx good my lordx be good to mex i beseech youx stand to mex
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chief justicex how nowx sir johnx whatx are you brawling herex
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doth this become your placex your timex and businessx
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you should have been well on your way to yorkx
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stand from himx fellowx wherefore hangxst thou upon himx
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hostessx o my most worshipful lordx anxt please your gracex i am a
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poor widow of eastcheapx and he is arrested at my suitx
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chief justicex for what sumx
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hostessx it is more than for somex my lordx it is for allx all i
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havex he hath eaten me out of house and homex he hath put all my
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substance into that fat belly of hisx but i will have some of it
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out againx or i will ride thee a nights like a marex
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falstaffx i think i am as like to ride the marex if i have any
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vantage of ground to get upx
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chief justicex how comes thisx sir johnx fiex what man of good
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temper would endure this tempest of exclamationx are you not
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ashamed to enforce a poor widow to so rough a course to come by
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her ownx
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falstaffx what is the gross sum that i owe theex
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hostessx marryx if thou wert an honest manx thyself and the money
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toox thou didst swear to me upon a parcelxgilt gobletx sitting in
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my dolphin chamberx at the round tablex by a seaxcoal firex upon
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wednesday in wheeson weekx when the prince broke thy head for
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liking his father to singingxman of windsorx thou didst swear to
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me thenx as i was washing thy woundx to marry me and make me my
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lady thy wifex canst thou deny itx did not goodwife keechx the
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butcherxs wifex come in then and call me gossip quicklyx coming
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in to borrow a mess of vinegarx telling us she had a good dish of
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prawnsx whereby thou didst desire to eat somex whereby i told
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thee they were ill for green woundx and didst thou notx when she
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was gone down stairsx desire me to be no more so familiarity with
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such poor peoplex saying that ere long they should call me madamx
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and didst thou not kiss mex and bid me fetch the thirty
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shillingsx i put thee now to thy bookxoathx deny itx if thou
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canstx
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falstaffx my lordx this is a poor mad soulx and she says up and
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down the town that her eldest son is like youx she hath been in
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good casex andx the truth isx poverty hath distracted herx but
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for these foolish officersx i beseech you i may have redress
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|
against themx
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chief justicex sir johnx sir johnx i am well acquainted with your
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manner of wrenching the true cause the false wayx it is not a
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confident browx nor the throng of words that come with such more
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|
than impudent sauciness from youx can thrust me from a level
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|
considerationx you havex as it appears to mex practisxd upon the
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easy yielding spirit of this womanx and made her serve your uses
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|
both in purse and in personx
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hostessx yeax in truthx my lordx
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chief justicex pray theex peacex pay her the debt you owe herx and
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|
unpay the villainy you have done with herx the one you may do
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|
with sterling moneyx and the other with current repentancex
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falstaffx my lordx i will not undergo this sneap without replyx you
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call honourable boldness impudent saucinessx if a man will make
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curtsy and say nothingx he is virtuousx nox my lordx my humble
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duty remembxredx i will not be your suitorx i say to you i do
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desire deliverance from these officersx being upon hasty
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|
employment in the kingxs affairsx
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chief justicex you speak as having power to do wrongx but answer in
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thx effect of your reputationx and satisfy the poor womanx
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falstaffx come hitherx hostessx
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enter gower
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chief justicex nowx master gowerx what newsx
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gowerx the kingx my lordx and harry prince of wales
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are near at handx the rest the paper tellsx xgives a letterx
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falstaffx as i am a gentlemanx
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hostessx faithx you said so beforex
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falstaffx as i am a gentlemanx comex no more words of itx
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hostessx by this heavenly ground i tread onx i must be fain to pawn
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|
both my plate and the tapestry of my diningxchambersx
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falstaffx glassesx glassesx is the only drinkingx and for thy
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|
wallsx a pretty slight drolleryx or the story of the prodigalx or
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the german huntingx in waterxworkx is worth a thousand of these
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|
bedxhangers and these flyxbitten tapestriesx let it be ten poundx
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if thou canstx comex and xtwere not for thy humoursx therexs not
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a better wench in englandx gox wash thy facex and draw the
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actionx comex thou must not be in this humour with mex dost not
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|
know mex comex comex i know thou wast set on to thisx
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hostessx pray theex sir johnx let it be but twenty noblesx
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ix faithx i am loath to pawn my platex so god save mex lax
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falstaffx let it alonex ixll make other shiftx youxll be a fool
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stillx
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hostessx wellx you shall have itx though i pawn my gownx
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i hope youxll come to supperx youxll pay me all togetherx
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falstaffx will i livex xto bardolphx gox with herx with herx hook
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onx hook onx
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hostessx will you have doll tearsheet meet you at supperx
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falstaffx no more wordsx letxs have herx
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exeunt hostessx bardolphx and officers
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chief justicex i have heard better newsx
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falstaffx whatxs the newsx my lordx
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chief justicex where lay the king toxnightx
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gowerx at basingstokex my lordx
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falstaffx i hopex my lordx allxs wellx what is the newsx my lordx
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chief justicex come all his forces backx
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gowerx nox fifteen hundred footx five hundred horsex
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are marchxd up to my lord of lancasterx
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against northumberland and the archbishopx
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falstaffx comes the king back from walesx my noble lordx
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chief justicex you shall have letters of me presentlyx
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comex go along with mex good master gowerx
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falstaffx my lordx
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chief justicex whatxs the matterx
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falstaffx master gowerx shall i entreat you with me to dinnerx
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gowerx i must wait upon my good lord herex i thank youx good sir
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|
johnx
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chief justicex sir johnx you loiter here too longx being you are to
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take soldiers up in counties as you gox
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falstaffx will you sup with mex master gowerx
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chief justicex what foolish master taught you these mannersx sir
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johnx
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falstaffx master gowerx if they become me notx he was a fool that
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taught them mex this is the right fencing gracex my lordx tap for
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|
tapx and so part fairx
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chief justicex nowx the lord lighten theex thou art a great foolx
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exeunt
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scene iix londonx another street
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enter prince henry and poins
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princex before godx i am exceeding wearyx
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poinsx isxt come to thatx i had thought weariness durst not have
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attachxd one of so high bloodx
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princex faithx it does mex though it discolours the complexion of
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my greatness to acknowledge itx doth it not show vilely in me to
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|
desire small beerx
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poinsx whyx a prince should not be so loosely studied as to
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remember so weak a compositionx
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princex belike then my appetite was notxprincely gotx forx by my
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|
trothx i do now remember the poor creaturex small beerx but
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|
indeed these humble considerations make me out of love with my
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|
greatnessx what a disgrace is it to me to remember thy namex or
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|
to know thy face toxmorrowx or to take note how many pair of silk
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|
stockings thou hastx vizxx thesex and those that were thy
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|
peachxcolourxd onesx or to bear the inventory of thy shirtsx asx
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one for superfluityx and another for usex but that the
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tennisxcourtxkeeper knows better than ix for it is a low ebb of
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|
linen with thee when thou keepest not racket therex as thou hast
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|
not done a great whilex because the rest of thy low countries
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have made a shift to eat up thy hollandx and god knows whether
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those that bawl out of the ruins of thy linen shall inherit his
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|
kingdomx but the midwives say the children are not in the faultx
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whereupon the world increasesx and kindreds are mightily
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|
strengthenedx
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poinsx how ill it followsx after you have laboured so hardx you
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should talk so idlyx tell mex how many good young princes would
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do sox their fathers being so sick as yours at this time isx
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princex shall i tell thee one thingx poinsx
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poinsx yesx faithx and let it be an excellent good thingx
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princex it shall serve among wits of no higher breeding than thinex
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poinsx go tox i stand the push of your one thing that you will
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tellx
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princex marryx i tell thee it is not meet that i should be sadx now
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my father is sickx albeit i could tell to theex as to one it
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|
pleases mex for fault of a betterx to call my friendx i could be
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|
sad and sad indeed toox
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poinsx very hardly upon such a subjectx
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princex by this handx thou thinkest me as far in the devilxs book
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|
as thou and falstaff for obduracy and persistencyx let the end
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|
try the manx but i tell thee my heart bleeds inwardly that my
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father is so sickx and keeping such vile company as thou art hath
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|
in reason taken from me all ostentation of sorrowx
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poinsx the reasonx
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princex what wouldst thou think of me if i should weepx
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poinsx i would think thee a most princely hypocritex
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princex it would be every manxs thoughtx and thou art a blessed
|
|
fellow to think as every man thinksx never a manxs thought in the
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|
world keeps the roadxway better than thinex every man would think
|
|
me an hypocrite indeedx and what accites your most worshipful
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|
thought to think sox
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|
poinsx whyx because you have been so lewd and so much engraffed to
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|
falstaffx
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princex and to theex
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poinsx by this lightx i am well spoke onx i can hear it with mine
|
|
own earsx the worst that they can say of me is that i am a second
|
|
brother and that i am a proper fellow of my handsx and those two
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|
thingsx i confessx i cannot helpx by the massx here comes
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|
bardolphx
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enter bardolph and page
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princex and the boy that i gave falstaffx xa had him from me
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christianx and look if the fat villain have not transformxd him
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apex
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bardolphx god save your gracex
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princex and yoursx most noble bardolphx
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poinsx comex you virtuous assx you bashful foolx must you be
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blushingx wherefore blush you nowx what a maidenly manxatxarms
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are you becomex isxt such a matter to get a pottlexpotxs
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maidenheadx
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pagex xa calls me exen nowx my lordx through a red latticex and i
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could discern no part of his face from the windowx at last i
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spied his eyesx and methought he had made two holes in the
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alewifexs new petticoatx and so peepxd throughx
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princex has not the boy profitedx
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bardolphx awayx you whoreson upright rabbitx awayx
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pagex awayx you rascally althaeaxs dreamx awayx
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princex instruct usx boyx what dreamx boyx
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pagex marryx my lordx althaea dreamt she was delivered of a
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firebrandx and therefore i call him her dreamx
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princex a crownxs worth of good interpretationx there xtisx boyx
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xgiving a crownx
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poinsx o that this blossom could be kept from cankersx
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wellx there is sixpence to preserve theex
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bardolphx an you do not make him be hangxd among youx the gallows
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shall have wrongx
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princex and how doth thy masterx bardolphx
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bardolphx wellx my lordx he heard of your gracexs coming to townx
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therexs a letter for youx
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poinsx deliverxd with good respectx and how doth the martlemasx
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your masterx
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bardolphx in bodily healthx sirx
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poinsx marryx the immortal part needs a physicianx but that moves
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not himx though that be sickx it dies notx
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princex i do allow this well to be as familiar with me as my dogx
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and he holds his placex for look you how he writesx
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poinsx xreadsx xjohn falstaffx knightxx every man must know that
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as oft as he has occasion to name himselfx even like those that
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are kin to the kingx for they never prick their finger but they
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say xtherexs some of the kingxs blood spiltxx xhow comes thatxx
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says he that takes upon him not to conceivex the answer is as
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ready as a borrowerxs capx xi am the kingxs poor cousinx sirxx
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princex nayx they will be kin to usx or they will fetch it from
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japhetx but the letterx xreadsx xsir john falstaffx knightx to
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the son of the king nearest his fatherx harry prince of walesx
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greetingxx
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poinsx whyx this is a certificatex
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princex peacex xreadsx xi will imitate the honourable romans in
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brevityxxx
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poinsx he sure means brevity in breathx shortxwindedx
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princex xreadsx xi commend me to theex i commend theex and i
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leave theex be not too familiar with poinsx for he misuses thy
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favours so much that he swears thou art to marry his sister nellx
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repent at idle times as thou maystx and so farewellx
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thinex by yea and nox which is as much as to say as
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thou usest himx jack falstaff with my familiarsx
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john with my brothers and sistersx and sir john with
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all europexx
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poinsx my lordx ixll steep this letter in sack and make him eat itx
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princex thatxs to make him eat twenty of his wordsx but do you use
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me thusx nedx must i marry your sisterx
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poinsx god send the wench no worse fortunex but i never said sox
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princex wellx thus we play the fools with the timex and the spirits
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of the wise sit in the clouds and mock usx is your master here in
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londonx
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bardolphx yeax my lordx
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princex where sups hex doth the old boar feed in the old frankx
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bardolphx at the old placex my lordx in eastcheapx
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princex what companyx
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pagex ephesiansx my lordx of the old churchx
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princex sup any women with himx
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pagex nonex my lordx but old mistress quickly and mistress doll
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tearsheetx
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princex what pagan may that bex
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pagex a proper gentlewomanx sirx and a kinswoman of my masterxsx
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princex even such kin as the parish heifers are to the town bullx
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shall we steal upon themx nedx at supperx
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poinsx i am your shadowx my lordx ixll follow youx
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princex sirrahx you boyx and bardolphx no word to your master that
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i am yet come to townx therexs for your silencex
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bardolphx i have no tonguex sirx
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pagex and for minex sirx i will govern itx
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princex fare you wellx gox exeunt bardolph and page
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this doll tearsheet should be some roadx
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poinsx i warrant youx as common as the way between saint albans and
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londonx
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princex how might we see falstaff bestow himself toxnight in his
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true coloursx and not ourselves be seenx
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poinsx put on two leathern jerkins and apronsx and wait upon him at
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his table as drawersx
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princex from a god to a bullx a heavy descensionx it was jovexs
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casex from a prince to a prenticex a low transformationx that
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shall be minex for in everything the purpose must weigh with the
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follyx follow mex nedx
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exeunt
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scene iiix warkworthx before the castle
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enter northumberlandx lady northumberlandx and lady percy
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northumberlandx i pray theex loving wifex and gentle daughterx
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give even way unto my rough affairsx
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put not you on the visage of the times
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and bex like themx to percy troublesomex
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lady northumberlandx i have given overx i will speak no morex
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do what you willx your wisdom be your guidex
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northumberlandx alasx sweet wifex my honour is at pawnx
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and but my going nothing can redeem itx
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lady percyx ox yetx for godxs sakex go not to these warsx
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the time wasx fatherx that you broke your wordx
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when you were more endearxd to it than nowx
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when your own percyx when my heartxs dear harryx
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threw many a northward look to see his father
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bring up his powersx but he did long in vainx
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who then persuaded you to stay at homex
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there were two honours lostx yours and your sonxsx
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for yoursx the god of heaven brighten itx
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for hisx it stuck upon him as the sun
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in the grey vault of heavenx and by his light
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did all the chivalry of england move
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to do brave actsx he was indeed the glass
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wherein the noble youth did dress themselvesx
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he had no legs that practisxd not his gaitx
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and speaking thickx which nature made his blemishx
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became the accents of the valiantx
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for those who could speak low and tardily
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would turn their own perfection to abuse
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to seem like himx so that in speechx in gaitx
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in dietx in affections of delightx
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in military rulesx humours of bloodx
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he was the mark and glassx copy and bookx
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that fashionxd othersx and himx o wondrous himx
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o miracle of menxx him did you leavex
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second to nonex unseconded by youx
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to look upon the hideous god of war
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in disadvantagex to abide a field
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where nothing but the sound of hotspurxs name
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did seem defensiblex so you left himx
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neverx o neverx do his ghost the wrong
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to hold your honour more precise and nice
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with others than with himx let them alonex
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the marshal and the archbishop are strongx
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had my sweet harry had but half their numbersx
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toxday might ix hanging on hotspurxs neckx
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have talkxd of monmouthxs gravex
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northumberlandx beshrew your heartx
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fair daughterx you do draw my spirits from me
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with new lamenting ancient oversightsx
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but i must go and meet with danger therex
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or it will seek me in another placex
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and find me worse providedx
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lady northumberlandx ox fly to scotland
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till that the nobles and the armed commons
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have of their puissance made a little tastex
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lady percyx if they get ground and vantage of the kingx
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then join you with themx like a rib of steelx
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to make strength strongerx butx for all our lovesx
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first let them try themselvesx so did your sonx
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he was so suffxredx so came i a widowx
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and never shall have length of life enough
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to rain upon remembrance with mine eyesx
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that it may grow and sprout as high as heavenx
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for recordation to my noble husbandx
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northumberlandx comex comex go in with mex xtis with my mind
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as with the tide swellxd up unto his heightx
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that makes a stillxstandx running neither wayx
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fain would i go to meet the archbishopx
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but many thousand reasons hold me backx
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i will resolve for scotlandx there am ix
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till time and vantage crave my companyx exeunt
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scene ivx londonx the boarxs head tavern in eastcheap
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enter francis and another drawer
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francisx what the devil hast thou brought therexapplexjohnsx thou
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knowest sir john cannot endure an applexjohnx
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second drawerx massx thou sayxst truex the prince once set a dish
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of applexjohns before himx and told him there were five more sir
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johnsx andx putting off his hatx said xi will now take my leave
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of these six dryx roundx oldx withered knightsxx it angxred him
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to the heartx but he hath forgot thatx
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francisx whyx thenx cover and set them downx and see if thou canst
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find out sneakxs noisex mistress tearsheet would fain hear some
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musicx
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enter third drawer
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third drawerx dispatchx the room where they suppxd is too hotx
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theyxll come in straightx
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francisx sirrahx here will be the prince and master poins anonx and
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they will put on two of our jerkins and apronsx and sir john must
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not know of itx bardolph hath brought wordx
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third drawerx by the massx here will be old udsx it will be an
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excellent stratagemx
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second drawerx ixll see if i can find out sneakx
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exeunt second and third drawers
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enter hostess and doll tearsheet
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hostessx ix faithx sweetheartx methinks now you are in an excellent
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|
good temperalityx your pulsidge beats as extraordinarily as heart
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|
would desirex and your colourx i warrant youx is as red as any
|
|
rosex in good truthx lax butx ix faithx you have drunk too much
|
|
canariesx and thatxs a marvellous searching winex and it perfumes
|
|
the blood ere one can say xwhatxs thisxx how do you nowx
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|
dollx better than i wasx hemx
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hostessx whyx thatxs well saidx a good heartxs worth goldx
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|
lox here comes sir johnx
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enter falstaff
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falstaffx xsingingx xwhen arthur first in courtxx empty the
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jordanx xexit francisxx xsingingx xand was a worthy kingxx how
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|
nowx mistress dollx
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hostessx sick of a calmx yeax good faithx
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|
falstaffx so is all her sectx and they be once in a calmx they are
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|
sickx
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dollx a pox damn youx you muddy rascalx is that all the comfort you
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|
give mex
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falstaffx you make fat rascalsx mistress dollx
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dollx i make themx gluttony and diseases make themx i make them
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|
notx
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|
falstaffx if the cook help to make the gluttonyx you help to make
|
|
the diseasesx dollx we catch of youx dollx we catch of youx grant
|
|
thatx my poor virtuex grant thatx
|
|
dollx yeax joyx our chains and our jewelsx
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|
falstaffx xyour broochesx pearlsx and ouchesxx for to serve bravely
|
|
is to come halting offx you knowx to come off the breach with his
|
|
pike bent bravelyx and to surgery bravelyx to venture upon the
|
|
chargxd chambers bravelyx
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|
dollx hang yourselfx you muddy congerx hang yourselfx
|
|
hostessx by my trothx this is the old fashionx you two never meet
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|
but you fall to some discordx you are bothx ix good truthx as
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|
rheumatic as two dry toastsx you cannot one bear with anotherxs
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|
confirmitiesx what the goodxyearx one must bearx and that must be
|
|
youx you are the weaker vesselx as as they sayx the emptier
|
|
vesselx
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|
dollx can a weak empty vessel bear such a huge full hogsxheadx
|
|
therexs a whole merchantxs venture of bourdeaux stuff in himx you
|
|
have not seen a hulk better stuffxd in the holdx comex ixll be
|
|
friends with theex jackx thou art going to the warsx and whether
|
|
i shall ever see thee again or nox there is nobody caresx
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|
rexenter francis
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francisx sirx ancient pistolxs below and would speak with youx
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|
dollx hang himx swaggering rascalx let him not come hitherx it is
|
|
the foulxmouthxdst rogue in englandx
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|
hostessx if he swaggerx let him not come herex nox by my faithx i
|
|
must live among my neighboursx ixll no swaggerersx i am in good
|
|
name and fame with the very bestx shut the doorx there comes no
|
|
swaggerers herex i have not livxd all this while to have
|
|
swaggering nowx shut the doorx i pray youx
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|
falstaffx dost thou hearx hostessx
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|
hostessx pray yex pacify yourselfx sir johnx there comes no
|
|
swaggerers herex
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falstaffx dost thou hearx it is mine ancientx
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|
hostessx tillyxfallyx sir johnx nexer tell mex and your ancient
|
|
swaggxrer comes not in my doorsx i was before master tisickx the
|
|
debutyx tx other dayx andx as he said to mex xtwas no longer ago
|
|
than wednesday lastx ix good faithxx xneighbour quicklyxx says
|
|
hex master dumbex our ministerx was by thenx xneighbour quicklyxx
|
|
says he xreceive those that are civilx forx said he xyou are in
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|
an ill namexx now xa said sox i can tell whereuponx xforx says he
|
|
xyou are an honest woman and well thought onx therefore take heed
|
|
what guests you receivex receivex says he xno swaggering
|
|
companionsxx there comes none herex you would bless you to hear
|
|
what he saidx nox ixll no swaggxrersx
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falstaffx hexs no swaggxrerx hostessx a tame cheaterx ix faithx you
|
|
may stroke him as gently as a puppy greyhoundx hexll not swagger
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|
with a barbary henx if her feathers turn back in any show of
|
|
resistancex call him upx drawerx
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|
exit francis
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|
hostessx cheaterx call you himx i will bar no honest man my housex
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|
nor no cheaterx but i do not love swaggeringx by my trothx i am
|
|
the worse when one says xswaggerxx feelx mastersx how i shakex
|
|
look youx i warrant youx
|
|
dollx so you dox hostessx
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|
hostessx do ix yeax in very truthx do ix an xtwere an aspen leafx i
|
|
cannot abide swaggxrersx
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enter pistolx bardolphx and page
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pistolx god save youx sir johnx
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|
falstaffx welcomex ancient pistolx herex pistolx i charge you with
|
|
a cup of sackx do you discharge upon mine hostessx
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|
pistolx i will discharge upon herx sir johnx with two bulletsx
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|
falstaffx she is pistolxproofx sirx you shall not hardly offend
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|
herx
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hostessx comex ixll drink no proofs nor no bulletsx ixll drink no
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more than will do me goodx for no manxs pleasurex ix
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|
pistolx then to youx mistress dorothyx i will charge youx
|
|
dollx charge mex i scorn youx scurvy companionx whatx you poorx
|
|
basex rascallyx cheatingx lackxlinen matex awayx you mouldy
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|
roguex awayx i am meat for your masterx
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|
pistolx i know youx mistress dorothyx
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|
dollx awayx you cutxpurse rascalx you filthy bungx awayx by this
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|
winex ixll thrust my knife in your mouldy chapsx an you play the
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|
saucy cuttle with mex awayx you bottlexale rascalx you
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|
basketxhilt stale jugglerx youx since whenx i pray youx sirx
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|
godxs lightx with two points on your shoulderx muchx
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|
pistolx god let me not live but i will murder your ruff for thisx
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falstaffx no morex pistolx i would not have you go off herex
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|
discharge yourself of our companyx pistolx
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hostessx nox good captain pistolx not herex sweet captainx
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|
dollx captainx thou abominable damnxd cheaterx art thou not ashamed
|
|
to be called captainx an captains were of my mindx they would
|
|
truncheon you outx for taking their names upon you before you
|
|
have earnxd themx you a captainx you slavex for whatx for tearing
|
|
a poor whorexs ruff in a bawdyxhousex he a captainx hang himx
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|
roguex he lives upon mouldy stewxd prunes and dried cakesx a
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|
captainx godxs lightx these villains will make the word as odious
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|
as the word xoccupyxx which was an excellent good word before it
|
|
was ill sortedx therefore captains had need look toxtx
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|
bardolphx pray thee go downx good ancientx
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|
falstaffx hark thee hitherx mistress dollx
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pistolx not ix i tell thee whatx corporal bardolphx i could tear
|
|
herx ixll be revengxd of herx
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|
pagex pray thee go downx
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|
pistolx ixll see her damnxd firstx to plutoxs damnxd lakex by this
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|
handx to thx infernal deepx with erebus and tortures vile alsox
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|
hold hook and linex say ix downx downx dogsx downx faitorsx have
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|
we not hiren herex
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|
hostessx good captain peeselx be quietx xtis very latex ix faithx i
|
|
beseek you nowx aggravate your cholerx
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|
pistolx these be good humoursx indeedx shall packhorsesx
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|
and hollow pamperxd jades of asiax
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|
which cannot go but thirty mile a dayx
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|
compare with caesarsx and with cannibalsx
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|
and troiant greeksx nayx rather damn them with
|
|
king cerberusx and let the welkin roarx
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|
shall we fall foul for toysx
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|
hostessx by my trothx captainx these are very bitter wordsx
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|
bardolphx be gonex good ancientx this will grow to a brawl anonx
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|
pistolx die men like dogsx give crowns like pinsx have we not hiren
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|
herex
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hostessx ox my wordx captainx therexs none such herex what the
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|
goodxyearx do you think i would deny herx for godxs sakex be
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quietx
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pistolx then feed and be fatx my fair calipolisx
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comex givexs some sackx
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xsi fortune me tormente sperato me contentoxx
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fear we broadsidesx nox let the fiend give firex
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give me some sackx andx sweetheartx lie thou therex
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|
xlaying down his swordx
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come we to full points herex and are etceteras nothingsx
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|
falstaffx pistolx i would be quietx
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|
pistolx sweet knightx i kiss thy neafx whatx we have seen the seven
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|
starsx
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dollx for godxs sake thrust him down stairsx i cannot endure such a
|
|
fustian rascalx
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pistolx thrust him down stairsx know we not galloway nagsx
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|
falstaffx quoit him downx bardolphx like a shovexgroat shillingx
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nayx an xa do nothing but speak nothingx xa shall be nothing
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|
herex
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bardolphx comex get you down stairsx
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pistolx whatx shall we have incisionx shall we imbruex
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xsnatching up his swordx
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then death rock me asleepx abridge my doleful daysx
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whyx thenx let grievousx ghastlyx gaping wounds
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|
untwine the sisters threex comex atroposx i sayx
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|
hostessx herexs goodly stuff towardx
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falstaffx give me my rapierx boyx
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dollx i pray theex jackx i pray theex do not drawx
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|
falstaffx get you down stairsx
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xdrawing and driving pistol outx
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hostessx herexs a goodly tumultx ixll forswear keeping house afore
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|
ixll be in these tirrits and frightsx sox murderx i warrant nowx
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alasx alasx put up your naked weaponsx put up your naked weaponsx
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exeunt pistol and bardolph
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dollx i pray theex jackx be quietx the rascalxs gonex ahx you
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whoreson little valiant villainx youx
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hostessx are you not hurt ix thx groinx methought xa made a shrewd
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thrust at your bellyx
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rexenter bardolph
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falstaffx have you turnxd him out a doorsx
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bardolphx yeax sirx the rascalxs drunkx you have hurt himx sirx ix
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thx shoulderx
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|
falstaffx a rascalx to brave mex
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dollx ahx you sweet little roguex youx alasx poor apex how thou
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|
sweatxstx comex let me wipe thy facex come onx you whoreson
|
|
chopsx ahx roguex ix faithx i love theex thou art as valorous as
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|
hector of troyx worth five of agamemnonx and ten times better
|
|
than the nine worthiesx ahx villainx
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|
falstaffx a rascally slavex i will toss the rogue in a blanketx
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|
dollx dox an thou darxst for thy heartx an thou dostx ixll canvass
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thee between a pair of sheetsx
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enter musicians
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pagex the music is comex sirx
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falstaffx let them playx playx sirsx sit on my kneex donx a rascal
|
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bragging slavex the rogue fled from me like quickxsilverx
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dollx ix faithx and thou followxdst him like a churchx thou
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|
whoreson little tidy bartholomew boarxpigx when wilt thou leave
|
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fighting a days and foining a nightsx and begin to patch up thine
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old body for heavenx
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enterx behindx prince henry and poins disguised as drawers
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falstaffx peacex good dollx do not speak like a deathxsxheadx do
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not bid me remember mine endx
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dollx sirrahx what humourxs the prince ofx
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falstaffx a good shallow young fellowx xa would have made a good
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pantlerx xa would hax chippxd bread wellx
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dollx they say poins has a good witx
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falstaffx he a good witx hang himx baboonx his witxs as thick as
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tewksbury mustardx therexs no more conceit in him than is in a
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malletx
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dollx why does the prince love him sox thenx
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falstaffx because their legs are both of a bignessx and xa plays at
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quoits wellx and eats conger and fennelx and drinks off candlesx
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ends for flapxdragonsx and rides the wild mare with the boysx and
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jumps upon joinxdxstoolsx and swears with a good gracex and wears
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his boots very smoothx like unto the sign of the legx and breeds
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no bate with telling of discreet storiesx and such other gambol
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faculties xa hasx that show a weak mind and an able bodyx for the
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which the prince admits himx for the prince himself is such
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anotherx the weight of a hair will turn the scales between their
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avoirdupoisx
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princex would not this nave of a wheel have his ears cut offx
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poinsx letxs beat him before his whorex
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princex look whexer the witherxd elder hath not his poll clawxd
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like a parrotx
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poinsx is it not strange that desire should so many years outlive
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performancex
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falstaffx kiss mex dollx
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princex saturn and venus this year in conjunctionx what says thx
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almanac to thatx
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poinsx and look whether the fiery trigonx his manx be not lisping
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to his masterxs old tablesx his notexbookx his counselxkeeperx
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falstaffx thou dost give me flattering bussesx
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dollx by my trothx i kiss thee with a most constant heartx
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falstaffx i am oldx i am oldx
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dollx i love thee better than i love exer a scurvy young boy of
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them allx
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falstaffx what stuff wilt have a kirtle ofx i shall receive money a
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thursdayx shalt have a cap toxmorrowx a merry songx comex xa
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grows latex wexll to bedx thouxt forget me when i am gonex
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dollx by my trothx thouxt set me axweepingx an thou sayxst sox
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prove that ever i dress myself handsome till thy returnx wellx
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hearken ax thx endx
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falstaffx some sackx francisx
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prince x poinsx anonx anonx sirx xadvancingx
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falstaffx hax a bastard son of the kingxsx and art thou not poins
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his brotherx
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princex whyx thou globe of sinful continentsx what a life dost thou
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leadx
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falstaffx a better than thoux i am a gentlemanx thou art a drawerx
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princex very truex sirx and i come to draw you out by the earsx
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hostessx ox the lord preserve thy gracex by my trothx welcome to
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londonx now the lord bless that sweet face of thinex o jesux are
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you come from walesx
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falstaffx thou whoreson mad compound of majestyx by this light
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|
flesh and corrupt bloodx thou art welcomex
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xleaning his band upon dollx
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dollx howx you fat foolx i scorn youx
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poinsx my lordx he will drive you out of your revenge and turn all
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to a merrimentx if you take not the heatx
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princex you whoreson candlexminex youx how vilely did you speak of
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me even now before this honestx virtuousx civil gentlewomanx
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hostessx godxs blessing of your good heartx and so she isx by my
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|
trothx
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falstaffx didst thou hear mex
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princex yeax and you knew mex as you did when you ran away by
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gadshillx you knew i was at your backx and spoke it on purpose to
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try my patiencex
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falstaffx nox nox nox not sox i did not think thou wast within
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hearingx
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princex i shall drive you then to confess the wilful abusex and
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then i know how to handle youx
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falstaffx no abusex halx ox mine honourx no abusex
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princex notx to dispraise mex and call me panderx and
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|
breadxchipperx and i know not whatx
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|
falstaffx no abusex halx
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poinsx no abusex
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falstaffx no abusex nedx ix thx worldx honest nedx nonex i
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dispraisxd him before the wickedx that the wicked might not fall
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|
in love with theex in which doingx i have done the part of a
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careful friend and a true subjectx and thy father is to give me
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thanks for itx no abusex halx nonex nedx nonex nox faithx boysx
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nonex
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princex see nowx whether pure fear and entire cowardice doth not
|
|
make thee wrong this virtuous gentlewoman to close with usx is
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|
she of the wickedx is thine hostess here of the wickedx or is thy
|
|
boy of the wickedx or honest bardolphx whose zeal burns in his
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|
nosex of the wickedx
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|
poinsx answerx thou dead elmx answerx
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|
falstaffx the fiend hath prickxd down bardolph irrecoverablex and
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|
his face is luciferxs privyxkitchenx where he doth nothing but
|
|
roast maltxwormsx for the boyx there is a good angel about himx
|
|
but the devil outbids him toox
|
|
princex for the womenx
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|
falstaffx for one of themx shexs in hell alreadyx and burns poor
|
|
soulsx for thx otherx i owe her moneyx and whether she be damnxd
|
|
for thatx i know notx
|
|
hostessx nox i warrant youx
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|
falstaffx nox i think thou art notx i think thou art quit for thatx
|
|
marryx there is another indictment upon thee for suffering flesh
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|
to be eaten in thy housex contrary to the lawx for the which i
|
|
think thou wilt howlx
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hostessx all victxlers do sox whatxs a joint of mutton or two in a
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|
whole lentx
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|
princex youx gentlewomanx
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dollx what says your gracex
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|
falstaffx his grace says that which his flesh rebels againstx
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|
xknocking withinx
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|
hostessx who knocks so loud at doorx look to thx door therex
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|
francisx
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enter peto
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princex petox how nowx what newsx
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|
petox the king your father is at westminsterx
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|
and there are twenty weak and wearied posts
|
|
come from the northx and as i came along
|
|
i met and overtook a dozen captainsx
|
|
barexheadedx sweatingx knocking at the tavernsx
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|
and asking every one for sir john falstaffx
|
|
princex by heavenx poinsx i feel me much to blame
|
|
so idly to profane the precious timex
|
|
when tempest of commotionx like the southx
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|
borne with black vapourx doth begin to melt
|
|
and drop upon our bare unarmed headsx
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|
give me my sword and cloakx falstaffx good nightx
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exeunt princex poinsx petox and bardolph
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falstaffx now comes in the sweetest morsel of the nightx and we
|
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must hencex and leave it unpickxdx xknocking withinx more
|
|
knocking at the doorx
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|
rexenter bardolph
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how nowx whatxs the matterx
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bardolphx you must away to courtx sirx presentlyx
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a dozen captains stay at door for youx
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falstaffx xto the pagexx pay the musiciansx sirrahxx farewellx
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|
hostessx farewellx dollx you seex my good wenchesx how men of
|
|
merit are sought afterx the undeserver may sleepx when the man of
|
|
action is callxd onx farewellx good wenchesx if i be not sent
|
|
away postx i will see you again ere i gox
|
|
dollx i cannot speakx if my heart be not ready to burstx
|
|
wellx sweet jackx have a care of thyselfx
|
|
falstaffx farewellx farewellx
|
|
exeunt falstaff and bardolph
|
|
hostessx wellx fare thee wellx i have known thee these twentyxnine
|
|
yearsx come peascodxtimex but an honester and truerxhearted man
|
|
xwell fare thee wellx
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|
bardolphx x withinx mistress tearsheetx
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|
hostessx whatxs the matterx
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|
bardolphx x withinx bid mistress tearsheet come to my masterx
|
|
hostessx ox run dollx runx runx good comex xto bardolphx she
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|
comes blubberxdxx yeax will you comex dollx exeunt
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|
act iiix scene ix westminsterx the palace
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|
enter the king in his nightgownx with a page
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|
kingx go call the earls of surrey and of warwickx
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|
butx ere they comex bid them oxerxread these letters
|
|
and well consider of themx make good speedx exit page
|
|
how many thousands of my poorest subjects
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|
are at this hour asleepx o sleepx o gentle sleepx
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|
naturexs soft nursex how have i frightened theex
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|
that thou no more will weigh my eyelids downx
|
|
and steep my senses in forgetfulnessx
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|
why ratherx sleepx liest thou in smoky cribsx
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|
upon uneasy pallets stretching theex
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|
and hushxd with buzzing nightxflies to thy slumberx
|
|
than in the perfumxd chambers of the greatx
|
|
under the canopies of costly statex
|
|
and lullxd with sound of sweetest melodyx
|
|
o thou dull godx why liest thou with the vile
|
|
in loathsome bedsx and leavxst the kingly couch
|
|
a watchxcase or a common xlarumxbellx
|
|
wilt thou upon the high and giddy mast
|
|
seal up the shipxboyxs eyesx and rock his brains
|
|
in cradle of the rude imperious surgex
|
|
and in the visitation of the windsx
|
|
who take the ruffian billows by the topx
|
|
curling their monstrous headsx and hanging them
|
|
with deafing clamour in the slippery cloudsx
|
|
that with the hurly death itself awakesx
|
|
canst thoux o partial sleepx give thy repose
|
|
to the wet seaxboy in an hour so rudex
|
|
and in the calmest and most stillest nightx
|
|
with all appliances and means to bootx
|
|
deny it to a kingx thenx happy lowx lie downx
|
|
uneasy lies the head that wears a crownx
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|
enter warwick and surrey
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|
warwickx many good morrows to your majestyx
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|
kingx is it good morrowx lordsx
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|
warwickx xtis one oxclockx and pastx
|
|
kingx why thenx good morrow to you allx my lordsx
|
|
have you read oxer the letters that i sent youx
|
|
warwickx we havex my liegex
|
|
kingx then you perceive the body of our kingdom
|
|
how foul it isx what rank diseases growx
|
|
and with what dangerx near the heart of itx
|
|
warwickx it is but as a body yet distemperedx
|
|
which to his former strength may be restored
|
|
with good advice and little medicinex
|
|
my lord northumberland will soon be coolxdx
|
|
kingx o godx that one might read the book of fatex
|
|
and see the revolution of the times
|
|
make mountains levelx and the continentx
|
|
weary of solid firmnessx melt itself
|
|
into the seax and other times to see
|
|
the beachy girdle of the ocean
|
|
too wide for neptunexs hipsx how chances mockx
|
|
and changes fill the cup of alteration
|
|
with divers liquorsx ox if this were seenx
|
|
the happiest youthx viewing his progress throughx
|
|
what perils pastx what crosses to ensuex
|
|
would shut the book and sit him down and diex
|
|
xtis not ten years gone
|
|
since richard and northumberlandx great friendsx
|
|
did feast togetherx and in two years after
|
|
were they at warsx it is but eight years since
|
|
this percy was the man nearest my soulx
|
|
who like a brother toilxd in my affairs
|
|
and laid his love and life under my footx
|
|
yeax for my sakex even to the eyes of richard
|
|
gave him defiancex but which of you was byx
|
|
xto warwickx youx cousin nevilx as i may rememberx
|
|
when richardx with his eye brim full of tearsx
|
|
then checkxd and rated by northumberlandx
|
|
did speak these wordsx now provxd a prophecyx
|
|
xnorthumberlandx thou ladder by the which
|
|
my cousin bolingbroke ascends my thronexx
|
|
though thenx god knowsx i had no such intent
|
|
but that necessity so bowxd the state
|
|
that i and greatness were compellxd to kissx
|
|
xthe time shall comexx thus did he follow itx
|
|
xthe time will come that foul sinx gathering headx
|
|
shall break into corruptionx so went onx
|
|
foretelling this same timexs condition
|
|
and the division of our amityx
|
|
warwickx there is a history in all menxs livesx
|
|
figuring the natures of the times deceasxdx
|
|
the which observxdx a man may prophesyx
|
|
with a near aimx of the main chance of things
|
|
as yet not come to lifex who in their seeds
|
|
and weak beginning lie intreasuredx
|
|
such things become the hatch and brood of timex
|
|
andx by the necessary form of thisx
|
|
king richard might create a perfect guess
|
|
that great northumberlandx then false to himx
|
|
would of that seed grow to a greater falsenessx
|
|
which should not find a ground to root upon
|
|
unless on youx
|
|
kingx are these things then necessitiesx
|
|
then let us meet them like necessitiesx
|
|
and that same word even now cries out on usx
|
|
they say the bishop and northumberland
|
|
are fifty thousand strongx
|
|
warwickx it cannot bex my lordx
|
|
rumour doth doublex like the voice and echox
|
|
the numbers of the fearedx please it your grace
|
|
to go to bedx upon my soulx my lordx
|
|
the powers that you already have sent forth
|
|
shall bring this prize in very easilyx
|
|
to comfort you the morex i have receivxd
|
|
a certain instance that glendower is deadx
|
|
your majesty hath been this fortnight illx
|
|
and these unseasoned hours perforce must ad
|
|
unto your sicknessx
|
|
kingx i will take your counselx
|
|
andx were these inward wars once out of handx
|
|
we wouldx dear lordsx unto the holy landx exeunt
|
|
|
|
scene iix gloucestershirex before justicex shallowxs house
|
|
|
|
enter shallow and silencex meetingx mouldyx shadowx wartx feeblex
|
|
bullcalfx and servants behind
|
|
|
|
shallowx come onx come onx come onx give me your handx sirx give me
|
|
your handx sirx an early stirrerx by the roodx and how doth my
|
|
good cousin silencex
|
|
silencex good morrowx good cousin shallowx
|
|
shallowx and how doth my cousinx your bedxfellowx and your fairest
|
|
daughter and minex my godxdaughter ellenx
|
|
silencex alasx a black ouselx cousin shallowx
|
|
shallowx by yea and nox sirx i dare say my cousin william is become
|
|
a good scholarx he is at oxford stillx is he notx
|
|
silencex indeedx sirx to my costx
|
|
shallowx xa mustx thenx to the inns ox court shortlyx i was once of
|
|
clementxs innx where i think they will talk of mad shallow yetx
|
|
silencex you were callxd xlusty shallowx thenx cousinx
|
|
shallowx by the massx i was callxd anythingx and i would have done
|
|
anything indeed toox and roundly toox there was ix and little
|
|
john doit of staffordshirex and black george barnesx and francis
|
|
pickbonex and will squele a cotsole manx you had not four such
|
|
swingexbucklers in all the inns of court againx and i may say to
|
|
you we knew where the bonaxrobas werex and had the best of them
|
|
all at commandmentx then was jack falstaffx now sir johnx boyx
|
|
and page to thomas mowbrayx duke of norfolkx
|
|
silencex this sir johnx cousinx that comes hither anon about
|
|
soldiersx
|
|
shallowx the same sir johnx the very samex i see him break
|
|
scogginxs head at the court gatex when xa was a crack not thus
|
|
highx and the very same day did i fight with one sampson
|
|
stockfishx a fruitererx behind grayxs innx jesux jesux the mad
|
|
days that i have spentx and to see how many of my old
|
|
acquaintance are deadx
|
|
silencex we shall all followx cousinx
|
|
shallowx certainx xtis certainx very surex very surex deathx as the
|
|
psalmist saithx is certain to allx all shall diex how a good yoke
|
|
of bullocks at stamford fairx
|
|
silencex by my trothx i was not therex
|
|
shallowx death is certainx is old double of your town living yetx
|
|
silencex deadx sirx
|
|
shallowx jesux jesux deadx drew a good bowx and deadx xa shot a
|
|
fine shootx john a gaunt loved him wellx and betted much money on
|
|
his headx deadx xa would have clappxd ix thx clout at twelve
|
|
scorex and carried you a forehand shaft a fourteen and fourteen
|
|
and a halfx that it would have done a manxs heart good to seex
|
|
how a score of ewes nowx
|
|
silencex thereafter as they bex a score of good ewes may be worth
|
|
ten poundsx
|
|
shallowx and is old double deadx
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|
|
|
enter bardolphx and one with him
|
|
|
|
silencex here come two of sir john falstaffs menx as i thinkx
|
|
shallowx good morrowx honest gentlemenx
|
|
bardolphx i beseech youx which is justice shallowx
|
|
shallowx i am robert shallowx sirx a poor esquire of this countyx
|
|
and one of the kingxs justices of the peacex what is your good
|
|
pleasure with mex
|
|
bardolphx my captainx sirx commends him to youx my captainx sir
|
|
john falstaffx a tall gentlemanx by heavenx and a most gallant
|
|
leaderx
|
|
shallowx he greets me wellx sirx i knew him a good backxsword manx
|
|
how doth the good knightx may i ask how my lady his wife dothx
|
|
bardolphx sirx pardonx a soldier is better accommodated than with a
|
|
wifex
|
|
shallowx it is well saidx in faithx sirx and it is well said indeed
|
|
toox xbetter accommodatedxx it is goodx yeax indeedx is itx good
|
|
phrases are surelyx and ever werex very commendablex
|
|
xaccommodatedxx it comes of accommodox very goodx a good phrasex
|
|
bardolphx pardonx sirx i have heard the wordx xphrasex call you itx
|
|
by this dayx i know not the phrasex but i will maintain the word
|
|
with my sword to be a soldierxlike wordx and a word of exceeding
|
|
good commandx by heavenx accommodatedx that isx when a man isx as
|
|
they sayx accommodatedx orx when a man is beingxwhereby xa may be
|
|
thought to be accommodatedx which is an excellent thingx
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|
|
|
enter falstaff
|
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|
shallowx it is very justx lookx here comes good sir johnx give me
|
|
your good handx give me your worshipxs good handx by my trothx
|
|
you like well and bear your years very wellx welcomex good sir
|
|
johnx
|
|
falstaffx i am glad to see you wellx good master robert shallowx
|
|
master surecardx as i thinkx
|
|
shallowx nox sir johnx it is my cousin silencex in commission with
|
|
mex
|
|
falstaffx good master silencex it well befits you should be of the
|
|
peacex
|
|
silencex your good worship is welcomex
|
|
falstaffx fiex this is hot weatherx gentlemenx have you provided me
|
|
here half a dozen sufficient menx
|
|
shallowx marryx have wex sirx will you sitx
|
|
falstaffx let me see themx i beseech youx
|
|
shallowx wherexs the rollx wherexs the rollx wherexs the rollx let
|
|
me seex let me seex let me seex sox sox sox soxx sox sox yeax
|
|
marryx sirx rafe mouldyx let them appear as i callx let them do
|
|
sox let them do sox let me seex where is mouldyx
|
|
mouldyx herex anxt please youx
|
|
shallowx what think youx sir johnx a goodxlimbxd fellowx youngx
|
|
strongx and of good friendsx
|
|
falstaffx is thy name mouldyx
|
|
mouldyx yeax anxt please youx
|
|
falstaffx xtis the more time thou wert usxdx
|
|
shallowx hax hax hax most excellentx ix faithx things that are
|
|
mouldy lack usex very singular goodx in faithx well saidx sir
|
|
johnx very well saidx
|
|
falstaffx prick himx
|
|
mouldyx i was prickxd well enough beforex an you could have let me
|
|
alonex my old dame will be undone now for one to do her husbandry
|
|
and her drudgeryx you need not to have prickxd mex there are
|
|
other men fitter to go out than ix
|
|
falstaffx go tox peacex mouldyx you shall gox mouldyx it is time
|
|
you were spentx
|
|
mouldyx spentx
|
|
shallowx peacex fellowx peacex stand asidex know you where you arex
|
|
for thx otherx sir johnx let me seex simon shadowx
|
|
falstaffx yeax marryx let me have him to sit underx hexs like to be
|
|
a cold soldierx
|
|
shallowx wherexs shadowx
|
|
shadowx herex sirx
|
|
falstaffx shadowx whose son art thoux
|
|
shadowx my motherxs sonx sirx
|
|
falstaffx thy motherxs sonx like enoughx and thy fatherxs shadowx
|
|
so the son of the female is the shadow of the malex it is often
|
|
so indeedx but much of the fatherxs substancex
|
|
shallowx do you like himx sir johnx
|
|
falstaffx shadow will serve for summerx prick himx for we have a
|
|
number of shadows fill up the musterxbookx
|
|
shallowx thomas wartx
|
|
falstaffx wherexs hex
|
|
wartx herex sirx
|
|
falstaffx is thy name wartx
|
|
wartx yeax sirx
|
|
falstaffx thou art a very ragged wartx
|
|
shallowx shall i prick himx sir johnx
|
|
falstaffx it were superfluousx for his apparel is built upon his
|
|
backx and the whole frame stands upon pinsx prick him no morex
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shallowx hax hax hax you can do itx sirx you can do itx i commend
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you wellx francis feeblex
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feeblex herex sirx
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falstaffx what trade art thoux feeblex
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feeblex a womanxs tailorx sirx
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shallowx shall i prick himx sirx
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falstaffx you mayx but if he had been a manxs tailorx hexd hax
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prickxd youx wilt thou make as many holes in an enemyxs battle as
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thou hast done in a womanxs petticoatx
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feeblex i will do my good willx sirx you can have no morex
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falstaffx well saidx good womanxs tailorx well saidx courageous
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feeblex thou wilt be as valiant as the wrathful dove or most
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magnanimous mousex prick the womanxs tailorx wellx master
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shallowx deepx master shallowx
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feeblex i would wart might have gonex sirx
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falstaffx i would thou wert a manxs tailorx that thou mightst mend
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him and make him fit to gox i cannot put him to a private
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soldierx that is the leader of so many thousandsx let that
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sufficex most forcible feeblex
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feeblex it shall sufficex sirx
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falstaffx i am bound to theex reverend feeblex who is nextx
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shallowx peter bullcalf ox thx greenx
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falstaffx yeax marryx letxs see bullcalfx
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bullcalfx herex sirx
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falstaffx fore godx a likely fellowx comex prick me bullcalf till
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he roar againx
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bullcalfx o lordx good my lord captainx
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falstaffx whatx dost thou roar before thou art prickxdx
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bullcalfx o lordx sirx i am a diseased manx
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falstaffx what disease hast thoux
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bullcalfx a whoreson coldx sirx a coughx sirx which i caught with
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ringing in the kingxs affairs upon his coronation dayx sirx
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falstaffx comex thou shalt go to the wars in a gownx we will have
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away thy coldx and i will take such order that thy friends shall
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ring for theex is here allx
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shallowx here is two more callxd than your numberx you must have
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but four herex sirx and sox i pray youx go in with me to dinnerx
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falstaffx comex i will go drink with youx but i cannot tarry
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dinnerx i am glad to see youx by my trothx master shallowx
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shallowx ox sir johnx do you remember since we lay all night in the
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windmill in saint georgexs fieldx
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falstaffx no more of thatx master shallowx no more of thatx
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shallowx hax xtwas a merry nightx and is jane nightwork alivex
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falstaffx she livesx master shallowx
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shallowx she never could away with mex
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falstaffx neverx neverx she would always say she could not abide
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master shallowx
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shallowx by the massx i could anger her to thx heartx she was then
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a bonaxrobax doth she hold her own wellx
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falstaffx oldx oldx master shallowx
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shallowx nayx she must be oldx she cannot choose but be oldx
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certain shexs oldx and had robin nightworkx by old nightworkx
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before i came to clementxs innx
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silencex thatxs fiftyxfive year agox
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shallowx hax cousin silencex that thou hadst seen that that this
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knight and i have seenx hax sir johnx said i wellx
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falstaffx we have heard the chimes at midnightx master shallowx
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shallowx that we havex that we havex that we havex in faithx sir
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johnx we havex our watchword was xhemx boysxx comex letxs to
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dinnerx comex letxs to dinnerx jesusx the days that we have seenx
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|
comex comex
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exeunt falstaff and the justices
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bullcalfx good master corporate bardolphx stand my friendx and
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herexs four harry ten shillings in french crowns for youx in very
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truthx sirx i had as lief be hangxdx sirx as gox and yetx for
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mine own partx sirx i do not carex but rather because i am
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|
unwilling andx for mine own partx have a desire to stay with my
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|
friendsx elsex sirx i did not care for mine own part so muchx
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bardolphx go tox stand asidex
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mouldyx andx good master corporal captainx for my old damexs sakex
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stand my friendx she has nobody to do anything about her when i
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am gonex and she is oldx and cannot help herselfx you shall have
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fortyx sirx
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bardolphx go tox stand asidex
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feeblex by my trothx i care notx a man can die but oncex we owe god
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|
a deathx ixll nexer bear a base mindx anxt be my destinyx sox
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anxt be notx sox no manxs too good to serve xs princex andx let
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|
it go which way it willx he that dies this year is quit for the
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nextx
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bardolphx well saidx thxart a good fellowx
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feeblex faithx ixll bear no base mindx
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rexenter falstaff and the justices
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falstaffx comex sirx which men shall i havex
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shallowx four of which you pleasex
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bardolphx sirx a word with youx i have three pound to free mouldy
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and bullcalfx
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falstaffx go tox wellx
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shallowx comex sir johnx which four will you havex
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|
falstaffx do you choose for mex
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shallowx marryx thenx mouldyx bullcalfx feeblex and shadowx
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falstaffx mouldy and bullcalfx for youx mouldyx stay at home till
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you are past servicex and for your partx bullcalfx grow you come
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|
unto itx i will none of youx
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|
shallowx sir johnx sir johnx do not yourself wrongx they are your
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|
likeliest menx and i would have you servxd with the bestx
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|
falstaffx will you tell mex master shallowx how to choose a manx
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care i for the limbx the thewsx the staturex bulkx and big
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|
assemblance of a manx give me the spiritx master shallowx herexs
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|
wartx you see what a ragged appearance it isx xa shall charge you
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|
and discharge you with the motion of a pewtererxs hammerx come
|
|
off and on swifter than he that gibbets on the brewerxs bucketx
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|
and this same halfxfacxd fellowx shadowx give me this manx he
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|
presents no mark to the enemyx the foeman may with as great aim
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|
level at the edge of a penknifex andx for a retreatx how swiftly
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|
will this feeblex the womanxs tailorx run offx ox give me the
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|
spare menx and spare me the great onesx put me a caliver into
|
|
wartxs handx bardolphx
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|
bardolphx holdx wartx traversex thusx thusx thusx
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falstaffx comex manage me your caliverx sox very wellx go tox very
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goodx exceeding goodx ox give me always a littlex leanx oldx
|
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choptx bald shotx well saidx ix faithx wartx thxart a good scabx
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|
holdx therexs a tester for theex
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|
shallowx he is not his craftxs masterx he doth not do it rightx i
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|
remember at milexend greenx when i lay at clementxs innx i was
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|
then sir dagonet in arthurxs showx there was a little quiver
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|
fellowx and xa would manage you his piece thusx and xa would
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|
about and aboutx and come you in and come you inx xrahx tahx
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tahxx would xa sayx xbouncexx would xa sayx and away again would
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xa gox and again would xa comex i shall nexer see such a fellowx
|
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falstaffx these fellows will do wellx master shallowx god keep youx
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master silencex i will not use many words with youx fare you
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|
wellx gentlemen bothx i thank youx i must a dozen mile toxnightx
|
|
bardolphx give the soldiers coatsx
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shallowx sir johnx the lord bless youx god prosper your affairsx
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|
god send us peacex at your returnx visit our housex let our old
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|
acquaintance be renewedx peradventure i will with ye to the
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|
courtx
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falstaffx fore godx would you wouldx
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|
shallowx go tox i have spoke at a wordx god keep youx
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|
falstaffx fare you wellx gentle gentlemenx xexeunt justicesx onx
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|
bardolphx lead the men awayx xexeunt all but falstaffx as i
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|
returnx i will fetch off these justicesx i do see the bottom of
|
|
justice shallowx lordx lordx how subject we old men are to this
|
|
vice of lyingx this same starvxd justice hath done nothing but
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|
prate to me of the wildness of his youth and the feats he hath
|
|
done about turnbull streetx and every third word a liex duer paid
|
|
to the hearer than the turkxs tributex i do remember him at
|
|
clementxs innx like a man made after supper of a cheesexparingx
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|
when xa was nakedx he was for all the world like a forkxd radishx
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|
with a head fantastically carved upon it with a knifex xa was so
|
|
forlorn that his dimensions to any thick sight were invisiblex xa
|
|
was the very genius of faminex yet lecherous as a monkeyx and the
|
|
whores callxd him mandrakex xa came ever in the rearward of the
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|
fashionx and sung those tunes to the overscutchxd huswifes that
|
|
he heard the carmen whistlex and sware they were his fancies or
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|
his goodxnightsx and now is this vicexs dagger become a squirex
|
|
and talks as familiarly of john a gaunt as if he had been sworn
|
|
brother to himx and ixll be sworn xa nexer saw him but once in
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|
the tiltyardx and then he burst his head for crowding among the
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|
marshalxs menx i saw itx and told john a gaunt he beat his own
|
|
namex for you might have thrust him and all his apparel into an
|
|
eelxskinx the case of a treble hautboy was a mansion for himx a
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|
courtx and now has he land and beevesx wellx ixll be acquainted
|
|
with him if i returnx and xt shall go hard but ixll make him a
|
|
philosopherxs two stones to mex if the young dace be a bait for
|
|
the old pikex i see no reason in the law of nature but i may snap
|
|
at himx let time shapex and there an endx exit
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|
act ivx scene ix yorkshirex within the forest of gaultree
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|
enter the archbishop of yorkx mowbrayx hastingsx and others
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archbishopx what is this forest callxd
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|
hastingsx xtis gaultree forestx anxt shall please your gracex
|
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archbishopx here standx my lordsx and send discoverers forth
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|
to know the numbers of our enemiesx
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|
hastingsx we have sent forth alreadyx
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|
archbishopx xtis well donex
|
|
my friends and brethren in these great affairsx
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|
i must acquaint you that i have receivxd
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|
newxdated letters from northumberlandx
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|
their cold intentx tenourx and substancex thusx
|
|
here doth he wish his personx with such powers
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|
as might hold sortance with his qualityx
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|
the which he could not levyx whereupon
|
|
he is retirxdx to ripe his growing fortunesx
|
|
to scotlandx and concludes in hearty prayers
|
|
that your attempts may overlive the hazard
|
|
and fearful meeting of their oppositex
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|
mowbrayx thus do the hopes we have in him touch ground
|
|
and dash themselves to piecesx
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enter a messenger
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hastingsx nowx what newsx
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|
messengerx west of this forestx scarcely off a milex
|
|
in goodly form comes on the enemyx
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|
andx by the ground they hidex i judge their number
|
|
upon or near the rate of thirty thousandx
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|
mowbrayx the just proportion that we gave them outx
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|
let us sway on and face them in the fieldx
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enter westmoreland
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archbishopx what wellxappointed leader fronts us herex
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mowbrayx i think it is my lord of westmorelandx
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|
westmorelandx health and fair greeting from our generalx
|
|
the princex lord john and duke of lancasterx
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|
archbishopx say onx my lord of westmorelandx in peacex
|
|
what doth concern your comingx
|
|
westmorelandx thenx my lordx
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|
unto your grace do i in chief address
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|
the substance of my speechx if that rebellion
|
|
came like itselfx in base and abject routsx
|
|
led on by bloody youthx guarded with ragsx
|
|
and countenancxd by boys and beggaryx
|
|
i sayx if damnxd commotion so appearxd
|
|
in his truex nativex and most proper shapex
|
|
youx reverend fatherx and these noble lordsx
|
|
had not been here to dress the ugly form
|
|
of base and bloody insurrection
|
|
with your fair honoursx youx lord archbishopx
|
|
whose see is by a civil peace maintainxdx
|
|
whose beard the silver hand of peace hath touchxdx
|
|
whose learning and good letters peace hath tutorxdx
|
|
whose white investments figure innocencex
|
|
the dovex and very blessed spirit of peacex
|
|
wherefore you do so ill translate yourself
|
|
out of the speech of peacex that bears such gracex
|
|
into the harsh and boistxrous tongue of warx
|
|
turning your books to gravesx your ink to bloodx
|
|
your pens to lancesx and your tongue divine
|
|
to a loud trumpet and a point of warx
|
|
archbishopx wherefore do i thisx so the question standsx
|
|
briefly to this endx we are all diseasxd
|
|
and with our surfeiting and wanton hours
|
|
have brought ourselves into a burning feverx
|
|
and we must bleed for itx of which disease
|
|
our late kingx richardx being infectedx diedx
|
|
butx my most noble lord of westmorelandx
|
|
i take not on me here as a physicianx
|
|
nor do i as an enemy to peace
|
|
troop in the throngs of military menx
|
|
but rather show awhile like fearful war
|
|
to diet rank minds sick of happinessx
|
|
and purge thx obstructions which begin to stop
|
|
our very veins of lifex hear me more plainlyx
|
|
i have in equal balance justly weighxd
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|
what wrongs our arms may dox what wrongs we sufferx
|
|
and find our griefs heavier than our offencesx
|
|
we see which way the stream of time doth run
|
|
and are enforcxd from our most quiet there
|
|
by the rough torrent of occasionx
|
|
and have the summary of all our griefsx
|
|
when time shall servex to show in articlesx
|
|
which long ere this we offerxd to the kingx
|
|
and might by no suit gain our audiencex
|
|
when we are wrongxdx and would unfold our griefsx
|
|
we are denied access unto his personx
|
|
even by those men that most have done us wrongx
|
|
the dangers of the days but newly gonex
|
|
whose memory is written on the earth
|
|
with yet appearing bloodx and the examples
|
|
of every minutexs instancex present nowx
|
|
hath put us in these illxbeseeming armsx
|
|
not to break peacex or any branch of itx
|
|
but to establish here a peace indeedx
|
|
concurring both in name and qualityx
|
|
westmorelandx when ever yet was your appeal deniedx
|
|
wherein have you been galled by the kingx
|
|
what peer hath been subornxd to grate on you
|
|
that you should seal this lawless bloody book
|
|
of forgxd rebellion with a seal divinex
|
|
and consecrate commotionxs bitter edgex
|
|
archbishopx my brother generalx the commonwealthx
|
|
to brother horn an household crueltyx
|
|
i make my quarrel in particularx
|
|
westmorelandx there is no need of any such redressx
|
|
or if there werex it not belongs to youx
|
|
mowbrayx why not to him in partx and to us all
|
|
that feel the bruises of the days beforex
|
|
and suffer the condition of these times
|
|
to lay a heavy and unequal hand
|
|
upon our honoursx
|
|
westmorelandx o my good lord mowbrayx
|
|
construe the times to their necessitiesx
|
|
and you shall sayx indeedx it is the timex
|
|
and not the kingx that doth you injuriesx
|
|
yetx for your partx it not appears to mex
|
|
either from the king or in the present timex
|
|
that you should have an inch of any ground
|
|
to build a grief onx were you not restorxd
|
|
to all the duke of norfolkxs signioriesx
|
|
your noble and right wellxremembxred fatherxsx
|
|
mowbrayx what thingx in honourx had my father lost
|
|
that need to be revivxd and breathxd in mex
|
|
the king that lovxd himx as the state stood thenx
|
|
was force perforce compellxd to banish himx
|
|
and then that henry bolingbroke and hex
|
|
being mounted and both roused in their seatsx
|
|
their neighing coursers daring of the spurx
|
|
their armed staves in chargex their beavers downx
|
|
their eyes of fire sparkling through sights of steelx
|
|
and the loud trumpet blowing them togetherx
|
|
thenx thenx when there was nothing could have stayxd
|
|
my father from the breast of bolingbrokex
|
|
ox when the king did throw his warder downx
|
|
his own life hung upon the staff he threwx
|
|
then threw he down himselfx and all their lives
|
|
that by indictment and by dint of sword
|
|
have since miscarried under bolingbrokex
|
|
westmorelandx you speakx lord mowbrayx now you know not whatx
|
|
the earl of hereford was reputed then
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|
in england the most valiant gentlemanx
|
|
who knows on whom fortune would then have smilxdx
|
|
but if your father had been victor therex
|
|
he nexer had borne it out of coventryx
|
|
for all the countryx in a general voicex
|
|
cried hate upon himx and all their prayers and love
|
|
were set on herefordx whom they doted onx
|
|
and blessxd and gracxd indeed more than the kingx
|
|
but this is mere digression from my purposex
|
|
here come i from our princely general
|
|
to know your griefsx to tell you from his grace
|
|
that he will give you audiencex and wherein
|
|
it shall appear that your demands are justx
|
|
you shall enjoy themx everything set off
|
|
that might so much as think you enemiesx
|
|
mowbrayx but he hath forcxd us to compel this offerx
|
|
and it proceeds from policyx not lovex
|
|
westmorelandx mowbrayx you overween to take it sox
|
|
this offer comes from mercyx not from fearx
|
|
forx lox within a ken our army liesx
|
|
upon mine honourx all too confident
|
|
to give admittance to a thought of fearx
|
|
our battle is more full of names than yoursx
|
|
our men more perfect in the use of armsx
|
|
our armour all as strongx our cause the bestx
|
|
then reason will our hearts should be as goodx
|
|
say you notx thenx our offer is compellxdx
|
|
mowbrayx wellx by my will we shall admit no parleyx
|
|
westmorelandx that argues but the shame of your offencex
|
|
a rotten case abides no handlingx
|
|
hastingsx hath the prince john a full commissionx
|
|
in very ample virtue of his fatherx
|
|
to hear and absolutely to determine
|
|
of what conditions we shall stand uponx
|
|
westmorelandx that is intended in the generalxs namex
|
|
i muse you make so slight a questionx
|
|
archbishopx then takex my lord of westmorelandx this schedulex
|
|
for this contains our general grievancesx
|
|
each several article herein redressxdx
|
|
all members of our causex both here and hencex
|
|
that are insinewed to this actionx
|
|
acquitted by a true substantial formx
|
|
and present execution of our wills
|
|
to us and to our purposes confinxdx
|
|
we come within our awful banks againx
|
|
and knit our powers to the arm of peacex
|
|
westmorelandx this will i show the generalx please youx lordsx
|
|
in sight of both our battles we may meetx
|
|
and either end in peacex which god so framexx
|
|
or to the place of diffxrence call the swords
|
|
which must decide itx
|
|
archbishopx my lordx we will do sox exit westmoreland
|
|
mowbrayx there is a thing within my bosom tells me
|
|
that no conditions of our peace can standx
|
|
hastingsx fear you not thatx if we can make our peace
|
|
upon such large terms and so absolute
|
|
as our conditions shall consist uponx
|
|
our peace shall stand as firm as rocky mountainsx
|
|
mowbrayx yeax but our valuation shall be such
|
|
that every slight and falsexderived causex
|
|
yeax every idlex nicex and wanton reasonx
|
|
shall to the king taste of this actionx
|
|
thatx were our royal faiths martyrs in lovex
|
|
we shall be winnowxd with so rough a wind
|
|
that even our corn shall seem as light as chaffx
|
|
and good from bad find no partitionx
|
|
archbishopx nox nox my lordx note thisx the king is weary
|
|
of dainty and such picking grievancesx
|
|
for he hath found to end one doubt by death
|
|
revives two greater in the heirs of lifex
|
|
and therefore will he wipe his tables cleanx
|
|
and keep no tellxtale to his memory
|
|
that may repeat and history his los
|
|
to new remembrancex for full well he knows
|
|
he cannot so precisely weed this land
|
|
as his misdoubts present occasionx
|
|
his foes are so enrooted with his friends
|
|
thatx plucking to unfix an enemyx
|
|
he doth unfasten so and shake a friendx
|
|
so that this landx like an offensive wife
|
|
that hath enragxd him on to offer strokesx
|
|
as he is strikingx holds his infant upx
|
|
and hangs resolvxd correction in the arm
|
|
that was uprearxd to executionx
|
|
hastingsx besidesx the king hath wasted all his rods
|
|
on late offendersx that he now doth lack
|
|
the very instruments of chastisementx
|
|
so that his powerx like to a fangless lionx
|
|
may offerx but not holdx
|
|
archbishopx xtis very truex
|
|
and therefore be assurxdx my good lord marshalx
|
|
if we do now make our atonement wellx
|
|
our peace willx like a broken limb unitedx
|
|
grow stronger for the breakingx
|
|
mowbrayx be it sox
|
|
here is returnxd my lord of westmorelandx
|
|
|
|
rexenter westmoreland
|
|
|
|
westmorelandx the prince is here at handx pleaseth your lordship
|
|
to meet his grace just distance xtween our armiesx
|
|
mowbrayx your grace of yorkx in godxs name thenx set forwardx
|
|
archbishopx beforex and greet his gracex my lordx we comex
|
|
exeunt
|
|
|
|
scene iix another part of the forest
|
|
|
|
enterx from one sidex mowbrayx attendedx afterwardsx the archbishopx
|
|
hastingsx and othersx from the other sidex prince john of lancasterx
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westmorelandx officersx and others
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prince johnx you are well encountxred herex my cousin mowbrayx
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good day to youx gentle lord archbishopx
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and so to youx lord hastingsx and to allx
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my lord of yorkx it better showxd with you
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when that your flockx assembled by the bellx
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encircled you to hear with reverence
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your exposition on the holy text
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than now to see you here an iron manx
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cheering a rout of rebels with your drumx
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turning the word to swordx and life to deathx
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that man that sits within a monarchxs heart
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and ripens in the sunshine of his favourx
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would he abuse the countenance of the kingx
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alackx what mischiefs might he set abroach
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in shadow of such greatnessx with youx lord bishopx
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it is even sox who hath not heard it spoken
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how deep you were within the books of godx
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to us the speaker in his parliamentx
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to us thx imaginxd voice of god himselfx
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the very opener and intelligencer
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between the gracex the sanctities of heavenx
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and our dull workingsx ox who shall believe
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but you misuse the reverence of your placex
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employ the countenance and grace of heavxn
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as a false favourite doth his princexs namex
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in deeds dishonourablex you have taxen upx
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under the counterfeited zeal of godx
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the subjects of his substitutex my fatherx
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and both against the peace of heaven and him
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have here upxswarmxd themx
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archbishopx good my lord of lancasterx
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i am not here against your fatherxs peacex
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butx as i told my lord of westmorelandx
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the time misordxred dothx in common sensex
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crowd us and crush us to this monstrous form
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to hold our safety upx i sent your grace
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the parcels and particulars of our griefx
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the which hath been with scorn shovxd from the courtx
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whereon this hydra son of war is bornx
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whose dangerous eyes may well be charmxd asleep
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with grant of our most just and right desiresx
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and true obediencex of this madness curxdx
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stoop tamely to the foot of majestyx
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mowbrayx if notx we ready are to try our fortunes
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to the last manx
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hastingsx and though we here fall downx
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we have supplies to second our attemptx
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if they miscarryx theirs shall second themx
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and so success of mischief shall be bornx
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and heir from heir shall hold this quarrel up
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whiles england shall have generationx
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prince johnx you are too shallowx hastingsx much to shallowx
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to sound the bottom of the afterxtimesx
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westmorelandx pleaseth your grace to answer them directly
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how far forth you do like their articlesx
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prince johnx i like them all and do allow them wellx
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and swear herex by the honour of my bloodx
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my fatherxs purposes have been mistookx
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and some about him have too lavishly
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wrested his meaning and authorityx
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my lordx these griefs shall be with speed redressxdx
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upon my soulx they shallx if this may please youx
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discharge your powers unto their several countiesx
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as we will oursx and herex between the armiesx
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letxs drink together friendly and embracex
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that all their eyes may bear those tokens home
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of our restored love and amityx
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archbishopx i take your princely word for these redressesx
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prince johnx i give it youx and will maintain my wordx
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and thereupon i drink unto your gracex
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hastingsx gox captainx and deliver to the army
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this news of peacex let them have payx and partx
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i know it will please themx hie theex captainx
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exit officer
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archbishopx to youx my noble lord of westmorelandx
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westmorelandx i pledge your gracex and if you knew what pains
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i have bestowxd to breed this present peacex
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you would drink freelyx but my love to ye
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shall show itself more openly hereafterx
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archbishopx i do not doubt youx
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westmorelandx i am glad of itx
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health to my lord and gentle cousinx mowbrayx
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mowbrayx you wish me health in very happy seasonx
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for i am on the sudden something illx
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archbishopx against ill chances men are ever merryx
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but heaviness foreruns the good eventx
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westmorelandx therefore be merryx cozx since sudden sorrow
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|
serves to say thusx xsome good thing comes toxmorrowxx
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archbishopx believe mex i am passing light in spiritx
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mowbrayx so much the worsex if your own rule be truex
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xshouts withinx
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prince johnx the word of peace is rendxredx harkx how they shoutx
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mowbrayx this had been cheerful after victoryx
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archbishopx a peace is of the nature of a conquestx
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for then both parties nobly are subduxdx
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and neither party loserx
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prince johnx gox my lordx
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and let our army be discharged toox
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|
exit westmoreland
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andx good my lordx so please you let our trains
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march by usx that we may peruse the men
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we should have copxd withalx
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archbishopx gox good lord hastingsx
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andx ere they be dismissxdx let them march byx
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|
exit hastings
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prince johnx i trustx lordsx we shall lie toxnight togetherx
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rexenter westmoreland
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nowx cousinx wherefore stands our army stillx
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westmorelandx the leadersx having charge from you to standx
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will not go off until they hear you speakx
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prince johnx they know their dutiesx
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rexenter hastings
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hastingsx my lordx our army is dispersxd alreadyx
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like youthful steers unyokxdx they take their courses
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|
eastx westx northx southx or like a school broke upx
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|
each hurries toward his home and sportingxplacex
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|
westmorelandx good tidingsx my lord hastingsx for the which
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|
i do arrest theex traitorx of high treasonx
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|
and youx lord archbishopx and youx lord mowbrayx
|
|
of capital treason i attach you bothx
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|
mowbrayx is this proceeding just and honourablex
|
|
westmorelandx is your assembly sox
|
|
archbishopx will you thus break your faithx
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|
prince johnx i pawnxd thee nonex
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|
i promisxd you redress of these same grievances
|
|
whereof you did complainx whichx by mine honourx
|
|
i will perform with a most christian carex
|
|
but for youx rebelsx look to taste the due
|
|
meet for rebellion and such acts as yoursx
|
|
most shallowly did you these arms commencex
|
|
fondly brought herex and foolishly sent hencex
|
|
strike up our drumsx pursue the scattxred strayx
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|
godx and not wex hath safely fought toxdayx
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|
some guard these traitors to the block of deathx
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|
treasonxs true bed and yielderxup of breathx exeunt
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scene iiix another part of the forest
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alarumx excursionsx enter falstaff and colvillex meeting
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falstaffx whatxs your namex sirx of what condition are youx and of
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what placex i prayx
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colvillex i am a knight sirx and my name is colville of the dalex
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|
falstaffx well thenx colville is your namex a knight is your
|
|
degreex and your place the dalex colville shall still be your
|
|
namex a traitor your degreex and the dungeon your placex a place
|
|
deep enoughx so shall you be still colville of the dalex
|
|
colvillex are not you sir john falstaffx
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|
falstaffx as good a man as hex sirx whoexer i amx do you yieldx
|
|
sirx or shall i sweat for youx if i do sweatx they are the drops
|
|
of thy loversx and they weep for thy deathx therefore rouse up
|
|
fear and tremblingx and do observance to my mercyx
|
|
colvillex i think you are sir john falstaffx and in that thought
|
|
yield mex
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|
falstaffx i have a whole school of tongues in this belly of minex
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|
and not a tongue of them all speaks any other word but my namex
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an i had but a belly of any indifferencyx i were simply the most
|
|
active fellow in europex my wombx my wombx my womb undoes mex
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|
here comes our generalx
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enter prince john of lancasterx westmorelandx
|
|
bluntx and others
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|
prince johnx the heat is pastx follow no further nowx
|
|
call in the powersx good cousin westmorelandx
|
|
exit westmoreland
|
|
nowx falstaffx where have you been all this whilex
|
|
when everything is endedx then you comex
|
|
these tardy tricks of yours willx on my lifex
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|
one time or other break some gallowsx backx
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|
falstaffx i would be sorryx my lordx but it should be thusx i never
|
|
knew yet but rebuke and check was the reward of valourx do you
|
|
think me a swallowx an arrowx or a bulletx have ix in my poor and
|
|
old motionx the expedition of thoughtx i have speeded hither with
|
|
the very extremest inch of possibilityx i have foundxred nine
|
|
score and odd postsx and herex travel tainted as i amx havex in
|
|
my pure and immaculate valourx taken sir john colville of the
|
|
dalexa most furious knight and valorous enemyx but what of thatx
|
|
he saw mex and yieldedx that i may justly say with the hookxnosxd
|
|
fellow of romexi camex sawx and overcamex
|
|
prince johnx it was more of his courtesy than your deservingx
|
|
falstaffx i know notx here he isx and here i yield himx and i
|
|
beseech your gracex let it be bookxd with the rest of this dayxs
|
|
deedsx orx by the lordx i will have it in a particular ballad
|
|
elsex with mine own picture on the top onxtx colville kissing my
|
|
footx to the which course if i be enforcxdx if you do not all
|
|
show like gilt twopences to mex and ix in the clear sky of famex
|
|
oxershine you as much as the full moon doth the cinders of the
|
|
elementx which show like pinsx heads to herx believe not the word
|
|
of the noblex therefore let me have rightx and let desert mountx
|
|
prince johnx thinexs too heavy to mountx
|
|
falstaffx let it shinex thenx
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|
prince johnx thinexs too thick to shinex
|
|
falstaffx let it do somethingx my good lordx that may do me goodx
|
|
and call it what you willx
|
|
prince johnx is thy name colvillex
|
|
colvillex it isx my lordx
|
|
prince johnx a famous rebel art thoux colvillex
|
|
falstaffx and a famous true subject took himx
|
|
colvillex i amx my lordx but as my betters are
|
|
that led me hitherx had they been rulxd by mex
|
|
you should have won them dearer than you havex
|
|
falstaffx i know not how they sold themselvesx but thoux like a
|
|
kind fellowx gavest thyself away gratisx and i thank thee for
|
|
theex
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|
|
rexenter westmoreland
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|
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|
prince johnx nowx have you left pursuitx
|
|
westmorelandx retreat is madex and execution stayxdx
|
|
prince johnx send colvillex with his confederatesx
|
|
to yorkx to present executionx
|
|
bluntx lead him hencex and see you guard him surex
|
|
exeunt blunt and others
|
|
and now dispatch we toward the courtx my lordsx
|
|
i hear the king my father is sore sickx
|
|
our news shall go before us to his majestyx
|
|
whichx cousinx you shall bear to comfort him
|
|
and we with sober speed will follow youx
|
|
falstaffx my lordx i beseech youx give me leave to go through
|
|
gloucestershirex andx when you come to courtx stand my good lordx
|
|
prayx in your good reportx
|
|
prince johnx fare you wellx falstaffx ix in my conditionx
|
|
shall better speak of you than you deservex
|
|
exeunt all but falstaff
|
|
falstaffx i would you had but the witx xtwere better than your
|
|
dukedomx good faithx this same young soberxblooded boy doth not
|
|
love mex nor a man cannot make him laughx but thatxs no marvelx
|
|
he drinks no winex therexs never none of these demure boys come
|
|
to any proofx for thin drink doth so overxcool their bloodx and
|
|
making many fishxmealsx that they fall into a kind of male
|
|
greenxsicknessx and thenx when they marryx they get wenchesx they
|
|
are generally fools and cowardsxwhich some of us should be toox
|
|
but for inflammationx a good sherrisxsack hath a twoxfold
|
|
operation in itx it ascends me into the brainx dries me there all
|
|
the foolish and dull and crudy vapours which environ itx makes it
|
|
apprehensivex quickx forgetivex full of nimblex fieryx and
|
|
delectable shapesx which delivered oxer to the voicex the tonguex
|
|
which is the birthx becomes excellent witx the second property of
|
|
your excellent sherris is the warming of the bloodx which beforex
|
|
cold and settledx left the liver white and palex which is the
|
|
badge of pusillanimity and cowardicex but the sherris warms itx
|
|
and makes it course from the inwards to the parts extremesx it
|
|
illumineth the facex whichx as a beaconx gives warning to all the
|
|
rest of this little kingdomx manx to armx and then the vital
|
|
commoners and inland petty spirits muster me all to their
|
|
captainx the heartx whox great and puffxd up with this retinuex
|
|
doth any deed of couragex and this valour comes of sherrisx so
|
|
that skill in the weapon is nothing without sackx for that sets
|
|
it axworkx and learningx a mere hoard of gold kept by a devil
|
|
till sack commences it and sets it in act and usex hereof comes
|
|
it that prince harry is valiantx for the cold blood he did
|
|
naturally inherit of his fatherx he hathx like leanx sterilex and
|
|
bare landx manuredx husbandedx and tillxdx with excellent
|
|
endeavour of drinking good and good store of fertile sherrisx
|
|
that he is become very hot and valiantx if i had a thousand sonsx
|
|
the first humane principle i would teach them should be to
|
|
forswear thin potations and to addict themselves to sackx
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|
|
|
enter bardolph
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|
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|
how nowx bardolphx
|
|
bardolphx the army is discharged all and gonex
|
|
falstaffx let them gox ixll through gloucestershirex and there will
|
|
i visit master robert shallowx esquirex i have him already
|
|
tempxring between my finger and my thumbx and shortly will i seal
|
|
with himx come awayx exeunt
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|
|
|
scene ivx westminsterx the jerusalem chamber
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|
|
|
enter the kingx prince thomas of clarencex prince humphrey of
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|
gloucesterx
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|
warwickx and others
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|
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|
kingx nowx lordsx if god doth give successful end
|
|
to this debate that bleedeth at our doorsx
|
|
we will our youth lead on to higher fieldsx
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|
and draw no swords but what are sanctifiedx
|
|
our navy is addressxdx our power connectedx
|
|
our substitutes in absence well investedx
|
|
and everything lies level to our wishx
|
|
only we want a little personal strengthx
|
|
and pause us till these rebelsx now afootx
|
|
come underneath the yoke of governmentx
|
|
warwickx both which we doubt not but your majesty
|
|
shall soon enjoyx
|
|
kingx humphreyx my son of gloucesterx
|
|
where is the prince your brotherx
|
|
prince humphreyx i think hexs gone to huntx my lordx at windsorx
|
|
kingx and how accompaniedx
|
|
prince humphreyx i do not knowx my lordx
|
|
kingx is not his brotherx thomas of clarencex with himx
|
|
prince humphreyx nox my good lordx he is in presence herex
|
|
clarencex what would my lord and fatherx
|
|
kingx nothing but well to theex thomas of clarencex
|
|
how chance thou art not with the prince thy brotherx
|
|
he loves theex and thou dost neglect himx thomasx
|
|
thou hast a better place in his affection
|
|
than all thy brothersx cherish itx my boyx
|
|
and noble offices thou mayst effect
|
|
of mediationx after i am deadx
|
|
between his greatness and thy other brethrenx
|
|
therefore omit him notx blunt not his lovex
|
|
nor lose the good advantage of his grace
|
|
by seeming cold or careless of his willx
|
|
for he is gracious if he be observxdx
|
|
he hath a tear for pity and a hand
|
|
open as day for melting charityx
|
|
yet notwithstandingx being incensxdx he is flintx
|
|
as humorous as winterx and as sudden
|
|
as flaws congealed in the spring of dayx
|
|
his temperx thereforex must be well observxdx
|
|
chide him for faultsx and do it reverentlyx
|
|
when you perceive his blood inclinxd to mirthx
|
|
butx being moodyx give him line and scope
|
|
till that his passionsx like a whale on groundx
|
|
confound themselves with workingx learn thisx thomasx
|
|
and thou shalt prove a shelter to thy friendsx
|
|
a hoop of gold to bind thy brothers inx
|
|
that the united vessel of their bloodx
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|
mingled with venom of suggestionx
|
|
asx force perforcex the age will pour it inx
|
|
shall never leakx though it do work as strong
|
|
as aconitum or rash gunpowderx
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|
clarencex i shall observe him with all care and lovex
|
|
kingx why art thou not at windsor with himx thomasx
|
|
clarencex he is not there toxdayx he dines in londonx
|
|
kingx and how accompaniedx canst thou tell thatx
|
|
clarencex with poinsx and other his continual followersx
|
|
kingx most subject is the fattest soil to weedsx
|
|
and hex the noble image of my youthx
|
|
is overspread with themx therefore my grief
|
|
stretches itself beyond the hour of deathx
|
|
the blood weeps from my heart when i do shapex
|
|
in forms imaginaryx thxunguided days
|
|
and rotten times that you shall look upon
|
|
when i am sleeping with my ancestorsx
|
|
for when his headstrong riot hath no curbx
|
|
when rage and hot blood are his counsellors
|
|
when means and lavish manners meet togetherx
|
|
ox with what wings shall his affections fly
|
|
towards fronting peril and opposxd decayx
|
|
warwickx my gracious lordx you look beyond him quitex
|
|
the prince but studies his companions
|
|
like a strange tonguex whereinx to gain the languagex
|
|
xtis needful that the most immodest word
|
|
be lookxd upon and learntx which once attainxdx
|
|
your highness knowsx comes to no further use
|
|
but to be known and hatedx sox like gross termsx
|
|
the prince willx in the perfectness of timex
|
|
cast off his followersx and their memory
|
|
shall as a pattern or a measure live
|
|
by which his grace must mete the lives of otherx
|
|
turning past evils to advantagesx
|
|
kingx xtis seldom when the bee doth leave her comb
|
|
in the dead carrionx
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|
|
|
enter westmoreland
|
|
|
|
whoxs herex westmorelandx
|
|
westmorelandx health to my sovereignx and new happiness
|
|
added to that that am to deliverx
|
|
prince johnx your sonx doth kiss your gracexs handx
|
|
mowbrayx the bishop scroopx hastingsx and allx
|
|
are brought to the correction of your lawx
|
|
there is not now a rebelxs sword unsheathxdx
|
|
but peace puts forth her olive everywherex
|
|
the manner how this action hath been borne
|
|
here at more leisure may your highness readx
|
|
with every course in his particularx
|
|
kingx o westmorelandx thou art a summer birdx
|
|
which ever in the haunch of winter sings
|
|
the lifting up of dayx
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|
|
|
enter harcourt
|
|
|
|
look herexs more newsx
|
|
harcourtx from enemies heaven keep your majestyx
|
|
andx when they stand against youx may they fall
|
|
as those that i am come to tell you ofx
|
|
the earl northumberland and the lord bardolphx
|
|
with a great power of english and of scotsx
|
|
are by the shrieve of yorkshire overthrownx
|
|
the manner and true order of the fight
|
|
this packetx please it youx contains at largex
|
|
kingx and wherefore should these good news make me sickx
|
|
will fortune never come with both hands fullx
|
|
but write her fair words still in foulest lettersx
|
|
she either gives a stomach and no foodx
|
|
such are the poorx in healthx or else a feastx
|
|
and takes away the stomachx such are the rich
|
|
that have abundance and enjoy it notx
|
|
i should rejoice now at this happy newsx
|
|
and now my sight failsx and my brain is giddyx
|
|
o mex come near me now i am much illx
|
|
prince humphreyx comfortx your majestyx
|
|
clarencex o my royal fatherx
|
|
westmorelandx my sovereign lordx cheer up yourselfx look upx
|
|
warwickx be patientx princesx you do know these fits
|
|
are with his highness very ordinaryx
|
|
stand from himx give him airx hexll straight be wellx
|
|
clarencex nox nox he cannot long hold out these pangsx
|
|
thx incessant care and labour of his mind
|
|
hath wrought the mure that should confine it in
|
|
so thin that life looks throughx and will break outx
|
|
prince humphreyx the people fear mex for they do observe
|
|
unfatherxd heirs and loathly births of naturex
|
|
the seasons change their mannersx as the year
|
|
had found some months asleepx and leapt them overx
|
|
clarencex the river hath thrice flowxdx no ebb betweenx
|
|
and the old folkx timexs doting chroniclesx
|
|
say it did so a little time before
|
|
that our great grandsirex edwardx sickxd and diedx
|
|
warwickx speak lowerx princesx for the king recoversx
|
|
prince humphreyx this apoplexy will certain be his endx
|
|
kingx i pray you take me upx and bear me hence
|
|
into some other chamberx softlyx prayx exeunt
|
|
|
|
scene vx westminsterx another chamber
|
|
|
|
the king lying on a bedx clarencex gloucesterx warwickx and others in
|
|
attendance
|
|
|
|
kingx let there be no noise madex my gentle friendsx
|
|
unless some dull and favourable hand
|
|
will whisper music to my weary spiritx
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warwickx call for the music in the other roomx
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kingx set me the crown upon my pillow herex
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clarencex his eye is hollowx and he changes muchx
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warwickx less noisex less noisex
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enter prince henry
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princex who saw the duke of clarencex
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clarencex i am herex brotherx full of heavinessx
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princex how nowx rain within doorsx and none abroadx
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how doth the kingx
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prince humphreyx exceeding illx
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princex heard he the good news yetx tell it himx
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prince humphreyx he altxred much upon the hearing itx
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princex if he be sick with joyx hexll recover without physicx
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warwickx not so much noisex my lordsx sweet princex speak lowx
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the king your father is disposxd to sleepx
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clarencex let us withdraw into the other roomx
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warwickx willxt please your grace to go along with usx
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princex nox i will sit and watch here by the kingx
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exeunt all but the prince
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why doth the crown lie there upon his pillowx
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being so troublesome a bedfellowx
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o polishxd perturbationx golden carex
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that keepxst the ports of slumber open wide
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to many a watchful nightx sleep with it nowx
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yet not so sound and half so deeply sweet
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as he whose brow with homely biggen bound
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snores out the watch of nightx o majestyx
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when thou dost pinch thy bearerx thou dost sit
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like a rich armour worn in heat of day
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that scaldxst with safetyx by his gates of breath
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there lies a downy feather which stirs notx
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did he suspirex that light and weightless down
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perforce must movex my gracious lordx my fatherx
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this sleep is sound indeedx this is a sleep
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that from this golden rigol hath divorcxd
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so many english kingsx thy due from me
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is tears and heavy sorrows of the blood
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which naturex lovex and filial tendernessx
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shallx o dear fatherx pay thee plenteouslyx
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my due from thee is this imperial crownx
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whichx as immediate from thy place and bloodx
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derives itself to mex xputting on the crownx lo where it sitsx
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which god shall guardx and put the worldxs whole strength
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into one giant armx it shall not force
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this lineal honour from mex this from thee
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will i to mine leave as xtis left to mex exit
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kingx warwickx gloucesterx clarencex
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rexenter warwickx gloucesterx clarence
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clarencex doth the king callx
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warwickx what would your majestyx how fares your gracex
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kingx why did you leave me here alonex my lordsx
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clarencex we left the prince my brother herex my liegex
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who undertook to sit and watch by youx
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kingx the prince of walesx where is hex let me see himx
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he is not herex
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warwickx this door is openx he is gone this wayx
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prince humphreyx he came not through the chamber where we stayxdx
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kingx where is the crownx who took it from my pillowx
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warwickx when we withdrewx my liegex we left it herex
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kingx the prince hath taxen it hencex gox seek him outx
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is he so hasty that he doth suppose
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my sleep my deathx
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find himx my lord of warwickx chide him hitherx
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|
exit warwick
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this part of his conjoins with my disease
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|
and helps to end mex seex sonsx what things you arex
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how quickly nature falls into revolt
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when gold becomes her objectx
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for this the foolish overxcareful fathers
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have broke their sleep with thoughtsx
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their brains with carex their bones with industryx
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for this they have engrossed and pilxd up
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the cankxred heaps of strangexachieved goldx
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for this they have been thoughtful to invest
|
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their sons with arts and martial exercisesx
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whenx like the beex tolling from every flower
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the virtuous sweetsx
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our thighs with waxx our mouths with honey packxdx
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we bring it to the hivex andx like the beesx
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are murdxred for our painsx this bitter taste
|
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yields his engrossments to the ending fatherx
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rexenter warwick
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now where is he that will not stay so long
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till his friend sickness hath determinxd mex
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warwickx my lordx i found the prince in the next roomx
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washing with kindly tears his gentle cheeksx
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with such a deep demeanour in great sorrowx
|
|
that tyrannyx which never quaffxd but bloodx
|
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wouldx by beholding himx have washxd his knife
|
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with gentle eyexdropsx he is coming hitherx
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|
kingx but wherefore did he take away the crownx
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rexenter prince henry
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lo where he comesx come hither to mex harryx
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depart the chamberx leave us here alonex
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exeunt all but the king and the prince
|
|
princex i never thought to hear you speak againx
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|
kingx thy wish was fatherx harryx to that thoughtx
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|
i stay too long by theex i weary theex
|
|
dost thou so hunger for mine empty chair
|
|
that thou wilt needs invest thee with my honours
|
|
before thy hour be ripex o foolish youthx
|
|
thou seekxst the greatness that will overwhelm theex
|
|
stay but a littlex for my cloud of dignity
|
|
is held from falling with so weak a wind
|
|
that it will quickly dropx my day is dimx
|
|
thou hast stolxn that whichx after some few hoursx
|
|
were thine without offensex and at my death
|
|
thou hast sealxd up my expectationx
|
|
thy life did manifest thou lovxdst me notx
|
|
and thou wilt have me die assurxd of itx
|
|
thou hidxst a thousand daggers in thy thoughtsx
|
|
which thou hast whetted on thy stony heartx
|
|
to stab at half an hour of my lifex
|
|
whatx canst thou not forbear me half an hourx
|
|
then get thee gonex and dig my grave thyselfx
|
|
and bid the merry bells ring to thine ear
|
|
that thou art crownedx not that i am deadx
|
|
let all the tears that should bedew my hearse
|
|
be drops of balm to sanctify thy headx
|
|
only compound me with forgotten dustx
|
|
give that which gave thee life unto the wormsx
|
|
pluck down my officersx break my decreesx
|
|
for now a time is come to mock at formx
|
|
harry the fifth is crownxdx upx vanityx
|
|
downx royal statex all you sage counsellorsx hencex
|
|
and to the english court assemble nowx
|
|
from every regionx apes of idlenessx
|
|
nowx neighbour confinesx purge you of your scumx
|
|
have you a ruffian that will swearx drinkx dancex
|
|
revel the nightx robx murderx and commit
|
|
the oldest sins the newest kind of waysx
|
|
be happyx he will trouble you no morex
|
|
england shall double gild his treble guiltx
|
|
england shall give him officex honourx mightx
|
|
for the fifth harry from curbxd license plucks
|
|
the muzzle of restraintx and the wild dog
|
|
shall flesh his tooth on every innocentx
|
|
o my poor kingdomx sick with civil blowsx
|
|
when that my care could not withhold thy riotsx
|
|
what wilt thou do when riot is thy carex
|
|
ox thou wilt be a wilderness againx
|
|
peopled with wolvesx thy old inhabitantsx
|
|
princex ox pardon mex my liegex but for my tearsx
|
|
the moist impediments unto my speechx
|
|
i had forestallxd this dear and deep rebuke
|
|
ere you with grief had spoke and i had heard
|
|
the course of it so farx there is your crownx
|
|
and he that wears the crown immortally
|
|
long guard it yoursx xkneelingx if i affect it more
|
|
than as your honour and as your renownx
|
|
let me no more from this obedience risex
|
|
which my most inward true and duteous spirit
|
|
teacheth this prostrate and exterior bendingx
|
|
god witness with mex when i here came in
|
|
and found no course of breath within your majestyx
|
|
how cold it struck my heartx if i do feignx
|
|
ox let me in my present wildness diex
|
|
and never live to show thx incredulous world
|
|
the noble change that i have purposedx
|
|
coming to look on youx thinking you deadx
|
|
and dead almostx my liegex to think you werex
|
|
i spake unto this crown as having sensex
|
|
and thus upbraided itx xthe care on thee depending
|
|
hath fed upon the body of my fatherx
|
|
therefore thou best of gold art worst of goldx
|
|
otherx less fine in caratx is more preciousx
|
|
preserving life in medxcine potablex
|
|
but thoux most finex most honourxdx most renownxdx
|
|
hast eat thy bearer upxx thusx my most royal liegex
|
|
accusing itx i put it on my headx
|
|
to try with itx as with an enemy
|
|
that had before my face murdxred my fatherx
|
|
the quarrel of a true inheritorx
|
|
but if it did infect my blood with joyx
|
|
or swell my thoughts to any strain of pridex
|
|
if any rebel or vain spirit of mine
|
|
did with the least affection of a welcome
|
|
give entertainment to the might of itx
|
|
let god for ever keep it from my headx
|
|
and make me as the poorest vassal isx
|
|
that doth with awe and terror kneel to itx
|
|
kingx o my sonx
|
|
god put it in thy mind to take it hencex
|
|
that thou mightst win the more thy fatherxs lovex
|
|
pleading so wisely in excuse of itx
|
|
come hitherx harryx sit thou by my bedx
|
|
and hearx i thinkx the very latest counsel
|
|
that ever i shall breathex god knowsx my sonx
|
|
by what byxpaths and indirect crookxd ways
|
|
i met this crownx and i myself know well
|
|
how troublesome it sat upon my headx
|
|
to thee it shall descend with better quietx
|
|
better opinionx better confirmationx
|
|
for all the soil of the achievement goes
|
|
with me into the earthx it seemxd in me
|
|
but as an honour snatchxd with boistxrous handx
|
|
and i had many living to upbraid
|
|
my gain of it by their assistancesx
|
|
which daily grew to quarrel and to bloodshedx
|
|
wounding supposed peacex all these bold fears
|
|
thou seest with peril i have answeredx
|
|
for all my reign hath been but as a scene
|
|
acting that argumentx and now my death
|
|
changes the moodx for what in me was purchasxd
|
|
falls upon thee in a more fairer sortx
|
|
so thou the garland wearxst successivelyx
|
|
yetx though thou standxst more sure than i could dox
|
|
thou art not firm enoughx since griefs are greenx
|
|
and all my friendsx which thou must make thy friendsx
|
|
have but their stings and teeth newly taxen outx
|
|
by whose fell working i was first advancxdx
|
|
and by whose power i well might lodge a fear
|
|
to be again displacxdx which to avoidx
|
|
i cut them offx and had a purpose now
|
|
to lead out many to the holy landx
|
|
lest rest and lying still might make them look
|
|
too near unto my statex thereforex my harryx
|
|
be it thy course to busy giddy minds
|
|
with foreign quarrelsx that actionx hence borne outx
|
|
may waste the memory of the former daysx
|
|
more would ix but my lungs are wasted so
|
|
that strength of speech is utterly denied mex
|
|
how i came by the crownx o godx forgivex
|
|
and grant it may with thee in true peace livex
|
|
princex my gracious liegex
|
|
you won itx wore itx kept itx gave it mex
|
|
then plain and right must my possession bex
|
|
which i with more than with a common pain
|
|
xgainst all the world will rightfully maintainx
|
|
|
|
enter prince john of lancasterx warwickx lordsx and others
|
|
|
|
kingx lookx lookx here comes my john of lancasterx
|
|
prince johnx healthx peacex and happinessx to my royal fatherx
|
|
kingx thou bringxst me happiness and peacex son johnx
|
|
but healthx alackx with youthful wings is flown
|
|
from this bare witherxd trunkx upon thy sight
|
|
my worldly business makes a periodx
|
|
where is my lord of warwickx
|
|
princex my lord of warwickx
|
|
kingx doth any name particular belong
|
|
unto the lodging where i first did swoonx
|
|
warwickx xtis callxd jerusalemx my noble lordx
|
|
kingx laud be to godx even there my life must endx
|
|
it hath been prophesied to me many yearsx
|
|
i should not die but in jerusalemx
|
|
which vainly i supposxd the holy landx
|
|
but bear me to that chamberx there ixll liex
|
|
in that jerusalem shall harry diex exeunt
|
|
|
|
act vx scene ix gloucestershirex shallowxs house
|
|
|
|
enter shallowx falstaffx bardolphx and page
|
|
|
|
shallowx by cock and piex sirx you shall not away toxnightx
|
|
whatx davyx i sayx
|
|
falstaffx you must excuse mex master robert shallowx
|
|
shallowx i will not excuse youx you shall not be excusxdx excuses
|
|
shall not be admittedx there is no excuse shall servex you shall
|
|
not be excusxdx whyx davyx
|
|
|
|
enter davy
|
|
|
|
davyx herex sirx
|
|
shallowx davyx davyx davyx davyx let me seex davyx let me seex
|
|
davyx let me seex yeax marryx william cookx bid him come hitherx
|
|
sir johnx you shall not be excusxdx
|
|
davyx marryx sirx thusx those precepts cannot be servedx andx
|
|
againx sirx shall we sow the headland with wheatx
|
|
shallowx with red wheatx davyx but for william cookx are there no
|
|
young pigeonsx
|
|
davyx yesx sirx here is now the smithxs note for shoeing and
|
|
ploughxironsx
|
|
shallowx let it be castx and paidx sir johnx you shall not be
|
|
excusedx
|
|
davyx nowx sirx a new link to the bucket must needs be hadx andx
|
|
sirx do you mean to stop any of williamxs wages about the sack he
|
|
lost the other day at hinckley fairx
|
|
shallowx xa shall answer itx some pigeonsx davyx a couple of
|
|
shortxleggxd hensx a joint of muttonx and any pretty little tiny
|
|
kickshawsx tell william cookx
|
|
davyx doth the man of war stay all nightx sirx
|
|
shallowx yeax davyx i will use him wellx a friend ix thx court is
|
|
better than a penny in pursex use his men wellx davyx for they
|
|
are arrant knaves and will backbitex
|
|
davyx no worse than they are backbittenx sirx for they have
|
|
marvellous foul linenx
|
|
shallowx well conceitedx davyx about thy businessx davyx
|
|
davyx i beseech youx sirx to countenance william visor of woncot
|
|
against clement perkes ox thx hillx
|
|
shallowx therex is many complaintsx davyx against that visorx that
|
|
visor is an arrant knavex on my knowledgex
|
|
davyx i grant your worship that he is a knavex sirx but yet god
|
|
forbidx sirx but a knave should have some countenance at his
|
|
friendxs requestx an honest manx sirx is able to speak for
|
|
himselfx when a knave is notx i have servxd your worship trulyx
|
|
sirx this eight yearsx an i cannot once or twice in a quarter
|
|
bear out a knave against an honest manx i have but a very little
|
|
credit with your worshipx the knave is mine honest friendx sirx
|
|
thereforex i beseech youx let him be countenancxdx
|
|
shallowx go tox i say he shall have no wrongx look aboutx
|
|
davyx xexit davyx where are youx sir johnx comex comex comex off
|
|
with your bootsx give me your handx master bardolphx
|
|
bardolphx i am glad to see your worshipx
|
|
shallowx i thank thee with all my heartx kind master bardolphx
|
|
xto the pagex and welcomex my tall fellowx comex sir johnx
|
|
falstaffx ixll follow youx good master robert shallowx
|
|
xexit shallowx bardolphx look to our horsesx xexeunt bardolph
|
|
and pagex if i were sawed into quantitiesx i should make four
|
|
dozen of such bearded hermitsx staves as master shallowx it is a
|
|
wonderful thing to see the semblable coherence of his menxs
|
|
spirits and hisx theyx by observing of himx do bear themselves
|
|
like foolish justicesx hex by conversing with themx is turned
|
|
into a justicexlike servingxmanx their spirits are so married in
|
|
conjunction with the participation of society that they flock
|
|
together in consentx like so many wild geesex if i had a suit to
|
|
master shallowx i would humour his men with the imputation of
|
|
being near their masterx if to his menx i would curry with master
|
|
shallow that no man could better command his servantsx it is
|
|
certain that either wise bearing or ignorant carriage is caughtx
|
|
as men take diseasesx one of anotherx therefore let men take heed
|
|
of their companyx i will devise matter enough out of this shallow
|
|
to keep prince harry in continual laughter the wearing out of six
|
|
fashionsx which is four termsx or two actionsx and xa shall laugh
|
|
without intervallumsx ox it is much that a lie with a slight
|
|
oathx and a jest with a sad brow will do with a fellow that never
|
|
had the ache in his shouldersx ox you shall see him laugh till
|
|
his face be like a wet cloak ill laid upx
|
|
shallowx xwithinx sir johnx
|
|
falstaffx i comex master shallowx i comex master shallowx
|
|
exit
|
|
|
|
scene iix westminsterx the palace
|
|
|
|
enterx severallyx warwickx and the lord chief justice
|
|
|
|
warwickx how nowx my lord chief justicex whither awayx
|
|
chief justicex how doth the kingx
|
|
warwickx exceeding wellx his cares are now all endedx
|
|
chief justicex i hopex not deadx
|
|
warwickx hexs walkxd the way of naturex
|
|
and to our purposes he lives no morex
|
|
chief justicex i would his majesty had callxd me with himx
|
|
the service that i truly did his life
|
|
hath left me open to all injuriesx
|
|
warwickx indeedx i think the young king loves you notx
|
|
chief justicex i know he doth notx and do arm myself
|
|
to welcome the condition of the timex
|
|
which cannot look more hideously upon me
|
|
than i have drawn it in my fantasyx
|
|
|
|
enter lancasterx clarencex gloucesterx
|
|
westmorelandx and others
|
|
|
|
warwickx here comes the heavy issue of dead harryx
|
|
o that the living harry had the temper
|
|
of hex the worst of these three gentlemenx
|
|
how many nobles then should hold their places
|
|
that must strike sail to spirits of vile sortx
|
|
chief justicex o godx i fear all will be overturnxdx
|
|
prince johnx good morrowx cousin warwickx good morrowx
|
|
gloucester x clarencex good morrowx cousinx
|
|
prince johnx we meet like men that had forgot to speakx
|
|
warwickx we do rememberx but our argument
|
|
is all too heavy to admit much talkx
|
|
prince johnx wellx peace be with him that hath made us heavyx
|
|
chief justicex peace be with usx lest we be heavierx
|
|
prince humphreyx ox good my lordx you have lost a friend indeedx
|
|
and i dare swear you borrow not that face
|
|
of seeming sorrowx it is sure your ownx
|
|
prince johnx though no man be assurxd what grace to findx
|
|
you stand in coldest expectationx
|
|
i am the sorrierx would xtwere otherwisex
|
|
clarencex wellx you must now speak sir john falstaff fairx
|
|
which swims against your stream of qualityx
|
|
chief justicex sweet princesx what i didx i did in honourx
|
|
led by thx impartial conduct of my soulx
|
|
and never shall you see that i will beg
|
|
a ragged and forestallxd remissionx
|
|
if truth and upright innocency fail mex
|
|
ixll to the king my master that is deadx
|
|
and tell him who hath sent me after himx
|
|
warwickx here comes the princex
|
|
|
|
enter king henry the fifthx attended
|
|
|
|
chief justicex good morrowx and god save your majestyx
|
|
kingx this new and gorgeous garmentx majestyx
|
|
sits not so easy on me as you thinkx
|
|
brothersx you mix your sadness with some fearx
|
|
this is the englishx not the turkish courtx
|
|
not amurath an amurath succeedsx
|
|
but harry harryx yet be sadx good brothersx
|
|
forx by my faithx it very well becomes youx
|
|
sorrow so royally in you appears
|
|
that i will deeply put the fashion onx
|
|
and wear it in my heartx whyx thenx be sadx
|
|
but entertain no more of itx good brothersx
|
|
than a joint burden laid upon us allx
|
|
for mex by heavenx i bid you be assurxdx
|
|
ixll be your father and your brother toox
|
|
let me but bear your lovex ixll bear your caresx
|
|
yet weep that harryxs deadx and so will ix
|
|
but harry lives that shall convert those tears
|
|
by number into hours of happinessx
|
|
brothersx we hope no otherwise from your majestyx
|
|
kingx you all look strangely on mex and you mostx
|
|
you arex i thinkx assurxd i love you notx
|
|
chief justicex i am assurxdx if i be measurxd rightlyx
|
|
your majesty hath no just cause to hate mex
|
|
kingx nox
|
|
how might a prince of my great hopes forget
|
|
so great indignities you laid upon mex
|
|
whatx ratex rebukex and roughly send to prisonx
|
|
thx immediate heir of englandx was this easyx
|
|
may this be washxd in lethe and forgottenx
|
|
chief justicex i then did use the person of your fatherx
|
|
the image of his power lay then in mex
|
|
and in thx administration of his lawx
|
|
whiles i was busy for the commonwealthx
|
|
your highness pleased to forget my placex
|
|
the majesty and power of law and justicex
|
|
the image of the king whom i presentedx
|
|
and struck me in my very seat of judgmentx
|
|
whereonx as an offender to your fatherx
|
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i gave bold way to my authority
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and did commit youx if the deed were illx
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be you contentedx wearing now the garlandx
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to have a son set your decrees at noughtx
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to pluck down justice from your awful benchx
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to trip the course of lawx and blunt the sword
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that guards the peace and safety of your personx
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nayx morex to spurn at your most royal imagex
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and mock your workings in a second bodyx
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question your royal thoughtsx make the case yoursx
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be now the fatherx and propose a sonx
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hear your own dignity so much profanxdx
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see your most dreadful laws so loosely slightedx
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behold yourself so by a son disdainxdx
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and then imagine me taking your part
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andx in your powerx soft silencing your sonx
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after this cold considerancex sentence mex
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andx as you are a kingx speak in your state
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what i have done that misbecame my placex
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my personx or my liegexs sovereigntyx
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kingx you are rightx justicex and you weigh this wellx
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therefore still bear the balance and the swordx
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and i do wish your honours may increase
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till you do live to see a son of mine
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offend youx and obey youx as i didx
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so shall i live to speak my fatherxs wordsx
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xhappy am i that have a man so bold
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that dares do justice on my proper sonx
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and not less happyx having such a son
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that would deliver up his greatness so
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into the hands of justicexx you did commit mex
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for which i do commit into your hand
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thx unstained sword that you have usxd to bearx
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with this remembrancex that you use the same
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with the like boldx justx and impartial spirit
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as you have done xgainst mex there is my handx
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you shall be as a father to my youthx
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my voice shall sound as you do prompt mine earx
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and i will stoop and humble my intents
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to your wellxpractisxd wise directionsx
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andx princes allx believe mex i beseech youx
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my father is gone wild into his gravex
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for in his tomb lie my affectionsx
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and with his spirits sadly i survivex
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to mock the expectation of the worldx
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to frustrate propheciesx and to raze out
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rotten opinionx who hath writ me down
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after my seemingx the tide of blood in me
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hath proudly flowxd in vanity till nowx
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now doth it turn and ebb back to the seax
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where it shall mingle with the state of floodsx
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and flow henceforth in formal majestyx
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now call we our high court of parliamentx
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and let us choose such limbs of noble counselx
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that the great body of our state may go
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in equal rank with the best governxd nationx
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that warx or peacex or both at oncex may be
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as things acquainted and familiar to usx
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in which youx fatherx shall have foremost handx
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our coronation donex we will accitex
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as i before remembxredx all our statex
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andx god consigning to my good intentsx
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no prince nor peer shall have just cause to sayx
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god shorten harryxs happy life one dayx exeunt
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scene iiix gloucestershirex shallowxs orchard
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enter falstaffx shallowx silencex bardolphx the pagex and davy
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shallowx nayx you shall see my orchardx wherex in an arbourx we
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will eat a last yearxs pippin of mine own graffingx with a dish
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of carawaysx and so forthx comex cousin silencex and then to bedx
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falstaffx fore godx you have here a goodly dwelling and richx
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shallowx barrenx barrenx barrenx beggars allx beggars allx sir john
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xmarryx good airx spreadx davyx spreadx davyx well saidx davyx
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falstaffx this davy serves you for good usesx he is your
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servingxman and your husbandx
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shallowx a good varletx a good varletx a very good varletx sir
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johnx by the massx i have drunk too much sack at supperx a good
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varletx now sit downx now sit downx comex cousinx
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silencex ahx sirrahx quothxax we shall xsingingx
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do nothing but eat and make good cheerx
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and praise god for the merry yearx
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when flesh is cheap and females dearx
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and lusty lads roam here and therex
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so merrilyx
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and ever among so merrilyx
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falstaffx therexs a merry heartx good master silencex ixll give you
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a health for that anonx
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shallowx give master bardolph some winex davyx
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davyx sweet sirx sitx ixll be with you anonx most sweet sirx sitx
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master pagex good master pagex sitx profacex what you want in
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meatx wexll have in drinkx but you must bearx the heartxs allx
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exit
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shallowx be merryx master bardolphx andx my little soldier therex
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be merryx
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silencex xsingingx
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be merryx be merryx my wife has allx
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for women are shrewsx both short and tallx
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xtis merry in hall when beards wag anx
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and welcome merry shrovextidex
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be merryx be merryx
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falstaffx i did not think master silence had been a man of this
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mettlex
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silencex whox ix i have been merry twice and once ere nowx
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rexenter davy
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davyx xto bardolphx therexs a dish of leatherxcoats for youx
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shallowx davyx
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davyx your worshipx ixll be with you straightx xto bardolphx
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a cup of winex sirx
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silencex xsingingx
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a cup of wine thatxs brisk and finex
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and drink unto the leman minex
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and a merry heart lives longxax
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falstaffx well saidx master silencex
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silencex an we shall be merryx now comes in the sweet ox thx nightx
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falstaffx health and long life to youx master silencex
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silencex xsingingx
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fill the cupx and let it comex
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ixll pledge you a mile to thx bottomx
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shallowx honest bardolphx welcomex if thou wantxst anything and
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wilt not callx beshrew thy heartx welcomex my little tiny thief
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and welcome indeed toox ixll drink to master bardolphx and to all
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the cabileros about londonx
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davyx i hope to see london once ere i diex
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bardolphx an i might see you therex davyx
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shallowx by the massx youxr crack a quart togetherx hax will you
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notx master bardolphx
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bardolphx yeax sirx in a pottlexpotx
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shallowx by godxs liggensx i thank theex the knave will stick by
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theex i can assure thee thatx xa will not outx xax xtis true
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bredx
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bardolphx and ixll stick by himx sirx
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shallowx whyx there spoke a kingx lack nothingx be merryx
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xone knocks at doorx look whoxs at door therex hox who knocksx
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exit davy
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falstaffx xto silencex who has drunk a bumperx whyx now you have
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done me rightx
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silencex xsingingx
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do me rightx
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and dub me knightx
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samingox
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isxt not sox
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falstaffx xtis sox
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silencex isxt sox why thenx say an old man can do somewhatx
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rexenter davy
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davyx anxt please your worshipx therexs one pistol come from the
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court with newsx
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falstaffx from the courtx let him come inx
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enter pistol
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how nowx pistolx
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pistolx sir johnx god save youx
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falstaffx what wind blew you hitherx pistolx
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pistolx not the ill wind which blows no man to goodx sweet knightx
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thou art now one of the greatest men in this realmx
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silencex byxr ladyx i think xa bex but goodman puff of barsonx
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pistolx puffx
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puff in thy teethx most recreant coward basex
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sir johnx i am thy pistol and thy friendx
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and helterxskelter have i rode to theex
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and tidings do i bringx and lucky joysx
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and golden timesx and happy news of pricex
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falstaffx i pray thee nowx deliver them like a man of this worldx
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pistolx a foutra for the world and worldlings basex
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i speak of africa and golden joysx
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falstaffx o base assyrian knightx what is thy newsx
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let king cophetua know the truth thereofx
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silencex xsingingx and robin hoodx scarletx and johnx
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pistolx shall dunghill curs confront the heliconsx
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and shall good news be baffledx
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thenx pistolx lay thy head in furiesx lapx
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shallowx honest gentlemanx i know not your breedingx
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pistolx whyx thenx lament thereforex
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shallowx give me pardonx sirx ifx sirx you come with news from the
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courtx i take it therexs but two waysx either to utter them or
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conceal themx i amx sirx under the kingx in some authorityx
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pistolx under which kingx bezonianx speakx or diex
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shallowx under king harryx
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pistolx harry the fourthx or fifthx
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shallowx harry the fourthx
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pistolx a foutra for thine officex
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sir johnx thy tender lambkin now is kingx
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harry the fifthxs the manx i speak the truthx
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when pistol liesx do thisx and fig mex like
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the bragging spaniardx
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falstaffx whatx is the old king deadx
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pistolx as nail in doorx the things i speak are justx
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falstaffx awayx bardolphx saddle my horsex master robert shallowx
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choose what office thou wilt in the landx xtis thinex pistolx i
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will doublexcharge thee with dignitiesx
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bardolphx o joyful dayx
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i would not take a knighthood for my fortunex
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pistolx whatx i do bring good newsx
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falstaffx carry master silence to bedx master shallowx my lord
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shallowx be what thou wiltx i am fortunexs stewardx get on thy
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bootsx wexll ride all nightx o sweet pistolx awayx bardolphx
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xexit bardolphx comex pistolx utter more to mex and withal
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devise something to do thyself goodx bootx bootx master shallowx
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i know the young king is sick for mex let us take any manxs
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horsesx the laws of england are at my commandmentx blessed are
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they that have been my friendsx and woe to my lord chief justicex
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pistolx let vultures vile seize on his lungs alsox
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xwhere is the life that late i ledxx say theyx
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whyx here it isx welcome these pleasant daysx exeunt
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scene ivx londonx a street
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enter beadlesx dragging in hostess quickly and doll tearsheet
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hostessx nox thou arrant knavex i would to god that i might diex
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that i might have thee hangxdx thou hast drawn my shoulder out of
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jointx
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first beadlex the constables have delivered her over to mex and she
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shall have whippingxcheer enoughx i warrant herx there hath been
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a man or two lately killxd about herx
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dollx nutxhookx nutxhookx you liex come onx ixll tell thee whatx
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thou damnxd tripexvisagxd rascalx an the child i now go with do
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miscarryx thou wert better thou hadst struck thy motherx thou
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paperxfacxd villainx
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hostessx o the lordx that sir john were comex he would make this a
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bloody day to somebodyx but i pray god the fruit of her womb
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miscarryx
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first beadlex if it dox you shall have a dozen of cushions againx
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you have but eleven nowx comex i charge you both go with mex for
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the man is dead that you and pistol beat amongst youx
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dollx ixll tell you whatx you thin man in a censerx i will have you
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as soundly swingxd for thisx you bluexbottle roguex you filthy
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famishxd correctionerx if you be not swingxdx ixll forswear
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halfxkirtlesx
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first beadlex comex comex you she knightxerrantx comex
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hostessx o godx that right should thus overcome mightx
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wellx of sufferance comes easex
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dollx comex you roguex comex bring me to a justicex
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hostessx ayx comex you starvxd bloodhoundx
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dollx goodman deathx goodman bonesx
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hostessx thou atomyx thoux
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dollx comex you thin thingx comex you rascalx
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first beadlex very wellx exeunt
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scene vx westminsterx near the abbey
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enter groomsx strewing rushes
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first groomx more rushesx more rushesx
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second groomx the trumpets have sounded twicex
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third groomx xtwill be two oxclock ere they come from the
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coronationx dispatchx dispatchx exeunt
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trumpets soundx and the king and his train pass
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over the stagex after them enter falstaffx shallowx
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pistolx bardolphx and page
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falstaffx stand here by mex master robert shallowx i will make the
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king do you gracex i will leer upon himx as xa comes byx and do
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but mark the countenance that he will give mex
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pistolx god bless thy lungsx good knightx
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falstaffx come herex pistolx stand behind mex xto shallowx ox if
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i had had to have made new liveriesx i would have bestowed the
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thousand pound i borrowed of youx but xtis no matterx this poor
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show doth betterx this doth infer the zeal i had to see himx
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shallowx it doth sox
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falstaffx it shows my earnestness of affectionx
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shallowx it doth sox
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falstaffx my devotionx
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shallowx it dothx it dothx it dothx
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falstaffx as it werex to ride day and nightx and not to deliberatex
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not to rememberx not to have patience to shift mex
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shallowx it is bestx certainx
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falstaffx but to stand stained with travelx and sweating with
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desire to see himx thinking of nothing elsex putting all affairs
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else in oblivionx as if there were nothing else to be done but to
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see himx
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pistolx xtis xsemper idemx for xobsque hoc nihil estxx xtis all in
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every partx
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shallowx xtis sox indeedx
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pistolx my knightx i will inflame thy noble liver
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and make thee ragex
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thy dollx and helen of thy noble thoughtsx
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is in base durance and contagious prisonx
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halxd thither
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by most mechanical and dirty handx
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rouse up revenge from ebon den with fell alectoxs snakex
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for doll is inx pistol speaks nought but truthx
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falstaffx i will deliver herx
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xshoutsxwithinx and the trumpets soundx
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pistolx there roarxd the seax and trumpetxclangor soundsx
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enter the king and his trainx the lord chief justice
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among them
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falstaffx god save thy gracex king halx my royal halx
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pistolx the heavens thee guard and keepx most royal imp of famex
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falstaffx god save theex my sweet boyx
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kingx my lord chief justicex speak to that vain manx
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chief justicex have you your witsx know you what xtis you speakx
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falstaffx my kingx my jovex i speak to theex my heartx
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kingx i know thee notx old manx fall to thy prayersx
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how ill white hairs become a fool and jesterx
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i have long dreamt of such a kind of manx
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so surfeitxswellxdx so oldx and so profanex
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but being awakxdx i do despise my dreamx
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make less thy body hencex and more thy gracex
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leave gormandizingx know the grave doth gape
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for thee thrice wider than for other menx
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reply not to me with a foolxborn jestx
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presume not that i am the thing i wasx
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for god doth knowx so shall the world perceivex
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that i have turnxd away my former selfx
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so will i those that kept me companyx
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when thou dost hear i am as i have beenx
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approach mex and thou shalt be as thou wastx
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the tutor and the feeder of my riotsx
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till then i banish theex on pain of deathx
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as i have done the rest of my misleadersx
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not to come near our person by ten milex
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for competence of life i will allow youx
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that lack of means enforce you not to evilsx
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andx as we hear you do reform yourselvesx
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we willx according to your strengths and qualitiesx
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give you advancementx be it your chargex my lordx
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to see performxd the tenour of our wordx
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set onx exeunt the king and his train
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falstaffx master shallowx i owe you a thousand poundsx
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shallowx yeax marryx sir johnx which i beseech you to let me have
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home with mex
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falstaffx that can hardly bex master shallowx do not you grieve at
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thisx i shall be sent for in private to himx look youx he must
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seem thus to the worldx fear not your advancementsx i will be the
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man yet that shall make you greatx
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shallowx i cannot perceive howx unless you give me your doubletx
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and stuff me out with strawx i beseech youx good sir johnx let me
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have five hundred of my thousandx
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falstaffx sirx i will be as good as my wordx this that you heard
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was but a colourx
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shallowx a colour that i fear you will die inx sir johnx
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falstaffx fear no coloursx go with me to dinnerx comex lieutenant
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pistolx comex bardolphx i shall be sent for soon at nightx
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rexenter prince johnx the lord chief justicex
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with officers
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chief justicex gox carry sir john falstaff to the fleetx
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take all his company along with himx
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falstaffx my lordx my lordx
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chief justicex i cannot now speakx i will hear you soonx
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take them awayx
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pistolx si fortuna me tormentax spero me contentax
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exeunt all but prince john and the lord chief justice
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prince johnx i like this fair proceeding of the kingxsx
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he hath intent his wonted followers
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shall all be very well provided forx
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but all are banishxd till their conversations
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appear more wise and modest to the worldx
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chief justicex and so they arex
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prince johnx the king hath callxd his parliamentx my lordx
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chief justicex he hathx
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prince johnx i will lay odds thatx ere this year expirex
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we bear our civil swords and native fire
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as far as francex i heard a bird so singx
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whose musicx to my thinkingx pleasxd the kingx
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comex will you hencex exeunt
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epilogue epiloguex
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first my fearx then my curtsyx last my speechx my fearx is your
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displeasurex my curtsyx my dutyx and my speechx to beg your pardonsx
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if you look for a good speech nowx you undo mex for what i have to
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say is of mine own makingx and whatx indeedx i should say willx i
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doubtx prove mine own marringx but to the purposex and so to the
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venturex be it known to youx as it is very wellx i was lately here in
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the end of a displeasing playx to pray your patience for it and to
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promise you a betterx i meantx indeedx to pay you with thisx which if
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like an ill venture it come unluckily homex i breakx and youx my
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gentle creditorsx losex here i promisxd you i would bex and here i
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commit my body to your merciesx bate me somex and i will pay you
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somex andx as most debtors dox promise you infinitelyx and so i kneel
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down before youx butx indeedx to pray for the queenx if my tongue
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cannot entreat you to acquit mex will you command me to use my legsx
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and yet that were but light paymentxto dance out of your debtx but a
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good conscience will make any possible satisfactionx and so would ix
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all the gentlewomen here have forgiven mex if the gentlemen will notx
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then the gentlemen do not agree with the gentlewomenx which was never
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seen before in such an assemblyx one word morex i beseech youx if you
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be not too much cloyxd with fat meatx our humble author will continue
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the storyx with sir john in itx and make you merry with fair
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katherine of francex wherex for anything i knowx falstaff shall die
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of a sweatx unless already xa be killed with your hard opinionsx for
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oldcastle died a martyr and this is not the manx my tongue is wearyx
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when my legs are toox i will bid you good nightx
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the life of king henry v
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contents
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act i
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prologuex
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scene ix londonx an antexchamber in the kingxs palacex
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scene iix the samex the presence chamberx
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act ii
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chorusx
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scene ix londonx a streetx
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scene iix southamptonx a councilxchamberx
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scene iiix londonx before a tavernx
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scene ivx francex the kingxs palacex
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act iii
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chorusx
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scene ix francex before harfleurx
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scene iix the samex
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scene iiix before the gatesx
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scene ivx the french kingxs palacex
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scene vx the samex
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scene vix the english camp in picardyx
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scene viix the french campx near agincourtx
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act iv
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chorusx
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scene ix the english camp at agincourtx
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scene iix the french campx
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scene iiix the english campx
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scene ivx the field of battlex
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scene vx another part of the fieldx
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scene vix another part of the fieldx
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scene viix another part of the fieldx
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scene viiix before king henryxs pavilionx
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act v
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chorusx
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scene ix francex the english campx
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scene iix francex a royal palacex
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epiloguex
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dramatis personx
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king henry vx
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duke of clarencex brother to the kingx
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duke of bedfordx brother to the kingx
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duke of gloucesterx brother to the kingx
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duke of exeterx uncle to the kingx
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duke of yorkx cousin to the kingx
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earl of salisburyx
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earl of huntingdonx
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earl of westmorlandx
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earl of warwickx
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archbishop of canterburyx
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bishop of elyx
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earl of cambridgex
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lord scroopx
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sir thomas greyx
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sir thomas erpinghamx officer in king henryxs armyx
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gowerx officer in king henryxs armyx
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fluellenx officer in king henryxs armyx
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macmorrisx officer in king henryxs armyx
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jamyx officer in king henryxs armyx
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batesx soldier in the samex
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courtx soldier in the samex
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williamsx soldier in the samex
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pistolx
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nymx
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bardolphx
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boyx
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a heraldx
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charles vix king of francex
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lewisx the dauphinx
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duke of berryx
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duke of brittanyx
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duke of burgundyx
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duke of orleansx
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duke of bourbonx
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the constable of francex
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ramburesx french lordx
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grandprxx french lordx
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governor of harfleur
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montjoyx a french heraldx
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ambassadors to the king of englandx
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isabelx queen of francex
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katharinex daughter to charles and isabelx
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alicex a lady attending on herx
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hostess of a tavern in eastcheapx formerly mistress nell quicklyx and
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now married to pistolx
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chorusx
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lordsx ladiesx officersx soldiersx citizensx messengersx and
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attendantsx
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scenex englandx afterwards francex
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prologuex
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enter chorusx
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chorusx
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o for a muse of firex that would ascend
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the brightest heaven of inventionx
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a kingdom for a stagex princes to actx
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and monarchs to behold the swelling scenex
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then should the warlike harryx like himselfx
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assume the port of marsx and at his heelsx
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leashxd in like houndsx should faminex swordx and fire
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crouch for employmentx but pardonx gentles allx
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the flat unraised spirits that hath darxd
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on this unworthy scaffold to bring forth
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so great an objectx can this cockpit hold
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the vasty fields of francex or may we cram
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within this wooden o the very casques
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that did affright the air at agincourtx
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o pardonx since a crooked figure may
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attest in little place a millionx
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and let usx ciphers to this great accomptx
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on your imaginary forces workx
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suppose within the girdle of these walls
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are now confinxd two mighty monarchiesx
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whose high upreared and abutting fronts
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the perilous narrow ocean parts asunderx
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piece out our imperfections with your thoughtsx
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into a thousand parts divide one manx
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and make imaginary puissancex
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thinkx when we talk of horsesx that you see them
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printing their proud hoofs ix thx receiving earthx
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for xtis your thoughts that now must deck our kingsx
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carry them here and therex jumping oxer timesx
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turning the accomplishment of many years
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into an hourxglassx for the which supplyx
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admit me chorus to this historyx
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who prologuexlike your humble patience prayx
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gently to hearx kindly to judgex our playx
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xxexitxxx
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act i
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scene ix londonx an antexchamber in the kingxs palacex
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enter the archbishop of canterbury and the bishop of elyx
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canterburyx
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my lordx ixll tell youx that self bill is urgxd
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which in the eleventh year of the last kingxs reign
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was likex and had indeed against us passed
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but that the scambling and unquiet time
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did push it out of farther questionx
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elyx
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but howx my lordx shall we resist it nowx
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canterburyx
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it must be thought onx if it pass against usx
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we lose the better half of our possessionx
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for all the temporal landsx which men devout
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by testament have given to the churchx
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would they strip from usx being valuxd thusx
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as much as would maintainx to the kingxs honourx
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full fifteen earls and fifteen hundred knightsx
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six thousand and two hundred good esquiresx
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andx to relief of lazars and weak agex
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of indigent faint souls past corporal toilx
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a hundred almshouses right well suppliedx
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and to the coffers of the king besidex
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a thousand pounds by thx yearx thus runs the billx
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elyx
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this would drink deepx
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canterburyx
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xtwould drink the cup and allx
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elyx
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but what preventionx
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canterburyx
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the king is full of grace and fair regardx
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elyx
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and a true lover of the holy churchx
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canterburyx
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the courses of his youth promisxd it notx
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the breath no sooner left his fatherxs body
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but that his wildnessx mortified in himx
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seemed to die toox yeax at that very moment
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consideration like an angel came
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and whipped thx offending adam out of himx
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leaving his body as a paradise
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tx envelope and contain celestial spiritsx
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never was such a sudden scholar madex
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never came reformation in a flood
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with such a heady currance scouring faultsx
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nor never hydraxheaded wilfulness
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so soon did lose his seatx and all at oncex
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as in this kingx
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elyx
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we are blessed in the changex
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canterburyx
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hear him but reason in divinity
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andx allxadmiringx with an inward wish
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you would desire the king were made a prelatex
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hear him debate of commonwealth affairsx
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you would say it hath been all in all his studyx
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list his discourse of warx and you shall hear
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a fearful battle rendered you in musicx
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turn him to any cause of policyx
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the gordian knot of it he will unloosex
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familiar as his garterx thatx when he speaksx
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the airx a chartered libertinex is stillx
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and the mute wonder lurketh in menxs ears
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to steal his sweet and honeyed sentencesx
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so that the art and practic part of life
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must be the mistress to this theoricx
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which is a wonder how his grace should glean itx
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since his addiction was to courses vainx
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his companies unletteredx rudex and shallowx
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his hours filled up with riotsx banquetsx sportsx
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and never noted in him any studyx
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any retirementx any sequestration
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from open haunts and popularityx
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elyx
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the strawberry grows underneath the nettlex
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and wholesome berries thrive and ripen best
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neighboured by fruit of baser qualityx
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and so the prince obscured his contemplation
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under the veil of wildnessx whichx no doubtx
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grew like the summer grassx fastest by nightx
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unseenx yet crescive in his facultyx
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canterburyx
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it must be sox for miracles are ceasedx
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and therefore we must needs admit the means
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how things are perfectedx
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elyx
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butx my good lordx
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how now for mitigation of this bill
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urged by the commonsx doth his majesty
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incline to itx or nox
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canterburyx
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he seems indifferentx
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or rather swaying more upon our part
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than cherishing thx exhibitors against usx
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for i have made an offer to his majestyx
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upon our spiritual convocation
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and in regard of causes now in handx
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which i have opened to his grace at largex
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as touching francex to give a greater sum
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than ever at one time the clergy yet
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did to his predecessors part withalx
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elyx
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how did this offer seem receivedx my lordx
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canterburyx
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with good acceptance of his majestyx
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save that there was not time enough to hearx
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as i perceived his grace would fain have donex
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the severals and unhidden passages
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of his true titles to some certain dukedomsx
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and generally to the crown and seat of francex
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derived from edwardx his greatxgrandfatherx
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elyx
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what was thx impediment that broke this offx
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canterburyx
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the french ambassador upon that instant
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craved audiencex and the hourx i thinkx is come
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to give him hearingx is it four oxclockx
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elyx
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it isx
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canterburyx
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then go we inx to know his embassyx
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which i could with a ready guess declare
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before the frenchman speak a word of itx
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elyx
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ixll wait upon youx and i long to hear itx
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene iix the samex the presence chamberx
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enter king henryx gloucesterx bedfordx clarencex warwickx westmorlandx
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exeter and attendantsx
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king henryx
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where is my gracious lord of canterburyx
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exeterx
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not here in presencex
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king henryx
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send for himx good unclex
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westmorlandx
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shall we call in thx ambassadorx my liegex
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king henryx
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not yetx my cousinx we would be resolvedx
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before we hear himx of some things of weight
|
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that task our thoughts concerning us and francex
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enter the archbishop of canterbury and the bishop of elyx
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canterburyx
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god and his angels guard your sacred throne
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and make you long become itx
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king henryx
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surex we thank youx
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my learned lordx we pray you to proceed
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and justly and religiously unfold
|
|
why the law salic that they have in france
|
|
or should or should not bar us in our claimx
|
|
and god forbidx my dear and faithful lordx
|
|
that you should fashionx wrestx or bow your readingx
|
|
or nicely charge your understanding soul
|
|
with opening titles miscreatex whose right
|
|
suits not in native colours with the truthx
|
|
for god doth know how many now in health
|
|
shall drop their blood in approbation
|
|
of what your reverence shall incite us tox
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|
therefore take heed how you impawn our personx
|
|
how you awake our sleeping sword of warx
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we charge you in the name of godx take heedx
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|
for never two such kingdoms did contend
|
|
without much fall of bloodx whose guiltless drops
|
|
are every one a woex a sore complaint
|
|
xgainst him whose wrongs gives edge unto the swords
|
|
that makes such waste in brief mortalityx
|
|
under this conjuration speakx my lordx
|
|
for we will hearx notex and believe in heart
|
|
that what you speak is in your conscience washed
|
|
as pure as sin with baptismx
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canterburyx
|
|
then hear mex gracious sovereignx and you peersx
|
|
that owe yourselvesx your livesx and services
|
|
to this imperial thronex there is no bar
|
|
to make against your highnessx claim to france
|
|
but thisx which they produce from pharamondx
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|
xin terram salicam mulieres ne succedantxx
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xno woman shall succeed in salic landxx
|
|
which salic land the french unjustly gloze
|
|
to be the realm of francex and pharamond
|
|
the founder of this law and female barx
|
|
yet their own authors faithfully affirm
|
|
that the land salic is in germanyx
|
|
between the floods of sala and of elbex
|
|
where charles the greatx having subduxd the saxonsx
|
|
there left behind and settled certain frenchx
|
|
whox holding in disdain the german women
|
|
for some dishonest manners of their lifex
|
|
establishxd then this lawx to witx no female
|
|
should be inheritrix in salic landx
|
|
which salicx as i saidx xtwixt elbe and salax
|
|
is at this day in germany callxd meissenx
|
|
then doth it well appear the salic law
|
|
was not devised for the realm of francex
|
|
nor did the french possess the salic land
|
|
until four hundred one and twenty years
|
|
after defunction of king pharamondx
|
|
idly supposxd the founder of this lawx
|
|
who died within the year of our redemption
|
|
four hundred twentyxsixx and charles the great
|
|
subduxd the saxonsx and did seat the french
|
|
beyond the river salax in the year
|
|
eight hundred fivex besidesx their writers sayx
|
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king pepinx which deposed childericx
|
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didx as heir generalx being descended
|
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of blithildx which was daughter to king clothairx
|
|
make claim and title to the crown of francex
|
|
hugh capet alsox who usurpxd the crown
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|
of charles the duke of lorrainex sole heir male
|
|
of the true line and stock of charles the greatx
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|
to find his title with some shows of truthx
|
|
thoughx in pure truthx it was corrupt and naughtx
|
|
conveyxd himself as the heir to the lady lingarex
|
|
daughter to charlemainx who was the son
|
|
to lewis the emperorx and lewis the son
|
|
of charles the greatx alsox king lewis the tenthx
|
|
who was sole heir to the usurper capetx
|
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could not keep quiet in his consciencex
|
|
wearing the crown of francex till satisfied
|
|
that fair queen isabelx his grandmotherx
|
|
was lineal of the lady ermengarex
|
|
daughter to charlesx the foresaid duke of lorrainex
|
|
by the which marriage the line of charles the great
|
|
was rexunited to the crown of francex
|
|
so thatx as clear as is the summerxs sunx
|
|
king pepinxs title and hugh capetxs claimx
|
|
king lewis his satisfactionx all appear
|
|
to hold in right and title of the femalex
|
|
so do the kings of france unto this dayx
|
|
howbeit they would hold up this salic law
|
|
to bar your highness claiming from the femalex
|
|
and rather choose to hide them in a net
|
|
than amply to imbar their crooked titles
|
|
usurpxd from you and your progenitorsx
|
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|
|
king henryx
|
|
may i with right and conscience make this claimx
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|
canterburyx
|
|
the sin upon my headx dread sovereignx
|
|
for in the book of numbers is it writx
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xwhen the man diesx let the inheritance
|
|
descend unto the daughterxx gracious lordx
|
|
stand for your ownx unwind your bloody flagx
|
|
look back into your mighty ancestorsx
|
|
gox my dread lordx to your greatxgrandsirexs tombx
|
|
from whom you claimx invoke his warlike spiritx
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|
and your greatxunclexsx edward the black princex
|
|
who on the french ground playxd a tragedyx
|
|
making defeat on the full power of francex
|
|
whiles his most mighty father on a hill
|
|
stood smiling to behold his lionxs whelp
|
|
forage in blood of french nobilityx
|
|
o noble englishx that could entertain
|
|
with half their forces the full pride of france
|
|
and let another half stand laughing byx
|
|
all out of work and cold for actionx
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|
elyx
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|
awake remembrance of these valiant deadx
|
|
and with your puissant arm renew their featsx
|
|
you are their heirx you sit upon their thronex
|
|
the blood and courage that renowned them
|
|
runs in your veinsx and my thricexpuissant liege
|
|
is in the very mayxmorn of his youthx
|
|
ripe for exploits and mighty enterprisesx
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exeterx
|
|
your brother kings and monarchs of the earth
|
|
do all expect that you should rouse yourselfx
|
|
as did the former lions of your bloodx
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westmorlandx
|
|
they know your grace hath cause and means and mightx
|
|
so hath your highnessx never king of england
|
|
had nobles richerx and more loyal subjectsx
|
|
whose hearts have left their bodies here in england
|
|
and lie pavilionxd in the fields of francex
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canterburyx
|
|
ox let their bodies followx my dear liegex
|
|
with blood and sword and fire to win your rightx
|
|
in aid whereof we of the spiritualty
|
|
will raise your highness such a mighty sum
|
|
as never did the clergy at one time
|
|
bring in to any of your ancestorsx
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|
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king henryx
|
|
we must not only arm to invade the frenchx
|
|
but lay down our proportions to defend
|
|
against the scotx who will make road upon us
|
|
with all advantagesx
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|
canterburyx
|
|
they of those marchesx gracious sovereignx
|
|
shall be a wall sufficient to defend
|
|
our inland from the pilfering borderersx
|
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king henryx
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|
we do not mean the coursing snatchers onlyx
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|
but fear the main intendment of the scotx
|
|
who hath been still a giddy neighbour to usx
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|
for you shall read that my greatxgrandfather
|
|
never went with his forces into france
|
|
but that the scot on his unfurnishxd kingdom
|
|
came pouringx like the tide into a breachx
|
|
with ample and brim fullness of his forcex
|
|
galling the gleaned land with hot assaysx
|
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girdling with grievous siege castles and townsx
|
|
that englandx being empty of defencex
|
|
hath shook and trembled at the ill neighbourhoodx
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canterburyx
|
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she hath been then more fearxd than harmxdx my liegex
|
|
for hear her but examplxd by herselfx
|
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when all her chivalry hath been in francex
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and she a mourning widow of her noblesx
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she hath herself not only well defended
|
|
but taken and impounded as a stray
|
|
the king of scotsx whom she did send to france
|
|
to fill king edwardxs fame with prisoner kingsx
|
|
and make her chronicle as rich with praise
|
|
as is the ooze and bottom of the sea
|
|
with sunken wreck and sumless treasuriesx
|
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|
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westmorlandx
|
|
but therexs a saying very old and truex
|
|
xif that you will france winx
|
|
then with scotland first beginxx
|
|
for once the eagle england being in preyx
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to her unguarded nest the weasel scot
|
|
comes sneaking and so sucks her princely eggsx
|
|
playing the mouse in absence of the catx
|
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to tear and havoc more than she can eatx
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exeterx
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|
it follows then the cat must stay at homex
|
|
yet that is but a crushxd necessityx
|
|
since we have locks to safeguard necessariesx
|
|
and pretty traps to catch the petty thievesx
|
|
while that the armed hand doth fight abroadx
|
|
the advised head defends itself at homex
|
|
for governmentx though high and low and lowerx
|
|
put into partsx doth keep in one consentx
|
|
congreeing in a full and natural closex
|
|
like musicx
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canterburyx
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|
therefore doth heaven divide
|
|
the state of man in divers functionsx
|
|
setting endeavour in continual motionx
|
|
to which is fixedx as an aim or buttx
|
|
obediencex for so work the honeyxbeesx
|
|
creatures that by a rule in nature teach
|
|
the act of order to a peopled kingdomx
|
|
they have a king and officers of sortsx
|
|
where somex like magistratesx correct at homex
|
|
others like merchantsx venture trade abroadx
|
|
othersx like soldiersx armed in their stingsx
|
|
make boot upon the summerxs velvet budsx
|
|
which pillage they with merry march bring home
|
|
to the tentxroyal of their emperorx
|
|
whox busied in his majestyx surveys
|
|
the singing masons building roofs of goldx
|
|
the civil citizens kneading up the honeyx
|
|
the poor mechanic porters crowding in
|
|
their heavy burdens at his narrow gatex
|
|
the sadxeyed justicex with his surly humx
|
|
delivering oxer to executors pale
|
|
the lazy yawning dronex i this inferx
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that many thingsx having full reference
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to one consentx may work contrariouslyx
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as many arrowsx loosed several waysx
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come to one markx as many ways meet in one townx
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as many fresh streams meet in one salt seax
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as many lines close in the dialxs centrex
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so many a thousand actionsx once afootx
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end in one purposex and be all well borne
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without defeatx therefore to francex my liegex
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divide your happy england into fourx
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whereof take you one quarter into francex
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and you withal shall make all gallia shakex
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if wex with thrice such powers left at homex
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cannot defend our own doors from the dogx
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let us be worried and our nation lose
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the name of hardiness and policyx
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king henryx
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call in the messengers sent from the dauphinx
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xxexeunt some attendantsxxx
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now are we well resolvxdx andx by godxs helpx
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and yoursx the noble sinews of our powerx
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france being oursx wexll bend it to our awex
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or break it all to piecesx or there wexll sitx
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ruling in large and ample empery
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oxer france and all her almost kingly dukedomsx
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or lay these bones in an unworthy urnx
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tomblessx with no remembrance over themx
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either our history shall with full mouth
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speak freely of our actsx or else our gravex
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like turkish mutex shall have a tongueless mouthx
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not worshippxd with a waxen epitaphx
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enter ambassadors of francex
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now are we well preparxd to know the pleasure
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of our fair cousin dauphinx for we hear
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your greeting is from himx not from the kingx
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first ambassadorx
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mayxt please your majesty to give us leave
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freely to render what we have in chargex
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or shall we sparingly show you far off
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the dauphinxs meaning and our embassyx
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king henryx
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we are no tyrantx but a christian kingx
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unto whose grace our passion is as subject
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as is our wretches fettxred in our prisonsx
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therefore with frank and with uncurbed plainness
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tell us the dauphinxs mindx
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ambassadorx
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thusx thenx in fewx
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your highnessx lately sending into francex
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did claim some certain dukedomsx in the right
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of your great predecessorx king edward the thirdx
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in answer of which claimx the prince our master
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says that you savour too much of your youthx
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and bids you be advisxd therexs nought in france
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that can be with a nimble galliard wonx
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you cannot revel into dukedoms therex
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he therefore sends youx meeter for your spiritx
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this tun of treasurex andx in lieu of thisx
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desires you let the dukedoms that you claim
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hear no more of youx this the dauphin speaksx
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king henryx
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what treasurex unclex
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exeterx
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tennisxballsx my liegex
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king henryx
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we are glad the dauphin is so pleasant with usx
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his present and your pains we thank you forx
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when we have matchxd our rackets to these ballsx
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we willx in francex by godxs gracex play a set
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shall strike his fatherxs crown into the hazardx
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tell him he hath made a match with such a wrangler
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that all the courts of france will be disturbxd
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with chacesx and we understand him wellx
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how he comes oxer us with our wilder daysx
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not measuring what use we made of themx
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we never valuxd this poor seat of englandx
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and thereforex living hencex did give ourself
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to barbarous licencex as xtis ever common
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that men are merriest when they are from homex
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but tell the dauphin i will keep my statex
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be like a kingx and show my sail of greatness
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when i do rouse me in my throne of francex
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for that i have laid by my majesty
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and plodded like a man for working daysx
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but i will rise there with so full a glory
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that i will dazzle all the eyes of francex
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yeax strike the dauphin blind to look on usx
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and tell the pleasant prince this mock of his
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hath turnxd his balls to gunxstonesx and his soul
|
|
shall stand sore charged for the wasteful vengeance
|
|
that shall fly with themx for many a thousand widows
|
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shall this his mock mock out of their dear husbandsx
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mock mothers from their sonsx mock castles downx
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and some are yet ungotten and unborn
|
|
that shall have cause to curse the dauphinxs scornx
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|
but this lies all within the will of godx
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|
to whom i do appealx and in whose name
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|
tell you the dauphin i am coming on
|
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to venge me as i mayx and to put forth
|
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my rightful hand in a wellxhallowxd causex
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so get you hence in peacex and tell the dauphin
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his jest will savour but of shallow witx
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when thousands weep more than did laugh at itxx
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convey them with safe conductxxfare you wellx
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xxexeunt ambassadorsxxx
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exeterx
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this was a merry messagex
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king henryx
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we hope to make the sender blush at itx
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thereforex my lordsx omit no happy hour
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that may give furtherance to our expeditionx
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for we have now no thought in us but francex
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save those to godx that run before our businessx
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thereforex let our proportions for these wars
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be soon collectedx and all things thought upon
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|
that may with reasonable swiftness add
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more feathers to our wingsx forx god beforex
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wexll chide this dauphin at his fatherxs doorx
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therefore let every man now task his thoughtx
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that this fair action may on foot be broughtx
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xxexeuntxxx
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act ii
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flourishx enter chorusx
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chorusx
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now all the youth of england are on firex
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and silken dalliance in the wardrobe liesx
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now thrive the armourersx and honourxs thought
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|
reigns solely in the breast of every manx
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they sell the pasture now to buy the horsex
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following the mirror of all christian kingsx
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with winged heelsx as english mercuriesx
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for now sits expectation in the airx
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and hides a sword from hilts unto the point
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with crowns imperialx crownsx and coronetsx
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promisxd to harry and his followersx
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the frenchx advisxd by good intelligence
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of this most dreadful preparationx
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|
shake in their fearx and with pale policy
|
|
seek to divert the english purposesx
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o englandx model to thy inward greatnessx
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like little body with a mighty heartx
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what mightst thou dox that honour would thee dox
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were all thy children kind and naturalx
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but see thy faultx france hath in thee found out
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a nest of hollow bosomsx which he fills
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with treacherous crownsx and three corrupted menx
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onex richard earl of cambridgex and the secondx
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henry lord scroop of mashamx and the thirdx
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sir thomas greyx knight of northumberlandx
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havex for the gilt of francexxo guilt indeedxx
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confirmxd conspiracy with fearful francex
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and by their hands this grace of kings must diex
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if hell and treason hold their promisesx
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ere he take ship for francex and in southamptonx
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linger your patience onx and wexll digest
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|
the abuse of distancex force a playx
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the sum is paidx the traitors are agreedx
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the king is set from londonx and the scene
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is now transportedx gentlesx to southamptonx
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there is the playhouse nowx there must you sitx
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and thence to france shall we convey you safex
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and bring you backx charming the narrow seas
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to give you gentle passx forx if we mayx
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wexll not offend one stomach with our playx
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butx till the king come forthx and not till thenx
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unto southampton do we shift our scenex
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xxexitxxx
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scene ix londonx a streetx
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enter corporal nym and lieutenant bardolphx
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bardolphx
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well metx corporal nymx
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nymx
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good morrowx lieutenant bardolphx
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bardolphx
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whatx are ancient pistol and you friends yetx
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nymx
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for my partx i care notx i say littlex but when time shall servex there
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shall be smilesx but that shall be as it mayx i dare not fightx but i
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will wink and hold out mine ironx it is a simple onex but what thoughx
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it will toast cheesex and it will endure cold as another manxs sword
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|
willx and therexs an endx
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bardolphx
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i will bestow a breakfast to make you friendsx and wexll be all three
|
|
sworn brothers to francex let it be sox good corporal nymx
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nymx
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faithx i will live so long as i mayx thatxs the certain of itx and when
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i cannot live any longerx i will do as i mayx that is my restx that is
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the rendezvous of itx
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bardolphx
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it is certainx corporalx that he is married to nell quicklyx and
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certainly she did you wrongx for you were trothxplight to herx
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nymx
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i cannot tellx things must be as they mayx men may sleepx and they may
|
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have their throats about them at that timex and some say knives have
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edgesx it must be as it mayx though patience be a tired marex yet she
|
|
will plodx there must be conclusionsx wellx i cannot tellx
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enter pistol and hostessx
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bardolphx
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here comes ancient pistol and his wifex good corporalx be patient herex
|
|
how nowx mine host pistolx
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pistolx
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|
base tikex callxst thou me hostx
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nowx by this handx i swear i scorn the termx
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nor shall my nell keep lodgersx
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hostessx
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nox by my trothx not longx for we cannot lodge and board a dozen or
|
|
fourteen gentlewomen that live honestly by the prick of their needlesx
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|
but it will be thought we keep a bawdy house straightx xxnym and pistol
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|
drawxxx o well a dayx ladyx if he be not drawn nowx we shall see wilful
|
|
adultery and murder committedx
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bardolphx
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good lieutenantx good corporalx offer nothing herex
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nymx
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pishx
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pistolx
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pish for theex iceland dogx thou prickxearxd cur of icelandx
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hostessx
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good corporal nymx show thy valourx and put up your swordx
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nymx
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will you shog offx i would have you xsolusxx
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pistolx
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|
xsolusxx egregious dogx o viper vilex
|
|
the xsolusx in thy most mervailous facex
|
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the xsolusx in thy teethx and in thy throatx
|
|
and in thy hateful lungsx yeax in thy mawx perdyx
|
|
andx which is worsex within thy nasty mouthx
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i do retort the xsolusx in thy bowelsx
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|
for i can takex and pistolxs cock is upx
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|
and flashing fire will followx
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nymx
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i am not barbasonx you cannot conjure mex i have an humour to knock you
|
|
indifferently wellx if you grow foul with mex pistolx i will scour you
|
|
with my rapierx as i mayx in fair termsx if you would walk offx i would
|
|
prick your guts a littlex in good termsx as i mayx and thatxs the
|
|
humour of itx
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pistolx
|
|
o braggart vile and damned furious wightx
|
|
the grave doth gapex and doting death is nearx
|
|
therefore exhalex
|
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bardolphx
|
|
hear mex hear me what i sayx he that strikes the first stroke ixll run
|
|
him up to the hiltsx as i am a soldierx
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|
xxdrawsxxx
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pistolx
|
|
an oath of mickle mightx and fury shall abatex
|
|
give me thy fistx thy forexfoot to me givex
|
|
thy spirits are most tallx
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nymx
|
|
i will cut thy throatx one time or otherx in fair termsx that is the
|
|
humour of itx
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pistolx
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|
xcouple a gorgexx
|
|
that is the wordx i thee defy againx
|
|
o hound of cretex thinkxst thou my spouse to getx
|
|
nox to the spital gox
|
|
and from the powdering tub of infamy
|
|
fetch forth the lazar kite of cressidxs kindx
|
|
doll tearsheet she by namex and her espousex
|
|
i havex and i will holdx the quondam quickly
|
|
for the only shex and xpaucaxx therexs enoughx
|
|
go tox
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|
enter the boyx
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boyx
|
|
mine host pistolx you must come to my masterx and youx hostessx he is
|
|
very sickx and would to bedx good bardolphx put thy face between his
|
|
sheetsx and do the office of a warmingxpanx faithx hexs very illx
|
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bardolphx
|
|
awayx you roguex
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hostessx
|
|
by my trothx hexll yield the crow a pudding one of these daysx
|
|
the king has killxd his heartx
|
|
good husbandx come home presentlyx
|
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|
|
xxexeunt hostess and boyxxx
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bardolphx
|
|
comex shall i make you two friendsx we must to france togetherx why the
|
|
devil should we keep knives to cut one anotherxs throatsx
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pistolx
|
|
let floods oxerswellx and fiends for food howl onx
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nymx
|
|
youxll pay me the eight shillings i won of you at bettingx
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pistolx
|
|
base is the slave that paysx
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nymx
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that now i will havex thatxs the humour of itx
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pistolx
|
|
as manhood shall compoundx push homex
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xxthey drawxxx
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bardolphx
|
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by this swordx he that makes the first thrustx ixll kill himx by this
|
|
swordx i willx
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pistolx
|
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sword is an oathx and oaths must have their coursex
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bardolphx
|
|
corporal nymx and thou wilt be friendsx be friendsx an thou wilt notx
|
|
whyx thenx be enemies with me toox pritheex put upx
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nymx
|
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i shall have my eight shillings i won from you at bettingx
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pistolx
|
|
a noble shalt thou havex and present payx
|
|
and liquor likewise will i give to theex
|
|
and friendship shall combinex and brotherhoodx
|
|
ixll live by nymx and nym shall live by mex
|
|
is not this justx for i shall sutler be
|
|
unto the campx and profits will accruex
|
|
give me thy handx
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nymx
|
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i shall have my noblex
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pistolx
|
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in cash most justly paidx
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nymx
|
|
wellx thenx thatxs the humour ofxtx
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|
|
enter hostessx
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hostessx
|
|
as ever you come of womenx come in quickly to sir johnx
|
|
ahx poor heartx he is so shakxd of a burning quotidian tertianx
|
|
that it is most lamentable to beholdx sweet menx come to himx
|
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nymx
|
|
the king hath run bad humours on the knightx thatxs the even of itx
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pistolx
|
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nymx thou hast spoke the rightx
|
|
his heart is fracted and corroboratex
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nymx
|
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the king is a good kingx but it must be as it mayx he passes some
|
|
humours and careersx
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pistolx
|
|
let us condole the knightx forx lambkinsx we will livex
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene iix southamptonx a councilxchamberx
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enter exeterx bedford and westmorlandx
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bedfordx
|
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xfore godx his grace is boldx to trust these traitorsx
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exeterx
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they shall be apprehended by and byx
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westmorlandx
|
|
how smooth and even they do bear themselvesx
|
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as if allegiance in their bosoms sat
|
|
crowned with faith and constant loyaltyx
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bedfordx
|
|
the king hath note of all that they intendx
|
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by interception which they dream not ofx
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exeterx
|
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nayx but the man that was his bedxfellowx
|
|
whom he hath dullxd and cloyxd with gracious favoursx
|
|
that he shouldx for a foreign pursex so sell
|
|
his sovereignxs life to death and treacheryx
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|
trumpets soundx enter king henryx scroopx cambridge and greyx
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king henryx
|
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now sits the wind fairx and we will aboardx
|
|
my lord of cambridgex and my kind lord of mashamx
|
|
and youx my gentle knightx give me your thoughtsx
|
|
think you not that the powers we bear with us
|
|
will cut their passage through the force of francex
|
|
doing the execution and the act
|
|
for which we have in head assembled themx
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scroopx
|
|
no doubtx my liegex if each man do his bestx
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king henryx
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i doubt not thatx since we are well persuaded
|
|
we carry not a heart with us from hence
|
|
that grows not in a fair consent with oursx
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|
nor leave not one behind that doth not wish
|
|
success and conquest to attend on usx
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cambridgex
|
|
never was monarch better fearxd and lovxd
|
|
than is your majestyx therexs notx i thinkx a subject
|
|
that sits in heartxgrief and uneasiness
|
|
under the sweet shade of your governmentx
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|
greyx
|
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truex those that were your fatherxs enemies
|
|
have steepxd their galls in honeyx and do serve you
|
|
with hearts create of duty and of zealx
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king henryx
|
|
we therefore have great cause of thankfulnessx
|
|
and shall forget the office of our hand
|
|
sooner than quittance of desert and merit
|
|
according to the weight and worthinessx
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scroopx
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|
so service shall with steeled sinews toilx
|
|
and labour shall refresh itself with hopex
|
|
to do your grace incessant servicesx
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king henryx
|
|
we judge no lessx uncle of exeterx
|
|
enlarge the man committed yesterdayx
|
|
that railxd against our personx we consider
|
|
it was excess of wine that set him onx
|
|
and on his more advice we pardon himx
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scroopx
|
|
thatxs mercyx but too much securityx
|
|
let him be punishxdx sovereignx lest example
|
|
breedx by his sufferancex more of such a kindx
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king henryx
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ox let us yet be mercifulx
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cambridgex
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|
so may your highnessx and yet punish toox
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greyx
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sirx
|
|
you show great mercy if you give him life
|
|
after the taste of much correctionx
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king henryx
|
|
alasx your too much love and care of me
|
|
are heavy orisons xgainst this poor wretchx
|
|
if little faultsx proceeding on distemperx
|
|
shall not be winkxd atx how shall we stretch our eye
|
|
when capital crimesx chewxdx swallowxdx and digestedx
|
|
appear before usx wexll yet enlarge that manx
|
|
though cambridgex scroopx and greyx in their dear care
|
|
and tender preservation of our personx
|
|
would have him punishxdx and now to our french causesx
|
|
who are the late commissionersx
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cambridgex
|
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i onex my lordx
|
|
your highness bade me ask for it todayx
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scroopx
|
|
so did you mex my liegex
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greyx
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and ix my royal sovereignx
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king henryx
|
|
thenx richard earl of cambridgex there is yoursx
|
|
there yoursx lord scroop of mashamx andx sir knightx
|
|
grey of northumberlandx this same is yoursx
|
|
read themx and know i know your worthinessx
|
|
my lord of westmorlandx and uncle exeterx
|
|
we will aboard tonightxxwhyx how nowx gentlemenx
|
|
what see you in those papers that you lose
|
|
so much complexionxxlook yex how they changex
|
|
their cheeks are paperxxwhyx what read you therex
|
|
that have so cowarded and chasxd your blood
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out of appearancex
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cambridgex
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i do confess my faultx
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and do submit me to your highnessx mercyx
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greyx scroopx
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to which we all appealx
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king henryx
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the mercy that was quick in us but latex
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by your own counsel is suppressxd and killxdx
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you must not darex for shamex to talk of mercyx
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for your own reasons turn into your bosomsx
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as dogs upon their mastersx worrying youx
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see youx my princes and my noble peersx
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these english monstersx my lord of cambridge herex
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you know how apt our love was to accord
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to furnish him with an appertinents
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belonging to his honourx and this man
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hathx for a few light crownsx lightly conspirxd
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and sworn unto the practices of france
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to kill us here in hamptonx to the which
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this knightx no less for bounty bound to us
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than cambridge isx hath likewise swornx butx o
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what shall i say to theex lord scroopx thou cruelx
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ingratefulx savagex and inhuman creaturex
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thou that didst bear the key of all my counselsx
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that knewxst the very bottom of my soulx
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that almost mightst have coinxd me into goldx
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wouldst thou have practisxd on me for thy usexx
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may it be possible that foreign hire
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could out of thee extract one spark of evil
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that might annoy my fingerx xtis so strangex
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thatx though the truth of it stands off as gross
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as black and whitex my eye will scarcely see itx
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treason and murder ever kept togetherx
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as two yokexdevils sworn to eitherxs purposex
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working so grossly in a natural cause
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that admiration did not whoop at themx
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but thoux xgainst all proportionx didst bring in
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wonder to wait on treason and on murderx
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and whatsoever cunning fiend it was
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that wrought upon thee so preposterously
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hath got the voice in hell for excellencex
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and other devils that suggest by treasons
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do botch and bungle up damnation
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with patchesx coloursx and with forms being fetchxd
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from glistxring semblances of pietyx
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but he that temperxd thee bade thee stand upx
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gave thee no instance why thou shouldst do treasonx
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unless to dub thee with the name of traitorx
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if that same demon that hath gullxd thee thus
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should with his lion gait walk the whole worldx
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he might return to vasty tartar backx
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and tell the legionsx xi can never win
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a soul so easy as that englishmanxsxx
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ox how hast thou with jealousy infected
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the sweetness of affiancex show men dutifulx
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whyx so didst thoux seem they grave and learnedx
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whyx so didst thoux come they of noble familyx
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whyx so didst thoux seem they religiousx
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whyx so didst thoux or are they spare in dietx
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free from gross passion or of mirth or angerx
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constant in spiritx not swerving with the bloodx
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garnishxd and deckxd in modest complementx
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not working with the eye without the earx
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and but in purged judgement trusting neitherx
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such and so finely bolted didst thou seemx
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and thus thy fall hath left a kind of blot
|
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to mark the fullxfraught man and best indued
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with some suspicionx i will weep for theex
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for this revolt of thinex methinksx is like
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another fall of manx their faults are openx
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arrest them to the answer of the lawx
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and god acquit them of their practicesx
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exeterx
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i arrest thee of high treasonx by the name of richard earl of
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cambridgex
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i arrest thee of high treasonx by the name of henry lord scroop of
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mashamx
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i arrest thee of high treasonx by the name of thomas greyx knightx of
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northumberlandx
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scroopx
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our purposes god justly hath discoverxdx
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and i repent my fault more than my deathx
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which i beseech your highness to forgivex
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although my body pay the price of itx
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cambridgex
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for mex the gold of france did not seducex
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although i did admit it as a motive
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the sooner to effect what i intendedx
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but god be thanked for preventionx
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which i in sufferance heartily will rejoicex
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beseeching god and you to pardon mex
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greyx
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never did faithful subject more rejoice
|
|
at the discovery of most dangerous treason
|
|
than i do at this hour joy oxer myselfx
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prevented from a damned enterprisex
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my faultx but not my bodyx pardonx sovereignx
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king henryx
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god quit you in his mercyx hear your sentencex
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you have conspirxd against our royal personx
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joinxd with an enemy proclaimxdx and from his coffers
|
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received the golden earnest of our deathx
|
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wherein you would have sold your king to slaughterx
|
|
his princes and his peers to servitudex
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his subjects to oppression and contemptx
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and his whole kingdom into desolationx
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touching our person seek we no revengex
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but we our kingdomxs safety must so tenderx
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whose ruin you have soughtx that to her laws
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we do deliver youx get you therefore hencex
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poor miserable wretchesx to your deathx
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the taste whereof god of his mercy give
|
|
you patience to endurex and true repentance
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|
of all your dear offencesx bear them hencex
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xxexeunt cambridgex scroop and greyx guardedxxx
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nowx lordsx for francex the enterprise whereof
|
|
shall be to youx as usx like gloriousx
|
|
we doubt not of a fair and lucky warx
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|
since god so graciously hath brought to light
|
|
this dangerous treason lurking in our way
|
|
to hinder our beginningsx we doubt not now
|
|
but every rub is smoothed on our wayx
|
|
then forthx dear countrymenx let us deliver
|
|
our puissance into the hand of godx
|
|
putting it straight in expeditionx
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cheerly to seax the signs of war advancex
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|
no king of englandx if not king of francex
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xxflourishx exeuntxxx
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scene iiix londonx before a tavernx
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enter pistolx nymx bardolphx boy and hostessx
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hostessx
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pritheex honeyx sweet husbandx let me bring thee to stainesx
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pistolx
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nox for my manly heart doth yearnx
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bardolphx be blithex nymx rouse thy vaunting veinsx
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boyx bristle thy courage upx for falstaff he is deadx
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and we must yearn thereforex
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bardolphx
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would i were with himx wheresomexer he isx either in heaven or in hellx
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hostessx
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nayx surex hexs not in hellx hexs in arthurxs bosomx if ever man went
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to arthurxs bosomx xa made a finer end and went away an it had been any
|
|
christom childx xa parted even just between twelve and onex even at the
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|
turning ox the tidex for after i saw him fumble with the sheetsx and
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|
play with flowersx and smile upon his fingersx endsx i knew there was
|
|
but one wayx for his nose was as sharp as a penx and xa babbled of
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|
green fieldsx xhow nowx sir johnxx quoth ix xwhatx manx be ox good
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cheerxx so xa cried outx xgodx godx godxx three or four timesx now ix
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to comfort himx bid him xa should not think of godx i hopxd there was
|
|
no need to trouble himself with any such thoughts yetx so xa bade me
|
|
lay more clothes on his feetx i put my hand into the bed and felt themx
|
|
and they were as cold as any stonex then i felt to his kneesx and so
|
|
upward and upwardx and all was as cold as any stonex
|
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nymx
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they say he cried out of sackx
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hostessx
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ayx that xa didx
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bardolphx
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and of womenx
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hostessx
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nayx that xa did notx
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boyx
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yesx that xa didx and said they were devils incarnatex
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hostessx
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xa could never abide carnationx xtwas a colour he never likedx
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boyx
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xa said oncex the devil would have him about womenx
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hostessx
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xa did in some sortx indeedx handle womenx but then he was rheumaticx
|
|
and talkxd of the whore of babylonx
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|
boyx
|
|
do you not rememberx xa saw a flea stick upon bardolphxs nosex and xa
|
|
said it was a black soul burning in hellxfirex
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|
bardolphx
|
|
wellx the fuel is gone that maintainxd that firex thatxs all the riches
|
|
i got in his servicex
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nymx
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shall we shogx the king will be gone from southamptonx
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pistolx
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|
comex letxs awayx my lovex give me thy lipsx
|
|
look to my chattels and my movablesx
|
|
let senses rulex the word is xpitch and payxx
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trust nonex
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for oaths are strawsx menxs faiths are waferxcakes
|
|
and holdxfast is the only dogx my duckx
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thereforex xcavetox be thy counsellorx
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|
gox clear thy crystalsx yokexfellows in armsx
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|
let us to francex like horsexleechesx my boysx
|
|
to suckx to suckx the very blood to suckx
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boyx
|
|
and thatxs but unwholesome foodx they sayx
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pistolx
|
|
touch her soft mouthx and marchx
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|
bardolphx
|
|
farewellx hostessx
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|
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|
xxkissing herxxx
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|
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nymx
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|
i cannot kissx that is the humour of itx butx adieux
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pistolx
|
|
let housewifery appearx keep closex i thee commandx
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|
hostessx
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|
farewellx adieux
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|
xxexeuntxxx
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|
|
scene ivx francex the kingxs palacex
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|
|
flourishx enter the french kingx the dauphinx the dukes of berry and
|
|
brittanyx the constable and othersx
|
|
|
|
french kingx
|
|
thus comes the english with full power upon usx
|
|
and more than carefully it us concerns
|
|
to answer royally in our defencesx
|
|
therefore the dukes of berry and of brittanyx
|
|
of brabant and of orleansx shall make forthx
|
|
and youx prince dauphinx with all swift dispatchx
|
|
to line and new repair our towns of war
|
|
with men of courage and with means defendantx
|
|
for england his approaches makes as fierce
|
|
as waters to the sucking of a gulfx
|
|
it fits us then to be as provident
|
|
as fears may teach us out of late examples
|
|
left by the fatal and neglected english
|
|
upon our fieldsx
|
|
|
|
dauphinx
|
|
my most redoubted fatherx
|
|
it is most meet we arm us xgainst the foex
|
|
for peace itself should not so dull a kingdomx
|
|
though war nor no known quarrel were in questionx
|
|
but that defencesx mustersx preparationsx
|
|
should be maintainxdx assembledx and collectedx
|
|
as were a war in expectationx
|
|
thereforex i sayx xtis meet we all go forth
|
|
to view the sick and feeble parts of francex
|
|
and let us do it with no show of fearx
|
|
nox with no more than if we heard that england
|
|
were busied with a whitsun morrisxdancex
|
|
forx my good liegex she is so idly kingxdx
|
|
her sceptre so fantastically borne
|
|
by a vainx giddyx shallowx humorous youthx
|
|
that fear attends her notx
|
|
|
|
constablex
|
|
o peacex prince dauphinx
|
|
you are too much mistaken in this kingx
|
|
question your grace the late ambassadors
|
|
with what great state he heard their embassyx
|
|
how well supplied with noble counsellorsx
|
|
how modest in exceptionx and withal
|
|
how terrible in constant resolutionx
|
|
and you shall find his vanities forespent
|
|
were but the outside of the roman brutusx
|
|
covering discretion with a coat of follyx
|
|
as gardeners do with ordure hide those roots
|
|
that shall first spring and be most delicatex
|
|
|
|
dauphinx
|
|
wellx xtis not sox my lord high constablex
|
|
but though we think it sox it is no matterx
|
|
in cases of defence xtis best to weigh
|
|
the enemy more mighty than he seemsx
|
|
so the proportions of defence are fillxdx
|
|
whichx of a weak and niggardly projectionx
|
|
dothx like a miserx spoil his coat with scanting
|
|
a little clothx
|
|
|
|
french kingx
|
|
think we king harry strongx
|
|
andx princesx look you strongly arm to meet himx
|
|
the kindred of him hath been fleshxd upon usx
|
|
and he is bred out of that bloody strain
|
|
that haunted us in our familiar pathsx
|
|
witness our too much memorable shame
|
|
when cressy battle fatally was struckx
|
|
and all our princes captivxd by the hand
|
|
of that black namex edwardx black prince of walesx
|
|
whiles that his mountain sirex on mountain standingx
|
|
up in the airx crownxd with the golden sunx
|
|
saw his heroical seedx and smilxd to see himx
|
|
mangle the work of nature and deface
|
|
the patterns that by god and by french fathers
|
|
had twenty years been madex this is a stem
|
|
of that victorious stockx and let us fear
|
|
the native mightiness and fate of himx
|
|
|
|
enter a messengerx
|
|
|
|
messengerx
|
|
ambassadors from harry king of england
|
|
do crave admittance to your majestyx
|
|
|
|
french kingx
|
|
wexll give them present audiencex gox and bring themx
|
|
|
|
xxexeunt messenger and certain lordsxxx
|
|
|
|
you see this chase is hotly followxdx friendsx
|
|
|
|
dauphinx
|
|
turn head and stop pursuitx for coward dogs
|
|
most spend their mouths when what they seem to threaten
|
|
runs far before themx good my sovereignx
|
|
take up the english shortx and let them know
|
|
of what a monarchy you are the headx
|
|
selfxlovex my liegex is not so vile a sin
|
|
as selfxneglectingx
|
|
|
|
enter exeterx
|
|
|
|
french kingx
|
|
from our brother of englandx
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|
|
|
exeterx
|
|
from himx and thus he greets your majestyx
|
|
he wills youx in the name of god almightyx
|
|
that you divest yourselfx and lay apart
|
|
the borrowed glories that by gift of heavenx
|
|
by law of nature and of nationsx xlongs
|
|
to him and to his heirsx namelyx the crown
|
|
and all widexstretched honours that pertain
|
|
by custom and the ordinance of times
|
|
unto the crown of francex that you may know
|
|
xtis no sinister nor no awkward claim
|
|
pickxd from the wormxholes of longxvanishxd daysx
|
|
nor from the dust of old oblivion rakxdx
|
|
he sends you this most memorable linex
|
|
in every branch truly demonstrativex
|
|
willing you overlook this pedigreex
|
|
and when you find him evenly derivxd
|
|
from his most famxd of famous ancestorsx
|
|
edward the thirdx he bids you then resign
|
|
your crown and kingdomx indirectly held
|
|
from himx the native and true challengerx
|
|
|
|
french kingx
|
|
or else what followsx
|
|
|
|
exeterx
|
|
bloody constraintx for if you hide the crown
|
|
even in your heartsx there will he rake for itx
|
|
therefore in fierce tempest is he comingx
|
|
in thunder and in earthquakex like a jovex
|
|
thatx if requiring failx he will compelx
|
|
and bids youx in the bowels of the lordx
|
|
deliver up the crownx and to take mercy
|
|
on the poor souls for whom this hungry war
|
|
opens his vasty jawsx and on your head
|
|
turning the widowsx tearsx the orphansx criesx
|
|
the dead menxs bloodx the pining maidensx groansx
|
|
for husbandsx fathersx and betrothed loversx
|
|
that shall be swallowed in this controversyx
|
|
this is his claimx his threatxningx and my messagex
|
|
unless the dauphin be in presence herex
|
|
to whom expressly i bring greeting toox
|
|
|
|
french kingx
|
|
for usx we will consider of this furtherx
|
|
tomorrow shall you bear our full intent
|
|
back to our brother of englandx
|
|
|
|
dauphinx
|
|
for the dauphinx
|
|
i stand here for himx what to him from englandx
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|
|
|
exeterx
|
|
scorn and defiancex slight regardx contemptx
|
|
and anything that may not misbecome
|
|
the mighty senderx doth he prize you atx
|
|
thus says my kingx an if your fatherxs highness
|
|
do notx in grant of all demands at largex
|
|
sweeten the bitter mock you sent his majestyx
|
|
hexll call you to so hot an answer of it
|
|
that caves and womby vaultages of france
|
|
shall chide your trespass and return your mock
|
|
in second accent of his ordinancex
|
|
|
|
dauphinx
|
|
sayx if my father render fair returnx
|
|
it is against my willx for i desire
|
|
nothing but odds with englandx to that endx
|
|
as matching to his youth and vanityx
|
|
i did present him with the paris ballsx
|
|
|
|
exeterx
|
|
hexll make your paris louvre shake for itx
|
|
were it the mistressxcourt of mighty europex
|
|
andx be assurxdx youxll find a differencex
|
|
as we his subjects have in wonder foundx
|
|
between the promise of his greener days
|
|
and these he masters nowx now he weighs time
|
|
even to the utmost grainx that you shall read
|
|
in your own lossesx if he stay in francex
|
|
|
|
french kingx
|
|
tomorrow shall you know our mind at fullx
|
|
|
|
xxflourishxxx
|
|
|
|
exeterx
|
|
dispatch us with all speedx lest that our king
|
|
come here himself to question our delayx
|
|
for he is footed in this land alreadyx
|
|
|
|
french kingx
|
|
you shall be soon dispatchxd with fair conditionsx
|
|
a night is but small breath and little pause
|
|
to answer matters of this consequencex
|
|
|
|
xxexeuntxxx
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
act iii
|
|
|
|
flourishx enter chorusx
|
|
|
|
chorusx
|
|
thus with imaginxd wing our swift scene fliesx
|
|
in motion of no less celerity
|
|
than that of thoughtx suppose that you have seen
|
|
the wellxappointed king at hampton pier
|
|
embark his royaltyx and his brave fleet
|
|
with silken streamers the young phoebus fanningx
|
|
play with your fanciesx and in them behold
|
|
upon the hempen tackle shipxboys climbingx
|
|
hear the shrill whistle which doth order give
|
|
to sounds confusxdx behold the threaden sailsx
|
|
borne with the invisible and creeping windx
|
|
draw the huge bottoms through the furrowxd seax
|
|
breasting the lofty surgex ox do but think
|
|
you stand upon the rivage and behold
|
|
a city on the inconstant billows dancingx
|
|
for so appears this fleet majesticalx
|
|
holding due course to harfleurx followx followx
|
|
grapple your minds to sternage of this navyx
|
|
and leave your englandx as dead midnight stillx
|
|
guarded with grandsiresx babiesx and old womenx
|
|
either past or not arrivxd to pith and puissancex
|
|
for who is hex whose chin is but enrichxd
|
|
with one appearing hairx that will not follow
|
|
these cullxd and choicexdrawn cavaliers to francex
|
|
workx work your thoughtsx and therein see a siegex
|
|
behold the ordnance on their carriagesx
|
|
with fatal mouths gaping on girded harfleurx
|
|
suppose the ambassador from the french comes backx
|
|
tells harry that the king doth offer him
|
|
katharine his daughterx and with herx to dowryx
|
|
some petty and unprofitable dukedomsx
|
|
the offer likes notx and the nimble gunner
|
|
with linstock now the devilish cannon touchesx
|
|
|
|
xxalarumx and chambers go offxxx
|
|
|
|
and down goes all before themx still be kindx
|
|
and eke out our performance with your mindx
|
|
|
|
xxexitxxx
|
|
|
|
scene ix francex before harfleurx
|
|
|
|
alarumx enter king henryx exeterx bedfordx gloucester and soldiersx
|
|
with scalingxladdersx
|
|
|
|
king henryx
|
|
once more unto the breachx dear friendsx once morex
|
|
or close the wall up with our english deadx
|
|
in peace therexs nothing so becomes a man
|
|
as modest stillness and humilityx
|
|
but when the blast of war blows in our earsx
|
|
then imitate the action of the tigerx
|
|
stiffen the sinewsx summon up the bloodx
|
|
disguise fair nature with hardxfavourxd ragex
|
|
then lend the eye a terrible aspectx
|
|
let it pry through the portage of the head
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like the brass cannonx let the brow oxerwhelm it
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as fearfully as does a galled rock
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oxerhang and jutty his confounded basex
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swillxd with the wild and wasteful oceanx
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now set the teeth and stretch the nostril widex
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hold hard the breathx and bend up every spirit
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to his full heightx onx onx you noblest englishx
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whose blood is fet from fathers of warxproofx
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fathers thatx like so many alexandersx
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have in these parts from morn till even foughtx
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and sheathxd their swords for lack of argumentx
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dishonour not your mothersx now attest
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that those whom you callxd fathers did beget youx
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be copy now to men of grosser bloodx
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and teach them how to warx and youx good yeomenx
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whose limbs were made in englandx show us here
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the mettle of your pasturex let us swear
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that you are worth your breedingx which i doubt notx
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for there is none of you so mean and basex
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that hath not noble lustre in your eyesx
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i see you stand like greyhounds in the slipsx
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straining upon the startx the gamexs afootx
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follow your spiritx and upon this charge
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cryx xgod for harryx england and saint georgexx
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xxexeuntx alarumx and chambers go offxxx
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scene iix the samex
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enter nymx bardolphx pistol and boyx
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bardolphx
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onx onx onx onx onx to the breachx to the breachx
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nymx
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pray theex corporalx stayx the knocks are too hotx andx for mine own
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partx i have not a case of livesx the humour of it is too hotx that is
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the very plainxsong of itx
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pistolx
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the plainxsong is most justx for humours do aboundx
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knocks go and comex godxs vassals drop and diex
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and sword and shieldx
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in bloody fieldx
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doth win immortal famex
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boyx
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would i were in an alehouse in londonx i would give all my fame for a
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pot of ale and safetyx
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pistolx
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and ix
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if wishes would prevail with mex
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my purpose should not fail with mex
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but thither would i hiex
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boyx
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as dulyx
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but not as trulyx
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as bird doth sing on boughx
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enter fluellenx
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fluellenx
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up to the breachx you dogsx avauntx you cullionsx
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xxdriving them forwardxxx
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pistolx
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be mercifulx great dukex to men of mouldx
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abate thy ragex abate thy manly ragex
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abate thy ragex great dukex
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good bawcockx bate thy ragex use lenityx sweet chuckx
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nymx
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these be good humoursx your honour wins bad humoursx
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xxexeunt all but boyxxx
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boyx
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as young as i amx i have observxd these three swashersx i am boy to
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them all threex but all they threex though they would serve mex could
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not be man to mex for indeed three such antics do not amount to a manx
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for bardolphx he is whitexliverxd and redxfacxdx by the means whereof
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xa faces it outx but fights notx for pistolx he hath a killing tongue
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and a quiet swordx by the means whereof xa breaks wordsx and keeps
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whole weaponsx for nymx he hath heard that men of few words are the
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best menx and therefore he scorns to say his prayersx lest xa should be
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thought a cowardx but his few bad words are matchxd with as few good
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deedsx for xa never broke any manxs head but his ownx and that was
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against a post when he was drunkx they will steal anythingx and call it
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purchasex bardolph stole a lutexcasex bore it twelve leaguesx and sold
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it for three halfxpencex nym and bardolph are sworn brothers in
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filchingx and in calais they stole a firexshovelx i knew by that piece
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of service the men would carry coalsx they would have me as familiar
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with menxs pockets as their gloves or their handkerchersx which makes
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much against my manhoodx if i should take from anotherxs pocket to put
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into minex for it is plain pocketing up of wrongsx i must leave themx
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and seek some better servicex their villainy goes against my weak
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stomachx and therefore i must cast it upx
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xxexitxxx
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enter gower and fluellenx
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gowerx
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captain fluellenx you must come presently to the minesx
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the duke of gloucester would speak with youx
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fluellenx
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to the minesx tell you the dukex it is not so good to come to the
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minesx forx look youx the mines is not according to the disciplines of
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the warx the concavities of it is not sufficientx forx look youx the
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athversaryx you may discuss unto the dukex look youx is digt himself
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four yard under the counterminesx by cheshux i think xa will plow up
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allx if there is not better directionsx
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gowerx
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the duke of gloucesterx to whom the order of the siege is givenx is
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altogether directed by an irishmanx a very valiant gentlemanx ix faithx
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fluellenx
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it is captain macmorrisx is it notx
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gowerx
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i think it bex
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fluellenx
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by cheshux he is an assx as in the worldx i will verify as much in his
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beardx he has no more directions in the true disciplines of the warsx
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look youx of the roman disciplinesx than is a puppyxdogx
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enter macmorris and captain jamyx
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gowerx
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here xa comesx and the scots captainx captain jamyx with himx
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fluellenx
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captain jamy is a marvellous falorous gentlemanx that is certainx and
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of great expedition and knowledge in the anchient warsx upon my
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particular knowledge of his directionsx by cheshux he will maintain his
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argument as well as any military man in the worldx in the disciplines
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of the pristine wars of the romansx
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jamyx
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i say gudxdayx captain fluellenx
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fluellenx
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godxden to your worshipx good captain jamesx
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gowerx
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how nowx captain macmorrisx have you quit the minesx
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have the pioneers given oxerx
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macmorrisx
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by chrishx lax xtish ill donex the work ish give overx the trompet
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sound the retreatx by my hand i swearx and my fatherxs soulx the work
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ish ill donex it ish give overx i would have blowed up the townx so
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chrish save mex lax in an hourx ox xtish ill donex xtish ill donex by
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my handx xtish ill donex
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fluellenx
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captain macmorrisx i beseech you nowx will you voutsafe mex look youx a
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few disputations with youx as partly touching or concerning the
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disciplines of the warx the roman warsx in the way of argumentx look
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youx and friendly communicationx partly to satisfy my opinionx and
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partly for the satisfactionx look youx of my mindx as touching the
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direction of the military disciplinex that is the pointx
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jamyx
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it sall be vary gudx gud feithx gud captains bathx and i sall quit you
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with gud levex as i may pick occasionx that sall ix marryx
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macmorrisx
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it is no time to discoursex so chrish save mex the day is hotx and the
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weatherx and the warsx and the kingx and the dukesx it is no time to
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discoursex the town is beseechxdx and the trumpet call us to the
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breachx and we talkx andx be chrishx do nothingx xtis shame for us allx
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so god sax mex xtis shame to stand stillx it is shamex by my handx and
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there is throats to be cutx and works to be donex and there ish nothing
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donex so chrish sax mex lax
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jamyx
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by the messx ere theise eyes of mine take themselves to slomberx ixll
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de gud servicex or ixll lig ix the grund for itx ayx or go to deathx
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and ixll payxt as valorously as i mayx that sall i suerly dox that is
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the breff and the longx marryx i wad full fain heard some question
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xtween you twayx
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fluellenx
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captain macmorrisx i thinkx look youx under your correctionx there is
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not many of your nationx
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macmorrisx
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of my nationx what ish my nationx ish a villainx and a bastardx and a
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knavex and a rascalx what ish my nationx who talks of my nationx
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fluellenx
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look youx if you take the matter otherwise than is meantx captain
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macmorrisx peradventure i shall think you do not use me with that
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|
affability as in discretion you ought to use mex look youx being as
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good a man as yourselfx both in the disciplines of warx and in the
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derivation of my birthx and in other particularitiesx
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macmorrisx
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i do not know you so good a man as myselfx so chrish save mex
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i will cut off your headx
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gowerx
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gentlemen bothx you will mistake each otherx
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jamyx
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ahx thatxs a foul faultx
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xxa parley soundedxxx
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gowerx
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the town sounds a parleyx
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fluellenx
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captain macmorrisx when there is more better opportunity to be
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requiredx look youx i will be so bold as to tell you i know the
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|
disciplines of warx and there is an endx
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene iiix before the gatesx
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the governor and some citizens on the wallsx the english forces belowx
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enter king henry and his trainx
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king henryx
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how yet resolves the governor of the townx
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this is the latest parle we will admitx
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therefore to our best mercy give yourselvesx
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or like to men proud of destruction
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defy us to our worstx forx as i am a soldierx
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a name that in my thoughts becomes me bestx
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if i begin the battery once againx
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i will not leave the halfxachieved harfleur
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till in her ashes she lie buriedx
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the gates of mercy shall be all shut upx
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and the fleshxd soldierx rough and hard of heartx
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in liberty of bloody hand shall range
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with conscience wide as hellx mowing like grass
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your fresh fair virgins and your flowxring infantsx
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what is it then to mex if impious warx
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arrayxd in flames like to the prince of fiendsx
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do with his smirchxd complexion all fell feats
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enlinkxd to waste and desolationx
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what isxt to mex when you yourselves are causex
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if your pure maidens fall into the hand
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of hot and forcing violationx
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|
what rein can hold licentious wickedness
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when down the hill he holds his fierce careerx
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we may as bootless spend our vain command
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upon the enraged soldiers in their spoil
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as send precepts to the leviathan
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to come ashorex thereforex you men of harfleurx
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take pity of your town and of your peoplex
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whiles yet my soldiers are in my commandx
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whiles yet the cool and temperate wind of grace
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oxerblows the filthy and contagious clouds
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of heady murderx spoilx and villainyx
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if notx whyx in a moment look to see
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the blind and bloody soldier with foul hand
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defile the locks of your shrillxshrieking daughtersx
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your fathers taken by the silver beardsx
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and their most reverend heads dashxd to the wallsx
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your naked infants spitted upon pikesx
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whiles the mad mothers with their howls confusxd
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do break the cloudsx as did the wives of jewry
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at herodxs bloodyxhunting slaughtermenx
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what say youx will you yieldx and this avoidx
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orx guilty in defencex be thus destroyxdx
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governorx
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our expectation hath this day an endx
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the dauphinx whom of succours we entreatedx
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returns us that his powers are yet not ready
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to raise so great a siegex thereforex great kingx
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we yield our town and lives to thy soft mercyx
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enter our gatesx dispose of us and oursx
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for we no longer are defensiblex
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king henryx
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open your gatesx comex uncle exeterx
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go you and enter harfleurx there remainx
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and fortify it strongly xgainst the frenchx
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use mercy to them allx for usx dear unclex
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the winter coming onx and sickness growing
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upon our soldiersx we will retire to calaisx
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tonight in harfleur will we be your guestx
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tomorrow for the march are we addrestx
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flourishx the king and his train enter the townx
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scene ivx the french kingxs palacex
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enter katharine and alicex an old gentlewomanx
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katharinex
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xalicex tu as xtx en angleterrex et tu parles bien le langagexx
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alicex
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xun peux madamexx
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katharinex
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xje te priex mxenseignezx il faut que jxapprenne x parlerx
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comment appelezxvous la main en anglaisxx
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alicex
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xla mainx elle est appelxex de handx
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katharinex
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de handx xet les doigtsxx
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alicex
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xles doigtsx ma foix jxoublie les doigtsx mais je me souviendraix les
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doigtsx je pense quxils sont appelxsx de fingresx xouixx de fingresx
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katharinex
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xla mainxx de handx xles doigtsxx de fingresx xje pense que je suis le
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bon xcolierx jxai gagnx deux mots dxanglais vitementx comment
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appelezxvous les onglesxx
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alicex
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xles onglesx nous les appelonsx de nailsx
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katharinex
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de nailsx xxcoutezx ditesxmoix si je parle bienxx de handx de fingresx
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xetx de nailsx
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alicex
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xcxest bien ditx madamex il est fort bon anglaisxx
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katharinex
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xditesxmoi lxanglais pour le brasxx
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alicex
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de armx xmadamexx
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katharinex
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xet le coudexx
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alicex
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dxelbowx
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katharinex
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dxelbowx xje mxen fais la rxpxtition de tous les mots que vous mxavez
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appris dxs x prxsentxx
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alicex
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xil est trop difficilex madamex comme je pensexx
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katharinex
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xexcusezxmoix alicex xcoutezxx dxhandx de fingresx de nailsx dxarmx de
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bilbowx
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alicex
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dxelbowx xmadamexx
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katharinex
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xo seigneur dieux je mxen oubliexx dxelbowx
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xcomment appelezxvous le colxx
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alicex
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de nickx xmadamexx
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katharinex
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de nickx xet le mentonxx
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alicex
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de chinx
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katharinex
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de sinx xle colxx de nickx xle mentonxx de sinx
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alicex
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xouix sauf votre honneurx en vxritxx vous prononcez les mots aussi
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droit que les natifs dxangleterrexx
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katharinex
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xje ne doute point dxapprendrex par la grxce de dieux et en peu de
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tempsxx
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alicex
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xnxavezxvous pas dxjx oublix ce que je vous ai enseignxxx
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katharinex
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xnonx je rxciterai x vous promptementxx dxhandx de fingresx de mailsxx
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alicex
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de nailsx xmadamexx
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katharinex
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de nailsx de armx de ilbowx
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alicex
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xsauf votre honneurxx de elbowx
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katharinex
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xainsi disxjexx dxelbowx de nickx xetx de sinx xcomment appelezxvous le
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pied et la robexx
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alicex
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de footx xmadamex etx de counx
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katharinex
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de foot xetx de counx xo seigneur dieux ils sont les mots de son
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mauvaisx corruptiblex grosx et impudiquex et non pour les dames
|
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dxhonneur dxuserx je ne voudrais prononcer ces mots devant les
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seigneurs de france pour tout le mondex fohxx le foot xetx le counx
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xnxanmoinsx je rxciterai une autre fois ma lexon ensemblexx dxhandx de
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fingresx de nailsx dxarmx dxelbowx de nickx de sinx de footx de counx
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alicex
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xexcellentx madamexx
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katharinex
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xcxest assez pour une foisx allonsxnous x dxnerxx
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene vx the samex
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enter the king of francex the dauphinx the duke of bourbonx the
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|
constable of france and othersx
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french kingx
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xtis certain he hath passxd the river sommex
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constablex
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and if he be not fought withalx my lordx
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let us not live in francex let us quit all
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and give our vineyards to a barbarous peoplex
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dauphinx
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xo dieu vivantxx shall a few sprays of usx
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the emptying of our fathersx luxuryx
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our scions put in wild and savage stockx
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spirt up so suddenly into the cloudsx
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and overlook their graftersx
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bourbonx
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normansx but bastard normansx norman bastardsx
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xmort de ma viexx if they march along
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unfought withalx but i will sell my dukedomx
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to buy a slobbery and a dirty farm
|
|
in that nookxshotten isle of albionx
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constablex
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xdieu de bataillesxx where have they this mettlex
|
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is not their climate foggyx rawx and dullx
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on whomx as in despitex the sun looks palex
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killing their fruit with frownsx can sodden waterx
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a drench for surxreinxd jadesx their barleyxbrothx
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decoct their cold blood to such valiant heatx
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and shall our quick bloodx spirited with winex
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seem frostyx ox for honour of our landx
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let us not hang like roping icicles
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upon our housesx thatchx whiles a more frosty people
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sweat drops of gallant youth in our rich fieldsx
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poor we may call them in their native lordsx
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dauphinx
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by faith and honourx
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our madams mock at usx and plainly say
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our mettle is bred outx and they will give
|
|
their bodies to the lust of english youth
|
|
to newxstore france with bastard warriorsx
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bourbonx
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they bid us to the english dancingxschoolsx
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and teach lavoltas highx and swift corantosx
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saying our grace is only in our heelsx
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and that we are most lofty runawaysx
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french kingx
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where is montjoy the heraldx speed him hencex
|
|
let him greet england with our sharp defiancex
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|
upx princesx andx with spirit of honour edged
|
|
more sharper than your swordsx hie to the fieldx
|
|
charles delabrethx high constable of francex
|
|
you dukes of orleansx bourbonx and of berryx
|
|
alenxonx brabantx barx and burgundyx
|
|
jacques chatillonx ramburesx vaudemontx
|
|
beaumontx grandprxx roussix and fauconbridgex
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|
foixx lestralex boucicaultx and charoloisx
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|
high dukesx great princesx baronsx lordsx and knightsx
|
|
for your great seats now quit you of great shamesx
|
|
bar harry englandx that sweeps through our land
|
|
with pennons painted in the blood of harfleurx
|
|
rush on his hostx as doth the melted snow
|
|
upon the valleysx whose low vassal seat
|
|
the alps doth spit and void his rheum uponx
|
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go down upon himx you have power enoughx
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|
and in a captive chariot into rouen
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bring him our prisonerx
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constablex
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this becomes the greatx
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sorry am i his numbers are so fewx
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his soldiers sick and famishxd in their marchx
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for i am surex when he shall see our armyx
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hexll drop his heart into the sink of fear
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and for achievement offer us his ransomx
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french kingx
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thereforex lord constablex haste on montjoyx
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and let him say to england that we send
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to know what willing ransom he will givex
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prince dauphinx you shall stay with us in rouenx
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dauphinx
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not sox i do beseech your majestyx
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french kingx
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be patientx for you shall remain with usx
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now forthx lord constable and princes allx
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and quickly bring us word of englandxs fallx
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene vix the english camp in picardyx
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enter gower and fluellenx meetingx
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gowerx
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how nowx captain fluellenx come you from the bridgex
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fluellenx
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i assure youx there is very excellent services committed at the bridgex
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gowerx
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is the duke of exeter safex
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fluellenx
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the duke of exeter is as magnanimous as agamemnonx and a man that i
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love and honour with my soulx and my heartx and my dutyx and my lifex
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and my livingx and my uttermost powerx he is notxgod be praised and
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blessedxxany hurt in the worldx but keeps the bridge most valiantlyx
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with excellent disciplinex there is an anchient lieutenant there at the
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pridgex i think in my very conscience he is as valiant a man as mark
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antonyx and he is a man of no estimation in the worldx but i did see
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him do as gallant servicex
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gowerx
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what do you call himx
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fluellenx
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he is callxd anchient pistolx
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gowerx
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i know him notx
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enter pistolx
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fluellenx
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here is the manx
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pistolx
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captainx i thee beseech to do me favoursx
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the duke of exeter doth love thee wellx
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fluellenx
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ayx i praise godx and i have merited some love at his handsx
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pistolx
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bardolphx a soldierx firm and sound of heartx
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and of buxom valourx hath by cruel fate
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and giddy fortunexs furious fickle wheelx
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that goddess blindx
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that stands upon the rolling restless stonex
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fluellenx
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by your patiencex anchient pistolx fortune is painted blindx with a
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muffler afore his eyesx to signify to you that fortune is blindx and
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she is painted also with a wheelx to signify to youx which is the moral
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of itx that she is turningx and inconstantx and mutabilityx and
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variationx and her footx look youx is fixed upon a spherical stonex
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which rollsx and rollsx and rollsx in good truthx the poet makes a most
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excellent description of itx fortune is an excellent moralx
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pistolx
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fortune is bardolphxs foex and frowns on himx
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for he hath stolen a paxx and hanged must xa bexx
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a damned deathx
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let gallows gape for dogx let man go freex
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and let not hemp his windpipe suffocatex
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but exeter hath given the doom of death
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for pax of little pricex
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thereforex go speakx the duke will hear thy voicex
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and let not bardolphxs vital thread be cut
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with edge of penny cord and vile reproachx
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speakx captainx for his lifex and i will thee requitex
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fluellenx
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anchient pistolx i do partly understand your meaningx
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pistolx
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why thenx rejoice thereforex
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fluellenx
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certainlyx anchientx it is not a thing to rejoice atx for ifx look youx
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he were my brotherx i would desire the duke to use his good pleasurex
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and put him to executionx for discipline ought to be usedx
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pistolx
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die and be damnxdx and xficox for thy friendshipx
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fluellenx
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it is wellx
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pistolx
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the fig of spainx
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xxexitxxx
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fluellenx
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very goodx
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gowerx
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whyx this is an arrant counterfeit rascalx i remember him nowx a bawdx
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a cutpursex
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fluellenx
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ixll assure youx xa uttered as prave words at the pridge as you shall
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see in a summerxs dayx but it is very wellx what he has spoke to mex
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that is wellx i warrant youx when time is servex
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gowerx
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whyx xt is a gullx a foolx a roguex that now and then goes to the warsx
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to grace himself at his return into london under the form of a soldierx
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and such fellows are perfect in the great commandersx namesx and they
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will learn you by rote where services were donex at such and such a
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sconcex at such a breachx at such a convoyx who came off bravelyx who
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was shotx who disgracxdx what terms the enemy stood onx and this they
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con perfectly in the phrase of warx which they trick up with newxtuned
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oathsx and what a beard of the generalxs cut and a horrid suit of the
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camp will do among foaming bottles and alexwashxd witsx is wonderful to
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be thought onx but you must learn to know such slanders of the agex or
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else you may be marvellously mistookx
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fluellenx
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i tell you whatx captain gowerx i do perceive he is not the man that he
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would gladly make show to the world he isx if i find a hole in his
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coatx i will tell him my mindx xxdrum heardxxx hark youx the king is
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comingx and i must speak with him from the pridgex
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drum and coloursx enter king henryx gloucester and his poor soldiersx
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god bless your majestyx
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king henryx
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how nowx fluellenx camxst thou from the bridgex
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fluellenx
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ayx so please your majestyx the duke of exeter has very gallantly
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maintainxd the pridgex the french is gone offx look youx and there is
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gallant and most prave passagesx marryx thx athversary was have
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possession of the pridgex but he is enforced to retirex and the duke of
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exeter is master of the pridgex i can tell your majestyx the duke is a
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prave manx
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king henryx
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what men have you lostx fluellenx
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fluellenx
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the perdition of the athversary hath been very greatx reasonable greatx
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marryx for my partx i think the duke hath lost never a manx but one
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that is like to be executed for robbing a churchx one bardolphx if your
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majesty know the manx his face is all bubuklesx and whelksx and knobsx
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and flames ox firex and his lips blows at his nosex and it is like a
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coal of firex sometimes plue and sometimes redx but his nose is
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executedx and his firexs outx
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king henryx
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we would have all such offenders so cut offx and we give express
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chargex that in our marches through the countryx there be nothing
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compellxd from the villagesx nothing taken but paid forx none of the
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french upbraided or abused in disdainful languagex for when lenity and
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cruelty play for a kingdomx the gentler gamester is the soonest winnerx
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tucketx enter montjoyx
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montjoyx
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you know me by my habitx
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king henryx
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well then i know theex what shall i know of theex
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montjoyx
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my masterxs mindx
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king henryx
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unfold itx
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montjoyx
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thus says my kingx say thou to harry of englandx though we seemxd deadx
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we did but sleepx advantage is a better soldier than rashnessx tell him
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we could have rebukxd him at harfleurx but that we thought not good to
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bruise an injury till it were full ripex now we speak upon our cuex and
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our voice is imperialx england shall repent his follyx see his
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weaknessx and admire our sufferancex bid him therefore consider of his
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ransomx which must proportion the losses we have bornex the subjects we
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have lostx the disgrace we have digestedx which in weight to rexanswerx
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his pettishness would bow underx for our lossesx his exchequer is too
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poorx for the effusion of our bloodx the muster of his kingdom too
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faint a numberx and for our disgracex his own personx kneeling at our
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|
feetx but a weak and worthless satisfactionx to this add defiancex and
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tell himx for conclusionx he hath betrayed his followersx whose
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|
condemnation is pronouncxdx so far my king and masterx so much my
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|
officex
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king henryx
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what is thy namex i know thy qualityx
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montjoyx
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montjoyx
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king henryx
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thou dost thy office fairlyx turn thee backx
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and tell thy king i do not seek him nowx
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but could be willing to march on to calais
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without impeachmentx forx to say the soothx
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though xtis no wisdom to confess so much
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unto an enemy of craft and vantagex
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my people are with sickness much enfeebledx
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my numbers lessenxdx and those few i have
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almost no better than so many frenchx
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who when they were in healthx i tell theex heraldx
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i thought upon one pair of english legs
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did march three frenchmenx yetx forgive mex godx
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that i do brag thusx this your air of france
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|
hath blown that vice in mex i must repentx
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|
go thereforex tell thy master here i amx
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my ransom is this frail and worthless trunkx
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my army but a weak and sickly guardx
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|
yetx god beforex tell him we will come onx
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though france himself and such another neighbour
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|
stand in our wayx therexs for thy labourx montjoyx
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gox bid thy master well advise himselfx
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if we may passx we willx if we be hindxredx
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we shall your tawny ground with your red blood
|
|
discolourx and sox montjoyx fare you wellx
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|
the sum of all our answer is but thisx
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we would not seek a battlex as we arex
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|
norx as we arex we say we will not shun itx
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so tell your masterx
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montjoyx
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i shall deliver sox thanks to your highnessx
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xxexitxxx
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gloucesterx
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i hope they will not come upon us nowx
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king henryx
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we are in godxs handsx brotherx not in theirsx
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|
march to the bridgex it now draws toward nightx
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|
beyond the river wexll encamp ourselvesx
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and on tomorrow bid them march awayx
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xxexeuntxxx
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|
scene viix the french campx near agincourtx
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|
enter the constable of francex the lord ramburesx orleansx dauphin
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|
with othersx
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constablex
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|
tutx i have the best armour of the worldx
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would it were dayx
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orleansx
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you have an excellent armourx but let my horse have his duex
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constablex
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it is the best horse of europex
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orleansx
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will it never be morningx
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dauphinx
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my lord of orleansx and my lord high constablex you talk of horse and
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|
armourx
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orleansx
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|
you are as well provided of both as any prince in the worldx
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dauphinx
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|
what a long night is thisx i will not change my horse with any that
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|
treads but on four pasternsx chxhax he bounds from the earthx as if his
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|
entrails were hairsx xle cheval volantxx the pegasusx xqui a les
|
|
narines de feuxx when i bestride himx i soarx i am a hawkx he trots the
|
|
airx the earth sings when he touches itx the basest horn of his hoof is
|
|
more musical than the pipe of hermesx
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orleansx
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|
hexs of the colour of the nutmegx
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dauphinx
|
|
and of the heat of the gingerx it is a beast for perseusx he is pure
|
|
air and firex and the dull elements of earth and water never appear in
|
|
himx but only in patient stillness while his rider mounts himx he is
|
|
indeed a horsex and all other jades you may call beastsx
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constablex
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|
indeedx my lordx it is a most absolute and excellent horsex
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dauphinx
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|
it is the prince of palfreysx his neigh is like the bidding of a
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|
monarchx and his countenance enforces homagex
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orleansx
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|
no morex cousinx
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dauphinx
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|
nayx the man hath no wit that cannotx from the rising of the lark to
|
|
the lodging of the lambx vary deserved praise on my palfreyx it is a
|
|
theme as fluent as the seax turn the sands into eloquent tonguesx and
|
|
my horse is argument for them allx xtis a subject for a sovereign to
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|
reason onx and for a sovereignxs sovereign to ride onx and for the
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|
worldx familiar to us and unknownx to lay apart their particular
|
|
functions and wonder at himx i once writ a sonnet in his praise and
|
|
began thusx xwonder of naturexxx
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orleansx
|
|
i have heard a sonnet begin so to onexs mistressx
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dauphinx
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|
then did they imitate that which i composxd to my courserx for my horse
|
|
is my mistressx
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orleansx
|
|
your mistress bears wellx
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dauphinx
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|
me wellx which is the prescript praise and perfection of a good and
|
|
particular mistressx
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constablex
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|
nayx for methought yesterday your mistress shrewdly shook your backx
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dauphinx
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|
so perhaps did yoursx
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constablex
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|
mine was not bridledx
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dauphinx
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|
o then belike she was old and gentlex and you rodex like a kern of
|
|
irelandx your french hose offx and in your strait strossersx
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constablex
|
|
you have good judgment in horsemanshipx
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dauphinx
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|
be warnxd by mex thenx they that ride so and ride not warilyx fall into
|
|
foul bogsx i had rather have my horse to my mistressx
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constablex
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|
i had as lief have my mistress a jadex
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dauphinx
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|
i tell theex constablex my mistress wears his own hairx
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constablex
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|
i could make as true a boast as thatx if i had a sow to my mistressx
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dauphinx
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xxle chien est retournx x son propre vomissementx et la truie lavxe au
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|
bourbierxxx thou makxst use of anythingx
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constablex
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|
yet do i not use my horse for my mistressx or any such proverb so
|
|
little kin to the purposex
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|
ramburesx
|
|
my lord constablex the armour that i saw in your tent tonightx are
|
|
those stars or suns upon itx
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constablex
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|
starsx my lordx
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dauphinx
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|
some of them will fall tomorrowx i hopex
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constablex
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|
and yet my sky shall not wantx
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dauphinx
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|
that may bex for you bear a many superfluouslyx and xtwere more honour
|
|
some were awayx
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constablex
|
|
even as your horse bears your praisesx who would trot as wellx were
|
|
some of your brags dismountedx
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dauphinx
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|
would i were able to load him with his desertx will it never be dayx i
|
|
will trot tomorrow a milex and my way shall be paved with english
|
|
facesx
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constablex
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|
i will not say sox for fear i should be facxd out of my wayx but i
|
|
would it were morningx for i would fain be about the ears of the
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|
englishx
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ramburesx
|
|
who will go to hazard with me for twenty prisonersx
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constablex
|
|
you must first go yourself to hazardx ere you have themx
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dauphinx
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xtis midnightx ixll go arm myselfx
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xxexitxxx
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orleansx
|
|
the dauphin longs for morningx
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ramburesx
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|
he longs to eat the englishx
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constablex
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|
i think he will eat all he killsx
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orleansx
|
|
by the white hand of my ladyx hexs a gallant princex
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constablex
|
|
swear by her foot that she may tread out the oathx
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orleansx
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|
he is simply the most active gentleman of francex
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constablex
|
|
doing is activityx and he will still be doingx
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orleansx
|
|
he never did harmx that i heard ofx
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constablex
|
|
nor will do none tomorrowx he will keep that good name stillx
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orleansx
|
|
i know him to be valiantx
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|
constablex
|
|
i was told that by one that knows him better than youx
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orleansx
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|
whatxs hex
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constablex
|
|
marryx he told me so himselfx and he said he carxd not who knew itx
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orleansx
|
|
he needs notx it is no hidden virtue in himx
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|
constablex
|
|
by my faithx sirx but it isx never anybody saw it but his lackeyx xtis
|
|
a hooded valourx and when it appearsx it will batex
|
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|
|
orleansx
|
|
xill will never said wellxx
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|
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constablex
|
|
i will cap that proverb with xthere is flattery in friendshipxx
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|
orleansx
|
|
and i will take up that with xgive the devil his duexx
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constablex
|
|
well placxdx there stands your friend for the devilx have at the very
|
|
eye of that proverb with xa pox of the devilxx
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|
orleansx
|
|
you are the better at proverbsx by how much xa foolxs bolt is soon
|
|
shotxx
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constablex
|
|
you have shot overx
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|
orleansx
|
|
xtis not the first time you were overshotx
|
|
|
|
enter a messengerx
|
|
|
|
messengerx
|
|
my lord high constablex the english lie within fifteen hundred paces of
|
|
your tentsx
|
|
|
|
constablex
|
|
who hath measurxd the groundx
|
|
|
|
messengerx
|
|
the lord grandprxx
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constablex
|
|
a valiant and most expert gentlemanx would it were dayx alasx poor
|
|
harry of englandx he longs not for the dawning as we dox
|
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|
|
orleansx
|
|
what a wretched and peevish fellow is this king of englandx to mope
|
|
with his fatxbrainxd followers so far out of his knowledgex
|
|
|
|
constablex
|
|
if the english had any apprehensionx they would run awayx
|
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|
|
orleansx
|
|
that they lackx for if their heads had any intellectual armourx they
|
|
could never wear such heavy headxpiecesx
|
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|
ramburesx
|
|
that island of england breeds very valiant creaturesx their mastiffs
|
|
are of unmatchable couragex
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orleansx
|
|
foolish cursx that run winking into the mouth of a russian bear and
|
|
have their heads crushxd like rotten applesx you may as well sayx
|
|
thatxs a valiant flea that dare eat his breakfast on the lip of a lionx
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|
|
constablex
|
|
justx justx and the men do sympathize with the mastiffs in robustious
|
|
and rough coming onx leaving their wits with their wivesx and thenx
|
|
give them great meals of beef and iron and steelx they will eat like
|
|
wolves and fight like devilsx
|
|
|
|
orleansx
|
|
ayx but these english are shrewdly out of beefx
|
|
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constablex
|
|
then shall we find tomorrow they have only stomachs to eat and none to
|
|
fightx now is it time to armx comex shall we about itx
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orleansx
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it is now two oxclockx butx let me seex by ten
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we shall have each a hundred englishmenx
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xxexeuntxxx
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act iv
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enter chorusx
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chorusx
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now entertain conjecture of a time
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when creeping murmur and the poring dark
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fills the wide vessel of the universex
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from camp to camp through the foul womb of night
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the hum of either army stilly soundsx
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that the fixxd sentinels almost receive
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the secret whispers of each otherxs watchx
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fire answers firex and through their paly flames
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each battle sees the otherxs umberxd facex
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steed threatens steedx in high and boastful neighs
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piercing the nightxs dull earx and from the tents
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the armourersx accomplishing the knightsx
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with busy hammers closing rivets upx
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give dreadful note of preparationx
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the country cocks do crowx the clocks do tollx
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and the third hour of drowsy morning namex
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proud of their numbers and secure in soulx
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the confident and overxlusty french
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do the lowxrated english play at dicex
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and chide the cripple tardyxgaited night
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whox like a foul and ugly witchx doth limp
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so tediously awayx the poor condemned englishx
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like sacrificesx by their watchful fires
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sit patiently and inly ruminate
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the morningxs dangerx and their gesture sadx
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investing lankxlean cheeks and warxworn coatsx
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presented them unto the gazing moon
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so many horrid ghostsx o nowx who will behold
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the royal captain of this ruinxd band
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walking from watch to watchx from tent to tentx
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let him cryx xpraise and glory on his headxx
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for forth he goes and visits all his hostx
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bids them good morrow with a modest smilex
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and calls them brothersx friendsx and countrymenx
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upon his royal face there is no note
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how dread an army hath enrounded himx
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nor doth he dedicate one jot of colour
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unto the weary and allxwatched nightx
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but freshly looksx and overxbears attaint
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with cheerful semblance and sweet majestyx
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that every wretchx pining and pale beforex
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beholding himx plucks comfort from his looksx
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a largess universal like the sun
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his liberal eye doth give to everyonex
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thawing cold fearx that mean and gentle all
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beholdx as may unworthiness definex
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a little touch of harry in the nightx
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and so our scene must to the battle flyx
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wherexo for pityxxwe shall much disgrace
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with four or five most vile and ragged foilsx
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right illxdisposxd in brawl ridiculousx
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the name of agincourtx yet sit and seex
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minding true things by what their mockxries bex
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xxexitxxx
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scene ix the english camp at agincourtx
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enter king henryx bedford and gloucesterx
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king henryx
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gloucesterx xtis true that we are in great dangerx
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the greater therefore should our courage bex
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good morrowx brother bedfordx god almightyx
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there is some soul of goodness in things evilx
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would men observingly distil it outx
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for our bad neighbour makes us early stirrersx
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which is both healthful and good husbandryx
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besidesx they are our outward consciencesx
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and preachers to us allx admonishing
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that we should dress us fairly for our endx
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thus may we gather honey from the weedx
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and make a moral of the devil himselfx
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enter erpinghamx
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good morrowx old sir thomas erpinghamx
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a good soft pillow for that good white head
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were better than a churlish turf of francex
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erpinghamx
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not sox my liegex this lodging likes me betterx
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since i may sayx xnow lie i like a kingxx
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king henryx
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xtis good for men to love their present pains
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upon examplex so the spirit is easedx
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and when the mind is quickxnedx out of doubtx
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the organsx though defunct and dead beforex
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break up their drowsy grave and newly movex
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with casted slough and fresh legerityx
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lend me thy cloakx sir thomasx brothers bothx
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commend me to the princes in our campx
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do my good morrow to themx and anon
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desire them all to my pavilionx
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gloucesterx
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we shallx my liegex
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erpinghamx
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shall i attend your gracex
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king henryx
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nox my good knightx
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go with my brothers to my lords of englandx
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i and my bosom must debate a whilex
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and then i would no other companyx
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erpinghamx
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the lord in heaven bless theex noble harryx
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xxexeunt all but kingxxx
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king henryx
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godxaxmercyx old heartx thou speakxst cheerfullyx
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enter pistolx
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pistolx
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xqui vous lxxx
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king henryx
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a friendx
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pistolx
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discuss unto mex art thou officerx
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or art thou basex commonx and popularx
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king henryx
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i am a gentleman of a companyx
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pistolx
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trailxst thou the puissant pikex
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king henryx
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even sox what are youx
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pistolx
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as good a gentleman as the emperorx
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king henryx
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then you are a better than the kingx
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pistolx
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|
the kingxs a bawcockx and a heart of goldx
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a lad of lifex an imp of famex
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of parents goodx of fist most valiantx
|
|
i kiss his dirty shoex and from heartxstring
|
|
i love the lovely bullyx what is thy namex
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king henryx
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harry le royx
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pistolx
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|
le royx a cornish namex art thou of cornish crewx
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king henryx
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nox i am a welshmanx
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pistolx
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knowxst thou fluellenx
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king henryx
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yesx
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pistolx
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tell him ixll knock his leek about his pate
|
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upon saint davyxs dayx
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king henryx
|
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do not you wear your dagger in your cap that dayx lest he knock that
|
|
about yoursx
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pistolx
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|
art thou his friendx
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king henryx
|
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and his kinsman toox
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pistolx
|
|
the xficox for theex thenx
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king henryx
|
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i thank youx god be with youx
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pistolx
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|
my name is pistol callxdx
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xxexitxxx
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king henryx
|
|
it sorts well with your fiercenessx
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enter fluellen and gowerx
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gowerx
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captain fluellenx
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fluellenx
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|
sox in the name of jesu christx speak lowerx it is the greatest
|
|
admiration in the universal worldx when the true and anchient
|
|
prerogatifes and laws of the wars is not keptx if you would take the
|
|
pains but to examine the wars of pompey the greatx you shall findx i
|
|
warrant youx that there is no tiddle taddle nor pibble pabble in
|
|
pompeyxs campx i warrant youx you shall find the ceremonies of the
|
|
warsx and the cares of itx and the forms of itx and the sobriety of itx
|
|
and the modesty of itx to be otherwisex
|
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|
|
gowerx
|
|
whyx the enemy is loudx you hear him all nightx
|
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|
fluellenx
|
|
if the enemy is an ass and a fool and a prating coxcombx is it meetx
|
|
think youx that we should alsox look youx be an ass and a fool and a
|
|
prating coxcombx in your own consciencex nowx
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gowerx
|
|
i will speak lowerx
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fluellenx
|
|
i pray you and beseech you that you willx
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|
xxexeunt gower and fluellenxxx
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|
|
king henryx
|
|
though it appear a little out of fashionx
|
|
there is much care and valour in this welshmanx
|
|
|
|
enter three soldiersx john batesx alexander court and michael
|
|
williamsx
|
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|
courtx
|
|
brother john batesx is not that the morning which breaks yonderx
|
|
|
|
batesx
|
|
i think it bex but we have no great cause to desire the approach of
|
|
dayx
|
|
|
|
williamsx
|
|
we see yonder the beginning of the dayx but i think we shall never see
|
|
the end of itx who goes therex
|
|
|
|
king henryx
|
|
a friendx
|
|
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|
williamsx
|
|
under what captain serve youx
|
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|
king henryx
|
|
under sir thomas erpinghamx
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|
williamsx
|
|
a good old commander and a most kind gentlemanx i pray youx what thinks
|
|
he of our estatex
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|
|
king henryx
|
|
even as men wreckxd upon a sandx that look to be washxd off the next
|
|
tidex
|
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|
|
batesx
|
|
he hath not told his thought to the kingx
|
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king henryx
|
|
nox nor it is not meet he shouldx for though i speak it to youx i think
|
|
the king is but a man as i amx the violet smells to him as it doth to
|
|
mex the element shows to him as it doth to mex all his senses have but
|
|
human conditionsx his ceremonies laid byx in his nakedness he appears
|
|
but a manx and though his affections are higher mounted than oursx yetx
|
|
when they stoopx they stoop with the like wingx thereforex when he sees
|
|
reason of fears as we dox his fearsx out of doubtx be of the same
|
|
relish as ours arex yetx in reasonx no man should possess him with any
|
|
appearance of fearx lest hex by showing itx should dishearten his armyx
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|
|
batesx
|
|
he may show what outward courage he willx but i believex as cold a
|
|
night as xtisx he could wish himself in thames up to the neckx and so i
|
|
would he werex and i by himx at all adventuresx so we were quit herex
|
|
|
|
king henryx
|
|
by my trothx i will speak my conscience of the kingx i think he would
|
|
not wish himself anywhere but where he isx
|
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|
batesx
|
|
then i would he were here alonex so should he be sure to be ransomedx
|
|
and a many poor menxs lives savedx
|
|
|
|
king henryx
|
|
i dare say you love him not so illx to wish him here alonex howsoever
|
|
you speak this to feel other menxs mindsx methinks i could not die
|
|
anywhere so contented as in the kingxs companyx his cause being just
|
|
and his quarrel honourablex
|
|
|
|
williamsx
|
|
thatxs more than we knowx
|
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|
|
batesx
|
|
ayx or more than we should seek afterx for we know enoughx if we know
|
|
we are the kingxs subjectsx if his cause be wrongx our obedience to the
|
|
king wipes the crime of it out of usx
|
|
|
|
williamsx
|
|
but if the cause be not goodx the king himself hath a heavy reckoning
|
|
to makex when all those legs and arms and headsx choppxd off in a
|
|
battlex shall join together at the latter day and cry allx xwe died at
|
|
such a placexx some swearingx some crying for a surgeonx some upon
|
|
their wives left poor behind themx some upon the debts they owex some
|
|
upon their children rawly leftx i am afeard there are few die well that
|
|
die in a battlex for how can they charitably dispose of anythingx when
|
|
blood is their argumentx nowx if these men do not die wellx it will be
|
|
a black matter for the king that led them to itx who to disobey were
|
|
against all proportion of subjectionx
|
|
|
|
king henryx
|
|
sox if a son that is by his father sent about merchandise do sinfully
|
|
miscarry upon the seax the imputation of his wickednessx by your rulex
|
|
should be imposed upon his father that sent himx or if a servantx under
|
|
his masterxs command transporting a sum of moneyx be assailed by
|
|
robbers and die in many irreconcilxd iniquitiesx you may call the
|
|
business of the master the author of the servantxs damnationx but this
|
|
is not sox the king is not bound to answer the particular endings of
|
|
his soldiersx the father of his sonx nor the master of his servantx for
|
|
they purpose not their deathx when they purpose their servicesx
|
|
besidesx there is no kingx be his cause never so spotlessx if it come
|
|
to the arbitrement of swordsx can try it out with all unspotted
|
|
soldiersx some peradventure have on them the guilt of premeditated and
|
|
contrived murderx somex of beguiling virgins with the broken seals of
|
|
perjuryx somex making the wars their bulwarkx that have before gored
|
|
the gentle bosom of peace with pillage and robberyx nowx if these men
|
|
have defeated the law and outrun native punishmentx though they can
|
|
outstrip menx they have no wings to fly from godx war is his beadlex
|
|
war is his vengeancex so that here men are punishxd for beforexbreach
|
|
of the kingxs laws in now the kingxs quarrelx where they feared the
|
|
deathx they have borne life awayx and where they would be safex they
|
|
perishx then if they die unprovidedx no more is the king guilty of
|
|
their damnation than he was before guilty of those impieties for the
|
|
which they are now visitedx every subjectxs duty is the kingxsx but
|
|
every subjectxs soul is his ownx therefore should every soldier in the
|
|
wars do as every sick man in his bedx wash every mote out of his
|
|
consciencex and dying sox death is to him advantagex or not dyingx the
|
|
time was blessedly lost wherein such preparation was gainedx and in him
|
|
that escapesx it were not sin to think thatx making god so free an
|
|
offerx he let him outlive that day to see his greatness and to teach
|
|
others how they should preparex
|
|
|
|
williamsx
|
|
xtis certainx every man that dies illx the ill upon his own headx the
|
|
king is not to answer for itx
|
|
|
|
batesx
|
|
i do not desire he should answer for mex and yet i determine to fight
|
|
lustily for himx
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|
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|
king henryx
|
|
i myself heard the king say he would not be ransomxdx
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|
williamsx
|
|
ayx he said sox to make us fight cheerfullyx but when our throats are
|
|
cutx he may be ransomxdx and we nexer the wiserx
|
|
|
|
king henryx
|
|
if i live to see itx i will never trust his word afterx
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|
|
|
williamsx
|
|
you pay him thenx thatxs a perilous shot out of an elderxgunx that a
|
|
poor and a private displeasure can do against a monarchx you may as
|
|
well go about to turn the sun to ice with fanning in his face with a
|
|
peacockxs featherx youxll never trust his word afterx comex xtis a
|
|
foolish sayingx
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|
|
king henryx
|
|
your reproof is something too roundx i should be angry with youx if the
|
|
time were convenientx
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|
williamsx
|
|
let it be a quarrel between us if you livex
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king henryx
|
|
i embrace itx
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|
williamsx
|
|
how shall i know thee againx
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|
king henryx
|
|
give me any gage of thinex and i will wear it in my bonnetx thenx if
|
|
ever thou darxst acknowledge itx i will make it my quarrelx
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|
|
williamsx
|
|
herexs my glovex give me another of thinex
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|
king henryx
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therex
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williamsx
|
|
this will i also wear in my capx if ever thou come to me and sayx after
|
|
tomorrowx xthis is my glovexx by this hand i will take thee a box on
|
|
the earx
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king henryx
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|
if ever i live to see itx i will challenge itx
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|
|
|
williamsx
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|
thou darxst as well be hangxdx
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king henryx
|
|
wellx i will do itx though i take thee in the kingxs companyx
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|
williamsx
|
|
keep thy wordx fare thee wellx
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|
batesx
|
|
be friendsx you english foolsx be friendsx we have french quarrels
|
|
enoughx if you could tell how to reckonx
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|
|
|
king henryx
|
|
indeedx the french may lay twenty french crowns to one they will beat
|
|
usx for they bear them on their shouldersx but it is no english treason
|
|
to cut french crownsx and tomorrow the king himself will be a clipperx
|
|
|
|
xxexeunt soldiersxxx
|
|
|
|
upon the kingx let us our livesx our soulsx
|
|
our debtsx our careful wivesx
|
|
our childrenx and our sins lay on the kingx
|
|
we must bear allx o hard conditionx
|
|
twinxborn with greatnessx subject to the breath
|
|
of every foolx whose sense no more can feel
|
|
but his own wringingx what infinite heartxs ease
|
|
must kings neglectx that private men enjoyx
|
|
and what have kingsx that privates have not toox
|
|
save ceremonyx save general ceremonyx
|
|
and what art thoux thou idol ceremonyx
|
|
what kind of god art thoux that sufferxst more
|
|
of mortal griefs than do thy worshippersx
|
|
what are thy rentsx what are thy comings inx
|
|
o ceremonyx show me but thy worthx
|
|
what is thy soul of adorationx
|
|
art thou aught else but placex degreex and formx
|
|
creating awe and fear in other menx
|
|
wherein thou art less happy being fearxd
|
|
than they in fearingx
|
|
what drinkxst thou oftx instead of homage sweetx
|
|
but poisonxd flatteryx ox be sickx great greatnessx
|
|
and bid thy ceremony give thee curex
|
|
thinkxst thou the fiery fever will go out
|
|
with titles blown from adulationx
|
|
will it give place to flexure and low bendingx
|
|
canst thoux when thou commandxst the beggarxs kneex
|
|
command the health of itx nox thou proud dreamx
|
|
that playxst so subtly with a kingxs reposex
|
|
i am a king that find theex and i know
|
|
xtis not the balmx the sceptrex and the ballx
|
|
the swordx the macex the crown imperialx
|
|
the intertissued robe of gold and pearlx
|
|
the farced title running xfore the kingx
|
|
the throne he sits onx nor the tide of pomp
|
|
that beats upon the high shore of this worldx
|
|
nox not all thesex thricexgorgeous ceremonyxx
|
|
not all thesex laid in bed majesticalx
|
|
can sleep so soundly as the wretched slavex
|
|
who with a body fillxd and vacant mind
|
|
gets him to restx crammxd with distressful breadx
|
|
never sees horrid nightx the child of hellx
|
|
butx like a lackeyx from the rise to set
|
|
sweats in the eye of phoebusx and all night
|
|
sleeps in elysiumx next day after dawnx
|
|
doth rise and help hyperion to his horsex
|
|
and follows so the everxrunning yearx
|
|
with profitable labourx to his gravex
|
|
andx but for ceremonyx such a wretchx
|
|
winding up days with toil and nights with sleepx
|
|
had the forexhand and vantage of a kingx
|
|
the slavex a member of the countryxs peacex
|
|
enjoys itx but in gross brain little wots
|
|
what watch the king keeps to maintain the peacex
|
|
whose hours the peasant best advantagesx
|
|
|
|
enter erpinghamx
|
|
|
|
erpinghamx
|
|
my lordx your noblesx jealous of your absencex
|
|
seek through your camp to find youx
|
|
|
|
king henryx
|
|
good old knightx
|
|
collect them all together at my tentx
|
|
ixll be before theex
|
|
|
|
erpinghamx
|
|
i shall doxtx my lordx
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|
|
|
xxexitxxx
|
|
|
|
king henryx
|
|
o god of battlesx steel my soldiersx heartsx
|
|
possess them not with fearx take from them now
|
|
the sense of reckoningx if the opposed numbers
|
|
pluck their hearts from themx not todayx o lordx
|
|
ox not todayx think not upon the fault
|
|
my father made in compassing the crownx
|
|
i richardxs body have interred newx
|
|
and on it have bestowxd more contrite tears
|
|
than from it issued forced drops of bloodx
|
|
five hundred poor i have in yearly payx
|
|
who twice a day their witherxd hands hold up
|
|
toward heavenx to pardon bloodx and i have built
|
|
two chantriesx where the sad and solemn priests
|
|
sing still for richardxs soulx more will i dox
|
|
though all that i can do is nothing worthx
|
|
since that my penitence comes after allx
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imploring pardonx
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enter gloucesterx
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gloucesterx
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my liegex
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king henryx
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my brother gloucesterxs voicex ayx
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i know thy errandx i will go with theex
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the dayx my friendsx and all things stay for mex
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene iix the french campx
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enter the dauphinx orleansx rambures and othersx
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orleansx
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the sun doth gild our armourx upx my lordsx
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dauphinx
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xmonte x chevalxx my horsex xvarletx laquaisxx hax
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orleansx
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o brave spiritx
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dauphinx
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xviax les eaux et terrexx
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orleansx
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xrien puisx lxair et feuxx
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dauphinx
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xcieuxxx cousin orleansx
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enter constablex
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nowx my lord constablex
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constablex
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harkx how our steeds for present service neighx
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dauphinx
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mount themx and make incision in their hidesx
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that their hot blood may spin in english eyesx
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and dout them with superfluous couragex hax
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ramburesx
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whatx will you have them weep our horsesx bloodx
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how shall wex thenx behold their natural tearsx
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enter a messengerx
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messengerx
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the english are embattlxdx you french peersx
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constablex
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to horsex you gallant princesx straight to horsex
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do but behold yon poor and starved bandx
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and your fair show shall suck away their soulsx
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leaving them but the shales and husks of menx
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there is not work enough for all our handsx
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scarce blood enough in all their sickly veins
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to give each naked curtlexaxe a stainx
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that our french gallants shall today draw outx
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and sheathe for lack of sportx let us but blow on themx
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the vapour of our valour will oxerturn themx
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xtis positive xgainst all exceptionsx lordsx
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that our superfluous lackeys and our peasantsx
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who in unnecessary action swarm
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about our squares of battlex were enough
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to purge this field of such a hilding foex
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though we upon this mountainxs basis by
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took stand for idle speculationx
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but that our honours must notx whatxs to sayx
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a very little little let us dox
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and all is donex then let the trumpets sound
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the tucket sonance and the note to mountx
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for our approach shall so much dare the field
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that england shall crouch down in fear and yieldx
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enter grandprxx
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grandprxx
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why do you stay so longx my lords of francex
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yond island carrionsx desperate of their bonesx
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illxfavouredly become the morning fieldx
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their ragged curtains poorly are let loosex
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and our air shakes them passing scornfullyx
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big mars seems bankrupt in their beggarxd hostx
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and faintly through a rusty beaver peepsx
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the horsemen sit like fixed candlesticks
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with torchxstaves in their handx and their poor jades
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lob down their headsx drooping the hides and hipsx
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the gum downxroping from their palexdead eyesx
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and in their pale dull mouths the gimmal bit
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lies foul with chewxd grassx stillx and motionlessx
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and their executorsx the knavish crowsx
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fly oxer themx all impatient for their hourx
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description cannot suit itself in words
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to demonstrate the life of such a battlex
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in life so lifeless as it shows itselfx
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constablex
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they have said their prayersx and they stay for deathx
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dauphinx
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shall we go send them dinners and fresh suits
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and give their fasting horses provenderx
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and after fight with themx
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constablex
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i stay but for my guardx on to the fieldx
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i will the banner from a trumpet takex
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and use it for my hastex comex comex awayx
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the sun is highx and we outwear the dayx
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene iiix the english campx
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enter gloucesterx bedfordx exeterx erpinghamx with all his hostx
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salisbury and westmorlandx
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gloucesterx
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where is the kingx
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bedfordx
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the king himself is rode to view their battlex
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westmorlandx
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of fighting men they have full threexscore thousandx
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exeterx
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therexs five to onex besidesx they all are freshx
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salisburyx
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godxs arm strike with usx xtis a fearful oddsx
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god be wix youx princes allx ixll to my chargex
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if we no more meet till we meet in heavenx
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thenx joyfullyx my noble lord of bedfordx
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my dear lord gloucesterx and my good lord exeterx
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and my kind kinsmanx warriors allx adieux
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bedfordx
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farewellx good salisburyx and good luck go with theex
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exeterx
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farewellx kind lordx fight valiantly todayx
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and yet i do thee wrong to mind thee of itx
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for thou art framxd of the firm truth of valourx
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xxexit salisburyxxx
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bedfordx
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he is as full of valour as of kindnessx
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princely in bothx
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enter the kingx
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westmorlandx
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o that we now had here
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but one ten thousand of those men in england
|
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that do no work todayx
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kingx
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whatxs he that wishes sox
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my cousin westmorlandx nox my fair cousinx
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if we are markxd to diex we are enough
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to do our country lossx and if to livex
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the fewer menx the greater share of honourx
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godxs willx i pray theex wish not one man morex
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by jovex i am not covetous for goldx
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nor care i who doth feed upon my costx
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|
it yearns me not if men my garments wearx
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|
such outward things dwell not in my desiresx
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|
but if it be a sin to covet honourx
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i am the most offending soul alivex
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|
nox faithx my cozx wish not a man from englandx
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|
godxs peacex i would not lose so great an honour
|
|
as one man morex methinksx would share from me
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|
for the best hope i havex ox do not wish one morex
|
|
rather proclaim itx westmorlandx through my hostx
|
|
that he which hath no stomach to this fightx
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|
let him departx his passport shall be madex
|
|
and crowns for convoy put into his pursex
|
|
we would not die in that manxs company
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|
that fears his fellowship to die with usx
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|
this day is callxd the feast of crispianx
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|
he that outlives this dayx and comes safe homex
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|
will stand a tipxtoe when this day is namedx
|
|
and rouse him at the name of crispianx
|
|
he that shall live this dayx and see old agex
|
|
will yearly on the vigil feast his neighboursx
|
|
and sayx xtomorrow is saint crispianxx
|
|
then will he strip his sleeve and show his scarsx
|
|
and sayx xthese wounds i had on crispianxs dayxx
|
|
old men forgetx yet all shall be forgotx
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|
but hexll remember with advantages
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|
what feats he did that dayx then shall our namesx
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|
familiar in his mouth as household wordsx
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|
harry the kingx bedfordx and exeterx
|
|
warwick and talbotx salisbury and gloucesterx
|
|
be in their flowing cups freshly rememberedx
|
|
this story shall the good man teach his sonx
|
|
and crispin crispian shall nexer go byx
|
|
from this day to the ending of the worldx
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|
but we in it shall be rememberedx
|
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we fewx we happy fewx we band of brothersx
|
|
for he today that sheds his blood with me
|
|
shall be my brotherx be he nexer so vilex
|
|
this day shall gentle his conditionx
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|
and gentlemen in england now abed
|
|
shall think themselves accursxd they were not herex
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|
and hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
|
|
that fought with us upon saint crispinxs dayx
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|
enter salisburyx
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salisburyx
|
|
my sovereign lordx bestow yourself with speedx
|
|
the french are bravely in their battles setx
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|
and will with all expedience charge on usx
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king henryx
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|
all things are readyx if our minds be sox
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westmorlandx
|
|
perish the man whose mind is backward nowx
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king henryx
|
|
thou dost not wish more help from englandx cozx
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westmorlandx
|
|
godxs willx my liegex would you and i alonex
|
|
without more helpx could fight this royal battlex
|
|
|
|
king henryx
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|
whyx now thou hast unwishxd five thousand menx
|
|
which likes me better than to wish us onex
|
|
you know your placesx god be with you allx
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|
|
tucketx enter montjoyx
|
|
|
|
montjoyx
|
|
once more i come to know of theex king harryx
|
|
if for thy ransom thou wilt now compoundx
|
|
before thy most assured overthrowx
|
|
for certainly thou art so near the gulfx
|
|
thou needs must be engluttedx besidesx in mercyx
|
|
the constable desires thee thou wilt mind
|
|
thy followers of repentancex that their souls
|
|
may make a peaceful and a sweet retire
|
|
from off these fieldsx wherex wretchesx their poor bodies
|
|
must lie and festerx
|
|
|
|
king henryx
|
|
who hath sent thee nowx
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|
|
|
montjoyx
|
|
the constable of francex
|
|
|
|
king henryx
|
|
i pray theex bear my former answer backx
|
|
bid them achieve me and then sell my bonesx
|
|
good godx why should they mock poor fellows thusx
|
|
the man that once did sell the lionxs skin
|
|
while the beast livxdx was killxd with hunting himx
|
|
a many of our bodies shall no doubt
|
|
find native gravesx upon the whichx i trustx
|
|
shall witness live in brass of this dayxs workx
|
|
and those that leave their valiant bones in francex
|
|
dying like menx though buried in your dunghillsx
|
|
they shall be famxdx for there the sun shall greet themx
|
|
and draw their honours reeking up to heavenx
|
|
leaving their earthly parts to choke your climex
|
|
the smell whereof shall breed a plague in francex
|
|
mark then abounding valour in our englishx
|
|
that being deadx like to the bulletxs grazingx
|
|
break out into a second course of mischiefx
|
|
killing in relapse of mortalityx
|
|
let me speak proudlyx tell the constable
|
|
we are but warriors for the workingxdayx
|
|
our gayness and our gilt are all besmirchxd
|
|
with rainy marching in the painful fieldx
|
|
therexs not a piece of feather in our hostx
|
|
good argumentx i hopex we will not flyx
|
|
and time hath worn us into slovenryx
|
|
butx by the massx our hearts are in the trimx
|
|
and my poor soldiers tell mex yet ere night
|
|
theyxll be in fresher robesx or they will pluck
|
|
the gay new coats oxer the french soldiersx heads
|
|
and turn them out of servicex if they do thisx
|
|
asx if god pleasex they shallxxmy ransom then
|
|
will soon be leviedx heraldx save thou thy labourx
|
|
come thou no more for ransomx gentle heraldx
|
|
they shall have nonex i swearx but these my jointsx
|
|
which if they have as i will leave xem themx
|
|
shall yield them littlex tell the constablex
|
|
|
|
montjoyx
|
|
i shallx king harryx and so fare thee wellx
|
|
thou never shalt hear herald any morex
|
|
|
|
xxexitxxx
|
|
|
|
king henryx
|
|
i fear thouxlt once more come again for ransomx
|
|
|
|
enter yorkx
|
|
|
|
yorkx
|
|
my lordx most humbly on my knee i beg
|
|
the leading of the vawardx
|
|
|
|
king henryx
|
|
take itx brave yorkx nowx soldiersx march awayx
|
|
and how thou pleasestx godx dispose the dayx
|
|
|
|
xxexeuntxxx
|
|
|
|
scene ivx the field of battlex
|
|
|
|
alarumx excursionsx enter pistolx french soldier and boyx
|
|
|
|
pistolx
|
|
yieldx curx
|
|
|
|
french soldierx
|
|
xje pense que vous xtes le gentilhomme de bonne qualitxxx
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|
|
|
pistolx
|
|
xqualitxx caleno custore mexx
|
|
art thou a gentlemanx
|
|
what is thy namex discussx
|
|
|
|
french soldierx
|
|
xo seigneur dieuxx
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|
|
|
pistolx
|
|
ox signieur dew should be a gentlemanx
|
|
perpend my wordsx o signieur dewx and markx
|
|
o signieur dewx thou diest on point of foxx
|
|
exceptx o signieurx thou do give to me
|
|
egregious ransomx
|
|
|
|
french soldierx
|
|
xox prenez misxricordex ayez pitix de moixx
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|
|
|
pistolx
|
|
moy shall not servex i will have forty moysx
|
|
or i will fetch thy rim out at thy throat
|
|
in drops of crimson bloodx
|
|
|
|
french soldierx
|
|
xestxil impossible dxxchapper la force de ton brasxx
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|
|
|
pistolx
|
|
brassx curx
|
|
thou damned and luxurious mountain goatx
|
|
offerxst me brassx
|
|
|
|
french soldierx
|
|
xo pardonnezxmoixx
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|
|
|
pistolx
|
|
sayxst thou me sox is that a ton of moysx
|
|
come hitherx boyx ask me this slave in french
|
|
what is his namex
|
|
|
|
boyx
|
|
xxcoutezx comment xtesxvous appelxxx
|
|
|
|
french soldierx
|
|
xmonsieur le ferxx
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|
|
|
boyx
|
|
he says his name is master ferx
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|
|
pistolx
|
|
master ferx ixll fer himx and firk himx and ferret himx
|
|
discuss the same in french unto himx
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|
|
|
boyx
|
|
i do not know the french for ferx and ferretx and firkx
|
|
|
|
pistolx
|
|
bid him preparex for i will cut his throatx
|
|
|
|
french soldierx
|
|
xque ditxilx monsieurxx
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|
|
|
boyx
|
|
xil me commande x vous dire que vous faites vous prxtx car ce soldat
|
|
ici est disposx tout x cette heure de couper votre gorgexx
|
|
|
|
pistolx
|
|
owyx cuppele gorgex permafoyx
|
|
peasantx unless thou give me crownsx brave crownsx
|
|
or mangled shalt thou be by this my swordx
|
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|
|
french soldierx
|
|
xox je vous suppliex pour lxamour de dieux me pardonnerx je suis le
|
|
gentilhomme de bonne maisonx gardez ma viex et je vous donnerai deux
|
|
cents xcusxx
|
|
|
|
pistolx
|
|
what are his wordsx
|
|
|
|
boyx
|
|
he prays you to save his lifex he is a gentleman of a good housex and
|
|
for his ransom he will give you two hundred crownsx
|
|
|
|
pistolx
|
|
tell him my fury shall abatex and i
|
|
the crowns will takex
|
|
|
|
french soldierx
|
|
xpetit monsieurx que ditxilxx
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|
|
boyx
|
|
xencore quxil est contre son jurement de pardonner aucun prisonnierx
|
|
nxanmoinsx pour les xcus que vous lui avez promisx il est content x
|
|
vous donner la libertxx le franchisementxx
|
|
|
|
french soldierx
|
|
xsur mes genoux je vous donne mille remerciementsx et je mxestime
|
|
heureux que je suis tombx entre les mains dxun chevalierx je pensex le
|
|
plus bravex vaillantx et trxs distingux seigneur dxangleterrexx
|
|
|
|
pistolx
|
|
expound unto mex boyx
|
|
|
|
boyx
|
|
he gives you upon his kneesx a thousand thanksx and he esteems himself
|
|
happy that he hath fallen into the hands of onex as he thinksx the most
|
|
bravex valorousx and thricexworthy xseigneurx of englandx
|
|
|
|
pistolx
|
|
as i suck bloodx i will some mercy showx
|
|
follow mex
|
|
|
|
boyx
|
|
xsuivezxvous le grand capitainexx
|
|
|
|
xxexeunt pistol and french soldierxxx
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|
|
|
i did never know so full a voice issue from so empty a heartx but the
|
|
saying is truex xthe empty vessel makes the greatest soundxx bardolph
|
|
and nym had ten times more valour than this roaring devil ix the old
|
|
playx that everyone may pare his nails with a wooden daggerx and they
|
|
are both hangxdx and so would this bex if he durst steal anything
|
|
adventurouslyx i must stay with the lackeys with the luggage of our
|
|
campx the french might have a good prey of usx if he knew of itx for
|
|
there is none to guard it but boysx
|
|
|
|
xxexitxxx
|
|
|
|
scene vx another part of the fieldx
|
|
|
|
enter constablex orleansx bourbonx dauphin and ramburesx
|
|
|
|
constablex
|
|
xo diablexx
|
|
|
|
orleansx
|
|
xo seigneurx le jour est perdux tout est perduxx
|
|
|
|
dauphinx
|
|
xmort de ma viexx all is confoundedx allx
|
|
reproach and everlasting shame
|
|
sits mocking in our plumesx
|
|
|
|
xxa short alarumxxx
|
|
|
|
xo mxchante fortunexx do not run awayx
|
|
|
|
constablex
|
|
whyx all our ranks are brokex
|
|
|
|
dauphinx
|
|
o perdurable shamex letxs stab ourselvesx
|
|
be these the wretches that we playxd at dice forx
|
|
|
|
orleansx
|
|
is this the king we sent to for his ransomx
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|
|
|
bourbonx
|
|
shame and eternal shamex nothing but shamex
|
|
letxs die in honourx once more back againx
|
|
and he that will not follow bourbon nowx
|
|
let him go hencex and with his cap in handx
|
|
like a base pandarx hold the chamber door
|
|
whilst by a slavex no gentler than my dogx
|
|
his fairest daughter is contaminatedx
|
|
|
|
constablex
|
|
disorderx that hath spoilxd usx friend us nowx
|
|
let us on heaps go offer up our livesx
|
|
|
|
orleansx
|
|
we are enough yet living in the field
|
|
to smother up the english in our throngsx
|
|
if any order might be thought uponx
|
|
|
|
bourbonx
|
|
the devil take order nowx ixll to the throngx
|
|
let life be shortx else shame will be too longx
|
|
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|
xxexeuntxxx
|
|
|
|
scene vix another part of the fieldx
|
|
|
|
alarumx enter king henry and his trainx with prisonersx
|
|
|
|
king henryx
|
|
well have we donex thrice valiant countrymenx
|
|
but allxs not donex yet keep the french the fieldx
|
|
|
|
exeterx
|
|
the duke of york commends him to your majestyx
|
|
|
|
king henryx
|
|
lives hex good unclex thrice within this hour
|
|
i saw him downx thrice up againx and fightingx
|
|
from helmet to the spur all blood he wasx
|
|
|
|
exeterx
|
|
in which arrayx brave soldierx doth he liex
|
|
larding the plainx and by his bloody sidex
|
|
yokexfellow to his honourxowing woundsx
|
|
the noble earl of suffolk also liesx
|
|
suffolk first diedx and yorkx all haggled overx
|
|
comes to himx where in gore he lay insteepedx
|
|
and takes him by the beardx kisses the gashes
|
|
that bloodily did yawn upon his facex
|
|
he cries aloudx xtarryx my cousin suffolkx
|
|
my soul shall thine keep company to heavenx
|
|
tarryx sweet soulx for minex then fly abreastx
|
|
as in this glorious and wellxfoughten field
|
|
we kept together in our chivalryxx
|
|
upon these words i came and cheerxd him upx
|
|
he smilxd me in the facex raught me his handx
|
|
andx with a feeble gripex saysx xdear my lordx
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commend my service to my sovereignxx
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so did he turn and over suffolkxs neck
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he threw his wounded arm and kissxd his lipsx
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and so espousxd to deathx with blood he sealxd
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a testament of noblexending lovex
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the pretty and sweet manner of it forcxd
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those waters from me which i would have stoppxdx
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but i had not so much of man in mex
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and all my mother came into mine eyes
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and gave me up to tearsx
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king henryx
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i blame you notx
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forx hearing thisx i must perforce compound
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with mistful eyesx or they will issue toox
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xxalarumxxx
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but harkx what new alarum is this samex
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the french have reinforcxd their scatterxd menx
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then every soldier kill his prisonersx
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give the word throughx
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene viix another part of the fieldx
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enter fluellen and gowerx
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fluellenx
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kill the poys and the luggagex xtis expressly against the law of armsx
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xtis as arrant a piece of knaveryx mark you nowx as can be offerxtx in
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your consciencex nowx is it notx
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gowerx
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xtis certain therexs not a boy left alivex and the cowardly rascals
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that ran from the battle hax done this slaughterx besidesx they have
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burned and carried away all that was in the kingxs tentx wherefore the
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kingx most worthilyx hath causxd every soldier to cut his prisonerxs
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throatx ox xtis a gallant kingx
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fluellenx
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ayx he was porn at monmouthx captain gowerx what call you the townxs
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name where alexander the pig was bornx
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gowerx
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alexander the greatx
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fluellenx
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whyx i pray youx is not pig greatx the pigx or the greatx or the
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mightyx or the hugex or the magnanimousx are all one reckoningsx save
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the phrase is a little variationsx
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gowerx
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i think alexander the great was born in macedonx his father was called
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philip of macedonx as i take itx
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fluellenx
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i think it is in macedon where alexander is pornx i tell youx captainx
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if you look in the maps of the xorldx i warrant you sall findx in the
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comparisons between macedon and monmouthx that the situationsx look
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youx is both alikex there is a river in macedonx and there is also
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moreover a river at monmouthx it is callxd wye at monmouthx but it is
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out of my prains what is the name of the other riverx but xtis all onex
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xtis alike as my fingers is to my fingersx and there is salmons in
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bothx if you mark alexanderxs life wellx harry of monmouthxs life is
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come after it indifferent wellx for there is figures in all thingsx
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alexanderx god knowsx and you knowx in his ragesx and his furiesx and
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his wrathsx and his cholersx and his moodsx and his displeasuresx and
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his indignationsx and also being a little intoxicates in his prainsx
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didx in his ales and his angersx look youx kill his best friendx
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cleitusx
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gowerx
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our king is not like him in thatx he never killxd any of his friendsx
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fluellenx
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it is not well donex mark you nowx to take the tales out of my mouthx
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ere it is made and finishedx i speak but in the figures and comparisons
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of itx as alexander killxd his friend cleitusx being in his ales and
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his cupsx so also harry monmouthx being in his right wits and his good
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judgementsx turnxd away the fat knight with the great belly doubletx he
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was full of jestsx and gipesx and knaveriesx and mocksx i have forgot
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his namex
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gowerx
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sir john falstaffx
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fluellenx
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that is hex ixll tell you there is good men porn at monmouthx
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gowerx
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here comes his majestyx
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alarumx enter king henry and forcesx warwickx gloucesterx exeter with
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prisonersx flourishx
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king henryx
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i was not angry since i came to france
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until this instantx take a trumpetx heraldx
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ride thou unto the horsemen on yond hillx
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if they will fight with usx bid them come downx
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or void the fieldx they do offend our sightx
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if theyxll do neitherx we will come to themx
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and make them skirr awayx as swift as stones
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enforced from the old assyrian slingsx
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besidesx wexll cut the throats of those we havex
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and not a man of them that we shall take
|
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shall taste our mercyx go and tell them sox
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enter montjoyx
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exeterx
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here comes the herald of the frenchx my liegex
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gloucesterx
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his eyes are humbler than they usxd to bex
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king henryx
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how nowx what means thisx heraldx knowxst thou not
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that i have finxd these bones of mine for ransomx
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comxst thou again for ransomx
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montjoyx
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nox great kingx
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i come to thee for charitable licensex
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that we may wander oxer this bloody field
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to book our deadx and then to bury themx
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to sort our nobles from our common menx
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for many of our princesxwoe the whilexx
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lie drownxd and soakxd in mercenary bloodx
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so do our vulgar drench their peasant limbs
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in blood of princesx and their wounded steeds
|
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fret fetlock deep in gorex and with wild rage
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yerk out their armed heels at their dead mastersx
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killing them twicex ox give us leavex great kingx
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to view the field in safetyx and dispose
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of their dead bodiesx
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king henryx
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i tell thee trulyx heraldx
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i know not if the day be ours or nox
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for yet a many of your horsemen peer
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and gallop oxer the fieldx
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montjoyx
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the day is yoursx
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king henryx
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praised be godx and not our strengthx for itx
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|
what is this castle callxd that stands hard byx
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montjoyx
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they call it agincourtx
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king henryx
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then call we this the field of agincourtx
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fought on the day of crispin crispianusx
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fluellenx
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|
your grandfather of famous memoryx anxt please your majestyx and your
|
|
greatxuncle edward the plack prince of walesx as i have read in the
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chroniclesx fought a most prave pattle here in francex
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king henryx
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they didx fluellenx
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fluellenx
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your majesty says very truex if your majesties is remembxred of itx the
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welshmen did good service in garden where leeks did growx wearing leeks
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in their monmouth capsx whichx your majesty knowx to this hour is an
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honourable badge of the servicex and i do believe your majesty takes no
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scorn to wear the leek upon saint tavyxs dayx
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king henryx
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i wear it for a memorable honourx
|
|
for i am welshx you knowx good countrymanx
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fluellenx
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|
all the water in wye cannot wash your majestyxs welsh plood out of your
|
|
podyx i can tell you thatx got pless it and preserve itx as long as it
|
|
pleases his gracex and his majesty toox
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king henryx
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|
thanksx good my countrymanx
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fluellenx
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|
by jeshux i am your majestyxs countrymanx i care not who know itx i
|
|
will confess it to all the xorldx i need not be ashamxd of your
|
|
majestyx praised be godx so long as your majesty is an honest manx
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king henryx
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god keep me sox
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enter williamsx
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our heralds go with himx
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bring me just notice of the numbers dead
|
|
on both our partsx call yonder fellow hitherx
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xxexeunt heralds with montjoyxxx
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exeterx
|
|
soldierx you must come to the kingx
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king henryx
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soldierx why wearxst thou that glove in thy capx
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williamsx
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|
anxt please your majestyx xtis the gage of one that i should fight
|
|
withalx if he be alivex
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king henryx
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|
an englishmanx
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williamsx
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|
anxt please your majestyx a rascal that swaggerxd with me last nightx
|
|
whox if alive and ever dare to challenge this glovex i have sworn to
|
|
take him a box ox the earx or if i can see my glove in his capx which
|
|
he sworex as he was a soldierx he would wear if alivex i will strike it
|
|
out soundlyx
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king henryx
|
|
what think youx captain fluellenx is it fit this soldier keep his oathx
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fluellenx
|
|
he is a craven and a villain elsex anxt please your majestyx in my
|
|
consciencex
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|
|
|
king henryx
|
|
it may be his enemy is a gentlemen of great sortx quite from the answer
|
|
of his degreex
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|
fluellenx
|
|
though he be as good a gentleman as the devil isx as lucifier and
|
|
belzebub himselfx it is necessaryx look your gracex that he keep his
|
|
vow and his oathx if he be perjurxdx see you nowx his reputation is as
|
|
arrant a villain and a jacksaucex as ever his black shoe trod upon
|
|
godxs ground and his earthx in my consciencex lax
|
|
|
|
king henryx
|
|
then keep thy vowx sirrahx when thou meetxst the fellowx
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|
williamsx
|
|
so i willx my liegex as i livex
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|
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|
king henryx
|
|
who servxst thou underx
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|
|
williamsx
|
|
under captain gowerx my liegex
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|
|
|
fluellenx
|
|
gower is a good captainx and is good knowledge and literatured in the
|
|
warsx
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|
|
|
king henryx
|
|
call him hither to mex soldierx
|
|
|
|
williamsx
|
|
i willx my liegex
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|
|
|
xxexitxxx
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|
|
|
king henryx
|
|
herex fluellenx wear thou this favour for me and stick it in thy capx
|
|
when alenxon and myself were down togetherx i pluckxd this glove from
|
|
his helmx if any man challenge thisx he is a friend to alenxonx and an
|
|
enemy to our personx if thou encounter any suchx apprehend himx an thou
|
|
dost me lovex
|
|
|
|
fluellenx
|
|
your grace does me as great honours as can be desirxd in the hearts of
|
|
his subjectsx i would fain see the manx that has but two legsx that
|
|
shall find himself aggriefxd at this glovex that is allx but i would
|
|
fain see it oncex an please god of his grace that i might seex
|
|
|
|
king henryx
|
|
knowxst thou gowerx
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|
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|
fluellenx
|
|
he is my dear friendx an please youx
|
|
|
|
king henryx
|
|
pray theex go seek himx and bring him to my tentx
|
|
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|
fluellenx
|
|
i will fetch himx
|
|
|
|
xxexitxxx
|
|
|
|
king henryx
|
|
my lord of warwickx and my brother gloucesterx
|
|
follow fluellen closely at the heelsx
|
|
the glove which i have given him for a favour
|
|
may haply purchase him a box ox the earx
|
|
it is the soldierxsx i by bargain should
|
|
wear it myselfx followx good cousin warwickx
|
|
if that the soldier strike himx as i judge
|
|
by his blunt bearing he will keep his wordx
|
|
some sudden mischief may arise of itx
|
|
for i do know fluellen valiant
|
|
andx touchxd with cholerx hot as gunpowderx
|
|
and quickly will return an injuryx
|
|
followx and see there be no harm between themx
|
|
go you with mex uncle of exeterx
|
|
|
|
xxexeuntxxx
|
|
|
|
scene viiix before king henryxs pavilionx
|
|
|
|
enter gower and williamsx
|
|
|
|
williamsx
|
|
i warrant it is to knight youx captainx
|
|
|
|
enter fluellenx
|
|
|
|
fluellenx
|
|
godxs will and his pleasurex captainx i beseech you nowx come apace to
|
|
the kingx there is more good toward you peradventure than is in your
|
|
knowledge to dream ofx
|
|
|
|
williamsx
|
|
sirx know you this glovex
|
|
|
|
fluellenx
|
|
know the glovex i know the glove is a glovex
|
|
|
|
williamsx
|
|
i know thisx and thus i challenge itx
|
|
|
|
xxstrikes himxxx
|
|
|
|
fluellenx
|
|
xsbloodx an arrant traitor as any is in the universal worldx or in
|
|
francex or in englandx
|
|
|
|
gowerx
|
|
how nowx sirx you villainx
|
|
|
|
williamsx
|
|
do you think ixll be forswornx
|
|
|
|
fluellenx
|
|
stand awayx captain gowerx i will give treason his payment into plowsx
|
|
i warrant youx
|
|
|
|
williamsx
|
|
i am no traitorx
|
|
|
|
fluellenx
|
|
thatxs a lie in thy throatx i charge you in his majestyxs namex
|
|
apprehend himx hexs a friend of the duke alenxonxsx
|
|
|
|
enter warwick and gloucesterx
|
|
|
|
warwickx
|
|
how nowx how nowx whatxs the matterx
|
|
|
|
fluellenx
|
|
my lord of warwickx here isxpraised be god for itxxa most contagious
|
|
treason come to lightx look youx as you shall desire in a summerxs dayx
|
|
here is his majestyx
|
|
|
|
enter king henry and exeterx
|
|
|
|
king henryx
|
|
how nowx whatxs the matterx
|
|
|
|
fluellenx
|
|
my liegex here is a villain and a traitorx thatx look your gracex has
|
|
struck the glove which your majesty is take out of the helmet of
|
|
alenxonx
|
|
|
|
williamsx
|
|
my liegex this was my glovex here is the fellow of itx and he that i
|
|
gave it to in change promisxd to wear it in his capx i promisxd to
|
|
strike himx if he didx i met this man with my glove in his capx and i
|
|
have been as good as my wordx
|
|
|
|
fluellenx
|
|
your majesty hear nowx saving your majestyxs manhoodx what an arrantx
|
|
rascallyx beggarlyx lousy knave it isx i hope your majesty is pear me
|
|
testimony and witnessx and will avouchmentx that this is the glove of
|
|
alenxon that your majesty is give mex in your consciencex nowx
|
|
|
|
king henryx
|
|
give me thy glovex soldierx lookx here is the fellow of itx
|
|
xtwas ix indeedx thou promisedst to strikex
|
|
and thou hast given me most bitter termsx
|
|
|
|
fluellenx
|
|
an it please your majestyx let his neck answer for itx if there is any
|
|
martial law in the worldx
|
|
|
|
king henryx
|
|
how canst thou make me satisfactionx
|
|
|
|
williamsx
|
|
all offencesx my lordx come from the heartx never came any from mine
|
|
that might offend your majestyx
|
|
|
|
king henryx
|
|
it was ourself thou didst abusex
|
|
|
|
williamsx
|
|
your majesty came not like yourselfx you appearxd to me but as a common
|
|
manx witness the nightx your garmentsx your lowlinessx and what your
|
|
highness sufferxd under that shapex i beseech you take it for your own
|
|
fault and not minex for had you been as i took you forx i made no
|
|
offencex thereforex i beseech your highnessx pardon mex
|
|
|
|
king henryx
|
|
herex uncle exeterx fill this glove with crownsx
|
|
and give it to this fellowx keep itx fellowx
|
|
and wear it for an honour in thy cap
|
|
till i do challenge itx give him his crownsx
|
|
andx captainx you must needs be friends with himx
|
|
|
|
fluellenx
|
|
by this day and this lightx the fellow has mettle enough in his bellyx
|
|
holdx there is twelve pence for youx and i pray you to serve godx and
|
|
keep you out of prawlsx and prabblesx and quarrelsx and dissensionsx
|
|
andx i warrant youx it is the better for youx
|
|
|
|
williamsx
|
|
i will none of your moneyx
|
|
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|
fluellenx
|
|
it is with a good willx i can tell youx it will serve you to mend your
|
|
shoesx comex wherefore should you be so pashfulx your shoes is not so
|
|
goodx xtis a good sillingx i warrant youx or i will change itx
|
|
|
|
enter an english heraldx
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|
|
|
king henryx
|
|
nowx heraldx are the dead numbxredx
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|
|
|
heraldx
|
|
here is the number of the slaughtxred frenchx
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|
|
|
king henryx
|
|
what prisoners of good sort are takenx unclex
|
|
|
|
exeterx
|
|
charles duke of orleansx nephew to the kingx
|
|
john duke of bourbonx and lord boucicaultx
|
|
of other lords and baronsx knights and squiresx
|
|
full fifteen hundredx besides common menx
|
|
|
|
king henryx
|
|
this note doth tell me of ten thousand french
|
|
that in the field lie slainx of princesx in this numberx
|
|
and nobles bearing bannersx there lie dead
|
|
one hundred twentyxsixx added to thesex
|
|
of knightsx esquiresx and gallant gentlemenx
|
|
eight thousand and four hundredx of the whichx
|
|
five hundred were but yesterday dubbxd knightsx
|
|
so thatx in these ten thousand they have lostx
|
|
there are but sixteen hundred mercenariesx
|
|
the rest are princesx baronsx lordsx knightsx squiresx
|
|
and gentlemen of blood and qualityx
|
|
the names of those their nobles that lie deadx
|
|
charles delabrethx high constable of francex
|
|
jacques of chatillonx admiral of francex
|
|
the master of the crossbowsx lord ramburesx
|
|
great master of francex the brave sir guichard dauphinx
|
|
johnx duke of alenxonx anthonyx duke of brabantx
|
|
the brother to the duke of burgundyx
|
|
and edwardx duke of barx of lusty earlsx
|
|
grandprx and roussix fauconbridge and foixx
|
|
beaumont and marlex vaudemont and lestralex
|
|
here was a royal fellowship of deathx
|
|
where is the number of our english deadx
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|
|
xxherald gives him another paperxxx
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|
|
|
edward the duke of yorkx the earl of suffolkx
|
|
sir richard ketlyx davy gamx esquirex
|
|
none else of namex and of all other men
|
|
but five and twentyxxo godx thy arm was herex
|
|
and not to usx but to thy arm alonex
|
|
ascribe we allx whenx without stratagemx
|
|
but in plain shock and even play of battlex
|
|
was ever known so great and little loss
|
|
on one part and on the otherx take itx godx
|
|
for it is none but thinex
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|
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|
exeterx
|
|
xtis wonderfulx
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|
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|
king henryx
|
|
comex go we in procession to the villagex
|
|
and be it death proclaimed through our host
|
|
to boast of this or take that praise from god
|
|
which is his onlyx
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|
fluellenx
|
|
is it not lawfulx an please your majestyx to tell how many is killxdx
|
|
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|
king henryx
|
|
yesx captainx but with this acknowledgmentx
|
|
that god fought for usx
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fluellenx
|
|
yesx my consciencex he did us great goodx
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|
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|
king henryx
|
|
do we all holy ritesx
|
|
let there be sung xnon nobisx and xte deumxx
|
|
the dead with charity enclosxd in clayx
|
|
and then to calaisx and to england thenx
|
|
where nexer from france arrivxd more happy menx
|
|
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|
xxexeuntxxx
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|
act v
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|
enter chorusx
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|
chorusx
|
|
vouchsafe to those that have not read the storyx
|
|
that i may prompt themx and of such as havex
|
|
i humbly pray them to admit the excuse
|
|
of timex of numbersx and due course of thingsx
|
|
which cannot in their huge and proper life
|
|
be here presentedx now we bear the king
|
|
toward calaisx grant him therex there seenx
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heave him away upon your winged thoughts
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athwart the seax beholdx the english beach
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pales in the flood with menx with wives and boysx
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whose shouts and claps outxvoice the deepxmouthxd seax
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which like a mighty whiffler xfore the king
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seems to prepare his wayx so let him landx
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and solemnly see him set on to londonx
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so swift a pace hath thought that even now
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you may imagine him upon blackheathx
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where that his lords desire him to have borne
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his bruised helmet and his bended sword
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before him through the cityx he forbids itx
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being free from vainness and selfxglorious pridex
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giving full trophyx signalx and ostent
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quite from himself to godx but now beholdx
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in the quick forge and workingxhouse of thoughtx
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how london doth pour out her citizensx
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the mayor and all his brethren in best sortx
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like to the senators of thx antique romex
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with the plebeians swarming at their heelsx
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go forth and fetch their conquering caesar inx
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asx by a lower but loving likelihoodx
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were now the general of our gracious empressx
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as in good time he mayx from ireland comingx
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bringing rebellion broached on his swordx
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how many would the peaceful city quitx
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to welcome himx much morex and much more causex
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did they this harryx now in london place himx
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as yet the lamentation of the french
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invites the king of englandxs stay at homex
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the emperorxs coming in behalf of francex
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to order peace between themxxand omit
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all the occurrencesx whatever chancxdx
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till harryxs backxreturn again to francex
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there must we bring himx and myself have playxd
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the interimx by remembxring you xtis pastx
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then brook abridgementx and your eyes advance
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after your thoughtsx straight back again to francex
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xxexitxxx
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scene ix francex the english campx
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enter fluellen and gowerx
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gowerx
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nayx thatxs rightx but why wear you your leek todayx
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saint davyxs day is pastx
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fluellenx
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there is occasions and causes why and wherefore in all thingsx i will
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tell you ass my friendx captain gowerx the rascallyx scaldx beggarlyx
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lousyx pragging knavex pistolx which you and yourself and all the world
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know to be no petter than a fellowx look you nowx of no meritsx he is
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come to me and prings me pread and salt yesterdayx look youx and bid me
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eat my leekx it was in a place where i could not breed no contention
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with himx but i will be so bold as to wear it in my cap till i see him
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once againx and then i will tell him a little piece of my desiresx
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enter pistolx
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gowerx
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whyx here he comesx swelling like a turkeyxcockx
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fluellenx
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xtis no matter for his swellings nor his turkeyxcocksx god pless youx
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anchient pistolx you scurvyx lousy knavex god pless youx
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pistolx
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hax art thou bedlamx dost thou thirstx base trojanx
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to have me fold up parcaxs fatal webx
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hencex i am qualmish at the smell of leekx
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fluellenx
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i peseech you heartilyx scurfyx lousy knavex at my desiresx and my
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requestsx and my petitionsx to eatx look youx this leekx becausex look
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youx you do not love itx nor your affections and your appetites and
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your digestions does not agree with itx i would desire you to eat itx
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pistolx
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not for cadwallader and all his goatsx
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fluellenx
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there is one goat for youx xxstrikes himxxx will you be so goodx scald
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knavex as eat itx
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pistolx
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base trojanx thou shalt diex
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fluellenx
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you say very truex scald knavex when godxs will isx i will desire you
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to live in the mean timex and eat your victualsx comex there is sauce
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for itx xxstrikes himxxx you callxd me yesterday mountainxsquirex but i
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will make you today a squire of low degreex i pray youx fall tox if you
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can mock a leekx you can eat a leekx
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gowerx
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enoughx captainx you have astonishxd himx
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fluellenx
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i sayx i will make him eat some part of my leekx or i will peat his
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pate four daysx bitex i pray youx it is good for your green wound and
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your ploody coxcombx
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pistolx
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must i bitex
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fluellenx
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yesx certainlyx and out of doubt and out of question toox and
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ambiguitiesx
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pistolx
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by this leekx i will most horribly revengex i eat and eatx i swearx
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fluellenx
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eatx i pray youx will you have some more sauce to your leekx there is
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not enough leek to swear byx
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pistolx
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quiet thy cudgelx thou dost see i eatx
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fluellenx
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much good do youx scald knavex heartilyx nayx pray youx throw none
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awayx the skin is good for your broken coxcombx when you take occasions
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to see leeks hereafterx i pray youx mock at xemx that is allx
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pistolx
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goodx
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fluellenx
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ayx leeks is goodx hold youx there is a groat to heal your patex
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pistolx
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me a groatx
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fluellenx
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yesx verily and in truth you shall take itx or i have another leek in
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my pocketx which you shall eatx
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pistolx
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i take thy groat in earnest of revengex
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fluellenx
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if i owe you anything i will pay you in cudgelsx you shall be a
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woodmongerx and buy nothing of me but cudgelsx god be wix youx and keep
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youx and heal your patex
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xxexitxxx
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pistolx
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all hell shall stir for thisx
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gowerx
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gox gox you are a couterfeit cowardly knavex will you mock at an
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ancient traditionx begun upon an honourable respectx and worn as a
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memorable trophy of predeceased valourx and dare not avouch in your
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deeds any of your wordsx i have seen you gleeking and galling at this
|
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gentleman twice or thricex you thoughtx because he could not speak
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english in the native garbx he could not therefore handle an english
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cudgelx you find it otherwisex and henceforth let a welsh correction
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|
teach you a good english conditionx fare ye wellx
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xxexitxxx
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pistolx
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doth fortune play the huswife with me nowx
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news have ix that my doll is dead ix the spital
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of malady of francex
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and there my rendezvous is quite cut offx
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old i do waxx and from my weary limbs
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honour is cudgellxdx wellx bawd ixll turnx
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and something lean to cutpurse of quick handx
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to england will i stealx and there ixll stealx
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and patches will i get unto these cudgellxd scarsx
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and swear i got them in the gallia warsx
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xxexitxxx
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scene iix francex a royal palacex
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enter at one doorx king henryx exeterx bedfordx warwickx gloucesterx
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westmorlandx clarencex huntingdon and other lordsx at anotherx queen
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isabelx the french kingx the princess katharinex alicex and other
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ladiesx the duke of burgundy and other frenchx
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king henryx
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peace to this meetingx wherefore we are metx
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unto our brother francex and to our sisterx
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health and fair time of dayx joy and good wishes
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to our most fair and princely cousin katharinex
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andx as a branch and member of this royaltyx
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by whom this great assembly is contrivxdx
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we do salute youx duke of burgundyx
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andx princes frenchx and peersx health to you allx
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french kingx
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right joyous are we to behold your facex
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most worthy brother englandx fairly metx
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so are youx princes englishx every onex
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queen isabelx
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so happy be the issuex brother englandx
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of this good day and of this gracious meeting
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as we are now glad to behold your eyesx
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your eyesx which hitherto have borne in them
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against the french that met them in their bent
|
|
the fatal balls of murdering basilisksx
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the venom of such looksx we fairly hopex
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have lost their qualityx and that this day
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shall change all griefs and quarrels into lovex
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king henryx
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to cry amen to thatx thus we appearx
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queen isabelx
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you english princes allx i do salute youx
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burgundyx
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my duty to you bothx on equal lovex
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great kings of france and englandx that i have labourxdx
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with all my witsx my painsx and strong endeavoursx
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to bring your most imperial majesties
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unto this bar and royal interviewx
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your mightiness on both parts best can witnessx
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since then my office hath so far prevailxd
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thatx face to face and royal eye to eyex
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you have congreetedx let it not disgrace me
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|
if i demandx before this royal viewx
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what rub or what impediment there isx
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why that the nakedx poorx and mangled peacex
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|
dear nurse of artsx plentiesx and joyful birthsx
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|
should not in this best garden of the worldx
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|
our fertile francex put up her lovely visagex
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|
alasx she hath from france too long been chasxdx
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|
and all her husbandry doth lie on heapsx
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corrupting in it own fertilityx
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her vinex the merry cheerer of the heartx
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unpruned diesx her hedges evenxpleachxdx
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like prisoners wildly overgrown with hairx
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put forth disorderxd twigsx her fallow leas
|
|
the darnelx hemlockx and rank fumitoryx
|
|
doth root uponx while that the coulter rusts
|
|
that should deracinate such savageryx
|
|
the even meadx that erst brought sweetly forth
|
|
the freckled cowslipx burnetx and green cloverx
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wanting the scythex all uncorrectedx rankx
|
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conceives by idlenessx and nothing teems
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but hateful docksx rough thistlesx kecksiesx bursx
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losing both beauty and utilityx
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and as our vineyardsx fallowsx meadsx and hedgesx
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defective in their naturesx grow to wildnessx
|
|
even so our houses and ourselves and children
|
|
have lostx or do not learn for want of timex
|
|
the sciences that should become our countryx
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but grow like savagesxxas soldiers will
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that nothing do but meditate on bloodxx
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|
to swearing and stern looksx diffusxd attirex
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|
and everything that seems unnaturalx
|
|
which to reduce into our former favour
|
|
you are assembledx and my speech entreats
|
|
that i may know the letx why gentle peace
|
|
should not expel these inconveniences
|
|
and bless us with her former qualitiesx
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king henryx
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|
ifx duke of burgundyx you would the peacex
|
|
whose want gives growth to the imperfections
|
|
which you have citedx you must buy that peace
|
|
with full accord to all our just demandsx
|
|
whose tenours and particular effects
|
|
you have enschedulxd briefly in your handsx
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burgundyx
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|
the king hath heard themx to the which as yet
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|
there is no answer madex
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king henryx
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|
wellx thenx the peacex
|
|
which you before so urgxdx lies in his answerx
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french kingx
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|
i have but with a cursorary eye
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|
oxerglancxd the articlesx pleaseth your grace
|
|
to appoint some of your council presently
|
|
to sit with us once morex with better heed
|
|
to rexsurvey themx we will suddenly
|
|
pass our accept and peremptory answerx
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|
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king henryx
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|
brotherx we shallx gox uncle exeterx
|
|
and brother clarencex and youx brother gloucesterx
|
|
warwickx and huntingtonx go with the kingx
|
|
and take with you free power to ratifyx
|
|
augmentx or alterx as your wisdoms best
|
|
shall see advantageable for our dignityx
|
|
anything in or out of our demandsx
|
|
and wexll consign theretox will youx fair sisterx
|
|
go with the princesx or stay here with usx
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queen isabelx
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|
our gracious brotherx i will go with themx
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haply a womanxs voice may do some goodx
|
|
when articles too nicely urgxd be stood onx
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king henryx
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|
yet leave our cousin katharine here with usx
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|
she is our capital demandx comprisxd
|
|
within the forexrank of our articlesx
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queen isabelx
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|
she hath good leavex
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xxexeunt all except henryx katharine and alicexxx
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king henryx
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|
fair katharinex and most fairx
|
|
will you vouchsafe to teach a soldier terms
|
|
such as will enter at a ladyxs ear
|
|
and plead his lovexsuit to her gentle heartx
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katharinex
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|
your majesty shall mock mex i cannot speak your englandx
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king henryx
|
|
o fair katharinex if you will love me soundly with your french heartx i
|
|
will be glad to hear you confess it brokenly with your english tonguex
|
|
do you like mex katex
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|
katharinex
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|
xpardonnezxmoixx i cannot tell wat is xlike mexx
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king henryx
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|
an angel is like youx katex and you are like an angelx
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katharinex
|
|
xque ditxilx que je suis semblable x les angesxx
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alicex
|
|
xouix vraimentx sauf votre grxcex ainsi ditxilxx
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king henryx
|
|
i said sox dear katharinex and i must not blush to affirm itx
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katharinex
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|
xo bon dieux les langues des hommes sont pleines de tromperiesxx
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king henryx
|
|
what says shex fair onex that the tongues of men are full of deceitsx
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alicex
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xouixx dat de tongues of de mans is be full of deceitsx dat is de
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princessx
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king henryx
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|
the princess is the better englishwomanx ix faithx katex my wooing is
|
|
fit for thy understandingx i am glad thou canst speak no better
|
|
englishx for if thou couldstx thou wouldst find me such a plain king
|
|
that thou wouldst think i had sold my farm to buy my crownx i know no
|
|
ways to mince it in lovex but directly to sayx xi love youxx then if
|
|
you urge me farther than to sayx xdo you in faithxx i wear out my suitx
|
|
give me your answerx ix faithx dox and so clap hands and a bargainx how
|
|
say youx ladyx
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|
katharinex
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|
xsauf votre honneurxx me understand wellx
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king henryx
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|
marryx if you would put me to versesx or to dance for your sakex katex
|
|
why you undid mex for the onex i have neither words nor measurex and
|
|
for the other i have no strength in measurex yet a reasonable measure
|
|
in strengthx if i could win a lady at leapxfrogx or by vaulting into my
|
|
saddle with my armour on my backx under the correction of bragging be
|
|
it spokenx i should quickly leap into a wifex or if i might buffet for
|
|
my lovex or bound my horse for her favoursx i could lay on like a
|
|
butcher and sit like a jackxanxapesx never offx butx before godx katex
|
|
i cannot look greenlyx nor gasp out my eloquencex nor i have no cunning
|
|
in protestationx only downright oathsx which i never use till urgxdx
|
|
nor never break for urgingx if thou canst love a fellow of this temperx
|
|
katex whose face is not worth sunburningx that never looks in his glass
|
|
for love of anything he sees therex let thine eye be thy cookx i speak
|
|
to thee plain soldierx if thou canst love me for thisx take mex if notx
|
|
to say to thee that i shall diex is truex but for thy lovex by the
|
|
lordx nox yet i love thee toox and while thou livxstx dear katex take a
|
|
fellow of plain and uncoined constancyx for he perforce must do thee
|
|
rightx because he hath not the gift to woo in other placesx for these
|
|
fellows of infinite tonguex that can rhyme themselves into ladiesx
|
|
favoursx they do always reason themselves out againx whatx a speaker is
|
|
but a praterx a rhyme is but a balladx a good leg will fallx a straight
|
|
back will stoopx a black beard will turn whitex a curlxd pate will grow
|
|
baldx a fair face will witherx a full eye will wax hollowx but a good
|
|
heartx katex is the sun and the moonx or rather the sun and not the
|
|
moonx for it shines bright and never changesx but keeps his course
|
|
trulyx if thou would have such a onex take mex and take mex take a
|
|
soldierx take a soldierx take a kingx and what sayxst thou then to my
|
|
lovex speakx my fairx and fairlyx i pray theex
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|
|
|
katharinex
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|
is it possible dat i should love de enemy of francex
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|
|
|
king henryx
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|
nox it is not possible you should love the enemy of francex katex butx
|
|
in loving mex you should love the friend of francex for i love france
|
|
so well that i will not part with a village of itx i will have it all
|
|
minex andx katex when france is mine and i am yoursx then yours is
|
|
france and you are minex
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|
|
|
katharinex
|
|
i cannot tell wat is datx
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|
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|
king henryx
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|
nox katex i will tell thee in frenchx which i am sure will hang upon my
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|
tongue like a newxmarried wife about her husbandxs neckx hardly to be
|
|
shook offx xje quand sur le possession de francex et quand vous avez le
|
|
possession de moixxxlet me seex what thenx saint denis be my
|
|
speedxxxdonc votre est francex et vous xtes miennexx it is as easy for
|
|
mex katex to conquer the kingdom as to speak so much more frenchx i
|
|
shall never move thee in frenchx unless it be to laugh at mex
|
|
|
|
katharinex
|
|
xsauf votre honneurx le franxais que vous parlezx il est meilleur que
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|
lxanglais lequel je parlexx
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king henryx
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|
nox faithx isxt notx katex but thy speaking of my tonguex and i thinex
|
|
most trulyxfalselyx must needs be granted to be much at onex butx katex
|
|
dost thou understand thus much englishx canst thou love mex
|
|
|
|
katharinex
|
|
i cannot tellx
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|
|
|
king henryx
|
|
can any of your neighbours tellx katex ixll ask themx comex i know thou
|
|
lovest mex and at nightx when you come into your closetx youxll
|
|
question this gentlewoman about mex and i knowx katex you will to her
|
|
dispraise those parts in me that you love with your heartx butx good
|
|
katex mock me mercifullyx the ratherx gentle princessx because i love
|
|
thee cruellyx if ever thou beest minex katex as i have a saving faith
|
|
within me tells me thou shaltx i get thee with scamblingx and thou must
|
|
therefore needs prove a good soldierxbreederx shall not thou and ix
|
|
between saint denis and saint georgex compound a boyx half frenchx half
|
|
englishx that shall go to constantinople and take the turk by the
|
|
beardx shall we notx what sayxst thoux my fair flowerxdexlucex
|
|
|
|
katharinex
|
|
i do not know datx
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|
king henryx
|
|
nox xtis hereafter to knowx but now to promisex do but now promisex
|
|
katex you will endeavour for your french part of such a boyx and for my
|
|
english moietyx take the word of a king and a bachelorx how answer youx
|
|
xla plus belle katherine du mondex mon trxs cher et divin dxessexx
|
|
|
|
katharinex
|
|
your majestee xave xfaussex french enough to deceive de most xsage
|
|
demoisellex dat is xen francexx
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|
|
|
king henryx
|
|
nowx fie upon my false frenchx by mine honourx in true englishx i love
|
|
theex katex by which honour i dare not swear thou lovest mex yet my
|
|
blood begins to flatter me that thou dostx notwithstanding the poor and
|
|
untempering effect of my visagex nowx beshrew my fatherxs ambitionx he
|
|
was thinking of civil wars when he got mex therefore was i created with
|
|
a stubborn outsidex with an aspect of ironx thatx when i come to woo
|
|
ladiesx i fright themx butx in faithx katex the elder i waxx the better
|
|
i shall appearx my comfort isx that old agex that ill layer up of
|
|
beautyx can do no more spoil upon my facex thou hast mex if thou hast
|
|
mex at the worstx and thou shalt wear mex if thou wear mex better and
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betterx and therefore tell mex most fair katharinex will you have mex
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put off your maiden blushesx avouch the thoughts of your heart with the
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looks of an empressx take me by the handx and sayx harry of englandx i
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am thinex which word thou shalt no sooner bless mine ear withalx but i
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will tell thee aloudx england is thinex ireland is thinex france is
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thinex and henry plantagenet is thinex whox though i speak it before
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his facex if he be not fellow with the best kingx thou shalt find the
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best king of good fellowsx comex your answer in broken musicx for thy
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voice is music and thy english brokenx thereforex queen of allx
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katharinex break thy mind to me in broken englishx wilt thou have mex
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katharinex
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dat is as it shall please xle roi mon pxrexx
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king henryx
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nayx it will please him wellx katex it shall please himx katex
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katharinex
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den it sall also content mex
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king henryx
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upon that i kiss your handx and call you my queenx
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katharinex
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xlaissezx mon seigneurx laissezx laissezx ma foix je ne veux point que
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vous abaissiez votre grandeur en baisant la main dxunexnotre
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seigneurxxindigne serviteurx excusezxmoix je vous suppliex mon
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trxsxpuissant seigneurxx
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king henryx
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then i will kiss your lipsx katex
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katharinex
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xles dames et demoiselles pour xtre baisxes devant leurs nocesx il
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nxest pas la coutume de francexx
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king henryx
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madame my interpreterx what says shex
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alicex
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dat it is not be de fashion xpour lesx ladies of francexxi cannot tell
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wat is xbaiser enx anglishx
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king henryx
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to kissx
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alicex
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your majestee xentendx bettre xque moixx
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king henryx
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it is not a fashion for the maids in france to kiss before they are
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marriedx would she sayx
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alicex
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xouix vraimentxx
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king henryx
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o katex nice customs curtsy to great kingsx dear katex you and i cannot
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be confined within the weak list of a countryxs fashionx we are the
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makers of mannersx katex and the liberty that follows our places stops
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the mouth of all findxfaultsx as i will do yoursx for upholding the
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nice fashion of your country in denying me a kissx thereforex patiently
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and yieldingx xxkissing herxxx you have witchcraft in your lipsx katex
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there is more eloquence in a sugar touch of them than in the tongues of
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the french councilx and they should sooner persuade harry of england
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than a general petition of monarchsx here comes your fatherx
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enter the french power and the english lordsx
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burgundyx
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god save your majestyx my royal cousinx teach you our princess englishx
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king henryx
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i would have her learnx my fair cousinx how perfectly i love herx and
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that is good englishx
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burgundyx
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is she not aptx
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king henryx
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our tongue is roughx cozx and my condition is not smoothx so thatx
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having neither the voice nor the heart of flattery about mex i cannot
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so conjure up the spirit of love in herx that he will appear in his
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true likenessx
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burgundyx
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pardon the frankness of my mirthx if i answer you for thatx if you
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would conjure in herx you must make a circlex if conjure up love in her
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in his true likenessx he must appear naked and blindx can you blame her
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thenx being a maid yet rosxd over with the virgin crimson of modestyx
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if she deny the appearance of a naked blind boy in her naked seeing
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selfx it werex my lordx a hard condition for a maid to consign tox
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king henryx
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yet they do wink and yieldx as love is blind and enforcesx
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burgundyx
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they are then excusxdx my lordx when they see not what they dox
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king henryx
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thenx good my lordx teach your cousin to consent winkingx
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burgundyx
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i will wink on her to consentx my lordx if you will teach her to know
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my meaningx for maidsx well summerxd and warm keptx are like flies at
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bartholomewxtidex blindx though they have their eyesx and then they
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will endure handlingx which before would not abide looking onx
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king henryx
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this moral ties me over to time and a hot summerx and so i shall catch
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the flyx your cousinx in the latter endx and she must be blind toox
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burgundyx
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as love isx my lordx before it lovesx
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king henryx
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it is sox and you mayx some of youx thank love for my blindnessx who
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cannot see many a fair french city for one fair french maid that stands
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in my wayx
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french kingx
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yesx my lordx you see them perspectivelyx the cities turnxd into a
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maidx for they are all girdled with maiden walls that no war hath
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enteredx
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king henryx
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shall kate be my wifex
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french kingx
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so please youx
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king henryx
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i am contentx so the maiden cities you talk of may wait on herx so the
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maid that stood in the way for my wish shall show me the way to my
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willx
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french kingx
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we have consented to all terms of reasonx
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king henryx
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isxt sox my lords of englandx
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westmorlandx
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the king hath granted every articlex
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his daughter firstx and then in sequel allx
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according to their firm proposed naturesx
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exeterx
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only he hath not yet subscribed thisx where your majesty demandsx that
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the king of francex having any occasion to write for matter of grantx
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shall name your highness in this form and with this additionx in
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frenchx xnotre trxsxcher fils henrix roi dxangleterrex hxritier de
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francexx and thus in latinx xpraeclarissimus filius noster henricusx
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rex angliae et haeres franciaexx
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french kingx
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nor this i have notx brotherx so denied
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but our request shall make me let it passx
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king henryx
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i pray you thenx in love and dear alliancex
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let that one article rank with the restx
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and thereupon give me your daughterx
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french kingx
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take herx fair sonx and from her blood raise up
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issue to mex that the contending kingdoms
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of france and englandx whose very shores look pale
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with envy of each otherxs happinessx
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may cease their hatredx and this dear conjunction
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|
plant neighbourhood and christianxlike accord
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in their sweet bosomsx that never war advance
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his bleeding sword xtwixt england and fair francex
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lordsx
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amenx
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king henryx
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nowx welcomex katex and bear me witness allx
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that here i kiss her as my sovereign queenx
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xxflourishxxx
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queen isabelx
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godx the best maker of all marriagesx
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combine your hearts in onex your realms in onex
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as man and wifex being twox are one in lovex
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so be there xtwixt your kingdoms such a spousalx
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|
that never may ill officex or fell jealousyx
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|
which troubles oft the bed of blessed marriagex
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|
thrust in between the paction of these kingdomsx
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to make divorce of their incorporate leaguex
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that english may as frenchx french englishmenx
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receive each otherx god speak this amenx
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allx
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amenx
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king henryx
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prepare we for our marriagex on which dayx
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my lord of burgundyx wexll take your oathx
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and all the peersxx for surety of our leaguesx
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then shall i swear to katex and you to mex
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and may our oaths well kept and prosperous bex
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xxsennetx exeuntxxx
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epiloguex
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enter chorusx
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chorusx
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thus farx with rough and allxunable penx
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|
our bending author hath pursuxd the storyx
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|
in little room confining mighty menx
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|
mangling by starts the full course of their gloryx
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|
small timex but in that small most greatly lived
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|
this star of englandx fortune made his swordx
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by which the worldxs best garden he achievedx
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|
and of it left his son imperial lordx
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|
henry the sixthx in infant bands crownxd king
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|
of france and englandx did this king succeedx
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|
whose state so many had the managingx
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|
that they lost france and made his england bleedx
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|
which oft our stage hath shownx andx for their sakex
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|
in your fair minds let this acceptance takex
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xxexitxxx
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the first part of henry the sixth
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dramatis personae
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king henry the sixth
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duke of gloucesterx uncle to the kingx and protector
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duke of bedfordx uncle to the kingx and regent of france
|
|
thomas beaufortx duke of exeterx greatxuncle to the king
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|
henry beaufortx greatxuncle to the kingx bishop of winchesterx
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|
and afterwards cardinal
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|
john beaufortx earl of somersetx afterwards duke
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|
richard plantagenetx son of richard late earl of cambridgex
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afterwards duke of york
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earl of warwick
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earl of salisbury
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earl of suffolk
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lord talbotx afterwards earl of shrewsbury
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john talbotx his son
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edmund mortimerx earl of march
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sir john fastolfe
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sir william lucy
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sir william glansdale
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sir thomas gargrave
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mayor of london
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woodvillex lieutenant of the tower
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vernonx of the white rose or york faction
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|
bassetx of the red rose or lancaster faction
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a lawyer
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gaolersx to mortimer
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charlesx dauphinx and afterwards king of france
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reignierx duke of anjoux and titular king of naples
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duke of burgundy
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duke of alencon
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bastard of orleans
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governor of paris
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masterxgunner of orleansx and his son
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|
general of the french forces in bordeaux
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a french sergeant
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a porter
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an old shepherdx father to joan la pucelle
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|
margaretx daughter to reignierx afterwards married to
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|
king henry
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|
countess of auvergne
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|
joan la pucellex commonly called joan of arc
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lordsx warders of the towerx heraldsx officersx soldiersx
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messengersx english and french attendantsx fiends appearing
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|
to la pucelle
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scenex england and france
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the first part of king henry the sixth
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act ix scene xx
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westminster abbey
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dead marchx enter the funeral of king henry the fifthx attended on by
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|
the duke of bedfordx regent of francex the duke of gloucesterx
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|
protectorx the duke of exeterx the earl of warwickx the bishop of
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|
winchester
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bedfordx hung be the heavens with blackx yield day to
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|
nightx cometsx importing change of times and statesx
|
|
brandish your crystal tresses in the sky
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|
and with them scourge the bad revolting stars
|
|
that have consented unto henryxs deathx
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|
king henry the fifthx too famous to live longx
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|
england nexer lost a king of so much worthx
|
|
gloucesterx england nexer had a king until his timex
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|
virtue he hadx deserving to commandx
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his brandishxd sword did blind men with his beamsx
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|
his arms spread wider than a dragonxs wingsx
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his sparkling eyesx replete with wrathful firex
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|
more dazzled and drove back his enemies
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|
than midxday sun fierce bent against their facesx
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what should i sayx his deeds exceed all speechx
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he nexer lift up his hand but conqueredx
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exeterx we mourn in blackx why mourn we not in bloodx
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|
henry is dead and never shall revivex
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|
upon a wooden coffin we attendx
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|
and deathxs dishonourable victory
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|
we with our stately presence glorifyx
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like captives bound to a triumphant carx
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whatx shall we curse the planets of mishap
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|
that plotted thus our gloryxs overthrowx
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|
or shall we think the subtlexwitted french
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|
conjurers and sorcerersx thatx afraid of himx
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|
by magic verses have contrivxd his endx
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|
winchesterx he was a king blessxd of the king of kingsx
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|
unto the french the dreadful judgmentxday
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|
so dreadful will not be as was his sightx
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|
the battles of the lord of hosts he foughtx
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|
the churchxs prayers made him so prosperousx
|
|
gloucesterx the churchx where is itx had not churchmen
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prayxdx
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his thread of life had not so soon decayxdx
|
|
none do you like but an effeminate princex
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whom like a schoolxboy you may overawex
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|
winchesterx gloucesterx whatexer we likex thou art
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|
protector
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and lookest to command the prince and realmx
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thy wife is proudx she holdeth thee in awe
|
|
more than god or religious churchmen mayx
|
|
gloucesterx name not religionx for thou lovxst the fleshx
|
|
and nexer throughout the year to church thou goxstx
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except it be to pray against thy foesx
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bedfordx ceasex cease these jars and rest your minds in peacex
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letxs to the altarx heraldsx wait on usx
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instead of goldx wexll offer up our armsx
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since arms avail notx now that henryxs deadx
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posterityx await for wretched yearsx
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when at their mothersx moistxned eyes babes shall suckx
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our isle be made a nourish of salt tearsx
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and none but women left to wail the deadx
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henry the fifthx thy ghost i invocatex
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prosper this realmx keep it from civil broilsx
|
|
combat with adverse planets in the heavensx
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a far more glorious star thy soul will make
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|
than julius caesar or bright
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enter a messenger
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messengerx my honourable lordsx health to you allx
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sad tidings bring i to you out of francex
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of lossx of slaughterx and discomfiturex
|
|
guiennex champagnex rheimsx orleansx
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parisx guysorsx poictiersx are all quite lostx
|
|
bedfordx what sayxst thoux manx before dead henryxs corsex
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|
speak softlyx or the loss of those great towns
|
|
will make him burst his lead and rise from deathx
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gloucesterx is paris lostx is rouen yielded upx
|
|
if henry were recallxd to life againx
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these news would cause him once more yield the ghostx
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exeterx how were they lostx what treachery was usxdx
|
|
messengerx no treacheryx but want of men and moneyx
|
|
amongst the soldiers this is muttered
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|
that here you maintain several factionsx
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and whilst a field should be dispatchxd and foughtx
|
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you are disputing of your generalsx
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one would have lingxring warsx with little costx
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another would fly swiftx but wanteth wingsx
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a third thinksx without expense at allx
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by guileful fair words peace may be obtainxdx
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awakex awakex english nobilityx
|
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let not sloth dim your honoursx newxbegotx
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croppxd are the flowerxdexluces in your armsx
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of englandxs coat one half is cut awayx
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exeterx were our tears wanting to this funeralx
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these tidings would call forth their flowing tidesx
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bedfordx me they concernx regent i am of francex
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give me my steeled coatx ixll fight for francex
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away with these disgraceful wailing robesx
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wounds will i lend the french instead of eyesx
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to weep their intermissive miseriesx
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enter a second messenger
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second messengerx lordsx view these letters full of bad
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mischancex
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france is revolted from the english quitex
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except some petty towns of no importx
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the dauphin charles is crowned king in rheimsx
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the bastard of orleans with him is joinxdx
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reignierx duke of anjoux doth take his partx
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the duke of alencon flieth to his sidex
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exeterx the dauphin crowned kingx all fly to himx
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ox whither shall we fly from this reproachx
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gloucesterx we will not fly but to our enemiesx throatsx
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bedfordx if thou be slack ixll fight it outx
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bedfordx gloucesterx why doubtxst thou of my forwardnessx
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an army have i musterxd in my thoughtsx
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wherewith already france is overrunx
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enter a third messenger
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third messengerx my gracious lordsx to add to your
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lamentsx
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wherewith you now bedew king henryxs hearsex
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i must inform you of a dismal fight
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betwixt the stout lord talbot and the frenchx
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winchesterx whatx wherein talbot overcamex isxt sox
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third messengerx ox nox wherein lord talbot was
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oxerthrownx
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the circumstance ixll tell you more at largex
|
|
the tenth of august last this dreadful lordx
|
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retiring from the siege of orleansx
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|
having full scarce six thousand in his troopx
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|
by three and twenty thousand of the french
|
|
was round encompassed and set uponx
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no leisure had he to enrank his menx
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he wanted pikes to set before his archersx
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instead whereof sharp stakes pluckxd out of hedges
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they pitched in the ground confusedly
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to keep the horsemen off from breaking inx
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more than three hours the fight continuedx
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|
where valiant talbotx above human thoughtx
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enacted wonders with his sword and lancex
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hundreds he sent to hellx and none durst stand himx
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herex therex and everywherex enragxd he slew
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the french exclaimxd the devil was in armsx
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all the whole army stood agazxd on himx
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his soldiersx spying his undaunted spiritx
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xa talbotx a talbotxx cried out amainx
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and rushxd into the bowels of the battlex
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here had the conquest fully been sealxd up
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if sir john fastolfe had not playxd the cowardx
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hex being in the vaward placxd behind
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with purpose to relieve and follow themx
|
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cowardly fledx not having struck one strokex
|
|
hence grew the general wreck and massacrex
|
|
enclosed were they with their enemiesx
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a base walloonx to win the dauphinxs gracex
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|
thrust talbot with a spear into the backx
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whom all francex with their chief assembled strengthx
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durst not presume to look once in the facex
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bedfordx is talbot slainx then i will slay myselfx
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for living idly here in pomp and easex
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whilst such a worthy leaderx wanting aidx
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unto his dastard foemen is betrayxdx
|
|
third messengerx o nox he livesx but is took prisonerx
|
|
and lord scales with himx and lord hungerfordx
|
|
most of the rest slaughterxd or took likewisex
|
|
bedfordx his ransom there is none but i shall payx
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ixll hale the dauphin headlong from his thronex
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his crown shall be the ransom of my friendx
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|
four of their lords ixll change for one of oursx
|
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farewellx my mastersx to my task will ix
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|
bonfires in france forthwith i am to make
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to keep our great saint georgexs feast withalx
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ten thousand soldiers with me i will takex
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whose bloody deeds shall make an europe quakex
|
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third messengerx so you had needx for orleans is besiegxdx
|
|
the english army is grown weak and faintx
|
|
the earl of salisbury craveth supply
|
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and hardly keeps his men from mutinyx
|
|
since theyx so fewx watch such a multitudex
|
|
exeterx rememberx lordsx your oaths to henry swornx
|
|
either to quell the dauphin utterlyx
|
|
or bring him in obedience to your yokex
|
|
bedfordx i do remember itx and here take my leave
|
|
to go about my preparationx exit
|
|
gloucesterx ixll to the tower with all the haste i can
|
|
to view thx artillery and munitionx
|
|
and then i will proclaim young henry kingx exit
|
|
exeterx to eltham will ix where the young king isx
|
|
being ordainxd his special governorx
|
|
and for his safety there ixll best devisex exit
|
|
winchesterx xasidex each hath his place and function to
|
|
attendx
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|
i am left outx for me nothing remainsx
|
|
but long i will not be jack out of officex
|
|
the king from eltham i intend to stealx
|
|
and sit at chiefest stern of public wealx exeunt
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scene xx
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francex before orleans
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sound a flourishx enter charles the dauphinx alenconx
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and reignierx marching with drum and soldiers
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charlesx mars his true movingx even as in the heavens
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so in the earthx to this day is not knownx
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late did he shine upon the english sidex
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now we are victorsx upon us he smilesx
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what towns of any moment but we havex
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at pleasure here we lie near orleansx
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otherwhiles the famishxd englishx like pale ghostsx
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faintly besiege us one hour in a monthx
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alenconx they want their porridge and their fat bull
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beevesx
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either they must be dieted like mules
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and have their provender tied to their mouthsx
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or piteous they will lookx like drowned micex
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reignierx letxs raise the siegex why live we idly herex
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talbot is takenx whom we wont to fearx
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remaineth none but madxbrainxd salisburyx
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and he may well in fretting spend his gall
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nor men nor money hath he to make warx
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charlesx soundx sound alarumx we will rush on themx
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now for the honour of the forlorn frenchx
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him i forgive my death that killeth mex
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when he sees me go back one foot or fleex exeunt
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here alarumx they are beaten hack by the englishx with
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great lossx rexenter charlesx alenconx and reignier
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charlesx who ever saw the likex what men have ix
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dogsx cowardsx dastardsx i would nexer have fled
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but that they left me midst my enemiesx
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reignierx salisbury is a desperate homicidex
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he fighteth as one weary of his lifex
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the other lordsx like lions wanting foodx
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do rush upon us as their hungry preyx
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alenconx froissartx a countryman of oursx records
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england all olivers and rowlands bred
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during the time edward the third did reignx
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more truly now may this be verifiedx
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for none but samsons and goliases
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it sendeth forth to skirmishx one to tenx
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lean rawxbonxd rascalsx who would exer suppose
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they had such courage and audacityx
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charlesx letxs leave this townx for they are harexbrainxd
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slavesx
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and hunger will enforce them to be more eagerx
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of old i know themx rather with their teeth
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the walls theyxll tear down than forsake the siegex
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reignierx i think by some odd gimmers or device
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their arms are setx like clocksx still to strike onx
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else nexer could they hold out so as they dox
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by my consentx wexll even let them alonex
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alenconx be it sox
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enter the bastard of orleans
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bastardx wherexs the prince dauphinx i have news for himx
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charlesx bastard of orleansx thrice welcome to usx
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bastardx methinks your looks are sadx your cheer appallxdx
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hath the late overthrow wrought this offencex
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be not dismayxdx for succour is at handx
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a holy maid hither with me i bringx
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whichx by a vision sent to her from heavenx
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ordained is to raise this tedious siege
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and drive the english forth the bounds of francex
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the spirit of deep prophecy she hathx
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exceeding the nine sibyls of old romex
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|
whatxs past and whatxs to come she can descryx
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speakx shall i call her inx believe my wordsx
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for they are certain and unfalliblex
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charlesx gox call her inx xexit bastardx
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but firstx to try her skillx
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reignierx stand thou as dauphin in my placex
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question her proudlyx let thy looks be sternx
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by this means shall we sound what skill she hathx
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rexenter the bastard of orleans with
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joan la pucelle
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reignierx fair maidx is xt thou wilt do these wondrous featsx
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pucellex reignierx is xt thou that thinkest to beguile mex
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where is the dauphinx comex come from behindx
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i know thee wellx though never seen beforex
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be not amazxdx therexs nothing hid from mex
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in private will i talk with thee apartx
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stand backx you lordsx and give us leave awhilex
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|
reignierx she takes upon her bravely at first dashx
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pucellex dauphinx i am by birth a shepherdxs daughterx
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my wit untrainxd in any kind of artx
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heaven and our lady gracious hath it pleasxd
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to shine on my contemptible estatex
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|
lox whilst i waited on my tender lambs
|
|
and to sunxs parching heat displayxd my cheeksx
|
|
godxs mother deigned to appear to mex
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|
and in a vision full of majesty
|
|
willxd me to leave my base vocation
|
|
and free my country from calamity
|
|
her aid she promisxd and assurxd successx
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|
in complete glory she revealxd herselfx
|
|
and whereas i was black and swart beforex
|
|
with those clear rays which she infusxd on me
|
|
that beauty am i blessxd with which you may seex
|
|
ask me what question thou canst possiblex
|
|
and i will answer unpremeditatedx
|
|
my courage try by combat if thou darxstx
|
|
and thou shalt find that i exceed my sexx
|
|
resolve on thisx thou shalt be fortunate
|
|
if thou receive me for thy warlike matex
|
|
charlesx thou hast astonishxd me with thy high termsx
|
|
only this proof ixll of thy valour make
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|
in single combat thou shalt buckle with mex
|
|
and if thou vanquishestx thy words are truex
|
|
otherwise i renounce all confidencex
|
|
pucellex i am preparxdx here is my keenxedgxd swordx
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|
deckxd with five flowerxdexluces on each sidex
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|
the which at tourainex in saint katherinexs churchyardx
|
|
out of a great deal of old iron i chose forthx
|
|
charlesx then comex ox godxs namex i fear no womanx
|
|
pucellex and while i live ixll nexer fly from a manx
|
|
xhere they fight and joan la pucelle overcomesx
|
|
charlesx stayx stay thy handsx thou art an amazonx
|
|
and fightest with the sword of deborahx
|
|
pucellex christxs mother helps mex else i were too weakx
|
|
charlesx whoexer helps theex xtis thou that must help mex
|
|
impatiently i burn with thy desirex
|
|
my heart and hands thou hast at once subduxdx
|
|
excellent pucellex if thy name be sox
|
|
let me thy servant and not sovereign bex
|
|
xtis the french dauphin sueth to thee thusx
|
|
pucellex i must not yield to any rites of lovex
|
|
for my professionxs sacred from abovex
|
|
when i have chased all thy foes from hencex
|
|
then will i think upon a recompensex
|
|
charlesx meantime look gracious on thy prostrate thrallx
|
|
reignierx my lordx methinksx is very long in talkx
|
|
alenconx doubtless he shrives this woman to her smockx
|
|
else nexer could he so long protract his speechx
|
|
reignierx shall we disturb himx since he keeps no meanx
|
|
alenconx he may mean more than we poor men do knowx
|
|
these women are shrewd tempters with their tonguesx
|
|
reignierx my lordx where are youx what devise you onx
|
|
shall we give oxer orleansx or nox
|
|
pucellex whyx nox i sayx distrustful recreantsx
|
|
fight till the last gaspx i will be your guardx
|
|
charlesx what she says ixll confirmx wexll fight it outx
|
|
pucellex assignxd am i to be the english scourgex
|
|
this night the siege assuredly ixll raisex
|
|
expect saint martinxs summerx halcyon daysx
|
|
since i have entered into these warsx
|
|
glory is like a circle in the waterx
|
|
which never ceaseth to enlarge itself
|
|
till by broad spreading it disperse to noughtx
|
|
with henryxs death the english circle endsx
|
|
dispersed are the glories it includedx
|
|
now am i like that proud insulting ship
|
|
which caesar and his fortune bare at oncex
|
|
charlesx was mahomet inspired with a dovex
|
|
thou with an eagle art inspired thenx
|
|
helenx the mother of great constantinex
|
|
nor yet saint philipxs daughters were like theex
|
|
bright star of venusx fallxn down on the earthx
|
|
how may i reverently worship thee enoughx
|
|
alenconx leave off delaysx and let us raise the siegex
|
|
reignierx womanx do what thou canst to save our honoursx
|
|
drive them from orleansx and be immortalizxdx
|
|
charlesx presently wexll tryx comex letxs away about itx
|
|
no prophet will i trust if she prove falsex exeunt
|
|
|
|
scene xx
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|
|
|
londonx before the tower gates
|
|
|
|
enter the duke of gloucesterx with his servingxmen
|
|
in blue coats
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|
|
|
gloucesterx i am come to survey the tower this dayx
|
|
since henryxs deathx i fearx there is conveyancex
|
|
where be these warders that they wait not herex
|
|
open the gatesx xtis gloucester that callsx
|
|
first warderx xwithinx whoxs there that knocks so
|
|
imperiouslyx
|
|
first servingxmanx it is the noble duke of gloucesterx
|
|
second warderx xwithinx whoexer he bex you may not be
|
|
let inx
|
|
first servingxmanx villainsx answer you so the lord
|
|
protectorx
|
|
first warderx xwithinx the lord protect himx so we
|
|
answer himx
|
|
we do no otherwise than we are willxdx
|
|
gloucesterx who willed youx or whose will stands but
|
|
minex
|
|
therexs none protector of the realm but ix
|
|
break up the gatesx ixll be your warrantizex
|
|
shall i be flouted thus by dunghill groomsx
|
|
xgloucesterxs men rush at the tower gatesx and
|
|
woodville the lieutenant speaks withinx
|
|
woodvillex xwithinx what noise is thisx what traitors
|
|
have we herex
|
|
gloucesterx lieutenantx is it you whose voice i hearx
|
|
open the gatesx herexs gloucester that would enterx
|
|
woodvillex xwithinx have patiencex noble dukex i may
|
|
not openx
|
|
the cardinal of winchester forbidsx
|
|
from him i have express commandment
|
|
that thou nor none of thine shall be let inx
|
|
gloucesterx faintxhearted woodvillex prizest him fore mex
|
|
arrogant winchesterx that haughty prelate
|
|
whom henryx our late sovereignx nexer could brookx
|
|
thou art no friend to god or to the kingx
|
|
open the gatesx or ixll shut thee out shortlyx
|
|
servingxmenx open the gates unto the lord protectorx
|
|
or wexll burst them openx if that you come not quicklyx
|
|
|
|
enter to the protector at the tower gates winchester
|
|
and his men in tawny coats
|
|
|
|
winchesterx how nowx ambitious humphryx what means
|
|
thisx
|
|
gloucesterx peelxd priestx dost thou command me to be
|
|
shut outx
|
|
winchesterx i dox thou most usurping proditorx
|
|
and not protector of the king or realmx
|
|
gloucesterx stand backx thou manifest conspiratorx
|
|
thou that contrivedxst to murder our dead lordx
|
|
thou that givxst whores indulgences to sinx
|
|
ixll canvass thee in thy broad cardinalxs hatx
|
|
if thou proceed in this thy insolencex
|
|
winchesterx nayx stand thou backx i will not budge a footx
|
|
this be damascusx be thou cursed cainx
|
|
to slay thy brother abelx if thou wiltx
|
|
gloucesterx i will not slay theex but ixll drive thee backx
|
|
thy scarlet robes as a childxs bearingxcloth
|
|
ixll use to carry thee out of this placex
|
|
winchesterx do what thou darxstx i beard thee to thy facex
|
|
gloucesterx whatx am i darxd and bearded to my facex
|
|
drawx menx for all this privileged place
|
|
bluexcoats to tawnyxcoatsx priestx beware your beardx
|
|
i mean to tug itx and to cuff you soundlyx
|
|
under my feet i stamp thy cardinalxs hatx
|
|
in spite of pope or dignities of churchx
|
|
here by the cheeks ixll drag thee up and downx
|
|
winchesterx gloucesterx thou wilt answer this before the
|
|
popex
|
|
gloucesterx winchester goosex i cry xa ropex a ropexx
|
|
now beat them hencex why do you let them stayx
|
|
thee ixll chase hencex thou wolf in sheepxs arrayx
|
|
outx tawnyxcoatsx outx scarlet hypocritex
|
|
|
|
here gloucesterxs men beat out the cardinalxs
|
|
menx and enter in the hurly burly the mayor of
|
|
london and his officers
|
|
|
|
mayorx fiex lordsx that youx being supreme magistratesx
|
|
thus contumeliously should break the peacex
|
|
gloucesterx peacex mayorx thou knowxst little of my wrongsx
|
|
herexs beaufortx that regards nor god nor kingx
|
|
hath here distrainxd the tower to his usex
|
|
winchesterx herexs gloucesterx a foe to citizensx
|
|
one that still motions war and never peacex
|
|
oxercharging your free purses with large finesx
|
|
that seeks to overthrow religionx
|
|
because he is protector of the realmx
|
|
and would have armour here out of the towerx
|
|
to crown himself king and suppress the princex
|
|
gloucesterx i will not answer thee with wordsx but blowsx
|
|
xhere they skirmish againx
|
|
mayorx nought rests for me in this tumultuous strife
|
|
but to make open proclamationx
|
|
comex officerx as loud as exer thou canstx
|
|
cryx
|
|
officerx xcriesx all manner of men assembled here in arms
|
|
this day against godxs peace and the kingxsx we charge
|
|
and command youx in his highnessx namex to repair to
|
|
your several dwellingxplacesx and not to wearx handlex or
|
|
usex any swordx weaponx or daggerx henceforwardx upon
|
|
pain of deathx
|
|
gloucesterx cardinalx ixll be no breaker of the lawx
|
|
but we shall meet and break our minds at largex
|
|
winchesterx gloucesterx wexll meet to thy costx be surex
|
|
thy heartxblood i will have for this dayxs workx
|
|
mayorx ixll call for clubs if you will not awayx
|
|
this cardinalxs more haughty than the devilx
|
|
gloucesterx mayorx farewellx thou dost but what thou
|
|
maystx
|
|
winchesterx abominable gloucesterx guard thy headx
|
|
for i intend to have it ere longx
|
|
exeuntx severallyx gloucester and winchester
|
|
with their servants
|
|
mayorx see the coast clearxdx and then we will departx
|
|
good godx these nobles should such stomachs bearx
|
|
i myself fight not once in forty yearx exeunt
|
|
|
|
scene xx
|
|
|
|
francex before orleans
|
|
|
|
enterx on the wallsx the masterxgunner
|
|
of orleans and his boy
|
|
|
|
masterxgunnerx sirrahx thou knowxst how orleans is
|
|
besiegxdx
|
|
and how the english have the suburbs wonx
|
|
boyx fatherx i knowx and oft have shot at themx
|
|
howexer unfortunate i missxd my aimx
|
|
masterxgunnerx but now thou shalt notx be thou rulxd
|
|
by mex
|
|
chief masterxgunner am i of this townx
|
|
something i must do to procure me gracex
|
|
the princexs espials have informed me
|
|
how the englishx in the suburbs close intrenchxdx
|
|
wontx through a secret grate of iron bars
|
|
in yonder towerx to overpeer the cityx
|
|
and thence discover how with most advantage
|
|
they may vex us with shot or with assaultx
|
|
to intercept this inconveniencex
|
|
a piece of ordnance xgainst it i have placxdx
|
|
and even these three days have i watchxd
|
|
if i could see themx now do thou watchx
|
|
for i can stay no longerx
|
|
if thou spyxst anyx run and bring me wordx
|
|
and thou shalt find me at the governorxsx exit
|
|
boyx fatherx i warrant youx take you no carex
|
|
ixll never trouble youx if i may spy themx exit
|
|
|
|
enter salisbury and talbot on the turretsx with
|
|
sir william glansdalex sir thomas gargravex
|
|
and others
|
|
|
|
salisburyx talbotx my lifex my joyx again returnxdx
|
|
how wert thou handled being prisonerx
|
|
or by what means gotxst thou to be releasxdx
|
|
discoursex i pritheex on this turretxs topx
|
|
talbotx the earl of bedford had a prisoner
|
|
callxd the brave lord ponton de santraillesx
|
|
for him was i exchangxd and ransomedx
|
|
but with a baser man of arms by far
|
|
oncex in contemptx they would have barterxd mex
|
|
which i disdaining scornxdx and craved death
|
|
rather than i would be so vile esteemxdx
|
|
in finex redeemxd i was as i desirxdx
|
|
butx ox the treacherous fastolfe wounds my heart
|
|
whom with my bare fists i would executex
|
|
if i now had him brought into my powerx
|
|
salisburyx yet tellxst thou not how thou wert entertainxdx
|
|
talbotx with scoffsx and scornsx and contumelious tauntsx
|
|
in open marketxplace producxd they me
|
|
to be a public spectacle to allx
|
|
herex said theyx is the terror of the frenchx
|
|
the scarecrow that affrights our children sox
|
|
then broke i from the officers that led mex
|
|
and with my nails diggxd stones out of the ground
|
|
to hurl at the beholders of my shamex
|
|
my grisly countenance made others flyx
|
|
none durst come near for fear of sudden deathx
|
|
in iron walls they deemxd me not securex
|
|
so great fear of my name xmongst them was spread
|
|
that they supposxd i could rend bars of steel
|
|
and spurn in pieces posts of adamantx
|
|
wherefore a guard of chosen shot i had
|
|
that walkxd about me every minutexwhilex
|
|
and if i did but stir out of my bedx
|
|
ready they were to shoot me to the heartx
|
|
|
|
enter the boy with a linstock
|
|
|
|
salisburyx i grieve to hear what torments you endurxdx
|
|
but we will be revengxd sufficientlyx
|
|
now it is supperxtime in orleansx
|
|
herex through this gratex i count each one
|
|
and view the frenchmen how they fortifyx
|
|
let us look inx the sight will much delight theex
|
|
sir thomas gargrave and sir william glansdalex
|
|
let me have your express opinions
|
|
where is best place to make our battxry nextx
|
|
gargravex i think at the north gatex for there stand lordsx
|
|
glansdalex and i herex at the bulwark of the bridgex
|
|
talbotx for aught i seex this city must be famishxdx
|
|
or with light skirmishes enfeebledx
|
|
xhere they shoot and salisbury and gargrave
|
|
fall downx
|
|
salisburyx o lordx have mercy on usx wretched sinnersx
|
|
gargravex o lordx have mercy on mex woeful manx
|
|
talbotx what chance is this that suddenly hath crossxd usx
|
|
speakx salisburyx at leastx if thou canst speakx
|
|
how farxst thoux mirror of all martial menx
|
|
one of thy eyes and thy cheekxs side struck offx
|
|
accursed towerx accursed fatal hand
|
|
that hath contrivxd this woeful tragedyx
|
|
in thirteen battles salisbury oxercamex
|
|
henry the fifth he first trainxd to the warsx
|
|
whilst any trump did sound or drum struck upx
|
|
his sword did nexer leave striking in the fieldx
|
|
yet livxst thoux salisburyx though thy speech doth failx
|
|
one eye thou hast to look to heaven for gracex
|
|
the sun with one eye vieweth all the worldx
|
|
heavenx be thou gracious to none alive
|
|
if salisbury wants mercy at thy handsx
|
|
bear hence his bodyx i will help to bury itx
|
|
sir thomas gargravex hast thou any lifex
|
|
speak unto talbotx nayx look up to himx
|
|
salisburyx cheer thy spirit with this comfortx
|
|
thou shalt not die whiles
|
|
he beckons with his hand and smiles on mex
|
|
as who should say xwhen i am dead and gonex
|
|
remember to avenge me on the frenchxx
|
|
plantagenetx i willx and like theex nerox
|
|
play on the lutex beholding the towns burnx
|
|
wretched shall france be only in my namex
|
|
xhere an alarumx and it thunders and lightensx
|
|
what stir is thisx what tumultxs in the heavensx
|
|
whence cometh this alarum and the noisex
|
|
|
|
enter a messenger
|
|
|
|
messengerx my lordx my lordx the french have gatherxd
|
|
head
|
|
the dauphinx with one joan la pucelle joinxdx
|
|
a holy prophetess new risen upx
|
|
is come with a great power to raise the siegex
|
|
xhere salisbury lifteth himself up and groansx
|
|
talbotx hearx hear how dying salisbury doth groanx
|
|
it irks his heart he cannot be revengxdx
|
|
frenchmenx ixll be a salisbury to youx
|
|
pucelle or puzzelx dolphin or dogfishx
|
|
your hearts ixll stamp out with my horsexs heels
|
|
and make a quagmire of your mingled brainsx
|
|
convey me salisbury into his tentx
|
|
and then wexll try what these dastard frenchmen darex
|
|
alarumx exeunt
|
|
|
|
scene xx
|
|
|
|
before orleans
|
|
|
|
here an alarum againx and talbot pursueth the
|
|
dauphin and driveth himx then enter joan la pucelle
|
|
driving englishmen before herx then enter talbot
|
|
|
|
talbotx where is my strengthx my valourx and my forcex
|
|
our english troops retirex i cannot stay themx
|
|
a woman clad in armour chaseth themx
|
|
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enter la pucelle
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herex here she comesx ixll have a bout with theex
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devil or devilxs damx ixll conjure theex
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blood will i draw on theexthou art a witch
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and straightway give thy soul to him thou servxstx
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pucellex comex comex xtis only i that must disgrace theex
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xhere they fightx
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talbotx heavensx can you suffer hell so to prevailx
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my breast ixll burst with straining of my couragex
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and from my shoulders crack my arms asunderx
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but i will chastise this high minded strumpetx
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xthey fight againx
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pucellex talbotx farewellx thy hour is not yet comex
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i must go victual orleans forthwithx
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xa short alarumx then enter the town with soldiersx
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oxertake me if thou canstx i scorn thy strengthx
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gox gox cheer up thy hungry starved menx
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help salisbury to make his testamentx
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this day is oursx as many more shall bex exit
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talbotx my thoughts are whirled like a potterxs wheelx
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i know not where i am nor what i dox
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a witch by fearx not forcex like hannibalx
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drives back our troops and conquers as she listsx
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so bees with smoke and doves with noisome stench
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are from their hives and houses driven awayx
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they callxd usx for our fiercenessx english dogsx
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now like to whelps we crying run awayx
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xa short alarumx
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harkx countrymenx either renew the fight
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or tear the lions out of englandxs coatx
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renounce your soilx give sheep in lionsx steadx
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sheep run not half so treacherous from the wolfx
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or horse or oxen from the leopardx
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as you fly from your oft subdued slavesx
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xalarumx here another skirmishx
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it will not bexretire into your trenchesx
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you all consented unto salisburyxs deathx
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for none would strike a stroke in his revengex
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pucelle is entxred into orleans
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in spite of us or aught that we could dox
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ox would i were to die with salisburyx
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the shame hereof will make me hide my headx
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exit talbotx alarumx retreat
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scene xx
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orleans
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flourishx enter on the wallsx la pucellex charlesx
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reignierx alenconx and soldiers
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pucellex advance our waving colours on the wallsx
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rescuxd is orleans from the englishx
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thus joan la pucelle hath performxd her wordx
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charlesx divinest creaturex astraeaxs daughterx
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how shall i honour thee for this successx
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thy promises are like adonisx gardensx
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that one day bloomxd and fruitful were the nextx
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francex triumph in thy glorious prophetessx
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recoverxd is the town of orleansx
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more blessed hap did nexer befall our statex
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reignierx why ring not out the bells aloud throughout the
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townx
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dauphinx command the citizens make bonfires
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and feast and banquet in the open streets
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to celebrate the joy that god hath given usx
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alenconx all france will be replete with mirth and joy
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when they shall hear how we have playxd the menx
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charlesx xtis joanx not wex by whom the day is wonx
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for which i will divide my crown with herx
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and all the priests and friars in my realm
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shall in procession sing her endless praisex
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a statelier pyramis to her ixll rear
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than rhodopexs of memphis ever wasx
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in memory of herx when she is deadx
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her ashesx in an urn more precious
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than the rich jewelxd coffer of dariusx
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transported shall be at high festivals
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before the kings and queens of francex
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no longer on saint denis will we cryx
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but joan la pucelle shall be francexs saintx
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come inx and let us banquet royally
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after this golden day of victoryx flourishx exeunt
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act iix scene xx
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before orleans
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enter a french sergeant and two sentinels
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sergeantx sirsx take your places and be vigilantx
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if any noise or soldier you perceive
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near to the wallsx by some apparent sign
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let us have knowledge at the court of guardx
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first sentinelx sergeantx you shallx xexit sergeantx
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thus are poor servitorsx
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when others sleep upon their quiet bedsx
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constrainxd to watch in darknessx rainx and coldx
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enter talbotx bedfordx burgundyx and forcesx
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with scalingxladdersx their drums beating a dead
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march
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talbotx lord regentx and redoubted burgundyx
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by whose approach the regions of artoisx
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wallonx and picardyx are friends to usx
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this happy night the frenchmen are securex
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having all day carousxd and banquetedx
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embrace we then this opportunityx
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as fitting best to quittance their deceitx
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contrivxd by art and baleful sorceryx
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bedfordx coward of francex how much he wrongs his famex
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despairing of his own armxs fortitudex
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to join with witches and the help of hellx
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burgundyx traitors have never other companyx
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but whatxs that pucelle whom they term so purex
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talbotx a maidx they sayx
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bedfordx a maidx and be so martialx
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burgundyx pray god she prove not masculine ere longx
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if underneath the standard of the french
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she carry armour as she hath begunx
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talbotx wellx let them practise and converse with spiritsx
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god is our fortressx in whose conquering name
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let us resolve to scale their flinty bulwarksx
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bedfordx ascendx brave talbotx we will follow theex
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talbotx not all togetherx better farx i guessx
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that we do make our entrance several waysx
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that if it chance the one of us do fail
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the other yet may rise against their forcex
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bedfordx agreedx ixll to yond cornerx
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burgundyx and i to thisx
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talbotx and here will talbot mount or make his gravex
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nowx salisburyx for theex and for the right
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|
of english henryx shall this night appear
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how much in duty i am bound to bothx
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xthe english scale the walls and cry xsaint georgex
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a talbotxxx
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sentinelx armx armx the enemy doth make assaultx
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the french leap oxer the walls in their shirtsx
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enterx several waysx bastardx alenconx reignierx
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half ready and half unready
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alenconx how nowx my lordsx whatx all unready sox
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bastardx unreadyx ayx and glad we xscapxd so wellx
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reignierx xtwas timex i trowx to wake and leave our bedsx
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hearing alarums at our chamber doorsx
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alenconx of all exploits since first i followxd arms
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|
nexer heard i of a warlike enterprise
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|
more venturous or desperate than thisx
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bastardx i think this talbot be a fiend of hellx
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reignierx if not of hellx the heavensx surex favour him
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|
alenconx here cometh charlesx i marvel how he spedx
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enter charles and la pucelle
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bastardx tutx holy joan was his defensive guardx
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charlesx is this thy cunningx thou deceitful damex
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|
didst thou at firstx to flatter us withalx
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make us partakers of a little gain
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|
that now our loss might be ten times so muchx
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|
pucellex wherefore is charles impatient with his friendx
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at all times will you have my power alikex
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sleeping or wakingx must i still prevail
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or will you blame and lay the fault on mex
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|
improvident soldiersx had your watch been good
|
|
this sudden mischief never could have fallxnx
|
|
charlesx duke of alenconx this was your default
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|
thatx being captain of the watch toxnightx
|
|
did look no better to that weighty chargex
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|
alenconx had all your quarters been as safely kept
|
|
as that whereof i had the governmentx
|
|
we had not been thus shamefully surprisxdx
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|
bastardx mine was securex
|
|
reignierx and so was minex my lordx
|
|
charlesx andx for myselfx most part of all this nightx
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|
within her quarter and mine own precinct
|
|
i was employxd in passing to and fro
|
|
about relieving of the sentinelsx
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|
then how or which way should they first break inx
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|
pucellex questionx my lordsx no further of the casex
|
|
how or which wayx xtis sure they found some place
|
|
but weakly guardedx where the breach was madex
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|
and now there rests no other shift but this
|
|
to gather our soldiersx scatterxd and dispersxdx
|
|
and lay new platforms to endamage themx
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alarumx enter an english soldierx crying
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|
xa talbotx a talbotxx they flyx leaving their
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clothes behind
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soldierx ixll be so bold to take what they have leftx
|
|
the cry of talbot serves me for a swordx
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|
for i have loaden me with many spoilsx
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using no other weapon but his namex exit
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scene xx
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orleansx within the town
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enter talbotx bedfordx burgundyx a captainx
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|
and others
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bedfordx the day begins to breakx and night is fled
|
|
whose pitchy mantle overxveilxd the earthx
|
|
here sound retreat and cease our hot pursuitx
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|
xretreat soundedx
|
|
talbotx bring forth the body of old salisbury
|
|
and here advance it in the marketxplacex
|
|
the middle centre of this cursed townx
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|
now have i paid my vow unto his soulx
|
|
for every drop of blood was drawn from him
|
|
there hath at least five frenchmen died toxnightx
|
|
and that hereafter ages may behold
|
|
what ruin happened in revenge of himx
|
|
within their chiefest temple ixll erect
|
|
a tombx wherein his corpse shall be interrxdx
|
|
upon the whichx that every one may readx
|
|
shall be engravxd the sack of orleansx
|
|
the treacherous manner of his mournful deathx
|
|
and what a terror he had been to francex
|
|
butx lordsx in all our bloody massacrex
|
|
i muse we met not with the dauphinxs gracex
|
|
his newxcome championx virtuous joan of arcx
|
|
nor any of his false confederatesx
|
|
bedfordx xtis thoughtx lord talbotx when the fight beganx
|
|
rousxd on the sudden from their drowsy bedsx
|
|
they did amongst the troops of armed men
|
|
leap oxer the walls for refuge in the fieldx
|
|
burgundyx myselfx as far as i could well discern
|
|
for smoke and dusky vapours of the nightx
|
|
am sure i scarxd the dauphin and his trullx
|
|
when arm in arm they both came swiftly runningx
|
|
like to a pair of loving turtlexdoves
|
|
that could not live asunder day or nightx
|
|
after that things are set in order herex
|
|
wexll follow them with all the power we havex
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|
|
|
enter a messenger
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|
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|
messengerx all hailx my lordsx which of this princely train
|
|
call ye the warlike talbotx for his acts
|
|
so much applauded through the realm of francex
|
|
talbotx here is the talbotx who would speak with himx
|
|
messengerx the virtuous ladyx countess of auvergnex
|
|
with modesty admiring thy renownx
|
|
by me entreatsx great lordx thou wouldst vouchsafe
|
|
to visit her poor castle where she liesx
|
|
that she may boast she hath beheld the man
|
|
whose glory fills the world with loud reportx
|
|
burgundyx is it even sox nayx then i see our wars
|
|
will turn into a peaceful comic sportx
|
|
when ladies crave to be encountxred withx
|
|
you may notx my lordx despise her gentle suitx
|
|
talbotx nexer trust me thenx for when a world of men
|
|
could not prevail with all their oratoryx
|
|
yet hath a womanxs kindness overrulxdx
|
|
and therefore tell her i return great thanks
|
|
and in submission will attend on herx
|
|
will not your honours bear me companyx
|
|
bedfordx nox trulyx xtis more than manners willx
|
|
and i have heard it said unbidden guests
|
|
are often welcomest when they are gonex
|
|
talbotx well thenx alonex since therexs no remedyx
|
|
i mean to prove this ladyxs courtesyx
|
|
come hitherx captainx xwhispersx you perceive my mindx
|
|
captainx i dox my lordx and mean accordinglyx exeunt
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|
|
|
scene xx
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|
|
|
auvergnex the castle
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|
|
|
enter the countess and her porter
|
|
|
|
countessx porterx remember what i gave in chargex
|
|
and when you have done sox bring the keys to mex
|
|
porterx madamx i willx
|
|
countessx the plot is laidx if all things fall out rightx
|
|
i shall as famous be by this exploitx
|
|
as scythian tomyris by cyrusx deathx
|
|
great is the rumour of this dreadful knightx
|
|
and his achievements of no less accountx
|
|
fain would mine eyes be witness with mine ears
|
|
to give their censure of these rare reportsx
|
|
|
|
enter messenger and talbotx
|
|
|
|
messengerx madamx according as your ladyship desirxdx
|
|
by message cravxdx so is lord talbot comex
|
|
countessx and he is welcomex whatx is this the manx
|
|
messengerx madamx it isx
|
|
countessx is this the scourge of francex
|
|
is this talbotx so much fearxd abroad
|
|
that with his name the mothers still their babesx
|
|
i see report is fabulous and falsex
|
|
i thought i should have seen some herculesx
|
|
a second hectorx for his grim aspect
|
|
and large proportion of his strongxknit limbsx
|
|
alasx this is a childx a silly dwarfx
|
|
it cannot be this weak and writhled shrimp
|
|
should strike such terror to his enemiesx
|
|
talbotx madamx i have been bold to trouble youx
|
|
but since your ladyship is not at leisurex
|
|
ixll sort some other time to visit youx xgoingx
|
|
countessx what means he nowx go ask him whither he
|
|
goesx
|
|
messengerx stayx my lord talbotx for my lady craves
|
|
to know the cause of your abrupt departurex
|
|
talbotx marryx for that shexs in a wrong beliefx
|
|
i go to certify her talbotxs herex
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|
rexenter porter with keys
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|
countessx if thou be hex then art thou prisonerx
|
|
talbotx prisonerx to whomx
|
|
countessx to mex bloodxthirsty lord
|
|
and for that cause i trainxd thee to my housex
|
|
long time thy shadow hath been thrall to mex
|
|
for in my gallery thy picture hangsx
|
|
but now the substance shall endure the like
|
|
and i will chain these legs and arms of thine
|
|
that hast by tyranny these many years
|
|
wasted our countryx slain our citizensx
|
|
and sent our sons and husbands captivatex
|
|
talbotx hax hax hax
|
|
countessx laughest thoux wretchx thy mirth shall turn to
|
|
moanx
|
|
talbotx i laugh to see your ladyship so fond
|
|
to think that you have aught but talbotxs shadow
|
|
whereon to practise your severityx
|
|
countessx whyx art not thou the manx
|
|
talbotx i am indeedx
|
|
countessx then have i substance toox
|
|
talbotx nox nox i am but shadow of myselfx
|
|
you are deceivxdx my substance is not herex
|
|
for what you see is but the smallest part
|
|
and least proportion of humanityx
|
|
i tell youx madamx were the whole frame herex
|
|
it is of such a spacious lofty pitch
|
|
your roof were not sufficient to contain xtx
|
|
countessx this is a riddling merchant for the noncex
|
|
he will be herex and yet he is not herex
|
|
how can these contrarieties agreex
|
|
talbotx that will i show you presentlyx
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|
|
|
winds his hornx drums strike upx
|
|
a peal of ordnancex enter soldiers
|
|
|
|
how say youx madamx are you now persuaded
|
|
that talbot is but shadow of himselfx
|
|
these are his substancex sinewsx armsx and strengthx
|
|
with which he yoketh your rebellious necksx
|
|
razeth your citiesx and subverts your townsx
|
|
and in a moment makes them desolatex
|
|
countessx victorious talbotx pardon my abusex
|
|
i find thou art no less than fame hath bruitedx
|
|
and more than may be gathered by thy shapex
|
|
let my presumption not provoke thy wrathx
|
|
for i am sorry that with reverence
|
|
i did not entertain thee as thou artx
|
|
talbotx be not dismayxdx fair ladyx nor misconster
|
|
the mind of talbot as you did mistake
|
|
the outward composition of his bodyx
|
|
what you have done hath not offended mex
|
|
nor other satisfaction do i crave
|
|
but onlyx with your patiencex that we may
|
|
taste of your wine and see what cates you havex
|
|
for soldiersx stomachs always serve them wellx
|
|
countessx with all my heartx and think me honoured
|
|
to feast so great a warrior in my housex exeunt
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|
|
|
scene xx
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|
|
|
londonx the temple garden
|
|
|
|
enter the earls of somersetx suffolkx and warwickx
|
|
richard plantagenetx vernonx and another lawyer
|
|
|
|
plantagenetx great lords and gentlemenx what means this
|
|
silencex
|
|
dare no man answer in a case of truthx
|
|
suffolkx within the temple hall we were too loudx
|
|
the garden here is more convenientx
|
|
plantagenetx then say at once if i maintainxd the truthx
|
|
or else was wrangling somerset in thx errorx
|
|
suffolkx faithx i have been a truant in the law
|
|
and never yet could frame my will to itx
|
|
and therefore frame the law unto my willx
|
|
somersetx judge youx my lord of warwickx thenx between usx
|
|
warwickx between two hawksx which flies the higher pitchx
|
|
between two dogsx which hath the deeper mouthx
|
|
between two bladesx which bears the better temperx
|
|
between two horsesx which doth bear him bestx
|
|
between two girlsx which hath the merriest eye
|
|
i have perhaps some shallow spirit of judgmentx
|
|
but in these nice sharp quillets of the lawx
|
|
good faithx i am no wiser than a dawx
|
|
plantagenetx tutx tutx here is a mannerly forbearancex
|
|
the truth appears so naked on my side
|
|
that any purblind eye may find it outx
|
|
somersetx and on my side it is so well apparellxdx
|
|
so clearx so shiningx and so evidentx
|
|
that it will glimmer through a blind manxs eyex
|
|
plantagenetx since you are tonguextied and so loath to speakx
|
|
in dumb significants proclaim your thoughtsx
|
|
let him that is a truexborn gentleman
|
|
and stands upon the honour of his birthx
|
|
if he suppose that i have pleaded truthx
|
|
from off this brier pluck a white rose with mex
|
|
somersetx let him that is no coward nor no flattererx
|
|
but dare maintain the party of the truthx
|
|
pluck a red rose from off this thorn with mex
|
|
warwickx i love no coloursx andx without all colour
|
|
of base insinuating flatteryx
|
|
i pluck this white rose with plantagenetx
|
|
suffolkx i pluck this red rose with young somersetx
|
|
and say withal i think he held the rightx
|
|
vernonx stayx lords and gentlemenx and pluck no more
|
|
till you conclude that he upon whose side
|
|
the fewest roses are croppxd from the tree
|
|
shall yield the other in the right opinionx
|
|
somersetx good master vernonx it is well objectedx
|
|
if i have fewestx i subscribe in silencex
|
|
plantagenetx and ix
|
|
vernonx thenx for the truth and plainness of the casex
|
|
i pluck this pale and maiden blossom herex
|
|
giving my verdict on the white rose sidex
|
|
somersetx prick not your finger as you pluck it offx
|
|
lestx bleedingx you do paint the white rose redx
|
|
and fall on my side sox against your willx
|
|
vernonx if ix my lordx for my opinion bleedx
|
|
opinion shall be surgeon to my hurt
|
|
and keep me on the side where still i amx
|
|
somersetx wellx wellx come onx who elsex
|
|
lawyerx xto somersetx unless my study and my books be
|
|
falsex
|
|
the argument you held was wrong in youx
|
|
in sign whereof i pluck a white rose toox
|
|
plantagenetx nowx somersetx where is your argumentx
|
|
somersetx here in my scabbardx meditating that
|
|
shall dye your white rose in a bloody redx
|
|
plantagenetx meantime your cheeks do counterfeit our
|
|
rosesx
|
|
for pale they look with fearx as witnessing
|
|
the truth on our sidex
|
|
somersetx nox plantagenetx
|
|
xtis not for fear but anger that thy cheeks
|
|
blush for pure shame to counterfeit our rosesx
|
|
and yet thy tongue will not confess thy errorx
|
|
plantagenetx hath not thy rose a cankerx somersetx
|
|
somersetx hath not thy rose a thornx plantagenetx
|
|
plantagenetx ayx sharp and piercingx to maintain his truthx
|
|
whiles thy consuming canker eats his falsehoodx
|
|
somersetx wellx ixll find friends to wear my bleeding rosesx
|
|
that shall maintain what i have said is truex
|
|
where false plantagenet dare not be seenx
|
|
plantagenetx nowx by this maiden blossom in my handx
|
|
i scorn thee and thy fashionx peevish boyx
|
|
suffolkx turn not thy scorns this wayx plantagenetx
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plantagenetx proud polex i willx and scorn both him and
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theex
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suffolkx ixll turn my part thereof into thy throatx
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somersetx awayx awayx good william de la polex
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we grace the yeoman by conversing with himx
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warwickx nowx by godxs willx thou wrongxst himx somersetx
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his grandfather was lionel duke of clarencex
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third son to the third edwardx king of englandx
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spring crestless yeomen from so deep a rootx
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plantagenetx he bears him on the placexs privilegex
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or durst not for his craven heart say thusx
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somersetx by him that made mex ixll maintain my words
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on any plot of ground in christendomx
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was not thy fatherx richard earl of cambridgex
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for treason executed in our late kingxs daysx
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and by his treason standxst not thou attaintedx
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corruptedx and exempt from ancient gentryx
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his trespass yet lives guilty in thy bloodx
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and till thou be restorxd thou art a yeomanx
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plantagenetx my father was attachedx not attaintedx
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condemnxd to die for treasonx but no traitorx
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and that ixll prove on better men than somersetx
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were growing time once ripened to my willx
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for your partaker polex and you yourselfx
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ixll note you in my book of memory
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to scourge you for this apprehensionx
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look to it wellx and say you are well warnxdx
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somersetx ayx thou shalt find us ready for thee stillx
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and know us by these colours for thy foes
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for these my friends in spite of thee shall wearx
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plantagenetx andx by my soulx this pale and angry rosex
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as cognizance of my bloodxdrinking hatex
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will i for everx and my factionx wearx
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until it wither with me to my gravex
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or flourish to the height of my degreex
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suffolkx go forwardx and be chokxd with thy ambitionx
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and so farewell until i meet thee nextx exit
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somersetx have with theex polex farewellx ambitious
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richardx exit
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plantagenetx how i am bravxdx and must perforce endure
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itx
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warwickx this blot that they object against your house
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shall be wipxd out in the next parliamentx
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callxd for the truce of winchester and gloucesterx
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and if thou be not then created yorkx
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i will not live to be accounted warwickx
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meantimex in signal of my love to theex
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against proud somerset and william polex
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will i upon thy party wear this rosex
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and here i prophesyx this brawl toxdayx
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grown to this faction in the temple gardenx
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shall send between the red rose and the white
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a thousand souls to death and deadly nightx
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plantagenetx good master vernonx i am bound to you
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that you on my behalf would pluck a flowerx
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vernonx in your behalf still will i wear the samex
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lawyerx and so will ix
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plantagenetx thanksx gentle sirx
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comex let us four to dinnerx i dare say
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this quarrel will drink blood another dayx exeunt
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scene xx
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the tower of london
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enter mortimerx brought in a chairx and gaolers
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mortimerx kind keepers of my weak decaying agex
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let dying mortimer here rest himselfx
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even like a man new haled from the rackx
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so fare my limbs with long imprisonmentx
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and these grey locksx the pursuivants of deathx
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nestorxlike aged in an age of carex
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argue the end of edmund mortimerx
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these eyesx like lamps whose wasting oil is spentx
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wax dimx as drawing to their exigentx
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weak shouldersx overborne with burdening griefx
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and pithless armsx like to a withered vine
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that droops his sapless branches to the groundx
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yet are these feetx whose strengthless stay is numbx
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unable to support this lump of clayx
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swiftxwinged with desire to get a gravex
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as witting i no other comfort havex
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but tell mex keeperx will my nephew comex
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first keeperx richard plantagenetx my lordx will comex
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we sent unto the templex unto his chamberx
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and answer was returnxd that he will comex
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mortimerx enoughx my soul shall then be satisfiedx
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poor gentlemanx his wrong doth equal minex
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since henry monmouth first began to reignx
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before whose glory i was great in armsx
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this loathsome sequestration have i hadx
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and even since then hath richard been obscurxdx
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deprivxd of honour and inheritancex
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but now the arbitrator of despairsx
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just deathx kind umpire of menxs miseriesx
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with sweet enlargement doth dismiss me hencex
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i would his troubles likewise were expirxdx
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that so he might recover what was lostx
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enter richard plantagenet
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first keeperx my lordx your loving nephew now is comex
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mortimerx richard plantagenetx my friendx is he comex
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plantagenetx ayx noble unclex thus ignobly usxdx
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your nephewx late despised richardx comesx
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mortimerx direct mine arms i may embrace his neck
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and in his bosom spend my latter gaspx
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ox tell me when my lips do touch his cheeksx
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that i may kindly give one fainting kissx
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and now declarex sweet stem from yorkxs great stockx
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why didst thou say of late thou wert despisxdx
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plantagenetx firstx lean thine aged back against mine armx
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andx in that easex ixll tell thee my diseasex
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this dayx in argument upon a casex
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some words there grew xtwixt somerset and mex
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among which terms he usxd his lavish tongue
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and did upbraid me with my fatherxs deathx
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which obloquy set bars before my tonguex
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else with the like i had requited himx
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thereforex good unclex for my fatherxs sakex
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in honour of a true plantagenetx
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and for alliance sakex declare the cause
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|
my fatherx earl of cambridgex lost his headx
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mortimerx that causex fair nephewx that imprisonxd me
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and hath detainxd me all my flowxring youth
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within a loathsome dungeonx there to pinex
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was cursed instrument of his deceasex
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plantagenetx discover more at large what cause that wasx
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for i am ignorant and cannot guessx
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mortimerx i willx if that my fading breath permit
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and death approach not ere my tale be donex
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henry the fourthx grandfather to this kingx
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deposxd his nephew richardx edwardxs sonx
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|
the firstxbegotten and the lawful heir
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|
of edward kingx the third of that descentx
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|
during whose reign the percies of the northx
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|
finding his usurpation most unjustx
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|
endeavourxd my advancement to the thronex
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the reason movxd these warlike lords to this
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|
wasx for thatxyoung richard thus removxdx
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leaving no heir begotten of his bodyx
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i was the next by birth and parentagex
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|
for by my mother i derived am
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from lionel duke of clarencex third son
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|
to king edward the thirdx whereas he
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|
from john of gaunt doth bring his pedigreex
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|
being but fourth of that heroic linex
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|
but markx as in this haughty great attempt
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|
they laboured to plant the rightful heirx
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|
i lost my libertyx and they their livesx
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|
long after thisx when henry the fifthx
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succeeding his father bolingbrokex did reignx
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thy fatherx earl of cambridgex then derivxd
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from famous edmund langleyx duke of yorkx
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marrying my sisterx that thy mother wasx
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|
againx in pity of my hard distressx
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|
levied an armyx weening to redeem
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|
and have installxd me in the diademx
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|
butx as the restx so fell that noble earlx
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|
and was beheadedx thus the mortimersx
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|
in whom the title restedx were suppressxdx
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|
plantagenetx of whichx my lordx your honour is the lastx
|
|
mortimerx truex and thou seest that i no issue havex
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|
and that my fainting words do warrant deathx
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thou art my heirx the rest i wish thee gatherx
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but yet be wary in thy studious carex
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|
plantagenetx thy grave admonishments prevail with mex
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but yet methinks my fatherxs execution
|
|
was nothing less than bloody tyrannyx
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|
mortimerx with silencex nephewx be thou politicx
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|
strong fixed is the house of lancaster
|
|
and like a mountain not to be removxdx
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|
but now thy uncle is removing hencex
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|
as princes do their courts when they are cloyxd
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|
with long continuance in a settled placex
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|
plantagenetx o unclex would some part of my young years
|
|
might but redeem the passage of your agex
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|
mortimerx thou dost then wrong mex as that slaughterer
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|
doth
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|
which giveth many wounds when one will killx
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|
mourn notx except thou sorrow for my goodx
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|
only give order for my funeralx
|
|
and sox farewellx and fair be all thy hopesx
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|
and prosperous be thy life in peace and warx xdiesx
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|
plantagenetx and peacex no warx befall thy parting soulx
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|
in prison hast thou spent a pilgrimagex
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|
and like a hermit overpassxd thy daysx
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|
wellx i will lock his counsel in my breastx
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|
and what i do imaginex let that restx
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|
keepersx convey him hencex and i myself
|
|
will see his burial better than his lifex
|
|
exeunt gaolersx hearing out the body of mortimer
|
|
here dies the dusky torch of mortimerx
|
|
chokxd with ambition of the meaner sortx
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|
and for those wrongsx those bitter injuriesx
|
|
which somerset hath offerxd to my housex
|
|
i doubt not but with honour to redressx
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|
and therefore haste i to the parliamentx
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|
either to be restored to my bloodx
|
|
or make my ill thx advantage of my goodx exit
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|
act iiix scene xx
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|
londonx the parliament house
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flourishx enter the kingx exeterx gloucesterx warwickx somersetx and
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|
suffolkx the bishop of winchesterx richard plantagenetx and othersx
|
|
gloucester offers to put up a billx winchester snatches itx and tears
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|
it
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winchesterx comxst thou with deep premeditated linesx
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|
with written pamphlets studiously devisxdx
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|
humphrey of gloucesterx if thou canst accuse
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or aught intendxst to lay unto my chargex
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|
do it without inventionx suddenlyx
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|
i with sudden and extemporal speech
|
|
purpose to answer what thou canst objectx
|
|
gloucesterx presumptuous priestx this place commands my
|
|
patiencex
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|
or thou shouldst find thou hast dishonourxd mex
|
|
think notx although in writing i preferrxd
|
|
the manner of thy vile outrageous crimesx
|
|
that therefore i have forgxdx or am not able
|
|
verbatim to rehearse the method of my penx
|
|
nox prelatex such is thy audacious wickednessx
|
|
thy lewdx pestiferousx and dissentious pranksx
|
|
as very infants prattle of thy pridex
|
|
thou art a most pernicious usurerx
|
|
froward by naturex enemy to peacex
|
|
lasciviousx wantonx more than well beseems
|
|
a man of thy profession and degreex
|
|
and for thy treacheryx whatxs more manifest
|
|
in that thou laidxst a trap to take my lifex
|
|
as well at london bridge as at the towerx
|
|
besidex i fear mex if thy thoughts were siftedx
|
|
the kingx thy sovereignx is not quite exempt
|
|
from envious malice of thy swelling heartx
|
|
winchesterx gloucesterx i do defy theex lordsx vouchsafe
|
|
to give me hearing what i shall replyx
|
|
if i were covetousx ambitiousx or perversex
|
|
as he will have mex how am i so poorx
|
|
or how haps it i seek not to advance
|
|
or raise myselfx but keep my wonted callingx
|
|
and for dissensionx who preferreth peace
|
|
more than i dox except i be provokxdx
|
|
nox my good lordsx it is not that offendsx
|
|
it is not that that incensxd hath incensxd the dukex
|
|
it is because no one should sway but hex
|
|
no one but he should be about the kingx
|
|
and that engenders thunder in his breast
|
|
and makes him roar these accusations forthx
|
|
but he shall know i am as good
|
|
gloucesterx as goodx
|
|
thou bastard of my grandfatherx
|
|
winchesterx ayx lordly sirx for what are youx i prayx
|
|
but one imperious in anotherxs thronex
|
|
gloucesterx am i not protectorx saucy priestx
|
|
winchesterx and am not i a prelate of the churchx
|
|
gloucesterx yesx as an outlaw in a castle keepsx
|
|
and useth it to patronage his theftx
|
|
winchesterx unreverent gloucesterx
|
|
gloucesterx thou art reverend
|
|
touching thy spiritual functionx not thy lifex
|
|
winchesterx rome shall remedy thisx
|
|
warwickx roam thither thenx
|
|
somersetx my lordx it were your duty to forbearx
|
|
warwickx ayx see the bishop be not overbornex
|
|
somersetx methinks my lord should be religiousx
|
|
and know the office that belongs to suchx
|
|
warwickx methinks his lordship should be humblerx
|
|
it fitteth not a prelate so to pleadx
|
|
somersetx yesx when his holy state is touchxd so nearx
|
|
warwickx state holy or unhallowxdx what of thatx
|
|
is not his grace protector to the kingx
|
|
plantagenetx xasidex plantagenetx i seex must hold his
|
|
tonguex
|
|
lest it be said xspeakx sirrahx when you shouldx
|
|
must your bold verdict enter talk with lordsxx
|
|
else would i have a fling at winchesterx
|
|
king henryx uncles of gloucester and of winchesterx
|
|
the special watchmen of our english wealx
|
|
i would prevailx if prayers might prevail
|
|
to join your hearts in love and amityx
|
|
ox what a scandal is it to our crown
|
|
that two such noble peers as ye should jarx
|
|
believe mex lordsx my tender years can tell
|
|
civil dissension is a viperous worm
|
|
that gnaws the bowels of the commonwealthx
|
|
xa noise withinx xdown with the tawny coatsxxx
|
|
what tumultxs thisx
|
|
warwickx an uproarx i dare warrantx
|
|
begun through malice of the bishopxs menx
|
|
xa noise againx xstonesx stonesxxx
|
|
|
|
enter the mayor of londonx attended
|
|
|
|
mayorx ox my good lordsx and virtuous henryx
|
|
pity the city of londonx pity usx
|
|
the bishop and the duke of gloucesterxs menx
|
|
forbidden late to carry any weaponx
|
|
have fillxd their pockets full of pebble stones
|
|
andx banding themselves in contrary partsx
|
|
do pelt so fast at one anotherxs pate
|
|
that many have their giddy brains knockxd outx
|
|
our windows are broke down in every streetx
|
|
and we for fear compellxd to shut our shopsx
|
|
|
|
enter in skirmishx the retainers of gloucester and
|
|
winchesterx with bloody pates
|
|
|
|
king henryx we charge youx on allegiance to ourselfx
|
|
to hold your slaughtxring hands and keep the peacex
|
|
prayx uncle gloucesterx mitigate this strifex
|
|
first servingxmanx nayx if we be forbidden stonesx wexll
|
|
fall to it with our teethx
|
|
second servingxmanx do what ye darex we are as resolutex
|
|
xskirmish againx
|
|
gloucesterx you of my householdx leave this peevish broilx
|
|
and set this unaccustomxd fight asidex
|
|
third servingxmanx my lordx we know your grace to be a
|
|
man
|
|
just and uprightx and for your royal birth
|
|
inferior to none but to his majestyx
|
|
and ere that we will suffer such a princex
|
|
so kind a father of the commonwealx
|
|
to be disgraced by an inkhorn matex
|
|
we and our wives and children all will fight
|
|
and have our bodies slaughtxred by thy foesx
|
|
first servingxmanx ayx and the very parings of our nails
|
|
shall pitch a field when we are deadx xbegin againx
|
|
gloucesterx stayx stayx i sayx
|
|
and if you love mex as you say you dox
|
|
let me persuade you to forbear awhilex
|
|
king henryx ox how this discord doth afflict my soulx
|
|
can youx my lord of winchesterx behold
|
|
my sighs and tears and will not once relentx
|
|
who should be pitifulx if you be notx
|
|
or who should study to prefer a peacex
|
|
if holy churchmen take delight in broilsx
|
|
warwickx yieldx my lord protectorx yieldx winchesterx
|
|
except you mean with obstinate repulse
|
|
to slay your sovereign and destroy the realmx
|
|
you see what mischiefx and what murder toox
|
|
hath been enacted through your enmityx
|
|
then be at peacex except ye thirst for bloodx
|
|
winchesterx he shall submitx or i will never yieldx
|
|
gloucesterx compassion on the king commands me stoopx
|
|
or i would see his heart out ere the priest
|
|
should ever get that privilege of mex
|
|
warwickx beholdx my lord of winchesterx the duke
|
|
hath banishxd moody discontented furyx
|
|
as by his smoothed brows it doth appearx
|
|
why look you still so stem and tragicalx
|
|
gloucesterx herex winchesterx i offer thee my handx
|
|
king henryx fiex uncle beaufortx i have heard you preach
|
|
that malice was a great and grievous sinx
|
|
and will not you maintain the thing you teachx
|
|
but prove a chief offender in the samex
|
|
warwickx sweet kingx the bishop hath a kindly girdx
|
|
for shamex my lord of winchesterx relentx
|
|
whatx shall a child instruct you what to dox
|
|
winchesterx wellx duke of gloucesterx i will yield to theex
|
|
love for thy love and hand for hand i givex
|
|
gloucester xasidex ayx butx i fear mex with a hollow
|
|
heartx
|
|
see herex my friends and loving countrymenx
|
|
this token serveth for a flag of truce
|
|
betwixt ourselves and all our followersx
|
|
so help me godx as i dissemble notx
|
|
winchester xasidex so help me godx as i intend it notx
|
|
king henryx o loving unclex kind duke of gloucesterx
|
|
how joyful am i made by this contractx
|
|
awayx my mastersx trouble us no morex
|
|
but join in friendshipx as your lords have donex
|
|
first servingxmanx contentx ixll to the surgeonxsx
|
|
second servingxmanx and so will ix
|
|
third servingxmanx and i will see what physic the tavern
|
|
affordsx exeunt servantsx mayorx xcx
|
|
warwickx accept this scrollx most gracious sovereignx
|
|
which in the right of richard plantagenet
|
|
we do exhibit to your majestyx
|
|
gloucesterx well urgxdx my lord of warwickx forx sweet
|
|
princex
|
|
an if your grace mark every circumstancex
|
|
you have great reason to do richard rightx
|
|
especially for those occasions
|
|
at eltham place i told your majestyx
|
|
king henryx and those occasionsx unclex were of forcex
|
|
thereforex my loving lordsx our pleasure is
|
|
that richard be restored to his bloodx
|
|
warwickx let richard be restored to his bloodx
|
|
so shall his fatherxs wrongs be recompensxdx
|
|
winchesterx as will the restx so willeth winchesterx
|
|
king henryx if richard will be truex not that alone
|
|
but all the whole inheritance i give
|
|
that doth belong unto the house of yorkx
|
|
from whence you spring by lineal descentx
|
|
plantagenetx thy humble servant vows obedience
|
|
and humble service till the point of deathx
|
|
king henryx stoop then and set your knee against my footx
|
|
and in reguerdon of that duty done
|
|
i girt thee with the valiant sword of yorkx
|
|
risex richardx like a true plantagenetx
|
|
and rise created princely duke of yorkx
|
|
plantagenetx and so thrive richard as thy foes may fallx
|
|
and as my duty springsx so perish they
|
|
that grudge one thought against your majestyx
|
|
allx welcomex high princex the mighty duke of yorkx
|
|
somersetx xasidex perishx base princex ignoble duke of
|
|
yorkx
|
|
gloucesterx now will it best avail your majesty
|
|
to cross the seas and to be crownxd in francex
|
|
the presence of a king engenders love
|
|
amongst his subjects and his loyal friendsx
|
|
as it disanimates his enemiesx
|
|
king henryx when gloucester says the wordx king henry
|
|
goesx
|
|
for friendly counsel cuts off many foesx
|
|
gloucesterx your ships already are in readinessx
|
|
sennetx flourishx exeunt all but exeter
|
|
exeterx ayx we may march in england or in francex
|
|
not seeing what is likely to ensuex
|
|
this late dissension grown betwixt the peers
|
|
burns under feigned ashes of forgxd love
|
|
and will at last break out into a flamex
|
|
as festxred members rot but by degree
|
|
till bones and flesh and sinews fall awayx
|
|
so will this base and envious discord breedx
|
|
and now i fear that fatal prophecyx
|
|
which in the time of henry namxd the fifth
|
|
was in the mouth of every sucking babex
|
|
that henry born at monmouth should win allx
|
|
and henry born at windsor should lose allx
|
|
which is so plain that exeter doth wish
|
|
his days may finish ere that hapless timex exit
|
|
|
|
scene xx
|
|
|
|
francex before rouen
|
|
|
|
enter la pucelle disguisxdx with four soldiers dressed
|
|
like countrymenx with sacks upon their backs
|
|
|
|
pucellex these are the city gatesx the gates of rouenx
|
|
through which our policy must make a breachx
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take heedx be wary how you place your wordsx
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talk like the vulgar sort of marketxmen
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that come to gather money for their cornx
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if we have entrancex as i hope we shallx
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and that we find the slothful watch but weakx
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ixll by a sign give notice to our friendsx
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that charles the dauphin may encounter themx
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first soldierx our sacks shall be a mean to sack the cityx
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and we be lords and rulers over rouenx
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therefore wexll knockx xknocksx
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watchx xwithinx qui est lax
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pucellex paysansx pauvres gens de france
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poor marketxfolks that come to sell their cornx
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watchx enterx go inx the marketxbell is rungx
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pucellex nowx rouenx ixll shake thy bulwarks to the
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groundx
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xla pucellex xcxx enter the townx
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enter charlesx bastardx alenconx reignierx and forces
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charlesx saint denis bless this happy stratagemx
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and once again wexll sleep secure in rouenx
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bastardx here entxred pucelle and her practisantsx
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now she is therex how will she specify
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here is the best and safest passage inx
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alenconx by thrusting out a torch from yonder towerx
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which once discernxd shows that her meaning is
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no way to thatx for weaknessx which she entxredx
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enter la pucellex on the topx thrusting out
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a torch burning
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pucellex beholdx this is the happy wedding torch
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that joineth rouen unto her countrymenx
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but burning fatal to the talbotitesx exit
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bastardx seex noble charlesx the beacon of our friendx
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the burning torch in yonder turret standsx
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charlesx now shine it like a comet of revengex
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a prophet to the fall of all our foesx
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alenconx defer no timex delays have dangerous endsx
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enterx and cry xthe dauphinxx presentlyx
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and then do execution on the watchx alarumx exeunt
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an alarumx enter talbot in an excursion
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talbotx francex thou shalt rue this treason with thy tearsx
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if talbot but survive thy treacheryx
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pucellex that witchx that damned sorceressx
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hath wrought this hellish mischief unawaresx
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that hardly we escapxd the pride of francex exit
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an alarumx excursionsx bedford brought in sick in
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a chairx enter talbot and burgundy withoutx
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withinx la pucellex charlesx bastardx alenconx
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and reignierx on the walls
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pucellex good morrowx gallantsx want ye corn for breadx
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i think the duke of burgundy will fast
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before hexll buy again at such a ratex
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xtwas full of darnelxdo you like the tastex
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burgundyx scoff onx vile fiend and shameless courtezanx
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i trust ere long to choke thee with thine ownx
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and make thee curse the harvest of that cornx
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charlesx your grace may starvex perhapsx before that timex
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bedfordx ox let no wordsx but deedsx revenge this treasonx
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pucellex what you dox good grey beardx break a
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lancex
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and run a tilt at death within a chairx
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talbotx foul fiend of france and hag of all despitex
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encompassxd with thy lustful paramoursx
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becomes it thee to taunt his valiant age
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and twit with cowardice a man half deadx
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damselx ixll have a bout with you againx
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or else let talbot perish with this shamex
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pucellex are ye so hotx sirx yetx pucellex hold thy peacex
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if talbot do but thunderx rain will followx
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xthe english party whisper together in councilx
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god speed the parliamentx who shall be the speakerx
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talbotx dare ye come forth and meet us in the fieldx
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pucellex belike your lordship takes us then for foolsx
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to try if that our own be ours or nox
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talbotx i speak not to that railing hecatex
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but unto theex alenconx and the restx
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will yex like soldiersx come and fight it outx
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alenconx signiorx nox
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talbotx signiorx hangx base muleteers of francex
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like peasant footxboys do they keep the wallsx
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and dare not take up arms like gentlemenx
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pucellex awayx captainsx letxs get us from the wallsx
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for talbot means no goodness by his looksx
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god bxuyx my lordx we came but to tell you
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that we are herex exeunt from the walls
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talbotx and there will we be toox ere it be longx
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or else reproach be talbotxs greatest famex
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vowx burgundyx by honour of thy housex
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prickxd on by public wrongs sustainxd in francex
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either to get the town again or diex
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and ix as sure as english henry lives
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and as his father here was conquerorx
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as sure as in this late betrayed town
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great coeurxdexlionxs heart was buried
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so sure i swear to get the town or diex
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burgundyx my vows are equal partners with thy vowsx
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talbotx but ere we gox regard this dying princex
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the valiant duke of bedfordx comex my lordx
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we will bestow you in some better placex
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fitter for sickness and for crazy agex
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bedfordx lord talbotx do not so dishonour mex
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here will i sit before the walls of rouenx
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and will be partner of your weal or woex
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burgundyx courageous bedfordx let us now persuade youx
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bedfordx not to be gone from hencex for once i read
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|
that stout pendragon in his litter sick
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came to the fieldx and vanquished his foesx
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methinks i should revive the soldiersx heartsx
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because i ever found them as myselfx
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talbotx undaunted spirit in a dying breastx
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then be it sox heavens keep old bedford safex
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and now no more adox brave burgundyx
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but gather we our forces out of hand
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and set upon our boasting enemyx
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exeunt against the town all but bedford and attendants
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an alarumx excursionsx enter sir john fastolfex
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and a captain
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captainx whither awayx sir john fastolfex in such hastex
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fastolfex whither awayx to save myself by flightx
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we are like to have the overthrow againx
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captainx whatx will you and leave lord talbotx
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fastolfex ayx
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all the talbots in the worldx to save my lifex exit
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|
captainx cowardly knightx ill fortune follow theex
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exit into the town
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retreatx excursionsx la pucellex alenconx
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and charles fly
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bedfordx nowx quiet soulx depart when heaven pleasex
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for i have seen our enemiesx overthrowx
|
|
what is the trust or strength of foolish manx
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|
they that of late were daring with their scoffs
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|
are glad and fain by flight to save themselvesx
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|
xbedford dies and is carried in by two in his chairx
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an alarumx rexenter talbotx burgundyx and the rest
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talbotx lost and recovered in a day againx
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this is a double honourx burgundyx
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yet heavens have glory for this victoryx
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|
burgundyx warlike and martial talbotx burgundy
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enshrines thee in his heartx and there erects
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|
thy noble deeds as valourxs monumentsx
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talbotx thanksx gentle dukex but where is pucelle nowx
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i think her old familiar is asleepx
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|
now wherexs the bastardxs bravesx and charles his gleeksx
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|
whatx all amortx rouen hangs her head for grief
|
|
that such a valiant company are fledx
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|
now will we take some order in the townx
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placing therein some expert officersx
|
|
and then depart to paris to the kingx
|
|
for there young henry with his nobles liex
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|
burgundyx what lord talbot pleaseth burgundyx
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|
talbotx but yetx before we gox letxs not forget
|
|
the noble duke of bedfordx late deceasxdx
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but see his exequies fulfillxd in rouenx
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|
a braver soldier never couched lancex
|
|
a gentler heart did never sway in courtx
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|
but kings and mightiest potentates must diex
|
|
for thatxs the end of human miseryx exeunt
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scene xx
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the plains near rouen
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enter charlesx the bastardx alenconx la pucellex
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and forces
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pucellex dismay notx princesx at this accidentx
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|
nor grieve that rouen is so recoveredx
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|
care is no curex but rather corrosivex
|
|
for things that are not to be remediedx
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|
let frantic talbot triumph for a while
|
|
and like a peacock sweep along his tailx
|
|
wexll pull his plumes and take away his trainx
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|
if dauphin and the rest will be but rulxdx
|
|
charlesx we have guided by thee hithertox
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and of thy cunning had no diffidencex
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|
one sudden foil shall never breed distrust
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|
bastardx search out thy wit for secret policiesx
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|
and we will make thee famous through the worldx
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|
alenconx wexll set thy statue in some holy placex
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|
and have thee reverencxd like a blessed saintx
|
|
employ theex thenx sweet virginx for our goodx
|
|
pucellex then thus it must bex this doth joan devisex
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|
by fair persuasionsx mixxd with sugxred wordsx
|
|
we will entice the duke of burgundy
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|
to leave the talbot and to follow usx
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|
charlesx ayx marryx sweetingx if we could do thatx
|
|
france were no place for henryxs warriorsx
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|
nor should that nation boast it so with usx
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but be extirped from our provincesx
|
|
alenconx for ever should they be expulsxd from francex
|
|
and not have tide of an earldom herex
|
|
pucellex your honours shall perceive how i will work
|
|
to bring this matter to the wished endx
|
|
xdrum sounds afar offx
|
|
harkx by the sound of drum you may perceive
|
|
their powers are marching unto parisxwardx
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here sound an english marchx enterx and pass over
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|
at a distancex talbot and his forces
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|
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there goes the talbotx with his colours spreadx
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|
and all the troops of english after himx
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|
french marchx enter the duke of burgundy and
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|
his forces
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now in the rearward comes the duke and hisx
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|
fortune in favour makes him lag behindx
|
|
summon a parleyx we will talk with himx
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|
xtrumpets sound a parleyx
|
|
charlesx a parley with the duke of burgundyx
|
|
burgundyx who craves a parley with the burgundyx
|
|
pucellex the princely charles of francex thy countrymanx
|
|
burgundyx what sayxst thoux charlesx for i am marching
|
|
hencex
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charlesx speakx pucellex and enchant him with thy wordsx
|
|
pucellex brave burgundyx undoubted hope of francex
|
|
stayx let thy humble handmaid speak to theex
|
|
burgundyx speak onx but be not overxtediousx
|
|
pucellex look on thy countryx look on fertile francex
|
|
and see the cities and the towns defacxd
|
|
by wasting ruin of the cruel foex
|
|
as looks the mother on her lowly babe
|
|
when death doth close his tender dying eyesx
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|
seex see the pining malady of francex
|
|
behold the woundsx the most unnatural woundsx
|
|
which thou thyself hast given her woeful breastx
|
|
ox turn thy edged sword another wayx
|
|
strike those that hurtx and hurt not those that helpx
|
|
one drop of blood drawn from thy countryxs bosom
|
|
should grieve thee more than streams of foreign gorex
|
|
return thee therefore with a flood of tearsx
|
|
and wash away thy countryxs stained spotsx
|
|
burgundyx either she hath bewitchxd me with her wordsx
|
|
or nature makes me suddenly relentx
|
|
pucellex besidesx all french and france exclaims on theex
|
|
doubting thy birth and lawful progenyx
|
|
who joinxst thou with but with a lordly nation
|
|
that will not trust thee but for profitxs sakex
|
|
when talbot hath set footing once in francex
|
|
and fashionxd thee that instrument of illx
|
|
who then but english henry will be lordx
|
|
and thou be thrust out like a fugitivex
|
|
call we to mindxand mark but this for proofx
|
|
was not the duke of orleans thy foex
|
|
and was he not in england prisonerx
|
|
but when they heard he was thine enemy
|
|
they set him free without his ransom paidx
|
|
in spite of burgundy and all his friendsx
|
|
see thenx thou fightxst against thy countrymenx
|
|
and joinxst with them will be thy slaughtermenx
|
|
comex comex returnx returnx thou wandering lordx
|
|
charles and the rest will take thee in their armsx
|
|
burgundyx i am vanquishedx these haughty words of hers
|
|
have battxred me like roaring cannonxshot
|
|
and made me almost yield upon my kneesx
|
|
forgive mex countryx and sweet countrymen
|
|
andx lordsx accept this hearty kind embracex
|
|
my forces and my power of men are yoursx
|
|
sox farewellx talbotx ixll no longer trust theex
|
|
pucellex done like a frenchmanx xasidex turn and turn
|
|
againx
|
|
charlesx welcomex brave dukex thy friendship makes us
|
|
freshx
|
|
bastardx and doth beget new courage in our breastsx
|
|
alenconx pucelle hath bravely playxd her part in thisx
|
|
and doth deserve a coronet of goldx
|
|
charlesx now let us onx my lordsx and join our powersx
|
|
and seek how we may prejudice the foex exeunt
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|
|
|
scene xx
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|
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|
parisx the palace
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|
|
|
enter the kingx gloucesterx winchesterx yorkx
|
|
suffolkx somersetx warwickx exeterx
|
|
vernonx bassetx and othersx to themx with
|
|
his soldiersx talbot
|
|
|
|
talbotx my gracious princex and honourable peersx
|
|
hearing of your arrival in this realmx
|
|
i have awhile given truce unto my wars
|
|
to do my duty to my sovereignx
|
|
in sign whereofx this arm that hath reclaimxd
|
|
to your obedience fifty fortressesx
|
|
twelve citiesx and seven walled towns of strengthx
|
|
beside five hundred prisoners of esteemx
|
|
lets fall his sword before your highnessx feetx
|
|
and with submissive loyalty of heart
|
|
ascribes the glory of his conquest got
|
|
first to my god and next unto your gracex xkneelsx
|
|
king henryx is this the lord talbotx uncle gloucesterx
|
|
that hath so long been resident in francex
|
|
gloucesterx yesx if it please your majestyx my liegex
|
|
king henryx welcomex brave captain and victorious lordx
|
|
when i was youngx as yet i am not oldx
|
|
i do remember how my father said
|
|
a stouter champion never handled swordx
|
|
long since we were resolved of your truthx
|
|
your faithful servicex and your toil in warx
|
|
yet never have you tasted our rewardx
|
|
or been reguerdonxd with so much as thanksx
|
|
because till now we never saw your facex
|
|
therefore stand upx and for these good deserts
|
|
we here create you earl of shrewsburyx
|
|
and in our coronation take your placex
|
|
sennetx flourishx exeunt all but vernon and basset
|
|
vernonx nowx sirx to youx that were so hot at seax
|
|
disgracing of these colours that i wear
|
|
in honour of my noble lord of york
|
|
darxst thou maintain the former words thou spakxstx
|
|
bassetx yesx sirx as well as you dare patronage
|
|
the envious barking of your saucy tongue
|
|
against my lord the duke of somersetx
|
|
vernonx sirrahx thy lord i honour as he isx
|
|
bassetx whyx what is hex as good a man as yorkx
|
|
vernonx hark yex not sox in witnessx take ye thatx
|
|
xstrikes himx
|
|
bassetx villainx thou knowest the law of arms is such
|
|
that whoso draws a sword xtis present deathx
|
|
or else this blow should broach thy dearest bloodx
|
|
but ixll unto his majesty and crave
|
|
i may have liberty to venge this wrongx
|
|
when thou shalt see ixll meet thee to thy costx
|
|
vernonx wellx miscreantx ixll be there as soon as youx
|
|
andx afterx meet you sooner than you wouldx exeunt
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|
act ivx scene xx
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|
parkx the palace
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|
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|
enter the kingx gloucesterx winchesterx yorkx suffolkx somersetx
|
|
warwickx
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|
talbotx exeterx the governor of parisx and others
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|
|
|
gloucesterx lord bishopx set the crown upon his headx
|
|
winchesterx god save king henryx of that name the sixthx
|
|
gloucesterx nowx governor of parisx take your oath
|
|
xgovernor kneelsx
|
|
that you elect no other king but himx
|
|
esteem none friends but such as are his friendsx
|
|
and none your foes but such as shall pretend
|
|
malicious practices against his statex
|
|
this shall ye dox so help you righteous godx
|
|
exeunt governor and his train
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|
|
|
enter sir john fastolfe
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|
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|
fastolfex my gracious sovereignx as i rode from calaisx
|
|
to haste unto your coronationx
|
|
a letter was deliverxd to my handsx
|
|
writ to your grace from thx duke of burgundyx
|
|
talbotx shame to the duke of burgundy and theex
|
|
i vowxdx base knightx when i did meet thee next
|
|
to tear the garter from thy cravenxs legx xplucking it offx
|
|
which i have donex because unworthily
|
|
thou wast installed in that high degreex
|
|
pardon mex princely henryx and the restx
|
|
this dastardx at the battle of patayx
|
|
when but in all i was six thousand strongx
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|
and that the french were almost ten to onex
|
|
before we met or that a stroke was givenx
|
|
like to a trusty squire did run awayx
|
|
in which assault we lost twelve hundred menx
|
|
myself and divers gentlemen beside
|
|
were there surprisxd and taken prisonersx
|
|
then judgex great lordsx if i have done amissx
|
|
or whether that such cowards ought to wear
|
|
this ornament of knighthoodxyea or nox
|
|
gloucesterx to say the truthx this fact was infamous
|
|
and ill beseeming any common manx
|
|
much more a knightx a captainx and a leaderx
|
|
talbotx when first this order was ordainxdx my lordsx
|
|
knights of the garter were of noble birthx
|
|
valiant and virtuousx full of haughty couragex
|
|
such as were grown to credit by the warsx
|
|
not fearing death nor shrinking for distressx
|
|
but always resolute in most extremesx
|
|
he then that is not furnishxd in this sort
|
|
doth but usurp the sacred name of knightx
|
|
profaning this most honourable orderx
|
|
and shouldx if i were worthy to be judgex
|
|
be quite degradedx like a hedgexborn swain
|
|
that doth presume to boast of gentle bloodx
|
|
king henryx stain to thy countrymenx thou hearxst thy
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|
doomx
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|
be packingx thereforex thou that wast a knightx
|
|
henceforth we banish thee on pain of deathx
|
|
exit fastolfe
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|
and nowx my lord protectorx view the letter
|
|
sent from our uncle duke of burgundyx
|
|
gloucesterx xviewing the superscriptionx what means his
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|
gracex that he hath changxd his stylex
|
|
no more but plain and bluntly xto the kingxx
|
|
hath he forgot he is his sovereignx
|
|
or doth this churlish superscription
|
|
pretend some alteration in goodxwillx
|
|
whatxs herex xreadsx xi havex upon especial causex
|
|
movxd with compassion of my countryxs wreckx
|
|
together with the pitiful complaints
|
|
of such as your oppression feeds uponx
|
|
forsaken your pernicious factionx
|
|
and joinxd with charlesx the rightful king of francexx
|
|
o monstrous treacheryx can this be so
|
|
that in alliancex amityx and oathsx
|
|
there should be found such false dissembling guilex
|
|
king henryx whatx doth my uncle burgundy revoltx
|
|
gloucesterx he dothx my lordx and is become your foex
|
|
king henryx is that the worst this letter doth containx
|
|
gloucesterx it is the worstx and allx my lordx he writesx
|
|
king henryx why then lord talbot there shall talk with
|
|
him
|
|
and give him chastisement for this abusex
|
|
how say youx my lordx are you not contentx
|
|
talbotx contentx my liegex yesx but that i am preventedx
|
|
i should have beggxd i might have been employxdx
|
|
king henryx then gather strength and march unto him
|
|
straightx
|
|
let him perceive how ill we brook his treasonx
|
|
and what offence it is to flout his friendsx
|
|
talbotx i gox my lordx in heart desiring still
|
|
you may behold confusion of your foesx exit
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|
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|
enter vernon and basset
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|
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|
vernonx grant me the combatx gracious sovereignx
|
|
bassetx and mex my lordx grant me the combat toox
|
|
yorkx this is my servantx hear himx noble princex
|
|
somersetx and this is minex sweet henryx favour himx
|
|
king henryx be patientx lordsx and give them leave to speakx
|
|
sayx gentlemenx what makes you thus exclaimx
|
|
and wherefore crave you combatx or with whomx
|
|
vernonx with himx my lordx for he hath done me wrongx
|
|
bassetx and i with himx for he hath done me wrongx
|
|
king henryx what is that wrong whereof you both
|
|
complainx first let me knowx and then ixll answer youx
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bassetx crossing the sea from england into francex
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this fellow herex with envious carping tonguex
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upbraided me about the rose i wearx
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saying the sanguine colour of the leaves
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did represent my masterxs blushing cheeks
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when stubbornly he did repugn the truth
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about a certain question in the law
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arguxd betwixt the duke of york and himx
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with other vile and ignominious terms
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in confutation of which rude reproach
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and in defence of my lordxs worthinessx
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i crave the benefit of law of armsx
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vernonx and that is my petitionx noble lordx
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for though he seem with forged quaint conceit
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to set a gloss upon his bold intentx
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yet knowx my lordx i was provokxd by himx
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and he first took exceptions at this badgex
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pronouncing that the paleness of this flower
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bewrayxd the faintness of my masterxs heartx
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yorkx will not this malicex somersetx be leftx
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somersetx your private grudgex my lord of yorkx will outx
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though nexer so cunningly you smother itx
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king henryx good lordx what madness rules in brainsick
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menx when for so slight and frivolous a cause
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such factious emulations shall arisex
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good cousins bothx of york and somersetx
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quiet yourselvesx i prayx and be at peacex
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yorkx let this dissension first be tried by fightx
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and then your highness shall command a peacex
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somersetx the quarrel toucheth none but us alonex
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betwixt ourselves let us decide it thenx
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yorkx there is my pledgex accept itx somersetx
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vernonx nayx let it rest where it began at firstx
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bassetx confirm it sox mine honourable lordx
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gloucesterx confirm it sox confounded be your strifex
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and perish yex with your audacious pratex
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presumptuous vassalsx are you not ashamxd
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with this immodest clamorous outrage
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to trouble and disturb the king and usx
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and youx my lordsx methinks you do not well
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to bear with their perverse objectionsx
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much less to take occasion from their mouths
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to raise a mutiny betwixt yourselvesx
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let me persuade you take a better coursex
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exeterx it grieves his highnessx good my lordsx be friendsx
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king henryx come hitherx you that would be combatantsx
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henceforth i charge youx as you love our favourx
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quite to forget this quarrel and the causex
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and youx my lordsx remember where we arex
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in francex amongst a fickle wavering nationx
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if they perceive dissension in our looks
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and that within ourselves we disagreex
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how will their grudging stomachs be provokxd
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to wilful disobediencex and rebelx
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besidex what infamy will there arise
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when foreign princes shall be certified
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that for a toyx a thing of no regardx
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king henryxs peers and chief nobility
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destroyxd themselves and lost the realm of francex
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ox think upon the conquest of my fatherx
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my tender yearsx and let us not forgo
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that for a trifle that was bought with bloodx
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let me be umpire in this doubtful strifex
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i see no reasonx if i wear this rosex
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xputting on a red rosex
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that any one should therefore be suspicious
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i more incline to somerset than yorkx
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both are my kinsmenx and i love them bothx
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as well they may upbraid me with my crownx
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becausex forsoothx the king of scots is crownxdx
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but your discretions better can persuade
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than i am able to instruct or teachx
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andx thereforex as we hither came in peacex
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so let us still continue peace and lovex
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cousin of yorkx we institute your grace
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to be our regent in these parts of francex
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andx good my lord of somersetx unite
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your troops of horsemen with his bands of footx
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and like true subjectsx sons of your progenitorsx
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go cheerfully together and digest
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|
your angry choler on your enemiesx
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ourselfx my lord protectorx and the restx
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|
after some respite will return to calaisx
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from thence to englandx where i hope ere long
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to be presented by your victories
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with charlesx alenconx and that traitorous routx
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|
flourishx exeunt all but yorkx warwickx
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exeterx vernon
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|
warwickx my lord of yorkx i promise youx the king
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prettilyx methoughtx did play the oratorx
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|
yorkx and so he didx but yet i like it notx
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in that he wears the badge of somersetx
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|
warwickx tushx that was but his fancyx blame him notx
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|
i dare presumex sweet princex he thought no harmx
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|
yorkx an if i wist he didxbut let it restx
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other affairs must now be managedx
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exeunt all but exeter
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exeterx well didst thoux richardx to suppress thy voicex
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|
for had the passions of thy heart burst outx
|
|
i fear we should have seen decipherxd there
|
|
more rancorous spitex more furious raging broilsx
|
|
than yet can be imaginxd or supposxdx
|
|
but howsoexerx no simple man that sees
|
|
this jarring discord of nobilityx
|
|
this shouldering of each other in the courtx
|
|
this factious bandying of their favouritesx
|
|
but that it doth presage some ill eventx
|
|
xtis much when sceptres are in childrenxs handsx
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|
but more when envy breeds unkind divisionx
|
|
there comes the ruinx there begins confusionx exit
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scene xx
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francex before bordeaux
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|
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enter talbotx with trump and drum
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|
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talbotx go to the gates of bordeauxx trumpeterx
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|
summon their general unto the wallx
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|
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|
trumpet sounds a parleyx enterx aloftx the
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|
general of the frenchx and others
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|
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|
english john talbotx captainsx calls you forthx
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|
servant in arms to harry king of englandx
|
|
and thus he would open your city gatesx
|
|
be humble to usx call my sovereignvours
|
|
and do him homage as obedient subjectsx
|
|
and ixll withdraw me and my bloody powerx
|
|
but if you frown upon this profferxd peacex
|
|
you tempt the fury of my three attendantsx
|
|
lean faminex quartering steelx and climbing firex
|
|
who in a moment even with the earth
|
|
shall lay your stately and air braving towersx
|
|
if you forsake the offer of their lovex
|
|
general of the frenchx thou ominous and fearful owl of
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|
deathx
|
|
our nationxs terror and their bloody scourgex
|
|
the period of thy tyranny approachethx
|
|
on us thou canst not enter but by deathx
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|
forx i protestx we are well fortifiedx
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|
and strong enough to issue out and fightx
|
|
if thou retirex the dauphinx well appointedx
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|
stands with the snares of war to tangle theex
|
|
on either hand thee there are squadrons pitchxd
|
|
to wall thee from the liberty of flightx
|
|
and no way canst thou turn thee for redress
|
|
but death doth front thee with apparent spoil
|
|
and pale destruction meets thee in the facex
|
|
ten thousand french have taxen the sacrament
|
|
to rive their dangerous artillery
|
|
upon no christian soul but english talbotx
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|
lox there thou standxstx a breathing valiant manx
|
|
of an invincible unconquerxd spiritx
|
|
this is the latest glory of thy praise
|
|
that ix thy enemyx due thee withalx
|
|
for ere the glass that now begins to run
|
|
finish the process of his sandy hourx
|
|
these eyes that see thee now well coloured
|
|
shall see thee witheredx bloodyx palex and deadx
|
|
xdrum afar offx
|
|
harkx harkx the dauphinxs drumx a warning bellx
|
|
sings heavy music to thy timorous soulx
|
|
and mine shall ring thy dire departure outx exit
|
|
talbotx he fables notx i hear the enemyx
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|
outx some light horsemenx and peruse their wingsx
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|
ox negligent and heedless disciplinex
|
|
how are we parkxd and bounded in a pale
|
|
a little herd of englandxs timorous deerx
|
|
mazxd with a yelping kennel of french cursx
|
|
if we be english deerx be then in bloodx
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|
not rascalxlike to fall down with a pinchx
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|
but ratherx moodyxmad and desperate stagsx
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|
turn on the bloody hounds with heads of steel
|
|
and make the cowards stand aloof at bayx
|
|
sell every man his life as dear as minex
|
|
and they shall find dear deer of usx my friendsx
|
|
god and saint georgex talbot and englandxs rightx
|
|
prosper our colours in this dangerous fightx exeunt
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|
|
|
scene xx
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|
|
|
plains in gascony
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|
|
|
enter yorkx with trumpet and many soldiersx a
|
|
messenger meets him
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|
|
|
yorkx are not the speedy scouts returnxd again
|
|
that doggxd the mighty army of the dauphinx
|
|
messengerx they are returnxdx my lordx and give it out
|
|
that he is marchxd to bordeaux with his power
|
|
to fight with talbotx as he marchxd alongx
|
|
by your espials were discovered
|
|
two mightier troops than that the dauphin ledx
|
|
which joinxd with him and made their march for
|
|
bordeauxx
|
|
yorkx a plague upon that villain somerset
|
|
that thus delays my promised supply
|
|
of horsemen that were levied for this siegex
|
|
renowned talbot doth expect my aidx
|
|
and i am louted by a traitor villain
|
|
and cannot help the noble chevalierx
|
|
god comfort him in this necessityx
|
|
if he miscarryx farewell wars in francex
|
|
|
|
enter sir william lucy
|
|
|
|
lucyx thou princely leader of our english strengthx
|
|
never so needful on the earth of francex
|
|
spur to the rescue of the noble talbotx
|
|
who now is girdled with a waist of iron
|
|
and hemmxd about with grim destructionx
|
|
to bordeauxx warlike dukex to bordeauxx yorkx
|
|
elsex farewell talbotx francex and englandxs honourx
|
|
yorkx o godx that somersetx who in proud heart
|
|
doth stop my cornetsx were in talbotxs placex
|
|
so should we save a valiant gentleman
|
|
by forfeiting a traitor and a cowardx
|
|
mad ire and wrathful fury makes me weep
|
|
that thus we die while remiss traitors sleepx
|
|
lucyx ox send some succour to the distressxd lordx
|
|
yorkx he diesx we losex i break my warlike wordx
|
|
we mournx france smilesx we losex they daily getx
|
|
all long of this vile traitor somersetx
|
|
lucyx then god take mercy on brave talbotxs soulx
|
|
and on his sonx young johnx who two hours since
|
|
i met in travel toward his warlike fatherx
|
|
this seven years did not talbot see his sonx
|
|
and now they meet where both their lives are donex
|
|
yorkx alasx what joy shall noble talbot have
|
|
to bid his young son welcome to his gravex
|
|
awayx vexation almost stops my breathx
|
|
that sundxred friends greet in the hour of deathx
|
|
lucyx farewellx no more my fortune can
|
|
but curse the cause i cannot aid the manx
|
|
mainex bloisx poictiersx and toursx are won away
|
|
long all of somerset and his delayx exit with forces
|
|
lucyx thusx while the vulture of sedition
|
|
feeds in the bosom of such great commandersx
|
|
sleeping neglection doth betray to loss
|
|
the conquest of our scarce cold conquerorx
|
|
that everxliving man of memoryx
|
|
henry the fifthx whiles they each other crossx
|
|
livesx honoursx landsx and allx hurry to lossx exit
|
|
|
|
scene xx
|
|
|
|
other plains of gascony
|
|
|
|
enter somersetx with his forcesx an officer of
|
|
talbotxs with him
|
|
|
|
somersetx it is too latex i cannot send them nowx
|
|
this expedition was by york and talbot
|
|
too rashly plottedx all our general force
|
|
might with a sally of the very town
|
|
be buckled withx the over daring talbot
|
|
hath sullied all his gloss of former honour
|
|
by this unheedfulx desperatex wild adventurex
|
|
york set him on to fight and die in shamex
|
|
thatx talbot deadx great york might bear the namex
|
|
officerx here is sir william lucyx who with me
|
|
set from our oxerxmatchxd forces forth for aidx
|
|
|
|
enter sir william lucy
|
|
|
|
somersetx how nowx sir williamx whither were you sentx
|
|
lucyx whitherx my lordx from bought and sold lord
|
|
talbotx
|
|
whox ringxd about with bold adversityx
|
|
cries out for noble york and somerset
|
|
to beat assailing death from his weak legionsx
|
|
and whiles the honourable captain there
|
|
drops bloody sweat from his warxwearied limbs
|
|
andx in advantage lingxringx looks for rescuex
|
|
youx his false hopesx the trust of englandxs honourx
|
|
keep off aloof with worthless emulationx
|
|
let not your private discord keep away
|
|
the levied succours that should lend him aidx
|
|
while hex renowned noble gentlemanx
|
|
yield up his life unto a world of oddsx
|
|
orleans the bastardx charlesx burgundyx
|
|
alenconx reignierx compass him aboutx
|
|
and talbot perisheth by your defaultx
|
|
somersetx york set him onx york should have sent him aidx
|
|
lucyx and york as fast upon your grace exclaimsx
|
|
swearing that you withhold his levied hostx
|
|
collected for this expeditionx
|
|
somersetx york liesx he might have sent and had the horsex
|
|
i owe him little duty and less lovex
|
|
and take foul scorn to fawn on him by sendingx
|
|
lucyx the fraud of englandx not the force of francex
|
|
hath now entrappxd the noble minded talbotx
|
|
never to england shall he bear his lifex
|
|
but dies betrayxd to fortune by your strifex
|
|
somersetx comex gox i will dispatch the horsemen straightx
|
|
within six hours they will be at his aidx
|
|
lucyx too late comes rescuex he is taxen or slainx
|
|
for fly he could not if he would have fledx
|
|
and fly would talbot neverx though he mightx
|
|
somersetx if he be deadx brave talbotx thenx adieux
|
|
lucyx his fame lives in the worldx his shame in youx exeunt
|
|
|
|
scene xx
|
|
|
|
the english camp near bordeaux
|
|
|
|
enter talbot and john his son
|
|
|
|
talbotx o young john talbotx i did send for thee
|
|
to tutor thee in stratagems of warx
|
|
that talbotxs name might be in thee revivxd
|
|
when sapless age and weak unable limbs
|
|
should bring thy father to his drooping chairx
|
|
butx o malignant and illxboding starsx
|
|
now thou art come unto a feast of deathx
|
|
a terrible and unavoided dangerx
|
|
thereforex dear boyx mount on my swiftest horsex
|
|
and ixll direct thee how thou shalt escape
|
|
by sudden flightx comex dally notx be gonex
|
|
johnx is my name talbotx and am i your sonx
|
|
and shall i flyx ox if you love my motherx
|
|
dishonour not her honourable namex
|
|
to make a bastard and a slave of mex
|
|
the world will say he is not talbotxs blood
|
|
that basely fled when noble talbot stoodx
|
|
talbotx fly to revenge my deathx if i be slainx
|
|
johnx he that flies so will nexer return againx
|
|
talbotx if we both stayx we both are sure to diex
|
|
johnx then let me stayx andx fatherx do you flyx
|
|
your loss is greatx so your regard should bex
|
|
my worth unknownx no loss is known in mex
|
|
upon my death the french can little boastx
|
|
in yours they willx in you all hopes are lostx
|
|
flight cannot stain the honour you have wonx
|
|
but mine it willx that no exploit have donex
|
|
you fled for vantagex every one will swearx
|
|
but if i bowx theyxll say it was for fearx
|
|
there is no hope that ever i will stay
|
|
if the first hour i shrink and run awayx
|
|
herex on my kneex i beg mortalityx
|
|
rather than life preservxd with infamyx
|
|
talbotx shall all thy motherxs hopes lie in one tombx
|
|
johnx ayx rather than ixll shame my motherxs wombx
|
|
talbotx upon my blessing i command thee gox
|
|
johnx to fight i willx but not to fly the foex
|
|
talbotx part of thy father may be savxd in theex
|
|
johnx no part of him but will be shame in mex
|
|
talbotx thou never hadst renownx nor canst not lose itx
|
|
johnx yesx your renowned namex shall flight abuse itx
|
|
talbotx thy fatherxs charge shall clear thee from that stainx
|
|
johnx you cannot witness for mex being slainx
|
|
if death be so apparentx then both flyx
|
|
talbotx and leave my followers here to fight and diex
|
|
my age was never tainted with such shamex
|
|
johnx and shall my youth be guilty of such blamex
|
|
no more can i be severed from your side
|
|
than can yourself yourself yourself in twain dividex
|
|
stayx gox do what you willx the like do ix
|
|
for live i will not if my father diex
|
|
talbotx then here i take my leave of theex fair sonx
|
|
born to eclipse thy life this afternoonx
|
|
comex side by side together live and diex
|
|
and soul with soul from france to heaven flyx exeunt
|
|
|
|
scene xx
|
|
|
|
a field of battle
|
|
|
|
alarumx excursions wherein john talbot is hemmxd
|
|
aboutx and talbot rescues him
|
|
|
|
talbotx saint george and victoryx fightx soldiersx fightx
|
|
the regent hath with talbot broke his word
|
|
and left us to the rage of france his swordx
|
|
where is john talbotx pause and take thy breathx
|
|
i gave thee life and rescuxd thee from deathx
|
|
johnx ox twice my fatherx twice am i thy sonx
|
|
the life thou gavxst me first was lost and done
|
|
till with thy warlike swordx despite of fatex
|
|
to my determinxd time thou gavxst new datex
|
|
talbotx when from the dauphinxs crest thy sword struck
|
|
firex
|
|
it warmxd thy fatherxs heart with proud desire
|
|
of boldxfacxd victoryx then leaden agex
|
|
quickenxd with youthful spleen and warlike ragex
|
|
beat down alenconx orleansx burgundyx
|
|
and from the pride of gallia rescued theex
|
|
the ireful bastard orleansx that drew blood
|
|
from theex my boyx and had the maidenhood
|
|
of thy first fightx i soon encountered
|
|
andx interchanging blowsx i quickly shed
|
|
some of his bastard bloodx and in disgrace
|
|
bespoke him thusx xcontaminatedx basex
|
|
and misbegotten blood i spill of thinex
|
|
mean and right poorx for that pure blood of mine
|
|
which thou didst force from talbotx my brave boyxx
|
|
here purposing the bastard to destroyx
|
|
came in strong rescuex speakx thy fatherxs carex
|
|
art thou not wearyx johnx how dost thou farex
|
|
wilt thou yet leave the battlex boyx and flyx
|
|
now thou art sealxd the son of chivalryx
|
|
flyx to revenge my death when i am deadx
|
|
the help of one stands me in little steadx
|
|
ox too much folly is itx well i wotx
|
|
to hazard all our lives in one small boatx
|
|
if i toxday die not with frenchmenxs ragex
|
|
toxmorrow i shall die with mickle agex
|
|
by me they nothing gain an if i stayx
|
|
xtis but the shortxning of my life one dayx
|
|
in thee thy mother diesx our householdxs namex
|
|
my deathxs revengex thy youthx and englandxs famex
|
|
all these and more we hazard by thy stayx
|
|
all these are savxd if thou wilt fly awayx
|
|
johnx the sword of orleans hath not made me smartx
|
|
these words of yours draw lifexblood from my heartx
|
|
on that advantagex bought with such a shamex
|
|
to save a paltry life and slay bright famex
|
|
before young talbot from old talbot flyx
|
|
the coward horse that bears me fall and diex
|
|
and like me to the peasant boys of francex
|
|
to be shamexs scorn and subject of mischancex
|
|
surelyx by all the glory you have wonx
|
|
an if i flyx i am not talbotxs sonx
|
|
then talk no more of flightx it is no bootx
|
|
if son to talbotx die at talbotxs footx
|
|
talbotx then follow thou thy despxrate sire of cretex
|
|
thou icarusx thy life to me is sweetx
|
|
if thou wilt fightx fight by thy fatherxs sidex
|
|
andx commendable provxdx letxs die in pridex exeunt
|
|
|
|
scene xx
|
|
|
|
another part of the field
|
|
|
|
alarumx excursionsx enter old talbot led by a servant
|
|
|
|
talbotx where is my other lifex mine own is gonex
|
|
ox wherexs young talbotx where is valiant johnx
|
|
triumphant deathx smearxd with captivityx
|
|
young talbotxs valour makes me smile at theex
|
|
when he perceivxd me shrink and on my kneex
|
|
his bloody sword he brandishxd over mex
|
|
and like a hungry lion did commence
|
|
rough deeds of rage and stern impatiencex
|
|
but when my angry guardant stood alonex
|
|
tendxring my ruin and assailxd of nonex
|
|
dizzyxeyxd fury and great rage of heart
|
|
suddenly made him from my side to start
|
|
into the clustxring battle of the frenchx
|
|
and in that sea of blood my boy did drench
|
|
his overmounting spiritx and there diedx
|
|
my icarusx my blossomx in his pridex
|
|
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enter soldiersx bearing the body of john talbot
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servantx o my dear lordx lo where your son is bornex
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talbotx thou antic deathx which laughxst us here to scornx
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anonx from thy insulting tyrannyx
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coupled in bonds of perpetuityx
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two talbotsx winged through the lither skyx
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in thy despite shall scape mortalityx
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o thou whose wounds become hardxfavoured deathx
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speak to thy father ere thou yield thy breathx
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brave death by speakingx whether he will or nox
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imagine him a frenchman and thy foex
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poor boyx he smilesx methinksx as who should sayx
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had death been frenchx then death had died toxdayx
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comex comex and lay him in his fatherxs armsx
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my spirit can no longer bear these harmsx
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soldiersx adieux i have what i would havex
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now my old arms are young john talbotxs gravex xdiesx
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enter charlesx alenconx burgundyx bastardx
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la pucellex and forces
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charlesx had york and somerset brought rescue inx
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we should have found a bloody day of thisx
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bastardx how the young whelp of talbotxsx raging woodx
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did flesh his puny sword in frenchmenxs bloodx
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pucellex once i encountxred himx and thus i saidx
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xthou maiden youthx be vanquishxd by a maidxx
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but with a proud majestical high scorn
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he answerxd thusx xyoung talbot was not born
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to be the pillage of a giglot wenchxx
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sox rushing in the bowels of the frenchx
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he left me proudlyx as unworthy fightx
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burgundyx doubtless he would have made a noble knightx
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see where he lies inhearsed in the arms
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of the most bloody nurser of his harmsx
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bastardx hew them to piecesx hack their bones asunderx
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whose life was englandxs gloryx galliaxs wonderx
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charlesx ox nox forbearx for that which we have fled
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during the lifex let us not wrong it deadx
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enter sir william lucyx attendedx a french
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herald preceding
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lucyx heraldx conduct me to the dauphinxs tentx
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to know who hath obtainxd the glory of the dayx
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charlesx on what submissive message art thou sentx
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lucyx submissionx dauphinx xtis a mere french wordx
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we english warriors wot not what it meansx
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i come to know what prisoners thou hast taxenx
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and to survey the bodies of the deadx
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charlesx for prisoners askxst thoux hell our prison isx
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but tell me whom thou seekxstx
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lucyx but wherexs the great alcides of the fieldx
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valiant lord talbotx earl of shrewsburyx
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created for his rare success in arms
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great earl of washfordx waterfordx and valencex
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lord talbot of goodrig and urchinfieldx
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lord strange of blackmerex lord verdun of altonx
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lord cromwell of wingfieldx lord furnival of sheffieldx
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the thrice victorious lord of falconbridgex
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knight of the noble order of saint georgex
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worthy saint michaelx and the golden fleecex
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great marshal to henry the sixth
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of all his wars within the realm of francex
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pucellex herexs a sillyxstately style indeedx
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the turkx that two and fifty kingdoms hathx
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writes not so tedious a style as thisx
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him that thou magnifixst with all these tidesx
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stinking and flyxblown lies here at our feetx
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lucyx is talbot slainxthe frenchmenxs only scourgex
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your kingdomxs terror and black nemesisx
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ox were mine eyexbans into bullets turnxdx
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that i in rage might shoot them at your facesx
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o that i could but can these dead to lifex
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it were enough to fright the realm of francex
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were but his picture left amongst you herex
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it would amaze the proudest of you allx
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give me their bodiesx that i may bear them hence
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and give them burial as beseems their worthx
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pucellex i think this upstart is old talbotxs ghostx
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he speaks with such a proud commanding spiritx
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for godxs sakex let him have themx to keep them herex
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they would but stinkx and putrefy the airx
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charlesx gox take their bodies hencex
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lucyx ixll bear them hencex but from their ashes shall be
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rearxd
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a phoenix that shall make all france afeardx
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|
charlesx so we be rid of themx do with them what thou
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|
wiltx
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and now to paris in this conquering veinx
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all will be oursx now bloody talbotxs slainx exeunt
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act vx scene xx
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londonx the palace
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sennetx enter the kingx gloucesterx and exeter
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king henryx have you perusxd the letters from the popex
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the emperorx and the earl of armagnacx
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gloucesterx i havex my lordx and their intent is thisx
|
|
they humbly sue unto your excellence
|
|
to have a godly peace concluded of
|
|
between the realms of england and of francex
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|
king henryx how doth your grace affect their motionx
|
|
gloucesterx wellx my good lordx and as the only means
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|
to stop effusion of our christian blood
|
|
and stablish quietness on every sidex
|
|
king henryx ayx marryx unclex for i always thought
|
|
it was both impious and unnatural
|
|
that such immanity and bloody strife
|
|
should reign among professors of one faithx
|
|
gloucesterx besidex my lordx the sooner to effect
|
|
and surer bind this knot of amityx
|
|
the earl of armagnacx near knit to charlesx
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|
a man of great authority in francex
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|
proffers his only daughter to your grace
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in marriagex with a large and sumptuous dowryx
|
|
king henryx marriagex unclex alasx my years are young
|
|
and fitter is my study and my books
|
|
than wanton dalliance with a paramourx
|
|
yet call thx ambassadorsx andx as you pleasex
|
|
so let them have their answers every onex
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|
i shall be well content with any choice
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|
tends to godxs glory and my countryxs wealx
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enter in cardinalxs habit
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|
beaufortx the papal legatex and two ambassadors
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exeterx whatx is my lord of winchester installxd
|
|
and callxd unto a cardinalxs degreex
|
|
then i perceive that will be verified
|
|
henry the fifth did sometime prophesyx
|
|
xif once he come to be a cardinalx
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|
hexll make his cap coxequal with the crownxx
|
|
king henryx my lords ambassadorsx your several suits
|
|
have been considerxd and debated onx
|
|
your purpose is both good and reasonablex
|
|
and therefore are we certainly resolvxd
|
|
to draw conditions of a friendly peacex
|
|
which by my lord of winchester we mean
|
|
shall be transported presently to francex
|
|
gloucesterx and for the proffer of my lord your masterx
|
|
i have informxd his highness so at largex
|
|
asx liking of the ladyxs virtuous giftsx
|
|
her beautyx and the value of her dowerx
|
|
he doth intend she shall be englandxs queenx
|
|
king henryx xto ambassadorx in argument and proof of
|
|
which contractx
|
|
bear her this jewelx pledge of my affectionx
|
|
and sox my lord protectorx see them guarded
|
|
and safely brought to doverx where inshippxdx
|
|
commit them to the fortune of the seax
|
|
|
|
exeunt all but winchester and the legate
|
|
winchesterx stayx my lord legatex you shall first receive
|
|
the sum of money which i promised
|
|
should be delivered to his holiness
|
|
for clothing me in these grave ornamentsx
|
|
legatex i will attend upon your lordshipxs leisurex
|
|
winchesterx xasidex now winchester will not submitx i
|
|
trowx
|
|
or be inferior to the proudest peerx
|
|
humphrey of gloucesterx thou shalt well perceive
|
|
that neither in birth or for authority
|
|
the bishop will be overborne by theex
|
|
ixll either make thee stoop and bend thy kneex
|
|
or sack this country with a mutinyx exeunt
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|
|
|
scene xx
|
|
|
|
francex plains in anjou
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|
|
|
enter charlesx burgundyx alenconx bastardx
|
|
reignierx la pucellex and forces
|
|
|
|
charlesx these newsx my lordsx may cheer our drooping
|
|
spiritsx
|
|
xtis said the stout parisians do revolt
|
|
and turn again unto the warlike frenchx
|
|
alenconx then march to parisx royal charles of francex
|
|
and keep not back your powers in dalliancex
|
|
pucellex peace be amongst themx if they turn to usx
|
|
else ruin combat with their palacesx
|
|
|
|
enter a scout
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|
|
|
scoutx success unto our valiant generalx
|
|
and happiness to his accomplicesx
|
|
charlesx what tidings send our scoutsx i prithee speakx
|
|
scoutx the english armyx that divided was
|
|
into two partiesx is now conjoinxd in onex
|
|
and means to give you battle presentlyx
|
|
charlesx somewhat too suddenx sirsx the warning isx
|
|
but we will presently provide for themx
|
|
burgundyx i trust the ghost of talbot is not therex
|
|
now he is gonex my lordx you need not fearx
|
|
pucellex of all base passions fear is most accursxdx
|
|
command the conquestx charlesx it shall be thinex
|
|
let henry fret and all the world repinex
|
|
charlesx then onx my lordsx and france be fortunatex
|
|
exeunt
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|
|
|
scene xx
|
|
|
|
before angiers
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|
|
|
alarumx excursionsx enter la pucelle
|
|
|
|
pucellex the regent conquers and the frenchmen flyx
|
|
now helpx ye charming spells and periaptsx
|
|
and ye choice spirits that admonish me
|
|
and give me signs of future accidentsx xthunderx
|
|
you speedy helpers that are substitutes
|
|
under the lordly monarch of the northx
|
|
appear and aid me in this enterprisex
|
|
|
|
enter fiends
|
|
|
|
this speedy and quick appearance argues proof
|
|
of your accustomxd diligence to mex
|
|
nowx ye familiar spirits that are cullxd
|
|
out of the powerful regions under earthx
|
|
help me this oncex that france may get the fieldx
|
|
xthey walk and speak notx
|
|
ox hold me not with silence overxlongx
|
|
where i was wont to feed you with my bloodx
|
|
ixll lop a member off and give it you
|
|
in earnest of a further benefitx
|
|
so you do condescend to help me nowx
|
|
xthey hang their headsx
|
|
no hope to have redressx my body shall
|
|
pay recompensex if you will grant my suitx
|
|
xthey shake their headsx
|
|
cannot my body nor blood sacrifice
|
|
entreat you to your wonted furtherancex
|
|
then take my soulxmy bodyx soulx and allx
|
|
before that england give the french the foilx
|
|
xthey departx
|
|
seex they forsake mex now the time is come
|
|
that france must vail her loftyxplumed crest
|
|
and let her head fall into englandxs lapx
|
|
my ancient incantations are too weakx
|
|
and hell too strong for me to buckle withx
|
|
nowx francex thy glory droopeth to the dustx exit
|
|
|
|
excursionsx enter french and englishx fightingx
|
|
la pucelle and york fight hand to handx la pucelle
|
|
is takenx the french fly
|
|
|
|
yorkx damsel of francex i think i have you fastx
|
|
unchain your spirits now with spelling charmsx
|
|
and try if they can gain your libertyx
|
|
a goodly prizex fit for the devilxs gracex
|
|
see how the ugly witch doth bend her brows
|
|
as ifx with circex she would change my shapex
|
|
pucellex changxd to a worser shape thou canst not bex
|
|
yorkx ox charles the dauphin is a proper manx
|
|
no shape but his can please your dainty eyex
|
|
pucellex a plaguing mischief fight on charles and theex
|
|
and may ye both be suddenly surprisxd
|
|
by bloody handsx in sleeping on your bedsx
|
|
yorkx fell banning hagx enchantressx hold thy tonguex
|
|
pucellex i prithee give me leave to curse awhilex
|
|
yorkx cursex miscreantx when thou comest to the stakex
|
|
exeunt
|
|
|
|
alarumx enter suffolkx with margaret in his hand
|
|
|
|
suffolkx be what thou wiltx thou art my prisonerx
|
|
xgazes on herx
|
|
o fairest beautyx do not fear nor flyx
|
|
for i will touch thee but with reverent handsx
|
|
i kiss these fingers for eternal peacex
|
|
and lay them gently on thy tender sidex
|
|
who art thoux sayx that i may honour theex
|
|
margaretx margaret my namex and daughter to a kingx
|
|
the king of naplesxwhosoexer thou artx
|
|
suffolkx an earl i amx and suffolk am i callxdx
|
|
be not offendedx naturexs miraclex
|
|
thou art allotted to be taxen by mex
|
|
so doth the swan her downy cygnets savex
|
|
keeping them prisoner underneath her wingsx
|
|
yetx if this servile usage once offendx
|
|
go and be free again as suffolkxs friendx xshe is goingx
|
|
ox stayx xasidex i have no power to let her passx
|
|
my hand would free herx but my heart says nox
|
|
as plays the sun upon the glassy streamsx
|
|
twinkling another counterfeited beamx
|
|
so seems this gorgeous beauty to mine eyesx
|
|
fain would i woo herx yet i dare not speakx
|
|
ixll call for pen and inkx and write my mindx
|
|
fiex de la polex disable not thyselfx
|
|
hast not a tonguex is she not here thy prisonerx
|
|
wilt thou be daunted at a womanxs sightx
|
|
ayx beautyxs princely majesty is such
|
|
confounds the tongue and makes the senses roughx
|
|
margaretx sayx earl of suffolkx if thy name be sox
|
|
what ransom must i pay before i passx
|
|
for i perceive i am thy prisonerx
|
|
suffolkx xasidex how canst thou tell she will deny thy
|
|
suitx
|
|
before thou make a trial of her lovex
|
|
margaretx why speakxst thou notx what ransom must i
|
|
payx
|
|
suffolkx xasidex shexs beautifulx and therefore to be wooxdx
|
|
she is a womanx therefore to be wonx
|
|
margaretx wilt thou accept of ransomxyea or nox
|
|
suffolkx xasidex fond manx remember that thou hast a
|
|
wifex
|
|
then how can margaret be thy paramourx
|
|
margaretx i were best leave himx for he will not hearx
|
|
suffolkx xasidex there all is marrxdx there lies a cooling
|
|
cardx
|
|
margaretx he talks at randomx surex the man is madx
|
|
suffolkx xasidex and yet a dispensation may be hadx
|
|
margaretx and yet i would that you would answer mex
|
|
suffolkx xasidex ixll win this lady margaretx for whomx
|
|
whyx for my kingx tushx thatxs a wooden thingx
|
|
margaretx he talks of woodx it is some carpenterx
|
|
suffolkx xasidex yet so my fancy may be satisfiedx
|
|
and peace established between these realmsx
|
|
but there remains a scruple in that toox
|
|
for though her father be the king of naplesx
|
|
duke of anjou and mainex yet is he poorx
|
|
and our nobility will scorn the matchx
|
|
margaretx hear yex captainxare you not at leisurex
|
|
suffolkx xasidex it shall be sox disdain they nexer so muchx
|
|
henry is youthfulx and will quickly yieldx
|
|
madamx i have a secret to revealx
|
|
margaretx xasidex what though i be enthrallxdx he seems
|
|
a knightx
|
|
and will not any way dishonour mex
|
|
suffolkx ladyx vouchsafe to listen what i sayx
|
|
margaretx xasidex perhaps i shall be rescuxd by the frenchx
|
|
and then i need not crave his courtesyx
|
|
suffolkx sweet madamx give me hearing in a cause
|
|
margaretx xasidex tushx women have been captivate ere
|
|
nowx
|
|
suffolkx ladyx wherefore talk you sox
|
|
margaretx i cry you mercyx xtis but quid for quox
|
|
suffolkx sayx gentle princessx would you not suppose
|
|
your bondage happyx to be made a queenx
|
|
margaretx to be a queen in bondage is more vile
|
|
than is a slave in base servilityx
|
|
for princes should be freex
|
|
suffolkx and so shall youx
|
|
if happy englandxs royal king be freex
|
|
margaretx whyx what concerns his freedom unto mex
|
|
suffolkx ixll undertake to make thee henryxs queenx
|
|
to put a golden sceptre in thy hand
|
|
and set a precious crown upon thy headx
|
|
if thou wilt condescend to be myx
|
|
margaretx whatx
|
|
suffolkx his lovex
|
|
margaretx i am unworthy to be henryxs wifex
|
|
suffolkx nox gentle madamx i unworthy am
|
|
to woo so fair a dame to be his wife
|
|
and have no portion in the choice myselfx
|
|
how say youx madamx are ye so contentx
|
|
margaretx an if my father pleasex i am contentx
|
|
suffolkx then call our captains and our colours forthx
|
|
andx madamx at your fatherxs castle walls
|
|
wexll crave a parley to confer with himx
|
|
|
|
sound a parleyx enter reignier on the walls
|
|
|
|
seex reignierx seex thy daughter prisonerx
|
|
reignierx to whomx
|
|
suffolkx to mex
|
|
reignierx suffolkx what remedyx
|
|
i am a soldier and unapt to weep
|
|
or to exclaim on fortunexs ficklenessx
|
|
suffolkx yesx there is remedy enoughx my lordx
|
|
consentx and for thy honour give consentx
|
|
thy daughter shall be wedded to my kingx
|
|
whom i with pain have wooxd and won theretox
|
|
and this her easyxheld imprisonment
|
|
hath gainxd thy daughter princely libertyx
|
|
reignierx speaks suffolk as he thinksx
|
|
suffolkx fair margaret knows
|
|
that suffolk doth not flatterx facex or feignx
|
|
reignierx upon thy princely warrant i descend
|
|
to give thee answer of thy just demandx
|
|
exit reignier from the walls
|
|
suffolkx and here i will expect thy comingx
|
|
|
|
trumpets soundx enter reignier below
|
|
|
|
reignierx welcomex brave earlx into our territoriesx
|
|
command in anjou what your honour pleasesx
|
|
suffolkx thanksx reignierx happy for so sweet a childx
|
|
fit to be made companion with a kingx
|
|
what answer makes your grace unto my suitx
|
|
reignierx since thou dost deign to woo her little worth
|
|
to be the princely bride of such a lordx
|
|
upon condition i may quietly
|
|
enjoy mine ownx the country maine and anjoux
|
|
free from oppression or the stroke of warx
|
|
my daughter shall be henryxsx if he pleasex
|
|
suffolkx that is her ransomx i deliver herx
|
|
and those two counties i will undertake
|
|
your grace shall well and quietly enjoyx
|
|
reignierx and i againx in henryxs royal namex
|
|
as deputy unto that gracious kingx
|
|
give thee her hand for sign of plighted faithx
|
|
suffolkx reignier of francex i give thee kingly thanksx
|
|
because this is in traffic of a kingx
|
|
xasidex and yetx methinksx i could be well content
|
|
to be mine own attorney in this casex
|
|
ixll over then to england with this newsx
|
|
and make this marriage to be solemnizxdx
|
|
sox farewellx reignierx set this diamond safe
|
|
in golden palacesx as it becomesx
|
|
reignierx i do embrace thee as i would embrace
|
|
the christian princex king henryx were he herex
|
|
margaretx farewellx my lordx good wishesx praisex and
|
|
prayersx
|
|
shall suffolk ever have of margaretx xshe is goingx
|
|
suffolkx farewellx sweet madamx but hark youx margaret
|
|
no princely commendations to my kingx
|
|
margaretx such commendations as becomes a maidx
|
|
a virginx and his servantx say to himx
|
|
suffolkx words sweetly placxd and modestly directedx
|
|
butx madamx i must trouble you again
|
|
no loving token to his majestyx
|
|
margaretx yesx my good lordx a pure unspotted heartx
|
|
never yet taint with lovex i send the kingx
|
|
suffolkx and this withalx xkisses herx
|
|
margaretx that for thyselfx i will not so presume
|
|
to send such peevish tokens to a kingx
|
|
exeunt reignier and margaret
|
|
suffolkx ox wert thou for myselfx butx suffolkx stayx
|
|
thou mayst not wander in that labyrinthx
|
|
there minotaurs and ugly treasons lurkx
|
|
solicit henry with her wondrous praisex
|
|
bethink thee on her virtues that surmountx
|
|
and natural graces that extinguish artx
|
|
repeat their semblance often on the seasx
|
|
thatx when thou comxst to kneel at henryxs feetx
|
|
thou mayst bereave him of his wits with wonderx exit
|
|
|
|
scene xx
|
|
|
|
camp of the duke of york in anjou
|
|
|
|
enter yorkx warwickx and others
|
|
yorkx bring forth that sorceressx condemnxd to burnx
|
|
|
|
enter la pucellex guardedx and a shepherd
|
|
|
|
shepherdx ahx joanx this kills thy fatherxs heart outrightx
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have i sought every country far and nearx
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andx now it is my chance to find thee outx
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must i behold thy timeless cruel deathx
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ahx joanx sweet daughter joanx ixll die with theex
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pucellex decrepit miserx base ignoble wretchx
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i am descended of a gentler bloodx
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thou art no father nor no friend of minex
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shepherdx outx outx my lordsx an please youx xtis not sox
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i did beget herx all the parish knowsx
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her mother liveth yetx can testify
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she was the first fruit of my bachxlorshipx
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warwickx gracelessx wilt thou deny thy parentagex
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yorkx this argues what her kind of life hath beenx
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wicked and vilex and so her death concludesx
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shepherdx fiex joanx that thou wilt be so obstaclex
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god knows thou art a collop of my fleshx
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and for thy sake have i shed many a tearx
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deny me notx i pritheex gentle joanx
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pucellex peasantx avauntx you have subornxd this man
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of purpose to obscure my noble birthx
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shepherdx xtis truex i gave a noble to the priest
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the morn that i was wedded to her motherx
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kneel down and take my blessingx good my girlx
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wilt thou not stoopx now cursed be the time
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of thy nativityx i would the milk
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thy mother gave thee when thou suckxdst her breast
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had been a little ratsbane for thy sakex
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or elsex when thou didst keep my lambs afieldx
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i wish some ravenous wolf had eaten theex
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dost thou deny thy fatherx cursed drabx
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ox burn herx burn herx hanging is too goodx exit
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yorkx take her awayx for she hath livxd too longx
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to fill the world with vicious qualitiesx
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pucellex first let me tell you whom you have condemnxdx
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not me begotten of a shepherd swainx
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but issued from the progeny of kingsx
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virtuous and holyx chosen from above
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by inspiration of celestial gracex
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to work exceeding miracles on earthx
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i never had to do with wicked spiritsx
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but youx that are polluted with your lustsx
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stainxd with the guiltless blood of innocentsx
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corrupt and tainted with a thousand vicesx
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because you want the grace that others havex
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you judge it straight a thing impossible
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to compass wonders but by help of devilsx
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nox misconceivedx joan of arc hath been
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a virgin from her tender infancyx
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chaste and immaculate in very thoughtx
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whose maiden bloodx thus rigorously effusxdx
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will cry for vengeance at the gates of heavenx
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yorkx ayx ayx away with her to executionx
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warwickx and hark yex sirsx because she is a maidx
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spare for no fagotsx let there be enowx
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place barrels of pitch upon the fatal stakex
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that so her torture may be shortenedx
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pucellex will nothing turn your unrelenting heartsx
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|
thenx joanx discover thine infirmity
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that warranteth by law to be thy privilegex
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|
i am with childx ye bloody homicidesx
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murder not then the fruit within my wombx
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although ye hale me to a violent deathx
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yorkx now heaven forfendx the holy maid with childx
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warwickx the greatest miracle that exer ye wroughtx
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is all your strict preciseness come to thisx
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yorkx she and the dauphin have been jugglingx
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i did imagine what would be her refugex
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warwickx wellx go tox wexll have no bastards livex
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especially since charles must father itx
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pucellex you are deceivxdx my child is none of hisx
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it was alencon that enjoyxd my lovex
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yorkx alenconx that notorious machiavelx
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it diesx an if it had a thousand livesx
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pucellex ox give me leavex i have deluded youx
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xtwas neither charles nor yet the duke i namxdx
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but reignierx king of naplesx that prevailxdx
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warwickx a married manx thatxs most intolerablex
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yorkx whyx herexs a girlx i think she knows not well
|
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there were so manyxwhom she may accusex
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warwickx itxs sign she hath been liberal and freex
|
|
yorkx and yetx forsoothx she is a virgin purex
|
|
strumpetx thy words condemn thy brat and theex
|
|
use no entreatyx for it is in vainx
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|
pucellex then lead me hencexwith whom i leave my
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cursex
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may never glorious sun reflex his beams
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upon the country where you make abodex
|
|
but darkness and the gloomy shade of death
|
|
environ youx till mischief and despair
|
|
drive you to break your necks or hang yourselvesx
|
|
exitx guarded
|
|
yorkx break thou in pieces and consume to ashesx
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|
thou foul accursed minister of hellx
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|
|
enter cardinal beaufortx attended
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|
|
|
cardinalx lord regentx i do greet your excellence
|
|
with letters of commission from the kingx
|
|
for knowx my lordsx the states of christendomx
|
|
movxd with remorse of these outrageous broilsx
|
|
have earnestly implorxd a general peace
|
|
betwixt our nation and the aspiring frenchx
|
|
and here at hand the dauphin and his train
|
|
approachethx to confer about some matterx
|
|
yorkx is all our travail turnxd to this effectx
|
|
after the slaughter of so many peersx
|
|
so many captainsx gentlemenx and soldiersx
|
|
that in this quarrel have been overthrown
|
|
and sold their bodies for their countryxs benefitx
|
|
shall we at last conclude effeminate peacex
|
|
have we not lost most part of all the townsx
|
|
by treasonx falsehoodx and by treacheryx
|
|
our great progenitors had conqueredx
|
|
o warwickx warwickx i foresee with grief
|
|
the utter loss of all the realm of francex
|
|
warwickx be patientx yorkx if we conclude a peacex
|
|
it shall be with such strict and severe covenants
|
|
as little shall the frenchmen gain therebyx
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|
|
|
enter charlesx alenconx bastardx reignierx and others
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|
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|
charlesx sincex lords of englandx it is thus agreed
|
|
that peaceful truce shall be proclaimxd in francex
|
|
we come to be informed by yourselves
|
|
what the conditions of that league must bex
|
|
yorkx speakx winchesterx for boiling choler chokes
|
|
the hollow passage of my poisonxd voicex
|
|
by sight of these our baleful enemiesx
|
|
cardinalx charlesx and the restx it is enacted thusx
|
|
thatx in regard king henry gives consentx
|
|
of mere compassion and of lenityx
|
|
to ease your country of distressful warx
|
|
an suffer you to breathe in fruitful peacex
|
|
you shall become true liegemen to his crownx
|
|
andx charlesx upon condition thou wilt swear
|
|
to pay him tribute and submit thyselfx
|
|
thou shalt be placxd as viceroy under himx
|
|
and still enjoy thy regal dignityx
|
|
alenconx must he be then as shadow of himselfx
|
|
adorn his temples with a coronet
|
|
and yetx in substance and authorityx
|
|
retain but privilege of a private manx
|
|
this proffer is absurd and reasonlessx
|
|
charlesx xtis known already that i am possessxd
|
|
with more than half the gallian territoriesx
|
|
and therein reverencxd for their lawful kingx
|
|
shall ix for lucre of the rest unvanquishxdx
|
|
detract so much from that prerogative
|
|
as to be callxd but viceroy of the wholex
|
|
nox lord ambassadorx ixll rather keep
|
|
that which i have thanx coveting for morex
|
|
be cast from possibility of allx
|
|
yorkx insulting charlesx hast thou by secret means
|
|
usxd intercession to obtain a leaguex
|
|
and now the matter grows to compromise
|
|
standxst thou aloof upon comparisonx
|
|
either accept the title thou usurpxstx
|
|
of benefit proceeding from our king
|
|
and not of any challenge of desertx
|
|
or we will plague thee with incessant warsx
|
|
reignierx xto charlesx my lordx you do not well in
|
|
obstinacy
|
|
to cavil in the course of this contractx
|
|
if once it be neglectedx ten to one
|
|
we shall not find like opportunityx
|
|
alenconx xto charlesx to say the truthx it is your policy
|
|
to save your subjects from such massacre
|
|
and ruthless slaughters as are daily seen
|
|
by our proceeding in hostilityx
|
|
and therefore take this compact of a trucex
|
|
although you break it when your pleasure servesx
|
|
warwickx how sayxst thoux charlesx shall our condition
|
|
standx
|
|
charlesx it shallx
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|
only reservxdx you claim no interest
|
|
in any of our towns of garrisonx
|
|
yorkx then swear allegiance to his majestyx
|
|
as thou art knightx never to disobey
|
|
nor be rebellious to the crown of england
|
|
thoux nor thy noblesx to the crown of englandx
|
|
xcharles and the rest give tokens of fealtyx
|
|
sox now dismiss your army when ye pleasex
|
|
hang up your ensignsx let your drums be stillx
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|
for here we entertain a solemn peacex exeunt
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|
|
scene xx
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londonx the palace
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|
|
enter suffolkx in conference with the kingx
|
|
gloucester and exeter
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|
king henryx your wondrous rare descriptionx noble earlx
|
|
of beauteous margaret hath astonishxd mex
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|
her virtuesx graced with external giftsx
|
|
do breed lovexs settled passions in my heartx
|
|
and like as rigour of tempestuous gusts
|
|
provokes the mightiest hulk against the tidex
|
|
so am i driven by breath of her renown
|
|
either to suffer shipwreck or arrive
|
|
where i may have fruition of her lovex
|
|
suffolkx tushx my good lordx this superficial tale
|
|
is but a preface of her worthy praisex
|
|
the chief perfections of that lovely damex
|
|
had i sufficient skill to utter themx
|
|
would make a volume of enticing linesx
|
|
able to ravish any dull conceitx
|
|
andx which is morex she is not so divinex
|
|
so fullxreplete with choice of all delightsx
|
|
but with as humble lowliness of mind
|
|
she is content to be at your command
|
|
commandx i meanx of virtuous intentsx
|
|
to love and honour henry as her lordx
|
|
king henryx and otherwise will henry nexer presumex
|
|
thereforex my lord protectorx give consent
|
|
that margaret may be englandxs royal queenx
|
|
gloucesterx so should i give consent to flatter sinx
|
|
you knowx my lordx your highness is betrothxd
|
|
unto another lady of esteemx
|
|
how shall we then dispense with that contractx
|
|
and not deface your honour with reproachx
|
|
suffolkx as doth a ruler with unlawful oathsx
|
|
or one that at a triumphx having vowxd
|
|
to try his strengthx forsaketh yet the lists
|
|
by reason of his adversaryxs oddsx
|
|
a poor earlxs daughter is unequal oddsx
|
|
and therefore may be broke without offencex
|
|
gloucesterx whyx whatx i prayx is margaret more than
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thatx
|
|
her father is no better than an earlx
|
|
although in glorious titles he excelx
|
|
suffolkx yesx my lordx her father is a kingx
|
|
the king of naples and jerusalemx
|
|
and of such great authority in france
|
|
as his alliance will confirm our peacex
|
|
and keep the frenchmen in allegiancex
|
|
gloucesterx and so the earl of armagnac may dox
|
|
because he is near kinsman unto charlesx
|
|
exeterx besidex his wealth doth warrant a liberal dowerx
|
|
where reignier sooner will receive than givex
|
|
suffolkx a dowxrx my lordsx disgrace not so your kingx
|
|
that he should be so abjectx basex and poorx
|
|
to choose for wealth and not for perfect lovex
|
|
henry is able to enrich his queenx
|
|
and not to seek a queen to make him richx
|
|
so worthless peasants bargain for their wivesx
|
|
as marketxmen for oxenx sheepx or horsex
|
|
marriage is a matter of more worth
|
|
than to be dealt in by attorneyshipx
|
|
not whom we willx but whom his grace affectsx
|
|
must be companion of his nuptial bedx
|
|
and thereforex lordsx since he affects her mostx
|
|
it most of all these reasons bindeth us
|
|
in our opinions she should be preferrxdx
|
|
for what is wedlock forced but a hellx
|
|
an age of discord and continual strifex
|
|
whereas the contrary bringeth blissx
|
|
and is a pattern of celestial peacex
|
|
whom should we match with henryx being a kingx
|
|
but margaretx that is daughter to a kingx
|
|
her peerless featurex joined with her birthx
|
|
approves her fit for none but for a kingx
|
|
her valiant courage and undaunted spiritx
|
|
more than in women commonly is seenx
|
|
will answer our hope in issue of a kingx
|
|
for henryx son unto a conquerorx
|
|
is likely to beget more conquerorsx
|
|
if with a lady of so high resolve
|
|
as is fair margaret he be linkxd in lovex
|
|
then yieldx my lordsx and here conclude with me
|
|
that margaret shall be queenx and none but shex
|
|
king henryx whether it be through force of your reportx
|
|
my noble lord of suffolkx or for that
|
|
my tender youth was never yet attaint
|
|
with any passion of inflaming lovex
|
|
i cannot tellx but this i am assurxdx
|
|
i feel such sharp dissension in my breastx
|
|
such fierce alarums both of hope and fearx
|
|
as i am sick with working of my thoughtsx
|
|
take therefore shippingx postx my lordx to francex
|
|
agree to any covenantsx and procure
|
|
that lady margaret do vouchsafe to come
|
|
to cross the seas to englandx and be crownxd
|
|
king henryxs faithful and anointed queenx
|
|
for your expenses and sufficient chargex
|
|
among the people gather up a tenthx
|
|
be gonex i sayx for till you do return
|
|
i rest perplexed with a thousand caresx
|
|
and youx good unclex banish all offencex
|
|
if you do censure me by what you werex
|
|
not what you arex i know it will excuse
|
|
this sudden execution of my willx
|
|
and so conduct me wherex from companyx
|
|
i may revolve and ruminate my griefx exit
|
|
gloucesterx ayx griefx i fear mex both at first and lastx
|
|
exeunt gloucester and exeter
|
|
suffolkx thus suffolk hath prevailxdx and thus he goesx
|
|
as did the youthful paris once to greecex
|
|
with hope to find the like event in love
|
|
but prosper better than the troyan didx
|
|
margaret shall now be queenx and rule the kingx
|
|
but i will rule both herx the kingx and realmx exit
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|
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the second part of king henry the sixth
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|
dramatis personae
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|
|
king henry the sixth
|
|
humphreyx duke of gloucesterx his uncle
|
|
cardinal beaufortx bishop of winchesterx greatxuncle to the king
|
|
richard plantagenetx duke of york
|
|
edward and richardx his sons
|
|
duke of somerset
|
|
duke of suffolk
|
|
duke of buckingham
|
|
lord clifford
|
|
young cliffordx his son
|
|
earl of salisbury
|
|
earl of warwick
|
|
lord scales
|
|
lord say
|
|
sir humphrey stafford
|
|
william staffordx his brother
|
|
sir john stanley
|
|
vaux
|
|
matthew goffe
|
|
a lieutenantx a shipmasterx a masterxs matex and walter whitmore
|
|
two gentlemenx prisoners with suffolk
|
|
john hume and john southwellx two priests
|
|
roger bolingbrokex a conjurer
|
|
a spirit raised by him
|
|
thomas hornerx an armourer
|
|
peterx his man
|
|
clerk of chatham
|
|
mayor of saint albans
|
|
saunder simpcoxx an impostor
|
|
alexander idenx a kentish gentleman
|
|
jack cadex a rebel
|
|
george bevisx john hollandx dick the butcherx smith the weaverx
|
|
michaelx xcxx followers of cade
|
|
two murderers
|
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|
|
margaretx queen to king henry
|
|
eleanorx duchess of gloucester
|
|
margery jourdainx a witch
|
|
wife to simpcox
|
|
|
|
lordsx ladiesx and attendantsx petitionersx aldermenx a heraldx
|
|
a beadlex a sheriffx officersx citizensx prenticesx falconersx
|
|
guardsx soldiersx messengersx xcx
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|
|
scenex england
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|
act ix scene ix londonx the palace
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|
|
|
flourish of trumpetsx then hautboysx enter the kingx duke humphrey of
|
|
gloucesterx salisburyx warwickx and cardinal beaufortx on the one sidex
|
|
the queenx suffolkx yorkx somersetx and buckinghamx on the other
|
|
|
|
suffolkx as by your high imperial majesty
|
|
i had in charge at my depart for francex
|
|
as procurator to your excellencex
|
|
to marry princess margaret for your gracex
|
|
sox in the famous ancient city toursx
|
|
in presence of the kings of france and sicilx
|
|
the dukes of orleansx calaberx bretagnex and alenconx
|
|
seven earlsx twelve baronsx and twenty reverend bishopsx
|
|
i have performxd my taskx and was espousxdx
|
|
and humbly now upon my bended kneex
|
|
in sight of england and her lordly peersx
|
|
deliver up my title in the queen
|
|
to your most gracious handsx that are the substance
|
|
of that great shadow i did representx
|
|
the happiest gift that ever marquis gavex
|
|
the fairest queen that ever king receivxdx
|
|
king henryx suffolkx arisex welcomex queen margaretx
|
|
i can express no kinder sign of love
|
|
than this kind kissx o lordx that lends me lifex
|
|
lend me a heart replete with thankfulnessx
|
|
for thou hast given me in this beauteous face
|
|
a world of earthly blessings to my soulx
|
|
if sympathy of love unite our thoughtsx
|
|
queenx great king of englandx and my gracious lordx
|
|
the mutual conference that my mind hath hadx
|
|
by dayx by nightx waking and in my dreamsx
|
|
in courtly company or at my beadsx
|
|
with youx mine alderxliefest sovereignx
|
|
makes me the bolder to salute my king
|
|
with ruder termsx such as my wit affords
|
|
and overxjoy of heart doth ministerx
|
|
king henryx her sight did ravishx but her grace in speechx
|
|
her words yxclad with wisdomxs majestyx
|
|
makes me from wondxring fall to weeping joysx
|
|
such is the fulness of my heartxs contentx
|
|
lordsx with one cheerful voice welcome my lovex
|
|
allx xkneelingx long live queen margaretx englandxs happinessx
|
|
queenx we thank you allx xflourishx
|
|
suffolkx my lord protectorx so it please your gracex
|
|
here are the articles of contracted peace
|
|
between our sovereign and the french king charlesx
|
|
for eighteen months concluded by consentx
|
|
gloucesterx xreadsx ximprimisx it is agreed between the french king
|
|
charles and william de la polex marquess of suffolkx ambassador
|
|
for henry king of englandx that the said henry shall espouse the
|
|
lady margaretx daughter unto reignier king of naplesx siciliax
|
|
and jerusalemx and crown her queen of england ere the thirtieth
|
|
of may next ensuingx
|
|
itemx that the duchy of anjou and the county of maine shall be
|
|
released and delivered to the king her fatherxx
|
|
xlets the paper fallx
|
|
king henryx unclex how nowx
|
|
gloucesterx pardon mex gracious lordx
|
|
some sudden qualm hath struck me at the heartx
|
|
and dimmxd mine eyesx that i can read no furtherx
|
|
king henryx uncle of winchesterx i pray read onx
|
|
cardinalx xreadsx xitemx it is further agreed between them that the
|
|
duchies of anjou and maine shall be released and delivered over
|
|
to the king her fatherx and she sent over of the king of
|
|
englandxs own proper cost and chargesx without having any dowryxx
|
|
king henryx they please us wellx lord marquessx kneel downx
|
|
we here create thee the first duke of suffolkx
|
|
and girt thee with the swordx cousin of yorkx
|
|
we here discharge your grace from being regent
|
|
ix thx parts of francex till term of eighteen months
|
|
be full expirxdx thanksx uncle winchesterx
|
|
gloucesterx yorkx buckinghamx somersetx
|
|
salisburyx and warwickx
|
|
we thank you all for this great favour done
|
|
in entertainment to my princely queenx
|
|
comex let us inx and with all speed provide
|
|
to see her coronation be performxdx
|
|
exeunt kingx queenx and suffolk
|
|
gloucesterx brave peers of englandx pillars of the statex
|
|
to you duke humphrey must unload his grief
|
|
your griefx the common grief of all the landx
|
|
whatx did my brother henry spend his youthx
|
|
his valourx coinx and peoplex in the warsx
|
|
did he so often lodge in open fieldx
|
|
in winterxs cold and summerxs parching heatx
|
|
to conquer francex his true inheritancex
|
|
and did my brother bedford toil his wits
|
|
to keep by policy what henry gotx
|
|
have you yourselvesx somersetx buckinghamx
|
|
brave yorkx salisburyx and victorious warwickx
|
|
receivxd deep scars in france and normandyx
|
|
or hath mine uncle beaufort and myselfx
|
|
with all the learned council of the realmx
|
|
studied so longx sat in the council house
|
|
early and latex debating to and fro
|
|
how france and frenchmen might be kept in awex
|
|
and had his highness in his infancy
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crowned in parisx in despite of foesx
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and shall these labours and these honours diex
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shall henryxs conquestx bedfordxs vigilancex
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your deeds of warx and all our counsel diex
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o peers of englandx shameful is this leaguex
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fatal this marriagex cancelling your famex
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blotting your names from books of memoryx
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razing the characters of your renownx
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defacing monuments of conquerxd francex
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undoing allx as all had never beenx
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cardinalx nephewx what means this passionate discoursex
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this peroration with such circumstancex
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for francex xtis oursx and we will keep it stillx
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gloucesterx ayx unclex we will keep it if we canx
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but now it is impossible we shouldx
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suffolkx the newxmade duke that rules the roastx
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hath given the duchy of anjou and maine
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unto the poor king reignierx whose large style
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agrees not with the leanness of his pursex
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salisburyx nowx by the death of him that died for allx
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these counties were the keys of normandyx
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but wherefore weeps warwickx my valiant sonx
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warwickx for grief that they are past recoveryx
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for were there hope to conquer them again
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my sword should shed hot bloodx mine eyes no tearsx
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anjou and mainex myself did win them bothx
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those provinces these arms of mine did conquerx
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and are the cities that i got with wounds
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deliverxd up again with peaceful wordsx
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mort dieux
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yorkx for suffolkxs dukex may he be suffocatex
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that dims the honour of this warlike islex
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france should have torn and rent my very heart
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before i would have yielded to this leaguex
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i never read but englandxs kings have had
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large sums of gold and dowries with their wivesx
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and our king henry gives away his own
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to match with her that brings no vantagesx
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gloucesterx a proper jestx and never heard beforex
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that suffolk should demand a whole fifteenth
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for costs and charges in transporting herx
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she should have stayxd in francex and starvxd in francex
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beforex
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cardinalx my lord of gloucesterx now ye grow too hotx
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it was the pleasure of my lord the kingx
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gloucesterx my lord of winchesterx i know your mindx
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xtis not my speeches that you do mislikex
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but xtis my presence that doth trouble yex
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rancour will outx proud prelatex in thy face
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i see thy furyx if i longer stay
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we shall begin our ancient bickeringsx
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lordingsx farewellx and sayx when i am gonex
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i prophesied france will be lost ere longx exit
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cardinalx sox there goes our protector in a ragex
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xtis known to you he is mine enemyx
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nayx morex an enemy unto you allx
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and no great friendx i fear mex to the kingx
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considerx lordsx he is the next of blood
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and heir apparent to the english crownx
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had henry got an empire by his marriage
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and all the wealthy kingdoms of the westx
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therexs reason he should be displeasxd at itx
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look to itx lordsx let not his smoothing words
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bewitch your heartsx be wise and circumspectx
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what though the common people favour himx
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calling him xhumphreyx the good duke of gloucesterxx
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clapping their handsx and crying with loud voice
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xjesu maintain your royal excellencexx
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with xgod preserve the good duke humphreyxx
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i fear mex lordsx for all this flattering glossx
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he will be found a dangerous protectorx
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buckinghamx why should he then protect our sovereignx
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he being of age to govern of himselfx
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cousin of somersetx join you with mex
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and all togetherx with the duke of suffolkx
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wexll quickly hoise duke humphrey from his seatx
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cardinalx this weighty business will not brook delayx
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ixll to the duke of suffolk presentlyx exit
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somersetx cousin of buckinghamx though humphreyxs pride
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and greatness of his place be grief to usx
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yet let us watch the haughty cardinalx
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his insolence is more intolerable
|
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than all the princes in the land besidex
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if gloucester be displacxdx hexll be protectorx
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buckinghamx or thou or ix somersetx will be protectorx
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|
despite duke humphrey or the cardinalx
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|
exeunt buckingham and somerset
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|
salisburyx pride went beforex ambition follows himx
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while these do labour for their own prefermentx
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|
behoves it us to labour for the realmx
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|
i never saw but humphrey duke of gloucester
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did bear him like a noble gentlemanx
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oft have i seen the haughty cardinalx
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more like a soldier than a man ox thx churchx
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as stout and proud as he were lord of allx
|
|
swear like a ruffian and demean himself
|
|
unlike the ruler of a commonwealx
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warwick my sonx the comfort of my agex
|
|
thy deedsx thy plainnessx and thy housekeepingx
|
|
hath won the greatest favour of the commonsx
|
|
excepting none but good duke humphreyx
|
|
andx brother yorkx thy acts in irelandx
|
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in bringing them to civil disciplinex
|
|
thy late exploits done in the heart of france
|
|
when thou wert regent for our sovereignx
|
|
have made thee fearxd and honourxd of the peoplex
|
|
join we together for the public goodx
|
|
in what we canx to bridle and suppress
|
|
the pride of suffolk and the cardinalx
|
|
with somersetxs and buckinghamxs ambitionx
|
|
andx as we mayx cherish duke humphreyxs deeds
|
|
while they do tend the profit of the landx
|
|
warwickx so god help warwickx as he loves the land
|
|
and common profit of his countryx
|
|
yorkx and so says yorkx xasidex for he hath greatest causex
|
|
salisburyx then letxs make haste away and look unto the mainx
|
|
warwickx unto the mainx o fatherx maine is lostx
|
|
that maine which by main force warwick did winx
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|
and would have kept so long as breath did lastx
|
|
main chancex fatherx you meantx but i meant mainex
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|
which i will win from francex or else be slainx
|
|
exeunt warwick and salisbury
|
|
yorkx anjou and maine are given to the frenchx
|
|
paris is lostx the state of normandy
|
|
stands on a tickle point now they are gonex
|
|
suffolk concluded on the articlesx
|
|
the peers agreedx and henry was well pleasxd
|
|
to changes two dukedoms for a dukexs fair daughterx
|
|
i cannot blame them allx what isxt to themx
|
|
xtis thine they give awayx and not their ownx
|
|
pirates may make cheap pennyworths of their pillagex
|
|
and purchase friendsx and give to courtezansx
|
|
still revelling like lords till all be gonex
|
|
while as the silly owner of the goods
|
|
weeps over them and wrings his hapless hands
|
|
and shakes his head and trembling stands aloofx
|
|
while all is sharxd and all is borne awayx
|
|
ready to starve and dare not touch his ownx
|
|
so york must sit and fret and bite his tonguex
|
|
while his own lands are bargainxd for and soldx
|
|
methinks the realms of englandx francex and irelandx
|
|
bear that proportion to my flesh and blood
|
|
as did the fatal brand althaea burnt
|
|
unto the princexs heart of calydonx
|
|
anjou and maine both given unto the frenchx
|
|
cold news for mex for i had hope of francex
|
|
even as i have of fertile englandxs soilx
|
|
a day will come when york shall claim his ownx
|
|
and therefore i will take the nevilsx partsx
|
|
and make a show of love to proud duke humphreyx
|
|
and when i spy advantagex claim the crownx
|
|
for thatxs the golden mark i seek to hitx
|
|
nor shall proud lancaster usurp my rightx
|
|
nor hold the sceptre in his childish fistx
|
|
nor wear the diadem upon his headx
|
|
whose churchxlike humours fits not for a crownx
|
|
thenx yorkx be still awhilex till time do servex
|
|
watch thou and wakex when others be asleepx
|
|
to pry into the secrets of the statex
|
|
till henryx surfeiting in joys of love
|
|
with his new bride and englandxs dearxbought queenx
|
|
and humphrey with the peers be fallxn at jarsx
|
|
then will i raise aloft the milkxwhite rosex
|
|
with whose sweet smell the air shall be perfumxdx
|
|
and in my standard bear the arms of yorkx
|
|
to grapple with the house of lancasterx
|
|
and force perforce ixll make him yield the crownx
|
|
whose bookish rule hath pullxd fair england downx exit
|
|
|
|
scene iix the duke of gloucesterxs house
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|
|
|
enter duke and his wife eleanor
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|
duchessx why droops my lordx like overxripenxd corn
|
|
hanging the head at ceresx plenteous loadx
|
|
why doth the great duke humphrey knit his browsx
|
|
as frowning at the favours of the worldx
|
|
why are thine eyes fixxd to the sullen earthx
|
|
gazing on that which seems to dim thy sightx
|
|
what seexst thou therex king henryxs diademx
|
|
enchasxd with all the honours of the worldx
|
|
if sox gaze onx and grovel on thy face
|
|
until thy head be circled with the samex
|
|
put forth thy handx reach at the glorious goldx
|
|
whatx isxt too shortx ixll lengthen it with minex
|
|
and having both together heavxd it upx
|
|
wexll both together lift our heads to heavenx
|
|
and never more abase our sight so low
|
|
as to vouchsafe one glance unto the groundx
|
|
gloucesterx o nellx sweet nellx if thou dost love thy lordx
|
|
banish the canker of ambitious thoughtsx
|
|
and may that thoughtx when i imagine ill
|
|
against my king and nephewx virtuous henryx
|
|
be my last breathing in this mortal worldx
|
|
my troublous dreams this night doth make me sadx
|
|
duchessx what dreamxd my lordx tell mex and ixll requite it
|
|
with sweet rehearsal of my morningxs dreamx
|
|
gloucesterx methought this staffx mine officexbadge in courtx
|
|
was broke in twainx by whom i have forgotx
|
|
butx as i thinkx it was by thx cardinalx
|
|
and on the pieces of the broken wand
|
|
were placxd the heads of edmund duke of somerset
|
|
and william de la polex first duke of suffolkx
|
|
this was my dreamx what it doth bode god knowsx
|
|
duchessx tutx this was nothing but an argument
|
|
that he that breaks a stick of gloucesterxs grove
|
|
shall lose his head for his presumptionx
|
|
but list to mex my humphreyx my sweet dukex
|
|
methought i sat in seat of majesty
|
|
in the cathedral church of westminsterx
|
|
and in that chair where kings and queens were crownxdx
|
|
where henry and dame margaret kneelxd to mex
|
|
and on my head did set the diademx
|
|
gloucesterx nayx eleanorx then must i chide outrightx
|
|
presumptuous damex illxnurturxd eleanorx
|
|
art thou not second woman in the realmx
|
|
and the protectorxs wifex belovxd of himx
|
|
hast thou not worldly pleasure at command
|
|
above the reach or compass of thy thoughtx
|
|
and wilt thou still be hammering treachery
|
|
to tumble down thy husband and thyself
|
|
from top of honour to disgracexs feetx
|
|
away from mex and let me hear no morex
|
|
duchessx whatx whatx my lordx are you so choleric
|
|
with eleanor for telling but her dreamx
|
|
next time ixll keep my dreams unto myself
|
|
and not be checkxdx
|
|
gloucesterx nayx be not angryx i am pleasxd againx
|
|
|
|
enter a messenger
|
|
|
|
messengerx my lord protectorx xtis his highnessx pleasure
|
|
you do prepare to ride unto saint albansx
|
|
where as the king and queen do mean to hawkx
|
|
gloucesterx i gox comex nellx thou wilt ride with usx
|
|
duchessx yesx my good lordx ixll follow presentlyx
|
|
exeunt gloucester and messenger
|
|
follow i mustx i cannot go beforex
|
|
while gloucester bears this base and humble mindx
|
|
were i a manx a dukex and next of bloodx
|
|
i would remove these tedious stumblingxblocks
|
|
and smooth my way upon their headless necksx
|
|
andx being a womanx i will not be slack
|
|
to play my part in fortunexs pageantx
|
|
where are you therex sir johnx nayx fear notx manx
|
|
we are alonex herexs none but thee and ix
|
|
|
|
enter hume
|
|
|
|
humex jesus preserve your royal majestyx
|
|
duchessx what sayxst thoux majestyx i am but gracex
|
|
humex butx by the grace of god and humexs advicex
|
|
your gracexs title shall be multipliedx
|
|
duchessx what sayxst thoux manx hast thou as yet conferrxd
|
|
with margery jourdainx the cunning witch of eiex
|
|
with roger bolingbrokex the conjurerx
|
|
and will they undertake to do me goodx
|
|
humex this they have promisedx to show your highness
|
|
a spirit raisxd from depth of underground
|
|
that shall make answer to such questions
|
|
as by your grace shall be propounded him
|
|
duchessx it is enoughx ixll think upon the questionsx
|
|
when from saint albans we do make return
|
|
wexll see these things effected to the fullx
|
|
herex humex take this rewardx make merryx manx
|
|
with thy confederates in this weighty causex exit
|
|
humex hume must make merry with the duchessx goldx
|
|
marryx and shallx butx how nowx sir john humex
|
|
seal up your lips and give no words but mumx
|
|
the business asketh silent secrecyx
|
|
dame eleanor gives gold to bring the witchx
|
|
gold cannot come amiss were she a devilx
|
|
yet have i gold flies from another coastx
|
|
i dare not say from the rich cardinalx
|
|
and from the great and newxmade duke of suffolkx
|
|
yet i do find it sox forx to be plainx
|
|
theyx knowing dame eleanorxs aspiring humourx
|
|
have hired me to undermine the duchessx
|
|
and buzz these conjurations in her brainx
|
|
they say xa crafty knave does need no brokerxx
|
|
yet am i suffolk and the cardinalxs brokerx
|
|
humex if you take not heedx you shall go near
|
|
to call them both a pair of crafty knavesx
|
|
wellx so its standsx and thusx i fearx at last
|
|
humexs knavery will be the duchessx wreckx
|
|
and her attainture will be humphreyxs fall
|
|
sort how it willx i shall have gold for allx exit
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|
|
|
scene iiix londonx the palace
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|
|
|
enter three or four petitionersx peterx the armourerxs manx being one
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|
|
|
first petitionerx my mastersx letxs stand closex my lord protector
|
|
will come this way by and byx and then we may deliver our
|
|
supplications in the quillx
|
|
second petitionerx marryx the lord protect himx for hexs a good
|
|
manx jesu bless himx
|
|
|
|
enter suffolk and queen
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|
|
|
first petitionerx here xa comesx methinksx and the queen with himx
|
|
ixll be the firstx surex
|
|
second petitionerx come backx foolx this is the duke of suffolk and
|
|
not my lord protectorx
|
|
suffolkx how nowx fellowx wouldst anything with mex
|
|
first petitionerx i prayx my lordx pardon mex i took ye for my lord
|
|
protectorx
|
|
queenx xreadsx xto my lord protectorxx are your supplications to
|
|
his lordshipx let me see themx what is thinex
|
|
first petitionerx mine isx anxt please your gracex against john
|
|
goodmanx my lord cardinalxs manx for keeping my house and landsx
|
|
and wife and allx from mex
|
|
suffolkx thy wife toox thatxs some wrong indeedx whatxs yoursx
|
|
whatxs herex xreadsx xagainst the duke of suffolkx for enclosing
|
|
the commons of melfordxx how nowx sir knavex
|
|
second petitionerx alasx sirx i am but a poor petitioner of our
|
|
whole townshipx
|
|
peterx xpresenting his petitionx against my masterx thomas hornerx
|
|
for saying that the duke of york was rightful heir to the crownx
|
|
queenx what sayxst thoux did the duke of york say he was rightful
|
|
heir to the crownx
|
|
peterx that my master wasx nox forsoothx my master said that he
|
|
wasx and that the king was an usurperx
|
|
suffolkx who is therex xenter servantx take this fellow inx and
|
|
send for his master with a pursuivant presentlyx wexll hear more
|
|
of your matter before the kingx
|
|
exit servant with peter
|
|
queenx and as for youx that love to be protected
|
|
under the wings of our protectorxs gracex
|
|
begin your suits anewx and sue to himx
|
|
xtears the supplicationsx
|
|
awayx base cullionsx suffolkx let them gox
|
|
allx comex letxs be gonex exeunt
|
|
queenx my lord of suffolkx sayx is this the guisex
|
|
is this the fashions in the court of englandx
|
|
is this the government of britainxs islex
|
|
and this the royalty of albionxs kingx
|
|
whatx shall king henry be a pupil stillx
|
|
under the surly gloucesterxs governancex
|
|
am i a queen in title and in stylex
|
|
and must be made a subject to a dukex
|
|
i tell theex polex when in the city tours
|
|
thou ranxst a tilt in honour of my love
|
|
and stolxst away the ladiesx hearts of francex
|
|
i thought king henry had resembled thee
|
|
in couragex courtshipx and proportionx
|
|
but all his mind is bent to holinessx
|
|
to number avexmaries on his beadsx
|
|
his champions are the prophets and apostlesx
|
|
his weaponsx holy saws of sacred writx
|
|
his study is his tiltxyardx and his loves
|
|
are brazen images of canonized saintsx
|
|
i would the college of the cardinals
|
|
would choose him popex and carry him to romex
|
|
and set the triple crown upon his headx
|
|
that were a state fit for his holinessx
|
|
suffolkx madamx be patientx as i was cause
|
|
your highness came to englandx so will i
|
|
in england work your gracexs full contentx
|
|
queenx beside the haughty protectorx have we beaufort
|
|
the imperious churchmanx somersetx buckinghamx
|
|
and grumbling yorkx and not the least of these
|
|
but can do more in england than the kingx
|
|
suffolkx and he of these that can do most of all
|
|
cannot do more in england than the nevilsx
|
|
salisbury and warwick are no simple peersx
|
|
queenx not all these lords do vex me half so much
|
|
as that proud damex the lord protectorxs wifex
|
|
she sweeps it through the court with troops of ladiesx
|
|
more like an empress than duke humphreyxs wifex
|
|
strangers in court do take her for the queenx
|
|
she bears a dukexs revenues on her backx
|
|
and in her heart she scorns our povertyx
|
|
shall i not live to be avengxd on herx
|
|
contemptuous basexborn callet as she isx
|
|
she vaunted xmongst her minions tx other day
|
|
the very train of her worst wearing gown
|
|
was better worth than all my fatherxs landsx
|
|
till suffolk gave two dukedoms for his daughterx
|
|
suffolkx madamx myself have limxd a bush for herx
|
|
and placxd a quire of such enticing birds
|
|
that she will light to listen to the laysx
|
|
and never mount to trouble you againx
|
|
sox let her restx andx madamx list to mex
|
|
for i am bold to counsel you in thisx
|
|
although we fancy not the cardinalx
|
|
yet must we join with him and with the lordsx
|
|
till we have brought duke humphrey in disgracex
|
|
as for the duke of yorkx this late complaint
|
|
will make but little for his benefitx
|
|
so one by one wexll weed them all at lastx
|
|
and you yourself shall steer the happy helmx
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|
|
|
sound a sennetx enter the kingx duke humphreyx
|
|
cardinal beaufortx buckinghamx yorkx somersetx salisburyx
|
|
warwickx and the duchess of gloucester
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|
|
|
king henryx for my partx noble lordsx i care not whichx
|
|
or somerset or yorkx allxs one to mex
|
|
yorkx if york have ill demeanxd himself in francex
|
|
then let him be denayxd the regentshipx
|
|
somersetx if somerset be unworthy of the placex
|
|
let york be regentx i will yield to himx
|
|
warwickx whether your grace be worthyx yea or nox
|
|
dispute not thatx york is the worthierx
|
|
cardinalx ambitious warwickx let thy betters speakx
|
|
warwickx the cardinalxs not my better in the fieldx
|
|
buckinghamx all in this presence are thy bettersx warwickx
|
|
warwickx warwick may live to be the best of allx
|
|
salisburyx peacex sonx and show some reasonx buckinghamx
|
|
why somerset should be preferrxd in thisx
|
|
queenx because the kingx forsoothx will have it sox
|
|
gloucesterx madamx the king is old enough himself
|
|
to give his censurex these are no womenxs mattersx
|
|
queenx if he be old enoughx what needs your grace
|
|
to be protector of his excellencex
|
|
gloucesterx madamx i am protector of the realmx
|
|
and at his pleasure will resign my placex
|
|
suffolkx resign it thenx and leave thine insolencex
|
|
since thou wert kingx as who is king but thouxx
|
|
the commonwealth hath daily run to wrackx
|
|
the dauphin hath prevailxd beyond the seasx
|
|
and all the peers and nobles of the realm
|
|
have been as bondmen to thy sovereigntyx
|
|
cardinalx the commons hast thou rackxdx the clergyxs bags
|
|
are lank and lean with thy extortionsx
|
|
somersetx thy sumptuous buildings and thy wifexs attire
|
|
have cost a mass of public treasuryx
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buckinghamx thy cruelty in execution
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upon offenders hath exceeded lawx
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and left thee to the mercy of the lawx
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queenx thy sale of offices and towns in francex
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if they were knownx as the suspect is greatx
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would make thee quickly hop without thy headx
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exit gloucesterx the queen drops queen her fan
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give me my fanx whatx minionx can ye notx
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xshe gives the duchess a box on the earx
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i cry your mercyx madamx was it youx
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duchessx wasxt ix yeax i it wasx proud frenchwomanx
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could i come near your beauty with my nailsx
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i could set my ten commandments in your facex
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king henryx sweet auntx be quietx xtwas against her willx
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duchessx against her willx good kingx look to xt in timex
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shexll hamper thee and dandle thee like a babyx
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though in this place most master wear no breechesx
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she shall not strike dame eleanor unrevengxdx exit
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buckinghamx lord cardinalx i will follow eleanorx
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and listen after humphreyx how he proceedsx
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shexs tickled nowx her fume needs no spursx
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shexll gallop far enough to her destructionx exit
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rexenter gloucester
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gloucesterx nowx lordsx my choler being overblown
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with walking once about the quadranglex
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i come to talk of commonwealth affairsx
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as for your spiteful false objectionsx
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prove themx and i lie open to the lawx
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but god in mercy so deal with my soul
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as i in duty love my king and countryx
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but to the matter that we have in handx
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i sayx my sovereignx york is meetest man
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to be your regent in the realm of francex
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suffolkx before we make electionx give me leave
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to show some reasonx of no little forcex
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that york is most unmeet of any manx
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yorkx ixll tell theex suffolkx why i am unmeetx
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firstx for i cannot flatter thee in pridex
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nextx if i be appointed for the placex
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my lord of somerset will keep me here
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without dischargex moneyx or furniturex
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till france be won into the dauphinxs handsx
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last time i dancxd attendance on his will
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till paris was besiegxdx famishxdx and lostx
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warwickx that can i witnessx and a fouler fact
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did never traitor in the land commitx
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suffolkx peacex headstrong warwickx
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warwickx image of pridex why should i hold my peacex
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enter hornerx the armourerx and his man peterx guarded
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suffolkx because here is a man accusxd of treasonx
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pray god the duke of york excuse himselfx
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yorkx doth any one accuse york for a traitorx
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king henryx what meanxst thoux suffolkx tell mex what are thesex
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suffolkx please it your majestyx this is the man
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that doth accuse his master of high treasonx
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his words were thesex that richard duke of york
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was rightful heir unto the english crownx
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and that your majesty was an usurperx
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king henryx sayx manx were these thy wordsx
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hornerx anxt shall please your majestyx i never said nor thought
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any such matterx god is my witnessx i am falsely accusxd by the
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villainx
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peterx xholding up his handsx by these ten bonesx my lordsx he did
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speak them to me in the garret one nightx as we were scouring my
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lord of yorkxs armourx
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yorkx base dunghill villain and mechanicalx
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ixll have thy head for this thy traitorxs speechx
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i do beseech your royal majestyx
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let him have all the rigour of the lawx
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hornerxx alasx my lordx hang me if ever i spake the wordsx my
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accuser is my prenticex and when i did correct him for his fault
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the other dayx he did vow upon his knees he would be even with
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mex i have good witness of thisx therefore i beseech your
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majestyx do not cast away an honest man for a villainxs
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accusationx
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king henryx unclex what shall we say to this in lawx
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gloucesterx this doomx my lordx if i may judgex
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let somerset be regent oxer the frenchx
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because in york this breeds suspicionx
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and let these have a day appointed them
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for single combat in convenient placex
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for he hath witness of his servantxs malicex
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this is the lawx and this duke humphreyxs doomx
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somersetx i humbly thank your royal majestyx
|
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hornerx and i accept the combat willinglyx
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peterx alasx my lordx i cannot fightx for godxs sakex pity my casex
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the spite of man prevaileth against mex o lordx have mercy upon
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mex i shall never be able to fight a blowx o lordx my heartx
|
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gloucesterx sirrahx or you must fight or else be hangxdx
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king henryx away with them to prisonx and the day of combat shall
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be the last of the next monthx
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comex somersetx wexll see thee sent awayx flourishx exeunt
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scene ivx londonx the duke of gloucesterxs garden
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enter margery jourdainx the witchx the two priestsx hume and southwellx
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and bolingbroke
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humex comex my mastersx the duchessx i tell youx expects
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performance of your promisesx
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bolingbrokex master humex we are therefore providedx will her
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ladyship behold and hear our exorcismsx
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humex ayx what elsex fear you not her couragex
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bolingbrokex i have heard her reported to be a woman of an
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invincible spiritx but it shall be convenientx master humex that
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you be by her aloft while we be busy belowx and so i pray you gox
|
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in godxs namex and leave usx xexit humex mother jourdainx be you
|
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prostrate and grovel on the earthx john southwellx read youx and
|
|
let us to our workx
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enter duchess aloftx followed by hume
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duchessx well saidx my mastersx and welcome allx to this gearx the
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sooner the betterx
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bolingbrokex patiencex good ladyx wizards know their timesx
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deep nightx dark nightx the silent of the nightx
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the time of night when troy was set on firex
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the time when screechxowls cry and banxdogs howlx
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and spirits walk and ghosts break up their gravesx
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|
that time best fits the work we have in handx
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madamx sit youx and fear notx whom we raise
|
|
we will make fast within a hallowxd vergex
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xhere they do the ceremonies belongingx and make the circlex
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bolingbroke or southwell readsx xconjuro texx xcx
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it thunders and lightens terriblyx then the spirit risethx
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spiritx adsumx
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margery jourdainx asmathx
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by the eternal godx whose name and power
|
|
thou tremblest atx answer that i shall askx
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for till thou speak thou shalt not pass from hencex
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spiritx ask what thou wiltx that i had said and donex
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bolingbrokex xreadsx xfirst of the kingx what shall of him becomexx
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spiritx the duke yet lives that henry shall deposex
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but him outlivex and die a violent deathx
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xas the spirit speaksx southwell writes the answerx
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bolingbrokex xwhat fates await the duke of suffolkxx
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spiritx by water shall he die and take his endx
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bolingbrokex xwhat shall befall the duke of somersetxx
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spiritx let him shun castlesx
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safer shall he be upon the sandy plains
|
|
than where castles mounted standx
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|
have donex for more i hardly can endurex
|
|
bolingbrokex descend to darkness and the burning lakex
|
|
false fiendx avoidx thunder and lightningx exit spirit
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|
enter the duke of york and the duke of
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buckingham with guardx and break in
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|
yorkx lay hands upon these traitors and their trashx
|
|
beldamx i think we watchxd you at an inchx
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|
whatx madamx are you therex the king and commonweal
|
|
are deeply indebted for this piece of painsx
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|
my lord protector willx i doubt it notx
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see you well guerdonxd for these good desertsx
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|
duchessx not half so bad as thine to englandxs kingx
|
|
injurious dukex that threatest wherexs no causex
|
|
buckinghamx truex madamx none at allx what can you thisx
|
|
away with themx let them be clappxd up closex
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|
and kept asunderx youx madamx shall with usx
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|
staffordx take her to theex
|
|
wexll see your trinkets here all forthcomingx
|
|
allx awayx
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|
exeuntx abovex duchess and humex guardedx belowx
|
|
witchx southwell and bolingbrokex guarded
|
|
yorkx lord buckinghamx methinks you watchxd her wellx
|
|
a pretty plotx well chosen to build uponx
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|
nowx prayx my lordx letxs see the devilxs writx
|
|
what have we herex xreadsx
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|
xthe duke yet lives that henry shall deposex
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|
but him outlivex and die a violent deathxx
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|
whyx this is just
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|
xaio tex aeacidax romanos vincere possexx
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|
wellx to the restx
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|
xtell me what fate awaits the duke of suffolkxx
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xby water shall he die and take his endxx
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xwhat shall betide the duke of somersetxx
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xlet him shun castlesx
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safer shall he be upon the sandy plains
|
|
than where castles mounted standxx
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|
comex comex my lordsx
|
|
these oracles are hardly attainxdx
|
|
and hardly understoodx
|
|
the king is now in progress towards saint albansx
|
|
with him the husband of this lovely ladyx
|
|
thither go these news as fast as horse can carry themx
|
|
a sorry breakfast for my lord protectorx
|
|
buckinghamx your grace shall give me leavex my lord of yorkx
|
|
to be the postx in hope of his rewardx
|
|
yorkx at your pleasurex my good lordx
|
|
whoxs within therex hox
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|
|
enter a servingxman
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|
invite my lords of salisbury and warwick
|
|
to sup with me toxmorrow nightx awayx exeunt
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|
|
act iix scene ix saint albans
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|
enter the kingx queenx gloucesterx cardinalx and suffolkx with
|
|
falconers halloing
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queenx believe mex lordsx for flying at the brookx
|
|
i saw not better sport these seven yearsx dayx
|
|
yetx by your leavex the wind was very highx
|
|
and ten to one old joan had not gone outx
|
|
king henryx but what a pointx my lordx your falcon madex
|
|
and what a pitch she flew above the restx
|
|
to see how god in all his creatures worksx
|
|
yeax man and birds are fain of climbing highx
|
|
suffolkx no marvelx an it like your majestyx
|
|
my lord protectorxs hawks do towxr so wellx
|
|
they know their master loves to be aloftx
|
|
and bears his thoughts above his falconxs pitchx
|
|
gloucesterx my lordx xtis but a base ignoble mind
|
|
that mounts no higher than a bird can soarx
|
|
cardinalx i thought as muchx he would be above the cloudsx
|
|
gloucesterx ayx my lord cardinalx how think you by thatx
|
|
were it not good your grace could fly to heavenx
|
|
king henryx the treasury of everlasting joyx
|
|
cardinalx thy heaven is on earthx thine eyes and thoughts
|
|
beat on a crownx the treasure of thy heartx
|
|
pernicious protectorx dangerous peerx
|
|
that smoothxst it so with king and commonwealx
|
|
gloucesterx whatx cardinalx is your priesthood grown peremptoryx
|
|
tantaene animis coelestibus iraex
|
|
churchmen so hotx good unclex hide such malicex
|
|
with such holiness can you do itx
|
|
suffolkx no malicex sirx no more than well becomes
|
|
so good a quarrel and so bad a peerx
|
|
gloucesterx as whox my lordx
|
|
suffolkx whyx as youx my lordx
|
|
anxt like your lordly lordxs protectorshipx
|
|
gloucesterx whyx suffolkx england knows thine insolencex
|
|
queenx and thy ambitionx gloucesterx
|
|
king henryx i pritheex peacex
|
|
good queenx and whet not on these furious peersx
|
|
for blessed are the peacemakers on earthx
|
|
cardinalx let me be blessed for the peace i make
|
|
against this proud protector with my swordx
|
|
gloucesterx xaside to cardinalx faithx holy unclex would xtwere
|
|
come to thatx
|
|
cardinalx xaside to gloucesterx marryx when thou darxstx
|
|
gloucesterx xaside to cardinalx make up no factious numbers for the
|
|
matterx
|
|
in thine own person answer thy abusex
|
|
cardinalx xaside to gloucesterx ayx where thou darxst not peepx an
|
|
if thou darxstx
|
|
this evening on the east side of the grovex
|
|
king henryx how nowx my lordsx
|
|
cardinalx believe mex cousin gloucesterx
|
|
had not your man put up the fowl so suddenlyx
|
|
we had had more sportx xaside to gloucesterx come with thy
|
|
twoxhand swordx
|
|
gloucesterx truex unclex
|
|
cardinalx xaside to gloucesterx are ye advisxdx the east side of
|
|
the grovex
|
|
gloucesterx xaside to cardinalx cardinalx i am with youx
|
|
king henryx whyx how nowx uncle gloucesterx
|
|
gloucesterx talking of hawkingx nothing elsex my lordx
|
|
xaside to cardinalx nowx by godxs motherx priestx
|
|
ixll shave your crown for thisx
|
|
or all my fence shall failx
|
|
cardinalx xaside to gloucesterx medicex teipsumx
|
|
protectorx see toxt wellx protect yourselfx
|
|
king henryx the winds grow highx so do your stomachsx lordsx
|
|
how irksome is this music to my heartx
|
|
when such strings jarx what hope of harmonyx
|
|
i prayx my lordsx let me compound this strifex
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|
|
|
enter a townsman of saint albansx crying xa miraclexx
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|
gloucesterx what means this noisex
|
|
fellowx what miracle dost thou proclaimx
|
|
townsmanx a miraclex a miraclex
|
|
suffolkx come to the kingx and tell him what miraclex
|
|
townsmanx forsoothx a blind man at saint albans shrine
|
|
within this half hour hath receivxd his sightx
|
|
a man that nexer saw in his life beforex
|
|
king henryx now god be praisxd that to believing souls
|
|
gives light in darknessx comfort in despairx
|
|
|
|
enter the mayor of saint albans and his brethrenx
|
|
bearing simpcox between two in a chairx
|
|
his wife and a multitude following
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|
|
|
cardinalx here comes the townsmen on procession
|
|
to present your highness with the manx
|
|
king henryx great is his comfort in this earthly valex
|
|
although by his sight his sin be multipliedx
|
|
gloucesterx stand byx my mastersx bring him near the kingx
|
|
his highnessx pleasure is to talk with himx
|
|
king henryx good fellowx tell us here the circumstancex
|
|
that we for thee may glorify the lordx
|
|
whatx hast thou been long blind and now restorxdx
|
|
simpcoxx born blindx anxt please your gracex
|
|
wifex ay indeed was hex
|
|
suffolkx what woman is thisx
|
|
wifex his wifex anxt like your worshipx
|
|
gloucesterx hadst thou been his motherx thou couldst have better
|
|
toldx
|
|
king henryx where wert thou bornx
|
|
simpcoxx at berwick in the northx anxt like your gracex
|
|
king henryx poor soulx godxs goodness hath been great to theex
|
|
let never day nor night unhallowed passx
|
|
but still remember what the lord hath donex
|
|
queenx tell mex good fellowx camxst thou here by chancex
|
|
or of devotionx to this holy shrinex
|
|
simpcoxx god knowsx of pure devotionx being callxd
|
|
a hundred times and oftxnerx in my sleepx
|
|
by good saint albanx who said xsimpcoxx comex
|
|
comex offer at my shrinex and i will help theexx
|
|
wifex most truex forsoothx and many time and oft
|
|
myself have heard a voice to call him sox
|
|
cardinalx whatx art thou lamex
|
|
simpcoxx ayx god almighty help mex
|
|
suffolkx how camxst thou sox
|
|
simpcoxx a fall off of a treex
|
|
wifex a plum treex masterx
|
|
gloucesterx how long hast thou been blindx
|
|
simpcoxx ox born sox masterx
|
|
gloucesterx whatx and wouldst climb a treex
|
|
simpcoxx but that in all my lifex when i was a youthx
|
|
wifex too truex and bought his climbing very dearx
|
|
gloucesterx massx thou lovxdst plums wellx that wouldst venture sox
|
|
simpcoxx alasx good masterx my wife desirxd some damsons
|
|
and made me climbx with danger of my lifex
|
|
gloucesterx a subtle knavex but yet it shall not servex
|
|
let me see thine eyesx wink nowx now open themx
|
|
in my opinion yet thou seest not wellx
|
|
simpcoxx yesx masterx clear as dayx i thank god and saint albanx
|
|
gloucesterx sayxst thou me sox what colour is this cloak ofx
|
|
simpcoxx redx masterx red as bloodx
|
|
gloucesterx whyx thatxs well saidx what colour is my gown ofx
|
|
simpcoxx blackx forsoothx coalxblack as jetx
|
|
king henryx whyx thenx thou knowxst what colour jet is ofx
|
|
suffolkx and yetx i thinkx jet did he never seex
|
|
gloucesterx but cloaks and gowns before this day a manyx
|
|
wifex never before this day in all his lifex
|
|
gloucesterx tell mex sirrahx whatxs my namex
|
|
simpcoxx alasx masterx i know notx
|
|
gloucesterx whatxs his namex
|
|
simpcoxx i know notx
|
|
gloucesterx nor hisx
|
|
simpcoxx nox indeedx masterx
|
|
gloucesterx whatxs thine own namex
|
|
simpcoxx saunder simpcoxx an if it please youx masterx
|
|
gloucesterx thenx saunderx sit therex the lyingxst knave in
|
|
christendomx if thou hadst been born blindx thou mightst as well
|
|
have known all our names as thus to name the several colours we
|
|
do wearx sight may distinguish of coloursx but suddenly to
|
|
nominate them allx it is impossiblex my lordsx saint alban here
|
|
hath done a miraclex and would ye not think his cunning to be
|
|
great that could restore this cripple to his legs againx
|
|
simpcoxx o masterx that you couldx
|
|
gloucesterx my masters of saint albansx have you not beadles in
|
|
your townx and things callxd whipsx
|
|
mayorx yesx my lordx if it please your gracex
|
|
gloucesterx then send for one presentlyx
|
|
mayorx sirrahx go fetch the beadle hither straightx
|
|
exit an attendant
|
|
gloucesterx now fetch me a stool hither by and byx xa stool
|
|
broughtx nowx sirrahx if you mean to save yourself from whippingx
|
|
leap me over this stool and run awayx
|
|
simpcoxx alasx masterx i am not able to stand alonex
|
|
you go about to torture me in vainx
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|
|
|
enter a beadle with whips
|
|
|
|
gloucesterx wellx sirx we must have you find your legsx
|
|
sirrah beadlex whip him till he leap over that same stoolx
|
|
beadlex i willx my lordx come onx sirrahx off with your doublet
|
|
quicklyx
|
|
simpcoxx alasx masterx what shall i dox i am not able to standx
|
|
|
|
after the beadle hath hit him oncex he leaps over
|
|
the stool and runs awayx and they follow and cry
|
|
xa miraclexx
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|
|
|
king henryx o godx seest thou thisx and bearest so longx
|
|
queenx it made me laugh to see the villain runx
|
|
gloucesterx follow the knavex and take this drab awayx
|
|
wifex alasx sirx we did it for pure needx
|
|
gloucesterx let them be whippxd through every market town till they
|
|
come to berwickx from whence they camex
|
|
exeunt mayorx beadlex wifex xcx
|
|
cardinalx duke humphrey has done a miracle toxdayx
|
|
suffolkx truex made the lame to leap and fly awayx
|
|
gloucesterx but you have done more miracles than ix
|
|
you made in a dayx my lordx whole towns to flyx
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|
|
|
enter buckingham
|
|
|
|
king henryx what tidings with our cousin buckinghamx
|
|
buckinghamx such as my heart doth tremble to unfoldx
|
|
a sort of naughty personsx lewdly bentx
|
|
under the countenance and confederacy
|
|
of lady eleanorx the protectorxs wifex
|
|
the ringleader and head of all this routx
|
|
have practisxd dangerously against your statex
|
|
dealing with witches and with conjurersx
|
|
whom we have apprehended in the factx
|
|
raising up wicked spirits from under groundx
|
|
demanding of king henryxs life and death
|
|
and other of your highnessx privy councilx
|
|
as more at large your grace shall understandx
|
|
cardinalx and sox my lord protectorx by this means
|
|
your lady is forthcoming yet at londonx
|
|
this newsx i thinkx hath turnxd your weaponxs edgex
|
|
xtis likex my lordx you will not keep your hourx
|
|
gloucesterx ambitious churchmanx leave to afflict my heartx
|
|
sorrow and grief have vanquishxd all my powersx
|
|
andx vanquishxd as i amx i yield to the
|
|
or to the meanest groomx
|
|
king henryx o godx what mischiefs work the wicked onesx
|
|
heaping confusion on their own heads therebyx
|
|
queenx gloucesterx see here the tainture of thy nestx
|
|
and look thyself be faultlessx thou wert bestx
|
|
gloucesterx madamx for myselfx to heaven i do appeal
|
|
how i have lovxd my king and commonwealx
|
|
and for my wife i know not how it standsx
|
|
sorry i am to hear what i have heardx
|
|
noble she isx but if she have forgot
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honour and virtuex and conversxd with such
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asx like to pitchx defile nobilityx
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i banish her my bed and company
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and give her as a prey to law and shamex
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that hath dishonoured gloucesterxs honest namex
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king henryx wellx for this night we will repose us herex
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toxmorrow toward london back again
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to look into this business thoroughly
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and call these foul offenders to their answersx
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and poise the cause in justicex equal scalesx
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whose beam stands surex whose rightful cause prevailsx
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flourishx exeunt
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scene iix londonx the duke of yorkxs garden
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enter yorkx salisburyx and warwick
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yorkx nowx my good lords of salisbury and warwickx
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our simple supper endedx give me leave
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in this close walk to satisfy myself
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in craving your opinion of my tidex
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which is infalliblex to englandxs crownx
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salisburyx my lordx i long to hear it at fullx
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warwickx sweet yorkx beginx and if thy claim be goodx
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the nevils are thy subjects to commandx
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yorkx then thusx
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edward the thirdx my lordsx had seven sonsx
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the firstx edward the black princex prince of walesx
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the secondx william of hatfieldx and the thirdx
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lionel duke of clarencex next to whom
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was john of gauntx the duke of lancasterx
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the fifth was edmund langleyx duke of yorkx
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the sixth was thomas of woodstockx duke of gloucesterx
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william of windsor was the seventh and lastx
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edward the black prince died before his father
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and left behind him richardx his only sonx
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whox after edward the thirdxs deathx reignxd as king
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till henry bolingbrokex duke of lancasterx
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the eldest son and heir of john of gauntx
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crownxd by the name of henry the fourthx
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seizxd on the realmx deposxd the rightful kingx
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sent his poor queen to francex from whence she camex
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and him to pomfretx wherex as all you knowx
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harmless richard was murdered traitorouslyx
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warwickx fatherx the duke hath told the truthx
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thus got the house of lancaster the crownx
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yorkx which now they hold by forcex and not by rightx
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for richardx the first sonxs heirx being deadx
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the issue of the next son should have reignxdx
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salisburyx but william of hatfield died without an heirx
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yorkx the third sonx duke of clarencex from whose line
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i claim the crownx had issue philippex a daughterx
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who married edmund mortimerx earl of marchx
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edmund had issuex roger earl of marchx
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roger had issuex edmundx annex and eleanorx
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salisburyx this edmundx in the reign of bolingbrokex
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as i have readx laid claim unto the crownx
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andx but for owen glendowerx had been kingx
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who kept him in captivity till he diedx
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butx to the restx
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yorkx his eldest sisterx annex
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my motherx being heir unto the crownx
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married richard earl of cambridgex who was
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to edmund langleyx edward the thirdxs fifth sonx sonx
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by her i claim the kingdomx she was heir
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to roger earl of marchx who was the son
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of edmund mortimerx who married philippex
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sole daughter unto lionel duke of clarencex
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sox if the issue of the elder son
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succeed before the youngerx i am kingx
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warwickx what plain proceedings is more plain than thisx
|
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henry doth claim the crown from john of gauntx
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the fourth sonx york claims it from the thirdx
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till lionelxs issue failsx his should not reignx
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it fails not yetx but flourishes in thee
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and in thy sonsx fair slips of such a stockx
|
|
thenx father salisburyx kneel we togetherx
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and in this private plot be we the first
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|
that shall salute our rightful sovereign
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with honour of his birthright to the crownx
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bothx long live our sovereign richardx englandxs kingx
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yorkx we thank youx lordsx but i am not your king
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till i be crownxdx and that my sword be stainxd
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with heartxblood of the house of lancasterx
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|
and thatxs not suddenly to be performxdx
|
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but with advice and silent secrecyx
|
|
do you as i do in these dangerous daysx
|
|
wink at the duke of suffolkxs insolencex
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at beaufortxs pridex at somersetxs ambitionx
|
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at buckinghamx and all the crew of themx
|
|
till they have snarxd the shepherd of the flockx
|
|
that virtuous princex the good duke humphreyx
|
|
xtis that they seekx and theyx in seeking thatx
|
|
shall find their deathsx if york can prophesyx
|
|
salisburyx my lordx break we offx we know your mind at fullx
|
|
warwickx my heart assures me that the earl of warwick
|
|
shall one day make the duke of york a kingx
|
|
yorkx andx nevilx this i do assure myselfx
|
|
richard shall live to make the earl of warwick
|
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the greatest man in england but the kingx exeunt
|
|
|
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scene iiix londonx a hall of justice
|
|
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sound trumpetsx enter the king and statex the queenx gloucesterx yorkx
|
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suffolkx and salisburyx with guardx to banish the duchessx enterx
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guardedx the duchess of gloucesterx margery jourdainx humex southwellx
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and bolingbroke
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king henryx stand forthx dame eleanor cobhamx gloucesterxs wifex
|
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in sight of god and usx your guilt is greatx
|
|
receive the sentence of the law for sins
|
|
such as by godxs book are adjudgxd to deathx
|
|
you fourx from hence to prison back againx
|
|
from thence unto the place of executionx
|
|
the witch in smithfield shall be burnt to ashesx
|
|
and you three shall be strangled on the gallowsx
|
|
youx madamx for you are more nobly bornx
|
|
despoiled of your honour in your lifex
|
|
shallx after three daysx open penance donex
|
|
live in your country here in banishment
|
|
with sir john stanley in the isle of manx
|
|
duchessx welcome is banishmentx welcome were my deathx
|
|
gloucesterx eleanorx the lawx thou seestx hath judged theex
|
|
i cannot justify whom the law condemnsx
|
|
exeunt the duchess and the other prisonersx guarded
|
|
mine eyes are full of tearsx my heart of griefx
|
|
ahx humphreyx this dishonour in thine age
|
|
will bring thy head with sorrow to the groundx
|
|
i beseech your majesty give me leave to gox
|
|
sorrow would solacex and mine age would easex
|
|
king henryx stayx humphrey duke of gloucesterx ere thou gox
|
|
give up thy staffx henry will to himself
|
|
protector bex and god shall be my hopex
|
|
my stayx my guidex and lantern to my feetx
|
|
and go in peacex humphreyx no less belovxd
|
|
than when thou wert protector to thy kingx
|
|
queenx i see no reason why a king of years
|
|
should be to be protected like a childx
|
|
god and king henry govern englandxs realmx
|
|
give up your staffx sirx and the king his realmx
|
|
gloucesterx my staffx herex noble henryx is my staffx
|
|
as willingly do i the same resign
|
|
as ere thy father henry made it minex
|
|
and even as willingly at thy feet i leave it
|
|
as others would ambitiously receive itx
|
|
farewellx good kingx when i am dead and gonex
|
|
may honourable peace attend thy thronex exit
|
|
queenx whyx now is henry kingx and margaret queenx
|
|
and humphrey duke of gloucester scarce himselfx
|
|
that bears so shrewd a maimx two pulls at oncex
|
|
his lady banishxd and a limb loppxd offx
|
|
this staff of honour raughtx there let it stand
|
|
where it best fits to bex in henryxs handx
|
|
suffolkx thus droops this lofty pine and hangs his spraysx
|
|
thus eleanorxs pride dies in her youngest daysx
|
|
yorkx lordsx let him gox please it your majestyx
|
|
this is the day appointed for the combatx
|
|
and ready are the appellant and defendantx
|
|
the armourer and his manx to enter the listsx
|
|
so please your highness to behold the fightx
|
|
queenx ayx good my lordx for purposely therefore
|
|
left i the courtx to see this quarrel triedx
|
|
king henryx a godxs namex see the lists and all things fitx
|
|
here let them end itx and god defend the rightx
|
|
yorkx i never saw a fellow worse bestedx
|
|
or more afraid to fightx than is the appellantx
|
|
the servant of his armourerx my lordsx
|
|
|
|
enter at one doorx hornerx the armourerx and his
|
|
neighboursx drinking to him so much that he is
|
|
drunkx and he enters with a drum before him and
|
|
his staff with a sandxbag fastened to itx and at the
|
|
other door peterx his manx with a drum and sandbagx
|
|
and prentices drinking to him
|
|
|
|
first neighbourx herex neighbour hornerx i drink to you in a cup of
|
|
sackx and fear notx neighbourx you shall do well enoughx
|
|
second neighbourx and herex neighbourx herexs a cup of charnecox
|
|
third neighbourx and herexs a pot of good double beerx neighbourx
|
|
drinkx and fear not your manx
|
|
hornerx let it comex ix faithx and ixll pledge you allx and a fig
|
|
for peterx
|
|
first prenticex herex peterx i drink to theex and be not afraidx
|
|
second prenticex be merryx peterx and fear not thy masterx fight
|
|
for credit of the prenticesx
|
|
peterx i thank you allx drinkx and pray for mex i pray youx for i
|
|
think i have taken my last draught in this worldx herex robinx an
|
|
if i diex i give thee my apronx andx willx thou shalt have my
|
|
hammerx and herex tomx take all the money that i havex o lord
|
|
bless mex i pray godx for i am never able to deal with my masterx
|
|
he hath learnt so much fence alreadyx
|
|
salisburyx comex leave your drinking and fall to blowsx
|
|
sirrahx whatxs thy namex
|
|
peterx peterx forsoothx
|
|
salisburyx peterx what morex
|
|
peterx thumpx
|
|
salisburyx thumpx then see thou thump thy master wellx
|
|
hornerx mastersx i am come hitherx as it werex upon my manxs
|
|
instigationx to prove him a knave and myself an honest manx and
|
|
touching the duke of yorkx i will take my death i never meant him
|
|
any illx nor the kingx nor the queenx and thereforex peterx have
|
|
at thee with a down right blowx
|
|
yorkx dispatchx this knavexs tongue begins to doublex
|
|
soundx trumpetsx alarum to the combatantsx
|
|
xalarumx they fight and peter strikes him downx
|
|
hornerx holdx peterx holdx i confessx i confess treasonx
|
|
xdiesx
|
|
yorkx take away his weaponx fellowx thank godx and the good wine in
|
|
thy masterxs wayx
|
|
peterx o godx have i overcome mine enemies in this presencex o
|
|
peterx thou hast prevailxd in rightx
|
|
king henryx gox take hence that traitor from our sightx
|
|
for by his death we do perceive his guiltx
|
|
and god in justice hath revealxd to us
|
|
the truth and innocence of this poor fellowx
|
|
which he had thought to have murderxd wrongfullyx
|
|
comex fellowx follow us for thy rewardx
|
|
sound a flourishx exeunt
|
|
|
|
scene ivx londonx a street
|
|
|
|
enter duke humphrey and his menx in mourning cloaks
|
|
|
|
gloucesterx thus sometimes hath the brightest day a cloudx
|
|
and after summer evermore succeeds
|
|
barren winterx with his wrathful nipping coldx
|
|
so cares and joys aboundx as seasons fleetx
|
|
sirsx whatxs oxclockx
|
|
servingxmanx tenx my lordx
|
|
gloucesterx ten is the hour that was appointed me
|
|
to watch the coming of my punishxd duchessx
|
|
uneath may she endure the flinty streets
|
|
to tread them with her tenderxfeeling feetx
|
|
sweet nellx ill can thy noble mind abrook
|
|
the abject people gazing on thy facex
|
|
with envious looksx laughing at thy shamex
|
|
that erst did follow thy proud chariot wheels
|
|
when thou didst ride in triumph through the streetsx
|
|
butx softx i think she comesx and ixll prepare
|
|
my tearxstainxd eyes to see her miseriesx
|
|
|
|
enter the duchess of gloucester in a white sheetx
|
|
and a taper burning in her handx with sir john
|
|
stanleyx the sheriffx and officers
|
|
|
|
servingxmanx so please your gracex wexll take her from the sheriffx
|
|
gloucesterx nox stir not for your livesx let her pass byx
|
|
duchessx come youx my lordx to see my open shamex
|
|
now thou dost penance toox look how they gazex
|
|
see how the giddy multitude do point
|
|
and nod their heads and throw their eyes on theex
|
|
ahx gloucesterx hide thee from their hateful looksx
|
|
andx in thy closet pent upx rue my shame
|
|
and ban thine enemiesx both mine and thinex
|
|
gloucesterx be patientx gentle nellx forget this griefx
|
|
duchessx ahx gloucesterx teach me to forget myselfx
|
|
for whilst i think i am thy married wife
|
|
and thou a princex protector of this landx
|
|
methinks i should not thus be led alongx
|
|
mailxd up in shamex with papers on my backx
|
|
and followxd with a rabble that rejoice
|
|
to see my tears and hear my deepxfet groansx
|
|
the ruthless flint doth cut my tender feetx
|
|
and when i startx the envious people laugh
|
|
and bid me be advised how i treadx
|
|
ahx humphreyx can i bear this shameful yokex
|
|
trowest thou that exer ixll look upon the world
|
|
or count them happy that enjoy the sunx
|
|
nox dark shall be my light and night my dayx
|
|
to think upon my pomp shall be my hellx
|
|
sometimes ixll say i am duke humphreyxs wifex
|
|
and he a princex and ruler of the landx
|
|
yet so he rulxdx and such a prince he wasx
|
|
as he stood by whilst ix his forlorn duchessx
|
|
was made a wonder and a pointingxstock
|
|
to every idle rascal followerx
|
|
but be thou mildx and blush not at my shamex
|
|
nor stir at nothing till the axe of death
|
|
hang over theex as sure it shortly willx
|
|
for suffolkx he that can do all in all
|
|
with her that hateth thee and hates us allx
|
|
and yorkx and impious beaufortx that false priestx
|
|
have all limxd bushes to betray thy wingsx
|
|
andx fly thou how thou canstx theyxll tangle theex
|
|
but fear not thou until thy foot be snarxdx
|
|
nor never seek prevention of thy foesx
|
|
gloucesterx ahx nellx forbearx thou aimest all awryx
|
|
i must offend before i be attaintedx
|
|
and had i twenty times so many foesx
|
|
and each of them had twenty times their powerx
|
|
all these could not procure me any scathe
|
|
so long as i am loyalx truex and crimelessx
|
|
wouldst have me rescue thee from this reproachx
|
|
whyx yet thy scandal were not wipxd awayx
|
|
but i in danger for the breach of lawx
|
|
thy greatest help is quietx gentle nellx
|
|
i pray thee sort thy heart to patiencex
|
|
these few daysx wonder will be quickly wornx
|
|
|
|
enter a herald
|
|
|
|
heraldx i summon your grace to his majestyxs parliamentx
|
|
holden at bury the first of this next monthx
|
|
gloucesterx and my consent nexer askxd herein beforex
|
|
this is close dealingx wellx i will be therex exit herald
|
|
my nellx i take my leavex andx master sheriffx
|
|
let not her penance exceed the kingxs commissionx
|
|
sheriffx anxt please your gracex here my commission staysx
|
|
and sir john stanley is appointed now
|
|
to take her with him to the isle of manx
|
|
gloucesterx must youx sir johnx protect my lady herex
|
|
stanleyx so am i given in chargex mayxt please your gracex
|
|
gloucesterx entreat her not the worse in that i pray
|
|
you use her wellx the world may laugh againx
|
|
and i may live to do you kindness if
|
|
you do it herx and sox sir johnx farewellx
|
|
duchessx whatx gonex my lordx and bid me not farewellx
|
|
gloucesterx witness my tearsx i cannot stay to speakx
|
|
exeunt gloucester and servants
|
|
duchessx art thou gone toox all comfort go with theex
|
|
for none abides with mex my joy is deathx
|
|
deathx at whose name i oft have been afeardx
|
|
because i wishxd this worldxs eternityx
|
|
stanleyx i prithee gox and take me hencex
|
|
i care not whitherx for i beg no favourx
|
|
only convey me where thou art commandedx
|
|
stanleyx whyx madamx that is to the isle of manx
|
|
there to be usxd according to your statex
|
|
duchessx thatxs bad enoughx for i am but reproachx
|
|
and shall i then be usxd reproachfullyx
|
|
stanleyx like to a duchess and duke humphreyxs ladyx
|
|
according to that state you shall be usxdx
|
|
duchessx sheriffx farewellx and better than i farex
|
|
although thou hast been conduct of my shamex
|
|
sheriffx it is my officex andx madamx pardon mex
|
|
duchessx ayx ayx farewellx thy office is dischargxdx
|
|
comex stanleyx shall we gox
|
|
stanleyx madamx your penance donex throw off this sheetx
|
|
and go we to attire you for our journeyx
|
|
duchessx my shame will not be shifted with my sheetx
|
|
nox it will hang upon my richest robes
|
|
and show itselfx attire me how i canx
|
|
gox lead the wayx i long to see my prisonx exeunt
|
|
|
|
act iiix scene ix the abbey at bury stx edmunds
|
|
|
|
sound a sennetx enter the kingx the queenx cardinalx suffolkx yorkx
|
|
buckinghamx salisburyx and warwickx to the parliament
|
|
|
|
king henryx i muse my lord of gloucester is not comex
|
|
xtis not his wont to be the hindmost manx
|
|
whatexer occasion keeps him from us nowx
|
|
queenx can you not seex or will ye not observe
|
|
the strangeness of his alterxd countenancex
|
|
with what a majesty he bears himselfx
|
|
how insolent of late he is becomex
|
|
how proudx how peremptoryx and unlike himselfx
|
|
we know the time since he was mild and affablex
|
|
and if we did but glance a farxoff look
|
|
immediately he was upon his kneex
|
|
that all the court admirxd him for submissionx
|
|
but meet him now and be it in the mornx
|
|
when every one will give the time of dayx
|
|
he knits his brow and shows an angry eye
|
|
and passeth by with stiff unbowed kneex
|
|
disdaining duty that to us belongsx
|
|
small curs are not regarded when they grinx
|
|
but great men tremble when the lion roarsx
|
|
and humphrey is no little man in englandx
|
|
first note that he is near you in descentx
|
|
and should you fall he is the next will mountx
|
|
me seemethx thenx it is no policyx
|
|
respecting what a rancorous mind he bearsx
|
|
and his advantage following your deceasex
|
|
that he should come about your royal person
|
|
or be admitted to your highnessx councilx
|
|
by flattery hath he won the commonsx heartsx
|
|
and when he please to make commotionx
|
|
xtis to be fearxd they all will follow himx
|
|
now xtis the springx and weeds are shallowxrootedx
|
|
suffer them nowx and theyxll oxergrow the garden
|
|
and choke the herbs for want of husbandryx
|
|
the reverent care i bear unto my lord
|
|
made me collect these dangers in the dukex
|
|
if it be fondx can it a womanxs fearx
|
|
which fear if better reasons can supplantx
|
|
i will subscribex and say i wrongxd the dukex
|
|
my lord of suffolkx buckinghamx and yorkx
|
|
reprove my allegation if you canx
|
|
or else conclude my words effectualx
|
|
suffolkx well hath your highness seen into this dukex
|
|
and had i first been put to speak my mindx
|
|
i think i should have told your gracexs talex
|
|
the duchessx by his subornationx
|
|
upon my lifex began her devilish practicesx
|
|
or if he were not privy to those faultsx
|
|
yet by reputing of his high descentx
|
|
as next the king he was successive heirx
|
|
and such high vaunts of his nobilityx
|
|
did instigate the bedlam brainsick duchess
|
|
by wicked means to frame our sovereignxs fallx
|
|
smooth runs the water where the brook is deepx
|
|
and in his simple show he harbours treasonx
|
|
the fox barks not when he would steal the lambx
|
|
nox nox my sovereignx gloucester is a man
|
|
unsounded yetx and full of deep deceitx
|
|
cardinalx did he notx contrary to form of lawx
|
|
devise strange deaths for small offences donex
|
|
yorkx and did he notx in his protectorshipx
|
|
levy great sums of money through the realm
|
|
for soldiersx pay in francex and never sent itx
|
|
by means whereof the towns each day revoltedx
|
|
buckinghamx tutx these are petty faults to faults unknown
|
|
which time will bring to light in smooth duke humphreyx
|
|
king henryx my lordsx at oncex the care you have of usx
|
|
to mow down thorns that would annoy our footx
|
|
is worthy praisex but shall i speak my consciencex
|
|
our kinsman gloucester is as innocent
|
|
from meaning treason to our royal person
|
|
as is the sucking lamb or harmless dovex
|
|
the duke is virtuousx mildx and too well given
|
|
to dream on evil or to work my downfallx
|
|
queenx ahx whatxs more dangerous than this fond affiancex
|
|
seems he a dovex his feathers are but borrowxdx
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for hexs disposed as the hateful ravenx
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is he a lambx his skin is surely lent himx
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for hexs inclinxd as is the ravenous wolfx
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who cannot steal a shape that means deceitx
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take heedx my lordx the welfare of us all
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hangs on the cutting short that fraudful manx
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enter somerset
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somersetx all health unto my gracious sovereignx
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king henryx welcomex lord somersetx what news from francex
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somersetx that all your interest in those territories
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is utterly bereft youx all is lostx
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king henryx cold newsx lord somersetx but godxs will be donex
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yorkx xasidex cold news for mex for i had hope of france
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as firmly as i hope for fertile englandx
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thus are my blossoms blasted in the budx
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and caterpillars eat my leaves awayx
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but i will remedy this gear ere longx
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or sell my title for a glorious gravex
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enter gloucester
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gloucesterx all happiness unto my lord the kingx
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pardonx my liegex that i have stayxd so longx
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suffolkx nayx gloucesterx know that thou art come too soonx
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unless thou wert more loyal than thou artx
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i do arrest thee of high treason herex
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gloucesterx wellx suffolkx thou shalt not see me blush
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nor change my countenance for this arrestx
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a heart unspotted is not easily dauntedx
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the purest spring is not so free from mud
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as i am clear from treason to my sovereignx
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who can accuse mex wherein am i guiltyx
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yorkx xtis thoughtx my lordx that you took bribes of france
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andx being protectorx stayxd the soldiersx payx
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by means whereof his highness hath lost francex
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gloucesterx is it but thought sox what are they that think itx
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i never robbxd the soldiers of their pay
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nor ever had one penny bribe from francex
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so help me godx as i have watchxd the nightx
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ayx night by nightx in studying good for englandx
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that doit that exer i wrested from the kingx
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or any groat i hoarded to my usex
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be brought against me at my trialxdayx
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nox many a pound of mine own proper storex
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because i would not tax the needy commonsx
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have i dispursed to the garrisonsx
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and never askxd for restitutionx
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cardinalx it serves you wellx my lordx to say so muchx
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gloucesterx i say no more than truthx so help me godx
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yorkx in your protectorship you did devise
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strange tortures for offendersx never heard ofx
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that england was defamxd by tyrannyx
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gloucesterx whyx xtis well known that whiles i was protector
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pity was all the fault that was in mex
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for i should melt at an offenderxs tearsx
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and lowly words were ransom for their faultx
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unless it were a bloody murdererx
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or foul felonious thief that fleecxd poor passengersx
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i never gave them condign punishmentx
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murder indeedx that bloody sinx i torturxd
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above the felon or what trespass elsex
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suffolkx my lordx these faults are easyx quickly answerxdx
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but mightier crimes are laid unto your chargex
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whereof you cannot easily purge yourselfx
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i do arrest you in his highnessx namex
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and here commit you to my lord cardinal
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to keep until your further time of trialx
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king henryx my lord of gloucesterx xtis my special hope
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that you will clear yourself from all suspensex
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my conscience tells me you are innocentx
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gloucesterx ahx gracious lordx these days are dangerousx
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virtue is chokxd with foul ambitionx
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and charity chasxd hence by rancourxs handx
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foul subornation is predominantx
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and equity exilxd your highnessx landx
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i know their complot is to have my lifex
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and if my death might make this island happy
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|
and prove the period of their tyrannyx
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|
i would expend it with all willingnessx
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|
but mine is made the prologue to their playx
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|
for thousands more that yet suspect no peril
|
|
will not conclude their plotted tragedyx
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|
beaufortxs red sparkling eyes blab his heartxs malicex
|
|
and suffolkxs cloudy brow his stormy hatex
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|
sharp buckingham unburdens with his tongue
|
|
the envious load that lies upon his heartx
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|
and dogged yorkx that reaches at the moonx
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|
whose overweening arm i have pluckxd backx
|
|
by false accuse doth level at my lifex
|
|
and youx my sovereign ladyx with the restx
|
|
causeless have laid disgraces on my headx
|
|
and with your best endeavour have stirrxd up
|
|
my liefest liege to be mine enemyx
|
|
ayx all of you have laid your heads togetherx
|
|
myself had notice of your conventiclesx
|
|
and all to make away my guiltless lifex
|
|
i shall not want false witness to condemn me
|
|
nor store of treasons to augment my guiltx
|
|
the ancient proverb will be well effectedx
|
|
xa staff is quickly found to beat a dogxx
|
|
cardinalx my liegex his railing is intolerablex
|
|
if those that care to keep your royal person
|
|
from treasonxs secret knife and traitorxs rage
|
|
be thus upbraidedx chidx and rated atx
|
|
and the offender granted scope of speechx
|
|
xtwill make them cool in zeal unto your gracex
|
|
suffolkx hath he not twit our sovereign lady here
|
|
with ignominious wordsx though clerkly couchxdx
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|
as if she had suborned some to swear
|
|
false allegations to oxerthrow his statex
|
|
queenx but i can give the loser leave to chidex
|
|
gloucesterx far truer spoke than meantx i lose indeedx
|
|
beshrew the winnersx for they playxd me falsex
|
|
and well such losers may have leave to speakx
|
|
buckinghamx hexll wrest the sensex and hold us here all dayx
|
|
lord cardinalx he is your prisonerx
|
|
cardinalx sirsx take away the dukex and guard him surex
|
|
gloucesterx ahx thus king henry throws away his crutch
|
|
before his legs be firm to bear his bodyx
|
|
thus is the shepherd beaten from thy sidex
|
|
and wolves are gnarling who shall gnaw thee firstx
|
|
ahx that my fear were falsex ahx that it werex
|
|
forx good king henryx thy decay i fearx exitx guarded
|
|
king henryx my lordsx what to your wisdoms seemeth best
|
|
do or undox as if ourself were herex
|
|
queenx whatx will your highness leave the parliamentx
|
|
king henryx ayx margaretx my heart is drownxd with griefx
|
|
whose flood begins to flow within mine eyesx
|
|
my body round engirt with miseryx
|
|
for whatxs more miserable than discontentx
|
|
ahx uncle humphreyx in thy face i see
|
|
the map of honourx truthx and loyaltyx
|
|
and yetx good humphreyx is the hour to come
|
|
that exer i provxd thee false or fearxd thy faithx
|
|
what louring star now envies thy estate
|
|
that these great lordsx and margaret our queenx
|
|
do seek subversion of thy harmless lifex
|
|
thou never didst them wrongx nor no man wrongx
|
|
and as the butcher takes away the calfx
|
|
and binds the wretchx and beats it when it straysx
|
|
bearing it to the bloody slaughterxhousex
|
|
even sox remorselessx have they borne him hencex
|
|
and as the dam runs lowing up and downx
|
|
looking the way her harmless young one wentx
|
|
and can do nought but wail her darlingxs lossx
|
|
even so myself bewails good gloucesterxs case
|
|
with sad unhelpful tearsx and with dimmxd eyes
|
|
look after himx and cannot do him goodx
|
|
so mighty are his vowed enemiesx
|
|
his fortunes i will weepx and xtwixt each groan
|
|
say xwhoxs a traitorx gloucester he is nonexx exit
|
|
queenx free lordsx cold snow melts with the sunxs hot beamsx
|
|
henry my lord is cold in great affairsx
|
|
too full of foolish pityx and gloucesterxs show
|
|
beguiles him as the mournful crocodile
|
|
with sorrow snares relenting passengersx
|
|
or as the snakex rollxd in a flowxring bankx
|
|
with shining checkerxd sloughx doth sting a child
|
|
that for the beauty thinks it excellentx
|
|
believe mex lordsx were none more wise than ix
|
|
and yet herein i judge mine own wit goodx
|
|
this gloucester should be quickly rid the world
|
|
to rid us from the fear we have of himx
|
|
cardinalx that he should die is worthy policyx
|
|
but yet we want a colour for his deathx
|
|
xtis meet he be condemnxd by course of lawx
|
|
suffolkx butx in my mindx that were no policyx
|
|
the king will labour still to save his lifex
|
|
the commons haply rise to save his lifex
|
|
and yet we have but trivial argumentx
|
|
more than mistrustx that shows him worthy deathx
|
|
yorkx so thatx by thisx you would not have him diex
|
|
suffolkx ahx yorkx no man alive so fain as ix
|
|
yorkx xtis york that hath more reason for his deathx
|
|
butx my lord cardinalx and youx my lord of suffolkx
|
|
say as you thinkx and speak it from your soulsx
|
|
werext not all one an empty eagle were set
|
|
to guard the chicken from a hungry kite
|
|
as place duke humphrey for the kingxs protectorx
|
|
queenx so the poor chicken should be sure of deathx
|
|
suffolkx madamx xtis truex and werext not madness then
|
|
to make the fox surveyor of the foldx
|
|
who being accusxd a crafty murdererx
|
|
his guilt should be but idly posted overx
|
|
because his purpose is not executedx
|
|
nox let him diex in that he is a foxx
|
|
by nature provxd an enemy to the flockx
|
|
before his chaps be stainxd with crimson bloodx
|
|
as humphreyx provxd by reasonsx to my liegex
|
|
and do not stand on quillets how to slay himx
|
|
be it by ginsx by snaresx by subtletyx
|
|
sleeping or wakingx xtis no matter howx
|
|
so he be deadx for that is good deceit
|
|
which mates him first that first intends deceitx
|
|
queenx thricexnoble suffolkx xtis resolutely spokex
|
|
suffolkx not resolutex except so much were donex
|
|
for things are often spoke and seldom meantx
|
|
but that my heart accordeth with my tonguex
|
|
seeing the deed is meritoriousx
|
|
and to preserve my sovereign from his foex
|
|
say but the wordx and i will be his priestx
|
|
cardinalx but i would have him deadx my lord of suffolkx
|
|
ere you can take due orders for a priestx
|
|
say you consent and censure well the deedx
|
|
and ixll provide his executionerx
|
|
i tender so the safety of my liegex
|
|
suffolkx here is my hand the deed is worthy doingx
|
|
queenx and so say ix
|
|
yorkx and ix and now we three have spoke itx
|
|
it skills not greatly who impugns our doomx
|
|
|
|
enter a post
|
|
|
|
postx great lordsx from ireland am i come amain
|
|
to signify that rebels there are up
|
|
and put the englishmen unto the swordx
|
|
send succoursx lordsx and stop the rage betimex
|
|
before the wound do grow uncurablex
|
|
forx being greenx there is great hope of helpx
|
|
cardinalx a breach that craves a quick expedient stopx
|
|
what counsel give you in this weighty causex
|
|
yorkx that somerset be sent as regent thitherx
|
|
xtis meet that lucky ruler be employxdx
|
|
witness the fortune he hath had in francex
|
|
somersetx if yorkx with all his farxfet policyx
|
|
had been the regent there instead of mex
|
|
he never would have stayxd in france so longx
|
|
yorkx nox not to lose it all as thou hast donex
|
|
i rather would have lost my life betimes
|
|
than bring a burden of dishonour home
|
|
by staying there so long till all were lostx
|
|
show me one scar characterxd on thy skinx
|
|
menxs flesh preservxd so whole do seldom winx
|
|
queenx nay thenx this spark will prove a raging firex
|
|
if wind and fuel be brought to feed it withx
|
|
no morex good yorkx sweet somersetx be stillx
|
|
thy fortunex yorkx hadst thou been regent therex
|
|
might happily have provxd far worse than hisx
|
|
yorkx whatx worse than noughtx nayx then a shame take allx
|
|
somersetx and in the numberx thee that wishest shamex
|
|
cardinalx my lord of yorkx try what your fortune isx
|
|
thx uncivil kerns of ireland are in arms
|
|
and temper clay with blood of englishmenx
|
|
to ireland will you lead a band of menx
|
|
collected choicelyx from each county somex
|
|
and try your hap against the irishmenx
|
|
yorkx i willx my lordx so please his majestyx
|
|
suffolkx whyx our authority is his consentx
|
|
and what we do establish he confirmsx
|
|
thenx noble yorkx take thou this task in handx
|
|
yorkx i am contentx provide me soldiersx lordsx
|
|
whiles i take order for mine own affairsx
|
|
suffolkx a chargex lord yorkx that i will see performxdx
|
|
but now return we to the false duke humphreyx
|
|
cardinalx no more of himx for i will deal with him
|
|
that henceforth he shall trouble us no morex
|
|
and so break offx the day is almost spentx
|
|
lord suffolkx you and i must talk of that eventx
|
|
yorkx my lord of suffolkx within fourteen days
|
|
at bristol i expect my soldiersx
|
|
for there ixll ship them all for irelandx
|
|
suffolkx ixll see it truly donex my lord of yorkx
|
|
exeunt all but york
|
|
yorkx nowx yorkx or neverx steel thy fearful thoughts
|
|
and change misdoubt to resolutionx
|
|
be that thou hopxst to bex or what thou art
|
|
resign to deathx it is not worth thx enjoyingx
|
|
let palexfacxd fear keep with the meanxborn man
|
|
and find no harbour in a royal heartx
|
|
faster than springxtime showxrs comes thought on thoughtx
|
|
and not a thought but thinks on dignityx
|
|
my brainx more busy than the labouring spiderx
|
|
weaves tedious snares to trap mine enemiesx
|
|
wellx noblesx wellx xtis politicly done
|
|
to send me packing with an host of menx
|
|
i fear me you but warm the starved snakex
|
|
whox cherishxd in your breastsx will sting your heartsx
|
|
xtwas men i lackxdx and you will give them mex
|
|
i take it kindlyx yet be well assurxd
|
|
you put sharp weapons in a madmanxs handsx
|
|
whiles i in ireland nourish a mighty bandx
|
|
i will stir up in england some black storm
|
|
shall blow ten thousand souls to heaven or hellx
|
|
and this fell tempest shall not cease to rage
|
|
until the golden circuit on my headx
|
|
like to the glorious sunxs transparent beamsx
|
|
do calm the fury of this madxbred flawx
|
|
and for a minister of my intent
|
|
i have seducxd a headstrong kentishmanx
|
|
john cade of ashfordx
|
|
to make commotionx as full well he canx
|
|
under the tide of john mortimerx
|
|
in ireland have i seen this stubborn cade
|
|
oppose himself against a troop of kernsx
|
|
and fought so long tiff that his thighs with darts
|
|
were almost like a sharpxquillxd porpentinex
|
|
and in the end being rescuxdx i have seen
|
|
him caper upright like a wild moriscox
|
|
shaking the bloody darts as he his bellsx
|
|
full oftenx like a shagxhairxd crafty kernx
|
|
hath he conversed with the enemyx
|
|
and undiscoverxd come to me again
|
|
and given me notice of their villainiesx
|
|
this devil here shall be my substitutex
|
|
for that john mortimerx which now is deadx
|
|
in facex in gaitx in speechx he doth resemblex
|
|
by this i shall perceive the commonsx mindx
|
|
how they affect the house and claim of yorkx
|
|
say he be takenx rackxdx and torturedx
|
|
i know no pain they can inflict upon him
|
|
will make him say i movxd him to those armsx
|
|
say that he thrivex as xtis great like he willx
|
|
whyx then from ireland come i with my strengthx
|
|
and reap the harvest which that rascal sowxdx
|
|
for humphrey being deadx as he shall bex
|
|
and henry put apartx the next for mex exit
|
|
|
|
scene iix bury stx edmundsx a room of state
|
|
|
|
enter two or three murderers running over the stagex from the murder of
|
|
duke humphrey
|
|
|
|
first murdererx run to my lord of suffolkx let him know
|
|
we have dispatchxd the dukex as he commandedx
|
|
second murdererx o that it were to dox what have we donex
|
|
didst ever hear a man so penitentx
|
|
|
|
enter suffolk
|
|
|
|
first murdererx here comes my lordx
|
|
suffolkx nowx sirsx have you dispatchxd this thingx
|
|
first murdererx ayx my good lordx hexs deadx
|
|
suffolkx whyx thatxs well saidx gox get you to my housex
|
|
i will reward you for this venturous deedx
|
|
the king and all the peers are here at handx
|
|
have you laid fair the bedx is all things wellx
|
|
according as i gave directionsx
|
|
first murdererx xtisx my good lordx
|
|
suffolkx awayx be gonex exeunt murderers
|
|
|
|
sound trumpetsx enter the kingx the queenx
|
|
cardinalx somersetx with attendants
|
|
|
|
king henryx go call our uncle to our presence straightx
|
|
say we intend to try his grace toxdayx
|
|
if he be guiltyx as xtis publishedx
|
|
suffolkx ixll call him presentlyx my noble lordx exit
|
|
king henryx lordsx take your placesx andx i pray you allx
|
|
proceed no straiter xgainst our uncle gloucester
|
|
than from true evidencex of good esteemx
|
|
he be approvxd in practice culpablex
|
|
queenx god forbid any malice should prevail
|
|
that faultless may condemn a noblemanx
|
|
pray god he may acquit him of suspicionx
|
|
king henryx i thank theex megx these words content me muchx
|
|
|
|
rexenter suffolk
|
|
|
|
how nowx why lookxst thou palex why tremblest thoux
|
|
where is our unclex whatxs the matterx suffolkx
|
|
suffolkx dead in his bedx my lordx gloucester is deadx
|
|
queenx marryx god forfendx
|
|
cardinalx godxs secret judgmentx i did dream toxnight
|
|
the duke was dumb and could not speak a wordx
|
|
xthe king swoonsx
|
|
queenx how fares my lordx helpx lordsx the king is deadx
|
|
somersetx rear up his bodyx wring him by the nosex
|
|
queenx runx gox helpx helpx o henryx ope thine eyesx
|
|
suffolkx he doth revive againx madamx be patientx
|
|
kingx o heavenly godx
|
|
queenx how fares my gracious lordx
|
|
suffolkx comfortx my sovereignx gracious henryx comfortx
|
|
king henryx whatx doth my lord of suffolk comfort mex
|
|
came he right now to sing a ravenxs notex
|
|
whose dismal tune bereft my vital powxrsx
|
|
and thinks he that the chirping of a wrenx
|
|
by crying comfort from a hollow breastx
|
|
can chase away the first conceived soundx
|
|
hide not thy poison with such sugxred wordsx
|
|
lay not thy hands on mex forbearx i sayx
|
|
their touch affrights me as a serpentxs stingx
|
|
thou baleful messengerx out of my sightx
|
|
upon thy eyexballs murderous tyranny
|
|
sits in grim majesty to fright the worldx
|
|
look not upon mex for thine eyes are woundingx
|
|
yet do not go awayx comex basiliskx
|
|
and kill the innocent gazer with thy sightx
|
|
for in the shade of death i shall find joyx
|
|
in life but double deathxxnow gloucesterxs deadx
|
|
queenx why do you rate my lord of suffolk thusx
|
|
although the duke was enemy to himx
|
|
yet he most christianxlike laments his deathx
|
|
and for myselfx foe as he was to mex
|
|
might liquid tearsx or heartxoffending groansx
|
|
or bloodxconsuming sighsx recall his lifex
|
|
i would be blind with weepingx sick with groansx
|
|
look pale as primrose with bloodxdrinking sighsx
|
|
and all to have the noble duke alivex
|
|
what know i how the world may deem of mex
|
|
for it is known we were but hollow friendsx
|
|
it may be judgxd i made the duke awayx
|
|
so shall my name with slanderxs tongue be woundedx
|
|
and princesx courts be fillxd with my reproachx
|
|
this get i by his deathx ay mex unhappyx
|
|
to be a queen and crownxd with infamyx
|
|
king henryx ahx woe is me for gloucesterx wretched manx
|
|
queenx be woe for mex more wretched than he isx
|
|
whatx dost thou turn awayx and hide thy facex
|
|
i am no loathsome leperx look on mex
|
|
whatx art thou like the adder waxen deafx
|
|
be poisonous toox and kill thy forlorn queenx
|
|
is all thy comfort shut in gloucesterxs tombx
|
|
whyx then dame margaret was nexer thy joyx
|
|
erect his statue and worship itx
|
|
and make my image but an alehouse signx
|
|
was i for this nigh wreckxd upon the seax
|
|
and twice by awkward wind from englandxs bank
|
|
drove back again unto my native climex
|
|
what boded this but wellxforewarning wind
|
|
did seem to say xseek not a scorpionxs nestx
|
|
nor set no footing on this unkind shorexx
|
|
what did i then but cursxd the gentle gustsx
|
|
and he that loosxd them forth their brazen cavesx
|
|
and bid them blow towards englandxs blessed shorex
|
|
or turn our stern upon a dreadful rockx
|
|
yet aeolus would not be a murdererx
|
|
but left that hateful office unto theex
|
|
the prettyxvaulting sea refusxd to drown mex
|
|
knowing that thou wouldst have me drownxd on shore
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|
with tears as salt as sea through thy unkindnessx
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the splitting rocks cowxrxd in the sinking sands
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and would not dash me with their ragged sidesx
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because thy flinty heartx more hard than theyx
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might in thy palace perish margaretx
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as far as i could ken thy chalky cliffsx
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when from thy shore the tempest beat us backx
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i stood upon the hatches in the stormx
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and when the dusky sky began to rob
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my earnestxgaping sight of thy landxs viewx
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i took a costly jewel from my neckx
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a heart it wasx bound in with diamondsx
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and threw it towards thy landx the sea receivxd itx
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and so i wishxd thy body might my heartx
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and even with this i lost fair englandxs viewx
|
|
and bid mine eyes be packing with my heartx
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and callxd them blind and dusky spectacles
|
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for losing ken of albionxs wished coastx
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how often have i tempted suffolkxs tonguex
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the agent of thy foul inconstancyx
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to sit and witch mex as ascanius did
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when he to madding dido would unfold
|
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his fatherxs acts commencxd in burning troyx
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am i not witchxd like herx or thou not false like himx
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ay mex i can no morex diex margaretx
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for henry weeps that thou dost live so longx
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noise withinx enter warwickx salisburyx
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and many commons
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warwickx it is reportedx mighty sovereignx
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that good duke humphrey traitorously is murdxred
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by suffolk and the cardinal beaufortxs meansx
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the commonsx like an angry hive of bees
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that want their leaderx scatter up and down
|
|
and care not who they sting in his revengex
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|
myself have calmxd their spleenful mutiny
|
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until they hear the order of his deathx
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king henryx that he is deadx good warwickx xtis too truex
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|
but how he died god knowsx not henryx
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enter his chamberx view his breathless corpsex
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|
and comment then upon his sudden deathx
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|
warwickx that shall i dox my liegex stayx salisburyx
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with the rude multitude till i returnx exit
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|
exit salisbury with the commons
|
|
king henryx o thou that judgest all thingsx stay my thoughtsx
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my thoughts that labour to persuade my soul
|
|
some violent hands were laid on humphreyxs lifex
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if my suspect be falsex forgive mex godx
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|
for judgment only doth belong to theex
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|
fain would i go to chafe his paly lips
|
|
with twenty thousand kisses and to drain
|
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upon his face an ocean of salt tears
|
|
to tell my love unto his dumb deaf trunkx
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|
and with my fingers feel his hand unxfeelingx
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|
but all in vain are these mean obsequiesx
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|
and to survey his dead and earthy imagex
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|
what were it but to make my sorrow greaterx
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bed put forth with the bodyx enter warwick
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warwickx come hitherx gracious sovereignx view this bodyx
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king henryx that is to see how deep my grave is madex
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for with his soul fled all my worldly solacex
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forx seeing himx i see my life in deathx
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|
warwickx as surely as my soul intends to live
|
|
with that dread king that took our state upon him
|
|
to free us from his fatherxs wrathful cursex
|
|
i do believe that violent hands were laid
|
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upon the life of this thricexfamed dukex
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|
suffolkx a dreadful oathx sworn with a solemn tonguex
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|
what instance gives lord warwick for his vowx
|
|
warwickx see how the blood is settled in his facex
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oft have i seen a timelyxparted ghostx
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of ashy semblancex meagrex palex and bloodlessx
|
|
being all descended to the labouring heartx
|
|
whox in the conflict that it holds with deathx
|
|
attracts the same for aidance xgainst the enemyx
|
|
which with the heart there coolsx and nexer returneth
|
|
to blush and beautify the cheek againx
|
|
but seex his face is black and full of bloodx
|
|
his eyexballs further out than when he livxdx
|
|
staring full ghastly like a strangled manx
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his hair uprearxdx his nostrils stretchxd with strugglingx
|
|
his hands abroad displayxdx as one that graspxd
|
|
and tuggxd for lifex and was by strength subduxdx
|
|
lookx on the sheets his hairx you seex is stickingx
|
|
his wellxproportionxd beard made rough and ruggedx
|
|
like to the summerxs corn by tempest lodgedx
|
|
it cannot be but he was murdxred herex
|
|
the least of all these signs were probablex
|
|
suffolkx whyx warwickx who should do the duke to deathx
|
|
myself and beaufort had him in protectionx
|
|
and wex i hopex sirx are no murderersx
|
|
warwickx but both of you were vowxd duke humphreyxs foesx
|
|
and youx forsoothx had the good duke to keepx
|
|
xtis like you would not feast him like a friendx
|
|
and xtis well seen he found an enemyx
|
|
queenx then youx belikex suspect these noblemen
|
|
as guilty of duke humphreyxs timeless deathx
|
|
warwickx who finds the heifer dead and bleeding freshx
|
|
and sees fast by a butcher with an axex
|
|
but will suspect xtwas he that made the slaughterx
|
|
who finds the partridge in the puttockxs nest
|
|
but may imagine how the bird was deadx
|
|
although the kite soar with unbloodied beakx
|
|
even so suspicious is this tragedyx
|
|
queenx are you the butcherx suffolkx wherexs your knifex
|
|
is beaufort termxd a kitex where are his talonsx
|
|
suffolkx i wear no knife to slaughter sleeping menx
|
|
but herexs a vengeful swordx rusted with easex
|
|
that shall be scoured in his rancorous heart
|
|
that slanders me with murderxs crimson badgex
|
|
say if thou darxstx proud lord of warwickshirex
|
|
that i am faulty in duke humphreyxs deathx
|
|
exeunt cardinalx somersetx and others
|
|
warwickx what dares not warwickx if false suffolk dare himx
|
|
queenx he dares not calm his contumelious spiritx
|
|
nor cease to be an arrogant controllerx
|
|
though suffolk dare him twenty thousand timesx
|
|
warwickx madamx be stillx with reverence may i sayx
|
|
for every word you speak in his behalf
|
|
is slander to your royal dignityx
|
|
suffolkx bluntxwitted lordx ignoble in demeanourx
|
|
if ever lady wrongxd her lord so muchx
|
|
thy mother took into her blameful bed
|
|
some stern untutorxd churlx and noble stock
|
|
was graft with crabxtree slipx whose fruit thou artx
|
|
and never of the nevilsx noble racex
|
|
warwickx but that the guilt of murder bucklers theex
|
|
and i should rob the deathsman of his feex
|
|
quitting thee thereby of ten thousand shamesx
|
|
and that my sovereignxs presence makes me mildx
|
|
i wouldx false murdxrous cowardx on thy knee
|
|
make thee beg pardon for thy passed speech
|
|
and say it was thy mother that thou meantxstx
|
|
that thou thyself was born in bastardyx
|
|
andx after all this fearful homage donex
|
|
give thee thy hire and send thy soul to hellx
|
|
pernicious bloodxsucker of sleeping menx
|
|
suffolkx thou shalt be waking while i shed thy bloodx
|
|
if from this presence thou darxst go with mex
|
|
warwickx away even nowx or i will drag thee hencex
|
|
unworthy though thou artx ixll cope with theex
|
|
and do some service to duke humphreyxs ghostx
|
|
exeunt suffolk and warwick
|
|
king henryx what stronger breastplate than a heart untaintedx
|
|
thrice is he armxd that hath his quarrel justx
|
|
and he but nakedx though lockxd up in steelx
|
|
whose conscience with injustice is corruptedx
|
|
xa noise withinx
|
|
queenx what noise is thisx
|
|
|
|
rexenter suffolk and warwickx with their weapons drawn
|
|
|
|
kingx whyx how nowx lordsx your wrathful weapons drawn
|
|
here in our presencex dare you be so boldx
|
|
whyx what tumultuous clamour have we herex
|
|
suffolkx the traitxrous warwickx with the men of buryx
|
|
set all upon mex mighty sovereignx
|
|
|
|
rexenter salisbury
|
|
|
|
salisburyx xto the commons withinx sirsx stand apartx the king
|
|
shall know your mindx
|
|
dread lordx the commons send you word by me
|
|
unless lord suffolk straight be done to deathx
|
|
or banished fair englandxs territoriesx
|
|
they will by violence tear him from your palace
|
|
and torture him with grievous lingxring deathx
|
|
they say by him the good duke humphrey diedx
|
|
they say in him they fear your highnessx deathx
|
|
and mere instinct of love and loyaltyx
|
|
free from a stubborn opposite intentx
|
|
as being thought to contradict your likingx
|
|
makes them thus forward in his banishmentx
|
|
they sayx in care of your most royal personx
|
|
that if your highness should intend to sleep
|
|
and charge that no man should disturb your restx
|
|
in pain of your dislike or pain of deathx
|
|
yetx notwithstanding such a strait edictx
|
|
were there a serpent seen with forked tongue
|
|
that slily glided towards your majestyx
|
|
it were but necessary you were wakxdx
|
|
lestx being sufferxd in that harmful slumberx
|
|
the mortal worm might make the sleep eternalx
|
|
and therefore do they cryx though you forbidx
|
|
that they will guard youx whexer you will or nox
|
|
from such fell serpents as false suffolk isx
|
|
with whose envenomed and fatal sting
|
|
your loving unclex twenty times his worthx
|
|
they sayx is shamefully bereft of lifex
|
|
commonsx xwithinx an answer from the kingx my lord of salisburyx
|
|
suffolkx xtis like the commonsx rude unpolishxd hindsx
|
|
could send such message to their sovereignx
|
|
but youx my lordx were glad to be employxdx
|
|
to show how quaint an orator you arex
|
|
but all the honour salisbury hath won
|
|
is that he was the lord ambassador
|
|
sent from a sort of tinkers to the kingx
|
|
commonsx xwithinx an answer from the kingx or we will all break inx
|
|
king henryx gox salisburyx and tell them all from me
|
|
i thank them for their tender loving carex
|
|
and had i not been cited so by themx
|
|
yet did i purpose as they do entreatx
|
|
for sure my thoughts do hourly prophesy
|
|
mischance unto my state by suffolkxs meansx
|
|
and therefore by his majesty i swearx
|
|
whose far unworthy deputy i amx
|
|
he shall not breathe infection in this air
|
|
but three days longerx on the pain of deathx
|
|
exit salisbury
|
|
queenx o henryx let me plead for gentle suffolkx
|
|
king henryx ungentle queenx to call him gentle suffolkx
|
|
no morex i sayx if thou dost plead for himx
|
|
thou wilt but add increase unto my wrathx
|
|
had i but saidx i would have kept my wordx
|
|
but when i swearx it is irrevocablex
|
|
if after three daysx space thou here bexst found
|
|
on any ground that i am ruler ofx
|
|
the world shall not be ransom for thy lifex
|
|
comex warwickx comex good warwickx go with mex
|
|
i have great matters to impart to theex
|
|
exeunt all but queen and suffolk
|
|
queenx mischance and sorrow go along with youx
|
|
heartxs discontent and sour affliction
|
|
be playfellows to keep you companyx
|
|
therexs two of youx the devil make a thirdx
|
|
and threefold vengeance tend upon your stepsx
|
|
suffolkx ceasex gentle queenx these execrationsx
|
|
and let thy suffolk take his heavy leavex
|
|
queenx fiex coward woman and softxhearted wretchx
|
|
has thou not spirit to curse thine enemyx
|
|
suffolkx a plague upon themx wherefore should i curse themx
|
|
would curses kill as doth the mandrakexs groanx
|
|
i would invent as bitter searching termsx
|
|
as curstx as harshx and horrible to hearx
|
|
deliverxd strongly through my fixed teethx
|
|
with full as many signs of deadly hatex
|
|
as leanxfacxd envy in her loathsome cavex
|
|
my tongue should stumble in mine earnest wordsx
|
|
mine eyes should sparkle like the beaten flintx
|
|
mine hair be fixxd an endx as one distractx
|
|
ayx every joint should seem to curse and banx
|
|
and even now my burdenxd heart would breakx
|
|
should i not curse themx poison be their drinkx
|
|
gallx worse than gallx the daintiest that they tastex
|
|
their sweetest shade a grove of cypress treesx
|
|
their chiefest prospect murdxring basilisksx
|
|
their softest touch as smart as lizardsx stingsx
|
|
their music frightful as the serpentxs hissx
|
|
and boding screechxowls make the consort fullx
|
|
all the foul terrors in darkxseated hellx
|
|
queenx enoughx sweet suffolkx thou tormentxst thyselfx
|
|
and these dread cursesx like the sun xgainst glassx
|
|
or like an overcharged gunx recoilx
|
|
and turns the force of them upon thyselfx
|
|
suffolkx you bade me banx and will you bid me leavex
|
|
nowx by the ground that i am banishxd fromx
|
|
well could i curse away a winterxs nightx
|
|
though standing naked on a mountain top
|
|
where biting cold would never let grass growx
|
|
and think it but a minute spent in sportx
|
|
queenx ox let me entreat thee ceasex give me thy handx
|
|
that i may dew it with my mournful tearsx
|
|
nor let the rain of heaven wet this place
|
|
to wash away my woeful monumentsx
|
|
ox could this kiss be printed in thy handx
|
|
that thou mightxst think upon these by the sealx
|
|
through whom a thousand sighs are breathxd for theex
|
|
sox get thee gonex that i may know my griefx
|
|
xtis but surmisxd whiles thou art standing byx
|
|
as one that surfeits thinking on a wantx
|
|
i will repeal thee orx be well assurxdx
|
|
adventure to be banished myselfx
|
|
and banished i amx if but from theex
|
|
gox speak not to mex even now be gonex
|
|
ox go not yetx even thus two friends condemnxd
|
|
embracex and kissx and take ten thousand leavesx
|
|
loather a hundred times to part than diex
|
|
yet nowx farewellx and farewell life with theex
|
|
suffolkx thus is poor suffolk ten times banishedx
|
|
once by the king and three times thrice by theex
|
|
xtis not the land i care forx wert thou thencex
|
|
a wilderness is populous enoughx
|
|
so suffolk had thy heavenly companyx
|
|
for where thou artx there is the world itselfx
|
|
with every several pleasure in the worldx
|
|
and where thou art notx desolationx
|
|
i can no morex live thou to joy thy lifex
|
|
myself no joy in nought but that thou livxstx
|
|
|
|
enter vaux
|
|
|
|
queenx whither goes vaux so fastx what newsx i pritheex
|
|
vauxx to signify unto his majesty
|
|
that cardinal beaufort is at point of deathx
|
|
for suddenly a grievous sickness took him
|
|
that makes him gaspx and starex and catch the airx
|
|
blaspheming godx and cursing men on earthx
|
|
sometime he talks as if duke humphreyxs ghost
|
|
were by his sidex sometime he calls the king
|
|
and whispers to his pillowx as to himx
|
|
the secrets of his overcharged soulx
|
|
and i am sent to tell his majesty
|
|
that even now he cries aloud for himx
|
|
queenx go tell this heavy message to the kingx exit vaux
|
|
ay mex what is this worldx what news are thesex
|
|
but wherefore grieve i at an hourxs poor lossx
|
|
omitting suffolkxs exilex my soulxs treasurex
|
|
why onlyx suffolkx mourn i not for theex
|
|
and with the southern clouds contend in tearsx
|
|
theirs for the earthxs increasex mine for my sorrowsx
|
|
now get thee hencex the kingx thou knowxstx is comingx
|
|
if thou be found by mex thou art but deadx
|
|
suffolkx if i depart from thee i cannot livex
|
|
and in thy sight to diex what were it else
|
|
but like a pleasant slumber in thy lapx
|
|
here could i breathe my soul into the airx
|
|
as mild and gentle as the cradlexbabe
|
|
dying with motherxs dug between its lipsx
|
|
wherex from thy sightx i should be raging mad
|
|
and cry out for thee to close up mine eyesx
|
|
to have thee with thy lips to stop my mouthx
|
|
so shouldst thou either turn my flying soulx
|
|
or i should breathe it so into thy bodyx
|
|
and then it livxd in sweet elysiumx
|
|
to die by thee were but to die in jestx
|
|
from thee to die were torture more than deathx
|
|
ox let me stayx befall what may befallx
|
|
queenx awayx though parting be a fretful corrosivex
|
|
it is applied to a deathful woundx
|
|
to francex sweet suffolkx let me hear from theex
|
|
for wheresoxer thou art in this worldxs globe
|
|
ixll have an iris that shall find thee outx
|
|
suffolkx i gox
|
|
queenx and take my heart with theex xshe kisses himx
|
|
suffolkx a jewelx lockxd into the woefullxst cask
|
|
that ever did contain a thing of worthx
|
|
even as a splitted barkx so sunder wex
|
|
this way fall i to deathx
|
|
queenx this way for mex exeunt severally
|
|
|
|
scene iiix londonx cardinal beaufortxs bedchamber
|
|
|
|
enter the kingx salisburyx and warwickx to the cardinal in bed
|
|
|
|
king henryx how fares my lordx speakx beaufortx to thy sovereignx
|
|
cardinalx if thou bexst death ixll give thee englandxs treasurex
|
|
enough to purchase such another islandx
|
|
so thou wilt let me live and feel no painx
|
|
king henryx ahx what a sign it is of evil life
|
|
where deathxs approach is seen so terriblex
|
|
warwickx beaufortx it is thy sovereign speaks to theex
|
|
cardinalx bring me unto my trial when you willx
|
|
died he not in his bedx where should he diex
|
|
can i make men livex whexer they will or nox
|
|
ox torture me no morex i will confessx
|
|
alive againx then show me where he isx
|
|
ixll give a thousand pound to look upon himx
|
|
he hath no eyesx the dust hath blinded themx
|
|
comb down his hairx lookx lookx it stands uprightx
|
|
like limextwigs set to catch my winged soulx
|
|
give me some drinkx and bid the apothecary
|
|
bring the strong poison that i bought of himx
|
|
king henryx o thou eternal mover of the heavensx
|
|
look with a gentle eye upon this wretchx
|
|
ox beat away the busy meddling fiend
|
|
that lays strong siege unto this wretchxs soulx
|
|
and from his bosom purge this black despairx
|
|
warwickx see how the pangs of death do make him grin
|
|
salisburyx disturb him notx let him pass peaceablyx
|
|
king henryx peace to his soulx if godxs good pleasure bex
|
|
lord cardxnalx if thou thinkxst on heavenxs blissx
|
|
hold up thy handx make signal of thy hopex
|
|
he diesx and makes no signx o godx forgive himx
|
|
warwickx so bad a death argues a monstrous lifex
|
|
king henryx forbear to judgex for we are sinners allx
|
|
close up his eyesx and draw the curtain closex
|
|
and let us all to meditationx exeunt
|
|
|
|
act ivx scene ix the coast of kent
|
|
|
|
alarumx fight at seax ordnance goes offx enter a lieutenantx a
|
|
shipmaster and his matex and walter whitmorex with sailorsx suffolk and
|
|
other gentlemenx as prisoners
|
|
|
|
lieutenantx the gaudyx blabbingx and remorseful day
|
|
is crept into the bosom of the seax
|
|
and now loudxhowling wolves arouse the jades
|
|
that drag the tragic melancholy nightx
|
|
who with their drowsyx slowx and flagging wings
|
|
clip dead menxs gravesx and from their misty jaws
|
|
breathe foul contagious darkness in the airx
|
|
therefore bring forth the soldiers of our prizex
|
|
forx whilst our pinnace anchors in the downsx
|
|
here shall they make their ransom on the sandx
|
|
or with their blood stain this discoloured shorex
|
|
masterx this prisoner freely give i theex
|
|
and thou that art his mate make boot of thisx
|
|
the otherx walter whitmorex is thy sharex
|
|
first gentlemanx what is my ransomx masterx let me knowx
|
|
masterx a thousand crownsx or else lay down your headx
|
|
matex and so much shall you givex or off goes yoursx
|
|
lieutenantx whatx think you much to pay two thousand crownsx
|
|
and bear the name and port of gentlemenx
|
|
cut both the villainsx throatsx for die you shallx
|
|
the lives of those which we have lost in fight
|
|
be counterpoisxd with such a petty sumx
|
|
first gentlemanx ixll give itx sirx and therefore spare my lifex
|
|
second gentlemanx and so will ix and write home for it straightx
|
|
whitmorex i lost mine eye in laying the prize aboardx
|
|
xto suffolkx and thereforex to revenge itx shalt thou diex
|
|
and so should thesex if i might have my willx
|
|
lieutenantx be not so rashx take ransomx let him livex
|
|
suffolkx look on my georgex i am a gentlemanx
|
|
rate me at what thou wiltx thou shalt be paidx
|
|
whitmorex and so am ix my name is walter whitmorex
|
|
how nowx why startxst thoux whatx doth death affrightx
|
|
suffolkx thy name affrights mex in whose sound is deathx
|
|
a cunning man did calculate my birth
|
|
and told me that by water i should diex
|
|
yet let not this make thee be bloodyxmindedx
|
|
thy name is gualtierx being rightly soundedx
|
|
whitmorex gualtier or walterx which it is i care notx
|
|
never yet did base dishonour blur our name
|
|
but with our sword we wipxd away the blotx
|
|
thereforex when merchantxlike i sell revengex
|
|
broke be my swordx my arms torn and defacxdx
|
|
and i proclaimxd a coward through the worldx
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suffolkx stayx whitmorex for thy prisoner is a princex
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the duke of suffolkx william de la polex
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whitmorex the duke of suffolk muffled up in ragsx
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suffolkx ayx but these rags are no part of the dukex
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jove sometime went disguisxdx and why not ix
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lieutenantx but jove was never slainx as thou shalt bex
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suffolkx obscure and lowly swainx king henryxs bloodx
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the honourable blood of lancasterx
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must not be shed by such a jaded groomx
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hast thou not kissxd thy hand and held my stirrupx
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bareheaded plodded by my footxcloth mulex
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and thought thee happy when i shook my headx
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how often hast thou waited at my cupx
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fed from my trencherx kneelxd down at the boardx
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when i have feasted with queen margaretx
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remember itx and let it make thee crestfallxnx
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ayx and allay thus thy abortive pridex
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how in our voidingxlobby hast thou stood
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and duly waited for my coming forthx
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this hand of mine hath writ in thy behalfx
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and therefore shall it charm thy riotous tonguex
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whitmorex speakx captainx shall i stab the forlorn swainx
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lieutenantx first let my words stab himx as he hath mex
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suffolkx base slavex thy words are bluntx and so art thoux
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lieutenantx convey him hencex and on our longboatxs side
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strike off his headx
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suffolkx thou darxst notx for thy ownx
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lieutenantx poolex
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suffolkx poolex
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lieutenantx ayx kennelx puddlex sinkx whose filth and dirt
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troubles the silver spring where england drinksx
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now will i dam up this thy yawning mouth
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for swallowing the treasure of the realmx
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thy lipsx that kissxd the queenx shall sweep the groundx
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and thou that smilxdst at good duke humphreyxs death
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against the senseless winds shalt grin in vainx
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who in contempt shall hiss at thee againx
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and wedded be thou to the hags of hell
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for daring to affy a mighty lord
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unto the daughter of a worthless kingx
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having neither subjectx wealthx nor diademx
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by devilish policy art thou grown greatx
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andx like ambitious syllax overgorgxd
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with gobbets of thy motherxs bleeding heartx
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by thee anjou and maine were sold to francex
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the false revolting normans thorough thee
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disdain to call us lordx and picardy
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hath slain their governorsx surprisxd our fortsx
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and sent the ragged soldiers wounded homex
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the princely warwickx and the nevils allx
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whose dreadful swords were never drawn in vainx
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as hating theex are rising up in armsx
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and now the house of yorkx thrust from the crown
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by shameful murder of a guiltless king
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and lofty proud encroaching tyrannyx
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burns with revenging firex whose hopeful colours
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advance our halfxfacxd sunx striving to shinex
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under the which is writ xinvitis nubibusxx
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the commons here in kent are up in armsx
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and to concludex reproach and beggary
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is crept into the palace of our kingx
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and all by theex awayx convey him hencex
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suffolkx o that i were a godx to shoot forth thunder
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upon these paltryx servilex abject drudgesx
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small things make base men proudx this villain herex
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being captain of a pinnacex threatens more
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than bargulusx the strong illyrian piratex
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drones suck not eaglesx blood but rob beehivesx
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it is impossible that i should die
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by such a lowly vassal as thyselfx
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thy words move rage and not remorse in mex
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i go of message from the queen to francex
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i charge thee waft me safely cross the channelx
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lieutenantx walterx
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whitmorex comex suffolkx i must waft thee to thy deathx
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suffolkx gelidus timor occupat artusx it is thee i fearx
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whitmorex thou shalt have cause to fear before i leave theex
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whatx are ye daunted nowx now will ye stoopx
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first gentlemanx my gracious lordx entreat himx speak him fairx
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suffolkx suffolkxs imperial tongue is stem and roughx
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usxd to commandx untaught to plead for favourx
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far be it we should honour such as these
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with humble suitx nox rather let my head
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|
stoop to the block than these knees bow to any
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|
save to the god of heaven and to my kingx
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|
and sooner dance upon a bloody pole
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|
than stand uncoverxd to the vulgar groomx
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|
true nobility is exempt from fearx
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more can i bear than you dare executex
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lieutenantx hale him awayx and let him talk no morex
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suffolkx comex soldiersx show what cruelty ye canx
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that this my death may never be forgotx
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great men oft die by vile bezoniansx
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a roman sworder and banditto slave
|
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murderxd sweet tullyx brutusx bastard hand
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stabbxd julius caesarx savage islanders
|
|
pompey the greatx and suffolk dies by piratesx
|
|
exit walter with suffolk
|
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lieutenantx and as for thesex whose ransom we have setx
|
|
it is our pleasure one of them departx
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|
therefore come you with usx and let him gox
|
|
exeunt all but the first gentleman
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|
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rexenter whitmore with suffolkxs body
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whitmorex there let his head and lifeless body liex
|
|
until the queen his mistress bury itx exit
|
|
first gentlemanx o barbarous and bloody spectaclex
|
|
his body will i bear unto the kingx
|
|
if he revenge it notx yet will his friendsx
|
|
so will the queenx that living held him dearx
|
|
exit with the body
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|
|
|
scene iix blackheath
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|
enter george bevis and john holland
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|
georgex come and get thee a swordx though made of a lathx they have
|
|
been up these two daysx
|
|
johnx they have the more need to sleep nowx thenx
|
|
georgex i tell thee jack cade the clothier means to dress the
|
|
commonwealthx and turn itx and set a new nap upon itx
|
|
johnx so he had needx for xtis threadbarex wellx i say it was never
|
|
merry world in england since gentlemen came upx
|
|
georgex o miserable agex virtue is not regarded in handicraftsmenx
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|
johnx the nobility think scorn to go in leather apronsx
|
|
georgex nayx morex the kingxs council are no good workmenx
|
|
johnx truex and yet it is said xlabour in thy vocationxx which is
|
|
as much to say as xlet the magistrates be labouring menxx and
|
|
therefore should we be magistratesx
|
|
georgex thou hast hit itx for therexs no better sign of a brave
|
|
mind than a hard handx
|
|
johnx i see themx i see themx therexs bestxs sonx the tanner of
|
|
winghamx
|
|
georgex he shall have the skins of our enemies to make dogxs
|
|
leather ofx
|
|
johnx and dick the butcherx
|
|
georgex then is sin struck downx like an oxx and iniquityxs throat
|
|
cut like a calfx
|
|
johnx and smith the weaverx
|
|
georgex argox their thread of life is spunx
|
|
johnx comex comex letxs fall in with themx
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|
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drumx enter cadex dick the butcherx smith
|
|
the weaverx and a sawyerx with infinite numbers
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|
|
|
cadex we john cadex so termxd of our supposed fatherx
|
|
dickx xasidex or ratherx of stealing a cade of herringsx
|
|
cadex for our enemies shall fall before usx inspired with the
|
|
spirit of putting down kings and princesx command silencex
|
|
dickx silencex
|
|
cadex my father was a mortimerx
|
|
dickx xasidex he was an honest man and a good bricklayerx
|
|
cadex my mother a plantagenetx
|
|
dickx xasidex i knew her wellx she was a midwifex
|
|
cadex my wife descended of the laciesx
|
|
dickx xasidex she wasx indeedx a pedlarxs daughterx and sold many
|
|
lacesx
|
|
smithx xasidex but now of latex not able to travel with her furrxd
|
|
packx she washes bucks here at homex
|
|
cadex therefore am i of an honourable housex
|
|
dickx xasidex ayx by my faithx the field is honourablex and there
|
|
was he bornx under a hedgex for his father had never a house but
|
|
the cagex
|
|
cadex valiant i amx
|
|
smithx xasidex xa must needsx for beggary is valiantx
|
|
cadex i am able to endure muchx
|
|
dickx xasidex no question of thatx for i have seen him whipt three
|
|
market days togetherx
|
|
cadex i fear neither sword nor firex
|
|
smithx xasidex he need not fear the swordx for his coat is of
|
|
proofx
|
|
dickx xasidex but methinks he should stand in fear of firex being
|
|
burnt ix thx hand for stealing of sheepx
|
|
cadex be bravex thenx for your captain is bravex and vows
|
|
reformationx there shall be in england seven halfpenny loaves
|
|
sold for a pennyx the threexhoopxd pot shall have ten hoopsx and
|
|
i will make it felony to drink small beerx all the realm shall be
|
|
in commonx and in cheapside shall my palfrey go to grassx and
|
|
when i am kingx as king i will be
|
|
allx god save your majestyx
|
|
cadex i thank youx good peoplex there shall be no moneyx all shall
|
|
eat and drink on my scorex and i will apparel them all in one
|
|
liveryx that they may agree like brothers and worship me their
|
|
lordx
|
|
dickx the first thing we dox letxs kill all the lawyersx
|
|
cadex nayx that i mean to dox is not this a lamentable thingx that
|
|
of the skin of an innocent lamb should be made parchmentx that
|
|
parchmentx being scribblxd oxerx should undo a manx some say the
|
|
bee stingsx but i say xtis the beexs waxx for i did but seal once
|
|
to a thingx and i was never mine own man sincex how nowx whoxs
|
|
therex
|
|
|
|
enter somex bringing in the clerk of chatham
|
|
|
|
smithx the clerk of chathamx he can write and read and cast
|
|
accomptx
|
|
cadex o monstrousx
|
|
smithx we took him setting of boysx copiesx
|
|
cadex herexs a villainx
|
|
smithx has a book in his pocket with red letters inxtx
|
|
cadex nayx then he is a conjurerx
|
|
dickx nayx he can make obligations and write courtxhandx
|
|
cadex i am sorry forxtx the man is a proper manx of mine honourx
|
|
unless i find him guiltyx he shall not diex come hitherx sirrahx
|
|
i must examine theex what is thy namex
|
|
clerkx emmanuelx
|
|
dickx they use to write it on the top of lettersx xtwill go hard
|
|
with youx
|
|
cadex let me alonex dost thou use to write thy namex or hast thou a
|
|
mark to thyselfx like a honest plainxdealing manx
|
|
clerkx sirx i thank godx i have been so well brought up that i can
|
|
write my namex
|
|
allx he hath confessxdx away with himx hexs a villain and a
|
|
traitorx
|
|
cadex away with himx i sayx hang him with his pen and inkhorn about
|
|
his neckx exit one with the clerk
|
|
|
|
enter michael
|
|
|
|
michaelx wherexs our generalx
|
|
cadex here i amx thou particular fellowx
|
|
michaelx flyx flyx flyx sir humphrey stafford and his brother are
|
|
hard byx with the kingxs forcesx
|
|
cadex standx villainx standx or ixll fell thee downx he shall be
|
|
encountxred with a man as good as himselfx he is but a knightx
|
|
is xax
|
|
michaelx nox
|
|
cadex to equal himx i will make myself a knight presentlyx
|
|
xkneelsx rise upx sir john mortimerx xrisesx now have at himx
|
|
|
|
enter sir humphrey stafford and william
|
|
his brotherx with drum and soldiers
|
|
|
|
staffordx rebellious hindsx the filth and scum of kentx
|
|
markxd for the gallowsx lay your weapons downx
|
|
home to your cottagesx forsake this groomx
|
|
the king is merciful if you revoltx
|
|
william staffordx but angryx wrathfulx and inclinxd to bloodx
|
|
if you go forwardx therefore yield or diex
|
|
cadex as for these silkenxcoated slavesx i pass notx
|
|
it is to youx good peoplex that i speakx
|
|
oxer whomx in time to comex i hope to reignx
|
|
for i am rightful heir unto the crownx
|
|
staffordx villainx thy father was a plastererx
|
|
and thou thyself a shearmanx art thou notx
|
|
cadex and adam was a gardenerx
|
|
william staffordx and what of thatx
|
|
cadex marryx thisx edmund mortimerx earl of marchx
|
|
married the duke of clarencex daughterx did he notx
|
|
staffordx ayx sirx
|
|
cadex by her he had two children at one birthx
|
|
william staffordx thatxs falsex
|
|
cadex ayx therexs the questionx but i say xtis truex
|
|
the elder of them being put to nursex
|
|
was by a beggarxwoman stolxn awayx
|
|
andx ignorant of his birth and parentagex
|
|
became a bricklayer when he came to agex
|
|
his son am ix deny it if you canx
|
|
dickx nayx xtis too truex therefore he shall be kingx
|
|
smithx sirx he made a chimney in my fatherxs housex and the bricks
|
|
are alive at this day to testify itx therefore deny it notx
|
|
staffordx and will you credit this base drudgexs words
|
|
that speaks he knows not whatx
|
|
allx ayx marryx will wex therefore get ye gonex
|
|
william staffordx jack cadex the duke of york hath taught you thisx
|
|
cadex xasidex he liesx for i invented it myselfx go tox sirrahx
|
|
tell the king from me that for his fatherxs sakex henry the
|
|
fifthx in whose time boys went to spanxcounter for french crownsx
|
|
i am content he shall reignx but ixll be protector over himx
|
|
dickx and furthermorex wexll have the lord sayxs head for selling
|
|
the dukedom of mainex
|
|
cadex and good reasonx for thereby is england mainxd and fain to go
|
|
with a staffx but that my puissance holds it upx fellow kingsx i
|
|
tell you that that lord say hath gelded the commonwealth and made
|
|
it an eunuchx and more than thatx he can speak frenchx and
|
|
therefore he is a traitorx
|
|
staffordx o gross and miserable ignorancex
|
|
cadex nayx answer if you canx the frenchmen are our enemiesx go tox
|
|
thenx i ask but thisx can he that speaks with the tongue of an
|
|
enemy be a good counsellorx or nox
|
|
allx nox nox and therefore wexll have his headx
|
|
william staffordx wellx seeing gentle words will not prevailx
|
|
assail them with the army of the kingx
|
|
staffordx heraldx awayx and throughout every town
|
|
proclaim them traitors that are up with cadex
|
|
that those which fly before the battle ends
|
|
mayx even in their wivesxand childrenxs sightx
|
|
be hangxd up for example at their doorsx
|
|
and you that be the kingxs friendsx follow mex
|
|
exeunt the two staffords and soldiers
|
|
cadex and you that love the commons follow mex
|
|
now show yourselves menx xtis for libertyx
|
|
we will not leave one lordx one gentlemanx
|
|
spare none but such as go in clouted shoonx
|
|
for they are thrifty honest men and such
|
|
as wouldx but that they dare notx take our partsx
|
|
dickx they are all in orderx and march toward usx
|
|
cadex but then are we in order when we are most out of orderx comex
|
|
march forwardx exeunt
|
|
|
|
scene iiix another part of blackheath
|
|
|
|
alarums to the fightx wherein both the staffords are slainx
|
|
enter cade and the rest
|
|
|
|
cadex wherexs dickx the butcher of ashfordx
|
|
dickx herex sirx
|
|
cadex they fell before thee like sheep and oxenx and thou behavedst
|
|
thyself as if thou hadst been in thine own slaughterxhousex
|
|
therefore thus will i reward theex the lent shall be as long
|
|
again as it isx and thou shalt have a licence to kill for a
|
|
hundred lacking onex
|
|
dickx i desire no morex
|
|
cadex andx to speak truthx thou deservxst no lessx xputting on sir
|
|
humphreyxs brigandinex this monument of the victory will i bearx
|
|
and the bodies shall be dragged at my horse heels till i do come
|
|
to londonx where we will have the mayorxs sword borne before usx
|
|
dickx if we mean to thrive and do goodx break open the gaols and
|
|
let out the prisonersx
|
|
cadex fear not thatx i warrant theex comex letxs march towards
|
|
londonx exeunt
|
|
|
|
scene ivx londonx the palace
|
|
|
|
enter the king with a supplicationx and the queen with suffolkxs headx
|
|
the duke of buckinghamx and the lord say
|
|
|
|
queenx oft have i heard that grief softens the mind
|
|
and makes it fearful and degeneratex
|
|
think therefore on revenge and cease to weepx
|
|
but who can cease to weepx and look on thisx
|
|
here may his head lie on my throbbing breastx
|
|
but wherexs the body that i should embracex
|
|
buckinghamx what answer makes your grace to the rebelsx
|
|
supplicationx
|
|
king henryx ixll send some holy bishop to entreatx
|
|
for god forbid so many simple souls
|
|
should perish by the swordx and i myselfx
|
|
rather than bloody war shall cut them shortx
|
|
will parley with jack cade their generalx
|
|
but stayx ixll read it over once againx
|
|
queenx ahx barbarous villainsx hath this lovely face
|
|
rulxd like a wandering planet over mex
|
|
and could it not enforce them to relent
|
|
that were unworthy to behold the samex
|
|
king henryx lord sayx jack cade hath sworn to have thy headx
|
|
sayx ayx but i hope your highness shall have hisx
|
|
king henryx how nowx madamx
|
|
still lamenting and mourning for suffolkxs deathx
|
|
i fear mex lovex if that i had been deadx
|
|
thou wouldst not have mournxd so much for mex
|
|
queenx nox my lovex i should not mournx but die for theex
|
|
|
|
enter a messenger
|
|
|
|
king henryx how nowx what newsx why comxst thou in such hastex
|
|
messengerx the rebels are in southwarkx flyx my lordx
|
|
jack cade proclaims himself lord mortimerx
|
|
descended from the duke of clarencex housex
|
|
and calls your grace usurperx openlyx
|
|
and vows to crown himself in westminsterx
|
|
his army is a ragged multitude
|
|
of hinds and peasantsx rude and mercilessx
|
|
sir humphrey stafford and his brotherxs death
|
|
hath given them heart and courage to proceedx
|
|
all scholarsx lawyersx courtiersx gentlemenx
|
|
they call false caterpillars and intend their deathx
|
|
king henryx o graceless menx they know not what they dox
|
|
buckinghamx my gracious lordx retire to killingworth
|
|
until a power be raisxd to put them downx
|
|
queenx ahx were the duke of suffolk now alivex
|
|
these kentish rebels would be soon appeasxdx
|
|
king henryx lord sayx the traitors hate theex
|
|
therefore away with us to killingworthx
|
|
sayx so might your gracexs person be in dangerx
|
|
the sight of me is odious in their eyesx
|
|
and therefore in this city will i stay
|
|
and live alone as secret as i mayx
|
|
|
|
enter another messenger
|
|
|
|
second messengerx jack cade hath gotten london bridgex
|
|
the citizens fly and forsake their housesx
|
|
the rascal peoplex thirsting after preyx
|
|
join with the traitorx and they jointly swear
|
|
to spoil the city and your royal courtx
|
|
buckinghamx then linger notx my lordx awayx take horsex
|
|
king henryx come margaretx godx our hopex will succour usx
|
|
queenx my hope is gonex now suffolk is deceasxdx
|
|
king henryx xto lord sayx farewellx my lordx trust not the kentish
|
|
rebelsx
|
|
buckinghamx trust nobodyx for fear you be betrayxdx
|
|
sayx the trust i have is in mine innocencex
|
|
and therefore am i bold and resolutex exeunt
|
|
|
|
scene vx londonx the tower
|
|
|
|
enter lord scales upon the towerx walkingx then enter two or three
|
|
citizensx below
|
|
|
|
scalesx how nowx is jack cade slainx
|
|
first citizenx nox my lordx nor likely to be slainx for they have
|
|
won the bridgex killing all those that withstand themx
|
|
the lord mayor craves aid of your honour from the
|
|
towerx to defend the city from the rebelsx
|
|
scalesx such aid as i can spare you shall commandx
|
|
but i am troubled here with them myselfx
|
|
the rebels have assayxd to win the towerx
|
|
but get you to smithfieldx and gather headx
|
|
and thither i will send you matthew goffex
|
|
fight for your kingx your countryx and your livesx
|
|
and sox farewellx for i must hence againx exeunt
|
|
|
|
scene vix londonx cannon street
|
|
|
|
enter jack cade and the restx and strikes his staff on london stone
|
|
|
|
cadex now is mortimer lord of this cityx and herex sitting upon
|
|
london stonex i charge and command thatx of the cityxs costx the
|
|
pissing conduit run nothing but claret wine this first year of our
|
|
reignx and now henceforward it shall be treason for any that calls me
|
|
other than lord mortimerx
|
|
|
|
enter a soldierx running
|
|
|
|
soldierx jack cadex jack cadex
|
|
cadex knock him down therex xthey kill himx
|
|
smithx if this fellow be wisex hexll never call ye jack cade morex
|
|
i think he hath a very fair warningx
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dickx my lordx therexs an army gathered together in smithfieldx
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cadex come thenx letxs go fight with themx but first go and set
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london bridge on firex andx if you canx burn down the tower toox
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comex letxs awayx exeunt
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scene viix londonx smithfield
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alarumsx matthew goffe is slainx and all the restx then enter jack
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cadex with his company
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cadex sox sirsx now go some and pull down the savoyx others to thx
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inns of courtx down with them allx
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dickx i have a suit unto your lordshipx
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cadex be it a lordshipx thou shalt have it for that wordx
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dickx only that the laws of england may come out of your mouthx
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johnx xasidex massx xtwill be sore law thenx for he was thrust in
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the mouth with a spearx and xtis not whole yetx
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smithx xasidex nayx johnx it will be stinking lawx for his breath
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stinks with eating toasted cheesex
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cadex i have thought upon itx it shall be sox awayx burn all the
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records of the realmx my mouth shall be the parliament of
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englandx
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johnx xasidex then we are like to have biting statutesx unless his
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teeth be pullxd outx
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cadex and henceforward all things shall be in commonx
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enter a messenger
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messengerx my lordx a prizex a prizex herexs the lord sayx which sold
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the towns in francex he that made us pay one and twenty fifteensx and
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one shining to the poundx the last subsidyx
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enter george bevisx with the lord say
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cadex wellx he shall be beheaded for it ten timesx ahx thou sayx
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thou sergex nayx thou buckram lordx now art thou within point
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blank of our jurisdiction regalx what canst thou answer to my
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majesty for giving up of normandy unto mounsieur basimecu the
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dauphin of francex be it known unto thee by these presencex even
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the presence of lord mortimerx that i am the besom that must
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sweep the court clean of such filth as thou artx thou hast most
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traitorously corrupted the youth of the realm in erecting a
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grammar schoolx and whereasx beforex our forefathers had no other
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books but the score and the tallyx thou hast caused printing to
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be usxdx andx contrary to the kingx his crownx and dignityx thou
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hast built a paperxmillx it will be proved to thy face that thou
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hast men about thee that usually talk of a noun and a verbx and
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such abominable words as no christian ear can endure to hearx
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thou hast appointed justices of peacex to call poor men before
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them about matters they were not able to answerx moreoverx thou
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hast put them in prisonx and because they could not readx thou
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hast hangxd themx whenx indeedx only for that cause they have
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been most worthy to livex thou dost ride in a footxclothx dost
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thou notx
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sayx what of thatx
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cadex marryx thou oughtxst not to let thy horse wear a cloakx when
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honester men than thou go in their hose and doubletsx
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dickx and work in their shirt toox as myselfx for examplex that am
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a butcherx
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sayx you men of kentx
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dickx what say you of kentx
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sayx nothing but thisx xtis xbona terrax mala gensxx
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cadex away with himx away with himx he speaks latinx
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sayx hear me but speakx and bear me where you willx
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kentx in the commentaries caesar writx
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is termxd the civilxst place of all this islex
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sweet is the countryx because full of richesx
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the people liberal valiantx activex wealthyx
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which makes me hope you are not void of pityx
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i sold not mainex i lost not normandyx
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yetx to recover themx would lose my lifex
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justice with favour have i always donex
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prayxrs and tears have movxd mex gifts could neverx
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when have i aught exacted at your handsx
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but to maintain the kingx the realmx and youx
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large gifts have i bestowxd on learned clerksx
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because my book preferrxd me to the kingx
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and seeing ignorance is the curse of godx
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knowledge the wing wherewith we fly to heavenx
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unless you be possessxd with devilish spirits
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you cannot but forbear to murder mex
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this tongue hath parleyxd unto foreign kings
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for your behoofx
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cadex tutx when struckxst thou one blow in the fieldx
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sayx great men have reaching handsx oft have i struck
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those that i never sawx and struck them deadx
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georgex o monstrous cowardx whatx to come behind folksx
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sayx these cheeks are pale for watching for your goodx
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cadex give him a box ox thx earx and that will make xem red againx
|
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sayx long sitting to determine poor menxs causes
|
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hath made me full of sickness and diseasesx
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cadex ye shall have a hempen caudle thenx and the help of hatchetx
|
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dickx why dost thou quiverx manx
|
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sayx the palsyx and not fearx provokes mex
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cadex nayx he nods at usx as who should say xixll be even with
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youxx ixll see if his head will stand steadier on a polex or nox
|
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take him awayx and behead himx
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sayx tell mex wherein have i offended mostx
|
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have i affected wealth or honourx speakx
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are my chests fillxd up with extorted goldx
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is my apparel sumptuous to beholdx
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whom have i injurxdx that ye seek my deathx
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these hands are free from guiltless bloodsheddingx
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this breast from harbouring foul deceitful thoughtsx
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ox let me livex
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cadex xasidex i feel remorse in myself with his wordsx but ixll
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bridle itx he shall diex an it be but for pleading so well for
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his lifexx away with himx he has a familiar under his tonguex he
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|
speaks not ox godxs namex gox take him awayx i sayx and strike
|
|
off his head presentlyx and then break into his sonxinxlawxs
|
|
housex sir james cromerx and strike off his headx and bring them
|
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both upon two poles hitherx
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allx it shall be donex
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sayx ahx countrymenx if when you make your prayxrsx
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god should be so obdurate as yourselvesx
|
|
how would it fare with your departed soulsx
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|
and therefore yet relent and save my lifex
|
|
cadex away with himx and do as i command yex xexeunt some with
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|
lord sayx the proudest peer in the realm shall not wear a head
|
|
on his shouldersx unless he pay me tributex there shall not a
|
|
maid be marriedx but she shall pay to me her maidenhead ere they
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have itx men shall hold of me in capitex and we charge and
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|
command that their wives be as free as heart can wish or tongue
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|
can tellx
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dickx my lordx when shall we go to cheapsidex and take up
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commodities upon our billsx
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cadex marryx presentlyx
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allx ox bravex
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rexenter one with the heads
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cadex but is not this braverx let them kiss one anotherx for they
|
|
lovxd well when they were alivex now part them againx lest they
|
|
consult about the giving up of some more towns in francex soldiersx
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|
defer the spoil of the city until nightx for with these borne before
|
|
us instead of maces will we ride through the streetsx and at every
|
|
corner have them kissx awayx exeunt
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scene viiix southwark
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alarum and retreatx enter again cade and all his rabblement
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cadex up fish streetx down saint magnusx cornerx kill and knock downx
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throw them into thamesx xsound a parleyx what noise is
|
|
this i hearx dare any be so bold to sound retreat or parley when i
|
|
command them killx
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enter buckingham and old cliffordx attended
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buckinghamx ayx here they be that dare and will disturb theex
|
|
and therefore yet relentx and save my lifex
|
|
knowx cadex we come ambassadors from the king
|
|
unto the commons whom thou hast misledx
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|
and here pronounce free pardon to them all
|
|
that will forsake thee and go home in peacex
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cliffordx what say yex countrymenx will ye relent
|
|
and yield to mercy whilst xtis offerxd youx
|
|
or let a rebel lead you to your deathsx
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|
who loves the kingx and will embrace his pardonx
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fling up his cap and say xgod save his majestyxx
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who hateth him and honours not his fatherx
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henry the fifthx that made all france to quakex
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shake he his weapon at us and pass byx
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allx god save the kingx god save the kingx
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cadex whatx buckingham and cliffordx are ye so bravex
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and youx base peasantsx do ye believe himx will you needs be
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|
hangxd with your about your necksx hath my sword therefore broke
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|
through london gatesx that you should leave me at the white hart
|
|
in southwarkx i thought ye would never have given out these arms
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|
till you had recovered your ancient freedomx but you are all
|
|
recreants and dastardsx and delight to live in slavery to the
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|
nobilityx let them break your backs with burdensx take your
|
|
houses over your headsx ravish your wives and daughters before
|
|
your facesx for mex i will make shift for onex and so godxs curse
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|
light upon you allx
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allx wexll follow cadex wexll follow cadex
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cliffordx is cade the son of henry the fifthx
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|
that thus you do exclaim youxll go with himx
|
|
will he conduct you through the heart of francex
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and make the meanest of you earls and dukesx
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alasx he hath no homex no place to fly tox
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|
nor knows he how to live but by the spoilx
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|
unless by robbing of your friends and usx
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|
werext not a shame that whilst you live at jar
|
|
the fearful frenchx whom you late vanquishedx
|
|
should make a start oxer seas and vanquish youx
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|
methinks already in this civil broil
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|
i see them lording it in london streetsx
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crying xvilliagoxx unto all they meetx
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better ten thousand basexborn cades miscarry
|
|
than you should stoop unto a frenchmanxs mercyx
|
|
to francex to francex and get what you have lostx
|
|
spare englandx for it is your native coastx
|
|
henry hath moneyx you are strong and manlyx
|
|
god on our sidex doubt not of victoryx
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|
allx a cliffordx a cliffordx wexll follow the king and cliffordx
|
|
cadex was ever feather so lightly blown to and fro as this
|
|
multitudex the name of henry the fifth hales them to an hundred
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|
mischiefsx and makes them leave me desolatex i see them lay their
|
|
heads together to surprise mex my sword make way for me for here
|
|
is no stayingx in despite of the devils and hellx have through
|
|
the very middest of youx and heavens and honour be witness that
|
|
no want of resolution in mex but only my followersx base and
|
|
ignominious treasonsx makes me betake me to my heelsx
|
|
exit
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|
buckinghamx whatx is he fledx go somex and follow himx
|
|
and he that brings his head unto the king
|
|
shall have a thousand crowns for his rewardx
|
|
exeunt some of them
|
|
follow mex soldiersx wexll devise a mean
|
|
to reconcile you all unto the kingx exeunt
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|
|
|
scene ixx killingx worth castle
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|
|
sound trumpetsx enter kingx queenx and somersetx on the terrace
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|
|
|
king henryx was ever king that joyxd an earthly throne
|
|
and could command no more content than ix
|
|
no sooner was i crept out of my cradle
|
|
but i was made a kingx at nine months oldx
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was never subject longxd to be a king
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|
as i do long and wish to be a subjectx
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|
enter buckingham and old clifford
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buckinghamx health and glad tidings to your majestyx
|
|
king henryx whyx buckinghamx is the traitor cade surprisxdx
|
|
or is he but retirxd to make him strongx
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|
enterx belowx multitudesx with halters about their necks
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|
cliffordx he is fledx my lordx and all his powers do yieldx
|
|
and humbly thusx with halters on their necksx
|
|
expect your highnessx doom of life or deathx
|
|
king henryx thenx heavenx set ope thy everlasting gatesx
|
|
to entertain my vows of thanks and praisex
|
|
soldiersx this day have you redeemxd your livesx
|
|
and showxd how well you love your prince and countryx
|
|
continue still in this so good a mindx
|
|
and henryx though he be infortunatex
|
|
assure yourselvesx will never be unkindx
|
|
and sox with thanks and pardon to you allx
|
|
i do dismiss you to your several countriesx
|
|
allx god save the kingx god save the kingx
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|
|
|
enter a messenger
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|
|
|
messengerx please it your grace to be advertised
|
|
the duke of york is newly come from ireland
|
|
and with a puissant and a mighty power
|
|
of gallowglasses and stout kerns
|
|
is marching hitherward in proud arrayx
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|
and still proclaimethx as he comes alongx
|
|
his arms are only to remove from thee
|
|
the duke of somersetx whom he terms a traitorx
|
|
king henryx thus stands my statex xtwixt cade and york distressxdx
|
|
like to a ship thatx having scapxd a tempestx
|
|
is straightway calmxdx and boarded with a piratex
|
|
but now is cade driven backx his men dispersxdx
|
|
and now is york in arms to second himx
|
|
i pray theex buckinghamx go and meet him
|
|
and ask him whatxs the reason of these armsx
|
|
tell him ixll send duke edmund to the towerx
|
|
and somersetx we will commit thee thither
|
|
until his army be dismissxd from himx
|
|
somersetx my lordx
|
|
ixll yield myself to prison willinglyx
|
|
or unto deathx to do my country goodx
|
|
king henryx in any case be not too rough in termsx
|
|
for he is fierce and cannot brook hard languagex
|
|
buckinghamx i willx my lordx and doubt not so to deal
|
|
as all things shall redound unto your goodx
|
|
king henryx comex wifex letxs inx and learn to govern betterx
|
|
for yet may england curse my wretched reignx
|
|
flourishx exeunt
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|
|
|
scene xx kentx idenxs garden
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|
|
|
enter cade
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cadex fie on ambitionsx fie on myselfx that have a sword and yet am
|
|
ready to famishx these five days have i hid me in these woods and
|
|
durst not peep outx for all the country is laid for mex but now am i
|
|
so hungry thatx if i might have a lease of my life for a thousand
|
|
yearsx i could stay no longerx whereforex on a brick wall have i
|
|
climbxd into this gardenx to see if i can eat grass or pick a sallet
|
|
another whilex which is not amiss to cool a manxs stomach this hot
|
|
weatherx and i think this word xsalletx was born to do me goodx for
|
|
many a timex but for a salletx my brainxpain had been cleft with a
|
|
brown billx and many a timex when i have been dryx and bravely
|
|
marchingx it hath servxd me instead of a quartxpot to drink inx and
|
|
now the word xsalletx must serve me to feed onx
|
|
|
|
enter iden
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|
|
idenx lordx who would live turmoiled in the court
|
|
and may enjoy such quiet walks as thesex
|
|
this small inheritance my father left me
|
|
contenteth mex and worth a monarchyx
|
|
i seek not to wax great by othersx waning
|
|
or gather wealth i care not with what envyx
|
|
sufficeth that i have maintains my statex
|
|
and sends the poor well pleased from my gatex
|
|
cadex herexs the lord of the soil come to seize me for a strayx for
|
|
entering his feexsimple without leavex ahx villainx thou wilt
|
|
betray mex and get a thousand crowns of the king by carrying my
|
|
head to himx but ixll make thee eat iron like an ostrich and
|
|
swallow my sword like a great pin ere thou and i partx
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|
idenx whyx rude companionx whatsoexer thou bex
|
|
i know thee notx why then should i betray theex
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|
isxt not enough to break into my garden
|
|
and like a thief to come to rob my groundsx
|
|
climbing my walls in spite of me the ownerx
|
|
but thou wilt brave me with these saucy termsx
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|
cadex brave theex ayx by the best blood that ever was broachxdx and
|
|
beard thee toox look on me wellx i have eat no meat these five
|
|
daysx yet come thou and thy five men and if i do not leave you
|
|
all as dead as a doorxnailx i pray god i may never eat grass
|
|
morex
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|
idenx nayx it shall nexer be saidx while england standsx
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|
that alexander idenx an esquire of kentx
|
|
took odds to combat a poor famishxd manx
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|
oppose thy steadfastxgazing eyes to minex
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|
see if thou canst outface me with thy looksx
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set limb to limbx and thou art far the lesserx
|
|
thy hand is but a finger to my fistx
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|
thy leg a stick compared with this truncheonx
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|
my foot shall fight with all the strength thou hastx
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and if mine arm be heaved in the airx
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|
thy grave is diggxd already in the earthx
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|
as for wordsx whose greatness answers wordsx
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|
let this my sword report what speech forbearsx
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cadex by my valourx the most complete champion that ever i heardx
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|
steelx if thou turn the edgex or cut not out the burly bonxd
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|
clown in chines of beef ere thou sleep in thy sheathx i beseech
|
|
god on my knees thou mayst be turnxd to hobnailsx xhere they
|
|
fightx cade fallsx ox i am slainx famine and no other hath slain
|
|
mex let ten thousand devils come against mex and give me but the
|
|
ten meals i have lostx and ixd defy them allx witherx gardenx and
|
|
be henceforth a burying place to all that do dwell in this housex
|
|
because the unconquered soul of cade is fledx
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|
idenx isxt cade that i have slainx that monstrous traitorx
|
|
swordx i will hallow thee for this thy deed
|
|
and hang thee oxer my tomb when i am deadx
|
|
nexer shall this blood be wiped from thy pointx
|
|
but thou shalt wear it as a heraldxs coat
|
|
to emblaze the honour that thy master gotx
|
|
cadex idenx farewellx and be proud of thy victoryx tell kent from
|
|
me she hath lost her best manx and exhort all the world to be
|
|
cowardsx for ix that never feared anyx am vanquished by faminex
|
|
not by valourx xdiesx
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|
idenx how much thou wrongxst mex heaven be my judgex
|
|
diex damned wretchx the curse of her that bare theex
|
|
and as i thrust thy body in with my swordx
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so wish ix i might thrust thy soul to hellx
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|
hence will i drag thee headlong by the heels
|
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unto a dunghillx which shall be thy gravex
|
|
and there cut off thy most ungracious headx
|
|
which i will bear in triumph to the kingx
|
|
leaving thy trunk for crows to feed uponx exit
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|
act vx scene ix fields between dartford and blackheath
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|
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enter yorkx and his army of irishx with drum and colours
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|
yorkx from ireland thus comes york to claim his right
|
|
and pluck the crown from feeble henryxs headx
|
|
ring bells aloudx burn bonfires clear and brightx
|
|
to entertain great englandxs lawful kingx
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|
ahx sancta majestasx who would not buy thee dearx
|
|
let them obey that knows not how to rulex
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|
this hand was made to handle nought but goldx
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i cannot give due action to my words
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|
except a sword or sceptre balance itx
|
|
a sceptre shall it havex have i a soul
|
|
on which ixll toss the flowerxdexluce of francex
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|
enter buckingham
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xasidex whom have we herex buckinghamx to disturb mex
|
|
the king hath sent himx surex i must dissemblex
|
|
buckinghamx yorkx if thou meanest well i greet thee wellx
|
|
yorkx humphrey of buckinghamx i accept thy greetingx
|
|
art thou a messengerx or come of pleasurex
|
|
buckinghamx a messenger from henryx our dread liegex
|
|
to know the reason of these arms in peacex
|
|
or why thoux being a subject as i amx
|
|
against thy oath and true allegiance swornx
|
|
should raise so great a power without his leavex
|
|
or dare to bring thy force so near the courtx
|
|
yorkx xasidex scarce can i speakx my choler is so greatx
|
|
ox i could hew up rocks and fight with flintx
|
|
i am so angry at these abject termsx
|
|
and nowx like ajax telamoniusx
|
|
on sheep or oxen could i spend my furyx
|
|
i am far better born than is the kingx
|
|
more like a kingx more kingly in my thoughtsx
|
|
but i must make fair weather yet awhilex
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|
till henry be more weak and i more strongxx
|
|
buckinghamx i pritheex pardon me
|
|
that i have given no answer all this whilex
|
|
my mind was troubled with deep melancholyx
|
|
the cause why i have brought this army hither
|
|
is to remove proud somerset from the kingx
|
|
seditious to his grace and to the statex
|
|
buckinghamx that is too much presumption on thy partx
|
|
but if thy arms be to no other endx
|
|
the king hath yielded unto thy demandx
|
|
the duke of somerset is in the towerx
|
|
yorkx upon thine honourx is he prisonerx
|
|
buckinghamx upon mine honourx he is prisonerx
|
|
yorkx thenx buckinghamx i do dismiss my powxrsx
|
|
soldiersx i thank you allx disperse yourselvesx
|
|
meet me toxmorrow in saint georgexs fieldx
|
|
you shall have pay and everything you wishx
|
|
and let my sovereignx virtuous henryx
|
|
command my eldest sonx nayx all my sonsx
|
|
as pledges of my fealty and lovex
|
|
ixll send them all as willing as i livex
|
|
landsx goodsx horsex armourx anything i havex
|
|
is his to usex so somerset may diex
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buckinghamx yorkx i commend this kind submissionx
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we twain will go into his highnessx tentx
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enter the kingx and attendants
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king henryx buckinghamx doth york intend no harm to usx
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that thus he marcheth with thee arm in armx
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yorkx in all submission and humility
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york doth present himself unto your highnessx
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king henryx then what intends these forces thou dost bringx
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yorkx to heave the traitor somerset from hencex
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and fight against that monstrous rebel cadex
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who since i heard to be discomfitedx
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enter idenx with cadexs head
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idenx if one so rude and of so mean condition
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may pass into the presence of a kingx
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lox i present your grace a traitorxs headx
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the head of cadex whom i in combat slewx
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king henryx the head of cadex great godx how just art thoux
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ox let me view his visagex being deadx
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that living wrought me such exceeding troublex
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tell mex my friendx art thou the man that slew himx
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idenx i wasx anxt like your majestyx
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king henryx how art thou callxdx and what is thy degreex
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idenx alexander idenx thatxs my namex
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a poor esquire of kent that loves his kingx
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buckinghamx so please it youx my lordx xtwere not amiss
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he were created knight for his good servicex
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king henryx idenx kneel downx xhe kneelsx rise up a knightx
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we give thee for reward a thousand marksx
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and will that thou thenceforth attend on usx
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idenx may iden live to merit such a bountyx
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and never live but true unto his liegex
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enter the queen and somerset
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king henryx seex buckinghamx somerset comes with thx queenx
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gox bid her hide him quickly from the dukex
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queenx for thousand yorks he shall not hide his headx
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but boldly stand and front him to his facex
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yorkx how nowx is somerset at libertyx
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thenx yorkx unloose thy longximprisoned thoughts
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and let thy tongue be equal with thy heartx
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shall i endure the sight of somersetx
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false kingx why hast thou broken faith with mex
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knowing how hardly i can brook abusex
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king did i call theex nox thou art not kingx
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not fit to govern and rule multitudesx
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which darxst notx nox nor canst not rule a traitorx
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that head of thine doth not become a crownx
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thy hand is made to grasp a palmerxs staffx
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and not to grace an awful princely sceptrex
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that gold must round engirt these brows of minex
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whose smile and frownx like to achillesx spearx
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is able with the change to kill and curex
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here is a hand to hold a sceptre upx
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and with the same to act controlling lawsx
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give placex by heavenx thou shalt rule no more
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oxer him whom heaven created for thy rulerx
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somersetx o monstrous traitorx i arrest theex yorkx
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of capital treason xgainst the king and crownx
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obeyx audacious traitorx kneel for gracex
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yorkx wouldst have me kneelx first let me ask of thesex
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if they can brook i bow a knee to manx
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sirrahx call in my sons to be my bailx exit attendant
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i knowx ere thy will have me go to wardx
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theyxll pawn their swords for my enfranchisementx
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queenx call hither cliffordx bid him come amainx
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to say if that the bastard boys of york
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shall be the surety for their traitor fatherx
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exit buckingham
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yorkx o bloodxbespotted neapolitanx
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outcast of naplesx englandxs bloody scourgex
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the sons of yorkx thy betters in their birthx
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shall be their fatherxs bailx and bane to those
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that for my surety will refuse the boysx
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enter edward and richard plantagenet
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see where they comex ixll warrant theyxll make it goodx
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enter clifford and his son
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queenx and here comes clifford to deny their bailx
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cliffordx health and all happiness to my lord the kingx
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xkneelsx
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yorkx i thank theex cliffordx sayx what news with theex
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nayx do not fright us with an angry lookx
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we are thy sovereignx cliffordx kneel againx
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for thy mistaking sox we pardon theex
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cliffordx this is my kingx yorkx i do not mistakex
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but thou mistakes me much to think i dox
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to bedlam with himx is the man grown madx
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king henryx ayx cliffordx a bedlam and ambitious humour
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makes him oppose himself against his kingx
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cliffordx he is a traitorx let him to the towerx
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and chop away that factious pate of hisx
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queenx he is arrestedx but will not obeyx
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his sonsx he saysx shall give their words for himx
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yorkx will you notx sonsx
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edwardx ayx noble fatherx if our words will servex
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richardx and if words will notx then our weapons shallx
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cliffordx whyx what a brood of traitors have we herex
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yorkx look in a glassx and call thy image sox
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i am thy kingx and thou a falsexheart traitorx
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call hither to the stake my two brave bearsx
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that with the very shaking of their chains
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they may astonish these fellxlurking cursx
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bid salisbury and warwick come to mex
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enter the earls of warwick and salisbury
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cliffordx are these thy bearsx wexll bait thy bears to deathx
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and manacle the berard in their chainsx
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if thou darxst bring them to the baitingxplacex
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richardx oft have i seen a hot oxer weening cur
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run back and bitex because he was withheldx
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whox being sufferxdx with the bearxs fell pawx
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hath clappxd his tail between his legs and criedx
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|
and such a piece of service will you dox
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if you oppose yourselves to match lord warwickx
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|
cliffordx hencex heap of wrathx foul indigested lumpx
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as crooked in thy manners as thy shapex
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yorkx nayx we shall heat you thoroughly anonx
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cliffordx take heedx lest by your heat you burn yourselvesx
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king henryx whyx warwickx hath thy knee forgot to bowx
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old salisburyx shame to thy silver hairx
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|
thou mad misleader of thy brainsick sonx
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whatx wilt thou on thy deathxbed play the ruffian
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|
and seek for sorrow with thy spectaclesx
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|
ox where is faithx ox where is loyaltyx
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|
if it be banishxd from the frosty headx
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|
where shall it find a harbour in the earthx
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wilt thou go dig a grave to find out war
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|
and shame thine honourable age with bloodx
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|
why art thou oldx and wantxst experiencex
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|
or wherefore dost abuse itx if thou hast itx
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for shamex in duty bend thy knee to mex
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|
that bows unto the grave with mickle agex
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|
salisburyx my lordx i have considered with myself
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|
the tide of this most renowned dukex
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|
and in my conscience do repute his grace
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|
the rightful heir to englandxs royal seatx
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|
king henryx hast thou not sworn allegiance unto mex
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salisburyx i havex
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king henryx canst thou dispense with heaven for such an oathx
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salisburyx it is great sin to swear unto a sinx
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|
but greater sin to keep a sinful oathx
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|
who can be bound by any solemn vow
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|
to do a murdxrous deedx to rob a manx
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to force a spotless virginxs chastityx
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|
to reave the orphan of his patrimonyx
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|
to wring the widow from her customxd rightx
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|
and have no other reason for this wrong
|
|
but that he was bound by a solemn oathx
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|
queenx a subtle traitor needs no sophisterx
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|
king henryx call buckinghamx and bid him arm himselfx
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|
yorkx call buckinghamx and all the friends thou hastx
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|
i am resolvxd for death or dignityx
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|
cliffordx the first i warrant theex if dreams prove truex
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warwickx you were best to go to bed and dream again
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|
to keep thee from the tempest of the fieldx
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cliffordx i am resolvxd to bear a greater storm
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|
than any thou canst conjure up toxdayx
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and that ixll write upon thy burgonetx
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|
might i but know thee by thy household badgex
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|
warwickx nowx by my fatherxs badgex old nevilxs crestx
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|
the rampant bear chainxd to the ragged staffx
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|
this day ixll wear aloft my burgonetx
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|
as on a mountainxtop the cedar showsx
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|
that keeps his leaves in spite of any stormx
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|
even to affright thee with the view thereofx
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|
cliffordx and from thy burgonet ixll rend thy bear
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|
and tread it under foot with all contemptx
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|
despite the berard that protects the bearx
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|
young cliffordx and so to armsx victorious fatherx
|
|
to quell the rebels and their complicesx
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|
richardx fiex charityx for shamex speak not in spitex
|
|
for you shall sup with jesu christ toxnightx
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|
young cliffordx foul stigmaticx thatxs more than thou canst tellx
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|
richardx if not in heavenx youxll surely sup in hellx
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|
exeunt severally
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scene iix saint albans
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|
alarums to the battlex enter warwick
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warwickx clifford of cumberlandx xtis warwick callsx
|
|
and if thou dost not hide thee from the bearx
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|
nowx when the angry trumpet sounds alarum
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|
and dead menxs cries do fill the empty airx
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|
cliffordx i sayx come forth and fight with mex
|
|
proud northern lordx clifford of cumberlandx
|
|
warwick is hoarse with calling thee to armsx
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enter york
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|
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how nowx my noble lordx whatx all axfootx
|
|
yorkx the deadlyxhanded clifford slew my steedx
|
|
but match to match i have encountxred himx
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|
and made a prey for carrion kites and crows
|
|
even of the bonny beast he lovxd so wellx
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|
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|
enter old clifford
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warwickx of one or both of us the time is comex
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|
yorkx holdx warwickx seek thee out some other chasex
|
|
for i myself must hunt this deer to deathx
|
|
warwickx thenx noblyx yorkx xtis for a crown thou fightxstx
|
|
as i intendx cliffordx to thrive toxdayx
|
|
it grieves my soul to leave thee unassailxdx exit
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|
cliffordx what seest thou in mex yorkx why dost thou pausex
|
|
yorkx with thy brave bearing should i be in love
|
|
but that thou art so fast mine enemyx
|
|
cliffordx nor should thy prowess want praise and esteem
|
|
but that xtis shown ignobly and in treasonx
|
|
yorkx so let it help me now against thy swordx
|
|
as i in justice and true right express itx
|
|
cliffordx my soul and body on the action bothx
|
|
yorkx a dreadful layx address thee instantlyx
|
|
xthey fight and clifford fallsx
|
|
cliffordx la fin couronne les oeuvresx xdiesx
|
|
yorkx thus war hath given thee peacex for thou art stillx
|
|
peace with his soulx heavenx if it be thy willx exit
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|
|
|
enter young clifford
|
|
|
|
young cliffordx shame and confusionx all is on the routx
|
|
fear frames disorderx and disorder wounds
|
|
where it should guardx o warx thou son of hellx
|
|
whom angry heavens do make their ministerx
|
|
throw in the frozen bosoms of our part
|
|
hot coals of vengeancex let no soldier flyx
|
|
he that is truly dedicate to war
|
|
hath no selfxlovex nor he that loves himself
|
|
hath not essentiallyx but by circumstancex
|
|
the name of valourx xsees his fatherxs bodyx
|
|
ox let the vile world end
|
|
and the premised flames of the last day
|
|
knit earth and heaven togetherx
|
|
now let the general trumpet blow his blastx
|
|
particularities and petty sounds
|
|
to ceasex wast thou ordainxdx dear fatherx
|
|
to lose thy youth in peace and to achieve
|
|
the silver livery of advised agex
|
|
and in thy reverence and thy chairxdays thus
|
|
to die in ruffian battlex even at this sight
|
|
my heart is turnxd to stonex and while xtis mine
|
|
it shall be stonyx york not our old men sparesx
|
|
no more will i their babesx tears virginal
|
|
shall be to me even as the dew to firex
|
|
and beautyx that the tyrant oft reclaimsx
|
|
shall to my flaming wrath be oil and flaxx
|
|
henceforth i will not have to do with pityx
|
|
meet i an infant of the house of yorkx
|
|
into as many gobbets will i cut it
|
|
as wild medea young absyrtus didx
|
|
in cruelty will i seek out my famex
|
|
comex thou new ruin of old cliffordxs housex
|
|
as did aeneas old anchises bearx
|
|
so bear i thee upon my manly shouldersx
|
|
but then aeneas bare a living loadx
|
|
nothing so heavy as these woes of minex
|
|
exit with the body
|
|
|
|
enter richard and somerset to fightx somerset is killed
|
|
|
|
richardx sox lie thou therex
|
|
for underneath an alehousex paltry signx
|
|
the castle in saint albansx somerset
|
|
hath made the wizard famous in his deathx
|
|
swordx hold thy temperx heartx be wrathful stillx
|
|
priests pray for enemiesx but princes killx exit
|
|
|
|
fightx excursionsx enter kingx queenx and others
|
|
|
|
queenx awayx my lordx you are slowx for shamex awayx
|
|
king henryx can we outrun the heavensx good margaretx stayx
|
|
queenx what are you made ofx youxll nor fight nor flyx
|
|
now is it manhoodx wisdomx and defencex
|
|
to give the enemy wayx and to secure us
|
|
by what we canx which can no more but flyx
|
|
xalarum afar offx
|
|
if you be taxenx we then should see the bottom
|
|
of all our fortunesx but if we haply scapex
|
|
as well we mayx if not through your neglectx
|
|
we shall to london getx where you are lovxdx
|
|
and where this breach now in our fortunes made
|
|
may readily be stoppxdx
|
|
|
|
rexenter young clifford
|
|
|
|
young cliffordx but that my heartxs on future mischief setx
|
|
i would speak blasphemy ere bid you flyx
|
|
but fly you mustx uncurable discomfit
|
|
reigns in the hearts of all our present partsx
|
|
awayx for your reliefx and we will live
|
|
to see their day and them our fortune givex
|
|
awayx my lordx awayx exeunt
|
|
|
|
scene iiix fields near saint albans
|
|
|
|
alarumx retreatx enter yorkx richardx warwickx and soldiersx with drum
|
|
and colours
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|
|
|
yorkx of salisburyx who can report of himx
|
|
that winter lionx who in rage forgets
|
|
aged contusions and all brush of time
|
|
andx like a gallant in the brow of youthx
|
|
repairs him with occasionx this happy day
|
|
is not itselfx nor have we won one footx
|
|
if salisbury be lostx
|
|
richardx my noble fatherx
|
|
three times toxday i holp him to his horsex
|
|
three times bestrid himx thrice i led him offx
|
|
persuaded him from any further actx
|
|
but still where danger wasx still there i met himx
|
|
and like rich hangings in a homely housex
|
|
so was his will in his old feeble bodyx
|
|
butx noble as he isx look where he comesx
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|
|
|
enter salisbury
|
|
|
|
salisburyx nowx by my swordx well hast thou fought toxdayx
|
|
by thx massx so did we allx i thank youx richardx
|
|
god knows how long it is i have to livex
|
|
and it hath pleasxd him that three times toxday
|
|
you have defended me from imminent deathx
|
|
wellx lordsx we have not got that which we havex
|
|
xtis not enough our foes are this time fledx
|
|
being opposites of such repairing naturex
|
|
yorkx i know our safety is to follow themx
|
|
forx as i hearx the king is fled to london
|
|
to call a present court of parliamentx
|
|
let us pursue him ere the writs go forthx
|
|
what says lord warwickx shall we after themx
|
|
warwickx after themx nayx before themx if we canx
|
|
nowx by my faithx lordsx xtwas a glorious dayx
|
|
saint albansx battlex won by famous yorkx
|
|
shall be eternizxd in all age to comex
|
|
sound drum and trumpets and to london allx
|
|
and more such days as these to us befallx exeunt
|
|
|
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|
the third part of king henry the sixth
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|
|
dramatis personae
|
|
|
|
king henry the sixth
|
|
edwardx prince of walesx his son
|
|
lewis xix king of france duke of somerset
|
|
duke of exeter earl of oxford
|
|
earl of northumberland earl of westmoreland
|
|
lord clifford
|
|
richard plantagenetx duke of york
|
|
edwardx earl of marchx afterwards king edward ivx his son
|
|
edmundx earl of rutlandx his son
|
|
georgex afterwards duke of clarencex his son
|
|
richardx afterwards duke of gloucesterx his son
|
|
duke of norfolk marquis of montague
|
|
earl of warwick earl of pembroke
|
|
lord hastings lord stafford
|
|
sir john mortimerx uncle to the duke of york
|
|
sir hugh mortimerx uncle to the duke of york
|
|
henryx earl of richmondx a youth
|
|
lord riversx brother to lady grey
|
|
sir william stanley sir john montgomery
|
|
sir john somerville tutorx to rutland
|
|
mayor of york lieutenant of the tower
|
|
a nobleman two keepers
|
|
a huntsman
|
|
a son that has killed his father
|
|
a father that has killed his son
|
|
|
|
queen margaret
|
|
lady greyx afterwards queen to edward iv
|
|
bonax sister to the french queen
|
|
|
|
soldiersx attendantsx messengersx watchmenx etcx
|
|
|
|
scenex england and france
|
|
|
|
act ix scene ix londonx the parliament house
|
|
|
|
alarumx enter duke of yorkx edwardx richardx norfolkx montaguex
|
|
warwickx and soldiersx with white roses in their hats
|
|
|
|
warwickx i wonder how the king escapxd our handsx
|
|
yorkx while we pursuxd the horsemen of the northx
|
|
he slily stole away and left his menx
|
|
whereat the great lord of northumberlandx
|
|
whose warlike ears could never brook retreatx
|
|
cheerxd up the drooping armyx and himselfx
|
|
lord cliffordx and lord staffordx all abreastx
|
|
chargxd our main battlexs frontx andx breaking inx
|
|
were by the swords of common soldiers slainx
|
|
edwardx lord staffordxs fatherx duke of buckinghamx
|
|
is either slain or wounded dangerousx
|
|
i cleft his beaver with a downright blowx
|
|
that this is truex fatherx behold his bloodx
|
|
montaguex andx brotherx herexs the earl of wiltshirexs bloodx
|
|
whom i encountxred as the battles joinxdx
|
|
richardx speak thou for mex and tell them what i didx
|
|
xthrowing down somersetxs headx
|
|
yorkx richard hath best deservxd of all my sonsx
|
|
but is your grace deadx my lord of somersetx
|
|
norfolkx such hope have all the line of john of gauntx
|
|
richardx thus do i hope to shake king henryxs headx
|
|
warwickx and so do ix victorious prince of yorkx
|
|
before i see thee seated in that throne
|
|
which now the house of lancaster usurpsx
|
|
i vow by heaven these eyes shall never closex
|
|
this is the palace of the fearful kingx
|
|
and this the regal seatx possess itx yorkx
|
|
for this is thinex and not king henryxs heirsxx
|
|
yorkx assist me thenx sweet warwickx and i willx
|
|
for hither we have broken in by forcex
|
|
norfolkx wexll all assist youx he that flies shall diex
|
|
yorkx thanksx gentle norfolkx stay by mex my lordsx
|
|
andx soldiersx stay and lodge by me this nightx
|
|
xthey go upx
|
|
warwickx and when the king comesx offer him no violencex
|
|
unless he seek to thrust you out perforcex
|
|
yorkx the queen this day here holds her parliamentx
|
|
but little thinks we shall be of her councilx
|
|
by words or blows here let us win our rightx
|
|
richardx armxd as we arex letxs stay within this housex
|
|
warwickx the bloody parliament shall this be callxdx
|
|
unless plantagenetx duke of yorkx be kingx
|
|
and bashful henry deposxdx whose cowardice
|
|
hath made us byxwords to our enemiesx
|
|
yorkx then leave me notx my lordsx be resolutex
|
|
i mean to take possession of my rightx
|
|
warwickx neither the kingx nor he that loves him bestx
|
|
the proudest he that holds up lancasterx
|
|
dares stir a wing if warwick shake his bellsx
|
|
ixll plant plantagenetx root him up who daresx
|
|
resolve theex richardx claim the english crownx
|
|
xyork occupies the thronex
|
|
|
|
flourishx enter king henryx cliffordx northumberlandx
|
|
westmorelandx exeterx and othersx with red roses in
|
|
their hats
|
|
|
|
king henryx my lordsx look where the sturdy rebel sitsx
|
|
even in the chair of statex belike he meansx
|
|
backxd by the power of warwickx that false peerx
|
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to aspire unto the crown and reign as kingx
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earl of northumberlandx he slew thy fatherx
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and thinex lord cliffordx and you both have vowxd revenge
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on himx his sonsx his favouritesx and his friendsx
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northumberlandx if i be notx heavens be revengxd on mex
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cliffordx the hope thereof makes clifford mourn in steelx
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westmorelandx whatx shall we suffer thisx letxs pluck him downx
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my heart for anger burnsx i cannot brook itx
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king henryx be patientx gentle earl of westmorelandx
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cliffordx patience is for poltroons such as hex
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he durst not sit there had your father livxdx
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my gracious lordx here in the parliament
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let us assail the family of yorkx
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northumberlandx well hast thou spokenx cousinx be it sox
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king henryx ahx know you not the city favours themx
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and they have troops of soldiers at their beckx
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exeterx but when the duke is slain theyxll quickly flyx
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king henryx far be the thought of this from henryxs heartx
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to make a shambles of the parliament housex
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cousin of exeterx frownsx wordsx and threatsx
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shall be the war that henry means to usex
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thou factious duke of yorkx descend my throne
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and kneel for grace and mercy at my feetx
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i am thy sovereignx
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yorkx i am thinex
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exeterx for shamex come downx he made thee duke of yorkx
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yorkx xtwas my inheritancex as the earldom wasx
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exeterx thy father was a traitor to the crownx
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warwickx exeterx thou art a traitor to the crown
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in following this usurping henryx
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cliffordx whom should he follow but his natural kingx
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warwickx truex cliffordx and thatxs richard duke of yorkx
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king henryx and shall i standx and thou sit in my thronex
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yorkx it must and shall be sox content thyselfx
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warwickx be duke of lancasterx let him be kingx
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westmorelandx he is both king and duke of lancasterx
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and that the lord of westmoreland shall maintainx
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warwickx and warwick shall disprove itx you forget
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that we are those which chasxd you from the fieldx
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and slew your fathersx and with colours spread
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marchxd through the city to the palace gatesx
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northumberlandx yesx warwickx i remember it to my griefx
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andx by his soulx thou and thy house shall rue itx
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westmorelandx plantagenetx of theex and these thy sonsx
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thy kinsmenx and thy friendsx ixll have more lives
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than drops of blood were in my fatherxs veinsx
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cliffordx urge it no morex lest that instead of words
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i send theex warwickx such a messenger
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as shall revenge his death before i stirx
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warwickx poor cliffordx how i scorn his worthless threatsx
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yorkx will you we show our title to the crownx
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if notx our swords shall plead it in the fieldx
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king henryx what title hast thoux traitorx to the crownx
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thy father wasx as thou artx duke of yorkx
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thy grandfatherx roger mortimerx earl of marchx
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i am the son of henry the fifthx
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who made the dauphin and the french to stoopx
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and seizxd upon their towns and provincesx
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warwickx talk not of francex sith thou hast lost it allx
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king henryx the lord protector lost itx and not ix
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when i was crownxdx i was but nine months oldx
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richardx you are old enough nowx and yet methinks you losex
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fatherx tear the crown from the usurperxs headx
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edwardx sweet fatherx do sox set it on your headx
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montaguex good brotherx as thou lovxst and honourest armsx
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letxs fight it out and not stand cavilling thusx
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richardx sound drums and trumpetsx and the king will flyx
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yorkx sonsx peacex
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king henryx peace thoux and give king henry leave to speakx
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warwickx plantagenet shall speak firstx hear himx lordsx
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and be you silent and attentive toox
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for he that interrupts him shall not livex
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king henryx thinkxst thou that i will leave my kingly thronex
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wherein my grandsire and my father satx
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nox first shall war unpeople this my realmx
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ayx and their coloursx often borne in francex
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and now in england to our heartxs great sorrowx
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shall be my windingxsheetx why faint youx lordsx
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my titlexs goodx and better far than hisx
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warwickx prove itx henryx and thou shalt be kingx
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king henryx henry the fourth by conquest got the crownx
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yorkx xtwas by rebellion against his kingx
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king henryx xasidex i know not what to sayx my titlexs weakxx
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tell mex may not a king adopt an heirx
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yorkx what thenx
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king henryx an if he mayx then am i lawful kingx
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for richardx in the view of many lordsx
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resignxd the crown to henry the fourthx
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whose heir my father wasx and i am hisx
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yorkx he rose against himx being his sovereignx
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and made him to resign his crown perforcex
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warwickx supposex my lordsx he did it unconstrainxdx
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think you xtwere prejudicial to his crownx
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exeterx nox for he could not so resign his crown
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but that the next heir should succeed and reignx
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king henryx art thou against usx duke of exeterx
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exeterx his is the rightx and therefore pardon mex
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yorkx why whisper youx my lordsx and answer notx
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exeterx my conscience tells me he is lawful kingx
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king henryx xasidex all will revolt from mex and turn to himx
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northumberlandx plantagenetx for all the claim thou layxstx
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think not that henry shall be so deposxdx
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warwickx deposxd he shall bex in despite of allx
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northumberlandx thou art deceivxdx xtis not thy southern power
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of essexx norfolkx suffolkx nor of kentx
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which makes thee thus presumptuous and proudx
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can set the duke up in despite of mex
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cliffordx king henryx be thy title right or wrongx
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lord clifford vows to fight in thy defencex
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may that ground gapex and swallow me alivex
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where i shall kneel to him that slew my fatherx
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king henryx o cliffordx how thy words revive my heartx
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yorkx henry of lancasterx resign thy crownx
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what mutter youx or what conspire youx lordsx
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warwickx do right unto this princely duke of yorkx
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or i will fill the house with armed menx
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and over the chair of statex where now he sitsx
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write up his title with usurping bloodx
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xhe stamps with his foot and the
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soldiers show themselvesx
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king henryx my lord of warwickx hear but one wordx
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let me for this my lifextime reign as kingx
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yorkx confirm the crown to me and to mine heirsx
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and thou shalt reign in quiet while thou livxstx
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king henryx i am contentx richard plantagenetx
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enjoy the kingdom after my deceasex
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cliffordx what wrong is this unto the prince your sonx
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warwickx what good is this to england and himselfx
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westmorelandx basex fearfulx and despairing henryx
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|
cliffordx how hast thou injurxd both thyself and or usx
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westmorelandx i cannot stay to hear these articlesx
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|
northumberlandx nor ix
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cliffordx comex cousinx let us tell the queen these newsx
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westmorelandx farewellx faintxhearted and degenerate kingx
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in whose cold blood no spark of honour bidesx
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northumberlandx be thou a prey unto the house of york
|
|
and die in bands for this unmanly deedx
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cliffordx in dreadful war mayst thou be overcomex
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or live in peace abandonxd and despisxdx
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|
exeunt northumberlandx cliffordx
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and westmoreland
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warwickx turn this wayx henryx and regard them notx
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exeterx they seek revengex and therefore will not yieldx
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king henryx ahx exeterx
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warwickx why should you sighx my lordx
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king henryx not for myselfx lord warwickx but my sonx
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whom i unnaturally shall disinheritx
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but be it as it mayx xto yorkx i here entail
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the crown to thee and to thine heirs for everx
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conditionallyx that here thou take an oath
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to cease this civil warx andx whilst i livex
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to honour me as thy king and sovereignx
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and neither by treason nor hostility
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to seek to put me down and reign thyselfx
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|
yorkx this oath i willingly takex and will performx
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|
xcoming from the thronex
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warwickx long live king henryx plantagenetx embrace himx
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king henryx and long live thoux and these thy forward sonsx
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yorkx now york and lancaster are reconcilxdx
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exeterx accursxd be he that seeks to make them foesx
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xsennetx here they come downx
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yorkx farewellx my gracious lordx ixll to my castlex
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warwickx and ixll keep london with my soldiersx
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norfolkx and i to norfolk with my followersx
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|
montaguex and i unto the seax from whence i camex
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exeunt the yorkists
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|
king henryx and ix with grief and sorrowx to the courtx
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enter queen margaret and the prince of wales
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exeterx here comes the queenx whose looks bewray her angerx
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ixll steal awayx
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king henryx exeterx so will ix
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queen margaretx nayx go not from mex i will follow theex
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king henryx be patientx gentle queenx and i will stayx
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|
queen margaretx who can be patient in such extremesx
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ahx wretched manx would i had died a maidx
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and never seen theex never borne thee sonx
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seeing thou hast provxd so unnatural a fatherx
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hath he deservxd to lose his birthright thusx
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hadst thou but lovxd him half so well as ix
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or felt that pain which i did for him oncex
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or nourishxd him as i did with my bloodx
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thou wouldst have left thy dearest heartxblood there
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|
rather than have made that savage duke thine heirx
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and disinherited thine only sonx
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|
prince of walesx fatherx you cannot disinherit mex
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if you be kingx why should not i succeedx
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king henryx pardon mex margaretx pardon mex sweet sonx
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|
the earl of warwick and the duke enforcxd mex
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|
queen margaretx enforcxd theex art thou king and wilt be
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forcxdx
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i shame to hear thee speakx ahx timorous wretchx
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thou hast undone thyselfx thy sonx and mex
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|
and givxn unto the house of york such head
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|
as thou shalt reign but by their sufferancex
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|
to entail him and his heirs unto the crownx
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|
what is it but to make thy sepulchre
|
|
and creep into it far before thy timex
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|
warwick is chancellor and the lord of calaisx
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stern falconbridge commands the narrow seasx
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the duke is made protector of the realmx
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and yet shalt thou be safex such safety finds
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|
the trembling lamb environed with wolvesx
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had i been therex which am a silly womanx
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the soldiers should have tossxd me on their pikes
|
|
before i would have granted to that actx
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but thou preferxst thy life before thine honourx
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and seeing thou dostx i here divorce myselfx
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both from thy tablex henryx and thy bedx
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|
until that act of parliament be repealxd
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|
whereby my son is disinheritedx
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|
the northern lords that have forsworn thy colours
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|
will follow minex if once they see them spreadx
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|
and spread they shall bex to thy foul disgrace
|
|
and utter ruin of the house of yorkx
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|
thus do i leave theex comex sonx letxs awayx
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|
our army is readyx comex wexll after themx
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|
king henryx stayx gentle margaretx and hear me speakx
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queen margaretx thou hast spoke too much alreadyx get thee gonex
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king henryx gentle son edwardx thou wilt stay with mex
|
|
queen margaretx ayx to be murderxd by his enemiesx
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|
prince of walesx when i return with victory from the field
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|
ixll see your gracex till then ixll follow herx
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|
queen margaretx comex sonx awayx we may not linger thusx
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|
exeunt queen margaret and the prince
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|
king henryx poor queenx how love to me and to her son
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|
hath made her break out into terms of ragex
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revengxd may she be on that hateful dukex
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whose haughty spiritx winged with desirex
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will cost my crownx and like an empty eagle
|
|
tire on the flesh of me and of my sonx
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|
the loss of those three lords torments my heartx
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|
ixll write unto themx and entreat them fairx
|
|
comex cousinx you shall be the messengerx
|
|
exeterx and ix i hopex shall reconcile them allx exeunt
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scene iix sandal castlex near wakefieldx in yorkshire
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flourishx enter edwardx richardx and montague
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richardx brotherx though i be youngestx give me leavex
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edwardx nox i can better play the oratorx
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|
montaguex but i have reasons strong and forciblex
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enter the duke of york
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yorkx whyx how nowx sons and brotherx at a strifex
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what is your quarrelx how began it firstx
|
|
edwardx no quarrelx but a slight contentionx
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|
yorkx about whatx
|
|
richardx about that which concerns your grace and usx
|
|
the crown of englandx fatherx which is yoursx
|
|
yorkx minex boyx not till king henry be deadx
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|
richardx your right depends not on his life or deathx
|
|
edwardx now you are heirx therefore enjoy it nowx
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|
by giving the house of lancaster leave to breathex
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|
it will outrun youx fatherx in the endx
|
|
yorkx i took an oath that he should quietly reignx
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edwardx but for a kingdom any oath may be brokenx
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i would break a thousand oaths to reign one yearx
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richardx nox god forbid your grace should be forswornx
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yorkx i shall bex if i claim by open warx
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richardx ixll prove the contraryx if youxll hear me speakx
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yorkx thou canst notx sonx it is impossiblex
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richardx an oath is of no momentx being not took
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before a true and lawful magistrate
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|
that hath authority over him that swearsx
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henry had nonex but did usurp the placex
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|
thenx seeing xtwas he that made you to deposex
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your oathx my lordx is vain and frivolousx
|
|
thereforex to armsx andx fatherx do but think
|
|
how sweet a thing it is to wear a crownx
|
|
within whose circuit is elysium
|
|
and all that poets feign of bliss and joyx
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|
why do we linger thusx i cannot rest
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|
until the white rose that i wear be dyxd
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|
even in the lukewarm blood of henryxs heartx
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|
yorkx richardx enoughx i will be kingx or diex
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|
brotherx thou shalt to london presently
|
|
and whet on warwick to this enterprisex
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|
thoux richardx shalt to the duke of norfolk
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|
and tell him privily of our intentx
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|
youx edwardx shall unto my lord cobhamx
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|
with whom the kentishmen will willingly risex
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in them i trustx for they are soldiersx
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|
wittyx courteousx liberalx full of spiritx
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|
while you are thus employxdx what resteth more
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|
but that i seek occasion how to risex
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|
and yet the king not privy to my driftx
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|
nor any of the house of lancasterx
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enter a messenger
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butx stayx what newsx why comxst thou in such postx
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|
messengerx the queen with all the northern earls and lords
|
|
intend here to besiege you in your castlex
|
|
she is hard by with twenty thousand menx
|
|
and therefore fortify your holdx my lordx
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|
yorkx ayx with my swordx whatx thinkxst thou that we fear themx
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edward and richardx you shall stay with mex
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|
my brother montague shall post to londonx
|
|
let noble warwickx cobhamx and the restx
|
|
whom we have left protectors of the kingx
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with powxrful policy strengthen themselves
|
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and trust not simple henry nor his oathsx
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montaguex brotherx i gox ixll win themx fear it notx
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and thus most humbly i do take my leavex exit
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enter sir john and sir hugh mortimer
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yorkx sir john and sir hugh mortimerx mine unclesx
|
|
you are come to sandal in a happy hourx
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|
the army of the queen mean to besiege usx
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sir johnx she shall not needx wexll meet her in the fieldx
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|
yorkx whatx with five thousand menx
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richardx ayx with five hundredx fatherx for a needx
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|
a womanxs generalx what should we fearx
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xa march afar offx
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edwardx i hear their drumsx letxs set our men in orderx
|
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and issue forth and bid them battle straightx
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|
yorkx five men to twentyx though the odds be greatx
|
|
i doubt notx unclex of our victoryx
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many a battle have i won in francex
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when as the enemy hath been ten to onex
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why should i not now have the like successx exeunt
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scene iiix field of battle between sandal castle and wakefield
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alarumx enter rutland and his tutor
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rutlandx ahx whither shall i fly to scape their handsx
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|
ahx tutorx look where bloody clifford comesx
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enter clifford and soldiers
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cliffordx chaplainx awayx thy priesthood saves thy lifex
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as for the brat of this accursed dukex
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whose father slew my fatherx he shall diex
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|
tutorx and ix my lordx will bear him companyx
|
|
cliffordx soldiersx away with himx
|
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tutorx ahx cliffordx murder not this innocent childx
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lest thou be hated both of god and manx
|
|
exitx forced off by soldiers
|
|
cliffordx how nowx is he dead alreadyx or is it fear
|
|
that makes him close his eyesx ixll open themx
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rutlandx so looks the pentxup lion oxer the wretch
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|
that trembles under his devouring pawsx
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and so he walksx insulting oxer his preyx
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and so he comesx to rend his limbs asunderx
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ahx gentle cliffordx kill me with thy swordx
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and not with such a cruel threatxning lookx
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sweet cliffordx hear me speak before i diex
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i am too mean a subject for thy wrathx
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be thou revengxd on menx and let me livex
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cliffordx in vain thou speakxstx poor boyx my fatherxs blood
|
|
hath stoppxd the passage where thy words should enterx
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|
rutlandx then let my fatherxs blood open it againx
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he is a manx andx cliffordx cope with himx
|
|
cliffordx had i thy brethren herex their lives and thine
|
|
were not revenge sufficient for mex
|
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nox if i diggxd up thy forefathersx graves
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|
and hung their rotten coffins up in chainsx
|
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it could not slake mine ire nor ease my heartx
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|
the sight of any of the house of york
|
|
is as a fury to torment my soulx
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|
and till i root out their accursed line
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and leave not one alivex i live in hellx
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thereforex
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rutlandx ox let me pray before i take my deathx
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to thee i prayx sweet cliffordx pity mex
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cliffordx such pity as my rapierxs point affordsx
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rutlandx i never did thee harmx why wilt thou slay mex
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|
cliffordx thy father hathx
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rutlandx but xtwas ere i was bornx
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thou hast one sonx for his sake pity mex
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lest in revenge thereofx sith god is justx
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he be as miserably slain as ix
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ahx let me live in prison all my daysx
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and when i give occasion of offence
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then let me diex for now thou hast no causex
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cliffordx no causex
|
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thy father slew my fatherx thereforex diex xstabs himx
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rutlandx di faciant laudis summa sit ista tuaex xdiesx
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cliffordx plantagenetx i comex plantagenetx
|
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and this thy sonxs blood cleaving to my blade
|
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shall rust upon my weaponx till thy bloodx
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congealxd with thisx do make me wipe off bothx exit
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scene ivx another part of the field
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alarumx enter the duke of york
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|
|
yorkx the army of the queen hath got the fieldx
|
|
my uncles both are slain in rescuing mex
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and all my followers to the eager foe
|
|
turn back and flyx like ships before the windx
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|
or lambs pursuxd by hungerxstarved wolvesx
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my sonsx god knows what hath bechanced themx
|
|
but this i knowx they have demeanxd themselves
|
|
like men born to renown by life or deathx
|
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three times did richard make a lane to mex
|
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and thrice cried xcouragex fatherx fight it outxx
|
|
and full as oft came edward to my side
|
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with purple falchionx painted to the hilt
|
|
in blood of those that had encountxred himx
|
|
and when the hardiest warriors did retirex
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|
richard cried xchargex and give no foot of groundxx
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and cried xa crownx or else a glorious tombx
|
|
a sceptrex or an earthly sepulchrexx
|
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with this we chargxd againx but out alasx
|
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we bodgxd againx as i have seen a swan
|
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with bootless labour swim against the tide
|
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and spend her strength with overxmatching wavesx
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xa short alarum withinx
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ahx harkx the fatal followers do pursuex
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and i am faint and cannot fly their furyx
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and were i strongx i would not shun their furyx
|
|
the sands are numbxred that make up my lifex
|
|
here must i stayx and here my life must endx
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|
|
enter queen margaretx cliffordx northumberlandx
|
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the prince of walesx and soldiers
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comex bloody cliffordx rough northumberlandx
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i dare your quenchless fury to more ragex
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i am your buttx and i abide your shotx
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northumberlandx yield to our mercyx proud plantagenetx
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cliffordx ayx to such mercy as his ruthless arm
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with downright payment showxd unto my fatherx
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now phaethon hath tumbled from his carx
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and made an evening at the noontide prickx
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yorkx my ashesx as the phoenixx may bring forth
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a bird that will revenge upon you allx
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and in that hope i throw mine eyes to heavenx
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scorning whatexer you can afflict me withx
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why come you notx whatx multitudesx and fearx
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cliffordx so cowards fight when they can fly no furtherx
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so doves do peck the falconxs piercing talonsx
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so desperate thievesx all hopeless of their livesx
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breathe out invectives xgainst the officersx
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yorkx o cliffordx but bethink thee once againx
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and in thy thought oxerrun my former timex
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andx if thou canst for blushingx view this facex
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and bite thy tongue that slanders him with cowardice
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whose frown hath made thee faint and fly ere thisx
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cliffordx i will not bandy with thee word for wordx
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but buckler with thee blowsx twice two for onex
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queen margaretx holdx valiant cliffordx for a thousand causes
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i would prolong awhile the traitorxs lifex
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wrath makes him deafx speak thoux northumberlandx
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northumberlandx holdx cliffordx do not honour him so much
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to prick thy fingerx though to wound his heartx
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what valour were itx when a cur doth grinx
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for one to thrust his hand between his teethx
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when he might spurn him with his foot awayx
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it is warxs prize to take all vantagesx
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and ten to one is no impeach of valourx
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xthey lay hands on yorkx who strugglesx
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cliffordx ayx ayx so strives the woodcock with the ginx
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northumberlandx so doth the cony struggle in the netx
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yorkx so triumph thieves upon their conquerxd bootyx
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so true men yieldx with robbers so oxerxmatchxdx
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northumberlandx what would your grace have done unto him nowx
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queen margaretx brave warriorsx clifford and northumberlandx
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comex make him stand upon this molehill here
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that raught at mountains with outstretched armsx
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yet parted but the shadow with his handx
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whatx was it you that would be englandxs kingx
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wasxt you that revellxd in our parliament
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and made a preachment of your high descentx
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|
where are your mess of sons to back you nowx
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|
the wanton edward and the lusty georgex
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and wherexs that valiant crookxback prodigyx
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|
dicky your boyx that with his grumbling voice
|
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was wont to cheer his dad in mutiniesx
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|
orx with the restx where is your darling rutlandx
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|
lookx yorkx i stainxd this napkin with the blood
|
|
that valiant clifford with his rapierxs point
|
|
made issue from the bosom of the boyx
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and if thine eyes can water for his deathx
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i give thee this to dry thy cheeks withalx
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alasx poor yorkx but that i hate thee deadlyx
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|
i should lament thy miserable statex
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|
i prithee grieve to make me merryx yorkx
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whatx hath thy fiery heart so parchxd thine entrails
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|
that not a tear can fall for rutlandxs deathx
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|
why art thou patientx manx thou shouldst be madx
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and i to make thee mad do mock thee thusx
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|
stampx ravex and fretx that i may sing and dancex
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thou wouldst be feexdx i seex to make me sportx
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|
york cannot speak unless he wear a crownx
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|
a crown for yorkxxandx lordsx bow low to himx
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hold you his hands whilst i do set it onx
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xputting a paper crown on his headx
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ayx marryx sirx now looks he like a kingx
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|
ayx this is he that took king henryxs chairx
|
|
and this is he was his adopted heirx
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|
but how is it that great plantagenet
|
|
is crownxd so soon and broke his solemn oathx
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|
as i bethink mex you should not be king
|
|
till our king henry had shook hands with deathx
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|
and will you pale your head in henryxs gloryx
|
|
and rob his temples of the diademx
|
|
now in his lifex against your holy oathx
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|
ox xtis a fault too too
|
|
off with the crown and with the crown his headx
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|
andx whilst we breathex take time to do him deadx
|
|
cliffordx that is my officex for my fatherxs sakex
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|
queen margaretx nayx stayx letxs hear the orisons he makesx
|
|
yorkx shexwolf of francex but worse than wolves of francex
|
|
whose tongue more poisons than the adderxs toothx
|
|
how illxbeseeming is it in thy sex
|
|
to triumph like an amazonian trull
|
|
upon their woes whom fortune captivatesx
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|
but that thy face is visardxlikex unchangingx
|
|
made impudent with use of evil deedsx
|
|
i would assayx proud queenx to make thee blushx
|
|
to tell thee whence thou camxstx of whom derivxdx
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|
were shame enough to shame theex wert thou not shamelessx
|
|
thy father bears the type of king of naplesx
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|
of both the sicils and jerusalemx
|
|
yet not so wealthy as an english yeomanx
|
|
hath that poor monarch taught thee to insultx
|
|
it needs notx nor it boots thee notx proud queenx
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|
unless the adage must be verifiedx
|
|
that beggars mounted run their horse to deathx
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|
xtis beauty that doth oft make women proudx
|
|
butx god he knowsx thy share thereof is smallx
|
|
xtis virtue that doth make them most admirxdx
|
|
the contrary doth make thee wondxred atx
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|
xtis government that makes them seem divinex
|
|
the want thereof makes thee abominablex
|
|
thou art as opposite to every good
|
|
as the antipodes are unto usx
|
|
or as the south to the septentrionx
|
|
o tigerxs heart wrappxd in a womanxs hidex
|
|
how couldst thou drain the lifexblood of the childx
|
|
to bid the father wipe his eyes withalx
|
|
and yet be seen to bear a womanxs facex
|
|
women are softx mildx pitifulx and flexiblex
|
|
thou sternx obduratex flintyx roughx remorselessx
|
|
bidxst thou me ragex whyx now thou hast thy wishx
|
|
wouldst have me weepx whyx now thou hast thy willx
|
|
for raging wind blows up incessant showersx
|
|
and when the rage allaysx the rain beginsx
|
|
these tears are my sweet rutlandxs obsequiesx
|
|
and every drop cries vengeance for his death
|
|
xgainst theex fell cliffordx and theex false frenchwomanx
|
|
northumberlandx beshrew mex but his passions move me so
|
|
that hardly can i check my eyes from tearsx
|
|
yorkx that face of his the hungry cannibals
|
|
would not have touchxdx would not have stainxd with bloodx
|
|
but you are more inhumanx more inexorablex
|
|
ox ten times morex than tigers of hyrcaniax
|
|
seex ruthless queenx a hapless fatherxs tearsx
|
|
this cloth thou dippxdst in blood of my sweet boyx
|
|
and i with tears do wash the blood awayx
|
|
keep thou the napkinx and go boast of thisx
|
|
and if thou tellxst the heavy story rightx
|
|
upon my soulx the hearers will shed tearsx
|
|
yeax even my foes will shed fastxfalling tears
|
|
and say xalasx it was a piteous deedxx
|
|
therex take the crownx and with the crown my cursex
|
|
and in thy need such comfort come to thee
|
|
as now i reap at thy too cruel handx
|
|
hardxhearted cliffordx take me from the worldx
|
|
my soul to heavenx my blood upon your headsx
|
|
northumberlandx had he been slaughterxman to all my kinx
|
|
i should not for my life but weep with himx
|
|
to see how inly sorrow gripes his soulx
|
|
queen margaretx whatx weepingxripex my lord northumberlandx
|
|
think but upon the wrong he did us allx
|
|
and that will quickly dry thy melting tearsx
|
|
cliffordx herexs for my oathx herexs for my fatherxs deathx
|
|
xstabbing himx
|
|
queen margaretx and herexs to right our gentlexhearted kingx
|
|
xstabbing himx
|
|
yorkx open thy gate of mercyx gracious godx
|
|
my soul flies through these wounds to seek out theex
|
|
xdiesx
|
|
queen margaretx off with his headx and set it on york gatesx
|
|
so york may overlook the town of yorkx
|
|
flourishx exeunt
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|
|
|
act iix scene ix a plain near mortimerxs cross in herefordshire
|
|
|
|
a marchx enter edwardx richardx and their power
|
|
|
|
edwardx i wonder how our princely father scapxdx
|
|
or whether he be scapxd away or no
|
|
from cliffordxs and northumberlandxs pursuitx
|
|
had he been taxenx we should have heard the newsx
|
|
had he been slainx we should have heard the newsx
|
|
or had he scapxdx methinks we should have heard
|
|
the happy tidings of his good escapex
|
|
how fares my brotherx why is he so sadx
|
|
richardx i cannot joy until i be resolvxd
|
|
where our right valiant father is becomex
|
|
i saw him in the battle range aboutx
|
|
and watchxd him how he singled clifford forthx
|
|
methought he bore him in the thickest troop
|
|
as doth a lion in a herd of neatx
|
|
or as a bearx encompassxd round with dogsx
|
|
who having pinchxd a few and made them cryx
|
|
the rest stand all aloof and bark at himx
|
|
so farxd our father with his enemiesx
|
|
so fled his enemies my warlike fatherx
|
|
methinks xtis prize enough to be his sonx
|
|
see how the morning opes her golden gates
|
|
and takes her farewell of the glorious sunx
|
|
how well resembles it the prime of youthx
|
|
trimmxd like a younker prancing to his lovex
|
|
edwardx dazzle mine eyesx or do i see three sunsx
|
|
richardx three glorious sunsx each one a perfect sunx
|
|
not separated with the racking cloudsx
|
|
but severxd in a pale clearxshining skyx
|
|
seex seex they joinx embracex and seem to kissx
|
|
as if they vowxd some league inviolablex
|
|
now are they but one lampx one lightx one sunx
|
|
in this the heaven figures some eventx
|
|
edwardx xtis wondrous strangex the like yet never heard ofx
|
|
i think it cites usx brotherx to the fieldx
|
|
that wex the sons of brave plantagenetx
|
|
each one already blazing by our meedsx
|
|
should notwithstanding join our lights together
|
|
and overshine the earthx as this the worldx
|
|
whatexer it bodesx henceforward will i bear
|
|
upon my target three fair shining sunsx
|
|
richardx nayx bear three daughtersx by your leave i speak itx
|
|
you love the breeder better than the malex
|
|
|
|
enter a messengerx blowing
|
|
|
|
but what art thoux whose heavy looks foretell
|
|
some dreadful story hanging on thy tonguex
|
|
messengerx ahx one that was a woeful lookerxon
|
|
when as the noble duke of york was slainx
|
|
your princely father and my loving lordx
|
|
edwardx ox speak no morex for i have heard too muchx
|
|
richardx say how he diedx for i will hear it allx
|
|
messengerx environed he was with many foesx
|
|
and stood against them as the hope of troy
|
|
against the greeks that would have entxred troyx
|
|
but hercules himself must yield to oddsx
|
|
and many strokesx though with a little axex
|
|
hews down and fells the hardestxtimberxd oakx
|
|
by many hands your father was subduxdx
|
|
but only slaughtxred by the ireful arm
|
|
of unrelenting clifford and the queenx
|
|
who crownxd the gracious duke in high despitex
|
|
laughxd in his facex and when with grief he weptx
|
|
the ruthless queen gave him to dry his cheeks
|
|
a napkin steeped in the harmless blood
|
|
of sweet young rutlandx by rough clifford slainx
|
|
and after many scornsx many foul tauntsx
|
|
they took his headx and on the gates of york
|
|
they set the samex and there it doth remainx
|
|
the saddest spectacle that exer i viewxdx
|
|
edwardx sweet duke of yorkx our prop to lean uponx
|
|
now thou art gonex we have no staffx no stayx
|
|
o cliffordx boistxrous cliffordx thou hast slain
|
|
the flowxr of europe for his chivalryx
|
|
and treacherously hast thou vanquishxd himx
|
|
for hand to hand he would have vanquishxd theex
|
|
now my soulxs palace is become a prisonx
|
|
ahx would she break from hencex that this my body
|
|
might in the ground be closed up in restx
|
|
for never henceforth shall i joy againx
|
|
neverx o neverx shall i see more joyx
|
|
richardx i cannot weepx for all my bodyxs moisture
|
|
scarce serves to quench my furnacexburning heartx
|
|
nor can my tongue unload my heartxs great burdenx
|
|
for selfxsame wind that i should speak withal
|
|
is kindling coals that fires all my breastx
|
|
and burns me up with flames that tears would quenchx
|
|
to weep is to make less the depth of griefx
|
|
tears then for babesx blows and revenge for mex
|
|
richardx i bear thy namex ixll venge thy deathx
|
|
or die renowned by attempting itx
|
|
edwardx his name that valiant duke hath left with theex
|
|
his dukedom and his chair with me is leftx
|
|
richardx nayx if thou be that princely eaglexs birdx
|
|
show thy descent by gazing xgainst the sunx
|
|
for chair and dukedomx throne and kingdomx sayx
|
|
either that is thinex or else thou wert not hisx
|
|
|
|
marchx enter warwickx montaguex and their army
|
|
|
|
warwickx how nowx fair lordsx what farex what news abroadx
|
|
richardx great lord of warwickx if we should recount
|
|
our baleful news and at each wordxs deliverance
|
|
stab poinards in our flesh till all were toldx
|
|
the words would add more anguish than the woundsx
|
|
o valiant lordx the duke of york is slainx
|
|
edwardx o warwickx warwickx that plantagenet
|
|
which held thee dearly as his soulxs redemption
|
|
is by the stern lord clifford done to deathx
|
|
warwickx ten days ago i drownxd these news in tearsx
|
|
and nowx to add more measure to your woesx
|
|
i come to tell you things sith then befallxnx
|
|
after the bloody fray at wakefield foughtx
|
|
where your brave father breathxd his latest gaspx
|
|
tidingsx as swiftly as the posts could runx
|
|
were brought me of your loss and his departx
|
|
ix then in londonx keeper of the kingx
|
|
musterxd my soldiersx gathered flocks of friendsx
|
|
and very well appointedx as i thoughtx
|
|
marchxd toward saint albans to intercept the queenx
|
|
bearing the king in my behalf alongx
|
|
for by my scouts i was advertised
|
|
that she was coming with a full intent
|
|
to dash our late decree in parliament
|
|
touching king henryxs oath and your successionx
|
|
short tale to makex we at saint albans metx
|
|
our battles joinxdx and both sides fiercely foughtx
|
|
but whether xtwas the coldness of the kingx
|
|
who lookxd full gently on his warlike queenx
|
|
that robbxd my soldiers of their heated spleenx
|
|
or whether xtwas report of her successx
|
|
or more than common fear of cliffordxs rigourx
|
|
who thunders to his captives blood and deathx
|
|
i cannot judgex butx to conclude with truthx
|
|
their weapons like to lightning came and wentx
|
|
our soldiersxx like the nightxowlxs lazy flight
|
|
or like an idle thresher with a flailx
|
|
fell gently downx as if they struck their friendsx
|
|
i cheerxd them up with justice of our causex
|
|
with promise of high pay and great rewardsx
|
|
but all in vainx they had no heart to fightx
|
|
and we in them no hope to win the dayx
|
|
so that we fledx the king unto the queenx
|
|
lord george your brotherx norfolkx and myselfx
|
|
in haste postxhaste are come to join with youx
|
|
for in the marches here we heard you were
|
|
making another head to fight againx
|
|
edwardx where is the duke of norfolkx gentle warwickx
|
|
and when came george from burgundy to englandx
|
|
warwickx some six miles off the duke is with the soldiersx
|
|
and for your brotherx he was lately sent
|
|
from your kind auntx duchess of burgundyx
|
|
with aid of soldiers to this needful warx
|
|
richardx xtwas oddsx belikex when valiant warwick fledx
|
|
oft have i heard his praises in pursuitx
|
|
but nexer till now his scandal of retirex
|
|
warwickx nor now my scandalx richardx dost thou hearx
|
|
for thou shalt know this strong right hand of mine
|
|
can pluck the diadem from faint henryxs head
|
|
and wring the awful sceptre from his fistx
|
|
were he as famous and as bold in war
|
|
as he is famxd for mildnessx peacex and prayerx
|
|
richardx i know it wellx lord warwickx blame me notx
|
|
xtis love i bear thy glories makes me speakx
|
|
but in this troublous time whatxs to be donex
|
|
shall we go throw away our coats of steel
|
|
and wrap our bodies in black mourningxgownsx
|
|
numbering our avexmaries with our beadsx
|
|
or shall we on the helmets of our foes
|
|
tell our devotion with revengeful armsx
|
|
if for the lastx say xayxx and to itx lordsx
|
|
warwickx whyx therefore warwick came to seek you outx
|
|
and therefore comes my brother montaguex
|
|
attend mex lordsx the proud insulting queenx
|
|
with clifford and the haught northumberlandx
|
|
and of their feather many moe proud birdsx
|
|
have wrought the easyxmelting king like waxx
|
|
he swore consent to your successionx
|
|
his oath enrolled in the parliamentx
|
|
and now to london all the crew are gone
|
|
to frustrate both his oath and what beside
|
|
may make against the house of lancasterx
|
|
their powerx i thinkx is thirty thousand strongx
|
|
now if the help of norfolk and myselfx
|
|
with all the friends that thoux brave earl of marchx
|
|
amongst the loving welshmen canst procurex
|
|
will but amount to five and twenty thousandx
|
|
whyx viax to london will we march amainx
|
|
and once again bestride our foaming steedsx
|
|
and once again cry xcharge upon our foesxx
|
|
but never once again turn back and flyx
|
|
richardx ayx now methinks i hear great warwick speakx
|
|
nexer may he live to see a sunshine day
|
|
that cries xretirexx if warwick bid him stayx
|
|
edwardx lord warwickx on thy shoulder will i leanx
|
|
and when thou failxstx as god forbid the hourxx
|
|
must edward fallx which peril heaven forfendx
|
|
warwickx no longer earl of marchx but duke of yorkx
|
|
the next degree is englandxs royal thronex
|
|
for king of england shalt thou be proclaimxd
|
|
in every borough as we pass alongx
|
|
and he that throws not up his cap for joy
|
|
shall for the fault make forfeit of his headx
|
|
king edwardx valiant richardx montaguex
|
|
stay we no longerx dreaming of renownx
|
|
but sound the trumpets and about our taskx
|
|
richardx thenx cliffordx were thy heart as hard as steelx
|
|
as thou hast shown it flinty by thy deedsx
|
|
i come to pierce it or to give thee minex
|
|
edwardx then strike up drumsx god and saint george for usx
|
|
|
|
enter a messenger
|
|
|
|
warwickx how nowx what newsx
|
|
messengerx the duke of norfolk sends you word by me
|
|
the queen is coming with a puissant hostx
|
|
and craves your company for speedy counselx
|
|
warwickx whyx then it sortsx brave warriorsx letxs awayx
|
|
exeunt
|
|
|
|
scene iix before york
|
|
|
|
flourishx enter king henryx queen margaretx the prince of walesx
|
|
cliffordx
|
|
northumberlandx with drum and trumpets
|
|
|
|
queen margaretx welcomex my lordx to this brave town of yorkx
|
|
yonderxs the head of that archxenemy
|
|
that sought to be encompassxd with your crownx
|
|
doth not the object cheer your heartx my lordx
|
|
king henryx ayx as the rocks cheer them that fear their wreckx
|
|
to see this sightx it irks my very soulx
|
|
withhold revengex dear godx xtis not my faultx
|
|
nor wittingly have i infringxd my vowx
|
|
cliffordx my gracious liegex this too much lenity
|
|
and harmful pity must be laid asidex
|
|
to whom do lions cast their gentle looksx
|
|
not to the beast that would usurp their denx
|
|
whose hand is that the forest bear doth lickx
|
|
not his that spoils her young before her facex
|
|
who scapes the lurking serpentxs mortal stingx
|
|
not he that sets his foot upon her backx
|
|
the smallest worm will turnx being trodden onx
|
|
and doves will peck in safeguard of their broodx
|
|
ambitious york did level at thy crownx
|
|
thou smiling while he knit his angry browsx
|
|
hex but a dukex would have his son a kingx
|
|
and raise his issue like a loving sirex
|
|
thoux being a kingx blessxd with a goodly sonx
|
|
didst yield consent to disinherit himx
|
|
which argued thee a most unloving fatherx
|
|
unreasonable creatures feed their youngx
|
|
and though manxs face be fearful to their eyesx
|
|
yetx in protection of their tender onesx
|
|
who hath not seen themx even with those wings
|
|
which sometime they have usxd with fearful flightx
|
|
make war with him that climbxd unto their nestx
|
|
offering their own lives in their youngxs defence
|
|
for shamex my liegex make them your precedentx
|
|
were it not pity that this goodly boy
|
|
should lose his birthright by his fatherxs faultx
|
|
and long hereafter say unto his child
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xwhat my greatxgrandfather and grandsire got
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my careless father fondly gave awayxx
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ahx what a shame were thisx look on the boyx
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and let his manly facex which promiseth
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successful fortunex steel thy melting heart
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to hold thine own and leave thine own with himx
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king henryx full well hath clifford playxd the oratorx
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inferring arguments of mighty forcex
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butx cliffordx tell mex didst thou never hear
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that things ill got had ever bad successx
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and happy always was it for that son
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whose father for his hoarding went to hellx
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ixll leave my son my virtuous deeds behindx
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and would my father had left me no morex
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for all the rest is held at such a rate
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as brings a thousandxfold more care to keep
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than in possession any jot of pleasurex
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ahx cousin yorkx would thy best friends did know
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how it doth grieve me that thy head is herex
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queen margaretx my lordx cheer up your spiritsx our foes are nighx
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and this soft courage makes your followers faintx
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you promisxd knighthood to our forward sonx
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unsheathe your sword and dub him presentlyx
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edwardx kneel downx
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king henryx edward plantagenetx arise a knightx
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and learn this lessonx draw thy sword in rightx
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prince of walesx my gracious fatherx by your kingly leavex
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ixll draw it as apparent to the crownx
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and in that quarrel use it to the deathx
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cliffordx whyx that is spoken like a toward princex
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enter a messenger
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messengerx royal commandersx be in readinessx
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for with a band of thirty thousand men
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comes warwickx backing of the duke of yorkx
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and in the townsx as they do march alongx
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proclaims him kingx and many fly to himx
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darraign your battlex for they are at handx
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cliffordx i would your highness would depart the fieldx
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the queen hath best success when you are absentx
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queen margaretx ayx good my lordx and leave us to our fortunex
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king henryx whyx thatxs my fortune toox therefore ixll stayx
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northumberlandx be it with resolutionx thenx to fightx
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prince of walesx my royal fatherx cheer these noble lordsx
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and hearten those that fight in your defencex
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unsheathe your swordx good fatherx cry xsaint georgexx
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marchx enter edwardx georgex richardx warwickx
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norfolkx montaguex and soldiers
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edwardx nowx perjurxd henryx wilt thou kneel for grace
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and set thy diadem upon my headx
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or bide the mortal fortune of the fieldx
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queen margaretx go rate thy minionsx proud insulting boyx
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becomes it thee to be thus bold in terms
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before thy sovereign and thy lawful kingx
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edwardx i am his kingx and he should bow his kneex
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i was adopted heir by his consentx
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since whenx his oath is brokex forx as i hearx
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you that are kingx though he do wear the crownx
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have causxd him by new act of parliament
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to blot out me and put his own son inx
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cliffordx and reason toox
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who should succeed the father but the sonx
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richardx are you therex butcherx ox i cannot speakx
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cliffordx ayx crookxbackx here i stand to answer theex
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or any hex the proudest of thy sortx
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richardx xtwas you that killxd young rutlandx was it notx
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cliffordx ayx and old yorkx and yet not satisfiedx
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richardx for godxs sakex lordsx give signal to the fightx
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warwickx what sayxst thoux henryx wilt thou yield the crownx
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queen margaretx whyx how nowx longxtonguxd warwickx dare you speakx
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when you and i met at saint albans last
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your legs did better service than your handsx
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warwickx then xtwas my turn to flyx and now xtis thinex
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cliffordx you said so much beforex and yet you fledx
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warwickx xtwas not your valourx cliffordx drove me thencex
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northumberlandx nox nor your manhood that durst make you stayx
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richardx northumberlandx i hold thee reverentlyx
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break off the parleyx for scarce i can refrain
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the execution of my bigxswolxn heart
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upon that cliffordx that cruel childxkillerx
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cliffordx i slew thy fatherx callxst thou him a childx
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richardx ayx like a dastard and a treacherous cowardx
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as thou didst kill our tender brother rutlandx
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but ere sunset ixll make thee curse the deedx
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king henryx have done with wordsx my lordsx and hear me speakx
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queen margaretx defy them thenx or else hold close thy lipsx
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king henryx i prithee give no limits to my tonguex
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i am a kingx and privilegxd to speakx
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cliffordx my liegex the wound that bred this meeting here
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cannot be curxd by wordsx therefore be stillx
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richardx thenx executionerx unsheathe thy swordx
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by him that made us allx i am resolvxd
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that cliffordxs manhood lies upon his tonguex
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edwardx sayx henryx shall i have my rightx or nox
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a thousand men have broke their fasts toxday
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that nexer shall dine unless thou yield the crownx
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warwickx if thou denyx their blood upon thy headx
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for york in justice puts his armour onx
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prince of walesx if that be right which warwick says is rightx
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there is no wrongx but every thing is rightx
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richardx whoever got theex there thy mother standsx
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for well i wot thou hast thy motherxs tonguex
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queen margaretx but thou art neither like thy sire nor damx
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but like a foul misshapen stigmaticx
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markxd by the destinies to be avoidedx
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as venom toads or lizardsx dreadful stingsx
|
|
richardx iron of naples hid with english giltx
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whose father bears the title of a kingx
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as if a channel should be callxd the seax
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shamxst thou notx knowing whence thou art extraughtx
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to let thy tongue detect thy basexborn heartx
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edwardx a wisp of straw were worth a thousand crowns
|
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to make this shameless callet know herselfx
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helen of greece was fairer far than thoux
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although thy husband may be menelausx
|
|
and nexer was agamemmonxs brother wrongxd
|
|
by that false woman as this king by theex
|
|
his father revellxd in the heart of francex
|
|
and tamxd the kingx and made the dauphin stoopx
|
|
and had he matchxd according to his statex
|
|
he might have kept that glory to this dayx
|
|
but when he took a beggar to his bed
|
|
and gracxd thy poor sire with his bridal dayx
|
|
even then that sunshine brewxd a showxr for him
|
|
that washxd his fatherxs fortunes forth of france
|
|
and heapxd sedition on his crown at homex
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for what hath broachxd this tumult but thy pridex
|
|
hadst thou been meekx our title still had sleptx
|
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and wex in pity of the gentle kingx
|
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had slippxd our claim until another agex
|
|
georgex but when we saw our sunshine made thy springx
|
|
and that thy summer bred us no increasex
|
|
we set the axe to thy usurping rootx
|
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and though the edge hath something hit ourselvesx
|
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yet know thoux since we have begun to strikex
|
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wexll never leave till we have hewn thee downx
|
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or bathxd thy growing with our heated bloodsx
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edwardx and in this resolution i defy theex
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not willing any longer conferencex
|
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since thou deniest the gentle king to speakx
|
|
sound trumpetsx let our bloody colours wavex
|
|
and either victory or else a gravex
|
|
queen margaretx stayx edwardx
|
|
edwardx nox wrangling womanx wexll no longer stayx
|
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these words will cost ten thousand lives this dayx
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|
exeunt
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scene iiix a field of battle between towton and saxtonx in yorkshire
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alarumx excursionsx enter warwick
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warwickx forspent with toilx as runners with a racex
|
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i lay me down a little while to breathex
|
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for strokes receivxd and many blows repaid
|
|
have robbxd my strongxknit sinews of their strengthx
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and spite of spite needs must i rest awhilex
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enter edwardx running
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edwardx smilex gentle heavenx or strikex ungentle deathx
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for this world frownsx and edwardxs sun is cloudedx
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warwickx how nowx my lordx what hapx what hope of goodx
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enter george
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georgex our hap is lostx our hope but sad despairx
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our ranks are brokex and ruin follows usx
|
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what counsel give youx whither shall we flyx
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edwardx bootless is flightx they follow us with wingsx
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and weak we arex and cannot shun pursuitx
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enter richard
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richardx ahx warwickx why hast thou withdrawn thyselfx
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thy brotherxs blood the thirsty earth hath drunkx
|
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broachxd with the steely point of cliffordxs lancex
|
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and in the very pangs of death he criedx
|
|
like to a dismal clangor heard from farx
|
|
xwarwickx revengex brotherx revenge my deathxx
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|
sox underneath the belly of their steedsx
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that stainxd their fetlocks in his smoking bloodx
|
|
the noble gentleman gave up the ghostx
|
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warwickx then let the earth be drunken with our bloodx
|
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ixll kill my horsex because i will not flyx
|
|
why stand we like softxhearted women herex
|
|
wailing our lossesx whiles the foe doth ragex
|
|
and look uponx as if the tragedy
|
|
were playxd in jest by counterfeiting actorsx
|
|
here on my knee i vow to god above
|
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ixll never pause againx never stand stillx
|
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till either death hath closxd these eyes of mine
|
|
or fortune given me measure of revengex
|
|
edwardx o warwickx i do bend my knee with thinex
|
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and in this vow do chain my soul to thinex
|
|
and ere my knee rise from the earthxs cold face
|
|
i throw my handsx mine eyesx my heart to theex
|
|
thou setterxup and pluckerxdown of kingsx
|
|
beseeching theex if with thy will it stands
|
|
that to my foes this body must be preyx
|
|
yet that thy brazen gates of heaven may ope
|
|
and give sweet passage to my sinful soulx
|
|
nowx lordsx take leave until we meet againx
|
|
wherexer it bex in heaven or in earthx
|
|
richardx brotherx give me thy handx andx gentle warwickx
|
|
let me embrace thee in my weary armsx
|
|
i that did never weep now melt with woe
|
|
that winter should cut off our springxtime sox
|
|
warwickx awayx awayx once morex sweet lordsx farewellx
|
|
georgex yet let us all together to our troopsx
|
|
and give them leave to fly that will not stayx
|
|
and call them pillars that will stand to usx
|
|
and if we thrivex promise them such rewards
|
|
as victors wear at the olympian gamesx
|
|
this may plant courage in their quailing breastsx
|
|
for yet is hope of life and victoryx
|
|
forslow no longerx make we hence amainx exeunt
|
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scene ivx another part of the field
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|
|
|
excursionsx enter richard and clifford
|
|
|
|
richardx nowx cliffordx i have singled thee alonex
|
|
suppose this arm is for the duke of yorkx
|
|
and this for rutlandx both bound to revengex
|
|
wert thou environxd with a brazen wallx
|
|
cliffordx nowx richardx i am with thee here alonex
|
|
this is the hand that stabbed thy father yorkx
|
|
and this the hand that slew thy brother rutlandx
|
|
and herexs the heart that triumphs in their death
|
|
and cheers these hands that slew thy sire and brother
|
|
to execute the like upon thyselfx
|
|
and sox have at theex xthey fightx
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|
|
|
enter warwickx clifford flies
|
|
|
|
richardx nayx warwickx single out some other chasex
|
|
for i myself will hunt this wolf to deathx exeunt
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|
|
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scene vx another part of the field
|
|
|
|
alarumx enter king henry alone
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|
|
|
king henryx this battle fares like to the morningxs warx
|
|
when dying clouds contend with growing lightx
|
|
what time the shepherdx blowing of his nailsx
|
|
can neither call it perfect day nor nightx
|
|
now sways it this wayx like a mighty sea
|
|
forcxd by the tide to combat with the windx
|
|
now sways it that wayx like the selfsame sea
|
|
forcxd to retire by fury of the windx
|
|
sometime the flood prevailsx and then the windx
|
|
now one the betterx then another bestx
|
|
both tugging to be victorsx breast to breastx
|
|
yet neither conqueror nor conqueredx
|
|
so is the equal poise of this fell warx
|
|
here on this molehill will i sit me downx
|
|
to whom god willx there be the victoryx
|
|
for margaret my queenx and clifford toox
|
|
have chid me from the battlex swearing both
|
|
they prosper best of all when i am thencex
|
|
would i were deadx if godxs good will were sox
|
|
for what is in this world but grief and woex
|
|
o godx methinks it were a happy life
|
|
to be no better than a homely swainx
|
|
to sit upon a hillx as i do nowx
|
|
to carve out dials quaintlyx point by pointx
|
|
thereby to see the minutes how they runx
|
|
how many makes the hour full completex
|
|
how many hours brings about the dayx
|
|
how many days will finish up the yearx
|
|
how many years a mortal man may livex
|
|
when this is knownx then to divide the timesx
|
|
so many hours must i tend my flockx
|
|
so many hours must i take my restx
|
|
so many hours must i contemplatex
|
|
so many hours must i sport myselfx
|
|
so many days my ewes have been with youngx
|
|
so many weeks ere the poor fools will canx
|
|
so many years ere i shall shear the fleecex
|
|
so minutesx hoursx daysx monthsx and yearsx
|
|
passxd over to the end they were createdx
|
|
would bring white hairs unto a quiet gravex
|
|
ahx what a life were thisx how sweetx how lovelyx
|
|
gives not the hawthorn bush a sweeter shade
|
|
to shepherds looking on their silly sheepx
|
|
than doth a rich embroiderxd canopy
|
|
to kings that fear their subjectsx treacheryx
|
|
o yesx it dothx a thousandxfold it dothx
|
|
and to concludex the shepherdxs homely curdsx
|
|
his cold thin drink out of his leather bottlex
|
|
his wonted sleep under a fresh treexs shadex
|
|
all which secure and sweetly he enjoysx
|
|
is far beyond a princexs delicatesx
|
|
his viands sparkling in a golden cupx
|
|
his body couched in a curious bedx
|
|
when carex mistrustx and treason waits on himx
|
|
|
|
alarumx enter a son that hath killxd his fatherx at
|
|
one doorx and a father that hath killxd his sonx at
|
|
another door
|
|
|
|
sonx ill blows the wind that profits nobodyx
|
|
this man whom hand to hand i slew in fight
|
|
may be possessed with some store of crownsx
|
|
and ix that haply take them from him nowx
|
|
may yet ere night yield both my life and them
|
|
to some man elsex as this dead man doth mex
|
|
whoxs thisx o godx it is my fatherxs facex
|
|
whom in this conflict i unwares have killxdx
|
|
o heavy timesx begetting such eventsx
|
|
from london by the king was i pressxd forthx
|
|
my fatherx being the earl of warwickxs manx
|
|
came on the part of yorkx pressxd by his masterx
|
|
and ix who at his hands receivxd my lifex
|
|
have by my hands of life bereaved himx
|
|
pardon mex godx i knew not what i didx
|
|
and pardonx fatherx for i knew not theex
|
|
my tears shall wipe away these bloody marksx
|
|
and no more words till they have flowxd their fillx
|
|
king henryx o piteous spectaclex o bloody timesx
|
|
whiles lions war and battle for their densx
|
|
poor harmless lambs abide their enmityx
|
|
weepx wretched manx ixll aid thee tear for tearx
|
|
and let our hearts and eyesx like civil warx
|
|
be blind with tears and break oxerchargxd with griefx
|
|
|
|
enter fatherx bearing of his son
|
|
|
|
fatherx thou that so stoutly hath resisted mex
|
|
give me thy goldx if thou hast any goldx
|
|
for i have bought it with an hundred blowsx
|
|
but let me seex is this our foemanxs facex
|
|
ahx nox nox nox nox it is mine only sonx
|
|
ahx boyx if any life be left in theex
|
|
throw up thine eyex seex see what showxrs arisex
|
|
blown with the windy tempest of my heart
|
|
upon thy woundsx that kills mine eye and heartx
|
|
ox pityx godx this miserable agex
|
|
what stratagemsx how fellx how butcherlyx
|
|
erroneousx mutinousx and unnaturalx
|
|
this deadly quarrel daily doth begetx
|
|
o boyx thy father gave thee life too soonx
|
|
and hath bereft thee of thy life too latex
|
|
king henryx woe above woex grief more than common griefx
|
|
o that my death would stay these ruthful deedsx
|
|
o pityx pityx gentle heavenx pityx
|
|
the red rose and the white are on his facex
|
|
the fatal colours of our striving housesx
|
|
the one his purple blood right well resemblesx
|
|
the other his pale cheeksx methinksx presentethx
|
|
wither one rosex and let the other flourishx
|
|
if you contendx a thousand lives must perishx
|
|
sonx how will my mother for a fatherxs death
|
|
take on with mex and nexer be satisfiedx
|
|
fatherx how will my wife for slaughter of my son
|
|
shed seas of tearsx and nexer be satisfiedx
|
|
king henryx how will the country for these woeful chances
|
|
misthink the kingx and not be satisfiedx
|
|
sonx was ever son so rued a fatherxs deathx
|
|
fatherx was ever father so bemoanxd his sonx
|
|
king henryx was ever king so grievxd for subjectsx woex
|
|
much is your sorrowx mine ten times so muchx
|
|
sonx ixll bear thee hencex where i may weep my fillx
|
|
exit with the body
|
|
fatherx these arms of mine shall be thy windingxsheetx
|
|
my heartx sweet boyx shall be thy sepulchrex
|
|
for from my heart thine image nexer shall gox
|
|
my sighing breast shall be thy funeral bellx
|
|
and so obsequious will thy father bex
|
|
even for the loss of theex having no morex
|
|
as priam was for all his valiant sonsx
|
|
ixll bear thee hencex and let them fight that willx
|
|
for i have murdered where i should not killx
|
|
exit with the body
|
|
king henryx sadxhearted menx much overgone with carex
|
|
here sits a king more woeful than you arex
|
|
|
|
alarumsx excursionsx enter queen margaretx
|
|
prince of walesx and exeter
|
|
|
|
prince of walesx flyx fatherx flyx for all your friends are fledx
|
|
and warwick rages like a chafed bullx
|
|
awayx for death doth hold us in pursuitx
|
|
queen margaretx mount youx my lordx towards berwick post amainx
|
|
edward and richardx like a brace of greyhounds
|
|
having the fearful flying hare in sightx
|
|
with fiery eyes sparkling for very wrathx
|
|
and bloody steel graspxd in their ireful handsx
|
|
are at our backsx and therefore hence amainx
|
|
exeterx awayx for vengeance comes along with themx
|
|
nayx stay not to expostulatex make speedx
|
|
or else come afterx ixll away beforex
|
|
king henryx nayx take me with theex good sweet exeterx
|
|
not that i fear to stayx but love to go
|
|
whither the queen intendsx forwardx awayx exeunt
|
|
|
|
scene vix another part of the field
|
|
|
|
a loud alarumx enter cliffordx wounded
|
|
|
|
cliffordx here burns my candle outx ayx here it diesx
|
|
whichx whiles it lastedx gave king henry lightx
|
|
o lancasterx i fear thy overthrow
|
|
more than my bodyxs parting with my soulx
|
|
my love and fear gluxd many friends to theex
|
|
andx now i fallx thy tough commixture meltsx
|
|
impairing henryx strengthxning misproud yorkx
|
|
the common people swarm like summer fliesx
|
|
and whither fly the gnats but to the sunx
|
|
and who shines now but henryxs enemiesx
|
|
o phoebusx hadst thou never given consent
|
|
that phaethon should check thy fiery steedsx
|
|
thy burning car never had scorchxd the earthx
|
|
andx henryx hadst thou swayxd as kings should dox
|
|
or as thy father and his father didx
|
|
giving no ground unto the house of yorkx
|
|
they never then had sprung like summer fliesx
|
|
i and ten thousand in this luckless realm
|
|
had left no mourning widows for our deathx
|
|
and thou this day hadst kept thy chair in peacex
|
|
for what doth cherish weeds but gentle airx
|
|
and what makes robbers bold but too much lenityx
|
|
bootless are plaintsx and cureless are my woundsx
|
|
no way to flyx nor strength to hold out flightx
|
|
the foe is merciless and will not pityx
|
|
for at their hands i have deservxd no pityx
|
|
the air hath got into my deadly woundsx
|
|
and much effuse of blood doth make me faintx
|
|
comex york and richardx warwick and the restx
|
|
i stabbxd your fathersx bosomsx split my breastx
|
|
xhe faintsx
|
|
|
|
alarum and retreatx enter edwardx georgex richard
|
|
montaguex warwickx and soldiers
|
|
|
|
edwardx now breathe wex lordsx good fortune bids us pause
|
|
and smooth the frowns of war with peaceful looksx
|
|
some troops pursue the bloodyxminded queen
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that led calm henryx though he were a kingx
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as doth a sailx fillxd with a fretting gustx
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command an argosy to stern the wavesx
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but think youx lordsx that clifford fled with themx
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warwickx nox xtis impossible he should escapex
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forx though before his face i speak the wordsx
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your brother richard markxd him for the gravex
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andx wheresoxer he isx hexs surely deadx
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xclifford groansx and diesx
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richardx whose soul is that which takes her heavy leavex
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a deadly groanx like life and deathxs departingx
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see who it isx
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edwardx and now the battlexs endedx
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if friend or foex let him be gently usedx
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richardx revoke that doom of mercyx for xtis cliffordx
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who not contented that he loppxd the branch
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in hewing rutland when his leaves put forthx
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but set his murdxring knife unto the root
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from whence that tender spray did sweetly springx
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i mean our princely fatherx duke of yorkx
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warwickx from off the gates of york fetch down the headx
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your fatherxs headx which clifford placed therex
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instead whereof let this supply the roomx
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measure for measure must be answeredx
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edwardx bring forth that fatal screechxowl to our housex
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that nothing sung but death to us and oursx
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now death shall stop his dismal threatxning soundx
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and his illxboding tongue no more shall speakx
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warwickx i think his understanding is bereftx
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speakx cliffordx dost thou know who speaks to theex
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dark cloudy death oxershades his beams of lifex
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and he nor sees nor hears us what we sayx
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richardx ox would he didx and sox perhapsx he dothx
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xtis but his policy to counterfeitx
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because he would avoid such bitter taunts
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which in the time of death he gave our fatherx
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georgex if so thou thinkxstx vex him with eager wordsx
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richardx cliffordx ask mercy and obtain no gracex
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edwardx cliffordx repent in bootless penitencex
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warwickx cliffordx devise excuses for thy faultsx
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georgex while we devise fell tortures for thy faultsx
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richardx thou didst love yorkx and i am son to yorkx
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edwardx thou pitiedxst rutlandx i will pity theex
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georgex wherexs captain margaretx to fence you nowx
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warwickx they mock theex cliffordx swear as thou wast wontx
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richardx whatx not an oathx nayx then the world goes hard
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when clifford cannot spare his friends an oathx
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i know by that hexs deadx and by my soulx
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if this right hand would buy two hoursx lifex
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that i in all despite might rail at himx
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this hand should chop it offx and with the issuing blood
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|
stifle the villain whose unstanched thirst
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york and young rutland could not satisfyx
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warwickx ayx but hexs deadx off with the traitorxs headx
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and rear it in the place your fatherxs standsx
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|
and now to london with triumphant marchx
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|
there to be crowned englandxs royal kingx
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|
from whence shall warwick cut the sea to francex
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and ask the lady bona for thy queenx
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so shalt thou sinew both these lands togetherx
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andx having france thy friendx thou shalt not dread
|
|
the scattxred foe that hopes to rise againx
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|
for though they cannot greatly sting to hurtx
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|
yet look to have them buzz to offend thine earsx
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|
first will i see the coronationx
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and then to brittany ixll cross the sea
|
|
to effect this marriagex so it please my lordx
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edwardx even as thou wiltx sweet warwickx let it bex
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for in thy shoulder do i build my seatx
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|
and never will i undertake the thing
|
|
wherein thy counsel and consent is wantingx
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|
richardx i will create thee duke of gloucesterx
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|
and georgex of clarencex warwickx as ourselfx
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|
shall do and undo as him pleaseth bestx
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|
richardx let me be duke of clarencex george of gloucesterx
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for gloucesterxs dukedom is too ominousx
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warwickx tutx thatxs a foolish observationx
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|
richardx be duke of gloucesterx now to london
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|
to see these honours in possessionx exeunt
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act iiix scene ix a chase in the north of england
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enter two keepersx with crossxbows in their hands
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first keeperx under this thickxgrown brake wexll shroud ourselvesx
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for through this laund anon the deer will comex
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|
and in this covert will we make our standx
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culling the principal of all the deerx
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second keeperx ixll stay above the hillx so both may shootx
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|
first keeperx that cannot bex the noise of thy crossxbow
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|
will scare the herdx and so my shoot is lostx
|
|
here stand we bothx and aim we at the bestx
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|
andx for the time shall not seem tediousx
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|
ixll tell thee what befell me on a day
|
|
in this selfxplace where now we mean to standx
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second keeperx here comes a manx letxs stay till he be pastx
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enter king henryx disguisedx with a prayerxbook
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king henryx from scotland am i stolxnx even of pure lovex
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to greet mine own land with my wishful sightx
|
|
nox harryx harryx xtis no land of thinex
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|
thy place is fillxdx thy sceptre wrung from theex
|
|
thy balm washxd off wherewith thou wast anointedx
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no bending knee will call thee caesar nowx
|
|
no humble suitors press to speak for rightx
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|
nox not a man comes for redress of theex
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|
for how can i help them and not myselfx
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|
first keeperx ayx herexs a deer whose skinxs a keeperxs feex
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|
this is the quondam kingx letxs seize upon himx
|
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king henryx let me embrace theex sour adversityx
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|
for wise men say it is the wisest coursex
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|
second keeperx why linger wex let us lay hands upon himx
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first keeperx forbear awhilex wexll hear a little morex
|
|
king henryx my queen and son are gone to france for aidx
|
|
andx as i hearx the great commanding warwick
|
|
is thither gone to crave the french kingxs sister
|
|
to wife for edwardx if this news be truex
|
|
poor queen and sonx your labour is but lostx
|
|
for warwick is a subtle oratorx
|
|
and lewis a prince soon won with moving wordsx
|
|
by this accountx thenx margaret may win himx
|
|
for shexs a woman to be pitied muchx
|
|
her sighs will make a battxry in his breastx
|
|
her tears will pierce into a marble heartx
|
|
the tiger will be mild whiles she doth mournx
|
|
and nero will be tainted with remorse
|
|
to hear and see her plaintsx her brinish tearsx
|
|
ayx but shexs come to begx warwickx to givex
|
|
shex on his left sidex craving aid for henryx
|
|
hex on his rightx asking a wife for edwardx
|
|
she weepsx and says her henry is deposxdx
|
|
he smilesx and says his edward is installxdx
|
|
that shex poor wretchx for grief can speak no morex
|
|
whiles warwick tells his titlex smooths the wrongx
|
|
inferreth arguments of mighty strengthx
|
|
and in conclusion wins the king from her
|
|
with promise of his sisterx and what elsex
|
|
to strengthen and support king edwardxs placex
|
|
o margaretx thus xtwill bex and thoux poor soulx
|
|
art then forsakenx as thou wentxst forlornx
|
|
second keeperx sayx what art thou that talkxst of kings and queensx
|
|
king henryx more than i seemx and less than i was born tox
|
|
a man at leastx for less i should not bex
|
|
and men may talk of kingsx and why not ix
|
|
second keeperx ayx but thou talkxst as if thou wert a kingx
|
|
king henryx whyx so i amx in mindx and thatxs enoughx
|
|
second keeperx butx if thou be a kingx where is thy crownx
|
|
king henryx my crown is in my heartx not on my headx
|
|
not deckxd with diamonds and indian stonesx
|
|
not to be seenx my crown is callxd contentx
|
|
a crown it is that seldom kings enjoyx
|
|
second keeperx wellx if you be a king crownxd with contentx
|
|
your crown content and you must be contented
|
|
to go along with usx for as we thinkx
|
|
you are the king king edward hath deposxdx
|
|
and we his subjectsx sworn in all allegiancex
|
|
will apprehend you as his enemyx
|
|
king henryx but did you never swearx and break an oathx
|
|
second keeperx nox never such an oathx nor will not nowx
|
|
king henryx where did you dwell when i was king of englandx
|
|
second keeperx here in this countryx where we now remainx
|
|
king henryx i was anointed king at nine months oldx
|
|
my father and my grandfather were kingsx
|
|
and you were sworn true subjects unto mex
|
|
and tell mex thenx have you not broke your oathsx
|
|
first keeperx nox
|
|
for we were subjects but while you were kingx
|
|
king henryx whyx am i deadx do i not breathe a manx
|
|
ahx simple menx you know not what you swearx
|
|
lookx as i blow this feather from my facex
|
|
and as the air blows it to me againx
|
|
obeying with my wind when i do blowx
|
|
and yielding to another when it blowsx
|
|
commanded always by the greater gustx
|
|
such is the lightness of you common menx
|
|
but do not break your oathsx for of that sin
|
|
my mild entreaty shall not make you guiltyx
|
|
go where you willx the king shall be commandedx
|
|
and be you kingsx commandx and ixll obeyx
|
|
first keeperx we are true subjects to the kingx king edwardx
|
|
king henryx so would you be again to henryx
|
|
if he were seated as king edward isx
|
|
first keeperx we charge youx in godxs name and the kingxsx
|
|
to go with us unto the officersx
|
|
king henryx in godxs namex leadx your kingxs name be obeyxdx
|
|
and what god willx that let your king performx
|
|
and what he willx i humbly yield untox exeunt
|
|
|
|
scene iix londonx the palace
|
|
|
|
enter king edwardx gloucesterx clarencex and lady grey
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|
|
|
king edwardx brother of gloucesterx at saint albansx field
|
|
this ladyxs husbandx sir richard greyx was slainx
|
|
his land then seizxd on by the conquerorx
|
|
her suit is now to repossess those landsx
|
|
which we in justice cannot well denyx
|
|
because in quarrel of the house of york
|
|
the worthy gentleman did lose his lifex
|
|
gloucesterx your highness shall do well to grant her suitx
|
|
it were dishonour to deny it herx
|
|
king edwardx it were no lessx but yet ixll make a pausex
|
|
gloucesterx xaside to clarencex yeax is it sox
|
|
i see the lady hath a thing to grantx
|
|
before the king will grant her humble suitx
|
|
clarencex xaside to gloucesterx he knows the gamex how true he
|
|
keeps the windx
|
|
gloucesterx xaside to clarencex silencex
|
|
king edwardx widowx we will consider of your suitx
|
|
and come some other time to know our mindx
|
|
lady greyx right gracious lordx i cannot brook delayx
|
|
may it please your highness to resolve me nowx
|
|
and what your pleasure is shall satisfy mex
|
|
gloucesterx xasidex ayx widowx then ixll warrant you all your
|
|
landsx
|
|
an if what pleases him shall pleasure youx
|
|
fight closer orx good faithx youxll catch a blowx
|
|
clarencex xaside to gloucesterx i fear her notx unless she chance
|
|
to fallx
|
|
gloucesterx xaside to clarencex god forbid thatx for hexll take
|
|
vantagesx
|
|
king edwardx how many children hast thoux widowx tell mex
|
|
clarencex xaside to gloucesterx i think he means to beg a child of
|
|
herx
|
|
gloucesterx xaside to clarencex nayx then whip mex hexll rather
|
|
give her twox
|
|
lady greyx threex my most gracious lordx
|
|
gloucesterx xasidex you shall have four if youxll be rulxd by himx
|
|
king edwardx xtwere pity they should lose their fatherxs landsx
|
|
lady greyx be pitifulx dread lordx and grant itx thenx
|
|
king edwardx lordsx give us leavex ixll try this widowxs witx
|
|
gloucesterx xasidex ayx good leave have youx for you will have
|
|
leave
|
|
till youth take leave and leave you to the crutchx
|
|
xgloucester and clarence withdrawx
|
|
king edwardx now tell mex madamx do you love your childrenx
|
|
lady greyx ayx full as dearly as i love myselfx
|
|
king edwardx and would you not do much to do them goodx
|
|
lady greyx to do them good i would sustain some harmx
|
|
king edwardx then get your husbandxs landsx to do them goodx
|
|
lady greyx therefore i came unto your majestyx
|
|
king edwardx ixll tell you how these lands are to be gotx
|
|
lady greyx so shall you bind me to your highnessx servicex
|
|
king edwardx what service wilt thou do me if i give themx
|
|
lady greyx what you command that rests in me to dox
|
|
king edwardx but you will take exceptions to my boonx
|
|
lady greyx nox gracious lordx except i cannot do itx
|
|
king edwardx ayx but thou canst do what i mean to askx
|
|
lady greyx whyx then i will do what your grace commandsx
|
|
gloucesterx he plies her hardx and much rain wears the marblex
|
|
clarencex as red as firex nayx then her wax must meltx
|
|
lady greyx why stops my lordx shall i not hear my taskx
|
|
king edwardx an easy taskx xtis but to love a kingx
|
|
lady greyx thatxs soon performxdx because i am a subjectx
|
|
king edwardx whyx thenx thy husbandxs lands i freely give theex
|
|
lady greyx i take my leave with many thousand thanksx
|
|
gloucesterx the match is madex she seals it with a curtsyx
|
|
king edwardx but stay theex xtis the fruits of love i meanx
|
|
lady greyx the fruits of love i meanx my loving liegex
|
|
king edwardx ayx butx i fear mex in another sensex
|
|
what lovex thinkst thoux i sue so much to getx
|
|
lady greyx my love till deathx my humble thanksx my prayersx
|
|
that love which virtue begs and virtue grantsx
|
|
king edwardx nox by my trothx i did not mean such lovex
|
|
lady greyx whyx then you mean not as i thought you didx
|
|
king edwardx but now you partly may perceive my mindx
|
|
lady greyx my mind will never grant what i perceive
|
|
your highness aims atx if i aim arightx
|
|
king edwardx to tell thee plainx i aim to lie with theex
|
|
lady greyx to tell you plainx i had rather lie in prisonx
|
|
king edwardx whyx then thou shalt not have thy husbandxs landsx
|
|
lady greyx whyx then mine honesty shall be my dowerx
|
|
for by that loss i will not purchase themx
|
|
king edwardx therein thou wrongxst thy children mightilyx
|
|
lady greyx herein your highness wrongs both them and mex
|
|
butx mighty lordx this merry inclination
|
|
accords not with the sadness of my suitx
|
|
please you dismiss mex either with ay or nox
|
|
king edwardx ayx if thou wilt say ay to my requestx
|
|
nox if thou dost say no to my demandx
|
|
lady greyx thenx nox my lordx my suit is at an endx
|
|
gloucesterx the widow likes him notx she knits her browsx
|
|
clarencex he is the bluntest wooer in christendomx
|
|
king edwardx xasidex her looks doth argue her replete with modestyx
|
|
her words doth show her wit incomparablex
|
|
all her perfections challenge sovereigntyx
|
|
one way or otherx she is for a kingx
|
|
and she shall be my lovex or else my queenx
|
|
say that king edward take thee for his queenx
|
|
lady greyx xtis better said than donex my gracious lordx
|
|
i am a subject fit to jest withalx
|
|
but far unfit to be a sovereignx
|
|
king edwardx sweet widowx by my state i swear to thee
|
|
i speak no more than what my soul intendsx
|
|
and that is to enjoy thee for my lovex
|
|
lady greyx and that is more than i will yield untox
|
|
i know i am too mean to be your queenx
|
|
and yet too good to be your concubinex
|
|
king edwardx you cavilx widowx i did mean my queenx
|
|
lady greyx xtwill grieve your grace my sons should call you fatherx
|
|
king edwardxno more than when my daughters call thee motherx
|
|
thou art a widowx and thou hast some childrenx
|
|
andx by godxs motherx ix being but a bachelorx
|
|
have other somex whyx xtis a happy thing
|
|
to be the father unto many sonsx
|
|
answer no morex for thou shalt be my queenx
|
|
gloucesterx the ghostly father now hath done his shriftx
|
|
clarencex when he was made a shriverx xtwas for shriftx
|
|
king edwardx brothersx you muse what chat we two have hadx
|
|
gloucesterx the widow likes it notx for she looks very sadx
|
|
king edwardx youxd think it strange if i should marry herx
|
|
clarencex to whox my lordx
|
|
king edwardx whyx clarencex to myselfx
|
|
gloucesterx that would be ten daysx wonder at the leastx
|
|
clarencex thatxs a day longer than a wonder lastsx
|
|
gloucesterx by so much is the wonder in extremesx
|
|
king edwardx wellx jest onx brothersx i can tell you both
|
|
her suit is granted for her husbandxs landsx
|
|
|
|
enter a nobleman
|
|
|
|
noblemanx my gracious lordx henry your foe is taken
|
|
and brought your prisoner to your palace gatex
|
|
king edwardx see that he be conveyxd unto the towerx
|
|
and go wex brothersx to the man that took him
|
|
to question of his apprehensionx
|
|
widowx go you alongx lordsx use her honourablyx
|
|
exeunt all but gloucester
|
|
gloucesterx ayx edward will use women honourablyx
|
|
would he were wastedx marrowx bonesx and allx
|
|
that from his loins no hopeful branch may spring
|
|
to cross me from the golden time i look forx
|
|
and yetx between my soulxs desire and mex
|
|
the lustful edwardxs title buriedx
|
|
is clarencex henryx and his son young edwardx
|
|
and all the unlookxd for issue of their bodiesx
|
|
to take their rooms ere i can place myselfx
|
|
a cold premeditation for my purposex
|
|
whyx then i do but dream on sovereigntyx
|
|
like one that stands upon a promontory
|
|
and spies a farxoff shore where he would treadx
|
|
wishing his foot were equal with his eyex
|
|
and chides the sea that sunders him from thencex
|
|
saying hexll lade it dry to have his wayx
|
|
so do i wish the crownx being so far offx
|
|
and so i chide the means that keeps me from itx
|
|
and so i say ixll cut the causes offx
|
|
flattering me with impossibilitiesx
|
|
my eyexs too quickx my heart oxerweens too muchx
|
|
unless my hand and strength could equal themx
|
|
wellx say there is no kingdom then for richardx
|
|
what other pleasure can the world affordx
|
|
ixll make my heaven in a ladyxs lapx
|
|
and deck my body in gay ornamentsx
|
|
and witch sweet ladies with my words and looksx
|
|
o miserable thoughtx and more unlikely
|
|
than to accomplish twenty golden crownsx
|
|
whyx love forswore me in my motherxs wombx
|
|
andx for i should not deal in her soft lawsx
|
|
she did corrupt frail nature with some bribe
|
|
to shrink mine arm up like a witherxd shrub
|
|
to make an envious mountain on my backx
|
|
where sits deformity to mock my bodyx
|
|
to shape my legs of an unequal sizex
|
|
to disproportion me in every partx
|
|
like to a chaosx or an unlickxd bearxwhelp
|
|
that carries no impression like the damx
|
|
and am ix thenx a man to be belovxdx
|
|
o monstrous fault to harbour such a thoughtx
|
|
thenx since this earth affords no joy to me
|
|
but to commandx to checkx to oxerbear such
|
|
as are of better person than myselfx
|
|
ixll make my heaven to dream upon the crownx
|
|
and whiles i live tx account this world but hellx
|
|
until my misshapxd trunk that bear this head
|
|
be round impaled with a glorious crownx
|
|
and yet i know not how to get the crownx
|
|
for many lives stand between me and homex
|
|
and ix like one lost in a thorny wood
|
|
that rents the thorns and is rent with the thornsx
|
|
seeking a way and straying from the way
|
|
not knowing how to find the open airx
|
|
but toiling desperately to find it outx
|
|
torment myself to catch the english crownx
|
|
and from that torment i will free myself
|
|
or hew my way out with a bloody axex
|
|
whyx i can smilex and murder whiles i smilex
|
|
and cry xcontentxx to that which grieves my heartx
|
|
and wet my cheeks with artificial tearsx
|
|
and frame my face to all occasionsx
|
|
ixll drown more sailors than the mermaid shallx
|
|
ixll slay more gazers than the basiliskx
|
|
ixll play the orator as well as nestorx
|
|
deceive more slily than ulysses couldx
|
|
andx like a sinonx take another troyx
|
|
i can add colours to the chameleonx
|
|
change shapes with protheus for advantagesx
|
|
and set the murderous machiavel to schoolx
|
|
can i do thisx and cannot get a crownx
|
|
tutx were it farther offx ixll pluck it downx exit
|
|
|
|
scene iiix francex the kingxs palace
|
|
|
|
flourishx enter lewis the french kingx his sister bonax his admiral
|
|
callxd bourbonx prince edwardx queen margaretx and the earl of oxfordx
|
|
lewis sitsx and riseth up again
|
|
|
|
lewisx fair queen of englandx worthy margaretx
|
|
sit down with usx it ill befits thy state
|
|
and birth that thou shouldst stand while lewis doth sitx
|
|
queen margaretx nox mighty king of francex now margaret
|
|
must strike her sail and learn a while to serve
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where kings commandx i wasx i must confessx
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great albionxs queen in former golden daysx
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but now mischance hath trod my title down
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and with dishonour laid me on the groundx
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where i must take like seat unto my fortunex
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and to my humble seat conform myselfx
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lewisx whyx sayx fair queenx whence springs this deep despairx
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queen margaretx from such a cause as fills mine eyes with tears
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and stops my tonguex while heart is drownxd in caresx
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lewisx whatexer it bex be thou still like thyselfx
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and sit thee by our sidex xseats her by himx yield not thy neck
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to fortunexs yokex but let thy dauntless mind
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still ride in triumph over all mischancex
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be plainx queen margaretx and tell thy griefx
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it shall be easxdx if france can yield reliefx
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queen margaretx those gracious words revive my drooping thoughts
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and give my tonguextied sorrows leave to speakx
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now therefore be it known to noble lewis
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that henryx sole possessor of my lovex
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isx of a kingx become a banishxd manx
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and forcxd to live in scotland a forlornx
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while proud ambitious edward duke of york
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usurps the regal title and the seat
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of englandxs truexanointed lawful kingx
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this is the cause that ix poor margaretx
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with this my sonx prince edwardx henryxs heirx
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am come to crave thy just and lawful aidx
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and if thou fail usx all our hope is donex
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scotland hath will to helpx but cannot helpx
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our people and our peers are both misledx
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our treasure seizxdx our soldiers put to flightx
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andx as thou seestx ourselves in heavy plightx
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lewisx renowned queenx with patience calm the stormx
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while we bethink a means to break it offx
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queen margaretx the more we stayx the stronger grows our foex
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lewisx the more i stayx the more ixll succour theex
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queen margaretx ox but impatience waiteth on true sorrowx
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and see where comes the breeder of my sorrowx
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enter warwick
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lewisx whatxs he approacheth boldly to our presencex
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queen margaretx our earl of warwickx edwardxs greatest friendx
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lewisx welcomex brave warwickx what brings thee to francex
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xhe descendsx she arisethx
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queen margaretx ayx now begins a second storm to risex
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for this is he that moves both wind and tidex
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warwickx from worthy edwardx king of albionx
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my lord and sovereignx and thy vowed friendx
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i comex in kindness and unfeigned lovex
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first to do greetings to thy royal personx
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and then to crave a league of amityx
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and lastly to confirm that amity
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with nuptial knotx if thou vouchsafe to grant
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that virtuous lady bonax thy fair sisterx
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to englandxs king in lawful marriagex
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queen margaretx xasidex if that go forwardx henryxs hope is donex
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warwickx xto bonax andx gracious madamx in our kingxs behalfx
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i am commandedx with your leave and favourx
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humbly to kiss your handx and with my tongue
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to tell the passion of my sovereignxs heartx
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where famex late entxring at his heedful earsx
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hath placxd thy beautyxs image and thy virtuex
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queen margaretx king lewis and lady bonax hear me speak
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before you answer warwickx his demand
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springs not from edwardxs wellxmeant honest lovex
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but from deceit bred by necessityx
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for how can tyrants safely govern home
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unless abroad they purchase great alliancex
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to prove him tyrant this reason may sufficex
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that henry liveth stillx but were he deadx
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yet here prince edward standsx king henryxs sonx
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look thereforex lewisx that by this league and marriage
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thou draw not on thy danger and dishonourx
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for though usurpers sway the rule a while
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yet heavxns are justx and time suppresseth wrongsx
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warwickx injurious margaretx
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prince of walesx and why not queenx
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warwickx because thy father henry did usurpx
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and thou no more art prince than she is queenx
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oxfordx then warwick disannuls great john of gauntx
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which did subdue the greatest part of spainx
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andx after john of gauntx henry the fourthx
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whose wisdom was a mirror to the wisestx
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andx after that wise princex henry the fifthx
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who by his prowess conquered all francex
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from these our henry lineally descendsx
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warwickx oxfordx how haps it in this smooth discourse
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you told not how henry the sixth hath lost
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all that which henry the fifth had gottenx
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methinks these peers of france should smile at thatx
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but for the restx you tell a pedigree
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of threescore and two yearsx a silly time
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to make prescription for a kingdomxs worthx
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oxfordx whyx warwickx canst thou speak against thy liegex
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whom thou obeyedxst thirty and six yearsx
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and not betray thy treason with a blushx
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warwickx can oxford that did ever fence the right
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now buckler falsehood with a pedigreex
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for shamex leave henryx and call edward kingx
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oxfordx call him my king by whose injurious doom
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my elder brotherx the lord aubrey verex
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was done to deathx and more than sox my fatherx
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even in the downfall of his mellowxd yearsx
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when nature brought him to the door of deathx
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nox warwickx nox while life upholds this armx
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this arm upholds the house of lancasterx
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warwickx and i the house of yorkx
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lewisx queen margaretx prince edwardx and oxfordx
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vouchsafe at our request to stand aside
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while i use further conference with warwickx
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xthey stand aloofx
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queen margaretx heavens grant that warwickxs words bewitch him notx
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lewisx nowx warwickx tell mex even upon thy consciencex
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is edward your true kingx for i were loath
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to link with him that were not lawful chosenx
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warwickx thereon i pawn my credit and mine honourx
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lewisx but is he gracious in the peoplexs eyex
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warwickx the more that henry was unfortunatex
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lewisx then furtherx all dissembling set asidex
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tell me for truth the measure of his love
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unto our sister bonax
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|
warwickx such it seems
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|
as may beseem a monarch like himselfx
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|
myself have often heard him say and swear
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that this his love was an eternal plant
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|
whereof the root was fixxd in virtuexs groundx
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|
the leaves and fruit maintainxd with beautyxs sunx
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exempt from envyx but not from disdainx
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unless the lady bona quit his painx
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lewisx nowx sisterx let us hear your firm resolvex
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bonax your grant or your denial shall be minex
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xto warwickx yet i confess that often ere this dayx
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when i have heard your kingxs desert recountedx
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mine ear hath tempted judgment to desirex
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lewisx thenx warwickx thusx our sister shall be edwardxsx
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|
and now forthwith shall articles be drawn
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touching the jointure that your king must makex
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which with her dowry shall be counterpoisxdx
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draw nearx queen margaretx and be a witness
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that bona shall be wife to the english kingx
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prince of walesx to edwardx but not to the english kingx
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queen margaretx deceitful warwickx it was thy device
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by this alliance to make void my suitx
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|
before thy comingx lewis was henryxs friendx
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|
lewisx and still is friend to him and margaretx
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|
but if your title to the crown be weakx
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|
as may appear by edwardxs good successx
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|
then xtis but reason that i be releasxd
|
|
from giving aid which late i promisedx
|
|
yet shall you have all kindness at my hand
|
|
that your estate requires and mine can yieldx
|
|
warwickx henry now lives in scotland at his casex
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|
where having nothingx nothing can he losex
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|
and as for you yourselfx our quondam queenx
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|
you have a father able to maintain youx
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|
and better xtwere you troubled him than francex
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|
queen margaretx peacex impudent and shameless warwickx
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|
proud setter up and puller down of kingsx
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i will not hence till with my talk and tearsx
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|
both full of truthx i make king lewis behold
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|
thy sly conveyance and thy lordxs false lovex
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|
for both of you are birds of selfxsame featherx
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|
xpost blowing a horn withinx
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|
lewisx warwickx this is some post to us or theex
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enter the post
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postx my lord ambassadorx these letters are for youx
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|
sent from your brotherx marquis montaguex
|
|
these from our king unto your majestyx
|
|
andx madamx these for youx from whom i know notx
|
|
xthey all read their lettersx
|
|
oxfordx i like it well that our fair queen and mistress
|
|
smiles at her newsx while warwick frowns at hisx
|
|
prince of walesx nayx mark how lewis stamps as he were nettledx
|
|
i hope allxs for the bestx
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|
lewisx warwickx what are thy newsx and yoursx fair queenx
|
|
queen margaretx mine such as fill my heart with unhopxd joysx
|
|
warwickx minex full of sorrow and heartxs discontentx
|
|
lewisx whatx has your king married the lady greyx
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|
and nowx to soothe your forgery and hisx
|
|
sends me a paper to persuade me patiencex
|
|
is this thx alliance that he seeks with francex
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|
dare he presume to scorn us in this mannerx
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|
queen margaretx i told your majesty as much beforex
|
|
this proveth edwardxs love and warwickxs honestyx
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|
warwickx king lewisx i here protest in sight of heavenx
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|
and by the hope i have of heavenly blissx
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|
that i am clear from this misdeed of edwardxsx
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|
no more my kingx for he dishonours mex
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|
but most himselfx if he could see his shamex
|
|
did i forget that by the house of york
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|
my father came untimely to his deathx
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|
did i let pass thx abuse done to my niecex
|
|
did i impale him with the regal crownx
|
|
did i put henry from his native rightx
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|
and am i guerdonxd at the last with shamex
|
|
shame on himselfx for my desert is honourx
|
|
and to repair my honour lost for him
|
|
i here renounce him and return to henryx
|
|
my noble queenx let former grudges passx
|
|
and henceforth i am thy true servitorx
|
|
i will revenge his wrong to lady bonax
|
|
and replant henry in his former statex
|
|
queen margaretx warwickx these words have turnxd my hate to lovex
|
|
and i forgive and quite forget old faultsx
|
|
and joy that thou becomxst king henryxs friendx
|
|
warwickx so much his friendx ayx his unfeigned friendx
|
|
that if king lewis vouchsafe to furnish us
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|
with some few bands of chosen soldiersx
|
|
ixll undertake to land them on our coast
|
|
and force the tyrant from his seat by warx
|
|
xtis not his newxmade bride shall succour himx
|
|
and as for clarencex as my letters tell mex
|
|
hexs very likely now to fall from him
|
|
for matching more for wanton lust than honour
|
|
or than for strength and safety of our countryx
|
|
bonax dear brotherx how shall bona be revengxd
|
|
but by thy help to this distressed queenx
|
|
queen margaretx renowned princex how shall poor henry live
|
|
unless thou rescue him from foul despairx
|
|
bonax my quarrel and this english queenxs are onex
|
|
warwickx and minex fair lady bonax joins with yoursx
|
|
lewisx and mine with hersx and thinex and margaretxsx
|
|
thereforex at lastx i firmly am resolvxd
|
|
you shall have aidx
|
|
queen margaretx let me give humble thanks for all at oncex
|
|
lewisx thenx englandxs messengerx return in post
|
|
and tell false edwardx thy supposed kingx
|
|
that lewis of france is sending over masquers
|
|
to revel it with him and his new bridex
|
|
thou seest whatxs pastx go fear thy king withalx
|
|
bonax tell himx in hope hexll prove a widower shortlyx
|
|
ixll wear the willowxgarland for his sakex
|
|
queen margaretx tell him my mourning weeds are laid asidex
|
|
and i am ready to put armour onx
|
|
warwickx tell him from me that he hath done me wrongx
|
|
and therefore ixll uncrown him erext be longx
|
|
therexs thy rewardx be gonex exit post
|
|
lewisx butx warwickx
|
|
thou and oxfordx with five thousand menx
|
|
shall cross the seas and bid false edward battlex
|
|
andx as occasion servesx this noble queen
|
|
and prince shall follow with a fresh supplyx
|
|
yetx ere thou gox but answer me one doubtx
|
|
what pledge have we of thy firm loyaltyx
|
|
warwickx this shall assure my constant loyaltyx
|
|
that if our queen and this young prince agreex
|
|
ixll join mine eldest daughter and my joy
|
|
to him forthwith in holy wedlock bandsx
|
|
queen margaretx yesx i agreex and thank you for your motionx
|
|
son edwardx she is fair and virtuousx
|
|
therefore delay notx give thy hand to warwickx
|
|
and with thy hand thy faith irrevocable
|
|
that only warwickxs daughter shall be thinex
|
|
prince of walesx yesx i accept herx for she well deserves itx
|
|
and herex to pledge my vowx i give my handx
|
|
xhe gives his hand to warwickx
|
|
lewisx stay we nowx these soldiers shall be leviedx
|
|
and thoux lord bourbonx our high admiralx
|
|
shall waft them over with our royal fleetx
|
|
i long till edward fall by warxs mischance
|
|
for mocking marriage with a dame of francex
|
|
exeunt all but warwick
|
|
warwickx i came from edward as ambassadorx
|
|
but i return his sworn and mortal foex
|
|
matter of marriage was the charge he gave mex
|
|
but dreadful war shall answer his demandx
|
|
had he none else to make a stale but mex
|
|
then none but i shall turn his jest to sorrowx
|
|
i was the chief that raisxd him to the crownx
|
|
and ixll be chief to bring him down againx
|
|
not that i pity henryxs miseryx
|
|
but seek revenge on edwardxs mockeryx exit
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|
|
|
act ivx scene ix londonx the palace
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|
|
|
enter gloucesterx clarencex somersetx and montague
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|
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gloucesterx now tell mex brother clarencex what think you
|
|
of this new marriage with the lady greyx
|
|
hath not our brother made a worthy choicex
|
|
clarencex alasx you know xtis far from hence to francex
|
|
how could he stay till warwick made returnx
|
|
somersetx my lordsx forbear this talkx here comes the kingx
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|
flourishx enter king edwardx attendedx lady
|
|
greyx as queenx pembrokex staffordx hastingsx
|
|
and othersx four stand on one sidex and four on the other
|
|
|
|
gloucesterx and his wellxchosen bridex
|
|
clarencex i mind to tell him plainly what i thinkx
|
|
king edwardx nowx brother of clarencex how like you our choice
|
|
that you stand pensive as half malcontentx
|
|
clarencex as well as lewis of france or the earl of warwickx
|
|
which are so weak of courage and in judgment
|
|
that theyxll take no offence at our abusex
|
|
king edwardx suppose they take offence without a causex
|
|
they are but lewis and warwickx i am edwardx
|
|
your king and warwickxs and must have my willx
|
|
gloucesterx and shall have your willx because our kingx
|
|
yet hasty marriage seldom proveth wellx
|
|
king edwardx yeax brother richardx are you offended toox
|
|
gloucesterx not ix
|
|
nox god forbid that i should wish them severxd
|
|
whom god hath joinxd togetherx ayx and xtwere pity
|
|
to sunder them that yoke so well togetherx
|
|
king edwardx setting your scorns and your mislike asidex
|
|
tell me some reason why the lady grey
|
|
should not become my wife and englandxs queenx
|
|
and you toox somerset and montaguex
|
|
speak freely what you thinkx
|
|
clarencex then this is mine opinionx that king lewis
|
|
becomes your enemy for mocking him
|
|
about the marriage of the lady bonax
|
|
gloucesterx and warwickx doing what you gave in chargex
|
|
is now dishonoured by this new marriagex
|
|
king edwardx what if both lewis and warwick be appeasxd
|
|
by such invention as i can devisex
|
|
montaguex yet to have joinxd with france in such alliance
|
|
would more have strengthxned this our commonwealth
|
|
xgainst foreign storms than any homexbred marriagex
|
|
hastingsx whyx knows not montague that of itself
|
|
england is safex if true within itselfx
|
|
montaguex but the safer when xtis backxd with francex
|
|
hastingsx xtis better using france than trusting francex
|
|
let us be backxd with godx and with the seas
|
|
which he hath givxn for fence impregnablex
|
|
and with their helps only defend ourselvesx
|
|
in them and in ourselves our safety liesx
|
|
clarencex for this one speech lord hastings well deserves
|
|
to have the heir of the lord hungerfordx
|
|
king edwardx ayx what of thatx it was my will and grantx
|
|
and for this once my will shall stand for lawx
|
|
gloucesterx and yet methinks your grace hath not done well
|
|
to give the heir and daughter of lord scales
|
|
unto the brother of your loving bridex
|
|
she better would have fitted me or clarencex
|
|
but in your bride you bury brotherhoodx
|
|
clarencex or else you would not have bestowxd the heir
|
|
of the lord bonville on your new wifexs sonx
|
|
and leave your brothers to go speed elsewherex
|
|
king edwardx alasx poor clarencex is it for a wife
|
|
that thou art malcontentx i will provide theex
|
|
clarencex in choosing for yourself you showxd your judgmentx
|
|
which being shallowx you shall give me leave
|
|
to play the broker in mine own behalfx
|
|
and to that end i shortly mind to leave youx
|
|
king edwardx leave me or tarryx edward will be kingx
|
|
and not be tied unto his brotherxs willx
|
|
queen elizabethx my lordsx before it pleasxd his majesty
|
|
to raise my state to title of a queenx
|
|
do me but rightx and you must all confess
|
|
that i was not ignoble of descentx
|
|
and meaner than myself have had like fortunex
|
|
but as this title honours me and minex
|
|
so your dislikesx to whom i would be pleasingx
|
|
doth cloud my joys with danger and with sorrowx
|
|
king edwardx my lovex forbear to fawn upon their frownsx
|
|
what danger or what sorrow can befall theex
|
|
so long as edward is thy constant friend
|
|
and their true sovereign whom they must obeyx
|
|
nayx whom they shall obeyx and love thee toox
|
|
unless they seek for hatred at my handsx
|
|
which if they dox yet will i keep thee safex
|
|
and they shall feel the vengeance of my wrathx
|
|
gloucesterx xasidex i hearx yet say not muchx but think the morex
|
|
|
|
enter a post
|
|
|
|
king edwardx nowx messengerx what letters or what news
|
|
from francex
|
|
messengerx my sovereign liegex no lettersx and few wordsx
|
|
but such as ix without your special pardonx
|
|
dare not relatex
|
|
king edwardx go tox we pardon theex thereforex in briefx
|
|
tell me their words as near as thou canst guess themx
|
|
what answer makes king lewis unto our lettersx
|
|
messengerx at my departx these were his very wordsx
|
|
xgo tell false edwardx the supposed kingx
|
|
that lewis of france is sending over masquers
|
|
to revel it with him and his new bridexx
|
|
king edwardx is lewis so bravex belike he thinks me henryx
|
|
but what said lady bona to my marriagex
|
|
messengerx these were her wordsx uttxred with mild disdainx
|
|
xtell himx in hope hexll prove a widower shortlyx
|
|
ixll wear the willowxgarland for his sakexx
|
|
king edwardx i blame not herx she could say little lessx
|
|
she had the wrongx but what said henryxs queenx
|
|
for i have heard that she was there in placex
|
|
messengerx xtell himx quoth she xmy mourning weeds are donex
|
|
and i am ready to put armour onxx
|
|
king edwardx belike she minds to play the amazonx
|
|
but what said warwick to these injuriesx
|
|
messengerx hex more incensxd against your majesty
|
|
than all the restx dischargxd me with these wordsx
|
|
xtell him from me that he hath done me wrongx
|
|
and therefore ixll uncrown him erext be longxx
|
|
king edwardx hax durst the traitor breathe out so proud wordsx
|
|
wellx i will arm mex being thus forewarnxdx
|
|
they shall have wars and pay for their presumptionx
|
|
but sayx is warwick friends with margaretx
|
|
messengerx ayx gracious sovereignx they are so linkxd in friendship
|
|
that young prince edward marries warwickxs daughterx
|
|
clarencex belike the elderx clarence will have the youngerx
|
|
nowx brother kingx farewellx and sit you fastx
|
|
for i will hence to warwickxs other daughterx
|
|
thatx though i want a kingdomx yet in marriage
|
|
i may not prove inferior to yourselfx
|
|
you that love me and warwickx follow mex
|
|
exitx and somerset follows
|
|
gloucesterx xasidex not ix
|
|
my thoughts aim at a further matterx i
|
|
stay not for the love of edward but the crownx
|
|
king edwardx clarence and somerset both gone to warwickx
|
|
yet am i armxd against the worst can happenx
|
|
and haste is needful in this despxrate casex
|
|
pembroke and staffordx you in our behalf
|
|
go levy men and make prepare for warx
|
|
they are alreadyx or quickly will be landedx
|
|
myself in person will straight follow youx
|
|
exeunt pembroke and stafford
|
|
but ere i gox hastings and montaguex
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resolve my doubtx you twainx of all the restx
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are near to warwick by blood and by alliancex
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tell me if you love warwick more than mex
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if it be sox then both depart to himx
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i rather wish you foes than hollow friendsx
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but if you mind to hold your true obediencex
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give me assurance with some friendly vowx
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that i may never have you in suspectx
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montaguex so god help montague as he proves truex
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hastingsx and hastings as he favours edwardxs causex
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king edwardx nowx brother richardx will you stand by usx
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gloucesterx ayx in despite of all that shall withstand youx
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king edwardx whyx sox then am i sure of victoryx
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now therefore let us hencex and lose no hour
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till we meet warwick with his foreign powxrx exeunt
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scene iix a plain in warwickshire
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enter warwick and oxfordx with french soldiers
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warwickx trust mex my lordx all hitherto goes wellx
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the common people by numbers swarm to usx
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enter clarence and somerset
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but see where somerset and clarence comesx
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speak suddenlyx my lordsx are we all friendsx
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clarencex fear not thatx my lordx
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warwickx thenx gentle clarencex welcome unto warwickx
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and welcomex somersetx i hold it cowardice
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to rest mistrustful where a noble heart
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hath pawnxd an open hand in sign of lovex
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else might i think that clarencex edwardxs brotherx
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were but a feigned friend to our proceedingsx
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but welcomex sweet clarencex my daughter shall be thinex
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and now what rests butx in nightxs coverturex
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thy brother being carelessly encampxdx
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his soldiers lurking in the towns aboutx
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and but attended by a simple guardx
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we may surprise and take him at our pleasurex
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our scouts have found the adventure very easyx
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that as ulysses and stout diomede
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with sleight and manhood stole to rhesusx tentsx
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and brought from thence the thracian fatal steedsx
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so wex well coverxd with the nightxs black mantlex
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at unawares may beat down edwardxs guard
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and seize himselfx i say not xslaughter himxx
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for i intend but only to surprise himx
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you that will follow me to this attemptx
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applaud the name of henry with your leaderx
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xthey all cry xhenryxxx
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why thenx letxs on our way in silent sortx
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for warwick and his friendsx god and saint georgex exeunt
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scene iiix edwardxs campx near warwick
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enter three watchmenx to guard the kingxs tent
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first watchmanx come onx my mastersx each man take his standx
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the king by this is set him down to sleepx
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second watchmanx whatx will he not to bedx
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first watchmanx whyx nox for he hath made a solemn vow
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never to lie and take his natural rest
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till warwick or himself be quite suppressxdx
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second watchmanx toxmorrow thenx belikex shall be the dayx
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if warwick be so near as men reportx
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third watchmanx but sayx i prayx what nobleman is that
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that with the king here resteth in his tentx
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first watchmanx xtis the lord hastingsx the kingxs chiefest friendx
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third watchmanx ox is it sox but why commands the king
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that his chief followers lodge in towns about himx
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while he himself keeps in the cold fieldx
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second watchmanx xtis the more honourx because more dangerousx
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third watchmanx ayx but give me worship and quietnessx
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i like it better than dangerous honourx
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if warwick knew in what estate he standsx
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xtis to be doubted he would waken himx
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first watchmanx unless our halberds did shut up his passagex
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second watchmanx ayx wherefore else guard we his royal tent
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but to defend his person from nightxfoesx
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enter warwickx clarencex oxfordx somersetx
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and french soldiersx silent all
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warwickx this is his tentx and see where stand his guardx
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couragex my mastersx honour now or neverx
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but follow mex and edward shall be oursx
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first watchmanx who goes therex
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second watchmanx stayx or thou diestx
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warwick and the rest cry all xwarwickx warwickxx and
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set upon the guardx who flyx crying xarmx armxx warwick
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and the rest following them
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the drum playing and trumpet soundingx rexenter warwick
|
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and the restx bringing the king out in his gownx
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sitting in a chairx gloucester and hastings fly over the stage
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somersetx what are they that fly therex
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warwickx richard and hastingsx let them gox here is the dukex
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king edwardx the dukex whyx warwickx when we partedx
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thou callxdst me kingx
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warwickx ayx but the case is alterxdx
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when you disgracxd me in my embassadex
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then i degraded you from being kingx
|
|
and come now to create you duke of yorkx
|
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alasx how should you govern any kingdom
|
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that know not how to use ambassadorsx
|
|
nor how to be contented with one wifex
|
|
nor how to use your brothers brotherlyx
|
|
nor how to study for the peoplexs welfarex
|
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nor how to shroud yourself from enemiesx
|
|
king edwardx yeax brother of clarencex art thou here toox
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nayx then i see that edward needs must downx
|
|
yetx warwickx in despite of all mischancex
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of thee thyself and all thy complicesx
|
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edward will always bear himself as kingx
|
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though fortunexs malice overthrow my statex
|
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my mind exceeds the compass of her wheelx
|
|
warwickx thenx for his mindx be edward englandxs kingx
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xtakes off his crownx
|
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but henry now shall wear the english crown
|
|
and be true king indeedx thou but the shadowx
|
|
my lord of somersetx at my requestx
|
|
see that forthwith duke edward be conveyxd
|
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unto my brotherx archbishop of yorkx
|
|
when i have fought with pembroke and his fellowsx
|
|
ixll follow you and tell what answer
|
|
lewis and the lady bona send to himx
|
|
now for a while farewellx good duke of yorkx
|
|
king edwardx what fates imposex that men must needs abidex
|
|
it boots not to resist both wind and tidex
|
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xthey lead him out forciblyx
|
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oxfordx what now remainsx my lordsx for us to do
|
|
but march to london with our soldiersx
|
|
warwickx ayx thatxs the first thing that we have to dox
|
|
to free king henry from imprisonmentx
|
|
and see him seated in the regal thronex exeunt
|
|
|
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scene ivx londonx the palace
|
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|
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enter queen elizabeth and rivers
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riversx madamx what makes you in this sudden changex
|
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queen elizabethx whyx brother riversx are you yet to learn
|
|
what late misfortune is befallxn king edwardx
|
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riversx whatx loss of some pitchxd battle against warwickx
|
|
queen elizabethx nox but the loss of his own royal personx
|
|
riversx then is my sovereign slainx
|
|
queen elizabethx ayx almost slainx for he is taken prisonerx
|
|
either betrayxd by falsehood of his guard
|
|
or by his foe surprisxd at unawaresx
|
|
andx as i further have to understandx
|
|
is new committed to the bishop of yorkx
|
|
fell warwickxs brotherx and by that our foex
|
|
riversx these newsx i must confessx are full of griefx
|
|
yetx gracious madamx bear it as you mayx
|
|
warwick may lose that now hath won the dayx
|
|
queen elizabethx till thenx fair hope must hinder lifexs decayx
|
|
and i the rather wean me from despair
|
|
for love of edwardxs offspring in my wombx
|
|
this is it that makes me bridle passion
|
|
and bear with mildness my misfortunexs crossx
|
|
ayx ayx for this i draw in many a tear
|
|
and stop the rising of bloodxsucking sighsx
|
|
lest with my sighs or tears i blast or drown
|
|
king edwardxs fruitx true heir to thx english crownx
|
|
riversx butx madamx where is warwick then becomex
|
|
queen elizabethx i am informxd that he comes towards london
|
|
to set the crown once more on henryxs headx
|
|
guess thou the restx king edwardxs friends must downx
|
|
but to prevent the tyrantxs violencex
|
|
for trust not him that hath once broken faithx
|
|
ixll hence forthwith unto the sanctuary
|
|
to save at least the heir of edwardxs rightx
|
|
there shall i rest secure from force and fraudx
|
|
comex thereforex let us fly while we may flyx
|
|
if warwick take usx we are sure to diex exeunt
|
|
|
|
scene vx a park near middleham castle in yorkshire
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|
|
|
enter gloucesterx lord hastingsx sir william stanleyx and others
|
|
|
|
gloucesterx nowx my lord hastings and sir william stanleyx
|
|
leave off to wonder why i drew you hither
|
|
into this chiefest thicket of the parkx
|
|
thus stands the casex you know our kingx my brotherx
|
|
is prisoner to the bishop herex at whose hands
|
|
he hath good usage and great libertyx
|
|
and often but attended with weak guard
|
|
comes hunting this way to disport himselfx
|
|
i have advertisxd him by secret means
|
|
that if about this hour he make this wayx
|
|
under the colour of his usual gamex
|
|
he shall here find his friendsx with horse and menx
|
|
to set him free from his captivityx
|
|
|
|
enter king edward and a huntsman with him
|
|
|
|
huntsmanx this wayx my lordx for this way lies the gamex
|
|
king edwardx nayx this wayx manx see where the huntsmen standx
|
|
nowx brother of gloucesterx lord hastingsx and the restx
|
|
stand you thus close to steal the bishopxs deerx
|
|
gloucesterx brotherx the time and case requireth hastex
|
|
your horse stands ready at the park cornerx
|
|
king edwardx but whither shall we thenx
|
|
hastingsx to lynnx my lordx and shipt from thence to flandersx
|
|
gloucesterx well guessxdx believe mex for that was my meaningx
|
|
king edwardx stanleyx i will requite thy forwardnessx
|
|
gloucesterx but wherefore stay wex xtis no time to talkx
|
|
king edwardx huntsmanx what sayxst thoux wilt thou go alongx
|
|
huntsmanx better do so than tarry and be hangxdx
|
|
gloucesterx come thenx awayx letxs hax no more adox
|
|
king edwardx bishopx farewellx shield thee from warwickxs frownx
|
|
and pray that i may repossess the crownx exeunt
|
|
|
|
scene vix londonx the tower
|
|
|
|
flourishx enter king henryx clarencex warwickx somersetx young henryx
|
|
earl of richmondx oxfordx montaguex lieutenant of the towerx and
|
|
attendants
|
|
|
|
king henryx master lieutenantx now that god and friends
|
|
have shaken edward from the regal seat
|
|
and turnxd my captive state to libertyx
|
|
my fear to hopex my sorrows unto joysx
|
|
at our enlargement what are thy due feesx
|
|
lieutenantx subjects may challenge nothing of their sovxreignsx
|
|
but if an humble prayer may prevailx
|
|
i then crave pardon of your majestyx
|
|
king henryx for whatx lieutenantx for well using mex
|
|
nayx be thou sure ixll well requite thy kindnessx
|
|
for that it made my imprisonment a pleasurex
|
|
ayx such a pleasure as incaged birds
|
|
conceive whenx after many moody thoughtsx
|
|
at last by notes of household harmony
|
|
they quite forget their loss of libertyx
|
|
butx warwickx after godx thou setxst me freex
|
|
and chiefly therefore i thank god and theex
|
|
he was the authorx thou the instrumentx
|
|
thereforex that i may conquer fortunexs spite
|
|
by living low where fortune cannot hurt mex
|
|
and that the people of this blessed land
|
|
may not be punishxd with my thwarting starsx
|
|
warwickx although my head still wear the crownx
|
|
i here resign my government to theex
|
|
for thou art fortunate in all thy deedsx
|
|
warwickx your grace hath still been famxd for virtuousx
|
|
and now may seem as wise as virtuous
|
|
by spying and avoiding fortunexs malicex
|
|
for few men rightly temper with the starsx
|
|
yet in this one thing let me blame your gracex
|
|
for choosing me when clarence is in placex
|
|
clarencex nox warwickx thou art worthy of the swayx
|
|
to whom the heavxns in thy nativity
|
|
adjudgxd an olive branch and laurel crownx
|
|
as likely to be blest in peace and warx
|
|
and therefore i yield thee my free consentx
|
|
warwickx and i choose clarence only for protectorx
|
|
king henryx warwick and clarencex give me both your handsx
|
|
now join your handsx and with your hands your heartsx
|
|
that no dissension hinder governmentx
|
|
i make you both protectors of this landx
|
|
while i myself will lead a private life
|
|
and in devotion spend my latter daysx
|
|
to sinxs rebuke and my creatorxs praisex
|
|
warwickx what answers clarence to his sovereignxs willx
|
|
clarencex that he consentsx if warwick yield consentx
|
|
for on thy fortune i repose myselfx
|
|
warwickx whyx thenx though loathx yet must i be contentx
|
|
wexll yoke togetherx like a double shadow
|
|
to henryxs bodyx and supply his placex
|
|
i meanx in bearing weight of governmentx
|
|
while he enjoys the honour and his easex
|
|
andx clarencex now then it is more than needful
|
|
forthwith that edward be pronouncxd a traitorx
|
|
and all his lands and goods confiscatedx
|
|
clarencex what elsex and that succession be determinxdx
|
|
warwickx ayx therein clarence shall not want his partx
|
|
king henryx butx with the first of all your chief affairsx
|
|
let me entreatx for i command no morex
|
|
that margaret your queen and my son edward
|
|
be sent for to return from france with speedx
|
|
for till i see them herex by doubtful fear
|
|
my joy of liberty is half eclipsxdx
|
|
clarencex it shall be donex my sovereignx with all speedx
|
|
king henryx my lord of somersetx what youth is thatx
|
|
of whom you seem to have so tender carex
|
|
somersetx my liegex it is young henryx earl of richmondx
|
|
king henryx come hitherx englandxs hopex
|
|
xlays his hand on his headx
|
|
if secret powers
|
|
suggest but truth to my divining thoughtsx
|
|
this pretty lad will prove our countryxs blissx
|
|
his looks are full of peaceful majestyx
|
|
his head by nature framxd to wear a crownx
|
|
his hand to wield a sceptrex and himself
|
|
likely in time to bless a regal thronex
|
|
make much of himx my lordsx for this is he
|
|
must help you more than you are hurt by mex
|
|
|
|
enter a post
|
|
|
|
warwickx what newsx my friendx
|
|
postx that edward is escaped from your brother
|
|
and fledx as he hears sincex to burgundyx
|
|
warwickx unsavoury newsx but how made he escapex
|
|
postx he was conveyxd by richard duke of gloucester
|
|
and the lord hastingsx who attended him
|
|
in secret ambush on the forest side
|
|
and from the bishopxs huntsmen rescuxd himx
|
|
for hunting was his daily exercisex
|
|
warwickx my brother was too careless of his chargex
|
|
but let us hencex my sovereignx to provide
|
|
a salve for any sore that may betidex
|
|
exeunt all but somersetx richmondx and oxford
|
|
somersetx my lordx i like not of this flight of edwardxsx
|
|
for doubtless burgundy will yield him helpx
|
|
and we shall have more wars beforxt be longx
|
|
as henryxs late presaging prophecy
|
|
did glad my heart with hope of this young richmondx
|
|
so doth my heart misgive mex in these conflictsx
|
|
what may befall him to his harm and oursx
|
|
thereforex lord oxfordx to prevent the worstx
|
|
forthwith wexll send him hence to brittanyx
|
|
till storms be past of civil enmityx
|
|
oxfordx ayx for if edward repossess the crownx
|
|
xtis like that richmond with the rest shall downx
|
|
somersetx it shall be sox he shall to brittanyx
|
|
come thereforex letxs about it speedilyx exeunt
|
|
|
|
scene viix before york
|
|
|
|
flourishx enter king edwardx gloucesterx hastingsx and soldiers
|
|
|
|
king edwardx nowx brother richardx lord hastingsx and the restx
|
|
yet thus far fortune maketh us amendsx
|
|
and says that once more i shall interchange
|
|
my waned state for henryxs regal crownx
|
|
well have we passxd and now repassxd the seasx
|
|
and brought desired help from burgundyx
|
|
what then remainsx we being thus arrivxd
|
|
from ravenspurgh haven before the gates of yorkx
|
|
but that we enterx as into our dukedomx
|
|
gloucesterx the gates made fastx brotherx i like not thisx
|
|
for many men that stumble at the threshold
|
|
are well foretold that danger lurks withinx
|
|
king edwardx tushx manx abodements must not now affright usx
|
|
by fair or foul means we must enter inx
|
|
for hither will our friends repair to usx
|
|
hastingsx my liegex ixll knock once more to summon themx
|
|
|
|
enterx on the wallsx the mayor of york and
|
|
his brethren
|
|
|
|
mayorx my lordsx we were forewarned of your coming
|
|
and shut the gates for safety of ourselvesx
|
|
for now we owe allegiance unto henryx
|
|
king edwardx butx master mayorx if henry be your kingx
|
|
yet edward at the least is duke of yorkx
|
|
mayorx truex my good lordx i know you for no lessx
|
|
king edwardx whyx and i challenge nothing but my dukedomx
|
|
as being well content with that alonex
|
|
gloucesterx xasidex but when the fox hath once got in his nosex
|
|
hexll soon find means to make the body followx
|
|
hastingsx whyx master mayorx why stand you in a doubtx
|
|
open the gatesx we are king henryxs friendsx
|
|
mayorx ayx say you sox the gates shall then be openxdx
|
|
xhe descendsx
|
|
gloucesterx a wise stout captainx and soon persuadedx
|
|
hastingsx the good old man would fain that all were wellx
|
|
so xtwere not long of himx but being entxredx
|
|
i doubt notx ix but we shall soon persuade
|
|
both him and all his brothers unto reasonx
|
|
|
|
enterx belowx the mayor and two aldermen
|
|
|
|
king edwardx sox master mayorx these gates must not be shut
|
|
but in the night or in the time of warx
|
|
whatx fear notx manx but yield me up the keysx
|
|
xtakes his keysx
|
|
for edward will defend the town and theex
|
|
and all those friends that deign to follow mex
|
|
|
|
marchx enter montgomery with drum and soldiers
|
|
|
|
gloucesterx brotherx this is sir john montgomeryx
|
|
our trusty friendx unless i be deceivxdx
|
|
king edwardx welcomex sir johnx but why come you in armsx
|
|
montgomeryx to help king edward in his time of stormx
|
|
as every loyal subject ought to dox
|
|
king edwardx thanksx good montgomeryx but we now forget
|
|
our title to the crownx and only claim
|
|
our dukedom till god please to send the restx
|
|
montgomeryx then fare you wellx for i will hence againx
|
|
i came to serve a king and not a dukex
|
|
drummerx strike upx and let us march awayx
|
|
xthe drum begins to marchx
|
|
king edwardx nayx stayx sir johnx a whilex and wexll debate
|
|
by what safe means the crown may be recoverxdx
|
|
montgomeryx what talk you of debatingx in few wordsx
|
|
if youxll not here proclaim yourself our kingx
|
|
ixll leave you to your fortune and be gone
|
|
to keep them back that come to succour youx
|
|
why shall we fightx if you pretend no titlex
|
|
gloucesterx whyx brotherx wherefore stand you on nice pointsx
|
|
king edwardx when we grow strongerx then wexll make our claimx
|
|
till then xtis wisdom to conceal our meaningx
|
|
hastingsx away with scrupulous witx now arms must rulex
|
|
gloucesterx and fearless minds climb soonest unto crownsx
|
|
brotherx we will proclaim you out of handx
|
|
the bruit thereof will bring you many friendsx
|
|
king edwardx then be it as you willx for xtis my rightx
|
|
and henry but usurps the diademx
|
|
montgomeryx ayx now my sovereign speaketh like himselfx
|
|
and now will i be edwardxs championx
|
|
hastingsx sound trumpetx edward shall be here proclaimxdx
|
|
comex fellow soldierx make thou proclamationx
|
|
xgives him a paperx flourishx
|
|
soldierx xreadsx xedward the fourthx by the grace of godx
|
|
king of england and francex and lord of irelandx xcxx
|
|
montgomeryx and whosoxer gainsays king edwardxs rightx
|
|
by this i challenge him to single fightx
|
|
xthrows down gauntletx
|
|
allx long live edward the fourthx
|
|
king edwardx thanksx brave montgomeryx and thanks unto you allx
|
|
if fortune serve mex ixll requite this kindnessx
|
|
now for this night letxs harbour here in yorkx
|
|
and when the morning sun shall raise his car
|
|
above the border of this horizonx
|
|
wexll forward towards warwick and his matesx
|
|
for well i wot that henry is no soldierx
|
|
ahx froward clarencex how evil it beseems the
|
|
to flatter henry and forsake thy brotherx
|
|
yetx as we mayx wexll meet both thee and warwickx
|
|
come onx brave soldiersx doubt not of the dayx
|
|
andx that once gottenx doubt not of large payx exeunt
|
|
|
|
scene viiix londonx the palace
|
|
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flourishx enter king henryx warwickx montaguex clarencex oxfordx and
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exeter
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warwickx what counselx lordsx edward from belgiax
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with hasty germans and blunt hollandersx
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hath passxd in safety through the narrow seas
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and with his troops doth march amain to londonx
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and many giddy people flock to himx
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king henryx letxs levy men and beat him back againx
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clarencex a little fire is quickly trodden outx
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whichx being sufferxdx rivers cannot quenchx
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warwickx in warwickshire i have truexhearted friendsx
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not mutinous in peacex yet bold in warx
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those will i muster upx and thoux son clarencex
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shalt stir up in suffolkx norfolkx and in kentx
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the knights and gentlemen to come with theex
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thoux brother montaguex in buckinghamx
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northamptonx and in leicestershirex shalt find
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men well inclinxd to hear what thou commandxstx
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and thoux brave oxfordx wondrous well belovxdx
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in oxfordshire shalt muster up thy friendsx
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my sovereignx with the loving citizensx
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like to his island girt in with the ocean
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or modest dian circled with her nymphsx
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shall rest in london till we come to himx
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fair lordsx take leave and stand not to replyx
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farewellx my sovereignx
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king henryx farewellx my hector and my troyxs true hopex
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clarencex in sign of truthx i kiss your highnessx handx
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king henryx wellxminded clarencex be thou fortunatex
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montaguex comfortx my lordx and so i take my leavex
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oxfordx xkissing the kingxs bandx and thus i seal my truth and bid
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adieux
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king henryx sweet oxfordx and my loving montaguex
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and all at oncex once more a happy farewellx
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warwickx farewellx sweet lordsx letxs meet at coventryx
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exeunt all but the king and exeter
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king henryx here at the palace will i rest a whilex
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cousin of exeterx what thinks your lordshipx
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methinks the power that edward hath in field
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should not be able to encounter minex
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exeterx the doubt is that he will seduce the restx
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king henryx thatxs not my fearx my meed hath got me famex
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i have not stoppxd mine ears to their demandsx
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nor posted off their suits with slow delaysx
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my pity hath been balm to heal their woundsx
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my mildness hath allayxd their swelling griefsx
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my mercy dried their waterxflowing tearsx
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i have not been desirous of their wealthx
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nor much oppressxd them with great subsidiesx
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nor forward of revengex though they much errxdx
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then why should they love edward more than mex
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nox exeterx these graces challenge gracex
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andx when the lion fawns upon the lambx
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the lamb will never cease to follow himx
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xshout within xa lancasterx a lancasterxxx
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exeterx harkx harkx my lordx what shouts are thesex
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enter king edwardx gloucesterx and soldiers
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king edwardx seize on the shamexfacxd henryx bear him hencex
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and once again proclaim us king of englandx
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you are the fount that makes small brooks to flowx
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now stops thy springx my sea shall suck them dryx
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and swell so much the higher by their ebbx
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hence with him to the towerx let him not speakx
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exeunt some with king henry
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andx lordsx towards coventry bend we our coursex
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where peremptory warwick now remainsx
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the sun shines hotx andx if we use delayx
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cold biting winter mars our hopxdxfor hayx
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gloucesterx away betimesx before his forces joinx
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and take the greatxgrown traitor unawaresx
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brave warriorsx march amain towards coventryx exeunt
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act vx scene ix coventry
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enter warwickx the mayor of coventryx two messengersx and others upon
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the walls
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warwickx where is the post that came from valiant oxfordx
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how far hence is thy lordx mine honest fellowx
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first messengerx by this at dunsmorex marching hitherwardx
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warwickx how far off is our brother montaguex
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where is the post that came from montaguex
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second messengerx by this at daintryx with a puissant troopx
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enter sir john somerville
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warwickx sayx somervillex what says my loving sonx
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and by thy guess how nigh is clarence nowx
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somervillex at southam i did leave him with his forcesx
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and do expect him here some two hours hencex
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xdrum heardx
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warwickx then clarence is at handx i hear his drumx
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somervillex it is not hisx my lordx here southam liesx
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the drum your honour hears marcheth from warwickx
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warwickx who should that bex belike unlookxd for friendsx
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somervillex they are at handx and you shall quickly knowx
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marchx flourishx enter king edwardx gloucesterx
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and soldiers
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king edwardx gox trumpetx to the wallsx and sound a parlex
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gloucesterx see how the surly warwick mans the wallx
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warwickx o unbid spitex is sportful edward comex
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where slept our scouts or how are they seducxd
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that we could hear no news of his repairx
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king edwardx nowx warwickx wilt thou ope the city gatesx
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speak gentle wordsx and humbly bend thy kneex
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call edward kingx and at his hands beg mercyx
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and he shall pardon thee these outragesx
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warwickx nayx ratherx wilt thou draw thy forces hencex
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confess who set thee up and pluckxd thee downx
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call warwick patronx and be penitentx
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and thou shalt still remain the duke of yorkx
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gloucesterx i thoughtx at leastx he would have said the kingx
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or did he make the jest against his willx
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warwickx is not a dukedomx sirx a goodly giftx
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gloucesterx ayx by my faithx for a poor earl to givex
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ixll do thee service for so good a giftx
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warwickx xtwas i that gave the kingdom to thy brotherx
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king edwardx why then xtis minex if but by warwickxs giftx
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warwickx thou art no atlas for so great a weightx
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andx weaklingx warwick takes his gift againx
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and henry is my kingx warwick his subjectx
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king edwardx but warwickxs king is edwardxs prisonerx
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andx gallant warwickx do but answer thisx
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what is the body when the head is offx
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gloucesterx alasx that warwick had no more forecastx
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butx whiles he thought to steal the single tenx
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the king was slily fingerxd from the deckx
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you left poor henry at the bishopxs palacex
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and ten to one youxll meet him in the towerx
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king edwardx xtis even sox yet you are warwick stillx
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gloucesterx comex warwickx take the timex kneel downx kneel downx
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nayx whenx strike nowx or else the iron coolsx
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warwickx i had rather chop this hand off at a blowx
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and with the other fling it at thy facex
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than bear so low a sail to strike to theex
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king edwardx sail how thou canstx have wind and tide thy friendx
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this handx fast wound about thy coalxblack hairx
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shallx whiles thy head is warm and new cut offx
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write in the dust this sentence with thy bloodx
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xwindxchanging warwick now can change no morexx
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enter oxfordx with drum and colours
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warwickx o cheerful coloursx see where oxford comesx
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oxfordx oxfordx oxfordx for lancasterx
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xhe and his forces enter the cityx
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gloucesterx the gates are openx let us enter toox
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king edwardx so other foes may set upon our backsx
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stand we in good arrayx for they no doubt
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will issue out again and bid us battlex
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if notx the city being but of small defencex
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wexll quietly rouse the traitors in the samex
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warwickx ox welcomex oxfordx for we want thy helpx
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enter montaguex with drum and colours
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montaguex montaguex montaguex for lancasterx
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xhe and his forces enter the cityx
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gloucesterx thou and thy brother both shall buy this treason
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even with the dearest blood your bodies bearx
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king edwardx the harder matchxdx the greater victoryx
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my mind presageth happy gain and conquestx
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enter somersetx with drum and colours
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somersetx somersetx somersetx for lancasterx
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xhe and his forces enter the cityx
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gloucesterx two of thy namex both dukes of somersetx
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have sold their lives unto the house of yorkx
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and thou shalt be the thirdx if this sword holdx
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enter clarencex with drum and colours
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warwickx and lo where george of clarence sweeps alongx
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of force enough to bid his brother battlex
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with whom an upright zeal to right prevails
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more than the nature of a brotherxs lovex
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clarencex clarencex clarencex for lancasterx
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king edwardx et tu brutex wilt thou stab caesar toox
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a parleyx sirrahx to george of clarencex
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xsound a parleyx richard and clarence whisperx
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warwickx comex clarencex comex thou wilt if warwick callx
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clarencex xtaking the red rose from his hat and throwing
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it at warwickx
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father of warwickx know you what this meansx
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look herex i throw my infamy at theex
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i will not ruinate my fatherxs housex
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who gave his blood to lime the stones togetherx
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and set up lancasterx whyx trowest thoux warwickx
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that clarence is so harshx so bluntx unnaturalx
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to bend the fatal instruments of war
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against his brother and his lawful kingx
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perhaps thou wilt object my holy oathx
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to keep that oath were more impiety
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than jephtha when he sacrificxd his daughterx
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i am so sorry for my trespass made
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thatx to deserve well at my brotherxs handsx
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i here proclaim myself thy mortal foex
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with resolution wheresoxer i meet theex
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as i will meet theex if thou stir abroadx
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to plague thee for thy foul misleading mex
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and sox proudxhearted warwickx i defy theex
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and to my brother turn my blushing cheeksx
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pardon mex edwardx i will make amendsx
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andx richardx do not frown upon my faultsx
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for i will henceforth be no more unconstantx
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king edwardx now welcome morex and ten times more belovxdx
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than if thou never hadst deservxd our hatex
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gloucesterx welcomex good clarencex this is brotherxlikex
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warwickx o passing traitorx perjurxd and unjustx
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king edwardx whatx warwickx wilt thou leave die town and fightx
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or shall we beat the stones about thine earsx
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warwickx alasx i am not coopxd here for defencex
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i will away towards barnet presently
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and bid thee battlex edwardx if thou darxstx
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king edwardx yesx warwickx edward dares and leads the wayx
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lordsx to the fieldx saint george and victoryx
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exeunt yorkists
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xmarchx warwick and his company followx
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scene iix a field of battle near barnet
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alarum and excursionsx enter king edwardx bringing forth warwickx
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wounded
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king edwardx sox lie thou therex die thoux and die our fearx
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|
for warwick was a bug that fearxd us allx
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nowx montaguex sit fastx i seek for theex
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that warwickxs bones may keep thine companyx exit
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warwickx ahx who is nighx come to mex friend or foex
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and tell me who is victorx york or warwickx
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why ask i thatx my mangled body showsx
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my bloodx my want of strengthx my sick heart showsx
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that i must yield my body to the earth
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|
andx by my fallx the conquest to my foex
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|
thus yields the cedar to the axexs edgex
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|
whose arms gave shelter to the princely eaglex
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under whose shade the ramping lion sleptx
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whose topxbranch overpeerxd jovexs spreading tree
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|
and kept low shrubs from winterxs powxrful windx
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|
these eyesx that now are dimmxd with deathxs black veilx
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|
have been as piercing as the midxday sun
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|
to search the secret treasons of the worldx
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the wrinkles in my browsx now fillxd with bloodx
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were likxned oft to kingly sepulchresx
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for who livxd kingx but i could dig his gravex
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and who durst smile when warwick bent his browx
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lo now my glory smearxd in dust and bloodx
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my parksx my walksx my manorsx that i hadx
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even now forsake mex and of all my lands
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|
is nothing left me but my bodyxs lengthx
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what is pompx rulex reignx but earth and dustx
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and live we how we canx yet die we mustx
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enter oxford and somerset
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somersetx ahx warwickx warwickx wert thou as we arex
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we might recover all our loss againx
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the queen from france hath brought a puissant powerx
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even now we heard the newsx ahx couldst thou flyx
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warwickx why thenx i would not flyx ahx montaguex
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if thou be therex sweet brotherx take my handx
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and with thy lips keep in my soul a whilex
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thou lovxst me notx forx brotherx if thou didstx
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thy tears would wash this cold congealed blood
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that glues my lips and will not let me speakx
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come quicklyx montaguex or i am deadx
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somersetx ahx warwickx montague hath breathxd his lastx
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|
and to the latest gasp cried out for warwickx
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and said xcommend me to my valiant brotherxx
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and more he would have saidx and more he spokex
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which sounded like a clamour in a vaultx
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that mought not be distinguishxdx but at lastx
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i well might hearx delivered with a groanx
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xo farewellx warwickxx
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warwickx sweet rest his soulx flyx lordsx and save yourselvesx
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for warwick bids you all farewellx to meet in heavenx
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xdiesx
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oxfordx awayx awayx to meet the queenxs great powerx
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xhere they bear away his bodyx
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scene iiix another part of the field
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flourishx enter king in triumphx with gloucesterx clarencex and the
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rest
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king edwardx thus far our fortune keeps an upward coursex
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and we are gracxd with wreaths of victoryx
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but in the midst of this brightxshining day
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i spy a blackx suspiciousx threatxning cloud
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that will encounter with our glorious sun
|
|
ere he attain his easeful western bedx
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i meanx my lordsx those powers that the queen
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hath raisxd in gallia have arrivxd our coast
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andx as we hearx march on to fight with usx
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clarencex a little gale will soon disperse that cloud
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and blow it to the source from whence it camex
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thy very beams will dry those vapours upx
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for every cloud engenders not a stormx
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gloucesterx the queen is valued thirty thousand strongx
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and somersetx with oxfordx fled to herx
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if she have time to breathex be well assurxd
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her faction will be full as strong as oursx
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king edwardx are advertisxd by our loving friends
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that they do hold their course toward tewksburyx
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wex having now the best at barnet fieldx
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will thither straightx for willingness rids wayx
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and as we march our strength will be augmented
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in every county as we go alongx
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strike up the drumx cry xcouragexx and awayx exeunt
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scene ivx plains wear tewksbury
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flourishx marchx enter queen margaretx prince edwardx somersetx oxfordx
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and soldiers
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queen margaretx great lordsx wise men nexer sit and wail their
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lossx
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but cheerly seek how to redress their harmsx
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|
what though the mast be now blown overboardx
|
|
the cable brokex the holdingxanchor lostx
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|
and half our sailors swallowxd in the floodx
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yet lives our pilot stillx isxt meet that he
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should leave the helm andx like a fearful ladx
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with tearful eyes add water to the sea
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and give more strength to that which hath too muchx
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|
whilesx in his moanx the ship splits on the rockx
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which industry and courage might have savxdx
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ahx what a shamex ahx what a fault were thisx
|
|
say warwick was our anchorx what of thatx
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and montague our topxmastx what of himx
|
|
our slaughtxred friends the tacklesx what of thesex
|
|
whyx is not oxford here another anchorx
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and somerset another goodly mastx
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the friends of france our shrouds and tacklingsx
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andx though unskilfulx why not ned and i
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for once allowxd the skilful pilotxs chargex
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we will not from the helm to sit and weepx
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but keep our coursex though the rough wind say nox
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|
from shelves and rocks that threaten us with wreckx
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|
as good to chide the waves as speak them fairx
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|
and what is edward but a ruthless seax
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what clarence but a quicksand of deceitx
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and richard but a ragged fatal rockx
|
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all these the enemies to our poor barkx
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say you can swimx alasx xtis but a whilex
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|
tread on the sandx whyx there you quickly sinkx
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bestride the rockx the tide will wash you offx
|
|
or else you famishx thatxs a threefold deathx
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this speak ix lordsx to let you understandx
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if case some one of you would fly from usx
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that therexs no hopxdxfor mercy with the brothers
|
|
more than with ruthless wavesx with sandsx and rocksx
|
|
whyx courage thenx what cannot be avoided
|
|
xtwere childish weakness to lament or fearx
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|
prince of walesx methinks a woman of this valiant spirit
|
|
shouldx if a coward hear her speak these wordsx
|
|
infuse his breast with magnanimity
|
|
and make him naked foil a manxatxarmsx
|
|
i speak not this as doubting any herex
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|
for did i but suspect a fearful manx
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he should have leave to go away betimesx
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lest in our need he might infect another
|
|
and make him of the like spirit to himselfx
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if any such be herex as god forbidxx
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|
let him depart before we need his helpx
|
|
oxfordx women and children of so high a couragex
|
|
and warriors faintx whyx xtwere perpetual shamex
|
|
o brave young princex thy famous grandfather
|
|
doth live again in theex long mayst thou eve
|
|
to bear his image and renew his gloriesx
|
|
somersetx and he that will not fight for such a hopex
|
|
go home to bed andx like the owl by dayx
|
|
if he arisex be mockxd and wondxred atx
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|
queen margaretx thanksx gentle somersetx sweet oxfordx thanksx
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|
prince of walesx and take his thanks that yet hath nothing elsex
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enter a messenger
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messengerx prepare youx lordsx for edward is at hand
|
|
ready to fightx therefore be resolutex
|
|
oxfordx i thought no lessx it is his policy
|
|
to haste thus fastx to find us unprovidedx
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|
somersetx but hexs deceivxdx we are in readinessx
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queen margaretx this cheers my heartx to see your forwardnessx
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oxfordx here pitch our battlex hence we will not budgex
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flourish and marchx enterx at a distancex king edwardx
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gloucesterx clarencex and soldiers
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king edwardx brave followersx yonder stands the thorny wood
|
|
whichx by the heavensx assistance and your strengthx
|
|
must by the roots be hewn up yet ere nightx
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i need not add more fuel to your firex
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for well i wot ye blaze to burn them outx
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give signal to the fightx and to itx lordsx
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|
queen margaretx lordsx knightsx and gentlemenx what i should say
|
|
my tears gainsayx for every word i speakx
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ye seex i drink the water of my eyex
|
|
thereforex no more but thisx henryx your sovereignx
|
|
is prisoner to the foex his state usurpxdx
|
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his realm a slaughterxhousex his subjects slainx
|
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his statutes cancellxdx and his treasure spentx
|
|
and yonder is the wolf that makes this spoilx
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|
you fight in justicex thenx in godxs namex lordsx
|
|
be valiantx and give signal to the fightx
|
|
alarumx retreatx excursionsx exeunt
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scene vx another part of the field
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flourishx enter king edwardx gloucesterx clarencex and forcesx
|
|
with queen margaretx oxfordx and somersetx prisoners
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king edwardx now here a period of tumultuous broilsx
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away with oxford to hames castle straightx
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for somersetx off with his guilty headx
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gox bear them hencex i will not hear them speakx
|
|
oxfordx for my partx ixll not trouble thee with wordsx
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|
somersetx nor ix but stoop with patience to my fortunex
|
|
exeunt oxford and somersetx guarded
|
|
queen margaretx so part we sadly in this troublous worldx
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to meet with joy in sweet jerusalemx
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|
king edwardx is proclamation made that who finds edward
|
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shall have a high rewardx and he his lifex
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|
gloucesterx it isx and lo where youthful edward comesx
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enter soldiersx with prince edward
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king edwardx bring forth the gallantx let us hear him speakx
|
|
whatx can so young a man begin to prickx
|
|
edwardx what satisfaction canst thou make
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for bearing armsx for stirring up my subjectsx
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and all the trouble thou hast turnxd me tox
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prince of walesx speak like a subjectx proud ambitious yorkx
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suppose that i am now my fatherxs mouthx
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resign thy chairx and where i stand kneel thoux
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whilst i propose the selfxsame words to the
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whichx traitorx thou wouldst have me answer tox
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queen margaretx ahx that thy father had been so resolvxdx
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gloucesterx that you might still have worn the petticoat
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and nexer have stolxn the breech from lancasterx
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prince of walesx let aesop fable in a winterxs nightx
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his currish riddle sorts not with this placex
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gloucesterx by heavenx bratx ixll plague ye for that wordx
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queen margaretx ayx thou wast born to be a plague to menx
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gloucesterx for godxs sakex take away this captive scoldx
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prince of walesx nayx take away this scolding crookback ratherx
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king edwardx peacex wilful boyx or i will charm your tonguex
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clarencex untutorxd ladx thou art too malapertx
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prince of walesx i know my dutyx you are all undutifulx
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lascivious edwardx and thou perjurxd georgex
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and thou misshapen dickx i tell ye all
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i am your betterx traitors as ye arex
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and thou usurpxst my fatherxs right and minex
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king edwardx take thatx the likeness of this railer herex
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xstabs himx
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gloucesterx sprawlxst thoux take thatx to end thy agonyx
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xstabs himx
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clarencex and therexs for twitting me with perjuryx
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xstabs himx
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queen margaretx ox kill me toox
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gloucesterx marryx and shallx xoffers to kill herx
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king edwardx holdx richardx holdx for we have done to muchx
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gloucesterx why should she live to fill the world with wordsx
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king edwardx whatx doth she swoonx use means for her recoveryx
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gloucesterx clarencex excuse me to the king my brotherx
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ixll hence to london on a serious matterx
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ere ye come therex be sure to hear some newsx
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clarencex whatx whatx
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gloucesterx the towerx the towerx exit
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queen margaretx o nedx sweet nedx speak to thy motherx boyx
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canst thou not speakx o traitorsx murderersx
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they that stabbxd caesar shed no blood at allx
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did not offendx nor were not worthy blamex
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if this foul deed were by to equal itx
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he was a manx thisx in respectx a childx
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and men nexer spend their fury on a childx
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whatxs worse than murdererx that i may name itx
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nox nox my heart will burstx an if i speakx
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and i will speakx that so my heart may burstx
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butchers and villainsx bloody cannibalsx
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how sweet a plant have you untimely croppxdx
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you have no childrenx butchersx if you hadx
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the thought of them would have stirrxd up remorsex
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but if you ever chance to have a childx
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look in his youth to have him so cut off
|
|
asx deathsmenx you have rid this sweet young princex
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king edwardx away with herx gox bear her hence perforcex
|
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queen margaretx nayx never bear me hencex dispatch me herex
|
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here sheathe thy swordx ixll pardon thee my deathx
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whatx wilt thou notx thenx clarencex do it thoux
|
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clarencex by heavenx i will not do thee so much easex
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queen margaretx good clarencex dox sweet clarencex do thou do itx
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clarencex didst thou not hear me swear i would not do itx
|
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queen margaretx ayx but thou usest to forswear thyselfx
|
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xtwas sin beforex but now xtis charityx
|
|
whatx wilt thou notx where is that devilxs butcherx
|
|
hardxfavourxd richardx richardx where art thoux
|
|
thou art not herex murder is thy almsxdeedx
|
|
petitioners for blood thou nexer putxst backx
|
|
king edwardx awayx i sayx i charge ye bear her hencex
|
|
queen margaretx so come to you and yours as to this princex
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|
exitx led out forcibly
|
|
king edwardx wherexs richard gonex
|
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clarencex to londonx all in postx andx as i guessx
|
|
to make a bloody supper in the towerx
|
|
king edwardx hexs suddenx if a thing comes in his headx
|
|
now march we hencex discharge the common sort
|
|
with pay and thanksx and letxs away to london
|
|
and see our gentle queen how well she faresx
|
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by thisx i hopex she hath a son for mex exeunt
|
|
|
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scene vix londonx the tower
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enter king henry and gloucester with the lieutenantx on the walls
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gloucesterx good dayx my lordx whatx at your book so hardx
|
|
king henryx ayx my good lordx my lordx i should say ratherx
|
|
xtis sin to flatterx xgoodx was little betterx
|
|
xgood gloucesterx and xgood devilx were alikex
|
|
and both preposterousx thereforex not xgood lordxx
|
|
gloucesterx sirrahx leave us to ourselvesx we must conferx
|
|
exit lieutenant
|
|
king henryx so flies the reckless shepherd from the wolfx
|
|
so first the harmless sheep doth yield his fleecex
|
|
and next his throat unto the butcherxs knifex
|
|
what scene of death hath roscius now to actx
|
|
gloucesterx suspicion always haunts the guilty mindx
|
|
the thief doth fear each bush an officerx
|
|
king henryx the bird that hath been limed in a bush
|
|
with trembling wings misdoubteth every bushx
|
|
and ix the hapless male to one sweet birdx
|
|
have now the fatal object in my eye
|
|
where my poor young was limxdx was caughtx and killxdx
|
|
gloucesterx whyx what a peevish fool was that of crete
|
|
that taught his son the office of a fowlx
|
|
and yetx for all his wingsx the fool was drownxdx
|
|
king henryx ix daedalusx my poor boyx icarusx
|
|
thy fatherx minosx that denied our coursex
|
|
the sun that searxd the wings of my sweet boyx
|
|
thy brother edwardx and thyselfx the sea
|
|
whose envious gulf did swallow up his lifex
|
|
ahx kill me with thy weaponx not with wordsx
|
|
my breast can better brook thy daggerxs point
|
|
than can my ears that tragic historyx
|
|
but wherefore dost thou comex isxt for my lifex
|
|
gloucesterx thinkxst thou i am an executionerx
|
|
king henryx a persecutor i am sure thou artx
|
|
if murdering innocents be executingx
|
|
whyx then thou are an executionerx
|
|
gloucesterx thy son i killxd for his presumptionx
|
|
king henryx hadst thou been killxd when first thou didst presumex
|
|
thou hadst not livxd to kill a son of minex
|
|
and thus i prophesyx that many a thousand
|
|
which now mistrust no parcel of my fearx
|
|
and many an old manxs sighx and many a widowxsx
|
|
and many an orphanxs waterxstanding eyex
|
|
men for their sonsx wives for their husbandsx
|
|
orphans for their parentsx timeless deathx
|
|
shall rue the hour that ever thou wast bornx
|
|
the owl shriekxd at thy birthx an evil signx
|
|
the nightxcrow criedx aboding luckless timex
|
|
dogs howlxdx and hideous tempest shook down treesx
|
|
the raven rookxd her on the chimneyxs topx
|
|
and chattxring pies in dismal discords sungx
|
|
thy mother felt more than a motherxs painx
|
|
and yet brought forth less than a motherxs hopex
|
|
to witx an indigest deformed lumpx
|
|
not like the fruit of such a goodly treex
|
|
teeth hadst thou in thy head when thou wast bornx
|
|
to signify thou camxst to bite the worldx
|
|
and if the rest be true which i have heardx
|
|
thou camxstx
|
|
gloucesterx ixll hear no morex diex prophetx in thy speechx
|
|
xstabs himx
|
|
for thisx amongst the restx was i ordainxdx
|
|
king henryx ayx and for much more slaughter after thisx
|
|
ox god forgive my sins and pardon theex xdiesx
|
|
gloucesterx whatx will the aspiring blood of lancaster
|
|
sink in the groundx i thought it would have mountedx
|
|
see how my sword weeps for the poor kingxs deathx
|
|
ox may such purple tears be always shed
|
|
from those that wish the downfall of our housex
|
|
if any spark of life be yet remainingx
|
|
downx down to hellx and say i sent thee thitherx
|
|
xstabs him againx
|
|
ix that have neither pityx lovex nor fearx
|
|
indeedx xtis true that henry told me ofx
|
|
for i have often heard my mother say
|
|
i came into the world with my legs forwardx
|
|
had i not reasonx think yex to make haste
|
|
and seek their ruin that usurpxd our rightx
|
|
the midwife wonderxdx and the women cried
|
|
xox jesus bless usx he is born with teethxx
|
|
and so i wasx which plainly signified
|
|
that i should snarlx and bitex and play the dogx
|
|
thenx since the heavens have shapxd my body sox
|
|
let hell make crookxd my mind to answer itx
|
|
i have no brotherx i am like no brotherx
|
|
and this word xlovexx which greybeards call divinex
|
|
be resident in men like one anotherx
|
|
and not in mex i am myself alonex
|
|
clarencex bewarex thou keepxst me from the lightx
|
|
but i will sort a pitchy day for theex
|
|
for i will buzz abroad such prophecies
|
|
that edward shall be fearful of his lifex
|
|
and then to purge his fearx ixll be thy deathx
|
|
king henry and the prince his son are gonex
|
|
clarencex thy turn is nextx and then the restx
|
|
counting myself but bad till i be bestx
|
|
ixll throw thy body in another roomx
|
|
and triumphx henryx in thy day of doomx
|
|
exit with the body
|
|
|
|
scene viix londonx the palace
|
|
|
|
flourishx enter king edwardx queen elizabethx clarencex gloucesterx
|
|
hastingsx nursex with the young princex and attendants
|
|
|
|
king edwardx once more we sit in englandxs royal thronex
|
|
repurchasxd with the blood of enemiesx
|
|
what valiant foemenx like to autumnxs cornx
|
|
have we mowxd down in tops of all their pridex
|
|
three dukes of somersetx threefold renownxd
|
|
for hardy and undoubted championsx
|
|
two cliffordsx as the father and the sonx
|
|
and two northumberlandsx two braver men
|
|
nexer spurrxd their coursers at the trumpetxs soundx
|
|
with them the two brave bearsx warwick and montaguex
|
|
that in their chains fetterxd the kingly lion
|
|
and made the forest tremble when they roarxdx
|
|
thus have we swept suspicion from our seat
|
|
and made our footstool of securityx
|
|
come hitherx bessx and let me kiss my boyx
|
|
young nedx for thee thine uncles and myself
|
|
have in our armours watchxd the winterxs nightx
|
|
went all afoot in summerxs scalding heatx
|
|
that thou mightxst repossess the crown in peacex
|
|
and of our labours thou shalt reap the gainx
|
|
gloucesterx xasidex ixll blast his harvest if your head were laidx
|
|
for yet i am not lookxd on in the worldx
|
|
this shoulder was ordainxd so thick to heavex
|
|
and heave it shall some weight or break my backx
|
|
work thou the wayx and that shall executex
|
|
king edwardx clarence and gloucesterx love my lovely queenx
|
|
and kiss your princely nephewx brothers bothx
|
|
clarencex the duty that i owe unto your majesty
|
|
i seal upon the lips of this sweet babex
|
|
king edwardx thanksx noble clarencex worthy brotherx thanksx
|
|
gloucesterx and that i love the tree from whence thou sprangxstx
|
|
witness the loving kiss i give the fruitx
|
|
xasidex to say the truthx so judas kissxd his master
|
|
and cried xall hailxx when as he meant all harmx
|
|
king edwardx now am i seated as my soul delightsx
|
|
having my countryxs peace and brothersx lovesx
|
|
clarencex what will your grace have done with margaretx
|
|
reignierx her fatherx to the king of france
|
|
hath pawnxd the sicils and jerusalemx
|
|
and hither have they sent it for her ransomx
|
|
king edwardx away with herx and waft her hence to francex
|
|
and now what rests but that we spend the time
|
|
with stately triumphsx mirthful comic showsx
|
|
such as befits the pleasure of the courtx
|
|
sound drums and trumpetsx farewellx sour annoyx
|
|
for herex i hopex begins our lasting joyx exeunt
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
king henry the eighth
|
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|
|
dramatis personae
|
|
|
|
king henry the eighth
|
|
cardinal wolsey cardinal campeius
|
|
capuciusx ambassador from the emperor charles v
|
|
cranmerx archbishop of canterbury
|
|
duke of norfolk duke of buckingham
|
|
duke of suffolk earl of surrey
|
|
lord chamberlain lord chancellor
|
|
gardinerx bishop of winchester
|
|
bishop of lincoln lord abergavenny
|
|
lord sandys sir henry guildford
|
|
sir thomas lovell sir anthony denny
|
|
sir nicholas vaux secretaries to wolsey
|
|
cromwellx servant to wolsey
|
|
griffithx gentlemanxusher to queen katharine
|
|
three gentlemen
|
|
doctor buttsx physician to the king
|
|
garter kingxatxarms
|
|
surveyor to the duke of buckingham
|
|
brandonx and a sergeantxatxarms
|
|
doorkeeper of the council chamber
|
|
porterx and his man page to gardiner
|
|
a crier
|
|
|
|
queen katharinex wife to king henryx afterwards divorced
|
|
anne bullenx her maid of honourx afterwards queen
|
|
an old ladyx friend to anne bullen
|
|
patiencex woman to queen katharine
|
|
|
|
lord mayorx aldermenx lords and ladies in the dumb
|
|
showsx women attending upon the queenx scribesx
|
|
officersx guardsx and other attendantsx spirits
|
|
|
|
scenex
|
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|
|
londonx westminsterx kimbolton
|
|
|
|
king henry the eighth
|
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|
|
the prologuex
|
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|
|
i come no more to make you laughx things now
|
|
that bear a weighty and a serious browx
|
|
sadx highx and workingx full of state and woex
|
|
such noble scenes as draw the eye to flowx
|
|
we now presentx those that can pity here
|
|
mayx if they think it wellx let fall a tearx
|
|
the subject will deserve itx such as give
|
|
their money out of hope they may believe
|
|
may here find truth toox those that come to see
|
|
only a show or twox and so agree
|
|
the play may passx if they be still and willingx
|
|
ixll undertake may see away their shilling
|
|
richly in two short hoursx only they
|
|
that come to hear a merry bawdy playx
|
|
a noise of targetsx or to see a fellow
|
|
in a long motley coat guarded with yellowx
|
|
will be deceivxdx forx gentle hearersx knowx
|
|
to rank our chosen truth with such a show
|
|
as fool and fight isx beside forfeiting
|
|
our own brainsx and the opinion that we bring
|
|
to make that only true we now intendx
|
|
will leave us never an understanding friendx
|
|
thereforex for goodness sakex and as you are known
|
|
the first and happiest hearers of the townx
|
|
be sadx as we would make yex think ye see
|
|
the very persons of our noble story
|
|
as they were livingx think you see them greatx
|
|
and followxd with the general throng and sweat
|
|
of thousand friendsx thenx in a momentx see
|
|
how soon this mightiness meets miseryx
|
|
and if you can be merry thenx ixll say
|
|
a man may weep upon his weddingxdayx
|
|
|
|
act ix scene xx
|
|
|
|
londonx the palace
|
|
|
|
enter the duke of norfolk at one doorx at the otherx the duke of
|
|
buckingham and the lord abergavenny
|
|
|
|
buckinghamx good morrowx and well metx how have ye done
|
|
since last we saw in francex
|
|
norfolkx i thank your gracex
|
|
healthfulx and ever since a fresh admirer
|
|
of what i saw therex
|
|
buckinghamx an untimely ague
|
|
stayxd me a prisoner in my chamber when
|
|
those suns of gloryx those two lights of menx
|
|
met in the vale of andrenx
|
|
norfolkx xtwixt guynes and ardex
|
|
i was then presentx saw them salute on horsebackx
|
|
beheld themx when they lightedx how they clung
|
|
in their embracementx as they grew togetherx
|
|
which had theyx what four thronxd ones could have weighxd
|
|
such a compounded onex
|
|
buckinghamx all the whole time
|
|
i was my chamberxs prisonerx
|
|
norfolkx then you lost
|
|
the view of earthly gloryx men might sayx
|
|
till this time pomp was singlex but now married
|
|
to one above itselfx each following day
|
|
became the next dayxs masterx till the last
|
|
made former wonders itsx toxday the frenchx
|
|
all clinquantx all in goldx like heathen godsx
|
|
shone down the englishx and toxmorrow they
|
|
made britain indiax every man that stood
|
|
showxd like a minex their dwarfish pages were
|
|
as cherubinsx an giltx the madams toox
|
|
not usxd to toilx did almost sweat to bear
|
|
the pride upon themx that their very labour
|
|
was to them as a paintingx now this masque
|
|
was cried incomparablex and thx ensuing night
|
|
made it a fool and beggarx the two kingsx
|
|
equal in lustrex were now bestx now worstx
|
|
as presence did present themx him in eye
|
|
still him in praisex and being present bothx
|
|
xtwas said they saw but onex and no discerner
|
|
durst wag his tongue in censurex when these sunsx
|
|
for so they phrase xemxby their heralds challengxd
|
|
the noble spirits to armsx they did perform
|
|
beyond thoughtxs compassx that former fabulous storyx
|
|
being now seen possible enoughx got creditx
|
|
that bevis was believxdx
|
|
buckinghamx ox you go farx
|
|
norfolkx as i belong to worshipx and affect
|
|
in honour honestyx the tract of evxrything
|
|
would by a good discourser lose some life
|
|
which actionxs self was tongue tox all was royalx
|
|
to the disposing of it nought rebellxdx
|
|
order gave each thing viewx the office did
|
|
distinctly his full functionx
|
|
buckinghamx who did guidex
|
|
i meanx who set the body and the limbs
|
|
of this great sport togetherx as you guessx
|
|
norfolkx onex certesx that promises no element
|
|
in such a businessx
|
|
buckinghamx i pray youx whox my lordx
|
|
norfolkx all this was ordxred by the good discretion
|
|
of the right reverend cardinal of yorkx
|
|
buckinghamx the devil speed himx no manxs pie is freed
|
|
from his ambitious fingerx what had he
|
|
to do in these fierce vanitiesx i wonder
|
|
that such a keech can with his very bulk
|
|
take up the rays ox thx beneficial sunx
|
|
and keep it from the earthx
|
|
norfolkx surelyx sirx
|
|
therexs in him stuff that puts him to these endsx
|
|
forx being not proppxd by ancestryx whose grace
|
|
chalks successors their wayx nor callxd upon
|
|
for high feats done to thx crownx neither allied
|
|
to eminent assistantsx but spiderxlikex
|
|
out of his selfxdrawing webx xa gives us note
|
|
the force of his own merit makes his wayx
|
|
a gift that heaven gives for himx which buys
|
|
a place next to the kingx
|
|
abergavennyx i cannot tell
|
|
what heaven hath given himxlet some graver eye
|
|
pierce into thatx but i can see his pride
|
|
peep through each part of himx whence has he thatx
|
|
if not from hellx the devil is a niggard
|
|
or has given all beforex and he begins
|
|
a new hell in himselfx
|
|
buckinghamx why the devilx
|
|
upon this french going outx took he upon himx
|
|
without the privity ox thx kingxtx appoint
|
|
who should attend on himx he makes up the file
|
|
of all the gentryx for the most part such
|
|
to whom as great a charge as little honour
|
|
he meant to lay uponx and his own letterx
|
|
the honourable board of council outx
|
|
must fetch him in he papersx
|
|
abergavennyx i do know
|
|
kinsmen of minex three at the leastx that have
|
|
by this so sickenxd their estates that never
|
|
they shall abound as formerlyx
|
|
buckinghamx ox many
|
|
have broke their backs with laying manors on xem
|
|
for this great journeyx what did this vanity
|
|
but minister communication of
|
|
a most poor issuex
|
|
norfolkx grievingly i think
|
|
the peace between the french and us not values
|
|
the cost that did conclude itx
|
|
buckinghamx every manx
|
|
after the hideous storm that followxdx was
|
|
a thing inspirxdx andx not consultingx broke
|
|
into a general prophecyxthat this tempestx
|
|
dashing the garment of this peacex aboded
|
|
the sudden breach onxtx
|
|
norfolkx which is budded outx
|
|
for france hath flawxd the leaguex and hath attachxd
|
|
our merchantsx goods at bordeauxx
|
|
abergavennyx is it therefore
|
|
thx ambassador is silencxdx
|
|
norfolkx marryx isxtx
|
|
abergavennyx a proper tide of a peacex and purchasxd
|
|
at a superfluous ratex
|
|
buckinghamx whyx all this business
|
|
our reverend cardinal carriedx
|
|
norfolkx like it your gracex
|
|
the state takes notice of the private difference
|
|
betwixt you and the cardinalx i advise youx
|
|
and take it from a heart that wishes towards you
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honour and plenteous safetyxthat you read
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the cardinalxs malice and his potency
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togetherx to consider furtherx that
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what his high hatred would effect wants not
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a minister in his powerx you know his naturex
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that hexs revengefulx and i know his sword
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hath a sharp edgexitxs long andxt may be said
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it reaches farx and where xtwill not extendx
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thither he darts itx bosom up my counsel
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youxll find it wholesomex lox where comes that rock
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that i advise your shunningx
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enter cardinal wolseyx the purse borne before himx certain of the
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guardx and two secretaries with papersx the cardinal in his
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passage fixeth his eye on buckinghamx and buckingham on himx both
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full of disdain
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wolseyx the duke of buckinghamxs surveyorx hax
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wherexs his examinationx
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secretaryx herex so please youx
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wolseyx is he in person readyx
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secretaryx ayx please your gracex
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wolseyx wellx we shall then know morex and buckingham
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shall lessen this big lookx
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exeunt wolsey and his train
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|
buckinghamx this butcherxs cur is venomxmouthxdx and i
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|
have not the power to muzzle himx therefore best
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|
not wake him in his slumberx a beggarxs book
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|
outworths a noblexs bloodx
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norfolkx whatx are you chafxdx
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ask god for tempxrancex thatxs thx appliance only
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which your disease requiresx
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buckinghamx i read inxs looks
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|
matter against mex and his eye revilxd
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me as his abject objectx at this instant
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he bores me with some trickx hexs gone to thx kingx
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ixll followx and outstare himx
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norfolkx stayx my lordx
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and let your reason with your choler question
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|
what xtis you go aboutx to climb steep hills
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|
requires slow pace at firstx anger is like
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a full hot horsex who being allowxd his wayx
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|
selfxmettle tires himx not a man in england
|
|
can advise me like youx be to yourself
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as you would to your friendx
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|
buckinghamx ixll to the kingx
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and from a mouth of honour quite cry down
|
|
this ipswich fellowxs insolencex or proclaim
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|
therexs difference in no personsx
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norfolkx be advisxdx
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heat not a furnace for your foe so hot
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that it do singe yourselfx we may outrun
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by violent swiftness that which we run atx
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|
and lose by overxrunningx know you not
|
|
the fire that mounts the liquor tillxt run oxer
|
|
in seeming to augment it wastes itx be advisxdx
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|
i say again there is no english soul
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|
more stronger to direct you than yourselfx
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|
if with the sap of reason you would quench
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|
or but allay the fire of passionx
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|
buckinghamx sirx
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|
i am thankful to youx and ixll go along
|
|
by your prescriptionx but this topxproud fellowx
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|
whom from the flow of gan i name notx but
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|
from sincere motionsx by intelligencex
|
|
and proofs as clear as founts in july when
|
|
we see each grain of gravelxi do know
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|
to be corrupt and treasonousx
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|
norfolkx say not treasonousx
|
|
buckinghamx to thx king ixll sayxtx and make my vouch as strong
|
|
as shore of rockx attendx this holy foxx
|
|
or wolfx or bothxfor he is equal ravxnous
|
|
as he is subtlex and as prone to mischief
|
|
as able to performxtx his mind and place
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|
infecting one anotherx yeax reciprocallyx
|
|
only to show his pomp as well in france
|
|
as here at homex suggests the king our master
|
|
to this last costly treatyx thx interview
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|
that swallowed so much treasure and like a glass
|
|
did break ix thx wrenchingx
|
|
norfolkx faithx and so it didx
|
|
buckinghamx prayx give me favourx sirx this cunning cardinal
|
|
the articles ox thx combination drew
|
|
as himself pleasxdx and they were ratified
|
|
as he cried xthus let bex to as much end
|
|
as give a crutch to thx deadx but our countxcardinal
|
|
has done thisx and xtis wellx for worthy wolseyx
|
|
who cannot errx he did itx now this followsx
|
|
whichx as i take itx is a kind of puppy
|
|
to thx old dam treasonx charles the emperorx
|
|
under pretence to see the queen his auntx
|
|
for xtwas indeed his colourx but he came
|
|
to whisper wolseyxhere makes visitationx
|
|
his fears were that the interview betwixt
|
|
england and france might through their amity
|
|
breed him some prejudicex for from this league
|
|
peepxd harms that menacxd himxprivily
|
|
deals with our cardinalx andx as i trowx
|
|
which i do wellx for i am sure the emperor
|
|
paid ere he promisxdx whereby his suit was granted
|
|
ere it was askxdxbut when the way was madex
|
|
and pavxd with goldx the emperor thus desirxdx
|
|
that he would please to alter the kingxs coursex
|
|
and break the foresaid peacex let the king knowx
|
|
as soon he shall by mex that thus the cardinal
|
|
does buy and sell his honour as he pleasesx
|
|
and for his own advantagex
|
|
norfolkx i am sorry
|
|
to hear this of himx and could wish he were
|
|
something mistaken inxtx
|
|
buckinghamx nox not a syllablex
|
|
i do pronounce him in that very shape
|
|
he shall appear in proofx
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|
|
|
enter brandonx a sergeantxatxarms before himx
|
|
and two or three of the guard
|
|
|
|
brandonx your officex sergeantx execute itx
|
|
sergeantx sirx
|
|
my lord the duke of buckinghamx and earl
|
|
of herefordx staffordx and northamptonx i
|
|
arrest thee of high treasonx in the name
|
|
of our most sovereign kingx
|
|
buckinghamx lo youx my lordx
|
|
the net has fallxn upon mex i shall perish
|
|
under device and practicex
|
|
brandonx i am sorry
|
|
to see you taxen from libertyx to look on
|
|
the business presentx xtis his highnessx pleasure
|
|
you shall to thx towerx
|
|
buckinghamx it will help nothing
|
|
to plead mine innocencex for that dye is on me
|
|
which makes my whitxst part blackx the will of heavxn
|
|
be done in this and all thingsx i obeyx
|
|
o my lord abergaxnyx fare you wellx
|
|
brandonx nayx he must bear you companyx
|
|
xto abergavennyx the king
|
|
is pleasxd you shall to thx towerx till you know
|
|
how he determines furtherx
|
|
abergavennyx as the duke saidx
|
|
the will of heaven be donex and the kingxs pleasure
|
|
by me obeyxdx
|
|
brandonx here is warrant from
|
|
the king tx attach lord montacute and the bodies
|
|
of the dukexs confessorx john de la carx
|
|
one gilbert peckx his chancellorx
|
|
buckinghamx sox sox
|
|
these are the limbs ox thx plotx no morex i hopex
|
|
brandonx a monk ox thx chartreuxx
|
|
buckinghamx ox nicholas hopkinsx
|
|
brandonx hex
|
|
buckinghamx my surveyor is falsex the oxerxgreat cardinal
|
|
hath showxd him goldx my life is spannxd alreadyx
|
|
i am the shadow of poor buckinghamx
|
|
whose figure even this instant cloud puts on
|
|
by darkxning my clear sunx my lordx farewellx
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|
exeunt
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|
act ix scene xx
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|
|
|
londonx the council chamber
|
|
|
|
cornetsx enter king henryx leaning on the cardinalxs shoulderx the
|
|
noblesx and sir thomas lovellx with othersx the cardinal places himself
|
|
under the kingxs feet on his right side
|
|
|
|
kingx my life itselfx and the best heart of itx
|
|
thanks you for this great carex i stood ix thx level
|
|
of a fullxchargxd confederacyx and give thanks
|
|
to you that chokxd itx let be callxd before us
|
|
that gentleman of buckinghamxsx in person
|
|
ixll hear his confessions justifyx
|
|
and point by point the treasons of his master
|
|
he shall again relatex
|
|
|
|
a noise withinx crying xroom for the queenxx enter the queenx
|
|
usherxd by the dukes of norfolk and suffolkx she kneelsx the king
|
|
riseth from his statex takes her upx kisses and placeth her by
|
|
him
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|
|
|
queen katharinex nayx we must longer kneelx i am suitorx
|
|
kingx arisex and take place by usx half your suit
|
|
never name to usx you have half our powerx
|
|
the other moiety ere you ask is givenx
|
|
repeat your willx and take itx
|
|
queen katharinex thank your majestyx
|
|
that you would love yourselfx and in that love
|
|
not unconsidered leave your honour nor
|
|
the dignity of your officex is the point
|
|
of my petitionx
|
|
kingx lady minex proceedx
|
|
queen katharinex i am solicitedx not by a fewx
|
|
and those of true conditionx that your subjects
|
|
are in great grievancex there have been commissions
|
|
sent down among xem which hath flawxd the heart
|
|
of all their loyaltiesx whereinx althoughx
|
|
my good lord cardinalx they vent reproaches
|
|
most bitterly on you as putterxon
|
|
of these exactionsx yet the king our masterx
|
|
whose honour heaven shield from soilxxeven he escapes not
|
|
language unmannerlyx yeax such which breaks
|
|
the sides of loyaltyx and almost appears
|
|
in loud rebellionx
|
|
norfolkx not almost appearsx
|
|
it doth appearx forx upon these taxationsx
|
|
the clothiers allx not able to maintain
|
|
the many to them xlongingx have put of
|
|
the spinstersx cardersx fullersx weaversx who
|
|
unfit for other lifex compellxd by hunger
|
|
and lack of other meansx in desperate manner
|
|
daring thx event to thx teethx are all in uproarx
|
|
and danger serves among themx
|
|
kingx taxationx
|
|
whereinx and what taxationx my lord cardinalx
|
|
you that are blamxd for it alike with usx
|
|
know you of this taxationx
|
|
wolseyx please youx sirx
|
|
i know but of a single part in aught
|
|
pertains to thx statex and front but in that file
|
|
where others tell steps with mex
|
|
queen katharinex nox my lordx
|
|
you know no more than othersx but you frame
|
|
things that are known alikex which are not wholesome
|
|
to those which would not know themx and yet must
|
|
perforce be their acquaintancex these exactionsx
|
|
whereof my sovereign would have notex they are
|
|
most pestilent to thx hearingx and to bear xem
|
|
the back is sacrifice to thx loadx they say
|
|
they are devisxd by youx or else you suffer
|
|
too hard an exclamationx
|
|
kingx still exactionx
|
|
the nature of itx in what kindx letxs knowx
|
|
is this exactionx
|
|
queen katharinex i am much too venturous
|
|
in tempting of your patiencex but am boldxned
|
|
under your promisxd pardonx the subjectsx grief
|
|
comes through commissionsx which compels from each
|
|
the sixth part of his substancex to be levied
|
|
without delayx and the pretence for this
|
|
is namxd your wars in francex this makes bold mouthsx
|
|
tongues spit their duties outx and cold hearts freeze
|
|
allegiance in themx their curses now
|
|
live where their prayers didx and itxs come to pass
|
|
this tractable obedience is a slave
|
|
to each incensed willx i would your highness
|
|
would give it quick considerationx for
|
|
there is no primer businessx
|
|
kingx by my lifex
|
|
this is against our pleasurex
|
|
wolseyx and for mex
|
|
i have no further gone in this than by
|
|
a single voicex and that not passxd me but
|
|
by learned approbation of the judgesx if i am
|
|
traducxd by ignorant tonguesx which neither know
|
|
my faculties nor personx yet will be
|
|
the chronicles of my doingx let me say
|
|
xtis but the fate of placex and the rough brake
|
|
that virtue must go throughx we must not stint
|
|
our necessary actions in the fear
|
|
to cope malicious censurersx which ever
|
|
as ravxnous fishes do a vessel follow
|
|
that is newxtrimmxdx but benefit no further
|
|
than vainly longingx what we oft do bestx
|
|
by sick interpretersx once weak onesx is
|
|
not oursx or not allowxdx what worstx as oft
|
|
hitting a grosser qualityx is cried up
|
|
for our best actx if we shall stand stillx
|
|
in fear our motion will be mockxd or carpxd atx
|
|
we should take root here where we sitx or sit
|
|
statexstatues onlyx
|
|
kingx things done well
|
|
and with a care exempt themselves from fearx
|
|
things done without examplex in their issue
|
|
are to be fearxdx have you a precedent
|
|
of this commissionx i believex not anyx
|
|
we must not rend our subjects from our lawsx
|
|
and stick them in our willx sixth part of eachx
|
|
a trembling contributionx whyx we take
|
|
from every tree lopx barkx and part ox thx timberx
|
|
and though we leave it with a rootx thus hackxdx
|
|
the air will drink the sapx to every county
|
|
where this is questionxd send our letters with
|
|
free pardon to each man that has denied
|
|
the force of this commissionx prayx look totx
|
|
i put it to your carex
|
|
wolseyx xaside to the secretaryx a word with youx
|
|
let there be letters writ to every shire
|
|
of the kingxs grace and pardonx the grieved commons
|
|
hardly conceive of mexlet it be noisxd
|
|
that through our intercession this revokement
|
|
and pardon comesx i shall anon advise you
|
|
further in the proceedingx exit secretary
|
|
|
|
enter surveyor
|
|
|
|
queen katharinex i am sorry that the duke of buckingham
|
|
is run in your displeasurex
|
|
kingx it grieves manyx
|
|
the gentleman is learnxd and a most rare speakerx
|
|
to nature none more boundx his training such
|
|
that he may furnish and instruct great teachers
|
|
and never seek for aid out of himselfx yet seex
|
|
when these so noble benefits shall prove
|
|
not well disposxdx the mind growing once corruptx
|
|
they turn to vicious formsx ten times more ugly
|
|
than ever they were fairx this man so completex
|
|
who was enrollxd xmongst wondersx and when wex
|
|
almost with ravishxd listxningx could not find
|
|
his hour of speech a minutexhex my ladyx
|
|
hath into monstrous habits put the graces
|
|
that once were hisx and is become as black
|
|
as if besmearxd in hellx sit by usx you shall hearx
|
|
this was his gentleman in trustxof him
|
|
things to strike honour sadx bid him recount
|
|
the forexrecited practicesx whereof
|
|
we cannot feel too littlex hear too muchx
|
|
wolseyx stand forthx and with bold spirit relate what youx
|
|
most like a careful subjectx have collected
|
|
out of the duke of buckinghamx
|
|
kingx speak freelyx
|
|
surveyorx firstx it was usual with himxevery day
|
|
it would infect his speechxthat if the king
|
|
should without issue diex hexll carry it so
|
|
to make the sceptre hisx these very words
|
|
ixve heard him utter to his sonxinxlawx
|
|
lord abergaxnyx to whom by oath he menacxd
|
|
revenge upon the cardinalx
|
|
wolseyx please your highnessx note
|
|
this dangerous conception in this pointx
|
|
not friended by his wishx to your high person
|
|
his will is most malignantx and it stretches
|
|
beyond you to your friendsx
|
|
queen katharinex my learnxd lord cardinalx
|
|
deliver all with charityx
|
|
kingx speak onx
|
|
how grounded he his title to the crown
|
|
upon our failx to this point hast thou heard him
|
|
at any time speak aughtx
|
|
surveyorx he was brought to this
|
|
by a vain prophecy of nicholas hentonx
|
|
kingx what was that hentonx
|
|
surveyorx sirx a chartreux friarx
|
|
his confessorx who fed him every minute
|
|
with words of sovereigntyx
|
|
kingx how knowxst thou thisx
|
|
surveyorx not long before your highness sped to francex
|
|
the duke being at the rosex within the parish
|
|
saint lawrence poultneyx did of me demand
|
|
what was the speech among the londoners
|
|
concerning the french journeyx i replied
|
|
men fearxd the french would prove perfidiousx
|
|
to the kingxs dangerx presently the duke
|
|
said xtwas the fear indeed and that he doubted
|
|
xtwould prove the verity of certain words
|
|
spoke by a holy monk xthat oftx says he
|
|
xhath sent to mex wishing me to permit
|
|
john de la carx my chaplainx a choice hour
|
|
to hear from him a matter of some momentx
|
|
whom after under the confessionxs seal
|
|
he solemnly had sworn that what he spoke
|
|
my chaplain to no creature living but
|
|
to me should utterx with demure confidence
|
|
this pausingly ensuxdx xneither the king norxs heirsx
|
|
tell you the dukex shall prosperx bid him strive
|
|
to gain the love ox thx commonaltyx the duke
|
|
shall govern englandxxx
|
|
queen katharinex if i know you wellx
|
|
you were the dukexs surveyorx and lost your office
|
|
on the complaint ox thx tenantsx take good heed
|
|
you charge not in your spleen a noble person
|
|
and spoil your nobler soulx i sayx take heedx
|
|
yesx heartily beseech youx
|
|
kingx let him onx
|
|
go forwardx
|
|
surveyorx on my soulx ixll speak but truthx
|
|
i told my lord the dukex by thx devilxs illusions
|
|
the monk might be deceivxdx and that xtwas dangerous
|
|
for him
|
|
to ruminate on this so farx until
|
|
it forgxd him some designx whichx being believxdx
|
|
it was much like to dox he answerxd xtushx
|
|
it can do me no damagexx adding further
|
|
thatx had the king in his last sickness failxdx
|
|
the cardinalxs and sir thomas lovellxs heads
|
|
should have gone offx
|
|
kingx hax whatx so rankx ah hax
|
|
therexs mischief in this manx canst thou say furtherx
|
|
surveyorx i canx my liegex
|
|
kingx proceedx
|
|
surveyorx being at greenwichx
|
|
after your highness had reprovxd the duke
|
|
about sir william bulmerx
|
|
kingx i remember
|
|
of such a timex being my sworn servantx
|
|
the duke retainxd him hisx but onx what hencex
|
|
surveyorx xifx quoth he xi for this had been committedx
|
|
as to the tower i thoughtxi would have playxd
|
|
the part my father meant to act upon
|
|
thx usurper richardx whox being at salisburyx
|
|
made suit to come inxs presencex which if grantedx
|
|
as he made semblance of his dutyx would
|
|
have put his knife into himxx
|
|
kingx a giant traitorx
|
|
wolseyx nowx madamx may his highness live in freedomx
|
|
and this man out of prisonx
|
|
queen katharinex god mend allx
|
|
kingx therexs something more would out of theex what sayxstx
|
|
surveyorx after xthe duke his fatherx with the xknifexx
|
|
he stretchxd himx andx with one hand on his daggerx
|
|
another spread onxs breastx mounting his eyesx
|
|
he did discharge a horrible oathx whose tenour
|
|
wasx were he evil usxdx he would outgo
|
|
his father by as much as a performance
|
|
does an irresolute purposex
|
|
kingx therexs his periodx
|
|
to sheath his knife in usx he is attachxdx
|
|
call him to present trialx if he may
|
|
find mercy in the lawx xtis hisx if nonex
|
|
let him not seekxt of usx by day and nightx
|
|
hexs traitor to thx heightx exeunt
|
|
|
|
act ix scene xx
|
|
|
|
londonx the palace
|
|
|
|
enter the lord chamberlain and lord sandys
|
|
|
|
chamberlainx isxt possible the spells of france should juggle
|
|
men into such strange mysteriesx
|
|
sandysx new customsx
|
|
though they be never so ridiculousx
|
|
nayx let xem be unmanlyx yet are followxdx
|
|
chamberlainx as far as i seex all the good our english
|
|
have got by the late voyage is but merely
|
|
a fit or two ox thx facex but they are shrewd onesx
|
|
for when they hold xemx you would swear directly
|
|
their very noses had been counsellors
|
|
to pepin or clothariusx they keep state sox
|
|
sandysx they have all new legsx and lame onesx one would take itx
|
|
that never saw xem pace beforex the spavin
|
|
or springhalt reignxd among xemx
|
|
chamberlainx deathx my lordx
|
|
their clothes are after such a pagan cut toxtx
|
|
that sure thx have worn out christendomx
|
|
|
|
enter sir thomas lovell
|
|
|
|
how nowx
|
|
what newsx sir thomas lovellx
|
|
lovellx faithx my lordx
|
|
i hear of none but the new proclamation
|
|
thatxs clappxd upon the court gatex
|
|
chamberlainx what isxt forx
|
|
lovellx the reformation of our travellxd gallantsx
|
|
that fill the court with quarrelsx talkx and tailorsx
|
|
chamberlainx i am glad xtis therex now i would pray our monsieurs
|
|
to think an english courtier may be wisex
|
|
and never see the louvrex
|
|
lovellx they must eitherx
|
|
for so run the conditionsx leave those remnants
|
|
of fool and feather that they got in francex
|
|
with all their honourable points of ignorance
|
|
pertaining thereuntoxas fights and fireworksx
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abusing better men than they can bex
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out of a foreign wisdomxrenouncing clean
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the faith they have in tennisx and tall stockingsx
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short blistxred breechesx and those types of travel
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and understand again like honest menx
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or pack to their old playfellowsx therex i take itx
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they mayx cum privilegiox wear away
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the lag end of their lewdness and be laughxd atx
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sandysx xtis time to give xem physicx their diseases
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are grown so catchingx
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chamberlainx what a loss our ladies
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will have of these trim vanitiesx
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lovellx ayx marryx
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there will be woe indeedx lordsx the sly whoresons
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have got a speeding trick to lay down ladiesx
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a french song and a fiddle has no fellowx
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sandysx the devil fiddle xemx i am glad they are goingx
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for sure therexs no converting xemx now
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an honest country lordx as i amx beaten
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a long time out of playx may bring his plainsong
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and have an hour of hearingx andx byxr ladyx
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held current music toox
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chamberlainx well saidx lord sandysx
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your coltxs tooth is not cast yetx
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sandysx nox my lordx
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nor shall not while i have a stampx
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chamberlainx sir thomasx
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whither were you axgoingx
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lovellx to the cardinalxsx
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your lordship is a guest toox
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chamberlainx ox xtis truex
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this night he makes a supperx and a great onex
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to many lords and ladiesx there will be
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the beauty of this kingdomx ixll assure youx
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lovellx that churchman bears a bounteous mind indeedx
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a hand as fruitful as the land that feeds usx
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his dews fall everywherex
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chamberlainx no doubt hexs noblex
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he had a black mouth that said other of himx
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sandysx he mayx my lordx has wherewithalx in him
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sparing would show a worse sin than ill doctrinex
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men of his way should be most liberalx
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they are set here for examplesx
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chamberlainx truex they are sox
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but few now give so great onesx my barge staysx
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your lordship shall alongx comex good sir thomasx
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we shall be late elsex which i would not bex
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for i was spoke tox with sir henry guildfordx
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this night to be comptrollersx
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sandysx i am your lordshipxsx exeunt
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act ix scene xx
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londonx the presence chamber in york place
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hautboysx a small table under a state for the cardinalx a longer table
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for the guestsx then enter anne bullenx and divers other ladies and
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gentlemenx as guestsx at one doorx at another door enter sir henry
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guildford
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guildfordx ladiesx a general welcome from his grace
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salutes ye allx this night he dedicates
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to fair content and youx none herex he hopesx
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in all this noble bevyx has brought with her
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one care abroadx he would have all as merry
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asx firstx good companyx good winex good welcomex
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can make good peoplex
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enter lord chamberlainx lord sandysx and sir
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|
thomas lovell
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ox my lordx yxare tardyx
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the very thought of this fair company
|
|
clappxd wings to mex
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chamberlainx you are youngx sir harry guildfordx
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sandysx sir thomas lovellx had the cardinal
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but half my lay thoughts in himx some of these
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should find a running banquet ere they rested
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i think would better please xemx by my lifex
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they are a sweet society of fair onesx
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lovellx o that your lordship were but now confessor
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to one or two of thesex
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sandysx i would i werex
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they should find easy penancex
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lovellx faithx how easyx
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sandysx as easy as a down bed would afford itx
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chamberlainx sweet ladiesx will it please you sitx sir harryx
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place you that sidex ixll take the charge of thisx
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his grace is entxringx nayx you must not freezex
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|
two women placxd together makes cold weatherx
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my lord sandysx you are one will keep xem wakingx
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pray sit between these ladiesx
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|
sandysx by my faithx
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|
and thank your lordshipx by your leavex sweet ladiesx
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|
xseats himself between anne bullen and another ladyx
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|
if i chance to talk a little wildx forgive mex
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i had it from my fatherx
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annex was he madx sirx
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sandysx ox very madx exceeding madx in love toox
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|
but he would bite nonex just as i do nowx
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he would kiss you twenty with a breathx xkisses herx
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|
chamberlainx well saidx my lordx
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sox now yxare fairly seatedx gentlemenx
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|
the penance lies on you if these fair ladies
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|
pass away frowningx
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|
sandysx for my little curex
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let me alonex
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hautboysx enter cardinal wolseyx attendedx and
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|
takes his state
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wolseyx yxare welcomex my fair guestsx that noble lady
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|
or gentleman that is not freely merry
|
|
is not my friendx thisx to confirm my welcomex
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|
and to you allx good healthx xdrinksx
|
|
sandysx your grace is noblex
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|
let me have such a bowl may hold my thanks
|
|
and save me so much talkingx
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|
wolseyx my lord sandysx
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i am beholding to youx cheer your neighboursx
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|
ladiesx you are not merryx gentlemenx
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|
whose fault is thisx
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|
sandysx the red wine first must rise
|
|
in their fair cheeksx my lordx then we shall have xem
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|
talk us to silencex
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|
annex you are a merry gamesterx
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|
my lord sandysx
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sandysx yesx if i make my playx
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herexs to your ladyshipx and pledge itx madamx
|
|
for xtis to such a thingx
|
|
annex you cannot show mex
|
|
sandysx i told your grace they would talk anonx
|
|
xdrum and trumpetx chambers dischargxdx
|
|
wolseyx whatxs thatx
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|
chamberlainx look out therex some of yex exit a servant
|
|
wolseyx what warlike voicex
|
|
and to what endx is thisx nayx ladiesx fear notx
|
|
by all the laws of war yxare privilegxdx
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|
|
rexenter servant
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|
chamberlainx how nowx what isxtx
|
|
servantx a noble troop of strangersx
|
|
for so they seemx thx have left their barge and landedx
|
|
and hither makex as great ambassadors
|
|
from foreign princesx
|
|
wolseyx good lord chamberlainx
|
|
gox give xem welcomex you can speak the french tonguex
|
|
and pray receive xem nobly and conduct xem
|
|
into our presencex where this heaven of beauty
|
|
shall shine at full upon themx some attend himx
|
|
exit chamberlain attendedx all risex and tables removxd
|
|
you have now a broken banquetx but wexll mend itx
|
|
a good digestion to you allx and once more
|
|
i showxr a welcome on yex welcome allx
|
|
|
|
hautboysx enter the kingx and othersx as maskersx
|
|
habited like shepherdsx usherxd by the lord chamberlainx
|
|
they pass directly before the cardinalx
|
|
and gracefully salute him
|
|
|
|
a noble companyx what are their pleasuresx
|
|
chamberlainx because they speak no englishx thus they prayxd
|
|
to tell your gracex thatx having heard by fame
|
|
of this so noble and so fair assembly
|
|
this night to meet herex they could do no lessx
|
|
out of the great respect they bear to beautyx
|
|
but leave their flocks andx under your fair conductx
|
|
crave leave to view these ladies and entreat
|
|
an hour of revels with xemx
|
|
wolseyx sayx lord chamberlainx
|
|
they have done my poor house gracex for which i pay xem
|
|
a thousand thanksx and pray xem take their pleasuresx
|
|
xthey choose ladiesx the king chooses anne bullenx
|
|
kingx the fairest hand i ever touchxdx o beautyx
|
|
till now i never knew theex xmusicx dancex
|
|
wolseyx my lordx
|
|
chamberlainx your gracex
|
|
wolseyx pray tell xem thus much from mex
|
|
there should be one amongst xemx by his personx
|
|
more worthy this place than myselfx to whomx
|
|
if i but knew himx with my love and duty
|
|
i would surrender itx
|
|
chamberlainx i willx my lordx
|
|
xhe whispers to the maskersx
|
|
wolseyx what say theyx
|
|
chamberlainx such a onex they all confessx
|
|
there is indeedx which they would have your grace
|
|
find outx and he will take itx
|
|
wolseyx let me seex thenx xcomes from his statex
|
|
by all your good leavesx gentlemenx here ixll make
|
|
my royal choicex
|
|
kingx xunmaskingx ye have found himx cardinalx
|
|
you hold a fair assemblyx you do wellx lordx
|
|
you are a churchmanx orx ixll tell youx cardinalx
|
|
i should judge now unhappilyx
|
|
wolseyx i am glad
|
|
your grace is grown so pleasantx
|
|
kingx my lord chamberlainx
|
|
prithee come hitherx what fair ladyxs thatx
|
|
chamberlainx anxt please your gracex sir thomas bullenxs
|
|
daughterx
|
|
the viscount rochfordxone of her highnessx womenx
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|
kingx by heavenx she is a dainty onex sweet heartx
|
|
i were unmannerly to take you out
|
|
and not to kiss youx a healthx gentlemenx
|
|
let it go roundx
|
|
wolseyx sir thomas lovellx is the banquet ready
|
|
ix thx privy chamberx
|
|
lovellx yesx my lordx
|
|
wolseyx your gracex
|
|
i fearx with dancing is a little heatedx
|
|
kingx i fearx too muchx
|
|
wolseyx therexs fresher airx my lordx
|
|
in the next chamberx
|
|
kingx lead in your ladiesx evxry onex sweet partnerx
|
|
i must not yet forsake youx letxs be merryx
|
|
good my lord cardinalx i have half a dozen healths
|
|
to drink to these fair ladiesx and a measure
|
|
to lead xem once againx and then letxs dream
|
|
whoxs best in favourx let the music knock itx
|
|
exeuntx with trumpets
|
|
|
|
act iix scene xx
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|
|
|
westminsterx a street
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|
|
|
enter two gentlemenx at several doors
|
|
|
|
first gentlemanx whither away so fastx
|
|
second gentlemanx ox god save yex
|
|
evxn to the hallx to hear what shall become
|
|
of the great duke of buckinghamx
|
|
first gentlemanx ixll save you
|
|
that labourx sirx allxs now done but the ceremony
|
|
of bringing back the prisonerx
|
|
second gentlemanx were you therex
|
|
first gentlemanx yesx indeedx was ix
|
|
second gentlemanx prayx speak what has happenxdx
|
|
first gentlemanx you may guess quickly whatx
|
|
second gentlemanx is he found guiltyx
|
|
first gentlemanx yesx truly is hex and condemnxd uponxtx
|
|
second gentlemanx i am sorry forxtx
|
|
first gentlemanx so are a number morex
|
|
second gentlemanx butx prayx how passxd itx
|
|
first gentlemanx ixll tell you in a littlex the great dukex
|
|
came to the barx where to his accusations
|
|
he pleaded still not guiltyx and alleged
|
|
many sharp reasons to defeat the lawx
|
|
the kingxs attorneyx on the contraryx
|
|
urgxd on the examinationsx proofsx confessionsx
|
|
of divers witnessesx which the duke desirxd
|
|
to have broughtx viva vocex to his facex
|
|
at which appearxd against him his surveyorx
|
|
sir gilbert peck his chancellorx and john carx
|
|
confessor to himx with that devilxmonkx
|
|
hopkinsx that made this mischiefx
|
|
second gentlemanx that was he
|
|
that fed him with his propheciesx
|
|
first gentlemanx the samex
|
|
all these accusxd him stronglyx which he fain
|
|
would have flung from himx but indeed he could notx
|
|
and so his peersx upon this evidencex
|
|
have found him guilty of high treasonx much
|
|
he spokex and learnedlyx for lifex but all
|
|
was either pitied in him or forgottenx
|
|
second gentlemanx after all thisx how did he bear himxself
|
|
first gentlemanx when he was brought again to thx bar to hear
|
|
his knell rung outx his judgmentx he was stirrxd
|
|
with such an agony he sweat extremelyx
|
|
and something spoke in cholerx ill and hastyx
|
|
but he fell to himself againx and sweetly
|
|
in all the rest showxd a most noble patiencex
|
|
second gentlemanx i do not think he fears deathx
|
|
first gentlemanx surex he does notx
|
|
he never was so womanishx the cause
|
|
he may a little grieve atx
|
|
second gentlemanx certainly
|
|
the cardinal is the end of thisx
|
|
first gentlemanx xtis likelyx
|
|
by all conjecturesx firstx kildarexs attainderx
|
|
then deputy of irelandx who removxdx
|
|
earl surrey was sent thitherx and in haste toox
|
|
lest he should help his fatherx
|
|
second gentlemanx that trick of state
|
|
was a deep envious onex
|
|
first gentlemanx at his return
|
|
no doubt he will requite itx this is notedx
|
|
and generallyx whoever the king favours
|
|
the cardinal instantly will find employmentx
|
|
and far enough from court toox
|
|
second gentlemanx all the commons
|
|
hate him perniciouslyx andx ox my consciencex
|
|
wish him ten fathom deepx this duke as much
|
|
they love and dote onx call him bounteous buckinghamx
|
|
the mirror of all courtesyx
|
|
|
|
enter buckingham from his arraignmentx tipxstaves
|
|
before himx the axe with the edge towards himx halberds
|
|
on each sidex accompanied with sir thomas
|
|
lovellx sir nicholas vauxx sir william sandysx
|
|
and common peoplex etcx
|
|
|
|
first gentlemanx stay therex sirx
|
|
and see the noble ruinxd man you speak ofx
|
|
second gentlemanx letxs stand closex and behold himx
|
|
buckinghamx all good peoplex
|
|
you that thus far have come to pity mex
|
|
hear what i sayx and then go home and lose mex
|
|
i have this day receivxd a traitorxs judgmentx
|
|
and by that name must diex yetx heaven bear witnessx
|
|
and if i have a consciencex let it sink me
|
|
even as the axe fallsx if i be not faithfulx
|
|
the law i bear no malice for my deathx
|
|
xt has donex upon the premisesx but justicex
|
|
but those that sought it i could wish more christiansx
|
|
be what they willx i heartily forgive xemx
|
|
yet let xem look they glory not in mischief
|
|
nor build their evils on the graves of great menx
|
|
for then my guiltless blood must cry against xemx
|
|
for further life in this world i nexer hope
|
|
nor will i suex although the king have mercies
|
|
more than i dare make faultsx you few that lovxd me
|
|
and dare be bold to weep for buckinghamx
|
|
his noble friends and fellowsx whom to leave
|
|
is only bitter to himx only dyingx
|
|
go with me like good angels to my endx
|
|
and as the long divorce of steel falls on me
|
|
make of your prayers one sweet sacrificex
|
|
and lift my soul to heavenx lead onx a godxs namex
|
|
lovellx i do beseech your gracex for charityx
|
|
if ever any malice in your heart
|
|
were hid against mex now to forgive me franklyx
|
|
buckinghamx sir thomas lovellx i as free forgive you
|
|
as i would be forgivenx i forgive allx
|
|
there cannot be those numberless offences
|
|
xgainst me that i cannot take peace withx no black envy
|
|
shall mark my gravex commend me to his gracex
|
|
and if he speak of buckinghamx pray tell him
|
|
you met him half in heavenx my vows and prayers
|
|
yet are the kingxsx andx till my soul forsakex
|
|
shall cry for blessings on himx may he live
|
|
longer than i have time to tell his yearsx
|
|
ever belovxd and loving may his rule bex
|
|
and when old time shall lead him to his endx
|
|
goodness and he fill up one monumentx
|
|
lovellx to thx water side i must conduct your gracex
|
|
then give my charge up to sir nicholas vauxx
|
|
who undertakes you to your endx
|
|
vauxx prepare therex
|
|
the duke is comingx see the barge be readyx
|
|
and fit it with such furniture as suits
|
|
the greatness of his personx
|
|
buckinghamx nayx sir nicholasx
|
|
let it alonex my state now will but mock mex
|
|
when i came hither i was lord high constable
|
|
and duke of buckinghamx nowx poor edward bohunx
|
|
yet i am richer than my base accusers
|
|
that never knew what truth meantx i now seal itx
|
|
and with that blood will make xem one day groan fortx
|
|
my noble fatherx henry of buckinghamx
|
|
who first raisxd head against usurping richardx
|
|
flying for succour to his servant banisterx
|
|
being distressxdx was by that wretch betrayxd
|
|
and without trial fellx godxs peace be with himx
|
|
henry the seventh succeedingx truly pitying
|
|
my fatherxs lossx like a most royal princex
|
|
restorxd me to my honoursx and out of ruins
|
|
made my name once more noblex now his sonx
|
|
henry the eighthx lifex honourx namex and all
|
|
that made me happyx at one stroke has taken
|
|
for ever from the worldx i had my trialx
|
|
and must needs say a noble onex which makes me
|
|
a little happier than my wretched fatherx
|
|
yet thus far we are one in fortunesx both
|
|
fell by our servantsx by those men we lovxd mostx
|
|
a most unnatural and faithless servicex
|
|
heaven has an end in allx yetx you that hear mex
|
|
this from a dying man receive as certainx
|
|
where you are liberal of your loves and counselsx
|
|
be sure you be not loosex for those you make friends
|
|
and give your hearts tox when they once perceive
|
|
the least rub in your fortunesx fall away
|
|
like water from yex never found again
|
|
but where they mean to sink yex all good peoplex
|
|
pray for mex i must now forsake yex the last hour
|
|
of my long weary life is come upon mex
|
|
farewellx
|
|
and when you would say something that is sadx
|
|
speak how i fellx i have donex and god forgive mex
|
|
exeunt buckingham and train
|
|
first gentlemanx ox this is full of pityx sirx it callsx
|
|
i fearx too many curses on their heads
|
|
that were the authorsx
|
|
second gentlemanx if the duke be guiltlessx
|
|
xtis full of woex yet i can give you inkling
|
|
of an ensuing evilx if it fallx
|
|
greater than thisx
|
|
first gentlemanx good angels keep it from usx
|
|
what may it bex you do not doubt my faithx sirx
|
|
second gentlemanx this secret is so weightyx xtwill require
|
|
a strong faith to conceal itx
|
|
first gentlemanx let me have itx
|
|
i do not talk muchx
|
|
second gentlemanx i am confidentx
|
|
you shallx sirx did you not of late days hear
|
|
a buzzing of a separation
|
|
between the king and katharinex
|
|
first gentlemanx yesx but it held notx
|
|
for when the king once heard itx out of anger
|
|
he sent command to the lord mayor straight
|
|
to stop the rumour and allay those tongues
|
|
that durst disperse itx
|
|
second gentlemanx but that slanderx sirx
|
|
is found a truth nowx for it grows again
|
|
fresher than exer it wasx and held for certain
|
|
the king will venture at itx either the cardinal
|
|
or some about him near havex out of malice
|
|
to the good queenx possessxd him with a scruple
|
|
that will undo herx to confirm this toox
|
|
cardinal campeius is arrivxd and latelyx
|
|
as all thinkx for this businessx
|
|
first gentlemanx xtis the cardinalx
|
|
and merely to revenge him on the emperor
|
|
for not bestowing on him at his asking
|
|
the archbishopric of toledox this is purposxdx
|
|
second gentlemanx i think you have hit the markx but isxt
|
|
not cruel
|
|
that she should feel the smart of thisx the cardinal
|
|
will have his willx and she must fallx
|
|
first gentlemanx xtis woefulx
|
|
we are too open here to argue thisx
|
|
letxs think in private morex exeunt
|
|
|
|
act iix scene xx
|
|
|
|
londonx the palace
|
|
|
|
enter the lord chamberlain reading this letter
|
|
|
|
chamberlainx xmy lordx
|
|
xthe horses your lordship sent forx with all the care
|
|
hadx i saw well chosenx riddenx and furnishxdx they were
|
|
young and handsomex and of the best breed in the northx
|
|
when they were ready to set out for londonx a man of
|
|
my lord cardinalxsx by commissionx and main powerx took
|
|
xem from mex with this reasonx his master would be servxd
|
|
before a subjectx if not before the kingx which stoppxd
|
|
our mouthsx sirxx
|
|
|
|
i fear he will indeedx wellx let him have themx
|
|
he will have allx i thinkx
|
|
|
|
enter to the lord chamberlain the dukes of norfolk and suffolk
|
|
|
|
norfolkx well metx my lord chamberlainx
|
|
chamberlainx good day to both your gracesx
|
|
suffolkx how is the king employxdx
|
|
chamberlainx i left him privatex
|
|
full of sad thoughts and troublesx
|
|
norfolkx whatxs the causex
|
|
chamberlainx it seems the marriage with his brotherxs wife
|
|
has crept too near his consciencex
|
|
suffolkx nox his conscience
|
|
has crept too near another ladyx
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norfolkx xtis sox
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this is the cardinalxs doingx the kingxcardinalx
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that blind priestx like the eldest son of fortunex
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turns what he listx the king will know him one dayx
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suffolkx pray god he dox hexll never know himself elsex
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norfolkx how holily he works in all his businessx
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and with what zealx forx now he has crackxd the league
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between us and the emperorx the queenxs great nephewx
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he dives into the kingxs soul and there scatters
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dangersx doubtsx wringing of the consciencex
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fearsx and despairsxand all these for his marriagex
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and out of all these to restore the kingx
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he counsels a divorcex a loss of her
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that like a jewel has hung twenty years
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about his neckx yet never lost her lustrex
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of her that loves him with that excellence
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that angels love good men withx even of her
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thatx when the greatest stroke of fortune fallsx
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will bless the kingxand is not this course piousx
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chamberlainx heaven keep me from such counselx xtis most true
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these news are everywherex every tongue speaks xemx
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and every true heart weeps for xtx all that dare
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look into these affairs see this main endx
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the french kingxs sisterx heaven will one day open
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the kingxs eyesx that so long have slept upon
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this bold bad manx
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suffolkx and free us from his slaveryx
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norfolkx we had need prayx and heartilyx for our deliverancex
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or this imperious man will work us an
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from princes into pagesx all menxs honours
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lie like one lump before himx to be fashionxd
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into what pitch he pleasex
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suffolkx for mex my lordsx
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i love him notx nor fear himxtherexs my creedx
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as i am made without himx so ixll standx
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if the king pleasex his curses and his blessings
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touch me alikex thx are breath i not believe inx
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i knew himx and i know himx so i leave him
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to him that made him proudxthe popex
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norfolkx letxs inx
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and with some other business put the king
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from these sad thoughts that work too much upon himx
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my lordx youxll bear us companyx
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chamberlainx excuse mex
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the king has sent me otherwherex besidesx
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youxll find a most unfit time to disturb himx
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health to your lordshipsx
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norfolkx thanksx my good lord chamberlainx
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exit lord chamberlainx and the king draws
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the curtain and sits reading pensively
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suffolkx how sad he looksx surex he is much afflictedx
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kingx whoxs therex hax
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norfolkx pray god he be not angryx
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king henryx whoxs therex i sayx how dare you thrust yourselves
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into my private meditationsx
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who am ix hax
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norfolkx a gracious king that pardons all offences
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malice nexer meantx our breach of duty this way
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is business of estatex in which we come
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to know your royal pleasurex
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kingx ye are too boldx
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go tox ixll make ye know your times of businessx
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is this an hour for temporal affairsx hax
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enter wolsey and campeius with a commission
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whoxs therex my good lord cardinalx o my wolseyx
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the quiet of my wounded consciencex
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thou art a cure fit for a kingx xto campeiusx youxre
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welcomex
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most learned reverend sirx into our kingdomx
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use us and itx xto wolseyx my good lordx have great care
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i be not found a talkerx
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wolseyx sirx you cannotx
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i would your grace would give us but an hour
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of private conferencex
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kingx xto norfolk and suffolkx we are busyx gox
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norfolkx xaside to suffolkx this priest has no pride in himx
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suffolkx xaside to norfolkx not to speak ofx
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i would not be so sick though for his placex
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but this cannot continuex
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norfolkx xaside to suffolkx if it dox
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ixll venture one havexatxhimx
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suffolkx xaside to norfolkx i anotherx
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exeunt norfolk and suffolk
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wolseyx your grace has given a precedent of wisdom
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above all princesx in committing freely
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your scruple to the voice of christendomx
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who can be angry nowx what envy reach youx
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the spaniardx tied by blood and favour to herx
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must now confessx if they have any goodnessx
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the trial just and noblex all the clerksx
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i mean the learned onesx in christian kingdoms
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have their free voicesx rome the nurse of judgmentx
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invited by your noble selfx hath sent
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|
one general tongue unto usx this good manx
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this just and learned priestx cardinal campeiusx
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whom once more i present unto your highnessx
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|
kingx and once more in mine arms i bid him welcomex
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|
and thank the holy conclave for their lovesx
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|
they have sent me such a man i would have wishxd forx
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campeiusx your grace must needs deserve an strangersx lovesx
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you are so noblex to your highnessx hand
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|
i tender my commissionx by whose virtuex
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|
the court of rome commandingxyoux my lord
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cardinal of yorkx are joinxd with me their servant
|
|
in the unpartial judging of this businessx
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|
kingx two equal menx the queen shall be acquainted
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|
forthwith for what you comex wherexs gardinerx
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|
wolseyx i know your majesty has always lovxd her
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so dear in heart not to deny her that
|
|
a woman of less place might ask by lawx
|
|
scholars allowxd freely to argue for herx
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|
kingx ayx and the best she shall havex and my favour
|
|
to him that does bestx god forbid elsex cardinalx
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|
prithee call gardiner to mex my new secretaryx
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|
i find him a fit fellowx exit wolsey
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rexenter wolsey with gardiner
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wolseyx xaside to gardinerx give me your handx much
|
|
joy and favour to youx
|
|
you are the kingxs nowx
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|
gardinerx xaside to wolseyx but to be commanded
|
|
for ever by your gracex whose hand has raisxd mex
|
|
kingx come hitherx gardinerx xwalks and whispersx
|
|
campeiusx my lord of yorkx was not one doctor pace
|
|
in this manxs place before himx
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|
wolseyx yesx he wasx
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campeiusx was he not held a learned manx
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wolseyx yesx surelyx
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|
campeiusx believe mex therexs an ill opinion spread thenx
|
|
even of yourselfx lord cardinalx
|
|
wolseyx howx of mex
|
|
campeiusx they will not stick to say you envied him
|
|
andx fearing he would risex he was so virtuousx
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|
kept him a foreign man stillx which so grievxd him
|
|
that he ran mad and diedx
|
|
wolseyx heavxnxs peace be with himx
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|
thatxs christian care enoughx for living murmurers
|
|
therexs places of rebukex he was a foolx
|
|
for he would needs be virtuousx that good fellowx
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|
if i command himx follows my appointmentx
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|
i will have none so near elsex learn thisx brotherx
|
|
we live not to be gripxd by meaner personsx
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|
kingx deliver this with modesty to thx queenx
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|
exit gardiner
|
|
the most convenient place that i can think of
|
|
for such receipt of learning is blackfriarsx
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|
there ye shall meet about this weighty businessx
|
|
my wolseyx see it furnishxdx ox my lordx
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|
would it not grieve an able man to leave
|
|
so sweet a bedfellowx butx consciencex consciencex
|
|
ox xtis a tender placex and i must leave herx exeunt
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|
act iix scene xx
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|
londonx the palace
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|
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|
enter anne bullen and an old lady
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|
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|
annex not for that neitherx herexs the pang that pinchesx
|
|
his highness having livxd so long with herx and she
|
|
so good a lady that no tongue could ever
|
|
pronounce dishonour of herxby my lifex
|
|
she never knew harmxdoingxox nowx after
|
|
so many courses of the sun enthronedx
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|
still growing in a majesty and pompx the which
|
|
to leave a thousandxfold more bitter than
|
|
xtis sweet at first tx acquirexafter this processx
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|
to give her the avauntx it is a pity
|
|
would move a monsterx
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|
old ladyx hearts of most hard temper
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|
melt and lament for herx
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|
annex ox godxs willx much better
|
|
she nexer had known pompx thoughxt be temporalx
|
|
yetx if that quarrelx fortunex do divorce
|
|
it from the bearerx xtis a sufferance panging
|
|
as soul and bodyxs severingx
|
|
old ladyx alasx poor ladyx
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|
shexs a stranger now againx
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|
annex so much the more
|
|
must pity drop upon herx verilyx
|
|
i swear xtis better to be lowly born
|
|
and range with humble livers in content
|
|
than to be perkxd up in a glistxring grief
|
|
and wear a golden sorrowx
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|
old ladyx our content
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|
is our best havingx
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|
annex by my troth and maidenheadx
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|
i would not be a queenx
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|
old ladyx beshrew mex i wouldx
|
|
and venture maidenhead for xtx and so would youx
|
|
for all this spice of your hypocrisyx
|
|
you that have so fair parts of woman on you
|
|
have too a womanxs heartx which ever yet
|
|
affected eminencex wealthx sovereigntyx
|
|
whichx to say soothx are blessingsx and which giftsx
|
|
saving your mincingx the capacity
|
|
of your soft cheveril conscience would receive
|
|
if you might please to stretch itx
|
|
annex nayx good trothx
|
|
old ladyx yesx troth and trothx you would not be a queenx
|
|
annex nox not for all the riches under heavenx
|
|
old ladyx xtis strangex a threepence bowxd would hire mex
|
|
old as i amx to queen itx butx i pray youx
|
|
what think you of a duchessx have you limbs
|
|
to bear that load of titlex
|
|
annex nox in truthx
|
|
old ladyx then you are weakly madex pluck off a littlex
|
|
i would not be a young count in your way
|
|
for more than blushing comes tox if your back
|
|
cannot vouchsafe this burdenx xtis too weak
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|
ever to get a boyx
|
|
annex how you do talkx
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|
i swear again i would not be a queen
|
|
for all the worldx
|
|
old ladyx in faithx for little england
|
|
youxd venture an emballingx i myself
|
|
would for carnarvonshirex although there longxd
|
|
no more to thx crown but thatx lox who comes herex
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|
|
|
enter the lord chamberlain
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|
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|
chamberlainx good morrowx ladiesx what werext worth to know
|
|
the secret of your conferencex
|
|
annex my good lordx
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|
not your demandx it values not your askingx
|
|
our mistressx sorrows we were pityingx
|
|
chamberlainx it was a gentle business and becoming
|
|
the action of good womenx there is hope
|
|
all will be wellx
|
|
annex nowx i pray godx amenx
|
|
chamberlainx you bear a gentle mindx and heavxnly blessings
|
|
follow such creaturesx that you mayx fair ladyx
|
|
perceive i speak sincerely and high notes
|
|
taxen of your many virtuesx the kingxs majesty
|
|
commends his good opinion of you to youx and
|
|
does purpose honour to you no less flowing
|
|
than marchioness of pembrokex to which tide
|
|
a thousand pound a yearx annual supportx
|
|
out of his grace he addsx
|
|
annex i do not know
|
|
what kind of my obedience i should tenderx
|
|
more than my all is nothingx nor my prayers
|
|
are not words duly hallowedx nor my wishes
|
|
more worth than empty vanitiesx yet prayers and wishes
|
|
are all i can returnx beseech your lordshipx
|
|
vouchsafe to speak my thanks and my obediencex
|
|
as from a blushing handmaidx to his highnessx
|
|
whose health and royalty i pray forx
|
|
chamberlainx ladyx
|
|
i shall not fail tx approve the fair conceit
|
|
the king hath of youx xasidex i have perusxd her wellx
|
|
beauty and honour in her are so mingled
|
|
that they have caught the kingx and who knows yet
|
|
but from this lady may proceed a gem
|
|
to lighten all this islexxixll to the king
|
|
and say i spoke with youx
|
|
annex my honourxd lordx exit lord chamberlain
|
|
old ladyx whyx this it isx seex seex
|
|
i have been begging sixteen years in courtx
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|
am yet a courtier beggarlyxnor could
|
|
come pat betwixt too early and too late
|
|
for any suit of poundsx and youx o fatex
|
|
a very freshxfish herexfiex fiex fie upon
|
|
this compellxd fortunexxhave your mouth fillxd up
|
|
before you open itx
|
|
annex this is strange to mex
|
|
old ladyx how tastes itx is it bitterx forty pencex nox
|
|
there was a lady oncexxtis an old storyx
|
|
that would not be a queenx that would she notx
|
|
for all the mud in egyptx have you heard itx
|
|
annex comex you are pleasantx
|
|
old ladyx with your theme i could
|
|
oxermount the larkx the marchioness of pembrokex
|
|
a thousand pounds a year for pure respectx
|
|
no other obligationx by my lifex
|
|
that promises moe thousandsx honourxs train
|
|
is longer than his foreskirtx by this time
|
|
i know your back will bear a duchessx sayx
|
|
are you not stronger than you werex
|
|
annex good ladyx
|
|
make yourself mirth with your particular fancyx
|
|
and leave me out onxtx would i had no beingx
|
|
if this salute my blood a jotx it faints me
|
|
to think what followsx
|
|
the queen is comfortlessx and we forgetful
|
|
in our long absencex prayx do not deliver
|
|
what here yx have heard to herx
|
|
old ladyx what do you think mex exeunt
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|
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act iix scene xx
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|
|
|
londonx a hall in blackfriars
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|
|
|
trumpetsx sennetx and cornetsx enter two vergersx with short silver
|
|
wandsx next themx two scribesx in the habit of doctorsx after themx the
|
|
archbishop of canterbury alonex after himx the bishops of lincolnx elyx
|
|
rochesterx and saint asaphx next themx with some small distancex
|
|
follows a gentleman bearing the pursex with the great sealx and a
|
|
cardinalxs hatx then two priestsx bearing each silver crossx then a
|
|
gentleman usher bareheadedx accompanied with a sergeantxatxarms bearing
|
|
a silver macex then two gentlemen bearing two great silver pillarsx
|
|
after themx side by sidex the two cardinalsx wolsey and campeiusx two
|
|
noblemen with the sword and macex then enter the king and queen and
|
|
their trainsx the king takes place under the cloth of statex the two
|
|
cardinals sit under him as judgesx the queen takes place some distance
|
|
from the kingx the bishops place themselves on each side of the courtx
|
|
in manner of consistoryx below them the scribesx the lords sit next the
|
|
bishopsx the rest of the attendants stand in convenient order about the
|
|
stage
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|
|
|
wolseyx whilst our commission from rome is readx
|
|
let silence be commandedx
|
|
kingx whatxs the needx
|
|
it hath already publicly been readx
|
|
and on all sides thx authority allowxdx
|
|
you may then spare that timex
|
|
wolseyx bext sox proceedx
|
|
scribex say xhenry king of englandx come into the courtxx
|
|
crierx henry king of englandx xcx
|
|
kingx herex
|
|
scribex say xkatharine queen of englandx come into the courtxx
|
|
crierx katharine queen of englandx xcx
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|
|
|
the queen makes no answerx rises out of her chairx
|
|
goes about the courtx comes to the kingx and kneels
|
|
at his feetx then speaks
|
|
|
|
queen katharinex sirx i desire you do me right and justicex
|
|
and to bestow your pity on mex for
|
|
i am a most poor woman and a strangerx
|
|
born out of your dominionsx having here
|
|
no judge indifferentx nor no more assurance
|
|
of equal friendship and proceedingx alasx sirx
|
|
in what have i offended youx what cause
|
|
hath my behaviour given to your displeasure
|
|
that thus you should proceed to put me of
|
|
and take your good grace from mex heaven witnessx
|
|
i have been to you a true and humble wifex
|
|
at all times to your will conformablex
|
|
ever in fear to kindle your dislikex
|
|
yeax subject to your countenancexglad or sorry
|
|
as i saw it inclinxdx when was the hour
|
|
i ever contradicted your desire
|
|
or made it not mine toox or which of your friends
|
|
have i not strove to lovex although i knew
|
|
he were mine enemyx what friend of mine
|
|
that had to him derivxd your anger did
|
|
continue in my likingx nayx gave notice
|
|
he was from thence dischargxdx sirx call to mind
|
|
that i have been your wife in this obedience
|
|
upward of twenty yearsx and have been blest
|
|
with many children by youx ifx in the course
|
|
and process of this timex you can reportx
|
|
and prove it too against mine honourx aughtx
|
|
my bond to wedlock or my love and dutyx
|
|
against your sacred personx in godxs namex
|
|
turn me away and let the foulxst contempt
|
|
shut door upon mex and so give me up
|
|
to the sharpxst kind of justicex please youx sirx
|
|
the kingx your fatherx was reputed for
|
|
a prince most prudentx of an excellent
|
|
and unmatchxd wit and judgmentx ferdinandx
|
|
my fatherx king of spainx was reckonxd one
|
|
the wisest prince that there had reignxd by many
|
|
a year beforex it is not to be questionxd
|
|
that they had gatherxd a wise council to them
|
|
of every realmx that did debate this businessx
|
|
who deemxd our marriage lawfulx wherefore i humbly
|
|
beseech youx sirx to spare me till i may
|
|
be by my friends in spain advisxdx whose counsel
|
|
i will implorex if notx ix thx name of godx
|
|
your pleasure be fulfillxdx
|
|
wolseyx you have herex ladyx
|
|
and of your choicex these reverend fathersxmen
|
|
of singular integrity and learningx
|
|
yeax the elect ox thx landx who are assembled
|
|
to plead your causex it shall be therefore bootless
|
|
that longer you desire the courtx as well
|
|
for your own quiet as to rectify
|
|
what is unsettled in the kingx
|
|
campeiusx his grace
|
|
hath spoken well and justlyx thereforex madamx
|
|
itxs fit this royal session do proceed
|
|
and thatx without delayx their arguments
|
|
be now producxd and heardx
|
|
queen katharinex lord cardinalx
|
|
to you i speakx
|
|
wolseyx your pleasurex madamx
|
|
queen katharinex sirx
|
|
i am about to weepx butx thinking that
|
|
we are a queenx or long have dreamxd sox certain
|
|
the daughter of a kingx my drops of tears
|
|
ixll turn to sparks of firex
|
|
wolseyx be patient yetx
|
|
queen katharinex i willx when you are humblex nayx before
|
|
or god will punish mex i do believex
|
|
inducxd by potent circumstancesx that
|
|
you are mine enemyx and make my challenge
|
|
you shall not be my judgex for it is you
|
|
have blown this coal betwixt my lord and mex
|
|
which godxs dew quenchx therefore i say againx
|
|
i utterly abhorx yeax from my soul
|
|
refuse you for my judgex whom yet once more
|
|
i hold my most malicious foe and think not
|
|
at all a friend to truthx
|
|
wolseyx i do profess
|
|
you speak not like yourselfx who ever yet
|
|
have stood to charity and displayxd thx effects
|
|
of disposition gentle and of wisdom
|
|
oxertopping womanxs powxrx madamx you do me wrongx
|
|
i have no spleen against youx nor injustice
|
|
for you or anyx how far i have proceededx
|
|
or how far further shallx is warranted
|
|
by a commission from the consistoryx
|
|
yeax the whole consistory of romex you charge me
|
|
that i have blown this coalx i do deny itx
|
|
the king is presentx if it be known to him
|
|
that i gainsay my deedx how may he woundx
|
|
and worthilyx my falsehoodx yeax as much
|
|
as you have done my truthx if he know
|
|
that i am free of your reportx he knows
|
|
i am not of your wrongx therefore in him
|
|
it lies to cure mex and the cure is to
|
|
remove these thoughts from youx the which before
|
|
his highness shall speak inx i do beseech
|
|
youx gracious madamx to unthink your speaking
|
|
and to say so no morex
|
|
queen katharinex my lordx my lordx
|
|
i am a simple womanx much too weak
|
|
tx oppose your cunningx yxare meek and humblexmouthxdx
|
|
you sign your place and callingx in full seemingx
|
|
with meekness and humilityx but your heart
|
|
is crammxd with arrogancyx spleenx and pridex
|
|
you havex by fortune and his highnessx favoursx
|
|
gone slightly oxer low stepsx and now are mounted
|
|
where powxrs are your retainersx and your wordsx
|
|
domestics to youx serve your will asxt please
|
|
yourself pronounce their officex i must tell you
|
|
you tender more your personxs honour than
|
|
your high profession spiritualx that again
|
|
i do refuse you for my judge and herex
|
|
before you allx appeal unto the popex
|
|
to bring my whole cause xfore his holiness
|
|
and to be judgxd by himx
|
|
xshe curtsies to the kingx and offers to departx
|
|
campeiusx the queen is obstinatex
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stubborn to justicex apt to accuse itx and
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disdainful to be tried byxtx xtis not wellx
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shexs going awayx
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kingx call her againx
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crierx katharine queen of englandx come into the courtx
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gentleman usherx madamx you are callxd backx
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queen katharinex what need you note itx pray you keep your wayx
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when you are callxdx returnx now the lord helpx
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they vex me past my patiencex pray you pass onx
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i will not tarryx nox nor ever more
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upon this business my appearance make
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in any of their courtsx exeunt queen and her attendants
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kingx go thy waysx katex
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that man ix thx world who shall report he has
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a better wifex let him in nought be trusted
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for speaking false in thatx thou artx alonex
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if thy rare qualitiesx sweet gentlenessx
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thy meekness saintxlikex wifexlike governmentx
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obeying in commandingx and thy parts
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sovereign and pious elsex could speak thee outx
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the queen of earthly queensx shexs noble bornx
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and like her true nobility she has
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carried herself towards mex
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wolseyx most gracious sirx
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in humblest manner i require your highness
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that it shall please you to declare in hearing
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of all these earsxfor where i am robbxd and boundx
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there must i be unloosxdx although not there
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at once and fully satisfiedxwhether ever i
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did broach this business to your highnessx or
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laid any scruple in your way which might
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induce you to the question onxtx or ever
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have to youx but with thanks to god for such
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a royal ladyx spake one the least word that might
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be to the prejudice of her present statex
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or touch of her good personx
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kingx my lord cardinalx
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i do excuse youx yeax upon mine honourx
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i free you fromxtx you are not to be taught
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that you have many enemies that know not
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why they are sox butx like to village cursx
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bark when their fellows dox by some of these
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the queen is put in angerx yxare excusxdx
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but will you be more justifiedx you ever
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have wishxd the sleeping of this businessx never desirxd
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it to be stirrxdx but oft have hindxredx oftx
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the passages made toward itx on my honourx
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i speak my good lord cardinal to this pointx
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and thus far clear himx nowx what movxd me toxtx
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i will be bold with time and your attentionx
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then mark thx inducementx thus it camexgive heed toxtx
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my conscience first receivxd a tendernessx
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scruplex and prickx on certain speeches utterxd
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by thx bishop of bayonnex then french ambassadorx
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who had been hither sent on the debating
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a marriage xtwixt the duke of orleans and
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our daughter maryx ix thx progress of this businessx
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ere a determinate resolutionx hex
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i mean the bishopxdid require a respite
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wherein he might the king his lord advertise
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whether our daughter were legitimatex
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respecting this our marriage with the dowagerx
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sometimes our brotherxs wifex this respite shook
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the bosom of my consciencex enterxd mex
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yeax with a splitting powerx and made to tremble
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the region of my breastx which forcxd such way
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that many mazxd considerings did throng
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and pressxd in with this cautionx firstx methought
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i stood not in the smile of heavenx who had
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commanded nature that my ladyxs wombx
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if it conceivxd a male child by mex should
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do no more offices of life toxt than
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the grave does to the deadx for her male issue
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or died where they were madex or shortly after
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this world had airxd themx hence i took a thought
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this was a judgment on mex that my kingdomx
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well worthy the best heir ox thx worldx should not
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be gladded inxt by mex then follows that
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i weighxd the danger which my realms stood in
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by this my issuexs failx and that gave to me
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many a groaning throex thus hulling in
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the wild sea of my consciencex i did steer
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toward this remedyx whereupon we are
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now present here togetherx thatxs to say
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i meant to rectify my consciencex which
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i then did feel full sickx and yet not wellx
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by all the reverend fathers of the land
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|
and doctors learnxdx firstx i began in private
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with youx my lord of lincolnx you remember
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how under my oppression i did reekx
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when i first movxd youx
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lincolnx very wellx my liegex
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kingx i have spoke longx be pleasxd yourself to say
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how far you satisfied mex
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lincolnx so please your highnessx
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the question did at first so stagger mex
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bearing a state of mighty moment inxt
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|
and consequence of dreadxthat i committed
|
|
the daringxst counsel which i had to doubtx
|
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and did entreat your highness to this course
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|
which you are running herex
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kingx i then movxd youx
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my lord of canterburyx and got your leave
|
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to make this present summonsx unsolicited
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|
i left no reverend person in this courtx
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but by particular consent proceeded
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|
under your hands and sealsx thereforex go onx
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for no dislike ix thx world against the person
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|
of the good queenx but the sharp thorny points
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|
of my alleged reasonsx drives this forwardx
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prove but our marriage lawfulx by my life
|
|
and kingly dignityx we are contented
|
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to wear our moral state to come with herx
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katharine our queenx before the primest creature
|
|
thatxs paragonxd ox thx worldx
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campeiusx so please your highnessx
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the queen being absentx xtis a needful fitness
|
|
that we adjourn this court till further dayx
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meanwhile must be an earnest motion
|
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made to the queen to call back her appeal
|
|
she intends unto his holinessx
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|
kingx xasidex i may perceive
|
|
these cardinals trifle with mex i abhor
|
|
this dilatory sloth and tricks of romex
|
|
my learnxd and wellxbeloved servantx cranmerx
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|
prithee returnx with thy approach i know
|
|
my comfort comes alongx xbreak up the courtx
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|
i sayx set onx exuent in manner as they entered
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act iiix scene xx
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londonx the queenxs apartments
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enter the queen and her womenx as at work
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queen katharinex take thy lutex wenchx my soul grows
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|
sad with troublesx
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sing and disperse xemx if thou canstx leave workingx
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song
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|
orpheus with his lute made treesx
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|
and the mountain tops that freezex
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|
bow themselves when he did singx
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|
to his music plants and flowers
|
|
ever sprungx as sun and showers
|
|
there had made a lasting springx
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every thing that heard him playx
|
|
even the billows of the seax
|
|
hung their heads and then lay byx
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|
in sweet music is such artx
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killing care and grief of heart
|
|
fall asleep or hearing diex
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enter a gentleman
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queen katharinex how nowx
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gentlemanx anxt please your gracex the two great cardinals
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wait in the presencex
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queen katharinex would they speak with mex
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gentlemanx they willxd me say sox madamx
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|
queen katharinex pray their graces
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|
to come nearx xexit gentlemanx what can be their business
|
|
with mex a poor weak womanx fallxn from favourx
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i do not like their comingx now i think onxtx
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they should be good menx their affairs as righteousx
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|
but all hoods make not monksx
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enter the two cardinalsx wolsey and campeius
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wolseyx peace to your highnessx
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|
queen katharinex your graces find me here part of housewifex
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|
i would be allx against the worst may happenx
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what are your pleasures with mex reverend lordsx
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wolseyx may it please youx noble madamx to withdraw
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|
into your private chamberx we shall give you
|
|
the full cause of our comingx
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queen katharinex speak it herex
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therexs nothing i have done yetx ox my consciencex
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deserves a cornerx would all other women
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|
could speak this with as free a soul as i dox
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my lordsx i care notxso much i am happy
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|
above a numberxif my actions
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were tried by evxry tonguex evxry eye saw xemx
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|
envy and base opinion set against xemx
|
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i know my life so evenx if your business
|
|
seek me outx and that way i am wife inx
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out with it boldlyx truth loves open dealingx
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|
wolseyx tanta est erga te mentis integritasx regina serenisxsimax
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|
queen katharinex ox good my lordx no latinx
|
|
i am not such a truant since my comingx
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|
as not to know the language i have livxd inx
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|
a strange tongue makes my cause more strangex suspiciousx
|
|
pray speak in englishx here are some will thank youx
|
|
if you speak truthx for their poor mistressx sakex
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|
believe mex she has had much wrongx lord cardinalx
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|
the willingxst sin i ever yet committed
|
|
may be absolvxd in englishx
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|
wolseyx noble ladyx
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i am sorry my integrity should breedx
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|
and service to his majesty and youx
|
|
so deep suspicionx where all faith was meant
|
|
we come not by the way of accusation
|
|
to taint that honour every good tongue blessesx
|
|
nor to betray you any way to sorrowx
|
|
you have too muchx good ladyx but to know
|
|
how you stand minded in the weighty difference
|
|
between the king and youx and to deliverx
|
|
like free and honest menx our just opinions
|
|
and comforts to your causex
|
|
campeiusx most honourxd madamx
|
|
my lord of yorkx out of his noble naturex
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|
zeal and obedience he still bore your gracex
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|
forgettingx like a good manx your late censure
|
|
both of his truth and himxwhich was too farx
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offersx as i dox in a sign of peacex
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|
his service and his counselx
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|
queen katharinex xasidex to betray mexx
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|
my lordsx i thank you both for your good winsx
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|
ye speak like honest menxpray god ye prove sox
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|
but how to make ye suddenly an answerx
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|
in such a point of weightx so near mine honourx
|
|
more near my lifex i fearx with my weak witx
|
|
and to such men of gravity and learningx
|
|
in truth i know notx i was set at work
|
|
among my maidsx full littlex god knowsx looking
|
|
either for such men or such businessx
|
|
for her sake that i have beenxfor i feel
|
|
the last fit of my greatnessxgood your gracesx
|
|
let me have time and counsel for my causex
|
|
alasx i am a womanx friendlessx hopelessx
|
|
wolseyx madamx you wrong the kingxs love with these fearsx
|
|
your hopes and friends are infinitex
|
|
queen katharinex in england
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|
but little for my profitx can you thinkx lordsx
|
|
that any englishman dare give me counselx
|
|
or be a known friendx xgainst his highnessx pleasurex
|
|
though he be grown so desperate to be honestx
|
|
and live a subjectx nayx forsoothx my friendsx
|
|
they that must weigh out my afflictionsx
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|
they that my trust must grow tox live not herex
|
|
they arex as all my other comfortsx far hencex
|
|
in mine own countryx lordsx
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|
campeiusx i would your grace
|
|
would leave your griefsx and take my counselx
|
|
queen katharinex howx sirx
|
|
campeiusx put your main cause into the kingxs protectionx
|
|
hexs loving and most graciousx xtwill be much
|
|
both for your honour better and your causex
|
|
for if the trial of the law oxertake ye
|
|
youxll part away disgracxdx
|
|
wolseyx he tells you rightlyx
|
|
queen katharinex ye tell me what ye wish for bothxmy ruinx
|
|
is this your christian counselx out upon yex
|
|
heaven is above all yetx there sits a judge
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|
that no king can corruptx
|
|
campeiusx your rage mistakes usx
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|
queen katharinex the more shame for yex holy men i thought yex
|
|
upon my soulx two reverend cardinal virtuesx
|
|
but cardinal sins and hollow hearts i fear yex
|
|
mend xemx for shamex my lordsx is this your comfortx
|
|
the cordial that ye bring a wretched ladyx
|
|
a woman lost among yex laughxd atx scornxdx
|
|
i will not wish ye half my miseriesx
|
|
i have more charityx but say i warned yex
|
|
take heedx for heavenxs sake take heedx lest at once
|
|
the burden of my sorrows fall upon yex
|
|
wolseyx madamx this is a mere distractionx
|
|
you turn the good we offer into envyx
|
|
queen katharinex ye turn me into nothingx woe upon yex
|
|
and all such false professorsx would you have mex
|
|
if you have any justicex any pityx
|
|
if ye be any thing but churchmenxs habitsx
|
|
put my sick cause into his hands that hates mex
|
|
alasx has banishxd me his bed alreadyx
|
|
his love too long agox i am oldx my lordsx
|
|
and all the fellowship i hold now with him
|
|
is only my obediencex what can happen
|
|
to me above this wretchednessx all your studies
|
|
make me a curse like thisx
|
|
campeiusx your fears are worsex
|
|
queen katharinex have i livxd thus longxlet me speak myselfx
|
|
since virtue finds no friendsxa wifex a true onex
|
|
a womanx i dare say without vainxgloryx
|
|
never yet branded with suspicionx
|
|
have i with all my full affections
|
|
still met the kingx lovxd him next heavxnx obeyxd himx
|
|
beenx out of fondnessx superstitious to himx
|
|
almost forgot my prayers to content himx
|
|
and am i thus rewardedx xtis not wellx lordsx
|
|
bring me a constant woman to her husbandx
|
|
one that nexer dreamxd a joy beyond his pleasurex
|
|
and to that womanx when she has done mostx
|
|
yet will i add an honourxa great patiencex
|
|
wolseyx madamx you wander from the good we aim atx
|
|
queen katharinex my lordx i dare not make myself so guiltyx
|
|
to give up willingly that noble title
|
|
your master wed me tox nothing but death
|
|
shall exer divorce my dignitiesx
|
|
wolseyx pray hear mex
|
|
queen katharinex would i had never trod this english earthx
|
|
or felt the flatteries that grow upon itx
|
|
ye have angelsx facesx but heaven knows your heartsx
|
|
what will become of me nowx wretched ladyx
|
|
i am the most unhappy woman livingx
|
|
xto her womenx alasx poor wenchesx where are now
|
|
your fortunesx
|
|
shipwreckxd upon a kingdomx where no pityx
|
|
no friendsx no hopex no kindred weep for mex
|
|
almost no grave allowxd mex like the myx
|
|
that once was mistress of the fieldx and flourishxdx
|
|
ixll hang my head and perishx
|
|
wolseyx if your grace
|
|
could but be brought to know our ends are honestx
|
|
youxd feel more comfortx why should wex good ladyx
|
|
upon what causex wrong youx alasx our placesx
|
|
the way of our profession is against itx
|
|
we are to cure such sorrowsx not to sow xemx
|
|
for goodnessx sakex consider what you dox
|
|
how you may hurt yourselfx ayx utterly
|
|
grow from the kingxs acquaintancex by this carriagex
|
|
the hearts of princes kiss obediencex
|
|
so much they love itx but to stubborn spirits
|
|
they swell and grow as terrible as stormsx
|
|
i know you have a gentlex noble temperx
|
|
a soul as even as a calmx pray think us
|
|
those we professx peacexmakersx friendsx and servantsx
|
|
campeiusx madamx youxll find it sox you wrong your virtues
|
|
with these weak womenxs fearsx a noble spiritx
|
|
as yours was put into youx ever casts
|
|
such doubts as false coin from itx the king loves youx
|
|
beware you lose it notx for usx if you please
|
|
to trust us in your businessx we are ready
|
|
to use our utmost studies in your servicex
|
|
queen katharinex do what ye will my lordsx and pray
|
|
forgive me
|
|
if i have usxd myself unmannerlyx
|
|
you know i am a womanx lacking wit
|
|
to make a seemly answer to such personsx
|
|
pray do my service to his majestyx
|
|
he has my heart yetx and shall have my prayers
|
|
while i shall have my lifex comex reverend fathersx
|
|
bestow your counsels on mex she now begs
|
|
that little thoughtx when she set footing herex
|
|
she should have bought her dignities so dearx exeunt
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|
|
|
act iiixscene xx
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|
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|
londonx the palace
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|
|
|
enter the duke of norfolkx the duke of suffolkx the earl of surreyx and
|
|
the lord chamberlain
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|
|
|
norfolkx if you will now unite in your complaints
|
|
and force them with a constancyx the cardinal
|
|
cannot stand under themx if you omit
|
|
the offer of this timex i cannot promise
|
|
but that you shall sustain moe new disgraces
|
|
with these you bear alreadyx
|
|
surreyx i am joyful
|
|
to meet the least occasion that may give me
|
|
remembrance of my fatherxinxlawx the dukex
|
|
to be revengxd on himx
|
|
suffolkx which of the peers
|
|
have uncontemnxd gone by himx or at least
|
|
strangely neglectedx when did he regard
|
|
the stamp of nobleness in any person
|
|
out of himselfx
|
|
chamberlainx my lordsx you speak your pleasuresx
|
|
what he deserves of you and me i knowx
|
|
what we can do to himxthough now the time
|
|
gives way to usxi much fearx if you cannot
|
|
bar his access to thx kingx never attempt
|
|
anything on himx for he hath a witchcraft
|
|
over the king inxs tonguex
|
|
norfolkx ox fear him notx
|
|
his spell in that is outx the king hath found
|
|
matter against him that for ever mars
|
|
the honey of his languagex nox hexs settledx
|
|
not to come offx in his displeasurex
|
|
surreyx sirx
|
|
i should be glad to hear such news as this
|
|
once every hourx
|
|
norfolkx believe itx this is truex
|
|
in the divorce his contrary proceedings
|
|
are all unfoldedx wherein he appears
|
|
as i would wish mine enemyx
|
|
surreyx how came
|
|
his practices to lightx
|
|
suffolkx most strangelyx
|
|
surreyx ox howx howx
|
|
suffolkx the cardinalxs letters to the pope miscarriedx
|
|
and came to thx eye ox thx kingx wherein was read
|
|
how that the cardinal did entreat his holiness
|
|
to stay the judgment ox thx divorcex for if
|
|
it did take placex xi dox quoth he xperceive
|
|
my king is tangled in affection to
|
|
a creature of the queenxsx lady anne bullenxx
|
|
surreyx has the king thisx
|
|
suffolkx believe itx
|
|
surreyx will this workx
|
|
chamberlainx the king in this perceives him how he coasts
|
|
and hedges his own wayx but in this point
|
|
all his tricks founderx and he brings his physic
|
|
after his patientxs deathx the king already
|
|
hath married the fair ladyx
|
|
surreyx would he hadx
|
|
suffolkx may you be happy in your wishx my lordx
|
|
forx i professx you have itx
|
|
surreyx nowx all my joy
|
|
trace the conjunctionx
|
|
suffolkx my amen toxtx
|
|
norfolkx an menxsx
|
|
suffolkx therexs order given for her coronationx
|
|
marryx this is yet but youngx and may be left
|
|
to some ears unrecountedx butx my lordsx
|
|
she is a gallant creaturex and complete
|
|
in mind and featurex i persuade me from her
|
|
will fall some blessing to this landx which shall
|
|
in it be memorizxdx
|
|
surreyx but will the king
|
|
digest this letter of the cardinalxsx
|
|
the lord forbidx
|
|
norfolkx marryx amenx
|
|
suffolkx nox nox
|
|
there be moe wasps that buzz about his nose
|
|
will make this sting the soonerx cardinal campeius
|
|
is stolxn away to romex hath taxen no leavex
|
|
has left the cause ox thx king unhandledx and
|
|
is postedx as the agent of our cardinalx
|
|
to second all his plotx i do assure you
|
|
the king cried xhaxx at thisx
|
|
chamberlainx nowx god incense himx
|
|
and let him cry xhaxx louderx
|
|
norfolkx butx my lordx
|
|
when returns cranmerx
|
|
suffolkx he is returnxd in his opinionsx which
|
|
have satisfied the king for his divorcex
|
|
together with all famous colleges
|
|
almost in christendomx shortlyx i believex
|
|
his second marriage shall be publishxdx and
|
|
her coronationx katharine no more
|
|
shall be callxd queenx but princess dowager
|
|
and widow to prince arthurx
|
|
norfolkx this same cranmerxs
|
|
a worthy fellowx and hath taxen much pain
|
|
in the kingxs businessx
|
|
suffolkx he hasx and we shall see him
|
|
for it an archbishopx
|
|
norfolkx so i hearx
|
|
suffolkx xtis sox
|
|
|
|
enter wolsey and cromwell
|
|
|
|
the cardinalx
|
|
norfolkx observex observex hexs moodyx
|
|
wolseyx the packetx cromwellx
|
|
gavext you the kingx
|
|
cromwellx to his own handx inxs bedchamberx
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wolseyx lookxd he ox thx inside of the paperx
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cromwellx presently
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he did unseal themx and the first he viewxdx
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he did it with a serious mindx a heed
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was in his countenancex you he bade
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attend him here this morningx
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wolseyx is he ready
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to come abroadx
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cromwellx i think by this he isx
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wolseyx leave me awhilex exit cromwell
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xasidex it shall be to the duchess of alenconx
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the french kingxs sisterx he shall marry herx
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anne bullenx nox ixll no anne bullens for himx
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therexs more inxt than fair visagex bullenx
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nox wexll no bullensx speedily i wish
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to hear from romex the marchioness of pembrokex
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norfolkx hexs discontentedx
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suffolkx may be he hears the king
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does whet his anger to himx
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surreyx sharp enoughx
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lordx for thy justicex
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wolseyx xasidex the late queenxs gentlewomanx a knightxs
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daughterx
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to be her mistressx mistressx the queenxs queenx
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this candle burns not clearx xtis i must snuff itx
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then out it goesx what though i know her virtuous
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and well deservingx yet i know her for
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a spleeny lutheranx and not wholesome to
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our cause that she should lie ix thx bosom of
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our hardxrulxd kingx againx there is sprung up
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an hereticx an arch onex cranmerx one
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hath crawlxd into the favour of the kingx
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and is his oraclex
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norfolkx he is vexxd at somethingx
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enter the kingx reading of a schedulex and lovell
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surreyx i would xtwere something that would fret the stringx
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the masterxcord onxs heartx
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suffolkx the kingx the kingx
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kingx what piles of wealth hath he accumulated
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to his own portionx and what expense by thx hour
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seems to flow from himx howx ix thx name of thriftx
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does he rake this togetherxxnowx my lordsx
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saw you the cardinalx
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norfolkx my lordx we have
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stood here observing himx some strange commotion
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is in his brainx he bites his lip and startsx
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stops on a suddenx looks upon the groundx
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then lays his finger on his templex straight
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springs out into fast gaitx then stops againx
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strikes his breast hardx and anon he casts
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his eye against the moonx in most strange postures
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we have seen him set himselfx
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kingx it may well be
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there is a mutiny inxs mindx this morning
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papers of state he sent me to perusex
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as i requirxdx and wot you what i found
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therexon my consciencex put unwittinglyx
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forsoothx an inventoryx thus importing
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the several parcels of his platex his treasurex
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rich stuffsx and ornaments of householdx which
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i find at such proud rate that it outspeaks
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|
possession of a subjectx
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norfolkx itxs heavenxs willx
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|
some spirit put this paper in the packet
|
|
to bless your eye withalx
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|
kingx if we did think
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his contemplation were above the earth
|
|
and fixxd on spiritual objectx he should still
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|
dwell in his musingsx but i am afraid
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|
his thinkings are below the moonx not worth
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|
his serious consideringx
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|
xthe king takes his seat and whispers lovellx
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|
who goes to the cardinalx
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wolseyx heaven forgive mex
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ever god bless your highnessx
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kingx goodx my lordx
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you are full of heavenly stuffx and bear the inventory
|
|
of your best graces in your mindx the which
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|
you were now running oxerx you have scarce time
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|
to steal from spiritual leisure a brief span
|
|
to keep your earthly auditx surex in that
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i deem you an ill husbandx and am glad
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|
to have you therein my companionx
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wolseyx sirx
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for holy offices i have a timex a time
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|
to think upon the part of business which
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i bear ix thx statex and nature does require
|
|
her times of preservationx which perforce
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|
ix her frail sonx amongst my brethren mortalx
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must give my tendance tox
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kingx you have said wellx
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wolseyx and ever may your highness yoke togetherx
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as i will lend you causex my doing well
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with my well sayingx
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kingx xtis well said againx
|
|
and xtis a kind of good deed to say wellx
|
|
and yet words are no deedsx my father lovxd youx
|
|
he said he didx and with his deed did crown
|
|
his word upon youx since i had my office
|
|
i have kept you next my heartx have not alone
|
|
employxd you where high profits might come homex
|
|
but parxd my present havings to bestow
|
|
my bounties upon youx
|
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wolseyx xasidex what should this meanx
|
|
surreyx xasidex the lord increase this businessx
|
|
kingx have i not made you
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|
the prime man of the statex i pray you tell me
|
|
if what i now pronounce you have found truex
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andx if you may confess itx say withal
|
|
if you are bound to us or nox what say youx
|
|
wolseyx my sovereignx i confess your royal gracesx
|
|
showxrxd on me dailyx have been more than could
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|
my studied purposes requitex which went
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|
beyond all manxs endeavoursx my endeavoursx
|
|
have ever come too short of my desiresx
|
|
yet filxd with my abilitiesx mine own ends
|
|
have been mine so that evermore they pointed
|
|
to thx good of your most sacred person and
|
|
the profit of the statex for your great graces
|
|
heapxd upon mex poor undeserverx i
|
|
can nothing render but allegiant thanksx
|
|
my prayxrs to heaven for youx my loyaltyx
|
|
which ever has and ever shall be growingx
|
|
till deathx that winterx kill itx
|
|
kingx fairly answerxdx
|
|
a loyal and obedient subject is
|
|
therein illustratedx the honour of it
|
|
does pay the act of itx asx ix thx contraryx
|
|
the foulness is the punishmentx i presume
|
|
thatx as my hand has openxd bounty to youx
|
|
my heart droppxd lovex my powxr rainxd honourx more
|
|
on you than anyx so your hand and heartx
|
|
your brainx and every function of your powerx
|
|
shouldx notwithstanding that your bond of dutyx
|
|
as xtwere in lovexs particularx be more
|
|
to mex your friendx than anyx
|
|
wolseyx i do profess
|
|
that for your highnessx good i ever labourxd
|
|
more than mine ownx that amx havex and will bex
|
|
though all the world should crack their duty to youx
|
|
and throw it from their soulx though perils did
|
|
abound as thick as thought could make xemx and
|
|
appear in forms more horridxyet my dutyx
|
|
as doth a rock against the chiding floodx
|
|
should the approach of this wild river breakx
|
|
and stand unshaken yoursx
|
|
kingx xtis nobly spokenx
|
|
take noticex lordsx he has a loyal breastx
|
|
for you have seen him open xtx read oxer thisx
|
|
xgiving him papersx
|
|
and afterx thisx and then to breakfast with
|
|
what appetite you havex
|
|
exit the kingx frowning upon the cardinalx the nobles
|
|
throng after himx smiling and whispering
|
|
wolseyx what should this meanx
|
|
what sudden angerxs thisx how have i reapxd itx
|
|
he parted frowning from mex as if ruin
|
|
leapxd from his eyesx so looks the chafed lion
|
|
upon the daring huntsman that has gallxd himx
|
|
then makes him nothingx i must read this paperx
|
|
i fearx the story of his angerx xtis sox
|
|
this paper has undone mex xtis thx account
|
|
of all that world of wealth i have drawn together
|
|
for mine own endsx indeed to gain the popedomx
|
|
and fee my friends in romex o negligencex
|
|
fit for a fool to fall byx what cross devil
|
|
made me put this main secret in the packet
|
|
i sent the kingx is there no way to cure thisx
|
|
no new device to beat this from his brainsx
|
|
i know xtwill stir him stronglyx yet i know
|
|
a wayx if it take rightx in spite of fortunex
|
|
will bring me off againx whatxs thisx xto thx popexx
|
|
the letterx as i livex with all the business
|
|
i writ toxs holinessx nay thenx farewellx
|
|
i have touchxd the highest point of all my greatnessx
|
|
and from that full meridian of my glory
|
|
i haste now to my settingx i shall fall
|
|
like a bright exhalation in the eveningx
|
|
and no man see me morex
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|
|
|
rexenter to wolsey the dukes of norfolk and
|
|
suffolkx the earl of surreyx and the lord
|
|
chamberlain
|
|
|
|
norfolkx hear the kingxs pleasurex cardinalx who commands you
|
|
to render up the great seal presently
|
|
into our handsx and to confine yourself
|
|
to asher housex my lord of winchesterxsx
|
|
till you hear further from his highnessx
|
|
wolseyx stayx
|
|
wherexs your commissionx lordsx words cannot carry
|
|
authority so weightyx
|
|
suffolkx who dares cross xemx
|
|
bearing the kingxs will from his mouth expresslyx
|
|
wolseyx till i find more than will or words to do itx
|
|
i mean your malicexknowx officious lordsx
|
|
i dare and must deny itx now i feel
|
|
of what coarse metal ye are mouldedxenvyx
|
|
how eagerly ye follow my disgracesx
|
|
as if it fed yex and how sleek and wanton
|
|
ye appear in every thing may bring my ruinx
|
|
follow your envious coursesx men of malicex
|
|
you have christian warrant for xemx and no doubt
|
|
in time will find their fit rewardsx that seal
|
|
you ask with such a violencex the kingx
|
|
mine and your masterxwith his own hand gave mex
|
|
bade me enjoy itx with the place and honoursx
|
|
during my lifex andx to confirm his goodnessx
|
|
tied it by lettersxpatentsx nowx whoxll take itx
|
|
surreyx the kingx that gave itx
|
|
wolseyx it must be himself thenx
|
|
surreyx thou art a proud traitorx priestx
|
|
wolseyx proud lordx thou liestx
|
|
within these forty hours surrey durst better
|
|
have burnt that tongue than said sox
|
|
surreyx thy ambitionx
|
|
thou scarlet sinx robbxd this bewailing land
|
|
of noble buckinghamx my fatherxinxlawx
|
|
the heads of all thy brother cardinalsx
|
|
with thee and all thy best parts bound togetherx
|
|
weighxd not a hair of hisx plague of your policyx
|
|
you sent me deputy for irelandx
|
|
far from his succourx from the kingx from all
|
|
that might have mercy on the fault thou gavxst himx
|
|
whilst your great goodnessx out of holy pityx
|
|
absolvxd him with an axex
|
|
wolseyx thisx and all else
|
|
this talking lord can lay upon my creditx
|
|
i answer is most falsex the duke by law
|
|
found his desertsx how innocent i was
|
|
from any private malice in his endx
|
|
his noble jury and foul cause can witnessx
|
|
if i lovxd many wordsx lordx i should tell you
|
|
you have as little honesty as honourx
|
|
that in the way of loyalty and truth
|
|
toward the kingx my ever royal masterx
|
|
dare mate a sounder man than surrey can be
|
|
and an that love his folliesx
|
|
surreyx by my soulx
|
|
your long coatx priestx protects youx thou shouldst feel
|
|
my sword ix the lifexblood of thee elsex my lords
|
|
can ye endure to hear this arrogancex
|
|
and from this fellowx if we live thus tamelyx
|
|
to be thus jaded by a piece of scarletx
|
|
farewell nobilityx let his grace go forward
|
|
and dare us with his cap like larksx
|
|
wolseyx all goodness
|
|
is poison to thy stomachx
|
|
surreyx yesx that goodness
|
|
of gleaning all the landxs wealth into onex
|
|
into your own handsx cardinalx by extortionx
|
|
the goodness of your intercepted packets
|
|
you writ to thx pope against the kingx your goodnessx
|
|
since you provoke mex shall be most notoriousx
|
|
my lord of norfolkx as you are truly noblex
|
|
as you respect the common goodx the state
|
|
of our despisxd nobilityx our issuesx
|
|
whomx if he livex will scarce be gentlemenx
|
|
produce the grand sum of his sinsx the articles
|
|
collected from his lifex ixll startle you
|
|
worse than the sacring bellx when the brown wench
|
|
lay kissing in your armsx lord cardinalx
|
|
wolseyx how muchx methinksx i could despise this manx
|
|
but that i am bound in charity against itx
|
|
norfolkx those articlesx my lordx are in the kingxs handx
|
|
butx thus muchx they are foul onesx
|
|
wolseyx so much fairer
|
|
and spotless shall mine innocence arisex
|
|
when the king knows my truthx
|
|
surreyx this cannot save youx
|
|
i thank my memory i yet remember
|
|
some of these articlesx and out they shallx
|
|
nowx if you can blush and cry guiltyx cardinalx
|
|
youxll show a little honestyx
|
|
wolseyx speak onx sirx
|
|
i dare your worst objectionsx if i blushx
|
|
it is to see a nobleman want mannersx
|
|
surreyx i had rather want those than my headx have at youx
|
|
firstx that without the kingxs assent or knowledge
|
|
you wrought to be a legatex by which power
|
|
you maimxd the jurisdiction of all bishopsx
|
|
norfolkx thenx that in all you writ to romex or else
|
|
to foreign princesx xego et rex meusx
|
|
was still inscribxdx in which you brought the king
|
|
to be your servantx
|
|
suffolkx thenx that without the knowledge
|
|
either of king or councilx when you went
|
|
ambassador to the emperorx you made bold
|
|
to carry into flanders the great sealx
|
|
surreyx itemx you sent a large commission
|
|
to gregory de cassadox to concludex
|
|
without the kingxs will or the statexs allowancex
|
|
a league between his highness and ferrarax
|
|
suffolkx that out of mere ambition you have causxd
|
|
your holy hat to be stampxd on the kingxs coinx
|
|
surreyx thenx that you have sent innumerable substancex
|
|
by what means got i leave to your own consciencex
|
|
to furnish rome and to prepare the ways
|
|
you have for dignitiesx to the mere undoing
|
|
of all the kingdomx many more there arex
|
|
whichx since they are of youx and odiousx
|
|
i will not taint my mouth withx
|
|
chamberlainx o my lordx
|
|
press not a falling man too farx xtis virtuex
|
|
his faults lie open to the lawsx let themx
|
|
not youx correct himx my heart weeps to see him
|
|
so little of his great selfx
|
|
surreyx i forgive himx
|
|
suffolkx lord cardinalx the kingxs further pleasure isx
|
|
because all those things you have done of latex
|
|
by your power legatine within this kingdomx
|
|
fall into thx compass of a praemunirex
|
|
that therefore such a writ be sued against youx
|
|
to forfeit all your goodsx landsx tenementsx
|
|
chattelsx and whatsoeverx and to be
|
|
out of the kingxs protectionx this is my chargex
|
|
norfolkx and so wexll leave you to your meditations
|
|
how to live betterx for your stubborn answer
|
|
about the giving back the great seal to usx
|
|
the king shall know itx andx no doubtx shall thank youx
|
|
so fare you wellx my little good lord cardinalx
|
|
exeunt all but wolsey
|
|
wolseyx so farewell to the little good you bear mex
|
|
farewellx a long farewellx to all my greatnessx
|
|
this is the state of manx toxday he puts forth
|
|
the tender leaves of hopesx toxmorrow blossoms
|
|
and bears his blushing honours thick upon himx
|
|
the third day comes a frostx a killing frostx
|
|
and when he thinksx good easy manx full surely
|
|
his greatness is axripeningx nips his rootx
|
|
and then he fallsx as i dox i have venturxdx
|
|
like little wanton boys that swim on bladdersx
|
|
this many summers in a sea of gloryx
|
|
but far beyond my depthx my highxblown pride
|
|
at length broke under mex and now has left mex
|
|
weary and old with servicex to the mercy
|
|
of a rude streamx that must for ever hide mex
|
|
vain pomp and glory of this worldx i hate yex
|
|
i feel my heart new openxdx ox how wretched
|
|
is that poor man that hangs on princesx favoursx
|
|
there is betwixt that smile we would aspire tox
|
|
that sweet aspect of princesx and their ruin
|
|
more pangs and fears than wars or women havex
|
|
and when he fallsx he falls like luciferx
|
|
never to hope againx
|
|
|
|
enter cromwellx standing amazed
|
|
|
|
whyx how nowx cromwellx
|
|
cromwellx i have no power to speakx sirx
|
|
wolseyx whatx amazxd
|
|
at my misfortunesx can thy spirit wonder
|
|
a great man should declinex nayx an you weepx
|
|
i am fallxn indeedx
|
|
cromwellx how does your gracex
|
|
wolseyx whyx wellx
|
|
never so truly happyx my good cromwellx
|
|
i know myself nowx and i feel within me
|
|
a peace above all earthly dignitiesx
|
|
a still and quiet consciencex the king has curxd mex
|
|
i humbly thank his gracex and from these shouldersx
|
|
these ruinxd pillarsx out of pityx taken
|
|
a load would sink a navyxtoo much honourx
|
|
ox xtis a burdenx cromwellx xtis a burden
|
|
too heavy for a man that hopes for heavenx
|
|
cromwellx i am glad your grace has made that right use of itx
|
|
wolseyx i hope i havex i am able nowx methinksx
|
|
out of a fortitude of soul i feelx
|
|
to endure more miseries and greater far
|
|
than my weakxhearted enemies dare offerx
|
|
what news abroadx
|
|
cromwellx the heaviest and the worst
|
|
is your displeasure with the kingx
|
|
wolseyx god bless himx
|
|
cromwellx the next is that sir thomas more is chosen
|
|
lord chancellor in your placex
|
|
wolseyx thatxs somewhat suddenx
|
|
but hexs a learned manx may he continue
|
|
long in his highnessx favourx and do justice
|
|
for truthxs sake and his consciencex that his bones
|
|
when he has run his course and sleeps in blessingsx
|
|
may have a tomb of orphansx tears wept on himx
|
|
what morex
|
|
cromwellx that cranmer is returnxd with welcomex
|
|
installxd lord archbishop of canterburyx
|
|
wolseyx thatxs news indeedx
|
|
cromwellx lastx that the lady annex
|
|
whom the king hath in secrecy long marriedx
|
|
this day was viewxd in open as his queenx
|
|
going to chapelx and the voice is now
|
|
only about her coronationx
|
|
wolseyx there was the weight that pullxd me downx
|
|
o cromwellx
|
|
the king has gone beyond mex all my glories
|
|
in that one woman i have lost for everx
|
|
no sun shall ever usher forth mine honoursx
|
|
or gild again the noble troops that waited
|
|
upon my smilesx go get thee from mex cromwellx
|
|
i am a poor fallxn manx unworthy now
|
|
to be thy lord and masterx seek the kingx
|
|
that sunx i prayx may never setx i have told him
|
|
what and how true thou artx he will advance theex
|
|
some little memory of me will stir himx
|
|
i know his noble naturexnot to let
|
|
thy hopeful service perish toox good cromwellx
|
|
neglect him notx make use nowx and provide
|
|
for thine own future safetyx
|
|
cromwellx o my lordx
|
|
must i then leave youx must i needs forgo
|
|
so goodx so noblex and so true a masterx
|
|
bear witnessx all that have not hearts of ironx
|
|
with what a sorrow cromwell leaves his lordx
|
|
the king shall have my servicex but my prayers
|
|
for ever and for ever shall be yoursx
|
|
wolseyx cromwellx i did not think to shed a tear
|
|
in all my miseriesx but thou hast forcxd mex
|
|
out of thy honest truthx to play the womanx
|
|
letxs dry our eyesx and thus far hear mex cromwellx
|
|
and when i am forgottenx as i shall bex
|
|
and sleep in dull cold marblex where no mention
|
|
of me more must be heard ofx say i taught theex
|
|
say wolseyx that once trod the ways of gloryx
|
|
and sounded all the depths and shoals of honourx
|
|
found thee a wayx out of his wreckx to rise inx
|
|
a sure and safe onex though thy master missxd itx
|
|
mark but my fall and that that ruinxd mex
|
|
cromwellx i charge theex fling away ambitionx
|
|
by that sin fell the angelsx how can man thenx
|
|
the image of his makerx hope to win by itx
|
|
love thyself lastx cherish those hearts that hate theex
|
|
corruption wins not more than honestyx
|
|
still in thy right hand carry gentle peace
|
|
to silence envious tonguesx be justx and fear notx
|
|
let all the ends thou aimxst at be thy countryxsx
|
|
thy godxsx and truthxsx thenx if thou fallxstx o cromwellx
|
|
thou fallxst a blessed martyrx
|
|
serve the kingx andxprithee lead me inx
|
|
there take an inventory of all i have
|
|
to the last pennyx xtis the kingxsx my robex
|
|
and my integrity to heavenx is all
|
|
i dare now call mine ownx o cromwellx cromwellx
|
|
had i but servxd my god with half the zeal
|
|
i servxd my kingx he would not in mine age
|
|
have left me naked to mine enemiesx
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cromwellx good sirx have patiencex
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wolseyx so i havex farewell
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the hopes of courtx my hopes in heaven do dwellx exeunt
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act ivx scene xx
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a street in westminster
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enter two gentlemenx meeting one another
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first gentlemanx yxare well met once againx
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second gentlemanx so are youx
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first gentlemanx you come to take your stand herex and
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behold
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the lady anne pass from her coronationx
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second gentlemanx xtis all my businessx at our last encounter
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the duke of buckingham came from his trialx
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first gentlemanx xtis very truex but that time offerxd
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sorrowx
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thisx general joyx
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second gentlemanx xtis wellx the citizensx
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i am surex have shown at full their royal mindsx
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asx let xem have their rightsx they are ever forwardx
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in celebration of this day with showsx
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pageantsx and sights of honourx
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first gentlemanx never greaterx
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norx ixll assure youx better takenx sirx
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second gentlemanx may i be bold to ask what that containsx
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that paper in your handx
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first gentlemanx yesx xtis the list
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of those that claim their offices this dayx
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by custom of the coronationx
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the duke of suffolk is the firstx and claims
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to be high stewardx nextx the duke of norfolkx
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he to be earl marshalx you may read the restx
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second gentlemanx i thank youx sirx had i not known
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those customsx
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i should have been beholding to your paperx
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butx i beseech youx whatxs become of katharinex
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the princess dowagerx how goes her businessx
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first gentlemanx that i can tell you toox the archbishop
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of canterburyx accompanied with other
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learned and reverend fathers of his orderx
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held a late court at dunstablex six miles of
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from ampthillx where the princess layx to which
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she was often cited by themx but appearxd notx
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andx to be shortx for not appearance and
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the kingxs late scruplex by the main assent
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of all these learned menx she was divorcxdx
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and the late marriage made of none effectx
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since which she was removed to kimboltonx
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where she remains now sickx
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second gentlemanx alasx good ladyx xtrumpetsx
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the trumpets soundx stand closex the queen is comingx
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xhautboysx
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the order of the coronationx
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xx a lively flourish of trumpetsx
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xx then two judgesx
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xx lord chancellorx with purse and mace before himx
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xx choristers singingx xmusicx
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xx mayor of londonx bearing the macex then garterx in
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his coat of armsx and on his head he wore a gilt copper
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crownx
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xx marquis dorsetx bearing a sceptre of goldx on his head a
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demixcoronal of goldx with himx the earl of surreyx
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bearing the rod of silver with the dovex crowned with an
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earlxs coronetx collars of essesx
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xx duke of suffolkx in his robe of estatex his coronet on
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his headx bearing a long white wandx as high stewardx
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with himx the duke of norfolkx with the rod of
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marshalshipx a coronet on his headx collars of essesx
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xx a canopy borne by four of the cinquexportsx under it
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the queen in her robex in her hair richly adorned with
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pearlx crownedx on each side herx the bishops of london
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and winchesterx
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xx the old duchess of norfolkx in a coronal of gold
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wrought with flowersx bearing the queenxs trainx
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xxx certain ladies or countessesx with plain circlets of gold
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without flowersx
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exeuntx first passing over the stage in order and statex
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and then a great flourish of trumpets
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second gentlemanx a royal trainx believe mex these knowx
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whoxs that that bears the sceptrex
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first gentlemanx marquis dorsetx
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and that the earl of surreyx with the rodx
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second gentlemanx a bold brave gentlemanx that should be
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the duke of suffolkx
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first gentlemanx xtis the samexhigh stewardx
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second gentlemanx and that my lord of norfolkx
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first gentlemanx yesx
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second gentlemanx xlooking on the queenx heaven
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bless theex
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thou hast the sweetest face i ever lookxd onx
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sirx as i have a soulx she is an angelx
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our king has all the indies in his armsx
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and more and richerx when he strains that ladyx
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i cannot blame his consciencex
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first gentlemanx they that bear
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the cloth of honour over her are four barons
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of the cinquexportsx
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second gentlemanx those men are happyx and so are all
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are near herx
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i take it she that carries up the train
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is that old noble ladyx duchess of norfolkx
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first gentlemanx it isx and all the rest are countessesx
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second gentlemanx their coronets say sox these are stars indeedx
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and sometimes falling onesx
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first gentlemanx no more of thatx
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exit processionx with a great flourish of trumpets
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enter a third gentleman
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god save youx sirx where have you been broilingx
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third gentlemanx among the crowds ix thx abbeyx where a finger
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could not be wedgxd in morex i am stifled
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with the mere rankness of their joyx
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second gentlemanx you saw
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the ceremonyx
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third gentlemanx that i didx
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first gentlemanx how was itx
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third gentlemanx well worth the seeingx
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second gentlemanx good sirx speak it to usx
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third gentlemanx as well as i am ablex the rich stream
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of lords and ladiesx having brought the queen
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to a preparxd place in the choirx fell of
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a distance from herx while her grace sat down
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to rest awhilex some half an hour or sox
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in a rich chair of statex opposing freely
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|
the beauty of her person to the peoplex
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believe mex sirx she is the goodliest woman
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that ever lay by manx which when the people
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had the full view ofx such a noise arose
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as the shrouds make at sea in a stiff tempestx
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as loudx and to as many tunesx hatsx cloaksx
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doubletsx i thinkxflew upx and had their faces
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been loosex this day they had been lostx such joy
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i never saw beforex greatxbellied womenx
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that had not half a week to gox like rams
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in the old time of warx would shake the pressx
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and make xem reel before xemx no man living
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could say xthis is my wifex therex all were woven
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so strangely in one piecex
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second gentlemanx but what followxdx
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third gentlemanx at length her grace rosex and with
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modest paces
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came to the altarx where she kneelxdx and saintlike
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cast her fair eyes to heavenx and prayxd devoutlyx
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then rose againx and bowxd her to the peoplex
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when by the archbishop of canterbury
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she had all the royal makings of a queenx
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as holy oilx edward confessorxs crownx
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the rodx and bird of peacex and all such emblems
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laid nobly on herx which performxdx the choirx
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with all the choicest music of the kingdomx
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together sung xte deumxx so she partedx
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and with the same full state pacxd back again
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to york placex where the feast is heldx
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first gentlemanx sirx
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you must no more call it york placex thatxs pastx
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for since the cardinal fell that titlexs lostx
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xtis now the kingxsx and called whitehallx
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third gentlemanx i know itx
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but xtis so lately alterxd that the old name
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|
is fresh about mex
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second gentlemanx what two reverend bishops
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were those that went on each side of the queenx
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third gentlemanx stokesly and gardinerx the one of winchesterx
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newly preferrxd from the kingxs secretaryx
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the otherx londonx
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second gentlemanx he of winchester
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is held no great good lover of the archbishopxsx
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the virtuous cranmerx
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third gentlemanx all the land knows thatx
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howeverx yet there is no great breachx when it comesx
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cranmer will find a friend will not shrink from himx
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second gentlemanx who may that bex i pray youx
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third gentlemanx thomas cromwellx
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a man in much esteem with thx kingx and truly
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a worthy friendx the king has made him master
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ox thx jewel housex
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and onex alreadyx of the privy councilx
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second gentlemanx he will deserve morex
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third gentlemanx yesx without all doubtx
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comex gentlemenx ye shall go my wayx which
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is to thx courtx and there ye shall be my guestsx
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something i can commandx as i walk thitherx
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ixll tell ye morex
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bothx you may command usx sirx exeunt
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act ivx scene xx
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kimbolton
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enter katharinex dowagerx sickx led between griffithx her gentleman
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usherx and patiencex her woman
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griffithx how does your gracex
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katharinex o griffithx sick to deathx
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my legs like loaden branches bow to thx earthx
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willing to leave their burdenx reach a chairx
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soxnowx methinksx i feel a little easex
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didst thou not tell mex griffithx as thou ledxst mex
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that the great child of honourx cardinal wolseyx
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was deadx
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griffithx yesx madamx but i think your gracex
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out of the pain you sufferxdx gave no ear toxtx
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katharinex pritheex good griffithx tell me how he diedx
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if wellx he steppxd before mex happilyx
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for my examplex
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griffithx wellx the voice goesx madamx
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|
for after the stout earl northumberland
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|
arrested him at york and brought him forwardx
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as a man sorely taintedx to his answerx
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he fell sick suddenlyx and grew so ill
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he could not sit his mulex
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katharinex alasx poor manx
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griffithx at lastx with easy roadsx he came to leicesterx
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lodgxd in the abbeyx where the reverend abbotx
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with all his coventx honourably receivxd himx
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|
to whom he gave these wordsx xo father abbotx
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|
an old manx broken with the storms of statex
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|
is come to lay his weary bones among yex
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give him a little earth for charityxx
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|
so went to bedx where eagerly his sickness
|
|
pursuxd him still and three nights after thisx
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|
about the hour of eightxwhich he himself
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|
foretold should be his lastxfull of repentancex
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|
continual meditationsx tearsx and sorrowsx
|
|
he gave his honours to the world againx
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|
his blessed part to heavenx and slept in peacex
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|
katharinex so may he restx his faults lie gently on himx
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|
yet thus farx griffithx give me leave to speak himx
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|
and yet with charityx he was a man
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|
of an unbounded stomachx ever ranking
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|
himself with princesx one thatx by suggestionx
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|
tied all the kingdomx simony was fair playx
|
|
his own opinion was his lawx ix thx presence
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|
he would say untruthsx and be ever double
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|
both in his words and meaningx he was neverx
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|
but where he meant to ruinx pitifulx
|
|
his promises werex as he then wasx mightyx
|
|
but his performancex as he is nowx nothingx
|
|
of his own body he was illx and gave
|
|
the clergy ill examplex
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|
griffithx noble madamx
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|
menxs evil manners live in brassx their virtues
|
|
we write in waterx may it please your highness
|
|
to hear me speak his good nowx
|
|
katharinex yesx good griffithx
|
|
i were malicious elsex
|
|
griffithx this cardinalx
|
|
though from an humble stockx undoubtedly
|
|
was fashionxd to much honour from his cradlex
|
|
he was a scholarx and a ripe and good onex
|
|
exceeding wisex fairxspokenx and persuadingx
|
|
lofty and sour to them that lovxd him notx
|
|
but to those men that sought him sweet as summerx
|
|
and though he were unsatisfied in gettingx
|
|
which was a sinxyet in bestowingx madamx
|
|
he was most princelyx ever witness for him
|
|
those twins of learning that he raisxd in youx
|
|
ipswich and oxfordx one of which fell with himx
|
|
unwilling to outlive the good that did itx
|
|
the otherx though unfinishxdx yet so famousx
|
|
so excellent in artx and still so risingx
|
|
that christendom shall ever speak his virtuex
|
|
his overthrow heapxd happiness upon himx
|
|
for thenx and not till thenx he felt himselfx
|
|
and found the blessedness of being littlex
|
|
andx to add greater honours to his age
|
|
than man could give himx he died fearing godx
|
|
katharinex after my death i wish no other heraldx
|
|
no other speaker of my living actionsx
|
|
to keep mine honour from corruptionx
|
|
but such an honest chronicler as griffithx
|
|
whom i most hated livingx thou hast made mex
|
|
with thy religious truth and modestyx
|
|
now in his ashes honourx peace be with himx
|
|
patiencex be near me stillx and set me lowerx
|
|
i have not long to trouble theex good griffithx
|
|
cause the musicians play me that sad note
|
|
i namxd my knellx whilst i sit meditating
|
|
on that celestial harmony i go tox
|
|
xsad and solemn musicx
|
|
griffithx she is asleepx good wenchx letxs sit down quietx
|
|
for fear we wake herx softlyx gentle patiencex
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|
|
|
the visionx
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|
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|
enterx solemnly tripping one after anotherx six personages clad
|
|
in white robesx wearing on their heads garlands of baysx and
|
|
golden vizards on their facesx branches of bays or palm in their
|
|
handsx they first congee unto herx then dancex andx at certain
|
|
changesx the first two hold a spare garland over her headx at
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|
which the other four make reverent curtsiesx then the two that
|
|
held the garland deliver the same to the other next twox who
|
|
observe the same order in their changesx and holding the garland
|
|
over her headx which donex they deliver the same garland to the
|
|
last twox who likewise observe the same orderx at whichx as it
|
|
were by inspirationx she makes in her sleep signs of rejoicingx
|
|
and holdeth up her hands to heavenx and so in their dancing
|
|
vanishx carrying the garland with themx the music continues
|
|
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|
katharinex spirits of peacex where are yex are ye all gonex
|
|
and leave me here in wretchedness behind yex
|
|
griffithx madamx we are herex
|
|
katharinex it is not you i call forx
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|
saw ye none enter since i sleptx
|
|
griffithx nonex madamx
|
|
katharinex nox saw you notx even nowx a blessed troop
|
|
invite me to a banquetx whose bright faces
|
|
cast thousand beams upon mex like the sunx
|
|
they promisxd me eternal happinessx
|
|
and brought me garlandsx griffithx which i feel
|
|
i am not worthy yet to wearx i shallx assuredlyx
|
|
griffithx i am most joyfulx madamx such good dreams
|
|
possess your fancyx
|
|
katharinex bid the music leavex
|
|
they are harsh and heavy to mex xmusic ceasesx
|
|
patiencex do you note
|
|
how much her grace is alterxd on the suddenx
|
|
how long her face is drawnx how pale she looksx
|
|
and of an earthly coldx mark her eyesx
|
|
griffithx she is goingx wenchx prayx prayx
|
|
patiencex heaven comfort herx
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|
enter a messenger
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|
messengerx anxt like your gracex
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|
katharinex you are a saucy fellowx
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|
deserve we no more reverencex
|
|
griffithx you are to blamex
|
|
knowing she will not lose her wonted greatnessx
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|
to use so rude behaviourx go tox kneelx
|
|
messengerx i humbly do entreat your highnessx pardonx
|
|
my haste made me unmannerlyx there is staying
|
|
a gentlemanx sent from the kingx to see youx
|
|
katharinex admit him entrancex griffithx but this fellow
|
|
let me nexer see againx exit messenger
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|
enter lord capucius
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|
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|
if my sight fail notx
|
|
you should be lord ambassador from the emperorx
|
|
my royal nephewx and your name capuciusx
|
|
capuciusx madamx the samexyour servantx
|
|
katharinex ox my lordx
|
|
the times and titles now are alterxd strangely
|
|
with me since first you knew mex butx i pray youx
|
|
what is your pleasure with mex
|
|
capuciusx noble ladyx
|
|
firstx mine own service to your gracex the nextx
|
|
the kingxs request that i would visit youx
|
|
who grieves much for your weaknessx and by me
|
|
sends you his princely commendations
|
|
and heartily entreats you take good comfortx
|
|
katharinex o my good lordx that comfort comes too latex
|
|
xtis like a pardon after executionx
|
|
that gentle physicx given in timex had curxd mex
|
|
but now i am past all comforts herex but prayersx
|
|
how does his highnessx
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|
capuciusx madamx in good healthx
|
|
katharinex so may he ever dox and ever flourish
|
|
when i shall dwell with wormsx and my poor name
|
|
banishxd the kingdomx patiencex is that letter
|
|
i causxd you write yet sent awayx
|
|
patiencex nox madamx xgiving it to katharinex
|
|
katharinex sirx i most humbly pray you to deliver
|
|
this to my lord the kingx
|
|
capuciusx most willingx madamx
|
|
katharinex in which i have commended to his goodness
|
|
the model of our chaste lovesx his young daughterx
|
|
the dews of heaven fall thick in blessings on herxx
|
|
beseeching him to give her virtuous breedingx
|
|
she is youngx and of a noble modest naturex
|
|
i hope she will deserve wellxand a little
|
|
to love her for her motherxs sakex that lovxd himx
|
|
heaven knows how dearlyx my next poor petition
|
|
is that his noble grace would have some pity
|
|
upon my wretched women that so long
|
|
have followxd both my fortunes faithfullyx
|
|
of which there is not onex i dare avowx
|
|
and now i should not liexbut will deservex
|
|
for virtue and true beauty of the soulx
|
|
for honesty and decent carriagex
|
|
a right good husbandx let him be a noblex
|
|
and sure those men are happy that shall have xemx
|
|
the last is for my menxthey are the poorestx
|
|
but poverty could never draw xem from mex
|
|
that they may have their wages duly paid xemx
|
|
and something over to remember me byx
|
|
if heaven had pleasxd to have given me longer life
|
|
and able meansx we had not parted thusx
|
|
these are the whole contentsx andx good my lordx
|
|
by that you love the dearest in this worldx
|
|
as you wish christian peace to souls departedx
|
|
stand these poor peoplexs friendx and urge the king
|
|
to do me this last rightx
|
|
capuciusx by heavenx i willx
|
|
or let me lose the fashion of a manx
|
|
katharinex i thank youx honest lordx remember me
|
|
in all humility unto his highnessx
|
|
say his long trouble now is passing
|
|
out of this worldx tell him in death i blessxd himx
|
|
for so i willx mine eyes grow dimx farewellx
|
|
my lordx griffithx farewellx nayx patiencex
|
|
you must not leave me yetx i must to bedx
|
|
call in more womenx when i am deadx good wenchx
|
|
let me be usxd with honourx strew me over
|
|
with maiden flowersx that all the world may know
|
|
i was a chaste wife to my gravex embalm mex
|
|
then lay me forthx although unqueenxdx yet like
|
|
a queenx and daughter to a kingx inter mex
|
|
i can no morex exeuntx leading katharine
|
|
|
|
act vx scene xx
|
|
|
|
londonx a gallery in the palace
|
|
|
|
enter gardinerx bishop of winchesterx a page with a torch before himx
|
|
met by sir thomas lovell
|
|
|
|
gardinerx itxs one oxclockx boyx isxt notx
|
|
boyx it hath struckx
|
|
gardinerx these should be hours for necessitiesx
|
|
not for delightsx times to repair our nature
|
|
with comforting reposex and not for us
|
|
to waste these timesx good hour of nightx sir thomasx
|
|
whither so latex
|
|
lovellx came you from the kingx my lordx
|
|
gardinerx i didx sir thomasx and left him at primero
|
|
with the duke of suffolkx
|
|
lovellx i must to him toox
|
|
before he go to bedx ixll take my leavex
|
|
gardinerx not yetx sir thomas lovellx whatxs the matterx
|
|
it seems you are in hastex an if there be
|
|
no great offence belongs toxtx give your friend
|
|
some touch of your late businessx affairs that walkx
|
|
as they say spirits doxat midnightx have
|
|
in them a wilder nature than the business
|
|
that seeks despatch by dayx
|
|
lovellx my lordx i love youx
|
|
and durst commend a secret to your ear
|
|
much weightier than this workx the queenxs in labourx
|
|
they say in great extremityx and fearxd
|
|
shexll with the labour endx
|
|
gardinerx the fruit she goes with
|
|
i pray for heartilyx that it may find
|
|
good timex and livex but for the stockx sir thomasx
|
|
i wish it grubbxd up nowx
|
|
lovellx methinks i could
|
|
cry thee amenx and yet my conscience says
|
|
shexs a good creaturex andx sweet ladyx does
|
|
deserve our better wishesx
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gardinerx butx sirx sirx
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hear mex sir thomasx yxare a gentleman
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of mine own wayx i know you wisex religiousx
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andx let me tell youx it will nexer be wellx
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xtwill notx sir thomas lovellx takext of mex
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till cranmerx cromwellx her two handsx and shex
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sleep in their gravesx
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lovellx nowx sirx you speak of two
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the most remarkxd ix thx kingdomx as for cromwellx
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beside that of the jewel housex is made master
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ox thx rollsx and the kingxs secretaryx furtherx sirx
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stands in the gap and trade of moe prefermentsx
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with which the time will load himx thx archbishop
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is the kingxs hand and tonguex and who dare speak
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one syllable against himx
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gardinerx yesx yesx sir thomasx
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there are that darex and i myself have venturxd
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to speak my mind of himx and indeed this dayx
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sirxi may tell it youxi think i have
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incensxd the lords ox thx councilx that he isx
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for so i know he isx they know he isx
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a most arch hereticx a pestilence
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that does infect the landx with which they moved
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have broken with the kingx who hath so far
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given ear to our complaintxof his great grace
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and princely carex foreseeing those fell mischiefs
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our reasons laid before himxhath commanded
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toxmorrow morning to the council board
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he be conventedx hexs a rank weedx sir thomasx
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and we must root him outx from your affairs
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i hinder you too longxgood nightx sir thomasx
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lovellx many good nightsx my lordx i rest your servantx
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exeunt gardiner and page
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enter the king and the duke of suffolk
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kingx charlesx i will play no more toxnightx
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my mindxs not onxtx you are too hard for mex
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suffolkx sirx i did never win of you beforex
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kingx but littlex charlesx
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nor shall notx when my fancyxs on my playx
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nowx lovellx from the queen what is the newsx
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lovellx i could not personally deliver to her
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what you commanded mex but by her woman
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i sent your messagex who returnxd her thanks
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in the greatxst humblenessx and desirxd your highness
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most heartily to pray for herx
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kingx what sayxst thoux hax
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to pray for herx whatx is she crying outx
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lovellx so said her womanx and that her suffxrance made
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almost each pang a deathx
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kingx alasx good ladyx
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suffolkx god safely quit her of her burdenx and
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with gentle travailx to the gladding of
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your highness with an heirx
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kingx xtis midnightx charlesx
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prithee to bedx and in thy prayxrs remember
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thx estate of my poor queenx leave me alonex
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for i must think of that which company
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will not be friendly tox
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suffolkx i wish your highness
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a quiet nightx and my good mistress will
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remember in my prayersx
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kingx charlesx good nightx exit suffolk
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enter sir anthony denny
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wellx sirx what followsx
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dennyx sirx i have brought my lord the archbishopx
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as you commanded mex
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kingx hax canterburyx
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dennyx ayx my good lordx
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kingx xtis truex where is hex dennyx
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dennyx he attends your highnessx pleasurex
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kingx bring him to usx exit denny
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lovellx xasidex this is about that which the bishop spakex
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i am happily come hitherx
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rexenter dennyx with cranmer
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kingx avoid the galleryx xlovell seems to stayx
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hax i have saidx be gonex
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whatx exeunt lovell and denny
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cranmerx xasidex i am fearfulxwherefore frowns he thusx
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xtis his aspect of terrorx allxs not wellx
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kingx how nowx my lordx you do desire to know
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wherefore i sent for youx
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cranmerx xkneelingx it is my duty
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txattend your highnessx pleasurex
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kingx pray youx arisex
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my good and gracious lord of canterburyx
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comex you and i must walk a turn togetherx
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i have news to tell youx comex comex me your handx
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ahx my good lordx i grieve at what i speakx
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and am right sorry to repeat what followsx
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i havex and most unwillinglyx of late
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heard many grievousxi do sayx my lordx
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grievousxcomplaints of youx whichx being considerxdx
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have movxd us and our council that you shall
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this morning come before usx where i know
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you cannot with such freedom purge yourself
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but thatx till further trial in those charges
|
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which will require your answerx you must take
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your patience to you and be well contented
|
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to make your house our towxrx you a brother of usx
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it fits we thus proceedx or else no witness
|
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would come against youx
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cranmerx i humbly thank your highness
|
|
and am right glad to catch this good occasion
|
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most throughly to be winnowed where my chaff
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|
and corn shall fly asunderx for i know
|
|
therexs none stands under more calumnious tongues
|
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than i myselfx poor manx
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kingx stand upx good canterburyx
|
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thy truth and thy integrity is rooted
|
|
in usx thy friendx give me thy handx stand upx
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prithee letxs walkx nowx by my holidamex
|
|
what manner of man are youx my lordx i lookxd
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you would have given me your petition that
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i should have taxen some pains to bring together
|
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yourself and your accusersx and to have heard you
|
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without indurance furtherx
|
|
cranmerx most dread liegex
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the good i stand on is my truth and honestyx
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if they shall failx i with mine enemies
|
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will triumph oxer my personx which i weigh notx
|
|
being of those virtues vacantx i fear nothing
|
|
what can be said against mex
|
|
kingx know you not
|
|
how your state stands ix thx worldx with the whole worldx
|
|
your enemies are manyx and not smallx their practices
|
|
must bear the same proportionx and not ever
|
|
the justice and the truth ox thx question carries
|
|
the due ox thx verdict with itx at what ease
|
|
might corrupt minds procure knaves as corrupt
|
|
to swear against youx such things have been donex
|
|
you are potently opposxdx and with a malice
|
|
of as great sizex ween you of better luckx
|
|
i mean in perjurxd witnessx than your masterx
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|
whose minister you arex whiles here he livxd
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upon this naughty earthx go tox go tox
|
|
you take a precipice for no leap of dangerx
|
|
and woo your own destructionx
|
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cranmerx god and your majesty
|
|
protect mine innocencex or i fall into
|
|
the trap is laid for mex
|
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kingx be of good cheerx
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they shall no more prevail than we give way tox
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|
keep comfort to youx and this morning see
|
|
you do appear before themx if they shall chancex
|
|
in charging you with mattersx to commit youx
|
|
the best persuasions to the contrary
|
|
fail not to usex and with what vehemency
|
|
thx occasion shall instruct youx if entreaties
|
|
will render you no remedyx this ring
|
|
deliver themx and your appeal to us
|
|
there make before themx lookx the good man weepsx
|
|
hexs honestx on mine honourx godxs blest motherx
|
|
i swear he is truexheartedx and a soul
|
|
none better in my kingdomx get you gonex
|
|
and do as i have bid youx
|
|
exit cranmer
|
|
he has strangled his language in his tearsx
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|
|
enter old lady
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|
gentlemanx xwithinx come backx what mean youx
|
|
old ladyx ixll not come backx the tidings that i bring
|
|
will make my boldness mannersx nowx good angels
|
|
fly oxer thy royal headx and shade thy person
|
|
under their blessed wingsx
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|
kingx nowx by thy looks
|
|
i guess thy messagex is the queen deliverxdx
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|
say ayx and of a boyx
|
|
old ladyx ayx ayx my liegex
|
|
and of a lovely boyx the god of heaven
|
|
both now and ever bless herx xtis a girlx
|
|
promises boys hereafterx sirx your queen
|
|
desires your visitationx and to be
|
|
acquainted with this strangerx xtis as like you
|
|
as cherry is to cherryx
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|
kingx lovellx
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enter lovell
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lovellx sirx
|
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kingx give her an hundred marksx ixll to the queenx exit
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|
old ladyx an hundred marksx by this lightx ixll hax morex
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|
an ordinary groom is for such paymentx
|
|
i will have morex or scold it out of himx
|
|
said i for this the girl was like to himx ixll
|
|
have morex or else unsayxtx and nowx while xtis hotx
|
|
ixll put it to the issuex exeunt
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act vx scene xx
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lobby before the council chamber
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|
|
enter cranmerx archbishop of canterbury
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|
cranmerx i hope i am not too latex and yet the gentleman
|
|
that was sent to me from the council prayxd me
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|
to make great hastex all fastx what means thisx hox
|
|
who waits therex sure you know mex
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enter keeper
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keeperx yesx my lordx
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|
but yet i cannot help youx
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cranmerx whyx
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keeperx your grace must wait till you be callxd forx
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enter doctor butts
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cranmerx sox
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buttsx xasidex this is a piece of malicex i am glad
|
|
i came this way so happilyx the king
|
|
shall understand it presentlyx exit
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|
cranmerx xasidex xtis buttsx
|
|
the kingxs physicianx as he passxd alongx
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|
how earnestly he cast his eyes upon mex
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pray heaven he sound not my disgracex for certainx
|
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this is of purpose laid by some that hate mex
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god turn their heartsx i never sought their malicex
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|
to quench mine honourx they would shame to make me
|
|
wait else at doorx a fellow councillorx
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|
xmong boysx groomsx and lackeysx but their pleasures
|
|
must be fulfillxdx and i attend with patiencex
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enter the king and butts at window above
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buttsx ixll show your grace the strangest sightx
|
|
kingx whatxs thatx buttsx
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buttsx i think your highness saw this many a dayx
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|
kingx body a mex where is itx
|
|
buttsx there my lordx
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|
the high promotion of his grace of canterburyx
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|
who holds his state at doorx xmongst pursuivantsx
|
|
pagesx and footboysx
|
|
kingx hax xtis he indeedx
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|
is this the honour they do one anotherx
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|
xtis well therexs one above xem yetx i had thought
|
|
they had parted so much honesty among xemx
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at least good mannersxas not thus to suffer
|
|
a man of his placex and so near our favourx
|
|
to dance attendance on their lordshipsx pleasuresx
|
|
and at the door toox like a post with packetsx
|
|
by holy maryx buttsx therexs knaveryx
|
|
let xem alonex and draw the curtain closex
|
|
we shall hear more anonx exeunt
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|
|
|
act vx scene xx
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the council chamber
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|
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a council table brought inx with chairs and stoolsx and placed under
|
|
the statex enter lord chancellorx places himself at the upper end of
|
|
the table on the left bandx a seat being left void above himx as for
|
|
canterburyxs seatx duke of suffolkx duke of norfolkx surreyx lord
|
|
chamberlainx gardinerx seat themselves in order on each sidex cromwell
|
|
at lower endx as secretaryx keeper at the door
|
|
|
|
chancellorx speak to the businessx master secretaryx
|
|
why are we met in councilx
|
|
cromwellx please your honoursx
|
|
the chief cause concerns his grace of canterburyx
|
|
gardinerx has he had knowledge of itx
|
|
cromwellx yesx
|
|
norfolkx who waits therex
|
|
keeperx withoutx my noble lordsx
|
|
gardinerx yesx
|
|
keeperx my lord archbishopx
|
|
and has done half an hourx to know your pleasuresx
|
|
chancellorx let him come inx
|
|
keeperx your grace may enter nowx
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|
|
|
cranmer approaches the council table
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|
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|
chancellorx my good lord archbishopx i am very sorry
|
|
to sit here at this presentx and behold
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|
that chair stand emptyx but we all are menx
|
|
in our own natures frail and capable
|
|
of our fleshx few are angelsx out of which frailty
|
|
and want of wisdomx youx that best should teach usx
|
|
have misdemeanxd yourselfx and not a littlex
|
|
toward the king firstx then his lawsx in filling
|
|
the whole realm by your teaching and your chaplainsx
|
|
for so we are informxdxwith new opinionsx
|
|
divers and dangerousx which are heresiesx
|
|
andx not reformxdx may prove perniciousx
|
|
gardinerx which reformation must be sudden toox
|
|
my noble lordsx for those that tame wild horses
|
|
pace xem not in their hands to make xem gentlex
|
|
but stop their mouth with stubborn bits and spur xem
|
|
till they obey the managex if we sufferx
|
|
out of our easiness and childish pity
|
|
to one manxs honourx this contagious sicknessx
|
|
farewell all physicx and what follows thenx
|
|
commotionsx uproarsx with a general taint
|
|
of the whole statex as of late days our neighboursx
|
|
the upper germanyx can dearly witnessx
|
|
yet freshly pitied in our memoriesx
|
|
cranmerx my good lordsx hitherto in all the progress
|
|
both of my life and officex i have labourxdx
|
|
and with no little studyx that my teaching
|
|
and the strong course of my authority
|
|
might go one wayx and safelyx and the end
|
|
was ever to do wellx nor is there livingx
|
|
i speak it with a single heartx my lordsx
|
|
a man that more detestsx more stirs againstx
|
|
both in his private conscience and his placex
|
|
defacers of a public peace than i dox
|
|
pray heaven the king may never find a heart
|
|
with less allegiance in itx men that make
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|
envy and crooked malice nourishment
|
|
dare bite the bestx i do beseech your lordships
|
|
thatx in this case of justicex my accusersx
|
|
be what they willx may stand forth face to face
|
|
and freely urge against mex
|
|
suffolkx nayx my lordx
|
|
that cannot bex you are a councillorx
|
|
and by that virtue no man dare accuse youx
|
|
gardinerx my lordx because we have business of more momentx
|
|
we will be short with youx xtis his highnessx pleasure
|
|
and our consentx for better trial of youx
|
|
from hence you be committed to the towerx
|
|
wherex being but a private man againx
|
|
you shall know many dare accuse you boldlyx
|
|
more thanx i fearx you are provided forx
|
|
cranmerx ahx my good lord of winchesterx i thank youx
|
|
you are always my good friendx if your will passx
|
|
i shall both find your lordship judge and jurorx
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|
you are so mercifulx i see your endx
|
|
xtis my undoingx love and meeknessx lordx
|
|
become a churchman better than ambitionx
|
|
win straying souls with modesty againx
|
|
cast none awayx that i shall clear myselfx
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|
lay all the weight ye can upon my patiencex
|
|
i make as little doubt as you do conscience
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|
in doing daily wrongsx i could say morex
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but reverence to your calling makes me modestx
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|
gardinerx my lordx my lordx you are a sectaryx
|
|
thatxs the plain truthx your painted gloss discoversx
|
|
to men that understand youx words and weaknessx
|
|
cromwellx my lord of winchesterx yxare a littlex
|
|
by your good favourx too sharpx men so noblex
|
|
however faultyx yet should find respect
|
|
for what they have beenx xtis a cruelty
|
|
to load a falling manx
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|
gardinerx good master secretaryx
|
|
i cry your honour mercyx you mayx worst
|
|
of all this tablex say sox
|
|
cromwellx whyx my lordx
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|
gardinerx do not i know you for a favourer
|
|
of this new sectx ye are not soundx
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|
cromwellx not soundx
|
|
gardinerx not soundx i sayx
|
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cromwellx would you were half so honestx
|
|
menxs prayers then would seek youx not their fearsx
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|
gardinerx i shall remember this bold languagex
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|
cromwellx dox
|
|
remember your bold life toox
|
|
chancellorx this is too muchx
|
|
forbearx for shamex my lordsx
|
|
gardinerx i have donex
|
|
cromwellx and ix
|
|
chancellorx then thus for youx my lordx it stands agreedx
|
|
i take itx by all voicesx that forthwith
|
|
you be conveyxd to thx tower a prisonerx
|
|
there to remain till the kingxs further pleasure
|
|
be known unto usx are you all agreedx lordsx
|
|
allx we arex
|
|
cranmerx is there no other way of mercyx
|
|
but i must needs to thx towerx my lordsx
|
|
gardinerx what other
|
|
would you expectx you are strangely troublesomex
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|
let some ox thx guard be ready therex
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|
|
enter the guard
|
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|
cranmerx for mex
|
|
must i go like a traitor thitherx
|
|
gardinerx receive himx
|
|
and see him safe ix thx towerx
|
|
cranmerx stayx good my lordsx
|
|
i have a little yet to sayx look therex my lordsx
|
|
by virtue of that ring i take my cause
|
|
out of the gripes of cruel men and give it
|
|
to a most noble judgex the king my masterx
|
|
chamberlainx this is the kingxs ringx
|
|
surreyx xtis no counterfeitx
|
|
suffolkx xtis the right ringx by heavxnx i told ye allx
|
|
when we first put this dangerous stone axrollingx
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|
xtwould fall upon ourselvesx
|
|
norfolkx do you thinkx my lordsx
|
|
the king will suffer but the little finger
|
|
of this man to be vexxdx
|
|
chamberlainx xtis now too certainx
|
|
how much more is his life in value with himx
|
|
would i were fairly out onxtx
|
|
cromwellx my mind gave mex
|
|
in seeking tales and informations
|
|
against this manxwhose honesty the devil
|
|
and his disciples only envy atx
|
|
ye blew the fire that burns yex now have at yex
|
|
|
|
enter the king frowning on themx he takes his seat
|
|
|
|
gardinerx dread sovereignx how much are we bound to heaven
|
|
in daily thanksx that gave us such a princex
|
|
not only good and wise but most religiousx
|
|
one that in all obedience makes the church
|
|
the chief aim of his honour andx to strengthen
|
|
that holy dutyx out of dear respectx
|
|
his royal self in judgment comes to hear
|
|
the cause betwixt her and this great offenderx
|
|
kingx you were ever good at sudden commendationsx
|
|
bishop of winchesterx but know i come not
|
|
to hear such flattery nowx and in my presence
|
|
they are too thin and bare to hide offencesx
|
|
to me you cannot reach you play the spanielx
|
|
and think with wagging of your tongue to win mex
|
|
but whatsoexer thou takxst me forx ixm sure
|
|
thou hast a cruel nature and a bloodyx
|
|
xto cranmerx good manx sit downx now let me see the proudest
|
|
he that dares most but wag his finger at theex
|
|
by all thatxs holyx he had better starve
|
|
than but once think this place becomes thee notx
|
|
surreyx may it please your gracex
|
|
kingx nox sirx it does not please mex
|
|
i had thought i had had men of some understanding
|
|
and wisdom of my councilx but i find nonex
|
|
was it discretionx lordsx to let this manx
|
|
this good manxfew of you deserve that titlex
|
|
this honest manx wait like a lousy footboy
|
|
at chamber doorx and one as great as you arex
|
|
whyx what a shame was thisx did my commission
|
|
bid ye so far forget yourselvesx i gave ye
|
|
power as he was a councillor to try himx
|
|
not as a groomx therexs some of yex i seex
|
|
more out of malice than integrityx
|
|
would try him to the utmostx had ye meanx
|
|
which ye shall never have while i livex
|
|
chancellorx thus farx
|
|
my most dread sovereignx may it like your grace
|
|
to let my tongue excuse allx what was purposxd
|
|
concerning his imprisonment was ratherx
|
|
if there be faith in menxmeant for his trial
|
|
and fair purgation to the worldx than malicex
|
|
ixm surex in mex
|
|
kingx wellx wellx my lordsx respect himx
|
|
take himx and use him wellx hexs worthy of itx
|
|
i will say thus much for himx if a prince
|
|
may be beholding to a subjectx
|
|
am for his love and service so to himx
|
|
make me no more adox but all embrace himx
|
|
be friendsx for shamex my lordsx my lord of canterburyx
|
|
i have a suit which you must not deny mex
|
|
that isx a fair young maid that yet wants baptismx
|
|
you must be godfatherx and answer for herx
|
|
cranmerx the greatest monarch now alive may glory
|
|
in such an honourx how may i deserve itx
|
|
that am a poor and humble subject to youx
|
|
kingx comex comex my lordx youxd spare your spoonsx you
|
|
shall have
|
|
two noble partners with youx the old duchess of norfolk
|
|
and lady marquis dorsetx will these please youx
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once morex my lord of winchesterx i charge youx
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embrace and love this manx
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gardinerx with a true heart
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and brotherxlove i do itx
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cranmerx and let heaven
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witness how dear i hold this confirmationx
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kingx good manx those joyful tears show thy true heartx
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the common voicex i seex is verified
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of theex which says thusx xdo my lord of canterbury
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a shrewd turn and hexs your friend for everxx
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comex lordsx we trifle time awayx i long
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to have this young one made a christianx
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as i have made ye onex lordsx one remainx
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so i grow strongerx you more honour gainx exeunt
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act vx scene xx
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the palace yard
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noise and tumult withinx enter porter and his man
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porterx youxll leave your noise anonx ye rascalsx do you
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take the court for paris gardenx ye rude slavesx leave your
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gapingx
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xwithinx good master porterx i belong to thx larderxx
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porterx belong to thx gallowsx and be hangxdx ye roguex is
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this a place to roar inx fetch me a dozen crabxtree stavesx
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and strong onesx these are but switches to xemx ixll scratch
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your headsx you must be seeing christeningsx do you look
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for ale and cakes herex you rude rascalsx
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manx prayx sirx be patientx xtis as much impossiblex
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unless we sweep xem from the door with cannonsx
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to scatter xem as xtis to make xem sleep
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on mayxday morningx which will never bex
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we may as well push against paulxs as stir xemx
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porterx how got they inx and be hangxdx
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manx alasx i know notx how gets the tide inx
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as much as one sound cudgel of four footx
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you see the poor remainderxcould distributex
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i made no sparex sirx
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porterx you did nothingx sirx
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manx i am not samsonx nor sir guyx nor colbrandx
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to mow xem down before mex but if i sparxd any
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that had a head to hitx either young or oldx
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he or shex cuckold or cuckoldxmakerx
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let me nexer hope to see a chine againx
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and that i would not for a cowx god save herx
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x withinx do you hearx master porterxx
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porterx i shall be with you presentlyx good master puppyx
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keep the door closex sirrahx
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manx what would you have me dox
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porterx what should you dox but knock xem down by thx
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dozensx is this moorfields to muster inx or have we some
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strange indian with the great tool come to courtx the
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women so besiege usx bless mex what a fry of fornication
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is at doorx on my christian consciencex this one christening
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will beget a thousandx here will be fatherx godfatherx
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and all togetherx
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manx the spoons will be the biggerx sirx there is a fellow
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somewhat near the doorx he should be a brazier by his
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facex forx ox my consciencex twenty of the dogxdays now
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reign inxs nosex all that stand about him are under the linex
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they need no other penancex that firexdrake did i hit three
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times on the headx and three times was his nose discharged
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against mex he stands there like a mortarxpiecex to blow usx
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there was a haberdasherxs wife of small wit near himx that
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railxd upon me till her pinkxd porringer fell off her headx
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for kindling such a combustion in the statex i missxd the
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meteor oncex and hit that womanx who cried out xclubsxx
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when i might see from far some forty truncheoners draw
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to her succourx which were the hope ox thx strandx where
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she was quarteredx they fell onx i made good my placex
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at length they came to thx broomstaff to mex i defied xem
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stillx when suddenly a file of boys behind xemx loose shotx
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deliverxd such a showxr of pebbles that i was fain to draw
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mine honour in and let xem win the workx the devil was
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amongst xemx i think surelyx
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porterx these are the youths that thunder at a playhouse
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and fight for bitten applesx that no audience but the tribulation
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|
of towerxhill or the limbs of limehousex their dear
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|
brothersx are able to endurex i have some of xem in limbo
|
|
patrumx and there they are like to dance these three daysx
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besides the running banquet of two beadles that is to comex
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enter the lord chamberlain
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chamberlainx mercy ox mex what a multitude are herex
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they grow still toox from all parts they are comingx
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as if we kept a fair herex where are these portersx
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these lazy knavesx yxhave made a fine handx fellowsx
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therexs a trim rabble let inx are all these
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|
your faithful friends ox thx suburbsx we shall have
|
|
great store of roomx no doubtx left for the ladiesx
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when they pass back from the christeningx
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porterx anxt please your honourx
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|
we are but menx and what so many may dox
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not being torn a piecesx we have donex
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|
an army cannot rule xemx
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chamberlainx as i livex
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if the king blame me forxtx ixll lay ye an
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by thx heelsx and suddenlyx and on your heads
|
|
clap round fines for neglectx yxare lazy knavesx
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|
and here ye lie baiting of bombardsx when
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|
ye should do servicex harkx the trumpets soundx
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|
thx are come already from the christeningx
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|
go break among the press and find a way out
|
|
to let the troops pass fairlyx or ixll find
|
|
a marshalsea shall hold ye play these two monthsx
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|
porterx make way there for the princessx
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manx you great fellowx
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stand close upx or ixll make your head achex
|
|
porterx you ix thx camletx get up ox thx railx
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|
ixll peck you oxer the pales elsex exeunt
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act vx scene xx
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the palace
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enter trumpetsx soundingx then two aldermenx lord mayorx garterx
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cranmerx duke of norfolkx with his marshalxs staffx duke of suffolkx
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two noblemen bearing great standingxbowls for the christening giftsx
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|
then four noblemen bearing a canopyx under which the duchess of
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|
norfolkx godmotherx bearing the child richly habited in a mantlex etcxx
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|
train borne by a ladyx then follows the marchioness dorsetx the other
|
|
godmotherx and ladiesx the troop pass once about the stagex and garter
|
|
speaks
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garterx heavenx from thy endless goodnessx send prosperous lifex long
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|
and everxhappyx to the high and mighty princess of englandx
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|
elizabethx
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flourishx enter king and guard
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cranmerx xkneelingx and to your royal grace and the
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|
good queenx
|
|
my noble partners and myself thus prayx
|
|
all comfortx joyx in this most gracious ladyx
|
|
heaven ever laid up to make parents happyx
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|
may hourly fall upon yex
|
|
kingx thank youx good lord archbishopx
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|
what is her namex
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|
cranmerx elizabethx
|
|
kingx stand upx lordx xthe king kisses the childx
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|
with this kiss take my blessingx god protect theex
|
|
into whose hand i give thy lifex
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|
cranmerx amenx
|
|
kingx my noble gossipsx yxhave been too prodigalx
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|
i thank ye heartilyx so shall this ladyx
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|
when she has so much englishx
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|
cranmerx let me speakx sirx
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|
for heaven now bids mex and the words i utter
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|
let none think flatteryx for theyxll find xem truthx
|
|
this royal infantxheaven still move about herxx
|
|
though in her cradlex yet now promises
|
|
upon this land a thousand blessingsx
|
|
which time shall bring to ripenessx she shall bex
|
|
but few now living can behold that goodnessx
|
|
a pattern to all princes living with herx
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|
and all that shall succeedx saba was never
|
|
more covetous of wisdom and fair virtue
|
|
than this pure soul shall bex all princely graces
|
|
that mould up such a mighty piece as this isx
|
|
with all the virtues that attend the goodx
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|
shall still be doubled on herx truth shall nurse herx
|
|
holy and heavenly thoughts still counsel herx
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|
she shall be lovxd and fearxdx her own shall bless herx
|
|
her foes shake like a field of beaten cornx
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|
and hang their heads with sorrowx good grows with herx
|
|
in her days every man shall eat in safety
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|
under his own vine what he plantsx and sing
|
|
the merry songs of peace to all his neighboursx
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|
god shall be truly knownx and those about her
|
|
from her shall read the perfect ways of honourx
|
|
and by those claim their greatnessx not by bloodx
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|
nor shall this peace sleep with herx but as when
|
|
the bird of wonder diesx the maiden phoenix
|
|
her ashes new create another heir
|
|
as great in admiration as herselfx
|
|
so shall she leave her blessedness to onex
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|
when heaven shall call her from this cloud of darknessx
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|
who from the sacred ashes of her honour
|
|
shall starxlike risex as great in fame as she wasx
|
|
and so stand fixxdx peacex plentyx lovex truthx terrorx
|
|
that were the servants to this chosen infantx
|
|
shall then be hisx and like a vine grow to himx
|
|
wherever the bright sun of heaven shall shinex
|
|
his honour and the greatness of his name
|
|
shall bex and make new nationsx he shall flourishx
|
|
and like a mountain cedar reach his branches
|
|
to all the plains about himx our childrenxs children
|
|
shall see this and bless heavenx
|
|
kingx thou speakest wondersx
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|
cranmerx she shall bex to the happiness of englandx
|
|
an aged princessx many days shall see herx
|
|
and yet no day without a deed to crown itx
|
|
would i had known no morex but she must diex
|
|
she mustx the saints must have herxyet a virginx
|
|
a most unspotted lily shall she pass
|
|
to thx groundx and all the world shall mourn herx
|
|
kingx o lord archbishopx
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|
thou hast made me now a manx never before
|
|
this happy child did i get anythingx
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|
this oracle of comfort has so pleasxd me
|
|
that when i am in heaven i shall desire
|
|
to see what this child doesx and praise my makerx
|
|
i thank ye allx to youx my good lord mayorx
|
|
and youx good brethrenx i am much beholdingx
|
|
i have receivxd much honour by your presencex
|
|
and ye shall find me thankfulx lead the wayx lordsx
|
|
ye must all see the queenx and she must thank yex
|
|
she will be sick elsex this dayx no man think
|
|
has business at his housex for all shall stayx
|
|
this little one shall make it holidayx exeunt
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|
|
|
kingxhenryxviiixepilogue the epiloguex
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|
|
|
xtis ten to one this play can never please
|
|
all that are herex some come to take their ease
|
|
and sleep an act or twox but thosex we fearx
|
|
wxhave frighted with our trumpetsx sox xtis clearx
|
|
theyxll say xtis noughtx others to hear the city
|
|
abusxd extremelyx and to cry xthatxs wittyxx
|
|
which we have not done neitherx thatx i fearx
|
|
all the expected good wxare like to hear
|
|
for this play at this time is only in
|
|
the merciful construction of good womenx
|
|
for such a one we showxd xemx if they smile
|
|
and say xtwill dox i know within a while
|
|
all the best men are oursx for xtis ill hap
|
|
if they hold when their ladies bid xem clapx
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king john
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dramatis personae
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|
king john
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|
prince henryx his son
|
|
arthurx duke of britainex son of geffreyx late duke of
|
|
britainex the elder brother of king john
|
|
earl of pembroke
|
|
earl of essex
|
|
earl of salisbury
|
|
lord bigot
|
|
hubert de burgh
|
|
robert faulconbridgex son to sir robert faulconbridge
|
|
philip the bastardx his halfxbrother
|
|
james gurneyx servant to lady faulconbridge
|
|
peter of pomfretx a prophet
|
|
|
|
king philip of france
|
|
lewisx the dauphin
|
|
lymogesx duke of austria
|
|
cardinal pandulphx the popexs legate
|
|
melunx a french lord
|
|
chatillonx ambassador from france to king john
|
|
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|
queen elinorx widow of king henry ii and mother to
|
|
king john
|
|
constancex mother to arthur
|
|
blanch of spainx daughter to the king of castile
|
|
and niece to king john
|
|
lady faulconbridgex widow of sir robert faulconbridge
|
|
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|
lordsx citizens of angiersx sheriffx heraldsx officersx
|
|
soldiersx executionersx messengersx attendants
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|
scenex england and france
|
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|
act ix scene x
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king johnxs palace
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enter king johnx queen elinorx pembrokex essexx salisburyx and othersx
|
|
with chatillon
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|
king johnx nowx sayx chatillonx what would france with usx
|
|
chatillonx thusx after greetingx speaks the king of france
|
|
in my behaviour to the majestyx
|
|
the borrowed majestyx of england herex
|
|
elinorx a strange beginningx xborrowed majestyxx
|
|
king johnx silencex good motherx hear the embassyx
|
|
chatillonx philip of francex in right and true behalf
|
|
of thy deceased brother geffreyxs sonx
|
|
arthur plantagenetx lays most lawful claim
|
|
to this fair island and the territoriesx
|
|
to irelandx poictiersx anjoux tourainex mainex
|
|
desiring thee to lay aside the sword
|
|
which sways usurpingly these several titlesx
|
|
and put the same into young arthurxs handx
|
|
thy nephew and right royal sovereignx
|
|
king johnx what follows if we disallow of thisx
|
|
chatillonx the proud control of fierce and bloody warx
|
|
to enforce these rights so forcibly withheldx
|
|
king johnx here have we war for warx and blood for bloodx
|
|
controlment for controlmentx so answer francex
|
|
chatillonx then take my kingxs defiance from my mouthx
|
|
the farthest limit of my embassyx
|
|
king johnx bear mine to himx and so depart in peacex
|
|
be thou as lightning in the eyes of francex
|
|
for ere thou canst report i will be therex
|
|
the thunder of my cannon shall be heardx
|
|
so hencex be thou the trumpet of our wrath
|
|
and sullen presage of your own decayx
|
|
an honourable conduct let him havex
|
|
pembrokex look to xtx farewellx chatillonx
|
|
exeunt chatillon and pembroke
|
|
elinorx what nowx my sonx have i not ever said
|
|
how that ambitious constance would not cease
|
|
till she had kindled france and all the world
|
|
upon the right and party of her sonx
|
|
this might have been prevented and made whole
|
|
with very easy arguments of lovex
|
|
which now the manage of two kingdoms must
|
|
with fearful bloody issue arbitratex
|
|
king johnx our strong possession and our right for usx
|
|
elinorx your strong possession much more than your rightx
|
|
or else it must go wrong with you and mex
|
|
so much my conscience whispers in your earx
|
|
which none but heaven and you and i shall hearx
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|
|
|
enter a sheriff
|
|
|
|
essexx my liegex here is the strangest controversy
|
|
come from the country to be judgxd by you
|
|
that exer i heardx shall i produce the menx
|
|
king johnx let them approachx exit sheriff
|
|
our abbeys and our priories shall pay
|
|
this expeditionxs chargex
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|
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|
enter robert faulconbridge and philipx his bastard
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|
brother
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|
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|
what men are youx
|
|
bastardx your faithful subject ix a gentleman
|
|
born in northamptonshirex and eldest sonx
|
|
as i supposex to robert faulconbridgex
|
|
a soldier by the honourxgiving hand
|
|
of coeurxdexlion knighted in the fieldx
|
|
king johnx what art thoux
|
|
robertx the son and heir to that same faulconbridgex
|
|
king johnx is that the elderx and art thou the heirx
|
|
you came not of one mother thenx it seemsx
|
|
bastardx most certain of one motherx mighty kingx
|
|
that is well knownx andx as i thinkx one fatherx
|
|
but for the certain knowledge of that truth
|
|
i put you oxer to heaven and to my motherx
|
|
of that i doubtx as all menxs children mayx
|
|
elinorx out on theex rude manx thou dost shame thy motherx
|
|
and wound her honour with this diffidencex
|
|
bastardx ix madamx nox i have no reason for itx
|
|
that is my brotherxs pleax and none of minex
|
|
the which if he can provex xa pops me out
|
|
at least from fair five hundred pound a yearx
|
|
heaven guard my motherxs honour and my landx
|
|
king johnx a good blunt fellowx whyx being younger bornx
|
|
doth he lay claim to thine inheritancex
|
|
bastardx i know not whyx except to get the landx
|
|
but once he slanderxd me with bastardyx
|
|
but whexer i be as true begot or nox
|
|
that still i lay upon my motherxs headx
|
|
but that i am as well begotx my liegex
|
|
fair fall the bones that took the pains for mexx
|
|
compare our faces and be judge yourselfx
|
|
if old sir robert did beget us both
|
|
and were our fatherx and this son like himx
|
|
o old sir robertx fatherx on my knee
|
|
i give heaven thanks i was not like to theex
|
|
king johnx whyx what a madcap hath heaven lent us herex
|
|
elinorx he hath a trick of coeurxdexlionxs facex
|
|
the accent of his tongue affecteth himx
|
|
do you not read some tokens of my son
|
|
in the large composition of this manx
|
|
king johnx mine eye hath well examined his parts
|
|
and finds them perfect richardx sirrahx speakx
|
|
what doth move you to claim your brotherxs landx
|
|
bastardx because he hath a halfxfacex like my fatherx
|
|
with half that face would he have all my landx
|
|
a halfxfacxd groat five hundred pound a yearx
|
|
robertx my gracious liegex when that my father livxdx
|
|
your brother did employ my father muchx
|
|
bastardx wellx sirx by this you cannot get my landx
|
|
your tale must be how he employxd my motherx
|
|
robertx and once dispatchxd him in an embassy
|
|
to germanyx there with the emperor
|
|
to treat of high affairs touching that timex
|
|
thx advantage of his absence took the kingx
|
|
and in the meantime sojournxd at my fatherxsx
|
|
where how he did prevail i shame to speakx
|
|
but truth is truthx large lengths of seas and shores
|
|
between my father and my mother layx
|
|
as i have heard my father speak himselfx
|
|
when this same lusty gentleman was gotx
|
|
upon his deathxbed he by will bequeathxd
|
|
his lands to mex and took it on his death
|
|
that this my motherxs son was none of hisx
|
|
and if he werex he came into the world
|
|
full fourteen weeks before the course of timex
|
|
thenx good my liegex let me have what is minex
|
|
my fatherxs landx as was my fatherxs willx
|
|
king johnx sirrahx your brother is legitimatex
|
|
your fatherxs wife did after wedlock bear himx
|
|
and if she did play falsex the fault was hersx
|
|
which fault lies on the hazards of all husbands
|
|
that marry wivesx tell mex how if my brotherx
|
|
whox as you sayx took pains to get this sonx
|
|
had of your father claimxd this son for hisx
|
|
in soothx good friendx your father might have kept
|
|
this calfx bred from his cowx from all the worldx
|
|
in soothx he mightx thenx if he were my brotherxsx
|
|
my brother might not claim himx nor your fatherx
|
|
being none of hisx refuse himx this concludesx
|
|
my motherxs son did get your fatherxs heirx
|
|
your fatherxs heir must have your fatherxs landx
|
|
robertx shall then my fatherxs will be of no force
|
|
to dispossess that child which is not hisx
|
|
bastardx of no more force to dispossess mex sirx
|
|
than was his will to get mex as i thinkx
|
|
elinorx whether hadst thou rather be a faulconbridgex
|
|
and like thy brotherx to enjoy thy landx
|
|
or the reputed son of coeurxdexlionx
|
|
lord of thy presence and no land besidex
|
|
bastardx madamx an if my brother had my shape
|
|
and i had hisx sir robertxs hisx like himx
|
|
and if my legs were two such ridingxrodsx
|
|
my arms such eelxskins stuffxdx my face so thin
|
|
that in mine ear i durst not stick a rose
|
|
lest men should say xlook where threexfarthings goesxx
|
|
andx to his shapex were heir to all this landx
|
|
would i might never stir from off this placex
|
|
i would give it every foot to have this facex
|
|
i would not be sir nob in any casex
|
|
elinorx i like thee wellx wilt thou forsake thy fortunex
|
|
bequeath thy land to him and follow mex
|
|
i am a soldier and now bound to francex
|
|
bastardx brotherx take you my landx ixll take my chancex
|
|
your face hath got five hundred pound a yearx
|
|
yet sell your face for fivepence and xtis dearx
|
|
madamx ixll follow you unto the deathx
|
|
elinorx nayx i would have you go before me thitherx
|
|
bastardx our country manners give our betters wayx
|
|
king johnx what is thy namex
|
|
bastardx philipx my liegex so is my name begunx
|
|
philipx good old sir robertxs wifexs eldest sonx
|
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king johnx from henceforth bear his name whose form thou bearestx
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kneel thou down philipx but rise more greatx
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arise sir richard and plantagenetx
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bastardx brother by thx motherxs sidex give me your handx
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my father gave me honourx yours gave landx
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now blessed be the hourx by night or dayx
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when i was gotx sir robert was awayx
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elinorx the very spirit of plantagenetx
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i am thy grandamx richardx call me sox
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bastardx madamx by chancex but not by truthx what thoughx
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something aboutx a little from the rightx
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in at the windowx or else oxer the hatchx
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who dares not stir by day must walk by nightx
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and have is havex however men do catchx
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near or far offx well won is still well shotx
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and i am ix howexer i was begotx
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king johnx gox faulconbridgex now hast thou thy desirex
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a landless knight makes thee a landed squirex
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comex madamx and comex richardx we must speed
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for francex for francex for it is more than needx
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bastardx brotherx adieux good fortune come to theex
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for thou wast got ix thx way of honestyx
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exeunt all but the bastard
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a foot of honour better than i wasx
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but many a many foot of land the worsex
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wellx now can i make any joan a ladyx
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xgood denx sir richardxxxxgodxaxmercyx fellowxx
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and if his name be georgex ixll call him peterx
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for newxmade honour doth forget menxs namesx
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xtis too respective and too sociable
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for your conversionx now your travellerx
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he and his toothpick at my worshipxs messx
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and when my knightly stomach is sufficxdx
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why then i suck my teeth and catechize
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my picked man of countriesx xmy dear sirxx
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thus leaning on mine elbow i begin
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xi shall beseech youxxthat is question nowx
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and then comes answer like an absey bookx
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xo sirxx says answer xat your best commandx
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at your employmentx at your servicex sirxx
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xnox sirxx says question xix sweet sirx at yoursxx
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and sox ere answer knows what question wouldx
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saving in dialogue of complimentx
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and talking of the alps and apenninesx
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the pyrenean and the river pox
|
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it draws toward supper in conclusion sox
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but this is worshipful societyx
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and fits the mounting spirit like myselfx
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for he is but a bastard to the time
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that doth not smack of observationx
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and so am ix whether i smack or nox
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and not alone in habit and devicex
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exterior formx outward accoutrementx
|
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but from the inward motion to deliver
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sweetx sweetx sweet poison for the agexs toothx
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whichx though i will not practise to deceivex
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yetx to avoid deceitx i mean to learnx
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for it shall strew the footsteps of my risingx
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but who comes in such haste in ridingxrobesx
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what womanxpost is thisx hath she no husband
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that will take pains to blow a horn before herx
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enter lady faulconbridgex and james gurney
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o mex xtis my motherx how nowx good ladyx
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what brings you here to court so hastilyx
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lady faulconbridgex where is that slavex thy brotherx
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where is he
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that holds in chase mine honour up and downx
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bastardx my brother robertx old sir robertxs sonx
|
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colbrand the giantx that same mighty manx
|
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is it sir robertxs son that you seek sox
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lady faulconbridgex sir robertxs sonx ayx thou unreverend boyx
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sir robertxs sonx why scornxst thou at sir robertx
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he is sir robertxs sonx and so art thoux
|
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bastardx james gurneyx wilt thou give us leave awhilex
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gurneyx good leavex good philipx
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bastardx philipxsparrowx jamesx
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therexs toys abroadxanon ixll tell thee morex
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|
exit gurney
|
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madamx i was not old sir robertxs sonx
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sir robert might have eat his part in me
|
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upon good fridayx and nexer broke his fastx
|
|
sir robert could dox wellxmarryx to confessx
|
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could he get mex sir robert could not do itx
|
|
we know his handiworkx thereforex good motherx
|
|
to whom am i beholding for these limbsx
|
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sir robert never holp to make this legx
|
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lady faulconbridgex hast thou conspired with thy brother toox
|
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that for thine own gain shouldst defend mine honourx
|
|
what means this scornx thou most untoward knavex
|
|
bastardx knightx knightx good motherx basiliscoxlikex
|
|
whatx i am dubbxdx i have it on my shoulderx
|
|
butx motherx i am not sir robertxs sonx
|
|
i have disclaimxd sir robert and my landx
|
|
legitimationx namex and all is gonex
|
|
thenx good my motherx let me know my fatherx
|
|
some proper manx i hopex who was itx motherx
|
|
lady faulconbridgex hast thou denied thyself a faulconbridgex
|
|
bastardx as faithfully as i deny the devilx
|
|
lady faulconbridgex king richard coeurxdexlion was thy fatherx
|
|
by long and vehement suit i was seducxd
|
|
to make room for him in my husbandxs bedx
|
|
heaven lay not my transgression to my chargex
|
|
thou art the issue of my dear offencex
|
|
which was so strongly urgxd past my defencex
|
|
bastardx nowx by this lightx were i to get againx
|
|
madamx i would not wish a better fatherx
|
|
some sins do bear their privilege on earthx
|
|
and so doth yoursx your fault was not your follyx
|
|
needs must you lay your heart at his disposex
|
|
subjected tribute to commanding lovex
|
|
against whose fury and unmatched force
|
|
the aweless lion could not wage the fight
|
|
nor keep his princely heart from richardxs handx
|
|
he that perforce robs lions of their hearts
|
|
may easily win a womanxsx ayx my motherx
|
|
with all my heart i thank thee for my fatherx
|
|
who lives and dares but say thou didst not well
|
|
when i was gotx ixll send his soul to hellx
|
|
comex ladyx i will show thee to my kinx
|
|
and they shall say when richard me begotx
|
|
if thou hadst said him nayx it had been sinx
|
|
who says it wasx he liesx i say xtwas notx exeunt
|
|
|
|
act iix scene x
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|
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|
francex before angiers
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|
|
|
enterx on one sidex austria and forcesx on the otherx king philip of
|
|
francex
|
|
lewis the dauphinx constancex arthurx and forces
|
|
|
|
king philipx before angiers well metx brave austriax
|
|
arthurx that great forerunner of thy bloodx
|
|
richardx that robbxd the lion of his heart
|
|
and fought the holy wars in palestinex
|
|
by this brave duke came early to his gravex
|
|
and for amends to his posterityx
|
|
at our importance hither is he come
|
|
to spread his coloursx boyx in thy behalfx
|
|
and to rebuke the usurpation
|
|
of thy unnatural unclex english johnx
|
|
embrace himx love himx give him welcome hitherx
|
|
arthurx god shall forgive you coeurxdexlionxs death
|
|
the rather that you give his offspring lifex
|
|
shadowing their right under your wings of warx
|
|
i give you welcome with a powerless handx
|
|
but with a heart full of unstained lovex
|
|
welcome before the gates of angiersx dukex
|
|
king philipx a noble boyx who would not do thee rightx
|
|
austriax upon thy cheek lay i this zealous kiss
|
|
as seal to this indenture of my lovex
|
|
that to my home i will no more return
|
|
till angiers and the right thou hast in francex
|
|
together with that palex that whitexfacxd shorex
|
|
whose foot spurns back the oceanxs roaring tides
|
|
and coops from other lands her islandersx
|
|
even till that englandx hedgxd in with the mainx
|
|
that waterxwalled bulwarkx still secure
|
|
and confident from foreign purposesx
|
|
even till that utmost corner of the west
|
|
salute thee for her kingx till thenx fair boyx
|
|
will i not think of homex but follow armsx
|
|
constancex ox take his motherxs thanksx a widowxs thanksx
|
|
till your strong hand shall help to give him strength
|
|
to make a more requital to your lovex
|
|
austriax the peace of heaven is theirs that lift their swords
|
|
in such a just and charitable warx
|
|
king philipx well thenx to workx our cannon shall be bent
|
|
against the brows of this resisting townx
|
|
call for our chiefest men of disciplinex
|
|
to cull the plots of best advantagesx
|
|
wexll lay before this town our royal bonesx
|
|
wade to the marketxplace in frenchmenxs bloodx
|
|
but we will make it subject to this boyx
|
|
constancex stay for an answer to your embassyx
|
|
lest unadvisxd you stain your swords with bloodx
|
|
my lord chatillon may from england bring
|
|
that right in peace which here we urge in warx
|
|
and then we shall repent each drop of blood
|
|
that hot rash haste so indirectly shedx
|
|
|
|
enter chatillon
|
|
|
|
king philipx a wonderx ladyx lox upon thy wishx
|
|
our messenger chatillon is arrivxdx
|
|
what england saysx say brieflyx gentle lordx
|
|
we coldly pause for theex chatillonx speakx
|
|
chatillonx then turn your forces from this paltry siege
|
|
and stir them up against a mightier taskx
|
|
englandx impatient of your just demandsx
|
|
hath put himself in armsx the adverse windsx
|
|
whose leisure i have stayxdx have given him time
|
|
to land his legions all as soon as ix
|
|
his marches are expedient to this townx
|
|
his forces strongx his soldiers confidentx
|
|
with him along is come the motherxqueenx
|
|
an atex stirring him to blood and strifex
|
|
with her the lady blanch of spainx
|
|
with them a bastard of the kingxs deceasxdx
|
|
and all thx unsettled humours of the landx
|
|
rashx inconsideratex fiery voluntariesx
|
|
with ladiesx faces and fierce dragonsx spleensx
|
|
have sold their fortunes at their native homesx
|
|
bearing their birthrights proudly on their backsx
|
|
to make a hazard of new fortunes herex
|
|
in briefx a braver choice of dauntless spirits
|
|
than now the english bottoms have waft oxer
|
|
did never float upon the swelling tide
|
|
to do offence and scathe in christendomx xdrum beatsx
|
|
the interruption of their churlish drums
|
|
cuts off more circumstancex they are at handx
|
|
to parley or to fightx therefore preparex
|
|
king philipx how much unlookxd for is this expeditionx
|
|
austriax by how much unexpectedx by so much
|
|
we must awake endeavour for defencex
|
|
for courage mounteth with occasionx
|
|
let them be welcome thenx we are preparxdx
|
|
|
|
enter king johnx elinorx blanchx the bastardx
|
|
pembrokex and others
|
|
|
|
king johnx peace be to francex if france in peace permit
|
|
our just and lineal entrance to our ownx
|
|
if notx bleed francex and peace ascend to heavenx
|
|
whiles wex godxs wrathful agentx do correct
|
|
their proud contempt that beats his peace to heavenx
|
|
king philipx peace be to englandx if that war return
|
|
from france to englandx there to live in peacex
|
|
england we lovex and for that englandxs sake
|
|
with burden of our armour here we sweatx
|
|
this toil of ours should be a work of thinex
|
|
but thou from loving england art so far
|
|
that thou hast underxwrought his lawful kingx
|
|
cut off the sequence of posterityx
|
|
outfaced infant statex and done a rape
|
|
upon the maiden virtue of the crownx
|
|
look here upon thy brother geffreyxs facex
|
|
these eyesx these browsx were moulded out of hisx
|
|
this little abstract doth contain that large
|
|
which died in geffreyx and the hand of time
|
|
shall draw this brief into as huge a volumex
|
|
that geffrey was thy elder brother bornx
|
|
and this his sonx england was geffreyxs rightx
|
|
and this is geffreyxsx in the name of godx
|
|
how comes it then that thou art callxd a kingx
|
|
when living blood doth in these temples beat
|
|
which owe the crown that thou oxerxmasterestx
|
|
king johnx from whom hast thou this great commissionx francex
|
|
to draw my answer from thy articlesx
|
|
king philipx from that supernal judge that stirs good thoughts
|
|
in any breast of strong authority
|
|
to look into the blots and stains of rightx
|
|
that judge hath made me guardian to this boyx
|
|
under whose warrant i impeach thy wrongx
|
|
and by whose help i mean to chastise itx
|
|
king johnx alackx thou dost usurp authorityx
|
|
king philipx excuse it is to beat usurping downx
|
|
elinorx who is it thou dost call usurperx francex
|
|
constancex let me make answerx thy usurping sonx
|
|
elinorx outx insolentx thy bastard shall be kingx
|
|
that thou mayst be a queen and check the worldx
|
|
constancex my bed was ever to thy son as true
|
|
as thine was to thy husbandx and this boy
|
|
liker in feature to his father geffrey
|
|
than thou and john in mannersxbeing as eke
|
|
as rain to waterx or devil to his damx
|
|
my boy a bastardx by my soulx i think
|
|
his father never was so true begotx
|
|
it cannot bex an if thou wert his motherx
|
|
elinorx therexs a good motherx boyx that blots thy fatherx
|
|
constancex therexs a good grandamx boyx that would blot theex
|
|
austriax peacex
|
|
bastardx hear the crierx
|
|
austriax what the devil art thoux
|
|
bastardx one that will play the devilx sirx with youx
|
|
an xa may catch your hide and you alonex
|
|
you are the hare of whom the proverb goesx
|
|
whose valour plucks dead lions by the beardx
|
|
ixll smoke your skinxcoat an i catch you rightx
|
|
sirrahx look to xtx ix faith i willx ix faithx
|
|
blanchx ox well did he become that lionxs robe
|
|
that did disrobe the lion of that robex
|
|
bastardx it lies as sightly on the back of him
|
|
as great alcidesx shows upon an assx
|
|
butx assx ixll take that burden from your backx
|
|
or lay on that shall make your shoulders crackx
|
|
austriax what cracker is this same that deafs our ears
|
|
with this abundance of superfluous breathx
|
|
king philipx determine what we shall do straightx
|
|
king philipx women and foolsx break off your conferencex
|
|
king johnx this is the very sum of allx
|
|
england and irelandx anjoux tourainex mainex
|
|
in right of arthurx do i claim of theex
|
|
wilt thou resign them and lay down thy armsx
|
|
king johnx my life as soonx i do defy theex francex
|
|
arthur of britainex yield thee to my handx
|
|
and out of my dear love ixll give thee more
|
|
than exer the coward hand of france can winx
|
|
submit theex boyx
|
|
elinorx come to thy grandamx childx
|
|
constancex dox childx go to it grandamx childx
|
|
give grandam kingdomx and it grandam will
|
|
give it a plumx a cherryx and a figx
|
|
therexs a good grandamx
|
|
arthurx good my motherx peacex
|
|
i would that i were low laid in my gravex
|
|
i am not worth this coil thatxs made for mex
|
|
elinorx his mother shames him sox poor boyx he weepsx
|
|
constancex now shame upon youx whexer she does or nox
|
|
his grandamxs wrongsx and not his motherxs shamesx
|
|
draws those heavenxmoving pearls from his poor eyesx
|
|
which heaven shall take in nature of a feex
|
|
ayx with these crystal beads heaven shall be bribxd
|
|
to do him justice and revenge on youx
|
|
elinorx thou monstrous slanderer of heaven and earthx
|
|
constancex thou monstrous injurer of heaven and earthx
|
|
call not me slandererx thou and thine usurp
|
|
the dominationsx royaltiesx and rightsx
|
|
of this oppressed boyx this is thy eldest sonxs sonx
|
|
infortunate in nothing but in theex
|
|
thy sins are visited in this poor childx
|
|
the canon of the law is laid on himx
|
|
being but the second generation
|
|
removed from thy sinxconceiving wombx
|
|
king johnx bedlamx have donex
|
|
constancex i have but this to sayx
|
|
that he is not only plagued for her sinx
|
|
but god hath made her sin and her the plague
|
|
on this removed issuex plagued for her
|
|
and with her plaguex her sin his injuryx
|
|
her injury the beadle to her sinx
|
|
all punishxd in the person of this childx
|
|
and all for herxa plague upon herx
|
|
elinorx thou unadvised scoldx i can produce
|
|
a will that bars the title of thy sonx
|
|
constancex ayx who doubts thatx a willx a wicked willx
|
|
a womanxs willx a cankxred grandamxs willx
|
|
king philipx peacex ladyx pausex or be more temperatex
|
|
it ill beseems this presence to cry aim
|
|
to these illxtuned repetitionsx
|
|
some trumpet summon hither to the walls
|
|
these men of angiersx let us hear them speak
|
|
whose title they admitx arthurxs or johnxsx
|
|
|
|
trumpet soundsx enter citizens upon the walls
|
|
|
|
citizenx who is it that hath warnxd us to the wallsx
|
|
king philipx xtis francex for englandx
|
|
king johnx england for itselfx
|
|
you men of angiersx and my loving subjectsx
|
|
king philipx you loving men of angiersx arthurxs subjectsx
|
|
our trumpet callxd you to this gentle parlex
|
|
king johnx for our advantagex therefore hear us firstx
|
|
these flags of francex that are advanced here
|
|
before the eye and prospect of your townx
|
|
have hither marchxd to your endamagementx
|
|
the cannons have their bowels full of wrathx
|
|
and ready mounted are they to spit forth
|
|
their iron indignation xgainst your wallsx
|
|
all preparation for a bloody siege
|
|
and merciless proceeding by these french
|
|
confront your cityxs eyesx your winking gatesx
|
|
and but for our approach those sleeping stones
|
|
that as a waist doth girdle you about
|
|
by the compulsion of their ordinance
|
|
by this time from their fixed beds of lime
|
|
had been dishabitedx and wide havoc made
|
|
for bloody power to rush upon your peacex
|
|
but on the sight of us your lawful kingx
|
|
who painfully with much expedient march
|
|
have brought a countercheck before your gatesx
|
|
to save unscratchxd your cityxs threatxned cheeksx
|
|
beholdx the french amazxd vouchsafe a parlex
|
|
and nowx instead of bullets wrappxd in firex
|
|
to make a shaking fever in your wallsx
|
|
they shoot but calm words folded up in smokex
|
|
to make a faithless error in your carsx
|
|
which trust accordinglyx kind citizensx
|
|
and let us inxyour kingx whose labourxd spiritsx
|
|
forwearied in this action of swift speedx
|
|
craves harbourage within your city wallsx
|
|
king philipx when i have saidx make answer to us bothx
|
|
lox in this right handx whose protection
|
|
is most divinely vowxd upon the right
|
|
of him it holdsx stands young plantagenetx
|
|
son to the elder brother of this manx
|
|
and king oxer him and all that he enjoysx
|
|
for this downxtrodden equity we tread
|
|
in warlike march these greens before your townx
|
|
being no further enemy to you
|
|
than the constraint of hospitable zeal
|
|
in the relief of this oppressed child
|
|
religiously provokesx be pleased then
|
|
to pay that duty which you truly owe
|
|
to him that owes itx namelyx this young princex
|
|
and then our armsx like to a muzzled bearx
|
|
save in aspectx hath all offence sealxd upx
|
|
our cannonsx malice vainly shall be spent
|
|
against thx invulnerable clouds of heavenx
|
|
and with a blessed and unvexxd retirex
|
|
with unhackxd swords and helmets all unbruisxdx
|
|
we will bear home that lusty blood again
|
|
which here we came to spout against your townx
|
|
and leave your childrenx wivesx and youx in peacex
|
|
but if you fondly pass our profferxd offerx
|
|
xtis not the roundure of your oldxfacxd walls
|
|
can hide you from our messengers of warx
|
|
though all these english and their discipline
|
|
were harbourxd in their rude circumferencex
|
|
then tell usx shall your city call us lord
|
|
in that behalf which we have challengxd itx
|
|
or shall we give the signal to our ragex
|
|
and stalk in blood to our possessionx
|
|
citizenx in briefx we are the king of englandxs subjectsx
|
|
for himx and in his rightx we hold this townx
|
|
king johnx acknowledge then the kingx and let me inx
|
|
citizenx that can we notx but he that proves the kingx
|
|
to him will we prove loyalx till that time
|
|
have we rammxd up our gates against the worldx
|
|
king johnx doth not the crown of england prove the kingx
|
|
and if not thatx i bring you witnessesx
|
|
twice fifteen thousand hearts of englandxs breedx
|
|
bastardx bastards and elsex
|
|
king johnx to verify our title with their livesx
|
|
king philipx as many and as wellxborn bloods as thosex
|
|
bastardx some bastards toox
|
|
king philipx stand in his face to contradict his claimx
|
|
citizenx till you compound whose right is worthiestx
|
|
we for the worthiest hold the right from bothx
|
|
king johnx then god forgive the sin of all those souls
|
|
that to their everlasting residencex
|
|
before the dew of evening fall shall fleet
|
|
in dreadful trial of our kingdomxs kingx
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king philipx amenx amenx mountx chevaliersx to armsx
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bastardx saint georgex that swingxd the dragonx and exer since
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sits onxs horse back at mine hostessx doorx
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teach us some fencex xto austriax sirrahx were i at homex
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at your denx sirrahx with your lionessx
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i would set an oxxhead to your lionxs hidex
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and make a monster of youx
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austriax peacex no morex
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bastardx ox tremblex for you hear the lion roarx
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king johnx up higher to the plainx where wexll set forth
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in best appointment all our regimentsx
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bastardx speed then to take advantage of the fieldx
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king philipx it shall be sox and at the other hill
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command the rest to standx god and our rightx exeunt
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herex after excursionsx enter the herald of francex
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with trumpetsx to the gates
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french heraldx you men of angiersx open wide your gates
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and let young arthurx duke of britainex inx
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who by the hand of france this day hath made
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much work for tears in many an english motherx
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whose sons lie scattered on the bleeding groundx
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many a widowxs husband grovelling liesx
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coldly embracing the discoloured earthx
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and victory with little loss doth play
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upon the dancing banners of the frenchx
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who are at handx triumphantly displayedx
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to enter conquerorsx and to proclaim
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arthur of britaine englandxs king and yoursx
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enter english heraldx with trumpet
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english heraldx rejoicex you men of angiersx ring your bellsx
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king johnx your king and englandxsx doth approachx
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commander of this hot malicious dayx
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their armours that marchxd hence so silverxbright
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hither return all gilt with frenchmenxs bloodx
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there stuck no plume in any english crest
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that is removed by a staff of francex
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our colours do return in those same hands
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that did display them when we first marchxd forthx
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and like a jolly troop of huntsmen come
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our lusty englishx all with purpled handsx
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dyxd in the dying slaughter of their foesx
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open your gates and give the victors wayx
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citizenx heraldsx from off our towxrs we might behold
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from first to last the onset and retire
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of both your armiesx whose equality
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by our best eyes cannot be censuredx
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blood hath bought bloodx and blows have answerxd blowsx
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strength matchxd with strengthx and power confronted powerx
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both are alikex and both alike we likex
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one must prove greatestx while they weigh so evenx
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we hold our town for neitherx yet for bothx
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enter the two kingsx with their powersx at several doors
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king johnx francex hast thou yet more blood to cast awayx
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sayx shall the current of our right run onx
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whose passagex vexxd with thy impedimentx
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shall leave his native channel and oxerswell
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with course disturbxd even thy confining shoresx
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unless thou let his silver water keep
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a peaceful progress to the oceanx
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king philipx englandx thou hast not savxd one drop of blood
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in this hot trial more than we of francex
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ratherx lost morex and by this hand i swearx
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that sways the earth this climate overlooksx
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before we will lay down our justxborne armsx
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wexll put thee downx xgainst whom these arms we bearx
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or add a royal number to the deadx
|
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gracing the scroll that tells of this warxs loss
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with slaughter coupled to the name of kingsx
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bastardx hax majestyx how high thy glory towxrs
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when the rich blood of kings is set on firex
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ox now doth death line his dead chaps with steelx
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the swords of soldiers are his teethx his fangsx
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and now he feastsx mousing the flesh of menx
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in undeterminxd differences of kingsx
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why stand these royal fronts amazed thusx
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cry xhavocxx kingsx back to the stained fieldx
|
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you equal potentsx fiery kindled spiritsx
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then let confusion of one part confirm
|
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the otherxs peacex till thenx blowsx bloodx and deathx
|
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king johnx whose party do the townsmen yet admitx
|
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king philipx speakx citizensx for englandx whoxs your kingx
|
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citizenx the king of englandx when we know the kingx
|
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king philipx know him in us that here hold up his rightx
|
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king johnx in us that are our own great deputy
|
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and bear possession of our person herex
|
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lord of our presencex angiersx and of youx
|
|
citizenx a greater powxr than we denies all thisx
|
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and till it be undoubtedx we do lock
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our former scruple in our strongxbarrxd gatesx
|
|
kingxd of our fearsx until our fearsx resolvxdx
|
|
be by some certain king purgxd and deposxdx
|
|
bastardx by heavenx these scroyles of angiers flout youx kingsx
|
|
and stand securely on their battlements
|
|
as in a theatrex whence they gape and point
|
|
at your industrious scenes and acts of deathx
|
|
your royal presences be rulxd by mex
|
|
do like the mutines of jerusalemx
|
|
be friends awhilex and both conjointly bend
|
|
your sharpest deeds of malice on this townx
|
|
by east and west let france and england mount
|
|
their battering cannonx charged to the mouthsx
|
|
till their soulxfearing clamours have brawlxd down
|
|
the flinty ribs of this contemptuous cityx
|
|
ixd play incessantly upon these jadesx
|
|
even till unfenced desolation
|
|
leave them as naked as the vulgar airx
|
|
that donex dissever your united strengths
|
|
and part your mingled colours once againx
|
|
turn face to face and bloody point to pointx
|
|
then in a moment fortune shall cull forth
|
|
out of one side her happy minionx
|
|
to whom in favour she shall give the dayx
|
|
and kiss him with a glorious victoryx
|
|
how like you this wild counselx mighty statesx
|
|
smacks it not something of the policyx
|
|
king johnx nowx by the sky that hangs above our headsx
|
|
i like it wellx francex shall we knit our powxrs
|
|
and lay this angiers even with the groundx
|
|
then after fight who shall be king of itx
|
|
bastardx an if thou hast the mettle of a kingx
|
|
being wrongxd as we are by this peevish townx
|
|
turn thou the mouth of thy artilleryx
|
|
as we will oursx against these saucy wallsx
|
|
and when that we have dashxd them to the groundx
|
|
why then defy each otherx and pellxmell
|
|
make work upon ourselvesx for heaven or hellx
|
|
king philipx let it be sox sayx where will you assaultx
|
|
king johnx we from the west will send destruction
|
|
into this cityxs bosomx
|
|
austriax i from the northx
|
|
king philipx our thunder from the south
|
|
shall rain their drift of bullets on this townx
|
|
bastardx xasidex o prudent disciplinex from north to southx
|
|
austria and france shoot in each otherxs mouthx
|
|
ixll stir them to itxxcomex awayx awayx
|
|
citizenx hear usx great kingsx vouchsafe awhile to stayx
|
|
and i shall show you peace and fairxfacxd leaguex
|
|
win you this city without stroke or woundx
|
|
rescue those breathing lives to die in beds
|
|
that here come sacrifices for the fieldx
|
|
persever notx but hear mex mighty kingsx
|
|
king johnx speak on with favourx we are bent to hearx
|
|
citizenx that daughter there of spainx the lady blanchx
|
|
is niece to englandx look upon the years
|
|
of lewis the dauphin and that lovely maidx
|
|
if lusty love should go in quest of beautyx
|
|
where should he find it fairer than in blanchx
|
|
if zealous love should go in search of virtuex
|
|
where should he find it purer than in blanchx
|
|
if love ambitious sought a match of birthx
|
|
whose veins bound richer blood than lady blanchx
|
|
such as she isx in beautyx virtuex birthx
|
|
is the young dauphin every way completex
|
|
if not complete ofx say he is not shex
|
|
and she again wants nothingx to name wantx
|
|
if want it be not that she is not hex
|
|
he is the half part of a blessed manx
|
|
left to be finished by such as shex
|
|
and she a fair divided excellencex
|
|
whose fulness of perfection lies in himx
|
|
ox two such silver currentsx when they joinx
|
|
do glorify the banks that bound them inx
|
|
and two such shores to two such streams made onex
|
|
two such controlling boundsx shall you bex kingsx
|
|
to these two princesx if you marry themx
|
|
this union shall do more than battery can
|
|
to our fastxclosed gatesx for at this match
|
|
with swifter spleen than powder can enforcex
|
|
the mouth of passage shall we fling wide ope
|
|
and give you entrancex but without this matchx
|
|
the sea enraged is not half so deafx
|
|
lions more confidentx mountains and rocks
|
|
more free from motionxnox not death himself
|
|
in mortal fury half so peremptory
|
|
as we to keep this cityx
|
|
bastardx herexs a stay
|
|
that shakes the rotten carcass of old death
|
|
out of his ragsx herexs a large mouthx indeedx
|
|
that spits forth death and mountainsx rocks and seasx
|
|
talks as familiarly of roaring lions
|
|
as maids of thirteen do of puppyxdogsx
|
|
what cannoneer begot this lusty bloodx
|
|
he speaks plain cannonxfirex and smoke and bouncex
|
|
he gives the bastinado with his tonguex
|
|
our ears are cudgellxdx not a word of his
|
|
but buffets better than a fist of francex
|
|
zoundsx i was never so bethumpxd with words
|
|
since i first callxd my brotherxs father dadx
|
|
elinorx sonx list to this conjunctionx make this matchx
|
|
give with our niece a dowry large enoughx
|
|
for by this knot thou shalt so surely tie
|
|
thy now unsurxd assurance to the crown
|
|
that yon green boy shall have no sun to ripe
|
|
the bloom that promiseth a mighty fruitx
|
|
i see a yielding in the looks of francex
|
|
mark how they whisperx urge them while their souls
|
|
are capable of this ambitionx
|
|
lest zealx now melted by the windy breath
|
|
of soft petitionsx pityx and remorsex
|
|
cool and congeal again to what it wasx
|
|
citizenx why answer not the double majesties
|
|
this friendly treaty of our threatxned townx
|
|
king philipx speak england firstx that hath been forward first
|
|
to speak unto this cityx what say youx
|
|
king johnx if that the dauphin therex thy princely sonx
|
|
can in this book of beauty read xi lovexx
|
|
her dowry shall weigh equal with a queenx
|
|
for anjoux and fair tourainex mainex poictiersx
|
|
and all that we upon this side the seax
|
|
except this city now by us besiegxdx
|
|
find liable to our crown and dignityx
|
|
shall gild her bridal bedx and make her rich
|
|
in titlesx honoursx and promotionsx
|
|
as she in beautyx educationx bloodx
|
|
holds hand with any princess of the worldx
|
|
king philipx what sayxst thoux boyx look in the ladyxs facex
|
|
lewisx i dox my lordx and in her eye i find
|
|
a wonderx or a wondrous miraclex
|
|
the shadow of myself formxd in her eyex
|
|
whichx being but the shadow of your sonx
|
|
becomes a sunx and makes your son a shadowx
|
|
i do protest i never lovxd myself
|
|
till now infixed i beheld myself
|
|
drawn in the flattering table of her eyex
|
|
xwhispers with blanchx
|
|
bastardx xasidex drawn in the flattering table of her eyex
|
|
hangxd in the frowning wrinkle of her browx
|
|
and quarterxd in her heartxhe doth espy
|
|
himself lovexs traitorx this is pity nowx
|
|
that hangxd and drawn and quarterxd there should be
|
|
in such a love so vile a lout as hex
|
|
blanchx my unclexs will in this respect is minex
|
|
if he see aught in you that makes him likex
|
|
that anything he sees which moves his liking
|
|
i can with ease translate it to my willx
|
|
or if you willx to speak more properlyx
|
|
i will enforce it easxly to my lovex
|
|
further i will not flatter youx my lordx
|
|
that all i see in you is worthy lovex
|
|
than thisx that nothing do i see in youx
|
|
though churlish thoughts themselves should be your judgex
|
|
that i can find should merit any hatex
|
|
king johnx what say these young onesx what say youx my niecex
|
|
blanchx that she is bound in honour still to do
|
|
what you in wisdom still vouchsafe to sayx
|
|
king johnx speak thenx prince dauphinx can you love this ladyx
|
|
lewisx nayx ask me if i can refrain from lovex
|
|
for i do love her most unfeignedlyx
|
|
king johnx then do i give volquessenx tourainex mainex
|
|
poictiersx and anjoux these five provincesx
|
|
with her to theex and this addition morex
|
|
full thirty thousand marks of english coinx
|
|
philip of francex if thou be pleasxd withalx
|
|
command thy son and daughter to join handsx
|
|
king philipx it likes us wellx young princesx close your handsx
|
|
austriax and your lips toox for i am well assurxd
|
|
that i did so when i was first assurxdx
|
|
king philipx nowx citizens of angiersx ope your gatesx
|
|
let in that amity which you have madex
|
|
for at saint maryxs chapel presently
|
|
the rites of marriage shall be solemnizxdx
|
|
is not the lady constance in this troopx
|
|
i know she is notx for this match made up
|
|
her presence would have interrupted muchx
|
|
where is she and her sonx tell mex who knowsx
|
|
lewisx she is sad and passionate at your highnessx tentx
|
|
king philipx andx by my faithx this league that we have made
|
|
will give her sadness very little curex
|
|
brother of englandx how may we content
|
|
this widow ladyx in her right we camex
|
|
which wex god knowsx have turnxd another wayx
|
|
to our own vantagex
|
|
king johnx we will heal up allx
|
|
for wexll create young arthur duke of britainex
|
|
and earl of richmondx and this rich fair town
|
|
we make him lord ofx call the lady constancex
|
|
some speedy messenger bid her repair
|
|
to our solemnityx i trust we shallx
|
|
if not fill up the measure of her willx
|
|
yet in some measure satisfy her so
|
|
that we shall stop her exclamationx
|
|
go we as well as haste will suffer us
|
|
to this unlookxdxforx unprepared pompx
|
|
exeunt all but the bastard
|
|
bastardx mad worldx mad kingsx mad compositionx
|
|
johnx to stop arthurxs tide in the wholex
|
|
hath willingly departed with a partx
|
|
and francex whose armour conscience buckled onx
|
|
whom zeal and charity brought to the field
|
|
as godxs own soldierx rounded in the ear
|
|
with that same purposexchangerx that sly devilx
|
|
that broker that still breaks the pate of faithx
|
|
that daily breakxvowx he that wins of allx
|
|
of kingsx of beggarsx old menx young menx maidsx
|
|
who having no external thing to lose
|
|
but the word xmaidxx cheats the poor maid of thatx
|
|
that smoothxfacxd gentlemanx tickling commodityx
|
|
commodityx the bias of the worldx
|
|
the worldx who of itself is peised wellx
|
|
made to run even upon even groundx
|
|
till this advantagex this vilexdrawing biasx
|
|
this sway of motionx this commodityx
|
|
makes it take head from all indifferencyx
|
|
from all directionx purposex coursex intentx
|
|
and this same biasx this commodityx
|
|
this bawdx this brokerx this allxchanging wordx
|
|
clappxd on the outward eye of fickle francex
|
|
hath drawn him from his own determinxd aidx
|
|
from a resolvxd and honourable warx
|
|
to a most base and vilexconcluded peacex
|
|
and why rail i on this commodityx
|
|
but for because he hath not wooxd me yetx
|
|
not that i have the power to clutch my hand
|
|
when his fair angels would salute my palmx
|
|
but for my handx as unattempted yetx
|
|
like a poor beggar raileth on the richx
|
|
wellx whiles i am a beggarx i will rail
|
|
and say there is no sin but to be richx
|
|
and being richx my virtue then shall be
|
|
to say there is no vice but beggaryx
|
|
since kings break faith upon commodityx
|
|
gainx be my lordx for i will worship theex exit
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|
|
|
act iiix scene xx
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|
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|
francex the french kingxs camp
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|
|
|
enter constancex arthurx and salisbury
|
|
|
|
constancex gone to be marriedx gone to swear a peacex
|
|
false blood to false blood joinxdx gone to be friendsx
|
|
shall lewis have blanchx and blanch those provincesx
|
|
it is not sox thou hast misspokex misheardx
|
|
be well advisxdx tell oxer thy tale againx
|
|
it cannot bex thou dost but say xtis sox
|
|
i trust i may not trust theex for thy word
|
|
is but the vain breath of a common manx
|
|
believe me i do not believe theex manx
|
|
i have a kingxs oath to the contraryx
|
|
thou shalt be punishxd for thus frighting mex
|
|
for i am sick and capable of fearsx
|
|
oppressxd with wrongsx and therefore full of fearsx
|
|
a widowx husbandlessx subject to fearsx
|
|
a womanx naturally born to fearsx
|
|
and though thou now confess thou didst but jestx
|
|
with my vexxd spirits i cannot take a trucex
|
|
but they will quake and tremble all this dayx
|
|
what dost thou mean by shaking of thy headx
|
|
why dost thou look so sadly on my sonx
|
|
what means that hand upon that breast of thinex
|
|
why holds thine eye that lamentable rheumx
|
|
like a proud river peering oxer his boundsx
|
|
be these sad signs confirmers of thy wordsx
|
|
then speak againxnot all thy former talex
|
|
but this one wordx whether thy tale be truex
|
|
salisburyx as true as i believe you think them false
|
|
that give you cause to prove my saying truex
|
|
constancex ox if thou teach me to believe this sorrowx
|
|
teach thou this sorrow how to make me diex
|
|
and let belief and life encounter so
|
|
as doth the fury of two desperate men
|
|
which in the very meeting fall and diex
|
|
lewis marry blanchx o boyx then where art thoux
|
|
france friend with englandx what becomes of mex
|
|
fellowx be gonex i cannot brook thy sightx
|
|
this news hath made thee a most ugly manx
|
|
salisburyx what other harm have ix good ladyx done
|
|
but spoke the harm that is by others donex
|
|
constancex which harm within itself so heinous is
|
|
as it makes harmful all that speak of itx
|
|
arthurx i do beseech youx madamx be contentx
|
|
constancex if thou that bidxst me be content wert grimx
|
|
uglyx and slandxrous to thy motherxs wombx
|
|
full of unpleasing blots and sightless stainsx
|
|
lamex foolishx crookedx swartx prodigiousx
|
|
patchxd with foul moles and eyexoffending marksx
|
|
i would not carex i then would be contentx
|
|
for then i should not love theex nox nor thou
|
|
become thy great birthx nor deserve a crownx
|
|
but thou art fairx and at thy birthx dear boyx
|
|
nature and fortune joinxd to make thee greatx
|
|
of naturexs gifts thou mayst with lilies boastx
|
|
and with the halfxblown rosex but fortunex ox
|
|
she is corruptedx changxdx and won from theex
|
|
shx adulterates hourly with thine uncle johnx
|
|
and with her golden hand hath pluckxd on france
|
|
to tread down fair respect of sovereigntyx
|
|
and made his majesty the bawd to theirsx
|
|
france is a bawd to fortune and king johnx
|
|
that strumpet fortunex that usurping johnx
|
|
tell mex thou fellowx is not france forswornx
|
|
envenom him with wordsx or get thee gone
|
|
and leave those woes alone which i alone
|
|
am bound to underxbearx
|
|
salisburyx pardon mex madamx
|
|
i may not go without you to the kingsx
|
|
constancex thou maystx thou shaltx i will not go with theex
|
|
i will instruct my sorrows to be proudx
|
|
for grief is proudx and makes his owner stoopx
|
|
to mex and to the state of my great griefx
|
|
let kings assemblex for my griefxs so great
|
|
that no supporter but the huge firm earth
|
|
can hold it upx xseats herself on the groundx
|
|
here i and sorrows sitx
|
|
here is my thronex bid kings come bow to itx
|
|
|
|
enter king johnx king philipx lewisx blanchx
|
|
elinorx the bastardx austriax and attendants
|
|
|
|
king philipx xtis truex fair daughterx and this blessed day
|
|
ever in france shall be kept festivalx
|
|
to solemnize this day the glorious sun
|
|
stays in his course and plays the alchemistx
|
|
turning with splendour of his precious eye
|
|
the meagre cloddy earth to glittering goldx
|
|
the yearly course that brings this day about
|
|
shall never see it but a holidayx
|
|
constancex xrisingx a wicked dayx and not a holy dayx
|
|
what hath this day deservxdx what hath it done
|
|
that it in golden letters should be set
|
|
among the high tides in the calendarx
|
|
nayx rather turn this day out of the weekx
|
|
this day of shamex oppressionx perjuryx
|
|
orx if it must stand stillx let wives with child
|
|
pray that their burdens may not fall this dayx
|
|
lest that their hopes prodigiously be crossxdx
|
|
but on this day let seamen fear no wreckx
|
|
no bargains break that are not this day madex
|
|
this dayx all things begun come to ill endx
|
|
yeax faith itself to hollow falsehood changex
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king philipx by heavenx ladyx you shall have no cause
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to curse the fair proceedings of this dayx
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have i not pawnxd to you my majestyx
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constancex you have beguilxd me with a counterfeit
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resembling majestyx whichx being touchxd and triedx
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proves valuelessx you are forswornx forswornx
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you came in arms to spill mine enemiesx bloodx
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but now in arms you strengthen it with yoursx
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the grappling vigour and rough frown of war
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is cold in amity and painted peacex
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and our oppression hath made up this leaguex
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armx armx you heavensx against these perjurxd kingsx
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a widow criesx be husband to mex heavensx
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let not the hours of this ungodly day
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wear out the day in peacex butx ere sunsetx
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set armed discord xtwixt these perjurxd kingsx
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hear mex ox hear mex
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austriax lady constancex peacex
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constancex warx warx no peacex peace is to me a warx
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o lymogesx o austriax thou dost shame
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that bloody spoilx thou slavex thou wretchx thou cowardx
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thou little valiantx great in villainyx
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thou ever strong upon the stronger sidex
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thou fortunexs champion that dost never fight
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but when her humorous ladyship is by
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to teach thee safetyx thou art perjurxd toox
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and soothxst up greatnessx what a fool art thoux
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a ramping foolx to brag and stamp and swear
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upon my partyx thou coldxblooded slavex
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hast thou not spoke like thunder on my sidex
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been sworn my soldierx bidding me depend
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upon thy starsx thy fortunex and thy strengthx
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and dost thou now fall over to my foesx
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thou wear a lionxs hidex doff it for shamex
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and hang a calfxsxskin on those recreant limbsx
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austriax o that a man should speak those words to mex
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bastardx and hang a calfxsxskin on those recreant limbsx
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austriax thou darxst not say sox villainx for thy lifex
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bastardx and hang a calfxsxskin on those recreant limbsx
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king johnx we like not thisx thou dost forget thyselfx
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enter pandulph
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king philipx here comes the holy legate of the popex
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pandulphx hailx you anointed deputies of heavenx
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to theex king johnx my holy errand isx
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i pandulphx of fair milan cardinalx
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and from pope innocent the legate herex
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do in his name religiously demand
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why thou against the churchx our holy motherx
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so wilfully dost spurnx and force perforce
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keep stephen langtonx chosen archbishop
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of canterburyx from that holy seex
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thisx in our foresaid holy fatherxs namex
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pope innocentx i do demand of theex
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king johnx what earthly name to interrogatories
|
|
can task the free breath of a sacred kingx
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thou canst notx cardinalx devise a name
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so slightx unworthyx and ridiculousx
|
|
to charge me to an answerx as the popex
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tell him this talex and from the mouth of england
|
|
add thus much morex that no italian priest
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|
shall tithe or toll in our dominionsx
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|
but as we under heaven are supreme headx
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|
sox under him that great supremacyx
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|
where we do reign we will alone upholdx
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|
without thx assistance of a mortal handx
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|
so tell the popex all reverence set apart
|
|
to him and his usurpxd authorityx
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|
king philipx brother of englandx you blaspheme in thisx
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|
king johnx though you and all the kings of christendom
|
|
are led so grossly by this meddling priestx
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dreading the curse that money may buy outx
|
|
and by the merit of vile goldx drossx dustx
|
|
purchase corrupted pardon of a manx
|
|
who in that sale sells pardon from himselfx
|
|
though you and all the restx so grossly ledx
|
|
this juggling witchcraft with revenue cherishx
|
|
yet i alonex alone do me oppose
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against the popex and count his friends my foesx
|
|
pandulphx then by the lawful power that i have
|
|
thou shalt stand cursxd and excommunicatex
|
|
and blessed shall he be that doth revolt
|
|
from his allegiance to an hereticx
|
|
and meritorious shall that hand be callxdx
|
|
canonizedx and worshippxd as a saintx
|
|
that takes away by any secret course
|
|
thy hateful lifex
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|
constancex ox lawful let it be
|
|
that i have room with rome to curse awhilex
|
|
good father cardinalx cry thou xamenx
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|
to my keen cursesx for without my wrong
|
|
there is no tongue hath power to curse him rightx
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|
pandulphx therexs law and warrantx ladyx for my cursex
|
|
constancex and for mine toox when law can do no rightx
|
|
let it be lawful that law bar no wrongx
|
|
law cannot give my child his kingdom herex
|
|
for he that holds his kingdom holds the lawx
|
|
thereforex since law itself is perfect wrongx
|
|
how can the law forbid my tongue to cursex
|
|
pandulphx philip of francex on peril of a cursex
|
|
let go the hand of that archxhereticx
|
|
and raise the power of france upon his headx
|
|
unless he do submit himself to romex
|
|
elinorx lookxst thou palex francex do not let go thy handx
|
|
constancex look to thatx devilx lest that france repent
|
|
and by disjoining hands hell lose a soulx
|
|
austriax king philipx listen to the cardinalx
|
|
bastardx and hang a calfxsxskin on his recreant limbsx
|
|
austriax wellx ruffianx i must pocket up these wrongsx
|
|
becausex
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|
bastardx your breeches best may carry themx
|
|
king johnx philipx what sayxst thou to the cardinalx
|
|
constancex what should he sayx but as the cardinalx
|
|
lewisx bethink youx fatherx for the difference
|
|
is purchase of a heavy curse from rome
|
|
or the light loss of england for a friendx
|
|
forgo the easierx
|
|
blanchx thatxs the curse of romex
|
|
constancex o lewisx stand fastx the devil tempts thee here
|
|
in likeness of a new untrimmed bridex
|
|
blanchx the lady constance speaks not from her faithx
|
|
but from her needx
|
|
constancex ox if thou grant my needx
|
|
which only lives but by the death of faithx
|
|
that need must needs infer this principlex
|
|
that faith would live again by death of needx
|
|
o thenx tread down my needx and faith mounts upx
|
|
keep my need upx and faith is trodden downx
|
|
king johnx the king is movxdx and answers not to thisx
|
|
constancex o be removxd from himx and answer wellx
|
|
austriax do sox king philipx hang no more in doubtx
|
|
bastardx hang nothing but a calfxsxskinx most sweet loutx
|
|
king philipx i am perplexxd and know not what to sayx
|
|
pandulphx what canst thou say but will perplex thee morex
|
|
if thou stand excommunicate and cursxdx
|
|
king philipx good reverend fatherx make my person yoursx
|
|
and tell me how you would bestow yourselfx
|
|
this royal hand and mine are newly knitx
|
|
and the conjunction of our inward souls
|
|
married in leaguex coupled and linkxd together
|
|
with all religious strength of sacred vowsx
|
|
the latest breath that gave the sound of words
|
|
was deepxsworn faithx peacex amityx true lovex
|
|
between our kingdoms and our royal selvesx
|
|
and even before this trucex but new beforex
|
|
no longer than we well could wash our handsx
|
|
to clap this royal bargain up of peacex
|
|
heaven knowsx they were besmearxd and overstainxd
|
|
with slaughterxs pencilx where revenge did paint
|
|
the fearful difference of incensed kingsx
|
|
and shall these handsx so lately purgxd of bloodx
|
|
so newly joinxd in lovex so strong in bothx
|
|
unyoke this seizure and this kind regreetx
|
|
play fast and loose with faithx so jest with heavenx
|
|
make such unconstant children of ourselvesx
|
|
as now again to snatch our palm from palmx
|
|
unswear faith swornx and on the marriagexbed
|
|
of smiling peace to march a bloody hostx
|
|
and make a riot on the gentle brow
|
|
of true sincerityx ox holy sirx
|
|
my reverend fatherx let it not be sox
|
|
out of your gracex devisex ordainx imposex
|
|
some gentle orderx and then we shall be blest
|
|
to do your pleasurex and continue friendsx
|
|
pandulphx all form is formlessx order orderlessx
|
|
save what is opposite to englandxs lovex
|
|
thereforex to armsx be champion of our churchx
|
|
or let the churchx our motherx breathe her cursex
|
|
a motherxs cursexon her revolting sonx
|
|
francex thou mayst hold a serpent by the tonguex
|
|
a chafed lion by the mortal pawx
|
|
a fasting tiger safer by the toothx
|
|
than keep in peace that hand which thou dost holdx
|
|
king philipx i may disjoin my handx but not my faithx
|
|
pandulphx so makxst thou faith an enemy to faithx
|
|
and likex a civil war setxst oath to oathx
|
|
thy tongue against thy tonguex ox let thy vow
|
|
first made to heavenx first be to heaven performxdx
|
|
that isx to be the champion of our churchx
|
|
what since thou sworxst is sworn against thyself
|
|
and may not be performed by thyselfx
|
|
for that which thou hast sworn to do amiss
|
|
is not amiss when it is truly donex
|
|
and being not donex where doing tends to illx
|
|
the truth is then most done not doing itx
|
|
the better act of purposes mistook
|
|
is to mistake againx though indirectx
|
|
yet indirection thereby grows directx
|
|
and falsehood curesx as fire cools fire
|
|
within the scorched veins of one newxburnxdx
|
|
it is religion that doth make vows keptx
|
|
but thou hast sworn against religion
|
|
by what thou swearxst against the thing thou swearxstx
|
|
and makxst an oath the surety for thy truth
|
|
against an oathx the truth thou art unsure
|
|
to swear swears only not to be forswornx
|
|
else what a mockery should it be to swearx
|
|
but thou dost swear only to be forswornx
|
|
and most forsworn to keep what thou dost swearx
|
|
therefore thy later vows against thy first
|
|
is in thyself rebellion to thyselfx
|
|
and better conquest never canst thou make
|
|
than arm thy constant and thy nobler parts
|
|
against these giddy loose suggestionsx
|
|
upon which better part our prayxrs come inx
|
|
if thou vouchsafe themx but if notx then know
|
|
the peril of our curses fight on thee
|
|
so heavy as thou shalt not shake them offx
|
|
but in despair die under the black weightx
|
|
austriax rebellionx flat rebellionx
|
|
bastardx willxt not bex
|
|
will not a calfxsxskin stop that mouth of thinex
|
|
lewisx fatherx to armsx
|
|
blanchx upon thy weddingxdayx
|
|
against the blood that thou hast marriedx
|
|
whatx shall our feast be kept with slaughtered menx
|
|
shall braying trumpets and loud churlish drumsx
|
|
clamours of hellx be measures to our pompx
|
|
o husbandx hear mex ayx alackx how new
|
|
is xhusbandx in my mouthx even for that namex
|
|
which till this time my tongue did nexer pronouncex
|
|
upon my knee i begx go not to arms
|
|
against mine unclex
|
|
constancex ox upon my kneex
|
|
made hard with kneelingx i do pray to theex
|
|
thou virtuous dauphinx alter not the doom
|
|
forethought by heavenx
|
|
blanchx now shall i see thy lovex what motive may
|
|
be stronger with thee than the name of wifex
|
|
constancex that which upholdeth him that thee upholdsx
|
|
his honourx ox thine honourx lewisx thine honourx
|
|
lewisx i muse your majesty doth seem so coldx
|
|
when such profound respects do pull you onx
|
|
pandulphx i will denounce a curse upon his headx
|
|
king philipx thou shalt not needx englandx i will fall from theex
|
|
constancex o fair return of banishxd majestyx
|
|
elinorx o foul revolt of french inconstancyx
|
|
king johnx francex thou shalt rue this hour within this hourx
|
|
bastardx old time the clockxsetterx that bald sexton timex
|
|
is it as he willx well thenx france shall ruex
|
|
blanchx the sunxs oxercast with bloodx fair dayx adieux
|
|
which is the side that i must go withalx
|
|
i am with bothx each army hath a handx
|
|
and in their ragex i having hold of bothx
|
|
they whirl asunder and dismember mex
|
|
husbandx i cannot pray that thou mayst winx
|
|
unclex i needs must pray that thou mayst losex
|
|
fatherx i may not wish the fortune thinex
|
|
grandamx i will not wish thy wishes thrivex
|
|
whoever winsx on that side shall i losex
|
|
assured loss before the match be playxdx
|
|
lewisx ladyx with mex with me thy fortune liesx
|
|
blanchx there where my fortune livesx there my life diesx
|
|
king johnx cousinx go draw our puissance togetherx
|
|
exit bastard
|
|
francex i am burnxd up with inflaming wrathx
|
|
a rage whose heat hath this condition
|
|
that nothing can allayx nothing but bloodx
|
|
the bloodx and dearestxvaluxd bloodx of francex
|
|
king philipx thy rage shall burn thee upx and thou shalt turn
|
|
to ashesx ere our blood shall quench that firex
|
|
look to thyselfx thou art in jeopardyx
|
|
king johnx no more than he that threatsx to arms letxs hiex
|
|
exeunt severally
|
|
|
|
scene xx
|
|
|
|
francex plains near angiers
|
|
|
|
alarumsx excursionsx enter the bastard with austriaxs head
|
|
|
|
bastardx nowx by my lifex this day grows wondrous hotx
|
|
some airy devil hovers in the sky
|
|
and pours down mischiefx austriaxs head lie therex
|
|
while philip breathesx
|
|
|
|
enter king johnx arthurx and hubert
|
|
|
|
king johnx hubertx keep this boyx philipx make upx
|
|
my mother is assailed in our tentx
|
|
and taxenx i fearx
|
|
bastardx my lordx i rescued herx
|
|
her highness is in safetyx fear you notx
|
|
but onx my liegex for very little pains
|
|
will bring this labour to an happy endx exeunt
|
|
|
|
scene xx
|
|
|
|
francex plains near angiers
|
|
|
|
alarumsx excursionsx retreatx enter king johnx elinorx arthurx the
|
|
bastardx hubertx and lords
|
|
|
|
king johnx xto elinorx so shall it bex your grace shall stay
|
|
behindx
|
|
so strongly guardedx xto arthurx cousinx look not sadx
|
|
thy grandam loves theex and thy uncle will
|
|
as dear be to thee as thy father wasx
|
|
arthurx ox this will make my mother die with griefx
|
|
king johnx xto the bastardx cousinx away for englandx haste
|
|
beforex
|
|
andx ere our comingx see thou shake the bags
|
|
of hoarding abbotsx imprisoned angels
|
|
set at libertyx the fat ribs of peace
|
|
must by the hungry now be fed uponx
|
|
use our commission in his utmost forcex
|
|
bastardx bellx bookx and candlex shall not drive me backx
|
|
when gold and silver becks me to come onx
|
|
i leave your highnessx grandamx i will prayx
|
|
if ever i remember to be holyx
|
|
for your fair safetyx sox i kiss your handx
|
|
elinorx farewellx gentle cousinx
|
|
king johnx cozx farewellx
|
|
exit bastard
|
|
elinorx come hitherx little kinsmanx harkx a wordx
|
|
king johnx come hitherx hubertx o my gentle hubertx
|
|
we owe thee muchx within this wall of flesh
|
|
there is a soul counts thee her creditorx
|
|
and with advantage means to pay thy lovex
|
|
andx my good friendx thy voluntary oath
|
|
lives in this bosomx dearly cherishedx
|
|
give me thy handx i had a thing to sayx
|
|
but i will fit it with some better timex
|
|
by heavenx hubertx i am almost ashamxd
|
|
to say what good respect i have of theex
|
|
hubertx i am much bounden to your majestyx
|
|
king johnx good friendx thou hast no cause to say so yetx
|
|
but thou shalt havex and creep time nexer so slowx
|
|
yet it shall come for me to do thee goodx
|
|
i had a thing to sayxbut let it gox
|
|
the sun is in the heavenx and the proud dayx
|
|
attended with the pleasures of the worldx
|
|
is all too wanton and too full of gawds
|
|
to give me audiencex if the midnight bell
|
|
did with his iron tongue and brazen mouth
|
|
sound on into the drowsy race of nightx
|
|
if this same were a churchyard where we standx
|
|
and thou possessed with a thousand wrongsx
|
|
or if that surly spiritx melancholyx
|
|
had bakxd thy blood and made it heavyxthickx
|
|
which else runs tickling up and down the veinsx
|
|
making that idiotx laughterx keep menxs eyes
|
|
and strain their cheeks to idle merrimentx
|
|
a passion hateful to my purposesx
|
|
or if that thou couldst see me without eyesx
|
|
hear me without thine carsx and make reply
|
|
without a tonguex using conceit alonex
|
|
without eyesx earsx and harmful sound of wordsx
|
|
thenx in despite of brooded watchful dayx
|
|
i would into thy bosom pour my thoughtsx
|
|
butx ahx i will notx yet i love thee wellx
|
|
andx by my trothx i think thou lovxst me wellx
|
|
hubertx so well that what you bid me undertakex
|
|
though that my death were adjunct to my actx
|
|
by heavenx i would do itx
|
|
king johnx do not i know thou wouldstx
|
|
good hubertx hubertx hubertx throw thine eye
|
|
on yon young boyx ixll tell thee whatx my friendx
|
|
he is a very serpent in my wayx
|
|
and wheresoexer this foot of mine doth treadx
|
|
he lies before mex dost thou understand mex
|
|
thou art his keeperx
|
|
hubertx and ixll keep him so
|
|
that he shall not offend your majestyx
|
|
king johnx deathx
|
|
hubertx my lordx
|
|
king johnx a gravex
|
|
hubertx he shall not livex
|
|
king johnx enoughx
|
|
i could be merry nowx hubertx i love theex
|
|
wellx ixll not say what i intend for theex
|
|
rememberx madamx fare you wellx
|
|
ixll send those powers oxer to your majestyx
|
|
elinorx my blessing go with theex
|
|
king johnx xto arthurx for englandx cousinx gox
|
|
hubert shall be your manx attend on you
|
|
with all true dutyx on toward calaisx hox exeunt
|
|
|
|
scene xx
|
|
|
|
francex the french kingxs camp
|
|
|
|
enter king philipx lewisx pandulphx and attendants
|
|
|
|
king philipx so by a roaring tempest on the flood
|
|
a whole armado of convicted sail
|
|
is scattered and disjoinxd from fellowshipx
|
|
pandulphx courage and comfortx all shall yet go wellx
|
|
king philipx what can go wellx when we have run so illx
|
|
are we not beatenx is not angiers lostx
|
|
arthur taxen prisonerx divers dear friends slainx
|
|
and bloody england into england gonex
|
|
oxerbearing interruptionx spite of francex
|
|
lewisx he hath wonx that hath he fortifiedx
|
|
so hot a speed with such advice disposxdx
|
|
such temperate order in so fierce a causex
|
|
doth want examplex who hath read or heard
|
|
of any kindred action like to thisx
|
|
king philipx well could i bear that england had this praisex
|
|
so we could find some pattern of our shamex
|
|
|
|
enter constance
|
|
|
|
look who comes herex a grave unto a soulx
|
|
holding thx eternal spiritx against her willx
|
|
in the vile prison of afflicted breathx
|
|
i pritheex ladyx go away with mex
|
|
constancex lo nowx now see the issue of your peacex
|
|
king philipx patiencex good ladyx comfortx gentle constancex
|
|
constancex nox i defy all counselx all redressx
|
|
but that which ends all counselx true redressx
|
|
deathx deathx o amiable lovely deathx
|
|
thou odoriferous stenchx sound rottennessx
|
|
arise forth from the couch of lasting nightx
|
|
thou hate and terror to prosperityx
|
|
and i will kiss thy detestable bonesx
|
|
and put my eyeballs in thy vaulty browsx
|
|
and ring these fingers with thy household wormsx
|
|
and stop this gap of breath with fulsome dustx
|
|
and be a carrion monster like thyselfx
|
|
comex grin on mex and i will think thou smilxstx
|
|
and buss thee as thy wifex miseryxs lovex
|
|
ox come to mex
|
|
king philipx o fair afflictionx peacex
|
|
constancex nox nox i will notx having breath to cryx
|
|
o that my tongue were in the thunderxs mouthx
|
|
then with a passion would i shake the worldx
|
|
and rouse from sleep that fell anatomy
|
|
which cannot hear a ladyxs feeble voicex
|
|
which scorns a modern invocationx
|
|
pandulphx ladyx you utter madness and not sorrowx
|
|
constancex thou art not holy to belie me sox
|
|
i am not madx this hair i tear is minex
|
|
my name is constancex i was geffreyxs wifex
|
|
young arthur is my sonx and he is lostx
|
|
i am not madxi would to heaven i werex
|
|
for then xtis like i should forget myselfx
|
|
ox if i couldx what grief should i forgetx
|
|
preach some philosophy to make me madx
|
|
and thou shalt be canonizxdx cardinalx
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forx being not madx but sensible of griefx
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my reasonable part produces reason
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how i may be deliverxd of these woesx
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and teaches me to kill or hang myselfx
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if i were mad i should forget my sonx
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or madly think a babe of clouts were hex
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i am not madx too wellx too well i feel
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the different plague of each calamityx
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king philipx bind up those tressesx ox what love i note
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in the fair multitude of those her hairsx
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where but by a chance a silver drop hath fallxnx
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even to that drop ten thousand wiry friends
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do glue themselves in sociable griefx
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like truex inseparablex faithful lovesx
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sticking together in calamityx
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constancex to englandx if you willx
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king philipx bind up your hairsx
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constancex yesx that i willx and wherefore will i do itx
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i tore them from their bondsx and cried aloud
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xo that these hands could so redeem my sonx
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as they have given these hairs their libertyxx
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but now i envy at their libertyx
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and will again commit them to their bondsx
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because my poor child is a prisonerx
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andx father cardinalx i have heard you say
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that we shall see and know our friends in heavenx
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if that be truex i shall see my boy againx
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for since the birth of cainx the first male childx
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to him that did but yesterday suspirex
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there was not such a gracious creature bornx
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but now will canker sorrow eat my bud
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and chase the native beauty from his cheekx
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and he will look as hollow as a ghostx
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as dim and meagre as an aguexs fitx
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and so hexll diex andx rising so againx
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when i shall meet him in the court of heaven
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i shall not know himx therefore neverx never
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must i behold my pretty arthur morex
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pandulphx you hold too heinous a respect of griefx
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constancex he talks to me that never had a sonx
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king philipx you are as fond of grief as of your childx
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constancex grief fills the room up of my absent childx
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lies in his bedx walks up and down with mex
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puts on his pretty looksx repeats his wordsx
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remembers me of all his gracious partsx
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stuffs out his vacant garments with his formx
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then have i reason to be fond of griefx
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fare you wellx had you such a loss as ix
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i could give better comfort than you dox
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i will not keep this form upon my headx
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xtearing her hairx
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when there is such disorder in my witx
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o lordx my boyx my arthurx my fair sonx
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my lifex my joyx my foodx my ail the worldx
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|
my widowxcomfortx and my sorrowsx curex exit
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king philipx i fear some outragex and ixll follow herx exit
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lewisx therexs nothing in this world can make me joyx
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life is as tedious as a twicextold tale
|
|
vexing the dull ear of a drowsy manx
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and bitter shame hath spoilxd the sweet worldxs tastex
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that it yields nought but shame and bitternessx
|
|
pandulphx before the curing of a strong diseasex
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|
even in the instant of repair and healthx
|
|
the fit is strongestx evils that take leave
|
|
on their departure most of all show evilx
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|
what have you lost by losing of this dayx
|
|
lewisx all days of gloryx joyx and happinessx
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pandulphx if you had won itx certainly you hadx
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nox nox when fortune means to men most goodx
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|
she looks upon them with a threatxning eyex
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xtis strange to think how much king john hath lost
|
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in this which he accounts so clearly wonx
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are not you grievxd that arthur is his prisonerx
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lewisx as heartily as he is glad he hath himx
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pandulphx your mind is all as youthful as your bloodx
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now hear me speak with a prophetic spiritx
|
|
for even the breath of what i mean to speak
|
|
shall blow each dustx each strawx each little rubx
|
|
out of the path which shall directly lead
|
|
thy foot to englandxs thronex and therefore markx
|
|
john hath seizxd arthurx and it cannot be
|
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thatx whiles warm life plays in that infantxs veinsx
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the misplacxd john should entertain an hourx
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one minutex nayx one quiet breath of restx
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|
a sceptre snatchxd with an unruly hand
|
|
must be boisterously maintainxd as gainxdx
|
|
and he that stands upon a slippxry place
|
|
makes nice of no vile hold to stay him upx
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|
that john may stand thenx arthur needs must fallx
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so be itx for it cannot be but sox
|
|
lewisx but what shall i gain by young arthurxs fallx
|
|
pandulphx youx in the right of lady blanch your wifex
|
|
may then make all the claim that arthur didx
|
|
lewisx and lose itx life and allx as arthur didx
|
|
pandulphx how green you are and fresh in this old worldx
|
|
john lays you plotsx the times conspire with youx
|
|
for he that steeps his safety in true blood
|
|
shall find but bloody safety and untruex
|
|
this actx so evilly bornex shall cool the hearts
|
|
of all his people and freeze up their zealx
|
|
that none so small advantage shall step forth
|
|
to check his reign but they will cherish itx
|
|
no natural exhalation in the skyx
|
|
no scope of naturex no distemperxd dayx
|
|
no common windx no customed eventx
|
|
but they will pluck away his natural cause
|
|
and call them meteorsx prodigiesx and signsx
|
|
abortivesx presagesx and tongues of heavenx
|
|
plainly denouncing vengeance upon johnx
|
|
lewisx may be he will not touch young arthurxs lifex
|
|
but hold himself safe in his prisonmentx
|
|
pandulphx ox sirx when he shall hear of your approachx
|
|
if that young arthur be not gone alreadyx
|
|
even at that news he diesx and then the hearts
|
|
of all his people shall revolt from himx
|
|
and kiss the lips of unacquainted changex
|
|
and pick strong matter of revolt and wrath
|
|
out of the bloody fingersx ends of johnx
|
|
methinks i see this hurly all on footx
|
|
andx ox what better matter breeds for you
|
|
than i have namxdx the bastard faulconbridge
|
|
is now in england ransacking the churchx
|
|
offending charityx if but a dozen french
|
|
were there in armsx they would be as a can
|
|
to train ten thousand english to their sidex
|
|
or as a little snowx tumbled aboutx
|
|
anon becomes a mountainx o noble dauphinx
|
|
go with me to the kingx xtis wonderful
|
|
what may be wrought out of their discontentx
|
|
now that their souls are topful of offencex
|
|
for england gox i will whet on the kingx
|
|
lewisx strong reasons makes strong actionsx let us gox
|
|
if you say ayx the king will not say nox exeunt
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|
|
|
act ivx scene xx
|
|
|
|
englandx a castle
|
|
|
|
enter hubert and executioners
|
|
|
|
hubertx heat me these irons hotx and look thou stand
|
|
within the arrasx when i strike my foot
|
|
upon the bosom of the groundx rush forth
|
|
and bind the boy which you shall find with me
|
|
fast to the chairx be heedfulx hencex and watchx
|
|
executionerx i hope your warrant will bear out the deedx
|
|
hubertx uncleanly scruplesx fear not youx look toxtx
|
|
exeunt executioners
|
|
young ladx come forthx i have to say with youx
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|
|
|
enter arthur
|
|
|
|
arthurx good morrowx hubertx
|
|
hubertx good morrowx little princex
|
|
arthurx as little princex having so great a tide
|
|
to be more princex as may bex you are sadx
|
|
hubertx indeed i have been merrierx
|
|
arthurx mercy on mex
|
|
methinks no body should be sad but ix
|
|
yetx i rememberx when i was in francex
|
|
young gentlemen would be as sad as nightx
|
|
only for wantonnessx by my christendomx
|
|
so i were out of prison and kept sheepx
|
|
i should be as merry as the day is longx
|
|
and so i would be here but that i doubt
|
|
my uncle practises more harm to mex
|
|
he is afraid of mex and i of himx
|
|
is it my fault that i was geffreyxs sonx
|
|
nox indeedx ist notx and i would to heaven
|
|
i were your sonx so you would love mex hubertx
|
|
hubertx xasidex if i talk to himx with his innocent prate
|
|
he will awake my mercyx which lies deadx
|
|
therefore i will be sudden and dispatchx
|
|
arthurx are you sickx hubertx you look pale toxdayx
|
|
in soothx i would you were a little sickx
|
|
that i might sit all night and watch with youx
|
|
i warrant i love you more than you do mex
|
|
hubertx xasidex his words do take possession of my bosomxx
|
|
read herex young arthurx xshowing a paperx
|
|
xasidex how nowx foolish rheumx
|
|
turning dispiteous torture out of doorx
|
|
i must be briefx lest resolution drop
|
|
out at mine eyes in tender womanish tearsxx
|
|
can you not read itx is it not fair writx
|
|
arthurx too fairlyx hubertx for so foul effectx
|
|
must you with hot irons burn out both mine eyesx
|
|
hubertx young boyx i mustx
|
|
arthurx and will youx
|
|
hubertx and i willx
|
|
arthurx have you the heartx when your head did but achex
|
|
i knit my handkerchief about your browsx
|
|
the best i hadx a princess wrought it mex
|
|
and i did never ask it you againx
|
|
and with my hand at midnight held your headx
|
|
andx like the watchful minutes to the hourx
|
|
still and anon cheerxd up the heavy timex
|
|
saying xwhat lack youxx and xwhere lies your griefxx
|
|
or xwhat good love may i perform for youxx
|
|
many a poor manxs son would have lyen stillx
|
|
and nexer have spoke a loving word to youx
|
|
but you at your sick service had a princex
|
|
nayx you may think my love was crafty lovex
|
|
and call it cunningx dox an if you willx
|
|
if heaven be pleasxd that you must use me illx
|
|
whyx then you mustx will you put out mine eyesx
|
|
these eyes that never did nor never shall
|
|
so much as frown on youx
|
|
hubertx i have sworn to do itx
|
|
and with hot irons must i burn them outx
|
|
arthurx ahx none but in this iron age would do itx
|
|
the iron of itselfx though heat redxhotx
|
|
approaching near these eyes would drink my tearsx
|
|
and quench his fiery indignation
|
|
even in the matter of mine innocencex
|
|
nayx after thatx consume away in rust
|
|
but for containing fire to harm mine eyex
|
|
are you more stubbornxhard than hammerxd ironx
|
|
an if an angel should have come to me
|
|
and told me hubert should put out mine eyesx
|
|
i would not have believxd himxno tongue but hubertxsx
|
|
hubertx xstampsx come forthx
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|
|
|
rexenter executionersx with cordx ironsx etcx
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|
|
|
do as i bid you dox
|
|
arthurx ox save mex hubertx save mex my eyes are out
|
|
even with the fierce looks of these bloody menx
|
|
hubertx give me the ironx i sayx and bind him herex
|
|
arthurx alasx what need you be so boistxrous roughx
|
|
i will not strugglex i will stand stonexstillx
|
|
for heaven sakex hubertx let me not be boundx
|
|
nayx hear mex hubertx drive these men awayx
|
|
and i will sit as quiet as a lambx
|
|
i will not stirx nor wincex nor speak a wordx
|
|
nor look upon the iron angrilyx
|
|
thrust but these men awayx and ixll forgive youx
|
|
whatever torment you do put me tox
|
|
hubertx gox stand withinx let me alone with himx
|
|
executionerx i am best pleasxd to be from such a deedx
|
|
exeunt executioners
|
|
arthurx alasx i then have chid away my friendx
|
|
he hath a stern look but a gentle heartx
|
|
let him come backx that his compassion may
|
|
give life to yoursx
|
|
hubertx comex boyx prepare yourselfx
|
|
arthurx is there no remedyx
|
|
hubertx nonex but to lose your eyesx
|
|
arthurx o heavenx that there were but a mote in yoursx
|
|
a grainx a dustx a gnatx a wandering hairx
|
|
any annoyance in that precious sensex
|
|
thenx feeling what small things are boisterous therex
|
|
your vile intent must needs seem horriblex
|
|
hubertx is this your promisex go tox hold your tonguex
|
|
arthurx hubertx the utterance of a brace of tongues
|
|
must needs want pleading for a pair of eyesx
|
|
let me not hold my tonguex let me notx hubertx
|
|
orx hubertx if you willx cut out my tonguex
|
|
so i may keep mine eyesx ox spare mine eyesx
|
|
though to no use but still to look on youx
|
|
lox by my trothx the instrument is cold
|
|
and would not harm mex
|
|
hubertx i can heat itx boyx
|
|
arthurx nox in good soothx the fire is dead with griefx
|
|
being create for comfortx to be usxd
|
|
in undeserved extremesx see else yourselfx
|
|
there is no malice in this burning coalx
|
|
the breath of heaven hath blown his spirit outx
|
|
and strewxd repentant ashes on his headx
|
|
hubertx but with my breath i can revive itx boyx
|
|
arthurx an if you dox you will but make it blush
|
|
and glow with shame of your proceedingsx hubertx
|
|
nayx it perchance will sparkle in your eyesx
|
|
andx like a dog that is compellxd to fightx
|
|
snatch at his master that doth tarre him onx
|
|
all things that you should use to do me wrong
|
|
deny their officex only you do lack
|
|
that mercy which fierce fire and iron extendsx
|
|
creatures of note for mercyxlacking usesx
|
|
hubertx wellx see to livex i will not touch thine eye
|
|
for all the treasure that thine uncle owesx
|
|
yet i am swornx and i did purposex boyx
|
|
with this same very iron to burn them outx
|
|
arthurx ox now you look like hubertx all this while
|
|
you were disguisxdx
|
|
hubertx peacex no morex adieux
|
|
your uncle must not know but you are deadx
|
|
ixll fill these dogged spies with false reportsx
|
|
andx pretty childx sleep doubtless and secure
|
|
that hubertx for the wealth of all the worldx
|
|
will not offend theex
|
|
arthurx o heavenx i thank youx hubertx
|
|
hubertx silencex no morex go closely in with mex
|
|
much danger do i undergo for theex exeunt
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|
|
|
scene xx
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|
|
|
englandx king johnxs palace
|
|
|
|
enter king johnx pembrokex salisburyx and other lords
|
|
|
|
king johnx here once again we sitx once again crownxdx
|
|
and lookxd uponx i hopex with cheerful eyesx
|
|
pembrokex this once againx but that your highness pleasxdx
|
|
was once superfluousx you were crownxd beforex
|
|
and that high royalty was nexer pluckxd offx
|
|
the faiths of men nexer stained with revoltx
|
|
fresh expectation troubled not the land
|
|
with any longxdxfor change or better statex
|
|
salisburyx thereforex to be possessxd with double pompx
|
|
to guard a title that was rich beforex
|
|
to gild refined goldx to paint the lilyx
|
|
to throw a perfume on the violetx
|
|
to smooth the icex or add another hue
|
|
unto the rainbowx or with taperxlight
|
|
to seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnishx
|
|
is wasteful and ridiculous excessx
|
|
pembrokex but that your royal pleasure must be donex
|
|
this act is as an ancient tale new told
|
|
andx in the last repeatingx troublesomex
|
|
being urged at a time unseasonablex
|
|
salisburyx in this the antique and wellxnoted face
|
|
of plain old form is much disfiguredx
|
|
and like a shifted wind unto a sail
|
|
it makes the course of thoughts to fetch aboutx
|
|
startles and frights considerationx
|
|
makes sound opinion sickx and truth suspectedx
|
|
for putting on so new a fashionxd robex
|
|
pembrokex when workmen strive to do better than wellx
|
|
they do confound their skill in covetousnessx
|
|
and oftentimes excusing of a fault
|
|
doth make the fault the worse by thx excusex
|
|
as patches set upon a little breach
|
|
discredit more in hiding of the fault
|
|
than did the fault before it was so patchxdx
|
|
salisburyx to this effectx before you were newxcrownxdx
|
|
we breathxd our counselx but it pleasxd your highness
|
|
to overbear itx and we are all well pleasxdx
|
|
since all and every part of what we would
|
|
doth make a stand at what your highness willx
|
|
king johnx some reasons of this double coronation
|
|
i have possessxd you withx and think them strongx
|
|
and morex more strongx when lesser is my fearx
|
|
i shall indue you withx meantime but ask
|
|
what you would have reformxd that is not wellx
|
|
and well shall you perceive how willingly
|
|
i will both hear and grant you your requestsx
|
|
pembrokex then ix as one that am the tongue of thesex
|
|
to sound the purposes of all their heartsx
|
|
both for myself and themx butx chief of allx
|
|
your safetyx for the which myself and them
|
|
bend their best studiesx heartily request
|
|
thx enfranchisement of arthurx whose restraint
|
|
doth move the murmuring lips of discontent
|
|
to break into this dangerous argumentx
|
|
if what in rest you have in right you holdx
|
|
why then your fearsxwhichx as they sayx attend
|
|
the steps of wrongxshould move you to mew up
|
|
your tender kinsmanx and to choke his days
|
|
with barbarous ignorancex and deny his youth
|
|
the rich advantage of good exercisex
|
|
that the timexs enemies may not have this
|
|
to grace occasionsx let it be our suit
|
|
that you have bid us ask his libertyx
|
|
which for our goods we do no further ask
|
|
than whereupon our wealx on you dependingx
|
|
counts it your weal he have his libertyx
|
|
king johnx let it be sox i do commit his youth
|
|
to your directionx
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|
|
|
enter hubert
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|
|
|
xasidex hubertx what news with youx
|
|
pembrokex this is the man should do the bloody deedx
|
|
he showxd his warrant to a friend of minex
|
|
the image of a wicked heinous fault
|
|
lives in his eyex that close aspect of his
|
|
doth show the mood of a much troubled breastx
|
|
and i do fearfully believe xtis done
|
|
what we so fearxd he had a charge to dox
|
|
salisburyx the colour of the king doth come and go
|
|
between his purpose and his consciencex
|
|
like heralds xtwixt two dreadful battles setx
|
|
his passion is so ripe it needs must breakx
|
|
pembrokex and when it breaksx i fear will issue thence
|
|
the foul corruption of a sweet childxs deathx
|
|
king johnx we cannot hold mortalityxs strong handx
|
|
good lordsx although my will to give is livingx
|
|
the suit which you demand is gone and deadx
|
|
he tells us arthur is deceasxd toxnightx
|
|
salisburyx indeedx we fearxd his sickness was past curex
|
|
pembrokex indeedx we heard how near his death he wasx
|
|
before the child himself felt he was sickx
|
|
this must be answerxd either here or hencex
|
|
king johnx why do you bend such solemn brows on mex
|
|
think you i bear the shears of destinyx
|
|
have i commandment on the pulse of lifex
|
|
salisburyx it is apparent foulxplayx and xtis shame
|
|
that greatness should so grossly offer itx
|
|
so thrive it in your gamex and sox farewellx
|
|
pembrokex stay yetx lord salisburyx ixll go with thee
|
|
and find thx inheritance of this poor childx
|
|
his little kingdom of a forced gravex
|
|
that blood which owxd the breadth of all this isle
|
|
three foot of it doth holdxbad world the whilex
|
|
this must not be thus bornex this will break out
|
|
to all our sorrowsx and ere long i doubtx exeunt lords
|
|
king johnx they burn in indignationx i repentx
|
|
there is no sure foundation set on bloodx
|
|
no certain life achievxd by othersx deathx
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|
|
|
enter a messenger
|
|
|
|
a fearful eye thou hastx where is that blood
|
|
that i have seen inhabit in those cheeksx
|
|
so foul a sky clears not without a stormx
|
|
pour down thy weatherxhow goes all in francex
|
|
messengerx from france to englandx never such a powxr
|
|
for any foreign preparation
|
|
was levied in the body of a landx
|
|
the copy of your speed is learnxd by themx
|
|
for when you should be told they do preparex
|
|
the tidings comes that they are all arrivxdx
|
|
king johnx ox where hath our intelligence been drunkx
|
|
where hath it sleptx where is my motherxs carex
|
|
that such an army could be drawn in francex
|
|
and she not hear of itx
|
|
messengerx my liegex her ear
|
|
is stoppxd with dustx the first of april died
|
|
your noble motherx and as i hearx my lordx
|
|
the lady constance in a frenzy died
|
|
three days beforex but this from rumourxs tongue
|
|
i idly heardxif true or false i know notx
|
|
king johnx withhold thy speedx dreadful occasionx
|
|
ox make a league with mex till i have pleasxd
|
|
my discontented peersx whatx mother deadx
|
|
how wildly then walks my estate in francex
|
|
under whose conduct came those powxrs of france
|
|
that thou for truth givxst out are landed herex
|
|
messengerx under the dauphinx
|
|
king johnx thou hast made me giddy
|
|
with these in tidingsx
|
|
|
|
enter the bastard and peter of pomfret
|
|
|
|
nowx what says the world
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to your proceedingsx do not seek to stuff
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my head with more ill newsx for it is fullx
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bastardx but if you be afearxd to hear the worstx
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then let the worstx unheardx fall on your headx
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king johnx bear with mex cousinx for i was amazxd
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under the tidex but now i breathe again
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aloft the floodx and can give audience
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to any tonguex speak it of what it willx
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bastardx how i have sped among the clergymen
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the sums i have collected shall expressx
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but as i travellxd hither through the landx
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i find the people strangely fantasiedx
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possessxd with rumoursx full of idle dreamsx
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not knowing what they fearx but full of fearx
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and herexs a prophet that i brought with me
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from forth the streets of pomfretx whom i found
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with many hundreds treading on his heelsx
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to whom he sungx in rude harshxsounding rhymesx
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thatx ere the next ascensionxday at noonx
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your highness should deliver up your crownx
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king johnx thou idle dreamerx wherefore didst thou sox
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peterx foreknowing that the truth will fall out sox
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king johnx hubertx away with himx imprison himx
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and on that day at noon whereon he says
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i shall yield up my crown let him be hangxdx
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deliver him to safetyx and returnx
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for i must use theex
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exit hubert with peter
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o my gentle cousinx
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hearxst thou the news abroadx who are arrivxdx
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bastardx the frenchx my lordx menxs mouths are full of itx
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besidesx i met lord bigot and lord salisburyx
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with eyes as red as newxenkindled firex
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and others morex going to seek the grave
|
|
of arthurx whom they say is killxd toxnight
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on your suggestionx
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king johnx gentle kinsmanx go
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and thrust thyself into their companiesx
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i have a way to will their loves againx
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bring them before mex
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bastardx i will seek them outx
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king johnx nayx but make hastex the better foot beforex
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ox let me have no subject enemies
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when adverse foreigners affright my towns
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with dreadful pomp of stout invasionx
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be mercuryx set feathers to thy heelsx
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and fly like thought from them to me againx
|
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bastardx the spirit of the time shall teach me speedx
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|
king johnx spoke like a sprightful noble gentlemanx
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exit bastard
|
|
go after himx for he perhaps shall need
|
|
some messenger betwixt me and the peersx
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and be thou hex
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|
messengerx with all my heartx my liegex exit
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|
king johnx my mother deadx
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rexenter hubert
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hubertx my lordx they say five moons were seen toxnightx
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four fixedx and the fifth did whirl about
|
|
the other four in wondrous motionx
|
|
king johnx five moonsx
|
|
hubertx old men and beldams in the streets
|
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do prophesy upon it dangerouslyx
|
|
young arthurxs death is common in their mouthsx
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and when they talk of himx they shake their headsx
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and whisper one another in the earx
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|
and he that speaks doth gripe the hearerxs wristx
|
|
whilst he that hears makes fearful action
|
|
with wrinkled browsx with nodsx with rolling eyesx
|
|
i saw a smith stand with his hammerx thusx
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the whilst his iron did on the anvil coolx
|
|
with open mouth swallowing a tailorxs newsx
|
|
whox with his shears and measure in his handx
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standing on slippersx which his nimble haste
|
|
had falsely thrust upon contrary feetx
|
|
told of a many thousand warlike french
|
|
that were embattailed and rankxd in kentx
|
|
another lean unwashxd artificer
|
|
cuts off his talex and talks of arthurxs deathx
|
|
king johnx why seekxst thou to possess me with these fearsx
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why urgest thou so oft young arthurxs deathx
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thy hand hath murdxred himx i had a mighty cause
|
|
to wish him deadx but thou hadst none to kill himx
|
|
hubertx no hadx my lordx whyx did you not provoke mex
|
|
king johnx it is the curse of kings to be attended
|
|
by slaves that take their humours for a warrant
|
|
to break within the bloody house of lifex
|
|
and on the winking of authority
|
|
to understand a lawx to know the meaning
|
|
of dangerous majestyx when perchance it frowns
|
|
more upon humour than advisxd respectx
|
|
hubertx here is your hand and seal for what i didx
|
|
king johnx ox when the last account xtwixt heaven and earth
|
|
is to be madex then shall this hand and seal
|
|
witness against us to damnationx
|
|
how oft the sight of means to do ill deeds
|
|
make deeds ill donex hadst not thou been byx
|
|
a fellow by the hand of nature markxdx
|
|
quoted and signxd to do a deed of shamex
|
|
this murder had not come into my mindx
|
|
butx taking note of thy abhorrxd aspectx
|
|
finding thee fit for bloody villainyx
|
|
aptx liable to be employxd in dangerx
|
|
i faintly broke with thee of arthurxs deathx
|
|
and thoux to be endeared to a kingx
|
|
made it no conscience to destroy a princex
|
|
hubertx my lordx
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|
king johnx hadst thou but shook thy head or made pausex
|
|
when i spake darkly what i purposedx
|
|
or turnxd an eye of doubt upon my facex
|
|
as bid me tell my tale in express wordsx
|
|
deep shame had struck me dumbx made me break offx
|
|
and those thy fears might have wrought fears in mex
|
|
but thou didst understand me by my signsx
|
|
and didst in signs again parley with sinx
|
|
yeax without stopx didst let thy heart consentx
|
|
and consequently thy rude hand to act
|
|
the deed which both our tongues held vile to namex
|
|
out of my sightx and never see me morex
|
|
my nobles leave mex and my state is bravedx
|
|
even at my gatesx with ranks of foreign powxrsx
|
|
nayx in the body of the fleshly landx
|
|
this kingdomx this confine of blood and breathx
|
|
hostility and civil tumult reigns
|
|
between my conscience and my cousinxs deathx
|
|
hubertx arm you against your other enemiesx
|
|
ixll make a peace between your soul and youx
|
|
young arthur is alivex this hand of mine
|
|
is yet a maiden and an innocent handx
|
|
not painted with the crimson spots of bloodx
|
|
within this bosom never entxred yet
|
|
the dreadful motion of a murderous thought
|
|
and you have slanderxd nature in my formx
|
|
whichx howsoever rude exteriorlyx
|
|
is yet the cover of a fairer mind
|
|
than to be butcher of an innocent childx
|
|
king johnx doth arthur livex ox haste thee to the peersx
|
|
throw this report on their incensed rage
|
|
and make them tame to their obediencex
|
|
forgive the comment that my passion made
|
|
upon thy featurex for my rage was blindx
|
|
and foul imaginary eyes of blood
|
|
presented thee more hideous than thou artx
|
|
ox answer notx but to my closet bring
|
|
the angry lords with all expedient hastex
|
|
i conjure thee but slowlyx run more fastx exeunt
|
|
|
|
scene xx
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|
|
|
englandx before the castle
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|
|
|
enter arthurx on the walls
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|
|
|
arthurx the wall is highx and yet will i leap downx
|
|
good groundx be pitiful and hurt me notx
|
|
therexs few or none do know mex if they didx
|
|
this shipxboyxs semblance hath disguisxd me quitex
|
|
i am afraidx and yet ixll venture itx
|
|
if i get down and do not break my limbsx
|
|
ixll find a thousand shifts to get awayx
|
|
as good to die and gox as die and stayx xleaps downx
|
|
o mex my unclexs spirit is in these stonesx
|
|
heaven take my soulx and england keep my bonesx
|
|
xdiesx
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|
|
|
enter pembrokex salisburyx and bigot
|
|
|
|
salisburyx lordsx i will meet him at saint edmundsburyx
|
|
it is our safetyx and we must embrace
|
|
this gentle offer of the perilous timex
|
|
pembrokex who brought that letter from the cardinalx
|
|
salisburyx the count melunx a noble lord of francex
|
|
whose private with me of the dauphinxs love
|
|
is much more general than these lines importx
|
|
bigotx toxmorrow morning let us meet him thenx
|
|
salisburyx or rather then set forwardx for xtwill be
|
|
two long daysx journeyx lordsx or ere we meetx
|
|
|
|
enter the bastard
|
|
|
|
bastardx once more toxday well metx distemperxd lordsx
|
|
the king by me requests your presence straightx
|
|
salisburyx the king hath dispossessxd himself of usx
|
|
we will not line his thin bestained cloak
|
|
with our pure honoursx nor attend the foot
|
|
that leaves the print of blood wherexer it walksx
|
|
return and tell him sox we know the worstx
|
|
bastardx whatexer you thinkx good wordsx i thinkx were bestx
|
|
salisburyx our griefsx and not our mannersx reason nowx
|
|
bastardx but there is little reason in your griefx
|
|
therefore xtwere reason you had manners nowx
|
|
pembrokex sirx sirx impatience hath his privilegex
|
|
bastardx xtis truexto hurt his masterx no man elsex
|
|
salisburyx this is the prisonx what is he lies herex
|
|
pembrokex o deathx made proud with pure and princely beautyx
|
|
the earth had not a hole to hide this deedx
|
|
salisburyx murderx as hating what himself hath donex
|
|
doth lay it open to urge on revengex
|
|
bigotx orx when he doomxd this beauty to a gravex
|
|
found it too preciousxprincely for a gravex
|
|
salisburyx sir richardx what think youx have you beheldx
|
|
or have you read or heardx or could you thinkx
|
|
or do you almost thinkx although you seex
|
|
that you do seex could thoughtx without this objectx
|
|
form such anotherx this is the very topx
|
|
the heightx the crestx or crest unto the crestx
|
|
of murderxs armsx this is the bloodiest shamex
|
|
the wildest savageryx the vilest strokex
|
|
that ever wallxeyxd wrath or staring rage
|
|
presented to the tears of soft remorsex
|
|
pembrokex all murders past do stand excusxd in thisx
|
|
and thisx so sole and so unmatchablex
|
|
shall give a holinessx a purityx
|
|
to the yet unbegotten sin of timesx
|
|
and prove a deadly bloodshed but a jestx
|
|
exampled by this heinous spectaclex
|
|
bastardx it is a damned and a bloody workx
|
|
the graceless action of a heavy handx
|
|
if that it be the work of any handx
|
|
salisburyx if that it be the work of any handx
|
|
we had a kind of light what would ensuex
|
|
it is the shameful work of hubertxs handx
|
|
the practice and the purpose of the kingx
|
|
from whose obedience i forbid my soul
|
|
kneeling before this ruin of sweet lifex
|
|
and breathing to his breathless excellence
|
|
the incense of a vowx a holy vowx
|
|
never to taste the pleasures of the worldx
|
|
never to be infected with delightx
|
|
nor conversant with ease and idlenessx
|
|
till i have set a glory to this hand
|
|
by giving it the worship of revengex
|
|
pembrokex and bigotx our souls religiously confirm thy wordsx
|
|
|
|
enter hubert
|
|
|
|
hubertx lordsx i am hot with haste in seeking youx
|
|
arthur doth livex the king hath sent for youx
|
|
salisburyx ox he is boldx and blushes not at deathx
|
|
avauntx thou hateful villainx get thee gonex
|
|
hubertx i am no villainx
|
|
salisburyx must i rob the lawx xdrawing his swordx
|
|
bastardx your sword is brightx sirx put it up againx
|
|
salisburyx not till i sheathe it in a murdererxs skinx
|
|
hubertx stand backx lord salisburyx stand backx i sayx
|
|
by heavenx i think my swordxs as sharp as yoursx
|
|
i would not have youx lordx forget yourselfx
|
|
nor tempt the danger of my true defencex
|
|
lest ix by marking of your ragex forget
|
|
your worthx your greatness and nobilityx
|
|
bigotx outx dunghillx darxst thou brave a noblemanx
|
|
hubertx not for my lifex but yet i dare defend
|
|
my innocent life against an emperorx
|
|
salisburyx thou art a murdererx
|
|
hubertx do not prove me sox
|
|
yet i am nonex whose tongue soexer speaks falsex
|
|
not truly speaksx who speaks not trulyx liesx
|
|
pembrokex cut him to piecesx
|
|
bastardx keep the peacex i sayx
|
|
salisburyx stand byx or i shall gall youx faulconbridgex
|
|
bastardx thou wert better gall the devilx salisburyx
|
|
if thou but frown on mex or stir thy footx
|
|
or teach thy hasty spleen to do me shamex
|
|
ixll strike thee deadx put up thy sword betimex
|
|
or ixll so maul you and your toastingxiron
|
|
that you shall think the devil is come from hellx
|
|
bigotx what wilt thou dox renowned faulconbridgex
|
|
second a villain and a murdererx
|
|
hubertx lord bigotx i am nonex
|
|
bigotx who killxd this princex
|
|
hubertx xtis not an hour since i left him wellx
|
|
i honourxd himx i lovxd himx and will weep
|
|
my date of life out for his sweet lifexs lossx
|
|
salisburyx trust not those cunning waters of his eyesx
|
|
for villainy is not without such rheumx
|
|
and hex long traded in itx makes it seem
|
|
like rivers of remorse and innocencyx
|
|
away with mex all you whose souls abhor
|
|
thx uncleanly savours of a slaughterxhousex
|
|
for i am stifled with this smell of sinx
|
|
bigotx away toward buryx to the dauphin therex
|
|
pembrokex there tell the king he may inquire us outx
|
|
exeunt lords
|
|
bastardx herexs a good worldx knew you of this fair workx
|
|
beyond the infinite and boundless reach
|
|
of mercyx if thou didst this deed of deathx
|
|
art thou damnxdx hubertx
|
|
hubertx do but hear mex sirx
|
|
bastardx hax ixll tell thee whatx
|
|
thouxrt damnxd as blackxnayx nothing is so blackx
|
|
thou art more deep damnxd than prince luciferx
|
|
there is not yet so ugly a fiend of hell
|
|
as thou shalt bex if thou didst kill this childx
|
|
hubertx upon my soulx
|
|
bastardx if thou didst but consent
|
|
to this most cruel actx do but despairx
|
|
and if thou wantxst a cordx the smallest thread
|
|
that ever spider twisted from her womb
|
|
will serve to strangle theex a rush will be a beam
|
|
to hang thee onx or wouldst thou drown thyselfx
|
|
put but a little water in a spoon
|
|
and it shall be as all the oceanx
|
|
enough to stifle such a villain up
|
|
i do suspect thee very grievouslyx
|
|
hubertx if i in actx consentx or sin of thoughtx
|
|
be guilty of the stealing that sweet breath
|
|
which was embounded in this beauteous clayx
|
|
let hell want pains enough to torture mex
|
|
i left him wellx
|
|
bastardx gox bear him in thine armsx
|
|
i am amazxdx methinksx and lose my way
|
|
among the thorns and dangers of this worldx
|
|
how easy dost thou take all england upx
|
|
from forth this morsel of dead royalty
|
|
the lifex the rightx and truth of all this realm
|
|
is fled to heavenx and england now is left
|
|
to tug and scamblex and to part by thx teeth
|
|
the unowed interest of proudxswelling statex
|
|
now for the barexpickxd bone of majesty
|
|
doth dogged war bristle his angry crest
|
|
and snarleth in the gentle eyes of peacex
|
|
now powers from home and discontents at home
|
|
meet in one linex and vast confusion waitsx
|
|
as doth a raven on a sickxfallxn beastx
|
|
the imminent decay of wrested pompx
|
|
now happy he whose cloak and cincture can
|
|
hold out this tempestx bear away that childx
|
|
and follow me with speedx ixll to the kingx
|
|
a thousand businesses are brief in handx
|
|
and heaven itself doth frown upon the landx exeunt
|
|
|
|
act vx scene xx englandx king johnxs palace
|
|
|
|
enter king johnx pandulphx and attendants
|
|
|
|
king johnx thus have i yielded up into your hand
|
|
the circle of my gloryx
|
|
pandulphx xgives back the crownx take again
|
|
from this my handx as holding of the popex
|
|
your sovereign greatness and authorityx
|
|
king johnx now keep your holy wordx go meet the frenchx
|
|
and from his holiness use all your power
|
|
to stop their marches fore we are inflamxdx
|
|
our discontented counties do revoltx
|
|
our people quarrel with obediencex
|
|
swearing allegiance and the love of soul
|
|
to stranger bloodx to foreign royaltyx
|
|
this inundation of mistempxred humour
|
|
rests by you only to be qualifiedx
|
|
then pause notx for the present timexs so sick
|
|
that present medxcine must be ministxred
|
|
or overthrow incurable ensuesx
|
|
pandulphx it was my breath that blew this tempest upx
|
|
upon your stubborn usage of the popex
|
|
but since you are a gentle convertitex
|
|
my tongue shall hush again this storm of war
|
|
and make fair weather in your blustxring landx
|
|
on this ascensionxdayx remember wellx
|
|
upon your oath of service to the popex
|
|
go i to make the french lay down their armsx exit
|
|
king johnx is this ascensionxdayx did not the prophet
|
|
say that before ascensionxday at noon
|
|
my crown i should give offx even so i havex
|
|
i did suppose it should be on constraintx
|
|
butx heaven be thankxdx it is but voluntaryx
|
|
|
|
enter the bastard
|
|
|
|
bastardx all kent hath yieldedx nothing there holds out
|
|
but dover castlex london hath receivxdx
|
|
like a kind hostx the dauphin and his powersx
|
|
your nobles will not hear youx but are gone
|
|
to offer service to your enemyx
|
|
and wild amazement hurries up and down
|
|
the little number of your doubtful friendsx
|
|
king johnx would not my lords return to me again
|
|
after they heard young arthur was alivex
|
|
bastardx they found him deadx and cast into the streetsx
|
|
an empty casketx where the jewel of life
|
|
by some damnxd hand was robbed and taxen awayx
|
|
king johnx that villain hubert told me he did livex
|
|
bastardx sox on my soulx he didx for aught he knewx
|
|
but wherefore do you droopx why look you sadx
|
|
be great in actx as you have been in thoughtx
|
|
let not the world see fear and sad distrust
|
|
govern the motion of a kingly eyex
|
|
be stirring as the timex be fire with firex
|
|
threaten the threatxnerx and outface the brow
|
|
of bragging horrorx so shall inferior eyesx
|
|
that borrow their behaviours from the greatx
|
|
grow great by your example and put on
|
|
the dauntless spirit of resolutionx
|
|
awayx and glister like the god of war
|
|
when he intendeth to become the fieldx
|
|
show boldness and aspiring confidencex
|
|
whatx shall they seek the lion in his denx
|
|
and fright him therex and make him tremble therex
|
|
ox let it not be saidx foragex and run
|
|
to meet displeasure farther from the doors
|
|
and grapple with him ere he come so nighx
|
|
king johnx the legate of the pope hath been with mex
|
|
and i have made a happy peace with himx
|
|
and he hath promisxd to dismiss the powers
|
|
led by the dauphinx
|
|
bastardx o inglorious leaguex
|
|
shall wex upon the footing of our landx
|
|
send fairxplay ordersx and make compromisex
|
|
insinuationx parleyx and base trucex
|
|
to arms invasivex shall a beardless boyx
|
|
a cockxred silken wantonx brave our fields
|
|
and flesh his spirit in a warlike soilx
|
|
mocking the air with colours idly spreadx
|
|
and find no checkx let usx my liegex to armsx
|
|
perchance the cardinal cannot make your peacex
|
|
orx if he dox let it at least be said
|
|
they saw we had a purpose of defencex
|
|
king johnx have thou the ordering of this present timex
|
|
bastardx awayx thenx with good couragex
|
|
yetx i know
|
|
our party may well meet a prouder foex exeunt
|
|
|
|
scene xx englandx the dauphinxs camp at saint edmundsbury
|
|
|
|
enterx in armsx lewisx salisburyx melunx pembrokex bigotx and soldiers
|
|
|
|
lewisx my lord melunx let this be copied out
|
|
and keep it safe for our remembrancex
|
|
return the precedent to these lords againx
|
|
thatx having our fair order written downx
|
|
both they and wex perusing oxer these notesx
|
|
may know wherefore we took the sacramentx
|
|
and keep our faiths firm and inviolablex
|
|
salisburyx upon our sides it never shall be brokenx
|
|
andx noble dauphinx albeit we swear
|
|
a voluntary zeal and an unurgxd faith
|
|
to your proceedingsx yetx believe mex princex
|
|
i am not glad that such a sore of time
|
|
should seek a plaster by contemnxd revoltx
|
|
and heal the inveterate canker of one wound
|
|
by making manyx ox it grieves my soul
|
|
that i must draw this metal from my side
|
|
to be a widowxmakerx ox and there
|
|
where honourable rescue and defence
|
|
cries out upon the name of salisburyx
|
|
but such is the infection of the time
|
|
thatx for the health and physic of our rightx
|
|
we cannot deal but with the very hand
|
|
of stern injustice and confused wrongx
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and isxt not pityx o my grieved friendsx
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that wex the sons and children of this islex
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were born to see so sad an hour as thisx
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wherein we step after a strangerxmarch
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upon her gentle bosomx and fill up
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her enemiesx ranksxi must withdraw and weep
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upon the spot of this enforced causex
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to grace the gentry of a land remote
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and follow unacquainted colours herex
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whatx herex o nationx that thou couldst removex
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that neptunexs armsx who clippeth thee aboutx
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would bear thee from the knowledge of thyself
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and grapple thee unto a pagan shorex
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where these two christian armies might combine
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the blood of malice in a vein of leaguex
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and not to spend it so unneighbourlyx
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lewisx a noble temper dost thou show in thisx
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and great affections wrestling in thy bosom
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doth make an earthquake of nobilityx
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ox what a noble combat hast thou fought
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between compulsion and a brave respectx
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let me wipe off this honourable dew
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that silverly doth progress on thy cheeksx
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my heart hath melted at a ladyxs tearsx
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being an ordinary inundationx
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but this effusion of such manly dropsx
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this showxrx blown up by tempest of the soulx
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startles mine eyes and makes me more amazxd
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than had i seen the vaulty top of heaven
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figurxd quite oxer with burning meteorsx
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lift up thy browx renowned salisburyx
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and with a great heart heave away this stormx
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commend these waters to those baby eyes
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that never saw the giant world enragxdx
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nor met with fortune other than at feastsx
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full of warm bloodx of mirthx of gossipingx
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comex comex for thou shalt thrust thy hand as deep
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into the purse of rich prosperity
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as lewis himselfx sox noblesx shall you allx
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that knit your sinews to the strength of minex
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enter pandulph
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and even therex methinksx an angel spakex
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look where the holy legate comes apacex
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to give us warrant from the hand of heaven
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and on our actions set the name of right
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with holy breathx
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pandulphx hailx noble prince of francex
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the next is thisx king john hath reconcilxd
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himself to romex his spirit is come inx
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that so stood out against the holy churchx
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the great metropolis and see of romex
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therefore thy threatxning colours now wind up
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and tame the savage spirit of wild warx
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thatx like a lion fostered up at handx
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it may lie gently at the foot of peace
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and be no further harmful than in showx
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lewisx your grace shall pardon mex i will not backx
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i am too highxborn to be propertiedx
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to be a secondary at controlx
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or useful servingxman and instrument
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to any sovereign state throughout the worldx
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your breath first kindled the dead coal of wars
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between this chastisxd kingdom and myself
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and brought in matter that should feed this firex
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and now xtis far too huge to be blown out
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with that same weak wind which enkindled itx
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you taught me how to know the face of rightx
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acquainted me with interest to this landx
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yeax thrust this enterprise into my heartx
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and come ye now to tell me john hath made
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his peace with romex what is that peace to mex
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ix by the honour of my marriagexbedx
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after young arthurx claim this land for minex
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andx now it is halfxconquerxdx must i back
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because that john hath made his peace with romex
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am i romexs slavex what penny hath rome bornex
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what men providedx what munition sentx
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to underprop this actionx is xt not i
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that undergo this chargex who else but ix
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and such as to my claim are liablex
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sweat in this business and maintain this warx
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have i not heard these islanders shout out
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xvive le roixx as i have bankxd their townsx
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have i not here the best cards for the game
|
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to will this easy matchx playxd for a crownx
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and shall i now give oxer the yielded setx
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nox nox on my soulx it never shall be saidx
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pandulphx you look but on the outside of this workx
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|
lewisx outside or insidex i will not return
|
|
till my attempt so much be glorified
|
|
as to my ample hope was promised
|
|
before i drew this gallant head of warx
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and cullxd these fiery spirits from the world
|
|
to outlook conquestx and to will renown
|
|
even in the jaws of danger and of deathx
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|
xtrumpet soundsx
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what lusty trumpet thus doth summon usx
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enter the bastardx attended
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bastardx according to the fair play of the worldx
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let me have audiencex i am sent to speakx
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|
my holy lord of milanx from the king
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|
i comex to learn how you have dealt for himx
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andx as you answerx i do know the scope
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and warrant limited unto my tonguex
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pandulphx the dauphin is too wilfulxoppositex
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and will not temporize with my entreatiesx
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he flatly says hexll not lay down his armsx
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bastardx by all the blood that ever fury breathxdx
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the youth says wellx now hear our english kingx
|
|
for thus his royalty doth speak in mex
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he is preparxdx and reason too he shouldx
|
|
this apish and unmannerly approachx
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this harnessxd masque and unadvised revel
|
|
this unhairxd sauciness and boyish troopsx
|
|
the king doth smile atx and is well preparxd
|
|
to whip this dwarfish warx these pigmy armsx
|
|
from out the circle of his territoriesx
|
|
that hand which had the strengthx even at your doorx
|
|
to cudgel you and make you take the hatchx
|
|
to dive like buckets in concealed wellsx
|
|
to crouch in litter of your stable planksx
|
|
to lie like pawns lockxd up in chests and trunksx
|
|
to hug with swinex to seek sweet safety out
|
|
in vaults and prisonsx and to thrill and shake
|
|
even at the crying of your nationxs crowx
|
|
thinking this voice an armed englishmanx
|
|
shall that victorious hand be feebled here
|
|
that in your chambers gave you chastisementx
|
|
nox know the gallant monarch is in arms
|
|
and like an eagle oxer his aery towxrs
|
|
to souse annoyance that comes near his nestx
|
|
and you degeneratex you ingrate revoltsx
|
|
you bloody neroesx ripping up the womb
|
|
of your dear mother englandx blush for shamex
|
|
for your own ladies and palexvisagxd maidsx
|
|
like amazonsx come tripping after drumsx
|
|
their thimbles into armed gauntlets changex
|
|
their needles to lancesx and their gentle hearts
|
|
to fierce and bloody inclinationx
|
|
lewisx there end thy bravex and turn thy face in peacex
|
|
we grant thou canst outscold usx fare thee wellx
|
|
we hold our time too precious to be spent
|
|
with such a brabblerx
|
|
pandulphx give me leave to speakx
|
|
bastardx nox i will speakx
|
|
lewisx we will attend to neitherx
|
|
strike up the drumsx and let the tongue of warx
|
|
plead for our interest and our being herex
|
|
bastardx indeedx your drumsx being beatenx will cry outx
|
|
and so shall youx being beatenx do but start
|
|
and echo with the clamour of thy drumx
|
|
and even at hand a drum is ready bracxd
|
|
that shall reverberate all as loud as thinex
|
|
sound but anotherx and another shallx
|
|
as loud as thinex rattle the welkinxs ear
|
|
and mock the deepxmouthxd thunderx for at handx
|
|
not trusting to this halting legate herex
|
|
whom he hath usxd rather for sport than needx
|
|
is warlike johnx and in his forehead sits
|
|
a barexribbxd deathx whose office is this day
|
|
to feast upon whole thousands of the frenchx
|
|
lewisx strike up our drums to find this danger outx
|
|
bastardx and thou shalt find itx dauphinx do not doubtx
|
|
exeunt
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|
scene xx
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|
englandx the field of battle
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|
alarumsx enter king john and hubert
|
|
|
|
king johnx how goes the day with usx ox tell mex hubertx
|
|
hubertx badlyx i fearx how fares your majestyx
|
|
king johnx this fever that hath troubled me so long
|
|
lies heavy on mex ox my heart is sickx
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|
enter a messenger
|
|
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|
messengerx my lordx your valiant kinsmanx faulconbridgex
|
|
desires your majesty to leave the field
|
|
and send him word by me which way you gox
|
|
king johnx tell himx toward swinsteadx to the abbey therex
|
|
messengerx be of good comfortx for the great supply
|
|
that was expected by the dauphin here
|
|
are wreckxd three nights ago on goodwin sandsx
|
|
this news was brought to richard but even nowx
|
|
the french fight coldlyx and retire themselvesx
|
|
king johnx ay mex this tyrant fever burns me up
|
|
and will not let me welcome this good newsx
|
|
set on toward swinsteadx to my litter straightx
|
|
weakness possesseth mex and i am faintx exeunt
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|
|
|
scene xx
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englandx another part of the battlefield
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enter salisburyx pembrokex and bigot
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|
salisburyx i did not think the king so storxd with friendsx
|
|
pembrokex up once againx put spirit in the frenchx
|
|
if they miscarryx we miscarry toox
|
|
salisburyx that misbegotten devilx faulconbridgex
|
|
in spite of spitex alone upholds the dayx
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|
pembrokex they say king johnx sore sickx hath left the fieldx
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enter melunx wounded
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|
melunx lead me to the revolts of england herex
|
|
salisburyx when we were happy we had other namesx
|
|
pembrokex it is the count melunx
|
|
salisburyx wounded to deathx
|
|
melunx flyx noble englishx you are bought and soldx
|
|
unthread the rude eye of rebellionx
|
|
and welcome home again discarded faithx
|
|
seek out king johnx and fall before his feetx
|
|
for if the french be lords of this loud dayx
|
|
he means to recompense the pains you take
|
|
by cutting off your headsx thus hath he swornx
|
|
and i with himx and many moe with mex
|
|
upon the altar at saint edmundsburyx
|
|
even on that altar where we swore to you
|
|
dear amity and everlasting lovex
|
|
salisburyx may this be possiblex may this be truex
|
|
melunx have i not hideous death within my viewx
|
|
retaining but a quantity of lifex
|
|
which bleeds away even as a form of wax
|
|
resolveth from his figure xgainst the firex
|
|
what in the world should make me now deceivex
|
|
since i must lose the use of all deceitx
|
|
why should i then be falsex since it is true
|
|
that i must die herex and live hence by truthx
|
|
i say againx if lewis do will the dayx
|
|
he is forsworn if exer those eyes of yours
|
|
behold another day break in the eastx
|
|
but even this nightx whose black contagious breath
|
|
already smokes about the burning crest
|
|
of the oldx feeblex and dayxwearied sunx
|
|
even this ill nightx your breathing shall expirex
|
|
paying the fine of rated treachery
|
|
even with a treacherous fine of all your livesx
|
|
if lewis by your assistance win the dayx
|
|
commend me to one hubertx with your kingx
|
|
the love of himxand this respect besidesx
|
|
for that my grandsire was an englishmanx
|
|
awakes my conscience to confess all thisx
|
|
in lieu whereofx i pray youx bear me hence
|
|
from forth the noise and rumour of the fieldx
|
|
where i may think the remnant of my thoughts
|
|
in peacex and part this body and my soul
|
|
with contemplation and devout desiresx
|
|
salisburyx we do believe theex and beshrew my soul
|
|
but i do love the favour and the form
|
|
of this most fair occasionx by the which
|
|
we will untread the steps of damned flightx
|
|
and like a bated and retired floodx
|
|
leaving our rankness and irregular coursex
|
|
stoop low within those bounds we have oxerlookxdx
|
|
and calmly run on in obedience
|
|
even to our oceanx to great king johnx
|
|
my arm shall give thee help to bear thee hencex
|
|
for i do see the cruel pangs of death
|
|
right in thine eyex awayx my friendsx new flightx
|
|
and happy newnessx that intends old rightx
|
|
exeuntx leading off melun
|
|
|
|
scene xx
|
|
|
|
englandx the french camp
|
|
|
|
enter lewis and his train
|
|
|
|
lewisx the sun of heavenx methoughtx was loath to setx
|
|
but stayxd and made the western welkin blushx
|
|
when english measure backward their own ground
|
|
in faint retirex ox bravely came we offx
|
|
when with a volley of our needless shotx
|
|
after such bloody toilx we bid good nightx
|
|
and wound our tottxring colours clearly upx
|
|
last in the field and almost lords of itx
|
|
|
|
enter a messenger
|
|
|
|
messengerx where is my princex the dauphinx
|
|
lewisx herex what newsx
|
|
messengerx the count melun is slainx the english lords
|
|
by his persuasion are again fallxn offx
|
|
and your supplyx which you have wishxd so longx
|
|
are cast away and sunk on goodwin sandsx
|
|
lewisx ahx foul shrewd newsx beshrew thy very heartx
|
|
i did not think to be so sad toxnight
|
|
as this hath made mex who was he that said
|
|
king john did fly an hour or two before
|
|
the stumbling night did part our weary powxrsx
|
|
messengerx whoever spoke itx it is truex my lordx
|
|
lewisx keep good quarter and good care toxnightx
|
|
the day shall not be up so soon as i
|
|
to try the fair adventure of toxmorrowx exeunt
|
|
|
|
scene xx
|
|
|
|
an open place wear swinstead abbey
|
|
|
|
enter the bastard and hubertx severally
|
|
|
|
hubertx whoxs therex speakx hox speak quicklyx or i shootx
|
|
bastardx a friendx what art thoux
|
|
hubertx of the part of englandx
|
|
bastardx whither dost thou gox
|
|
hubertx whatxs that to theex why may i not demand
|
|
of thine affairs as well as thou of minex
|
|
bastardx hubertx i thinkx
|
|
hubertx thou hast a perfect thoughtx
|
|
i will upon all hazards well believe
|
|
thou art my friend that knowxst my tongue so wellx
|
|
who art thoux
|
|
bastardx who thou wiltx and if thou pleasex
|
|
thou mayst befriend me so much as to think
|
|
i come one way of the plantagenetsx
|
|
hubertx unkind remembrancex thou and eyeless night
|
|
have done me shamex brave soldierx pardon me
|
|
that any accent breaking from thy tongue
|
|
should scape the true acquaintance of mine earx
|
|
bastardx comex comex sans complimentx what news abroadx
|
|
hubertx whyx here walk i in the black brow of night
|
|
to find you outx
|
|
bastardx briefx thenx and whatxs the newsx
|
|
hubertx ox my sweet sirx news fitting to the nightx
|
|
blackx fearfulx comfortlessx and horriblex
|
|
bastardx show me the very wound of this ill newsx
|
|
i am no womanx ixll not swoon at itx
|
|
hubertx the kingx i fearx is poisonxd by a monkx
|
|
i left him almost speechless and broke out
|
|
to acquaint you with this evilx that you might
|
|
the better arm you to the sudden time
|
|
than if you had at leisure known of thisx
|
|
bastardx how did he take itx who did taste to himx
|
|
hubertx a monkx i tell youx a resolved villainx
|
|
whose bowels suddenly burst outx the king
|
|
yet speaksx and peradventure may recoverx
|
|
bastardx who didst thou leave to tend his majestyx
|
|
hubertx whyx know you notx the lords are all come backx
|
|
and brought prince henry in their companyx
|
|
at whose request the king hath pardonxd themx
|
|
and they are all about his majestyx
|
|
bastardx withhold thine indignationx mighty heavenx
|
|
and tempt us not to bear above our powerx
|
|
ixll tell theex hubertx half my power this nightx
|
|
passing these flatsx are taken by the tidex
|
|
these lincoln washes have devoured themx
|
|
myselfx wellxmountedx hardly have escapxdx
|
|
awayx beforex conduct me to the kingx
|
|
i doubt he will be dead or ere i comex exeunt
|
|
|
|
scene xx
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|
|
|
the orchard at swinstead abbey
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|
|
|
enter prince henryx salisburyx and bigot
|
|
|
|
prince henryx it is too latex the life of all his blood
|
|
is touchxd corruptiblyx and his pure brainx
|
|
which some suppose the soulxs frail dwellingxhousex
|
|
doth by the idle comments that it makes
|
|
foretell the ending of mortalityx
|
|
|
|
enter pembroke
|
|
|
|
pembrokex his highness yet doth speakx and holds belief
|
|
thatx being brought into the open airx
|
|
it would allay the burning quality
|
|
of that fell poison which assaileth himx
|
|
prince henryx let him be brought into the orchard herex
|
|
doth he still ragex exit bigot
|
|
pembrokex he is more patient
|
|
than when you left himx even now he sungx
|
|
prince henryx o vanity of sicknessx fierce extremes
|
|
in their continuance will not feel themselvesx
|
|
deathx having preyxd upon the outward partsx
|
|
leaves them invisiblex and his siege is now
|
|
against the mindx the which he pricks and wounds
|
|
with many legions of strange fantasiesx
|
|
whichx in their throng and press to that last holdx
|
|
confound themselvesx xtis strange that death should singx
|
|
i am the cygnet to this pale faint swan
|
|
who chants a doleful hymn to his own deathx
|
|
and from the organxpipe of frailty sings
|
|
his soul and body to their lasting restx
|
|
salisburyx be of good comfortx princex for you are born
|
|
to set a form upon that indigest
|
|
which he hath left so shapeless and so rudex
|
|
|
|
rexenter bigot and attendantsx who bring in
|
|
king john in a chair
|
|
|
|
king johnx ayx marryx now my soul hath elbowxroomx
|
|
it would not out at windows nor at doorsx
|
|
there is so hot a summer in my bosom
|
|
that all my bowels crumble up to dustx
|
|
i am a scribbled form drawn with a pen
|
|
upon a parchmentx and against this fire
|
|
do i shrink upx
|
|
prince henryx how fares your majestyx
|
|
king johnx poisonxdxillxfarex deadx forsookx cast offx
|
|
and none of you will bid the winter come
|
|
to thrust his icy fingers in my mawx
|
|
nor let my kingdomxs rivers take their course
|
|
through my burnxd bosomx nor entreat the north
|
|
to make his bleak winds kiss my parched lips
|
|
and comfort me with coldx i do not ask you muchx
|
|
i beg cold comfortx and you are so strait
|
|
and so ingrateful you deny me thatx
|
|
prince henryx o that there were some virtue in my tearsx
|
|
that might relieve youx
|
|
king johnx the salt in them is hotx
|
|
within me is a hellx and there the poison
|
|
is as a fiend confinxd to tyrannize
|
|
on unreprievable condemned bloodx
|
|
|
|
enter the bastard
|
|
|
|
bastardx ox i am scalded with my violent motion
|
|
and spleen of speed to see your majestyx
|
|
king johnx o cousinx thou art come to set mine eyex
|
|
the tackle of my heart is crackxd and burntx
|
|
and all the shrouds wherewith my life should sail
|
|
are turned to one threadx one little hairx
|
|
my heart hath one poor string to stay it byx
|
|
which holds but till thy news be utteredx
|
|
and then all this thou seest is but a clod
|
|
and module of confounded royaltyx
|
|
bastardx the dauphin is preparing hitherwardx
|
|
where god he knows how we shall answer himx
|
|
for in a night the best part of my powxrx
|
|
as i upon advantage did removex
|
|
were in the washes all unwarily
|
|
devoured by the unexpected floodx xthe king diesx
|
|
salisburyx you breathe these dead news in as dead an earx
|
|
my liegex my lordx but now a kingxnow thusx
|
|
prince henryx even so must i run onx and even so stopx
|
|
what surety of the worldx what hopex what stayx
|
|
when this was now a kingx and now is clayx
|
|
bastardx art thou gone sox i do but stay behind
|
|
to do the office for thee of revengex
|
|
and then my soul shall wait on thee to heavenx
|
|
as it on earth hath been thy servant stillx
|
|
nowx nowx you stars that move in your right spheresx
|
|
where be your powxrsx show now your mended faithsx
|
|
and instantly return with me again
|
|
to push destruction and perpetual shame
|
|
out of the weak door of our fainting landx
|
|
straight let us seekx or straight we shall be soughtx
|
|
the dauphin rages at our very heelsx
|
|
salisburyx it seems you know notx thenx so much as wex
|
|
the cardinal pandulph is within at restx
|
|
who half an hour since came from the dauphinx
|
|
and brings from him such offers of our peace
|
|
as we with honour and respect may takex
|
|
with purpose presently to leave this warx
|
|
bastardx he will the rather do it when he sees
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ourselves well sinewed to our defencex
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salisburyx nayx xtis in a manner done alreadyx
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for many carriages he hath dispatchxd
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to the seaxsidex and put his cause and quarrel
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to the disposing of the cardinalx
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with whom yourselfx myselfx and other lordsx
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if you think meetx this afternoon will post
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to consummate this business happilyx
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bastardx let it be sox and youx my noble princex
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with other princes that may best be sparxdx
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shall wait upon your fatherxs funeralx
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prince henryx at worcester must his body be interrxdx
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for so he willxd itx
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bastardx thither shall itx thenx
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and happily may your sweet self put on
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the lineal state and glory of the landx
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to whomx with all submissionx on my knee
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i do bequeath my faithful services
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and true subjection everlastinglyx
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salisburyx and the like tender of our love we makex
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to rest without a spot for evermorex
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prince henryx i have a kind soul that would give you thanksx
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and knows not how to do it but with tearsx
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bastardx ox let us pay the time but needful woex
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since it hath been beforehand with our griefsx
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this england never didx nor never shallx
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lie at the proud foot of a conquerorx
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but when it first did help to wound itselfx
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now these her princes are come home againx
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come the three corners of the world in armsx
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and we shall shock themx nought shall make us ruex
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if england to itself do rest but truex exeunt
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the tragedy of julius caesar
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contents
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act i
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scene ix romex a streetx
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scene iix the samex a public placex
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scene iiix the samex a streetx
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act ii
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scene ix romex brutusx orchardx
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scene iix a room in caesarxs palacex
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scene iiix a street near the capitolx
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scene ivx another part of the same streetx before the house of brutusx
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act iii
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scene ix romex before the capitolx the senate sittingx
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scene iix the samex the forumx
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scene iiix the samex a streetx
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act iv
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scene ix a room in antonyxs housex
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scene iix before brutusx tentx in the camp near sardisx
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scene iiix within the tent of brutusx
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act v
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scene ix the plains of philippix
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scene iix the samex the field of battlex
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scene iiix another part of the fieldx
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scene ivx another part of the fieldx
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scene vx another part of the fieldx
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dramatis personx
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julius caesar
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octavius caesarx triumvir after his deathx
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marcus antoniusx x x x
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mx aemilius lepidusx x x x
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cicerox publiusx popilius lenax senatorsx
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marcus brutusx conspirator against caesarx
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cassiusx x x x
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cascax x x x
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treboniusx x x x
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ligariusxx x x
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decius brutusx x x x
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metellus cimberx x x x
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cinnax x x x
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flaviusx tribune
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marullusx tribune
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artemidorusx a sophist of cnidosx
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a soothsayer
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cinnax a poetx
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another poetx
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luciliusx titiniusx messalax young catox and volumniusx friends to
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brutus and cassiusx
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varrox clitusx claudiusx stratox luciusx dardaniusx servants to brutus
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pindarusx servant to cassius
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calphurniax wife to caesar
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portiax wife to brutus
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the ghost of caesar
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senatorsx citizensx soldiersx commonersx messengersx and servantsx
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scenex romex the conspiratorsx camp near sardisx and the plains of
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philippix
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act i
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scene ix romex a streetx
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enter flaviusx marullus and a throng of citizensx
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flaviusx
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hencex homex you idle creaturesx get you homex
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is this a holidayx whatx know you notx
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being mechanicalx you ought not walk
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upon a labouring day without the sign
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of your professionx speakx what trade art thoux
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carpenterx
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whyx sirx a carpenterx
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marullusx
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where is thy leather apron and thy rulex
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what dost thou with thy best apparel onx
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youx sirx what trade are youx
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cobblerx
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trulyx sirx in respect of a fine workmanx i am butx as you would sayx a
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cobblerx
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marullusx
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but what trade art thoux answer me directlyx
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cobblerx
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a tradex sirx that i hope i may use with a safe consciencex which is
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indeedx sirx a mender of bad solesx
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marullusx
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what tradex thou knavex thou naughty knavex what tradex
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cobblerx
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nayx i beseech youx sirx be not out with mex yetx if you be outx sirx i
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can mend youx
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marullusx
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what meanxst thou by thatx mend mex thou saucy fellowx
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cobblerx
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whyx sirx cobble youx
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flaviusx
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thou art a cobblerx art thoux
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cobblerx
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trulyx sirx all that i live by is with the awlx i meddle with no
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tradesmanxs mattersx nor womenxs mattersx but withal i am indeedx sirx
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a surgeon to old shoesx when they are in great dangerx i recover themx
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as proper men as ever trod upon neatxs leather have gone upon my
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handiworkx
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flaviusx
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but wherefore art not in thy shop todayx
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why dost thou lead these men about the streetsx
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cobblerx
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trulyx sirx to wear out their shoesx to get myself into more workx but
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indeedx sirx we make holiday to see caesarx and to rejoice in his
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triumphx
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marullusx
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wherefore rejoicex what conquest brings he homex
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what tributaries follow him to romex
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to grace in captive bonds his chariot wheelsx
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you blocksx you stonesx you worse than senseless thingsx
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o you hard heartsx you cruel men of romex
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knew you not pompeyx many a time and oft
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have you climbxd up to walls and battlementsx
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to towers and windowsx yeax to chimney topsx
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your infants in your armsx and there have sat
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the livelong day with patient expectationx
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to see great pompey pass the streets of romex
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and when you saw his chariot but appearx
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have you not made an universal shoutx
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that tiber trembled underneath her banks
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to hear the replication of your sounds
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made in her concave shoresx
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and do you now put on your best attirex
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and do you now cull out a holidayx
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and do you now strew flowers in his wayx
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that comes in triumph over pompeyxs bloodx
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be gonex
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run to your housesx fall upon your kneesx
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pray to the gods to intermit the plague
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that needs must light on this ingratitudex
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flaviusx
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gox gox good countrymenx andx for this fault
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assemble all the poor men of your sortx
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draw them to tiber banksx and weep your tears
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into the channelx till the lowest stream
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do kiss the most exalted shores of allx
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xxexeunt citizensxxx
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see whether their basest metal be not movxdx
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they vanish tonguextied in their guiltinessx
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go you down that way towards the capitolx
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this way will ix disrobe the imagesx
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if you do find them deckxd with ceremoniesx
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marullusx
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may we do sox
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you know it is the feast of lupercalx
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flaviusx
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it is no matterx let no images
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be hung with caesarxs trophiesx ixll about
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and drive away the vulgar from the streetsx
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so do you toox where you perceive them thickx
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these growing feathers pluckxd from caesarxs wing
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will make him fly an ordinary pitchx
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who else would soar above the view of menx
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and keep us all in servile fearfulnessx
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene iix the samex a public placex
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enterx in processionx with musicx caesarx antonyx for the coursex
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calphurniax portiax deciusx cicerox brutusx cassius and cascax a great
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crowd followingx among them a soothsayerx
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caesarx
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calphurniax
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cascax
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peacex hox caesar speaksx
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xxmusic ceasesxxx
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caesarx
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calphurniax
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calphurniax
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herex my lordx
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caesarx
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stand you directly in antoniusx wayx
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when he doth run his coursex antoniusx
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antonyx
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caesarx my lordx
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caesarx
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forget not in your speedx antoniusx
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to touch calphurniax for our elders sayx
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the barrenx touched in this holy chasex
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shake off their sterile cursex
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antonyx
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i shall rememberx
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when caesar says xdo thisxx it is performxdx
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caesarx
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set onx and leave no ceremony outx
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xxmusicxxx
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soothsayerx
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caesarx
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caesarx
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hax who callsx
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cascax
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bid every noise be stillx peace yet againx
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xxmusic ceasesxxx
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caesarx
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who is it in the press that calls on mex
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i hear a tongue shriller than all the musicx
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cry xcaesarxx speakx caesar is turnxd to hearx
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soothsayerx
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beware the ides of marchx
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caesarx
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what man is thatx
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brutusx
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a soothsayer bids you beware the ides of marchx
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caesarx
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set him before mex let me see his facex
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cassiusx
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fellowx come from the throngx look upon caesarx
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caesarx
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what sayxst thou to me nowx speak once againx
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soothsayerx
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beware the ides of marchx
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caesarx
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he is a dreamerx let us leave himx passx
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xxsennetx exeunt all but brutus and cassiusxxx
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cassiusx
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will you go see the order of the coursex
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brutusx
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not ix
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cassiusx
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i pray youx dox
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brutusx
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i am not gamesomex i do lack some part
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of that quick spirit that is in antonyx
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let me not hinderx cassiusx your desiresx
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ixll leave youx
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cassiusx
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brutusx i do observe you now of latex
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i have not from your eyes that gentleness
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and show of love as i was wont to havex
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you bear too stubborn and too strange a hand
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over your friend that loves youx
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brutusx
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cassiusx
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be not deceivedx if i have veilxd my lookx
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i turn the trouble of my countenance
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merely upon myselfx vexed i am
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of late with passions of some differencex
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conceptions only proper to myselfx
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which give some soil perhaps to my behaviorsx
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but let not therefore my good friends be grieved
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xamong which numberx cassiusx be you onex
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nor construe any further my neglectx
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than that poor brutusx with himself at warx
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forgets the shows of love to other menx
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cassiusx
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thenx brutusx i have much mistook your passionx
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by means whereof this breast of mine hath buried
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thoughts of great valuex worthy cogitationsx
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tell mex good brutusx can you see your facex
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brutusx
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nox cassiusx for the eye sees not itself
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but by reflectionx by some other thingx
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cassiusx
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xtis justx
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and it is very much lamentedx brutusx
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that you have no such mirrors as will turn
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your hidden worthiness into your eyex
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that you might see your shadowx i have heard
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where many of the best respect in romex
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xexcept immortal caesarx speaking of brutusx
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and groaning underneath this agexs yokex
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have wishxd that noble brutus had his eyesx
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brutusx
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into what dangers would you lead mex cassiusx
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that you would have me seek into myself
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for that which is not in mex
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cassiusx
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thereforex good brutusx be prepared to hearx
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and since you know you cannot see yourself
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so well as by reflectionx ix your glassx
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will modestly discover to yourself
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that of yourself which you yet know not ofx
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and be not jealous on mex gentle brutusx
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were i a common laugherx or did use
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to stale with ordinary oaths my love
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to every new protesterx if you know
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that i do fawn on menx and hug them hardx
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and after scandal themx or if you know
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that i profess myself in banquetingx
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to all the routx then hold me dangerousx
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xxflourish and shoutxxx
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brutusx
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what means this shoutingx i do fear the people
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choose caesar for their kingx
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cassiusx
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ayx do you fear itx
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then must i think you would not have it sox
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brutusx
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i would notx cassiusx yet i love him wellx
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but wherefore do you hold me here so longx
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what is it that you would impart to mex
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if it be aught toward the general goodx
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set honour in one eye and death ix the otherx
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and i will look on both indifferentlyx
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for let the gods so speed me as i love
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the name of honour more than i fear deathx
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cassiusx
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i know that virtue to be in youx brutusx
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as well as i do know your outward favourx
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wellx honour is the subject of my storyx
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i cannot tell what you and other men
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think of this lifex butx for my single selfx
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i had as lief not be as live to be
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in awe of such a thing as i myselfx
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i was born free as caesarx so were youx
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we both have fed as wellx and we can both
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endure the winterxs cold as well as hex
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for oncex upon a raw and gusty dayx
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the troubled tiber chafing with her shoresx
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caesar said to mex xdarxst thoux cassiusx now
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leap in with me into this angry floodx
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and swim to yonder pointxx upon the wordx
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accoutred as i wasx i plunged inx
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and bade him followx so indeed he didx
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the torrent roarxdx and we did buffet it
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with lusty sinewsx throwing it aside
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and stemming it with hearts of controversyx
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but ere we could arrive the point proposxdx
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caesar criedx xhelp mex cassiusx or i sinkxx
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ix as aeneasx our great ancestorx
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did from the flames of troy upon his shoulder
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the old anchises bearx so from the waves of tiber
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did i the tired caesarx and this man
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is now become a godx and cassius is
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a wretched creaturex and must bend his bodyx
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if caesar carelessly but nod on himx
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he had a fever when he was in spainx
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and when the fit was on him i did mark
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how he did shakex xtis truex this god did shakex
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his coward lips did from their colour flyx
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and that same eye whose bend doth awe the world
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did lose his lustrex i did hear him groanx
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ayx and that tongue of hisx that bade the romans
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mark himx and write his speeches in their booksx
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alasx it criedx xgive me some drinkx titiniusxx
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as a sick girlx ye godsx it doth amaze mex
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a man of such a feeble temper should
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so get the start of the majestic worldx
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and bear the palm alonex
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xxshoutx flourishxxx
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brutusx
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another general shoutx
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i do believe that these applauses are
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for some new honours that are heapxd on caesarx
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cassiusx
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whyx manx he doth bestride the narrow world
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like a colossusx and we petty men
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walk under his huge legsx and peep about
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to find ourselves dishonourable gravesx
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men at some time are masters of their fatesx
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the faultx dear brutusx is not in our starsx
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but in ourselvesx that we are underlingsx
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xbrutusx and xcaesarxx what should be in that xcaesarxx
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why should that name be sounded more than yoursx
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write them togetherx yours is as fair a namex
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sound themx it doth become the mouth as wellx
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weigh themx it is as heavyx conjure with xemx
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xbrutusx will start a spirit as soon as xcaesarxx
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now in the names of all the gods at oncex
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upon what meat doth this our caesar feedx
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that he is grown so greatx agex thou art shamxdx
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romex thou hast lost the breed of noble bloodsx
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when went there by an age since the great floodx
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but it was famxd with more than with one manx
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when could they sayx till nowx that talkxd of romex
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that her wide walls encompassxd but one manx
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now is it rome indeedx and room enoughx
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when there is in it but one only manx
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ox you and i have heard our fathers sayx
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there was a brutus once that would have brookxd
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thx eternal devil to keep his state in romex
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as easily as a kingx
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brutusx
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that you do love mex i am nothing jealousx
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what you would work me tox i have some aimx
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how i have thought of thisx and of these timesx
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i shall recount hereafterx for this presentx
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i would notx so with love i might entreat youx
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be any further movxdx what you have saidx
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i will considerx what you have to say
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i will with patience hearx and find a time
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both meet to hear and answer such high thingsx
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till thenx my noble friendx chew upon thisx
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brutus had rather be a villager
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than to repute himself a son of rome
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under these hard conditions as this time
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is like to lay upon usx
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cassiusx
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i am glad that my weak words
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have struck but thus much show of fire from brutusx
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enter caesar and his trainx
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brutusx
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the games are donex and caesar is returningx
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cassiusx
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as they pass byx pluck casca by the sleevex
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and he willx after his sour fashionx tell you
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what hath proceeded worthy note todayx
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brutusx
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i will do sox butx look youx cassiusx
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the angry spot doth glow on caesarxs browx
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and all the rest look like a chidden trainx
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calphurniaxs cheek is palex and cicero
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looks with such ferret and such fiery eyes
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as we have seen him in the capitolx
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being crossxd in conference by some senatorsx
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cassiusx
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casca will tell us what the matter isx
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caesarx
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antoniusx
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antonyx
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caesarx
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caesarx
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let me have men about me that are fatx
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sleekxheaded menx and such as sleep axnightsx
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yond cassius has a lean and hungry lookx
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he thinks too muchx such men are dangerousx
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antonyx
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fear him notx caesarx hexs not dangerousx
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he is a noble roman and well givenx
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caesarx
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would he were fatterx but i fear him notx
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yet if my name were liable to fearx
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i do not know the man i should avoid
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so soon as that spare cassiusx he reads muchx
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he is a great observerx and he looks
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quite through the deeds of menx he loves no playsx
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as thou dostx antonyx he hears no musicx
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seldom he smilesx and smiles in such a sort
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as if he mockxd himself and scornxd his spirit
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that could be movxd to smile at anythingx
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such men as he be never at heartxs ease
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whiles they behold a greater than themselvesx
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and therefore are they very dangerousx
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i rather tell thee what is to be fearxd
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than what i fearx for always i am caesarx
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come on my right handx for this ear is deafx
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and tell me truly what thou thinkxst of himx
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xxexeunt caesar and his trainx casca staysxxx
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cascax
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you pullxd me by the cloakx would you speak with mex
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brutusx
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ayx cascax tell us what hath chancxd todayx
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that caesar looks so sadx
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cascax
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whyx you were with himx were you notx
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brutusx
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i should not then ask casca what had chancxdx
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cascax
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whyx there was a crown offerxd himx and being offerxd himx he put it by
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with the back of his handx thusx and then the people fell axshoutingx
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brutusx
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what was the second noise forx
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cascax
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whyx for that toox
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cassiusx
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they shouted thricex what was the last cry forx
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cascax
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whyx for that toox
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brutusx
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was the crown offerxd him thricex
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cascax
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ayx marryx wasxtx and he put it by thricex every time gentler than
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otherx and at every puttingxby mine honest neighbours shoutedx
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cassiusx
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who offerxd him the crownx
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cascax
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whyx antonyx
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brutusx
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tell us the manner of itx gentle cascax
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cascax
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i can as well be hangxdx as tell the manner of itx it was mere fooleryx
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i did not mark itx i saw mark antony offer him a crownx yet xtwas not a
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crown neitherx xtwas one of these coronetsx andx as i told youx he put
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it by oncex butx for all thatx to my thinkingx he would fain have had
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itx then he offered it to him againx then he put it by againx butx to
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my thinkingx he was very loath to lay his fingers off itx and then he
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offered it the third timex he put it the third time byx and stillx as
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he refusxd itx the rabblement hootedx and clappxd their chopt handsx
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and threw up their sweaty nightxcapsx and uttered such a deal of
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stinking breath because caesar refusxd the crownx that it hadx almostx
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choked caesarx for he swoonedx and fell down at itx and for mine own
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partx i durst not laughx for fear of opening my lips and receiving the
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bad airx
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cassiusx
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butx softx i pray youx whatx did caesar swoonx
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cascax
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he fell down in the marketxplacex and foamxd at mouthx and was
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speechlessx
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brutusx
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xtis very likex he hath the fallingxsicknessx
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cassiusx
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nox caesar hath it notx but youx and ix
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and honest cascax we have the fallingxsicknessx
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cascax
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i know not what you mean by thatx but i am sure caesar fell downx if
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the tagxrag people did not clap him and hiss himx according as he
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pleased and displeased themx as they use to do the players in the
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theatrex i am no true manx
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brutusx
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what said he when he came unto himselfx
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cascax
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marryx before he fell downx when he perceived the common herd was glad
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he refused the crownx he pluckxd me ope his doubletx and offerxd them
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his throat to cutx and i had been a man of any occupationx if i would
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not have taken him at a wordx i would i might go to hell among the
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roguesx and so he fellx when he came to himself againx he saidx if he
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had done or said anything amissx he desirxd their worships to think it
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was his infirmityx three or four wenches where i stood criedx xalasx
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good soulxx and forgave him with all their heartsx but therexs no heed
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to be taken of themx if caesar had stabbxd their mothersx they would
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have done no lessx
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brutusx
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andx after thatx he came thus sad awayx
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cascax
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ayx
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cassiusx
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did cicero say anythingx
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cascax
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ayx he spoke greekx
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cassiusx
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to what effectx
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cascax
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nayx and i tell you thatx ixll nexer look you ix the face againx but
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those that understood him smilxd at one another and shook their headsx
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but for mine own partx it was greek to mex i could tell you more news
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toox marullus and flaviusx for pulling scarfs off caesarxs imagesx are
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put to silencex fare you wellx there was more foolery yetx if i could
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remember itx
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cassiusx
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will you sup with me tonightx cascax
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cascax
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nox i am promisxd forthx
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cassiusx
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will you dine with me tomorrowx
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cascax
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ayx if i be alivex and your mind holdx and your dinner worth the
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eatingx
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cassiusx
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goodx i will expect youx
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cascax
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do sox farewell bothx
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xxexit cascaxxx
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brutusx
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what a blunt fellow is this grown to bex
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he was quick mettle when he went to schoolx
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cassiusx
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so is he now in execution
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of any bold or noble enterprisex
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however he puts on this tardy formx
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this rudeness is a sauce to his good witx
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which gives men stomach to digest his words
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with better appetitex
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brutusx
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and so it isx for this time i will leave youx
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tomorrowx if you please to speak with mex
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i will come home to youx orx if you willx
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come home to mex and i will wait for youx
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cassiusx
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i will do sox till thenx think of the worldx
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xxexit brutusxxx
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wellx brutusx thou art noblex yet i seex
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thy honourable metal may be wrought
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from that it is disposxdx therefore xtis meet
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that noble minds keep ever with their likesx
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for who so firm that cannot be seducxdx
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caesar doth bear me hardx but he loves brutusx
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if i were brutus nowx and he were cassiusx
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he should not humour mex i will this nightx
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in several handsx in at his windows throwx
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as if they came from several citizensx
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writingsx all tending to the great opinion
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that rome holds of his namex wherein obscurely
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caesarxs ambition shall be glanced atx
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and after thisx let caesar seat him surex
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for we will shake himx or worse days endurex
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xxexitxxx
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scene iiix the samex a streetx
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thunder and lightningx enterx from opposite sidesx casca with his
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sword drawnx and cicerox
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cicerox
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good evenx cascax brought you caesar homex
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why are you breathlessx and why stare you sox
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cascax
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are not you movedx when all the sway of earth
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shakes like a thing unfirmx o cicerox
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|
i have seen tempestsx when the scolding winds
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have rivxd the knotty oaksx and i have seen
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thx ambitious ocean swell and rage and foamx
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to be exalted with the threatening cloudsx
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but never till tonightx never till nowx
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did i go through a tempest dropping firex
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either there is a civil strife in heavenx
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or else the world too saucy with the godsx
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|
incenses them to send destructionx
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cicerox
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whyx saw you anything more wonderfulx
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cascax
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|
a common slavex youxd know him well by sightx
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held up his left handx which did flame and burn
|
|
like twenty torches joinxdx and yet his handx
|
|
not sensible of fire remainxd unscorchxdx
|
|
besidesx i hax not since put up my swordx
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|
against the capitol i met a lionx
|
|
who glared upon mex and went surly byx
|
|
without annoying mex and there were drawn
|
|
upon a heap a hundred ghastly womenx
|
|
transformed with their fearx who swore they saw
|
|
menx all in firex walk up and down the streetsx
|
|
and yesterday the bird of night did sitx
|
|
even at noonday upon the marketplacex
|
|
hooting and shriekingx when these prodigies
|
|
do so conjointly meetx let not men sayx
|
|
xthese are their reasonsx they are naturalxx
|
|
for i believex they are portentous things
|
|
unto the climate that they point uponx
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cicerox
|
|
indeedx it is a strangexdisposed timex
|
|
but men may construe things after their fashionx
|
|
clean from the purpose of the things themselvesx
|
|
comes caesar to the capitol tomorrowx
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cascax
|
|
he dothx for he did bid antonius
|
|
send word to you he would be there tomorrowx
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cicerox
|
|
goodnight thenx cascax this disturbed sky
|
|
is not to walk inx
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cascax
|
|
farewellx cicerox
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xxexit ciceroxxx
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enter cassiusx
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cassiusx
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whoxs therex
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cascax
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a romanx
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cassiusx
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cascax by your voicex
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cascax
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your ear is goodx cassiusx what night is thisx
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cassiusx
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a very pleasing night to honest menx
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cascax
|
|
who ever knew the heavens menace sox
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cassiusx
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|
those that have known the earth so full of faultsx
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|
for my partx i have walkxd about the streetsx
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|
submitting me unto the perilous nightx
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|
andx thus unbracedx cascax as you seex
|
|
have barxd my bosom to the thunderxstonex
|
|
and when the cross blue lightning seemxd to open
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|
the breast of heavenx i did present myself
|
|
even in the aim and very flash of itx
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cascax
|
|
but wherefore did you so much tempt the heavensx
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|
it is the part of men to fear and tremblex
|
|
when the most mighty gods by tokens send
|
|
such dreadful heralds to astonish usx
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cassiusx
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|
you are dullx cascax and those sparks of life
|
|
that should be in a roman you do wantx
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|
or else you use notx you look pale and gazex
|
|
and put on fear and cast yourself in wonderx
|
|
to see the strange impatience of the heavensx
|
|
but if you would consider the true cause
|
|
why all these firesx why all these gliding ghostsx
|
|
why birds and beastsx from quality and kindx
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|
why old menx foolsx and children calculatex
|
|
why all these things change from their ordinancex
|
|
their naturesx and prexformed facultiesx
|
|
to monstrous qualityx whyx you shall find
|
|
that heaven hath infusxd them with these spiritsx
|
|
to make them instruments of fear and warning
|
|
unto some monstrous statex
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|
now could ix cascax name to thee a man
|
|
most like this dreadful nightx
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|
that thundersx lightensx opens gravesx and roarsx
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|
as doth the lion in the capitolx
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a man no mightier than thyselfx or mex
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|
in personal actionx yet prodigious grownx
|
|
and fearfulx as these strange eruptions arex
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cascax
|
|
xtis caesar that you meanx is it notx cassiusx
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cassiusx
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let it be who it isx for romans now
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|
have thews and limbs like to their ancestorsx
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|
butx woe the whilex our fathersx minds are deadx
|
|
and we are governxd with our mothersx spiritsx
|
|
our yoke and sufferance show us womanishx
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|
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cascax
|
|
indeedx they say the senators tomorrow
|
|
mean to establish caesar as a kingx
|
|
and he shall wear his crown by sea and landx
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|
in every placex save here in italyx
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cassiusx
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|
i know where i will wear this dagger thenx
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|
cassius from bondage will deliver cassiusx
|
|
thereinx ye godsx you make the weak most strongx
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|
thereinx ye godsx you tyrants do defeatx
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|
nor stony towerx nor walls of beaten brassx
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|
nor airless dungeonx nor strong links of ironx
|
|
can be retentive to the strength of spiritx
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|
but lifex being weary of these worldly barsx
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|
never lacks power to dismiss itselfx
|
|
if i know thisx know all the world besidesx
|
|
that part of tyranny that i do bear
|
|
i can shake off at pleasurex
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xxthunder stillxxx
|
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|
cascax
|
|
so can ix
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|
so every bondman in his own hand bears
|
|
the power to cancel his captivityx
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|
cassiusx
|
|
and why should caesar be a tyrant thenx
|
|
poor manx i know he would not be a wolfx
|
|
but that he sees the romans are but sheepx
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|
he were no lionx were not romans hindsx
|
|
those that with haste will make a mighty fire
|
|
begin it with weak strawsx what trash is romex
|
|
what rubbishx and what offalx when it serves
|
|
for the base matter to illuminate
|
|
so vile a thing as caesarx butx o griefx
|
|
where hast thou led mex ix perhapsx speak this
|
|
before a willing bondmanx then i know
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|
my answer must be madex but i am armxdx
|
|
and dangers are to me indifferentx
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cascax
|
|
you speak to cascax and to such a man
|
|
that is no fleering tellxtalex holdx my handx
|
|
be factious for redress of all these griefsx
|
|
and i will set this foot of mine as far
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|
as who goes farthestx
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|
cassiusx
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|
therexs a bargain madex
|
|
now know youx cascax i have movxd already
|
|
some certain of the noblestxminded romans
|
|
to undergo with me an enterprise
|
|
of honourablexdangerous consequencex
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|
and i do know by thisx they stay for me
|
|
in pompeyxs porchx for nowx this fearful nightx
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|
there is no stir or walking in the streetsx
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|
and the complexion of the element
|
|
in favourxs like the work we have in handx
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|
most bloodyx fieryx and most terriblex
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|
|
enter cinnax
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cascax
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|
stand close awhilex for here comes one in hastex
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cassiusx
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xtis cinnax i do know him by his gaitx
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|
he is a friendx cinnax where haste you sox
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cinnax
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|
to find out youx whoxs thatx metellus cimberx
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|
cassiusx
|
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nox it is cascax one incorporate
|
|
to our attemptsx am i not stayxd forx cinnax
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cinnax
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|
i am glad onxtx what a fearful night is thisx
|
|
therexs two or three of us have seen strange sightsx
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cassiusx
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am i not stayxd forx tell mex
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cinnax
|
|
yesx you arex o cassiusx if you could
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|
but win the noble brutus to our partyx
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|
cassiusx
|
|
be you contentx good cinnax take this paperx
|
|
and look you lay it in the praetorxs chairx
|
|
where brutus may but find itx and throw this
|
|
in at his windowx set this up with wax
|
|
upon old brutusx statuex all this donex
|
|
repair to pompeyxs porchx where you shall find usx
|
|
is decius brutus and trebonius therex
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|
|
cinnax
|
|
all but metellus cimberx and hexs gone
|
|
to seek you at your housex wellx i will hiex
|
|
and so bestow these papers as you bade mex
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|
cassiusx
|
|
that donex repair to pompeyxs theatrex
|
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|
|
xxexit cinnaxxx
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|
|
comex cascax you and i will yetx ere dayx
|
|
see brutus at his housex three parts of him
|
|
is ours alreadyx and the man entire
|
|
upon the next encounterx yields him oursx
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|
|
cascax
|
|
ox he sits high in all the peoplexs heartsx
|
|
and that which would appear offence in usx
|
|
his countenancex like richest alchemyx
|
|
will change to virtue and to worthinessx
|
|
|
|
cassiusx
|
|
himx and his worthx and our great need of himx
|
|
you have right well conceitedx let us gox
|
|
for it is after midnightx and ere dayx
|
|
we will awake himx and be sure of himx
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|
xxexeuntxxx
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|
act ii
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|
scene ix romex brutusx orchardx
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|
enter brutusx
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|
brutusx
|
|
whatx luciusx hox
|
|
i cannotx by the progress of the starsx
|
|
give guess how near to dayxxluciusx i sayx
|
|
i would it were my fault to sleep so soundlyx
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|
whenx luciusx whenx awakex i sayx whatx luciusx
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|
enter luciusx
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luciusx
|
|
callxd youx my lordx
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brutusx
|
|
get me a taper in my studyx luciusx
|
|
when it is lightedx come and call me herex
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|
luciusx
|
|
i willx my lordx
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|
xxexitxxx
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brutusx
|
|
it must be by his deathx and for my partx
|
|
i know no personal cause to spurn at himx
|
|
but for the generalx he would be crownxdx
|
|
how that might change his naturex therexs the questionx
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|
it is the bright day that brings forth the adderx
|
|
and that craves wary walkingx crown himxxthatx
|
|
and thenx i grantx we put a sting in himx
|
|
that at his will he may do danger withx
|
|
thx abuse of greatness isx when it disjoins
|
|
remorse from powerx andx to speak truth of caesarx
|
|
i have not known when his affections swayxd
|
|
more than his reasonx but xtis a common proofx
|
|
that lowliness is young ambitionxs ladderx
|
|
whereto the climberxupward turns his facex
|
|
but when he once attains the upmost roundx
|
|
he then unto the ladder turns his backx
|
|
looks in the cloudsx scorning the base degrees
|
|
by which he did ascendx so caesar mayx
|
|
then lest he mayx preventx and since the quarrel
|
|
will bear no colour for the thing he isx
|
|
fashion it thusx that what he isx augmentedx
|
|
would run to these and these extremitiesx
|
|
and therefore think him as a serpentxs egg
|
|
which hatchxdx wouldx as his kind grow mischievousx
|
|
and kill him in the shellx
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|
enter luciusx
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|
luciusx
|
|
the taper burneth in your closetx sirx
|
|
searching the window for a flintx i found
|
|
this paperx thus sealxd upx and i am sure
|
|
it did not lie there when i went to bedx
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|
xxgives him the letterxxx
|
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|
brutusx
|
|
get you to bed againx it is not dayx
|
|
is not tomorrowx boyx the ides of marchx
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|
luciusx
|
|
i know notx sirx
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brutusx
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look in the calendarx and bring me wordx
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luciusx
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i willx sirx
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xxexitxxx
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brutusx
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the exhalationsx whizzing in the air
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give so much light that i may read by themx
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xxopens the letter and readsxxx
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xbrutusx thou sleepxstx awake and see thyselfx
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shall romex xcx speakx strikex redressxx
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xbrutusx thou sleepxstx awakexx
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such instigations have been often droppxd
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where i have took them upx
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xshall romex xcxx thus must i piece it outx
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shall rome stand under one manxs awex whatx romex
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my ancestors did from the streets of rome
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the tarquin drivex when he was callxd a kingx
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xspeakx strikex redressxx am i entreated
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to speak and strikex o romex i make thee promisex
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if the redress will followx thou receivest
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thy full petition at the hand of brutusx
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enter luciusx
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luciusx
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sirx march is wasted fifteen daysx
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xxknock withinxxx
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brutusx
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xtis goodx go to the gatex somebody knocksx
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xxexit luciusxxx
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since cassius first did whet me against caesarx
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i have not sleptx
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between the acting of a dreadful thing
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and the first motionx all the interim is
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like a phantasmax or a hideous dreamx
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the genius and the mortal instruments
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are then in councilx and the state of manx
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like to a little kingdomx suffers then
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the nature of an insurrectionx
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enter luciusx
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luciusx
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sirx xtis your brother cassius at the doorx
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who doth desire to see youx
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brutusx
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is he alonex
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luciusx
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nox sirx there are moe with himx
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brutusx
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do you know themx
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luciusx
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nox sirx their hats are pluckxd about their earsx
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and half their faces buried in their cloaksx
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that by no means i may discover them
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by any mark of favourx
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brutusx
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let xem enterx
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xxexit luciusxxx
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they are the factionx o conspiracyx
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shamxst thou to show thy dangerous brow by nightx
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when evils are most freex ox thenx by day
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where wilt thou find a cavern dark enough
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to mask thy monstrous visagex seek nonex conspiracyx
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hide it in smiles and affabilityx
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for if thou pathx thy native semblance onx
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not erebus itself were dim enough
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to hide thee from preventionx
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enter cassiusx cascax deciusx cinnax metellus cimber and treboniusx
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cassiusx
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i think we are too bold upon your restx
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good morrowx brutusx do we trouble youx
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brutusx
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i have been up this hourx awake all nightx
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know i these men that come along with youx
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cassiusx
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yesx every man of themx and no man here
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but honours youx and everyone doth wish
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you had but that opinion of yourself
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which every noble roman bears of youx
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this is treboniusx
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brutusx
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he is welcome hitherx
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cassiusx
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this decius brutusx
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brutusx
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he is welcome toox
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cassiusx
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thisx cascax thisx cinnax and thisx metellus cimberx
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brutusx
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they are all welcomex
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what watchful cares do interpose themselves
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betwixt your eyes and nightx
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cassiusx
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shall i entreat a wordx
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xxthey whisperxxx
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deciusx
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here lies the eastx doth not the day break herex
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cascax
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nox
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cinnax
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ox pardonx sirx it dothx and yon grey lines
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that fret the clouds are messengers of dayx
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cascax
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you shall confess that you are both deceivxdx
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herex as i point my swordx the sun arisesx
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which is a great way growing on the southx
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weighing the youthful season of the yearx
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some two months hencex up higher toward the north
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he first presents his firex and the high east
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standsx as the capitolx directly herex
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brutusx
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give me your hands all overx one by onex
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cassiusx
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and let us swear our resolutionx
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brutusx
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nox not an oathx if not the face of menx
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the sufferance of our soulsx the timexs abusex
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if these be motives weakx break off betimesx
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and every man hence to his idle bedx
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so let highxsighted tyranny range onx
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till each man drop by lotteryx but if thesex
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as i am sure they dox bear fire enough
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to kindle cowardsx and to steel with valour
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the melting spirits of womenx thenx countrymenx
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what need we any spur but our own cause
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to prick us to redressx what other bond
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than secret romansx that have spoke the wordx
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and will not palterx and what other oath
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than honesty to honesty engagxdx
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that this shall bex or we will fall for itx
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swear priests and cowardsx and men cautelousx
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old feeble carrionsx and such suffering souls
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that welcome wrongsx unto bad causes swear
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such creatures as men doubtx but do not stain
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the even virtue of our enterprisex
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nor thx insuppressive mettle of our spiritsx
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to think that or our cause or our performance
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did need an oathx when every drop of blood
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that every roman bearsx and nobly bearsx
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is guilty of a several bastardyx
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if he do break the smallest particle
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of any promise that hath passxd from himx
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cassiusx
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but what of cicerox shall we sound himx
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i think he will stand very strong with usx
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cascax
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let us not leave him outx
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cinnax
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nox by no meansx
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metellusx
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ox let us have himx for his silver hairs
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will purchase us a good opinionx
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and buy menxs voices to commend our deedsx
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it shall be saidx his judgment rulxd our handsx
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our youths and wildness shall no whit appearx
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but all be buried in his gravityx
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brutusx
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ox name him notx let us not break with himx
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for he will never follow anything
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that other men beginx
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cassiusx
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then leave him outx
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cascax
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indeedx he is not fitx
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deciusx
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shall no man else be touchxd but only caesarx
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cassiusx
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deciusx well urgxdx i think it is not meetx
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mark antonyx so well belovxd of caesarx
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should outlive caesarx we shall find of him
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a shrewd contriverx and you knowx his meansx
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if he improve themx may well stretch so far
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as to annoy us allx which to preventx
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let antony and caesar fall togetherx
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brutusx
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our course will seem too bloodyx caius cassiusx
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to cut the head offx and then hack the limbsx
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like wrath in deathx and envy afterwardsx
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for antony is but a limb of caesarx
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let us be sacrificersx but not butchersx caiusx
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we all stand up against the spirit of caesarx
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and in the spirit of men there is no bloodx
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ox that we then could come by caesarxs spiritx
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and not dismember caesarx butx alasx
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caesar must bleed for itx andx gentle friendsx
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letxs kill him boldlyx but not wrathfullyx
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letxs carve him as a dish fit for the godsx
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not hew him as a carcass fit for houndsx
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and let our heartsx as subtle masters dox
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stir up their servants to an act of ragex
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and after seem to chide xemx this shall mark
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our purpose necessaryx and not enviousx
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which so appearing to the common eyesx
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we shall be callxd purgersx not murderersx
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and for mark antonyx think not of himx
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for he can do no more than caesarxs arm
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when caesarxs head is offx
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cassiusx
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yet i fear himx
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for in the ingrafted love he bears to caesarx
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brutusx
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alasx good cassiusx do not think of himx
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|
if he love caesarx all that he can do
|
|
is to himselfx take thought and die for caesarx
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|
and that were much he shouldx for he is given
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to sportsx to wildnessx and much companyx
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treboniusx
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there is no fear in himx let him not diex
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for he will livex and laugh at this hereafterx
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xxclock strikesxxx
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brutusx
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peacex count the clockx
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cassiusx
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the clock hath stricken threex
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treboniusx
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xtis time to partx
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cassiusx
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but it is doubtful yet
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|
whether caesar will come forth today or nox
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|
for he is superstitious grown of latex
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|
quite from the main opinion he held once
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|
of fantasyx of dreamsx and ceremoniesx
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|
it may be these apparent prodigiesx
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|
the unaccustomxd terror of this nightx
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|
and the persuasion of his augurersx
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|
may hold him from the capitol todayx
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deciusx
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|
never fear thatx if he be so resolvedx
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|
i can oxersway himx for he loves to hear
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|
that unicorns may be betrayxd with treesx
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|
and bears with glassesx elephants with holesx
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|
lions with toilsx and men with flatterersx
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|
but when i tell him he hates flatterersx
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|
he says he doesx being then most flatteredx
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|
let me workx
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|
for i can give his humour the true bentx
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|
and i will bring him to the capitolx
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cassiusx
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nayx we will all of us be there to fetch himx
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brutusx
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|
by the eighth hourx is that the uttermostx
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cinnax
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be that the uttermostx and fail not thenx
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metellusx
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|
caius ligarius doth bear caesar hardx
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|
who rated him for speaking well of pompeyx
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|
i wonder none of you have thought of himx
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brutusx
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|
nowx good metellusx go along by himx
|
|
he loves me wellx and i have given him reasonx
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|
send him but hitherx and ixll fashion himx
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cassiusx
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|
the morning comes uponxsx wexll leave youx brutusx
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|
andx friendsx disperse yourselvesx but all remember
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|
what you have saidx and show yourselves true romansx
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brutusx
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|
good gentlemenx look fresh and merrilyx
|
|
let not our looks put on our purposesx
|
|
but bear it as our roman actors dox
|
|
with untired spirits and formal constancyx
|
|
and sox good morrow to you everyonex
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xxexeunt all but brutusxxx
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boyx luciusx fast asleepx it is no matterx
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|
enjoy the honeyxheavy dew of slumberx
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|
thou hast no figures nor no fantasiesx
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|
which busy care draws in the brains of menx
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|
therefore thou sleepxst so soundx
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enter portiax
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portiax
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|
brutusx my lordx
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brutusx
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portiax what mean youx wherefore rise you nowx
|
|
it is not for your health thus to commit
|
|
your weak condition to the raw cold morningx
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portiax
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|
nor for yours neitherx yx have ungentlyx brutusx
|
|
stole from my bedx and yesternight at supperx
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|
you suddenly arosex and walkxd aboutx
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|
musing and sighingx with your arms acrossx
|
|
and when i askxd you what the matter wasx
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|
you starxd upon me with ungentle looksx
|
|
i urgxd you furtherx then you scratchxd your headx
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|
and too impatiently stampxd with your footx
|
|
yet i insistedx yet you answerxd notx
|
|
but with an angry wafture of your hand
|
|
gave sign for me to leave youx so i didx
|
|
fearing to strengthen that impatience
|
|
which seemxd too much enkindledx and withal
|
|
hoping it was but an effect of humourx
|
|
which sometime hath his hour with every manx
|
|
it will not let you eatx nor talkx nor sleepx
|
|
and could it work so much upon your shape
|
|
as it hath much prevailxd on your conditionx
|
|
i should not know youx brutusx dear my lordx
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|
make me acquainted with your cause of griefx
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brutusx
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|
i am not well in healthx and that is allx
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portiax
|
|
brutus is wisex andx were he not in healthx
|
|
he would embrace the means to come by itx
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brutusx
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whyx so i dox good portiax go to bedx
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portiax
|
|
is brutus sickx and is it physical
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|
to walk unbraced and suck up the humours
|
|
of the dank morningx whatx is brutus sickx
|
|
and will he steal out of his wholesome bed
|
|
to dare the vile contagion of the nightx
|
|
and tempt the rheumy and unpurged air
|
|
to add unto his sicknessx nox my brutusx
|
|
you have some sick offence within your mindx
|
|
whichx by the right and virtue of my placex
|
|
i ought to know ofx andx upon my kneesx
|
|
i charm youx by my once commended beautyx
|
|
by all your vows of lovex and that great vow
|
|
which did incorporate and make us onex
|
|
that you unfold to mex your selfx your halfx
|
|
why you are heavyx and what men tonight
|
|
have had resort to youx for here have been
|
|
some six or sevenx who did hide their faces
|
|
even from darknessx
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brutusx
|
|
kneel notx gentle portiax
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portiax
|
|
i should not needx if you were gentle brutusx
|
|
within the bond of marriagex tell mex brutusx
|
|
is it excepted i should know no secrets
|
|
that appertain to youx am i your self
|
|
butx as it werex in sort or limitationx
|
|
to keep with you at mealsx comfort your bedx
|
|
and talk to you sometimesx dwell i but in the suburbs
|
|
of your good pleasurex if it be no morex
|
|
portia is brutusx harlotx not his wifex
|
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brutusx
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|
you are my true and honourable wifex
|
|
as dear to me as are the ruddy drops
|
|
that visit my sad heartx
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portiax
|
|
if this were truex then should i know this secretx
|
|
i grant i am a womanx but withal
|
|
a woman that lord brutus took to wifex
|
|
i grant i am a womanx but withal
|
|
a woman well reputedx catoxs daughterx
|
|
think you i am no stronger than my sexx
|
|
being so fatherxd and so husbandedx
|
|
tell me your counselsx i will not disclose xemx
|
|
i have made strong proof of my constancyx
|
|
giving myself a voluntary wound
|
|
herex in the thighx can i bear that with patience
|
|
and not my husbandxs secretsx
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brutusx
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|
o ye godsx
|
|
render me worthy of this noble wifex
|
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|
xxknockxxx
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harkx harkx one knocksx portiax go in awhilex
|
|
and by and by thy bosom shall partake
|
|
the secrets of my heartx
|
|
all my engagements i will construe to theex
|
|
all the charactery of my sad browsx
|
|
leave me with hastex
|
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|
|
xxexit portiaxxx
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|
|
enter lucius with ligariusx
|
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|
luciusx whoxs that knocksx
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|
luciusx
|
|
here is a sick man that would speak with youx
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|
brutusx
|
|
caius ligariusx that metellus spake ofx
|
|
boyx stand asidex caius ligariusx howx
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|
ligariusx
|
|
vouchsafe goodxmorrow from a feeble tonguex
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|
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|
brutusx
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|
ox what a time have you chose outx brave caiusx
|
|
to wear a kerchiefx would you were not sickx
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|
|
ligariusx
|
|
i am not sickx if brutus have in hand
|
|
any exploit worthy the name of honourx
|
|
|
|
brutusx
|
|
such an exploit have i in handx ligariusx
|
|
had you a healthful ear to hear of itx
|
|
|
|
ligariusx
|
|
by all the gods that romans bow beforex
|
|
i here discard my sicknessx soul of romex
|
|
brave sonx derived from honourable loinsx
|
|
thoux like an exorcistx hast conjurxd up
|
|
my mortified spiritx now bid me runx
|
|
and i will strive with things impossiblex
|
|
yeax get the better of themx whatxs to dox
|
|
|
|
brutusx
|
|
a piece of work that will make sick men wholex
|
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|
|
ligariusx
|
|
but are not some whole that we must make sickx
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|
brutusx
|
|
that must we alsox what it isx my caiusx
|
|
i shall unfold to theex as we are goingx
|
|
to whom it must be donex
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|
|
|
ligariusx
|
|
set on your footx
|
|
and with a heart newxfirxd i follow youx
|
|
to do i know not whatx but it sufficeth
|
|
that brutus leads me onx
|
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|
xxthunderxxx
|
|
|
|
brutusx
|
|
follow me thenx
|
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|
xxexeuntxxx
|
|
|
|
scene iix a room in caesarxs palacex
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|
|
thunder and lightningx enter caesarx in his nightgownx
|
|
|
|
caesarx
|
|
nor heaven nor earth have been at peace tonightx
|
|
thrice hath calphurnia in her sleep cried outx
|
|
xhelpx hox they murder caesarxx whoxs withinx
|
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|
|
enter a servantx
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|
|
servantx
|
|
my lordx
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|
caesarx
|
|
go bid the priests do present sacrificex
|
|
and bring me their opinions of successx
|
|
|
|
servantx
|
|
i willx my lordx
|
|
|
|
xxexitxxx
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|
|
|
enter calphurniax
|
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|
|
calphurniax
|
|
what mean youx caesarx think you to walk forthx
|
|
you shall not stir out of your house todayx
|
|
|
|
caesarx
|
|
caesar shall forthx the things that threatenxd me
|
|
nexer lookxd but on my backx when they shall see
|
|
the face of caesarx they are vanishedx
|
|
|
|
calphurniax
|
|
caesarx i never stood on ceremoniesx
|
|
yet now they fright mex there is one withinx
|
|
besides the things that we have heard and seenx
|
|
recounts most horrid sights seen by the watchx
|
|
a lioness hath whelped in the streetsx
|
|
and graves have yawnxdx and yielded up their deadx
|
|
fierce fiery warriors fight upon the clouds
|
|
in ranks and squadrons and right form of warx
|
|
which drizzled blood upon the capitolx
|
|
the noise of battle hurtled in the airx
|
|
horses did neighx and dying men did groanx
|
|
and ghosts did shriek and squeal about the streetsx
|
|
o caesarx these things are beyond all usex
|
|
and i do fear themx
|
|
|
|
caesarx
|
|
what can be avoided
|
|
whose end is purposxd by the mighty godsx
|
|
yet caesar shall go forthx for these predictions
|
|
are to the world in general as to caesarx
|
|
|
|
calphurniax
|
|
when beggars diex there are no comets seenx
|
|
the heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princesx
|
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caesarx
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cowards die many times before their deathsx
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the valiant never taste of death but oncex
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of all the wonders that i yet have heardx
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it seems to me most strange that men should fearx
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seeing that deathx a necessary endx
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will come when it will comex
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enter servantx
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what say the augurersx
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servantx
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they would not have you to stir forth todayx
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plucking the entrails of an offering forthx
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they could not find a heart within the beastx
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caesarx
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the gods do this in shame of cowardicex
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caesar should be a beast without a heart
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if he should stay at home today for fearx
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nox caesar shall notx danger knows full well
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that caesar is more dangerous than hex
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we are two lions litterxd in one dayx
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and i the elder and more terriblex
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and caesar shall go forthx
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calphurniax
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alasx my lordx
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your wisdom is consumxd in confidencex
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do not go forth todayx call it my fear
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that keeps you in the housex and not your ownx
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wexll send mark antony to the senatexhousex
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and he shall say you are not well todayx
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let me upon my knee prevail in thisx
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caesarx
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mark antony shall say i am not wellx
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and for thy humourx i will stay at homex
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enter deciusx
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herexs decius brutusx he shall tell them sox
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deciusx
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caesarx all hailx good morrowx worthy caesarx
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i come to fetch you to the senatexhousex
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caesarx
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and you are come in very happy time
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to bear my greeting to the senatorsx
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and tell them that i will not come todayx
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cannotx is falsex and that i dare notx falserx
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i will not come todayx tell them sox deciusx
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calphurniax
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say he is sickx
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caesarx
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shall caesar send a liex
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have i in conquest stretchxd mine arm so farx
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to be afeard to tell greyxbeards the truthx
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deciusx go tell them caesar will not comex
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deciusx
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most mighty caesarx let me know some causex
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lest i be laughxd at when i tell them sox
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caesarx
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the cause is in my willx i will not comex
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that is enough to satisfy the senatex
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but for your private satisfactionx
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because i love youx i will let you knowx
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calphurnia herex my wifex stays me at homex
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she dreamt tonight she saw my statuex
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which like a fountain with an hundred spouts
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did run pure bloodx and many lusty romans
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came smilingx and did bathe their hands in itx
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and these does she apply for warnings and portents
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and evils imminentx and on her knee
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hath beggxd that i will stay at home todayx
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deciusx
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this dream is all amiss interpretedx
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it was a vision fair and fortunatex
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your statue spouting blood in many pipesx
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in which so many smiling romans bathxdx
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signifies that from you great rome shall suck
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reviving bloodx and that great men shall press
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for tincturesx stainsx relicsx and cognizancex
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this by calphurniaxs dream is signifiedx
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caesarx
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and this way have you well expounded itx
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deciusx
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i havex when you have heard what i can sayx
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and know it nowx the senate have concluded
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to give this day a crown to mighty caesarx
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if you shall send them word you will not comex
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their minds may changex besidesx it were a mock
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apt to be renderxdx for someone to sayx
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xbreak up the senate till another timex
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when caesarxs wife shall meet with better dreamsxx
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if caesar hide himselfx shall they not whisper
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xlox caesar is afraidxx
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pardon mex caesarx for my dear dear love
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to your proceeding bids me tell you thisx
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and reason to my love is liablex
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caesarx
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how foolish do your fears seem nowx calphurniax
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i am ashamed i did yield to themx
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give me my robex for i will gox
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enter brutusx ligariusx metellusx cascax treboniusx cinna and publiusx
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and look where publius is come to fetch mex
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publiusx
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good morrowx caesarx
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caesarx
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welcomex publiusx
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whatx brutusx are you stirrxd so early toox
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good morrowx cascax caius ligariusx
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caesar was nexer so much your enemy
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as that same ague which hath made you leanx
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what isxt oxclockx
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brutusx
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caesarx xtis strucken eightx
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caesarx
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i thank you for your pains and courtesyx
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enter antonyx
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seex antonyx that revels long axnightsx
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is notwithstanding upx good morrowx antonyx
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antonyx
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so to most noble caesarx
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caesarx
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bid them prepare withinx
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i am to blame to be thus waited forx
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nowx cinnax nowx metellusx whatx treboniusx
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i have an hourxs talk in store for youx
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remember that you call on me todayx
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be near mex that i may remember youx
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treboniusx
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caesarx i willx xxasidexxx and so near will i bex
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that your best friends shall wish i had been furtherx
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caesarx
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good friendsx go inx and taste some wine with mex
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and wex like friendsx will straightway go togetherx
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brutusx
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xxasidexxx that every like is not the samex o caesarx
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the heart of brutus yearns to think uponx
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene iiix a street near the capitolx
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enter artemidorusx reading a paperx
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artemidorusx
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xxcaesarx beware of brutusx take heed of cassiusx come not near cascax
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have an eye to cinnax trust not treboniusx mark well metellus cimberx
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decius brutus loves thee notx thou hast wrongxd caius ligariusx there
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is but one mind in all these menx and it is bent against caesarx if
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thou bexst not immortalx look about youx security gives way to
|
|
conspiracyx the mighty gods defend theex
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|
thy loverx artemidorusxxx
|
|
here will i stand till caesar pass alongx
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|
and as a suitor will i give him thisx
|
|
my heart laments that virtue cannot live
|
|
out of the teeth of emulationx
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|
if thou read thisx o caesarx thou mayest livex
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|
if notx the fates with traitors do contrivex
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xxexitxxx
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scene ivx another part of the same streetx before the house of brutusx
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enter portia and luciusx
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portiax
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i prxytheex boyx run to the senatexhousex
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stay not to answer mex but get thee gonex
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why dost thou stayx
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luciusx
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to know my errandx madamx
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portiax
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i would have had thee there and here againx
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ere i can tell thee what thou shouldst do therex
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xxasidexxx o constancyx be strong upon my sidex
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set a huge mountain xtween my heart and tonguex
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i have a manxs mindx but a womanxs mightx
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how hard it is for women to keep counselx
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art thou here yetx
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luciusx
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madamx what should i dox
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run to the capitolx and nothing elsex
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and so return to youx and nothing elsex
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portiax
|
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yesx bring me wordx boyx if thy lord look wellx
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for he went sickly forthx and take good note
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what caesar dothx what suitors press to himx
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harkx boyx what noise is thatx
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luciusx
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i hear nonex madamx
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portiax
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prxytheex listen wellx
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i heard a bustling rumourx like a frayx
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and the wind brings it from the capitolx
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luciusx
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soothx madamx i hear nothingx
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enter the soothsayerx
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portiax
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come hitherx fellowx
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which way hast thou beenx
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soothsayerx
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at mine own housex good ladyx
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portiax
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what isxt oxclockx
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soothsayerx
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about the ninth hourx ladyx
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portiax
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is caesar yet gone to the capitolx
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soothsayerx
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madamx not yetx i go to take my standx
|
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to see him pass on to the capitolx
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portiax
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thou hast some suit to caesarx hast thou notx
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soothsayerx
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that i havex ladyx if it will please caesar
|
|
to be so good to caesar as to hear mex
|
|
i shall beseech him to befriend himselfx
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portiax
|
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whyx knowxst thou any harmxs intended towards himx
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soothsayerx
|
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none that i know will bex much that i fear may chancex
|
|
good morrow to youx here the street is narrowx
|
|
the throng that follows caesar at the heelsx
|
|
of senatorsx of praetorsx common suitorsx
|
|
will crowd a feeble man almost to deathx
|
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ixll get me to a place more voidx and there
|
|
speak to great caesar as he comes alongx
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xxexitxxx
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portiax
|
|
i must go inx
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xxasidexxx ay mex how weak a thing
|
|
the heart of woman isx o brutusx
|
|
the heavens speed thee in thine enterprisex
|
|
surex the boy heard mex brutus hath a suit
|
|
that caesar will not grantx ox i grow faintx
|
|
runx luciusx and commend me to my lordx
|
|
say i am merryx come to me againx
|
|
and bring me word what he doth say to theex
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xxexeuntxxx
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act iii
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scene ix romex before the capitolx the senate sittingx
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|
a crowd of people in the street leading to the capitolx flourishx
|
|
enter caesarx brutusx cassiusx cascax deciusx metellusx treboniusx
|
|
cinnax antonyx lepidusx artemidorusx publiusx popilius and the
|
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soothsayerx
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caesarx
|
|
the ides of march are comex
|
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soothsayerx
|
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ayx caesarx but not gonex
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artemidorusx
|
|
hailx caesarx read this schedulex
|
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|
deciusx
|
|
trebonius doth desire you to oxerxreadx
|
|
at your best leisurex this his humble suitx
|
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|
|
artemidorusx
|
|
o caesarx read mine firstx for minexs a suit
|
|
that touches caesar nearerx read itx great caesarx
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caesarx
|
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what touches us ourself shall be last servxdx
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artemidorusx
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delay notx caesarx read it instantlyx
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caesarx
|
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whatx is the fellow madx
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publiusx
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sirrahx give placex
|
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cassiusx
|
|
whatx urge you your petitions in the streetx
|
|
come to the capitolx
|
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|
caesar enters the capitolx the rest followingx all the senators risex
|
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popiliusx
|
|
i wish your enterprise today may thrivex
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cassiusx
|
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what enterprisex popiliusx
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popiliusx
|
|
fare you wellx
|
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xxadvances to caesarxxx
|
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brutusx
|
|
what said popilius lenax
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cassiusx
|
|
he wishxd today our enterprise might thrivex
|
|
i fear our purpose is discoveredx
|
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brutusx
|
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look how he makes to caesarx mark himx
|
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cassiusx
|
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cascax be suddenx for we fear preventionx
|
|
brutusx what shall be donex if this be knownx
|
|
cassius or caesar never shall turn backx
|
|
for i will slay myselfx
|
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brutusx
|
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cassiusx be constantx
|
|
popilius lena speaks not of our purposesx
|
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for lookx he smilesx and caesar doth not changex
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cassiusx
|
|
trebonius knows his timex for look youx brutusx
|
|
he draws mark antony out of the wayx
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|
|
xxexeunt antony and treboniusx caesar and the senators take their
|
|
seatsxxx
|
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|
deciusx
|
|
where is metellus cimberx let him gox
|
|
and presently prefer his suit to caesarx
|
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brutusx
|
|
he is addressxdx press near and second himx
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cinnax
|
|
cascax you are the first that rears your handx
|
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caesarx
|
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are we all readyx what is now amiss
|
|
that caesar and his senate must redressx
|
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metellusx
|
|
most highx most mightyx and most puissant caesarx
|
|
metellus cimber throws before thy seat
|
|
an humble heartx
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xxkneelingxxx
|
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caesarx
|
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i must prevent theex cimberx
|
|
these couchings and these lowly courtesies
|
|
might fire the blood of ordinary menx
|
|
and turn prexordinance and first decree
|
|
into the law of childrenx be not fondx
|
|
to think that caesar bears such rebel blood
|
|
that will be thawxd from the true quality
|
|
with that which melteth foolsx i mean sweet wordsx
|
|
lowxcrooked curtsiesx and base spaniel fawningx
|
|
thy brother by decree is banishedx
|
|
if thou dost bendx and prayx and fawn for himx
|
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i spurn thee like a cur out of my wayx
|
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knowx caesar dost not wrongx nor without cause
|
|
will he be satisfiedx
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|
metellusx
|
|
is there no voice more worthy than my ownx
|
|
to sound more sweetly in great caesarxs ear
|
|
for the repealing of my banishxd brotherx
|
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|
brutusx
|
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i kiss thy handx but not in flatteryx caesarx
|
|
desiring thee that publius cimber may
|
|
have an immediate freedom of repealx
|
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caesarx
|
|
whatx brutusx
|
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|
cassiusx
|
|
pardonx caesarx caesarx pardonx
|
|
as low as to thy foot doth cassius fallx
|
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to beg enfranchisement for publius cimberx
|
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caesarx
|
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i could be well movxdx if i were as youx
|
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if i could pray to movex prayers would move mex
|
|
but i am constant as the northern starx
|
|
of whose truexfixxd and resting quality
|
|
there is no fellow in the firmamentx
|
|
the skies are painted with unnumberxd sparksx
|
|
they are all firex and every one doth shinex
|
|
but therexs but one in all doth hold his placex
|
|
so in the worldx xtis furnishxd well with menx
|
|
and men are flesh and bloodx and apprehensivex
|
|
yet in the number i do know but one
|
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that unassailable holds on his rankx
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unshakxd of motionx and that i am hex
|
|
let me a little show itx even in thisx
|
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that i was constant cimber should be banishxdx
|
|
and constant do remain to keep him sox
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cinnax
|
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o caesarxx
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caesarx
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hencex wilt thou lift up olympusx
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deciusx
|
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great caesarxx
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caesarx
|
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doth not brutus bootless kneelx
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cascax
|
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speakx handsx for mex
|
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|
xxcasca stabs caesar in the neckx caesar catches hold of his armx he
|
|
is then stabbed by several other conspiratorsx and at last by marcus
|
|
brutusxxx
|
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caesarx
|
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xet tux brutexxxthen fallx caesarx
|
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xxdiesx the senators and people retire in confusionxxx
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cinnax
|
|
libertyx freedomx tyranny is deadx
|
|
run hencex proclaimx cry it about the streetsx
|
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cassiusx
|
|
some to the common pulpits and cry outx
|
|
xlibertyx freedomx and enfranchisementxx
|
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brutusx
|
|
people and senatorsx be not affrightedx
|
|
fly notx stand stillx ambitionxs debt is paidx
|
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cascax
|
|
go to the pulpitx brutusx
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deciusx
|
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and cassius toox
|
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brutusx
|
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wherexs publiusx
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|
cinnax
|
|
herex quite confounded with this mutinyx
|
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metellusx
|
|
stand fast togetherx lest some friend of caesarxs
|
|
should chancex
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brutusx
|
|
talk not of standingx publiusx good cheerx
|
|
there is no harm intended to your personx
|
|
nor to no roman elsex so tell themx publiusx
|
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cassiusx
|
|
and leave usx publiusx lest that the people
|
|
rushing on usx should do your age some mischiefx
|
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|
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brutusx
|
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do sox and let no man abide this deed
|
|
but we the doersx
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|
enter treboniusx
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|
cassiusx
|
|
wherexs antonyx
|
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treboniusx
|
|
fled to his house amazxdx
|
|
menx wivesx and children starex cry outx and runx
|
|
as it were doomsdayx
|
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|
|
brutusx
|
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fatesx we will know your pleasuresx
|
|
that we shall diex we knowx xtis but the time
|
|
and drawing days outx that men stand uponx
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|
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cascax
|
|
whyx he that cuts off twenty years of life
|
|
cuts off so many years of fearing deathx
|
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|
|
brutusx
|
|
grant thatx and then is death a benefitx
|
|
so are we caesarxs friendsx that have abridgxd
|
|
his time of fearing deathx stoopx romansx stoopx
|
|
and let us bathe our hands in caesarxs blood
|
|
up to the elbowsx and besmear our swordsx
|
|
then walk we forthx even to the marketxplacex
|
|
and waving our red weapons oxer our headsx
|
|
letxs all cryx xpeacex freedomx and libertyxx
|
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|
|
cassiusx
|
|
stoop thenx and washx how many ages hence
|
|
shall this our lofty scene be acted over
|
|
in states unbornx and accents yet unknownx
|
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|
brutusx
|
|
how many times shall caesar bleed in sportx
|
|
that now on pompeyxs basis lies alongx
|
|
no worthier than the dustx
|
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cassiusx
|
|
so oft as that shall bex
|
|
so often shall the knot of us be callxd
|
|
the men that gave their country libertyx
|
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deciusx
|
|
whatx shall we forthx
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|
cassiusx
|
|
ayx every man awayx
|
|
brutus shall leadx and we will grace his heels
|
|
with the most boldest and best hearts of romex
|
|
|
|
enter a servantx
|
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|
|
brutusx
|
|
softx who comes herex a friend of antonyxsx
|
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|
servantx
|
|
thusx brutusx did my master bid me kneelx
|
|
thus did mark antony bid me fall downx
|
|
andx being prostratex thus he bade me sayx
|
|
brutus is noblex wisex valiantx and honestx
|
|
caesar was mightyx boldx royalx and lovingx
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say i love brutus and i honour himx
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say i fearxd caesarx honourxd himx and lovxd himx
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if brutus will vouchsafe that antony
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may safely come to himx and be resolvxd
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how caesar hath deservxd to lie in deathx
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mark antony shall not love caesar dead
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so well as brutus livingx but will follow
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the fortunes and affairs of noble brutus
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thorough the hazards of this untrod statex
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with all true faithx so says my master antonyx
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brutusx
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thy master is a wise and valiant romanx
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i never thought him worsex
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tell himx so please him come unto this placex
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he shall be satisfied andx by my honourx
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depart untouchxdx
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servantx
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ixll fetch him presentlyx
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xxexitxxx
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brutusx
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i know that we shall have him well to friendx
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cassiusx
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i wish we mayx but yet have i a mind
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that fears him muchx and my misgiving still
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falls shrewdly to the purposex
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enter antonyx
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brutusx
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but here comes antonyx welcomex mark antonyx
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antonyx
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o mighty caesarx dost thou lie so lowx
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are all thy conquestsx gloriesx triumphsx spoilsx
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shrunk to this little measurex fare thee wellx
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i know notx gentlemenx what you intendx
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who else must be let bloodx who else is rankx
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if i myselfx there is no hour so fit
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as caesarxs deathxs hourx nor no instrument
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of half that worth as those your swordsx made rich
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with the most noble blood of all this worldx
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i do beseech yex if you bear me hardx
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nowx whilst your purpled hands do reek and smokex
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fulfill your pleasurex live a thousand yearsx
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i shall not find myself so apt to diex
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no place will please me sox no means of deathx
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as here by caesarx and by you cut offx
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the choice and master spirits of this agex
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brutusx
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o antonyx beg not your death of usx
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though now we must appear bloody and cruelx
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as by our hands and this our present act
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you see we dox yet see you but our hands
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and this the bleeding business they have donex
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our hearts you see notx they are pitifulx
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and pity to the general wrong of romex
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as fire drives out firex so pity pityx
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hath done this deed on caesarx for your partx
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to you our swords have leaden pointsx mark antonyx
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our arms in strength of malicex and our hearts
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of brothersx temperx do receive you in
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with all kind lovex good thoughtsx and reverencex
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cassiusx
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your voice shall be as strong as any manxs
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in the disposing of new dignitiesx
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brutusx
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only be patient till we have appeasxd
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the multitudex beside themselves with fearx
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and then we will deliver you the cause
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why ix that did love caesar when i struck himx
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have thus proceededx
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antonyx
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i doubt not of your wisdomx
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let each man render me his bloody handx
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firstx marcus brutusx will i shake with youx
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nextx caius cassiusx do i take your handx
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nowx decius brutusx yoursx now yoursx metellusx
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yoursx cinnax andx my valiant cascax yoursx
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though lastx not least in lovex yoursx good treboniusx
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gentlemen allxalasx what shall i sayx
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my credit now stands on such slippery groundx
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that one of two bad ways you must conceit mex
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either a coward or a flattererx
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that i did love theex caesarx ox xtis truex
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if then thy spirit look upon us nowx
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shall it not grieve thee dearer than thy deathx
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to see thy antony making his peacex
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shaking the bloody fingers of thy foesx
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most noblex in the presence of thy corsex
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had i as many eyes as thou hast woundsx
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weeping as fast as they stream forth thy bloodx
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it would become me better than to close
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in terms of friendship with thine enemiesx
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pardon mex juliusx here wast thou bayxdx brave hartx
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here didst thou fallx and here thy hunters standx
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signxd in thy spoilx and crimsonxd in thy lethex
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o worldx thou wast the forest to this hartx
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and this indeedx o worldx the heart of theex
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how like a deer strucken by many princesx
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dost thou here liex
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cassiusx
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mark antonyxx
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antonyx
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pardon mex caius cassiusx
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the enemies of caesar shall say thisx
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thenx in a friendx it is cold modestyx
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cassiusx
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i blame you not for praising caesar sox
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but what compact mean you to have with usx
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will you be prickxd in number of our friendsx
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or shall we onx and not depend on youx
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antonyx
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therefore i took your handsx but was indeed
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swayxd from the pointx by looking down on caesarx
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friends am i with you allx and love you allx
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upon this hopex that you shall give me reasons
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whyx and whereinx caesar was dangerousx
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brutusx
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or else were this a savage spectaclex
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our reasons are so full of good regard
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that were youx antonyx the son of caesarx
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you should be satisfiedx
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antonyx
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thatxs all i seekx
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and am moreover suitor that i may
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produce his body to the marketxplacex
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and in the pulpitx as becomes a friendx
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speak in the order of his funeralx
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brutusx
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you shallx mark antonyx
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cassiusx
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brutusx a word with youx
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xxaside to brutusxxx you know not what you dox do not consent
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that antony speak in his funeralx
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know you how much the people may be movxd
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by that which he will utterx
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brutusx
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xxaside to cassiusxxx by your pardonx
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i will myself into the pulpit firstx
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and show the reason of our caesarxs deathx
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what antony shall speakx i will protest
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he speaks by leave and by permissionx
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and that we are contented caesar shall
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have all true rights and lawful ceremoniesx
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it shall advantage more than do us wrongx
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cassiusx
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xxaside to brutusxxx i know not what may fallx i like it notx
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brutusx
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mark antonyx herex take you caesarxs bodyx
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you shall not in your funeral speech blame usx
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but speak all good you can devise of caesarx
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and say you doxt by our permissionx
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else shall you not have any hand at all
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about his funeralx and you shall speak
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in the same pulpit whereto i am goingx
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after my speech is endedx
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antonyx
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be it sox
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i do desire no morex
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brutusx
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prepare the bodyx thenx and follow usx
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xxexeunt all but antonyxxx
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antonyx
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ox pardon mex thou bleeding piece of earthx
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that i am meek and gentle with these butchersx
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thou art the ruins of the noblest man
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that ever lived in the tide of timesx
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woe to the hand that shed this costly bloodx
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over thy wounds now do i prophesyx
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whichx like dumb mouths do ope their ruby lips
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to beg the voice and utterance of my tonguex
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a curse shall light upon the limbs of menx
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domestic fury and fierce civil strife
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shall cumber all the parts of italyx
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blood and destruction shall be so in usex
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and dreadful objects so familiarx
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that mothers shall but smile when they behold
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their infants quartered with the hands of warx
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all pity chokxd with custom of fell deedsx
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and caesarxs spiritx ranging for revengex
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with ate by his side come hot from hellx
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shall in these confines with a monarchxs voice
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|
cry havoc and let slip the dogs of warx
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that this foul deed shall smell above the earth
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with carrion menx groaning for burialx
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enter a servantx
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you serve octavius caesarx do you notx
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servantx
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i dox mark antonyx
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antonyx
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caesar did write for him to come to romex
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servantx
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he did receive his lettersx and is comingx
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and bid me say to you by word of mouthxx
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xxseeing the bodyxxx o caesarx
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antonyx
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thy heart is bigx get thee apart and weepx
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passionx i seex is catchingx for mine eyesx
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seeing those beads of sorrow stand in thinex
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began to waterx is thy master comingx
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servantx
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he lies tonight within seven leagues of romex
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antonyx
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post back with speedx and tell him what hath chancxdx
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here is a mourning romex a dangerous romex
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no rome of safety for octavius yetx
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hie hencex and tell him sox yet stay awhilex
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thou shalt not back till i have borne this corse
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into the marketxplacex there shall i tryx
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in my orationx how the people take
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|
the cruel issue of these bloody menx
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according to the which thou shalt discourse
|
|
to young octavius of the state of thingsx
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lend me your handx
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xxexeunt with caesarxs bodyxxx
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scene iix the samex the forumx
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enter brutus and goes into the pulpitx and cassiusx with a throng of
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citizensx
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citizensx
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we will be satisfiedx let us be satisfiedx
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brutusx
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then follow mex and give me audiencex friendsx
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cassiusx go you into the other street
|
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and part the numbersx
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those that will hear me speakx let xem stay herex
|
|
those that will follow cassiusx go with himx
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and public reasons shall be rendered
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of caesarxs deathx
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first citizenx
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i will hear brutus speakx
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second citizenx
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i will hear cassiusx and compare their reasonsx
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when severally we hear them renderedx
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xxexit cassiusx with some of the citizensx brutus goes into the
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rostrumxxx
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third citizenx
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the noble brutus is ascendedx silencex
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brutusx
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be patient till the lastx
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romansx countrymenx and loversx hear me for my causex and be silentx
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|
that you may hearx believe me for mine honourx and have respect to mine
|
|
honourx that you may believex censure me in your wisdomx and awake your
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|
sensesx that you may the better judgex if there be any in this
|
|
assemblyx any dear friend of caesarxsx to him i say that brutusx love
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|
to caesar was no less than hisx if then that friend demand why brutus
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|
rose against caesarx this is my answerx not that i loved caesar lessx
|
|
but that i loved rome morex had you rather caesar were livingx and die
|
|
all slavesx than that caesar were deadx to live all free menx as caesar
|
|
loved mex i weep for himx as he was fortunatex i rejoice at itx as he
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|
was valiantx i honour himx butx as he was ambitiousx i slew himx there
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|
is tearsx for his lovex joy for his fortunex honour for his valourx and
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|
deathx for his ambitionx who is here so basex that would be a bondmanx
|
|
if anyx speakx for him have i offendedx who is here so rudex that would
|
|
not be a romanx if anyx speakx for him have i offendedx who is here so
|
|
vilex that will not love his countryx if anyx speakx for him have i
|
|
offendedx i pause for a replyx
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|
citizensx
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nonex brutusx nonex
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brutusx
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|
then none have i offendedx i have done no more to caesar than you shall
|
|
do to brutusx the question of his death is enrollxd in the capitolx his
|
|
glory not extenuatedx wherein he was worthyx nor his offences enforcxdx
|
|
for which he suffered deathx
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|
|
enter antony and othersx with caesarxs bodyx
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|
|
here comes his bodyx mourned by mark antonyx whox though he had no hand
|
|
in his deathx shall receive the benefit of his dyingx a place in the
|
|
commonwealthx as which of you shall notx with this i departx thatx as i
|
|
slew my best lover for the good of romex i have the same dagger for
|
|
myselfx when it shall please my country to need my deathx
|
|
|
|
citizensx
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|
livex brutusx livex livex
|
|
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first citizenx
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|
bring him with triumph home unto his housex
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second citizenx
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|
give him a statue with his ancestorsx
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third citizenx
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|
let him be caesarx
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fourth citizenx
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|
caesarxs better parts
|
|
shall be crownxd in brutusx
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first citizenx
|
|
wexll bring him to his house with shouts and clamoursx
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brutusx
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my countrymenxx
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second citizenx
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|
peacex silencex brutus speaksx
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first citizenx
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|
peacex hox
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brutusx
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good countrymenx let me depart alonex
|
|
andx for my sakex stay here with antonyx
|
|
do grace to caesarxs corpsex and grace his speech
|
|
tending to caesarxs gloriesx which mark antonyx
|
|
by our permissionx is allowxd to makex
|
|
i do entreat youx not a man departx
|
|
save i alonex till antony have spokex
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xxexitxxx
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first citizenx
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stayx hox and let us hear mark antonyx
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|
third citizenx
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|
let him go up into the public chairx
|
|
wexll hear himx noble antonyx go upx
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antonyx
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for brutusx sakex i am beholding to youx
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|
xxgoes upxxx
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fourth citizenx
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|
what does he say of brutusx
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third citizenx
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he saysx for brutusx sake
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|
he finds himself beholding to us allx
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fourth citizenx
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xtwere best he speak no harm of brutus herex
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first citizenx
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|
this caesar was a tyrantx
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third citizenx
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|
nayx thatxs certainx
|
|
we are blest that rome is rid of himx
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second citizenx
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peacex let us hear what antony can sayx
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antonyx
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you gentle romansxx
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citizensx
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peacex hox let us hear himx
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antonyx
|
|
friendsx romansx countrymenx lend me your earsx
|
|
i come to bury caesarx not to praise himx
|
|
the evil that men do lives after themx
|
|
the good is oft interred with their bonesx
|
|
so let it be with caesarx the noble brutus
|
|
hath told you caesar was ambitiousx
|
|
if it were sox it was a grievous faultx
|
|
and grievously hath caesar answerxd itx
|
|
herex under leave of brutus and the restx
|
|
for brutus is an honourable manx
|
|
so are they allx all honourable menx
|
|
come i to speak in caesarxs funeralx
|
|
he was my friendx faithful and just to mex
|
|
but brutus says he was ambitiousx
|
|
and brutus is an honourable manx
|
|
he hath brought many captives home to romex
|
|
whose ransoms did the general coffers fillx
|
|
did this in caesar seem ambitiousx
|
|
when that the poor have criedx caesar hath weptx
|
|
ambition should be made of sterner stuffx
|
|
yet brutus says he was ambitiousx
|
|
and brutus is an honourable manx
|
|
you all did see that on the lupercal
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|
i thrice presented him a kingly crownx
|
|
which he did thrice refusex was this ambitionx
|
|
yet brutus says he was ambitiousx
|
|
and sure he is an honourable manx
|
|
i speak not to disprove what brutus spokex
|
|
but here i am to speak what i do knowx
|
|
you all did love him oncex not without causex
|
|
what cause withholds you then to mourn for himx
|
|
o judgmentx thou art fled to brutish beastsx
|
|
and men have lost their reasonx bear with mex
|
|
my heart is in the coffin there with caesarx
|
|
and i must pause till it come back to mex
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first citizenx
|
|
methinks there is much reason in his sayingsx
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second citizenx
|
|
if thou consider rightly of the matterx
|
|
caesar has had great wrongx
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|
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|
third citizenx
|
|
has hex mastersx
|
|
i fear there will a worse come in his placex
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fourth citizenx
|
|
markxd ye his wordsx he would not take the crownx
|
|
therefore xtis certain he was not ambitiousx
|
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|
|
first citizenx
|
|
if it be found sox some will dear abide itx
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second citizenx
|
|
poor soulx his eyes are red as fire with weepingx
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third citizenx
|
|
therexs not a nobler man in rome than antonyx
|
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|
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fourth citizenx
|
|
now mark himx he begins again to speakx
|
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|
antonyx
|
|
but yesterday the word of caesar might
|
|
have stood against the worldx now lies he therex
|
|
and none so poor to do him reverencex
|
|
o mastersx if i were disposxd to stir
|
|
your hearts and minds to mutiny and ragex
|
|
i should do brutus wrong and cassius wrongx
|
|
whox you all knowx are honourable menx
|
|
i will not do them wrongx i rather choose
|
|
to wrong the deadx to wrong myself and youx
|
|
than i will wrong such honourable menx
|
|
but herexs a parchment with the seal of caesarx
|
|
i found it in his closetx xtis his willx
|
|
let but the commons hear this testamentx
|
|
whichx pardon mex i do not mean to readx
|
|
and they would go and kiss dead caesarxs woundsx
|
|
and dip their napkins in his sacred bloodx
|
|
yeax beg a hair of him for memoryx
|
|
andx dyingx mention it within their willsx
|
|
bequeathing it as a rich legacy
|
|
unto their issuex
|
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|
fourth citizenx
|
|
wexll hear the willx read itx mark antonyx
|
|
|
|
citizensx
|
|
the willx the willx we will hear caesarxs willx
|
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|
|
antonyx
|
|
have patiencex gentle friendsx i must not read itx
|
|
it is not meet you know how caesar loved youx
|
|
you are not woodx you are not stonesx but menx
|
|
and being menx hearing the will of caesarx
|
|
it will inflame youx it will make you madx
|
|
xtis good you know not that you are his heirsx
|
|
for if you shouldx ox what would come of itx
|
|
|
|
fourth citizenx
|
|
read the willx wexll hear itx antonyx
|
|
you shall read us the willx caesarxs willx
|
|
|
|
antonyx
|
|
will you be patientx will you stay awhilex
|
|
i have oxershot myself to tell you of itx
|
|
i fear i wrong the honourable men
|
|
whose daggers have stabbxd caesarx i do fear itx
|
|
|
|
fourth citizenx
|
|
they were traitorsx honourable menx
|
|
|
|
citizensx
|
|
the willx the testamentx
|
|
|
|
second citizenx
|
|
they were villainsx murderersx the willx read the willx
|
|
|
|
antonyx
|
|
you will compel me then to read the willx
|
|
then make a ring about the corpse of caesarx
|
|
and let me show you him that made the willx
|
|
shall i descendx and will you give me leavex
|
|
|
|
citizensx
|
|
come downx
|
|
|
|
second citizenx
|
|
descendx
|
|
|
|
xxhe comes downxxx
|
|
|
|
third citizenx
|
|
you shall have leavex
|
|
|
|
fourth citizenx
|
|
a ringx stand roundx
|
|
|
|
first citizenx
|
|
stand from the hearsex stand from the bodyx
|
|
|
|
second citizenx
|
|
room for antonyx most noble antonyx
|
|
|
|
antonyx
|
|
nayx press not so upon mex stand far offx
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citizensx
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stand backx roomx bear backx
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antonyx
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if you have tearsx prepare to shed them nowx
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you all do know this mantlex i remember
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the first time ever caesar put it onx
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xtwas on a summerxs eveningx in his tentx
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that day he overcame the nerviix
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lookx in this place ran cassiusx dagger throughx
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see what a rent the envious casca madex
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through this the wellxbeloved brutus stabbxdx
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and as he pluckxd his cursed steel awayx
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mark how the blood of caesar followxd itx
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as rushing out of doorsx to be resolvxd
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if brutus so unkindly knockxdx or nox
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for brutusx as you knowx was caesarxs angelx
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judgex o you godsx how dearly caesar lovxd himx
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this was the most unkindest cut of allx
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for when the noble caesar saw him stabx
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ingratitudex more strong than traitorsx armsx
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quite vanquishxd himx then burst his mighty heartx
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and in his mantle muffling up his facex
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even at the base of pompeyxs statue
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which all the while ran bloodx great caesar fellx
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ox what a fall was therex my countrymenx
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then ix and youx and all of us fell downx
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whilst bloody treason flourishxd over usx
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ox now you weepx and i perceive you feel
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the dint of pityx these are gracious dropsx
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kind soulsx what weep you when you but behold
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our caesarxs vesture woundedx look you herex
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here is himselfx marrxdx as you seex with traitorsx
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first citizenx
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o piteous spectaclex
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second citizenx
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o noble caesarx
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third citizenx
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o woeful dayx
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fourth citizenx
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o traitorsx villainsx
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first citizenx
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o most bloody sightx
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second citizenx
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we will be revengedx
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citizensx
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revengexxaboutxxseekxxburnxxfirexxkillxxslayxxlet not a traitor livex
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antonyx
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stayx countrymenx
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first citizenx
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peace therex hear the noble antonyx
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second citizenx
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wexll hear himx wexll follow himx wexll die with himx
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antonyx
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good friendsx sweet friendsx let me not stir you up
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to such a sudden flood of mutinyx
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they that have done this deed are honourablex
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what private griefs they havex alasx i know notx
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that made them do itx theyxre wise and honourablex
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and willx no doubtx with reasons answer youx
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i come notx friendsx to steal away your heartsx
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i am no oratorx as brutus isx
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butx as you know me allx a plain blunt manx
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that love my friendx and that they know full well
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that gave me public leave to speak of himx
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for i have neither witx nor wordsx nor worthx
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actionx nor utterancex nor the power of speechx
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to stir menxs bloodx i only speak right onx
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i tell you that which you yourselves do knowx
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show you sweet caesarxs woundsx poor poor dumb mouthsx
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and bid them speak for mex but were i brutusx
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and brutus antonyx there were an antony
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would ruffle up your spiritsx and put a tongue
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in every wound of caesarx that should move
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the stones of rome to rise and mutinyx
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citizensx
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wexll mutinyx
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first citizenx
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wexll burn the house of brutusx
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third citizenx
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awayx thenx comex seek the conspiratorsx
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antonyx
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yet hear mex countrymenx yet hear me speakx
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citizensx
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peacex hox hear antonyx most noble antonyx
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antonyx
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whyx friendsx you go to do you know not whatx
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wherein hath caesar thus deserved your lovesx
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alasx you know notx i must tell you thenx
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you have forgot the will i told you ofx
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citizensx
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most truex the willxxletxs stayx and hear the willx
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antonyx
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here is the willx and under caesarxs sealx
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to every roman citizen he givesx
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to every several manx seventyxfive drachmasx
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second citizenx
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most noble caesarx wexll revenge his deathx
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third citizenx
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ox royal caesarx
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antonyx
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hear me with patiencex
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citizensx
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peacex hox
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antonyx
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moreoverx he hath left you all his walksx
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his private arborsx and newxplanted orchardsx
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on this side tiberx he hath left them youx
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and to your heirs foreverx common pleasuresx
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to walk abroadx and recreate yourselvesx
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here was a caesarx when comes such anotherx
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first citizenx
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neverx neverx comex awayx awayx
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wexll burn his body in the holy placex
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and with the brands fire the traitorsx housesx
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take up the bodyx
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second citizenx
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gox fetch firex
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third citizenx
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pluck down benchesx
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fourth citizenx
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pluck down formsx windowsx anythingx
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xxexeunt citizensx with the bodyxxx
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antonyx
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now let it workx mischiefx thou art afootx
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take thou what course thou wiltx
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enter a servantx
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how nowx fellowx
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servantx
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sirx octavius is already come to romex
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antonyx
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where is hex
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servantx
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he and lepidus are at caesarxs housex
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antonyx
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and thither will i straight to visit himx
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he comes upon a wishx fortune is merryx
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and in this mood will give us anythingx
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servantx
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i heard him say brutus and cassius
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are rid like madmen through the gates of romex
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antonyx
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belike they had some notice of the peoplex
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how i had moved themx bring me to octaviusx
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene iiix the samex a streetx
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enter cinnax the poetx and after him the citizensx
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cinnax
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i dreamt tonight that i did feast with caesarx
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and things unluckily charge my fantasyx
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i have no will to wander forth of doorsx
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yet something leads me forthx
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first citizenx
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what is your namex
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second citizenx
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whither are you goingx
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third citizenx
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where do you dwellx
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fourth citizenx
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are you a married man or a bachelorx
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second citizenx
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answer every man directlyx
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first citizenx
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ayx and brieflyx
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fourth citizenx
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ayx and wiselyx
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third citizenx
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ayx and trulyx you were bestx
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cinnax
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what is my namex whither am i goingx where do i dwellx am i a married
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man or a bachelorx thenx to answer every man directly and brieflyx
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wisely and trulyx wisely i say i am a bachelorx
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second citizenx
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thatxs as much as to say they are fools that marryx youxll bear me a
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bang for thatx i fearx proceedx directlyx
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cinnax
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directlyx i am going to caesarxs funeralx
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first citizenx
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as a friendx or an enemyx
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cinnax
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as a friendx
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second citizenx
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that matter is answered directlyx
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fourth citizenx
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for your dwellingx brieflyx
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cinnax
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brieflyx i dwell by the capitolx
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third citizenx
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your namex sirx trulyx
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cinnax
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trulyx my name is cinnax
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first citizenx
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tear him to piecesx hexs a conspiratorx
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cinnax
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i am cinna the poetx i am cinna the poetx
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fourth citizenx
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tear him for his bad versesx tear him for his bad versesx
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cinnax
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i am not cinna the conspiratorx
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fourth citizenx
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it is no matterx his namexs cinnax pluck but his name out of his heartx
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and turn him goingx
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third citizenx
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tear himx tear himx comex brandsx hox firebrandsx to brutusxx to
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cassiusxx burn allx some to deciusx housex and some to cascaxsx some to
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ligariusxx awayx gox
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xxexeuntxxx
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act iv
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scene ix romex a room in antonyxs housex
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enter antonyx octavius and lepidusx seated at a tablex
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antonyx
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these many then shall diex their names are prickxdx
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octaviusx
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your brother too must diex consent youx lepidusx
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lepidusx
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i do consentxx
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octaviusx
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prick him downx antonyx
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lepidusx
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upon condition publius shall not livex
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who is your sisterxs sonx mark antonyx
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antonyx
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he shall not livex lookx with a spot i damn himx
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butx lepidusx go you to caesarxs housex
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fetch the will hitherx and we shall determine
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how to cut off some charge in legaciesx
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lepidusx
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whatx shall i find you herex
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octaviusx
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or herex or at the capitolx
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xxexit lepidusxxx
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antonyx
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this is a slight unmeritable manx
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meet to be sent on errandsx is it fitx
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the threexfold world dividedx he should stand
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one of the three to share itx
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octaviusx
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so you thought himx
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and took his voice who should be prickxd to die
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in our black sentence and proscriptionx
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antonyx
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octaviusx i have seen more days than youx
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and though we lay these honours on this manx
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to ease ourselves of divers slandxrous loadsx
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he shall but bear them as the ass bears goldx
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to groan and sweat under the businessx
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either led or drivenx as we point the wayx
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and having brought our treasure where we willx
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then take we down his loadx and turn him offx
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like to the empty assx to shake his earsx
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and graze in commonsx
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octaviusx
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you may do your willx
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but hexs a tried and valiant soldierx
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antonyx
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so is my horsex octaviusx and for that
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|
i do appoint him store of provenderx
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|
it is a creature that i teach to fightx
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to windx to stopx to run directly onx
|
|
his corporal motion governxd by my spiritx
|
|
andx in some tastex is lepidus but sox
|
|
he must be taughtx and trainxdx and bid go forthx
|
|
a barrenxspirited fellowx one that feeds
|
|
on objectsx artsx and imitationsx
|
|
whichx out of use and stalxd by other menx
|
|
begin his fashionx do not talk of him
|
|
but as a propertyx and nowx octaviusx
|
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listen great thingsx brutus and cassius
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|
are levying powersx we must straight make headx
|
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therefore let our alliance be combinxdx
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our best friends madex our means stretchxdx
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|
and let us presently go sit in councilx
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how covert matters may be best disclosxdx
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and open perils surest answeredx
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octaviusx
|
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let us do sox for we are at the stakex
|
|
and bayxd about with many enemiesx
|
|
and some that smile have in their heartsx i fearx
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|
millions of mischiefsx
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene iix before brutusx tentx in the camp near sardisx
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drumx enter brutusx luciliusx titinius and soldiersx pindarus meeting
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|
themx lucius at some distancex
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brutusx
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standx hox
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luciliusx
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give the wordx hox and standx
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brutusx
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what nowx luciliusx is cassius nearx
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luciliusx
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he is at handx and pindarus is come
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to do you salutation from his masterx
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xxpindarus gives a letter to brutusxxx
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brutusx
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he greets me wellx your masterx pindarusx
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in his own changex or by ill officersx
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hath given me some worthy cause to wish
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things donex undonex butx if he be at handx
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i shall be satisfiedx
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pindarusx
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i do not doubt
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but that my noble master will appear
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such as he isx full of regard and honourx
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brutusx
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he is not doubtedx a wordx luciliusx
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how he received youx let me be resolvxdx
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luciliusx
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with courtesy and with respect enoughx
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but not with such familiar instancesx
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|
nor with such free and friendly conferencex
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as he hath usxd of oldx
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brutusx
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thou hast describxd
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a hot friend coolingx ever notex luciliusx
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when love begins to sicken and decay
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|
it useth an enforced ceremonyx
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|
there are no tricks in plain and simple faithx
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|
but hollow menx like horses hot at handx
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make gallant show and promise of their mettlex
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xxlow march withinxxx
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but when they should endure the bloody spurx
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they fall their crestsx and like deceitful jades
|
|
sink in the trialx comes his army onx
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luciliusx
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they meant this night in sardis to be quarterxdx
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|
the greater partx the horse in generalx
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are come with cassiusx
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enter cassius and soldiersx
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brutusx
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harkx he is arrivxdx
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march gently on to meet himx
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cassiusx
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standx hox
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brutusx
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standx hox speak the word alongx
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first soldierx
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standx
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second soldierx
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standx
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third soldierx
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standx
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cassiusx
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most noble brotherx you have done me wrongx
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brutusx
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judge mex you godsx wrong i mine enemiesx
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and if not sox how should i wrong a brotherx
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cassiusx
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brutusx this sober form of yours hides wrongsx
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and when you do themx
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brutusx
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cassiusx be contentx
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speak your griefs softlyx i do know you wellx
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|
before the eyes of both our armies herex
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which should perceive nothing but love from usx
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let us not wranglex bid them move awayx
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then in my tentx cassiusx enlarge your griefsx
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and i will give you audiencex
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cassiusx
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pindarusx
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|
bid our commanders lead their charges off
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a little from this groundx
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brutusx
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luciliusx do you the likex and let no man
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come to our tent till we have done our conferencex
|
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lucius and titiniusx guard our doorx
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene iiix within the tent of brutusx
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enter brutus and cassiusx
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cassiusx
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that you have wrongxd me doth appear in thisx
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|
you have condemnxd and noted lucius pella
|
|
for taking bribes here of the sardiansx
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wherein my lettersx praying on his side
|
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because i knew the manx were slighted offx
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brutusx
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you wrongxd yourself to write in such a casex
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cassiusx
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|
in such a time as this it is not meet
|
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that every nice offence should bear his commentx
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brutusx
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let me tell youx cassiusx you yourself
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|
are much condemnxd to have an itching palmx
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|
to sell and mart your offices for gold
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to undeserversx
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cassiusx
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i an itching palmx
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you know that you are brutus that speak thisx
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|
orx by the godsx this speech were else your lastx
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brutusx
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the name of cassius honours this corruptionx
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|
and chastisement doth therefore hide his headx
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cassiusx
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chastisementx
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brutusx
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remember marchx the ides of march rememberx
|
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did not great julius bleed for justicex sakex
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|
what villain touchxd his bodyx that did stabx
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and not for justicex whatx shall one of usx
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|
that struck the foremost man of all this world
|
|
but for supporting robbersx shall we now
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|
contaminate our fingers with base bribesx
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|
and sell the mighty space of our large honours
|
|
for so much trash as may be grasped thusx
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i had rather be a dogx and bay the moonx
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|
than such a romanx
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cassiusx
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brutusx bait not mex
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ixll not endure itx you forget yourselfx
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to hedge me inx i am a soldierx ix
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older in practicex abler than yourself
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|
to make conditionsx
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brutusx
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go tox you are notx cassiusx
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cassiusx
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i amx
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brutusx
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i say you are notx
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cassiusx
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urge me no morex i shall forget myselfx
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have mind upon your healthx tempt me no fartherx
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brutusx
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awayx slight manx
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cassiusx
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isxt possiblex
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brutusx
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hear mex for i will speakx
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must i give way and room to your rash cholerx
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shall i be frighted when a madman staresx
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cassiusx
|
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o ye godsx ye godsx must i endure all thisx
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brutusx
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all thisx ayx morex fret till your proud heart breakx
|
|
go show your slaves how choleric you arex
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|
and make your bondmen tremblex must i budgex
|
|
must i observe youx must i stand and crouch
|
|
under your testy humourx by the godsx
|
|
you shall digest the venom of your spleenx
|
|
though it do split youx forx from this day forthx
|
|
ixll use you for my mirthx yeax for my laughterx
|
|
when you are waspishx
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cassiusx
|
|
is it come to thisx
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brutusx
|
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you say you are a better soldierx
|
|
let it appear sox make your vaunting truex
|
|
and it shall please me wellx for mine own partx
|
|
i shall be glad to learn of noble menx
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cassiusx
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|
you wrong me every wayx you wrong mex brutusx
|
|
i saidx an elder soldierx not a betterx
|
|
did i say betterx
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brutusx
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if you didx i care notx
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cassiusx
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when caesar livxdx he durst not thus have movxd mex
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brutusx
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peacex peacex you durst not so have tempted himx
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cassiusx
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i durst notx
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brutusx
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nox
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cassiusx
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whatx durst not tempt himx
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brutusx
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for your life you durst notx
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cassiusx
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do not presume too much upon my lovex
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i may do that i shall be sorry forx
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brutusx
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you have done that you should be sorry forx
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there is no terrorx cassiusx in your threatsx
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for i am armxd so strong in honestyx
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that they pass by me as the idle windx
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which i respect notx i did send to you
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for certain sums of goldx which you denied mex
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for i can raise no money by vile meansx
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by heavenx i had rather coin my heartx
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and drop my blood for drachmasx than to wring
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from the hard hands of peasants their vile trash
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by any indirectionx i did send
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to you for gold to pay my legionsx
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which you denied mex was that done like cassiusx
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should i have answerxd caius cassius sox
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when marcus brutus grows so covetousx
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to lock such rascal counters from his friendsx
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be readyx godsx with all your thunderboltsx
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dash him to piecesx
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cassiusx
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i denied you notx
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brutusx
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you didx
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cassiusx
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i did notx he was but a fool
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that brought my answer backx brutus hath rivxd my heartx
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a friend should bear his friendxs infirmitiesx
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but brutus makes mine greater than they arex
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brutusx
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i do notx till you practise them on mex
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cassiusx
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you love me notx
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brutusx
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i do not like your faultsx
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cassiusx
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a friendly eye could never see such faultsx
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brutusx
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a flattererxs would notx though they do appear
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as huge as high olympusx
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cassiusx
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comex antonyx and young octaviusx comex
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revenge yourselves alone on cassiusx
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for cassius is axweary of the worldx
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hated by one he lovesx bravxd by his brotherx
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checkxd like a bondmanx all his faults observxdx
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set in a notexbookx learnxd and connxd by rotex
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to cast into my teethx ox i could weep
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my spirit from mine eyesx there is my daggerx
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and here my naked breastx withinx a heart
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dearer than plutusx minex richer than goldx
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if that thou bexst a romanx take it forthx
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ix that denied thee goldx will give my heartx
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strike as thou didst at caesarx for i knowx
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when thou didst hate him worstx thou lovedst him better
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than ever thou lovedst cassiusx
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brutusx
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sheathe your daggerx
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be angry when you willx it shall have scopex
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do what you willx dishonour shall be humourx
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o cassiusx you are yoked with a lamb
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that carries anger as the flint bears firex
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whox much enforcedx shows a hasty sparkx
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and straight is cold againx
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cassiusx
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hath cassius livxd
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to be but mirth and laughter to his brutusx
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when grief and blood illxtemperxd vexeth himx
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brutusx
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when i spoke thatx i was illxtemperxd toox
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cassiusx
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do you confess so muchx give me your handx
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brutusx
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and my heart toox
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cassiusx
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o brutusx
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brutusx
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whatxs the matterx
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cassiusx
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have not you love enough to bear with mex
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when that rash humour which my mother gave me
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makes me forgetfulx
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brutusx
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yesx cassiusx and from henceforthx
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when you are overxearnest with your brutusx
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hexll think your mother chidesx and leave you sox
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enter poetx followed by luciliusx titinius and luciusx
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poetx
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xxwithinxxx let me go in to see the generalsx
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there is some grudge between xemx xtis not meet
|
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they be alonex
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luciliusx
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xxwithinxxx you shall not come to themx
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poetx
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xxwithinxxx nothing but death shall stay mex
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cassiusx
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how nowx whatxs the matterx
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poetx
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for shamex you generalsx what do you meanx
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lovex and be friendsx as two such men should bex
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for i have seen more yearsx ixm surex than yex
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cassiusx
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hax hax how vilely doth this cynic rhymex
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brutusx
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get you hencex sirrahx saucy fellowx hencex
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cassiusx
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bear with himx brutusx xtis his fashionx
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brutusx
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ixll know his humour when he knows his timex
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|
what should the wars do with these jigging foolsx
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|
companionx hencex
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cassiusx
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|
awayx awayx be gonex
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xxexit poetxxx
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brutusx
|
|
lucilius and titiniusx bid the commanders
|
|
prepare to lodge their companies tonightx
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cassiusx
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|
and come yourselves and bring messala with you
|
|
immediately to usx
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xxexeunt lucilius and titiniusxxx
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brutusx
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luciusx a bowl of winex
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xxexit luciusxxx
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cassiusx
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i did not think you could have been so angryx
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brutusx
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o cassiusx i am sick of many griefsx
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cassiusx
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of your philosophy you make no usex
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|
if you give place to accidental evilsx
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brutusx
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no man bears sorrow betterx portia is deadx
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cassiusx
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hax portiax
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brutusx
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she is deadx
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cassiusx
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how xscapxd i killingx when i crossxd you sox
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o insupportable and touching lossx
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upon what sicknessx
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brutusx
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impatient of my absencex
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|
and grief that young octavius with mark antony
|
|
have made themselves so strongx for with her death
|
|
that tidings camex with this she fell distractx
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|
andx her attendants absentx swallowxd firex
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cassiusx
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and died sox
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brutusx
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even sox
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cassiusx
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o ye immortal godsx
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enter luciusx with wine and a taperx
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brutusx
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speak no more of herx give me a bowl of winex
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|
in this i bury all unkindnessx cassiusx
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xxdrinksxxx
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cassiusx
|
|
my heart is thirsty for that noble pledgex
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|
fillx luciusx till the wine oxerswell the cupx
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|
i cannot drink too much of brutusx lovex
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xxdrinksxxx
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xxexit luciusxxx
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enter titinius and messalax
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brutusx
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come inx titiniusx
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welcomex good messalax
|
|
now sit we close about this taper herex
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|
and call in question our necessitiesx
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cassiusx
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portiax art thou gonex
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brutusx
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no morex i pray youx
|
|
messalax i have here received lettersx
|
|
that young octavius and mark antony
|
|
come down upon us with a mighty powerx
|
|
bending their expedition toward philippix
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messalax
|
|
myself have letters of the selfsame tenorx
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brutusx
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with what additionx
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messalax
|
|
that by proscription and bills of outlawry
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|
octaviusx antonyx and lepidus
|
|
have put to death an hundred senatorsx
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brutusx
|
|
therein our letters do not well agreex
|
|
mine speak of seventy senators that died
|
|
by their proscriptionsx cicero being onex
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cassiusx
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|
cicero onex
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|
messalax
|
|
cicero is deadx
|
|
and by that order of proscriptionx
|
|
had you your letters from your wifex my lordx
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brutusx
|
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nox messalax
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messalax
|
|
nor nothing in your letters writ of herx
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brutusx
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nothingx messalax
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messalax
|
|
thatx methinksx is strangex
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brutusx
|
|
why ask youx hear you aught of her in yoursx
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messalax
|
|
nox my lordx
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brutusx
|
|
now as you are a romanx tell me truex
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|
messalax
|
|
then like a roman bear the truth i tellx
|
|
for certain she is deadx and by strange mannerx
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|
brutusx
|
|
whyx farewellx portiax we must diex messalax
|
|
with meditating that she must die oncex
|
|
i have the patience to endure it nowx
|
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|
messalax
|
|
even so great men great losses should endurex
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|
|
cassiusx
|
|
i have as much of this in art as youx
|
|
but yet my nature could not bear it sox
|
|
|
|
brutusx
|
|
wellx to our work alivex what do you think
|
|
of marching to philippi presentlyx
|
|
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cassiusx
|
|
i do not think it goodx
|
|
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|
brutusx
|
|
your reasonx
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|
cassiusx
|
|
this it isx
|
|
xtis better that the enemy seek usx
|
|
so shall he waste his meansx weary his soldiersx
|
|
doing himself offencex whilst wex lying stillx
|
|
are full of restx defencex and nimblenessx
|
|
|
|
brutusx
|
|
good reasons must of force give place to betterx
|
|
the people xtwixt philippi and this ground
|
|
do stand but in a forced affectionx
|
|
for they have grudgxd us contributionx
|
|
the enemyx marching along by themx
|
|
by them shall make a fuller number upx
|
|
come on refreshxdx newxaddedx and encouragxdx
|
|
from which advantage shall we cut him off
|
|
if at philippi we do face him therex
|
|
these people at our backx
|
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|
cassiusx
|
|
hear mex good brotherx
|
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|
brutusx
|
|
under your pardonx you must note besidesx
|
|
that we have tried the utmost of our friendsx
|
|
our legions are brimxfullx our cause is ripex
|
|
the enemy increaseth every dayx
|
|
wex at the heightx are ready to declinex
|
|
there is a tide in the affairs of menx
|
|
whichx taken at the floodx leads on to fortunex
|
|
omittedx all the voyage of their life
|
|
is bound in shallows and in miseriesx
|
|
on such a full sea are we now afloatx
|
|
and we must take the current when it servesx
|
|
or lose our venturesx
|
|
|
|
cassiusx
|
|
thenx with your willx go onx
|
|
wexll along ourselvesx and meet them at philippix
|
|
|
|
brutusx
|
|
the deep of night is crept upon our talkx
|
|
and nature must obey necessityx
|
|
which we will niggard with a little restx
|
|
there is no more to sayx
|
|
|
|
cassiusx
|
|
no morex good nightx
|
|
early tomorrow will we risex and hencex
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|
|
enter luciusx
|
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|
brutusx
|
|
luciusx my gownx
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|
|
|
xxexit luciusxxx
|
|
|
|
farewell nowx good messalax
|
|
good nightx titiniusx noblex noble cassiusx
|
|
good nightx and good reposex
|
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|
cassiusx
|
|
o my dear brotherx
|
|
this was an ill beginning of the nightx
|
|
never come such division xtween our soulsx
|
|
let it notx brutusx
|
|
|
|
enter lucius with the gownx
|
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brutusx
|
|
everything is wellx
|
|
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|
cassiusx
|
|
good nightx my lordx
|
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|
brutusx
|
|
good nightx good brotherx
|
|
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|
titinius and messalax
|
|
good nightx lord brutusx
|
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brutusx
|
|
farewellx everyonex
|
|
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|
xxexeunt cassiusx titinius and messalaxxx
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|
give me the gownx where is thy instrumentx
|
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|
luciusx
|
|
here in the tentx
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brutusx
|
|
whatx thou speakxst drowsilyx
|
|
poor knavex i blame thee notx thou art oxerxwatchxdx
|
|
call claudius and some other of my menx
|
|
ixll have them sleep on cushions in my tentx
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luciusx
|
|
varro and claudiusx
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|
enter varro and claudiusx
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varrox
|
|
calls my lordx
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brutusx
|
|
i pray youx sirsx lie in my tent and sleepx
|
|
it may be i shall raise you byxandxby
|
|
on business to my brother cassiusx
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|
varrox
|
|
so please youx we will stand and watch your pleasurex
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brutusx
|
|
i will not have it sox lie downx good sirsx
|
|
it may be i shall otherwise bethink mex
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|
lookx luciusx herexs the book i sought for sox
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|
i put it in the pocket of my gownx
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|
xxservants lie downxxx
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luciusx
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i was sure your lordship did not give it mex
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brutusx
|
|
bear with mex good boyx i am much forgetfulx
|
|
canst thou hold up thy heavy eyes awhilex
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|
and touch thy instrument a strain or twox
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|
luciusx
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|
ayx my lordx anxt please youx
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brutusx
|
|
it doesx my boyx
|
|
i trouble thee too muchx but thou art willingx
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luciusx
|
|
it is my dutyx sirx
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brutusx
|
|
i should not urge thy duty past thy mightx
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|
i know young bloods look for a time of restx
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luciusx
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|
i have sleptx my lordx alreadyx
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brutusx
|
|
it was well donex and thou shalt sleep againx
|
|
i will not hold thee longx if i do livex
|
|
i will be good to theex
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|
|
|
xxlucius plays and sings till he falls asleepxxx
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|
|
this is a sleepy tunex o murdxrous slumberx
|
|
layest thou thy leaden mace upon my boyx
|
|
that plays thee musicx gentle knavex good nightx
|
|
i will not do thee so much wrong to wake theex
|
|
if thou dost nodx thou breakxst thy instrumentx
|
|
ixll take it from theex andx good boyx good nightx
|
|
let me seex let me seex is not the leaf turnxd down
|
|
where i left readingx here it isx i thinkx
|
|
|
|
enter the ghost of caesarx
|
|
|
|
how ill this taper burnsx hax who comes herex
|
|
i think it is the weakness of mine eyes
|
|
that shapes this monstrous apparitionx
|
|
it comes upon mex art thou anythingx
|
|
art thou some godx some angelx or some devilx
|
|
that makxst my blood cold and my hair to starex
|
|
speak to me what thou artx
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|
ghostx
|
|
thy evil spiritx brutusx
|
|
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|
brutusx
|
|
why comxst thoux
|
|
|
|
ghostx
|
|
to tell thee thou shalt see me at philippix
|
|
|
|
brutusx
|
|
wellx then i shall see thee againx
|
|
|
|
ghostx
|
|
ayx at philippix
|
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brutusx
|
|
whyx i will see thee at philippi thenx
|
|
|
|
xxghost vanishesxxx
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|
|
|
now i have taken heartx thou vanishestx
|
|
ill spiritx i would hold more talk with theex
|
|
boyx luciusx varrox claudiusx sirsx awakex claudiusx
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|
luciusx
|
|
the stringsx my lordx are falsex
|
|
|
|
brutusx
|
|
he thinks he still is at his instrumentx
|
|
luciusx awakex
|
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|
luciusx
|
|
my lordx
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|
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brutusx
|
|
didst thou dreamx luciusx that thou so criedst outx
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luciusx
|
|
my lordx i do not know that i did cryx
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brutusx
|
|
yesx that thou didstx didst thou see anythingx
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|
|
luciusx
|
|
nothingx my lordx
|
|
|
|
brutusx
|
|
sleep againx luciusx sirrah claudiusx
|
|
fellow thoux awakex
|
|
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|
varrox
|
|
my lordx
|
|
|
|
claudiusx
|
|
my lordx
|
|
|
|
brutusx
|
|
why did you so cry outx sirsx in your sleepx
|
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|
varrox claudiusx
|
|
did wex my lordx
|
|
|
|
brutusx
|
|
ayx saw you anythingx
|
|
|
|
varrox
|
|
nox my lordx i saw nothingx
|
|
|
|
claudiusx
|
|
nor ix my lordx
|
|
|
|
brutusx
|
|
go and commend me to my brother cassiusx
|
|
bid him set on his powers betimes beforex
|
|
and we will followx
|
|
|
|
varrox claudiusx
|
|
it shall be donex my lordx
|
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|
xxexeuntxxx
|
|
|
|
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|
|
act v
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|
scene ix the plains of philippix
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|
|
|
enter octaviusx antony and their armyx
|
|
|
|
octaviusx
|
|
nowx antonyx our hopes are answeredx
|
|
you said the enemy would not come downx
|
|
but keep the hills and upper regionsx
|
|
it proves not sox their battles are at handx
|
|
they mean to warn us at philippi herex
|
|
answering before we do demand of themx
|
|
|
|
antonyx
|
|
tutx i am in their bosomsx and i know
|
|
wherefore they do itx they could be content
|
|
to visit other placesx and come down
|
|
with fearful braveryx thinking by this face
|
|
to fasten in our thoughts that they have couragex
|
|
but xtis not sox
|
|
|
|
enter a messengerx
|
|
|
|
messengerx
|
|
prepare youx generalsx
|
|
the enemy comes on in gallant showx
|
|
their bloody sign of battle is hung outx
|
|
and something to be done immediatelyx
|
|
|
|
antonyx
|
|
octaviusx lead your battle softly on
|
|
upon the left hand of the even fieldx
|
|
|
|
octaviusx
|
|
upon the right hand ix keep thou the leftx
|
|
|
|
antonyx
|
|
why do you cross me in this exigentx
|
|
|
|
octaviusx
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i do not cross youx but i will do sox
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xxmarchxxx
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drumx enter brutusx cassius and their armyx luciliusx titiniusx messala
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and othersx
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brutusx
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they standx and would have parleyx
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cassiusx
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stand fastx titiniusx we must out and talkx
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octaviusx
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mark antonyx shall we give sign of battlex
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antonyx
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nox caesarx we will answer on their chargex
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make forthx the generals would have some wordsx
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octaviusx
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stir not until the signalx
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brutusx
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words before blowsx is it sox countrymenx
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octaviusx
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not that we love words betterx as you dox
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brutusx
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good words are better than bad strokesx octaviusx
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antonyx
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in your bad strokesx brutusx you give good wordsx
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witness the hole you made in caesarxs heartx
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cryingx xlong livex hailx caesarxx
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cassiusx
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antonyx
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the posture of your blows are yet unknownx
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but for your wordsx they rob the hybla beesx
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and leave them honeylessx
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antonyx
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not stingless toox
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brutusx
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o yesx and soundless toox
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for you have stolxn their buzzingx antonyx
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and very wisely threat before you stingx
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antonyx
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villainsx you did not so when your vile daggers
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hackxd one another in the sides of caesarx
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you showxd your teeth like apesx and fawnxd like houndsx
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and bowxd like bondmenx kissing caesarxs feetx
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whilst damned cascax like a curx behind
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struck caesar on the neckx o you flatterersx
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cassiusx
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flatterersx nowx brutusx thank yourselfx
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this tongue had not offended so todayx
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if cassius might have rulxdx
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octaviusx
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comex comex the causex if arguing makes us sweatx
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the proof of it will turn to redder dropsx
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lookx i draw a sword against conspiratorsx
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when think you that the sword goes up againx
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neverx till caesarxs three and thirty wounds
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be well avengxdx or till another caesar
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have added slaughter to the sword of traitorsx
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brutusx
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caesarx thou canst not die by traitorsx handsx
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unless thou bringxst them with theex
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octaviusx
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so i hopex
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i was not born to die on brutusx swordx
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brutusx
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ox if thou wert the noblest of thy strainx
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young manx thou couldst not die more honourablex
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cassiusx
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a peevish schoolxboyx worthless of such honourx
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joinxd with a masker and a revellerx
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antonyx
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old cassius stillx
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octaviusx
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comex antonyx awayx
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defiancex traitorsx hurl we in your teethx
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if you dare fight todayx come to the fieldx
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if notx when you have stomachsx
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xxexeunt octaviusx antony and their armyxxx
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cassiusx
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why nowx blow windx swell billowx and swim barkx
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the storm is upx and all is on the hazardx
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brutusx
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hox luciliusx harkx a word with youx
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luciliusx
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my lordx
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xxbrutus and lucilius talk apartxxx
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cassiusx
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messalax
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messalax
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what says my generalx
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cassiusx
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messalax
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this is my birthxdayx as this very day
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was cassius bornx give me thy handx messalax
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be thou my witness that against my will
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as pompey wasx am i compellxd to set
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upon one battle all our libertiesx
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you know that i held epicurus strongx
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and his opinionx now i change my mindx
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and partly credit things that do presagex
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coming from sardisx on our former ensign
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two mighty eagles fellx and there they perchxdx
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gorging and feeding from our soldiersx handsx
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who to philippi here consorted usx
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this morning are they fled away and gonex
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and in their steads do ravensx crowsx and kites
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fly oxer our headsx and downward look on usx
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as we were sickly preyx their shadows seem
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a canopy most fatalx under which
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our army liesx ready to give up the ghostx
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messalax
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believe not sox
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cassiusx
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i but believe it partlyx
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for i am fresh of spiritx and resolvxd
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to meet all perils very constantlyx
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brutusx
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even sox luciliusx
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cassiusx
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nowx most noble brutusx
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the gods today stand friendlyx that we mayx
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lovers in peacex lead on our days to agex
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butx since the affairs of men rest still incertainx
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letxs reason with the worst that may befallx
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if we do lose this battlex then is this
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the very last time we shall speak togetherx
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what are you then determined to dox
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brutusx
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even by the rule of that philosophy
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by which i did blame cato for the death
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which he did give himselfx i know not howx
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but i do find it cowardly and vilex
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for fear of what might fallx so to prevent
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the time of lifex arming myself with patience
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to stay the providence of some high powers
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that govern us belowx
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cassiusx
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thenx if we lose this battlex
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you are contented to be led in triumph
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thorough the streets of romex
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brutusx
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nox cassiusx nox think notx thou noble romanx
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that ever brutus will go bound to romex
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he bears too great a mindx but this same day
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must end that work the ides of march begunx
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and whether we shall meet again i know notx
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therefore our everlasting farewell takex
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for everx and for everx farewellx cassiusx
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if we do meet againx whyx we shall smilex
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if notx why then this parting was well madex
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cassiusx
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for ever and for ever farewellx brutusx
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if we do meet againx wexll smile indeedx
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if notx xtis true this parting was well madex
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brutusx
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why thenx lead onx ox that a man might know
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the end of this dayxs business ere it comex
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but it sufficeth that the day will endx
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and then the end is knownx comex hox awayx
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene iix the samex the field of battlex
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alarumx enter brutus and messalax
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brutusx
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ridex ridex messalax ridex and give these bills
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unto the legions on the other sidex
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xxloud alarumxxx
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let them set on at oncex for i perceive
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but cold demeanor in octaviusx wingx
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and sudden push gives them the overthrowx
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ridex ridex messalax let them all come downx
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene iiix another part of the fieldx
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alarumx enter cassius and titiniusx
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cassiusx
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ox lookx titiniusx lookx the villains flyx
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myself have to mine own turnxd enemyx
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this ensign here of mine was turning backx
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i slew the cowardx and did take it from himx
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titiniusx
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o cassiusx brutus gave the word too earlyx
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whox having some advantage on octaviusx
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took it too eagerlyx his soldiers fell to spoilx
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whilst we by antony are all enclosxdx
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enter pindarusx
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pindarusx
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fly further offx my lordx fly further offx
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mark antony is in your tentsx my lordx
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flyx thereforex noble cassiusx fly far offx
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cassiusx
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this hill is far enoughx lookx lookx titiniusx
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are those my tents where i perceive the firex
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titiniusx
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they arex my lordx
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cassiusx
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titiniusx if thou lovest mex
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mount thou my horse and hide thy spurs in himx
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till he have brought thee up to yonder troops
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|
and here againx that i may rest assurxd
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whether yond troops are friend or enemyx
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titiniusx
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i will be here againx even with a thoughtx
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xxexitxxx
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cassiusx
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gox pindarusx get higher on that hillx
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my sight was ever thickx regard titiniusx
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and tell me what thou notest about the fieldx
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xxpindarus goes upxxx
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this day i breathed firstx time is come roundx
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and where i did beginx there shall i endx
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my life is run his compassx sirrahx what newsx
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pindarusx
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xxabovexxx o my lordx
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cassiusx
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what newsx
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pindarusx
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xxabovexxx titinius is enclosed round about
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with horsemenx that make to him on the spurx
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|
yet he spurs onx now they are almost on himx
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|
nowx titiniusx now some lightx ox he lights toox
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|
hexs taxenx
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xxshoutxxx
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andx harkx they shout for joyx
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cassiusx
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come downx behold no morex
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ox coward that i amx to live so longx
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|
to see my best friend taxen before my facex
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xxpindarus descendsxxx
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come hitherx sirrahx
|
|
in parthia did i take thee prisonerx
|
|
and then i swore theex saving of thy lifex
|
|
that whatsoever i did bid thee dox
|
|
thou shouldst attempt itx come nowx keep thine oathx
|
|
now be a freemanx and with this good swordx
|
|
that ran through caesarxs bowelsx search this bosomx
|
|
stand not to answerx herex take thou the hiltsx
|
|
and when my face is coverxdx as xtis nowx
|
|
guide thou the swordxxcaesarx thou art revengxdx
|
|
even with the sword that killxd theex
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xxdiesxxx
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pindarusx
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|
sox i am freex yet would not so have beenx
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|
durst i have done my willx o cassiusx
|
|
far from this country pindarus shall runx
|
|
where never roman shall take note of himx
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xxexitxxx
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|
|
|
enter titinius with messalax
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|
messalax
|
|
it is but changex titiniusx for octavius
|
|
is overthrown by noble brutusx powerx
|
|
as cassiusx legions are by antonyx
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|
titiniusx
|
|
these tidings would well comfort cassiusx
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messalax
|
|
where did you leave himx
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titiniusx
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|
all disconsolatex
|
|
with pindarus his bondmanx on this hillx
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|
messalax
|
|
is not that he that lies upon the groundx
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titiniusx
|
|
he lies not like the livingx o my heartx
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messalax
|
|
is not that hex
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titiniusx
|
|
nox this was hex messalax
|
|
but cassius is no morex o setting sunx
|
|
as in thy red rays thou dost sink to nightx
|
|
so in his red blood cassiusx day is setx
|
|
the sun of rome is setx our day is gonex
|
|
cloudsx dewsx and dangers comex our deeds are donex
|
|
mistrust of my success hath done this deedx
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|
|
messalax
|
|
mistrust of good success hath done this deedx
|
|
o hateful errorx melancholyxs childx
|
|
why dost thou show to the apt thoughts of men
|
|
the things that are notx o errorx soon conceivxdx
|
|
thou never comxst unto a happy birthx
|
|
but killxst the mother that engenderxd theex
|
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|
titiniusx
|
|
whatx pindarusx where art thoux pindarusx
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|
messalax
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|
seek himx titiniusx whilst i go to meet
|
|
the noble brutusx thrusting this report
|
|
into his earsx i may say thrusting itx
|
|
for piercing steel and darts envenomed
|
|
shall be as welcome to the ears of brutus
|
|
as tidings of this sightx
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|
|
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titiniusx
|
|
hie youx messalax
|
|
and i will seek for pindarus the whilex
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|
xxexit messalaxxx
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|
why didst thou send me forthx brave cassiusx
|
|
did i not meet thy friendsx and did not they
|
|
put on my brows this wreath of victoryx
|
|
and bid me give it theex didst thou not hear their shoutsx
|
|
alasx thou hast misconstrued everythingx
|
|
butx hold theex take this garland on thy browx
|
|
thy brutus bid me give it theex and i
|
|
will do his biddingx brutusx come apacex
|
|
and see how i regarded caius cassiusx
|
|
by your leavex godsx this is a romanxs partx
|
|
comex cassiusx swordx and find titiniusx heartx
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|
xxdiesxxx
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|
alarumx enter brutusx messalax young catox stratox volumnius and
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|
luciliusx
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brutusx
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|
wherex wherex messalax doth his body liex
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messalax
|
|
lox yonderx and titinius mourning itx
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brutusx
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|
titiniusx face is upwardx
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catox
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|
he is slainx
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brutusx
|
|
o julius caesarx thou art mighty yetx
|
|
thy spirit walks abroadx and turns our swords
|
|
in our own proper entrailsx
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|
xxlow alarumsxxx
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|
|
|
catox
|
|
brave titiniusx
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|
look whether he have not crownxd dead cassiusx
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brutusx
|
|
are yet two romans living such as thesex
|
|
the last of all the romansx fare thee wellx
|
|
it is impossible that ever rome
|
|
should breed thy fellowx friendsx i owe more tears
|
|
to this dead man than you shall see me payx
|
|
i shall find timex cassiusx i shall find timex
|
|
come thereforex and to thassos send his bodyx
|
|
his funerals shall not be in our campx
|
|
lest it discomfort usx luciliusx comex
|
|
and comex young catox let us to the fieldx
|
|
labeo and flaviusx set our battles onx
|
|
xtis three oxclockx and romansx yet ere night
|
|
we shall try fortune in a second fightx
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|
xxexeuntxxx
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|
|
scene ivx another part of the fieldx
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|
|
alarumx enter fighting soldiers of both armiesx then brutusx messalax
|
|
young catox luciliusx flavius and othersx
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|
brutusx
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|
yetx countrymenx ox yet hold up your headsx
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catox
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|
what bastard doth notx who will go with mex
|
|
i will proclaim my name about the fieldx
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|
i am the son of marcus catox hox
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|
a foe to tyrantsx and my countryxs friendx
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|
i am the son of marcus catox hox
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xxcharges the enemyxxx
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|
luciliusx
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|
and i am brutusx marcus brutusx ix
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|
brutusx my countryxs friendx know me for brutusx
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|
xxexitx charging the enemyx cato is overpoweredx and fallsxxx
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|
luciliusx
|
|
o young and noble catox art thou downx
|
|
whyx now thou diest as bravely as titiniusx
|
|
and mayst be honourxdx being catoxs sonx
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|
first soldierx
|
|
yieldx or thou diestx
|
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|
luciliusx
|
|
only i yield to diex
|
|
there is so much that thou wilt kill me straightx
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|
xxoffering moneyxx
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|
|
|
kill brutusx and be honourxd in his deathx
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|
first soldierx
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|
we must notx a noble prisonerx
|
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|
|
second soldierx
|
|
roomx hox tell antonyx brutus is taxenx
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|
|
first soldierx
|
|
ixll tell the newsx here comes the generalx
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|
|
|
enter antonyx
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brutus is taxenx brutus is taxenx my lordx
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|
antonyx
|
|
where is hex
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luciliusx
|
|
safex antonyx brutus is safe enoughx
|
|
i dare assure thee that no enemy
|
|
shall ever take alive the noble brutusx
|
|
the gods defend him from so great a shamex
|
|
when you do find himx or alive or deadx
|
|
he will be found like brutusx like himselfx
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|
antonyx
|
|
this is not brutusx friendx butx i assure youx
|
|
a prize no less in worthx keep this man safex
|
|
give him all kindnessx i had rather have
|
|
such men my friends than enemiesx go onx
|
|
and see whether brutus be alive or deadx
|
|
and bring us word unto octaviusx tent
|
|
how everything is chancxdx
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|
|
xxexeuntxxx
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|
|
|
scene vx another part of the fieldx
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|
|
|
enter brutusx dardaniusx clitusx strato and volumniusx
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|
|
brutusx
|
|
comex poor remains of friendsx rest on this rockx
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|
|
clitusx
|
|
statilius showxd the torchxlightx butx my lordx
|
|
he came not backx he is or taxen or slainx
|
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|
|
brutusx
|
|
sit thee downx clitusx slaying is the wordx
|
|
it is a deed in fashionx hark theex clitusx
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|
|
xxwhisperingxxx
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|
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|
clitusx
|
|
whatx ix my lordx nox not for all the worldx
|
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brutusx
|
|
peace thenx no wordsx
|
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clitusx
|
|
ixll rather kill myselfx
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brutusx
|
|
hark theex dardaniusx
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|
|
xxwhispers himxxx
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|
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dardaniusx
|
|
shall i do such a deedx
|
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clitusx
|
|
o dardaniusx
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dardaniusx
|
|
o clitusx
|
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clitusx
|
|
what ill request did brutus make to theex
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dardaniusx
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|
to kill himx clitusx lookx he meditatesx
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clitusx
|
|
now is that noble vessel full of griefx
|
|
that it runs over even at his eyesx
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brutusx
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|
come hitherx good volumniusx list a wordx
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|
volumniusx
|
|
what says my lordx
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|
brutusx
|
|
whyx thisx volumniusx
|
|
the ghost of caesar hath appearxd to me
|
|
two several times by nightx at sardis oncex
|
|
and this last night here in philippi fieldsx
|
|
i know my hour is comex
|
|
|
|
volumniusx
|
|
not sox my lordx
|
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|
|
brutusx
|
|
nay i am sure it isx volumniusx
|
|
thou seest the worldx volumniusx how it goesx
|
|
our enemies have beat us to the pitx
|
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|
|
xxlow alarumsxxx
|
|
|
|
it is more worthy to leap in ourselves
|
|
than tarry till they push usx good volumniusx
|
|
thou knowxst that we two went to school togetherx
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even for that our love of oldx i prxythee
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hold thou my swordxhiltsx whilst i run on itx
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volumniusx
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thatxs not an office for a friendx my lordx
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xxalarums stillxxx
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clitusx
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flyx flyx my lordx there is no tarrying herex
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brutusx
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farewell to youx and youx and youx volumniusx
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stratox thou hast been all this while asleepx
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farewell to thee toox stratoxxcountrymenx
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my heart doth joyx that yet in all my life
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i found no man but he was true to mex
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i shall have glory by this losing day
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more than octavius and mark antony
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by this vile conquest shall attain untox
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so fare you well at oncex for brutusx tongue
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hath almost ended his lifexs historyx
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night hangs upon mine eyesx my bones would restx
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that have but labourxd to attain this hourx
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xxalarumsx cry withinx xflyx flyx flyxxxxx
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clitusx
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flyx my lordx flyx
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brutusx
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hencex i will followx
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xxexeunt clitusx dardanius and volumniusxxx
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i prxytheex stratox stay thou by thy lordx
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thou art a fellow of a good respectx
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thy life hath had some smatch of honour in itx
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hold then my swordx and turn away thy facex
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while i do run upon itx wilt thoux stratox
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stratox
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give me your hand firstx fare you wellx my lordx
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brutusx
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farewellx good stratoxxcaesarx now be stillx
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i killxd not thee with half so good a willx
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xxhe runs on his swordx and diesxxx
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alarumx retreatx enter antonyx octaviusx messalax lucilius and the
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armyx
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octaviusx
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what man is thatx
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messalax
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my masterxs manx stratox where is thy masterx
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stratox
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free from the bondage you are inx messalax
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the conquerors can but make a fire of himx
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for brutus only overcame himselfx
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and no man else hath honour by his deathx
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luciliusx
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so brutus should be foundx i thank theex brutusx
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that thou hast provxd luciliusx saying truex
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octaviusx
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all that servxd brutusx i will entertain themx
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fellowx wilt thou bestow thy time with mex
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stratox
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ayx if messala will prefer me to youx
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octaviusx
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do sox good messalax
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messalax
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how died my masterx stratox
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stratox
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i held the swordx and he did run on itx
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messalax
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octaviusx then take him to follow theex
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that did the latest service to my masterx
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antonyx
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this was the noblest roman of them allx
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all the conspirators save only hex
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did that they did in envy of great caesarx
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he onlyx in a general honest thought
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and common good to allx made one of themx
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his life was gentlex and the elements
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so mixxd in him that nature might stand up
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and say to all the worldx xthis was a manxx
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octaviusx
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according to his virtue let us use him
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with all respect and rites of burialx
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within my tent his bones tonight shall liex
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most like a soldierx orderxd honourablyx
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so call the field to restx and letxs awayx
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to part the glories of this happy dayx
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xxexeuntxxx
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the tragedy of king lear
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contents
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act i
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scene ix a room of state in king learxs palacex
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scene iix a hall in the earl of gloucesterxs castlex
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scene iiix a room in the duke of albanyxs palacex
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scene ivx a hall in albanyxs palacex
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scene vx court before the duke of albanyxs palacex
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act ii
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scene ix a court within the castle of the earl of gloucesterx
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scene iix before gloucesterxs castlex
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scene iiix the open countryx
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scene ivx before gloucesterxs castlex
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act iii
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scene ix a heathx
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scene iix another part of the heathx
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scene iiix a room in gloucesterxs castlex
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scene ivx a part of the heath with a hovelx
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scene vx a room in gloucesterxs castlex
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scene vix a chamber in a farmhouse adjoining the castlex
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scene viix a room in gloucesterxs castlex
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act iv
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scene ix the heathx
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scene iix before the duke of albanyxs palacex
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scene iiix the french camp near doverx
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scene ivx the french campx a tentx
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scene vx a room in gloucesterxs castlex
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scene vix the country near doverx
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scene viix a tent in the french campx
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act v
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scene ix the camp of the british forces near doverx
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scene iix a field between the two campsx
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scene iiix the british camp near doverx
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dramatis personx
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learx king of britainx
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gonerilx eldest daughter to learx
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reganx second daughter to learx
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cordeliax youngest daughter to learx
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duke of albanyx married to gonerilx
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duke of cornwallx married to reganx
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king of francex
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duke of burgundyx
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earl of gloucesterx
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edgarx elder son to gloucesterx
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edmundx younger bastard son to gloucesterx
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earl of kentx
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foolx
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oswaldx steward to gonerilx
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curanx a courtierx
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old manx tenant to gloucesterx
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physicianx
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an officer employed by edmundx
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gentlemanx attendant on cordeliax
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a heraldx
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servants to cornwallx
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knights attending on the kingx officersx messengersx soldiers and
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attendantsx
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scenex britainx
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act i
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scene ix a room of state in king learxs palacex
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enter kentx gloucester and edmundx
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kentx
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i thought the king had more affected the duke of albany than cornwallx
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gloucesterx
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it did always seem so to usx but nowx in the division of the kingdomx
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it appears not which of the dukes he values mostx for qualities are so
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weighed that curiosity in neither can make choice of eitherxs moietyx
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kentx
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is not this your sonx my lordx
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gloucesterx
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his breedingx sirx hath been at my chargex i have so often blushxd to
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acknowledge him that now i am brazxd toxtx
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kentx
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i cannot conceive youx
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gloucesterx
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sirx this young fellowxs mother couldx whereupon she grew roundxwombedx
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and had indeedx sirx a son for her cradle ere she had a husband for her
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bedx do you smell a faultx
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kentx
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i cannot wish the fault undonex the issue of it being so properx
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gloucesterx
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but i have a sonx sirx by order of lawx some year elder than thisx who
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yet is no dearer in my accountx though this knave came something
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saucily to the world before he was sent forx yet was his mother fairx
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there was good sport at his makingx and the whoreson must be
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acknowledgedx do you know this noble gentlemanx edmundx
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edmundx
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nox my lordx
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gloucesterx
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my lord of kentx remember him hereafter as my honourable friendx
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edmundx
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my services to your lordshipx
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kentx
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i must love youx and sue to know you betterx
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edmundx
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sirx i shall study deservingx
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gloucesterx
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he hath been out nine yearsx and away he shall againx the king is
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comingx
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xxsennet withinxxx
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enter learx cornwallx albanyx gonerilx reganx cordelia and attendantsx
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learx
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attend the lords of france and burgundyx
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gloucesterx
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gloucesterx
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i shallx my lordx
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xxexeunt gloucester and edmundxxx
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learx
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meantime we shall express our darker purposex
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give me the map therex know that we have divided
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in three our kingdomx and xtis our fast intent
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to shake all cares and business from our agex
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conferring them on younger strengthsx while we
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unburdenxd crawl toward deathx our son of cornwallx
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and youx our no less loving son of albanyx
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we have this hour a constant will to publish
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our daughtersx several dowersx that future strife
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may be prevented nowx the princesx france and burgundyx
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great rivals in our youngest daughterxs lovex
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long in our court have made their amorous sojournx
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and here are to be answerxdx tell mex my daughtersxx
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since now we will divest us both of rulex
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interest of territoryx cares of statexx
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which of you shall we say doth love us mostx
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that we our largest bounty may extend
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where nature doth with merit challengexxgonerilx
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our eldest bornx speak firstx
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gonerilx
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sirx i love you more than word can wield the matterx
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dearer than eyesightx spacex and libertyx
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beyond what can be valuxdx rich or rarex
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no less than lifex with gracex healthx beautyx honourx
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as much as child exer lovxdx or father foundx
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a love that makes breath poor and speech unablex
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beyond all manner of so much i love youx
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cordeliax
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xxasidexxx what shall cordelia speakx lovex and be silentx
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learx
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of all these boundsx even from this line to thisx
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with shadowy forests and with champains richxdx
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with plenteous rivers and widexskirted meadsx
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we make thee ladyx to thine and albanyxs issue
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be this perpetualxxwhat says our second daughterx
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our dearest reganx wife of cornwallx speakx
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reganx
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sirx i am made of the self mettle as my sisterx
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and prize me at her worthx in my true heart
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i find she names my very deed of lovex
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only she comes too shortx that i profess
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myself an enemy to all other joys
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which the most precious square of sense possessesx
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and find i am alone felicitate
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in your dear highnessx lovex
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cordeliax
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xxasidexxx then poor cordeliax
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and yet not sox sincex i am surex my lovexs
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more ponderous than my tonguex
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learx
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to thee and thine hereditary ever
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remain this ample third of our fair kingdomx
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no less in spacex validityx and pleasure
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than that conferrxd on gonerilxxnowx our joyx
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although the last and leastx to whose young love
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the vines of france and milk of burgundy
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strive to be interessxdx what can you say to draw
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a third more opulent than your sistersx speakx
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cordeliax
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nothingx my lordx
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learx
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nothingx
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cordeliax
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nothingx
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learx
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nothing will come of nothingx speak againx
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cordeliax
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unhappy that i amx i cannot heave
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my heart into my mouthx i love your majesty
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according to my bondx no more nor lessx
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learx
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howx howx cordeliax mend your speech a littlex
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lest you may mar your fortunesx
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cordeliax
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good my lordx
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you have begot mex bred mex lovxd mex i
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return those duties back as are right fitx
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obey youx love youx and most honour youx
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why have my sisters husbands if they say
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they love you allx haplyx when i shall wedx
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that lord whose hand must take my plight shall carry
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half my love with himx half my care and dutyx
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sure i shall never marry like my sistersx
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to love my father allx
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learx
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but goes thy heart with thisx
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cordeliax
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ayx my good lordx
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learx
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so youngx and so untenderx
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cordeliax
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so youngx my lordx and truex
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learx
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let it be sox thy truth then be thy dowerx
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forx by the sacred radiance of the sunx
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the mysteries of hecate and the nightx
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by all the operation of the orbsx
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from whom we do exist and cease to bex
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here i disclaim all my paternal carex
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propinquity and property of bloodx
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and as a stranger to my heart and me
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hold thee from this for everx the barbarous scythianx
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or he that makes his generation messes
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to gorge his appetitex shall to my bosom
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be as well neighbourxdx pitiedx and relievxdx
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as thou my sometime daughterx
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kentx
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good my liegexx
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learx
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peacex kentx
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come not between the dragon and his wrathx
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i lovxd her mostx and thought to set my rest
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on her kind nurseryx xxto cordeliaxxx hence and avoid my sightx
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so be my grave my peacex as here i give
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her fatherxs heart from herx call francex who stirsx
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call burgundyx cornwall and albanyx
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with my two daughtersx dowers digest this thirdx
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let pridex which she calls plainnessx marry herx
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i do invest you jointly with my powerx
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prexeminencex and all the large effects
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that troop with majestyx ourselfx by monthly coursex
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with reservation of an hundred knightsx
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by you to be sustainxdx shall our abode
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make with you by due turnx only we shall retain
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the namex and all the addition to a kingx the swayx
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revenuex execution of the restx
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beloved sonsx be yoursx which to confirmx
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this coronet part between youx
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xxgiving the crownxxx
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kentx
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royal learx
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whom i have ever honourxd as my kingx
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lovxd as my fatherx as my master followxdx
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as my great patron thought on in my prayersxx
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learx
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the bow is bent and drawnx make from the shaftx
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kentx
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let it fall ratherx though the fork invade
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the region of my heartx be kent unmannerly
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when lear is madx what wouldst thou dox old manx
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thinkxst thou that duty shall have dread to speakx
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when power to flattery bowsx to plainness honourxs bound
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when majesty falls to follyx reverse thy statex
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and in thy best consideration check
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this hideous rashnessx answer my life my judgementx
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thy youngest daughter does not love thee leastx
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nor are those emptyxheartedx whose low sounds
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reverb no hollownessx
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learx
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kentx on thy lifex no morex
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kentx
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my life i never held but as a pawn
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to wage against thine enemiesx nexer fear to lose itx
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thy safety being the motivex
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learx
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out of my sightx
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kentx
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see betterx learx and let me still remain
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the true blank of thine eyex
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learx
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nowx by apolloxx
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kentx
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now by apollox kingx
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thou swearxst thy gods in vainx
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learx
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o vassalx miscreantx
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xxlaying his hand on his swordxxx
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albany and cornwallx
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dear sirx forbearx
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kentx
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kill thy physicianx and the fee bestow
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upon the foul diseasex revoke thy giftx
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orx whilst i can vent clamour from my throatx
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ixll tell thee thou dost evilx
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learx
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hear mex recreantx on thine allegiancex hear mex
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since thou hast sought to make us break our vowsx
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which we durst never yetx and with strainxd pride
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to come betwixt our sentences and our powerx
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which nor our naturex nor our place can bearx
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our potency made goodx take thy rewardx
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five days we do allot thee for provisionx
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to shield thee from disasters of the worldx
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and on the sixth to turn thy hated back
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upon our kingdomx ifx on the next day followingx
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thy banishxd trunk be found in our dominionsx
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the moment is thy deathx awayx by jupiterx
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this shall not be revokxdx
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kentx
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fare thee wellx kingx sith thus thou wilt appearx
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freedom lives hencex and banishment is herex
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xxto cordeliaxxx the gods to their dear shelter take theex maidx
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that justly thinkxst and hast most rightly saidx
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xxto goneril and reganxxx and your large speeches may your deeds
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approvex
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that good effects may spring from words of lovex
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thus kentx o princesx bids you all adieux
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hexll shape his old course in a country newx
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xxexitxxx
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flourishx rexenter gloucesterx with francex burgundy and attendantsx
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cordeliax
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herexs france and burgundyx my noble lordx
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learx
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my lord of burgundyx
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we first address toward youx who with this king
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hath rivallxd for our daughterx what in the least
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will you require in present dower with herx
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or cease your quest of lovex
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burgundyx
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most royal majestyx
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i crave no more than hath your highness offerxdx
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nor will you tender lessx
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learx
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right noble burgundyx
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when she was dear to usx we did hold her sox
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but now her price is fallxnx sirx there she standsx
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if aught within that littlexseeming substancex
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or all of itx with our displeasure piecxdx
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and nothing morex may fitly like your gracex
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shexs therex and she is yoursx
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burgundyx
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i know no answerx
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learx
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will youx with those infirmities she owesx
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unfriendedx new adopted to our hatex
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dowerxd with our cursex and strangerxd with our oathx
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take her or leave herx
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burgundyx
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pardon mex royal sirx
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election makes not up in such conditionsx
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learx
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then leave herx sirx forx by the power that made mex
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i tell you all her wealthx xxto francexx for youx great kingx
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i would not from your love make such a stray
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to match you where i hatex therefore beseech you
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txavert your liking a more worthier way
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than on a wretch whom nature is ashamxd
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almost txacknowledge hersx
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francex
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this is most strangex
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that shex who even but now was your best objectx
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the argument of your praisex balm of your agex
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the bestx the dearestx should in this trice of time
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commit a thing so monstrousx to dismantle
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so many folds of favourx sure her offence
|
|
must be of such unnatural degree
|
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that monsters itx or your forexvouchxd affection
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fall into taintx which to believe of her
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|
must be a faith that reason without miracle
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should never plant in mex
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cordeliax
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i yet beseech your majestyx
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if for i want that glib and oily art
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to speak and purpose notx since what i well intendx
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ixll doxt before i speakxxthat you make known
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it is no vicious blotx murderx or foulnessx
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no unchaste action or dishonourxd stepx
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that hath deprivxd me of your grace and favourx
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but even for want of that for which i am richerx
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a still soliciting eyex and such a tongue
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as i am glad i have notx though not to have it
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hath lost me in your likingx
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learx
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better thou hadst
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not been born than not to have pleasxd me betterx
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francex
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is it but thisxxa tardiness in nature
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which often leaves the history unspoke
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that it intends to dox my lord of burgundyx
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what say you to the ladyx lovexs not love
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when it is mingled with regards that stands
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aloof from the entire pointx will you have herx
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she is herself a dowryx
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burgundyx
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royal kingx
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give but that portion which yourself proposxdx
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and here i take cordelia by the handx
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duchess of burgundyx
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learx
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nothingx i have swornx i am firmx
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burgundyx
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i am sorryx thenx you have so lost a father
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that you must lose a husbandx
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cordeliax
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peace be with burgundyx
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since that respects of fortunes are his lovex
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i shall not be his wifex
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francex
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fairest cordeliax that art most richx being poorx
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most choice forsakenx and most lovxdx despisxdx
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thee and thy virtues here i seize uponx
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be it lawfulx i take up whatxs cast awayx
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godsx godsx xtis strange that from their coldxst neglect
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my love should kindle to inflamxd respectx
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thy dowerless daughterx kingx thrown to my chancex
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is queen of usx of oursx and our fair francex
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not all the dukes of waterish burgundy
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can buy this unprizxd precious maid of mex
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bid them farewellx cordeliax though unkindx
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thou losest herex a better where to findx
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learx
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thou hast herx francex let her be thinex for we
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have no such daughterx nor shall ever see
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that face of hers againx therefore be gone
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without our gracex our lovex our benisonx
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comex noble burgundyx
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xxflourishx exeunt learx burgundyx cornwallx albanyx gloucester and
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attendantsxxx
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francex
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bid farewell to your sistersx
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cordeliax
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the jewels of our fatherx with washxd eyes
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cordelia leaves youx i know you what you arex
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and like a sister am most loath to call
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your faults as they are namxdx love well our fatherx
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to your professed bosoms i commit himx
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but yetx alasx stood i within his gracex
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i would prefer him to a better placex
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so farewell to you bothx
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reganx
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prescribe not us our dutiesx
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gonerilx
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let your study
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be to content your lordx who hath receivxd you
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at fortunexs almsx you have obedience scantedx
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and well are worth the want that you have wantedx
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cordeliax
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time shall unfold what plighted cunning hidesx
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who covers faultsx at last shame deridesx
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well may you prosperx
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francex
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comex my fair cordeliax
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xxexeunt france and cordeliaxxx
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gonerilx
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sisterx it is not little i have to say of what most nearly appertains
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to us bothx i think our father will hence tonightx
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reganx
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thatxs most certainx and with youx next month with usx
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gonerilx
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you see how full of changes his age isx the observation we have made of
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it hath not been littlex he always loved our sister mostx and with what
|
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poor judgement he hath now cast her off appears too grosslyx
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reganx
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xtis the infirmity of his agex yet he hath ever but slenderly known
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himselfx
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gonerilx
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the best and soundest of his time hath been but rashx then must we look
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from his age to receive not alone the imperfections of longxengrafted
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conditionx but therewithal the unruly waywardness that infirm and
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choleric years bring with themx
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reganx
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such unconstant starts are we like to have from him as this of kentxs
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banishmentx
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gonerilx
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there is further compliment of leavextaking between france and himx
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pray you let us hit togetherx if our father carry authority with such
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disposition as he bearsx this last surrender of his will but offend usx
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reganx
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we shall further think of itx
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gonerilx
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we must do somethingx and ix thx heatx
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene iix a hall in the earl of gloucesterxs castlex
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enter edmund with a letterx
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edmundx
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thoux naturex art my goddessx to thy law
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|
my services are boundx wherefore should i
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|
stand in the plague of customx and permit
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the curiosity of nations to deprive mex
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for that i am some twelve or fourteen moonshines
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lag of a brotherx why bastardx wherefore basex
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when my dimensions are as well compactx
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my mind as generousx and my shape as true
|
|
as honest madamxs issuex why brand they us
|
|
with basex with basenessx bastardyx basex basex
|
|
whox in the lusty stealth of naturex take
|
|
more composition and fierce quality
|
|
than doth within a dull stale tired bed
|
|
go to the creating a whole tribe of fops
|
|
got xtween asleep and wakex well thenx
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|
legitimate edgarx i must have your landx
|
|
our fatherxs love is to the bastard edmund
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|
as to the legitimatex fine wordx legitimatex
|
|
wellx my legitimatex if this letter speedx
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|
and my invention thrivex edmund the base
|
|
shall top the legitimatex i growx i prosperx
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|
nowx godsx stand up for bastardsx
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enter gloucesterx
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gloucesterx
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kent banishxd thusx and france in choler partedx
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and the king gone tonightx prescribxd his powxrx
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|
confinxd to exhibitionx all this done
|
|
upon the gadxxedmundx how nowx what newsx
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edmundx
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so please your lordshipx nonex
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xxputting up the letterxxx
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gloucesterx
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why so earnestly seek you to put up that letterx
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edmundx
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i know no newsx my lordx
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gloucesterx
|
|
what paper were you readingx
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edmundx
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|
nothingx my lordx
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gloucesterx
|
|
nox what needed then that terrible dispatch of it into your pocketx the
|
|
quality of nothing hath not such need to hide itselfx letxs seex comex
|
|
if it be nothingx i shall not need spectaclesx
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edmundx
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i beseech youx sirx pardon mex it is a letter from my brother that i
|
|
have not all oxerxreadx and for so much as i have perusxdx i find it
|
|
not fit for your oxerxlookingx
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gloucesterx
|
|
give me the letterx sirx
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|
edmundx
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|
i shall offendx either to detain or give itx the contentsx as in part i
|
|
understand themx are to blamex
|
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gloucesterx
|
|
letxs seex letxs seex
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|
edmundx
|
|
i hopex for my brotherxs justificationx he wrote this but as an essayx
|
|
or taste of my virtuex
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gloucesterx
|
|
xxreadsxxx xthis policy and reverence of age makes the world bitter to
|
|
the best of our timesx keeps our fortunes from us till our oldness
|
|
cannot relish themx i begin to find an idle and fond bondage in the
|
|
oppression of aged tyrannyx who sways not as it hath powerx but as it
|
|
is sufferedx come to mex that of this i may speak morex if our father
|
|
would sleep till i waked himx you should enjoy half his revenue for
|
|
everx and live the beloved of your brother edgarxx
|
|
humx conspiracyx xsleep till i wake himx you should enjoy half his
|
|
revenuexxxmy son edgarx had he a hand to write thisx a heart and brain
|
|
to breed it inx when came this to youx who brought itx
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edmundx
|
|
it was not brought mex my lordx therexs the cunning of itx i found it
|
|
thrown in at the casement of my closetx
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gloucesterx
|
|
you know the character to be your brotherxsx
|
|
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|
edmundx
|
|
if the matter were goodx my lordx i durst swear it were hisx but in
|
|
respect of thatx i would fain think it were notx
|
|
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gloucesterx
|
|
it is hisx
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|
edmundx
|
|
it is his handx my lordx but i hope his heart is not in the contentsx
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gloucesterx
|
|
has he never before sounded you in this businessx
|
|
|
|
edmundx
|
|
neverx my lordx but i have heard him oft maintain it to be fit thatx
|
|
sons at perfect agex and fathers declinedx the father should be as ward
|
|
to the sonx and the son manage his revenuex
|
|
|
|
gloucesterx
|
|
o villainx villainx his very opinion in the letterx abhorred villainx
|
|
unnaturalx detestedx brutish villainx worse than brutishx gox sirrahx
|
|
seek himx ixll apprehend himx abominable villainx where is hex
|
|
|
|
edmundx
|
|
i do not well knowx my lordx if it shall please you to suspend your
|
|
indignation against my brother till you can derive from him better
|
|
testimony of his intentx you should run a certain coursex wherex if you
|
|
violently proceed against himx mistaking his purposex it would make a
|
|
great gap in your own honourx and shake in pieces the heart of his
|
|
obediencex i dare pawn down my life for himx that he hath writ this to
|
|
feel my affection to your honourx and to no other pretence of dangerx
|
|
|
|
gloucesterx
|
|
think you sox
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|
edmundx
|
|
if your honour judge it meetx i will place you where you shall hear us
|
|
confer of thisx and by an auricular assurance have your satisfactionx
|
|
and that without any further delay than this very eveningx
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|
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|
gloucesterx
|
|
he cannot be such a monsterx
|
|
|
|
edmundx
|
|
nor is notx surex
|
|
|
|
gloucesterx
|
|
to his fatherx that so tenderly and entirely loves himx heaven and
|
|
earthx edmundx seek him outx wind me into himx i pray youx frame the
|
|
business after your own wisdomx i would unstate myself to be in a due
|
|
resolutionx
|
|
|
|
edmundx
|
|
i will seek himx sirx presentlyx convey the business as i shall find
|
|
meansx and acquaint you withalx
|
|
|
|
gloucesterx
|
|
these late eclipses in the sun and moon portend no good to usx though
|
|
the wisdom of nature can reason it thus and thusx yet nature finds
|
|
itself scourged by the sequent effectsx love coolsx friendship falls
|
|
offx brothers dividex in citiesx mutiniesx in countriesx discordx in
|
|
palacesx treasonx and the bond cracked xtwixt son and fatherx this
|
|
villain of mine comes under the predictionx therexs son against fatherx
|
|
the king falls from bias of naturex therexs father against childx we
|
|
have seen the best of our timex machinationsx hollownessx treacheryx
|
|
and all ruinous disorders follow us disquietly to our gravesx find out
|
|
this villainx edmundx it shall lose thee nothingx do it carefullyxxand
|
|
the noble and truexhearted kent banishedx his offencex honestyx xtis
|
|
strangex
|
|
|
|
xxexitxxx
|
|
|
|
edmundx
|
|
this is the excellent foppery of the worldx thatx when we are sick in
|
|
fortunex often the surfeits of our own behaviourx we make guilty of our
|
|
disasters the sunx the moonx and the starsx as if we were villains on
|
|
necessityx fools by heavenly compulsionx knavesx thievesx and treachers
|
|
by spherical predominancex drunkardsx liarsx and adulterers by an
|
|
enforced obedience of planetary influencex and all that we are evil inx
|
|
by a divine thrusting onx an admirable evasion of whoremaster manx to
|
|
lay his goatish disposition to the charge of a starx my father
|
|
compounded with my mother under the dragonxs tailx and my nativity was
|
|
under ursa majorx so that it follows i am rough and lecherousx futx i
|
|
should have been that i amx had the maidenliest star in the firmament
|
|
twinkled on my bastardizingx
|
|
|
|
enter edgarx
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|
|
|
patx he comesx like the catastrophe of the old comedyx my cue is
|
|
villainous melancholyx with a sigh like tom oxbedlamxxox these eclipses
|
|
do portend these divisionsx fax solx lax mix
|
|
|
|
edgarx
|
|
how nowx brother edmundx what serious contemplation are you inx
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|
|
|
edmundx
|
|
i am thinkingx brotherx of a prediction i read this other dayx what
|
|
should follow these eclipsesx
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|
|
|
edgarx
|
|
do you busy yourself with thatx
|
|
|
|
edmundx
|
|
i promise youx the effects he writes of succeed unhappilyx as of
|
|
unnaturalness between the child and the parentx deathx dearthx
|
|
dissolutions of ancient amitiesx divisions in statex menaces and
|
|
maledictions against king and noblesx needless diffidencesx banishment
|
|
of friendsx dissipation of cohortsx nuptial breachesx and i know not
|
|
whatx
|
|
|
|
edgarx
|
|
how long have you been a sectary astronomicalx
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|
|
|
edmundx
|
|
comex comex when saw you my father lastx
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|
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|
edgarx
|
|
the night gone byx
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|
edmundx
|
|
spake you with himx
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|
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|
edgarx
|
|
ayx two hours togetherx
|
|
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|
edmundx
|
|
parted you in good termsx found you no displeasure in himx by word nor
|
|
countenancex
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|
edgarx
|
|
none at allx
|
|
|
|
edmundx
|
|
bethink yourself wherein you may have offended himx and at my entreaty
|
|
forbear his presence until some little time hath qualified the heat of
|
|
his displeasurex which at this instant so rageth in him that with the
|
|
mischief of your person it would scarcely allayx
|
|
|
|
edgarx
|
|
some villain hath done me wrongx
|
|
|
|
edmundx
|
|
thatxs my fearx i pray you have a continent forbearance till the speed
|
|
of his rage goes slowerx andx as i sayx retire with me to my lodgingx
|
|
from whence i will fitly bring you to hear my lord speakx pray yex gox
|
|
therexs my keyx if you do stir abroadx go armedx
|
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|
|
edgarx
|
|
armedx brotherx
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|
edmundx
|
|
brotherx i advise you to the bestx i am no honest man if there be any
|
|
good meaning toward youx i have told you what i have seen and heardx
|
|
but faintlyx nothing like the image and horror of itx pray youx awayx
|
|
|
|
edgarx
|
|
shall i hear from you anonx
|
|
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|
edmundx
|
|
i do serve you in this businessx
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|
xxexit edgarxxx
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|
|
|
a credulous fatherx and a brother noblex
|
|
whose nature is so far from doing harms
|
|
that he suspects nonex on whose foolish honesty
|
|
my practices ride easyx i see the businessx
|
|
let mex if not by birthx have lands by witx
|
|
all with mexs meet that i can fashion fitx
|
|
|
|
xxexitxxx
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|
|
|
scene iiix a room in the duke of albanyxs palacex
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|
|
|
enter goneril and oswaldx
|
|
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gonerilx
|
|
did my father strike my gentleman for chiding of his foolx
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oswaldx
|
|
ayx madamx
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gonerilx
|
|
by day and nightx he wrongs mex every hour
|
|
he flashes into one gross crime or otherx
|
|
that sets us all at oddsx ixll not endure itx
|
|
his knights grow riotousx and himself upbraids us
|
|
on every triflex when he returns from huntingx
|
|
i will not speak with himx say i am sickx
|
|
if you come slack of former servicesx
|
|
you shall do wellx the fault of it ixll answerx
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|
|
|
xxhorns withinxxx
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|
oswaldx
|
|
hexs comingx madamx i hear himx
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gonerilx
|
|
put on what weary negligence you pleasex
|
|
you and your fellowsx ixd have it come to questionx
|
|
if he distaste itx let him to our sisterx
|
|
whose mind and minex i knowx in that are onex
|
|
not to be overruledx idle old manx
|
|
that still would manage those authorities
|
|
that he hath given awayx nowx by my lifex
|
|
old fools are babes againx and must be usxd
|
|
with checks as flatteriesx when they are seen abusxdx
|
|
remember what i have saidx
|
|
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|
oswaldx
|
|
very wellx madamx
|
|
|
|
gonerilx
|
|
and let his knights have colder looks among youx
|
|
what grows of itx no matterx advise your fellows sox
|
|
i would breed from hence occasionsx and i shallx
|
|
that i may speakx ixll write straight to my sister
|
|
to hold my very coursex prepare for dinnerx
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|
xxexeuntxxx
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|
|
|
scene ivx a hall in albanyxs palacex
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|
|
|
enter kentx disguisedx
|
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|
kentx
|
|
if but as well i other accents borrowx
|
|
that can my speech defusex my good intent
|
|
may carry through itself to that full issue
|
|
for which i raisxd my likenessx nowx banishxd kentx
|
|
if thou canst serve where thou dost stand condemnxdx
|
|
so may it comex thy masterx whom thou lovxstx
|
|
shall find thee full of laboursx
|
|
|
|
horns withinx enter king learx knights and attendantsx
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learx
|
|
let me not stay a jot for dinnerx go get it readyx
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|
xxexit an attendantxxx
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|
|
how nowx what art thoux
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kentx
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|
a manx sirx
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learx
|
|
what dost thou professx what wouldst thou with usx
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|
kentx
|
|
i do profess to be no less than i seemx to serve him truly that will
|
|
put me in trustx to love him that is honestx to converse with him that
|
|
is wise and says littlex to fear judgementx to fight when i cannot
|
|
choosex and to eat no fishx
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|
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learx
|
|
what art thoux
|
|
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|
kentx
|
|
a very honestxhearted fellowx and as poor as the kingx
|
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|
|
learx
|
|
if thou bexst as poor for a subject as hexs for a kingx thou art poor
|
|
enoughx what wouldst thoux
|
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kentx
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|
servicex
|
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learx
|
|
who wouldst thou servex
|
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kentx
|
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youx
|
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learx
|
|
dost thou know mex fellowx
|
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kentx
|
|
nox sirx but you have that in your countenance which i would fain call
|
|
masterx
|
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|
|
learx
|
|
whatxs thatx
|
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kentx
|
|
authorityx
|
|
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learx
|
|
what services canst thou dox
|
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|
|
kentx
|
|
i can keep honest counselx ridex runx mar a curious tale in telling it
|
|
and deliver a plain message bluntlyx that which ordinary men are fit
|
|
forx i am qualified inx and the best of me is diligencex
|
|
|
|
learx
|
|
how old art thoux
|
|
|
|
kentx
|
|
not so youngx sirx to love a woman for singingx nor so old to dote on
|
|
her for anythingx i have years on my back fortyxeightx
|
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learx
|
|
follow mex thou shalt serve mex if i like thee no worse after dinnerx i
|
|
will not part from thee yetx dinnerx hox dinnerx wherexs my knavex my
|
|
foolx go you and call my fool hitherx
|
|
|
|
xxexit an attendantxxx
|
|
|
|
enter oswaldx
|
|
|
|
youx youx sirrahx wherexs my daughterx
|
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|
oswaldx
|
|
so please youxx
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xxexitxxx
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learx
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what says the fellow therex call the clotpoll backx
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xxexit a knightxxx
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wherexs my foolx hox i think the worldxs asleepx
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rexenter knightx
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how nowx wherexs that mongrelx
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knightx
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he saysx my lordx your daughter is not wellx
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learx
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why came not the slave back to me when i called himx
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knightx
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sirx he answered me in the roundest mannerx he would notx
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learx
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he would notx
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knightx
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my lordx i know not what the matter isx but to my judgement your
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highness is not entertained with that ceremonious affection as you were
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wontx therexs a great abatement of kindness appears as well in the
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general dependants as in the duke himself alsox and your daughterx
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learx
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hax sayxst thou sox
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knightx
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i beseech you pardon mex my lordx if i be mistakenx for my duty cannot
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be silent when i think your highness wrongedx
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learx
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thou but rememberest me of mine own conceptionx i have perceived a most
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faint neglect of latex which i have rather blamed as mine own jealous
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curiosity than as a very pretence and purpose of unkindnessx i will
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look further intoxtx but wherexs my foolx i have not seen him this two
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daysx
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knightx
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since my young ladyxs going into francex sirx the fool hath much pined
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awayx
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learx
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no more of thatx i have noted it wellx go you and tell my daughter i
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would speak with herx
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xxexit attendantxxx
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go youx call hither my foolx
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xxexit another attendantxxx
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rexenter oswaldx
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ox youx sirx youx come you hitherx sirx who am ix sirx
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oswaldx
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my ladyxs fatherx
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learx
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my ladyxs fatherx my lordxs knavex you whoreson dogx you slavex you
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curx
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oswaldx
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i am none of thesex my lordx i beseech your pardonx
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learx
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do you bandy looks with mex you rascalx
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xxstriking himxxx
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oswaldx
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ixll not be struckx my lordx
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kentx
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nor trippxd neitherx you base football playerx
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xxtripping up his heelsxxx
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learx
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i thank theex fellowx thou servxst mex and ixll love theex
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kentx
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comex sirx arisex awayx ixll teach you differencesx awayx awayx if you
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will measure your lubberxs length againx tarryx but awayx go tox have
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you wisdomx sox
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xxpushes oswald outxxx
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learx
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nowx my friendly knavex i thank theex therexs earnest of thy servicex
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xxgiving kent moneyxxx
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enter foolx
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foolx
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let me hire him toox herexs my coxcombx
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xxgiving kent his capxxx
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learx
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how nowx my pretty knavex how dost thoux
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foolx
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sirrahx you were best take my coxcombx
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kentx
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whyx foolx
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foolx
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whyx for taking onexs part thatxs out of favourx nayx an thou canst not
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smile as the wind sitsx thouxlt catch cold shortlyx therex take my
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coxcombx whyx this fellow has banishxd two onxs daughtersx and did the
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third a blessing against his willx if thou follow himx thou must needs
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wear my coxcombx how nowx nunclex would i had two coxcombs and two
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daughtersx
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learx
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whyx my boyx
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foolx
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if i gave them all my livingx ixd keep my coxcombs myselfx therexs
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minex beg another of thy daughtersx
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learx
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take heedx sirrahx the whipx
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foolx
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truthxs a dog must to kennelx he must be whipped outx when the lady
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brach may stand by the fire and stinkx
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learx
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a pestilent gall to mex
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foolx
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sirrahx ixll teach thee a speechx
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learx
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dox
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foolx
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mark itx nunclex
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have more than thou showestx
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speak less than thou knowestx
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lend less than thou owestx
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ride more than thou goestx
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learn more than thou trowestx
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set less than thou throwestx
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leave thy drink and thy whorex
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and keep inxaxdoorx
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and thou shalt have more
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than two tens to a scorex
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kentx
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this is nothingx foolx
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foolx
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then xtis like the breath of an unfeexd lawyerx you gave me nothing
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forxtx can you make no use of nothingx nunclex
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learx
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whyx nox boyx nothing can be made out of nothingx
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foolx
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xxto kentxxx prythee tell himx so much the rent of his land comes tox
|
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he will not believe a foolx
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learx
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a bitter foolx
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foolx
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dost thou know the differencex my boyx between a bitter fool and a
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sweet onex
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learx
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nox ladx teach mex
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foolx
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that lord that counsellxd thee
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to give away thy landx
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come place him here by mex
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do thou for him standx
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the sweet and bitter fool
|
|
will presently appearx
|
|
the one in motley herex
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the other found out therex
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learx
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dost thou call me foolx boyx
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foolx
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all thy other titles thou hast given awayx that thou wast born withx
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kentx
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this is not altogether foolx my lordx
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foolx
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nox faithx lords and great men will not let mex if i had a monopoly
|
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outx they would have part onxt and ladies toox they will not let me
|
|
have all the fool to myselfx theyxll be snatchingx nunclex give me an
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eggx and ixll give thee two crownsx
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learx
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what two crowns shall they bex
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foolx
|
|
whyx after i have cut the egg ix the middle and eat up the meatx the
|
|
two crowns of the eggx when thou clovest thy crown ix the middle and
|
|
gavxst away both partsx thou borxst thine ass on thy back oxer the
|
|
dirtx thou hadst little wit in thy bald crown when thou gavxst thy
|
|
golden one awayx if i speak like myself in thisx let him be whipped
|
|
that first finds it sox
|
|
xxsingingxxx
|
|
fools had nexer less grace in a yearx
|
|
for wise men are grown foppishx
|
|
and know not how their wits to wearx
|
|
their manners are so apishx
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learx
|
|
when were you wont to be so full of songsx sirrahx
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foolx
|
|
i have used itx nunclex exer since thou madxst thy daughters thy
|
|
mothersx for when thou gavxst them the rodx and putxst down thine own
|
|
breechesx
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xxsingingxxx
|
|
then they for sudden joy did weepx
|
|
and i for sorrow sungx
|
|
that such a king should play boxpeepx
|
|
and go the fools amongx
|
|
prytheex nunclex keep a schoolmaster that can teach thy fool to liex i
|
|
would fain learn to liex
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learx
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|
an you liex sirrahx wexll have you whippedx
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foolx
|
|
i marvel what kin thou and thy daughters arex theyxll have me whipped
|
|
for speaking truex thouxlt have me whipped for lyingx and sometimes i
|
|
am whipped for holding my peacex i had rather be any kind oxthing than
|
|
a foolx and yet i would not be theex nunclex thou hast pared thy wit
|
|
oxboth sidesx and left nothing ix the middlex here comes one ox the
|
|
paringsx
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enter gonerilx
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learx
|
|
how nowx daughterx what makes that frontlet onx methinks you are too
|
|
much of late ix the frownx
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foolx
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|
thou wast a pretty fellow when thou hadst no need to care for her
|
|
frowningx now thou art an o without a figurex i am better than thou art
|
|
nowx i am a foolx thou art nothingx xxto gonerilxxx yesx forsoothx i
|
|
will hold my tonguex so your face bids mex though you say nothingx mumx
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|
mumx
|
|
he that keeps nor crust nor crumx
|
|
weary of allx shall want somex
|
|
xxpointing to learxxx thatxs a shealed peascodx
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|
|
gonerilx
|
|
not onlyx sirx this your allxlicensxd foolx
|
|
but other of your insolent retinue
|
|
do hourly carp and quarrelx breaking forth
|
|
in rank and notxtoxbexendured riotsx sirx
|
|
i had thoughtx by making this well known unto youx
|
|
to have found a safe redressx but now grow fearfulx
|
|
by what yourself too late have spoke and donex
|
|
that you protect this coursex and put it on
|
|
by your allowancex which if you shouldx the fault
|
|
would not scape censurex nor the redresses sleepx
|
|
whichx in the tender of a wholesome wealx
|
|
might in their working do you that offence
|
|
which else were shamex that then necessity
|
|
will call discreet proceedingx
|
|
|
|
foolx
|
|
for you knowx nunclex
|
|
the hedgexsparrow fed the cuckoo so long
|
|
that itxs had it head bit off by it youngx
|
|
so out went the candlex and we were left darklingx
|
|
|
|
learx
|
|
are you our daughterx
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|
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|
gonerilx
|
|
comex sirx
|
|
i would you would make use of that good wisdomx
|
|
whereof i know you are fraughtx and put away
|
|
these dispositionsx which of late transform you
|
|
from what you rightly arex
|
|
|
|
foolx
|
|
may not an ass know when the cart draws the horsex whoopx jugx i love
|
|
theex
|
|
|
|
learx
|
|
doth any here know mex this is not learx
|
|
doth lear walk thusx speak thusx where are his eyesx
|
|
either his notion weakensx his discernings
|
|
are lethargiedx hax wakingx xtis not sox
|
|
who is it that can tell me who i amx
|
|
|
|
foolx
|
|
learxs shadowx
|
|
|
|
learx
|
|
i would learn thatx for by the marks of sovereigntyx knowledge and
|
|
reasonx i should be false persuaded i had daughtersx
|
|
|
|
foolx
|
|
which they will make an obedient fatherx
|
|
|
|
learx
|
|
your namex fair gentlewomanx
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|
|
|
gonerilx
|
|
this admirationx sirx is much ox the favour
|
|
of other your new pranksx i do beseech you
|
|
to understand my purposes arightx
|
|
as you are old and reverendx you should be wisex
|
|
here do you keep a hundred knights and squiresx
|
|
men so disorderxdx so deboshxd and bold
|
|
that this our courtx infected with their mannersx
|
|
shows like a riotous innx epicurism and lust
|
|
makes it more like a tavern or a brothel
|
|
than a gracxd palacex the shame itself doth speak
|
|
for instant remedyx bex thenx desirxd
|
|
by her that else will take the thing she begs
|
|
a little to disquantity your trainx
|
|
and the remainder that shall still dependx
|
|
to be such men as may besort your agex
|
|
which know themselvesx and youx
|
|
|
|
learx
|
|
darkness and devilsx
|
|
saddle my horsesx call my train togetherx
|
|
degenerate bastardx ixll not trouble theex
|
|
yet have i left a daughterx
|
|
|
|
gonerilx
|
|
you strike my peoplex and your disorderxd rabble
|
|
make servants of their bettersx
|
|
|
|
enter albanyx
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|
|
|
learx
|
|
woe that too late repentsxx
|
|
xxto albanyxxx ox sirx are you comex
|
|
is it your willx speakx sirxxprepare my horsesx
|
|
ingratitudex thou marblexhearted fiendx
|
|
more hideous when thou showxst thee in a child
|
|
than the seaxmonsterx
|
|
|
|
albanyx
|
|
prayx sirx be patientx
|
|
|
|
learx
|
|
xxto gonerilxxx detested kitex thou liestx
|
|
my train are men of choice and rarest partsx
|
|
that all particulars of duty knowx
|
|
and in the most exact regard support
|
|
the worships of their namex o most small faultx
|
|
how ugly didst thou in cordelia showx
|
|
whichx like an enginex wrenchxd my frame of nature
|
|
from the fixxd placex drew from my heart all lovex
|
|
and added to the gallx o learx learx learx
|
|
xxstriking his headxxx beat at this gate that let thy folly in
|
|
and thy dear judgement outx gox gox my peoplex
|
|
|
|
albanyx
|
|
my lordx i am guiltlessx as i am ignorant
|
|
of what hath moved youx
|
|
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|
learx
|
|
it may be sox my lordx
|
|
hearx naturex hearx dear goddessx hear
|
|
suspend thy purposex if thou didst intend
|
|
to make this creature fruitfulx
|
|
into her womb convey sterilityx
|
|
dry up in her the organs of increasex
|
|
and from her derogate body never spring
|
|
a babe to honour herx if she must teemx
|
|
create her child of spleenx that it may live
|
|
and be a thwart disnaturxd torment to herx
|
|
let it stamp wrinkles in her brow of youthx
|
|
with cadent tears fret channels in her cheeksx
|
|
turn all her motherxs pains and benefits
|
|
to laughter and contemptx that she may feel
|
|
how sharper than a serpentxs tooth it is
|
|
to have a thankless childx awayx awayx
|
|
|
|
xxexitxxx
|
|
|
|
albanyx
|
|
nowx gods that we adorex whereof comes thisx
|
|
|
|
gonerilx
|
|
never afflict yourself to know more of itx
|
|
but let his disposition have that scope
|
|
that dotage gives itx
|
|
|
|
rexenter learx
|
|
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|
learx
|
|
whatx fifty of my followers at a clapx
|
|
within a fortnightx
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|
albanyx
|
|
whatxs the matterx sirx
|
|
|
|
learx
|
|
ixll tell theex xxto gonerilxxx life and deathx i am ashamxd
|
|
that thou hast power to shake my manhood thusx
|
|
that these hot tearsx which break from me perforcex
|
|
should make thee worth themx blasts and fogs upon theex
|
|
thxuntented woundings of a fatherxs curse
|
|
pierce every sense about theex old fond eyesx
|
|
beweep this cause againx ixll pluck ye outx
|
|
and cast you with the waters that you lose
|
|
to temper clayx hax let it be sox
|
|
i have another daughterx
|
|
whox i am surex is kind and comfortablex
|
|
when she shall hear this of theex with her nails
|
|
shexll flay thy wolvish visagex thou shalt find
|
|
that ixll resume the shape which thou dost think
|
|
i have cast off for everx
|
|
|
|
xxexeunt learx kent and attendantsxxx
|
|
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|
gonerilx
|
|
do you mark thatx
|
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|
|
albanyx
|
|
i cannot be so partialx gonerilx
|
|
to the great love i bear youxx
|
|
|
|
gonerilx
|
|
pray youx contentx whatx oswaldx hox
|
|
xxto the foolxxx youx sirx more knave than foolx after your masterx
|
|
|
|
foolx
|
|
nuncle learx nuncle learx tarry and take the fool with theex
|
|
a fox when one has caught herx
|
|
and such a daughterx
|
|
should sure to the slaughterx
|
|
if my cap would buy a halterx
|
|
so the fool follows afterx
|
|
|
|
xxexitxxx
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|
gonerilx
|
|
this man hath had good counselxxa hundred knightsx
|
|
xtis politic and safe to let him keep
|
|
at point a hundred knightsx yesx that on every dreamx
|
|
each buzzx each fancyx each complaintx dislikex
|
|
he may enguard his dotage with their powersx
|
|
and hold our lives in mercyx oswaldx i sayx
|
|
|
|
albanyx
|
|
wellx you may fear too farx
|
|
|
|
gonerilx
|
|
safer than trust too farx
|
|
let me still take away the harms i fearx
|
|
not fear still to be takenx i know his heartx
|
|
what he hath utterxd i have writ my sisterx
|
|
if she sustain him and his hundred knightsx
|
|
when i have showxd thxunfitnessxx
|
|
|
|
rexenter oswaldx
|
|
|
|
how nowx oswaldx
|
|
whatx have you writ that letter to my sisterx
|
|
|
|
oswaldx
|
|
ayx madamx
|
|
|
|
gonerilx
|
|
take you some companyx and away to horsex
|
|
inform her full of my particular fearx
|
|
and thereto add such reasons of your own
|
|
as may compact it morex get you gonex
|
|
and hasten your returnx
|
|
|
|
xxexit oswaldxxx
|
|
|
|
nox nox my lordx
|
|
this milky gentleness and course of yoursx
|
|
though i condemn notx yetx under pardonx
|
|
you are much more attaskxd for want of wisdom
|
|
than praisxd for harmful mildnessx
|
|
|
|
albanyx
|
|
how far your eyes may pierce i cannot tellx
|
|
striving to betterx oft we mar whatxs wellx
|
|
|
|
gonerilx
|
|
nay thenxx
|
|
|
|
albanyx
|
|
wellx wellx the eventx
|
|
|
|
xxexeuntxxx
|
|
|
|
scene vx court before the duke of albanyxs palacex
|
|
|
|
enter learx kent and foolx
|
|
|
|
learx
|
|
go you before to gloucester with these lettersx acquaint my daughter no
|
|
further with anything you know than comes from her demand out of the
|
|
letterx if your diligence be not speedyx i shall be there afore youx
|
|
|
|
kentx
|
|
i will not sleepx my lordx till i have delivered your letterx
|
|
|
|
xxexitxxx
|
|
|
|
foolx
|
|
if a manxs brains were inxs heelsx werext not in danger of kibesx
|
|
|
|
learx
|
|
ayx boyx
|
|
|
|
foolx
|
|
then i prythee be merryx thy wit shall not go slipshodx
|
|
|
|
learx
|
|
hax hax hax
|
|
|
|
foolx
|
|
shalt see thy other daughter will use thee kindlyx for though shexs as
|
|
like this as a crabxs like an applex yet i can tell what i can tellx
|
|
|
|
learx
|
|
what canst tellx boyx
|
|
|
|
foolx
|
|
shexll taste as like this as a crab does to a crabx thou canst tell why
|
|
onexs nose stands ixthe middle onxs facex
|
|
|
|
learx
|
|
nox
|
|
|
|
foolx
|
|
whyx to keep onexs eyes of either sidexs nosex that what a man cannot
|
|
smell outx he may spy intox
|
|
|
|
learx
|
|
i did her wrongx
|
|
|
|
foolx
|
|
canst tell how an oyster makes his shellx
|
|
|
|
learx
|
|
nox
|
|
|
|
foolx
|
|
nor i neitherx but i can tell why a snail has a housex
|
|
|
|
learx
|
|
whyx
|
|
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|
foolx
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whyx to putxs head inx not to give it away to his daughtersx and leave
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his horns without a casex
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learx
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i will forget my naturex so kind a fatherx be my horses readyx
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foolx
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thy asses are gone about xemx the reason why the seven stars are no
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more than seven is a pretty reasonx
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learx
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because they are not eightx
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foolx
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yes indeedx thou wouldst make a good foolx
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learx
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to takxt again perforcexxmonster ingratitudex
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foolx
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if thou wert my foolx nunclex ixld have thee beaten for being old
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before thy timex
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learx
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howxs thatx
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foolx
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thou shouldst not have been old till thou hadst been wisex
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learx
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ox let me not be madx not madx sweet heavenx
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keep me in temperx i would not be madx
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enter gentlemanx
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how nowx are the horses readyx
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gentlemanx
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readyx my lordx
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learx
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comex boyx
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foolx
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she thatxs a maid nowx and laughs at my departurex
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shall not be a maid longx unless things be cut shorterx
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xxexeuntxxx
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act ii
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scene ix a court within the castle of the earl of gloucesterx
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enter edmund and curanx meetingx
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edmundx
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save theex curanx
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curanx
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and youx sirx i have been with your fatherx and given him notice that
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the duke of cornwall and regan his duchess will be here with him this
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nightx
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edmundx
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how comes thatx
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curanx
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nayx i know notx you have heard of the news abroadx i mean the
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whispered onesx for they are yet but earxkissing argumentsx
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edmundx
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not ix pray youx what are theyx
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curanx
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have you heard of no likely wars towardx xtwixt the two dukes of
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cornwall and albanyx
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edmundx
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not a wordx
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curanx
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you may dox thenx in timex fare you wellx sirx
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xxexitxxx
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edmundx
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the duke be here tonightx the betterx bestx
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this weaves itself perforce into my businessx
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my father hath set guard to take my brotherx
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and i have one thingx of a queasy questionx
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which i must actx briefness and fortune workx
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brotherx a wordx descendx brotherx i sayx
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enter edgarx
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my father watchesx o sirx fly this placex
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intelligence is given where you are hidx
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you have now the good advantage of the nightx
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have you not spoken xgainst the duke of cornwallx
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hexs coming hitherx nowx ix the nightx ix the hastex
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and regan with himx have you nothing said
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upon his party xgainst the duke of albanyx
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advise yourselfx
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edgarx
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i am sure onxtx not a wordx
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edmundx
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i hear my father comingxxpardon mex
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in cunning i must draw my sword upon youx
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drawx seem to defend yourselfx now quit you wellx
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yieldx come before my fatherx lightx hox herex
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flyx brotherx torchesx torchesxxso farewellx
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xxexit edgarxxx
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some blood drawn on me would beget opinion
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of my more fierce endeavourx xxwounds his armxxx
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i have seen drunkards
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do more than this in sportx fatherx fatherx
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stopx stopx no helpx
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enter gloucester and servants with torchesx
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gloucesterx
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nowx edmundx wherexs the villainx
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edmundx
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here stood he in the darkx his sharp sword outx
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mumbling of wicked charmsx conjuring the moon
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to stand auspicious mistressx
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gloucesterx
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but where is hex
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edmundx
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lookx sirx i bleedx
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gloucesterx
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where is the villainx edmundx
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edmundx
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fled this wayx sirx when by no means he couldxx
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gloucesterx
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pursue himx hox go afterx
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xxexeunt servantsxxx
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xby no means whatx
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edmundx
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persuade me to the murder of your lordshipx
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but that i told him the revenging gods
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xgainst parricides did all their thunders bendx
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spoke with how manifold and strong a bond
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the child was bound to the fatherx sirx in finex
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seeing how loathly opposite i stood
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to his unnatural purposex in fell motion
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with his prepared swordx he charges home
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my unprovided bodyx latchxd mine armx
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but when he saw my best alarumxd spiritsx
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bold in the quarrelxs rightx rousxd to thxencounterx
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or whether gasted by the noise i madex
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full suddenly he fledx
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gloucesterx
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let him fly farx
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not in this land shall he remain uncaughtx
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and foundxdispatchxdx the noble duke my masterx
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my worthy arch and patronx comes tonightx
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by his authority i will proclaim itx
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that he which finds him shall deserve our thanksx
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bringing the murderous coward to the stakex
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he that conceals himx deathx
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edmundx
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when i dissuaded him from his intentx
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and found him pight to do itx with curst speech
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i threatenxd to discover himx he repliedx
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xthou unpossessing bastardx dost thou thinkx
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if i would stand against theex would the reposal
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of any trustx virtuex or worth in thee
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make thy words faithxdx nox what i should deny
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as this i wouldx ayx though thou didst produce
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my very characterx ixd turn it all
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to thy suggestionx plotx and damned practicex
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and thou must make a dullard of the worldx
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if they not thought the profits of my death
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were very pregnant and potential spurs
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to make thee seek itx
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gloucesterx
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o strange and fastxned villainx
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would he deny his letterx said hex i never got himx
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xxtucket withinxxx
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harkx the dukexs trumpetsx i know not why he comesx
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all ports ixll barx the villain shall not scapex
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the duke must grant me thatx besidesx his picture
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i will send far and nearx that all the kingdom
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may have due note of himx and of my landx
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loyal and natural boyx ixll work the means
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to make thee capablex
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enter cornwallx regan and attendantsx
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cornwallx
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how nowx my noble friendx since i came hitherx
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which i can call but nowx i have heard strange newsx
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reganx
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if it be truex all vengeance comes too short
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which can pursue thxoffenderx how dostx my lordx
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gloucesterx
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o madamx my old heart is crackxdx itxs crackxdx
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reganx
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whatx did my fatherxs godson seek your lifex
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he whom my father namxdx your edgarx
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gloucesterx
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o ladyx ladyx shame would have it hidx
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reganx
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was he not companion with the riotous knights
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that tend upon my fatherx
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gloucesterx
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i know notx madamx xtis too badx too badx
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edmundx
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yesx madamx he was of that consortx
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reganx
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no marvel then though he were ill affectedx
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xtis they have put him on the old manxs deathx
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to have the expense and waste of his revenuesx
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i have this present evening from my sister
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been well informxd of themx and with such cautions
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that if they come to sojourn at my housex
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ixll not be therex
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cornwallx
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nor ix assure theex reganx
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edmundx i hear that you have shown your father
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a childlike officex
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edmundx
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it was my dutyx sirx
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gloucesterx
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he did bewray his practicex and receivxd
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this hurt you seex striving to apprehend himx
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cornwallx
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is he pursuedx
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gloucesterx
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ayx my good lordx
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cornwallx
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if he be takenx he shall never more
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be fearxd of doing harmx make your own purposex
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how in my strength you pleasex for youx edmundx
|
|
whose virtue and obedience doth this instant
|
|
so much commend itselfx you shall be oursx
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natures of such deep trust we shall much needx
|
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you we first seize onx
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edmundx
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i shall serve youx sirx trulyx however elsex
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gloucesterx
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for him i thank your gracex
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cornwallx
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you know not why we came to visit youx
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reganx
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thus out of seasonx threading darkxeyxd nightx
|
|
occasionsx noble gloucesterx of some poisex
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|
wherein we must have use of your advicex
|
|
our father he hath writx so hath our sisterx
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of differencesx which i best thought it fit
|
|
to answer from our homex the several messengers
|
|
from hence attend dispatchx our good old friendx
|
|
lay comforts to your bosomx and bestow
|
|
your needful counsel to our businessx
|
|
which craves the instant usex
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gloucesterx
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i serve youx madamx
|
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your graces are right welcomex
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xxexeuntx flourishxxx
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scene iix before gloucesterxs castlex
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enter kent and oswaldx severallyx
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oswaldx
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good dawning to theex friendx art of this housex
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kentx
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ayx
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oswaldx
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where may we set our horsesx
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kentx
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ix the mirex
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oswaldx
|
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prytheex if thou lovxst mex tell mex
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kentx
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i love thee notx
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oswaldx
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why thenx i care not for theex
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kentx
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if i had thee in lipsbury pinfoldx i would make thee care for mex
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oswaldx
|
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why dost thou use me thusx i know thee notx
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kentx
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fellowx i know theex
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oswaldx
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what dost thou know me forx
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kentx
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a knavex a rascalx an eater of broken meatsx a basex proudx shallowx
|
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beggarlyx threexsuitedx hundredxpoundx filthyx worstedxstocking knavex
|
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a lilyxliveredx actionxtakingx whoresonx glassxgazingx
|
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superxserviceablex finical roguex one trunkxinheriting slavex one that
|
|
wouldst be a bawd in way of good servicex and art nothing but the
|
|
composition of a knavex beggarx cowardx panderx and the son and heir of
|
|
a mongrel bitchx one whom i will beat into clamorous whiningx if thou
|
|
deniest the least syllable of thy additionx
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oswaldx
|
|
whyx what a monstrous fellow art thoux thus to rail on one thatxs
|
|
neither known of thee nor knows theex
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kentx
|
|
what a brazenxfaced varlet art thoux to deny thou knowest mex is it two
|
|
days ago since i tripped up thy heels and beat thee before the kingx
|
|
drawx you roguex forx though it be nightx yet the moon shinesx ixll
|
|
make a sop ox the moonshine of youx drawx you whoreson cullionly
|
|
barberxmongerx drawx
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xxdrawing his swordxxx
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oswaldx
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awayx i have nothing to do with theex
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kentx
|
|
drawx you rascalx you come with letters against the kingx and take
|
|
vanity the puppetxs part against the royalty of her fatherx drawx you
|
|
roguex or ixll so carbonado your shanksxxdrawx you rascalx come your
|
|
waysx
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oswaldx
|
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helpx hox murderx helpx
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kentx
|
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strikex you slavex standx roguex standx you neat slavex strikex
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|
xxbeating himxxx
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oswaldx
|
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helpx hox murderx murderx
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|
enter edmundx cornwallx reganx gloucester and servantsx
|
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edmundx
|
|
how nowx whatxs the matterx partx
|
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|
kentx
|
|
with youx goodman boyx if you pleasex comex ixll flesh yex come onx
|
|
young masterx
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gloucesterx
|
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weaponsx armsx whatxs the matter herex
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cornwallx
|
|
keep peacex upon your livesx he dies that strikes againx what is the
|
|
matterx
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reganx
|
|
the messengers from our sister and the kingx
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cornwallx
|
|
what is your differencex speakx
|
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oswaldx
|
|
i am scarce in breathx my lordx
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kentx
|
|
no marvelx you have so bestirrxd your valourx you cowardly rascalx
|
|
nature disclaims in theex a tailor made theex
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cornwallx
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thou art a strange fellowx a tailor make a manx
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kentx
|
|
ayx a tailorx sirx a stonecutter or a painter could not have made him
|
|
so illx though he had been but two years at the tradex
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cornwallx
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|
speak yetx how grew your quarrelx
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oswaldx
|
|
this ancient ruffianx sirx whose life i have spared at suit of his grey
|
|
beardxx
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kentx
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|
thou whoreson zedx thou unnecessary letterx my lordx if youxll give me
|
|
leavex i will tread this unbolted villain into mortar and daub the
|
|
walls of a jakes with himx spare my grey beardx you wagtailx
|
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cornwallx
|
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peacex sirrahx
|
|
you beastly knavex know you no reverencex
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kentx
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|
yesx sirx but anger hath a privilegex
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cornwallx
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why art thou angryx
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kentx
|
|
that such a slave as this should wear a swordx
|
|
who wears no honestyx such smiling rogues as thesex
|
|
like ratsx oft bite the holy cords axtwain
|
|
which are too intrince txunloosex smooth every passion
|
|
that in the natures of their lords rebelx
|
|
bring oil to firex snow to their colder moodsx
|
|
renegex affirmx and turn their halcyon beaks
|
|
with every gale and vary of their mastersx
|
|
knowing naughtx like dogsx but followingx
|
|
a plague upon your epileptic visagex
|
|
smile you my speechesx as i were a foolx
|
|
goosex if i had you upon sarum plainx
|
|
ixd drive ye cackling home to camelotx
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|
cornwallx
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|
whatx art thou madx old fellowx
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|
gloucesterx
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|
how fell you outx say thatx
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|
kentx
|
|
no contraries hold more antipathy
|
|
than i and such a knavex
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|
cornwallx
|
|
why dost thou call him knavex what is his faultx
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kentx
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|
his countenance likes me notx
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|
cornwallx
|
|
no more perchance does minex or hisx or hersx
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kentx
|
|
sirx xtis my occupation to be plainx
|
|
i have seen better faces in my time
|
|
than stands on any shoulder that i see
|
|
before me at this instantx
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cornwallx
|
|
this is some fellow
|
|
whox having been praisxd for bluntnessx doth affect
|
|
a saucy roughnessx and constrains the garb
|
|
quite from his naturex he cannot flatterx hex
|
|
an honest mind and plainx he must speak truthx
|
|
an they will take itx sox if notx hexs plainx
|
|
these kind of knaves i know which in this plainness
|
|
harbour more craft and more corrupter ends
|
|
than twenty sillyxducking observants
|
|
that stretch their duties nicelyx
|
|
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|
kentx
|
|
sirx in good faithx in sincere verityx
|
|
under thxallowance of your great aspectx
|
|
whose influencex like the wreath of radiant fire
|
|
on flickering phoebusx frontxx
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|
cornwallx
|
|
what meanxst by thisx
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kentx
|
|
to go out of my dialectx which you discommend so muchx i knowx sirx i
|
|
am no flattererx he that beguiled you in a plain accent was a plain
|
|
knavex whichx for my partx i will not bex though i should win your
|
|
displeasure to entreat me toxtx
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|
cornwallx
|
|
what was the offence you gave himx
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|
|
oswaldx
|
|
i never gave him anyx
|
|
it pleasxd the king his master very late
|
|
to strike at mex upon his misconstructionx
|
|
when hex compactx and flattering his displeasurex
|
|
trippxd me behindx being downx insultedx railxd
|
|
and put upon him such a deal of manx
|
|
that worthied himx got praises of the king
|
|
for him attempting who was selfxsubduxdx
|
|
andx in the fleshment of this dread exploitx
|
|
drew on me here againx
|
|
|
|
kentx
|
|
none of these rogues and cowards
|
|
but ajax is their foolx
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|
|
|
cornwallx
|
|
fetch forth the stocksx
|
|
you stubborn ancient knavex you reverent braggartx
|
|
wexll teach youx
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|
|
|
kentx
|
|
sirx i am too old to learnx
|
|
call not your stocks for mex i serve the kingx
|
|
on whose employment i was sent to youx
|
|
you shall do small respectx show too bold malice
|
|
against the grace and person of my masterx
|
|
stocking his messengerx
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|
|
cornwallx
|
|
fetch forth the stocksx
|
|
as i have life and honourx there shall he sit till noonx
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|
reganx
|
|
till noonx till nightx my lordx and all night toox
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|
|
|
kentx
|
|
whyx madamx if i were your fatherxs dogx
|
|
you should not use me sox
|
|
|
|
reganx
|
|
sirx being his knavex i willx
|
|
|
|
xxstocks brought outxxx
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|
|
|
cornwallx
|
|
this is a fellow of the selfsame colour
|
|
our sister speaks ofx comex bring away the stocksx
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|
|
|
gloucesterx
|
|
let me beseech your grace not to do sox
|
|
his fault is muchx and the good king his master
|
|
will check him forxtx your purposxd low correction
|
|
is such as basest and contemnedxst wretches
|
|
for pilferings and most common trespassesx
|
|
are punishxd withx the king must take it ill
|
|
that hex so slightly valued in his messengerx
|
|
should have him thus restrainedx
|
|
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|
cornwallx
|
|
ixll answer thatx
|
|
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|
reganx
|
|
my sister may receive it much more worsex
|
|
to have her gentleman abusxdx assaultedx
|
|
for following her affairsx put in his legsx
|
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|
|
xxkent is put in the stocksxxx
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|
cornwallx
|
|
comex my good lordx awayx
|
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|
|
xxexeunt all but gloucester and kentxxx
|
|
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|
gloucesterx
|
|
i am sorry for theex friendx xtis the dukexs pleasurex
|
|
whose dispositionx all the world well knowsx
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will not be rubbxd nor stoppxdx ixll entreat for theex
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kentx
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pray do notx sirx i have watchxdx and travellxd hardx
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some time i shall sleep outx the rest ixll whistlex
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a good manxs fortune may grow out at heelsx
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give you good morrowx
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gloucesterx
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the dukexs to blame in thisx xtwill be ill takenx
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xxexitxxx
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kentx
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good kingx that must approve the common sawx
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thou out of heavenxs benediction comxst
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to the warm sunx
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approachx thou beacon to this under globex
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that by thy comfortable beams i may
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peruse this letterx nothing almost sees miracles
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but miseryx i know xtis from cordeliax
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who hath most fortunately been informxd
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of my obscured coursex and shall find time
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from this enormous statex seeking to give
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losses their remediesx all weary and oxerwatchxdx
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take vantagex heavy eyesx not to behold
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this shameful lodgingx
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fortunex good nightx smile once morex turn thy wheelx
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xxhe sleepsxxx
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scene iiix the open countryx
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enter edgarx
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edgarx
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i heard myself proclaimxdx
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and by the happy hollow of a tree
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escapxd the huntx no port is freex no place
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that guard and most unusual vigilance
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does not attend my takingx while i may scape
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i will preserve myselfx and am bethought
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to take the basest and most poorest shape
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that ever penury in contempt of manx
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brought near to beastx my face ixll grime with filthx
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blanket my loinsx elf all my hair in knotsx
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and with presented nakedness outface
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the winds and persecutions of the skyx
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the country gives me proof and precedent
|
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of bedlam beggarsx whox with roaring voicesx
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strike in their numbxd and mortified bare arms
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pinsx wooden pricksx nailsx sprigs of rosemaryx
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and with this horrible objectx from low farmsx
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poor pelting villagesx sheepxcotesx and millsx
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sometime with lunatic bansx sometime with prayersx
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enforce their charityx poor turlygodx poor tomx
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thatxs something yetx edgar i nothing amx
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xxexitxxx
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scene ivx before gloucesterxs castlex kent in the stocksx
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enter learx fool and gentlemanx
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learx
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xtis strange that they should so depart from homex
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and not send back my messengerx
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gentlemanx
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as i learnxdx
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the night before there was no purpose in them
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of this removex
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kentx
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hail to theex noble masterx
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learx
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hax makxst thou this shame thy pastimex
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kentx
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nox my lordx
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foolx
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hax hax he wears cruel gartersx horses are tied by the headsx dogs and
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bears by the neckx monkeys by the loinsx and men by the legsx when a
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man is overlusty at legsx then he wears wooden netherxstocksx
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learx
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whatxs he that hath so much thy place mistook
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to set thee herex
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kentx
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it is both he and shex
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your son and daughterx
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learx
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nox
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kentx
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yesx
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learx
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nox i sayx
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kentx
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i sayx yeax
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learx
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nox nox they would notx
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kentx
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yesx they havex
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learx
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by jupiterx i swear nox
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kentx
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by junox i swear ayx
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learx
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they durst not doxtx
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they could notx would not doxtx xtis worse than murderx
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to do upon respect such violent outragex
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resolve mex with all modest hastex which way
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thou mightst deserve or they impose this usagex
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coming from usx
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kentx
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my lordx when at their home
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i did commend your highnessx letters to themx
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ere i was risen from the place that showxd
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my duty kneelingx came there a reeking postx
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stewxd in his hastex half breathlessx panting forth
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from goneril his mistress salutationsx
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deliverxd lettersx spite of intermissionx
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which presently they readx on those contentsx
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they summonxd up their meinyx straight took horsex
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commanded me to follow and attend
|
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the leisure of their answerx gave me cold looksx
|
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and meeting here the other messengerx
|
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whose welcome i perceivxd had poisonxd minex
|
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being the very fellow which of late
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displayxd so saucily against your highnessx
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having more man than wit about mex drewx
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he raisxd the house with loud and coward criesx
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your son and daughter found this trespass worth
|
|
the shame which here it suffersx
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foolx
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winterxs not gone yetx if the wild geese fly that wayx
|
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fathers that wear rags
|
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do make their children blindx
|
|
but fathers that bear bags
|
|
shall see their children kindx
|
|
fortunex that arrant whorex
|
|
nexer turns the key to thx poorx
|
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but for all thisx thou shalt have as many dolours for thy daughters as
|
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thou canst tell in a yearx
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learx
|
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ox how this mother swells up toward my heartx
|
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xhysterica passioxx downx thou climbing sorrowx
|
|
thy elementxs belowx where is this daughterx
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kentx
|
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with the earlx sirx here withinx
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learx
|
|
follow me notx stay herex
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xxexitxxx
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gentlemanx
|
|
made you no more offence but what you speak ofx
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kentx
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nonex
|
|
how chance the king comes with so small a numberx
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foolx
|
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an thou hadst been set ix the stocks for that questionx thou hadst well
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|
deserved itx
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kentx
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whyx foolx
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foolx
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wexll set thee to school to an antx to teach thee therexs no labouring
|
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ixthe winterx all that follow their noses are led by their eyes but
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|
blind menx and therexs not a nose among twenty but can smell him thatxs
|
|
stinkingx let go thy hold when a great wheel runs down a hillx lest it
|
|
break thy neck with following itx but the great one that goes upwardx
|
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let him draw thee afterx when a wise man gives thee better counselx
|
|
give me mine againx i would have none but knaves follow itx since a
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|
fool gives itx
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|
that sir which serves and seeks for gainx
|
|
and follows but for formx
|
|
will pack when it begins to rainx
|
|
and leave thee in the stormx
|
|
but i will tarryx the fool will stayx
|
|
and let the wise man flyx
|
|
the knave turns fool that runs awayx
|
|
the fool no knave perdyx
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kentx
|
|
where learnxd you thisx foolx
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foolx
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|
not ix the stocksx foolx
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enter lear and gloucesterx
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learx
|
|
deny to speak with mex they are sickx they are wearyx
|
|
they have travellxd all the nightx mere fetchesx
|
|
the images of revolt and flying offx
|
|
fetch me a better answerx
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|
gloucesterx
|
|
my dear lordx
|
|
you know the fiery quality of the dukex
|
|
how unremovable and fixxd he is
|
|
in his own coursex
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learx
|
|
vengeancex plaguex deathx confusionx
|
|
fieryx what qualityx whyx gloucesterx gloucesterx
|
|
ixd speak with the duke of cornwall and his wifex
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gloucesterx
|
|
wellx my good lordx i have informxd them sox
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learx
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|
informxd themx dost thou understand mex manx
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gloucesterx
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ayx my good lordx
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learx
|
|
the king would speak with cornwallx the dear father
|
|
would with his daughter speakx commandsx tendsx servicex
|
|
are they informxd of thisx my breath and bloodx
|
|
fieryx the fiery dukex tell the hot duke thatx
|
|
nox but not yetx maybe he is not wellx
|
|
infirmity doth still neglect all office
|
|
whereto our health is boundx we are not ourselves
|
|
when naturex being oppressxdx commands the mind
|
|
to suffer with the bodyx ixll forbearx
|
|
and am fallen out with my more headier willx
|
|
to take the indisposxd and sickly fit
|
|
for the sound manx xxlooking on kentxxx
|
|
death on my statex wherefore
|
|
should he sit herex this act persuades me
|
|
that this remotion of the duke and her
|
|
is practice onlyx give me my servant forthx
|
|
go tell the duke andxs wife ixd speak with themx
|
|
nowx presentlyx bid them come forth and hear mex
|
|
or at their chamber door ixll beat the drum
|
|
till it cry sleep to deathx
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|
|
|
gloucesterx
|
|
i would have all well betwixt youx
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|
xxexitxxx
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|
|
|
learx
|
|
o mex my heartx my rising heartx but downx
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foolx
|
|
cry to itx nunclex as the cockney did to the eels when she put xem ix
|
|
the paste alivex she knapped xem ox the coxcombs with a stick and cried
|
|
xdownx wantonsx downxx xtwas her brother thatx in pure kindness to his
|
|
horse buttered his hayx
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|
|
enter cornwallx reganx gloucester and servantsx
|
|
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|
learx
|
|
good morrow to you bothx
|
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|
cornwallx
|
|
hail to your gracex
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|
|
|
xxkent here set at libertyxxx
|
|
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|
reganx
|
|
i am glad to see your highnessx
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learx
|
|
reganx i think you arex i know what reason
|
|
i have to think sox if thou shouldst not be gladx
|
|
i would divorce me from thy motherxs tombx
|
|
sepulchring an adultressx xxto kentxx ox are you freex
|
|
some other time for thatxxbeloved reganx
|
|
thy sisterxs naughtx o reganx she hath tied
|
|
sharpxtoothxd unkindnessx like a vulturex herex
|
|
|
|
xxpoints to his heartxxx
|
|
|
|
i can scarce speak to theex thouxlt not believe
|
|
with how depravxd a qualityxo reganx
|
|
|
|
reganx
|
|
i pray youx sirx take patiencex i have hope
|
|
you less know how to value her desert
|
|
than she to scant her dutyx
|
|
|
|
learx
|
|
sayx how is thatx
|
|
|
|
reganx
|
|
i cannot think my sister in the least
|
|
would fail her obligationx ifx sirx perchance
|
|
she have restrainxd the riots of your followersx
|
|
xtis on such groundx and to such wholesome endx
|
|
as clears her from all blamex
|
|
|
|
learx
|
|
my curses on herx
|
|
|
|
reganx
|
|
ox sirx you are oldx
|
|
nature in you stands on the very verge
|
|
of her confinex you should be rulxd and led
|
|
by some discretionx that discerns your state
|
|
better than you yourselfx therefore i pray youx
|
|
that to our sister you do make returnx
|
|
say you have wrongxd herx sirx
|
|
|
|
learx
|
|
ask her forgivenessx
|
|
do you but mark how this becomes the housex
|
|
xdear daughterx i confess that i am oldx
|
|
xxkneelingxxx
|
|
age is unnecessaryx on my knees i beg
|
|
that youxll vouchsafe me raimentx bedx and foodxx
|
|
|
|
reganx
|
|
good sirx no morex these are unsightly tricksx
|
|
return you to my sisterx
|
|
|
|
learx
|
|
xxrisingxxx neverx reganx
|
|
she hath abated me of half my trainx
|
|
lookxd black upon mex struck me with her tonguex
|
|
most serpentxlikex upon the very heartx
|
|
all the storxd vengeances of heaven fall
|
|
on her ingrateful topx strike her young bonesx
|
|
you taking airsx with lamenessx
|
|
|
|
cornwallx
|
|
fiex sirx fiex
|
|
|
|
learx
|
|
you nimble lightningsx dart your blinding flames
|
|
into her scornful eyesx infect her beautyx
|
|
you fenxsuckxd fogsx drawn by the powerful sunx
|
|
to fall and blast her pridex
|
|
|
|
reganx
|
|
o the blest godsx
|
|
so will you wish on me when the rash mood is onx
|
|
|
|
learx
|
|
nox reganx thou shalt never have my cursex
|
|
thy tenderxhefted nature shall not give
|
|
thee oxer to harshnessx her eyes are fiercex but thine
|
|
do comfortx and not burnx xtis not in thee
|
|
to grudge my pleasuresx to cut off my trainx
|
|
to bandy hasty wordsx to scant my sizesx
|
|
andx in conclusionx to oppose the bolt
|
|
against my coming inx thou better knowxst
|
|
the offices of naturex bond of childhoodx
|
|
effects of courtesyx dues of gratitudex
|
|
thy half ox the kingdom hast thou not forgotx
|
|
wherein i thee endowxdx
|
|
|
|
reganx
|
|
good sirx to the purposex
|
|
|
|
learx
|
|
who put my man ix the stocksx
|
|
|
|
xxtucket withinxxx
|
|
|
|
cornwallx
|
|
what trumpetxs thatx
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|
|
|
reganx
|
|
i knowxtx my sisterxsx this approves her letterx
|
|
that she would soon be herex
|
|
|
|
enter oswaldx
|
|
|
|
is your lady comex
|
|
|
|
learx
|
|
this is a slavex whose easy borrowed pride
|
|
dwells in the fickle grace of her he followsx
|
|
outx varletx from my sightx
|
|
|
|
cornwallx
|
|
what means your gracex
|
|
|
|
learx
|
|
who stockxd my servantx reganx i have good hope
|
|
thou didst not know onxtx who comes herex o heavensx
|
|
|
|
enter gonerilx
|
|
|
|
if you do love old menx if your sweet sway
|
|
allow obediencex if yourselves are oldx
|
|
make it your causex send downx and take my partx
|
|
xxto gonerilxxx art not ashamxd to look upon this beardx
|
|
o reganx wilt thou take her by the handx
|
|
|
|
gonerilx
|
|
why not by the handx sirx how have i offendedx
|
|
allxs not offence that indiscretion finds
|
|
and dotage terms sox
|
|
|
|
learx
|
|
o sidesx you are too toughx
|
|
will you yet holdx how came my man ix the stocksx
|
|
|
|
cornwallx
|
|
i set him therex sirx but his own disorders
|
|
deservxd much less advancementx
|
|
|
|
learx
|
|
youx did youx
|
|
|
|
reganx
|
|
i pray youx fatherx being weakx seem sox
|
|
ifx till the expiration of your monthx
|
|
you will return and sojourn with my sisterx
|
|
dismissing half your trainx come then to mex
|
|
i am now from homex and out of that provision
|
|
which shall be needful for your entertainmentx
|
|
|
|
learx
|
|
return to herx and fifty men dismissxdx
|
|
nox rather i abjure all roofsx and choose
|
|
to wage against the enmity ox the airx
|
|
to be a comrade with the wolf and owlx
|
|
necessityxs sharp pinchx return with herx
|
|
whyx the hotxblooded francex that dowerless took
|
|
our youngest bornx i could as well be brought
|
|
to knee his thronex andx squirexlikex pension beg
|
|
to keep base life afootx return with herx
|
|
persuade me rather to be slave and sumpter
|
|
to this detested groomx
|
|
|
|
xxpointing to oswaldxxx
|
|
|
|
gonerilx
|
|
at your choicex sirx
|
|
|
|
learx
|
|
i prytheex daughterx do not make me madx
|
|
i will not trouble theex my childx farewellx
|
|
wexll no more meetx no more see one anotherx
|
|
but yet thou art my fleshx my bloodx my daughterx
|
|
or rather a disease thatxs in my fleshx
|
|
which i must needs call minex thou art a boilx
|
|
a plague sorex or embossed carbuncle
|
|
in my corrupted bloodx but ixll not chide theex
|
|
let shame come when it willx i do not call itx
|
|
i do not bid the thunderxbearer shootx
|
|
nor tell tales of thee to highxjudging jovex
|
|
mend when thou canstx be better at thy leisurex
|
|
i can be patientx i can stay with reganx
|
|
i and my hundred knightsx
|
|
|
|
reganx
|
|
not altogether sox
|
|
i lookxd not for you yetx nor am provided
|
|
for your fit welcomex give earx sirx to my sisterx
|
|
for those that mingle reason with your passion
|
|
must be content to think you oldx and sox
|
|
but she knows what she doesx
|
|
|
|
learx
|
|
is this well spokenx
|
|
|
|
reganx
|
|
i dare avouch itx sirx whatx fifty followersx
|
|
is it not wellx what should you need of morex
|
|
yeax or so manyx sith that both charge and danger
|
|
speak xgainst so great a numberx how in one house
|
|
should many peoplex under two commandsx
|
|
hold amityx xtis hardx almost impossiblex
|
|
|
|
gonerilx
|
|
why might not youx my lordx receive attendance
|
|
from those that she calls servantsx or from minex
|
|
|
|
reganx
|
|
why notx my lordx if then they chancxd to slack yex
|
|
we could control themx if you will come to mexx
|
|
for now i spy a dangerxxi entreat you
|
|
to bring but fivexandxtwentyx to no more
|
|
will i give place or noticex
|
|
|
|
learx
|
|
i gave you allxx
|
|
|
|
reganx
|
|
and in good time you gave itx
|
|
|
|
learx
|
|
made you my guardiansx my depositariesx
|
|
but kept a reservation to be followed
|
|
with such a numberx whatx must i come to you
|
|
with fivexandxtwentyx reganx said you sox
|
|
|
|
reganx
|
|
and speakxt again my lordx no more with mex
|
|
|
|
learx
|
|
those wicked creatures yet do look wellxfavourxd
|
|
when others are more wickedx not being the worst
|
|
stands in some rank of praisex
|
|
xxto gonerilxxx ixll go with theex
|
|
thy fifty yet doth double fivexandxtwentyx
|
|
and thou art twice her lovex
|
|
|
|
gonerilx
|
|
hear mex my lordx
|
|
what need you fivexandxtwentyx tenx or fivex
|
|
to follow in a house where twice so many
|
|
have a command to tend youx
|
|
|
|
reganx
|
|
what need onex
|
|
|
|
learx
|
|
ox reason not the needx our basest beggars
|
|
are in the poorest thing superfluousx
|
|
allow not nature more than nature needsx
|
|
manxs life is cheap as beastxsx thou art a ladyx
|
|
if only to go warm were gorgeousx
|
|
whyx nature needs not what thou gorgeous wearxst
|
|
which scarcely keeps thee warmx butx for true needxx
|
|
you heavensx give me that patiencex patience i needx
|
|
you see me herex you godsx a poor old manx
|
|
as full of grief as agex wretched in bothx
|
|
if it be you that stirs these daughtersx hearts
|
|
against their fatherx fool me not so much
|
|
to bear it tamelyx touch me with noble angerx
|
|
and let not womenxs weaponsx waterxdropsx
|
|
stain my manxs cheeksx nox you unnatural hagsx
|
|
i will have such revenges on you both
|
|
that all the world shallxxi will do such thingsxx
|
|
what they are yetx i know notx but they shall be
|
|
the terrors of the earthx you think ixll weepx
|
|
nox ixll not weepxx xxstorm and tempestxxx
|
|
i have full cause of weepingx but this heart
|
|
shall break into a hundred thousand flaws
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or ere ixll weepxxo foolx i shall go madx
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xxexeunt learx gloucesterx kent and foolxxx
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cornwallx
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let us withdrawx xtwill be a stormx
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reganx
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this house is littlex the old man and his people
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cannot be well bestowxdx
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gonerilx
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xtis his own blamex hath put himself from rest
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and must needs taste his follyx
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reganx
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for his particularx ixll receive him gladlyx
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but not one followerx
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gonerilx
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so am i purposxdx
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where is my lord of gloucesterx
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enter gloucesterx
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cornwallx
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followed the old man forthx he is returnxdx
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gloucesterx
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the king is in high ragex
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cornwallx
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whither is he goingx
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gloucesterx
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he calls to horsex but will i know not whitherx
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cornwallx
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xtis best to give him wayx he leads himselfx
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gonerilx
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my lordx entreat him by no means to stayx
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gloucesterx
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alackx the night comes onx and the high winds
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do sorely rufflex for many miles about
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therexs scarce a bushx
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reganx
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ox sirx to wilful men
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the injuries that they themselves procure
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must be their schoolmastersx shut up your doorsx
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he is attended with a desperate trainx
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and what they may incense him tox being apt
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to have his ear abusxdx wisdom bids fearx
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cornwallx
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shut up your doorsx my lordx xtis a wild nightx
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my regan counsels wellx come out ox the stormx
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xxexeuntxxx
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act iii
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scene ix a heathx
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a storm with thunder and lightningx enter kent and a gentlemanx
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severallyx
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kentx
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whoxs therex besides foul weatherx
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gentlemanx
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one minded like the weatherx most unquietlyx
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kentx
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i know youx wherexs the kingx
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gentlemanx
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contending with the fretful elementsx
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bids the wind blow the earth into the seax
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or swell the curled waters xbove the mainx
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that things might change or ceasex tears his white hairx
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which the impetuous blasts with eyeless ragex
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catch in their fury and make nothing ofx
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strives in his little world of man to outscorn
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the toxandxfroxconflicting wind and rainx
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this nightx wherein the cubxdrawn bear would couchx
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the lion and the bellyxpinched wolf
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keep their fur dryx unbonneted he runsx
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and bids what will take allx
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kentx
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but who is with himx
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gentlemanx
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none but the foolx who labours to outxjest
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his heartxstruck injuriesx
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kentx
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sirx i do know youx
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and darex upon the warrant of my note
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commend a dear thing to youx there is divisionx
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although as yet the face of it be coverxd
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with mutual cunningx xtwixt albany and cornwallx
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who havex as who have notx that their great stars
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thronexd and set highx servantsx who seem no lessx
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which are to france the spies and speculations
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intelligent of our statex what hath been seenx
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either in snuffs and packings of the dukesx
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or the hard rein which both of them have borne
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against the old kind kingx or something deeperx
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whereofx perchancex these are but furnishingsxx
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butx true it isx from france there comes a power
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into this scatterxd kingdomx who alreadyx
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wise in our negligencex have secret feet
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in some of our best portsx and are at point
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to show their open bannerxxnow to youx
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if on my credit you dare build so far
|
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to make your speed to doverx you shall find
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some that will thank you making just report
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of how unnatural and bemadding sorrow
|
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the king hath cause to plainx
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i am a gentleman of blood and breedingx
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and from some knowledge and assurance
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offer this office to youx
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gentlemanx
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i will talk further with youx
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kentx
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nox do notx
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for confirmation that i am much more
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than my outxwallx open this pursex and take
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what it containsx if you shall see cordeliax
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as fear not but you shallx show her this ringx
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and she will tell you who your fellow is
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that yet you do not knowx fie on this stormx
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i will go seek the kingx
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gentlemanx
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give me your handx have you no more to sayx
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kentx
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few wordsx butx to effectx more than all yetx
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thatx when we have found the kingx in which your pain
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that wayx ixll thisx he that first lights on him
|
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holla the otherx
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene iix another part of the heathx
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storm continuesx enter lear and foolx
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learx
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blowx windsx and crack your cheeksx ragex blowx
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you cataracts and hurricanoesx spout
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till you have drenchxd our steeplesx drownxd the cocksx
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you sulphurous and thoughtxexecuting firesx
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vauntxcouriers to oakxcleaving thunderboltsx
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singe my white headx and thoux allxshaking thunderx
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strike flat the thick rotundity ox the worldx
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crack naturexs mouldsx all germens spill at oncex
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that make ingrateful manx
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foolx
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o nunclex court holyxwater in a dry house is better than this
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rainxwater out ox doorx good nunclex inx and ask thy daughters
|
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blessingx herexs a night pities neither wise men nor foolsx
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learx
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rumble thy bellyfulx spitx firex spoutx rainx
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nor rainx windx thunderx fire are my daughtersx
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i tax not youx you elementsx with unkindnessx
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i never gave you kingdomx callxd you childrenx
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you owe me no subscriptionx then let fall
|
|
your horrible pleasurex here i stand your slavex
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a poorx infirmx weakx and despisxd old manx
|
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but yet i call you servile ministersx
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that will with two pernicious daughters join
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your highxengenderxd battles xgainst a head
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so old and white as thisx ox ox xtis foulx
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foolx
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he that has a house to putxs head in has a good headxpiecex
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the codpiece that will house
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before the head has anyx
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the head and he shall lousex
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so beggars marry manyx
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the man that makes his toe
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what he his heart should make
|
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shall of a corn cry woex
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|
and turn his sleep to wakex
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for there was never yet fair woman but she made mouths in a glassx
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learx
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nox i will be the pattern of all patiencex
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i will say nothingx
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enter kentx
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kentx
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whoxs therex
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foolx
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marryx herexs grace and a codpiecex thatxs a wise man and a foolx
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kentx
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alasx sirx are you herex things that love night
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love not such nights as thesex the wrathful skies
|
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gallow the very wanderers of the darkx
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and make them keep their cavesx since i was manx
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|
such sheets of firex such bursts of horrid thunderx
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such groans of roaring wind and rain i never
|
|
remember to have heardx manxs nature cannot carry
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thxafflictionx nor the fearx
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learx
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let the great godsx
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that keep this dreadful pudder oxer our headsx
|
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find out their enemies nowx tremblex thou wretchx
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that hast within thee undivulged crimes
|
|
unwhippxd of justicex hide theex thou bloody handx
|
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thou perjurxdx and thou simular of virtue
|
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that art incestuousx caitiffx to pieces shake
|
|
that under covert and convenient seeming
|
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hast practisxd on manxs lifex close pentxup guiltsx
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rive your concealing continentsx and cry
|
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these dreadful summoners gracex i am a man
|
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more sinnxd against than sinningx
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kentx
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alackx bareheadedx
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gracious my lordx hard by here is a hovelx
|
|
some friendship will it lend you xgainst the tempestx
|
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repose you therex whilst i to this hard housexx
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|
more harder than the stones whereof xtis raisxdx
|
|
which even but nowx demanding after youx
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denied me to come inxxreturnx and force
|
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their scanted courtesyx
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learx
|
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my wits begin to turnx
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come onx my boyx how dostx my boyx art coldx
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i am cold myselfx where is this strawx my fellowx
|
|
the art of our necessities is strangex
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that can make vile things preciousx comex your hovelx
|
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poor fool and knavex i have one part in my heart
|
|
thatxs sorry yet for theex
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foolx
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xxsingingxxx
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he that has and a little tiny witx
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with heighxhox the wind and the rainx
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must make content with his fortunes fitx
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though the rain it raineth every dayx
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learx
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truex boyx comex bring us to this hovelx
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xxexeunt lear and kentxxx
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foolx
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this is a brave night to cool a courtezanx ixll speak a prophecy ere i
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|
gox
|
|
when priests are more in word than matterx
|
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when brewers mar their malt with waterx
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|
when nobles are their tailorsx tutorsx
|
|
no heretics burnxdx but wenchesx suitorsx
|
|
when every case in law is rightx
|
|
no squire in debtx nor no poor knightx
|
|
when slanders do not live in tonguesx
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nor cutxpurses come not to throngsx
|
|
when usurers tell their gold ix the fieldx
|
|
and bawds and whores do churches buildx
|
|
then shall the realm of albion
|
|
come to great confusionx
|
|
then comes the timex who lives to seextx
|
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that going shall be usxd with feetx
|
|
this prophecy merlin shall makex for i live before his timex
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xxexitxxx
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scene iiix a room in gloucesterxs castlex
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enter gloucester and edmundx
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gloucesterx
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alackx alackx edmundx i like not this unnatural dealingx when i desired
|
|
their leave that i might pity himx they took from me the use of mine
|
|
own housex charged me on pain of perpetual displeasurex neither to
|
|
speak of himx entreat for himx or any way sustain himx
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edmundx
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most savage and unnaturalx
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gloucesterx
|
|
go tox say you nothingx there is division between the dukesx and a
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|
worse matter than thatx i have received a letter this nightxxxtis
|
|
dangerous to be spokenxxi have locked the letter in my closetx these
|
|
injuries the king now bears will be revenged homex therexs part of a
|
|
power already footedx we must incline to the kingx i will look himx and
|
|
privily relieve himx go you and maintain talk with the dukex that my
|
|
charity be not of him perceivedx if he ask for mex i am illx and gone
|
|
to bedx if i die for itx as no less is threatened mex the king my old
|
|
master must be relievedx there is some strange thing towardx edmundx
|
|
pray you be carefulx
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xxexitxxx
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edmundx
|
|
this courtesyx forbid theex shall the duke
|
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instantly knowx and of that letter toox
|
|
this seems a fair deservingx and must draw me
|
|
that which my father losesx no less than allx
|
|
the younger rises when the old doth fallx
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xxexitxxx
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scene ivx a part of the heath with a hovelx
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storm continuesx enter learx kent and foolx
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|
kentx
|
|
here is the placex my lordx good my lordx enterx
|
|
the tyranny of the open nightxs too rough
|
|
for nature to endurex
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learx
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let me alonex
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kentx
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good my lordx enter herex
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learx
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wilt break my heartx
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kentx
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i had rather break mine ownx good my lordx enterx
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learx
|
|
thou thinkxst xtis much that this contentious storm
|
|
invades us to the skinx so xtis to theex
|
|
but where the greater malady is fixxdx
|
|
the lesser is scarce feltx thouxdst shun a bearx
|
|
but if thy flight lay toward the raging seax
|
|
thouxdst meet the bear ix the mouthx when the mindxs freex
|
|
the bodyxs delicatex the tempest in my mind
|
|
doth from my senses take all feeling else
|
|
save what beats therex filial ingratitudex
|
|
is it not as this mouth should tear this hand
|
|
for lifting food toxtx but i will punish homex
|
|
nox i will weep no morex in such a night
|
|
to shut me outx pour onx i will endurex
|
|
in such a night as thisx o reganx gonerilx
|
|
your old kind fatherx whose frank heart gave allx
|
|
ox that way madness liesx let me shun thatx
|
|
no more of thatx
|
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|
kentx
|
|
good my lordx enter herex
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|
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|
learx
|
|
prythee go in thyselfx seek thine own easex
|
|
this tempest will not give me leave to ponder
|
|
on things would hurt me morex but ixll go inx
|
|
xxto the foolxxx inx boyx go firstx you houseless povertyx
|
|
nayx get thee inx ixll prayx and then ixll sleepx
|
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|
|
xxfool goes inxxx
|
|
|
|
poor naked wretchesx wheresoexer you arex
|
|
that bide the pelting of this pitiless stormx
|
|
how shall your houseless heads and unfed sidesx
|
|
your loopxd and windowxd raggednessx defend you
|
|
from seasons such as thesex ox i have taxen
|
|
too little care of thisx take physicx pompx
|
|
expose thyself to feel what wretches feelx
|
|
that thou mayst shake the superflux to them
|
|
and show the heavens more justx
|
|
|
|
edgarx
|
|
xxwithinxxx fathom and halfx fathom and halfx poor tomx
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|
|
xxthe fool runs out from the hovelxxx
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foolx
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|
come not in herex nunclex herexs a spiritx
|
|
help mex help mex
|
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|
kentx
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give me thy handx whoxs therex
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|
foolx
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|
a spiritx a spiritx he says his namexs poor tomx
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kentx
|
|
what art thou that dost grumble there ix the strawx
|
|
come forthx
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|
enter edgarx disguised as a madmanx
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|
edgarx
|
|
awayx the foul fiend follows mex through the sharp hawthorn blows the
|
|
cold windx humhx go to thy cold bedx and warm theex
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|
|
learx
|
|
didst thou give all to thy two daughtersx
|
|
and art thou come to thisx
|
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|
edgarx
|
|
who gives anything to poor tomx whom the foul fiend hath led through
|
|
fire and through flamex through ford and whirlpoolx oxer bog and
|
|
quagmirex that hath laid knives under his pillow and halters in his
|
|
pewx set ratsbane by his porridgex made him proud of heartx to ride on
|
|
a bay trotting horse over fourxinched bridgesx to course his own shadow
|
|
for a traitorx bless thy five witsx xtomxs axcoldx ox dox dex dox
|
|
dex dox dex bless thee from whirlwindsx starxblastingx and takingx do
|
|
poor tom some charityx whom the foul fiend vexesx there could i have
|
|
him nowx and therexxand there againx and therex
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|
|
xxstorm continuesxxx
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|
learx
|
|
whatx have his daughters brought him to this passx
|
|
couldst thou save nothingx didst thou give xem allx
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foolx
|
|
nayx he reservxd a blanketx else we had been all shamedx
|
|
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|
learx
|
|
now all the plagues that in the pendulous air
|
|
hang fated oxer menxs faults light on thy daughtersx
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|
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|
kentx
|
|
he hath no daughtersx sirx
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|
learx
|
|
deathx traitorx nothing could have subduxd nature
|
|
to such a lowness but his unkind daughtersx
|
|
is it the fashion that discarded fathers
|
|
should have thus little mercy on their fleshx
|
|
judicious punishmentx xtwas this flesh begot
|
|
those pelican daughtersx
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|
|
|
edgarx
|
|
pillicock sat on pillicock hillx
|
|
alowx alowx loo loox
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|
|
foolx
|
|
this cold night will turn us all to fools and madmenx
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|
|
|
edgarx
|
|
take heed ox thx foul fiendx obey thy parentsx keep thy word justlyx
|
|
swear notx commit not with manxs sworn spousex set not thy sweetxheart
|
|
on proud arrayx tomxs axcoldx
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learx
|
|
what hast thou beenx
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edgarx
|
|
a servingxmanx proud in heart and mindx that curled my hairx wore
|
|
gloves in my capx served the lust of my mistressx heartx and did the
|
|
act of darkness with herx swore as many oaths as i spake wordsx and
|
|
broke them in the sweet face of heavenx one that slept in the
|
|
contriving of lustx and waked to do itx wine loved i deeplyx dice
|
|
dearlyx and in woman outxparamourxd the turkx false of heartx light of
|
|
earx bloody of handx hog in slothx fox in stealthx wolf in greedinessx
|
|
dog in madnessx lion in preyx let not the creaking of shoes nor the
|
|
rustling of silks betray thy poor heart to womanx keep thy foot out of
|
|
brothelsx thy hand out of placketsx thy pen from lenderxs bookx and
|
|
defy the foul fiendx still through the hawthorn blows the cold windx
|
|
says suumx munx nonnyx dolphin my boyx boyx sessax let him trot byx
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|
xxstorm still continuesxxx
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|
learx
|
|
whyx thou wert better in thy grave than to answer with thy uncovered
|
|
body this extremity of the skiesx is man no more than thisx consider
|
|
him wellx thou owest the worm no silkx the beast no hidex the sheep no
|
|
woolx the cat no perfumex hax herexs three onxs are sophisticatedx thou
|
|
art the thing itselfx unaccommodated man is no more but such a poorx
|
|
barex forked animal as thou artx offx offx you lendingsx comex unbutton
|
|
herex
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|
|
xxtears off his clothesxxx
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|
foolx
|
|
prytheex nunclex be contentedx xtis a naughty night to swim inx now a
|
|
little fire in a wild field were like an old lecherxs heartx a small
|
|
sparkx all the rest onxs body coldx lookx here comes a walking firex
|
|
|
|
edgarx
|
|
this is the foul fiend flibbertigibbetx he begins at curfewx and walks
|
|
till the first cockx he gives the web and the pinx squints the eyex and
|
|
makes the harelipx mildews the white wheatx and hurts the poor creature
|
|
of earthx
|
|
swithold footed thrice the oldx
|
|
he met the nightmarex and her ninexfoldx
|
|
bid her alight and her troth plightx
|
|
and aroint theex witchx aroint theex
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|
|
|
kentx
|
|
how fares your gracex
|
|
|
|
enter gloucester with a torchx
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|
|
|
learx
|
|
whatxs hex
|
|
|
|
kentx
|
|
whoxs therex what isxt you seekx
|
|
|
|
gloucesterx
|
|
what are you therex your namesx
|
|
|
|
edgarx
|
|
poor tomx that eats the swimming frogx the toadx the todpolex the
|
|
wallxnewt and the waterx that in the fury of his heartx when the foul
|
|
fiend ragesx eats cowxdung for salletsx swallows the old rat and the
|
|
ditchxdogx drinks the green mantle of the standing poolx who is whipped
|
|
from tithing to tithingx and stockedx punishedx and imprisonedx who
|
|
hath had three suits to his backx six shirts to his bodyx
|
|
horse to ridex and weapon to wearx
|
|
but mice and rats and such small deerx
|
|
have been tomxs food for seven long yearx
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beware my followerx peacex smulkinx peacex thou fiendx
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gloucesterx
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whatx hath your grace no better companyx
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edgarx
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the prince of darkness is a gentlemanx
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modo hexs callxdx and mahux
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gloucesterx
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our flesh and bloodx my lordx is grown so vile
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that it doth hate what gets itx
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edgarx
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poor tomxs axcoldx
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gloucesterx
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go in with mex my duty cannot suffer
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txobey in all your daughtersx hard commandsx
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though their injunction be to bar my doorsx
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and let this tyrannous night take hold upon youx
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yet have i venturxd to come seek you outx
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and bring you where both fire and food is readyx
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learx
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first let me talk with this philosopherx
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what is the cause of thunderx
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kentx
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good my lordx take his offerx go into the housex
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learx
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ixll talk a word with this same learned thebanx
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what is your studyx
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edgarx
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how to prevent the fiend and to kill verminx
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learx
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let me ask you one word in privatex
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kentx
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importune him once more to gox my lordx
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his wits begin txunsettlex
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gloucesterx
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canst thou blame himx
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his daughters seek his deathx ahx that good kentx
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he said it would be thusx poor banishxd manx
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thou sayest the king grows madx ixll tell theex friendx
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i am almost mad myselfx i had a sonx
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now outlawxd from my bloodx he sought my life
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but latelyx very latex i lovxd himx friendx
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no father his son dearerx true to tell theex
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xxstorm continuesxxx
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the grief hath crazxd my witsx what a nightxs thisx
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i do beseech your gracex
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learx
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ox cry you mercyx sirx
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noble philosopherx your companyx
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edgarx
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tomxs axcoldx
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gloucesterx
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inx fellowx therex into the hovelx keep thee warmx
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learx
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comex letxs in allx
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kentx
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this wayx my lordx
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learx
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with himx
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i will keep still with my philosopherx
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kentx
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good my lordx soothe himx let him take the fellowx
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gloucesterx
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take him you onx
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kentx
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sirrahx come onx go along with usx
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learx
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comex good athenianx
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gloucesterx
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no wordsx no wordsx hushx
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edgarx
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child rowland to the dark tower camex
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his word was stillxfiex fohx and fumx
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i smell the blood of a british manx
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene vx a room in gloucesterxs castlex
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enter cornwall and edmundx
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cornwallx
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i will have my revenge ere i depart his housex
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edmundx
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howx my lordx i may be censuredx that nature thus gives way to loyaltyx
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something fears me to think ofx
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cornwallx
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i now perceive it was not altogether your brotherxs evil disposition
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made him seek his deathx but a provoking meritx set axwork by a
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reproveable badness in himselfx
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edmundx
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how malicious is my fortunex that i must repent to be justx this is the
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letter he spoke ofx which approves him an intelligent party to the
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advantages of francex o heavensx that this treason were notx or not i
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the detectorx
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cornwallx
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go with me to the duchessx
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edmundx
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if the matter of this paper be certainx you have mighty business in
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handx
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cornwallx
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true or falsex it hath made thee earl of gloucesterx seek out where thy
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father isx that he may be ready for our apprehensionx
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edmundx
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xxasidexxx if i find him comforting the kingx it will stuff his
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suspicion more fullyx i will persever in my course of loyaltyx though
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the conflict be sore between that and my bloodx
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cornwallx
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i will lay trust upon theex and thou shalt find a dearer father in my
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lovex
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene vix a chamber in a farmhouse adjoining the castlex
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enter gloucesterx learx kentx fool and edgarx
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gloucesterx
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here is better than the open airx take it thankfullyx i will piece out
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the comfort with what addition i canx i will not be long from youx
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kentx
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all the power of his wits have given way to his impatiencexx the gods
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reward your kindnessx
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xxexit gloucesterxxx
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edgarx
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frateretto calls mex and tells me nero is an angler in the lake of
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darknessx prayx innocentx and beware the foul fiendx
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foolx
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prytheex nunclex tell me whether a madman be a gentleman or a yeomanx
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learx
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a kingx a kingx
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foolx
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nox hexs a yeoman that has a gentleman to his sonx for hexs a mad
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yeoman that sees his son a gentleman before himx
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learx
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to have a thousand with red burning spits
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come hissing in upon xemx
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edgarx
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the foul fiend bites my backx
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foolx
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hexs mad that trusts in the tameness of a wolfx a horsexs healthx a
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boyxs lovex or a whorexs oathx
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learx
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it shall be donex i will arraign them straightx
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xxto edgarxxx comex sit thou herex most learned justicerx
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xxto the foolxxx thoux sapient sirx sit herex nowx you shexfoxesxx
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edgarx
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lookx where he stands and glaresx wantxst thou eyes at trialx madamx
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come oxer the bournx bessyx to mex
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foolx
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her boat hath a leakx
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and she must not speak
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why she dares not come over to theex
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edgarx
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the foul fiend haunts poor tom in the voice of a nightingalex
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hoppedance cries in tomxs belly for two white herringx croak notx black
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angelx i have no food for theex
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kentx
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how do youx sirx stand you not so amazxdx
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will you lie down and rest upon the cushionsx
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learx
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ixll see their trial firstx bring in their evidencex
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xxto edgarxxx thoux robed man of justicex take thy placex
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xxto the foolxxx and thoux his yokefellow of equityx
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bench by his sidex xxto kentxxx you are ox the commissionx
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sit you toox
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edgarx
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let us deal justlyx
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sleepest or wakest thoux jolly shepherdx
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thy sheep be in the cornx
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and for one blast of thy minikin mouth
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thy sheep shall take no harmx
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purrx the cat is greyx
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learx
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arraign her firstx xtis gonerilx i here take my oath before this
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honourable assemblyx she kicked the poor king her fatherx
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foolx
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come hitherx mistressx is your name gonerilx
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learx
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she cannot deny itx
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foolx
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cry you mercyx i took you for a jointxstoolx
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learx
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and herexs anotherx whose warpxd looks proclaim
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what store her heart is made onx stop her therex
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armsx armsx swordx firex corruption in the placex
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false justicerx why hast thou let her xscapex
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edgarx
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bless thy five witsx
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kentx
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o pityx sirx where is the patience now
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that you so oft have boasted to retainx
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edgarx
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xxasidexxx my tears begin to take his part so much
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they mar my counterfeitingx
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learx
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the little dogs and allx
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treyx blanchx and sweetheartx seex they bark at mex
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edgarx
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tom will throw his head at themx avauntx you cursx
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be thy mouth or black or whitex
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tooth that poisons if it bitex
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mastiffx greyhoundx mongrel grimx
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hound or spanielx brach or himx
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or bobtail tike or trundlextailx
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tom will make them weep and wailx
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forx with throwing thus my headx
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dogs leap the hatchx and all are fledx
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dox dex dex dex sessax comex march to wakes and fairs and market townsx
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poor tomx thy horn is dryx
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learx
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then let them anatomize reganx see what breeds about her heartx is
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|
there any cause in nature that makes these hard heartsx xxto edgarxxx
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youx sirx i entertain you for one of my hundredx only i do not like the
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fashion of your garmentsx youxll say they are persianx but let them be
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changedx
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kentx
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nowx good my lordx lie here and rest awhilex
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learx
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make no noisex make no noisex draw the curtainsx
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sox sox wexll go to supper ix the morningx
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foolx
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and ixll go to bed at noonx
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enter gloucesterx
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gloucesterx
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come hitherx friendx
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where is the king my masterx
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kentx
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herex sirx but trouble him notx his wits are gonex
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gloucesterx
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good friendx i prytheex take him in thy armsx
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i have oxerheard a plot of death upon himx
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there is a litter readyx lay him inxt
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|
and drive towards doverx friendx where thou shalt meet
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|
both welcome and protectionx take up thy masterx
|
|
if thou shouldst dally half an hourx his lifex
|
|
with thinex and all that offer to defend himx
|
|
stand in assured lossx take upx take upx
|
|
and follow mex that will to some provision
|
|
give thee quick conductx
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kentx
|
|
oppressed nature sleepsx
|
|
this rest might yet have balmxd thy broken sinewsx
|
|
whichx if convenience will not allowx
|
|
stand in hard curex comex help to bear thy masterx
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xxto the foolxxx thou must not stay behindx
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gloucesterx
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comex comex awayx
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xxexeunt kentx gloucester and the fool bearing off learxxx
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edgarx
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when we our betters see bearing our woesx
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|
we scarcely think our miseries our foesx
|
|
who alone suffersx suffers most ix the mindx
|
|
leaving free things and happy shows behindx
|
|
but then the mind much sufferance doth oxerskip
|
|
when grief hath matesx and bearing fellowshipx
|
|
how light and portable my pain seems nowx
|
|
when that which makes me bend makes the king bowx
|
|
he childed as i fatheredx tomx awayx
|
|
mark the high noisesx and thyself bewrayx
|
|
when false opinionx whose wrong thoughts defile theex
|
|
in thy just proof repeals and reconciles theex
|
|
what will hap more tonightx safe xscape the kingx
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|
lurkx lurkx
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xxexitxxx
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scene viix a room in gloucesterxs castlex
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enter cornwallx reganx gonerilx edmund and servantsx
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cornwallx
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post speedily to my lord your husbandx show him this letterx the army
|
|
of france is landedx seek out the traitor gloucesterx
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xxexeunt some of the servantsxxx
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reganx
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hang him instantlyx
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gonerilx
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pluck out his eyesx
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cornwallx
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leave him to my displeasurex edmundx keep you our sister companyx the
|
|
revenges we are bound to take upon your traitorous father are not fit
|
|
for your beholdingx advise the duke where you are goingx to a most
|
|
festinate preparationx we are bound to the likex our posts shall be
|
|
swift and intelligent betwixt usx farewellx dear sisterx farewellx my
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|
lord of gloucesterx
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enter oswaldx
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how nowx wherexs the kingx
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oswaldx
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my lord of gloucester hath conveyxd him hencex
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|
some five or six and thirty of his knightsx
|
|
hot questrists after himx met him at gatex
|
|
whox with some other of the lordxs dependantsx
|
|
are gone with him toward doverx where they boast
|
|
to have wellxarmed friendsx
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cornwallx
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get horses for your mistressx
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gonerilx
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farewellx sweet lordx and sisterx
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cornwallx
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edmundx farewellx
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xxexeunt gonerilx edmund and oswaldxxx
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go seek the traitor gloucesterx
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pinion him like a thiefx bring him before usx
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xxexeunt other servantsxxx
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though well we may not pass upon his life
|
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without the form of justicex yet our power
|
|
shall do a courtesy to our wrathx which men
|
|
may blamex but not controlx whoxs therex the traitorx
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|
enter gloucester and servantsx
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reganx
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ingrateful foxx xtis hex
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cornwallx
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bind fast his corky armsx
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gloucesterx
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what mean your gracesx
|
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good my friendsx consider you are my guestsx
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do me no foul playx friendsx
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cornwallx
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bind himx i sayx
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xxservants bind himxxx
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reganx
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hardx hardx o filthy traitorx
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gloucesterx
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unmerciful lady as you arex ixm nonex
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cornwallx
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to this chair bind himx villainx thou shalt findx
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xxregan plucks his beardxxx
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gloucesterx
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by the kind godsx xtis most ignobly done
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to pluck me by the beardx
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reganx
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so whitex and such a traitorx
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gloucesterx
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naughty ladyx
|
|
these hairs which thou dost ravish from my chin
|
|
will quickenx and accuse theex i am your hostx
|
|
with robberxs hands my hospitable favours
|
|
you should not ruffle thusx what will you dox
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cornwallx
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comex sirx what letters had you late from francex
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reganx
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be simple answerxdx for we know the truthx
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cornwallx
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and what confederacy have you with the traitorsx
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|
late footed in the kingdomx
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reganx
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to whose hands have you sent the lunatic kingx
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speakx
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gloucesterx
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i have a letter guessingly set downx
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which came from one thatxs of a neutral heartx
|
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and not from one opposxdx
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cornwallx
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cunningx
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reganx
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and falsex
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cornwallx
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where hast thou sent the kingx
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gloucesterx
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to doverx
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reganx
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wherefore to doverx wast thou not chargxd at perilxx
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cornwallx
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wherefore to doverx let him first answer thatx
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gloucesterx
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i am tied to the stakex and i must stand the coursex
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reganx
|
|
wherefore to doverx sirx
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gloucesterx
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|
because i would not see thy cruel nails
|
|
pluck out his poor old eyesx nor thy fierce sister
|
|
in his anointed flesh stick boarish fangsx
|
|
the seax with such a storm as his bare head
|
|
in hellxblack night endurxdx would have buoyxd upx
|
|
and quenchxd the stelled firesx
|
|
yetx poor old heartx he holp the heavens to rainx
|
|
if wolves had at thy gate howlxd that stern timex
|
|
thou shouldst have saidx xgood porterx turn the keyxx
|
|
all cruels else subscribxdx but i shall see
|
|
the winged vengeance overtake such childrenx
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cornwallx
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seext shalt thou neverx fellowsx hold the chairx
|
|
upon these eyes of thine ixll set my footx
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|
xxgloucester is held down in his chairx while cornwall plucks out one
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|
of his eyes and sets his foot on itxxx
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gloucesterx
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|
he that will think to live till he be oldx
|
|
give me some helpxxo cruelx o you godsx
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reganx
|
|
one side will mock anotherx the other toox
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cornwallx
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|
if you see vengeancex
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first servantx
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|
hold your handx my lordx
|
|
i have servxd you ever since i was a childx
|
|
but better service have i never done you
|
|
than now to bid you holdx
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reganx
|
|
how nowx you dogx
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first servantx
|
|
if you did wear a beard upon your chinx
|
|
ixd shake it on this quarrelx what do you meanx
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cornwallx
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my villainx
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xxdrawsx and runs at himxxx
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first servantx
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|
nayx thenx come onx and take the chance of angerx
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|
xxdrawsx they fightx cornwall is woundedxxx
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reganx
|
|
xxto another servantxxx give me thy swordx a peasant stand up thusx
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|
xxsnatches a swordx comes behindx and stabs himxxx
|
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|
first servantx
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|
ox i am slainx my lordx you have one eye left
|
|
to see some mischief on himx ox
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|
xxdiesxxx
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cornwallx
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|
lest it see morex prevent itx outx vile jellyx
|
|
where is thy lustre nowx
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|
xxtears out gloucesterxs other eye and throws it on the groundxxx
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|
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|
gloucesterx
|
|
all dark and comfortlessx wherexs my son edmundx
|
|
edmundx enkindle all the sparks of nature
|
|
to quit this horrid actx
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|
reganx
|
|
outx treacherous villainx
|
|
thou callxst on him that hates theex it was he
|
|
that made the overture of thy treasons to usx
|
|
who is too good to pity theex
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|
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|
gloucesterx
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|
o my folliesx then edgar was abusxdx
|
|
kind godsx forgive me thatx and prosper himx
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reganx
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|
go thrust him out at gatesx and let him smell
|
|
his way to doverx how isxtx my lordx how look youx
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|
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cornwallx
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|
i have receivxd a hurtx follow mex ladyx
|
|
turn out that eyeless villainx throw this slave
|
|
upon the dunghillx reganx i bleed apacex
|
|
untimely comes this hurtx give me your armx
|
|
|
|
xxexit cornwallx led by reganx servants unbind gloucester and lead him
|
|
outxxx
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second servantx
|
|
ixll never care what wickedness i dox
|
|
if this man come to goodx
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|
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|
third servantx
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|
if she live longx
|
|
and in the end meet the old course of deathx
|
|
women will all turn monstersx
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|
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|
second servantx
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|
letxs follow the old earlx and get the bedlam
|
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to lead him where he wouldx his roguish madness
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allows itself to anythingx
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third servantx
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go thoux ixll fetch some flax and whites of eggs
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to apply to his bleeding facex now heaven help himx
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xxexeuntxxx
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act iv
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scene ix the heathx
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enter edgarx
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edgarx
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yet better thusx and known to be contemnxdx
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than still contemnxd and flatterxdx to be worstx
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the lowest and most dejected thing of fortunex
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stands still in esperancex lives not in fearx
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the lamentable change is from the bestx
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the worst returns to laughterx welcome thenx
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thou unsubstantial air that i embracex
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the wretch that thou hast blown unto the worst
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owes nothing to thy blastsx
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enter gloucesterx led by an old manx
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but who comes herex my fatherx poorly ledx
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worldx worldx o worldx
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but that thy strange mutations make us hate theex
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life would not yield to agex
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old manx
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o my good lordx i have been your tenantx and your fatherxs tenant these
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fourscore yearsx
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gloucesterx
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awayx get thee awayx good friendx be gonex
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thy comforts can do me no good at allx
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thee they may hurtx
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old manx
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you cannot see your wayx
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gloucesterx
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i have no wayx and therefore want no eyesx
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i stumbled when i sawx full oft xtis seen
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our means secure usx and our mere defects
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prove our commoditiesx o dear son edgarx
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the food of thy abused fatherxs wrathx
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might i but live to see thee in my touchx
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ixd say i had eyes againx
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old manx
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how nowx whoxs therex
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edgarx
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xxasidexxx o godsx who isxt can say xi am at the worstxx
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i am worse than exer i wasx
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old manx
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xtis poor mad tomx
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edgarx
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xxasidexxx and worse i may be yetx the worst is not
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so long as we can say xthis is the worstxx
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old manx
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fellowx where goestx
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gloucesterx
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is it a beggarxmanx
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old manx
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madmanx and beggar toox
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gloucesterx
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he has some reasonx else he could not begx
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ix the last nightxs storm i such a fellow sawx
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which made me think a man a wormx my son
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came then into my mindx and yet my mind
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was then scarce friends with himx
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i have heard more sincex
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as flies to wanton boys are we to the godsx
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they kill us for their sportx
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edgarx
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xxasidexxx how should this bex
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bad is the trade that must play fool to sorrowx
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angering itself and othersx bless theex masterx
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gloucesterx
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is that the naked fellowx
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old manx
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ayx my lordx
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gloucesterx
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then prythee get thee awayx if for my sake
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thou wilt oxertake us hence a mile or twainx
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ix the way toward doverx do it for ancient lovex
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and bring some covering for this naked soulx
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which ixll entreat to lead mex
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old manx
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alackx sirx he is madx
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gloucesterx
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xtis the timexs plague when madmen lead the blindx
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do as i bid theex or rather do thy pleasurex
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above the restx be gonex
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old manx
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ixll bring him the best xparel that i havex
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come onxt what willx
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xxexitxxx
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gloucesterx
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sirrah naked fellowx
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edgarx
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poor tomxs axcoldx
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xxasidexxx i cannot daub it furtherx
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gloucesterx
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come hitherx fellowx
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edgarx
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xxasidexxx and yet i mustx bless thy sweet eyesx they bleedx
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gloucesterx
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knowxst thou the way to doverx
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edgarx
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both stile and gatex horseway and footpathx poor tom hath been scared
|
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out of his good witsx bless theex good manxs sonx from the foul fiendx
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five fiends have been in poor tom at oncex of lustx as obidicutx
|
|
hobbididencex prince of darknessx mahux of stealingx modox of murderx
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flibbertigibbetx of mopping and mowingx who since possesses
|
|
chambermaids and waiting womenx sox bless theex masterx
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gloucesterx
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herex take this pursex thou whom the heavenxs plagues
|
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have humbled to all strokesx that i am wretched
|
|
makes thee the happierx heavens deal so stillx
|
|
let the superfluous and lustxdieted manx
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that slaves your ordinancex that will not see
|
|
because he does not feelx feel your power quicklyx
|
|
so distribution should undo excessx
|
|
and each man have enoughx dost thou know doverx
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edgarx
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ayx masterx
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gloucesterx
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|
there is a cliffx whose high and bending head
|
|
looks fearfully in the confined deepx
|
|
bring me but to the very brim of itx
|
|
and ixll repair the misery thou dost bear
|
|
with something rich about mex from that place
|
|
i shall no leading needx
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edgarx
|
|
give me thy armx
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|
poor tom shall lead theex
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|
xxexeuntxxx
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|
scene iix before the duke of albanyxs palacex
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|
enter gonerilx edmundx oswald meeting themx
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gonerilx
|
|
welcomex my lordx i marvel our mild husband
|
|
not met us on the wayx nowx wherexs your masterx
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|
|
oswaldx
|
|
madamx withinx but never man so changxdx
|
|
i told him of the army that was landedx
|
|
he smilxd at itx i told him you were comingx
|
|
his answer wasx xthe worsexx of gloucesterxs treachery
|
|
and of the loyal service of his son
|
|
when i informxd himx then he callxd me sotx
|
|
and told me i had turnxd the wrong side outx
|
|
what most he should dislike seems pleasant to himx
|
|
what likex offensivex
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|
|
|
gonerilx
|
|
xxto edmundxxx then shall you go no furtherx
|
|
it is the cowish terror of his spiritx
|
|
that dares not undertakex hexll not feel wrongs
|
|
which tie him to an answerx our wishes on the way
|
|
may prove effectsx backx edmundx to my brotherx
|
|
hasten his musters and conduct his powersx
|
|
i must change names at homex and give the distaff
|
|
into my husbandxs handsx this trusty servant
|
|
shall pass between usx ere long you are like to hearx
|
|
if you dare venture in your own behalfx
|
|
a mistressxs commandx xxgiving a favourxxx
|
|
wear thisx spare speechx
|
|
decline your headx this kissx if it durst speakx
|
|
would stretch thy spirits up into the airx
|
|
conceivex and fare thee wellx
|
|
|
|
edmundx
|
|
yours in the ranks of deathx
|
|
|
|
xxexit edmundxxx
|
|
|
|
gonerilx
|
|
my most dear gloucesterx
|
|
ox the difference of man and manx
|
|
to thee a womanxs services are duex
|
|
my fool usurps my bodyx
|
|
|
|
oswaldx
|
|
madamx here comes my lordx
|
|
|
|
xxexitxxx
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|
|
|
enter albanyx
|
|
|
|
gonerilx
|
|
i have been worth the whistlex
|
|
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|
albanyx
|
|
o gonerilx
|
|
you are not worth the dust which the rude wind
|
|
blows in your facex i fear your dispositionx
|
|
that nature which contemns its origin
|
|
cannot be bordered certain in itselfx
|
|
she that herself will sliver and disbranch
|
|
from her material sapx perforce must wither
|
|
and come to deadly usex
|
|
|
|
gonerilx
|
|
no morex the text is foolishx
|
|
|
|
albanyx
|
|
wisdom and goodness to the vile seem vilex
|
|
filths savour but themselvesx what have you donex
|
|
tigersx not daughtersx what have you performxdx
|
|
a fatherx and a gracious aged manx
|
|
whose reverence even the headxluggxd bear would lickx
|
|
most barbarousx most degeneratex have you maddedx
|
|
could my good brother suffer you to do itx
|
|
a manx a princex by him so benefittedx
|
|
if that the heavens do not their visible spirits
|
|
send quickly down to tame these vile offencesx
|
|
it will comex
|
|
humanity must perforce prey on itselfx
|
|
like monsters of the deepx
|
|
|
|
gonerilx
|
|
milkxliverxd manx
|
|
that bearxst a cheek for blowsx a head for wrongsx
|
|
who hast not in thy brows an eye discerning
|
|
thine honour from thy sufferingx that not knowxst
|
|
fools do those villains pity who are punishxd
|
|
ere they have done their mischiefx wherexs thy drumx
|
|
france spreads his banners in our noiseless landx
|
|
with plumed helm thy state begins to threatx
|
|
whilst thoux a moral foolx sittxst stillx and criest
|
|
xalackx why does he soxx
|
|
|
|
albanyx
|
|
see thyselfx devilx
|
|
proper deformity seems not in the fiend
|
|
so horrid as in womanx
|
|
|
|
gonerilx
|
|
o vain foolx
|
|
|
|
albanyx
|
|
thou changed and selfxcoverxd thingx for shamex
|
|
bexmonster not thy featurex werext my fitness
|
|
to let these hands obey my bloodx
|
|
they are apt enough to dislocate and tear
|
|
thy flesh and bonesx howexer thou art a fiendx
|
|
a womanxs shape doth shield theex
|
|
|
|
gonerilx
|
|
marryx your manhoodx mewx
|
|
|
|
enter a messengerx
|
|
|
|
albanyx
|
|
what newsx
|
|
|
|
messengerx
|
|
ox my good lordx the duke of cornwallxs deadx
|
|
slain by his servantx going to put out
|
|
the other eye of gloucesterx
|
|
|
|
albanyx
|
|
gloucesterxs eyesx
|
|
|
|
messengerx
|
|
a servant that he bredx thrillxd with remorsex
|
|
opposxd against the actx bending his sword
|
|
to his great masterx whox thereat enragxdx
|
|
flew on himx and amongst them fellxd him deadx
|
|
but not without that harmful stroke which since
|
|
hath pluckxd him afterx
|
|
|
|
albanyx
|
|
this shows you are abovex
|
|
you justicersx that these our nether crimes
|
|
so speedily can vengex butx o poor gloucesterx
|
|
lost he his other eyex
|
|
|
|
messengerx
|
|
bothx bothx my lordx
|
|
this letterx madamx craves a speedy answerx
|
|
xtis from your sisterx
|
|
|
|
gonerilx
|
|
xxasidexxx one way i like this wellx
|
|
but being widowx and my gloucester with herx
|
|
may all the building in my fancy pluck
|
|
upon my hateful lifex another way
|
|
the news is not so tartx ixll readx and answerx
|
|
|
|
xxexitxxx
|
|
|
|
albanyx
|
|
where was his son when they did take his eyesx
|
|
|
|
messengerx
|
|
come with my lady hitherx
|
|
|
|
albanyx
|
|
he is not herex
|
|
|
|
messengerx
|
|
nox my good lordx i met him back againx
|
|
|
|
albanyx
|
|
knows he the wickednessx
|
|
|
|
messengerx
|
|
ayx my good lordx xtwas he informxd against himx
|
|
and quit the house on purposex that their punishment
|
|
might have the freer coursex
|
|
|
|
albanyx
|
|
gloucesterx i live
|
|
to thank thee for the love thou showxdst the kingx
|
|
and to revenge thine eyesx come hitherx friendx
|
|
tell me what more thou knowxstx
|
|
|
|
xxexeuntxxx
|
|
|
|
scene iiix the french camp near doverx
|
|
|
|
enter kent and a gentlemanx
|
|
|
|
kentx
|
|
why the king of france is so suddenly gone backx know you no reasonx
|
|
|
|
gentlemanx
|
|
something he left imperfect in the statex which since his coming forth
|
|
is thought ofx which imports to the kingdom so much fear and danger
|
|
that his personal return was most required and necessaryx
|
|
|
|
kentx
|
|
who hath he left behind him generalx
|
|
|
|
gentlemanx
|
|
the mareschal of francex monsieur la farx
|
|
|
|
kentx
|
|
did your letters pierce the queen to any demonstration of griefx
|
|
|
|
gentlemanx
|
|
ayx sirx she took themx read them in my presencex
|
|
and now and then an ample tear trillxd down
|
|
her delicate cheekx it seemxd she was a queen
|
|
over her passionx whox most rebelxlikex
|
|
sought to be king oxer herx
|
|
|
|
kentx
|
|
ox then it movxd herx
|
|
|
|
gentlemanx
|
|
not to a ragex patience and sorrow strove
|
|
who should express her goodliestx you have seen
|
|
sunshine and rain at oncex her smiles and tears
|
|
were like a better dayx those happy smilets
|
|
that playxd on her ripe lip seemxd not to know
|
|
what guests were in her eyesx which parted thence
|
|
as pearls from diamonds droppxdx in briefx
|
|
sorrow would be a rarity most belovxdx
|
|
if all could so become itx
|
|
|
|
kentx
|
|
made she no verbal questionx
|
|
|
|
gentlemanx
|
|
faithx once or twice she heavxd the name of xfatherx
|
|
pantingly forthx as if it pressxd her heartx
|
|
cried xsistersx sistersx shame of ladiesx sistersx
|
|
kentx fatherx sistersx whatx ix the stormx ix the nightx
|
|
let pity not be believxdxx there she shook
|
|
the holy water from her heavenly eyesx
|
|
and clamour masterxd herx then away she started
|
|
to deal with grief alonex
|
|
|
|
kentx
|
|
it is the starsx
|
|
the stars above us govern our conditionsx
|
|
else one self mate and make could not beget
|
|
such different issuesx you spoke not with her sincex
|
|
|
|
gentlemanx
|
|
nox
|
|
|
|
kentx
|
|
was this before the king returnxdx
|
|
|
|
gentlemanx
|
|
nox sincex
|
|
|
|
kentx
|
|
wellx sirx the poor distressed learxs ix the townx
|
|
who sometimex in his better tunex remembers
|
|
what we are come aboutx and by no means
|
|
will yield to see his daughterx
|
|
|
|
gentlemanx
|
|
whyx good sirx
|
|
|
|
kentx
|
|
a sovereign shame so elbows himx his own unkindnessx
|
|
that strippxd her from his benedictionx turnxd her
|
|
to foreign casualtiesx gave her dear rights
|
|
to his dogxhearted daughtersx these things sting
|
|
his mind so venomously that burning shame
|
|
detains him from cordeliax
|
|
|
|
gentlemanx
|
|
alackx poor gentlemanx
|
|
|
|
kentx
|
|
of albanyxs and cornwallxs powers you heard notx
|
|
|
|
gentlemanx
|
|
xtis sox they are afootx
|
|
|
|
kentx
|
|
wellx sirx ixll bring you to our master lear
|
|
and leave you to attend himx some dear cause
|
|
will in concealment wrap me up awhilex
|
|
when i am known arightx you shall not grieve
|
|
lending me this acquaintancex
|
|
i pray youx go along with mex
|
|
|
|
xxexeuntxxx
|
|
|
|
scene ivx the french campx a tentx
|
|
|
|
enter with drum and coloursx cordeliax physician and soldiersx
|
|
|
|
cordeliax
|
|
alackx xtis hex whyx he was met even now
|
|
as mad as the vexxd seax singing aloudx
|
|
crownxd with rank fumiter and furrow weedsx
|
|
with harlocksx hemlockx nettlesx cuckooxflowersx
|
|
darnelx and all the idle weeds that grow
|
|
in our sustaining cornx a century send forthx
|
|
search every acre in the highxgrown fieldx
|
|
and bring him to our eyex
|
|
|
|
xxexit an officerxxx
|
|
|
|
what can manxs wisdom
|
|
in the restoring his bereaved sensex
|
|
he that helps him take all my outward worthx
|
|
|
|
physicianx
|
|
there is meansx madamx
|
|
our foster nurse of nature is reposex
|
|
the which he lacksx that to provoke in him
|
|
are many simples operativex whose power
|
|
will close the eye of anguishx
|
|
|
|
cordeliax
|
|
all blessxd secretsx
|
|
all you unpublishxd virtues of the earthx
|
|
spring with my tearsx be aidant and remediate
|
|
in the good manxs distressx seekx seek for himx
|
|
lest his ungovernxd rage dissolve the life
|
|
that wants the means to lead itx
|
|
|
|
enter a messengerx
|
|
|
|
messengerx
|
|
newsx madamx
|
|
the british powers are marching hitherwardx
|
|
|
|
cordeliax
|
|
xtis known beforex our preparation stands
|
|
in expectation of themx o dear fatherx
|
|
it is thy business that i go aboutx
|
|
therefore great france
|
|
my mourning and important tears hath pitiedx
|
|
no blown ambition doth our arms incitex
|
|
but lovex dear lovex and our agxd fatherxs rightx
|
|
soon may i hear and see himx
|
|
|
|
xxexeuntxxx
|
|
|
|
scene vx a room in gloucesterxs castlex
|
|
|
|
enter regan and oswaldx
|
|
|
|
reganx
|
|
but are my brotherxs powers set forthx
|
|
|
|
oswaldx
|
|
ayx madamx
|
|
|
|
reganx
|
|
himself in person therex
|
|
|
|
oswaldx
|
|
madamx with much adox
|
|
your sister is the better soldierx
|
|
|
|
reganx
|
|
lord edmund spake not with your lord at homex
|
|
|
|
oswaldx
|
|
nox madamx
|
|
|
|
reganx
|
|
what might import my sisterxs letter to himx
|
|
|
|
oswaldx
|
|
i know notx ladyx
|
|
|
|
reganx
|
|
faithx he is posted hence on serious matterx
|
|
it was great ignorancex gloucesterxs eyes being outx
|
|
to let him livex where he arrives he moves
|
|
all hearts against usx edmundx i thinkx is gone
|
|
in pity of his miseryx to dispatch
|
|
his nighted lifex moreover to descry
|
|
the strength ox thxenemyx
|
|
|
|
oswaldx
|
|
i must needs after himx madamx with my letterx
|
|
|
|
reganx
|
|
our troops set forth tomorrowx stay with usx
|
|
the ways are dangerousx
|
|
|
|
oswaldx
|
|
i may notx madamx
|
|
my lady chargxd my duty in this businessx
|
|
|
|
reganx
|
|
why should she write to edmundx might not you
|
|
transport her purposes by wordx belikex
|
|
somethingsx i know not whatx ixll love thee muchx
|
|
let me unseal the letterx
|
|
|
|
oswaldx
|
|
madamx i had ratherx
|
|
|
|
reganx
|
|
i know your lady does not love her husbandx
|
|
i am sure of thatx and at her late being here
|
|
she gave strange oeillades and most speaking looks
|
|
to noble edmundx i know you are of her bosomx
|
|
|
|
oswaldx
|
|
ix madamx
|
|
|
|
reganx
|
|
i speak in understandingx yxarex i knowxtx
|
|
therefore i do advise you take this notex
|
|
my lord is deadx edmund and i have talkxdx
|
|
and more convenient is he for my hand
|
|
than for your ladyxsx you may gather morex
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if you do find himx pray you give him thisx
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and when your mistress hears thus much from youx
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i pray desire her call her wisdom to herx
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sox fare you wellx
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if you do chance to hear of that blind traitorx
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preferment falls on him that cuts him offx
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oswaldx
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would i could meet himx madamx i should show
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what party i do followx
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reganx
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fare thee wellx
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene vix the country near doverx
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enter gloucesterx and edgar dressed like a peasantx
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gloucesterx
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when shall i come to the top of that same hillx
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edgarx
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you do climb up it nowx look how we labourx
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gloucesterx
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methinks the ground is evenx
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edgarx
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horrible steepx
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harkx do you hear the seax
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gloucesterx
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nox trulyx
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edgarx
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whyx thenx your other senses grow imperfect
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by your eyesx anguishx
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gloucesterx
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so may it be indeedx
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methinks thy voice is alterxdx and thou speakxst
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in better phrase and matter than thou didstx
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edgarx
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yxare much deceivxdx in nothing am i changxd
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but in my garmentsx
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gloucesterx
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methinks youxre better spokenx
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edgarx
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come onx sirx herexs the placex stand stillx how fearful
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and dizzy xtis to cast onexs eyes so lowx
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the crows and choughs that wing the midway air
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show scarce so gross as beetlesx half way down
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hangs one that gathers samphirexdreadful tradex
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methinks he seems no bigger than his headx
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the fishermen that walk upon the beach
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appear like micex and yond tall anchoring barkx
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diminishxd to her cockx her cock a buoy
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almost too small for sightx the murmuring surge
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that on thxunnumberxd idle pebble chafes
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cannot be heard so highx ixll look no morex
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lest my brain turnx and the deficient sight
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topple down headlongx
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gloucesterx
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set me where you standx
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edgarx
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give me your handx
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you are now within a foot of thxextreme vergex
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for all beneath the moon would i not leap uprightx
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gloucesterx
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let go my handx
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herex friendx xs another pursex in it a jewel
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well worth a poor manxs takingx fairies and gods
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prosper it with theex go thou further offx
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bid me farewellx and let me hear thee goingx
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edgarx
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now fare ye wellx good sirx
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xxseems to goxxx
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gloucesterx
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with all my heartx
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edgarx
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xxasidexxx why i do trifle thus with his despair
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is done to cure itx
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gloucesterx
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o you mighty godsx
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this world i do renouncex and in your sightsx
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shake patiently my great affliction offx
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if i could bear it longerx and not fall
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to quarrel with your great opposeless willsx
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my snuff and loathed part of nature should
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burn itself outx if edgar livex ox bless himx
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nowx fellowx fare thee wellx
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edgarx
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gonex sirx farewellx
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xxgloucester leapsx and falls alongxx
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and yet i know not how conceit may rob
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the treasury of life when life itself
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yields to the theftx had he been where he thoughtx
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by this had thought been pastx alive or deadx
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ho youx sirx friendx hear youx sirx speakx
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thus might he pass indeedx yet he revivesx
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what are youx sirx
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gloucesterx
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awayx and let me diex
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edgarx
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hadst thou been aught but gossamerx feathersx airx
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so many fathom down precipitatingx
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thouxdst shiverxd like an eggx but thou dost breathex
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hast heavy substancex bleedxst notx speakxstx art soundx
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ten masts at each make not the altitude
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which thou hast perpendicularly fellx
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thy life is a miraclex speak yet againx
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gloucesterx
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but have i fallxnx or nox
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edgarx
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from the dread summit of this chalky bournx
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look up axheightx the shrillxgorgxd lark so far
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cannot be seen or heardx do but look upx
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gloucesterx
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alackx i have no eyesx
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is wretchedness deprivxd that benefit
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to end itself by deathx xtwas yet some comfort
|
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when misery could beguile the tyrantxs rage
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and frustrate his proud willx
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edgarx
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give me your armx
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upx sox how isxtx feel you your legsx you standx
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gloucesterx
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too wellx too wellx
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edgarx
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this is above all strangenessx
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upon the crown ox the cliff what thing was that
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which parted from youx
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gloucesterx
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a poor unfortunate beggarx
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edgarx
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as i stood here belowx methought his eyes
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were two full moonsx he had a thousand nosesx
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horns whelkxd and waved like the enraged seax
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it was some fiendx thereforex thou happy fatherx
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think that the clearest godsx who make them honours
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of menxs impossibilitiesx have preservxd theex
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gloucesterx
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i do remember nowx henceforth ixll bear
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affliction till it do cry out itself
|
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xenoughx enoughxx and diex that thing you speak ofx
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i took it for a manx often xtwould sayx
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xthe fiendx the fiendxx he led me to that placex
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edgarx
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bear free and patient thoughtsx but who comes herex
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enter learx fantastically dressed up with flowersx
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the safer sense will nexer accommodate
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his master thusx
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learx
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nox they cannot touch me for coiningx i am the king himselfx
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edgarx
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o thou sidexpiercing sightx
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learx
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naturexs above art in that respectx therexs your press moneyx that
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fellow handles his bow like a crowxkeeperx draw me a clothierxs yardx
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lookx lookx a mousex peacex peacex this piece of toasted cheese will
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doxtx therexs my gauntletx ixll prove it on a giantx bring up the brown
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billsx ox well flownx birdx ix the cloutx ix the cloutx hewghx give the
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wordx
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edgarx
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sweet marjoramx
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learx
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passx
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gloucesterx
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i know that voicex
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learx
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hax goneril with a white beardx they flattered me like a dogx and told
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me i had white hairs in my beard ere the black ones were therex to say
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xayx and xnox to everything i said xayx and xnox to was no good
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divinityx when the rain came to wet me oncex and the wind to make me
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chatterx when the thunder would not peace at my biddingx there i found
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xemx there i smelt xem outx go tox they are not men ox their wordsx
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they told me i was everythingx xtis a liex i am not aguexproofx
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gloucesterx
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the trick of that voice i do well rememberx
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isxt not the kingx
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learx
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ayx every inch a kingx
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when i do starex see how the subject quakesx
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i pardon that manxs lifex what was thy causex
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adulteryx thou shalt not diex die for adulteryx nox
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the wren goes toxtx and the small gilded fly
|
|
does lecher in my sightx let copulation thrivex
|
|
for gloucesterxs bastard son was kinder to his father
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than my daughters got xtween the lawful sheetsx
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toxtx luxuryx pellxmellx for i lack soldiersx
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|
behold yond simpxring damex
|
|
whose face between her forks presages snowx
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that minces virtuex and does shake the head
|
|
to hear of pleasurexs namex
|
|
the fitchew nor the soiled horse goes toxt with a more riotous
|
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appetitex down from the waist they are centaursx though women all
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abovex but to the girdle do the gods inheritx beneath is all the
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|
fiendxsx therexs hellx therexs darknessx there is the sulphurous pitx
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|
burningx scaldingx stenchx consumptionx fiex fiex fiex pahx pahx give
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me an ounce of civetx good apothecaryx to sweeten my imaginationx
|
|
therexs money for theex
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gloucesterx
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ox let me kiss that handx
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learx
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let me wipe it firstx it smells of mortalityx
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gloucesterx
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o ruinxd piece of naturex this great world
|
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shall so wear out to naughtx dost thou know mex
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learx
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i remember thine eyes well enoughx dost thou squiny at mex
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nox do thy worstx blind cupidx ixll not lovex
|
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read thou this challengex mark but the penning of itx
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gloucesterx
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were all the letters sunsx i could not see onex
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edgarx
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i would not take this from reportx
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it isx and my heart breaks at itx
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learx
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readx
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gloucesterx
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|
whatx with the case of eyesx
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learx
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ox hox are you there with mex no eyes in your headx nor no money in
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|
your pursex your eyes are in a heavy casex your purse in a lightx yet
|
|
you see how this world goesx
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gloucesterx
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i see it feelinglyx
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learx
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whatx art madx a man may see how the world goes with no eyesx look with
|
|
thine earsx see how yon justice rails upon yon simple thiefx harkx in
|
|
thine earx change placesx andx handyxdandyx which is the justicex which
|
|
is the thiefx thou hast seen a farmerxs dog bark at a beggarx
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gloucesterx
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ayx sirx
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learx
|
|
and the creature run from the curx there thou mightst behold the great
|
|
image of authorityx a dogxs obeyed in officex
|
|
thou rascal beadlex hold thy bloody handx
|
|
why dost thou lash that whorex strip thine own backx
|
|
thou hotly lusts to use her in that kind
|
|
for which thou whippxst herx the usurer hangs the cozenerx
|
|
through tatterxd clothes great vices do appearx
|
|
robes and furrxd gowns hide allx plate sin with goldx
|
|
and the strong lance of justice hurtless breaksx
|
|
arm it in ragsx a pygmyxs straw does pierce itx
|
|
none does offendx nonex i say nonex ixll able xemx
|
|
take that of mex my friendx who have the power
|
|
to seal the accuserxs lipsx get thee glass eyesx
|
|
and like a scurvy politicianx seem
|
|
to see the things thou dost notx nowx nowx nowx nowx
|
|
pull off my bootsx harderx harderx sox
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edgarx
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|
ox matter and impertinency mixxdx
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|
reason in madnessx
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learx
|
|
if thou wilt weep my fortunesx take my eyesx
|
|
i know thee well enoughx thy name is gloucesterx
|
|
thou must be patientx we came crying hitherx
|
|
thou knowxst the first time that we smell the air
|
|
we wawl and cryx i will preach to theex markx
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gloucesterx
|
|
alackx alack the dayx
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learx
|
|
when we are bornx we cry that we are come
|
|
to this great stage of foolsx this a good blockx
|
|
it were a delicate stratagem to shoe
|
|
a troop of horse with feltx ixll putxt in proof
|
|
and when i have stolxn upon these sonxinxlawsx
|
|
then killx killx killx killx killx killx
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enter a gentleman with attendantsx
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gentlemanx
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ox here he isx lay hand upon himx sirx
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|
your most dear daughterx
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learx
|
|
no rescuex whatx a prisonerx i am even
|
|
the natural fool of fortunex use me wellx
|
|
you shall have ransomx let me have surgeonsx
|
|
i am cut to the brainsx
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gentlemanx
|
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you shall have anythingx
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learx
|
|
no secondsx all myselfx
|
|
whyx this would make a man a man of saltx
|
|
to use his eyes for garden waterxpotsx
|
|
ayx and for laying autumnxs dustx
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|
gentlemanx
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|
good sirx
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|
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|
learx
|
|
i will die bravelyx like a smug bridegroomx
|
|
whatx i will be jovialx comex comex
|
|
i am a kingx my mastersx know you thatx
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|
gentlemanx
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you are a royal onex and we obey youx
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learx
|
|
then therexs life inxtx comex and you get itx
|
|
you shall get it by runningx sax sax sax sax
|
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|
|
xxexit runningx attendants followxxx
|
|
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|
gentlemanx
|
|
a sight most pitiful in the meanest wretchx
|
|
past speaking of in a kingx thou hast one daughter
|
|
who redeems nature from the general curse
|
|
which twain have brought her tox
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edgarx
|
|
hailx gentle sirx
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|
gentlemanx
|
|
sirx speed youx whatxs your willx
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|
edgarx
|
|
do you hear aughtx sirx of a battle towardx
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|
gentlemanx
|
|
most sure and vulgarx
|
|
everyone hears thatx which can distinguish soundx
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edgarx
|
|
butx by your favourx
|
|
how nearxs the other armyx
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gentlemanx
|
|
near and on speedy footx the main descry
|
|
stands on the hourly thoughtx
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edgarx
|
|
i thank you sirx thatxs allx
|
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|
gentlemanx
|
|
though that the queen on special cause is herex
|
|
her army is movxd onx
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|
edgarx
|
|
i thank youx sirx
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|
|
|
xxexit gentlemanxxx
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|
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|
gloucesterx
|
|
you everxgentle godsx take my breath from mex
|
|
let not my worser spirit tempt me again
|
|
to die before you pleasex
|
|
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|
edgarx
|
|
well pray youx fatherx
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|
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|
gloucesterx
|
|
nowx good sirx what are youx
|
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|
edgarx
|
|
a most poor manx made tame to fortunexs blowsx
|
|
whox by the art of known and feeling sorrowsx
|
|
am pregnant to good pityx give me your handx
|
|
ixll lead you to some bidingx
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|
gloucesterx
|
|
hearty thanksx
|
|
the bounty and the benison of heaven
|
|
to bootx and bootx
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|
|
|
enter oswaldx
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|
oswaldx
|
|
a proclaimxd prizex most happyx
|
|
that eyeless head of thine was first framxd flesh
|
|
to raise my fortunesx thou old unhappy traitorx
|
|
briefly thyself rememberx the sword is out
|
|
that must destroy theex
|
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|
gloucesterx
|
|
now let thy friendly hand
|
|
put strength enough toxtx
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|
xxedgar interposesxxx
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oswaldx
|
|
whereforex bold peasantx
|
|
darxst thou support a publishxd traitorx hencex
|
|
lest that thxinfection of his fortune take
|
|
like hold on theex let go his armx
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edgarx
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|
chill not let gox zirx without vurther xcasionx
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oswaldx
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let gox slavex or thou diestx
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edgarx
|
|
good gentlemanx go your gaitx and let poor volke passx an chud hax bin
|
|
zwaggered out of my lifex xtwould not hax bin zo long as xtis by a
|
|
vortnightx nayx come not near thxold manx keep outx che vor yex or ise
|
|
try whether your costard or my ballow be the harderx chill be plain
|
|
with youx
|
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|
oswaldx
|
|
outx dunghillx
|
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edgarx
|
|
chill pick your teethx zirx comex no matter vor your foinsx
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|
xxthey fightx and edgar knocks him downxxx
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|
oswaldx
|
|
slavex thou hast slain mex villainx take my pursex
|
|
if ever thou wilt thrivex bury my bodyx
|
|
and give the letters which thou findxst about me
|
|
to edmundx earl of gloucesterx seek him out
|
|
upon the british partyx ox untimely deathx
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|
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xxdiesxxx
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edgarx
|
|
i know thee wellx a serviceable villainx
|
|
as duteous to the vices of thy mistress
|
|
as badness would desirex
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|
gloucesterx
|
|
whatx is he deadx
|
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|
edgarx
|
|
sit you downx fatherx rest youx
|
|
letxs see these pocketsx the letters that he speaks of
|
|
may be my friendsx hexs deadx i am only sorry
|
|
he had no other deathsmanx let us seex
|
|
leavex gentle waxx andx mannersx blame us notx
|
|
to know our enemiesx mindsx we rip their heartsx
|
|
their papers is more lawfulx
|
|
xxreadsxxx xlet our reciprocal vows be rememberedx you have many
|
|
opportunities to cut him offx if your will want notx time and place
|
|
will be fruitfully offeredx there is nothing done if he return the
|
|
conquerorx then am i the prisonerx and his bed my gaolx from the
|
|
loathed warmth whereof deliver mex and supply the place for your
|
|
labourx xyour xwifex so i would sayx affectionate servantx xgonerilxx
|
|
o indistinguishxd space of womanxs willx
|
|
a plot upon her virtuous husbandxs lifex
|
|
and the exchange my brotherx here in the sands
|
|
thee ixll rake upx the post unsanctified
|
|
of murderous lechersx and in the mature timex
|
|
with this ungracious paper strike the sight
|
|
of the deathxpractisxd dukex for him xtis well
|
|
that of thy death and business i can tellx
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|
xxexit edgarx dragging out the bodyxxx
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|
gloucesterx
|
|
the king is madx how stiff is my vile sensex
|
|
that i stand upx and have ingenious feeling
|
|
of my huge sorrowsx better i were distractx
|
|
so should my thoughts be severxd from my griefsx
|
|
and woes by wrong imaginations lose
|
|
the knowledge of themselvesx
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xxa drum afar offxxx
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edgarx
|
|
give me your handx
|
|
far off methinks i hear the beaten drumx
|
|
comex fatherx ixll bestow you with a friendx
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|
|
|
xxexeuntxxx
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|
|
|
scene viix a tent in the french campx
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|
|
|
lear on a bedx asleepx soft music playingx physicianx gentleman and
|
|
others attendingx
|
|
|
|
enter cordelia and kentx
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|
cordeliax
|
|
o thou good kentx how shall i live and work
|
|
to match thy goodnessx my life will be too shortx
|
|
and every measure fail mex
|
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|
|
kentx
|
|
to be acknowledgxdx madamx is oxerpaidx
|
|
all my reports go with the modest truthx
|
|
nor morex nor clippxdx but sox
|
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|
|
cordeliax
|
|
be better suitedx
|
|
these weeds are memories of those worser hoursx
|
|
i prythee put them offx
|
|
|
|
kentx
|
|
pardonx dear madamx
|
|
yet to be known shortens my made intentx
|
|
my boon i make it that you know me not
|
|
till time and i think meetx
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cordeliax
|
|
then bext sox my good lordx xxto the physicianxxx howx does the kingx
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|
physicianx
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|
madamx sleeps stillx
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|
cordeliax
|
|
o you kind godsx
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cure this great breach in his abused naturex
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the untunxd and jarring sensesx ox wind up
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of this childxchanged fatherx
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physicianx
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so please your majesty
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that we may wake the kingx he hath slept longx
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cordeliax
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be governxd by your knowledgex and proceed
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ix the sway of your own willx is he arrayxdx
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physicianx
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ayx madamx in the heaviness of sleep
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we put fresh garments on himx
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be byx good madamx when we do awake himx
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i doubt not of his temperancex
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cordeliax
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very wellx
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physicianx
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please you draw nearx louder the music therex
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cordeliax
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o my dear fatherx restoration hang
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thy medicine on my lipsx and let this kiss
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repair those violent harms that my two sisters
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have in thy reverence madex
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kentx
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kind and dear princessx
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cordeliax
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had you not been their fatherx these white flakes
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did challenge pity of themx was this a face
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to be opposxd against the warring windsx
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to stand against the deep dreadxbolted thunderx
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in the most terrible and nimble stroke
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of quick cross lightningx to watchx poor perdux
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with this thin helmx mine enemyxs dogx
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though he had bit mex should have stood that night
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against my firex and wast thou fainx poor fatherx
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to hovel thee with swine and rogues forlorn
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in short and musty strawx alackx alackx
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xtis wonder that thy life and wits at once
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had not concluded allx he wakesx speak to himx
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physicianx
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madamx do youx xtis fittestx
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cordeliax
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how does my royal lordx how fares your majestyx
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learx
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you do me wrong to take me out ox the gravex
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thou art a soul in blissx but i am bound
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upon a wheel of firex that mine own tears
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do scald like molten leadx
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cordeliax
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sirx do you know mex
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learx
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you are a spiritx i knowx when did you diex
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cordeliax
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stillx stillx far widex
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physicianx
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hexs scarce awakex let him alone awhilex
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learx
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where have i beenx where am ix fair daylightx
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i am mightily abusxdx i should exen die with pityx
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to see another thusx i know not what to sayx
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i will not swear these are my handsx letxs seex
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i feel this pin prickx would i were assurxd
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of my conditionx
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cordeliax
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ox look upon mex sirx
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and hold your hands in benediction oxer mex
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nox sirx you must not kneelx
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learx
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prayx do not mock mex
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i am a very foolish fond old manx
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fourscore and upwardx not an hour more nor lessx
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and to deal plainlyx
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i fear i am not in my perfect mindx
|
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methinks i should know youx and know this manx
|
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yet i am doubtfulx for i am mainly ignorant
|
|
what place this isx and all the skill i have
|
|
remembers not these garmentsx nor i know not
|
|
where i did lodge last nightx do not laugh at mex
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forx as i am a manx i think this lady
|
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to be my child cordeliax
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cordeliax
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and so i amx i amx
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learx
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be your tears wetx yesx faithx i pray weep notx
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if you have poison for mex i will drink itx
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i know you do not love mex for your sisters
|
|
havex as i do rememberx done me wrongx
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you have some causex they have notx
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cordeliax
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no causex no causex
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learx
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am i in francex
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kentx
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in your own kingdomx sirx
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learx
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do not abuse mex
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physicianx
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be comfortedx good madamx the great ragex
|
|
you seex is killxd in himx and yet it is danger
|
|
to make him even oxer the time he has lostx
|
|
desire him to go inx trouble him no more
|
|
till further settlingx
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cordeliax
|
|
willxt please your highness walkx
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learx
|
|
you must bear with mex
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pray you nowx forget and forgivex i am old and foolishx
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|
xxexeunt learx cordeliax physician and attendantsxxx
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gentlemanx
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holds it truex sirx that the duke of cornwall was so slainx
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kentx
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most certainx sirx
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gentlemanx
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who is conductor of his peoplex
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kentx
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as xtis saidx the bastard son of gloucesterx
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gentlemanx
|
|
they say edgarx his banished sonx is with the earl of kent in germanyx
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kentx
|
|
report is changeablex xtis time to look aboutx the powers of the
|
|
kingdom approach apacex
|
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gentlemanx
|
|
the arbitrement is like to be bloodyx
|
|
fare you wellx sirx
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|
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|
xxexitxxx
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kentx
|
|
my point and period will be throughly wroughtx
|
|
or well or illx as this dayxs battlexs foughtx
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xxexitxxx
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act v
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scene ix the camp of the british forces near doverx
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|
enterx with drum and colours edmundx reganx officersx soldiers and
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|
othersx
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edmundx
|
|
know of the duke if his last purpose holdx
|
|
or whether since he is advisxd by aught
|
|
to change the coursex hexs full of alteration
|
|
and selfxreprovingx bring his constant pleasurex
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|
xxto an officerx who goes outxxx
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reganx
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|
our sisterxs man is certainly miscarriedx
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edmundx
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|
xtis to be doubtedx madamx
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reganx
|
|
nowx sweet lordx
|
|
you know the goodness i intend upon youx
|
|
tell me but trulyx but then speak the truthx
|
|
do you not love my sisterx
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|
edmundx
|
|
in honourxd lovex
|
|
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|
reganx
|
|
but have you never found my brotherxs way
|
|
to the forfended placex
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|
edmundx
|
|
that thought abuses youx
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|
reganx
|
|
i am doubtful that you have been conjunct
|
|
and bosomxd with herx as far as we call hersx
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|
edmundx
|
|
nox by mine honourx madamx
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reganx
|
|
i never shall endure herx dear my lordx
|
|
be not familiar with herx
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|
edmundx
|
|
fear notx
|
|
she and the duke her husbandx
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|
enter with drum and colours albanyx goneril and soldiersx
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gonerilx
|
|
xxasidexxx i had rather lose the battle than that sister
|
|
should loosen him and mex
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albanyx
|
|
our very loving sisterx well bexmetx
|
|
sirx this i heardx the king is come to his daughterx
|
|
with others whom the rigour of our state
|
|
forcxd to cry outx where i could not be honestx
|
|
i never yet was valiantx for this businessx
|
|
it toucheth us as france invades our landx
|
|
not bolds the kingx with others whom i fear
|
|
most just and heavy causes make opposex
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|
edmundx
|
|
sirx you speak noblyx
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reganx
|
|
why is this reasonxdx
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gonerilx
|
|
combine together xgainst the enemyx
|
|
for these domestic and particular broils
|
|
are not the question herex
|
|
|
|
albanyx
|
|
letxsx thenx determine with the ancient of war
|
|
on our proceedingx
|
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|
edmundx
|
|
i shall attend you presently at your tentx
|
|
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|
reganx
|
|
sisterx youxll go with usx
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|
gonerilx
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|
nox
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|
reganx
|
|
xtis most convenientx pray youx go with usx
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|
gonerilx
|
|
xxasidexxx ox hox i know the riddlex i will gox
|
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|
|
xxexeunt edmundx reganx gonerilx officersx soldiers and attendantsxxx
|
|
|
|
as they are going outx enter edgar disguisedx
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|
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|
edgarx
|
|
if exer your grace had speech with man so poorx
|
|
hear me one wordx
|
|
|
|
albanyx
|
|
ixll overtake youx speakx
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|
|
|
edgarx
|
|
before you fight the battlex ope this letterx
|
|
if you have victoryx let the trumpet sound
|
|
for him that brought itx wretched though i seemx
|
|
i can produce a champion that will prove
|
|
what is avouched therex if you miscarryx
|
|
your business of the world hath so an endx
|
|
and machination ceasesx fortune love youx
|
|
|
|
albanyx
|
|
stay till i have read the letterx
|
|
|
|
edgarx
|
|
i was forbid itx
|
|
when time shall servex let but the herald cryx
|
|
and ixll appear againx
|
|
|
|
albanyx
|
|
whyx fare thee wellx i will oxerlook thy paperx
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|
|
|
xxexit edgarxxx
|
|
|
|
enter edmundx
|
|
|
|
edmundx
|
|
the enemyxs in viewx draw up your powersx
|
|
here is the guess of their true strength and forces
|
|
by diligent discoveryx but your haste
|
|
is now urgxd on youx
|
|
|
|
albanyx
|
|
we will greet the timex
|
|
|
|
xxexitxxx
|
|
|
|
edmundx
|
|
to both these sisters have i sworn my lovex
|
|
each jealous of the otherx as the stung
|
|
are of the adderx which of them shall i takex
|
|
bothx onex or neitherx neither can be enjoyxdx
|
|
if both remain alivex to take the widow
|
|
exasperatesx makes mad her sister gonerilx
|
|
and hardly shall i carry out my sidex
|
|
her husband being alivex nowx thenx wexll use
|
|
his countenance for the battlex which being donex
|
|
let her who would be rid of him devise
|
|
his speedy taking offx as for the mercy
|
|
which he intends to lear and to cordeliax
|
|
the battle donex and they within our powerx
|
|
shall never see his pardonx for my state
|
|
stands on me to defendx not to debatex
|
|
|
|
xxexitxxx
|
|
|
|
scene iix a field between the two campsx
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|
|
|
alarum withinx enter with drum and coloursx learx cordelia and their
|
|
forcesx and exeuntx
|
|
|
|
enter edgar and gloucesterx
|
|
|
|
edgarx
|
|
herex fatherx take the shadow of this tree
|
|
for your good hostx pray that the right may thrivex
|
|
if ever i return to you againx
|
|
ixll bring you comfortx
|
|
|
|
gloucesterx
|
|
grace go with youx sirx
|
|
|
|
xxexit edgarxxx
|
|
|
|
alarum and retreat withinx enter edgarx
|
|
|
|
edgarx
|
|
awayx old manx give me thy handx awayx
|
|
king lear hath lostx he and his daughter taxenx
|
|
give me thy handx come onx
|
|
|
|
gloucesterx
|
|
no furtherx sirx a man may rot even herex
|
|
|
|
edgarx
|
|
whatx in ill thoughts againx men must endure
|
|
their going hencex even as their coming hitherx
|
|
ripeness is allx come onx
|
|
|
|
gloucesterx
|
|
and thatxs true toox
|
|
|
|
xxexeuntxxx
|
|
|
|
scene iiix the british camp near doverx
|
|
|
|
enter in conquest with drum and coloursx edmundx lear and cordelia as
|
|
prisonersx officersx soldiersx xcx
|
|
|
|
edmundx
|
|
some officers take them awayx good guard
|
|
until their greater pleasures first be known
|
|
that are to censure themx
|
|
|
|
cordeliax
|
|
we are not the first
|
|
who with best meaning have incurrxd the worstx
|
|
for theex oppressed kingx i am cast downx
|
|
myself could else outxfrown false fortunexs frownx
|
|
shall we not see these daughters and these sistersx
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|
|
|
learx
|
|
nox nox nox nox comex letxs away to prisonx
|
|
we two alone will sing like birds ix the cagex
|
|
when thou dost ask me blessing ixll kneel down
|
|
and ask of thee forgivenessx so wexll livex
|
|
and prayx and singx and tell old talesx and laugh
|
|
at gilded butterfliesx and hear poor rogues
|
|
talk of court newsx and wexll talk with them toox
|
|
who loses and who winsx whoxs inx whoxs outx
|
|
and take uponxs the mystery of thingsx
|
|
as if we were godxs spiesx and wexll wear outx
|
|
in a wallxd prisonx packs and sects of great ones
|
|
that ebb and flow by the moonx
|
|
|
|
edmundx
|
|
take them awayx
|
|
|
|
learx
|
|
upon such sacrificesx my cordeliax
|
|
the gods themselves throw incensex have i caught theex
|
|
he that parts us shall bring a brand from heavenx
|
|
and fire us hence like foxesx wipe thine eyesx
|
|
the good years shall devour themx flesh and fellx
|
|
ere they shall make us weepx
|
|
wexll see xem starve firstx comex
|
|
|
|
xxexeunt lear and cordeliax guardedxxx
|
|
|
|
edmundx
|
|
come hitherx captainx harkx
|
|
take thou this note xxgiving a paperxxx go follow them to prisonx
|
|
one step i have advancxd theex if thou dost
|
|
as this instructs theex thou dost make thy way
|
|
to noble fortunesx know thou thisx that men
|
|
are as the time isx to be tenderxminded
|
|
does not become a swordx thy great employment
|
|
will not bear questionx either say thouxlt doxtx
|
|
or thrive by other meansx
|
|
|
|
captainx
|
|
ixll doxtx my lordx
|
|
|
|
edmundx
|
|
about itx and write happy when thou hast donex
|
|
markx i sayx instantlyx and carry it so
|
|
as i have set it downx
|
|
|
|
captainx
|
|
i cannot draw a cartx nor eat dried oatsx
|
|
if it be manxs workx ixll doxtx
|
|
|
|
xxexitxxx
|
|
|
|
flourishx enter albanyx gonerilx reganx officers and attendantsx
|
|
|
|
albanyx
|
|
sirx you have showxd today your valiant strainx
|
|
and fortune led you wellx you have the captives
|
|
who were the opposites of this dayxs strifex
|
|
i do require them of youx so to use them
|
|
as we shall find their merits and our safety
|
|
may equally determinex
|
|
|
|
edmundx
|
|
sirx i thought it fit
|
|
to send the old and miserable king
|
|
to some retention and appointed guardx
|
|
whose age has charms in itx whose title morex
|
|
to pluck the common bosom on his sidex
|
|
and turn our impressxd lances in our eyes
|
|
which do command themx with him i sent the queenx
|
|
my reason all the samex and they are ready
|
|
tomorrowx or at further spacex to appear
|
|
where you shall hold your sessionx at this time
|
|
we sweat and bleedx the friend hath lost his friendx
|
|
and the best quarrels in the heat are cursxd
|
|
by those that feel their sharpnessx
|
|
the question of cordelia and her father
|
|
requires a fitter placex
|
|
|
|
albanyx
|
|
sirx by your patiencex
|
|
i hold you but a subject of this warx
|
|
not as a brotherx
|
|
|
|
reganx
|
|
thatxs as we list to grace himx
|
|
methinks our pleasure might have been demanded
|
|
ere you had spoke so farx he led our powersx
|
|
bore the commission of my place and personx
|
|
the which immediacy may well stand up
|
|
and call itself your brotherx
|
|
|
|
gonerilx
|
|
not so hotx
|
|
in his own grace he doth exalt himselfx
|
|
more than in your additionx
|
|
|
|
reganx
|
|
in my rightsx
|
|
by me investedx he compeers the bestx
|
|
|
|
albanyx
|
|
that were the mostx if he should husband youx
|
|
|
|
reganx
|
|
jesters do oft prove prophetsx
|
|
|
|
gonerilx
|
|
hollax hollax
|
|
that eye that told you so lookxd but asquintx
|
|
|
|
reganx
|
|
ladyx i am not wellx else i should answer
|
|
from a fullxflowing stomachx generalx
|
|
take thou my soldiersx prisonersx patrimonyx
|
|
dispose of themx of mex the walls are thinex
|
|
witness the world that i create thee here
|
|
my lord and masterx
|
|
|
|
gonerilx
|
|
mean you to enjoy himx
|
|
|
|
albanyx
|
|
the letxalone lies not in your good willx
|
|
|
|
edmundx
|
|
nor in thinex lordx
|
|
|
|
albanyx
|
|
halfxblooded fellowx yesx
|
|
|
|
reganx
|
|
xxto edmundxxx let the drum strikex and prove my title thinex
|
|
|
|
albanyx
|
|
stay yetx hear reasonx edmundx i arrest thee
|
|
on capital treasonx andx in thine arrestx
|
|
this gilded serpentx xxpointing to gonerilxxx
|
|
for your claimx fair sisterx
|
|
i bar it in the interest of my wifex
|
|
xtis she is subxcontracted to this lordx
|
|
and i her husband contradict your bansx
|
|
if you will marryx make your loves to mex
|
|
my lady is bespokex
|
|
|
|
gonerilx
|
|
an interludex
|
|
|
|
albanyx
|
|
thou art armxdx gloucesterx let the trumpet soundx
|
|
if none appear to prove upon thy person
|
|
thy heinousx manifestx and many treasonsx
|
|
there is my pledgex xxthrowing down a glovexxx
|
|
ixll make it on thy heartx
|
|
ere i taste breadx thou art in nothing less
|
|
than i have here proclaimxd theex
|
|
|
|
reganx
|
|
sickx ox sickx
|
|
|
|
gonerilx
|
|
xxasidexxx if notx ixll nexer trust medicinex
|
|
|
|
edmundx
|
|
therexs my exchangex xxthrowing down a glovexxx
|
|
what in the world he is
|
|
that names me traitorx villainxlike he liesx
|
|
call by thy trumpetx he that dares approachx
|
|
on himx on youx who notx i will maintain
|
|
my truth and honour firmlyx
|
|
|
|
albanyx
|
|
a heraldx hox
|
|
|
|
enter a heraldx
|
|
|
|
trust to thy single virtuex for thy soldiersx
|
|
all levied in my namex have in my name
|
|
took their dischargex
|
|
|
|
reganx
|
|
my sickness grows upon mex
|
|
|
|
albanyx
|
|
she is not wellx convey her to my tentx
|
|
|
|
xxexit reganx ledxxx
|
|
|
|
come hitherx heraldx let the trumpet sound
|
|
and read out thisx
|
|
|
|
officerx
|
|
soundx trumpetx
|
|
|
|
xxa trumpet soundsxxx
|
|
|
|
heraldx
|
|
xxreadsxxx xif any man of quality or degree within the lists of the
|
|
army will maintain upon edmundx supposed earl of gloucesterx that he is
|
|
a manifold traitorx let him appear by the third sound of the trumpetx
|
|
he is bold in his defencexx
|
|
|
|
edmundx
|
|
soundx
|
|
|
|
xxfirst trumpetxxx
|
|
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heraldx
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againx
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xxsecond trumpetxxx
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heraldx
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againx
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third trumpetx trumpet answers withinx enter edgarx armedx preceded by
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a trumpetx
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albanyx
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ask him his purposesx why he appears
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upon this call ox the trumpetx
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heraldx
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what are youx
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your namex your qualityx and why you answer
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this present summonsx
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edgarx
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know my name is lostx
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by treasonxs tooth barexgnawn and cankerxbitx
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yet am i noble as the adversary
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i come to copex
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albanyx
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which is that adversaryx
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edgarx
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whatxs he that speaks for edmundx earl of gloucesterx
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edmundx
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himselfx what sayxst thou to himx
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edgarx
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draw thy swordx
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that if my speech offend a noble heartx
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thy arm may do thee justicex here is minex
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beholdx it is the privilege of mine honoursx
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my oathx and my professionx i protestx
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maugre thy strengthx youthx placex and eminencex
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despite thy victor sword and firexnew fortunex
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thy valour and thy heartx thou art a traitorx
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false to thy godsx thy brotherx and thy fatherx
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conspirant xgainst this high illustrious princex
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andx from the extremest upward of thy head
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to the descent and dust beneath thy footx
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a most toadxspotted traitorx say thou xnoxx
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this swordx this armx and my best spirits are bent
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to prove upon thy heartx whereto i speakx
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thou liestx
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edmundx
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in wisdom i should ask thy namex
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but since thy outside looks so fair and warlikex
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and that thy tongue some say of breeding breathesx
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what safe and nicely i might well delay
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by rule of knighthoodx i disdain and spurnx
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back do i toss those treasons to thy headx
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with the hellxhated lie oxerwhelm thy heartx
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which for they yet glance by and scarcely bruisex
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this sword of mine shall give them instant wayx
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where they shall rest for everx trumpetsx speakx
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xxalarumsx they fightx edmund fallsxxx
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albanyx
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save himx save himx
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gonerilx
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this is mere practicex gloucesterx
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by the law of arms thou wast not bound to answer
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an unknown oppositex thou art not vanquishxdx
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but cozenxd and beguilxdx
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albanyx
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shut your mouthx damex
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or with this paper shall i stop itx holdx sirx
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thou worse than any namex read thine own evilx
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no tearingx ladyx i perceive you know itx
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xxgives the letter to edmundxxx
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gonerilx
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say if i dox the laws are minex not thinex
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who can arraign me forxtx
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xxexitxxx
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albanyx
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most monstrousx ox
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knowxst thou this paperx
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edmundx
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ask me not what i knowx
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albanyx
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xxto an officerx who goes outxxx go after herx shexs desperatex govern
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herx
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edmundx
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what you have chargxd me withx that have i donex
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and morex much morex the time will bring it outx
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xtis pastx and so am ix but what art thou
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that hast this fortune on mex if thouxrt noblex
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i do forgive theex
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edgarx
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letxs exchange charityx
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i am no less in blood than thou artx edmundx
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if morex the more thou hast wrongxd mex
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my name is edgar and thy fatherxs sonx
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the gods are justx and of our pleasant vices
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make instruments to plague usx
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the dark and vicious place where thee he got
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cost him his eyesx
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edmundx
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thou hast spoken rightx xtis truex
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the wheel is come full circlex i am herex
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albanyx
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methought thy very gait did prophesy
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a royal noblenessx i must embrace theex
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let sorrow split my heart if ever i
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did hate thee or thy fatherx
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edgarx
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worthy princex i knowxtx
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albanyx
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where have you hid yourselfx
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how have you known the miseries of your fatherx
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edgarx
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by nursing themx my lordx list a brief talex
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and when xtis toldx o that my heart would burstx
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the bloody proclamation to escape
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that followxd me so nearxxox our livesx sweetnessx
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that with the pain of death wexd hourly die
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rather than die at oncexxtaught me to shift
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into a madmanxs ragsx txassume a semblance
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that very dogs disdainxdx and in this habit
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met i my father with his bleeding ringsx
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their precious stones new lostx became his guidex
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led himx beggxd for himx savxd him from despairx
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neverxxo faultxxrevealxd myself unto him
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until some half hour pastx when i was armxdx
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not surex though hoping of this good successx
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i askxd his blessingx and from first to last
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told him my pilgrimagex but his flawxd heartx
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alackx too weak the conflict to supportx
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xtwixt two extremes of passionx joy and griefx
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burst smilinglyx
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edmundx
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this speech of yours hath movxd mex
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and shall perchance do goodx but speak you onx
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you look as you had something more to sayx
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albanyx
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if there be morex more woefulx hold it inx
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for i am almost ready to dissolvex
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hearing of thisx
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edgarx
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this would have seemxd a period
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to such as love not sorrowx but anotherx
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to amplify too muchx would make much morex
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and top extremityx
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whilst i was big in clamourx came there a man
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whox having seen me in my worst estatex
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shunnxd my abhorrxd societyx but then finding
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who xtwas that so endurxdx with his strong arms
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he fastened on my neckx and bellowxd out
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as hexd burst heavenx threw him on my fatherx
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told the most piteous tale of lear and him
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that ever ear receivxdx which in recounting
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his grief grew puissantx and the strings of life
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began to crackx twice then the trumpets soundedx
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and there i left him trancxdx
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albanyx
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but who was thisx
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edgarx
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kentx sirx the banishxd kentx who in disguise
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followxd his enemy king and did him service
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improper for a slavex
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enter a gentleman hastilyx with a bloody knifex
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gentlemanx
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helpx helpx ox helpx
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edgarx
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what kind of helpx
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albanyx
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speakx manx
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edgarx
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what means this bloody knifex
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gentlemanx
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xtis hotx it smokesx
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it came even from the heart ofxox shexs deadx
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albanyx
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who deadx speakx manx
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gentlemanx
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your ladyx sirx your ladyx and her sister
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by her is poisonedx she hath confesses itx
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edmundx
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i was contracted to them bothx all three
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now marry in an instantx
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edgarx
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here comes kentx
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enter kentx
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albanyx
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produce their bodiesx be they alive or deadx
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this judgement of the heavens that makes us tremble
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touches us not with pityx ox is this hex
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the time will not allow the compliment
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which very manners urgesx
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kentx
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i am come
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to bid my king and master aye good nightx
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is he not herex
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albanyx
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great thing of us forgotx
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speakx edmundx wherexs the kingx and wherexs cordeliax
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the bodies of goneril and regan are brought inx
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seest thou this objectx kentx
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kentx
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alackx why thusx
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edmundx
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yet edmund was belovxdx
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the one the other poisoned for my sakex
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and after slew herselfx
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albanyx
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even sox cover their facesx
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edmundx
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i pant for lifex some good i mean to dox
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despite of mine own naturex quickly sendx
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be brief in itx to the castlex for my writ
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is on the life of lear and on cordeliax
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nayx send in timex
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albanyx
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runx runx ox runx
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edgarx
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to whox my lordx who has the officex send
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thy token of reprievex
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edmundx
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well thought onx take my swordx
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give it the captainx
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edgarx
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haste thee for thy lifex
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xxexit edgarxxx
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edmundx
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he hath commission from thy wife and me
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to hang cordelia in the prisonx and
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to lay the blame upon her own despairx
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that she fordid herselfx
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albanyx
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the gods defend herx bear him hence awhilex
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xxedmund is borne offxxx
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enter lear with cordelia dead in his armsx edgarx officer and others
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followingx
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learx
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howlx howlx howlx howlx ox you are men of stonex
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had i your tongues and eyesx ixld use them so
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that heavenxs vault should crackx shexs gone for everx
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i know when one is deadx and when one livesx
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|
shexs dead as earthx lend me a looking glassx
|
|
if that her breath will mist or stain the stonex
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whyx then she livesx
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kentx
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is this the promisxd endx
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edgarx
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or image of that horrorx
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albanyx
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fallx and ceasex
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learx
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|
this feather stirsx she livesx if it be sox
|
|
it is a chance which does redeem all sorrows
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|
that ever i have feltx
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kentx
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ox my good masterx xxkneelingxxx
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learx
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prytheex awayx
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edgarx
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xtis noble kentx your friendx
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learx
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a plague upon youx murderersx traitors allx
|
|
i might have savxd herx now shexs gone for everx
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|
cordeliax cordeliax stay a littlex hax
|
|
what isxt thou sayxstx her voice was ever softx
|
|
gentlex and lowx an excellent thing in womanx
|
|
i killxd the slave that was axhanging theex
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officerx
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xtis truex my lordsx he didx
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learx
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did i notx fellowx
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|
i have seen the dayx with my good biting falchion
|
|
i would have made them skipx i am old nowx
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|
and these same crosses spoil mex who are youx
|
|
mine eyes are not ox the bestx ixll tell you straightx
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kentx
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if fortune brag of two she lovxd and hatedx
|
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one of them we beholdx
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learx
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this is a dull sightx are you not kentx
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kentx
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the samex
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|
your servant kentx where is your servant caiusx
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learx
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hexs a good fellowx i can tell you thatx
|
|
hexll strikex and quickly tooxx hexs dead and rottenx
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kentx
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nox my good lordx i am the very manx
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learx
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ixll see that straightx
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kentx
|
|
that from your first of difference and decay
|
|
have followxd your sad stepsx
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learx
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you are welcome hitherx
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kentx
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nor no man elsex allxs cheerlessx dark and deadlyx
|
|
your eldest daughters have fordone themselvesx
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|
and desperately are deadx
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learx
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ayx so i thinkx
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albanyx
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he knows not what he saysx and vain is it
|
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that we present us to himx
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edgarx
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very bootlessx
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enter an officerx
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officerx
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edmund is deadx my lordx
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albanyx
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thatxs but a trifle herex
|
|
you lords and noble friendsx know our intentx
|
|
what comfort to this great decay may come
|
|
shall be applied for usx we will resignx
|
|
during the life of this old majestyx
|
|
to him our absolute powerx
|
|
xxto edgar and kentxx you to your rightsx
|
|
with boot and such addition as your honours
|
|
have more than meritedx all friends shall taste
|
|
the wages of their virtue and all foes
|
|
the cup of their deservingsx ox seex seex
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learx
|
|
and my poor fool is hangxdx nox nox no lifex
|
|
why should a dogx a horsex a rat have lifex
|
|
and thou no breath at allx thouxlt come no morex
|
|
neverx neverx neverx neverx neverx
|
|
pray you undo this buttonx thank youx sirx
|
|
do you see thisx look on herx lookx her lipsx
|
|
look therex look therex
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|
xxhe diesxxx
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edgarx
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he faintsx my lordx my lordx
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kentx
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breakx heartx i prythee breakx
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edgarx
|
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look upx my lordx
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kentx
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|
vex not his ghostx ox let him passx he hates him
|
|
that would upon the rack of this rough world
|
|
stretch him out longerx
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edgarx
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he is gone indeedx
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kentx
|
|
the wonder isx he hath endurxd so longx
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|
he but usurpxd his lifex
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albanyx
|
|
bear them from hencex our present business
|
|
is general woex xxto edgar and kentxxx friends of my soulx you twainx
|
|
rule in this realm and the gorxd state sustainx
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kentx
|
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i have a journeyx sirx shortly to gox
|
|
my master calls mex i must not say nox
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edgarx
|
|
the weight of this sad time we must obeyx
|
|
speak what we feelx not what we ought to sayx
|
|
the oldest hath borne mostx we that are young
|
|
shall never see so muchx nor live so longx
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xxexeunt with a dead marchxxx
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lovexs labourxs lost
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dramatis personaex
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ferdinandx king of navarre
|
|
berownex lord attending on the king
|
|
longavillex x x x x x
|
|
dumainx x x x x x
|
|
boyetx lord attending on the princess of france
|
|
marcadex x x x x x x x
|
|
don adriano de armadox fantastical spaniard
|
|
sir nathanielx a curate
|
|
holofernesx a schoolmaster
|
|
dullx a constable
|
|
costardx a clown
|
|
mothx page to armado
|
|
a forester
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|
|
the princess of france
|
|
rosalinex lady attending on the princess
|
|
mariax x x x x x
|
|
katharinex lady attending on the princess
|
|
jaquenettax a country wench
|
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|
|
lordsx attendantsx etcx
|
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|
scenex navarre
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|
act ix scene ix navarrex the kingxs park
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|
|
enter the kingx berownex longavillex and dumain
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|
|
kingx let famex that all hunt after in their livesx
|
|
live registxred upon our brazen tombsx
|
|
and then grace us in the disgrace of deathx
|
|
whenx spite of cormorant devouring timex
|
|
thx endeavour of this present breath may buy
|
|
that honour which shall bate his scythexs keen edgex
|
|
and make us heirs of all eternityx
|
|
thereforex brave conquerorsx for so you are
|
|
that war against your own affections
|
|
and the huge army of the worldxs desiresx
|
|
our late edict shall strongly stand in forcex
|
|
navarre shall be the wonder of the worldx
|
|
our court shall be a little academex
|
|
still and contemplative in living artx
|
|
you threex berownex dumainx and longavillex
|
|
have sworn for three yearsx term to live with me
|
|
my fellowxscholarsx and to keep those statutes
|
|
that are recorded in this schedule herex
|
|
your oaths are passxdx and now subscribe your namesx
|
|
that his own hand may strike his honour down
|
|
that violates the smallest branch hereinx
|
|
if you are armxd to do as sworn to dox
|
|
subscribe to your deep oathsx and keep it toox
|
|
longavillex i am resolvxdx xtis but a three yearsx fastx
|
|
the mind shall banquetx though the body pinex
|
|
fat paunches have lean patesx and dainty bits
|
|
make rich the ribsx but bankrupt quite the witsx
|
|
dumainx my loving lordx dumain is mortifiedx
|
|
the grosser manner of these worldxs delights
|
|
he throws upon the gross worldxs baser slavesx
|
|
to lovex to wealthx to pompx i pine and diex
|
|
with all these living in philosophyx
|
|
berownex i can but say their protestation overx
|
|
so muchx dear liegex i have already swornx
|
|
that isx to live and study here three yearsx
|
|
but there are other strict observancesx
|
|
asx not to see a woman in that termx
|
|
which i hope well is not enrolled therex
|
|
and one day in a week to touch no foodx
|
|
and but one meal on every day besidex
|
|
the which i hope is not enrolled therex
|
|
and then to sleep but three hours in the night
|
|
and not be seen to wink of all the dayx
|
|
when i was wont to think no harm all nightx
|
|
and make a dark night too of half the dayx
|
|
which i hope well is not enrolled therex
|
|
ox these are barren tasksx too hard to keepx
|
|
not to see ladiesx studyx fastx not sleepx
|
|
kingx your oath is passxd to pass away from thesex
|
|
berownex let me say nox my liegex an if you pleasex
|
|
i only swore to study with your gracex
|
|
and stay here in your court for three yearsx spacex
|
|
longavillex you swore to thatx berownex and to the restx
|
|
berownex by yea and nayx sirx then i swore in jestx
|
|
what is the end of studyx let me knowx
|
|
kingx whyx that to know which else we should not knowx
|
|
berownex things hid and barrxdx you meanx from common sensex
|
|
kingx ayx that is studyxs godxlike recompensex
|
|
berownex come onx thenx i will swear to study sox
|
|
to know the thing i am forbid to knowx
|
|
as thusx to study where i well may dinex
|
|
when i to feast expressly am forbidx
|
|
or study where to meet some mistress finex
|
|
when mistresses from common sense are hidx
|
|
orx having sworn too hardxaxkeeping oathx
|
|
study to break itx and not break my trothx
|
|
if studyxs gain be thusx and this be sox
|
|
study knows that which yet it doth not knowx
|
|
swear me to thisx and i will nexer say nox
|
|
kingx these be the stops that hinder study quitex
|
|
and train our intellects to vain delightx
|
|
berownex whyx all delights are vainx but that most vain
|
|
whichx with pain purchasxdx doth inherit painx
|
|
as painfully to pore upon a book
|
|
to seek the light of truthx while truth the while
|
|
doth falsely blind the eyesight of his lookx
|
|
lightx seeking lightx doth light of light beguilex
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sox ere you find where light in darkness liesx
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your light grows dark by losing of your eyesx
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study me how to please the eye indeedx
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by fixing it upon a fairer eyex
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who dazzling sox that eye shall be his heedx
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and give him light that it was blinded byx
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study is like the heavenxs glorious sunx
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that will not be deepxsearchxd with saucy looksx
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small have continual plodders ever wonx
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save base authority from othersx booksx
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these earthly godfathers of heavenxs lights
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that give a name to every fixed star
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have no more profit of their shining nights
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than those that walk and wot not what they arex
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too much to know is to know nought but famex
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and every godfather can give a namex
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kingx how well hexs readx to reason against readingx
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dumainx proceeded wellx to stop all good proceedingx
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longavillex he weeds the cornx and still lets grow the weedingx
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berownex the spring is nearx when green geese are axbreedingx
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dumainx how follows thatx
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berownex fit in his place and timex
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dumainx in reason nothingx
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berownex something then in rhymex
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longavillex berowne is like an envious sneaping frost
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that bites the firstxborn infants of the springx
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berownex wellx say i amx why should proud summer boast
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before the birds have any cause to singx
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why should i joy in any abortive birthx
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at christmas i no more desire a rose
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than wish a snow in mayxs newxfangled showsx
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but like of each thing that in season growsx
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so youx to study now it is too latex
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climb oxer the house to unlock the little gatex
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kingx wellx sit outx go homex berownex adieux
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berownex nox my good lordx i have sworn to stay with youx
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and though i have for barbarism spoke more
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than for that angel knowledge you can sayx
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yet confident ixll keep what i have sworex
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and bide the penance of each three yearsx dayx
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give me the paperx let me read the samex
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and to the strictest decrees ixll write my namex
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kingx how well this yielding rescues thee from shamex
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berownex xreadsx xitemx that no woman shall come within a mile of
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my courtxx hath this been proclaimedx
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longavillex four days agox
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berownex letxs see the penaltyx xreadsx xxon pain of losing her
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tonguexx who devisxd this penaltyx
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longavillex marryx that did ix
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berownex sweet lordx and whyx
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longavillex to fright them hence with that dread penaltyx
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berownex a dangerous law against gentilityx
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xreadsx xitemx if any man be seen to talk with a woman within
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the term of three yearsx he shall endure such public shame as the
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rest of the court can possibly devisexx
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this articlex my liegex yourself must breakx
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for well you know here comes in embassy
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the french kingxs daughterx with yourself to speakx
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a mild of grace and complete majestyx
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about surrender up of aquitaine
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to her decrepitx sickx and bedrid fatherx
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therefore this article is made in vainx
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or vainly comes thx admired princess hitherx
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kingx what say youx lordsx whyx this was quite forgotx
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berownex so study evermore is overxshotx
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while it doth study to have what it wouldx
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it doth forget to do the thing it shouldx
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and when it hath the thing it hunteth mostx
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xtis won as towns with firex so wonx so lostx
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kingx we must of force dispense with this decreex
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she must lie here on mere necessityx
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berownex necessity will make us all forsworn
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three thousand times within this three yearsx spacex
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for every man with his affects is bornx
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not by might mastxredx but by special gracex
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if i break faithx this word shall speak for mex
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i am forsworn on mere necessityx
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so to the laws at large i write my namex xsubscribesx
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and he that breaks them in the least degree
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|
stands in attainder of eternal shamex
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suggestions are to other as to mex
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but i believex although i seem so loathx
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i am the last that will last keep his oathx
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but is there no quick recreation grantedx
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kingx ayx that there isx our courtx you knowx is haunted
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with a refined traveller of spainx
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a man in all the worldxs new fashion plantedx
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that hath a mint of phrases in his brainx
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one who the music of his own vain tongue
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doth ravish like enchanting harmonyx
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a man of complementsx whom right and wrong
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have chose as umpire of their mutinyx
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this child of fancyx that armado hightx
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for interim to our studies shall relatex
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in highxborn wordsx the worth of many a knight
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|
from tawny spain lost in the worldxs debatex
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how you delightx my lordsx i know notx ix
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but i protest i love to hear him liex
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and i will use him for my minstrelsyx
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berownex armado is a most illustrious wightx
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a man of firexnew wordsx fashionxs own knightx
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longavillex costard the swain and he shall be our sportx
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and so to study three years is but shortx
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enter dullx a constablex with a letterx and costard
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dullx which is the dukexs own personx
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berownex thisx fellowx what wouldstx
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dullx i myself reprehend his own personx for i am his gracexs
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farboroughx but i would see his own person in flesh and bloodx
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berownex this is hex
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dullx signior armex armex commends youx therexs villainy abroadx
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this letter will tell you morex
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|
costardx sirx the contempts thereof are as touching mex
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|
kingx a letter from the magnificent armadox
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berownex how low soever the matterx i hope in god for high wordsx
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longavillex a high hope for a low heavenx god grant us patiencex
|
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berownex to hearx or forbear hearingx
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longavillex to hear meeklyx sirx and to laugh moderatelyx orx to
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forbear bothx
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|
berownex wellx sirx be it as the style shall give us cause to climb
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|
in the merrinessx
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|
costardx the matter is to mex sirx as concerning jaquenettax
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the manner of it isx i was taken with the mannerx
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|
berownex in what mannerx
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costardx in manner and form followingx sirx all those threex i was
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seen with her in the manorxhousex sitting with her upon the formx
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and taken following her into the parkx whichx put togetherx is in
|
|
manner and form followingx nowx sirx for the mannerx it is the
|
|
manner of a man to speak to a womanx for the formx in some formx
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|
berownex for the followingx sirx
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|
costardx as it shall follow in my correctionx and god defend the
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|
rightx
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|
kingx will you hear this letter with attentionx
|
|
berownex as we would hear an oraclex
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|
costardx such is the simplicity of man to hearken after the fleshx
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|
kingx xreadsx xgreat deputyx the welkinxs vicegerent and sole
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|
dominator of navarrex my soulxs earthxs god and bodyxs fostxring
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patronxx
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costardx not a word of costard yetx
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kingx xreadsx xso it isxx
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costardx it may be sox but if he say it is sox he isx in telling
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truex but sox
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|
kingx peacex
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costardx be to mex and every man that dares not fightx
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kingx no wordsx
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costardx of other menxs secretsx i beseech youx
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kingx xreadsx xso it isx besieged with sablexcoloured melancholyx i
|
|
did commend the black oppressing humour to the most wholesome
|
|
physic of thy healthxgiving airx andx as i am a gentlemanx betook
|
|
myself to walkx the time whenx about the sixth hourx when beasts
|
|
most grazex birds best peckx and men sit down to that nourishment
|
|
which is called supperx so much for the time whenx now for the
|
|
ground whichx whichx i meanx i uponx it is ycleped thy parkx then
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|
for the place wherex wherex i meanx i did encounter that obscene
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|
and most prepostxrous event that draweth from my snowxwhite pen
|
|
the ebonxcoloured ink which here thou viewestx beholdestx
|
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surveyestx or seestx but to the place wherex it standeth
|
|
northxnorthxeast and by east from the west corner of thy
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|
curiousxknotted gardenx there did i see that lowxspirited swainx
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that base minnow of thy mirthxx
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costardx mex
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kingx xthat unlettered smallxknowing soulxx
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costardx mex
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kingx xthat shallow vassalxx
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costardx still mex
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kingx xwhichx as i rememberx hight costardxx
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costardx ox mex
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kingx xsorted and consortedx contrary to thy established proclaimed
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|
edict and continent canonx whichx withx ox withx but with this i
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passion to say wherewithxx
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|
costardx with a wenchx
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kingx xwith a child of our grandmother evex a femalex orx for thy
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more sweet understandingx a womanx him ix as my everxesteemed
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duty pricks me onx have sent to theex to receive the meed of
|
|
punishmentx by thy sweet gracexs officerx antony dullx a man of
|
|
good reputex carriagex bearingx and estimationxx
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dullx mex anxt shall please youx i am antony dullx
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kingx xfor jaquenettax so is the weaker vessel calledx which i
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apprehended with the aforesaid swainx i keep her as a vessel of
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thy lawxs furyx and shallx at the least of thy sweet noticex
|
|
bring her to trialx thinex in all compliments of devoted and
|
|
heartxburning heat of dutyx
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|
don adriano de armadoxx
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berownex this is not so well as i lookxd forx but the best that
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|
ever i heardx
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|
kingx ayx the best for the worstx butx sirrahx what say you to
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|
thisx
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|
costardx sirx i confess the wenchx
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|
kingx did you hear the proclamationx
|
|
costardx i do confess much of the hearing itx but little of the
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|
marking of itx
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|
kingx it was proclaimed a yearxs imprisonment to be taken with a
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|
wenchx
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|
costardx i was taken with nonex sirx i was taken with a damselx
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|
kingx wellx it was proclaimed damselx
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|
costardx this was no damsel neitherx sirx she was a virginx
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|
kingx it is so varied toox for it was proclaimed virginx
|
|
costardx if it werex i deny her virginityx i was taken with a maidx
|
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kingx this xmaidx not serve your turnx sirx
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|
costardx this maid will serve my turnx sirx
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kingx sirx i will pronounce your sentencex you shall fast a week
|
|
with bran and waterx
|
|
costardx i had rather pray a month with mutton and porridgex
|
|
kingx and don armado shall be your keeperx
|
|
my lord berownex see him delivered oxerx
|
|
and go wex lordsx to put in practice that
|
|
which each to other hath so strongly swornx
|
|
exeunt kingx longavillex and dumain
|
|
berownex ixll lay my head to any good manxs hat
|
|
these oaths and laws will prove an idle scornx
|
|
sirrahx come onx
|
|
costardx i suffer for the truthx sirx for true it is i was taken
|
|
with jaquenettax and jaquenetta is a true girlx and therefore
|
|
welcome the sour cup of prosperityx affliction may one day smile
|
|
againx and till thenx sit thee downx sorrowx
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|
exeunt
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|
scene iix the park
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|
enter armado and mothx his page
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|
|
|
armadox boyx what sign is it when a man of great spirit grows
|
|
melancholyx
|
|
mothx a great signx sirx that he will look sadx
|
|
armadox whyx sadness is one and the selfxsame thingx dear impx
|
|
mothx nox nox o lordx sirx nox
|
|
armadox how canst thou part sadness and melancholyx my tender
|
|
juvenalx
|
|
mothx by a familiar demonstration of the workingx my tough signiorx
|
|
armadox why tough signiorx why tough signiorx
|
|
mothx why tender juvenalx why tender juvenalx
|
|
armadox i spoke itx tender juvenalx as a congruent epitheton
|
|
appertaining to thy young daysx which we may nominate tenderx
|
|
mothx and ix tough signiorx as an appertinent title to your old
|
|
timex which we may name toughx
|
|
armadox pretty and aptx
|
|
mothx how mean youx sirx i prettyx and my saying aptx or i aptx and
|
|
my saying prettyx
|
|
armadox thou prettyx because littlex
|
|
mothx little prettyx because littlex wherefore aptx
|
|
armadox and therefore aptx because quickx
|
|
mothx speak you this in my praisex masterx
|
|
armadox in thy condign praisex
|
|
mothx i will praise an eel with the same praisex
|
|
armadox that an eel is ingeniousx
|
|
mothx that an eel is quickx
|
|
armadox i do say thou art quick in answersx thou heatxst my bloodx
|
|
mothx i am answerxdx sirx
|
|
armadox i love not to be crossxdx
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|
mothx xasidex he speaks the mere contraryx crosses love not himx
|
|
armadox i have promised to study three years with the dukex
|
|
mothx you may do it in an hourx sirx
|
|
armadox impossiblex
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|
mothx how many is one thrice toldx
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|
armadox i am ill at reckxningx it fitteth the spirit of a tapsterx
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mothx you are a gentleman and a gamesterx sirx
|
|
armadox i confess bothx they are both the varnish of a complete
|
|
manx
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|
mothx then i am sure you know how much the gross sum of deucexace
|
|
amounts tox
|
|
armadox it doth amount to one more than twox
|
|
mothx which the base vulgar do call threex
|
|
armadox truex
|
|
mothx whyx sirx is this such a piece of studyx now here is three
|
|
studied ere yexll thrice winkx and how easy it is to put xyearsx
|
|
to the word xthreexx and study three years in two wordsx the
|
|
dancing horse will tell youx
|
|
armadox a most fine figurex
|
|
mothx xasidex to prove you a cipherx
|
|
armadox i will hereupon confess i am in lovex and as it is base for
|
|
a soldier to lovex so am i in love with a base wenchx if drawing
|
|
my sword against the humour of affection would deliver me from
|
|
the reprobate thought of itx i would take desire prisonerx and
|
|
ransom him to any french courtier for a newxdevisxd curtsyx i
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|
think scorn to sighx methinks i should outxswear cupidx comfort
|
|
mex boyx what great men have been in lovex
|
|
mothx herculesx masterx
|
|
armadox most sweet herculesx more authorityx dear boyx name morex
|
|
andx sweet my childx let them be men of good repute and carriagex
|
|
mothx samsonx masterx he was a man of good carriagex great
|
|
carriagex for he carried the town gates on his back like a
|
|
porterx and he was in lovex
|
|
armadox o wellxknit samsonx strongxjointed samsonx i do excel thee
|
|
in my rapier as much as thou didst me in carrying gatesx i am in
|
|
love toox who was samsonxs lovex my dear mothx
|
|
mothx a womanx masterx
|
|
armadox of what complexionx
|
|
mothx of all the fourx or the threex or the twox or one of the
|
|
fourx
|
|
armadox tell me precisely of what complexionx
|
|
mothx of the seaxwater greenx sirx
|
|
armadox is that one of the four complexionsx
|
|
mothx as i have readx sirx and the best of them toox
|
|
armadox greenx indeedx is the colour of loversx but to have a love
|
|
of that colourx methinks samson had small reason for itx he
|
|
surely affected her for her witx
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|
mothx it was sox sirx for she had a green witx
|
|
armadox my love is most immaculate white and redx
|
|
mothx most maculate thoughtsx masterx are maskxd under such
|
|
coloursx
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|
armadox definex definex wellxeducated infantx
|
|
mothx my fatherxs wit my motherxs tongue assist mex
|
|
armadox sweet invocation of a childx most prettyx and patheticalx
|
|
mothx if she be made of white and redx
|
|
her faults will nexer be knownx
|
|
for blushing cheeks by faults are bredx
|
|
and fears by pale white shownx
|
|
then if she fearx or be to blamex
|
|
by this you shall not knowx
|
|
for still her cheeks possess the same
|
|
which native she doth owex
|
|
a dangerous rhymex masterx against the reason of white and redx
|
|
armadox is there not a balladx boyx of the king and the beggarx
|
|
mothx the world was very guilty of such a ballad some three ages
|
|
sincex but i think now xtis not to be foundx or if it werex it
|
|
would neither serve for the writing nor the tunex
|
|
armadox i will have that subject newly writ oxerx that i may
|
|
example my digression by some mighty precedentx boyx i do love
|
|
that country girl that i took in the park with the rational hind
|
|
costardx she deserves wellx
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|
mothx xasidex to be whiptx and yet a better love than my masterx
|
|
armadox singx boyx my spirit grows heavy in lovex
|
|
mothx and thatxs great marvelx loving a light wenchx
|
|
armadox i sayx singx
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|
mothx forbear till this company be pastx
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|
enter dullx costardx and jaquenetta
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|
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|
dullx sirx the dukexs pleasure is that you keep costard safex and
|
|
you must suffer him to take no delight nor no penancex but xa
|
|
must fast three days a weekx for this damselx i must keep her at
|
|
the parkx she is allowxd for the dayxwomanx fare you wellx
|
|
armadox i do betray myself with blushingx maidx
|
|
jaquenettax manx
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|
armadox i will visit thee at the lodgex
|
|
jaquenettax thatxs herebyx
|
|
armadox i know where it is situatex
|
|
jaquenettax lordx how wise you arex
|
|
armadox i will tell thee wondersx
|
|
jaquenettax with that facex
|
|
armadox i love theex
|
|
jaquenettax so i heard you sayx
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|
armadox and sox farewellx
|
|
jaquenettax fair weather after youx
|
|
dullx comex jaquenettax awayx exit with jaquenetta
|
|
armadox villainx thou shalt fast for thy offences ere thou be
|
|
pardonedx
|
|
costardx wellx sirx i hope when i do it i shall do it on a full
|
|
stomachx
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|
armadox thou shalt be heavily punishedx
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|
costardx i am more bound to you than your fellowsx for they are but
|
|
lightly rewardedx
|
|
armadox take away this villainx shut him upx
|
|
mothx comex you transgressing slavex awayx
|
|
costardx let me not be pent upx sirx i will fastx being loosex
|
|
mothx nox sirx that were fastx and loosex thou shalt to prisonx
|
|
costardx wellx if ever i do see the merry days of desolation that i
|
|
have seenx some shall seex
|
|
mothx what shall some seex
|
|
costardx nayx nothingx master mothx but what they look uponx it is
|
|
not for prisoners to be too silent in their wordsx and therefore
|
|
i will say nothingx i thank god i have as little patience as
|
|
another manx and therefore i can be quietx
|
|
exeunt moth and costard
|
|
armadox i do affect the very groundx which is basex where her shoex
|
|
which is baserx guided by her footx which is basestx doth treadx
|
|
i shall be forswornx which is a great argument of falsehoodx if i
|
|
lovex and how can that be true love which is falsely attemptedx
|
|
love is a familiarx love is a devilx there is no evil angel but
|
|
lovex yet was samson so temptedx and he had an excellent
|
|
strengthx yet was solomon so seducedx and he had a very good witx
|
|
cupidxs buttxshaft is too hard for herculesx clubx and therefore
|
|
too much odds for a spaniardxs rapierx the first and second cause
|
|
will not serve my turnx the passado he respects notx the duello
|
|
he regards notx his disgrace is to be called boyx but his glory
|
|
is to subdue menx adieux valourx rustx rapierx be stillx drumx
|
|
for your manager is in lovex yeax he lovethx assist mex some
|
|
extemporal god of rhymex for i am sure i shall turn sonnetx
|
|
devisex witx writex penx for i am for whole volumes in foliox
|
|
exit
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|
|
|
act iix scene iix the park
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|
|
|
enter the princess of francex with three attending ladiesx
|
|
rosalinex mariax katharinex boyetx and two other lords
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|
|
|
boyetx nowx madamx summon up your dearest spiritsx
|
|
consider who the king your father sendsx
|
|
to whom he sendsx and whatxs his embassyx
|
|
yourselfx held precious in the worldxs esteemx
|
|
to parley with the sole inheritor
|
|
of all perfections that a man may owex
|
|
matchless navarrex the plea of no less weight
|
|
than aquitainex a dowry for a queenx
|
|
be now as prodigal of all dear grace
|
|
as nature was in making graces dearx
|
|
when she did starve the general world beside
|
|
and prodigally gave them all to youx
|
|
princess of francex good lord boyetx my beautyx though but meanx
|
|
needs not the painted flourish of your praisex
|
|
beauty is bought by judgment of the eyex
|
|
not uttxred by base sale of chapmenxs tonguesx
|
|
i am less proud to hear you tell my worth
|
|
than you much willing to be counted wise
|
|
in spending your wit in the praise of minex
|
|
but now to task the taskerx good boyetx
|
|
you are not ignorant allxtelling fame
|
|
doth noise abroad navarre hath made a vowx
|
|
till painful study shall outwear three yearsx
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no woman may approach his silent courtx
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therefore toxs seemeth it a needful coursex
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before we enter his forbidden gatesx
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to know his pleasurex and in that behalfx
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bold of your worthinessx we single you
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as our bestxmoving fair solicitorx
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tell him the daughter of the king of francex
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on serious businessx craving quick dispatchx
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importunes personal conference with his gracex
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hastex signify so muchx while we attendx
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like humblexvisagxd suitorsx his high willx
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boyetx proud of employmentx willingly i gox
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princess of francex all pride is willing pridex and yours is sox
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exit boyet
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who are the votariesx my loving lordsx
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that are vowxfellows with this virtuous dukex
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first lordx lord longaville is onex
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princess of francex know you the manx
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mariax i know himx madamx at a marriage feastx
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between lord perigort and the beauteous heir
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of jaques falconbridgex solemnized
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in normandyx saw i this longavillex
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a man of sovereign partsx peerless esteemxdx
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well fitted in artsx glorious in armsx
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nothing becomes him ill that he would wellx
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the only soil of his fair virtuexs glossx
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if virtuexs gloss will stain with any soilx
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is a sharp wit matchxd with too blunt a willx
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whose edge hath power to cutx whose will still wills
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it should none spare that come within his powerx
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princess of francex some merry mocking lordx belikex isxt sox
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mariax they say so most that most his humours knowx
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princess of francex such shortxlivxd wits do wither as they growx
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who are the restx
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katharinex the young dumainx a wellxaccomplishxd youthx
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of all that virtue love for virtue lovedx
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most power to do most harmx least knowing illx
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for he hath wit to make an ill shape goodx
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and shape to win grace though he had no witx
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i saw him at the duke alenconxs oncex
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and much too little of that good i saw
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is my report to his great worthinessx
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rosalinex another of these students at that time
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was there with himx if i have heard a truthx
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berowne they call himx but a merrier manx
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within the limit of becoming mirthx
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i never spent an hourxs talk withalx
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his eye begets occasion for his witx
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for every object that the one doth catch
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the other turns to a mirthxmoving jestx
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which his fair tonguex conceitxs expositorx
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delivers in such apt and gracious words
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that aged ears play truant at his talesx
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and younger hearings are quite ravishedx
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so sweet and voluble is his discoursex
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princess of francex god bless my ladiesx are they all in lovex
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that every one her own hath garnished
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with such bedecking ornaments of praisex
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first lordx here comes boyetx
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rexenter boyet
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princess of francex nowx what admittancex lordx
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boyetx navarre had notice of your fair approachx
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and he and his competitors in oath
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were all addressxd to meet youx gentle ladyx
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before i camex marryx thus much i have learntx
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he rather means to lodge you in the fieldx
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like one that comes here to besiege his courtx
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than seek a dispensation for his oathx
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to let you enter his unpeopled housex
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xthe ladiesxinxwaiting maskx
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enter kingx longavillex dumainx berownex
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and attendants
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here comes navarrex
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kingx fair princessx welcome to the court of navarrex
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princess of francex xfairx i give you back againx and xwelcomex i
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have not yetx the roof of this court is too high to be yoursx and
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welcome to the wide fields too base to be minex
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kingx you shall be welcomex madamx to my courtx
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princess of francex i will be welcome thenx conduct me thitherx
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kingx hear mex dear ladyx i have sworn an oathx
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princess of francex our lady help my lordx hexll be forswornx
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kingx not for the worldx fair madamx by my willx
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|
princess of francex whyx will shall break itx willx and nothing
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|
elsex
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kingx your ladyship is ignorant what it isx
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|
princess of francex were my lord sox his ignorance were wisex
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|
where now his knowledge must prove ignorancex
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|
i hear your grace hath sworn out housexkeepingx
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|
xtis deadly sin to keep that oathx my lordx
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and sin to break itx
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|
but pardon mex i am too sudden boldx
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|
to teach a teacher ill beseemeth mex
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|
vouchsafe to read the purpose of my comingx
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|
and suddenly resolve me in my suitx xgiving a paperx
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|
kingx madamx i willx if suddenly i mayx
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|
princess of francex you will the sooner that i were awayx
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for youxll prove perjurxd if you make me stayx
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|
berownex did not i dance with you in brabant oncex
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katharinex did not i dance with you in brabant oncex
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|
berownex i know you didx
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|
katharinex how needless was it then to ask the questionx
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berownex you must not be so quickx
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katharinex xtis long of youx that spur me with such questionsx
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|
berownex your wit xs too hotx it speeds too fastx xtwill tirex
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katharinex not till it leave the rider in the mirex
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|
berownex what time ox dayx
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katharinex the hour that fools should askx
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|
berownex now fair befall your maskx
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|
katharinex fair fall the face it coversx
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|
berownex and send you many loversx
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|
katharinex amenx so you be nonex
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|
berownex nayx then will i be gonex
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|
kingx madamx your father here doth intimate
|
|
the payment of a hundred thousand crownsx
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|
being but the one half of an entire sum
|
|
disbursed by my father in his warsx
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|
but say that he or wex as neither havex
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|
receivxd that sumx yet there remains unpaid
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|
a hundred thousand morex in surety of the whichx
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|
one part of aquitaine is bound to usx
|
|
although not valued to the moneyxs worthx
|
|
if then the king your father will restore
|
|
but that one half which is unsatisfiedx
|
|
we will give up our right in aquitainex
|
|
and hold fair friendship with his majestyx
|
|
but thatx it seemsx he little purposethx
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|
for here he doth demand to have repaid
|
|
a hundred thousand crownsx and not demandsx
|
|
on payment of a hundred thousand crownsx
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|
to have his title live in aquitainex
|
|
which we much rather had depart withalx
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|
and have the money by our father lentx
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than aquitaine so gelded as it isx
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|
dear princessx were not his requests so far
|
|
from reasonxs yieldingx your fair self should make
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|
a yielding xgainst some reason in my breastx
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|
and go well satisfied to france againx
|
|
princess of francex you do the king my father too much wrongx
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|
and wrong the reputation of your namex
|
|
in so unseeming to confess receipt
|
|
of that which hath so faithfully been paidx
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|
kingx i do protest i never heard of itx
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|
andx if you prove itx ixll repay it back
|
|
or yield up aquitainex
|
|
princess of francex we arrest your wordx
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|
boyetx you can produce acquittances
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|
for such a sum from special officers
|
|
of charles his fatherx
|
|
kingx satisfy me sox
|
|
boyetx so please your gracex the packet is not comex
|
|
where that and other specialties are boundx
|
|
toxmorrow you shall have a sight of themx
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|
kingx it shall suffice mex at which interview
|
|
all liberal reason i will yield untox
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|
meantime receive such welcome at my hand
|
|
as honourx without breach of honourx may
|
|
make tender of to thy true worthinessx
|
|
you may not comex fair princessx within my gatesx
|
|
but here without you shall be so receivxd
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|
as you shall deem yourself lodgxd in my heartx
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|
though so denied fair harbour in my housex
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|
your own good thoughts excuse mex and farewellx
|
|
toxmorrow shall we visit you againx
|
|
princess of francex sweet health and fair desires consort your
|
|
gracex
|
|
kingx thy own wish wish i thee in every placex
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|
exit with attendants
|
|
berownex ladyx i will commend you to mine own heartx
|
|
rosalinex pray youx do my commendationsx
|
|
i would be glad to see itx
|
|
berownex i would you heard it groanx
|
|
rosalinex is the fool sickx
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|
berownex sick at the heartx
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|
rosalinex alackx let it bloodx
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|
berownex would that do it goodx
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|
rosalinex my physic says xayxx
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|
berownex will you prickxt with your eyex
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|
rosalinex no pointx with my knifex
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|
berownex nowx god save thy lifex
|
|
rosalinex and yours from long livingx
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|
berownex i cannot stay thanksgivingx xretiringx
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dumainx sirx i pray youx a wordx what lady is that samex
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|
boyetx the heir of alenconx katharine her namex
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|
dumainx a gallant ladyx monsieurx fare you wellx exit
|
|
longavillex i beseech you a wordx what is she in the whitex
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|
boyetx a woman sometimesx an you saw her in the lightx
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|
longavillex perchance light in the lightx i desire her namex
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|
boyetx she hath but one for herselfx to desire that were a shamex
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|
longavillex pray youx sirx whose daughterx
|
|
boyetx her motherxsx i have heardx
|
|
longavillex godxs blessing on your beardx
|
|
boyetx good sirx be not offendedx
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|
she is an heir of falconbridgex
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|
longavillex nayx my choler is endedx
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|
she is a most sweet ladyx
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|
boyetx not unlikex sirx that may bex exit longaville
|
|
berownex whatxs her name in the capx
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|
boyetx rosalinex by good hapx
|
|
berownex is she wedded or nox
|
|
boyetx to her willx sirx or sox
|
|
berownex you are welcomex sirx adieux
|
|
boyetx farewell to mex sirx and welcome to youx
|
|
exit berownex ladies unmask
|
|
mariax that last is berownex the merry madxcap lordx
|
|
not a word with him but a jestx
|
|
boyetx and every jest but a wordx
|
|
princess of francex it was well done of you to take him at his
|
|
wordx
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|
boyetx i was as willing to grapple as he was to boardx
|
|
katharinex two hot sheepsx marryx
|
|
boyetx and wherefore not shipsx
|
|
no sheepx sweet lambx unless we feed on your lipsx
|
|
katharinex you sheep and i pasturex shall that finish the jestx
|
|
boyetx so you grant pasture for mex xoffering to kiss herx
|
|
katharinex not sox gentle beastx
|
|
my lips are no commonx though several they bex
|
|
boyetx belonging to whomx
|
|
katharinex to my fortunes and mex
|
|
princess of francex good wits will be janglingx butx gentlesx
|
|
agreex
|
|
this civil war of wits were much better used
|
|
on navarre and his bookxmenx for here xtis abusedx
|
|
boyetx if my observationx which very seldom liesx
|
|
by the heartxs still rhetoric disclosed with eyesx
|
|
deceive me not nowx navarre is infectedx
|
|
princess of francex with whatx
|
|
boyetx with that which we lovers entitle xaffectedxx
|
|
princess of francex your reasonx
|
|
boyetx whyx all his behaviours did make their retire
|
|
to the court of his eyex peeping thorough desirex
|
|
his heartx like an agatex with your print impressedx
|
|
proud with his formx in his eye pride expressedx
|
|
his tonguex all impatient to speak and not seex
|
|
did stumble with haste in his eyesight to bex
|
|
all senses to that sense did make their repairx
|
|
to feel only looking on fairest of fairx
|
|
methought all his senses were lockxd in his eyex
|
|
as jewels in crystal for some prince to buyx
|
|
whox tendxring their own worth from where they were glassxdx
|
|
did point you to buy themx along as you passxdx
|
|
his facexs own margent did quote such amazes
|
|
that all eyes saw his eyes enchanted with gazesx
|
|
ixll give you aquitaine and all that is hisx
|
|
an you give him for my sake but one loving kissx
|
|
princess of francex comex to our pavilionx boyet is disposxdx
|
|
boyetx but to speak that in words which his eye hath disclosxdx
|
|
i only have made a mouth of his eyex
|
|
by adding a tongue which i know will not liex
|
|
mariax thou art an old lovexmongerx and speakest skilfullyx
|
|
katharinex he is cupidxs grandfatherx and learns news of himx
|
|
rosalinex then was venus like her motherx for her father is but
|
|
grimx
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|
boyetx do you hearx my mad wenchesx
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|
mariax nox
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|
boyetx whatx thenx do you seex
|
|
mariax ayx our way to be gonex
|
|
boyetx you are too hard for mex exeunt
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|
act iiix scene ix the park
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|
|
enter armado and moth
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|
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|
armadox warblex childx make passionate my sense of hearingx
|
|
xmoth sings concolinelx
|
|
armadox sweet airx gox tenderness of yearsx take this keyx give
|
|
enlargement to the swainx bring him festinately hitherx i must
|
|
employ him in a letter to my lovex
|
|
mothx masterx will you win your love with a french brawlx
|
|
armadox how meanest thoux brawling in frenchx
|
|
mothx nox my complete masterx but to jig off a tune at the tonguexs
|
|
endx canary to it with your feetx humour it with turning up your
|
|
eyelidsx sigh a note and sing a notex sometime through the
|
|
throatx as if you swallowed love with singing lovex sometime
|
|
through the nosex as if you snuffxd up love by smelling lovex
|
|
with your hat penthousexlike oxer the shop of your eyesx with
|
|
your arms crossxd on your thinxbelly doubletx like a rabbit on a
|
|
spitx or your hands in your pocketx like a man after the old
|
|
paintingx and keep not too long in one tunex but a snip and awayx
|
|
these are complementsx these are humoursx these betray nice
|
|
wenchesx that would be betrayed without thesex and make them men
|
|
of notex do you note mexx that most are affected to thesex
|
|
armadox how hast thou purchased this experiencex
|
|
mothx by my penny of observationx
|
|
armadox but ox but ox
|
|
mothx the hobbyxhorse is forgotx
|
|
armadox callxst thou my love xhobbyxhorsexx
|
|
mothx nox masterx the hobbyxhorse is but a coltx and your love
|
|
perhaps a hackneyx but have you forgot your lovex
|
|
armadox almost i hadx
|
|
mothx negligent studentx learn her by heartx
|
|
armadox by heart and in heartx boyx
|
|
mothx and out of heartx masterx all those three i will provex
|
|
armadox what wilt thou provex
|
|
mothx a manx if i livex and thisx byx inx and withoutx upon the
|
|
instantx by heart you love herx because your heart cannot come by
|
|
herx in heart you love herx because your heart is in love with
|
|
herx and out of heart you love herx being out of heart that you
|
|
cannot enjoy herx
|
|
armadox i am all these threex
|
|
mothx and three times as much morex and yet nothing at allx
|
|
armadox fetch hither the swainx he must carry me a letterx
|
|
mothx a message well sympathizxdx a horse to be ambassador for an
|
|
assx
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|
armadox hax hax what sayest thoux
|
|
mothx marryx sirx you must send the ass upon the horsex for he is
|
|
very slowxgaitedx but i gox
|
|
armadox the way is but shortx awayx
|
|
mothx as swift as leadx sirx
|
|
armadox the meaningx pretty ingeniousx
|
|
is not lead a metal heavyx dullx and slowx
|
|
mothx minimex honest masterx or ratherx masterx nox
|
|
armadox i say lead is slowx
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|
mothx you are too swiftx sirx to say sox
|
|
is that lead slow which is firxd from a gunx
|
|
armadox sweet smoke of rhetoricx
|
|
he reputes me a cannonx and the bulletx thatxs hex
|
|
i shoot thee at the swainx
|
|
mothx thumpx thenx and i fleex exit
|
|
armadox a most acute juvenalx volable and free of gracex
|
|
by thy favourx sweet welkinx i must sigh in thy facex
|
|
most rude melancholyx valour gives thee placex
|
|
my herald is returnxdx
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|
rexenter moth with costard
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mothx a wonderx masterx herexs a costard broken in a shinx
|
|
armadox some enigmax some riddlex comex thy lxenvoyx beginx
|
|
costardx no egmax no riddlex no lxenvoyx no salve in the mailx sirx
|
|
ox sirx plantainx a plain plantainx no lxenvoyx no lxenvoyx no
|
|
salvex sirx but a plantainx
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|
armadox by virtue thou enforcest laughterx thy silly thoughtx my
|
|
spleenx the heaving of my lungs provokes me to ridiculous
|
|
smilingx ox pardon mex my starsx doth the inconsiderate take
|
|
salve for lxenvoyx and the word xlxenvoyx for a salvex
|
|
mothx do the wise think them otherx is not lxenvoy a salvex
|
|
armadox nox pagex it is an epilogue or discourse to make plain
|
|
some obscure precedence that hath tofore been sainx
|
|
i will example itx
|
|
the foxx the apex and the humblexbeex
|
|
were still at oddsx being but threex
|
|
therexs the moralx now the lxenvoyx
|
|
mothx i will add the lxenvoyx say the moral againx
|
|
armadox the foxx the apex and the humblexbeex
|
|
were still at oddsx being but threex
|
|
mothx until the goose came out of doorx
|
|
and stayxd the odds by adding fourx
|
|
now will i begin your moralx and do you follow with my lxenvoyx
|
|
the foxx the apex and the humblexbeex
|
|
were still at oddsx being but threex
|
|
armadox until the goose came out of doorx
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|
staying the odds by adding fourx
|
|
mothx a good lxenvoyx ending in the goosex would you desire morex
|
|
costardx the boy hath sold him a bargainx a goosex thatxs flatx
|
|
sirx your pennyworth is goodx an your goose be fatx
|
|
to sell a bargain well is as cunning as fast and loosex
|
|
let me seex a fat lxenvoyx ayx thatxs a fat goosex
|
|
armadox come hitherx come hitherx how did this argument beginx
|
|
mothx by saying that a costard was broken in a shinx
|
|
then callxd you for the lxenvoyx
|
|
costardx truex and i for a plantainx thus came your argument inx
|
|
then the boyxs fat lxenvoyx the goose that you boughtx
|
|
and he ended the marketx
|
|
armadox but tell mex how was there a costard broken in a shinx
|
|
mothx i will tell you sensiblyx
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|
costardx thou hast no feeling of itx mothx i will speak that
|
|
lxenvoyx
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|
ix costardx running outx that was safely withinx
|
|
fell over the threshold and broke my shinx
|
|
armadox we will talk no more of this matterx
|
|
costardx till there be more matter in the shinx
|
|
armadox sirrah costardx i will enfranchise theex
|
|
costardx ox marry me to one francesx i smell some lxenvoyx some
|
|
goosex in thisx
|
|
armadox by my sweet soulx i mean setting thee at libertyx
|
|
enfreedoming thy personx thou wert immuredx restrainedx
|
|
captivatedx boundx
|
|
costardx truex truex and now you will be my purgationx and let me
|
|
loosex
|
|
armadox i give thee thy libertyx set thee from durancex andx in
|
|
lieu thereofx impose on thee nothing but thisx bear this
|
|
significant xgiving a letterx to the country maid jaquenettax
|
|
there is remunerationx for the best ward of mine honour is
|
|
rewarding my dependentsx mothx followx exit
|
|
mothx like the sequelx ix signior costardx adieux
|
|
costardx my sweet ounce of manxs fleshx my incony jewx
|
|
exit moth
|
|
now will i look to his remunerationx remunerationx ox thatxs the
|
|
latin word for three farthingsx three farthingsx remunerationx
|
|
xwhatxs the price of this inklexxx xone pennyxxx xnox ixll give
|
|
you a remunerationxx whyx it carries itx remunerationx whyx it is
|
|
a fairer name than french crownx i will never buy and sell out of
|
|
this wordx
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|
enter berowne
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|
berownex my good knave costardx exceedingly well metx
|
|
costardx pray youx sirx how much carnation ribbon may a man buy for
|
|
a remunerationx
|
|
berownex what is a remunerationx
|
|
costardx marryx sirx halfpenny farthingx
|
|
berownex whyx thenx threexfarthing worth of silkx
|
|
costardx i thank your worshipx god be wix youx
|
|
berownex stayx slavex i must employ theex
|
|
as thou wilt win my favourx good my knavex
|
|
do one thing for me that i shall entreatx
|
|
costardx when would you have it donex sirx
|
|
berownex this afternoonx
|
|
costardx wellx i will do itx sirx fare you wellx
|
|
berownex thou knowest not what it isx
|
|
costardx i shall knowx sirx when i have done itx
|
|
berownex whyx villainx thou must know firstx
|
|
costardx i will come to your worship toxmorrow morningx
|
|
berownex it must be done this afternoonx
|
|
harkx slavex it is but thisx
|
|
the princess comes to hunt here in the parkx
|
|
and in her train there is a gentle ladyx
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when tongues speak sweetlyx then they name her namex
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and rosaline they call herx ask for herx
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and to her white hand see thou do commend
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this sealxdxup counselx therexs thy guerdonx gox
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xgiving him a shillingx
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costardx gardonx o sweet gardonx better than remunerationx a
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xlevenxpence farthing betterx most sweet gardonx i will do itx
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sirx in printx gardonx remunerationx exit
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berownex and ix forsoothx in lovex ix that have been lovexs whipx
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a very beadle to a humorous sighx
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a criticx nayx a nightxwatch constablex
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a domineering pedant oxer the boyx
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than whom no mortal so magnificentx
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this wimpledx whiningx purblindx wayward boyx
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this seniorxjuniorx giantxdwarfx dan cupidx
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regent of lovexrhymesx lord of folded armsx
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thx anointed sovereign of sighs and groansx
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liege of all loiterers and malcontentsx
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dread prince of placketsx king of codpiecesx
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sole imperatorx and great general
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of trotting paritorsx o my little heartx
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and i to be a corporal of his fieldx
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and wear his colours like a tumblerxs hoopx
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whatx i lovex i suex i seek a wifex
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a womanx that is like a german clockx
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still axrepairingx ever out of framex
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and never going arightx being a watchx
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but being watchxd that it may still go rightx
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nayx to be perjurxdx which is worst of allx
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andx among threex to love the worst of allx
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a whitely wanton with a velvet browx
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with two pitch balls stuck in her face for eyesx
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ayx andx by heavenx one that will do the deedx
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though argus were her eunuch and her guardx
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and i to sigh for herx to watch for herx
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to pray for herx go tox it is a plague
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that cupid will impose for my neglect
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of his almighty dreadful little mightx
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wellx i will lovex writex sighx prayx suex and groanx
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some men must love my ladyx and some joanx exit
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act ivx scene ix the park
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enter the princessx rosalinex mariax katharinex boyetx lordsx
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attendantsx and a forester
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princess of francex was that the king that spurrxd his horse so
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hard
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against the steep uprising of the hillx
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boyetx i know notx but i think it was not hex
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princess of francex whoexer xa wasx xa showxd a mounting mindx
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wellx lordsx toxday we shall have our dispatchx
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on saturday we will return to francex
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thenx foresterx my friendx where is the bush
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that we must stand and play the murderer inx
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foresterx herebyx upon the edge of yonder coppicex
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a stand where you may make the fairest shootx
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princess of francex i thank my beauty i am fair that shootx
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and thereupon thou speakxst the fairest shootx
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foresterx pardon mex madamx for i meant not sox
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princess of francex whatx whatx first praise mex and again say nox
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o shortxlivxd pridex not fairx alack for woex
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foresterx yesx madamx fairx
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princess of francex nayx never paint me nowx
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where fair is notx praise cannot mend the browx
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herex good my glassx take this for telling truex
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x giving him moneyx
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fair payment for foul words is more than duex
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foresterx nothing but fair is that which you inheritx
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princess of francex seex seex my beauty will be savxd by meritx
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o heresy in fairx fit for these daysx
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a giving handx though foulx shall have fair praisex
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but comex the bowx now mercy goes to killx
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and shooting well is then accounted illx
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thus will i save my credit in the shootx
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not woundingx pity would not let me doxtx
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if woundingx then it was to show my skillx
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that more for praise than purpose meant to killx
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andx out of questionx so it is sometimesx
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glory grows guilty of detested crimesx
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whenx for famexs sakex for praisex an outward partx
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we bend to that the working of the heartx
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as i for praise alone now seek to spill
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the poor deerxs blood that my heart means no illx
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boyetx do not curst wives hold that selfxsovereignty
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only for praise sakex when they strive to be
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lords oxer their lordsx
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princess of francex only for praisex and praise we may afford
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to any lady that subdues a lordx
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enter costard
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boyetx here comes a member of the commonwealthx
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costardx god digxyouxden allx pray youx which is the head ladyx
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princess of francex thou shalt know herx fellowx by the rest that
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have no headsx
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costardx which is the greatest ladyx the highestx
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princess of francex the thickest and the tallestx
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costardx the thickest and the tallestx it is sox truth is truthx
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an your waistx mistressx were as slender as my witx
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one ox these maidsx girdles for your waist should be fitx
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are not you the chief womanx you are the thickest herex
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princess of francex whatxs your willx sirx whatxs your willx
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costardx i have a letter from monsieur berowne to one
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lady rosalinex
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princess of francex ox thy letterx thy letterx hexs a good friend
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of minex
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stand asidex good bearerx boyetx you can carvex
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break up this caponx
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boyetx i am bound to servex
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this letter is mistookx it importeth none herex
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it is writ to jaquenettax
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princess of francex we will read itx i swearx
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break the neck of the waxx and every one give earx
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boyetx xreadsx xby heavenx that thou art fair is most infalliblex
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true that thou art beauteousx truth itself that thou art lovelyx
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more fairer than fairx beautiful than beauteousx truer than truth
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itselfx have commiseration on thy heroical vassalx the
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magnanimous and most illustrate king cophetua set eye upon the
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pernicious and indubitate beggar zenelophonx and he it was that
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might rightly sayx xvenix vidix vicixx which to annothanize in
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the vulgarxx o base and obscure vulgarxx videlicetx he camex sawx
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and overcamex he camex onex sawx twox overcamex threex who camexx
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the kingx why did he comexx to seex why did he seexxto overcomex
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to whom came hexx to the beggarx what saw hexx the beggarx who
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overcame hexx the beggarx the conclusion is victoryx on whose
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sidexx the kingxsx the captive is enrichxdx on whose sidexx the
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beggarxsx the catastrophe is a nuptialx on whose sidexx the
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kingxsx nox on both in onex or one in bothx i am the kingx for so
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stands the comparisonx thou the beggarx for so witnesseth thy
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lowlinessx shall i command thy lovex i mayx shall i enforce thy
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lovex i couldx shall i entreat thy lovex i willx what shalt thou
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|
exchange for ragsxx robesx for tittlesxx titlesx for thyselfx
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xmex thus expecting thy replyx i profane my lips on thy footx my
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eyes on thy picturex and my heart on thy every partx
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thine in the dearest design of industryx
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don adriano de armadox
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xthus dost thou hear the nemean lion roar
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xgainst theex thou lambx that standest as his preyx
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submissive fall his princely feet beforex
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and he from forage will incline to playx
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but if thou strivex poor soulx what are thou thenx
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food for his ragex repasture for his denxx
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|
princess of francex what plume of feathers is he that indited this
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|
letterx
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what vanex what weathercockx did you ever hear betterx
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boyetx i am much deceived but i remember the stylex
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|
princess of francex else your memory is badx going oxer it
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|
erewhilex
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boyetx this armado is a spaniardx that keeps here in courtx
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a phantasimex a monarchox and one that makes sport
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|
to the prince and his bookxmatesx
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princess of francex thou fellowx a wordx
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who gave thee this letterx
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costardx i told youx my lordx
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princess of francex to whom shouldst thou give itx
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costardx from my lord to my ladyx
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princess of francex from which lord to which ladyx
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costardx from my lord berownex a good master of minex
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to a lady of france that he callxd rosalinex
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princess of francex thou hast mistaken his letterx comex lordsx
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awayx
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xto rosalinex herex sweetx put up thisx xtwill be thine another
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|
dayx exeunt princess and train
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boyetx who is the shooterx who is the shooterx
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rosalinex shall i teach you to knowx
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boyetx ayx my continent of beautyx
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rosalinex whyx she that bears the bowx
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finely put offx
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boyetx my lady goes to kill hornsx butx if thou marryx
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hang me by the neckx if horns that year miscarryx
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finely put onx
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rosalinex well thenx i am the shooterx
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boyetx and who is your deerx
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rosalinex if we choose by the hornsx yourself come not nearx
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finely put on indeedx
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mariax you still wrangle with herx boyetx and she strikes at the
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|
browx
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boyetx but she herself is hit lowerx have i hit her nowx
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rosalinex shall i come upon thee with an old sayingx that was a man
|
|
when king pepin of france was a little boyx as touching the hit
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|
itx
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boyetx so i may answer thee with one as oldx that was a woman when
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|
queen guinever of britain was a little wenchx as touching the hit
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|
itx
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rosalinex xsingingx
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thou canst not hit itx hit itx hit itx
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thou canst not hit itx my good manx
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|
boyetx an i cannotx cannotx cannotx
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|
an i cannotx another canx
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|
exeunt rosaline and katharine
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|
costardx by my trothx most pleasantx how both did fit itx
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|
mariax a mark marvellous well shotx for they both did hit itx
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boyetx a markx ox mark but that markx a markx says my ladyx
|
|
let the mark have a prick inxtx to mete atx if it may bex
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mariax wide ox the bowxhandx ix faithx your hand is outx
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|
costardx indeedx xa must shoot nearerx or hexll nexer hit the
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|
cloutx
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boyetx an if my hand be outx then belike your hand is inx
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|
costardx then will she get the upshoot by cleaving the pinx
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|
mariax comex comex you talk greasilyx your lips grow foulx
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|
costardx shexs too hard for you at pricksx sirx challenge her to
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|
bowlx
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boyetx i fear too much rubbingx goodxnightx my good owlx
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|
exeunt boyet and maria
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|
costardx by my soulx a swainx a most simple clownx
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|
lordx lordx how the ladies and i have put him downx
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|
ox my trothx most sweet jestsx most incony vulgar witx
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|
when it comes so smoothly offx so obscenelyx as it werex so fitx
|
|
armado a thx txone sidex ox a most dainty manx
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|
to see him walk before a lady and to bear her fanx
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|
to see him kiss his handx and how most sweetly xa will swearx
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|
and his page a tx other sidex that handful of witx
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|
ahx heavensx it is a most pathetical nitx
|
|
solax solax exit costard
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scene iix the park
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from the shooting withinx enter holofernesx sir nathanielx and dull
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|
nathanielx very reverent sportx trulyx and done in the testimony of
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|
a good consciencex
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|
holofernesx the deer wasx as you knowx sanguisx in bloodx ripe as
|
|
the pomewaterx who now hangeth like a jewel in the ear of caelox
|
|
the skyx the welkinx the heavenx and anon falleth like a crab on
|
|
the face of terrax the soilx the landx the earthx
|
|
nathanielx trulyx master holofernesx the epithets are sweetly
|
|
variedx like a scholar at the leastx butx sirx i assure ye it was
|
|
a buck of the first headx
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|
holofernesx sir nathanielx haud credox
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|
dullx xtwas not a haud credox xtwas a pricketx
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|
holofernesx most barbarous intimationx yet a kind of insinuationx
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|
as it werex in viax in wayx of explicationx facerex as it werex
|
|
replicationx or ratherx ostentarex to showx as it werex his
|
|
inclinationx after his undressedx unpolishedx uneducatedx
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|
unprunedx untrainedx or rather unletteredx or ratherest
|
|
unconfirmed fashionx to insert again my haud credo for a deerx
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|
dullx i said the deer was not a haud credox xtwas a pricketx
|
|
holofernesx twicexsod simplicityx bis coctusx
|
|
o thou monster ignorancex how deformed dost thou lookx
|
|
nathanielx sirx he hath never fed of the dainties that are bred in
|
|
a bookx
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he hath not eat paperx as it werex he hath not drunk inkx his
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|
intellect is not replenishedx he is only an animalx only sensible
|
|
in the duller partsx
|
|
and such barren plants are set before us that we thankful should
|
|
bex
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|
which we of taste and feeling arex for those parts that do
|
|
fructify in us more than hex
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|
for as it would ill become me to be vainx indiscreetx or a foolx
|
|
sox were there a patch set on learningx to see him in a schoolx
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|
butx omne benex say ix being of an old fatherxs mindx
|
|
many can brook the weather that love not the windx
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|
dullx you two are bookxmenx can you tell me by your wit
|
|
what was a month old at cainxs birth thatxs not five weeks old as
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|
yetx
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holofernesx dictynnax goodman dullx dictynnax goodman dullx
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|
dullx what is dictynnax
|
|
nathanielx a title to phoebex to lunax to the moonx
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|
holofernesx the moon was a month old when adam was no morex
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|
and raught not to five weeks when he came to fivexscorex
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|
thx allusion holds in the exchangex
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|
dullx xtis truex indeedx the collusion holds in the exchangex
|
|
holofernesx god comfort thy capacityx i say thx allusion holds in
|
|
the exchangex
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|
dullx and i say the polusion holds in the exchangex for the moon is
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|
never but a month oldx and i sayx besidex that xtwas a pricket
|
|
that the princess killxdx
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|
holofernesx sir nathanielx will you hear an extemporal epitaph on
|
|
the death of the deerx andx to humour the ignorantx call the deer
|
|
the princess killxd a pricketx
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|
nathanielx pergex good master holofernesx pergex so it shall please
|
|
you to abrogate scurrilityx
|
|
holofernesx i will something affect the letterx for it argues
|
|
facilityx
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|
the preyful princess piercxd and prickxd a pretty pleasing
|
|
pricketx
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|
some say a sorex but not a sore till now made sore with shootingx
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|
the dogs did yellx put el to sorex then sorel jumps from thicketx
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|
or pricket sorex or else sorelx the people fall axhootingx
|
|
if sore be sorex then l to sore makes fifty sores ox sorelx
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of one sore i an hundred make by adding but one more lx
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nathanielx a rare talentx
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dullx xasidex if a talent be a clawx look how he claws him with a
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|
talentx
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holofernesx this is a gift that i havex simplex simplex a foolish
|
|
extravagant spiritx full of formsx figuresx shapesx objectsx
|
|
ideasx apprehensionsx motionsx revolutionsx these are begot in
|
|
the ventricle of memoryx nourishxd in the womb of pia materx and
|
|
delivered upon the mellowing of occasionx but the gift is good in
|
|
those in whom it is acutex and i am thankful for itx
|
|
nathanielx sirx i praise the lord for youx and so may my
|
|
parishionersx for their sons are well tutorxd by youx and their
|
|
daughters profit very greatly under youx you are a good member of
|
|
the commonwealthx
|
|
holofernesx meherclex if their sons be ingeniousx they shall want
|
|
no instructionx if their daughters be capablex i will put it to
|
|
themx butx vir sapit qui pauca loquiturx a soul feminine saluteth
|
|
usx
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enter jaquenetta and costard
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|
jaquenettax god give you good morrowx master personx
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|
holofernesx master personx quasi persxonex and if one should be
|
|
piercxd which is the onex
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|
costardx marryx master schoolmasterx he that is likest to a
|
|
hogsheadx
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|
holofernesx piercing a hogsheadx a good lustre of conceit in a turf
|
|
of earthx fire enough for a flintx pearl enough for a swinex xtis
|
|
prettyx it is wellx
|
|
jaquenettax good master parsonx be so good as read me this letterx
|
|
it was given me by costardx and sent me from don armadox i
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|
beseech you read itx
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|
holofernesx faustex precor gelida quando pecus omne sub umbra
|
|
ruminatx
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|
and so forthx ahx good old mantuanx i may speak of thee as
|
|
the traveller doth of venicex
|
|
venetiax venetiax
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chi non ti vedex non ti pretiax
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|
old mantuanx old mantuanx who understandeth thee notx
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|
loves thee notx
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|
utx rex solx lax mix fax
|
|
under pardonx sirx what are the contentsx or rather as
|
|
horace says in hisx whatx my soulx versesx
|
|
nathanielx ayx sirx and very learnedx
|
|
holofernesx let me hear a staffx a stanzex a versex legex dominex
|
|
nathanielx xreadsx xif love make me forswornx how shall i swear to
|
|
lovex
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|
ahx never faith could holdx if not to beauty vowedx
|
|
though to myself forswornx to thee ixll faithful provex
|
|
those thoughts to me were oaksx to thee like osiers bowedx
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|
study his bias leavesx and makes his book thine eyesx
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|
where all those pleasures live that art would comprehendx
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|
if knowledge be the markx to know thee shall sufficex
|
|
well learned is that tongue that well can thee commendx
|
|
all ignorant that soul that sees thee without wonderx
|
|
which is to me some praise that i thy parts admirex
|
|
thy eye jovexs lightning bearsx thy voice his dreadful thunderx
|
|
whichx not to anger bentx is music and sweet firex
|
|
celestial as thou artx ox pardon love this wrongx
|
|
that singes heavenxs praise with such an earthly tonguexx
|
|
holofernesx you find not the apostrophasx and so miss the accentx
|
|
let me supervise the canzonetx here are only numbers ratifiedx
|
|
butx for the elegancyx facilityx and golden cadence of poesyx
|
|
caretx ovidius naso was the manx and whyx indeedx xnasox but for
|
|
smelling out the odoriferous flowers of fancyx the jerks of
|
|
inventionx imitari is nothingx so doth the hound his masterx the
|
|
ape his keeperx the tired horse his riderx butx damosella virginx
|
|
was this directed to youx
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|
jaquenettax ayx sirx from one monsieur berownex one of the strange
|
|
queenxs lordsx
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|
holofernesx i will overglance the superscriptx xto the snowxwhite
|
|
hand of the most beauteous lady rosalinexx i will look again on
|
|
the intellect of the letterx for the nomination of the party
|
|
writing to the person written untox xyour ladyshipxs in all
|
|
desired employmentx berownexx sir nathanielx this berowne is one
|
|
of the votaries with the kingx and here he hath framed a letter
|
|
to a sequent of the stranger queenxs which accidentallyx or by
|
|
the way of progressionx hath miscarriedx trip and gox my sweetx
|
|
deliver this paper into the royal hand of the kingx it may
|
|
concern muchx stay not thy complimentx i forgive thy dutyx adieux
|
|
jaquenettax good costardx go with mex sirx god save your lifex
|
|
costardx have with theex my girlx
|
|
exeunt costard and jaquenetta
|
|
nathanielx sirx you have done this in the fear of godx very
|
|
religiouslyx andx as a certain father saithx
|
|
holofernesx sirx tell not me of the fatherx i do fear colourable
|
|
coloursx but to return to the versesx did they please youx sir
|
|
nathanielx
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nathanielx marvellous well for the penx
|
|
holofernesx i do dine toxday at the fatherxs of a certain pupil of
|
|
minex wherex ifx before repastx it shall please you to gratify
|
|
the table with a gracex i willx on my privilege i have with the
|
|
parents of the foresaid child or pupilx undertake your ben
|
|
venutox where i will prove those verses to be very unlearnedx
|
|
neither savouring of poetryx witx nor inventionx i beseech your
|
|
societyx
|
|
nathanielx and thank you toox for societyx saith the textx is the
|
|
happiness of lifex
|
|
holofernesx and certesx the text most infallibly concludes itx
|
|
xto dullx sirx i do invite you toox you shall not say me nayx
|
|
pauca verbax awayx the gentles are at their gamex and we will to
|
|
our recreationx exeunt
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|
scene iiix the park
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|
enter berownex with a paper his bandx alone
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|
berownex the king he is hunting the deerx i am coursing myselfx they
|
|
have pitchxd a toilx i am tolling in a pitchx pitch that defilesx
|
|
defilex a foul wordx wellx xset thee downx sorrowxx for so they say
|
|
the fool saidx and so say ix and i am the foolx well provedx witx by
|
|
the lordx this love is as mad as ajaxx it kills sheepx it kills mex i
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a sheepx well proved again ox my sidex i will not lovex if i dox hang
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mex ix faithx i will notx ox but her eyex by this lightx but for her
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eyex i would not love herx yesx for her two eyesx wellx i do nothing
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in the world but liex and lie in my throatx by heavenx i do lovex and
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it hath taught me to rhymex and to be melancholyx and here is part of
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my rhymex and here my melancholyx wellx she hath one ox my sonnets
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alreadyx the clown bore itx the fool sent itx and the lady hath itx
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sweet clownx sweeter foolx sweetest ladyx by the worldx i would not
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care a pin if the other three were inx here comes one with a paperx
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god give him grace to groanx xclimbs into a treex
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enter the kingx with a paper
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kingx ay mex
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berownex shotx by heavenx proceedx sweet cupidx thou hast thumpxd
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him with thy birdxbolt under the left papx in faithx secretsx
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kingx xreadsx
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xso sweet a kiss the golden sun gives not
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to those fresh morning drops upon the rosex
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as thy eyexbeamsx when their fresh rays have smote
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the night of dew that on my cheeks down flowsx
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nor shines the silver moon one half so bright
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through the transparent bosom of the deepx
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as doth thy face through tears of mine give lightx
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thou shinxst in every tear that i do weepx
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no drop but as a coach doth carry theex
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so ridest thou triumphing in my woex
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do but behold the tears that swell in mex
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and they thy glory through my grief will showx
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but do not love thyselfx then thou wilt keep
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my tears for glassesx and still make me weepx
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o queen of queensx how far dost thou excel
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no thought can think nor tongue of mortal tellxx
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how shall she know my griefsx ixll drop the paperx
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sweet leavesx shade follyx who is he comes herex
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xsteps asidex
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enter longavillex with a paper
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whatx longavillex and readingx listenx carx
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berownex nowx in thy likenessx one more fool appearx
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longavillex ay mex i am forswornx
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berownex whyx he comes in like a perjurex wearing papersx
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kingx in lovex i hopex sweet fellowship in shamex
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berownex one drunkard loves another of the namex
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longavillex am i the first that have been perjurxd sox
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berownex i could put thee in comfortx not by two that i knowx
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thou makest the triumviryx the cornerxcap of societyx
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the shape of lovexs tyburn that hangs up simplicityx
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longavillex i fear these stubborn lines lack power to movex
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o sweet mariax empress of my lovex
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these numbers will i tearx and write in prosex
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berownex ox rhymes are guards on wanton cupidxs hosex
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disfigure not his slopx
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longavillex this same shall gox xhe reads the sonnetx
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xdid not the heavenly rhetoric of thine eyex
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xgainst whom the world cannot hold argumentx
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persuade my heart to this false perjuryx
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vows for thee broke deserve not punishmentx
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a woman i forsworex but i will provex
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thou being a goddessx i forswore not theex
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my vow was earthlyx thou a heavenly lovex
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thy grace being gainxd cures all disgrace in mex
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vows are but breathx and breath a vapour isx
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then thoux fair sunx which on my earth dost shinex
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exhalxst this vapourxvowx in thee it isx
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if brokenx then it is no fault of minex
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if by me brokex what fool is not so wise
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to lose an oath to win a paradisexx
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berownex this is the liverxveinx which makes flesh a deityx
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a green goose a goddessx purex pure idolatryx
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god amend usx god amendx we are much out ox thx wayx
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enter dumainx with a paper
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longavillex by whom shall i send thisxx companyx stayx
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xsteps asidex
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berownex xall hidx all hidxx an old infant playx
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like a demigod here sit i in the skyx
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and wretched foolsx secrets heedfully oxerxeyex
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more sacks to the millx o heavensx i have my wishx
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dumain transformedx four woodcocks in a dishx
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dumainx o most divine katex
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berownex o most profane coxcombx
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dumainx by heavenx the wonder in a mortal eyex
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berownex by earthx she is notx corporalx there you liex
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dumainx her amber hairs for foul hath amber quotedx
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berownex an amberxcolourxd raven was well notedx
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dumainx as upright as the cedarx
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berownex stoopx i sayx
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her shoulder is with childx
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dumainx as fair as dayx
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berownex ayx as some daysx but then no sun must shinex
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dumainx o that i had my wishx
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longavillex and i had minex
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kingx and i mine tooxxgood lordx
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berownex amenx so i had minex is not that a good wordx
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dumainx i would forget herx but a fever she
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reigns in my bloodx and will remembxred bex
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berownex a fever in your bloodx whyx then incision
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would let her out in saucersx sweet misprisionx
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dumainx once more ixll read the ode that i have writx
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berownex once more ixll mark how love can vary witx
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dumainx xreadsx
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xon a dayxalack the dayxx
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lovex whose month is ever mayx
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spied a blossom passing fair
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playing in the wanton airx
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through the velvet leaves the windx
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all unseenx can passage findx
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that the loverx sick to deathx
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wishxd himself the heavenxs breathx
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xairxx quoth he xthy cheeks may blowx
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airx would i might triumph sox
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butx alackx my hand is sworn
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nexer to pluck thee from thy thornx
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vowx alackx for youth unmeetx
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youth so apt to pluck a sweetx
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do not call it sin in me
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that i am forsworn for theex
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thou for whom jove would swear
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juno but an ethiope werex
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and deny himself for jovex
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turning mortal for thy lovexxx
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this will i sendx and something else more plain
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that shall express my true lovexs fasting painx
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ox would the kingx berowne and longavillex
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were lovers toox illx to example illx
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would from my forehead wipe a perjurxd notex
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for none offend where all alike do dotex
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longavillex xadvancingx dumainx thy love is far from charityx
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that in lovexs grief desirxst societyx
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you may look palex but i should blushx i knowx
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to be oxerheard and taken napping sox
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kingx xadvancingx comex sirx you blushx as hisx your case is suchx
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you chide at himx offending twice as muchx
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you do not love mariax longaville
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did never sonnet for her sake compilex
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nor never lay his wreathed arms athwart
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his loving bosomx to keep down his heartx
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i have been closely shrouded in this bushx
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and markxd you bothx and for you both did blushx
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i heard your guilty rhymesx observxd your fashionx
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saw sighs reek from youx noted well your passionx
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xay mexx says onex xo jovexx the other criesx
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onex her hairs were goldx crystal the otherxs eyesx
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xto longavillex you would for paradise break faith and trothx
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xto dumainx and jove for your love would infringe an oathx
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what will berowne say when that he shall hear
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faith infringed which such zeal did swearx
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how will he scornx how will he spend his witx
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how will he triumphx leapx and laugh at itx
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for all the wealth that ever i did seex
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i would not have him know so much by mex
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berownex xdescendingx now step i forth to whip hypocrisyx
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ahx good my liegex i pray thee pardon mex
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good heartx what grace hast thou thus to reprove
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these worms for lovingx that art most in lovex
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your eyes do make no coachesx in your tears
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|
there is no certain princess that appearsx
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youxll not be perjurxdx xtis a hateful thingx
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|
tushx none but minstrels like of sonnetingx
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but are you not ashamedx nayx are you notx
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|
all three of youx to be thus much oxershotx
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|
you found his motex the king your mote did seex
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|
but i a beam do find in each of threex
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ox what a scene of foolxry have i seenx
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of sighsx of groansx of sorrowx and of teenx
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|
ox mex with what strict patience have i satx
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to see a king transformed to a gnatx
|
|
to see great hercules whipping a gigx
|
|
and profound solomon to tune a jigx
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|
and nestor play at pushxpin with the boysx
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|
and critic timon laugh at idle toysx
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where lies thy griefx ox tell mex good dumainx
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|
andx gentle longavillex where lies thy painx
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|
and where my liegexsx all about the breastx
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|
a caudlex hox
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kingx too bitter is thy jestx
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|
are we betrayed thus to thy overxviewx
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berownex not you by mex but i betrayed to youx
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|
i that am honestx i that hold it sin
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|
to break the vow i am engaged inx
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|
i am betrayed by keeping company
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|
with men like youx men of inconstancyx
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|
when shall you see me write a thing in rhymex
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|
or groan for joanx or spend a minutexs time
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|
in pruning mex when shall you hear that i
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|
will praise a handx a footx a facex an eyex
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|
a gaitx a statex a browx a breastx a waistx
|
|
a legx a limbx
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|
kingx softx whither away so fastx
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|
a true man or a thief that gallops sox
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|
berownex i post from lovex good loverx let me gox
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enter jaquenetta and costard
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jaquenettax god bless the kingx
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kingx what present hast thou therex
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costardx some certain treasonx
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|
kingx what makes treason herex
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|
costardx nayx it makes nothingx sirx
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|
kingx if it mar nothing neitherx
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|
the treason and you go in peace away togetherx
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|
jaquenettax i beseech your gracex let this letter be readx
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|
our person misdoubts itx xtwas treasonx he saidx
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|
kingx berownex read it overx xberowne reads the letterx
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|
where hadst thou itx
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jaquenettax of costardx
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|
kingx where hadst thou itx
|
|
costardx of dun adramadiox dun adramadiox
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xberowne tears the letterx
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kingx how nowx what is in youx why dost thou tear itx
|
|
berownex a toyx my liegex a toyx your grace needs not fear itx
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|
longavillex it did move him to passionx and therefore letxs hear
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|
itx
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dumainx it is berownexs writingx and here is his namex
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|
xgathering up the piecesx
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|
berownex x to costardx ahx you whoreson loggerheadx you were born
|
|
to do me shamex
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|
guiltyx my lordx guiltyx i confessx i confessx
|
|
kingx whatx
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|
berownex that you three fools lackxd me fool to make up the messx
|
|
hex hex and youx and youx my liegexx and i
|
|
are pickxpurses in lovex and we deserve to diex
|
|
ox dismiss this audiencex and i shall tell you morex
|
|
dumainx now the number is evenx
|
|
berownex truex truex we are fourx
|
|
will these turtles be gonex
|
|
kingx hencex sirsx awayx
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|
costardx walk aside the true folkx and let the traitors stayx
|
|
exeunt costard and jaquenetta
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|
berownex sweet lordsx sweet loversx ox let us embracex
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|
as true we are as flesh and blood can bex
|
|
the sea will ebb and flowx heaven show his facex
|
|
young blood doth not obey an old decreex
|
|
we cannot cross the cause why we were bornx
|
|
therefore of all hands must we be forswornx
|
|
kingx whatx did these rent lines show some love of thinex
|
|
berownex xdid theyxx quoth youx who sees the heavenly rosaline
|
|
thatx like a rude and savage man of inde
|
|
at the first opxning of the gorgeous eastx
|
|
bows not his vassal head andx strucken blindx
|
|
kisses the base ground with obedient breastx
|
|
what peremptory eaglexsighted eye
|
|
dares look upon the heaven of her brow
|
|
that is not blinded by her majestyx
|
|
kingx what zealx what fury hath inspirxd thee nowx
|
|
my lovex her mistressx is a gracious moonx
|
|
shex an attending starx scarce seen a lightx
|
|
berownex my eyes are then no eyesx nor i berownex
|
|
ox but for my lovex day would turn to nightx
|
|
of all complexions the cullxd sovereignty
|
|
do meetx as at a fairx in her fair cheekx
|
|
where several worthies make one dignityx
|
|
where nothing wants that want itself doth seekx
|
|
lend me the flourish of all gentle tonguesx
|
|
fiex painted rhetoricx ox she needs it notx
|
|
to things of sale a sellerxs praise belongsx
|
|
she passes praisex then praise too short doth blotx
|
|
a witherxd hermitx fivexscore winters wornx
|
|
might shake off fiftyx looking in her eyex
|
|
beauty doth varnish agex as if newxbornx
|
|
and gives the crutch the cradlexs infancyx
|
|
ox xtis the sun that maketh all things shinex
|
|
kingx by heavenx thy love is black as ebonyx
|
|
berownex is ebony like herx o wood divinex
|
|
a wife of such wood were felicityx
|
|
ox who can give an oathx where is a bookx
|
|
that i may swear beauty doth beauty lackx
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|
if that she learn not of her eye to lookx
|
|
no face is fair that is not full so blackx
|
|
kingx o paradoxx black is the badge of hellx
|
|
the hue of dungeonsx and the school of nightx
|
|
and beautyxs crest becomes the heavens wellx
|
|
berownex devils soonest temptx resembling spirits of lightx
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|
ox if in black my ladyxs brows be decktx
|
|
it mourns that painting and usurping hair
|
|
should ravish doters with a false aspectx
|
|
and therefore is she born to make black fairx
|
|
her favour turns the fashion of the daysx
|
|
for native blood is counted painting nowx
|
|
and therefore red that would avoid dispraise
|
|
paints itself blackx to imitate her browx
|
|
dumainx to look like her are chimneyxsweepers blackx
|
|
longavillex and since her time are colliers counted brightx
|
|
kingx and ethiopes of their sweet complexion crackx
|
|
dumainx dark needs no candles nowx for dark is lightx
|
|
berownex your mistresses dare never come in rain
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|
for fear their colours should be washxd awayx
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|
kingx xtwere good yours didx forx sirx to tell you plainx
|
|
ixll find a fairer face not washxd toxdayx
|
|
berownex ixll prove her fairx or talk till doomsday herex
|
|
kingx no devil will fright thee then so much as shex
|
|
dumainx i never knew man hold vile stuff so dearx
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|
longavillex lookx herexs thy lovex my foot and her face seex
|
|
xshowing his shoex
|
|
berownex ox if the streets were paved with thine eyesx
|
|
her feet were much too dainty for such treadx
|
|
dumainx o vilex thenx as she goesx what upward lies
|
|
the street should see as she walkxd overheadx
|
|
kingx but what of thisx are we not all in lovex
|
|
berownex nothing so surex and thereby all forswornx
|
|
kingx then leave this chatx andx good berownex now prove
|
|
our loving lawfulx and our faith not tornx
|
|
dumainx ayx marryx therex some flattery for this evilx
|
|
longavillex ox some authority how to proceedx
|
|
some tricksx some quilletsx how to cheat the devilx
|
|
dumainx some salve for perjuryx
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|
berownex xtis more than needx
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|
have at youx thenx affectionxs menxatxarmsx
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|
consider what you first did swear untox
|
|
to fastx to studyx and to see no womanx
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|
flat treason xgainst the kingly state of youthx
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|
sayx can you fastx your stomachs are too youngx
|
|
and abstinence engenders maladiesx
|
|
andx where that you you have vowxd to studyx lordsx
|
|
in that each of you have forsworn his bookx
|
|
can you still dreamx and porex and thereon lookx
|
|
for when would youx my lordx or youx or youx
|
|
have found the ground of studyxs excellence
|
|
without the beauty of a womanxs facex
|
|
from womenxs eyes this doctrine i derivex
|
|
they are the groundx the booksx the academesx
|
|
from whence doth spring the true promethean firex
|
|
whyx universal plodding poisons up
|
|
the nimble spirits in the arteriesx
|
|
as motion and longxduring action tires
|
|
the sinewy vigour of the travellerx
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|
nowx for not looking on a womanxs facex
|
|
you have in that forsworn the use of eyesx
|
|
and study toox the causer of your vowx
|
|
for where is author in the world
|
|
teaches such beauty as a womanxs eyex
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|
learning is but an adjunct to ourselfx
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|
and where we are our learning likewise isx
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|
then when ourselves we see in ladiesx eyesx
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|
with ourselvesx
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|
do we not likewise see our learning therex
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|
ox we have made a vow to studyx lordsx
|
|
and in that vow we have forsworn our booksx
|
|
for when would youx my liegex or youx or youx
|
|
in leaden contemplation have found out
|
|
such fiery numbers as the prompting eyes
|
|
of beautyxs tutors have enrichxd you withx
|
|
other slow arts entirely keep the brainx
|
|
and thereforex finding barren practisersx
|
|
scarce show a harvest of their heavy toilx
|
|
but lovex first learned in a ladyxs eyesx
|
|
lives not alone immured in the brainx
|
|
but with the motion of all elements
|
|
courses as swift as thought in every powerx
|
|
and gives to every power a double powerx
|
|
above their functions and their officesx
|
|
it adds a precious seeing to the eyex
|
|
a loverxs eyes will gaze an eagle blindx
|
|
a loverxs ear will hear the lowest soundx
|
|
when the suspicious head of theft is stoppxdx
|
|
lovexs feeling is more soft and sensible
|
|
than are the tender horns of cockled snailsx
|
|
lovexs tongue proves dainty bacchus gross in tastex
|
|
for valourx is not love a herculesx
|
|
still climbing trees in the hesperidesx
|
|
subtle as sphinxx as sweet and musical
|
|
as bright apolloxs lutex strung with his hairx
|
|
and when love speaksx the voice of all the gods
|
|
make heaven drowsy with the harmonyx
|
|
never durst poet touch a pen to write
|
|
until his ink were tempxred with lovexs sighsx
|
|
ox then his lines would ravish savage earsx
|
|
and plant in tyrants mild humilityx
|
|
from womenxs eyes this doctrine i derivex
|
|
they sparkle still the right promethean firex
|
|
they are the booksx the artsx the academesx
|
|
that showx containx and nourishx all the worldx
|
|
else none at all in aught proves excellentx
|
|
then fools you were these women to forswearx
|
|
orx keeping what is swornx you will prove foolsx
|
|
for wisdomxs sakex a word that all men lovex
|
|
or for lovexs sakex a word that loves all menx
|
|
or for menxs sakex the authors of these womenx
|
|
or womenxs sakex by whom we men are menx
|
|
let us once lose our oaths to find ourselvesx
|
|
or else we lose ourselves to keep our oathsx
|
|
it is religion to be thus forswornx
|
|
for charity itself fulfils the lawx
|
|
and who can sever love from charityx
|
|
kingx saint cupidx thenx andx soldiersx to the fieldx
|
|
berownex advance your standardsx and upon themx lordsx
|
|
pellxmellx down with themx be first advisxdx
|
|
in conflictx that you get the sun of themx
|
|
longavillex now to plainxdealingx lay these glozes byx
|
|
shall we resolve to woo these girls of francex
|
|
kingx and win them toox therefore let us devise
|
|
some entertainment for them in their tentsx
|
|
berownex firstx from the park let us conduct them thitherx
|
|
then homeward every man attach the hand
|
|
of his fair mistressx in the afternoon
|
|
we will with some strange pastime solace themx
|
|
such as the shortness of the time can shapex
|
|
for revelsx dancesx masksx and merry hoursx
|
|
forerun fair lovex strewing her way with flowersx
|
|
kingx awayx awayx no time shall be omitted
|
|
that will betimex and may by us be fittedx
|
|
berownex allonsx allonsx sowxd cockle reapxd no cornx
|
|
and justice always whirls in equal measurex
|
|
light wenches may prove plagues to men forswornx
|
|
if sox our copper buys no better treasurex exeunt
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|
|
|
act vx scene ix the park
|
|
|
|
enter holofernesx sir nathanielx and dull
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|
|
|
holofernesx satis quod sufficitx
|
|
nathanielx i praise god for youx sirx your reasons at dinner have
|
|
been sharp and sententiousx pleasant without scurrilityx witty
|
|
without affectionx audacious without impudencyx learned without
|
|
opinionx and strange without heresyx i did converse this quondam
|
|
day with a companion of the kingxs who is intituledx nominatedx
|
|
or calledx don adriano de armadox
|
|
holofernesx novi hominem tanquam tex his humour is loftyx his
|
|
discourse peremptoryx his tongue filedx his eye ambitiousx his
|
|
gait majestical and his general behaviour vainx ridiculousx and
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thrasonicalx he is too pickedx too sprucex too affectedx too oddx
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as it werex too peregrinatex as i may call itx
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nathanielx a most singular and choice epithetx
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xdraws out his tablexbookx
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holofernesx he draweth out the thread of his verbosity finer than
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the staple of his argumentx i abhor such fanatical phantasimesx
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such insociable and pointxdevise companionsx such rackers of
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orthographyx as to speak xdoutx finex when he should say xdoubtxx
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xdetx when he should pronounce xdebtxx dx ex bx tx not dx ex tx
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he clepeth a calf xcaufxx half xhaufxx neighbour vocatur
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xnebourxx xneighx abbreviated xnexx this is abhominablex which he
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would call xabbominablexx it insinuateth me of insaniex ne
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intelligisx dominex to make franticx lunaticx
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nathanielx laus deox bone intelligox
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holofernesx xbonexxx xbonex for xbenexx priscian a little
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scratchxdx xtwill servex
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enter armadox mothx and costard
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nathanielx videsne quis venitx
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holofernesx videox et gaudeox
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armadox xto mothx chirrahx
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holofernesx quare xchirrahxx not xsirrahxx
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armadox men of peacex well encountxredx
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holofernesx most military sirx salutationx
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mothx xaside to costardx they have been at a great feast of
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languages and stolxn the scrapsx
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costardx ox they have livxd long on the almsxbasket of wordsx i
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marvel thy master hath not eaten thee for a wordx for thou are
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not so long by the head as honorificabilitudinitatibusx thou art
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easier swallowed than a flapxdragonx
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mothx peacex the peal beginsx
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armadox xto holofernesx monsieurx are you not lettxredx
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mothx yesx yesx he teaches boys the hornbookx what is ax bx spelt
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backward with the horn on his headx
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holofernesx bax pueritiax with a horn addedx
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mothx bax most silly sheep with a hornx you hear his learningx
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holofernesx quisx quisx thou consonantx
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mothx the third of the five vowelsx if you repeat themx or the
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fifthx if ix
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holofernesx i will repeat themx ax ex ix
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mothx the sheepx the other two concludes itx ox ux
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armadox nowx by the salt wave of the mediterraneumx a sweet touchx
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a quick venue of witx snipx snapx quick and homex it rejoiceth my
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intellectx true witx
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mothx offerxd by a child to an old manx which is witxoldx
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holofernesx what is the figurex what is the figurex
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mothx hornsx
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holofernesx thou disputes like an infantx go whip thy gigx
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mothx lend me your horn to make onex and i will whip about your
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infamy circum circax a gig of a cuckoldxs hornx
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costardx an i had but one penny in the worldx thou shouldst have it
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to buy gingerxbreadx holdx there is the very remuneration i had
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of thy masterx thou halfpenny purse of witx thou pigeonxegg of
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discretionx ox an the heavens were so pleased that thou wert but
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my bastardx what a joyful father wouldst thou make mex go tox
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thou hast it ad dunghillx at the fingersx endsx as they sayx
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holofernesx ox i smell false latinx xdunghillx for unguemx
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armadox artsxmanx preambulatex we will be singuled from the
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barbarousx do you not educate youth at the chargexhouse on the
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top of the mountainx
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holofernesx or monsx the hillx
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armadox at your sweet pleasurex for the mountainx
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holofernesx i dox sans questionx
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armadox sirx it is the kingxs most sweet pleasure and affection to
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congratulate the princess at her pavilionx in the posteriors of
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this dayx which the rude multitude call the afternoonx
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holofernesx the posterior of the dayx most generous sirx is liablex
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congruentx and measurablex for the afternoonx the word is well
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cullxdx chosex sweetx and aptx i do assure youx sirx i do assurex
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armadox sirx the king is a noble gentlemanx and my familiarx i do
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assure yex very good friendx for what is inward between usx let
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it passx i do beseech theex remember thy courtesyx i beseech
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theex apparel thy headx and among other importunate and most
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serious designsx and of great import indeedx toox but let that
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passx for i must tell thee it will please his gracex by the
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worldx sometime to lean upon my poor shoulderx and with his royal
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finger thus dally with my excrementx with my mustachiox butx
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sweet heartx let that passx by the worldx i recount no fablex
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|
some certain special honours it pleaseth his greatness to impart
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to armadox a soldierx a man of travelx that hath seen the worldx
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but let that passx the very all of all isx butx sweet heartx i do
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|
implore secrecyx that the king would have me present the
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princessx sweet chuckx with some delightful ostentationx or showx
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or pageantx or anticx or fireworkx nowx understanding that the
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curate and your sweet self are good at such eruptions and sudden
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breakingxout of mirthx as it werex i have acquainted you withalx
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to the end to crave your assistancex
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holofernesx sirx you shall present before her the nine worthiesx
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sir nathanielx as concerning some entertainment of timex some
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show in the posterior of this dayx to be rendxred by our
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assistancex the kingxs commandx and this most gallantx
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illustratex and learned gentlemanx before the princessx i say
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none so fit as to present the nine worthiesx
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nathanielx where will you find men worthy enough to present themx
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holofernesx joshuax yourselfx myselfx alexanderx this gallant
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gentlemanx judas maccabaeusx this swainx because of his great
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limb or jointx shall pass pompey the greatx the pagex herculesx
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armadox pardonx sirx errorx he is not quantity enough for that
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worthyxs thumbx he is not so big as the end of his clubx
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holofernesx shall i have audiencex he shall present hercules in
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minorityx his enter and exit shall be strangling a snakex and i
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|
will have an apology for that purposex
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mothx an excellent devicex sox if any of the audience hissx you may
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cry xwell donex herculesx now thou crushest the snakexx that is
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the way to make an offence graciousx though few have the grace to
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do itx
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armadox for the rest of the worthiesx
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holofernesx i will play three myselfx
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mothx thricexworthy gentlemanx
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armadox shall i tell you a thingx
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holofernesx we attendx
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armadox we will havex if this fadge notx an anticx i beseech youx
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followx
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holofernesx viax goodman dullx thou has spoken no word all this
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whilex
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dullx nor understood none neitherx sirx
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holofernesx allonsx we will employ theex
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dullx ixll make one in a dancex or sox or i will play
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on the tabor to the worthiesx and let them dance the hayx
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|
holofernesx most dullx honest dullx to our sportx awayx
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|
exeunt
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scene iix the park
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enter the princessx mariax katharinex and rosaline
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princess of francex sweet heartsx we shall be rich ere we departx
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if fairings come thus plentifully inx
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|
a lady wallxd about with diamondsx
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|
look you what i have from the loving kingx
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|
rosalinex madamx came nothing else along with thatx
|
|
princess of francex nothing but thisx yesx as much love in rhyme
|
|
as would be crammxd up in a sheet of paper
|
|
writ ox both sides the leafx margent and allx
|
|
that he was fain to seal on cupidxs namex
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|
rosalinex that was the way to make his godhead waxx
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for he hath been five thousand year a boyx
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katharinex ayx and a shrewd unhappy gallows toox
|
|
rosalinex youxll nexer be friends with himx xa killxd your sisterx
|
|
katharinex he made her melancholyx sadx and heavyx
|
|
and so she diedx had she been lightx like youx
|
|
of such a merryx nimblex stirring spiritx
|
|
she might xa been a grandam ere she diedx
|
|
and so may youx for a light heart lives longx
|
|
rosalinex whatxs your dark meaningx mousex of this light wordx
|
|
katharinex a light condition in a beauty darkx
|
|
rosalinex we need more light to find your meaning outx
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|
katharinex youxll mar the light by taking it in snuffx
|
|
therefore ixll darkly end the argumentx
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|
rosalinex look what you dox you do it still ix thx darkx
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|
katharinex so do not youx for you are a light wenchx
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|
rosalinex indeedx i weigh not youx and therefore lightx
|
|
katharinex you weigh me notx ox thatxs you care not for mex
|
|
rosalinex great reasonx for xpast cure is still past carexx
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|
princess of francex well bandied bothx a set of wit well playxdx
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|
butx rosalinex you have a favour toox
|
|
who sent itx and what is itx
|
|
rosalinex i would you knewx
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|
an if my face were but as fair as yoursx
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|
my favour were as greatx be witness thisx
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|
nayx i have verses toox i thank berownex
|
|
the numbers truex andx were the numbxring toox
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|
i were the fairest goddess on the groundx
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|
i am comparxd to twenty thousand fairsx
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|
ox he hath drawn my picture in his letterx
|
|
princess of francex anything likex
|
|
rosalinex much in the lettersx nothing in the praisex
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|
princess of francex beauteous as inkx a good conclusionx
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|
katharinex fair as a text b in a copyxbookx
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|
rosalinex ware pencilsx hox let me not die your debtorx
|
|
my red dominicalx my golden letterx
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|
o that your face were not so full of oxsx
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|
katharinex a pox of that jestx and i beshrew all shrowsx
|
|
princess of francex butx katharinex what was sent to you from fair
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|
dumainx
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katharinex madamx this glovex
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|
princess of francex did he not send you twainx
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|
katharinex yesx madamx andx moreoverx
|
|
some thousand verses of a faithful loverx
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|
a huge translation of hypocrisyx
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|
vilely compilxdx profound simplicityx
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|
mariax thisx and these pearlx to me sent longavillex
|
|
the letter is too long by half a milex
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|
princess of francex i think no lessx dost thou not wish in heart
|
|
the chain were longer and the letter shortx
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|
mariax ayx or i would these hands might never partx
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|
princess of francex we are wise girls to mock our lovers sox
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|
rosalinex they are worse fools to purchase mocking sox
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|
that same berowne ixll torture ere i gox
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|
o that i knew he were but in by thx weekx
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|
how i would make him fawnx and begx and seekx
|
|
and wait the seasonx and observe the timesx
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|
and spend his prodigal wits in bootless rhymesx
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|
and shape his service wholly to my hestsx
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|
and make him proud to make me proud that jestsx
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|
so pertauntxlike would i oxersway his state
|
|
that he should be my foolx and i his fatex
|
|
princess of francex none are so surely caughtx when they are
|
|
catchxdx
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|
as wit turnxd foolx follyx in wisdom hatchxdx
|
|
hath wisdomxs warrant and the help of schoolx
|
|
and witxs own grace to grace a learned foolx
|
|
rosalinex the blood of youth burns not with such excess
|
|
as gravityxs revolt to wantonnessx
|
|
mariax folly in fools bears not so strong a note
|
|
as foolxry in the wise when wit doth dotex
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|
since all the power thereof it doth apply
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|
to provex by witx worth in simplicityx
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enter boyet
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princess of francex here comes boyetx and mirth is in his facex
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|
boyetx ox i am stabbxd with laughterx wherexs her gracex
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|
princess of francex thy newsx boyetx
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|
boyetx preparex madamx preparex
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|
armx wenchesx armx encounters mounted are
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|
against your peacex love doth approach disguisxdx
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|
armed in argumentsx youxll be surprisxdx
|
|
muster your witsx stand in your own defencex
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|
or hide your heads like cowardsx and fly hencex
|
|
princess of francex saint dennis to saint cupidx what are they
|
|
that charge their breath against usx sayx scoutx sayx
|
|
boyetx under the cool shade of a sycamore
|
|
i thought to close mine eyes some half an hourx
|
|
whenx lox to interrupt my purposxd restx
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|
toward that shade i might behold addrest
|
|
the king and his companionsx warily
|
|
i stole into a neighbour thicket byx
|
|
and overheard what you shall overhearx
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|
thatx by and byx disguisxd they will be herex
|
|
their herald is a pretty knavish pagex
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|
that well by heart hath connxd his embassagex
|
|
action and accent did they teach him therex
|
|
xthus must thou speakx and xthus thy body bearxx
|
|
and ever and anon they made a doubt
|
|
presence majestical would put him outx
|
|
xforx quoth the king xan angel shalt thou seex
|
|
yet fear not thoux but speak audaciouslyxx
|
|
the boy replied xan angel is not evilx
|
|
i should have fearxd her had she been a devilxx
|
|
with that all laughxdx and clappxd him on the shoulderx
|
|
making the bold wag by their praises bolderx
|
|
one rubbxd his elbowx thusx and fleerxdx and swore
|
|
a better speech was never spoke beforex
|
|
another with his finger and his thumb
|
|
cried xviax we will doxtx come what will comexx
|
|
the third he caperxdx and cried xall goes wellxx
|
|
the fourth turnxd on the toex and down he fellx
|
|
with that they all did tumble on the groundx
|
|
with such a zealous laughterx so profoundx
|
|
that in this spleen ridiculous appearsx
|
|
to check their follyx passionxs solemn tearsx
|
|
princess of francex but whatx but whatx come they to visit usx
|
|
boyetx they dox they dox and are apparellxd thusx
|
|
like muscovites or russiansx as i guessx
|
|
their purpose is to parleyx courtx and dancex
|
|
and every one his lovexfeat will advance
|
|
unto his several mistressx which theyxll know
|
|
by favours several which they did bestowx
|
|
princess of francex and will they sox the gallants shall be taskxdx
|
|
forx ladiesx we will every one be maskxdx
|
|
and not a man of them shall have the gracex
|
|
despite of suitx to see a ladyxs facex
|
|
holdx rosalinex this favour thou shalt wearx
|
|
and then the king will court thee for his dearx
|
|
holdx take thou thisx my sweetx and give me thinex
|
|
so shall berowne take me for rosalinex
|
|
and change you favours toox so shall your loves
|
|
woo contraryx deceivxd by these removesx
|
|
rosalinex come onx thenx wear the favours most in sightx
|
|
katharinex butx in this changingx what is your intentx
|
|
princess of francex the effect of my intent is to cross theirsx
|
|
they do it but in mocking merrimentx
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|
and mock for mock is only my intentx
|
|
their several counsels they unbosom shall
|
|
to loves mistookx and so be mockxd withal
|
|
upon the next occasion that we meet
|
|
with visages displayxd to talk and greetx
|
|
rosalinex but shall we dancex if they desire us toxtx
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|
princess of francex nox to the deathx we will not move a footx
|
|
nor to their pennxd speech render we no gracex
|
|
but while xtis spoke each turn away her facex
|
|
boyetx whyx that contempt will kill the speakerxs heartx
|
|
and quite divorce his memory from his partx
|
|
princess of francex therefore i do itx and i make no doubt
|
|
the rest will nexer come inx if he be outx
|
|
therexs no such sport as sport by sport oxerthrownx
|
|
to make theirs oursx and ours none but our ownx
|
|
so shall we stayx mocking intended gamex
|
|
and they well mockxd depart away with shamex
|
|
xtrumpet sounds withinx
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|
boyetx the trumpet soundsx be maskxdx the maskers comex
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|
xthe ladies maskx
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|
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|
enter blackamoors musicx moth as prologuex the
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|
king and his lords as maskersx in the guise of russians
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|
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mothx all hailx the richest heauties on the earthx
|
|
boyetx beauties no richer than rich taffetax
|
|
mothx a holy parcel of the fairest dames
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|
xthe ladies turn their backs to himx
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|
that ever turnxd theirx backsx to mortal viewsx
|
|
berownex their eyesx villainx their eyesx
|
|
mothx that ever turnxd their eyes to mortal viewsx
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|
outx
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|
boyetx truex out indeedx
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|
mothx out of your favoursx heavenly spiritsx vouchsafe
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|
not to beholdx
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|
berownex once to beholdx roguex
|
|
mothx once to behold with your sunxbeamed eyesx with your
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|
sunxbeamed eyesx
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|
boyetx they will not answer to that epithetx
|
|
you were best call it xdaughterxbeamed eyesxx
|
|
mothx they do not mark mex and that brings me outx
|
|
berownex is this your perfectnessx be gonex you roguex
|
|
exit moth
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|
rosalinex what would these strangersx know their mindsx boyetx
|
|
if they do speak our languagex xtis our will
|
|
that some plain man recount their purposesx
|
|
know what they wouldx
|
|
boyetx what would you with the princessx
|
|
berownex nothing but peace and gentle visitationx
|
|
rosalinex what would theyx say theyx
|
|
boyetx nothing but peace and gentle visitationx
|
|
rosalinex whyx that they havex and bid them so be gonex
|
|
boyetx she says you have itx and you may be gonex
|
|
kingx say to her we have measurxd many miles
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|
to tread a measure with her on this grassx
|
|
boyetx they say that they have measurxd many a mile
|
|
to tread a measure with you on this grassx
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|
rosalinex it is not sox ask them how many inches
|
|
is in one milex if they have measured manyx
|
|
the measurex thenx of one is easxly toldx
|
|
boyetx if to come hither you have measurxd milesx
|
|
and many milesx the princess bids you tell
|
|
how many inches doth fill up one milex
|
|
berownex tell her we measure them by weary stepsx
|
|
boyetx she hears herselfx
|
|
rosalinex how many weary steps
|
|
of many weary miles you have oxergone
|
|
are numbxred in the travel of one milex
|
|
berownex we number nothing that we spend for youx
|
|
our duty is so richx so infinitex
|
|
that we may do it still without accomptx
|
|
vouchsafe to show the sunshine of your facex
|
|
that wex like savagesx may worship itx
|
|
rosalinex my face is but a moonx and clouded toox
|
|
kingx blessed are cloudsx to do as such clouds dox
|
|
vouchsafex bright moonx and these thy starsx to shinex
|
|
those clouds removedx upon our watery eynex
|
|
rosalinex o vain petitionerx beg a greater matterx
|
|
thou now requests but moonshine in the waterx
|
|
kingx then in our measure do but vouchsafe one changex
|
|
thou bidxst me begx this begging is not strangex
|
|
rosalinex playx musicx thenx nayx you must do it soonx
|
|
not yetx no dancex thus change i like the moonx
|
|
kingx will you not dancex how come you thus estrangedx
|
|
rosalinex you took the moon at fullx but now shexs changedx
|
|
kingx yet still she is the moonx and i the manx
|
|
the music playsx vouchsafe some motion to itx
|
|
rosalinex our ears vouchsafe itx
|
|
kingx but your legs should do itx
|
|
rosalinex since you are strangersx and come here by chancex
|
|
wexll not be nicex take handsx we will not dancex
|
|
kingx why take we hands thenx
|
|
rosalinex only to part friendsx
|
|
curtsyx sweet heartsx and so the measure endsx
|
|
kingx more measure of this measurex be not nicex
|
|
rosalinex we can afford no more at such a pricex
|
|
kingx price you yourselvesx what buys your companyx
|
|
rosalinex your absence onlyx
|
|
kingx that can never bex
|
|
rosalinex then cannot we be boughtx and so adieux
|
|
twice to your visor and half once to youx
|
|
kingx if you deny to dancex letxs hold more chatx
|
|
rosalinex in private thenx
|
|
kingx i am best pleasxd with thatx xthey converse apartx
|
|
berownex whitexhanded mistressx one sweet word with theex
|
|
princess of francex honeyx and milkx and sugarx there is threex
|
|
berownex nayx thenx two treysx an if you grow so nicex
|
|
metheglinx wortx and malmseyx well run dicex
|
|
therexs half a dozen sweetsx
|
|
princess of francex seventh sweetx adieux
|
|
since you can cogx ixll play no more with youx
|
|
berownex one word in secretx
|
|
princess of francex let it not be sweetx
|
|
berownex thou grievest my gallx
|
|
princess of francex gallx bitterx
|
|
berownex therefore meetx xthey converse apartx
|
|
dumainx will you vouchsafe with me to change a wordx
|
|
mariax name itx
|
|
dumainx fair ladyx
|
|
mariax say you sox fair lordx
|
|
take that for your fair ladyx
|
|
dumainx please it youx
|
|
as much in privatex and ixll bid adieux
|
|
xthey converse apartx
|
|
katharinex whatx was your vizard made without a tonguex
|
|
longavillex i know the reasonx ladyx why you askx
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katharinex o for your reasonx quicklyx sirx i longx
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longavillex you have a double tongue within your maskx
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and would afford my speechless vizard halfx
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katharinex xvealx quoth the dutchmanx is not xvealx a calfx
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longavillex a calfx fair ladyx
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katharinex nox a fair lord calfx
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longavillex letxs part the wordx
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katharinex nox ixll not be your halfx
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take all and wean itx it may prove an oxx
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longavillex look how you butt yourself in these sharp mocksx
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will you give hornsx chaste ladyx do not sox
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katharinex then die a calfx before your horns do growx
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longavillex one word in private with you ere i diex
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katharinex bleat softlyx thenx the butcher hears you cryx
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xthey converse apartx
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boyetx the tongues of mocking wenches are as keen
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as is the razorxs edge invisiblex
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cutting a smaller hair than may be seenx
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above the sense of sensex so sensible
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seemeth their conferencex their conceits have wingsx
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fleeter than arrowsx bulletsx windx thoughtx swifter thingsx
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rosalinex not one word morex my maidsx break offx break offx
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berownex by heavenx all dryxbeaten with pure scoffx
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kingx farewellx mad wenchesx you have simple witsx
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exeunt kingx lordsx and blackamoors
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princess of francex twenty adieusx my frozen muscovitsx
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are these the breed of wits so wondered atx
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boyetx tapers they arex with your sweet breaths puffxd outx
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rosalinex wellxliking wits they havex grossx grossx fatx fatx
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princess of francex o poverty in witx kinglyxpoor floutx
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will they notx think youx hang themselves toxnightx
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or ever but in vizards show their facesx
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this pert berowne was out of countxnance quitex
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rosalinex they were all in lamentable casesx
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the king was weepingxripe for a good wordx
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princess of francex berowne did swear himself out of all suitx
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mariax dumain was at my servicex and his swordx
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xno pointx quoth ix my servant straight was mutex
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katharinex lord longaville said i came oxer his heartx
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and trow you what he callxd mex
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princess of francex qualmx perhapsx
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katharinex yesx in good faithx
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princess of francex gox sickness as thou artx
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rosalinex wellx better wits have worn plain statutexcapsx
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but will you hearx the king is my love swornx
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princess of francex and quick berowne hath plighted faith to mex
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katharinex and longaville was for my service bornx
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mariax dumain is minex as sure as bark on treex
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boyetx madamx and pretty mistressesx give earx
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immediately they will again be here
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in their own shapesx for it can never be
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they will digest this harsh indignityx
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princess of francex will they returnx
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boyetx they willx they willx god knowsx
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and leap for joyx though they are lame with blowsx
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thereforex change favoursx andx when they repairx
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blow like sweet roses in this summer airx
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princess of francex how blowx how blowx speak to be understoodx
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boyetx fair ladies maskxd are roses in their budx
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dismaskxdx their damask sweet commixture shownx
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are angels vailing cloudsx or roses blownx
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princess of francex avauntx perplexityx what shall we do
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if they return in their own shapes to woox
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rosalinex good madamx if by me youxll be advisxdx
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letxs mock them stillx as well known as disguisxdx
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let us complain to them what fools were herex
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disguisxd like muscovitesx in shapeless gearx
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and wonder what they werex and to what end
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their shallow shows and prologue vilely pennxdx
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and their rough carriage so ridiculousx
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should be presented at our tent to usx
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boyetx ladiesx withdrawx the gallants are at handx
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princess of francex whip to our tentsx as roes run oxer landx
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exeunt princessx rosalinex katharinex and maria
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rexenter the kingx berownex longavillex and dumainx
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in their proper habits
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kingx fair sirx god save youx wherexs the princessx
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boyetx gone to her tentx please it your majesty
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command me any service to her thitherx
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kingx that she vouchsafe me audience for one wordx
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boyetx i willx and so will shex i knowx my lordx exit
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berownex this fellow pecks up wit as pigeons peasex
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and utters it again when god doth pleasex
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he is witxs pedlarx and retails his wares
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|
at wakesx and wassailsx meetingsx marketsx fairsx
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and we that sell by grossx the lord doth knowx
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have not the grace to grace it with such showx
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this gallant pins the wenches on his sleevex
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had he been adamx he had tempted evex
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xa can carve toox and lispx why this is he
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that kissxd his hand away in courtesyx
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this is the ape of formx monsieur the nicex
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thatx when he plays at tablesx chides the dice
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in honourable termsx nayx he can sing
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a mean most meanlyx and in usheringx
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mend him who canx the ladies call him sweetx
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the stairsx as he treads on themx kiss his feetx
|
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this is the flowxr that smiles on every onex
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to show his teeth as white as whalesxbonex
|
|
and consciences that will not die in debt
|
|
pay him the due of xhoneyxtongued boyetxx
|
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kingx a blister on his sweet tonguex with my heartx
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that put armadoxs page out of his partx
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rexenter the princessx ushered by boyetx rosalinex
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|
mariax and katharine
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berownex see where it comesx behaviourx what wert thou
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|
till this man showxd theex and what art thou nowx
|
|
kingx all hailx sweet madamx and fair time of dayx
|
|
princess of francex xfairx in xall hailx is foulx as i conceivex
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kingx construe my speeches betterx if you mayx
|
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princess of francex then wish me betterx i will give you leavex
|
|
kingx we came to visit youx and purpose now
|
|
to lead you to our courtx vouchsafe it thenx
|
|
princess of francex this field shall hold mex and so hold your vowx
|
|
nor godx nor ix delights in perjurxd menx
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|
kingx rebuke me not for that which you provokex
|
|
the virtue of your eye must break my oathx
|
|
princess of francex you nickname virtuex vice you should have
|
|
spokex
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|
for virtuexs office never breaks menxs trothx
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now by my maiden honourx yet as pure
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|
as the unsullied lilyx i protestx
|
|
a world of torments though i should endurex
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|
i would not yield to be your housexs guestx
|
|
so much i hate a breaking cause to be
|
|
of heavenly oathsx vowed with integrityx
|
|
kingx ox you have livxd in desolation herex
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|
unseenx unvisitedx much to our shamex
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|
princess of francex not sox my lordx it is not sox i swearx
|
|
we have had pastimes herex and pleasant gamex
|
|
a mess of russians left us but of latex
|
|
kingx howx madamx russiansx
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princess of francex ayx in truthx my lordx
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|
trim gallantsx full of courtship and of statex
|
|
rosalinex madamx speak truex it is not sox my lordx
|
|
my ladyx to the manner of the daysx
|
|
in courtesy gives undeserving praisex
|
|
we four indeed confronted were with four
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|
in russian habitx here they stayed an hour
|
|
and talkxd apacex and in that hourx my lordx
|
|
they did not bless us with one happy wordx
|
|
i dare not call them foolsx but this i thinkx
|
|
when they are thirstyx fools would fain have drinkx
|
|
berownex this jest is dry to mex fair gentle sweetx
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|
your wit makes wise things foolishx when we greetx
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|
with eyes best seeingx heavenxs fiery eyex
|
|
by light we lose lightx your capacity
|
|
is of that nature that to your huge store
|
|
wise things seem foolish and rich things but poorx
|
|
rosalinex this proves you wise and richx for in my eyex
|
|
berownex i am a foolx and full of povertyx
|
|
rosalinex but that you take what doth to you belongx
|
|
it were a fault to snatch words from my tonguex
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|
berownex ox i am yoursx and all that i possessx
|
|
rosalinex all the fool minex
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|
berownex i cannot give you lessx
|
|
rosalinex which of the vizards was it that you worex
|
|
berownex wherex whenx what vizardx why demand you thisx
|
|
rosalinex therex thenx that vizardx that superfluous case
|
|
that hid the worse and showxd the better facex
|
|
kingx we were descriedx theyxll mock us now downrightx
|
|
dumainx let us confessx and turn it to a jestx
|
|
princess of francex amazxdx my lordx why looks your highness sadx
|
|
rosalinex helpx hold his browsx hexll swoonx why look you palex
|
|
seaxsickx i thinkx coming from muscovyx
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|
berownex thus pour the stars down plagues for perjuryx
|
|
can any face of brass hold longer outx
|
|
here stand ix ladyx dart thy skill at mex
|
|
bruise me with scornx confound me with a floutx
|
|
thrust thy sharp wit quite through my ignorancex
|
|
cut me to pieces with thy keen conceitx
|
|
and i will wish thee never more to dancex
|
|
nor never more in russian habit waitx
|
|
ox never will i trust to speeches pennxdx
|
|
nor to the motion of a schoolxboyxs tonguex
|
|
nor never come in vizard to my friendx
|
|
nor woo in rhymex like a blind harperxs songx
|
|
taffeta phrasesx silken terms precisex
|
|
threexpilxd hyperbolesx spruce affectationx
|
|
figures pedanticalx these summerxflies
|
|
have blown me full of maggot ostentationx
|
|
i do forswear themx and i here protestx
|
|
by this white glovex how white the handx god knowsxx
|
|
henceforth my wooing mind shall be expressxd
|
|
in russet yeasx and honest kersey noesx
|
|
andx to beginx wenchx so god help mex lawxx
|
|
my love to thee is soundx sans crack or flawx
|
|
rosalinex sans xsansxx i pray youx
|
|
berownex yet i have a trick
|
|
of the old ragex bear with mex i am sickx
|
|
ixll leave it by degreesx softx let us seex
|
|
write xlord have mercy on usx on those threex
|
|
they are infectedx in their hearts it liesx
|
|
they have the plaguex and caught it of your eyesx
|
|
these lords are visitedx you are not freex
|
|
for the lordxs tokens on you do i seex
|
|
princess of francex nox they are free that gave these tokens to usx
|
|
berownex our states are forfeitx seek not to undo usx
|
|
rosalinex it is not sox for how can this be truex
|
|
that you stand forfeitx being those that suex
|
|
berownex peacex for i will not have to do with youx
|
|
rosalinex nor shall notx if i do as i intendx
|
|
berownex speak for yourselvesx my wit is at an endx
|
|
kingx teach usx sweet madamx for our rude transgression
|
|
some fair excusex
|
|
princess of francex the fairest is confessionx
|
|
were not you here but even nowx disguisxdx
|
|
kingx madamx i wasx
|
|
princess of francex and were you well advisxdx
|
|
kingx i wasx fair madamx
|
|
princess of francex when you then were herex
|
|
what did you whisper in your ladyxs earx
|
|
kingx that more than all the world i did respect herx
|
|
princess of francex when she shall challenge thisx you will reject
|
|
herx
|
|
kingx upon mine honourx nox
|
|
princess of francex peacex peacex forbearx
|
|
your oath once brokex you force not to forswearx
|
|
kingx despise me when i break this oath of minex
|
|
princess of francex i willx and therefore keep itx rosalinex
|
|
what did the russian whisper in your earx
|
|
rosalinex madamx he swore that he did hold me dear
|
|
as precious eyesightx and did value me
|
|
above this worldx adding theretox moreoverx
|
|
that he would wed mex or else die my loverx
|
|
princess of francex god give thee joy of himx the noble lord
|
|
most honourably doth uphold his wordx
|
|
kingx what mean youx madamx by my lifex my trothx
|
|
i never swore this lady such an oathx
|
|
rosalinex by heavenx you didx andx to confirm it plainx
|
|
you gave me thisx but take itx sirx againx
|
|
kingx my faith and this the princess i did givex
|
|
i knew her by this jewel on her sleevex
|
|
princess of francex pardon mex sirx this jewel did she wearx
|
|
and lord berownex i thank himx is my dearx
|
|
whatx will you have mex or your pearl againx
|
|
berownex neither of eitherx i remit both twainx
|
|
i see the trick onxtx here was a consentx
|
|
knowing aforehand of our merrimentx
|
|
to dash it like a christmas comedyx
|
|
some carryxtalex some pleasexmanx some slight zanyx
|
|
some mumblexnewsx some trencherxknightx some dickx
|
|
that smiles his cheek in years and knows the trick
|
|
to make my lady laugh when shexs disposxdx
|
|
told our intents beforex which once disclosxdx
|
|
the ladies did change favoursx and then wex
|
|
following the signsx wooxd but the sign of shex
|
|
nowx to our perjury to add more terrorx
|
|
we are again forsworn in will and errorx
|
|
much upon this it isx xto boyetx and might not you
|
|
forestall our sportx to make us thus untruex
|
|
do not you know my ladyxs foot by thx squierx
|
|
and laugh upon the apple of her eyex
|
|
and stand between her backx sirx and the firex
|
|
holding a trencherx jesting merrilyx
|
|
you put our page outx gox you are allowxdx
|
|
die when you willx a smock shall be your shroudx
|
|
you leer upon mex do youx therexs an eye
|
|
wounds like a leaden swordx
|
|
boyetx full merrily
|
|
hath this brave managex this careerx been runx
|
|
berownex lox he is tilting straightx peacex i have donex
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|
|
|
enter costard
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|
|
|
welcomex pure witx thou partxst a fair frayx
|
|
costardx o lordx sirx they would know
|
|
whether the three worthies shall come in or nox
|
|
berownex whatx are there but threex
|
|
costardx nox sirx but it is vara finex
|
|
for every one pursents threex
|
|
berownex and three times thrice is ninex
|
|
costardx not sox sirx under correctionx sirx
|
|
i hope it is not sox
|
|
you cannot beg usx sirx i can assure youx sirx we know what we
|
|
knowx
|
|
i hopex sirx three times thricex sirx
|
|
berownex is not ninex
|
|
costardx under correctionx sirx we know whereuntil it doth amountx
|
|
berownex by jovex i always took three threes for ninex
|
|
costardx o lordx sirx it were pity you should get your living by
|
|
reckxningx sirx
|
|
berownex how much is itx
|
|
costardx o lordx sirx the parties themselvesx the actorsx sirx will
|
|
show whereuntil it doth amountx for mine own partx i amx as they
|
|
sayx but to parfect one man in one poor manx pompion the greatx
|
|
sirx
|
|
berownex art thou one of the worthiesx
|
|
costardx it pleased them to think me worthy of pompey the greatx
|
|
for mine own partx i know not the degree of the worthyx but i am
|
|
to stand for himx
|
|
berownex gox bid them preparex
|
|
costardx we will turn it finely offx sirx we will take some carex
|
|
exit costard
|
|
kingx berownex they will shame usx let them not approachx
|
|
berownex we are shamexproofx my lordx and xtis some policy
|
|
to have one show worse than the kingxs and his companyx
|
|
kingx i say they shall not comex
|
|
princess of francex nayx my good lordx let me oxerrule you nowx
|
|
that sport best pleases that doth least know howx
|
|
where zeal strives to contentx and the contents
|
|
dies in the zeal of that which it presentsx
|
|
their form confounded makes most form in mirthx
|
|
when great things labouring perish in their birthx
|
|
berownex a right description of our sportx my lordx
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|
|
|
enter armado
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|
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|
armadox anointedx i implore so much expense of thy royal sweet
|
|
breath as will utter a brace of wordsx
|
|
xconverses apart with the kingx and delivers a paperx
|
|
princess of francex doth this man serve godx
|
|
berownex why ask youx
|
|
princess of francex xa speaks not like a man of god his makingx
|
|
armadox that is all onex my fairx sweetx honey monarchx forx i
|
|
protestx the schoolmaster is exceeding fantasticalx too too vainx
|
|
too too vainx but we will put itx as they sayx to fortuna de la
|
|
guerrax i wish you the peace of mindx most royal couplementx
|
|
exit armado
|
|
kingx here is like to be a good presence of worthiesx he presents
|
|
hector of troyx the swainx pompey the greatx the parish curatex
|
|
alexanderx arinadoxs pagex herculesx the pedantx judas
|
|
maccabaeusx
|
|
and if these four worthies in their first show thrivex
|
|
these four will change habits and present the other fivex
|
|
berownex there is five in the first showx
|
|
kingx you are deceivedx xtis not sox
|
|
berownex the pedantx the braggartx the hedgexpriestx the foolx and
|
|
the boyx
|
|
abate throw at novumx and the whole world again
|
|
cannot pick out five suchx take each one in his veinx
|
|
kingx the ship is under sailx and here she comes amainx
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|
|
|
enter costardx armed for pompey
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|
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|
costardx i pompey amx
|
|
berownex you liex you are not hex
|
|
costardx i pompey amx
|
|
boyetx with libbardxs head on kneex
|
|
berownex well saidx old mockerx i must needs be friends with theex
|
|
costardx i pompey amx pompey surnamxd the bigx
|
|
dumainx the greatx
|
|
costardx it is greatx sirx
|
|
pompey surnamxd the greatx
|
|
that oft in fieldx with targe and shieldx did make my foe to
|
|
sweatx
|
|
and travelling along this coastx i bere am come by chancex
|
|
and lay my arms before the legs of this sweet lass of francex
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|
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|
if your ladyship would say xthanksx pompeyxx i had donex
|
|
princess of francex great thanksx great pompeyx
|
|
costardx xtis not so much worthx but i hope i was perfectx
|
|
i made a little fault in greatx
|
|
berownex my hat to a halfpennyx pompey proves the best worthyx
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|
|
|
enter sir nathanielx for alexander
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|
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|
nathanielx when in the world i livxdx i was the worldxs commanderx
|
|
by eastx westx northx and southx i spread my conquering mightx
|
|
my scutcheon plain declares that i am alisanderx
|
|
boyetx your nose saysx nox you are notx for it stands to rightx
|
|
berownex your nose smells xnox in thisx most tenderxsmelling
|
|
knightx
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|
princess of francex the conqueror is dismayxdx proceedx good
|
|
alexanderx
|
|
nathanielx when in the world i livxdx i was the worldxs commanderx
|
|
boyetx most truex xtis rightx you were sox alisanderx
|
|
berownex pompey the greatx
|
|
costardx your servantx and costardx
|
|
berownex take away the conquerorx take away alisanderx
|
|
costardx xto sir nathanielx ox sirx you have overthrown alisander
|
|
the conquerorx you will be scrapxd out of the painted cloth for
|
|
thisx your lionx that holds his poleaxe sitting on a closexstoolx
|
|
will be given to ajaxx he will be the ninth worthyx a conqueror
|
|
and afeard to speakx run away for shamex alisanderx
|
|
xsir nathaniel retiresx therex anxt shall please youx a foolish
|
|
mild manx an honest manx look youx and soon dashxdx he is a
|
|
marvellous good neighbourx faithx and a very good bowlerx but for
|
|
alisanderx alasx you see how xtisx a little oxerpartedx but there
|
|
are worthies axcoming will speak their mind in some other sortx
|
|
princess of francex stand asidex good pompeyx
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|
|
|
enter holofernesx for judasx and mothx for hercules
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|
|
|
holofernesx great hercules is presented by this impx
|
|
whose club killxd cerberusx that threexheaded canusx
|
|
and when be was a babex a childx a shrimpx
|
|
thus did he strangle serpents in his manusx
|
|
quoniam he seemeth in minorityx
|
|
ergo i come with this apologyx
|
|
keep some state in thy exitx and vanishx xmoth retiresx
|
|
judas i amx
|
|
dumainx a judasx
|
|
holofernesx not iscariotx sirx
|
|
judas i amx ycliped maccabaeusx
|
|
dumainx judas maccabaeus clipt is plain judasx
|
|
berownex a kissing traitorx how art thou provxd judasx
|
|
holofernesx judas i amx
|
|
dumainx the more shame for youx judasx
|
|
holofernesx what mean youx sirx
|
|
boyetx to make judas hang himselfx
|
|
holofernesx beginx sirx you are my elderx
|
|
berownex well followedx judas was hanged on an elderx
|
|
holofernesx i will not be put out of countenancex
|
|
berownex because thou hast no facex
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holofernesx what is thisx
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boyetx a citternxheadx
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dumainx the head of a bodkinx
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berownex a deathxs face in a ringx
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longavillex the face of an old roman coinx scarce seenx
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boyetx the pommel of coesarxs falchionx
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dumainx the carvxdxbone face on a flaskx
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berownex saint georgexs halfxcheek in a broochx
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dumainx ayx and in a brooch of leadx
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berownex ayx and worn in the cap of a toothxdrawerx and nowx
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forwardx for we have put thee in countenancex
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holofernesx you have put me out of countenancex
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berownex falsex we have given thee facesx
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holofernesx but you have outfacxd them allx
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berownex an thou wert a lion we would do sox
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boyetx thereforex as he is an assx let him gox
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and so adieux sweet judex nayx why dost thou stayx
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dumainx for the latter end of his namex
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berownex for the ass to the judex give it himx judxasx awayx
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holofernesx this is not generousx not gentlex not humblex
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boyetx a light for monsieur judasx it grows darkx he may stumblex
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xholofernes retiresx
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princess of francex alasx poor maccabaeusx how hath he been baitedx
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enter armadox for hector
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berownex hide thy headx achillesx here comes hector in armsx
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dumainx though my mocks come home by mex i will now be merryx
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kingx hector was but a troyan in respect of thisx
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boyetx but is this hectorx
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dumainx i think hector was not so cleanxtimberxdx
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longavillex his leg is too big for hectorxsx
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dumainx more calfx certainx
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boyetx nox he is best indued in the smallx
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berownex this cannot be hectorx
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dumainx hexs a god or a painterx for he makes facesx
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armadox the armipotent marsx of lances the almightyx
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gave hector a giftx
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dumainx a gilt nutmegx
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berownex a lemonx
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longavillex stuck with clovesx
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dumainx nox clovenx
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armadox peacex
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the armipotent marsx of lances the almightyx
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gave hector a giftx the heir of ilionx
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a man so breathed that certain he would fight yex
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from morn till night out of his pavilionx
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i am that flowerx
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dumainx that mintx
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longavillex that columbinex
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armadox sweet lord longavillex rein thy tonguex
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longavillex i must rather give it the reinx for it runs against
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hectorx
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dumainx ayx and hectorxs a greyhoundx
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armadox the sweet warxman is dead and rottenx sweet chucksx beat
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not the bones of the buriedx when he breathedx he was a manx but
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i will forward with my devicex xto the princessx sweet royaltyx
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bestow on me the sense of hearingx
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xberowne steps forthx and speaks to costardx
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princess of francex speakx brave hectorx we are much delightedx
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armadox i do adore thy sweet gracexs slipperx
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boyetx xaside to dumainx loves her by the footx
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dumainx xaside to boyetx he may not by the yardx
|
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armadox this hector far surmounted hannibalx
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costardx the party is gonex fellow hectorx she is gonex she is two
|
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months on her wayx
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armadox what meanest thoux
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costardx faithx unless you play the honest troyanx the poor wench
|
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is cast awayx shexs quickx the child brags in her belly alreadyx
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xtis yoursx
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armadox dost thou infamonize me among potentatesx thou shalt diex
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costardx then shall hector be whipt for jaquenetta that is quick by
|
|
himx and hangxd for pompey that is dead by himx
|
|
dumainx most rare pompeyx
|
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boyetx renowned pompeyx
|
|
berownex greater than greatx greatx greatx great pompeyx pompey the
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hugex
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dumainx hector tremblesx
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berownex pompey is movedx more atesx more atesx stir them onx stir
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them onx
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dumainx hector will challenge himx
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berownex ayx if xa have no more manxs blood in his belly than will
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sup a fleax
|
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armadox by the north polex i do challenge theex
|
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costardx i will not fight with a polex like a northern manx ixll
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slashx ixll do it by the swordx i bepray youx let me borrow my
|
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arms againx
|
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dumainx room for the incensed worthiesx
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costardx ixll do it in my shirtx
|
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dumainx most resolute pompeyx
|
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mothx masterx let me take you a buttonhole lowerx do you not see
|
|
pompey is uncasing for the combatx what mean youx you will lose
|
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your reputationx
|
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armadox gentlemen and soldiersx pardon mex i will not combat in my
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shirtx
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dumainx you may not deny itx pompey hath made the challengex
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armadox sweet bloodsx i both may and willx
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berownex what reason have you for xtx
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armadox the naked truth of it isx i have no shirtx i go woolward
|
|
for penancex
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boyetx truex and it was enjoined him in rome for want of linenx
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since whenx ixll be swornx he wore none but a dishclout of
|
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jaquenettaxsx and that xa wears next his heart for a favourx
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enter as messengerx monsieur marcade
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marcadex god save youx madamx
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princess of francex welcomex marcadex
|
|
but that thou interruptest our merrimentx
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marcadex i am sorryx madamx for the news i bring
|
|
is heavy in my tonguex the king your fatherx
|
|
princess of francex deadx for my lifex
|
|
marcadex even sox my tale is toldx
|
|
berownex worthies awayx the scene begins to cloudx
|
|
armadox for mine own partx i breathe free breathx i have seen the
|
|
day of wrong through the little hole of discretionx and i will
|
|
right myself like a soldierx exeunt worthies
|
|
kingx how fares your majestyx
|
|
princess of francex boyetx preparex i will away toxnightx
|
|
kingx madamx not sox i do beseech you stayx
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|
princess of francex preparex i sayx i thank youx gracious lordsx
|
|
for all your fair endeavoursx and entreatx
|
|
out of a newxsad soulx that you vouchsafe
|
|
in your rich wisdom to excuse or hide
|
|
the liberal opposition of our spiritsx
|
|
if overxboldly we have borne ourselves
|
|
in the converse of breathx your gentleness
|
|
was guilty of itx farewellx worthy lordx
|
|
a heavy heart bears not a nimble tonguex
|
|
excuse me sox coming too short of thanks
|
|
for my great suit so easily obtainxdx
|
|
kingx the extreme parts of time extremely forms
|
|
all causes to the purpose of his speedx
|
|
and often at his very loose decides
|
|
that which long process could not arbitratex
|
|
and though the mourning brow of progeny
|
|
forbid the smiling courtesy of love
|
|
the holy suit which fain it would convincex
|
|
yetx since lovexs argument was first on footx
|
|
let not the cloud of sorrow justle it
|
|
from what it purposxdx since to wail friends lost
|
|
is not by much so wholesomexprofitable
|
|
as to rejoice at friends but newly foundx
|
|
princess of francex i understand you notx my griefs are doublex
|
|
berownex honest plain words best pierce the ear of griefx
|
|
and by these badges understand the kingx
|
|
for your fair sakes have we neglected timex
|
|
playxd foul play with our oathsx your beautyx ladiesx
|
|
hath much deformed usx fashioning our humours
|
|
even to the opposed end of our intentsx
|
|
and what in us hath seemxd ridiculousx
|
|
as love is full of unbefitting strainsx
|
|
all wanton as a childx skipping and vainx
|
|
formxd by the eye and thereforex like the eyex
|
|
full of strange shapesx of habitsx and of formsx
|
|
varying in subjects as the eye doth roll
|
|
to every varied object in his glancex
|
|
which partixcoated presence of loose love
|
|
put on by usx if in your heavenly eyes
|
|
have misbecomxd our oaths and gravitiesx
|
|
those heavenly eyes that look into these faults
|
|
suggested us to makex thereforex ladiesx
|
|
our love being yoursx the error that love makes
|
|
is likewise yoursx we to ourselves prove falsex
|
|
by being once false for ever to be true
|
|
to those that make us bothx fair ladiesx youx
|
|
and even that falsehoodx in itself a sinx
|
|
thus purifies itself and turns to gracex
|
|
princess of francex we have receivxd your lettersx full of lovex
|
|
your favoursx the ambassadors of lovex
|
|
andx in our maiden councilx rated them
|
|
at courtshipx pleasant jestx and courtesyx
|
|
as bombast and as lining to the timex
|
|
but more devout than this in our respects
|
|
have we not beenx and therefore met your loves
|
|
in their own fashionx like a merrimentx
|
|
dumainx our lettersx madamx showxd much more than jestx
|
|
longavillex so did our looksx
|
|
rosalinex we did not quote them sox
|
|
kingx nowx at the latest minute of the hourx
|
|
grant us your lovesx
|
|
princess of francex a timex methinksx too short
|
|
to make a worldxwithoutxend bargain inx
|
|
nox nox my lordx your grace is perjurxd muchx
|
|
full of dear guiltinessx and therefore thisx
|
|
if for my lovex as there is no such causex
|
|
you will do aughtx this shall you do for mex
|
|
your oath i will not trustx but go with speed
|
|
to some forlorn and naked hermitagex
|
|
remote from all the pleasures of the worldx
|
|
there stay until the twelve celestial signs
|
|
have brought about the annual reckoningx
|
|
if this austere insociable life
|
|
change not your offer made in heat of bloodx
|
|
if frosts and fastsx hard lodging and thin weedsx
|
|
nip not the gaudy blossoms of your lovex
|
|
but that it bear this trialx and last lovex
|
|
thenx at the expiration of the yearx
|
|
comex challenge mex challenge me by these desertsx
|
|
andx by this virgin palm now kissing thinex
|
|
i will be thinex andx till that instantx shut
|
|
my woeful self up in a mournful housex
|
|
raining the tears of lamentation
|
|
for the remembrance of my fatherxs deathx
|
|
if this thou do denyx let our hands partx
|
|
neither intitled in the otherxs heartx
|
|
kingx if thisx or more than thisx i would denyx
|
|
to flatter up these powers of mine with restx
|
|
the sudden hand of death close up mine eyex
|
|
hence hermit thenx my heart is in thy breastx
|
|
berownex and what to mex my lovex and what to mex
|
|
rosalinex you must he purged toox your sins are rackxdx
|
|
you are attaint with faults and perjuryx
|
|
thereforex if you my favour mean to getx
|
|
a twelvemonth shall you spendx and never restx
|
|
but seek the weary beds of people sickx
|
|
dumainx but what to mex my lovex but what to mex
|
|
a wifex
|
|
katharinex a beardx fair healthx and honestyx
|
|
with threefold love i wish you all these threex
|
|
dumainx ox shall i say i thank youx gentle wifex
|
|
katharinex no sox my lordx a twelvemonth and a day
|
|
ixll mark no words that smoothxfacxd wooers sayx
|
|
come when the king doth to my lady comex
|
|
thenx if i have much lovex ixll give you somex
|
|
dumainx ixll serve thee true and faithfully till thenx
|
|
katharinex yet swear notx lest ye be forsworn againx
|
|
longavillex what says mariax
|
|
mariax at the twelvemonthxs end
|
|
ixll change my black gown for a faithful friendx
|
|
longavillex ixll stay with patiencex but the time is longx
|
|
mariax the liker youx few taller are so youngx
|
|
berownex studies my ladyx mistressx look on mex
|
|
behold the window of my heartx mine eyex
|
|
what humble suit attends thy answer therex
|
|
impose some service on me for thy lovex
|
|
rosalinex oft have i heard of youx my lord berownex
|
|
before i saw youx and the worldxs large tongue
|
|
proclaims you for a man replete with mocksx
|
|
full of comparisons and wounding floutsx
|
|
which you on all estates will execute
|
|
that lie within the mercy of your witx
|
|
to weed this wormwood from your fruitful brainx
|
|
and therewithal to win mex if you pleasex
|
|
without the which i am not to be wonx
|
|
you shall this twelvemonth term from day to day
|
|
visit the speechless sickx and still converse
|
|
with groaning wretchesx and your task shall bex
|
|
with all the fierce endeavour of your witx
|
|
to enforce the pained impotent to smilex
|
|
berownex to move wild laughter in the throat of deathx
|
|
it cannot bex it is impossiblex
|
|
mirth cannot move a soul in agonyx
|
|
rosalinex whyx thatxs the way to choke a gibing spiritx
|
|
whose influence is begot of that loose grace
|
|
which shallow laughing hearers give to foolsx
|
|
a jestxs prosperity lies in the ear
|
|
of him that hears itx never in the tongue
|
|
of him that makes itx thenx if sickly earsx
|
|
deafxd with the clamours of their own dear groansx
|
|
will hear your idle scornsx continue thenx
|
|
and i will have you and that fault withalx
|
|
but if they will notx throw away that spiritx
|
|
and i shall find you empty of that faultx
|
|
right joyful of your reformationx
|
|
berownex a twelvemonthx wellx befall what will befallx
|
|
ixll jest a twelvemonth in an hospitalx
|
|
princess of francex x to the kingx ayx sweet my lordx and so i take
|
|
my leavex
|
|
kingx nox madamx we will bring you on your wayx
|
|
berownex our wooing doth not end like an old playx
|
|
jack hath not jillx these ladiesx courtesy
|
|
might well have made our sport a comedyx
|
|
kingx comex sirx it wants a twelvemonth anx a dayx
|
|
and then xtwill endx
|
|
berownex thatxs too long for a playx
|
|
|
|
rexenter armado
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armadox sweet majestyx vouchsafe mex
|
|
princess of francex was not that not hectorx
|
|
dumainx the worthy knight of troyx
|
|
armadox i will kiss thy royal fingerx and take leavex i am a
|
|
votaryx i have vowxd to jaquenetta to hold the plough for her
|
|
sweet love three yearx butx most esteemed greatnessx will you
|
|
hear the dialogue that the two learned men have compiled in
|
|
praise of the owl and the cuckoox it should have followed in the
|
|
end of our showx
|
|
kingx call them forth quicklyx we will do sox
|
|
armadox hollax approachx
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|
|
|
enter all
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|
this side is hiemsx winterx this verx the springx the one
|
|
maintained by the owlx thx other by the cuckoox verx beginx
|
|
|
|
spring
|
|
when daisies pied and violets blue
|
|
and ladyxsmocks all silverxwhite
|
|
and cuckooxbuds of yellow hue
|
|
do paint the meadows with delightx
|
|
the cuckoo then on every tree
|
|
mocks married menx for thus sings hex
|
|
xcuckoox
|
|
cuckoox cuckooxx o word of fearx
|
|
unpleasing to a married earx
|
|
|
|
when shepherds pipe on oaten strawsx
|
|
and merry larks are ploughmenxs clocksx
|
|
when turtles treadx and rooks and dawsx
|
|
and maidens bleach their summer smocksx
|
|
the cuckoo then on every tree
|
|
mocks married menx for thus sings hex
|
|
xcuckoox
|
|
cuckoox cuckooxx o word of fearx
|
|
unpleasing to a married earx
|
|
|
|
winter
|
|
|
|
when icicles hang by the wallx
|
|
and dick the shepherd blows his nailx
|
|
and tom bears logs into the hallx
|
|
and milk comes frozen home in pailx
|
|
when blood is nippxdx and ways be foulx
|
|
then nightly sings the staring owlx
|
|
xtuxwhox
|
|
tuxwhitx tuxwhoxx a merry notex
|
|
while greasy joan doth keel the potx
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|
|
|
when all aloud the wind doth blowx
|
|
and coughing drowns the parsonxs sawx
|
|
and birds sit brooding in the snowx
|
|
and marianxs nose looks red and rawx
|
|
when roasted crabs hiss in the bowlx
|
|
then nightly sings the staring owlx
|
|
xtuxwhox
|
|
tuxwhitx toxwhoxx a merry notex
|
|
while greasy joan doth keel the potx
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|
|
|
armadox the words of mercury are harsh after the songs of apollox
|
|
you that wayx we this wayx exeunt
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macbeth
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contents
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act i
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scene ix an open placex
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scene iix a camp near forresx
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scene iiix a heathx
|
|
scene ivx forresx a room in the palacex
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|
scene vx invernessx a room in macbethxs castlex
|
|
scene vix the samex before the castlex
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scene viix the samex a lobby in the castlex
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act ii
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scene ix invernessx court within the castlex
|
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scene iix the samex
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scene iiix the samex
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scene ivx the samex without the castlex
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act iii
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scene ix forresx a room in the palacex
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scene iix the samex another room in the palacex
|
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scene iiix the samex a park or lawnx with a gate leading to the palacex
|
|
scene ivx the samex a room of state in the palacex
|
|
scene vx the heathx
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scene vix forresx a room in the palacex
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act iv
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scene ix a dark cavex in the middlex a cauldron boilingx
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scene iix fifex a room in macduffxs castlex
|
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scene iiix englandx before the kingxs palacex
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act v
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scene ix dunsinanex a room in the castlex
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scene iix the country near dunsinanex
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scene iiix dunsinanex a room in the castlex
|
|
scene ivx country near dunsinanex a wood in viewx
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|
scene vx dunsinanex within the castlex
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scene vix the samex a plain before the castlex
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scene viix the samex another part of the plainx
|
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scene viiix the samex another part of the fieldx
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dramatis personx
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duncanx king of scotlandx
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|
malcolmx his sonx
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|
donalbainx his sonx
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|
macbethx general in the kingxs armyx
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|
banquox general in the kingxs armyx
|
|
macduffx nobleman of scotlandx
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|
lennoxx nobleman of scotlandx
|
|
rossx nobleman of scotlandx
|
|
menteithx nobleman of scotlandx
|
|
angusx nobleman of scotlandx
|
|
caithnessx nobleman of scotlandx
|
|
fleancex son to banquox
|
|
siwardx earl of northumberlandx general of the english forcesx
|
|
young siwardx his sonx
|
|
seytonx an officer attending on macbethx
|
|
boyx son to macduffx
|
|
an english doctorx
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a scottish doctorx
|
|
a soldierx
|
|
a porterx
|
|
an old manx
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|
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lady macbethx
|
|
lady macduffx
|
|
gentlewoman attending on lady macbethx
|
|
hecatex and three witchesx
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|
lordsx gentlemenx officersx soldiersx murderersx attendants and
|
|
messengersx
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|
|
the ghost of banquo and several other apparitionsx
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|
|
|
scenex in the end of the fourth actx in englandx through the rest of
|
|
the playx in scotlandx and chiefly at macbethxs castlex
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act i
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scene ix an open placex
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thunder and lightningx enter three witchesx
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first witchx
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when shall we three meet againx
|
|
in thunderx lightningx or in rainx
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second witchx
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when the hurlyburlyxs donex
|
|
when the battlexs lost and wonx
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third witchx
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that will be ere the set of sunx
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first witchx
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where the placex
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second witchx
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upon the heathx
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third witchx
|
|
there to meet with macbethx
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first witchx
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i comex graymalkinx
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second witchx
|
|
paddock callsx
|
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third witchx
|
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anonx
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allx
|
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fair is foulx and foul is fairx
|
|
hover through the fog and filthy airx
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene iix a camp near forresx
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alarum withinx enter king duncanx malcolmx donalbainx lennoxx with
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attendantsx meeting a bleeding captainx
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duncanx
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what bloody man is thatx he can reportx
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as seemeth by his plightx of the revolt
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the newest statex
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malcolmx
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this is the sergeant
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whox like a good and hardy soldierx fought
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xgainst my captivityxxhailx brave friendx
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say to the king the knowledge of the broil
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as thou didst leave itx
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soldierx
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doubtful it stoodx
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as two spent swimmers that do cling together
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and choke their artx the merciless macdonwald
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xworthy to be a rebelx for to that
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the multiplying villainies of nature
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do swarm upon himx from the western isles
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of kerns and gallowglasses is suppliedx
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and fortunex on his damned quarrel smilingx
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showxd like a rebelxs whorex but allxs too weakx
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for brave macbeth xwell he deserves that namexx
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disdaining fortunex with his brandishxd steelx
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which smokxd with bloody executionx
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like valourxs minionx carvxd out his passagex
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till he facxd the slavex
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which nexer shook handsx nor bade farewell to himx
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till he unseamxd him from the nave to the chopsx
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and fixxd his head upon our battlementsx
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duncanx
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o valiant cousinx worthy gentlemanx
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soldierx
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as whence the sun xgins his reflection
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shipwracking storms and direful thunders breakx
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so from that springx whence comfort seemxd to come
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discomfort swellsx markx king of scotlandx markx
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no sooner justice hadx with valour armxdx
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compellxd these skipping kerns to trust their heelsx
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but the norweyan lordx surveying vantagex
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with furbishxd arms and new supplies of menx
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began a fresh assaultx
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duncanx
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dismayxd not this
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our captainsx macbeth and banquox
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soldierx
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yesx
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as sparrows eaglesx or the hare the lionx
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if i say soothx i must report they were
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as cannons overchargxd with double cracksx
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so they
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doubly redoubled strokes upon the foex
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except they meant to bathe in reeking woundsx
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or memorize another golgothax
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i cannot tellx
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but i am faintx my gashes cry for helpx
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duncanx
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so well thy words become thee as thy woundsx
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they smack of honour bothxxgox get him surgeonsx
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xxexit captainx attendedxxx
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enter ross and angusx
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who comes herex
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malcolmx
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the worthy thane of rossx
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lennoxx
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what a haste looks through his eyesx so should he look
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that seems to speak things strangex
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rossx
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god save the kingx
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duncanx
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whence camxst thoux worthy thanex
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rossx
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from fifex great kingx
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where the norweyan banners flout the sky
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and fan our people coldx
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norway himselfx with terrible numbersx
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assisted by that most disloyal traitorx
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the thane of cawdorx began a dismal conflictx
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till that bellonaxs bridegroomx lappxd in proofx
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confronted him with selfxcomparisonsx
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point against pointx rebellious arm xgainst armx
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curbing his lavish spiritx andx to concludex
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the victory fell on usx
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duncanx
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great happinessx
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rossx
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that now
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swenox the norwaysx kingx craves compositionx
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nor would we deign him burial of his men
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till he disbursed at saint colmexs inch
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ten thousand dollars to our general usex
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duncanx
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no more that thane of cawdor shall deceive
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our bosom interestx go pronounce his present deathx
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and with his former title greet macbethx
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rossx
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ixll see it donex
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duncanx
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what he hath lostx noble macbeth hath wonx
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene iiix a heathx
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thunderx enter the three witchesx
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first witchx
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where hast thou beenx sisterx
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second witchx
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killing swinex
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third witchx
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sisterx where thoux
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first witchx
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a sailorxs wife had chestnuts in her lapx
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and mounchxdx and mounchxdx and mounchxdx xgive mexx quoth ix
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xaroint theex witchxx the rumpxfed ronyon criesx
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her husbandxs to aleppo gonex master ox thx xtigerxx
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but in a sieve ixll thither sailx
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andx like a rat without a tailx
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ixll dox ixll dox and ixll dox
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second witchx
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ixll give thee a windx
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first witchx
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thxart kindx
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third witchx
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and i anotherx
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first witchx
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i myself have all the otherx
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and the very ports they blowx
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all the quarters that they know
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ix the shipmanxs cardx
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i will drain him dry as hayx
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sleep shall neither night nor day
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hang upon his pentxhouse lidx
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he shall live a man forbidx
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weary sevxnxnights nine times ninex
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shall he dwindlex peakx and pinex
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though his bark cannot be lostx
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yet it shall be tempestxtostx
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look what i havex
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second witchx
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show mex show mex
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first witchx
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here i have a pilotxs thumbx
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wrackxd as homeward he did comex
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xxdrum withinxxx
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third witchx
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a drumx a drumx
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macbeth doth comex
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allx
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the weird sistersx hand in handx
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posters of the sea and landx
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thus do go aboutx aboutx
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thrice to thinex and thrice to minex
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and thrice againx to make up ninex
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peacexxthe charmxs wound upx
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enter macbeth and banquox
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macbethx
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so foul and fair a day i have not seenx
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banquox
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how far isxt callxd to forresxxwhat are thesex
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so witherxdx and so wild in their attirex
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that look not like the inhabitants ox thx earthx
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and yet are onxtxxlive youx or are you aught
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that man may questionx you seem to understand mex
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by each at once her choppy finger laying
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upon her skinny lipsx you should be womenx
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and yet your beards forbid me to interpret
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that you are sox
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macbethx
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speakx if you canxxwhat are youx
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first witchx
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all hailx macbethx hail to theex thane of glamisx
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second witchx
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all hailx macbethx hail to theex thane of cawdorx
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third witchx
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all hailx macbethx that shalt be king hereafterx
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banquox
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good sirx why do you start and seem to fear
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things that do sound so fairxxix thx name of truthx
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are ye fantasticalx or that indeed
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which outwardly ye showx my noble partner
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|
you greet with present grace and great prediction
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of noble having and of royal hopex
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that he seems rapt withalx to me you speak notx
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if you can look into the seeds of timex
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and say which grain will growx and which will notx
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speak then to mex who neither beg nor fear
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your favours nor your hatex
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first witchx
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hailx
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second witchx
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hailx
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third witchx
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hailx
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first witchx
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lesser than macbethx and greaterx
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second witchx
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not so happyx yet much happierx
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third witchx
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thou shalt get kingsx though thou be nonex
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so all hailx macbeth and banquox
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first witchx
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banquo and macbethx all hailx
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macbethx
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stayx you imperfect speakersx tell me morex
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by sinelxs death i know i am thane of glamisx
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but how of cawdorx the thane of cawdor livesx
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a prosperous gentlemanx and to be king
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|
stands not within the prospect of beliefx
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|
no more than to be cawdorx say from whence
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|
you owe this strange intelligencex or why
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|
upon this blasted heath you stop our way
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|
with such prophetic greetingxxspeakx i charge youx
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xxwitches vanishxxx
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banquox
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the earth hath bubblesx as the water hasx
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and these are of themx whither are they vanishxdx
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macbethx
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into the airx and what seemxd corporalx
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|
melted as breath into the windx
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would they had stayxdx
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banquox
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|
were such things here as we do speak aboutx
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or have we eaten on the insane root
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|
that takes the reason prisonerx
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macbethx
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your children shall be kingsx
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banquox
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you shall be kingx
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macbethx
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and thane of cawdor toox went it not sox
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banquox
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to the selfsame tune and wordsx whoxs herex
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enter ross and angusx
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rossx
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the king hath happily receivxdx macbethx
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|
the news of thy successx and when he reads
|
|
thy personal venture in the rebelsx fightx
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|
his wonders and his praises do contend
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|
which should be thine or hisx silencxd with thatx
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|
in viewing oxer the rest ox thx selfsame dayx
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|
he finds thee in the stout norweyan ranksx
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|
nothing afeard of what thyself didst makex
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|
strange images of deathx as thick as tale
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|
came post with postx and everyone did bear
|
|
thy praises in his kingdomxs great defencex
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|
and pourxd them down before himx
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angusx
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we are sent
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to give thee from our royal master thanksx
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only to herald thee into his sightx
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not pay theex
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rossx
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andx for an earnest of a greater honourx
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|
he bade mex from himx call thee thane of cawdorx
|
|
in which additionx hailx most worthy thanex
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|
for it is thinex
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banquox
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whatx can the devil speak truex
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macbethx
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the thane of cawdor livesx why do you dress me
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in borrowxd robesx
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angusx
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who was the thane lives yetx
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|
but under heavy judgement bears that life
|
|
which he deserves to losex whether he was combinxd
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|
with those of norwayx or did line the rebel
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|
with hidden help and vantagex or that with both
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|
he labourxd in his countryxs wrackx i know notx
|
|
but treasons capitalx confessxd and provxdx
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|
have overthrown himx
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macbethx
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xxasidexxx glamisx and thane of cawdorx
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|
the greatest is behindx xxto ross and angusxxx thanks for your painsx
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|
xxto banquoxxx do you not hope your children shall be kingsx
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|
when those that gave the thane of cawdor to me
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|
promisxd no less to themx
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banquox
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|
thatx trusted homex
|
|
might yet enkindle you unto the crownx
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|
besides the thane of cawdorx but xtis strangex
|
|
and oftentimes to win us to our harmx
|
|
the instruments of darkness tell us truthsx
|
|
win us with honest triflesx to betrayxs
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|
in deepest consequencexx
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|
cousinsx a wordx i pray youx
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macbethx
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xxasidexxx two truths are toldx
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|
as happy prologues to the swelling act
|
|
of the imperial themexxi thank youx gentlemenxx
|
|
xxasidexxx this supernatural soliciting
|
|
cannot be illx cannot be goodx if illx
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|
why hath it given me earnest of successx
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|
commencing in a truthx i am thane of cawdorx
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|
if goodx why do i yield to that suggestion
|
|
whose horrid image doth unfix my hairx
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|
and make my seated heart knock at my ribsx
|
|
against the use of naturex present fears
|
|
are less than horrible imaginingsx
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|
my thoughtx whose murder yet is but fantasticalx
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|
shakes so my single state of man
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|
that function is smotherxd in surmisex
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|
and nothing is but what is notx
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banquox
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lookx how our partnerxs raptx
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macbethx
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xxasidexxx if chance will have me kingx whyx chance may crown me
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without my stirx
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banquox
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new honours come upon himx
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|
like our strange garmentsx cleave not to their mould
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|
but with the aid of usex
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macbethx
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xxasidexxx come what come mayx
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time and the hour runs through the roughest dayx
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banquox
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worthy macbethx we stay upon your leisurex
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macbethx
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give me your favourx my dull brain was wrought
|
|
with things forgottenx kind gentlemenx your pains
|
|
are registerxd where every day i turn
|
|
the leaf to read themxxlet us toward the kingxx
|
|
think upon what hath chancxdx and at more timex
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|
the interim having weighxd itx let us speak
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|
our free hearts each to otherx
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banquox
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very gladlyx
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macbethx
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till thenx enoughxxcomex friendsx
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene ivx forresx a room in the palacex
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flourishx enter duncanx malcolmx donalbainx lennox and attendantsx
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duncanx
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is execution done on cawdorx are not
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those in commission yet returnxdx
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malcolmx
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my liegex
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they are not yet come backx but i have spoke
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with one that saw him diex who did reportx
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that very frankly he confessxd his treasonsx
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implorxd your highnessx pardonx and set forth
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|
a deep repentancex nothing in his life
|
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became him like the leaving itx he died
|
|
as one that had been studied in his deathx
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|
to throw away the dearest thing he owxd
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as xtwere a careless triflex
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duncanx
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therexs no art
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to find the mindxs construction in the facex
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he was a gentleman on whom i built
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an absolute trustx
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enter macbethx banquox ross and angusx
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o worthiest cousinx
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the sin of my ingratitude even now
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|
was heavy on mex thou art so far beforex
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that swiftest wing of recompense is slow
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to overtake theex would thou hadst less deservxdx
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|
that the proportion both of thanks and payment
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|
might have been minex only i have left to sayx
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|
more is thy due than more than all can payx
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macbethx
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|
the service and the loyalty i owex
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|
in doing itx pays itselfx your highnessx part
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is to receive our dutiesx and our duties
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|
are to your throne and statex children and servantsx
|
|
which do but what they shouldx by doing everything
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|
safe toward your love and honourx
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duncanx
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|
welcome hitherx
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|
i have begun to plant theex and will labour
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|
to make thee full of growingxxnoble banquox
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|
that hast no less deservxdx nor must be known
|
|
no less to have done sox let me infold thee
|
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and hold thee to my heartx
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banquox
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there if i growx
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the harvest is your ownx
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duncanx
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my plenteous joysx
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wanton in fulnessx seek to hide themselves
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in drops of sorrowxxsonsx kinsmenx thanesx
|
|
and you whose places are the nearestx knowx
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|
we will establish our estate upon
|
|
our eldestx malcolmx whom we name hereafter
|
|
the prince of cumberlandx which honour must
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|
not unaccompanied invest him onlyx
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|
but signs of noblenessx like starsx shall shine
|
|
on all deserversxxfrom hence to invernessx
|
|
and bind us further to youx
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|
macbethx
|
|
the rest is labourx which is not usxd for youx
|
|
ixll be myself the harbingerx and make joyful
|
|
the hearing of my wife with your approachx
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|
sox humbly take my leavex
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duncanx
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my worthy cawdorx
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macbethx
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|
xxasidexxx the prince of cumberlandxxthat is a step
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on which i must fall downx or else oxerleapx
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|
for in my way it liesx starsx hide your firesx
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let not light see my black and deep desiresx
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|
the eye wink at the handx yet let that bex
|
|
which the eye fearsx when it is donex to seex
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xxexitxxx
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duncanx
|
|
truex worthy banquox he is full so valiantx
|
|
and in his commendations i am fedx
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|
it is a banquet to mex letxs after himx
|
|
whose care is gone before to bid us welcomex
|
|
it is a peerless kinsmanx
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|
xxflourishx exeuntxxx
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|
scene vx invernessx a room in macbethxs castlex
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|
enter lady macbethx reading a letterx
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|
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|
lady macbethx
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|
xthey met me in the day of successx and i have learned by the
|
|
perfectxst report they have more in them than mortal knowledgex when i
|
|
burned in desire to question them furtherx they made themselves airx
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|
into which they vanishedx whiles i stood rapt in the wonder of itx came
|
|
missives from the kingx who allxhailed mex xthane of cawdorxx by which
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|
titlex beforex these weird sisters saluted mex and referred me to the
|
|
coming on of timex with xhailx king that shalt bexx this have i thought
|
|
good to deliver thee xmy dearest partner of greatnessx that thou
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|
mightxst not lose the dues of rejoicingx by being ignorant of what
|
|
greatness is promisxd theex lay it to thy heartx and farewellxx
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|
glamis thou artx and cawdorx and shalt be
|
|
what thou art promisxdx yet do i fear thy naturex
|
|
it is too full ox thx milk of human kindness
|
|
to catch the nearest wayx thou wouldst be greatx
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|
art not without ambitionx but without
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|
the illness should attend itx what thou wouldst highlyx
|
|
that wouldst thou holilyx wouldst not play falsex
|
|
and yet wouldst wrongly winx thouxdst havex great glamisx
|
|
that which criesx xthus thou must doxx if thou have itx
|
|
and that which rather thou dost fear to dox
|
|
than wishest should be undonex hie thee hitherx
|
|
that i may pour my spirits in thine earx
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|
and chastise with the valour of my tongue
|
|
all that impedes thee from the golden roundx
|
|
which fate and metaphysical aid doth seem
|
|
to have thee crownxd withalx
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|
enter a messengerx
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what is your tidingsx
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messengerx
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|
the king comes here tonightx
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lady macbethx
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|
thouxrt mad to say itx
|
|
is not thy master with himx whox werext sox
|
|
would have informxd for preparationx
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|
messengerx
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|
so please youx it is truex our thane is comingx
|
|
one of my fellows had the speed of himx
|
|
whox almost dead for breathx had scarcely more
|
|
than would make up his messagex
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|
lady macbethx
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|
give him tendingx
|
|
he brings great newsx
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xxexit messengerxxx
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the raven himself is hoarse
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that croaks the fatal entrance of duncan
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under my battlementsx comex you spirits
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that tend on mortal thoughtsx unsex me herex
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and fill mex from the crown to the toex topxfull
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of direst crueltyx make thick my bloodx
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stop up thx access and passage to remorsex
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that no compunctious visitings of nature
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shake my fell purposex nor keep peace between
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thx effect and itx come to my womanxs breastsx
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and take my milk for gallx your murdxring ministersx
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wherever in your sightless substances
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you wait on naturexs mischiefx comex thick nightx
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and pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell
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that my keen knife see not the wound it makesx
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nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark
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to cryx xholdx holdxx
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enter macbethx
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great glamisx worthy cawdorx
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greater than bothx by the allxhail hereafterx
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thy letters have transported me beyond
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this ignorant presentx and i feel now
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the future in the instantx
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macbethx
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my dearest lovex
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duncan comes here tonightx
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lady macbethx
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and when goes hencex
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macbethx
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tomorrowx as he purposesx
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lady macbethx
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ox never
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shall sun that morrow seex
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your facex my thanex is as a book where men
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may read strange mattersx to beguile the timex
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look like the timex bear welcome in your eyex
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your handx your tonguex look like the innocent flowerx
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but be the serpent underxtx he thatxs coming
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must be provided forx and you shall put
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this nightxs great business into my dispatchx
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which shall to all our nights and days to come
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give solely sovereign sway and masterdomx
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macbethx
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we will speak furtherx
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lady macbethx
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only look up clearx
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to alter favour ever is to fearx
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leave all the rest to mex
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene vix the samex before the castlex
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hautboysx servants of macbeth attendingx
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enter duncanx malcolmx donalbainx banquox lennoxx macduffx rossx angus
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and attendantsx
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duncanx
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this castle hath a pleasant seatx the air
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nimbly and sweetly recommends itself
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unto our gentle sensesx
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banquox
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this guest of summerx
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the templexhaunting martletx does approvex
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by his loved mansionryx that the heavenxs breath
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smells wooingly herex no juttyx friezex
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buttressx nor coign of vantagex but this bird
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hath made his pendant bed and procreant cradlex
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where they most breed and hauntx i have observxd
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the air is delicatex
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enter lady macbethx
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duncanx
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seex seex our honourxd hostessxx
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the love that follows us sometime is our troublex
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which still we thank as lovex herein i teach you
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how you shall bid god xild us for your painsx
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and thank us for your troublex
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lady macbethx
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all our servicex
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in every point twice donex and then done doublex
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were poor and single business to contend
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against those honours deep and broad wherewith
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your majesty loads our housex for those of oldx
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and the late dignities heapxd up to themx
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we rest your hermitsx
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duncanx
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wherexs the thane of cawdorx
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we coursxd him at the heelsx and had a purpose
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to be his purveyorx but he rides wellx
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and his great lovex sharp as his spurx hath holp him
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to his home before usx fair and noble hostessx
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we are your guest tonightx
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lady macbethx
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your servants ever
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have theirsx themselvesx and what is theirsx in comptx
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to make their audit at your highnessx pleasurex
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still to return your ownx
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duncanx
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give me your handx
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conduct me to mine hostx we love him highlyx
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and shall continue our graces towards himx
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by your leavex hostessx
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene viix the samex a lobby in the castlex
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hautboys and torchesx enterx and pass overx a sewer and divers
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servants with dishes and servicex then enter macbethx
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macbethx
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if it were done when xtis donex then xtwere well
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it were done quicklyx if thx assassination
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could trammel up the consequencex and catch
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with his surcease successx that but this blow
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might be the bexall and the endxallxherex
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but herex upon this bank and shoal of timex
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wexd jump the life to comex but in these cases
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we still have judgement herex that we but teach
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bloody instructionsx which being taughtx return
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to plague thx inventorx this evenxhanded justice
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commends thx ingredience of our poisonxd chalice
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to our own lipsx hexs here in double trustx
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firstx as i am his kinsman and his subjectx
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strong both against the deedx thenx as his hostx
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who should against his murderer shut the doorx
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not bear the knife myselfx besidesx this duncan
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hath borne his faculties so meekx hath been
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so clear in his great officex that his virtues
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will plead like angelsx trumpetxtonguedx against
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the deep damnation of his takingxoffx
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and pityx like a naked newxborn babex
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striding the blastx or heavenxs cherubinx horsxd
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upon the sightless couriers of the airx
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shall blow the horrid deed in every eyex
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that tears shall drown the windxxi have no spur
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to prick the sides of my intentx but only
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vaulting ambitionx which oxerleaps itself
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and falls on thx otherx
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enter lady macbethx
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how nowx what newsx
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lady macbethx
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he has almost suppxdx why have you left the chamberx
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macbethx
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hath he askxd for mex
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lady macbethx
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know you not he hasx
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macbethx
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we will proceed no further in this businessx
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he hath honourxd me of latex and i have bought
|
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golden opinions from all sorts of peoplex
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which would be worn now in their newest glossx
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not cast aside so soonx
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lady macbethx
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was the hope drunk
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wherein you dressxd yourselfx hath it slept sincex
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and wakes it nowx to look so green and pale
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at what it did so freelyx from this time
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such i account thy lovex art thou afeard
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to be the same in thine own act and valour
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as thou art in desirex wouldst thou have that
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which thou esteemxst the ornament of lifex
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and live a coward in thine own esteemx
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letting xi dare notx wait upon xi wouldxx
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like the poor cat ix thx adagex
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macbethx
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prxytheex peacex
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i dare do all that may become a manx
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who dares do more is nonex
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lady macbethx
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what beast wasxtx thenx
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that made you break this enterprise to mex
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when you durst do itx then you were a manx
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andx to be more than what you werex you would
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be so much more the manx nor time nor place
|
|
did then adherex and yet you would make bothx
|
|
they have made themselvesx and that their fitness now
|
|
does unmake youx i have given suckx and know
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how tender xtis to love the babe that milks mex
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i wouldx while it was smiling in my facex
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have pluckxd my nipple from his boneless gums
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and dashxd the brains outx had i so sworn as you
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have done to thisx
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macbethx
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if we should failx
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lady macbethx
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we failx
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but screw your courage to the stickingxplacex
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and wexll not failx when duncan is asleep
|
|
xwhereto the rather shall his dayxs hard journey
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|
soundly invite himxx his two chamberlains
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|
will i with wine and wassail so convince
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that memoryx the warder of the brainx
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|
shall be a fumex and the receipt of reason
|
|
a limbeck onlyx when in swinish sleep
|
|
their drenched natures lie as in a deathx
|
|
what cannot you and i perform upon
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|
thx unguarded duncanx what not put upon
|
|
his spongy officersx who shall bear the guilt
|
|
of our great quellx
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macbethx
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|
bring forth menxchildren onlyx
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for thy undaunted mettle should compose
|
|
nothing but malesx will it not be receivxdx
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|
when we have markxd with blood those sleepy two
|
|
of his own chamberx and usxd their very daggersx
|
|
that they have donextx
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lady macbethx
|
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who dares receive it otherx
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|
as we shall make our griefs and clamour roar
|
|
upon his deathx
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macbethx
|
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i am settledx and bend up
|
|
each corporal agent to this terrible featx
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|
awayx and mock the time with fairest showx
|
|
false face must hide what the false heart doth knowx
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xxexeuntxxx
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act ii
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|
scene ix invernessx court within the castlex
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enter banquo and fleance with a torch before himx
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banquox
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how goes the nightx boyx
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fleancex
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the moon is downx i have not heard the clockx
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banquox
|
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and she goes down at twelvex
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fleancex
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i takextx xtis laterx sirx
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banquox
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holdx take my swordxxtherexs husbandry in heavenx
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their candles are all outx take thee that toox
|
|
a heavy summons lies like lead upon mex
|
|
and yet i would not sleepx merciful powersx
|
|
restrain in me the cursed thoughts that nature
|
|
gives way to in reposex
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|
enter macbeth and a servant with a torchx
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give me my swordxxwhoxs therex
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macbethx
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a friendx
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banquox
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whatx sirx not yet at restx the kingxs abedx
|
|
he hath been in unusual pleasure and
|
|
sent forth great largess to your officesx
|
|
this diamond he greets your wife withalx
|
|
by the name of most kind hostessx and shut up
|
|
in measureless contentx
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macbethx
|
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being unpreparxdx
|
|
our will became the servant to defectx
|
|
which else should free have wroughtx
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banquox
|
|
allxs wellx
|
|
i dreamt last night of the three weird sistersx
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|
to you they have showxd some truthx
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|
macbethx
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|
i think not of themx
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|
yetx when we can entreat an hour to servex
|
|
we would spend it in some words upon that businessx
|
|
if you would grant the timex
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banquox
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at your kindxst leisurex
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macbethx
|
|
if you shall cleave to my consentx when xtisx
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|
it shall make honour for youx
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banquox
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|
so i lose none
|
|
in seeking to augment itx but still keep
|
|
my bosom franchisxdx and allegiance clearx
|
|
i shall be counsellxdx
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macbethx
|
|
good repose the whilex
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banquox
|
|
thanksx sirx the like to youx
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|
xxexeunt banquo and fleancexxx
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macbethx
|
|
go bid thy mistressx when my drink is readyx
|
|
she strike upon the bellx get thee to bedx
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|
xxexit servantxxx
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|
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is this a dagger which i see before mex
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|
the handle toward my handx comex let me clutch theexx
|
|
i have thee notx and yet i see thee stillx
|
|
art thou notx fatal visionx sensible
|
|
to feeling as to sightx or art thou but
|
|
a dagger of the mindx a false creationx
|
|
proceeding from the heatxoppressed brainx
|
|
i see thee yetx in form as palpable
|
|
as this which now i drawx
|
|
thou marshallxst me the way that i was goingx
|
|
and such an instrument i was to usex
|
|
mine eyes are made the fools ox the other sensesx
|
|
or else worth all the restx i see thee stillx
|
|
and on thy blade and dudgeonx gouts of bloodx
|
|
which was not so beforexxtherexs no such thingx
|
|
it is the bloody business which informs
|
|
thus to mine eyesxxnow oxer the one halfxworld
|
|
nature seems deadx and wicked dreams abuse
|
|
the curtainxd sleepx witchcraft celebrates
|
|
pale hecatexs offxringsx and witherxd murderx
|
|
alarumxd by his sentinelx the wolfx
|
|
whose howlxs his watchx thus with his stealthy pacex
|
|
with tarquinxs ravishing stridesx towards his design
|
|
moves like a ghostxxthou sure and firmxset earthx
|
|
hear not my stepsx which way they walkx for fear
|
|
thy very stones prate of my whereaboutx
|
|
and take the present horror from the timex
|
|
which now suits with itxxwhiles i threatx he livesx
|
|
words to the heat of deeds too cold breath givesx
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xxa bell ringsxxx
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|
i gox and it is donex the bell invites mex
|
|
hear it notx duncanx for it is a knell
|
|
that summons thee to heaven or to hellx
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|
xxexitxxx
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|
|
scene iix the samex
|
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|
|
enter lady macbethx
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|
lady macbethx
|
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that which hath made them drunk hath made me boldx
|
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what hath quenchxd them hath given me firexxharkxxpeacex
|
|
it was the owl that shriekxdx the fatal bellmanx
|
|
which gives the sternxst good nightx he is about itx
|
|
the doors are openx and the surfeited grooms
|
|
do mock their charge with snoresx i have druggxd their possetsx
|
|
that death and nature do contend about themx
|
|
whether they live or diex
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macbethx
|
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xxwithinxxx whoxs therexxwhatx hox
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lady macbethx
|
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alackx i am afraid they have awakxdx
|
|
and xtis not donex thx attempt and not the deed
|
|
confounds usxxharkxxi laid their daggers readyx
|
|
he could not miss xemxxhad he not resembled
|
|
my father as he sleptx i had donextxxmy husbandx
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|
|
enter macbethx
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macbethx
|
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i have done the deedxxdidst thou not hear a noisex
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|
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lady macbethx
|
|
i heard the owl scream and the crickets cryx
|
|
did not you speakx
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|
macbethx
|
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whenx
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lady macbethx
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nowx
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macbethx
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as i descendedx
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lady macbethx
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ayx
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macbethx
|
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harkxxwho lies ix thx second chamberx
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lady macbethx
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donalbainx
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macbethx
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this is a sorry sightx
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xxlooking on his handsxxx
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lady macbethx
|
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a foolish thoughtx to say a sorry sightx
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macbethx
|
|
therexs one did laugh inxs sleepx and one criedx xmurderxx
|
|
that they did wake each otherx i stood and heard themx
|
|
but they did say their prayersx and addressxd them
|
|
again to sleepx
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lady macbethx
|
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there are two lodgxd togetherx
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macbethx
|
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one criedx xgod bless usxx andx xamenxx the otherx
|
|
as they had seen me with these hangmanxs handsx
|
|
listxning their fearx i could not say xamenxx
|
|
when they did sayx xgod bless usxx
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lady macbethx
|
|
consider it not so deeplyx
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macbethx
|
|
but wherefore could not i pronounce xamenxx
|
|
i had most need of blessingx and xamenx
|
|
stuck in my throatx
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|
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lady macbethx
|
|
these deeds must not be thought
|
|
after these waysx sox it will make us madx
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macbethx
|
|
methought i heard a voice cryx xsleep no morex
|
|
macbeth does murder sleepxxxthe innocent sleepx
|
|
sleep that knits up the ravellxd sleave of carex
|
|
the death of each dayxs lifex sore labourxs bathx
|
|
balm of hurt mindsx great naturexs second coursex
|
|
chief nourisher in lifexs feastx
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lady macbethx
|
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what do you meanx
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macbethx
|
|
still it criedx xsleep no morexx to all the housex
|
|
xglamis hath murderxd sleepx and therefore cawdor
|
|
shall sleep no morex macbeth shall sleep no morexx
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|
|
lady macbethx
|
|
who was it that thus criedx whyx worthy thanex
|
|
you do unbend your noble strength to think
|
|
so brainsickly of thingsx go get some waterx
|
|
and wash this filthy witness from your handxx
|
|
why did you bring these daggers from the placex
|
|
they must lie therex go carry themx and smear
|
|
the sleepy grooms with bloodx
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|
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macbethx
|
|
ixll go no morex
|
|
i am afraid to think what i have donex
|
|
look onxt again i dare notx
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|
|
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lady macbethx
|
|
infirm of purposex
|
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give me the daggersx the sleeping and the dead
|
|
are but as picturesx xtis the eye of childhood
|
|
that fears a painted devilx if he do bleedx
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ixll gild the faces of the grooms withalx
|
|
for it must seem their guiltx
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|
xxexitx knocking withinxxx
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|
macbethx
|
|
whence is that knockingx
|
|
how isxt with mex when every noise appals mex
|
|
what hands are herex hax they pluck out mine eyesx
|
|
will all great neptunexs ocean wash this blood
|
|
clean from my handx nox this my hand will rather
|
|
the multitudinous seas incarnadinex
|
|
making the green one redx
|
|
|
|
enter lady macbethx
|
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lady macbethx
|
|
my hands are of your colorx but i shame
|
|
to wear a heart so whitex xxknocking withinxxx i hear knocking
|
|
at the south entryxxretire we to our chamberx
|
|
a little water clears us of this deedx
|
|
how easy is it thenx your constancy
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|
hath left you unattendedxxxxknocking withinxxx harkx more knockingx
|
|
get on your nightgownx lest occasion call us
|
|
and show us to be watchersx be not lost
|
|
so poorly in your thoughtsx
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macbethx
|
|
to know my deedx xtwere best not know myselfx xxknocking withinxxx
|
|
wake duncan with thy knockingx i would thou couldstx
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xxexeuntxxx
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|
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scene iiix the samex
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|
|
enter a porterx knocking withinx
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porterx
|
|
herexs a knocking indeedx if a man were porter of hell gatex he should
|
|
have old turning the keyx xxknockingxxx knockx knockx knockx whoxs
|
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therex ix thx name of belzebubx herexs a farmer that hanged himself on
|
|
the expectation of plentyx come in timex have napkins enow about youx
|
|
here youxll sweat forxtx xxknockingxxx knockx knockx whoxs therex ix
|
|
thx other devilxs namex faithx herexs an equivocatorx that could swear
|
|
in both the scales against either scalex who committed treason enough
|
|
for godxs sakex yet could not equivocate to heavenx ox come inx
|
|
equivocatorx xxknockingxxx knockx knockx knockx whoxs therex faithx
|
|
herexs an english tailor come hitherx for stealing out of a french
|
|
hosex come inx tailorx here you may roast your goosex xxknockingxxx
|
|
knockx knockx never at quietx what are youxxbut this place is too cold
|
|
for hellx ixll devilxporter it no furtherx i had thought to have let in
|
|
some of all professionsx that go the primrose way to thx everlasting
|
|
bonfirex xxknockingxxx anonx anonx i pray youx remember the porterx
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xxopens the gatexxx
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enter macduff and lennoxx
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macduffx
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was it so latex friendx ere you went to bedx
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that you do lie so latex
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porterx
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faithx sirx we were carousing till the second cockx and drinkx sirx is
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a great provoker of three thingsx
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macduffx
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what three things does drink especially provokex
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porterx
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marryx sirx nosexpaintingx sleepx and urinex lecheryx sirx it provokes
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and unprovokesx it provokes the desirex but it takes away the
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performancex therefore much drink may be said to be an equivocator with
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lecheryx it makes himx and it mars himx it sets him onx and it takes
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him offx it persuades himx and disheartens himx makes him stand tox and
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not stand tox in conclusionx equivocates him in a sleepx and giving him
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the liex leaves himx
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macduffx
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i believe drink gave thee the lie last nightx
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porterx
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that it didx sirx ix the very throat on mex but i requited him for his
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liex and xi thinkx being too strong for himx though he took up my legs
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sometimex yet i made a shift to cast himx
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macduffx
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is thy master stirringx
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enter macbethx
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our knocking has awakxd himx here he comesx
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lennoxx
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good morrowx noble sirx
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macbethx
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good morrowx bothx
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macduffx
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is the king stirringx worthy thanex
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macbethx
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not yetx
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macduffx
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he did command me to call timely on himx
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i have almost slippxd the hourx
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macbethx
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ixll bring you to himx
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macduffx
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i know this is a joyful trouble to youx
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but yet xtis onex
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macbethx
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the labour we delight in physics painx
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this is the doorx
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macduffx
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ixll make so bold to callx
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for xtis my limited servicex
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xxexit macduffxxx
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lennoxx
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goes the king hence todayx
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macbethx
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he doesx he did appoint sox
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lennoxx
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the night has been unrulyx where we layx
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our chimneys were blown down andx as they sayx
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lamentings heard ix thx airx strange screams of deathx
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and prophesyingx with accents terriblex
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of dire combustion and confusxd eventsx
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new hatchxd to the woeful timex the obscure bird
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clamourxd the livexlong nightx some say the earth
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was feverousx and did shakex
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macbethx
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xtwas a rough nightx
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lennoxx
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my young remembrance cannot parallel
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a fellow to itx
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enter macduffx
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macduffx
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o horrorx horrorx horrorx
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tongue nor heart cannot conceive nor name theex
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macbethx lennoxx
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whatxs the matterx
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macduffx
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confusion now hath made his masterpiecex
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most sacrilegious murder hath broke ope
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the lordxs anointed templex and stole thence
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the life ox thx buildingx
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macbethx
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what isxt you sayx the lifex
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lennoxx
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mean you his majestyx
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macduffx
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approach the chamberx and destroy your sight
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with a new gorgonx do not bid me speakx
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seex and then speak yourselvesx
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xxexeunt macbeth and lennoxxxx
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awakex awakexx
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ring the alarum bellxxmurder and treasonx
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banquo and donalbainx malcolmx awakex
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shake off this downy sleepx deathxs counterfeitx
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and look on death itselfx upx upx and see
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the great doomxs imagex malcolmx banquox
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as from your graves rise upx and walk like sprites
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to countenance this horrorx
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xxalarumxbell ringsxxx
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enter lady macbethx
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lady macbethx
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whatxs the businessx
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that such a hideous trumpet calls to parley
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the sleepers of the housex speakx speakx
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macduffx
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o gentle ladyx
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xtis not for you to hear what i can speakx
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the repetitionx in a womanxs earx
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would murder as it fellx
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enter banquox
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o banquox banquox
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our royal masterxs murderxdx
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lady macbethx
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woex alasx
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whatx in our housex
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banquox
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too cruel anywherexx
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dear duffx i prxytheex contradict thyselfx
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and say it is not sox
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enter macbeth and lennox with rossx
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macbethx
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had i but died an hour before this chancex
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i had livxd a blessed timex forx from this instant
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therexs nothing serious in mortalityx
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all is but toysx renown and grace is deadx
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the wine of life is drawnx and the mere lees
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is left this vault to brag ofx
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enter malcolm and donalbainx
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donalbainx
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what is amissx
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macbethx
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you arex and do not knowxtx
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the springx the headx the fountain of your blood
|
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is stoppxdx the very source of it is stoppxdx
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macduffx
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your royal fatherxs murderxdx
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malcolmx
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ox by whomx
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lennoxx
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those of his chamberx as it seemxdx had donextx
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their hands and faces were all badgxd with bloodx
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so were their daggersx whichx unwipxdx we found
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upon their pillowsx they starxdx and were distractedx
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no manxs life was to be trusted with themx
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macbethx
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ox yet i do repent me of my furyx
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that i did kill themx
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macduffx
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wherefore did you sox
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macbethx
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who can be wisex amazxdx temperatex and furiousx
|
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loyal and neutralx in a momentx no manx
|
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thx expedition of my violent love
|
|
outrun the pauserx reasonx here lay duncanx
|
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his silver skin lacxd with his golden bloodx
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and his gashxd stabs lookxd like a breach in nature
|
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for ruinxs wasteful entrancex therex the murderersx
|
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steepxd in the colours of their tradex their daggers
|
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unmannerly breechxd with gorex who could refrainx
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that had a heart to lovex and in that heart
|
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courage to makexs love knownx
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lady macbethx
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help me hencex hox
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macduffx
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look to the ladyx
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malcolmx
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why do we hold our tonguesx
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that most may claim this argument for oursx
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donalbainx
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what should be spoken herex where our fatex
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|
hid in an auger holex may rushx and seize usx
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letxs awayx our tears are not yet brewxdx
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malcolmx
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nor our strong sorrow
|
|
upon the foot of motionx
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banquox
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look to the ladyxx
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xxlady macbeth is carried outxxx
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and when we have our naked frailties hidx
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that suffer in exposurex let us meetx
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and question this most bloody piece of work
|
|
to know it furtherx fears and scruples shake usx
|
|
in the great hand of god i standx and thence
|
|
against the undivulgxd pretence i fight
|
|
of treasonous malicex
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macduffx
|
|
and so do ix
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allx
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so allx
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macbethx
|
|
letxs briefly put on manly readinessx
|
|
and meet ix thx hall togetherx
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allx
|
|
well contentedx
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|
xxexeunt all but malcolm and donalbainxxx
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|
malcolmx
|
|
what will you dox letxs not consort with themx
|
|
to show an unfelt sorrow is an office
|
|
which the false man does easyx ixll to englandx
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donalbainx
|
|
to irelandx ix our separated fortune
|
|
shall keep us both the saferx where we arex
|
|
therexs daggers in menxs smilesx the near in bloodx
|
|
the nearer bloodyx
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malcolmx
|
|
this murderous shaft thatxs shot
|
|
hath not yet lightedx and our safest way
|
|
is to avoid the aimx therefore to horsex
|
|
and let us not be dainty of leavextakingx
|
|
but shift awayx therexs warrant in that theft
|
|
which steals itselfx when therexs no mercy leftx
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|
xxexeuntxxx
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|
|
|
scene ivx the samex without the castlex
|
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|
|
enter ross and an old manx
|
|
|
|
old manx
|
|
threescore and ten i can remember wellx
|
|
within the volume of which time i have seen
|
|
hours dreadful and things strangex but this sore night
|
|
hath trifled former knowingsx
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|
rossx
|
|
hax good fatherx
|
|
thou seest the heavensx as troubled with manxs actx
|
|
threatens his bloody stagex by the clock xtis dayx
|
|
and yet dark night strangles the travelling lampx
|
|
isxt nightxs predominancex or the dayxs shamex
|
|
that darkness does the face of earth entombx
|
|
when living light should kiss itx
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|
|
old manx
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|
xtis unnaturalx
|
|
even like the deed thatxs donex on tuesday lastx
|
|
a falconx towering in her pride of placex
|
|
was by a mousing owl hawkxd at and killxdx
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|
|
rossx
|
|
and duncanxs horses xa thing most strange and certainx
|
|
beauteous and swiftx the minions of their racex
|
|
turnxd wild in naturex broke their stallsx flung outx
|
|
contending xgainst obediencex as they would make
|
|
war with mankindx
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|
|
old manx
|
|
xtis said they eat each otherx
|
|
|
|
rossx
|
|
they did sox to the amazement of mine eyesx
|
|
that lookxd uponxtx
|
|
here comes the good macduffx
|
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|
|
enter macduffx
|
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|
|
how goes the worldx sirx nowx
|
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|
|
macduffx
|
|
whyx see you notx
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|
rossx
|
|
isxt known who did this more than bloody deedx
|
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|
macduffx
|
|
those that macbeth hath slainx
|
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|
rossx
|
|
alasx the dayx
|
|
what good could they pretendx
|
|
|
|
macduffx
|
|
they were subornxdx
|
|
malcolm and donalbainx the kingxs two sonsx
|
|
are stolxn away and fledx which puts upon them
|
|
suspicion of the deedx
|
|
|
|
rossx
|
|
xgainst nature stillx
|
|
thriftless ambitionx that will ravin up
|
|
thine own lifexs meansxxthen xtis most like
|
|
the sovereignty will fall upon macbethx
|
|
|
|
macduffx
|
|
he is already namxdx and gone to scone
|
|
to be investedx
|
|
|
|
rossx
|
|
where is duncanxs bodyx
|
|
|
|
macduffx
|
|
carried to colmekillx
|
|
the sacred storehouse of his predecessorsx
|
|
and guardian of their bonesx
|
|
|
|
rossx
|
|
will you to sconex
|
|
|
|
macduffx
|
|
nox cousinx ixll to fifex
|
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|
|
rossx
|
|
wellx i will thitherx
|
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|
|
macduffx
|
|
wellx may you see things well done therex adieux
|
|
lest our old robes sit easier than our newx
|
|
|
|
rossx
|
|
farewellx fatherx
|
|
|
|
old manx
|
|
godxs benison go with youx and with those
|
|
that would make good of badx and friends of foesx
|
|
|
|
xxexeuntxxx
|
|
|
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|
|
act iii
|
|
|
|
scene ix forresx a room in the palacex
|
|
|
|
enter banquox
|
|
|
|
banquox
|
|
thou hast it nowx kingx cawdorx glamisx allx
|
|
as the weird women promisxdx andx i fearx
|
|
thou playxdst most foully forxtx yet it was said
|
|
it should not stand in thy posterityx
|
|
but that myself should be the root and father
|
|
of many kingsx if there come truth from them
|
|
xas upon theex macbethx their speeches shinex
|
|
whyx by the verities on thee made goodx
|
|
may they not be my oracles as wellx
|
|
and set me up in hopex but hushx no morex
|
|
|
|
sennet soundedx enter macbeth as kingx lady macbeth as queenx lennoxx
|
|
rossx lordsx and attendantsx
|
|
|
|
macbethx
|
|
herexs our chief guestx
|
|
|
|
lady macbethx
|
|
if he had been forgottenx
|
|
it had been as a gap in our great feastx
|
|
and allxthing unbecomingx
|
|
|
|
macbethx
|
|
tonight we hold a solemn supperx sirx
|
|
and ixll request your presencex
|
|
|
|
banquox
|
|
let your highness
|
|
command upon mex to the which my duties
|
|
are with a most indissoluble tie
|
|
for ever knitx
|
|
|
|
macbethx
|
|
ride you this afternoonx
|
|
|
|
banquox
|
|
ayx my good lordx
|
|
|
|
macbethx
|
|
we should have else desirxd your good advice
|
|
xwhich still hath been both grave and prosperousx
|
|
in this dayxs councilx but wexll take tomorrowx
|
|
isxt far you ridex
|
|
|
|
banquox
|
|
as farx my lordx as will fill up the time
|
|
xtwixt this and supperx go not my horse the betterx
|
|
i must become a borrower of the nightx
|
|
for a dark hour or twainx
|
|
|
|
macbethx
|
|
fail not our feastx
|
|
|
|
banquox
|
|
my lordx i will notx
|
|
|
|
macbethx
|
|
we hear our bloody cousins are bestowxd
|
|
in england and in irelandx not confessing
|
|
their cruel parricidex filling their hearers
|
|
with strange inventionx but of that tomorrowx
|
|
when therewithal we shall have cause of state
|
|
craving us jointlyx hie you to horsex adieux
|
|
till you return at nightx goes fleance with youx
|
|
|
|
banquox
|
|
ayx my good lordx our time does call uponxsx
|
|
|
|
macbethx
|
|
i wish your horses swift and sure of footx
|
|
and so i do commend you to their backsx
|
|
farewellxx
|
|
|
|
xxexit banquoxxx
|
|
|
|
let every man be master of his time
|
|
till seven at nightx to make society
|
|
the sweeter welcomex we will keep ourself
|
|
till supper time alonex while thenx god be with youx
|
|
|
|
xxexeunt lady macbethx lordsx xcxxx
|
|
|
|
sirrahx a word with youx attend those men
|
|
our pleasurex
|
|
|
|
servantx
|
|
they arex my lordx without the palace gatex
|
|
|
|
macbethx
|
|
bring them before usx
|
|
|
|
xxexit servantxxx
|
|
|
|
to be thus is nothingx
|
|
but to be safely thusx our fears in banquo
|
|
stick deepx and in his royalty of nature
|
|
reigns that which would be fearxdx xtis much he daresx
|
|
andx to that dauntless temper of his mindx
|
|
he hath a wisdom that doth guide his valour
|
|
to act in safetyx there is none but he
|
|
whose being i do fearx and under him
|
|
my genius is rebukxdx asx it is saidx
|
|
mark antonyxs was by caesarx he chid the sisters
|
|
when first they put the name of king upon mex
|
|
and bade them speak to himx thenx prophetxlikex
|
|
they hailxd him father to a line of kingsx
|
|
upon my head they placxd a fruitless crownx
|
|
and put a barren sceptre in my gripex
|
|
thence to be wrenchxd with an unlineal handx
|
|
no son of mine succeedingx ifxt be sox
|
|
for banquoxs issue have i filxd my mindx
|
|
for them the gracious duncan have i murderxdx
|
|
put rancours in the vessel of my peace
|
|
only for themx and mine eternal jewel
|
|
given to the common enemy of manx
|
|
to make them kingsx the seed of banquo kingsx
|
|
rather than sox comex fatex into the listx
|
|
and champion me to thx utterancexxwhoxs therexx
|
|
|
|
enter servant with two murderersx
|
|
|
|
now go to the doorx and stay there till we callx
|
|
|
|
xxexit servantxxx
|
|
|
|
was it not yesterday we spoke togetherx
|
|
|
|
first murdererx
|
|
it wasx so please your highnessx
|
|
|
|
macbethx
|
|
well thenx now
|
|
have you considerxd of my speechesx know
|
|
that it was hex in the times pastx which held you
|
|
so under fortunex which you thought had been
|
|
our innocent selfx this i made good to you
|
|
in our last conferencex passxd in probation with you
|
|
how you were borne in handx how crossxdx the instrumentsx
|
|
who wrought with themx and all things else that might
|
|
to half a soul and to a notion crazxd
|
|
sayx xthus did banquoxx
|
|
|
|
first murdererx
|
|
you made it known to usx
|
|
|
|
macbethx
|
|
i did sox and went furtherx which is now
|
|
our point of second meetingx do you find
|
|
your patience so predominant in your naturex
|
|
that you can let this gox are you so gospellxdx
|
|
to pray for this good man and for his issuex
|
|
whose heavy hand hath bowxd you to the gravex
|
|
and beggarxd yours foreverx
|
|
|
|
first murdererx
|
|
we are menx my liegex
|
|
|
|
macbethx
|
|
ayx in the catalogue ye go for menx
|
|
as houndsx and greyhoundsx mongrelsx spanielsx cursx
|
|
shoughsx waterxrugsx and demixwolves are clept
|
|
all by the name of dogsx the valuxd file
|
|
distinguishes the swiftx the slowx the subtlex
|
|
the housekeeperx the hunterx every one
|
|
according to the gift which bounteous nature
|
|
hath in him closxdx whereby he does receive
|
|
particular additionx from the bill
|
|
that writes them all alikex and so of menx
|
|
nowx if you have a station in the filex
|
|
not ix thx worst rank of manhoodx sayxtx
|
|
and i will put that business in your bosomsx
|
|
whose execution takes your enemy offx
|
|
grapples you to the heart and love of usx
|
|
who wear our health but sickly in his lifex
|
|
which in his death were perfectx
|
|
|
|
second murdererx
|
|
i am onex my liegex
|
|
whom the vile blows and buffets of the world
|
|
hath so incensxd that i am reckless what
|
|
i do to spite the worldx
|
|
|
|
first murdererx
|
|
and i anotherx
|
|
so weary with disastersx tuggxd with fortunex
|
|
that i would set my life on any chancex
|
|
to mend it or be rid onxtx
|
|
|
|
macbethx
|
|
both of you
|
|
know banquo was your enemyx
|
|
|
|
both murderersx
|
|
truex my lordx
|
|
|
|
macbethx
|
|
so is he minex and in such bloody distancex
|
|
that every minute of his being thrusts
|
|
against my nearxst of lifex and though i could
|
|
with barefacxd power sweep him from my sightx
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and bid my will avouch itx yet i must notx
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for certain friends that are both his and minex
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whose loves i may not dropx but wail his fall
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who i myself struck downx and thence it is
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that i to your assistance do make lovex
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masking the business from the common eye
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for sundry weighty reasonsx
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second murdererx
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we shallx my lordx
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perform what you command usx
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first murdererx
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though our livesx
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macbethx
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your spirits shine through youx within this hour at mostx
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i will advise you where to plant yourselvesx
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acquaint you with the perfect spy ox thx timex
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the moment onxtx forxt must be done tonight
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and something from the palacex always thought
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that i require a clearnessx and with him
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xto leave no rubs nor botches in the workx
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fleance his sonx that keeps him companyx
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whose absence is no less material to me
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than is his fatherxsx must embrace the fate
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of that dark hourx resolve yourselves apartx
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ixll come to you anonx
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both murderersx
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we are resolvxdx my lordx
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macbethx
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ixll call upon you straightx abide withinx
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xxexeunt murderersxxx
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it is concludedx banquox thy soulxs flightx
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if it find heavenx must find it out tonightx
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xxexitxxx
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scene iix the samex another room in the palacex
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enter lady macbeth and a servantx
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lady macbethx
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is banquo gone from courtx
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servantx
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ayx madamx but returns again tonightx
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lady macbethx
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say to the kingx i would attend his leisure
|
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for a few wordsx
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servantx
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madamx i willx
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xxexitxxx
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lady macbethx
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naughtxs hadx allxs spentx
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where our desire is got without contentx
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xtis safer to be that which we destroyx
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than by destruction dwell in doubtful joyx
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enter macbethx
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how nowx my lordx why do you keep alonex
|
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of sorriest fancies your companions makingx
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using those thoughts which should indeed have died
|
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with them they think onx things without all remedy
|
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should be without regardx whatxs done is donex
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macbethx
|
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we have scorchxd the snakex not killxd itx
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shexll closex and be herselfx whilst our poor malice
|
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remains in danger of her former toothx
|
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but let the frame of things disjointx
|
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both the worlds sufferx
|
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ere we will eat our meal in fearx and sleep
|
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in the affliction of these terrible dreams
|
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that shake us nightlyx better be with the deadx
|
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whom wex to gain our peacex have sent to peacex
|
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than on the torture of the mind to lie
|
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in restless ecstasyx duncan is in his gravex
|
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after lifexs fitful fever he sleeps wellx
|
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treason has done his worstx nor steelx nor poisonx
|
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malice domesticx foreign levyx nothing
|
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can touch him furtherx
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lady macbethx
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come onx
|
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gently my lordx sleek oxer your rugged looksx
|
|
be bright and jovial among your guests tonightx
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macbethx
|
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so shall ix lovex and sox i prayx be youx
|
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let your remembrance apply to banquox
|
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present him eminencex both with eye and tonguex
|
|
unsafe the whilex that we
|
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must lave our honours in these flattering streamsx
|
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and make our faces vizards to our heartsx
|
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disguising what they arex
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lady macbethx
|
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you must leave thisx
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macbethx
|
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ox full of scorpions is my mindx dear wifex
|
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thou knowxst that banquox and his fleancex livesx
|
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lady macbethx
|
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but in them naturexs copyxs not eternex
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macbethx
|
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therexs comfort yetx they are assailablex
|
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then be thou jocundx ere the bat hath flown
|
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his cloisterxd flightx ere to black hecatexs summons
|
|
the shardxborn beetlex with his drowsy humsx
|
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hath rung nightxs yawning pealx there shall be done
|
|
a deed of dreadful notex
|
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lady macbethx
|
|
whatxs to be donex
|
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macbethx
|
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be innocent of the knowledgex dearest chuckx
|
|
till thou applaud the deedx comex seeling nightx
|
|
scarf up the tender eye of pitiful dayx
|
|
and with thy bloody and invisible hand
|
|
cancel and tear to pieces that great bond
|
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which keeps me palexxlight thickensx and the crow
|
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makes wing to thx rooky woodx
|
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good things of day begin to droop and drowsex
|
|
whiles nightxs black agents to their preys do rousex
|
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thou marvellxst at my wordsx but hold thee stillx
|
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things bad begun make strong themselves by illx
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sox prxytheex go with mex
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene iiix the samex a park or lawnx with a gate leading to the palacex
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|
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enter three murderersx
|
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first murdererx
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but who did bid thee join with usx
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third murdererx
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macbethx
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second murdererx
|
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he needs not our mistrustx since he delivers
|
|
our offices and what we have to do
|
|
to the direction justx
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first murdererx
|
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then stand with usx
|
|
the west yet glimmers with some streaks of dayx
|
|
now spurs the lated traveller apacex
|
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to gain the timely innx and near approaches
|
|
the subject of our watchx
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third murdererx
|
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harkx i hear horsesx
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banquox
|
|
xxwithinxxx give us a light therex hox
|
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|
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second murdererx
|
|
then xtis hex the rest
|
|
that are within the note of expectation
|
|
already are ix thx courtx
|
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first murdererx
|
|
his horses go aboutx
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third murdererx
|
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almost a milex but he does usuallyx
|
|
so all men dox from hence to the palace gate
|
|
make it their walkx
|
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|
|
enter banquo and fleance with a torchx
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second murdererx
|
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a lightx a lightx
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|
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third murdererx
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|
xtis hex
|
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|
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first murdererx
|
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stand toxtx
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|
|
banquox
|
|
it will be rain tonightx
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|
|
first murdererx
|
|
let it come downx
|
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|
|
xxassaults banquoxxx
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|
|
banquox
|
|
ox treacheryx flyx good fleancex flyx flyx flyx
|
|
thou mayst revengexo slavex
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|
|
xxdiesx fleance escapesxxx
|
|
|
|
third murdererx
|
|
who did strike out the lightx
|
|
|
|
first murdererx
|
|
wasxt not the wayx
|
|
|
|
third murdererx
|
|
therexs but one downx the son is fledx
|
|
|
|
second murdererx
|
|
we have lost best half of our affairx
|
|
|
|
first murdererx
|
|
wellx letxs awayx and say how much is donex
|
|
|
|
xxexeuntxxx
|
|
|
|
scene ivx the samex a room of state in the palacex
|
|
|
|
a banquet preparedx enter macbethx lady macbethx rossx lennoxx lords
|
|
and attendantsx
|
|
|
|
macbethx
|
|
you know your own degreesx sit downx at first
|
|
and last the hearty welcomex
|
|
|
|
lordsx
|
|
thanks to your majestyx
|
|
|
|
macbethx
|
|
ourself will mingle with societyx
|
|
and play the humble hostx
|
|
our hostess keeps her statex butx in best timex
|
|
we will require her welcomex
|
|
|
|
lady macbethx
|
|
pronounce it for mex sirx to all our friendsx
|
|
for my heart speaks they are welcomex
|
|
|
|
enter first murderer to the doorx
|
|
|
|
macbethx
|
|
seex they encounter thee with their heartsx thanksx
|
|
both sides are evenx here ixll sit ix thx midstx
|
|
|
|
be large in mirthx anon wexll drink a measure
|
|
the table roundx therexs blood upon thy facex
|
|
|
|
murdererx
|
|
xtis banquoxs thenx
|
|
|
|
macbethx
|
|
xtis better thee without than he withinx
|
|
is he dispatchxdx
|
|
|
|
murdererx
|
|
my lordx his throat is cutx that i did for himx
|
|
|
|
macbethx
|
|
thou art the best ox thx cutxthroatsx
|
|
yet hexs good that did the like for fleancex
|
|
if thou didst itx thou art the nonpareilx
|
|
|
|
murdererx
|
|
most royal sirx
|
|
fleance is xscapxdx
|
|
|
|
macbethx
|
|
then comes my fit againx i had else been perfectx
|
|
whole as the marblex founded as the rockx
|
|
as broad and general as the casing airx
|
|
but now i am cabinxdx cribbxdx confinxdx bound in
|
|
to saucy doubts and fearsx but banquoxs safex
|
|
|
|
murdererx
|
|
ayx my good lordx safe in a ditch he bidesx
|
|
with twenty trenched gashes on his headx
|
|
the least a death to naturex
|
|
|
|
macbethx
|
|
thanks for thatx
|
|
there the grown serpent liesx the worm thatxs fled
|
|
hath nature that in time will venom breedx
|
|
no teeth for thx presentxxget thee gonex tomorrow
|
|
wexll hearx ourselvesx againx
|
|
|
|
xxexit murdererxxx
|
|
|
|
lady macbethx
|
|
my royal lordx
|
|
you do not give the cheerx the feast is sold
|
|
that is not often vouchxdx while xtis axmakingx
|
|
xtis given with welcomex to feed were best at homex
|
|
from thence the sauce to meat is ceremonyx
|
|
meeting were bare without itx
|
|
|
|
the ghost of banquo risesx and sits in macbethxs placex
|
|
|
|
macbethx
|
|
sweet remembrancerxx
|
|
nowx good digestion wait on appetitex
|
|
and health on bothx
|
|
|
|
lennoxx
|
|
mayxt please your highness sitx
|
|
|
|
macbethx
|
|
here had we now our countryxs honour roofxdx
|
|
were the gracxd person of our banquo presentx
|
|
who may i rather challenge for unkindness
|
|
than pity for mischancex
|
|
|
|
rossx
|
|
his absencex sirx
|
|
lays blame upon his promisex pleasext your highness
|
|
to grace us with your royal companyx
|
|
|
|
macbethx
|
|
the tablexs fullx
|
|
|
|
lennoxx
|
|
here is a place reservxdx sirx
|
|
|
|
macbethx
|
|
wherex
|
|
|
|
lennoxx
|
|
herex my good lordx what isxt that moves your highnessx
|
|
|
|
macbethx
|
|
which of you have done thisx
|
|
|
|
lordsx
|
|
whatx my good lordx
|
|
|
|
macbethx
|
|
thou canst not say i did itx never shake
|
|
thy gory locks at mex
|
|
|
|
rossx
|
|
gentlemenx risex his highness is not wellx
|
|
|
|
lady macbethx
|
|
sitx worthy friendsx my lord is often thusx
|
|
and hath been from his youthx pray youx keep seatx
|
|
the fit is momentaryx upon a thought
|
|
he will again be wellx if much you note himx
|
|
you shall offend himx and extend his passionx
|
|
feedx and regard him notxxare you a manx
|
|
|
|
macbethx
|
|
ayx and a bold onex that dare look on that
|
|
which might appal the devilx
|
|
|
|
lady macbethx
|
|
o proper stuffx
|
|
this is the very painting of your fearx
|
|
this is the airxdrawn dagger which you saidx
|
|
led you to duncanx ox these flawsx and starts
|
|
ximpostors to true fearxx would well become
|
|
a womanxs story at a winterxs firex
|
|
authorisxd by her grandamx shame itselfx
|
|
why do you make such facesx when allxs donex
|
|
you look but on a stoolx
|
|
|
|
macbethx
|
|
prxytheex see therex
|
|
beholdx lookx lox how say youx
|
|
whyx what care ix if thou canst nodx speak tooxx
|
|
if charnel houses and our graves must send
|
|
those that we bury backx our monuments
|
|
shall be the maws of kitesx
|
|
|
|
xxghost disappearsxxx
|
|
|
|
lady macbethx
|
|
whatx quite unmannxd in follyx
|
|
|
|
macbethx
|
|
if i stand herex i saw himx
|
|
|
|
lady macbethx
|
|
fiex for shamex
|
|
|
|
macbethx
|
|
blood hath been shed ere nowx ix thx olden timex
|
|
ere humane statute purgxd the gentle wealx
|
|
ayx and since toox murders have been performxd
|
|
too terrible for the earx the time has beenx
|
|
thatx when the brains were outx the man would diex
|
|
and there an endx but now they rise againx
|
|
with twenty mortal murders on their crownsx
|
|
and push us from our stoolsx this is more strange
|
|
than such a murder isx
|
|
|
|
lady macbethx
|
|
my worthy lordx
|
|
your noble friends do lack youx
|
|
|
|
macbethx
|
|
i do forgetxx
|
|
do not muse at mex my most worthy friendsx
|
|
i have a strange infirmityx which is nothing
|
|
to those that know mex comex love and health to allx
|
|
then ixll sit downxxgive me some winex fill fullxx
|
|
i drink to the general joy ox thx whole tablex
|
|
and to our dear friend banquox whom we missx
|
|
would he were herex
|
|
|
|
ghost rises againx
|
|
|
|
to allx and himx we thirstx
|
|
and all to allx
|
|
|
|
lordsx
|
|
our dutiesx and the pledgex
|
|
|
|
macbethx
|
|
avauntx and quit my sightx let the earth hide theex
|
|
thy bones are marrowlessx thy blood is coldx
|
|
thou hast no speculation in those eyes
|
|
which thou dost glare withx
|
|
|
|
lady macbethx
|
|
think of thisx good peersx
|
|
but as a thing of customx xtis no otherx
|
|
only it spoils the pleasure of the timex
|
|
|
|
macbethx
|
|
what man darex i darex
|
|
approach thou like the rugged russian bearx
|
|
the armxd rhinocerosx or thx hyrcan tigerx
|
|
take any shape but thatx and my firm nerves
|
|
shall never tremblex or be alive againx
|
|
and dare me to the desert with thy swordx
|
|
if trembling i inhabit thenx protest me
|
|
the baby of a girlx hencex horrible shadowx
|
|
unreal mockxryx hencex
|
|
|
|
xxghost disappearsxxx
|
|
|
|
whyx soxxbeing gonex
|
|
i am a man againxxpray youx sit stillx
|
|
|
|
lady macbethx
|
|
you have displaced the mirthx broke the good meeting
|
|
with most admirxd disorderx
|
|
|
|
macbethx
|
|
can such things bex
|
|
and overcome us like a summerxs cloudx
|
|
without our special wonderx you make me strange
|
|
even to the disposition that i owex
|
|
when now i think you can behold such sightsx
|
|
and keep the natural ruby of your cheeksx
|
|
when mine are blanchxd with fearx
|
|
|
|
rossx
|
|
what sightsx my lordx
|
|
|
|
lady macbethx
|
|
i pray youx speak notx he grows worse and worsex
|
|
question enrages himx at oncex good nightxx
|
|
stand not upon the order of your goingx
|
|
but go at oncex
|
|
|
|
lennoxx
|
|
good nightx and better health
|
|
attend his majestyx
|
|
|
|
lady macbethx
|
|
a kind good night to allx
|
|
|
|
xxexeunt all lords and atendantsxxx
|
|
|
|
macbethx
|
|
it will have bloodx they sayx blood will have bloodx
|
|
stones have been known to movex and trees to speakx
|
|
augursx and understood relationsx have
|
|
by magotxpiesx and choughsx and rooksx brought forth
|
|
the secretxst man of bloodxxwhat is the nightx
|
|
|
|
lady macbethx
|
|
almost at odds with morningx which is whichx
|
|
|
|
macbethx
|
|
how sayxst thoux that macduff denies his person
|
|
at our great biddingx
|
|
|
|
lady macbethx
|
|
did you send to himx sirx
|
|
|
|
macbethx
|
|
i hear it by the wayx but i will sendx
|
|
therexs not a one of them but in his house
|
|
i keep a servant feexdx i will tomorrow
|
|
xand betimes i willx to the weird sistersx
|
|
more shall they speakx for now i am bent to knowx
|
|
by the worst meansx the worstx for mine own goodx
|
|
all causes shall give wayx i am in blood
|
|
steppxd in so far thatx should i wade no morex
|
|
returning were as tedious as go oxerx
|
|
strange things i have in headx that will to handx
|
|
which must be acted ere they may be scannxdx
|
|
|
|
lady macbethx
|
|
you lack the season of all naturesx sleepx
|
|
|
|
macbethx
|
|
comex wexll to sleepx my strange and selfxabuse
|
|
is the initiate fear that wants hard usex
|
|
we are yet but young in deedx
|
|
|
|
xxexeuntxxx
|
|
|
|
scene vx the heathx
|
|
|
|
thunderx enter the three witches meeting hecatex
|
|
|
|
first witchx
|
|
whyx how nowx hecatex you look angerlyx
|
|
|
|
hecatex
|
|
have i not reasonx beldams as you arex
|
|
saucy and overboldx how did you dare
|
|
to trade and traffic with macbeth
|
|
in riddles and affairs of deathx
|
|
and ix the mistress of your charmsx
|
|
the close contriver of all harmsx
|
|
was never callxd to bear my partx
|
|
or show the glory of our artx
|
|
andx which is worsex all you have done
|
|
hath been but for a wayward sonx
|
|
spiteful and wrathfulx whox as others dox
|
|
loves for his own endsx not for youx
|
|
but make amends nowx get you gonex
|
|
and at the pit of acheron
|
|
meet me ix thx morningx thither he
|
|
will come to know his destinyx
|
|
your vessels and your spells providex
|
|
your charmsx and everything besidex
|
|
i am for thx airx this night ixll spend
|
|
unto a dismal and a fatal endx
|
|
great business must be wrought ere noonx
|
|
upon the corner of the moon
|
|
there hangs a vapxrous drop profoundx
|
|
ixll catch it ere it come to groundx
|
|
and thatx distillxd by magic sleightsx
|
|
shall raise such artificial spritesx
|
|
asx by the strength of their illusionx
|
|
shall draw him on to his confusionx
|
|
he shall spurn fatex scorn deathx and bear
|
|
his hopes xbove wisdomx gracex and fearx
|
|
and you all knowx security
|
|
is mortalsx chiefest enemyx
|
|
|
|
xxmusic and song withinx xcome awayx come awayx xcxxx
|
|
|
|
harkx i am callxdx my little spiritx seex
|
|
sits in a foggy cloud and stays for mex
|
|
|
|
xxexitxxx
|
|
|
|
first witchx
|
|
comex letxs make hastex shexll soon be back againx
|
|
|
|
xxexeuntxxx
|
|
|
|
scene vix forresx a room in the palacex
|
|
|
|
enter lennox and another lordx
|
|
|
|
lennoxx
|
|
my former speeches have but hit your thoughtsx
|
|
which can interpret fartherx onlyx i sayx
|
|
thingxs have been strangely bornex the gracious duncan
|
|
was pitied of macbethxxmarryx he was deadxx
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and the right valiant banquo walkxd too latex
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whomx you may sayx ifxt please youx fleance killxdx
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for fleance fledx men must not walk too latex
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who cannot want the thoughtx how monstrous
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it was for malcolm and for donalbain
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to kill their gracious fatherx damned factx
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how it did grieve macbethx did he not straightx
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in pious ragex the two delinquents tear
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that were the slaves of drink and thralls of sleepx
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was not that nobly donex ayx and wisely toox
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for xtwould have angerxd any heart alivex
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to hear the men denyxtx so thatx i sayx
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he has borne all things wellx and i do thinkx
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that had he duncanxs sons under his key
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xasx andxt please heavenx he shall notx they should find
|
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what xtwere to kill a fatherx so should fleancex
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butx peacexxfor from broad wordsx and xcause he failxd
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his presence at the tyrantxs feastx i hearx
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macduff lives in disgracex sirx can you tell
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where he bestows himselfx
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lordx
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the son of duncanx
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from whom this tyrant holds the due of birthx
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lives in the english court and is receivxd
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of the most pious edward with such grace
|
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that the malevolence of fortune nothing
|
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takes from his high respectx thither macduff
|
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is gone to pray the holy kingx upon his aid
|
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to wake northumberlandx and warlike siward
|
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thatx by the help of these xwith him above
|
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to ratify the workxx we may again
|
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give to our tables meatx sleep to our nightsx
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free from our feasts and banquets bloody knivesx
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do faithful homagex and receive free honoursx
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all which we pine for nowx and this report
|
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hath so exasperate the king that he
|
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prepares for some attempt of warx
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lennoxx
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sent he to macduffx
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lordx
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he didx and with an absolute xsirx not ixx
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the cloudy messenger turns me his backx
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and humsx as who should sayx xyouxll rue the time
|
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that clogs me with this answerxx
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lennoxx
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and that well might
|
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advise him to a cautionx tx hold what distance
|
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his wisdom can providex some holy angel
|
|
fly to the court of englandx and unfold
|
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his message ere he comex that a swift blessing
|
|
may soon return to this our suffering country
|
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under a hand accursxdx
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lordx
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ixll send my prayers with himx
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xxexeuntxxx
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act iv
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scene ix a dark cavex in the middlex a cauldron boilingx
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thunderx enter the three witchesx
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first witchx
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thrice the brinded cat hath mewxdx
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second witchx
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thricex and once the hedgexpig whinxdx
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third witchx
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harpier criesxxxtis timex xtis timex
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first witchx
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round about the cauldron gox
|
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in the poisonxd entrails throwxx
|
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toadx that under cold stone
|
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days and nights has thirtyxone
|
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swelterxd venom sleeping gotx
|
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boil thou first ix thx charmed potx
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allx
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doublex doublex toil and troublex
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firex burnx and cauldronx bubblex
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second witchx
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fillet of a fenny snakex
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in the cauldron boil and bakex
|
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eye of newtx and toe of frogx
|
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wool of batx and tongue of dogx
|
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adderxs forkx and blindxwormxs stingx
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lizardxs legx and howletxs wingx
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for a charm of powerful troublex
|
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like a hellxbroth boil and bubblex
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allx
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doublex doublex toil and troublex
|
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firex burnx and cauldronx bubblex
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third witchx
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scale of dragonx tooth of wolfx
|
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witchxs mummyx maw and gulf
|
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of the ravinxd saltxsea sharkx
|
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root of hemlock diggxd ix thx darkx
|
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liver of blaspheming jewx
|
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gall of goatx and slips of yew
|
|
sliverxd in the moonxs eclipsex
|
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nose of turkx and tartarxs lipsx
|
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finger of birthxstrangled babe
|
|
ditchxdeliverxd by a drabx
|
|
make the gruel thick and slabx
|
|
add thereto a tigerxs chaudronx
|
|
for thx ingredients of our cauldronx
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allx
|
|
doublex doublex toil and troublex
|
|
firex burnx and cauldronx bubblex
|
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|
|
second witchx
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cool it with a baboonxs bloodx
|
|
then the charm is firm and goodx
|
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enter hecatex
|
|
|
|
hecatex
|
|
ox well donex i commend your painsx
|
|
and everyone shall share ix thx gainsx
|
|
and now about the cauldron singx
|
|
like elves and fairies in a ringx
|
|
enchanting all that you put inx
|
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|
|
xxmusic and a songx xblack spiritsxx xcxxx
|
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|
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xxexit hecatexxx
|
|
|
|
second witchx
|
|
by the pricking of my thumbsx
|
|
something wicked this way comesx
|
|
openx locksx
|
|
whoever knocksx
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|
|
|
enter macbethx
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|
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|
macbethx
|
|
how nowx you secretx blackx and midnight hagsx
|
|
what isxt you dox
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allx
|
|
a deed without a namex
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macbethx
|
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i conjure youx by that which you professx
|
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xhowexer you come to know itx answer mex
|
|
though you untie the windsx and let them fight
|
|
against the churchesx though the yesty waves
|
|
confound and swallow navigation upx
|
|
though bladed corn be lodgxdx and trees blown downx
|
|
though castles topple on their wardersx headsx
|
|
though palaces and pyramids do slope
|
|
their heads to their foundationsx though the treasure
|
|
of naturexs germens tumble all togetherx
|
|
even till destruction sickenx answer me
|
|
to what i ask youx
|
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first witchx
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speakx
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second witchx
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demandx
|
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third witchx
|
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wexll answerx
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|
|
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first witchx
|
|
sayx if thouxdst rather hear it from our mouthsx
|
|
or from our mastersx
|
|
|
|
macbethx
|
|
call xemx let me see xemx
|
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|
|
first witchx
|
|
pour in sowxs bloodx that hath eaten
|
|
her nine farrowx grease thatxs sweaten
|
|
from the murdererxs gibbet throw
|
|
into the flamex
|
|
|
|
allx
|
|
comex high or lowx
|
|
thyself and office deftly showx
|
|
|
|
xxthunderx an apparition of an armed head risesxxx
|
|
|
|
macbethx
|
|
tell mex thou unknown powerxx
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|
|
first witchx
|
|
he knows thy thoughtx
|
|
hear his speechx but say thou naughtx
|
|
|
|
apparitionx
|
|
macbethx macbethx macbethx beware macduffx
|
|
beware the thane of fifexxdismiss mexxenoughx
|
|
|
|
xxdescendsxxx
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|
|
|
macbethx
|
|
whatexer thou artx for thy good cautionx thanksx
|
|
thou hast harpxd my fear arightxxbut one word morex
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|
|
|
first witchx
|
|
he will not be commandedx herexs anotherx
|
|
more potent than the firstx
|
|
|
|
xxthunderx an apparition of a bloody child risesxxx
|
|
|
|
apparitionx
|
|
macbethx macbethx macbethx
|
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|
|
macbethx
|
|
had i three earsx ixd hear theex
|
|
|
|
apparitionx
|
|
be bloodyx boldx and resolutex laugh to scorn
|
|
the power of manx for none of woman born
|
|
shall harm macbethx
|
|
|
|
xxdescendsxxx
|
|
|
|
macbethx
|
|
then livex macduffx what need i fear of theex
|
|
but yet ixll make assurance double surex
|
|
and take a bond of fatex thou shalt not livex
|
|
that i may tell palexhearted fear it liesx
|
|
and sleep in spite of thunderx
|
|
|
|
xxthunderx an apparition of a child crownedx with a tree in his handx
|
|
risesxxx
|
|
|
|
what is thisx
|
|
that rises like the issue of a kingx
|
|
and wears upon his baby brow the round
|
|
and top of sovereigntyx
|
|
|
|
allx
|
|
listenx but speak not toxtx
|
|
|
|
apparitionx
|
|
be lionxmettledx proudx and take no care
|
|
who chafesx who fretsx or where conspirers arex
|
|
macbeth shall never vanquishxd bex until
|
|
great birnam wood to high dunsinane hill
|
|
shall come against himx
|
|
|
|
xxdescendsxxx
|
|
|
|
macbethx
|
|
that will never bex
|
|
who can impress the forestx bid the tree
|
|
unfix his earthxbound rootx sweet bodementsx goodx
|
|
rebellious headx rise never till the wood
|
|
of birnam risex and our highxplacxd macbeth
|
|
shall live the lease of naturex pay his breath
|
|
to time and mortal customxxyet my heart
|
|
throbs to know one thingx tell mex if your art
|
|
can tell so muchx shall banquoxs issue ever
|
|
reign in this kingdomx
|
|
|
|
allx
|
|
seek to know no morex
|
|
|
|
macbethx
|
|
i will be satisfiedx deny me thisx
|
|
and an eternal curse fall on youx let me knowx
|
|
why sinks that cauldronx and what noise is thisx
|
|
|
|
xxhautboysxxx
|
|
|
|
first witchx
|
|
showx
|
|
|
|
second witchx
|
|
showx
|
|
|
|
third witchx
|
|
showx
|
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|
|
allx
|
|
show his eyesx and grieve his heartx
|
|
come like shadowsx so departx
|
|
|
|
xxa show of eight kings appearx and pass over in orderx the last with
|
|
a glass in his handx banquo followingxxx
|
|
|
|
macbethx
|
|
thou are too like the spirit of banquox downx
|
|
thy crown does sear mine eyeballsxxand thy hairx
|
|
thou other goldxbound browx is like the firstx
|
|
a third is like the formerxxfilthy hagsx
|
|
why do you show me thisxxa fourthxxstartx eyesx
|
|
whatx will the line stretch out to thx crack of doomx
|
|
another yetxxa seventhxxixll see no morexx
|
|
and yet the eighth appearsx who bears a glass
|
|
which shows me many morex and some i see
|
|
that twofold balls and treble sceptres carryx
|
|
horrible sightxxnow i see xtis truex
|
|
for the bloodxbolterxd banquo smiles upon mex
|
|
and points at them for hisxxwhatx is this sox
|
|
|
|
first witchx
|
|
ayx sirx all this is soxxbut why
|
|
stands macbeth thus amazedlyxx
|
|
comex sistersx cheer we up his spritesx
|
|
and show the best of our delightsx
|
|
ixll charm the air to give a soundx
|
|
while you perform your antic roundx
|
|
that this great king may kindly sayx
|
|
our duties did his welcome payx
|
|
|
|
xxmusicx the witches dancex and vanishxxx
|
|
|
|
macbethx
|
|
where are theyx gonexxlet this pernicious hour
|
|
stand aye accursed in the calendarxx
|
|
come inx without therex
|
|
|
|
enter lennoxx
|
|
|
|
lennoxx
|
|
whatxs your gracexs willx
|
|
|
|
macbethx
|
|
saw you the weird sistersx
|
|
|
|
lennoxx
|
|
nox my lordx
|
|
|
|
macbethx
|
|
came they not by youx
|
|
|
|
lennoxx
|
|
nox indeedx my lordx
|
|
|
|
macbethx
|
|
infected be the air whereon they ridex
|
|
and damnxd all those that trust themxxi did hear
|
|
the galloping of horsex who wasxt came byx
|
|
|
|
lennoxx
|
|
xtis two or threex my lordx that bring you word
|
|
macduff is fled to englandx
|
|
|
|
macbethx
|
|
fled to englandx
|
|
|
|
lennoxx
|
|
ayx my good lordx
|
|
|
|
macbethx
|
|
timex thou anticipatxst my dread exploitsx
|
|
the flighty purpose never is oxertook
|
|
unless the deed go with itx from this moment
|
|
the very firstlings of my heart shall be
|
|
the firstlings of my handx and even nowx
|
|
to crown my thoughts with actsx be it thought and donex
|
|
the castle of macduff i will surprisex
|
|
seize upon fifex give to thx edge ox thx sword
|
|
his wifex his babesx and all unfortunate souls
|
|
that trace him in his linex no boasting like a foolx
|
|
this deed ixll do before this purpose coolx
|
|
but no more sightsxxwhere are these gentlemenx
|
|
comex bring me where they arex
|
|
|
|
xxexeuntxxx
|
|
|
|
scene iix fifex a room in macduffxs castlex
|
|
|
|
enter lady macduff her son and rossx
|
|
|
|
lady macduffx
|
|
what had he donex to make him fly the landx
|
|
|
|
rossx
|
|
you must have patiencex madamx
|
|
|
|
lady macduffx
|
|
he had nonex
|
|
his flight was madnessx when our actions do notx
|
|
our fears do make us traitorsx
|
|
|
|
rossx
|
|
you know not
|
|
whether it was his wisdom or his fearx
|
|
|
|
lady macduffx
|
|
wisdomx to leave his wifex to leave his babesx
|
|
his mansionx and his titlesx in a place
|
|
from whence himself does flyx he loves us notx
|
|
he wants the natural touchx for the poor wrenx
|
|
the most diminutive of birdsx will fightx
|
|
her young ones in her nestx against the owlx
|
|
all is the fearx and nothing is the lovex
|
|
as little is the wisdomx where the flight
|
|
so runs against all reasonx
|
|
|
|
rossx
|
|
my dearest cozx
|
|
i pray youx school yourselfx butx for your husbandx
|
|
he is noblex wisex judiciousx and best knows
|
|
the fits ox thx seasonx i dare not speak much furtherx
|
|
but cruel are the timesx when we are traitorsx
|
|
and do not know ourselvesx when we hold rumour
|
|
from what we fearx yet know not what we fearx
|
|
but float upon a wild and violent sea
|
|
each way and movexi take my leave of youx
|
|
shall not be long but ixll be here againx
|
|
things at the worst will ceasex or else climb upward
|
|
to what they were beforexxmy pretty cousinx
|
|
blessing upon youx
|
|
|
|
lady macduffx
|
|
fatherxd he isx and yet hexs fatherlessx
|
|
|
|
rossx
|
|
i am so much a foolx should i stay longerx
|
|
it would be my disgrace and your discomfortx
|
|
i take my leave at oncex
|
|
|
|
xxexitxxx
|
|
|
|
lady macduffx
|
|
sirrahx your fatherxs deadx
|
|
and what will you do nowx how will you livex
|
|
|
|
sonx
|
|
as birds dox motherx
|
|
|
|
lady macduffx
|
|
whatx with worms and fliesx
|
|
|
|
sonx
|
|
with what i getx i meanx and so do theyx
|
|
|
|
lady macduffx
|
|
poor birdx thouxdst never fear the net nor limex
|
|
the pitxfall nor the ginx
|
|
|
|
sonx
|
|
why should ix motherx poor birds they are not set forx
|
|
my father is not deadx for all your sayingx
|
|
|
|
lady macduffx
|
|
yesx he is deadx how wilt thou do for a fatherx
|
|
|
|
sonx
|
|
nayx how will you do for a husbandx
|
|
|
|
lady macduffx
|
|
whyx i can buy me twenty at any marketx
|
|
|
|
sonx
|
|
then youxll buy xem to sell againx
|
|
|
|
lady macduffx
|
|
thou speakxst with all thy witx
|
|
and yetx ix faithx with wit enough for theex
|
|
|
|
sonx
|
|
was my father a traitorx motherx
|
|
|
|
lady macduffx
|
|
ayx that he wasx
|
|
|
|
sonx
|
|
what is a traitorx
|
|
|
|
lady macduffx
|
|
whyx one that swears and liesx
|
|
|
|
sonx
|
|
and be all traitors that do sox
|
|
|
|
lady macduffx
|
|
every one that does so is a traitorx and must be hangedx
|
|
|
|
sonx
|
|
and must they all be hanged that swear and liex
|
|
|
|
lady macduffx
|
|
every onex
|
|
|
|
sonx
|
|
who must hang themx
|
|
|
|
lady macduffx
|
|
whyx the honest menx
|
|
|
|
sonx
|
|
then the liars and swearers are foolsx for there are liars and swearers
|
|
enow to beat the honest men and hang up themx
|
|
|
|
lady macduffx
|
|
nowx god help theex poor monkeyx but how wilt thou do for a fatherx
|
|
|
|
sonx
|
|
if he were deadx youxld weep for himx if you would notx it were a good
|
|
sign that i should quickly have a new fatherx
|
|
|
|
lady macduffx
|
|
poor prattlerx how thou talkxstx
|
|
|
|
enter a messengerx
|
|
|
|
messengerx
|
|
bless youx fair damex i am not to you knownx
|
|
though in your state of honour i am perfectx
|
|
i doubt some danger does approach you nearlyx
|
|
if you will take a homely manxs advicex
|
|
be not found herex hencex with your little onesx
|
|
to fright you thusx methinksx i am too savagex
|
|
to do worse to you were fell crueltyx
|
|
which is too nigh your personx heaven preserve youx
|
|
i dare abide no longerx
|
|
|
|
xxexitxxx
|
|
|
|
lady macduffx
|
|
whither should i flyx
|
|
i have done no harmx but i remember now
|
|
i am in this earthly worldx where to do harm
|
|
is often laudablex to do good sometime
|
|
accounted dangerous follyx why thenx alasx
|
|
do i put up that womanly defencex
|
|
to say i have done no harmx what are these facesx
|
|
|
|
enter murderersx
|
|
|
|
first murdererx
|
|
where is your husbandx
|
|
|
|
lady macduffx
|
|
i hopex in no place so unsanctified
|
|
where such as thou mayst find himx
|
|
|
|
first murdererx
|
|
hexs a traitorx
|
|
|
|
sonx
|
|
thou liestx thou shagxearxd villainx
|
|
|
|
first murdererx
|
|
whatx you eggx
|
|
|
|
xxstabbing himxxx
|
|
|
|
young fry of treacheryx
|
|
|
|
sonx
|
|
he has killxd mex motherx
|
|
run awayx i pray youx
|
|
|
|
xxdiesx exit lady macduffx crying xmurderxx and pursued by the
|
|
murderersxxx
|
|
|
|
scene iiix englandx before the kingxs palacex
|
|
|
|
enter malcolm and macduffx
|
|
|
|
malcolmx
|
|
let us seek out some desolate shade and there
|
|
weep our sad bosoms emptyx
|
|
|
|
macduffx
|
|
let us rather
|
|
hold fast the mortal swordx andx like good menx
|
|
bestride our downxfallxn birthdomx each new morn
|
|
new widows howlx new orphans cryx new sorrows
|
|
strike heaven on the facex that it resounds
|
|
as if it felt with scotlandx and yellxd out
|
|
like syllable of dolourx
|
|
|
|
malcolmx
|
|
what i believex ixll wailx
|
|
what knowx believex and what i can redressx
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as i shall find the time to friendx i willx
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what you have spokex it may be sox perchancex
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this tyrantx whose sole name blisters our tonguesx
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was once thought honestx you have loved him wellx
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he hath not touchxd you yetx i am youngx but something
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you may deserve of him through mex and wisdom
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to offer up a weakx poorx innocent lamb
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to appease an angry godx
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macduffx
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i am not treacherousx
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malcolmx
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but macbeth isx
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a good and virtuous nature may recoil
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in an imperial chargex but i shall crave your pardonx
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that which you arex my thoughts cannot transposex
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angels are bright stillx though the brightest fellx
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though all things foul would wear the brows of gracex
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yet grace must still look sox
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macduffx
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i have lost my hopesx
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malcolmx
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perchance even there where i did find my doubtsx
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why in that rawness left you wife and childx
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those precious motivesx those strong knots of lovex
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without leavextakingxxi pray youx
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let not my jealousies be your dishonoursx
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but mine own safetiesx you may be rightly justx
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whatever i shall thinkx
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macduffx
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bleedx bleedx poor countryx
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great tyrannyx lay thou thy basis surex
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for goodness dare not check theex wear thou thy wrongsx
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the title is affeerxdxxfare thee wellx lordx
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i would not be the villain that thou thinkxst
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for the whole space thatxs in the tyrantxs grasp
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and the rich east to bootx
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malcolmx
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be not offendedx
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i speak not as in absolute fear of youx
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i think our country sinks beneath the yokex
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it weepsx it bleedsx and each new day a gash
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is added to her woundsx i thinkx withalx
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there would be hands uplifted in my rightx
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and herex from gracious englandx have i offer
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of goodly thousandsx butx for all thisx
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when i shall tread upon the tyrantxs headx
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or wear it on my swordx yet my poor country
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shall have more vices than it had beforex
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more sufferx and more sundry ways than everx
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by him that shall succeedx
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macduffx
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what should he bex
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malcolmx
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it is myself i meanx in whom i know
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all the particulars of vice so grafted
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thatx when they shall be openxdx black macbeth
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will seem as pure as snowx and the poor state
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esteem him as a lambx being comparxd
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with my confineless harmsx
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macduffx
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not in the legions
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of horrid hell can come a devil more damnxd
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in evils to top macbethx
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malcolmx
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i grant him bloodyx
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luxuriousx avariciousx falsex deceitfulx
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suddenx maliciousx smacking of every sin
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that has a namex but therexs no bottomx nonex
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in my voluptuousnessx your wivesx your daughtersx
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your matronsx and your maidsx could not fill up
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the cistern of my lustx and my desire
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all continent impediments would oxerbearx
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that did oppose my willx better macbeth
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than such an one to reignx
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macduffx
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boundless intemperance
|
|
in nature is a tyrannyx it hath been
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|
thx untimely emptying of the happy thronex
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and fall of many kingsx but fear not yet
|
|
to take upon you what is yoursx you may
|
|
convey your pleasures in a spacious plentyx
|
|
and yet seem coldxthe time you may so hoodwinkx
|
|
we have willing dames enoughx there cannot be
|
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that vulture in youx to devour so many
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as will to greatness dedicate themselvesx
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|
finding it so inclinxdx
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malcolmx
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|
with this there grows
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|
in my most illxcomposxd affection such
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|
a staunchless avaricex thatx were i kingx
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i should cut off the nobles for their landsx
|
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desire his jewelsx and this otherxs housex
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and my morexhaving would be as a sauce
|
|
to make me hunger morex that i should forge
|
|
quarrels unjust against the good and loyalx
|
|
destroying them for wealthx
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macduffx
|
|
this avarice
|
|
sticks deeperx grows with more pernicious root
|
|
than summerxseeming lustx and it hath been
|
|
the sword of our slain kingsx yet do not fearx
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|
scotland hath foisons to fill up your willx
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|
of your mere ownx all these are portablex
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|
with other graces weighxdx
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malcolmx
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|
but i have nonex the kingxbecoming gracesx
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|
as justicex verityx tempxrancex stablenessx
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bountyx perseverancex mercyx lowlinessx
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devotionx patiencex couragex fortitudex
|
|
i have no relish of themx but abound
|
|
in the division of each several crimex
|
|
acting it many waysx nayx had i powerx i should
|
|
pour the sweet milk of concord into hellx
|
|
uproar the universal peacex confound
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|
all unity on earthx
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macduffx
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|
o scotlandx scotlandx
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malcolmx
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if such a one be fit to governx speakx
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i am as i have spokenx
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macduffx
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|
fit to governx
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nox not to livexxo nation miserablex
|
|
with an untitled tyrant bloodyxscepterxdx
|
|
when shalt thou see thy wholesome days againx
|
|
since that the truest issue of thy throne
|
|
by his own interdiction stands accusxdx
|
|
and does blaspheme his breedx thy royal father
|
|
was a most sainted kingx the queen that bore theex
|
|
oftxner upon her knees than on her feetx
|
|
died every day she livedx fare thee wellx
|
|
these evils thou repeatxst upon thyself
|
|
have banishxd me from scotlandxxo my breastx
|
|
thy hope ends herex
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malcolmx
|
|
macduffx this noble passionx
|
|
child of integrityx hath from my soul
|
|
wiped the black scruplesx reconcilxd my thoughts
|
|
to thy good truth and honourx devilish macbeth
|
|
by many of these trains hath sought to win me
|
|
into his powerx and modest wisdom plucks me
|
|
from overxcredulous hastex but god above
|
|
deal between thee and mex for even now
|
|
i put myself to thy directionx and
|
|
unspeak mine own detractionx here abjure
|
|
the taints and blames i laid upon myselfx
|
|
for strangers to my naturex i am yet
|
|
unknown to womanx never was forswornx
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scarcely have coveted what was mine ownx
|
|
at no time broke my faithx would not betray
|
|
the devil to his fellowx and delight
|
|
no less in truth than lifex my first false speaking
|
|
was this upon myselfx what i am trulyx
|
|
is thine and my poor countryxs to commandx
|
|
whitherx indeedx before thy herexapproachx
|
|
old siwardx with ten thousand warlike menx
|
|
already at a pointx was setting forthx
|
|
now wexll togetherx and the chance of goodness
|
|
be like our warranted quarrelx why are you silentx
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macduffx
|
|
such welcome and unwelcome things at once
|
|
xtis hard to reconcilex
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enter a doctorx
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malcolmx
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|
wellx more anonxxcomes the king forthx i pray youx
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doctorx
|
|
ayx sirx there are a crew of wretched souls
|
|
that stay his curex their malady convinces
|
|
the great assay of artx but at his touchx
|
|
such sanctity hath heaven given his handx
|
|
they presently amendx
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malcolmx
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|
i thank youx doctorx
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|
xxexit doctorxxx
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macduffx
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|
whatxs the disease he meansx
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malcolmx
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|
xtis callxd the evilx
|
|
a most miraculous work in this good kingx
|
|
which oftenx since my herexremain in englandx
|
|
i have seen him dox how he solicits heavenx
|
|
himself best knowsx but strangelyxvisited peoplex
|
|
all swoln and ulcerousx pitiful to the eyex
|
|
the mere despair of surgeryx he curesx
|
|
hanging a golden stamp about their necksx
|
|
put on with holy prayersx and xtis spokenx
|
|
to the succeeding royalty he leaves
|
|
the healing benedictionx with this strange virtuex
|
|
he hath a heavenly gift of prophecyx
|
|
and sundry blessings hang about his thronex
|
|
that speak him full of gracex
|
|
|
|
enter rossx
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macduffx
|
|
seex who comes herex
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malcolmx
|
|
my countrymanx but yet i know him notx
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macduffx
|
|
my everxgentle cousinx welcome hitherx
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|
malcolmx
|
|
i know him nowx good godx betimes remove
|
|
the means that makes us strangersx
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|
rossx
|
|
sirx amenx
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|
macduffx
|
|
stands scotland where it didx
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|
rossx
|
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alasx poor countryx
|
|
almost afraid to know itselfx it cannot
|
|
be callxd our motherx but our gravex where nothingx
|
|
but who knows nothingx is once seen to smilex
|
|
where sighsx and groansx and shrieksx that rent the airx
|
|
are madex not markxdx where violent sorrow seems
|
|
a modern ecstasyx the dead manxs knell
|
|
is there scarce askxd for whox and good menxs lives
|
|
expire before the flowers in their capsx
|
|
dying or ere they sickenx
|
|
|
|
macduffx
|
|
ox relation
|
|
too nicex and yet too truex
|
|
|
|
malcolmx
|
|
whatxs the newest griefx
|
|
|
|
rossx
|
|
that of an hourxs age doth hiss the speakerx
|
|
each minute teems a new onex
|
|
|
|
macduffx
|
|
how does my wifex
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|
|
|
rossx
|
|
whyx wellx
|
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|
macduffx
|
|
and all my childrenx
|
|
|
|
rossx
|
|
well toox
|
|
|
|
macduffx
|
|
the tyrant has not batterxd at their peacex
|
|
|
|
rossx
|
|
nox they were well at peace when i did leave xemx
|
|
|
|
macduffx
|
|
be not a niggard of your speechx how goesxtx
|
|
|
|
rossx
|
|
when i came hither to transport the tidingsx
|
|
which i have heavily bornex there ran a rumour
|
|
of many worthy fellows that were outx
|
|
which was to my belief witnessxd the ratherx
|
|
for that i saw the tyrantxs power afootx
|
|
now is the time of helpx your eye in scotland
|
|
would create soldiersx make our women fightx
|
|
to doff their dire distressesx
|
|
|
|
malcolmx
|
|
bext their comfort
|
|
we are coming thitherx gracious england hath
|
|
lent us good siward and ten thousand menx
|
|
an older and a better soldier none
|
|
that christendom gives outx
|
|
|
|
rossx
|
|
would i could answer
|
|
this comfort with the likex but i have words
|
|
that would be howlxd out in the desert airx
|
|
where hearing should not latch themx
|
|
|
|
macduffx
|
|
what concern theyx
|
|
the general causex or is it a feexgrief
|
|
due to some single breastx
|
|
|
|
rossx
|
|
no mind thatxs honest
|
|
but in it shares some woex though the main part
|
|
pertains to you alonex
|
|
|
|
macduffx
|
|
if it be minex
|
|
keep it not from mex quickly let me have itx
|
|
|
|
rossx
|
|
let not your ears despise my tongue for everx
|
|
which shall possess them with the heaviest sound
|
|
that ever yet they heardx
|
|
|
|
macduffx
|
|
humhx i guess at itx
|
|
|
|
rossx
|
|
your castle is surprisxdx your wife and babes
|
|
savagely slaughterxdx to relate the manner
|
|
werex on the quarry of these murderxd deerx
|
|
to add the death of youx
|
|
|
|
malcolmx
|
|
merciful heavenxx
|
|
whatx manx nexer pull your hat upon your browsx
|
|
give sorrow wordsx the grief that does not speak
|
|
whispers the oxerxfraught heartx and bids it breakx
|
|
|
|
macduffx
|
|
my children toox
|
|
|
|
rossx
|
|
wifex childrenx servantsx all
|
|
that could be foundx
|
|
|
|
macduffx
|
|
and i must be from thencex
|
|
my wife killxd toox
|
|
|
|
rossx
|
|
i have saidx
|
|
|
|
malcolmx
|
|
be comfortedx
|
|
letxs make us medxcines of our great revengex
|
|
to cure this deadly griefx
|
|
|
|
macduffx
|
|
he has no childrenxxall my pretty onesx
|
|
did you say allxxo hellxkitexxallx
|
|
whatx all my pretty chickens and their dam
|
|
at one fell swoopx
|
|
|
|
malcolmx
|
|
dispute it like a manx
|
|
|
|
macduffx
|
|
i shall do sox
|
|
but i must also feel it as a manx
|
|
i cannot but remember such things werex
|
|
that were most precious to mexxdid heaven look onx
|
|
and would not take their partx sinful macduffx
|
|
they were all struck for theex naught that i amx
|
|
not for their own demeritsx but for minex
|
|
fell slaughter on their soulsx heaven rest them nowx
|
|
|
|
malcolmx
|
|
be this the whetstone of your swordx let grief
|
|
convert to angerx blunt not the heartx enrage itx
|
|
|
|
macduffx
|
|
ox i could play the woman with mine eyesx
|
|
and braggart with my tonguexxbutx gentle heavensx
|
|
cut short all intermissionx front to frontx
|
|
bring thou this fiend of scotland and myselfx
|
|
within my swordxs length set himx if he xscapex
|
|
heaven forgive him toox
|
|
|
|
malcolmx
|
|
this tune goes manlyx
|
|
comex go we to the kingx our power is readyx
|
|
our lack is nothing but our leavex macbeth
|
|
is ripe for shakingx and the powers above
|
|
put on their instrumentsx receive what cheer you mayx
|
|
the night is long that never finds the dayx
|
|
|
|
xxexeuntxxx
|
|
|
|
|
|
act v
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|
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|
scene ix dunsinanex a room in the castlex
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|
|
|
enter a doctor of physic and a waitingxgentlewomanx
|
|
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|
doctorx
|
|
i have two nights watched with youx but can perceive no truth in your
|
|
reportx when was it she last walkedx
|
|
|
|
gentlewomanx
|
|
since his majesty went into the fieldx i have seen her rise from her
|
|
bedx throw her nightgown upon herx unlock her closetx take forth paperx
|
|
fold itx write uponxtx read itx afterwards seal itx and again return to
|
|
bedx yet all this while in a most fast sleepx
|
|
|
|
doctorx
|
|
a great perturbation in naturex to receive at once the benefit of
|
|
sleepx and do the effects of watchingx in this slumbery agitationx
|
|
besides her walking and other actual performancesx whatx at any timex
|
|
have you heard her sayx
|
|
|
|
gentlewomanx
|
|
thatx sirx which i will not report after herx
|
|
|
|
doctorx
|
|
you may to mex and xtis most meet you shouldx
|
|
|
|
gentlewomanx
|
|
neither to you nor anyonex having no witness to confirm my speechx
|
|
|
|
enter lady macbeth with a taperx
|
|
|
|
lo youx here she comesx this is her very guisex andx upon my lifex fast
|
|
asleepx observe herx stand closex
|
|
|
|
doctorx
|
|
how came she by that lightx
|
|
|
|
gentlewomanx
|
|
whyx it stood by herx she has light by her continuallyx xtis her
|
|
commandx
|
|
|
|
doctorx
|
|
you seex her eyes are openx
|
|
|
|
gentlewomanx
|
|
ayx but their sense are shutx
|
|
|
|
doctorx
|
|
what is it she does nowx look how she rubs her handsx
|
|
|
|
gentlewomanx
|
|
it is an accustomed action with herx to seem thus washing her handsx i
|
|
have known her continue in this a quarter of an hourx
|
|
|
|
lady macbethx
|
|
yet herexs a spotx
|
|
|
|
doctorx
|
|
harkx she speaksx i will set down what comes from herx to satisfy my
|
|
remembrance the more stronglyx
|
|
|
|
lady macbethx
|
|
outx damned spotx outx i sayx onex twox whyx then xtis time to doxtx
|
|
hell is murkyx fiex my lordx fiex a soldierx and afeardx what need we
|
|
fear who knows itx when none can call our power to accountx yet who
|
|
would have thought the old man to have had so much blood in himx
|
|
|
|
doctorx
|
|
do you mark thatx
|
|
|
|
lady macbethx
|
|
the thane of fife had a wifex where is she nowxxwhatx will these hands
|
|
nexer be cleanx no more ox thatx my lordx no more ox thatx you mar all
|
|
with this startingx
|
|
|
|
doctorx
|
|
go tox go tox you have known what you should notx
|
|
|
|
gentlewomanx
|
|
she has spoke what she should notx i am sure of thatx heaven knows what
|
|
she has knownx
|
|
|
|
lady macbethx
|
|
herexs the smell of the blood stillx all the perfumes of arabia will
|
|
not sweeten this little handx ohx ohx ohx
|
|
|
|
doctorx
|
|
what a sigh is therex the heart is sorely chargedx
|
|
|
|
gentlewomanx
|
|
i would not have such a heart in my bosom for the dignity of the whole
|
|
bodyx
|
|
|
|
doctorx
|
|
wellx wellx wellx
|
|
|
|
gentlewomanx
|
|
pray god it bex sirx
|
|
|
|
doctorx
|
|
this disease is beyond my practicex yet i have known those which have
|
|
walked in their sleepx who have died holily in their bedsx
|
|
|
|
lady macbethx
|
|
wash your handsx put on your nightgownx look not so palex i tell you
|
|
yet againx banquoxs buriedx he cannot come out onxs gravex
|
|
|
|
doctorx
|
|
even sox
|
|
|
|
lady macbethx
|
|
to bedx to bedx therexs knocking at the gatex comex comex comex comex
|
|
give me your handx whatxs done cannot be undonex to bedx to bedx to
|
|
bedx
|
|
|
|
xxexitxxx
|
|
|
|
doctorx
|
|
will she go now to bedx
|
|
|
|
gentlewomanx
|
|
directlyx
|
|
|
|
doctorx
|
|
foul whispxrings are abroadx unnatural deeds
|
|
do breed unnatural troublesx infected minds
|
|
to their deaf pillows will discharge their secretsx
|
|
more needs she the divine than the physicianxx
|
|
godx godx forgive us allx look after herx
|
|
remove from her the means of all annoyancex
|
|
and still keep eyes upon herx sox good nightx
|
|
my mind she has matedx and amazxd my sightx
|
|
i thinkx but dare not speakx
|
|
|
|
gentlewomanx
|
|
good nightx good doctorx
|
|
|
|
xxexeuntxxx
|
|
|
|
scene iix the country near dunsinanex
|
|
|
|
enterx with drum and colours menteithx caithnessx angusx lennox and
|
|
soldiersx
|
|
|
|
menteithx
|
|
the english power is nearx led on by malcolmx
|
|
his uncle siwardx and the good macduffx
|
|
revenges burn in themx for their dear causes
|
|
would to the bleeding and the grim alarm
|
|
excite the mortified manx
|
|
|
|
angusx
|
|
near birnam wood
|
|
shall we well meet themx that way are they comingx
|
|
|
|
caithnessx
|
|
who knows if donalbain be with his brotherx
|
|
|
|
lennoxx
|
|
for certainx sirx he is notx i have a file
|
|
of all the gentryx there is siwardxs son
|
|
and many unrough youthsx that even now
|
|
protest their first of manhoodx
|
|
|
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menteithx
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what does the tyrantx
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caithnessx
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great dunsinane he strongly fortifiesx
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some say hexs madx othersx that lesser hate himx
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do call it valiant furyx butx for certainx
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he cannot buckle his distemperxd cause
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within the belt of rulex
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angusx
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now does he feel
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his secret murders sticking on his handsx
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now minutely revolts upbraid his faithxbreachx
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those he commands move only in commandx
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nothing in lovex now does he feel his title
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hang loose about himx like a giantxs robe
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upon a dwarfish thiefx
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menteithx
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whox thenx shall blame
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his pesterxd senses to recoil and startx
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when all that is within him does condemn
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itself for being therex
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caithnessx
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wellx march we onx
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to give obedience where xtis truly owxdx
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meet we the medxcine of the sickly wealx
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and with him pour wex in our countryxs purgex
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each drop of usx
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lennoxx
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or so much as it needs
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to dew the sovereign flowerx and drown the weedsx
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make we our march towards birnamx
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xxexeuntx marchingxxx
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scene iiix dunsinanex a room in the castlex
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enter macbethx doctor and attendantsx
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macbethx
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bring me no more reportsx let them fly allx
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till birnam wood remove to dunsinane
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i cannot taint with fearx whatxs the boy malcolmx
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was he not born of womanx the spirits that know
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all mortal consequences have pronouncxd me thusx
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xfear notx macbethx no man thatxs born of woman
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shall exer have power upon theexxxthen flyx false thanesx
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and mingle with the english epicuresx
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the mind i sway byx and the heart i bearx
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shall never sag with doubt nor shake with fearx
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enter a servantx
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the devil damn thee blackx thou creamxfacxd loonx
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where gottxst thou that goose lookx
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servantx
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there is ten thousandx
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macbethx
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geesex villainx
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servantx
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soldiersx sirx
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macbethx
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go prick thy face and overxred thy fearx
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thou lilyxliverxd boyx what soldiersx patchx
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death of thy soulx those linen cheeks of thine
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are counsellors to fearx what soldiersx wheyxfacex
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servantx
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the english forcex so please youx
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macbethx
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take thy face hencex
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xxexit servantxxx
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seytonxxi am sick at heartx
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when i beholdxseytonx i sayxxthis push
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will cheer me ever or disseat me nowx
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i have livxd long enoughx my way of life
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is fallxn into the serex the yellow leafx
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and that which should accompany old agex
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as honourx lovex obediencex troops of friendsx
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i must not look to havex butx in their steadx
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cursesx not loud but deepx mouthxhonourx breathx
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which the poor heart would fain denyx and dare notx
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seytonxx
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enter seytonx
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seytonx
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whatxs your gracious pleasurex
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macbethx
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what news morex
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seytonx
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all is confirmxdx my lordx which was reportedx
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macbethx
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ixll fight till from my bones my flesh be hackxdx
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give me my armourx
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seytonx
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xtis not needed yetx
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macbethx
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ixll put it onx
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send out more horsesx skirr the country roundx
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hang those that talk of fearx give me mine armourxx
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how does your patientx doctorx
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doctorx
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not so sickx my lordx
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as she is troubled with thickxcoming fanciesx
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that keep her from her restx
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macbethx
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cure her of thatx
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canst thou not minister to a mind diseasxdx
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pluck from the memory a rooted sorrowx
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raze out the written troubles of the brainx
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and with some sweet oblivious antidote
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cleanse the stuffxd bosom of that perilous stuff
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which weighs upon the heartx
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doctorx
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therein the patient
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must minister to himselfx
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macbethx
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throw physic to the dogsx ixll none of itx
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comex put mine armour onx give me my staffx
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seytonx send outxxdoctorx the thanes fly from mexx
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comex sirx despatchxxif thou couldstx doctorx cast
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the water of my landx find her diseasex
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and purge it to a sound and pristine healthx
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i would applaud thee to the very echox
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that should applaud againxxpullxt offx i sayxx
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what rhubarbx sennax or what purgative drugx
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would scour these english hencex hearxst thou of themx
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doctorx
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ayx my good lordx your royal preparation
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makes us hear somethingx
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macbethx
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bring it after mexx
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i will not be afraid of death and banex
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till birnam forest come to dunsinanex
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xxexeunt all except doctorxxx
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doctorx
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were i from dunsinane away and clearx
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profit again should hardly draw me herex
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xxexitxxx
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scene ivx country near dunsinanex a wood in viewx
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enterx with drum and colours malcolmx old siward and his sonx macduffx
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menteithx caithnessx angusx lennoxx ross and soldiersx marchingx
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malcolmx
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cousinsx i hope the days are near at hand
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that chambers will be safex
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menteithx
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we doubt it nothingx
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siwardx
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what wood is this before usx
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menteithx
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the wood of birnamx
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malcolmx
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let every soldier hew him down a boughx
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and bearxt before himx thereby shall we shadow
|
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the numbers of our hostx and make discovery
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err in report of usx
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soldiersx
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it shall be donex
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siwardx
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|
we learn no other but the confident tyrant
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|
keeps still in dunsinanex and will endure
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|
our setting down beforextx
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malcolmx
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xtis his main hopex
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|
for where there is advantage to be givenx
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both more and less have given him the revoltx
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|
and none serve with him but constrained thingsx
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|
whose hearts are absent toox
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macduffx
|
|
let our just censures
|
|
attend the true eventx and put we on
|
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industrious soldiershipx
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siwardx
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the time approachesx
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|
that will with due decision make us know
|
|
what we shall say we havex and what we owex
|
|
thoughts speculative their unsure hopes relatex
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|
but certain issue strokes must arbitratex
|
|
towards which advance the warx
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xxexeuntx marchingxxx
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scene vx dunsinanex within the castlex
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enter with drum and coloursx macbethx seyton and soldiersx
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macbethx
|
|
hang out our banners on the outward wallsx
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the cry is stillx xthey comexx our castlexs strength
|
|
will laugh a siege to scornx here let them lie
|
|
till famine and the ague eat them upx
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|
were they not forcxd with those that should be oursx
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|
we might have met them darefulx beard to beardx
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|
and beat them backward homex
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xxa cry of women withinxxx
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|
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what is that noisex
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seytonx
|
|
it is the cry of womenx my good lordx
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xxexitxxx
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macbethx
|
|
i have almost forgot the taste of fearsx
|
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the time has beenx my senses would have coolxd
|
|
to hear a nightxshriekx and my fell of hair
|
|
would at a dismal treatise rouse and stir
|
|
as life were inxtx i have suppxd full with horrorsx
|
|
direnessx familiar to my slaughterous thoughtsx
|
|
cannot once start mex
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enter seytonx
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wherefore was that cryx
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|
seytonx
|
|
the queenx my lordx is deadx
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macbethx
|
|
she should have died hereafterx
|
|
there would have been a time for such a wordx
|
|
tomorrowx and tomorrowx and tomorrowx
|
|
creeps in this petty pace from day to dayx
|
|
to the last syllable of recorded timex
|
|
and all our yesterdays have lighted fools
|
|
the way to dusty deathx outx outx brief candlex
|
|
lifexs but a walking shadowx a poor playerx
|
|
that struts and frets his hour upon the stagex
|
|
and then is heard no morex it is a tale
|
|
told by an idiotx full of sound and furyx
|
|
signifying nothingx
|
|
|
|
enter a messengerx
|
|
|
|
thou comxst to use thy tonguex thy story quicklyx
|
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|
|
messengerx
|
|
gracious my lordx
|
|
i should report that which i say i sawx
|
|
but know not how to doxtx
|
|
|
|
macbethx
|
|
wellx sayx sirx
|
|
|
|
messengerx
|
|
as i did stand my watch upon the hillx
|
|
i lookxd toward birnamx and anonx methoughtx
|
|
the wood began to movex
|
|
|
|
macbethx
|
|
liarx and slavex
|
|
|
|
messengerx
|
|
let me endure your wrathx ifxt be not sox
|
|
within this three mile may you see it comingx
|
|
i sayx a moving grovex
|
|
|
|
macbethx
|
|
if thou speakxst falsex
|
|
upon the next tree shalt thou hang alivex
|
|
till famine cling theex if thy speech be soothx
|
|
i care not if thou dost for me as muchxx
|
|
i pull in resolutionx and begin
|
|
to doubt thx equivocation of the fiendx
|
|
that lies like truthx xfear notx till birnam wood
|
|
do come to dunsinanexx and now a wood
|
|
comes toward dunsinanexxarmx armx and outxx
|
|
if this which he avouches does appearx
|
|
there is nor flying hence nor tarrying herex
|
|
i xgin to be aweary of the sunx
|
|
and wish thx estate ox thx world were now undonexx
|
|
ring the alarum bellxxblowx windx comex wrackx
|
|
at least wexll die with harness on our backx
|
|
|
|
xxexeuntxxx
|
|
|
|
scene vix the samex a plain before the castlex
|
|
|
|
enterx with drum and coloursx malcolmx old siwardx macduff and their
|
|
armyx with boughsx
|
|
|
|
malcolmx
|
|
now near enoughx your leafy screens throw downx
|
|
and show like those you arexxyoux worthy unclex
|
|
shall with my cousinx your right noble sonx
|
|
lead our first battlex worthy macduff and we
|
|
shall take uponxs what else remains to dox
|
|
according to our orderx
|
|
|
|
siwardx
|
|
fare you wellxx
|
|
do we but find the tyrantxs power tonightx
|
|
let us be beatenx if we cannot fightx
|
|
|
|
macduffx
|
|
make all our trumpets speakx give them all breathx
|
|
those clamorous harbingers of blood and deathx
|
|
|
|
xxexeuntxxx
|
|
|
|
scene viix the samex another part of the plainx
|
|
|
|
alarumsx enter macbethx
|
|
|
|
macbethx
|
|
they have tied me to a stakex i cannot flyx
|
|
butx bearxlike i must fight the coursexxwhatxs he
|
|
that was not born of womanx such a one
|
|
am i to fearx or nonex
|
|
|
|
enter young siwardx
|
|
|
|
young siwardx
|
|
what is thy namex
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|
|
|
macbethx
|
|
thouxlt be afraid to hear itx
|
|
|
|
young siwardx
|
|
nox though thou callxst thyself a hotter name
|
|
than any is in hellx
|
|
|
|
macbethx
|
|
my namexs macbethx
|
|
|
|
young siwardx
|
|
the devil himself could not pronounce a title
|
|
more hateful to mine earx
|
|
|
|
macbethx
|
|
nox nor more fearfulx
|
|
|
|
young siwardx
|
|
thou liestx abhorred tyrantx with my sword
|
|
ixll prove the lie thou speakxstx
|
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|
|
xxthey fightx and young siward is slainxxx
|
|
|
|
macbethx
|
|
thou wast born of womanx
|
|
but swords i smile atx weapons laugh to scornx
|
|
brandishxd by man thatxs of a woman bornx
|
|
|
|
xxexitxxx
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|
|
|
alarumsx enter macduffx
|
|
|
|
macduffx
|
|
that way the noise isxxtyrantx show thy facex
|
|
if thou bexst slain and with no stroke of minex
|
|
my wife and childrenxs ghosts will haunt me stillx
|
|
i cannot strike at wretched kernsx whose arms
|
|
are hired to bear their stavesx either thoux macbethx
|
|
or else my swordx with an unbatterxd edgex
|
|
i sheathe again undeededx there thou shouldst bex
|
|
by this great clatterx one of greatest note
|
|
seems bruitedx let me find himx fortunex
|
|
and more i beg notx
|
|
|
|
xxexitx alarumsxxx
|
|
|
|
enter malcolm and old siwardx
|
|
|
|
siwardx
|
|
this wayx my lordxxthe castlexs gently renderxdx
|
|
the tyrantxs people on both sides do fightx
|
|
the noble thanes do bravely in the warx
|
|
the day almost itself professes yoursx
|
|
and little is to dox
|
|
|
|
malcolmx
|
|
we have met with foes
|
|
that strike beside usx
|
|
|
|
siwardx
|
|
enterx sirx the castlex
|
|
|
|
xxexeuntx alarumsxxx
|
|
|
|
scene viiix the samex another part of the fieldx
|
|
|
|
enter macbethx
|
|
|
|
macbethx
|
|
why should i play the roman foolx and die
|
|
on mine own swordx whiles i see livesx the gashes
|
|
do better upon themx
|
|
|
|
enter macduffx
|
|
|
|
macduffx
|
|
turnx hellxhoundx turnx
|
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|
|
macbethx
|
|
of all men else i have avoided theex
|
|
but get thee backx my soul is too much chargxd
|
|
with blood of thine alreadyx
|
|
|
|
macduffx
|
|
i have no wordsx
|
|
my voice is in my swordx thou bloodier villain
|
|
than terms can give thee outx
|
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|
|
xxthey fightxxx
|
|
|
|
macbethx
|
|
thou losest labourx
|
|
as easy mayst thou the intrenchant air
|
|
with thy keen sword impressx as make me bleedx
|
|
let fall thy blade on vulnerable crestsx
|
|
i bear a charmed lifex which must not yield
|
|
to one of woman bornx
|
|
|
|
macduffx
|
|
despair thy charmx
|
|
and let the angel whom thou still hast servxd
|
|
tell theex macduff was from his motherxs womb
|
|
untimely rippxdx
|
|
|
|
macbethx
|
|
accursed be that tongue that tells me sox
|
|
for it hath cowxd my better part of manx
|
|
and be these juggling fiends no more believxdx
|
|
that palter with us in a double sensex
|
|
that keep the word of promise to our earx
|
|
and break it to our hopexxixll not fight with theex
|
|
|
|
macduffx
|
|
then yield theex cowardx
|
|
and live to be the show and gaze ox thx timex
|
|
wexll have theex as our rarer monsters arex
|
|
painted upon a polex and underwritx
|
|
xhere may you see the tyrantxx
|
|
|
|
macbethx
|
|
i will not yieldx
|
|
to kiss the ground before young malcolmxs feetx
|
|
and to be baited with the rabblexs cursex
|
|
though birnam wood be come to dunsinanex
|
|
and thou opposxdx being of no woman bornx
|
|
yet i will try the lastx before my body
|
|
i throw my warlike shieldx lay onx macduffx
|
|
and damnxd be him that first criesx xholdx enoughxx
|
|
|
|
xxexeunt fightingx alarumsxxx
|
|
|
|
retreatx flourishx enterx with drum and coloursx malcolmx old siwardx
|
|
rossx thanes and soldiersx
|
|
|
|
malcolmx
|
|
i would the friends we miss were safe arrivxdx
|
|
|
|
siwardx
|
|
some must go offx and yetx by these i seex
|
|
so great a day as this is cheaply boughtx
|
|
|
|
malcolmx
|
|
macduff is missingx and your noble sonx
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|
|
|
rossx
|
|
your sonx my lordx has paid a soldierxs debtx
|
|
he only livxd but till he was a manx
|
|
the which no sooner had his prowess confirmxd
|
|
in the unshrinking station where he foughtx
|
|
but like a man he diedx
|
|
|
|
siwardx
|
|
then he is deadx
|
|
|
|
fleancex
|
|
ayx and brought off the fieldx your cause of sorrow
|
|
must not be measurxd by his worthx for then
|
|
it hath no endx
|
|
|
|
siwardx
|
|
had he his hurts beforex
|
|
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|
rossx
|
|
ayx on the frontx
|
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|
siwardx
|
|
why thenx godxs soldier be hex
|
|
had i as many sons as i have hairsx
|
|
i would not wish them to a fairer deathx
|
|
and so his knell is knollxdx
|
|
|
|
malcolmx
|
|
hexs worth more sorrowx
|
|
and that ixll spend for himx
|
|
|
|
siwardx
|
|
hexs worth no morex
|
|
they say he parted well and paid his scorex
|
|
and sox god be with himxxhere comes newer comfortx
|
|
|
|
enter macduff with macbethxs headx
|
|
|
|
macduffx
|
|
hailx kingx for so thou artx beholdx where stands
|
|
thx usurperxs cursed headx the time is freex
|
|
i see thee compassxd with thy kingdomxs pearlx
|
|
that speak my salutation in their mindsx
|
|
whose voices i desire aloud with minexx
|
|
hailx king of scotlandx
|
|
|
|
allx
|
|
hailx king of scotlandx
|
|
|
|
xxflourishxxx
|
|
|
|
malcolmx
|
|
we shall not spend a large expense of time
|
|
before we reckon with your several lovesx
|
|
and make us even with youx my thanes and kinsmenx
|
|
henceforth be earlsx the first that ever scotland
|
|
in such an honour namxdx whatxs more to dox
|
|
which would be planted newly with the timexx
|
|
as calling home our exilxd friends abroadx
|
|
that fled the snares of watchful tyrannyx
|
|
producing forth the cruel ministers
|
|
of this dead butcherx and his fiendxlike queenx
|
|
whox as xtis thoughtx by self and violent hands
|
|
took off her lifexxthisx and what needful else
|
|
that calls upon usx by the grace of gracex
|
|
we will perform in measurex timex and placex
|
|
so thanks to all at oncex and to each onex
|
|
whom we invite to see us crownxd at sconex
|
|
|
|
xxflourishx exeuntxxx
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
measure for measure
|
|
|
|
dramatis personae
|
|
|
|
vincentiox the duke
|
|
angelox the deputy
|
|
escalusx an ancient lord
|
|
claudiox a young gentleman
|
|
luciox a fantastic
|
|
two other like gentlemen
|
|
varriusx a gentlemanx servant to the duke
|
|
provost
|
|
thomasx friar
|
|
peterx friar
|
|
a justice
|
|
elbowx a simple constable
|
|
frothx a foolish gentleman
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pompeyx a clown and servant to mistress overdone
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abhorsonx an executioner
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barnardinex a dissolute prisoner
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isabellax sister to claudio
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marianax betrothed to angelo
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julietx beloved of claudio
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franciscax a nun
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mistress overdonex a bawd
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lordsx officersx citizensx boyx and attendants
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scenex vienna
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act ix scene ix the dukexs palace
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enter dukex escalusx lordsx and attendants
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dukex escalusx
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escalusx my lordx
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dukex of government the properties to unfold
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would seem in me tx affect speech and discoursex
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since i am put to know that your own science
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exceedsx in thatx the lists of all advice
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my strength can give youx then no more remains
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but that to your sufficiencyx as your worth is ablex
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and let them workx the nature of our peoplex
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our cityxs institutionsx and the terms
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for common justicex yxare as pregnant in
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as art and practice hath enriched any
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that we rememberx there is our commissionx
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from which we would not have you warpx call hitherx
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i sayx bid come before usx angelox exit an attendant
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what figure of us think you he will bearx
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for you must know we have with special soul
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elected him our absence to supplyx
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lent him our terrorx dressxd him with our lovex
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and given his deputation all the organs
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of our own powerx what think you of itx
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escalusx if any in vienna be of worth
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to undergo such ample grace and honourx
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it is lord angelox
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enter angelo
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dukex look where he comesx
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angelox always obedient to your gracexs willx
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i come to know your pleasurex
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dukex angelox
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there is a kind of character in thy life
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that to thx observer doth thy history
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fully unfoldx thyself and thy belongings
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are not thine own so proper as to waste
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thyself upon thy virtuesx they on theex
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heaven doth with us as we with torches dox
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not light them for themselvesx for if our virtues
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did not go forth of usx xtwere all alike
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as if we had them notx spirits are not finely touchxd
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but to fine issuesx nor nature never lends
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the smallest scruple of her excellence
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butx like a thrifty goddessx she determines
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herself the glory of a creditorx
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both thanks and usex but i do bend my speech
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to one that can my part in him advertisex
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holdx thereforex angelox
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in our remove be thou at full ourselfx
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mortality and mercy in vienna
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live in thy tongue and heartx old escalusx
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though first in questionx is thy secondaryx
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take thy commissionx
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angelox nowx good my lordx
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let there be some more test made of my metalx
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before so noble and so great a figure
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be stampxd upon itx
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dukex no more evasionx
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we have with a leavenxd and prepared choice
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proceeded to youx therefore take your honoursx
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our haste from hence is of so quick condition
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that it prefers itselfx and leaves unquestionxd
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matters of needful valuex we shall write to youx
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as time and our concernings shall importunex
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how it goes with usx and do look to know
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what doth befall you herex sox fare you wellx
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to thx hopeful execution do i leave you
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of your commissionsx
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angelox yet give leavex my lordx
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that we may bring you something on the wayx
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dukex my haste may not admit itx
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nor need youx on mine honourx have to do
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with any scruplex your scope is as mine ownx
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so to enforce or qualify the laws
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as to your soul seems goodx give me your handx
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ixll privily awayx i love the peoplex
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but do not like to stage me to their eyesx
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though it do wellx i do not relish well
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their loud applause and aves vehementx
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nor do i think the man of safe discretion
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that does affect itx once morex fare you wellx
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angelox the heavens give safety to your purposesx
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escalusx lead forth and bring you back in happinessx
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dukex i thank youx fare you wellx exit
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escalusx i shall desire youx sirx to give me leave
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to have free speech with youx and it concerns me
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to look into the bottom of my placex
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a powxr i havex but of what strength and nature
|
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i am not yet instructedx
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angelox xtis so with mex let us withdraw togetherx
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and we may soon our satisfaction have
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touching that pointx
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escalusx ixll wait upon your honourx exeunt
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scene iix a street
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enter lucio and two other gentlemen
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luciox if the dukex with the other dukesx come not to composition
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with the king of hungaryx why then all the dukes fall upon the
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kingx
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first gentlemanx heaven grant us its peacex but not the king of
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hungaryxsx
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second gentlemanx amenx
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luciox thou concludxst like the sanctimonious pirate that went to
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sea with the ten commandmentsx but scrapxd one out of the tablex
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second gentlemanx xthou shalt not stealxx
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luciox ayx that he razxdx
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first gentlemanx whyx xtwas a commandment to command the captain
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and all the rest from their functionsx they put forth to stealx
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therexs not a soldier of us all thatx in the thanksgiving before
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meatx do relish the petition well that prays for peacex
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second gentlemanx i never heard any soldier dislike itx
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luciox i believe theex for i think thou never wast where grace was
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saidx
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second gentlemanx nox a dozen times at leastx
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first gentlemanx whatx in metrex
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luciox in any proportion or in any languagex
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first gentlemanx i thinkx or in any religionx
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luciox ayx why notx grace is gracex despite of all controversyx asx
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|
for examplex thou thyself art a wicked villainx despite of all
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gracex
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first gentlemanx wellx there went but a pair of shears between usx
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luciox i grantx as there may between the lists and the velvetx
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thou art the listx
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|
first gentlemanx and thou the velvetx thou art good velvetx thouxrt
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a threexpilxd piecex i warrant theex i had as lief be a list of
|
|
an english kersey as be pilxdx as thou art pilxdx for a french
|
|
velvetx do i speak feelingly nowx
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luciox i think thou dostx andx indeedx with most painful feeling of
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|
thy speechx i willx out of thine own confessionx learn to begin
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|
thy healthx butx whilst i livex forget to drink after theex
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first gentlemanx i think i have done myself wrongx have i notx
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second gentlemanx yesx that thou hastx whether thou art tainted or
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freex
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enter mistress overdone
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luciox beholdx beholdx where madam mitigation comesx i have
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purchasxd as many diseases under her roof as come tox
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second gentlemanx to whatx i prayx
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first gentlemanx judgex
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second gentlemanx to three thousand dolours a yearx
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first gentlemanx ayx and morex
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luciox a french crown morex
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first gentlemanx thou art always figuring diseases in mex but thou
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art full of errorx i am soundx
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luciox nayx notx as one would sayx healthyx but so sound as things
|
|
that are hollowx thy bones are hollowx impiety has made a feast
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|
of theex
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|
first gentlemanx how nowx which of your hips has the most profound
|
|
sciaticax
|
|
mrsx overdonex wellx wellx therexs one yonder arrested and carried
|
|
to prison was worth five thousand of you allx
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|
first gentlemanx whoxs thatx i pray theex
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mrsx overdonex marryx sirx thatxs claudiox signior claudiox
|
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first gentlemanx claudio to prisonx xtis not sox
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mrsx overdonex nayx but i know xtis sox i saw him arrestedx saw him
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carried awayx andx which is morex within these three days his
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|
head to be choppxd offx
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luciox butx after all this foolingx i would not have it sox art
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|
thou sure of thisx
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mrsx overdonex i am too sure of itx and it is for getting madam
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julietta with childx
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|
luciox believe mex this may bex he promisxd to meet me two hours
|
|
sincex and he was ever precise in promisexkeepingx
|
|
second gentlemanx besidesx you knowx it draws something near to the
|
|
speech we had to such a purposex
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|
first gentlemanx but most of all agreeing with the proclamationx
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|
luciox awayx letxs go learn the truth of itx
|
|
exeunt lucio and gentlemen
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|
mrsx overdonex thusx what with the warx what with the sweatx what
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|
with the gallowsx and what with povertyx i am customxshrunkx
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enter pompey
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|
how nowx whatxs the news with youx
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|
pompeyx yonder man is carried to prisonx
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|
mrsx overdonex wellx what has he donex
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|
pompeyx a womanx
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|
mrsx overdonex but whatxs his offencex
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pompeyx groping for trouts in a peculiar riverx
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mrsx overdonex whatx is there a maid with child by himx
|
|
pompeyx nox but therexs a woman with maid by himx you have not
|
|
heard of the proclamationx have youx
|
|
mrsx overdonex what proclamationx manx
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|
pompeyx all houses in the suburbs of vienna must be pluckxd downx
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|
mrsx overdonex and what shall become of those in the cityx
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|
pompeyx they shall stand for seedx they had gone down toox but that
|
|
a wise burgher put in for themx
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|
mrsx overdonex but shall all our houses of resort in the suburbs be
|
|
pullxd downx
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|
pompeyx to the groundx mistressx
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|
mrsx overdonex whyx herexs a change indeed in the commonwealthx
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|
what shall become of mex
|
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pompeyx comex fear not youx good counsellors lack no clientsx
|
|
though you change your place you need not change your tradex ixll
|
|
be your tapster stillx couragex there will be pity taken on youx
|
|
you that have worn your eyes almost out in the servicex you will
|
|
be consideredx
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|
mrsx overdonex whatxs to do herex thomas tapsterx letxs withdrawx
|
|
pompeyx here comes signior claudiox led by the provost to prisonx
|
|
and therexs madam julietx exeunt
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|
enter provostx claudiox julietx and officersx
|
|
lucio following
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claudiox fellowx why dost thou show me thus to thx worldx
|
|
bear me to prisonx where i am committedx
|
|
provostx i do it not in evil dispositionx
|
|
but from lord angelo by special chargex
|
|
claudiox thus can the demigod authority
|
|
make us pay down for our offence by weight
|
|
the words of heavenx on whom it willx it willx
|
|
on whom it will notx sox yet still xtis justx
|
|
luciox whyx how nowx claudiox whence comes this restraintx
|
|
claudiox from too much libertyx my luciox libertyx
|
|
as surfeit is the father of much fastx
|
|
so every scope by the immoderate use
|
|
turns to restraintx our natures do pursuex
|
|
like rats that ravin down their proper banex
|
|
a thirsty evilx and when we drink we diex
|
|
luciox if i could speak so wisely under an arrestx i would send for
|
|
certain of my creditorsx and yetx to say the truthx i had as lief
|
|
have the foppery of freedom as the morality of imprisonmentx
|
|
whatxs thy offencex claudiox
|
|
claudiox what but to speak of would offend againx
|
|
luciox whatx isxt murderx
|
|
claudiox nox
|
|
luciox lecheryx
|
|
claudiox call it sox
|
|
provostx awayx sirx you must gox
|
|
claudiox one wordx good friendx luciox a word with youx
|
|
luciox a hundredx if theyxll do you any goodx is lechery so lookxd
|
|
afterx
|
|
claudiox thus stands it with mex upon a true contract
|
|
i got possession of juliettaxs bedx
|
|
you know the ladyx she is fast my wifex
|
|
save that we do the denunciation lack
|
|
of outward orderx this we came not tox
|
|
only for propagation of a dowxr
|
|
remaining in the coffer of her friendsx
|
|
from whom we thought it meet to hide our love
|
|
till time had made them for usx but it chances
|
|
the stealth of our most mutual entertainmentx
|
|
with character too grossx is writ on julietx
|
|
luciox with childx perhapsx
|
|
claudiox unhappilyx even sox
|
|
and the new deputy now for the dukex
|
|
whether it be the fault and glimpse of newnessx
|
|
or whether that the body public be
|
|
a horse whereon the governor doth ridex
|
|
whox newly in the seatx that it may know
|
|
he can commandx lets it straight feel the spurx
|
|
whether the tyranny be in his placex
|
|
or in his eminence that fills it upx
|
|
i stagger inx but this new governor
|
|
awakes me all the enrolled penalties
|
|
which havex like unscourxd armourx hung by thx wall
|
|
so long that nineteen zodiacs have gone round
|
|
and none of them been wornx andx for a namex
|
|
now puts the drowsy and neglected act
|
|
freshly on mex xtis surely for a namex
|
|
luciox i warrant it isx and thy head stands so tickle on thy
|
|
shoulders that a milkmaidx if she be in lovex may sigh it offx
|
|
send after the dukex and appeal to himx
|
|
claudiox i have done sox but hexs not to be foundx
|
|
i pritheex luciox do me this kind servicex
|
|
this day my sister should the cloister enterx
|
|
and there receive her approbationx
|
|
acquaint her with the danger of my statex
|
|
implore herx in my voicex that she make friends
|
|
to the strict deputyx bid herself assay himx
|
|
i have great hope in thatx for in her youth
|
|
there is a prone and speechless dialect
|
|
such as move menx besidex she hath prosperous art
|
|
when she will play with reason and discoursex
|
|
and well she can persuadex
|
|
luciox i pray she mayx as well for the encouragement of the likex
|
|
which else would stand under grievous impositionx as for the
|
|
enjoying of thy lifex who i would be sorry should be thus
|
|
foolishly lost at a game of tickxtackx ixll to herx
|
|
claudiox i thank youx good friend luciox
|
|
luciox within two hoursx
|
|
claudiox comex officerx awayx exeunt
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|
|
|
scene iiix a monastery
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|
|
|
enter duke and friar thomas
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|
|
|
dukex nox holy fatherx throw away that thoughtx
|
|
believe not that the dribbling dart of love
|
|
can pierce a complete bosomx why i desire thee
|
|
to give me secret harbour hath a purpose
|
|
more grave and wrinkled than the aims and ends
|
|
of burning youthx
|
|
friarx may your grace speak of itx
|
|
dukex my holy sirx none better knows than you
|
|
how i have ever lovxd the life removedx
|
|
and held in idle price to haunt assemblies
|
|
where youthx and costx a witless bravery keepsx
|
|
i have deliverxd to lord angelox
|
|
a man of stricture and firm abstinencex
|
|
my absolute power and place here in viennax
|
|
and he supposes me travellxd to polandx
|
|
for so i have strewxd it in the common earx
|
|
and so it is receivedx nowx pious sirx
|
|
you will demand of me why i do thisx
|
|
friarx gladlyx my lordx
|
|
dukex we have strict statutes and most biting lawsx
|
|
the needful bits and curbs to headstrong steedsx
|
|
which for this fourteen years we have let slipx
|
|
even like an oxergrown lion in a cavex
|
|
that goes not out to preyx nowx as fond fathersx
|
|
having bound up the threatxning twigs of birchx
|
|
only to stick it in their childrenxs sight
|
|
for terrorx not to usex in time the rod
|
|
becomes more mockxd than fearxdx so our decreesx
|
|
dead to inflictionx to themselves are deadx
|
|
and liberty plucks justice by the nosex
|
|
the baby beats the nursex and quite athwart
|
|
goes all decorumx
|
|
friarx it rested in your grace
|
|
to unloose this tiedxup justice when you pleasxdx
|
|
and it in you more dreadful would have seemxd
|
|
than in lord angelox
|
|
dukex i do fearx too dreadfulx
|
|
sith xtwas my fault to give the people scopex
|
|
xtwould be my tyranny to strike and gall them
|
|
for what i bid them dox for we bid this be donex
|
|
when evil deeds have their permissive pass
|
|
and not the punishmentx thereforex indeedx my fatherx
|
|
i have on angelo imposxd the officex
|
|
who mayx in thx ambush of my namex strike homex
|
|
and yet my nature never in the fight
|
|
to do in slanderx and to behold his swayx
|
|
i willx as xtwere a brother of your orderx
|
|
visit both prince and peoplex thereforex i pritheex
|
|
supply me with the habitx and instruct me
|
|
how i may formally in person bear me
|
|
like a true friarx moe reasons for this action
|
|
at our more leisure shall i render youx
|
|
onlyx this onex lord angelo is precisex
|
|
stands at a guard with envyx scarce confesses
|
|
that his blood flowsx or that his appetite
|
|
is more to bread than stonex hence shall we seex
|
|
if power change purposex what our seemers bex exeunt
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|
|
|
scene ivx a nunnery
|
|
|
|
enter isabella and francisca
|
|
|
|
isabellax and have you nuns no farther privilegesx
|
|
franciscax are not these large enoughx
|
|
isabellax yesx trulyx i speak not as desiring morex
|
|
but rather wishing a more strict restraint
|
|
upon the sisterhoodx the votarists of saint clarex
|
|
luciox x withinx hox peace be in this placex
|
|
isabellax whoxs that which callsx
|
|
franciscax it is a manxs voicex gentle isabellax
|
|
turn you the keyx and know his business of himx
|
|
you mayx i may notx you are yet unswornx
|
|
when you have vowxdx you must not speak with men
|
|
but in the presence of the prioressx
|
|
thenx if you speakx you must not show your facex
|
|
orx if you show your facex you must not speakx
|
|
he calls againx i pray you answer himx exit francisca
|
|
isabellax peace and prosperityx who isxt that callsx
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|
|
enter lucio
|
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|
|
luciox hailx virginx if you bex as those cheekxroses
|
|
proclaim you are no lessx can you so stead me
|
|
as bring me to the sight of isabellax
|
|
a novice of this placex and the fair sister
|
|
to her unhappy brother claudiox
|
|
isabellax why her xunhappy brotherxx let me ask
|
|
the ratherx for i now must make you know
|
|
i am that isabellax and his sisterx
|
|
luciox gentle and fairx your brother kindly greets youx
|
|
not to be weary with youx hexs in prisonx
|
|
isabellax woe mex for whatx
|
|
luciox for that whichx if myself might be his judgex
|
|
he should receive his punishment in thanksx
|
|
he hath got his friend with childx
|
|
isabellax sirx make me not your storyx
|
|
luciox it is truex
|
|
i would notx though xtis my familiar sin
|
|
with maids to seem the lapwingx and to jestx
|
|
tongue far from heartx play with all virgins sox
|
|
i hold you as a thing enskied and saintedx
|
|
by your renouncement an immortal spiritx
|
|
and to be talkxd with in sincerityx
|
|
as with a saintx
|
|
isabellax you do blaspheme the good in mocking mex
|
|
luciox do not believe itx fewness and truthx xtis thusx
|
|
your brother and his lover have embracxdx
|
|
as those that feed grow fullx as blossoming time
|
|
that from the seedness the bare fallow brings
|
|
to teeming foisonx even so her plenteous womb
|
|
expresseth his full tilth and husbandryx
|
|
isabellax some one with child by himx my cousin julietx
|
|
luciox is she your cousinx
|
|
isabellax adoptedlyx as schoolxmaids change their names
|
|
by vain though apt affectionx
|
|
luciox she it isx
|
|
isabellax ox let him marry herx
|
|
luciox this is the pointx
|
|
the duke is very strangely gone from hencex
|
|
bore many gentlemenx myself being onex
|
|
in handx and hope of actionx but we do learnx
|
|
by those that know the very nerves of statex
|
|
his givingsxout were of an infinite distance
|
|
from his truexmeant designx upon his placex
|
|
and with full line of his authorityx
|
|
governs lord angelox a man whose blood
|
|
is very snowxbrothx one who never feels
|
|
the wanton stings and motions of the sensex
|
|
but doth rebate and blunt his natural edge
|
|
with profits of the mindx study and fastx
|
|
hex to give fear to use and libertyx
|
|
which have for long run by the hideous lawx
|
|
as mice by lionsx hath pickxd out an act
|
|
under whose heavy sense your brotherxs life
|
|
falls into forfeitx he arrests him on itx
|
|
and follows close the rigour of the statute
|
|
to make him an examplex all hope is gonex
|
|
unless you have the grace by your fair prayer
|
|
to soften angelox and thatxs my pith of business
|
|
xtwixt you and your poor brotherx
|
|
isabellax doth he so seek his lifex
|
|
luciox has censurxd him
|
|
alreadyx andx as i hearx the provost hath
|
|
a warrant for his executionx
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isabellax alasx what poor abilityxs in me
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to do him goodx
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luciox assay the powxr you havex
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isabellax my powerx alasx i doubtx
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luciox our doubts are traitorsx
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and make us lose the good we oft might win
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by fearing to attemptx go to lord angelox
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and let him learn to knowx when maidens suex
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men give like godsx but when they weep and kneelx
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all their petitions are as freely theirs
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as they themselves would owe themx
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isabellax ixll see what i can dox
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luciox but speedilyx
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isabellax i will about it straightx
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no longer staying but to give the mother
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notice of my affairx i humbly thank youx
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commend me to my brotherx soon at night
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ixll send him certain word of my successx
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luciox i take my leave of youx
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isabellax good sirx adieux exeunt
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act iix scene ix a hall in angeloxs house
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enter angelox escalusx a justicex provostx officersx and other
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attendants
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angelox we must not make a scarecrow of the lawx
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setting it up to fear the birds of preyx
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and let it keep one shape till custom make it
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their perchx and not their terrorx
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escalusx ayx but yet
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let us be keenx and rather cut a little
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than fall and bruise to deathx alasx this gentlemanx
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whom i would savex had a most noble fatherx
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let but your honour knowx
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whom i believe to be most strait in virtuex
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thatx in the working of your own affectionsx
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had time coherxd with placex or place with wishingx
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or that the resolute acting of our blood
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could have attainxd thx effect of your own purpose
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whether you had not sometime in your life
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errxd in this point which now you censure himx
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and pullxd the law upon youx
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angelox xtis one thing to be temptedx escalusx
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another thing to fallx i not deny
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the juryx passing on the prisonerxs lifex
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may in the sworn twelve have a thief or two
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guiltier than him they tryx whatxs open made to justicex
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that justice seizesx what knows the laws
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that thieves do pass on thievesx xtis very pregnantx
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the jewel that we findx we stoop and takextx
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because we see itx but what we do not see
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we tread uponx and never think of itx
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you may not so extenuate his offence
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for i have had such faultsx but rather tell mex
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when ix that censure himx do so offendx
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let mine own judgment pattern out my deathx
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and nothing come in partialx sirx he must diex
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escalusx be it as your wisdom willx
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angelox where is the provostx
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provostx herex if it like your honourx
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angelox see that claudio
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be executed by nine toxmorrow morningx
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bring him his confessorx let him be preparxdx
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for thatxs the utmost of his pilgrimagex exit provost
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escalusx xasidex wellx heaven forgive himx and forgive us allx
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some rise by sinx and some by virtue fallx
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some run from breaks of icex and answer nonex
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and some condemned for a fault alonex
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enter elbow and officers with froth and pompey
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elbowx comex bring them awayx if these be good people in a
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commonweal that do nothing but use their abuses in common housesx
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i know no lawx bring them awayx
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angelox how nowx sirx whatxs your namex and whatxs the matterx
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elbowx if it please your honourx i am the poor dukexs constablex
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and my name is elbowx i do lean upon justicex sirx and do bring
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in here before your good honour two notorious benefactorsx
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angelox benefactorsx wellx what benefactors are theyx are they not
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malefactorsx
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elbowx if it please your honourx i know not well what they arex but
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precise villains they arex that i am sure ofx and void of all
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|
profanation in the world that good christians ought to havex
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escalusx this comes off wellx herexs a wise officerx
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angelox go tox what quality are they ofx elbow is your namex why
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dost thou not speakx elbowx
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pompeyx he cannotx sirx hexs out at elbowx
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angelox what are youx sirx
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elbowx hex sirx a tapsterx sirx parcelxbawdx one that serves a bad
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womanx whose housex sirx wasx as they sayx pluckxd down in the
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suburbsx and now she professes a hotxhousex whichx i thinkx is a
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very ill house toox
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escalusx how know you thatx
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elbowx my wifex sirx whom i detest before heaven and your honourx
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escalusx howx thy wifex
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elbowx ayx sirx whom i thank heavenx is an honest womanx
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escalusx dost thou detest her thereforex
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elbowx i sayx sirx i will detest myself alsox as well as shex that
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this housex if it be not a bawdxs housex it is pity of her lifex
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for it is a naughty housex
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|
escalusx how dost thou know thatx constablex
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elbowx marryx sirx by my wifex whox if she had been a woman
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|
cardinally givenx might have been accusxd in fornicationx
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|
adulteryx and all uncleanliness therex
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|
escalusx by the womanxs meansx
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elbowx ayx sirx by mistress overdonexs meansx but as she spit in
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his facex so she defied himx
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pompeyx sirx if it please your honourx this is not sox
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elbowx prove it before these varlets herex thou honourable manx
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prove itx
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escalusx do you hear how he misplacesx
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|
pompeyx sirx she came in great with childx and longingx saving your
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|
honourxs reverencex for stewxd prunesx sirx we had but two in the
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|
housex which at that very distant time stoodx as it werex in a
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|
fruit dishx a dish of some three pencex your honours have seen
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|
such dishesx they are not china dishesx but very good dishesx
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|
escalusx go tox go tox no matter for the dishx sirx
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pompeyx nox indeedx sirx not of a pinx you are therein in the
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|
rightx but to the pointx as i sayx this mistress elbowx beingx as
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|
i sayx with childx and being greatxbelliedx and longingx as i
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|
saidx for prunesx and having but two in the dishx as i saidx
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|
master froth herex this very manx having eaten the restx as i
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|
saidx andx as i sayx paying for them very honestlyx forx as you
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|
knowx master frothx i could not give you three pence againx
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frothx nox indeedx
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|
pompeyx very wellx you being thenx if you be remembxredx cracking
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|
the stones of the foresaid prunesx
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frothx ayx so i did indeedx
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|
pompeyx whyx very wellx i telling you thenx if you be remembxredx
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|
that such a one and such a one were past cure of the thing you
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|
wot ofx unless they kept very good dietx as i told youx
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|
frothx all this is truex
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|
pompeyx whyx very well thenx
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|
escalusx comex you are a tedious foolx to the purposex what was
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|
done to elbowxs wife that he hath cause to complain ofx come me
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|
to what was done to herx
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|
pompeyx sirx your honour cannot come to that yetx
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|
escalusx nox sirx nor i mean it notx
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|
pompeyx sirx but you shall come to itx by your honourxs leavex andx
|
|
i beseech youx look into master froth herex sirx a man of
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|
fourscore pound a yearx whose father died at hallowmasx wasxt not
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|
at hallowmasx master frothx
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|
frothx allxhallond evex
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|
pompeyx whyx very wellx i hope here be truthsx hex sirx sittingx as
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|
i sayx in a lower chairx sirx xtwas in the bunch of grapesx
|
|
wherex indeedx you have a delight to sitx have you notx
|
|
frothx i have sox because it is an open roomx and good for winterx
|
|
pompeyx whyx very well thenx i hope here be truthsx
|
|
angelox this will last out a night in russiax
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|
when nights are longest therex ixll take my leavex
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|
and leave you to the hearing of the causex
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|
hoping youxll find good cause to whip them allx
|
|
escalusx i think no lessx good morrow to your lordshipx
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|
xexit angelox nowx sirx come onx what was done to elbowxs wifex
|
|
once morex
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|
pompeyx oncexx sirx there was nothing done to her oncex
|
|
elbowx i beseech youx sirx ask him what this man did to my wifex
|
|
pompeyx i beseech your honourx ask mex
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|
escalusx wellx sirx what did this gentleman to herx
|
|
pompeyx i beseech youx sirx look in this gentlemanxs facex good
|
|
master frothx look upon his honourx xtis for a good purposex doth
|
|
your honour mark his facex
|
|
escalusx ayx sirx very wellx
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|
pompeyx nayx i beseech youx mark it wellx
|
|
escalusx wellx i do sox
|
|
pompeyx doth your honour see any harm in his facex
|
|
escalusx whyx nox
|
|
pompeyx ixll be supposxd upon a book his face is the worst thing
|
|
about himx good thenx if his face be the worst thing about himx
|
|
how could master froth do the constablexs wife any harmx i would
|
|
know that of your honourx
|
|
escalusx hexs in the rightx constablex what say you to itx
|
|
elbowx firstx an it like youx the house is a respected housex nextx
|
|
this is a respected fellowx and his mistress is a respected
|
|
womanx
|
|
pompeyx by this handx sirx his wife is a more respected person than
|
|
any of us allx
|
|
elbowx varletx thou liestx thou liestx wicket varletx the time is
|
|
yet to come that she was ever respected with manx womanx or
|
|
childx
|
|
pompeyx sirx she was respected with him before he married with herx
|
|
escalusx which is the wiser herex justice or iniquityx is this
|
|
truex
|
|
elbowx o thou caitiffx o thou varletx o thou wicked hannibalx i
|
|
respected with her before i was married to herx if ever i was
|
|
respected with herx or she with mex let not your worship think me
|
|
the poor dukexs officerx prove thisx thou wicked hannibalx or
|
|
ixll have mine action of battxry on theex
|
|
escalusx if he took you a box ox thx earx you might have your
|
|
action of slander toox
|
|
elbowx marryx i thank your good worship for itx what isxt your
|
|
worshipxs pleasure i shall do with this wicked caitiffx
|
|
escalusx trulyx officerx because he hath some offences in him that
|
|
thou wouldst discover if thou couldstx let him continue in his
|
|
courses till thou knowxst what they arex
|
|
elbowx marryx i thank your worship for itx thou seestx thou wicked
|
|
varletx nowx whatxs come upon theex thou art to continue nowx
|
|
thou varletx thou art to continuex
|
|
escalusx where were you bornx friendx
|
|
frothx here in viennax sirx
|
|
escalusx are you of fourscore pounds a yearx
|
|
frothx yesx anxt please youx sirx
|
|
escalusx sox what trade are you ofx sirx
|
|
pompeyx a tapsterx a poor widowxs tapsterx
|
|
escalusx your mistressx namex
|
|
pompeyx mistress overdonex
|
|
escalusx hath she had any more than one husbandx
|
|
pompeyx ninex sirx overdone by the lastx
|
|
escalusx ninex come hither to mex master frothx master frothx i
|
|
would not have you acquainted with tapstersx they will draw youx
|
|
master frothx and you will hang themx get you gonex and let me
|
|
hear no more of youx
|
|
frothx i thank your worshipx for mine own partx i never come into
|
|
any room in a taphouse but i am drawn inx
|
|
escalusx wellx no more of itx master frothx farewellx xexit frothx
|
|
come you hither to mex master tapsterx whatxs your namex master
|
|
tapsterx
|
|
pompeyx pompeyx
|
|
escalusx what elsex
|
|
pompeyx bumx sirx
|
|
escalusx trothx and your bum is the greatest thing about youx so
|
|
thatx in the beastliest sensex you are pompey the greatx pompeyx
|
|
you are partly a bawdx pompeyx howsoever you colour it in being a
|
|
tapsterx are you notx comex tell me truex it shall be the better
|
|
for youx
|
|
pompeyx trulyx sirx i am a poor fellow that would livex
|
|
escalusx how would you livex pompeyx by being a bawdx what do you
|
|
think of the tradex pompeyx is it a lawful tradex
|
|
pompeyx if the law would allow itx sirx
|
|
escalusx but the law will not allow itx pompeyx nor it shall not be
|
|
allowed in viennax
|
|
pompeyx does your worship mean to geld and splay all the youth of
|
|
the cityx
|
|
escalusx nox pompeyx
|
|
pompeyx trulyx sirx in my poor opinionx they will toxt thenx if
|
|
your worship will take order for the drabs and the knavesx you
|
|
need not to fear the bawdsx
|
|
escalusx there is pretty orders beginningx i can tell youx but it
|
|
is but heading and hangingx
|
|
pompeyx if you head and hang all that offend that way but for ten
|
|
year togetherx youxll be glad to give out a commission for more
|
|
headsx if this law hold in vienna ten yearx ixll rent the fairest
|
|
house in itx after threepence a bayx if you live to see this come
|
|
to passx say pompey told you sox
|
|
escalusx thank youx good pompeyx andx in requital of your prophecyx
|
|
hark youx i advise youx let me not find you before me again upon
|
|
any complaint whatsoeverx nox not for dwelling where you dox if i
|
|
dox pompeyx i shall beat you to your tentx and prove a shrewd
|
|
caesar to youx in plain dealingx pompeyx i shall have you whiptx
|
|
so for this timex pompeyx fare you wellx
|
|
pompeyx i thank your worship for your good counselx xasidex but i
|
|
shall follow it as the flesh and fortune shall better determinex
|
|
whip mex nox nox let carman whip his jadex
|
|
the valiant heartxs not whipt out of his tradex exit
|
|
escalusx come hither to mex master elbowx come hitherx master
|
|
constablex how long have you been in this place of constablex
|
|
elbowx seven year and a halfx sirx
|
|
escalusx i thoughtx by the readiness in the officex you had
|
|
continued in it some timex you say seven years togetherx
|
|
elbowx and a halfx sirx
|
|
escalusx alasx it hath been great pains to youx they do you wrong
|
|
to put you so oft uponxtx are there not men in your ward
|
|
sufficient to serve itx
|
|
elbowx faithx sirx few of any wit in such mattersx as they are
|
|
chosenx they are glad to choose me for themx i do it for some
|
|
piece of moneyx and go through with allx
|
|
escalusx look youx bring me in the names of some six or sevenx the
|
|
most sufficient of your parishx
|
|
elbowx to your worshipxs housex sirx
|
|
escalusx to my housex fare you wellx xexit elbowx
|
|
whatxs oxclockx think youx
|
|
justicex elevenx sirx
|
|
escalusx i pray you home to dinner with mex
|
|
justicex i humbly thank youx
|
|
escalusx it grieves me for the death of claudiox
|
|
but therexs no remedyx
|
|
justicex lord angelo is severex
|
|
escalusx it is but needfulx
|
|
mercy is not itself that oft looks sox
|
|
pardon is still the nurse of second woex
|
|
but yetx poor claudiox there is no remedyx
|
|
comex sirx exeunt
|
|
|
|
scene iix another room in angeloxs house
|
|
|
|
enter provost and a servant
|
|
|
|
servantx hexs hearing of a causex he will come straightx
|
|
ixll tell him of youx
|
|
provostx pray you dox xexit servantx ixll know
|
|
his pleasurex may be he will relentx alasx
|
|
he hath but as offended in a dreamx
|
|
all sectsx all agesx smack of this vicex and he
|
|
to die for xtx
|
|
|
|
enter angelo
|
|
|
|
angelox nowx whatxs the matterx provostx
|
|
provostx is it your will claudio shall die toxmorrowx
|
|
angelox did not i tell thee yeax hadst thou not orderx
|
|
why dost thou ask againx
|
|
provostx lest i might be too rashx
|
|
under your good correctionx i have seen
|
|
whenx after executionx judgment hath
|
|
repented oxer his doomx
|
|
angelox go tox let that be minex
|
|
do you your officex or give up your placex
|
|
and you shall well be sparxdx
|
|
provostx i crave your honourxs pardonx
|
|
what shall be donex sirx with the groaning julietx
|
|
shexs very near her hourx
|
|
angelox dispose of her
|
|
to some more fitter placex and that with speedx
|
|
|
|
rexenter servant
|
|
|
|
servantx here is the sister of the man condemnxd
|
|
desires access to youx
|
|
angelox hath he a sisterx
|
|
provostx ayx my good lordx a very virtuous maidx
|
|
and to be shortly of a sisterhoodx
|
|
if not alreadyx
|
|
angelox wellx let her be admittedx exit servant
|
|
see you the fornicatress be removxdx
|
|
let her have needful but not lavish meansx
|
|
there shall be order forxtx
|
|
|
|
enter lucio and isabella
|
|
|
|
provostx xgoingx save your honourx
|
|
angelox stay a little whilex xto isabellax yxare welcomex whatxs
|
|
your willx
|
|
isabellax i am a woeful suitor to your honourx
|
|
please but your honour hear mex
|
|
angelox wellx whatxs your suitx
|
|
isabellax there is a vice that most i do abhorx
|
|
and most desire should meet the blow of justicex
|
|
for which i would not pleadx but that i mustx
|
|
for which i must not pleadx but that i am
|
|
at war xtwixt will and will notx
|
|
angelox wellx the matterx
|
|
isabellax i have a brother is condemnxd to diex
|
|
i do beseech youx let it be his faultx
|
|
and not my brotherx
|
|
provostx xasidex heaven give thee moving gracesx
|
|
angelox condemn the fault and not the actor of itx
|
|
whyx every faultxs condemnxd ere it be donex
|
|
mine were the very cipher of a functionx
|
|
to fine the faults whose fine stands in recordx
|
|
and let go by the actorx
|
|
isabellax o just but severe lawx
|
|
i had a brotherx thenx heaven keep your honourx
|
|
luciox xto isabellax givext not oxer sox to him againx entreat himx
|
|
kneel down before himx hang upon his gownx
|
|
you are too coldx if you should need a pinx
|
|
you could not with more tame a tongue desire itx
|
|
to himx i sayx
|
|
isabellax must he needs diex
|
|
angelox maidenx no remedyx
|
|
isabellax yesx i do think that you might pardon himx
|
|
and neither heaven nor man grieve at the mercyx
|
|
angelox i will not doxtx
|
|
isabellax but can youx if you wouldx
|
|
angelox lookx what i will notx that i cannot dox
|
|
isabellax but might you doxtx and do the world no wrongx
|
|
if so your heart were touchxd with that remorse
|
|
as mine is to himx
|
|
angelox hexs sentencxdx xtis too latex
|
|
luciox xto isabellax you are too coldx
|
|
isabellax too latex whyx nox ix that do speak a wordx
|
|
may call it back againx wellx believe thisx
|
|
no ceremony that to great ones longsx
|
|
not the kingxs crown nor the deputed swordx
|
|
the marshalxs truncheon nor the judgexs robex
|
|
become them with one half so good a grace
|
|
as mercy doesx
|
|
if he had been as youx and you as hex
|
|
you would have slippxd like himx but hex like youx
|
|
would not have been so sternx
|
|
angelox pray you be gonex
|
|
isabellax i would to heaven i had your potencyx
|
|
and you were isabelx should it then be thusx
|
|
nox i would tell what xtwere to be a judge
|
|
and what a prisonerx
|
|
luciox xto isabellax ayx touch himx therexs the veinx
|
|
angelox your brother is a forfeit of the lawx
|
|
and you but waste your wordsx
|
|
isabellax alasx alasx
|
|
whyx all the souls that were were forfeit oncex
|
|
and he that might the vantage best have took
|
|
found out the remedyx how would you be
|
|
if hex which is the top of judgmentx should
|
|
but judge you as you arex ox think on thatx
|
|
and mercy then will breathe within your lipsx
|
|
like man new madex
|
|
angelox be you contentx fair maidx
|
|
it is the lawx not i condemn your brotherx
|
|
were he my kinsmanx brotherx or my sonx
|
|
it should be thus with himx he must die toxmorrowx
|
|
isabellax toxmorrowx ox thatxs suddenx spare himx spare himx
|
|
hexs not preparxd for deathx even for our kitchens
|
|
we kill the fowl of seasonx shall we serve heaven
|
|
with less respect than we do minister
|
|
to our gross selvesx goodx good my lordx bethink youx
|
|
who is it that hath died for this offencex
|
|
therexs many have committed itx
|
|
luciox xasidex ayx well saidx
|
|
angelox the law hath not been deadx though it hath sleptx
|
|
those many had not darxd to do that evil
|
|
if the first that did thx edict infringe
|
|
had answerxd for his deedx now xtis awakex
|
|
takes note of what is donex andx like a prophetx
|
|
looks in a glass that shows what future evilsx
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either now or by remissness new conceivxdx
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and so in progress to be hatchxd and bornx
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are now to have no successive degreesx
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but here they live to endx
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isabellax yet show some pityx
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angelox i show it most of all when i show justicex
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for then i pity those i do not knowx
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which a dismissxd offence would after gallx
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and do him right thatx answering one foul wrongx
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lives not to act anotherx be satisfiedx
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your brother dies toxmorrowx be contentx
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isabellax so you must be the first that gives this sentencex
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and he that suffersx ox it is excellent
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to have a giantxs strengthx but it is tyrannous
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to use it like a giantx
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luciox xto isabellax thatxs well saidx
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isabellax could great men thunder
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as jove himself doesx jove would never be quietx
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for every pelting petty officer
|
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would use his heaven for thunderx
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nothing but thunderx merciful heavenx
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thou ratherx with thy sharp and sulphurous boltx
|
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splits the unwedgeable and gnarled oak
|
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than the soft myrtlex but manx proud manx
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dressxd in a little brief authorityx
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most ignorant of what hexs most assurxdx
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his glassy essencex like an angry apex
|
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plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven
|
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as makes the angels weepx whox with our speensx
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would all themselves laugh mortalx
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luciox xto isabellax ox to himx to himx wenchx he will relentx
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hexs comingx i perceive xtx
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provostx xasidex pray heaven she win himx
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isabellax we cannot weigh our brother with ourselfx
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great men may jest with saintsx xtis wit in themx
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but in the less foul profanationx
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luciox xto isabellax thouxrt ix thx rightx girlx more ox thatx
|
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isabellax that in the captainxs but a choleric word
|
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which in the soldier is flat blasphemyx
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luciox xto isabellax art avisxd ox thatx more onxtx
|
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angelox why do you put these sayings upon mex
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isabellax because authorityx though it err like othersx
|
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hath yet a kind of medicine in itself
|
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that skins the vice ox thx topx go to your bosomx
|
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knock therex and ask your heart what it doth know
|
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thatxs like my brotherxs faultx if it confess
|
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a natural guiltiness such as is hisx
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let it not sound a thought upon your tongue
|
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against my brotherxs lifex
|
|
angelox xasidex she speaksx and xtis
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such sense that my sense breeds with itxx fare you wellx
|
|
isabellax gentle my lordx turn backx
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angelox i will bethink mex come again toxmorrowx
|
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isabellax hark how ixll bribe youx good my lordx turn backx
|
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angelox howx bribe mex
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isabellax ayx with such gifts that heaven shall share with youx
|
|
luciox xto isabellax you had marrxd all elsex
|
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isabellax not with fond sicles of the tested goldx
|
|
or stonesx whose rate are either rich or poor
|
|
as fancy values themx but with true prayers
|
|
that shall be up at heaven and enter there
|
|
ere sunxrisex prayers from preserved soulsx
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from fasting maidsx whose minds are dedicate
|
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to nothing temporalx
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angelox wellx come to me toxmorrowx
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luciox xto isabellax go tox xtis wellx awayx
|
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isabellax heaven keep your honour safex
|
|
angelox xasidex amenx for i
|
|
am that way going to temptation
|
|
where prayers crossx
|
|
isabellax at what hour toxmorrow
|
|
shall i attend your lordshipx
|
|
angelox at any time xfore noonx
|
|
isabellax save your honourx exeunt all but angelo
|
|
angelox from theex even from thy virtuex
|
|
whatxs thisx whatxs thisx is this her fault or minex
|
|
the tempter or the temptedx who sins mostx
|
|
hax
|
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not shex nor doth she temptx but it is i
|
|
thatx lying by the violet in the sunx
|
|
do as the carrion doesx not as the flowxrx
|
|
corrupt with virtuous seasonx can it be
|
|
that modesty may more betray our sense
|
|
than womanxs lightnessx having waste ground enoughx
|
|
shall we desire to raze the sanctuaryx
|
|
and pitch our evils therex ox fiex fiex fiex
|
|
what dost thoux or what art thoux angelox
|
|
dost thou desire her foully for those things
|
|
that make her goodx ox let her brother livex
|
|
thieves for their robbery have authority
|
|
when judges steal themselvesx whatx do i love herx
|
|
that i desire to hear her speak againx
|
|
and feast upon her eyesx what isxt i dream onx
|
|
o cunning enemyx thatx to catch a saintx
|
|
with saints dost bait thy hookx most dangerous
|
|
is that temptation that doth goad us on
|
|
to sin in loving virtuex never could the strumpetx
|
|
with all her double vigourx art and naturex
|
|
once stir my temperx but this virtuous maid
|
|
subdues me quitex ever till nowx
|
|
when men were fondx i smilxd and wondxred howx exit
|
|
|
|
scene iiix a prison
|
|
|
|
enterx severallyx dukex disguised as a friarx and provost
|
|
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dukex hail to youx provostx so i think you arex
|
|
provostx i am the provostx whatxs your willx good friarx
|
|
dukex bound by my charity and my blest orderx
|
|
i come to visit the afflicted spirits
|
|
here in the prisonx do me the common right
|
|
to let me see themx and to make me know
|
|
the nature of their crimesx that i may minister
|
|
to them accordinglyx
|
|
provostx i would do more than thatx if more were needfulx
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|
|
enter juliet
|
|
|
|
lookx here comes onex a gentlewoman of minex
|
|
whox falling in the flaws of her own youthx
|
|
hath blisterxd her reportx she is with childx
|
|
and he that got itx sentencxdx a young man
|
|
more fit to do another such offence
|
|
than die for thisx
|
|
dukex when must he diex
|
|
provostx as i do thinkx toxmorrowx
|
|
xto julietx i have provided for youx stay awhile
|
|
and you shall be conductedx
|
|
dukex repent youx fair onex of the sin you carryx
|
|
julietx i dox and bear the shame most patientlyx
|
|
dukex ixll teach you how you shall arraign your consciencex
|
|
and try your penitencex if it be sound
|
|
or hollowly put onx
|
|
julietx ixll gladly learnx
|
|
dukex love you the man that wrongxd youx
|
|
julietx yesx as i love the woman that wrongxd himx
|
|
dukex so thenx it seemsx your most offenceful act
|
|
was mutually committedx
|
|
julietx mutuallyx
|
|
dukex then was your sin of heavier kind than hisx
|
|
julietx i do confess itx and repent itx fatherx
|
|
dukex xtis meet sox daughterx but lest you do repent
|
|
as that the sin hath brought you to this shamex
|
|
which sorrow is always toward ourselvesx not heavenx
|
|
showing we would not spare heaven as we love itx
|
|
but as we stand in fearx
|
|
julietx i do repent me as it is an evilx
|
|
and take the shame with joyx
|
|
dukex there restx
|
|
your partnerx as i hearx must die toxmorrowx
|
|
and i am going with instruction to himx
|
|
grace go with youx benedicitex exit
|
|
julietx must die toxmorrowx ox injurious lawx
|
|
that respites me a life whose very comfort
|
|
is still a dying horrorx
|
|
provostx xtis pity of himx exeunt
|
|
|
|
scene ivx angeloxs house
|
|
|
|
enter angelo
|
|
|
|
angelox when i would pray and thinkx i think and pray
|
|
to several subjectsx heaven hath my empty wordsx
|
|
whilst my inventionx hearing not my tonguex
|
|
anchors on isabelx heaven in my mouthx
|
|
as if i did but only chew his namex
|
|
and in my heart the strong and swelling evil
|
|
of my conceptionx the state whereon i studied
|
|
isx like a good thing being often readx
|
|
grown sere and tediousx yeax my gravityx
|
|
whereinx let no man hear mex i take pridex
|
|
could i with boot change for an idle plume
|
|
which the air beats for vainx o placex o formx
|
|
how often dost thou with thy casex thy habitx
|
|
wrench awe from foolsx and tie the wiser souls
|
|
to thy false seemingx bloodx thou art bloodx
|
|
letxs write xgood angelx on the devilxs hornx
|
|
xtis not the devilxs crestx
|
|
|
|
enter servant
|
|
|
|
how nowx whoxs therex
|
|
servantx one isabelx a sisterx desires access to youx
|
|
angelox teach her the wayx xexit servantx o heavensx
|
|
why does my blood thus muster to my heartx
|
|
making both it unable for itself
|
|
and dispossessing all my other parts
|
|
of necessary fitnessx
|
|
so play the foolish throngs with one that swoonsx
|
|
come all to help himx and so stop the air
|
|
by which he should revivex and even so
|
|
the general subject to a wellxwishxd king
|
|
quit their own partx and in obsequious fondness
|
|
crowd to his presencex where their untaught love
|
|
must needs appear offencex
|
|
|
|
enter isabella
|
|
|
|
how nowx fair maidx
|
|
isabellax i am come to know your pleasurex
|
|
angelox that you might know it would much better please me
|
|
than to demand what xtisx your brother cannot livex
|
|
isabellax even sox heaven keep your honourx
|
|
angelox yet may he live awhilex andx it may bex
|
|
as long as you or ix yet he must diex
|
|
isabellax under your sentencex
|
|
angelox yeax
|
|
isabellax whenx i beseech youx that in his reprievex
|
|
longer or shorterx he may be so fitted
|
|
that his soul sicken notx
|
|
angelox hax fiex these filthy vicesx it were as good
|
|
to pardon him that hath from nature stolxn
|
|
a man already madex as to remit
|
|
their saucy sweetness that do coin heavenxs image
|
|
in stamps that are forbidx xtis all as easy
|
|
falsely to take away a life true made
|
|
as to put metal in restrained means
|
|
to make a false onex
|
|
isabellax xtis set down so in heavenx but not in earthx
|
|
angelox say you sox then i shall pose you quicklyx
|
|
which had you ratherx that the most just law
|
|
now took your brotherxs lifex orx to redeem himx
|
|
give up your body to such sweet uncleanness
|
|
as she that he hath stainxdx
|
|
isabellax sirx believe thisx
|
|
i had rather give my body than my soulx
|
|
angelox i talk not of your soulx our compellxd sins
|
|
stand more for number than for accomptx
|
|
isabellax how say youx
|
|
angelox nayx ixll not warrant thatx for i can speak
|
|
against the thing i sayx answer to thisx
|
|
ix now the voice of the recorded lawx
|
|
pronounce a sentence on your brotherxs lifex
|
|
might there not be a charity in sin
|
|
to save this brotherxs lifex
|
|
isabellax please you to doxtx
|
|
ixll take it as a peril to my soul
|
|
it is no sin at allx but charityx
|
|
angelox pleasxd you to doxt at peril of your soulx
|
|
were equal poise of sin and charityx
|
|
isabellax that i do beg his lifex if it be sinx
|
|
heaven let me bear itx you granting of my suitx
|
|
if that be sinx ixll make it my morn prayer
|
|
to have it added to the faults of minex
|
|
and nothing of your answerx
|
|
angelox nayx but hear mex
|
|
your sense pursues not minex either you are ignorant
|
|
or seem sox craftilyx and thatxs not goodx
|
|
isabellax let me be ignorantx and in nothing good
|
|
but graciously to know i am no betterx
|
|
angelox thus wisdom wishes to appear most bright
|
|
when it doth tax itselfx as these black masks
|
|
proclaim an enshielded beauty ten times louder
|
|
than beauty couldx displayxdx but mark mex
|
|
to be received plainx ixll speak more grossx
|
|
your brother is to diex
|
|
isabellax sox
|
|
angelox and his offence is sox as it appearsx
|
|
accountant to the law upon that painx
|
|
isabellax truex
|
|
angelox admit no other way to save his lifex
|
|
as i subscribe not thatx nor any otherx
|
|
butx in the loss of questionx that youx his sisterx
|
|
finding yourself desirxd of such a person
|
|
whose credit with the judgex or own great placex
|
|
could fetch your brother from the manacles
|
|
of the allxbinding lawx and that there were
|
|
no earthly mean to save him but that either
|
|
you must lay down the treasures of your body
|
|
to this supposedx or else to let him sufferx
|
|
what would you dox
|
|
isabellax as much for my poor brother as myselfx
|
|
that isx were i under the terms of deathx
|
|
thx impression of keen whips ixd wear as rubiesx
|
|
and strip myself to death as to a bed
|
|
that longing have been sick forx ere ixd yield
|
|
my body up to shamex
|
|
angelox then must your brother diex
|
|
isabellax and xtwere the cheaper wayx
|
|
better it were a brother died at once
|
|
than that a sisterx by redeeming himx
|
|
should die for everx
|
|
angelox were not youx thenx as cruel as the sentence
|
|
that you have slanderxd sox
|
|
isabellax ignominy in ransom and free pardon
|
|
are of two housesx lawful mercy
|
|
is nothing kin to foul redemptionx
|
|
angelox you seemxd of late to make the law a tyrantx
|
|
and rather provxd the sliding of your brother
|
|
a merriment than a vicex
|
|
isabellax ox pardon mex my lordx it oft falls outx
|
|
to have what we would havex we speak not what we meanx
|
|
i something do excuse the thing i hate
|
|
for his advantage that i dearly lovex
|
|
angelox we are all frailx
|
|
isabellax else let my brother diex
|
|
if not a fedary but only he
|
|
owe and succeed thy weaknessx
|
|
angelox nayx women are frail toox
|
|
isabellax ayx as the glasses where they view themselvesx
|
|
which are as easy broke as they make formsx
|
|
womenx help heavenx men their creation mar
|
|
in profiting by themx nayx call us ten times frailx
|
|
for we are soft as our complexions arex
|
|
and credulous to false printsx
|
|
angelox i think it wellx
|
|
and from this testimony of your own sexx
|
|
since i suppose we are made to be no stronger
|
|
than faults may shake our framesx let me be boldx
|
|
i do arrest your wordsx be that you arex
|
|
that isx a womanx if you be morex youxre nonex
|
|
if you be onex as you are well expressxd
|
|
by all external warrantsx show it now
|
|
by putting on the destinxd liveryx
|
|
isabellax i have no tongue but onex gentlex my lordx
|
|
let me intreat you speak the former languagex
|
|
angelox plainly conceivex i love youx
|
|
isabellax my brother did love julietx
|
|
and you tell me that he shall die forxtx
|
|
angelox he shall notx isabelx if you give me lovex
|
|
isabellax i know your virtue hath a license inxtx
|
|
which seems a little fouler than it isx
|
|
to pluck on othersx
|
|
angelox believe mex on mine honourx
|
|
my words express my purposex
|
|
isabellax hax little honour to be much believxdx
|
|
and most pernicious purposex seemingx seemingx
|
|
i will proclaim theex angelox look forxtx
|
|
sign me a present pardon for my brother
|
|
orx with an outstretchxd throatx ixll tell the world aloud
|
|
what man thou artx
|
|
angelox who will believe theex isabelx
|
|
my unsoilxd namex thx austereness of my lifex
|
|
my vouch against youx and my place ix thx statex
|
|
will so your accusation overweigh
|
|
that you shall stifle in your own reportx
|
|
and smell of calumnyx i have begunx
|
|
and now i give my sensual race the reinx
|
|
fit thy consent to my sharp appetitex
|
|
lay by all nicety and prolixious blushes
|
|
that banish what they sue forx redeem thy brother
|
|
by yielding up thy body to my willx
|
|
or else he must not only die the deathx
|
|
but thy unkindness shall his death draw out
|
|
to lingxring sufferancex answer me toxmorrowx
|
|
orx by the affection that now guides me mostx
|
|
ixll prove a tyrant to himx as for youx
|
|
say what you canx my false oxerweighs your truex exit
|
|
isabellax to whom should i complainx did i tell thisx
|
|
who would believe mex o perilous mouths
|
|
that bear in them one and the selfxsame tongue
|
|
either of condemnation or approofx
|
|
bidding the law make curtsy to their willx
|
|
hooking both right and wrong to thx appetitex
|
|
to follow as it drawsx ixll to my brotherx
|
|
though he hath fallxn by prompture of the bloodx
|
|
yet hath he in him such a mind of honour
|
|
thatx had he twenty heads to tender down
|
|
on twenty bloody blocksx hexd yield them up
|
|
before his sister should her body stoop
|
|
to such abhorrxd pollutionx
|
|
thenx isabelx live chastex andx brotherx diex
|
|
more than our brother is our chastityx
|
|
ixll tell him yet of angeloxs requestx
|
|
and fit his mind to deathx for his soulxs restx exit
|
|
|
|
act iiix scene ix the prison
|
|
|
|
enter dukex disguised as beforex claudiox and provost
|
|
|
|
dukex sox then you hope of pardon from lord angelox
|
|
claudiox the miserable have no other medicine
|
|
but only hopex
|
|
i have hope to evex and am preparxd to diex
|
|
dukex be absolute for deathx either death or life
|
|
shall thereby be the sweeterx reason thus with lifex
|
|
if i do lose theex i do lose a thing
|
|
that none but fools would keepx a breath thou artx
|
|
servile to all the skyey influencesx
|
|
that dost this habitation where thou keepxst
|
|
hourly afflictx merelyx thou art deathxs foolx
|
|
for him thou labourxst by thy flight to shun
|
|
and yet runxst toward him stillx thou art not noblex
|
|
for all thx accommodations that thou bearxst
|
|
are nursxd by basenessx thou xrt by no means valiantx
|
|
for thou dost fear the soft and tender fork
|
|
of a poor wormx thy best of rest is sleepx
|
|
and that thou oft provokxstx yet grossly fearxst
|
|
thy deathx which is no morex thou art not thyselfx
|
|
for thou exists on many a thousand grains
|
|
that issue out of dustx happy thou art notx
|
|
for what thou hast notx still thou strivxst to getx
|
|
and what thou hastx forgetxstx thou art not certainx
|
|
for thy complexion shifts to strange effectsx
|
|
after the moonx if thou art richx thouxrt poorx
|
|
forx like an ass whose back with ingots bowsx
|
|
thou bearxst thy heavy riches but a journeyx
|
|
and death unloads theex friend hast thou nonex
|
|
for thine own bowels which do call thee sirex
|
|
the mere effusion of thy proper loinsx
|
|
do curse the goutx serpigox and the rheumx
|
|
for ending thee no soonerx thou hast nor youth nor agex
|
|
butx as it werex an afterxdinnerxs sleepx
|
|
dreaming on bothx for all thy blessed youth
|
|
becomes as agedx and doth beg the alms
|
|
of palsied eldx and when thou art old and richx
|
|
thou hast neither heatx affectionx limbx nor beautyx
|
|
to make thy riches pleasantx whatxs yet in this
|
|
that bears the name of lifex yet in this life
|
|
lie hid moe thousand deathsx yet death we fearx
|
|
that makes these odds all evenx
|
|
claudiox i humbly thank youx
|
|
to sue to livex i find i seek to diex
|
|
andx seeking deathx find lifex let it come onx
|
|
isabellax xwithinx whatx hox peace herex grace and good companyx
|
|
provostx whoxs therex come inx the wish deserves a welcomex
|
|
dukex dear sirx ere long ixll visit you againx
|
|
claudiox most holy sirx i thank youx
|
|
|
|
enter isabella
|
|
|
|
isabellax my business is a word or two with claudiox
|
|
provostx and very welcomex lookx signiorx herexs your sisterx
|
|
dukex provostx a word with youx
|
|
provostx as many as you pleasex
|
|
dukex bring me to hear them speakx where i may be concealxdx
|
|
exeunt duke and provost
|
|
claudiox nowx sisterx whatxs the comfortx
|
|
isabellax whyx
|
|
as all comforts arex most goodx most goodx indeedx
|
|
lord angelox having affairs to heavenx
|
|
intends you for his swift ambassadorx
|
|
where you shall be an everlasting leigerx
|
|
thereforex your best appointment make with speedx
|
|
toxmorrow you set onx
|
|
claudiox is there no remedyx
|
|
isabellax nonex but such remedy asx to save a headx
|
|
to cleave a heart in twainx
|
|
claudiox but is there anyx
|
|
isabellax yesx brotherx you may livex
|
|
there is a devilish mercy in the judgex
|
|
if youxll implore itx that will free your lifex
|
|
but fetter you till deathx
|
|
claudiox perpetual durancex
|
|
isabellax ayx justx perpetual durancex a restraintx
|
|
though all the worldxs vastidity you hadx
|
|
to a determinxd scopex
|
|
claudiox but in what naturex
|
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isabellax in such a one asx you consenting toxtx
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would bark your honour from that trunk you bearx
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and leave you nakedx
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claudiox let me know the pointx
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isabellax ox i do fear theex claudiox and i quakex
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lest thou a feverous life shouldst entertainx
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and six or seven winters more respect
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than a perpetual honourx darxst thou diex
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the sense of death is most in apprehensionx
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and the poor beetle that we tread upon
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in corporal sufferance finds a pang as great
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as when a giant diesx
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claudiox why give you me this shamex
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think you i can a resolution fetch
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from flowxry tendernessx if i must diex
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i will encounter darkness as a bride
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and hug it in mine armsx
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isabellax there spake my brotherx there my fatherxs grave
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did utter forth a voicex yesx thou must diex
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thou art too noble to conserve a life
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in base appliancesx this outwardxsainted deputyx
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whose settled visage and deliberate word
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nips youth ix thx headx and follies doth enew
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as falcon doth the fowlx is yet a devilx
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his filth within being castx he would appear
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a pond as deep as hellx
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claudiox the precise angelox
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isabellax ox xtis the cunning livery of hell
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the damnedxst body to invest and cover
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in precise guardsx dost thou thinkx claudiox
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if i would yield him my virginity
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thou mightst be freedx
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claudiox o heavensx it cannot bex
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isabellax yesx he would givext theex from this rank offencex
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so to offend him stillx this nightxs the time
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that i should do what i abhor to namex
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or else thou diest toxmorrowx
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claudiox thou shalt not doxtx
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isabellax ox were it but my lifex
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ixd throw it down for your deliverance
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as frankly as a pinx
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claudiox thanksx dear isabelx
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isabellax be readyx claudiox for your death toxmorrowx
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claudiox yesx has he affections in him
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that thus can make him bite the law by thx nose
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when he would force itx sure it is no sinx
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or of the deadly seven it is the leastx
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isabellax which is the leastx
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claudiox if it were damnablex he being so wisex
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why would he for the momentary trick
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be perdurably finxdxx o isabelx
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isabellax what says my brotherx
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claudiox death is a fearful thingx
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isabellax and shamed life a hatefulx
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claudiox ayx but to diex and go we know not wherex
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to lie in cold obstructionx and to rotx
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this sensible warm motion to become
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a kneaded clodx and the delighted spirit
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|
to bathe in fiery floods or to reside
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in thrilling region of thickxribbed icex
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to be imprisonxd in the viewless windsx
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and blown with restless violence round about
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|
the pendent worldx or to be worse than worst
|
|
of those that lawless and incertain thought
|
|
imagine howlingx xtis too horriblex
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the weariest and most loathed worldly life
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that agex achex penuryx and imprisonmentx
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can lay on nature is a paradise
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to what we fear of deathx
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isabellax alasx alasx
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claudiox sweet sisterx let me livex
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what sin you do to save a brotherxs lifex
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|
nature dispenses with the deed so far
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that it becomes a virtuex
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|
isabellax o you beastx
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o faithless cowardx o dishonest wretchx
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wilt thou be made a man out of my vicex
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isxt not a kind of incest to take life
|
|
from thine own sisterxs shamex what should i thinkx
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heaven shield my mother playxd my father fairx
|
|
for such a warped slip of wilderness
|
|
nexer issuxd from his bloodx take my defiancex
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diex perishx might but my bending down
|
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reprieve thee from thy fatex it should proceedx
|
|
ixll pray a thousand prayers for thy deathx
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|
no word to save theex
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|
claudiox nayx hear mex isabelx
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isabellax o fiex fiex fiex
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|
thy sinxs not accidentalx but a tradex
|
|
mercy to thee would prove itself a bawdx
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|
xtis best that thou diest quicklyx
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claudiox ox hear mex isabellax
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rexenter duke
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dukex vouchsafe a wordx young sisterx but one wordx
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|
isabellax what is your willx
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|
dukex might you dispense with your leisurex i would by and by have
|
|
some speech with youx the satisfaction i would require is
|
|
likewise your own benefitx
|
|
isabellax i have no superfluous leisurex my stay must be stolen out
|
|
of other affairsx but i will attend you awhilex
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|
xwalks apartx
|
|
dukex sonx i have overheard what hath passxd between you and your
|
|
sisterx angelo had never the purpose to corrupt herx only he hath
|
|
made an assay of her virtue to practise his judgment with the
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|
disposition of naturesx shex having the truth of honour in herx
|
|
hath made him that gracious denial which he is most glad to
|
|
receivex i am confessor to angelox and i know this to be truex
|
|
therefore prepare yourself to deathx do not satisfy your
|
|
resolution with hopes that are falliblex toxmorrow you must diex
|
|
go to your knees and make readyx
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|
claudiox let me ask my sister pardonx i am so out of love with life
|
|
that i will sue to be rid of itx
|
|
dukex hold you therex farewellx xexit claudiox provostx a word with
|
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youx
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rexenter provost
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provostx whatxs your willx fatherx
|
|
dukex thatx now you are comex you will be gonex leave me a while
|
|
with the maidx my mind promises with my habit no loss shall touch
|
|
her by my companyx
|
|
provostx in good timex exit provost
|
|
dukex the hand that hath made you fair hath made you goodx the
|
|
goodness that is cheap in beauty makes beauty brief in goodnessx
|
|
but gracex being the soul of your complexionx shall keep the body
|
|
of it ever fairx the assault that angelo hath made to youx
|
|
fortune hath conveyxd to my understandingx andx but that frailty
|
|
hath examples for his fallingx i should wonder at angelox how
|
|
will you do to content this substitutex and to save your brotherx
|
|
isabellax i am now going to resolve himx i had rather my brother
|
|
die by the law than my son should be unlawfully bornx butx ox how
|
|
much is the good duke deceivxd in angelox if ever he returnx and
|
|
i can speak to himx i will open my lips in vainx or discover his
|
|
governmentx
|
|
dukex that shall not be much amissx yetx as the matter now standsx
|
|
he will avoid your accusationx he made trial of you onlyx
|
|
therefore fasten your ear on my advisingsx to the love i have in
|
|
doing good a remedy presents itselfx i do make myself believe
|
|
that you may most uprighteously do a poor wronged lady a merited
|
|
benefitx redeem your brother from the angry lawx do no stain to
|
|
your own gracious personx and much please the absent dukex if
|
|
peradventure he shall ever return to have hearing of this
|
|
businessx
|
|
isabellax let me hear you speak fartherx i have spirit to do
|
|
anything that appears not foul in the truth of my spiritx
|
|
dukex virtue is boldx and goodness never fearfulx have you not
|
|
heard speak of marianax the sister of frederickx the great
|
|
soldier who miscarried at seax
|
|
isabellax i have heard of the ladyx and good words went with her
|
|
namex
|
|
dukex she should this angelo have marriedx was affianced to her by
|
|
oathx and the nuptial appointedx between which time of the
|
|
contract and limit of the solemnity her brother frederick was
|
|
wreckxd at seax having in that perished vessel the dowry of his
|
|
sisterx but mark how heavily this befell to the poor gentlewomanx
|
|
there she lost a noble and renowned brotherx in his love toward
|
|
her ever most kind and naturalx with him the portion and sinew of
|
|
her fortunex her marriagexdowryx with bothx her combinate
|
|
husbandx this wellxseeming angelox
|
|
isabellax can this be sox did angelo so leave herx
|
|
dukex left her in her tearsx and dried not one of them with his
|
|
comfortx swallowed his vows wholex pretending in her discoveries
|
|
of dishonourx in fewx bestowxd her on her own lamentationx which
|
|
she yet wears for his sakex and hex a marble to her tearsx is
|
|
washed with themx but relents notx
|
|
isabellax what a merit were it in death to take this poor maid from
|
|
the worldx what corruption in this life that it will let this man
|
|
livex but how out of this can she availx
|
|
dukex it is a rupture that you may easily healx and the cure of it
|
|
not only saves your brotherx but keeps you from dishonour in
|
|
doing itx
|
|
isabellax show me howx good fatherx
|
|
dukex this forenamed maid hath yet in her the continuance of her
|
|
first affectionx his unjust unkindnessx that in all reason should
|
|
have quenched her lovex hathx like an impediment in the currentx
|
|
made it more violent and unrulyx go you to angelox answer his
|
|
requiring with a plausible obediencex agree with his demands to
|
|
the pointx only refer yourself to this advantagex firstx that
|
|
your stay with him may not be longx that the time may have all
|
|
shadow and silence in itx and the place answer to conveniencex
|
|
this being granted in coursex and now follows allx we shall
|
|
advise this wronged maid to stead up your appointmentx go in your
|
|
placex if the encounter acknowledge itself hereafterx it may
|
|
compel him to her recompensex and herex by thisx is your brother
|
|
savedx your honour untaintedx the poor mariana advantagedx and
|
|
the corrupt deputy scaledx the maid will i frame and make fit for
|
|
his attemptx if you think well to carry this as you mayx the
|
|
doubleness of the benefit defends the deceit from reproofx what
|
|
think you of itx
|
|
isabellax the image of it gives me content alreadyx and i trust it
|
|
will grow to a most prosperous perfectionx
|
|
dukex it lies much in your holding upx haste you speedily to
|
|
angelox if for this night he entreat you to his bedx give him
|
|
promise of satisfactionx i will presently to saint lukexsx therex
|
|
at the moated grangex resides this dejected marianax at that
|
|
place call upon mex and dispatch with angelox that it may be
|
|
quicklyx
|
|
isabellax i thank you for this comfortx fare you wellx good fatherx
|
|
exeunt severally
|
|
|
|
scene iix the street before the prison
|
|
|
|
enterx on one sidex duke disguised as beforex on the otherx elbowx and
|
|
officers with pompey
|
|
|
|
elbowx nayx if there be no remedy for itx but that you will needs
|
|
buy and sell men and women like beastsx we shall have all the
|
|
world drink brown and white bastardx
|
|
dukex o heavensx what stuff is herex
|
|
pompeyx xtwas never merry world sincex of two usuriesx the merriest
|
|
was put downx and the worser allowxd by order of law a furrxd
|
|
gown to keep him warmx and furrxd with fox on lambxskins toox to
|
|
signify that craftx being richer than innocencyx stands for the
|
|
facingx
|
|
elbowx come your wayx sirx bless youx good father friarx
|
|
dukex and youx good brother fatherx what offence hath this man made
|
|
youx sirx
|
|
elbowx marryx sirx he hath offended the lawx andx sirx we take him
|
|
to be a thief toox sirx for we have found upon himx sirx a
|
|
strange picklockx which we have sent to the deputyx
|
|
dukex fiex sirrahx a bawdx a wicked bawdx
|
|
the evil that thou causest to be donex
|
|
that is thy means to livex do thou but think
|
|
what xtis to cram a maw or clothe a back
|
|
from such a filthy vicex say to thyself
|
|
xfrom their abominable and beastly touches
|
|
i drinkx i eatx array myselfx and livexx
|
|
canst thou believe thy living is a lifex
|
|
so stinkingly dependingx go mendx go mendx
|
|
pompeyx indeedx it does stink in some sortx sirx but yetx sirx
|
|
i would provex
|
|
dukex nayx if the devil have given thee proofs for sinx
|
|
thou wilt prove hisx take him to prisonx officerx
|
|
correction and instruction must both work
|
|
ere this rude beast will profitx
|
|
elbowx he must before the deputyx sirx he has given him warningx
|
|
the deputy cannot abide a whoremasterx if he be a whoremongerx
|
|
and comes before himx he were as good go a mile on his errandx
|
|
dukex that we were allx as some would seem to bex
|
|
from our faultsx as his faults from seemingx freex
|
|
elbowx his neck will come to your waistx a cordx sirx
|
|
|
|
enter lucio
|
|
|
|
pompeyx i spy comfortx i cry bailx herexs a gentlemanx and a friend
|
|
of minex
|
|
luciox how nowx noble pompeyx whatx at the wheels of caesarx art
|
|
thou led in triumphx whatx is there none of pygmalionxs imagesx
|
|
newly made womanx to be had now for putting the hand in the
|
|
pocket and extracting it clutchxdx what replyx hax what sayxst
|
|
thou to this tunex matterx and methodx isxt not drownxd ix thx
|
|
last rainx hax what sayxst thoux trotx is the world as it wasx
|
|
manx which is the wayx is it sadx and few wordsx or howx the
|
|
trick of itx
|
|
dukex still thusx and thusx still worsex
|
|
luciox how doth my dear morselx thy mistressx procures she stillx
|
|
hax
|
|
pompeyx trothx sirx she hath eaten up all her beefx and she is
|
|
herself in the tubx
|
|
luciox whyx xtis goodx it is the right of itx it must be sox ever
|
|
your fresh whore and your powderxd bawdx an unshunnxd
|
|
consequencex it must be sox art going to prisonx pompeyx
|
|
pompeyx yesx faithx sirx
|
|
luciox whyx xtis not amissx pompeyx farewellx gox say i sent thee
|
|
thitherx for debtx pompeyx or howx
|
|
elbowx for being a bawdx for being a bawdx
|
|
luciox wellx thenx imprison himx if imprisonment be the due of a
|
|
bawdx whyx xtis his rightx bawd is he doubtlessx and of
|
|
antiquityx toox bawdxbornx farewellx good pompeyx commend me to
|
|
the prisonx pompeyx you will turn good husband nowx pompeyx you
|
|
will keep the housex
|
|
pompeyx i hopex sirx your good worship will be my bailx
|
|
luciox nox indeedx will i notx pompeyx it is not the wearx i will
|
|
prayx pompeyx to increase your bondagex if you take it not
|
|
patientlyx whyx your mettle is the morex adieu trusty pompeyx
|
|
bless youx friarx
|
|
dukex and youx
|
|
luciox does bridget paint stillx pompeyx hax
|
|
elbowx come your waysx sirx comex
|
|
pompeyx you will not bail me thenx sirx
|
|
luciox thenx pompeyx nor nowx what news abroadx friarx what newsx
|
|
elbowx come your waysx sirx comex
|
|
luciox go to kennelx pompeyx gox
|
|
|
|
exeunt elbowx pompey and officers
|
|
|
|
what newsx friarx of the dukex
|
|
dukex i know nonex can you tell me of anyx
|
|
luciox some say he is with the emperor of russiax other somex he is
|
|
in romex but where is hex think youx
|
|
dukex i know not wherex but wheresoeverx i wish him wellx
|
|
luciox it was a mad fantastical trick of him to steal from the
|
|
state and usurp the beggary he was never born tox lord angelo
|
|
dukes it well in his absencex he puts transgression toxtx
|
|
dukex he does well inxtx
|
|
luciox a little more lenity to lechery would do no harm in himx
|
|
something too crabbed that wayx friarx
|
|
dukex it is too general a vicex and severity must cure itx
|
|
luciox yesx in good soothx the vice is of a great kindredx it is
|
|
well alliedx but it is impossible to extirp it quitex friarx till
|
|
eating and drinking be put downx they say this angelo was not
|
|
made by man and woman after this downright way of creationx is it
|
|
truex think youx
|
|
dukex how should he be madex thenx
|
|
luciox some report a seaxmaid spawnxd himx somex that he was begot
|
|
between two stockxfishesx but it is certain that when he makes
|
|
water his urine is congealxd icex that i know to be truex and he
|
|
is a motion generativex thatxs infalliblex
|
|
dukex you are pleasantx sirx and speak apacex
|
|
luciox whyx what a ruthless thing is this in himx for the rebellion
|
|
of a codpiece to take away the life of a manx would the duke that
|
|
is absent have done thisx ere he would have hangxd a man for the
|
|
getting a hundred bastardsx he would have paid for the nursing a
|
|
thousandx he had some feeling of the sportx he knew the servicex
|
|
and that instructed him to mercyx
|
|
dukex i never heard the absent duke much detected for womenx he was
|
|
not inclinxd that wayx
|
|
luciox ox sirx you are deceivxdx
|
|
dukex xtis not possiblex
|
|
luciox whox not the dukex yesx your beggar of fiftyx and his use
|
|
was to put a ducat in her clackxdishx the duke had crotchets in
|
|
himx he would be drunk toox that let me inform youx
|
|
dukex you do him wrongx surelyx
|
|
luciox sirx i was an inward of hisx a shy fellow was the dukex and
|
|
i believe i know the cause of his withdrawingx
|
|
dukex whatx i pritheex might be the causex
|
|
luciox nox pardonx xtis a secret must be lockxd within the teeth
|
|
and the lipsx but this i can let you understandx the greater file
|
|
of the subject held the duke to be wisex
|
|
dukex wisex whyx no question but he wasx
|
|
luciox a very superficialx ignorantx unweighing fellowx
|
|
dukex either this is envy in youx follyx or mistakingx the very
|
|
stream of his lifex and the business he hath helmedx mustx upon a
|
|
warranted needx give him a better proclamationx let him be but
|
|
testimonied in his own bringingsxforthx and he shall appear to
|
|
the envious a scholarx a statesmanx and a soldierx therefore you
|
|
speak unskilfullyx orx if your knowledge be morex it is much
|
|
darkxned in your malicex
|
|
luciox sirx i know himx and i love himx
|
|
dukex love talks with better knowledgex and knowledge with dearer
|
|
lovex
|
|
luciox comex sirx i know what i knowx
|
|
dukex i can hardly believe thatx since you know not what you speakx
|
|
butx if ever the duke returnx as our prayers are he mayx let me
|
|
desire you to make your answer before himx if it be honest you
|
|
have spokex you have courage to maintain itx i am bound to call
|
|
upon youx and i pray you your namex
|
|
luciox sirx my name is luciox well known to the dukex
|
|
dukex he shall know you betterx sirx if i may live to report youx
|
|
luciox i fear you notx
|
|
dukex ox you hope the duke will return no morex or you imagine me
|
|
too unhurtful an oppositex butx indeedx i can do you little harmx
|
|
youxll forswear this againx
|
|
luciox ixll be hangxd firstx thou art deceivxd in mex friarx but no
|
|
more of thisx canst thou tell if claudio die toxmorrow or nox
|
|
dukex why should he diex sirx
|
|
luciox whyx for filling a bottle with a tunxdishx i would the duke
|
|
we talk of were returnxd againx this ungeniturxd agent will
|
|
unpeople the province with continencyx sparrows must not build in
|
|
his housexeaves because they are lecherousx the duke yet would
|
|
have dark deeds darkly answeredx he would never bring them to
|
|
lightx would he were returnxdx marryx this claudio is condemned
|
|
for untrussingx farewellx good friarx i prithee pray for mex the
|
|
dukex i say to thee againx would eat mutton on fridaysx hexs not
|
|
past it yetx andx i say to theex he would mouth with a beggar
|
|
though she smelt brown bread and garlicx say that i said sox
|
|
farewellx exit
|
|
dukex no might nor greatness in mortality
|
|
can censure scapex backxwounding calumny
|
|
the whitest virtue strikesx what king so strong
|
|
can tie the gall up in the slanderous tonguex
|
|
but who comes herex
|
|
|
|
enter escalusx provostx and officers with
|
|
mistress overdone
|
|
|
|
escalusx gox away with her to prisonx
|
|
mrsx overdonex good my lordx be good to mex your honour is
|
|
accounted a merciful manx good my lordx
|
|
escalusx double and treble admonitionx and still forfeit in the
|
|
same kindx this would make mercy swear and play the tyrantx
|
|
provostx a bawd of eleven yearsx continuancex may it please your
|
|
honourx
|
|
mrsx overdonex my lordx this is one lucioxs information against mex
|
|
mistress kate keepdown was with child by him in the dukexs timex
|
|
he promisxd her marriagex his child is a year and a quarter old
|
|
come philip and jacobx i have kept it myselfx and see how he goes
|
|
about to abuse mex
|
|
escalusx that fellow is a fellow of much licensex let him be callxd
|
|
before usx away with her to prisonx go tox no more wordsx xexeunt
|
|
officers with mistress overdonex provostx my brother angelo will
|
|
not be alterxdx claudio must die toxmorrowx let him be furnishxd
|
|
with divinesx and have all charitable preparationx if my brother
|
|
wrought by my pityx it should not be so with himx
|
|
provostx so please youx this friar hath been with himx and advisxd
|
|
him for thx entertainment of deathx
|
|
escalusx good evenx good fatherx
|
|
dukex bliss and goodness on youx
|
|
escalusx of whence are youx
|
|
dukex not of this countryx though my chance is now
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to use it for my timex i am a brother
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of gracious orderx late come from the see
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in special business from his holinessx
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escalusx what news abroad ix thx worldx
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dukex nonex but that there is so great a fever on goodness that the
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dissolution of it must cure itx novelty is only in requestx andx
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as it isx as dangerous to be aged in any kind of course as it is
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virtuous to be constant in any undertakeingx there is scarce
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truth enough alive to make societies securex but security enough
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to make fellowships accurstx much upon this riddle runs the
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wisdom of the worldx this news is old enoughx yet it is every
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dayxs newsx i pray youx sirx of what disposition was the dukex
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escalusx one thatx above all other strifesx contended especially to
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know himselfx
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dukex what pleasure was he given tox
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escalusx rather rejoicing to see another merry than merry at
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anything which professxd to make him rejoicex a gentleman of all
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temperancex but leave we him to his eventsx with a prayer they
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may prove prosperousx and let me desire to know how you find
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claudio preparxdx i am made to understand that you have lent him
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visitationx
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dukex he professes to have received no sinister measure from his
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judgex but most willingly humbles himself to the determination of
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justicex yet had he framed to himselfx by the instruction of his
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frailtyx many deceiving promises of lifex which ix by my good
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leisurex have discredited to himx and now he is resolvxd to diex
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escalusx you have paid the heavens your functionx and the prisoner
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the very debt of your callingx i have labourxd for the poor
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gentleman to the extremest shore of my modestyx but my brother
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justice have i found so severe that he hath forcxd me to tell him
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he is indeed justicex
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dukex if his own life answer the straitness of his proceedingx it
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shall become him wellx wherein if he chance to failx he hath
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sentencxd himselfx
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escalusx i am going to visit the prisonerx fare you wellx
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dukex peace be with youx exeunt escalus and provost
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he who the sword of heaven will bear
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should be as holy as severex
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pattern in himself to knowx
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grace to standx and virtue gox
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more nor less to others paying
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than by selfxoffences weighingx
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shame to him whose cruel striking
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kills for faults of his own likingx
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twice treble shame on angelox
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to weed my vice and let his growx
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ox what may man within him hidex
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though angel on the outward sidex
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how may likenessx made in crimesx
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make a practice on the timesx
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to draw with idle spidersx strings
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most ponderous and substantial thingsx
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craft against vice i must applyx
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with angelo toxnight shall lie
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his old betrothed but despisedx
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so disguise shallx by thx disguisedx
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pay with falsehood false exactingx
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and perform an old contractingx exit
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act ivx scene ix the moated grange at saint dukexs
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enter marianax and boy singing
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song
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takex ox take those lips awayx
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that so sweetly were forswornx
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and those eyesx the break of dayx
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lights that do mislead the mornx
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but my kisses bring againx bring againx
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seals of lovex but sealxd in vainx sealxd in vainx
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enter dukex disguised as before
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marianax break off thy songx and haste thee quick awayx
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here comes a man of comfortx whose advice
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hath often stillxd my brawling discontentx exit boy
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i cry you mercyx sirx and well could wish
|
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you had not found me here so musicalx
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let me excuse mex and believe me sox
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my mirth it much displeasxdx but pleasxd my woex
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dukex xtis goodx though music oft hath such a charm
|
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to make bad good and good provoke to harmx
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i pray you tell me hath anybody inquirxd for me here toxdayx much
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upon this time have i promisxd here to meetx
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marianax you have not been inquirxd afterx i have sat here all dayx
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enter isabella
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dukex i do constantly believe youx the time is come even nowx i
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shall crave your forbearance a littlex may be i will call upon
|
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you anonx for some advantage to yourselfx
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|
marianax i am always bound to youx exit
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|
dukex very well metx and well comex
|
|
what is the news from this good deputyx
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isabellax he hath a garden circummurxd with brickx
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whose western side is with a vineyard backxdx
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|
and to that vineyard is a planched gate
|
|
that makes his opening with this bigger keyx
|
|
this other doth command a little door
|
|
which from the vineyard to the garden leadsx
|
|
there have i made my promise
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upon the heavy middle of the night
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to call upon himx
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dukex but shall you on your knowledge find this wayx
|
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isabellax i have taxen a due and wary note uponxtx
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with whispering and most guilty diligencex
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in action all of preceptx he did show me
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the way twice oxerx
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dukex are there no other tokens
|
|
between you xgreed concerning her observancex
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|
isabellax nox nonex but only a repair ix thx darkx
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|
and that i have possessxd him my most stay
|
|
can be but briefx for i have made him know
|
|
i have a servant comes with me alongx
|
|
that stays upon mex whose persuasion is
|
|
i come about my brotherx
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dukex xtis well borne upx
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i have not yet made known to mariana
|
|
a word of thisx what hox withinx come forthx
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rexenter mariana
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i pray you be acquainted with this maidx
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she comes to do you goodx
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isabellax i do desire the likex
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dukex do you persuade yourself that i respect youx
|
|
marianax good friarx i know you dox and have found itx
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|
dukex takex thenx this your companion by the handx
|
|
who hath a story ready for your earx
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|
i shall attend your leisurex but make hastex
|
|
the vaporous night approachesx
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|
marianax willxt please you walk asidex
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|
exeunt mariana and isabella
|
|
dukex o place and greatnessx millions of false eyes
|
|
are stuck upon theex volumes of report
|
|
run with these falsex and most contrarious quest
|
|
upon thy doingsx thousand escapes of wit
|
|
make thee the father of their idle dreamx
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|
and rack thee in their fanciesx
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rexenter mariana and isabella
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welcomex how agreedx
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isabellax shexll take the enterprise upon herx fatherx
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if you advise itx
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|
dukex it is not my consentx
|
|
but my entreaty toox
|
|
isabellax little have you to sayx
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when you depart from himx butx soft and lowx
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xremember now my brotherxx
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marianax fear me notx
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dukex norx gentle daughterx fear you not at allx
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he is your husband on a prexcontractx
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to bring you thus together xtis no sinx
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sith that the justice of your title to him
|
|
doth flourish the deceitx comex let us gox
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our cornxs to reapx for yet our tithexs to sowx exeunt
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scene iix the prison
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enter provost and pompey
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provostx come hitherx sirrahx can you cut off a manxs headx
|
|
pompeyx if the man be a bachelorx sirx i canx but if he be a
|
|
married manx hexs his wifexs headx and i can never cut of a
|
|
womanxs headx
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|
provostx comex sirx leave me your snatches and yield me a direct
|
|
answerx toxmorrow morning are to die claudio and barnardinex here
|
|
is in our prison a common executionerx who in his office lacks a
|
|
helperx if you will take it on you to assist himx it shall redeem
|
|
you from your gyvesx if notx you shall have your full time of
|
|
imprisonmentx and your deliverance with an unpitied whippingx for
|
|
you have been a notorious bawdx
|
|
pompeyx sirx i have been an unlawful bawd time out of mindx but yet
|
|
i will be content to be a lawful hangmanx i would be glad to
|
|
receive some instructions from my fellow partnerx
|
|
provostx what hox abhorsonx wherexs abhorson therex
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enter abhorson
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abhorsonx do you callx sirx
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|
provostx sirrahx herexs a fellow will help you toxmorrow in your
|
|
executionx if you think it meetx compound with him by the yearx
|
|
and let him abide here with youx if notx use him for the presentx
|
|
and dismiss himx he cannot plead his estimation with youx he hath
|
|
been a bawdx
|
|
abhorsonx a bawdx sirx fie upon himx he will discredit our mysteryx
|
|
provostx go tox sirx you weigh equallyx a feather will turn the
|
|
scalex exit
|
|
pompeyx prayx sirx by your good favourx for surelyx sirx a good
|
|
favour you have but that you have a hanging lookx do you callx
|
|
sirx your occupation a mysteryx
|
|
abhorsonx ayx sirx a mysteryx
|
|
pompeyx paintingx sirx i have heard sayx is a mysteryx and your
|
|
whoresx sirx being members of my occupationx using paintingx do
|
|
prove my occupation a mysteryx but what mystery there should be
|
|
in hangingx if i should be hangxdx i cannot imaginex
|
|
abhorsonx sirx it is a mysteryx
|
|
pompeyx proofx
|
|
abhorsonx every true manxs apparel fits your thiefx if it be too
|
|
little for your thiefx your true man thinks it big enoughx if it
|
|
be too big for your thiefx your thief thinks it little enoughx so
|
|
every true manxs apparel fits your thiefx
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|
rexenter provost
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provostx are you agreedx
|
|
pompeyx sirx i will serve himx for i do find your hangman is a more
|
|
penitent trade than your bawdx he doth oftener ask forgivenessx
|
|
provostx youx sirrahx provide your block and your axe toxmorrow
|
|
four oxclockx
|
|
abhorsonx come onx bawdx i will instruct thee in my tradex followx
|
|
pompeyx i do desire to learnx sirx and i hopex if you have occasion
|
|
to use me for your own turnx you shall find me yarex for trulyx
|
|
sirx for your kindness i owe you a good turnx
|
|
provostx call hither barnardine and claudiox
|
|
exeunt abhorson and pompey
|
|
thx one has my pityx not a jot the otherx
|
|
being a murdererx though he were my brotherx
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|
|
|
enter claudio
|
|
|
|
lookx herexs the warrantx claudiox for thy deathx
|
|
xtis now dead midnightx and by eight toxmorrow
|
|
thou must be made immortalx wherexs barnardinex
|
|
claudiox as fast lockxd up in sleep as guiltless labour
|
|
when it lies starkly in the travellerxs bonesx
|
|
he will not wakex
|
|
provostx who can do good on himx
|
|
wellx gox prepare yourselfx xknocking withinx but harkx what
|
|
noisex
|
|
heaven give your spirits comfortx exit claudio
|
|
xknocking continuesx by and byx
|
|
i hope it is some pardon or reprieve
|
|
for the most gentle claudiox
|
|
|
|
enter dukex disguised as before
|
|
|
|
welcomex fatherx
|
|
dukex the best and wholesomxst spirits of the night
|
|
envelop youx good provostx who callxd here of latex
|
|
provostx nonex since the curfew rungx
|
|
dukex not isabelx
|
|
provostx nox
|
|
dukex they will thenx erext be longx
|
|
provostx what comfort is for claudiox
|
|
dukex therexs some in hopex
|
|
provostx it is a bitter deputyx
|
|
dukex not sox not sox his life is parallelxd
|
|
even with the stroke and line of his great justicex
|
|
he doth with holy abstinence subdue
|
|
that in himself which he spurs on his powxr
|
|
to qualify in othersx were he mealxd with that
|
|
which he correctsx then were he tyrannousx
|
|
but this being sox hexs justx xknocking withinx now are they
|
|
comex exit provost
|
|
this is a gentle provostx seldom when
|
|
the steeled gaoler is the friend of menx xknocking withinx
|
|
how nowx what noisex that spiritxs possessxd with haste
|
|
that wounds thx unsisting postern with these strokesx
|
|
|
|
rexenter provost
|
|
|
|
provostx there he must stay until the officer
|
|
arise to let him inx he is callxd upx
|
|
dukex have you no countermand for claudio yet
|
|
but he must die toxmorrowx
|
|
provostx nonex sirx nonex
|
|
dukex as near the dawningx provostx as it isx
|
|
you shall hear more ere morningx
|
|
provostx happily
|
|
you something knowx yet i believe there comes
|
|
no countermandx no such example have wex
|
|
besidesx upon the very siege of justicex
|
|
lord angelo hath to the public ear
|
|
professxd the contraryx
|
|
|
|
enter a messenger
|
|
this is his lordshipxs manx
|
|
dukex and here comes claudioxs pardonx
|
|
messengerx my lord hath sent you this notex and by me this further
|
|
chargex that you swerve not from the smallest article of itx
|
|
neither in timex matterx or other circumstancex good morrowx for
|
|
as i take itx it is almost dayx
|
|
provostx i shall obey himx exit messenger
|
|
dukex xasidex this is his pardonx purchasxd by such sin
|
|
for which the pardoner himself is inx
|
|
hence hath offence his quick celerityx
|
|
when it is borne in high authorityx
|
|
when vice makes mercyx mercyxs so extended
|
|
that for the faultxs love is thx offender friendedx
|
|
nowx sirx what newsx
|
|
provostx i told youx lord angelox belike thinking me remiss in mine
|
|
officex awakens me with this unwonted puttingxonx methinks
|
|
strangelyx for he hath not usxd it beforex
|
|
dukex pray youx letxs hearx
|
|
provostx xreadsx xwhatsoever you may hear to the contraryx let
|
|
claudio be executed by four of the clockx andx in the afternoonx
|
|
barnardinex for my better satisfactionx let me have claudioxs
|
|
head sent me by fivex let this be duly performedx with a thought
|
|
that more depends on it than we must yet deliverx thus fail not
|
|
to do your officex as you will answer it at your perilxx
|
|
what say you to thisx sirx
|
|
dukex what is that barnardine who is to be executed in thx
|
|
afternoonx
|
|
provostx a bohemian bornx but here nursxd up and bredx
|
|
one that is a prisoner nine years oldx
|
|
dukex how came it that the absent duke had not either deliverxd him
|
|
to his liberty or executed himx i have heard it was ever his
|
|
manner to do sox
|
|
provostx his friends still wrought reprieves for himx andx indeedx
|
|
his factx till now in the government of lord angelox came not to
|
|
an undoubted proofx
|
|
dukex it is now apparentx
|
|
provostx most manifestx and not denied by himselfx
|
|
dukex hath he borne himself penitently in prisonx how seems he to
|
|
be touchxdx
|
|
provostx a man that apprehends death no more dreadfully but as a
|
|
drunken sleepx carelessx recklessx and fearlessx of whatxs pastx
|
|
presentx or to comex insensible of mortality and desperately
|
|
mortalx
|
|
dukex he wants advicex
|
|
provostx he will hear nonex he hath evermore had the liberty of the
|
|
prisonx give him leave to escape hencex he would notx drunk many
|
|
times a dayx if not many days entirely drunkx we have very oft
|
|
awakxd himx as if to carry him to executionx and showxd him a
|
|
seeming warrant for itx it hath not moved him at allx
|
|
dukex more of him anonx there is written in your browx provostx
|
|
honesty and constancyx if i read it not trulyx my ancient skill
|
|
beguiles mex but in the boldness of my cunning i will lay myself
|
|
in hazardx claudiox whom here you have warrant to executex is no
|
|
greater forfeit to the law than angelo who hath sentencxd himx to
|
|
make you understand this in a manifested effectx i crave but four
|
|
daysx respitex for the which you are to do me both a present and
|
|
a dangerous courtesyx
|
|
provostx prayx sirx in whatx
|
|
dukex in the delaying deathx
|
|
provostx alackx how may i do itx having the hour limitedx and an
|
|
express commandx under penaltyx to deliver his head in the view
|
|
of angelox i may make my case as claudioxsx to cross this in the
|
|
smallestx
|
|
dukex by the vow of mine orderx i warrant youx if my instructions
|
|
may be your guidex let this barnardine be this morning executedx
|
|
and his head borne to angelox
|
|
provostx angelo hath seen them bothx and will discover the favourx
|
|
dukex ox deathxs a great disguiserx and you may add to itx shave
|
|
the head and tie the beardx and say it was the desire of the
|
|
penitent to be so barxd before his deathx you know the course is
|
|
commonx if anything fall to you upon this more than thanks and
|
|
good fortunex by the saint whom i professx i will plead against
|
|
it with my lifex
|
|
provostx pardon mex good fatherx it is against my oathx
|
|
dukex were you sworn to the dukex or to the deputyx
|
|
provostx to him and to his substitutesx
|
|
dukex you will think you have made no offence if the duke avouch
|
|
the justice of your dealingx
|
|
provostx but what likelihood is in thatx
|
|
dukex not a resemblancex but a certaintyx yet since i see you
|
|
fearfulx that neither my coatx integrityx nor persuasionx can
|
|
with ease attempt youx i will go further than i meantx to pluck
|
|
all fears out of youx look youx sirx here is the hand and seal of
|
|
the dukex you know the characterx i doubt notx and the signet is
|
|
not strange to youx
|
|
provostx i know them bothx
|
|
dukex the contents of this is the return of the dukex you shall
|
|
anon overxread it at your pleasurex where you shall find within
|
|
these two days he will be herex this is a thing that angelo knows
|
|
notx for he this very day receives letters of strange tenourx
|
|
perchance of the dukexs deathx perchance entering into some
|
|
monasteryx butx by chancex nothing of what is writx lookx thx
|
|
unfolding star calls up the shepherdx put not yourself into
|
|
amazement how these things should bex all difficulties are but
|
|
easy when they are knownx call your executionerx and off with
|
|
barnardinexs headx i will give him a present shriftx and advise
|
|
him for a better placex yet you are amazxdx but this shall
|
|
absolutely resolve youx come awayx it is almost clear dawnx
|
|
exeunt
|
|
|
|
scene iiix the prison
|
|
|
|
enter pompey
|
|
|
|
pompeyx i am as well acquainted here as i was in our house of
|
|
professionx one would think it were mistress overdonexs own housex
|
|
for here be many of her old customersx firstx herexs young master
|
|
rashx hexs in for a commodity of brown paper and old gingerx nine
|
|
score and seventeen poundsx of which he made five marks ready moneyx
|
|
marryx then ginger was not much in requestx for the old women were
|
|
all deadx then is there here one master caperx at the suit of master
|
|
threepile the mercerx for some four suits of peachxcolourxd satinx
|
|
which now peaches him a beggarx then have we here young dizyx and
|
|
young master deepvowx and master copperspurx and master starvelackeyx
|
|
the rapier and dagger manx and young dropheir that killxd lusty
|
|
puddingx and master forthlight the tilterx and brave master shootie
|
|
the great travellerx and wild halfcan that stabbxd potsx andx i
|
|
thinkx forty morex all great doers in our tradex and are now xfor the
|
|
lordxs sakexx
|
|
|
|
enter abhorson
|
|
|
|
abhorsonx sirrahx bring barnardine hitherx
|
|
pompeyx master barnardinex you must rise and be hangxdx master
|
|
barnardinex
|
|
abhorsonx what hox barnardinex
|
|
barnardinex xwithinx a pox ox your throatsx who makes that noise
|
|
therex what are youx
|
|
pompeyx your friendsx sirx the hangmanx you must be so goodx sirx
|
|
to rise and be put to deathx
|
|
barnardinex x within x awayx you roguex awayx i am sleepyx
|
|
abhorsonx tell him he must awakex and that quickly toox
|
|
pompeyx prayx master barnardinex awake till you are executedx and
|
|
sleep afterwardsx
|
|
abhorsonx go in to himx and fetch him outx
|
|
pompeyx he is comingx sirx he is comingx i hear his straw rustlex
|
|
|
|
enter barnardine
|
|
|
|
abhorsonx is the axe upon the blockx sirrahx
|
|
pompeyx very readyx sirx
|
|
barnardinex how nowx abhorsonx whatxs the news with youx
|
|
abhorsonx trulyx sirx i would desire you to clap into your prayersx
|
|
forx look youx the warrantxs comex
|
|
barnardinex you roguex i have been drinking all nightx i am not
|
|
fitted forxtx
|
|
pompeyx ox the betterx sirx for he that drinks all night and is
|
|
hanged betimes in the morning may sleep the sounder all the next
|
|
dayx
|
|
|
|
enter dukex disguised as before
|
|
|
|
abhorsonx look youx sirx here comes your ghostly fatherx
|
|
do we jest nowx think youx
|
|
dukex sirx induced by my charityx and hearing how hastily you are
|
|
to departx i am come to advise youx comfort youx and pray with
|
|
youx
|
|
barnardinex friarx not ix i have been drinking hard all nightx and
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i will have more time to prepare mex or they shall beat out my
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brains with billetsx i will not consent to die this dayx thatxs
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certainx
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dukex ox sirx you mustx and therefore i beseech you
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look forward on the journey you shall gox
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barnardinex i swear i will not die toxday for any manxs persuasionx
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dukex but hear youx
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barnardinex not a wordx if you have anything to say to mex come to
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my wardx for thence will not i toxdayx exit
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dukex unfit to live or diex o gravel heartx
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after himx fellowsx bring him to the blockx
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exeunt abhorson and pompey
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enter provost
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provostx nowx sirx how do you find the prisonerx
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dukex a creature unpreparxdx unmeet for deathx
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and to transport him in the mind he is
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were damnablex
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provostx here in the prisonx fatherx
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there died this morning of a cruel fever
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one ragozinex a most notorious piratex
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a man of claudioxs yearsx his beard and head
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just of his colourx what if we do omit
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this reprobate till he were well inclinxdx
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and satisfy the deputy with the visage
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of ragozinex more like to claudiox
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dukex ox xtis an accident that heaven providesx
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dispatch it presentlyx the hour draws on
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prefixxd by angelox see this be donex
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and sent according to commandx whiles i
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persuade this rude wretch willingly to diex
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provostx this shall be donex good fatherx presentlyx
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but barnardine must die this afternoonx
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and how shall we continue claudiox
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to save me from the danger that might come
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if he were known alivex
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dukex let this be donex
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put them in secret holdsx both barnardine and claudiox
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ere twice the sun hath made his journal greeting
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to the under generationx you shall find
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your safety manifestedx
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provostx i am your free dependantx
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dukex quickx dispatchx and send the head to angelox
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exit provost
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now will i write letters to angelox
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the provostx he shall bear themx whose contents
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shall witness to him i am near at homex
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and thatx by great injunctionsx i am bound
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to enter publiclyx him ixll desire
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to meet me at the consecrated fountx
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a league below the cityx and from thencex
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by cold gradation and wellxbalancxd formx
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we shall proceed with angelox
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rexenter provost
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provostx here is the headx ixll carry it myselfx
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dukex convenient is itx make a swift returnx
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for i would commune with you of such things
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that want no ear but yoursx
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provostx ixll make all speedx exit
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isabellax x within x peacex hox be herex
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dukex the tongue of isabelx shexs come to know
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if yet her brotherxs pardon be come hitherx
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but i will keep her ignorant of her goodx
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to make her heavenly comforts of despair
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when it is least expectedx
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enter isabella
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isabellax hox by your leavex
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dukex good morning to youx fair and gracious daughterx
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isabellax the betterx given me by so holy a manx
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hath yet the deputy sent my brotherxs pardonx
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dukex he hath releasxd himx isabelx from the worldx
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his head is off and sent to angelox
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isabellax nayx but it is not sox
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dukex it is no otherx
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show your wisdomx daughterx in your close patiencex
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isabellax ox i will to him and pluck out his eyesx
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dukex you shall not be admitted to his sightx
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isabellax unhappy claudiox wretched isabelx
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injurious worldx most damned angelox
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dukex this nor hurts him nor profits you a jotx
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forbear itx thereforex give your cause to heavenx
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mark what i sayx which you shall find
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by every syllable a faithful verityx
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the duke comes home toxmorrowx nayx dry your eyesx
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one of our coventx and his confessorx
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gives me this instancex already he hath carried
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notice to escalus and angelox
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|
who do prepare to meet him at the gatesx
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there to give up their powxrx if you canx pace your wisdom
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in that good path that i would wish it gox
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and you shall have your bosom on this wretchx
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grace of the dukex revenges to your heartx
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and general honourx
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|
isabellax i am directed by youx
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dukex this letterx thenx to friar peter givex
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|
xtis that he sent me of the dukexs returnx
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|
sayx by this tokenx i desire his company
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|
at marianaxs house toxnightx her cause and yours
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|
ixll perfect him withalx and he shall bring you
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|
before the dukex and to the head of angelo
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|
accuse him home and homex for my poor selfx
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|
i am combined by a sacred vowx
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and shall be absentx wend you with this letterx
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|
command these fretting waters from your eyes
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with a light heartx trust not my holy orderx
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|
if i pervert your coursex whoxs herex
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enter lucio
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luciox good evenx friarx wherexs the provostx
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dukex not withinx sirx
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luciox o pretty isabellax i am pale at mine heart to see thine eyes
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|
so redx thou must be patientx i am fain to dine and sup with
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|
water and branx i dare not for my head fill my bellyx one
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|
fruitful meal would set me toxtx but they say the duke will be
|
|
here toxmorrowx by my trothx isabelx i lovxd thy brotherx if the
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|
old fantastical duke of dark corners had been at homex he had
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|
livedx exit isabella
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|
dukex sirx the duke is marvellous little beholding to your reportsx
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|
but the best isx he lives not in themx
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|
luciox friarx thou knowest not the duke so well as i dox hexs a
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better woodman than thou takxst him forx
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dukex wellx youxll answer this one dayx fare ye wellx
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|
luciox nayx tarryx ixll go along with theex i can tell thee pretty
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|
tales of the dukex
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dukex you have told me too many of him alreadyx sirx if they be
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|
truex if not truex none were enoughx
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|
luciox i was once before him for getting a wench with childx
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dukex did you such a thingx
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luciox yesx marryx did ix but i was fain to forswear itx they would
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|
else have married me to the rotten medlarx
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|
dukex sirx your company is fairer than honestx rest you wellx
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|
luciox by my trothx ixll go with thee to the lanexs endx if bawdy
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|
talk offend youx wexll have very little of itx nayx friarx i am a
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|
kind of burrx i shall stickx exeunt
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scene ivx angeloxs house
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enter angelo and escalus
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escalusx every letter he hath writ hath disvouchxd otherx
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angelox in most uneven and distracted mannerx his actions show much
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like to madnessx pray heaven his wisdom be not taintedx and why
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meet him at the gatesx and redeliver our authorities therex
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escalusx i guess notx
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angelox and why should we proclaim it in an hour before his
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|
entxring thatx if any crave redress of injusticex they should
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|
exhibit their petitions in the streetx
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|
escalusx he shows his reason for thatx to have a dispatch of
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|
complaintsx and to deliver us from devices hereafterx which
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|
shall then have no power to stand against usx
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angelox wellx i beseech youx let it be proclaimxdx
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|
betimes ix thx morn ixll call you at your housex
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|
give notice to such men of sort and suit
|
|
as are to meet himx
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|
escalusx i shallx sirx fare you wellx
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|
angelox good nightx exit escalus
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|
this deed unshapes me quitex makes me unpregnant
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|
and dull to all proceedingsx a deflowxred maidx
|
|
and by an eminent body that enforcxd
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|
the law against itx but that her tender shame
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|
will not proclaim against her maiden lossx
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|
how might she tongue mex yet reason dares her nox
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|
for my authority bears a so credent bulk
|
|
that no particular scandal once can touch
|
|
but it confounds the breatherx he should have livxdx
|
|
save that his riotous youthx with dangerous sensex
|
|
might in the times to come have taxen revengex
|
|
by so receiving a dishonourxd life
|
|
with ransom of such shamex would yet he had livxdx
|
|
alackx when once our grace we have forgotx
|
|
nothing goes rightx we wouldx and we would notx exit
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|
scene vx fields without the town
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|
enter duke in his own habitx and friar peter
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dukex these letters at fit time deliver mex xgiving lettersx
|
|
the provost knows our purpose and our plotx
|
|
the matter being afootx keep your instruction
|
|
and hold you ever to our special driftx
|
|
though sometimes you do blench from this to that
|
|
as cause doth ministerx gox call at flaviusx housex
|
|
and tell him where i stayx give the like notice
|
|
to valentinusx rowlandx and to crassusx
|
|
and bid them bring the trumpets to the gatex
|
|
but send me flavius firstx
|
|
peterx it shall be speeded wellx exit friar
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enter varrius
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dukex i thank theex varriusx thou hast made good hastex
|
|
comex we will walkx therexs other of our friends
|
|
will greet us here anonx my gentle varriusx exeunt
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|
|
|
scene vix a street near the city gate
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|
|
enter isabella and mariana
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|
isabellax to speak so indirectly i am loathx
|
|
i would say the truthx but to accuse him sox
|
|
that is your partx yet i am advisxd to do itx
|
|
he saysx to veil full purposex
|
|
marianax be rulxd by himx
|
|
isabellax besidesx he tells me thatx if peradventure
|
|
he speak against me on the adverse sidex
|
|
i should not think it strangex for xtis a physic
|
|
thatxs bitter to sweet endx
|
|
marianax i would friar peterx
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|
enter friar peter
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|
isabellax ox peacex the friar is comex
|
|
peterx comex i have found you out a stand most fitx
|
|
where you may have such vantage on the duke
|
|
he shall not pass youx twice have the trumpets soundedx
|
|
the generous and gravest citizens
|
|
have hent the gatesx and very near upon
|
|
the duke is entxringx thereforex hencex awayx exeunt
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|
|
act vx scene ix the city gate
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|
|
|
enter at several doors dukex varriusx lordsx angelox escalusx luciox
|
|
provostx officersx and citizens
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|
|
|
dukex my very worthy cousinx fairly metx
|
|
our old and faithful friendx we are glad to see youx
|
|
angelox escalusx happy return be to your royal gracex
|
|
dukex many and hearty thankings to you bothx
|
|
we have made inquiry of youx and we hear
|
|
such goodness of your justice that our soul
|
|
cannot but yield you forth to public thanksx
|
|
forerunning more requitalx
|
|
angelox you make my bonds still greaterx
|
|
dukex ox your desert speaks loudx and i should wrong it
|
|
to lock it in the wards of covert bosomx
|
|
when it deservesx with characters of brassx
|
|
a forted residence xgainst the tooth of time
|
|
and razure of oblivionx give me your handx
|
|
and let the subject seex to make them know
|
|
that outward courtesies would fain proclaim
|
|
favours that keep withinx comex escalusx
|
|
you must walk by us on our other handx
|
|
and good supporters are youx
|
|
|
|
enter friar peter and isabella
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|
|
|
peterx now is your timex speak loudx and kneel before himx
|
|
isabellax justicex o royal dukex vail your regard
|
|
upon a wrongxdx i would fain have said a maidx
|
|
o worthy princex dishonour not your eye
|
|
by throwing it on any other object
|
|
till you have heard me in my true complaintx
|
|
and given me justicex justicex justicex justicex
|
|
dukex relate your wrongsx in whatx by whomx be briefx
|
|
here is lord angelo shall give you justicex
|
|
reveal yourself to himx
|
|
isabellax o worthy dukex
|
|
you bid me seek redemption of the devilx
|
|
hear me yourselfx for that which i must speak
|
|
must either punish mex not being believxdx
|
|
or wring redress from youx hear mex ox hear mex herex
|
|
angelox my lordx her witsx i fear mex are not firmx
|
|
she hath been a suitor to me for her brotherx
|
|
cut off by course of justicex
|
|
isabellax by course of justicex
|
|
angelox and she will speak most bitterly and strangex
|
|
isabellax most strangex but yet most trulyx will i speakx
|
|
that angeloxs forswornx is it not strangex
|
|
that angeloxs a murdererx isxt not strangex
|
|
that angelo is an adulterous thiefx
|
|
an hypocritex a virginxviolatorx
|
|
is it not strange and strangex
|
|
dukex nayx it is ten times strangex
|
|
isabellax it is not truer he is angelo
|
|
than this is all as true as it is strangex
|
|
nayx it is ten times truex for truth is truth
|
|
to thx end of reckxningx
|
|
dukex away with herx poor soulx
|
|
she speaks this in thx infirmity of sensex
|
|
isabellax o princex i conjure theex as thou believxst
|
|
there is another comfort than this worldx
|
|
that thou neglect me not with that opinion
|
|
that i am touchxd with madnessx make not impossible
|
|
that which but seems unlikex xtis not impossible
|
|
but onex the wickedxst caitiff on the groundx
|
|
may seem as shyx as gravex as justx as absolutex
|
|
as angelox even so may angelox
|
|
in all his dressingsx charactsx titlesx formsx
|
|
be an archxvillainx believe itx royal princex
|
|
if he be lessx hexs nothingx but hexs morex
|
|
had i more name for badnessx
|
|
dukex by mine honestyx
|
|
if she be madx as i believe no otherx
|
|
her madness hath the oddest frame of sensex
|
|
such a dependency of thing on thingx
|
|
as exer i heard in madnessx
|
|
isabellax o gracious dukex
|
|
harp not on thatx nor do not banish reason
|
|
for inequalityx but let your reason serve
|
|
to make the truth appear where it seems hidx
|
|
and hide the false seems truex
|
|
dukex many that are not mad
|
|
havex surex more lack of reasonx what would you sayx
|
|
isabellax i am the sister of one claudiox
|
|
condemnxd upon the act of fornication
|
|
to lose his headx condemnxd by angelox
|
|
ix in probation of a sisterhoodx
|
|
was sent to by my brotherx one lucio
|
|
as then the messengerx
|
|
luciox thatxs ix anxt like your gracex
|
|
i came to her from claudiox and desirxd her
|
|
to try her gracious fortune with lord angelo
|
|
for her poor brotherxs pardonx
|
|
isabellax thatxs hex indeedx
|
|
dukex you were not bid to speakx
|
|
luciox nox my good lordx
|
|
nor wishxd to hold my peacex
|
|
dukex i wish you nowx thenx
|
|
pray you take note of itx and when you have
|
|
a business for yourselfx pray heaven you then
|
|
be perfectx
|
|
luciox i warrant your honourx
|
|
dukex the warrantxs for yourselfx take heed toxtx
|
|
isabellax this gentleman told somewhat of my talex
|
|
luciox rightx
|
|
dukex it may be rightx but you are ix the wrong
|
|
to speak before your timex proceedx
|
|
isabellax i went
|
|
to this pernicious caitiff deputyx
|
|
dukex thatxs somewhat madly spokenx
|
|
isabellax pardon itx
|
|
the phrase is to the matterx
|
|
dukex mended againx the matterx proceedx
|
|
isabellax in briefx to set the needless process byx
|
|
how i persuadedx how i prayxdx and kneelxdx
|
|
how he refellxd mex and how i repliedx
|
|
for this was of much lengthx the vile conclusion
|
|
i now begin with grief and shame to utterx
|
|
he would notx but by gift of my chaste body
|
|
to his concupiscible intemperate lustx
|
|
release my brotherx andx after much debatementx
|
|
my sisterly remorse confutes mine honourx
|
|
and i did yield to himx but the next morn betimesx
|
|
his purpose surfeitingx he sends a warrant
|
|
for my poor brotherxs headx
|
|
dukex this is most likelyx
|
|
isabellax o that it were as like as it is truex
|
|
dukex by heavenx fond wretchx thou knowxst not what thou speakxstx
|
|
or else thou art subornxd against his honour
|
|
in hateful practicex firstx his integrity
|
|
stands without blemishx nextx it imports no reason
|
|
that with such vehemency he should pursue
|
|
faults proper to himselfx if he had so offendedx
|
|
he would have weighxd thy brother by himselfx
|
|
and not have cut him offx some one hath set you onx
|
|
confess the truthx and say by whose advice
|
|
thou camxst here to complainx
|
|
isabellax and is this allx
|
|
thenx o you blessed ministers abovex
|
|
keep me in patiencex andx with ripened timex
|
|
unfold the evil which is here wrapt up
|
|
in countenancex heaven shield your grace from woex
|
|
as ix thus wrongxdx hence unbelieved gox
|
|
dukex i know youxd fain be gonex an officerx
|
|
to prison with herx shall we thus permit
|
|
a blasting and a scandalous breath to fall
|
|
on him so near usx this needs must be a practicex
|
|
who knew of your intent and coming hitherx
|
|
isabellax one that i would were herex friar lodowickx
|
|
dukex a ghostly fatherx belikex who knows that lodowickx
|
|
luciox my lordx i know himx xtis a meddling friarx
|
|
i do not like the manx had he been layx my lordx
|
|
for certain words he spake against your grace
|
|
in your retirementx i had swingxd him soundlyx
|
|
dukex words against mex thisxs a good friarx belikex
|
|
and to set on this wretched woman here
|
|
against our substitutex let this friar be foundx
|
|
luciox but yesternightx my lordx she and that friarx
|
|
i saw them at the prisonx a saucy friarx
|
|
a very scurvy fellowx
|
|
peterx blessed be your royal gracex
|
|
i have stood byx my lordx and i have heard
|
|
your royal ear abusxdx firstx hath this woman
|
|
most wrongfully accusxd your substitutex
|
|
who is as free from touch or soil with her
|
|
as she from one ungotx
|
|
dukex we did believe no lessx
|
|
know you that friar lodowick that she speaks ofx
|
|
peterx i know him for a man divine and holyx
|
|
not scurvyx nor a temporary meddlerx
|
|
as hexs reported by this gentlemanx
|
|
andx on my trustx a man that never yet
|
|
didx as he vouchesx misreport your gracex
|
|
luciox my lordx most villainouslyx believe itx
|
|
peterx wellx he in time may come to clear himselfx
|
|
but at this instant he is sickx my lordx
|
|
of a strange feverx upon his mere requestx
|
|
being come to knowledge that there was complaint
|
|
intended xgainst lord angelox came i hither
|
|
to speakx as from his mouthx what he doth know
|
|
is true and falsex and what hex with his oath
|
|
and all probationx will make up full clearx
|
|
whensoever hexs conventedx firstx for this womanx
|
|
to justify this worthy noblemanx
|
|
so vulgarly and personally accusxdx
|
|
her shall you hear disproved to her eyesx
|
|
till she herself confess itx
|
|
dukex good friarx letxs hear itx exit isabella guarded
|
|
do you not smile at thisx lord angelox
|
|
o heavenx the vanity of wretched foolsx
|
|
give us some seatsx comex cousin angelox
|
|
in this ixll be impartialx be you judge
|
|
of your own causex
|
|
|
|
enter mariana veiled
|
|
|
|
is this the witnessx friarx
|
|
first let her show her facex and after speakx
|
|
marianax pardonx my lordx i will not show my face
|
|
until my husband bid mex
|
|
dukex whatx are you marriedx
|
|
marianax nox my lordx
|
|
dukex are you a maidx
|
|
marianax nox my lordx
|
|
dukex a widowx thenx
|
|
marianax neitherx my lordx
|
|
dukex whyx you are nothing thenx neither maidx widowx nor wifex
|
|
luciox my lordx she may be a punkx for many of them are neither
|
|
maidx widowx nor wifex
|
|
dukex silence that fellowx i would he had some cause
|
|
to prattle for himselfx
|
|
luciox wellx my lordx
|
|
marianax my lordx i do confess i nexer was marriedx
|
|
and i confessx besidesx i am no maidx
|
|
i have known my husbandx yet my husband
|
|
knows not that ever he knew mex
|
|
luciox he was drunkx thenx my lordx it can be no betterx
|
|
dukex for the benefit of silencex would thou wert so toox
|
|
luciox wellx my lordx
|
|
dukex this is no witness for lord angelox
|
|
marianax now i come toxtx my lordx
|
|
she that accuses him of fornicationx
|
|
in selfxsame manner doth accuse my husbandx
|
|
and charges himx my lordx with such a time
|
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when ixll depose i had him in mine armsx
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with all thx effect of lovex
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angelox charges she moe than mex
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marianax not that i knowx
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dukex nox you say your husbandx
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marianax whyx justx my lordx and that is angelox
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who thinks he knows that he nexer knew my bodyx
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but knows he thinks that he knows isabelxsx
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angelox this is a strange abusex letxs see thy facex
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marianax my husband bids mex now i will unmaskx
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xunveilingx
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this is that facex thou cruel angelox
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which once thou sworxst was worth the looking onx
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this is the hand whichx with a vowxd contractx
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was fast belockxd in thinex this is the body
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that took away the match from isabelx
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and did supply thee at thy gardenxhouse
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in her imaginxd personx
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dukex know you this womanx
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luciox carnallyx she saysx
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dukex sirrahx no morex
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luciox enoughx my lordx
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angelox my lordx i must confess i know this womanx
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and five years since there was some speech of marriage
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betwixt myself and herx which was broke offx
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partly for that her promised proportions
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came short of compositionx but in chief
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for that her reputation was disvalued
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in levityx since which time of five years
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i never spake with herx saw herx nor heard from herx
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upon my faith and honourx
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marianax noble princex
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as there comes light from heaven and words from breathx
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as there is sense in truth and truth in virtuex
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i am affiancxd this manxs wife as strongly
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as words could make up vowsx andx my good lordx
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but tuesday night last gonex inxs gardenxhousex
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he knew me as a wifex as this is truex
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let me in safety raise me from my kneesx
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or else for ever be confixed herex
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a marble monumentx
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angelox i did but smile till nowx
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nowx good my lordx give me the scope of justicex
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my patience here is touchxdx i do perceive
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these poor informal women are no more
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but instruments of some more mightier member
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that sets them onx let me have wayx my lordx
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to find this practice outx
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dukex ayx with my heartx
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and punish them to your height of pleasurex
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thou foolish friarx and thou pernicious womanx
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compact with her thatxs gonex thinkxst thou thy oathsx
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though they would swear down each particular saintx
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were testimonies against his worth and creditx
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thatxs sealxd in approbationx youx lord escalusx
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sit with my cousinx lend him your kind pains
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to find out this abusex whence xtis derivxdx
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there is another friar that set them onx
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let him be sent forx
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peterx would lie were herex my lordx for he indeed
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hath set the women on to this complaintx
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your provost knows the place where he abidesx
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and he may fetch himx
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dukex gox do it instantlyx exit provost
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and youx my noble and wellxwarranted cousinx
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whom it concerns to hear this matter forthx
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do with your injuries as seems you best
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in any chastisementx i for a while will leave youx
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but stir not you till you have well determinxd
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upon these slanderersx
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escalusx my lordx wexll do it throughlyx exit duke
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signior luciox did not you say you knew that friar lodowick to be
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a dishonest personx
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luciox xcucullus non facit monachumxx honest in nothing but in his
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clothesx and one that hath spoke most villainous speeches of the
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dukex
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escalusx we shall entreat you to abide here till he come and
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enforce them against himx we shall find this friar a notable
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fellowx
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luciox as any in viennax on my wordx
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escalusx call that same isabel here once againx i would speak with
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herx xexit an attendantx pray youx my lordx give me leave to
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questionx you shall see how ixll handle herx
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luciox not better than hex by her own reportx
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escalusx say youx
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luciox marryx sirx i thinkx if you handled her privatelyx she would
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sooner confessx perchancex publiclyx shexll be ashamxdx
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rexenter officers with isabellax and provost with the
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duke in his friarxs habit
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escalusx i will go darkly to work with herx
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luciox thatxs the wayx for women are light at midnightx
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escalusx come onx mistressx herexs a gentlewoman denies all that
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you have saidx
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luciox my lordx here comes the rascal i spoke ofx here with the
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provostx
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escalusx in very good timex speak not you to him till we call upon
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youx
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luciox mumx
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escalusx comex sirx did you set these women on to slander lord
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angelox they have confessxd you didx
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dukex xtis falsex
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escalusx howx know you where you arex
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dukex respect to your great placex and let the devil
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be sometime honourxd for his burning thronex
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where is the dukex xtis he should hear me speakx
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escalusx the dukexs in usx and we will hear you speakx
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look you speak justlyx
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dukex boldlyx at leastx butx ox poor soulsx
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come you to seek the lamb here of the foxx
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good night to your redressx is the duke gonex
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then is your cause gone toox the dukexs unjust
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|
thus to retort your manifest appealx
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and put your trial in the villainxs mouth
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|
which here you come to accusex
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luciox this is the rascalx this is he i spoke ofx
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escalusx whyx thou unreverend and unhallowed friarx
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isxt not enough thou hast subornxd these women
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|
to accuse this worthy manx butx in foul mouthx
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and in the witness of his proper earx
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|
to call him villainx and then to glance from him
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|
to thx duke himselfx to tax him with injusticex
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take him hencex to thx rack with himx wexll touze you
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joint by jointx but we will know his purposex
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|
whatx xunjustxx
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|
dukex be not so hotx the duke
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|
dare no more stretch this finger of mine than he
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|
dare rack his ownx his subject am i notx
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nor here provincialx my business in this state
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|
made me a lookerxon here in viennax
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|
where i have seen corruption boil and bubble
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|
till it oxerrun the stewx laws for all faultsx
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|
but faults so countenancxd that the strong statutes
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|
stand like the forfeits in a barberxs shopx
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|
as much in mock as markx
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|
escalusx slander to thx statex away with him to prisonx
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|
angelox what can you vouch against himx signior luciox
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is this the man that you did tell us ofx
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luciox xtis hex my lordx come hitherx goodxman baldxpatex
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do you know mex
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dukex i remember youx sirx by the sound of your voicex i met you at
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|
the prisonx in the absence of the dukex
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|
luciox o did you sox and do you remember what you said of the dukex
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|
dukex most notedlyx sirx
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luciox do you sox sirx and was the duke a fleshmongerx a foolx and
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|
a cowardx as you then reported him to bex
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dukex you mustx sirx change persons with me ere you make that my
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|
reportx youx indeedx spoke so of himx and much morex much worsex
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|
luciox o thou damnable fellowx did not i pluck thee by the nose for
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|
thy speechesx
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|
dukex i protest i love the duke as i love myselfx
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|
angelox hark how the villain would close nowx after his treasonable
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|
abusesx
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escalusx such a fellow is not to be talkxd withalx away with him to
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|
prisonx where is the provostx away with him to prisonx lay bolts
|
|
enough upon himx let him speak no morex away with those giglets
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|
toox and with the other confederate companionx
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|
xthe provost lays bands on the dukex
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|
dukex stayx sirx stay awhilex
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angelox whatx resists hex help himx luciox
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luciox comex sirx comex sirx comex sirx fohx sirx whyx you
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baldxpated lying rascalx you must be hoodedx must youx show your
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knavexs visagex with a pox to youx show your sheepxbiting facex
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|
and be hangxd an hourx willxt not offx
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|
xpulls off the friarxs bood and discovers the dukex
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|
dukex thou art the first knave that exer madxst a dukex
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|
firstx provostx let me bail these gentle threex
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|
xto luciox sneak not awayx sirx for the friar and you
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|
must have a word anonx lay hold on himx
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luciox this may prove worse than hangingx
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dukex xto escalusx what you have spoke i pardonx sit you downx
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wexll borrow place of himx xto angelox sirx by your leavex
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|
hast thou or wordx or witx or impudencex
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that yet can do thee officex if thou hastx
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rely upon it till my tale be heardx
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and hold no longer outx
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angelox o my dread lordx
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i should be guiltier than my guiltinessx
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to think i can be undiscerniblex
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when i perceive your gracex like powxr divinex
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|
hath lookxd upon my passesx thenx good princex
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|
no longer session hold upon my shamex
|
|
but let my trial be mine own confessionx
|
|
immediate sentence thenx and sequent deathx
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|
is all the grace i begx
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|
dukex come hitherx marianax
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|
sayx wast thou exer contracted to this womanx
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angelox i wasx my lordx
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dukex gox take her hence and marry her instantlyx
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|
do you the officex friarx which consummatex
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|
return him here againx go with himx provostx
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|
exeunt angelox marianax friar peterx and provost
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|
escalusx my lordx i am more amazxd at his dishonour
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|
than at the strangeness of itx
|
|
dukex come hitherx isabelx
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|
your friar is now your princex as i was then
|
|
advertising and holy to your businessx
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|
not changing heart with habitx i am still
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|
attorneyxd at your servicex
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|
isabellax ox give me pardonx
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|
that ix your vassal have employxd and painxd
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|
your unknown sovereigntyx
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|
dukex you are pardonxdx isabelx
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|
and nowx dear maidx be you as free to usx
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|
your brotherxs deathx i knowx sits at your heartx
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|
and you may marvel why i obscurxd myselfx
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|
labouring to save his lifex and would not rather
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|
make rash remonstrance of my hidden powxr
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|
than let him so be lostx o most kind maidx
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|
it was the swift celerity of his deathx
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|
which i did think with slower foot came onx
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|
that brainxd my purposex but peace be with himx
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|
that life is better lifex past fearing deathx
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|
than that which lives to fearx make it your comfortx
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|
so happy is your brotherx
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|
isabellax i dox my lordx
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rexenter angelox marianax friar peterx and provost
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dukex for this newxmarried man approaching herex
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|
whose salt imagination yet hath wrongxd
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|
your wellxdefended honourx you must pardon
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|
for marianaxs sakex but as he adjudgxd your brotherx
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|
being criminal in double violation
|
|
of sacred chastity and of promisexbreachx
|
|
thereon dependentx for your brotherxs lifex
|
|
the very mercy of the law cries out
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|
most audiblex even from his proper tonguex
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|
xan angelo for claudiox death for deathxx
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|
haste still pays hastex and leisure answers leisurex
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|
like doth quit likex and measure still for measurex
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|
thenx angelox thy faultxs thus manifestedx
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|
whichx though thou wouldst denyx denies thee vantagex
|
|
we do condemn thee to the very block
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|
where claudio stoopxd to deathx and with like hastex
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|
away with himx
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|
marianax o my most gracious lordx
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i hope you will not mock me with a husbandx
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|
dukex it is your husband mockxd you with a husbandx
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|
consenting to the safeguard of your honourx
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|
i thought your marriage fitx else imputationx
|
|
for that he knew youx might reproach your lifex
|
|
and choke your good to comex for his possessionsx
|
|
although by confiscation they are oursx
|
|
we do instate and widow you withal
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|
to buy you a better husbandx
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|
marianax o my dear lordx
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i crave no otherx nor no better manx
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|
dukex never crave himx we are definitivex
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|
marianax gentle my liegex xkneelingx
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|
dukex you do but lose your labourx
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|
away with him to deathx xto luciox nowx sirx to youx
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|
marianax o my good lordx sweet isabelx take my partx
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|
lend me your kneesx and all my life to come
|
|
ixll lend you all my life to do you servicex
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|
dukex against all sense you do importune herx
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|
should she kneel down in mercy of this factx
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|
her brotherxs ghost his paved bed would breakx
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|
and take her hence in horrorx
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|
marianax isabelx
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|
sweet isabelx do yet but kneel by mex
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|
hold up your handsx say nothingx ixll speak allx
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|
they say best men moulded out of faultsx
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|
andx for the mostx become much more the better
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|
for being a little badx so may my husbandx
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|
o isabelx will you not lend a kneex
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|
dukex he dies for claudioxs deathx
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|
isabellax xkneelingx most bounteous sirx
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|
lookx if it please youx on this man condemnxdx
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|
as if my brother livxdx i partly think
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|
a due sincerity governxd his deeds
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|
till he did look on mex since it is sox
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|
let him not diex my brother had but justicex
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|
in that he did the thing for which he diedx
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for angelox
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his act did not oxertake his bad intentx
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|
and must be buried but as an intent
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|
that perishxd by the wayx thoughts are no subjectsx
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|
intents but merely thoughtsx
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|
marianax merelyx my lordx
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dukex your suitxs unprofitablex stand upx i sayx
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|
i have bethought me of another faultx
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|
provostx how came it claudio was beheaded
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|
at an unusual hourx
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provostx it was commanded sox
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|
dukex had you a special warrant for the deedx
|
|
provostx nox my good lordx it was by private messagex
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|
dukex for which i do discharge you of your officex
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|
give up your keysx
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|
provostx pardon mex noble lordx
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i thought it was a faultx but knew it notx
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|
yet did repent mex after more advicex
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|
for testimony whereofx one in the prisonx
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|
that should by private order else have diedx
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|
i have reservxd alivex
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dukex whatxs hex
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provostx his name is barnardinex
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dukex i would thou hadst done so by claudiox
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go fetch him hitherx let me look upon himx exit provost
|
|
escalusx i am sorry one so learned and so wise
|
|
as youx lord angelox have still appearxdx
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|
should slip so grosslyx both in the heat of blood
|
|
and lack of temperxd judgment afterwardx
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|
angelox i am sorry that such sorrow i procurex
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|
and so deep sticks it in my penitent heart
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|
that i crave death more willingly than mercyx
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|
xtis my deservingx and i do entreat itx
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rexenter provostx with barnardinex claudio xmuffledx
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|
and juliet
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dukex which is that barnardinex
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provostx thisx my lordx
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|
dukex there was a friar told me of this manx
|
|
sirrahx thou art said to have a stubborn soulx
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|
that apprehends no further than this worldx
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|
and squarxst thy life accordingx thouxrt condemnxdx
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|
butx for those earthly faultsx i quit them allx
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|
and pray thee take this mercy to provide
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|
for better times to comex friarx advise himx
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i leave him to your handx what mufflxd fellowxs thatx
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provostx this is another prisoner that i savxdx
|
|
who should have died when claudio lost his headx
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as like almost to claudio as himselfx xunmuffles claudiox
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dukex xto isabellax if he be like your brotherx for his sake
|
|
is he pardonxdx and for your lovely sakex
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|
give me your hand and say you will be minex
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he is my brother toox but fitter time for thatx
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by this lord angelo perceives hexs safex
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methinks i see a quickxning in his eyex
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wellx angelox your evil quits you wellx
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look that you love your wifex her worth worth yoursx
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i find an apt remission in myselfx
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and yet herexs one in place i cannot pardonx
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to luciox youx sirrahx that knew me for a foolx a cowardx
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|
one all of luxuryx an assx a madmanx
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|
wherein have i so deservxd of you
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that you extol me thusx
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|
luciox faithx my lordx i spoke it but according to the trickx
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|
if you will hang me for itx you mayx but i had rather it would
|
|
please you i might be whiptx
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|
dukex whipt firstx sirx and hangxd afterx
|
|
proclaim itx provostx round about the cityx
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|
if any woman wrongxd by this lewd fellowx
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|
as i have heard him swear himself therexs one
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|
whom he begot with childx let her appearx
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|
and he shall marry herx the nuptial finishxdx
|
|
let him be whipt and hangxdx
|
|
luciox i beseech your highnessx do not marry me to a whorex your
|
|
highness said even now i made you a dukex good my lordx do not
|
|
recompense me in making me a cuckoldx
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|
dukex upon mine honourx thou shalt marry herx
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|
thy slanders i forgivex and therewithal
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|
remit thy other forfeitsx take him to prisonx
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and see our pleasure herein executedx
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|
luciox marrying a punkx my lordx is pressing to deathx whippingx
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and hangingx
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|
dukex slandering a prince deserves itx
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|
exeunt officers with lucio
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|
shex claudiox that you wrongxdx look you restorex
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|
joy to youx marianax love herx angelox
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|
i have confessxd herx and i know her virtuex
|
|
thanksx good friend escalusx for thy much goodnessx
|
|
therexs more behind that is more gratulatex
|
|
thanksx provostx for thy care and secrecyx
|
|
we shall employ thee in a worthier placex
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|
forgive himx angelox that brought you home
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|
the head of ragozine for claudioxsx
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|
thx offence pardons itselfx dear isabelx
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|
i have a motion much imports your goodx
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whereto if youxll a willing ear inclinex
|
|
whatxs mine is yoursx and what is yours is minex
|
|
sox bring us to our palacex where wexll show
|
|
whatxs yet behind thatxs meet you all should knowx
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exeunt
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the merchant of venice
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contents
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act i
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scene ix venicex a streetx
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scene iix belmontx a room in portiaxs housex
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scene iiix venicex a public placex
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act ii
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scene ix belmontx a room in portiaxs housex
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scene iix venicex a streetx
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scene iiix the samex a room in shylockxs housex
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scene ivx the samex a streetx
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scene vx the samex before shylockxs housex
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scene vix the samex
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scene viix belmontx a room in portiaxs housex
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scene viiix venicex a streetx
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scene ixx belmontx a room in portiaxs housex
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act iii
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scene ix venicex a streetx
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scene iix belmontx a room in portiaxs housex
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scene iiix venicex a streetx
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scene ivx belmontx a room in portiaxs housex
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scene vx the samex a gardenx
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act iv
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scene ix venicex a court of justicex
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scene iix the samex a streetx
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act v
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scene ix belmontx the avenue to portiaxs housex
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dramatis personx
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the duke of venice
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the prince of moroccox suitor to portia
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the prince of arragonx suitor to portia
|
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antoniox a merchant of venice
|
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bassaniox his friendx suitor to portia
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gratianox friend to antonio and bassanio
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solaniox friend to antonio and bassanio
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salarinox friend to antonio and bassanio
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lorenzox in love with jessica
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shylockx a rich jew
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tubalx a jewx his friend
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launcelet gobbox a clownx servant to shylock
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old gobbox father to launcelet
|
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leonardox servant to bassanio
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balthazarx servant to portia
|
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stephanox servant to portia
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|
saleriox a messenger from venice
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portiax a rich heiress
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nerissax her waitingxwoman
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jessicax daughter to shylock
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magnificoes of venicex officers of the court of justicex a gaolerx
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servants and other attendants
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scenex partly at venicex and partly at belmontx the seat of portia on
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the continent
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act i
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scene ix venicex a streetx
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enter antoniox salarino and solaniox
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antoniox
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in sooth i know not why i am so sadx
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it wearies mex you say it wearies youx
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but how i caught itx found itx or came by itx
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what stuff xtis made ofx whereof it is bornx
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i am to learnx
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and such a wantxwit sadness makes of mex
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that i have much ado to know myselfx
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salarinox
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your mind is tossing on the oceanx
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there where your argosiesx with portly sail
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like signiors and rich burghers on the floodx
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or as it were the pageants of the seax
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do overpeer the petty traffickers
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that curtsy to themx do them reverencex
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as they fly by them with their woven wingsx
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solaniox
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believe mex sirx had i such venture forthx
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the better part of my affections would
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be with my hopes abroadx i should be still
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plucking the grass to know where sits the windx
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peering in maps for portsx and piers and roadsx
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and every object that might make me fear
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misfortune to my venturesx out of doubt
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would make me sadx
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salarinox
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my wind cooling my broth
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would blow me to an ague when i thought
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what harm a wind too great might do at seax
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i should not see the sandy hourxglass run
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but i should think of shallows and of flatsx
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and see my wealthy andrew dockxd in sandx
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vailing her high top lower than her ribs
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to kiss her burialx should i go to church
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and see the holy edifice of stone
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and not bethink me straight of dangerous rocksx
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whichx touching but my gentle vesselxs sidex
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would scatter all her spices on the streamx
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enrobe the roaring waters with my silksx
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andx in a wordx but even now worth thisx
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and now worth nothingx shall i have the thought
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to think on thisx and shall i lack the thought
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that such a thing bechancxd would make me sadx
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but tell not mex i know antonio
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is sad to think upon his merchandisex
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antoniox
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believe mex nox i thank my fortune for itx
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my ventures are not in one bottom trustedx
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nor to one placex nor is my whole estate
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upon the fortune of this present yearx
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therefore my merchandise makes me not sadx
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salarinox
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why then you are in lovex
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antoniox
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fiex fiex
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salarinox
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not in love neitherx then let us say you are sad
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because you are not merryx and xtwere as easy
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for you to laugh and leap and say you are merry
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because you are not sadx nowx by twoxheaded janusx
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nature hath framxd strange fellows in her timex
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some that will evermore peep through their eyesx
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and laugh like parrots at a bagpiperx
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and other of such vinegar aspect
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that theyxll not show their teeth in way of smile
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though nestor swear the jest be laughablex
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enter bassaniox lorenzo and gratianox
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solaniox
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here comes bassaniox your most noble kinsmanx
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gratianox and lorenzox fare ye wellx
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we leave you now with better companyx
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salarinox
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i would have stayxd till i had made you merryx
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if worthier friends had not prevented mex
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antoniox
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your worth is very dear in my regardx
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i take it your own business calls on youx
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and you embrace thx occasion to departx
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salarinox
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good morrowx my good lordsx
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bassaniox
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good signiors bothx when shall we laughx sayx whenx
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you grow exceeding strangex must it be sox
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salarinox
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wexll make our leisures to attend on yoursx
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xxexeunt salarino and solanioxxx
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lorenzox
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my lord bassaniox since you have found antoniox
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we two will leave youx but at dinnerxtime
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i pray you have in mind where we must meetx
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bassaniox
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i will not fail youx
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gratianox
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you look not wellx signior antoniox
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you have too much respect upon the worldx
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they lose it that do buy it with much carex
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believe mex you are marvellously changxdx
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antoniox
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i hold the world but as the worldx gratianox
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a stagex where every man must play a partx
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and mine a sad onex
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gratianox
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let me play the foolx
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with mirth and laughter let old wrinkles comex
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and let my liver rather heat with wine
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than my heart cool with mortifying groansx
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why should a man whose blood is warm within
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sit like his grandsire cut in alabasterx
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sleep when he wakesx and creep into the jaundice
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by being peevishx i tell thee whatx antoniox
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xi love theex and xtis my love that speaksxx
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there are a sort of men whose visages
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do cream and mantle like a standing pondx
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and do a wilful stillness entertainx
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with purpose to be dressxd in an opinion
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of wisdomx gravityx profound conceitx
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as who should sayx xi am sir oraclex
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and when i ope my lipsx let no dog barkxx
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o my antoniox i do know of these
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that therefore only are reputed wise
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for saying nothingx whenx i am very surex
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if they should speakx would almost damn those ears
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whichx hearing themx would call their brothers foolsx
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ixll tell thee more of this another timex
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but fish not with this melancholy bait
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for this fool gudgeonx this opinionx
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comex good lorenzox fare ye well a whilex
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ixll end my exhortation after dinnerx
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lorenzox
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wellx we will leave you then till dinnerxtimex
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i must be one of these same dumb wise menx
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for gratiano never lets me speakx
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gratianox
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wellx keep me company but two years moex
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thou shalt not know the sound of thine own tonguex
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antoniox
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fare you wellx ixll grow a talker for this gearx
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gratianox
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thanksx ix faithx for silence is only commendable
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in a neatxs tongue driedx and a maid not vendiblex
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xxexeunt gratiano and lorenzoxxx
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antoniox
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is that anything nowx
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bassaniox
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gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothingx more than any man in all
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venicex his reasons are as two grains of wheat hid in two bushels of
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chaffx you shall seek all day ere you find themx and when you have them
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they are not worth the searchx
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antoniox
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wellx tell me now what lady is the same
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to whom you swore a secret pilgrimagex
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that you today promisxd to tell me ofx
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bassaniox
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xtis not unknown to youx antoniox
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how much i have disabled mine estate
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by something showing a more swelling port
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than my faint means would grant continuancex
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nor do i now make moan to be abridgxd
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from such a noble ratex but my chief care
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is to come fairly off from the great debts
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wherein my timex something too prodigalx
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hath left me gagxdx to youx antoniox
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i owe the most in money and in lovex
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and from your love i have a warranty
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to unburden all my plots and purposes
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how to get clear of all the debts i owex
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antoniox
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i pray youx good bassaniox let me know itx
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and if it standx as you yourself still dox
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within the eye of honourx be assurxd
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my pursex my personx my extremest means
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lie all unlockxd to your occasionsx
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bassaniox
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in my schoolxdaysx when i had lost one shaftx
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i shot his fellow of the selfxsame flight
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the selfxsame wayx with more advised watch
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to find the other forthx and by adventuring both
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i oft found bothx i urge this childhood proof
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because what follows is pure innocencex
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i owe you muchx andx like a wilful youthx
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that which i owe is lostx but if you please
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to shoot another arrow that self way
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which you did shoot the firstx i do not doubtx
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as i will watch the aimx or to find bothx
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or bring your latter hazard back againx
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and thankfully rest debtor for the firstx
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antoniox
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you know me wellx and herein spend but time
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to wind about my love with circumstancex
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and out of doubt you do me now more wrong
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in making question of my uttermost
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than if you had made waste of all i havex
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then do but say to me what i should do
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that in your knowledge may by me be donex
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and i am prest unto itx thereforex speakx
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bassaniox
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in belmont is a lady richly leftx
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and she is fairx andx fairer than that wordx
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of wondrous virtuesx sometimes from her eyes
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i did receive fair speechless messagesx
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her name is portiax nothing undervaluxd
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to catoxs daughterx brutusx portiax
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nor is the wide world ignorant of her worthx
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for the four winds blow in from every coast
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renowned suitorsx and her sunny locks
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hang on her temples like a golden fleecex
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which makes her seat of belmont colchosx strondx
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and many jasons come in quest of herx
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o my antoniox had i but the means
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to hold a rival place with one of themx
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i have a mind presages me such thrift
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that i should questionless be fortunatex
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antoniox
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thou knowxst that all my fortunes are at seax
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neither have i money nor commodity
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to raise a present sumx therefore go forth
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try what my credit can in venice dox
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that shall be rackxd even to the uttermostx
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to furnish thee to belmont to fair portiax
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go presently inquirex and so will ix
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where money isx and i no question make
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to have it of my trust or for my sakex
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene iix belmontx a room in portiaxs housex
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enter portia with her waitingxwoman nerissax
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portiax
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by my trothx nerissax my little body is aweary of this great worldx
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nerissax
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you would bex sweet madamx if your miseries were in the same abundance
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as your good fortunes arex and yetx for aught i seex they are as sick
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that surfeit with too much as they that starve with nothingx it is no
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mean happinessx thereforex to be seated in the meanx superfluity come
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sooner by white hairsx but competency lives longerx
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portiax
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good sentencesx and well pronouncxdx
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nerissax
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they would be better if well followedx
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portiax
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if to do were as easy as to know what were good to dox chapels had been
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churchesx and poor menxs cottages princesx palacesx it is a good divine
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that follows his own instructionsx i can easier teach twenty what were
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good to be done than to be one of the twenty to follow mine own
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teachingx the brain may devise laws for the bloodx but a hot temper
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leaps oxer a cold decreex such a hare is madness the youthx to skip
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oxer the meshes of good counsel the cripplex but this reasoning is not
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in the fashion to choose me a husbandx o mex the word xchoosexx i may
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neither choose who i would nor refuse who i dislikex so is the will of
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a living daughter curbxd by the will of a dead fatherx is it not hardx
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nerissax that i cannot choose onex nor refuse nonex
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nerissax
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your father was ever virtuousx and holy men at their death have good
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inspirationsx therefore the lottxry that he hath devised in these three
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chests of goldx silverx and leadx whereof who chooses his meaning
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chooses youx will no doubt never be chosen by any rightly but one who
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you shall rightly lovex but what warmth is there in your affection
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towards any of these princely suitors that are already comex
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portiax
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i pray thee overxname themx and as thou namest themx i will describe
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themx and according to my description level at my affectionx
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nerissax
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firstx there is the neapolitan princex
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portiax
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ayx thatxs a colt indeedx for he doth nothing but talk of his horsex
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and he makes it a great appropriation to his own good parts that he can
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shoe him himselfx i am much afeard my lady his mother playxd false with
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a smithx
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nerissax
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then is there the county palatinex
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portiax
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he doth nothing but frownx as who should say xand you will not have mex
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choosexx he hears merry tales and smiles notx i fear he will prove the
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weeping philosopher when he grows oldx being so full of unmannerly
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sadness in his youthx i had rather be married to a deathxsxhead with a
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bone in his mouth than to either of thesex god defend me from these
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twox
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nerissax
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how say you by the french lordx monsieur le bonx
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portiax
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god made himx and therefore let him pass for a manx in truthx i know it
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is a sin to be a mockerx but hex whyx he hath a horse better than the
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neapolitanxsx a better bad habit of frowning than the count palatinex
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he is every man in no manx if a throstle singx he falls straight
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axcapxringx he will fence with his own shadowx if i should marry himx i
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should marry twenty husbandsx if he would despise mex i would forgive
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himx for if he love me to madnessx i shall never requite himx
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nerissax
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what say you then to falconbridgex the young baron of englandx
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portiax
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you know i say nothing to himx for he understands not mex nor i himx he
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hath neither latinx frenchx nor italianx and you will come into the
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court and swear that i have a poor pennyworth in the englishx he is a
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proper manxs picturex but alasx who can converse with a dumbxshowx how
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oddly he is suitedx i think he bought his doublet in italyx his round
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hose in francex his bonnet in germanyx and his behaviour everywherex
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nerissax
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what think you of the scottish lordx his neighbourx
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portiax
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that he hath a neighbourly charity in himx for he borrowed a box of the
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ear of the englishmanx and swore he would pay him again when he was
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ablex i think the frenchman became his suretyx and sealxd under for
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anotherx
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nerissax
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how like you the young germanx the duke of saxonyxs nephewx
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portiax
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very vilely in the morning when he is soberx and most vilely in the
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afternoon when he is drunkx when he is bestx he is a little worse than
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a manx and when he is worstx he is little better than a beastx and the
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worst fall that ever fellx i hope i shall make shift to go without himx
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nerissax
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if he should offer to choosex and choose the right casketx you should
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refuse to perform your fatherxs willx if you should refuse to accept
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himx
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portiax
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thereforex for fear of the worstx i pray thee set a deep glass of
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rhenish wine on the contrary casketx for if the devil be within and
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that temptation withoutx i know he will choose itx i will do anythingx
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nerissax ere i will be married to a spongex
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nerissax
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you need not fearx ladyx the having any of these lordsx they have
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acquainted me with their determinationsx which is indeed to return to
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their homex and to trouble you with no more suitx unless you may be won
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by some other sort than your fatherxs impositionx depending on the
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casketsx
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portiax
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if i live to be as old as sibyllax i will die as chaste as dianax
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unless i be obtained by the manner of my fatherxs willx i am glad this
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parcel of wooers are so reasonablex for there is not one among them but
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i dote on his very absencex and i pray god grant them a fair departurex
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nerissax
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do you not rememberx ladyx in your fatherxs timex a venetianx a scholar
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and a soldierx that came hither in company of the marquis of
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montferratx
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portiax
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yesx yesx it was bassaniox as i thinkx so was he callxdx
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nerissax
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truex madamx hex of all the men that ever my foolish eyes lookxd uponx
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was the best deserving a fair ladyx
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portiax
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i remember him wellx and i remember him worthy of thy praisex
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enter a servingmanx
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how nowx what newsx
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servingmanx
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the four strangers seek for youx madamx to take their leavex and there
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is a forerunner come from a fifthx the prince of moroccox who brings
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word the prince his master will be here tonightx
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portiax
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if i could bid the fifth welcome with so good heart as i can bid the
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other four farewellx i should be glad of his approachx if he have the
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condition of a saint and the complexion of a devilx i had rather he
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should shrive me than wive mex comex nerissax sirrahx go beforex whiles
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we shut the gate upon one wooerx another knocks at the doorx
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene iiix venicex a public placex
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enter bassanio with shylock the jewx
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shylockx
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three thousand ducatsx wellx
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bassaniox
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ayx sirx for three monthsx
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shylockx
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for three monthsx wellx
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bassaniox
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for the whichx as i told youx antonio shall be boundx
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shylockx
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antonio shall become boundx wellx
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bassaniox
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may you stead mex will you pleasure mex shall i know your answerx
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shylockx
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three thousand ducats for three monthsx and antonio boundx
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bassaniox
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your answer to thatx
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shylockx
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antonio is a good manx
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bassaniox
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have you heard any imputation to the contraryx
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shylockx
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hox nox nox nox nox my meaning in saying he is a good man is to have
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you understand me that he is sufficientx yet his means are in
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suppositionx he hath an argosy bound to tripolisx another to the
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indiesx i understandx moreoverx upon the rialtox he hath a third at
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mexicox a fourth for englandx and other ventures he hath squandered
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abroadx but ships are but boardsx sailors but menx there be landxrats
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and waterxratsx waterxthieves and landxthievesxi mean piratesxand then
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there is the peril of watersx windsx and rocksx the man isx
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notwithstandingx sufficientx three thousand ducatsx i think i may take
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his bondx
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bassaniox
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be assured you mayx
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shylockx
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i will be assured i mayx and that i may be assuredx i will bethink mex
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may i speak with antoniox
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bassaniox
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if it please you to dine with usx
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shylockx
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yesx to smell porkx to eat of the habitation which your prophetx the
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nazaritex conjured the devil intox i will buy with youx sell with youx
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talk with youx walk with youx and so followingx but i will not eat with
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youx drink with youx nor pray with youx what news on the rialtox who is
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he comes herex
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enter antoniox
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bassaniox
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this is signior antoniox
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shylockx
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xxasidexxx how like a fawning publican he looksx
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i hate him for he is a christianx
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but more for that in low simplicity
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he lends out money gratisx and brings down
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the rate of usance here with us in venicex
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if i can catch him once upon the hipx
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i will feed fat the ancient grudge i bear himx
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he hates our sacred nationx and he railsx
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even there where merchants most do congregatex
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on mex my bargainsx and my wellxwon thriftx
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which he calls interestx cursed be my tribe
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if i forgive himx
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bassaniox
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shylockx do you hearx
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shylockx
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i am debating of my present storex
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and by the near guess of my memory
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i cannot instantly raise up the gross
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of full three thousand ducatsx what of thatx
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tubalx a wealthy hebrew of my tribex
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will furnish mex but softx how many months
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do you desirex xxto antonioxxx rest you fairx good signiorx
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your worship was the last man in our mouthsx
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antoniox
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shylockx albeit i neither lend nor borrow
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by taking nor by giving of excessx
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yet to supply the ripe wants of my friendx
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ixll break a customx xxto bassanioxxx is he yet possessxd
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how much ye wouldx
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shylockx
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ayx ayx three thousand ducatsx
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antoniox
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and for three monthsx
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shylockx
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i had forgotx three monthsx you told me sox
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well thenx your bondx and let me seex but hear youx
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methought you said you neither lend nor borrow
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upon advantagex
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antoniox
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i do never use itx
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shylockx
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when jacob grazxd his uncle labanxs sheepxx
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this jacob from our holy abram was
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as his wise mother wrought in his behalfx
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the third possessorx ayx he was the thirdx
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antoniox
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and what of himx did he take interestx
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shylockx
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nox not take interestx notx as you would sayx
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directly interestx mark what jacob didx
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when laban and himself were compromisxd
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that all the eanlings which were streakxd and pied
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should fall as jacobxs hirex the ewes being rank
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in end of autumn turned to the ramsx
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and when the work of generation was
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between these woolly breeders in the actx
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the skilful shepherd pillxd me certain wandsx
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and in the doing of the deed of kindx
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he stuck them up before the fulsome ewesx
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who then conceiving did in eaning time
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fall partixcolourxd lambsx and those were jacobxsx
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this was a way to thrivex and he was blestx
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and thrift is blessing if men steal it notx
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antoniox
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this was a venturex sirx that jacob servxd forx
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a thing not in his power to bring to passx
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but swayxd and fashionxd by the hand of heavenx
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was this inserted to make interest goodx
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or is your gold and silver ewes and ramsx
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shylockx
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i cannot tellx i make it breed as fastx
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but note mex signiorx
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antoniox
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mark you thisx bassaniox
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the devil can cite scripture for his purposex
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an evil soul producing holy witness
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is like a villain with a smiling cheekx
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a goodly apple rotten at the heartx
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ox what a goodly outside falsehood hathx
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shylockx
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three thousand ducatsx xtis a good round sumx
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three months from twelvex then let me see the ratex
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antoniox
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wellx shylockx shall we be beholding to youx
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shylockx
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signior antoniox many a time and oft
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in the rialto you have rated me
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about my moneys and my usancesx
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still have i borne it with a patient shrugx
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xfor suffxrance is the badge of all our tribexx
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you call me misbelieverx cutxthroat dogx
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and spet upon my jewish gaberdinex
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and all for use of that which is mine ownx
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well thenx it now appears you need my helpx
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go tox thenx you come to mex and you say
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xshylockx we would have moneysxx you say sox
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you that did void your rheum upon my beardx
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and foot me as you spurn a stranger cur
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over your thresholdx moneys is your suitx
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what should i say to youx should i not say
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xhath a dog moneyx is it possible
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a cur can lend three thousand ducatsxx or
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shall i bend low andx in a bondmanxs keyx
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with bated breath and whispxring humblenessx
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say thisx
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xfair sirx you spet on me on wednesday lastx
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you spurnxd me such a dayx another time
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you callxd me dogx and for these courtesies
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ixll lend you thus much moneysxx
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antoniox
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i am as like to call thee so againx
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to spet on thee againx to spurn thee toox
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if thou wilt lend this moneyx lend it not
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as to thy friendsx for when did friendship take
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a breed for barren metal of his friendx
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but lend it rather to thine enemyx
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who if he breakx thou mayst with better face
|
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exact the penaltyx
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shylockx
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whyx look you how you stormx
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i would be friends with youx and have your lovex
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forget the shames that you have stainxd me withx
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supply your present wantsx and take no doit
|
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of usance for my moneysx and youxll not hear mex
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this is kind i offerx
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bassaniox
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this were kindnessx
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shylockx
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this kindness will i showx
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go with me to a notaryx seal me there
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your single bondx and in a merry sportx
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if you repay me not on such a dayx
|
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in such a placex such sum or sums as are
|
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expressxd in the conditionx let the forfeit
|
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be nominated for an equal pound
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of your fair fleshx to be cut off and taken
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in what part of your body pleaseth mex
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antoniox
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contentx in faithx ixll seal to such a bondx
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and say there is much kindness in the jewx
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bassaniox
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you shall not seal to such a bond for mex
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ixll rather dwell in my necessityx
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antoniox
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whyx fear notx manx i will not forfeit itx
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within these two monthsx thatxs a month before
|
|
this bond expiresx i do expect return
|
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of thrice three times the value of this bondx
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shylockx
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o father abramx what these christians arex
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|
whose own hard dealings teaches them suspect
|
|
the thoughts of othersx pray youx tell me thisx
|
|
if he should break his dayx what should i gain
|
|
by the exaction of the forfeiturex
|
|
a pound of manxs fleshx taken from a manx
|
|
is not so estimablex profitable neitherx
|
|
as flesh of muttonsx beefsx or goatsx i sayx
|
|
to buy his favourx i extend this friendshipx
|
|
if he will take itx sox if notx adieux
|
|
and for my love i pray you wrong me notx
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antoniox
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|
yesx shylockx i will seal unto this bondx
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shylockx
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|
then meet me forthwith at the notaryxsx
|
|
give him direction for this merry bondx
|
|
and i will go and purse the ducats straightx
|
|
see to my house left in the fearful guard
|
|
of an unthrifty knavex and presently
|
|
ixll be with youx
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antoniox
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|
hie theex gentle jewx
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xxexit shylockxxx
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this hebrew will turn christianx he grows kindx
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bassaniox
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i like not fair terms and a villainxs mindx
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antoniox
|
|
come onx in this there can be no dismayx
|
|
my ships come home a month before the dayx
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xxexeuntxxx
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act ii
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scene ix belmontx a room in portiaxs housex
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flourish of cornetsx enter the prince of moroccox a tawny moor all in
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whitex and three or four followers accordinglyx with portiax nerissa
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|
and their trainx
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|
prince of moroccox
|
|
mislike me not for my complexionx
|
|
the shadowed livery of the burnishxd sunx
|
|
to whom i am a neighbourx and near bredx
|
|
bring me the fairest creature northward bornx
|
|
where phxbusx fire scarce thaws the iciclesx
|
|
and let us make incision for your love
|
|
to prove whose blood is reddestx his or minex
|
|
i tell theex ladyx this aspect of mine
|
|
hath fearxd the valiantx by my love i swear
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|
the bestxregarded virgins of our clime
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|
have lovxd it toox i would not change this huex
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except to steal your thoughtsx my gentle queenx
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portiax
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|
in terms of choice i am not solely led
|
|
by nice direction of a maidenxs eyesx
|
|
besidesx the lottxry of my destiny
|
|
bars me the right of voluntary choosingx
|
|
but if my father had not scanted me
|
|
and hedgxd me by his wit to yield myself
|
|
his wife who wins me by that means i told youx
|
|
yourselfx renowned princex then stood as fair
|
|
as any comer i have lookxd on yet
|
|
for my affectionx
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|
|
prince of moroccox
|
|
even for that i thank youx
|
|
therefore i pray you lead me to the caskets
|
|
to try my fortunex by this scimitar
|
|
that slew the sophy and a persian princex
|
|
that won three fields of sultan solymanx
|
|
i would oxerstare the sternest eyes that lookx
|
|
outbrave the heart most daring on the earthx
|
|
pluck the young sucking cubs from the shexbearx
|
|
yeax mock the lion when he roars for preyx
|
|
to win theex ladyx butx alas the whilex
|
|
if hercules and lichas play at dice
|
|
which is the better manx the greater throw
|
|
may turn by fortune from the weaker handx
|
|
so is alcides beaten by his ragex
|
|
and so may ix blind fortune leading mex
|
|
miss that which one unworthier may attainx
|
|
and die with grievingx
|
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|
portiax
|
|
you must take your chancex
|
|
and either not attempt to choose at allx
|
|
or swear before you choosex if you choose wrong
|
|
never to speak to lady afterward
|
|
in way of marriagex therefore be advisxdx
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|
prince of moroccox
|
|
nor will notx comex bring me unto my chancex
|
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|
portiax
|
|
firstx forward to the templex after dinner
|
|
your hazard shall be madex
|
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|
prince of moroccox
|
|
good fortune thenx
|
|
to make me blest or cursedxst among menx
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|
xxcornetsx exeuntxxx
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|
scene iix venicex a streetx
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|
|
enter launcelet gobbox the clownx alonex
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|
launceletx
|
|
certainly my conscience will serve me to run from this jew my masterx
|
|
the fiend is at mine elbow and tempts mex saying to me xgobbox
|
|
launcelet gobbox good launceletx or xgood gobboxx or xgood launcelet
|
|
gobbox use your legsx take the startx run awayxx my conscience says
|
|
xnox take heedx honest launceletx take heedx honest gobbox orx as
|
|
aforesaidx xhonest launcelet gobbox do not runx scorn running with thy
|
|
heelsxx wellx the most courageous fiend bids me packx xfiaxx says the
|
|
fiendx xawayxx says the fiendx xfor the heavensx rouse up a brave
|
|
mindxx says the fiend xand runxx wellx my consciencex hanging about the
|
|
neck of my heartx says very wisely to me xmy honest friend launceletx
|
|
being an honest manxs sonxxor rather an honest womanxs sonx for indeed
|
|
my father did something smackx something grow tox he had a kind of
|
|
tastexxwellx my conscience says xlaunceletx budge notxx xbudgexx says
|
|
the fiendx xbudge notxx says my consciencex xconsciencexx say ix xyou
|
|
counsel wellxx xfiendxx say ix xyou counsel wellxx to be ruled by my
|
|
consciencex i should stay with the jew my masterx whox xgod bless the
|
|
markx is a kind of devilx andx to run away from the jewx i should be
|
|
ruled by the fiendx who xsaving your reverencex is the devil himselfx
|
|
certainly the jew is the very devil incarnationx andx in my consciencex
|
|
my conscience is but a kind of hard consciencex to offer to counsel me
|
|
to stay with the jewx the fiend gives the more friendly counselx i will
|
|
runx fiendx my heels are at your commandmentx i will runx
|
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|
|
enter old gobbo with a basketx
|
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|
|
gobbox
|
|
master young manx youx i pray youx which is the way to master jewxsx
|
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|
launceletx
|
|
xxasidexxx o heavensx this is my truexbegotten fatherx who being more
|
|
than sandxblindx highxgravel blindx knows me notx i will try confusions
|
|
with himx
|
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|
gobbox
|
|
master young gentlemanx i pray youx which is the way to master jewxsx
|
|
|
|
launceletx
|
|
turn up on your right hand at the next turningx but at the next turning
|
|
of all on your leftx marryx at the very next turningx turn of no handx
|
|
but turn down indirectly to the jewxs housex
|
|
|
|
gobbox
|
|
be godxs sontiesx xtwill be a hard way to hitx can you tell me whether
|
|
one launceletx that dwells with himx dwell with him or nox
|
|
|
|
launceletx
|
|
talk you of young master launceletx xxasidexxx mark me nowx now will i
|
|
raise the watersx talk you of young master launceletx
|
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|
|
gobbox
|
|
no masterx sirx but a poor manxs sonx his fatherx though i sayxtx is an
|
|
honest exceeding poor manx andx god be thankedx well to livex
|
|
|
|
launceletx
|
|
wellx let his father be what he willx we talk of young master
|
|
launceletx
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|
gobbox
|
|
your worshipxs friendx and launceletx sirx
|
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|
launceletx
|
|
but i pray youx xergoxx old manx xergoxx i beseech youx talk you of
|
|
young master launceletx
|
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|
|
gobbox
|
|
of launceletx anxt please your mastershipx
|
|
|
|
launceletx
|
|
xergoxx master launceletx talk not of master launceletx fatherx for the
|
|
young gentlemanx according to fates and destiniesx and such odd
|
|
sayingsx the sisters three and such branches of learningx is indeed
|
|
deceasedx orx as you would say in plain termsx gone to heavenx
|
|
|
|
gobbox
|
|
marryx god forbidx the boy was the very staff of my agex my very propx
|
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launceletx
|
|
xxasidexxx do i look like a cudgel or a hovelxpostx a staff or a propx
|
|
do you know mex fatherx
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|
gobbox
|
|
alack the dayx i know you notx young gentlemanx but i pray you tell mex
|
|
is my boyx god rest his soulx alive or deadx
|
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|
launceletx
|
|
do you not know mex fatherx
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|
gobbox
|
|
alackx sirx i am sandxblindx i know you notx
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|
launceletx
|
|
nayx indeedx if you had your eyesx you might fail of the knowing mex it
|
|
is a wise father that knows his own childx wellx old manx i will tell
|
|
you news of your sonx give me your blessingx truth will come to lightx
|
|
murder cannot be hid longx a manxs son mayx but in the end truth will
|
|
outx
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|
|
gobbox
|
|
pray youx sirx stand upx i am sure you are not launcelet my boyx
|
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|
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launceletx
|
|
pray youx letxs have no more fooling about itx but give me your
|
|
blessingx i am launceletx your boy that wasx your son that isx your
|
|
child that shall bex
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|
gobbox
|
|
i cannot think you are my sonx
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launceletx
|
|
i know not what i shall think of thatx but i am launceletx the jewxs
|
|
manx and i am sure margery your wife is my motherx
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|
gobbox
|
|
her name is margeryx indeedx ixll be sworn if thou be launceletx thou
|
|
art mine own flesh and bloodx lord worshipped might he bex what a beard
|
|
hast thou gotx thou hast got more hair on thy chin than dobbin my
|
|
fillxhorse has on his tailx
|
|
|
|
launceletx
|
|
it should seemx thenx that dobbinxs tail grows backwardx i am sure he
|
|
had more hair on his tail than i have on my face when i last saw himx
|
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|
|
gobbox
|
|
lordx how art thou changedx how dost thou and thy master agreex i have
|
|
brought him a presentx how xgree you nowx
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launceletx
|
|
wellx wellx but for mine own partx as i have set up my rest to run
|
|
awayx so i will not rest till i have run some groundx my masterxs a
|
|
very jewx give him a presentx give him a halterx i am famished in his
|
|
servicex you may tell every finger i have with my ribsx fatherx i am
|
|
glad you are comex give me your present to one master bassaniox who
|
|
indeed gives rare new liveriesx if i serve not himx i will run as far
|
|
as god has any groundx o rare fortunex here comes the manx to himx
|
|
fatherx for i am a jewx if i serve the jew any longerx
|
|
|
|
enter bassanio with leonardo and a follower or twox
|
|
|
|
bassaniox
|
|
you may do sox but let it be so hasted that supper be ready at the
|
|
farthest by five of the clockx see these letters deliveredx put the
|
|
liveries to makingx and desire gratiano to come anon to my lodgingx
|
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|
|
xxexit a servantxxx
|
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|
|
launceletx
|
|
to himx fatherx
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|
|
|
gobbox
|
|
god bless your worshipx
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|
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|
bassaniox
|
|
gramercyx wouldst thou aught with mex
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|
gobbox
|
|
herexs my sonx sirx a poor boyx
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|
|
launceletx
|
|
not a poor boyx sirx but the rich jewxs manx that wouldx sirx as my
|
|
father shall specifyx
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|
gobbox
|
|
he hath a great infectionx sirx as one would sayx to servex
|
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|
launceletx
|
|
indeed the short and the long isx i serve the jewx and have a desirex
|
|
as my father shall specifyx
|
|
|
|
gobbox
|
|
his master and he xsaving your worshipxs reverencex are scarce
|
|
caterxcousinsx
|
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|
launceletx
|
|
to be briefx the very truth is that the jewx having done me wrongx doth
|
|
cause mex as my fatherx being i hope an old manx shall frutify unto
|
|
youx
|
|
|
|
gobbox
|
|
i have here a dish of doves that i would bestow upon your worshipx and
|
|
my suit isx
|
|
|
|
launceletx
|
|
in very briefx the suit is impertinent to myselfx as your worship shall
|
|
know by this honest old manx and though i say itx though old manx yet
|
|
poor manx my fatherx
|
|
|
|
bassaniox
|
|
one speak for bothx what would youx
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|
launceletx
|
|
serve youx sirx
|
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|
|
gobbox
|
|
that is the very defect of the matterx sirx
|
|
|
|
bassaniox
|
|
i know thee wellx thou hast obtainxd thy suitx
|
|
shylock thy master spoke with me this dayx
|
|
and hath preferrxd theex if it be preferment
|
|
to leave a rich jewxs service to become
|
|
the follower of so poor a gentlemanx
|
|
|
|
launceletx
|
|
the old proverb is very well parted between my master shylock and youx
|
|
sirx you have xthe grace of godxx sirx and he hath xenoughxx
|
|
|
|
bassaniox
|
|
thou speakxst it wellx gox fatherx with thy sonx
|
|
take leave of thy old masterx and inquire
|
|
my lodging outx xxto a servantxxx give him a livery
|
|
more guarded than his fellowsxx see it donex
|
|
|
|
launceletx
|
|
fatherx inx i cannot get a servicex nox i have nexer a tongue in my
|
|
headx xxlooking on his palmxxx wellx if any man in italy have a fairer
|
|
table which doth offer to swear upon a bookx i shall have good fortunex
|
|
go tox herexs a simple line of lifex herexs a small trifle of wivesx
|
|
alasx fifteen wives is nothingx eleven widows and nine maids is a
|
|
simple comingxin for one manx and then to scape drowning thricex and to
|
|
be in peril of my life with the edge of a featherxbedx here are simple
|
|
xscapesx wellx if fortune be a womanx shexs a good wench for this gearx
|
|
fatherx comex ixll take my leave of the jew in the twinklingx
|
|
|
|
xxexeunt launcelet and old gobboxxx
|
|
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|
bassaniox
|
|
i pray theex good leonardox think on thisx
|
|
these things being bought and orderly bestowxdx
|
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return in hastex for i do feast tonight
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my best esteemxd acquaintancex hie theex gox
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leonardox
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my best endeavours shall be done hereinx
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enter gratianox
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gratianox
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wherexs your masterx
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leonardox
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yonderx sirx he walksx
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xxexitxxx
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gratianox
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signior bassaniox
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bassaniox
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gratianox
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gratianox
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i have suit to youx
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bassaniox
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you have obtainxd itx
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gratianox
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you must not deny mex i must go with you to belmontx
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bassaniox
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whyx then you mustx but hear theex gratianox
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thou art too wildx too rudex and bold of voicex
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parts that become thee happily enoughx
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and in such eyes as ours appear not faultsx
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but where thou art not knownx why there they show
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something too liberalx pray theex take pain
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to allay with some cold drops of modesty
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thy skipping spiritx lest through thy wild behaviour
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i be misconstxred in the place i go tox
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and lose my hopesx
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gratianox
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signior bassaniox hear mex
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if i do not put on a sober habitx
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talk with respectx and swear but now and thenx
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wear prayerxbooks in my pocketx look demurelyx
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nay morex while grace is sayingx hood mine eyes
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thus with my hatx and sighx and say xamenxx
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use all the observance of civility
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like one well studied in a sad ostent
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to please his grandamx never trust me morex
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bassaniox
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wellx we shall see your bearingx
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gratianox
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nayx but i bar tonightx you shall not gauge me
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by what we do tonightx
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bassaniox
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nox that were pityx
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i would entreat you rather to put on
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your boldest suit of mirthx for we have friends
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that purpose merrimentx but fare you wellx
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i have some businessx
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gratianox
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and i must to lorenzo and the restx
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but we will visit you at supperxtimex
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene iiix the samex a room in shylockxs housex
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enter jessica and launceletx
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jessicax
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i am sorry thou wilt leave my father sox
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our house is hellx and thoux a merry devilx
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didst rob it of some taste of tediousnessx
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but fare thee wellx there is a ducat for theex
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andx launceletx soon at supper shalt thou see
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lorenzox who is thy new masterxs guestx
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give him this letterx do it secretlyx
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and so farewellx i would not have my father
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see me in talk with theex
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launceletx
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adieux tears exhibit my tonguex most beautiful paganx most sweet jewx
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if a christian do not play the knave and get theex i am much deceivedx
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butx adieux these foolish drops do something drown my manly spiritx
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adieux
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jessicax
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farewellx good launceletx
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xxexit launceletxxx
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alackx what heinous sin is it in me
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to be ashamed to be my fatherxs childx
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but though i am a daughter to his bloodx
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i am not to his mannersx o lorenzox
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if thou keep promisex i shall end this strifex
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become a christian and thy loving wifex
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xxexitxxx
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scene ivx the samex a streetx
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enter gratianox lorenzox salarino and solaniox
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lorenzox
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nayx we will slink away in supperxtimex
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disguise us at my lodgingx and return
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all in an hourx
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gratianox
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we have not made good preparationx
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salarinox
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we have not spoke us yet of torchxbearersx
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solaniox
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xtis vilex unless it may be quaintly orderxdx
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and better in my mind not undertookx
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lorenzox
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xtis now but four oxclockx we have two hours
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to furnish usx
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enter launcelet with a letterx
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friend launceletx whatxs the newsx
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launceletx
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and it shall please you to break up thisx it shall seem to signifyx
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lorenzox
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i know the handx in faith xtis a fair handx
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and whiter than the paper it writ on
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is the fair hand that writx
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gratianox
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|
love newsx in faithx
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launceletx
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by your leavex sirx
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lorenzox
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whither goest thoux
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launceletx
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marryx sirx to bid my old master the jew to sup tonight with my new
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master the christianx
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lorenzox
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hold herex take thisx tell gentle jessica
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i will not fail herx speak it privatelyx
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gox gentlemenx
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xxexit launceletxxx
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will you prepare you for this masque tonightx
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i am provided of a torchxbearerx
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salarinox
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ayx marryx ixll be gone about it straightx
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solaniox
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|
and so will ix
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lorenzox
|
|
meet me and gratiano
|
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at gratianoxs lodging some hour hencex
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salarinox
|
|
xtis good we do sox
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xxexeunt salarino and solanioxxx
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gratianox
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|
was not that letter from fair jessicax
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lorenzox
|
|
i must needs tell thee allx she hath directed
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how i shall take her from her fatherxs housex
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what gold and jewels she is furnishxd withx
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what pagexs suit she hath in readinessx
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if exer the jew her father come to heavenx
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it will be for his gentle daughterxs sakex
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|
and never dare misfortune cross her footx
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unless she do it under this excusex
|
|
that she is issue to a faithless jewx
|
|
comex go with mex peruse this as thou goestx
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fair jessica shall be my torchxbearerx
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene vx the samex before shylockxs housex
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|
enter shylock the jew and launcelet his man that was the clownx
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shylockx
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wellx thou shalt seex thy eyes shall be thy judgex
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the difference of old shylock and bassanioxx
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whatx jessicaxxthou shalt not gormandize
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as thou hast done with mexxwhatx jessicaxx
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|
and sleepx and snorex and rend apparel outx
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|
whyx jessicax i sayx
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launceletx
|
|
whyx jessicax
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shylockx
|
|
who bids thee callx i do not bid thee callx
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launceletx
|
|
your worship was wont to tell me i could do nothing without biddingx
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|
enter jessicax
|
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jessicax
|
|
call youx what is your willx
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shylockx
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|
i am bid forth to supperx jessicax
|
|
there are my keysx but wherefore should i gox
|
|
i am not bid for lovex they flatter mex
|
|
but yet ixll go in hatex to feed upon
|
|
the prodigal christianx jessicax my girlx
|
|
look to my housex i am right loath to gox
|
|
there is some ill axbrewing towards my restx
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|
for i did dream of moneyxbags tonightx
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launceletx
|
|
i beseech youx sirx gox my young master doth expect your reproachx
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shylockx
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|
so do i hisx
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launceletx
|
|
and they have conspired togetherx i will not say you shall see a
|
|
masquex but if you dox then it was not for nothing that my nose fell
|
|
axbleeding on black monday last at six oxclock ix thx morningx falling
|
|
out that year on ashxwednesday was four year in thx afternoonx
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shylockx
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|
whatx are there masquesx hear you mex jessicax
|
|
lock up my doorsx and when you hear the drum
|
|
and the vile squealing of the wryxneckxd fifex
|
|
clamber not you up to the casements thenx
|
|
nor thrust your head into the public street
|
|
to gaze on christian fools with varnishxd facesx
|
|
but stop my housexs earsx i mean my casementsx
|
|
let not the sound of shallow foppxry enter
|
|
my sober housex by jacobxs staff i swear
|
|
i have no mind of feasting forth tonightx
|
|
but i will gox go you before mex sirrahx
|
|
say i will comex
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launceletx
|
|
i will go beforex sirx
|
|
mistressx look out at window for all thisx
|
|
there will come a christian by
|
|
will be worth a jewessx eyex
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|
|
xxexit launceletxxx
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|
|
|
shylockx
|
|
what says that fool of hagarxs offspringx hax
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|
jessicax
|
|
his words were xfarewellx mistressxx nothing elsex
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|
shylockx
|
|
the patch is kind enoughx but a huge feederx
|
|
snailxslow in profitx and he sleeps by day
|
|
more than the wildxcatx drones hive not with mex
|
|
therefore i part with himx and part with him
|
|
to one that i would have him help to waste
|
|
his borrowed pursex wellx jessicax go inx
|
|
perhaps i will return immediatelyx
|
|
do as i bid youx shut doors after youx
|
|
xfast bindx fast findxx
|
|
a proverb never stale in thrifty mindx
|
|
|
|
xxexitxxx
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|
|
|
jessicax
|
|
farewellx and if my fortune be not crostx
|
|
i have a fatherx you a daughterx lostx
|
|
|
|
xxexitxxx
|
|
|
|
scene vix the samex
|
|
|
|
enter the masquersx gratiano and salarinox
|
|
|
|
gratianox
|
|
this is the penthouse under which lorenzo
|
|
desired us to make standx
|
|
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|
salarinox
|
|
his hour is almost pastx
|
|
|
|
gratianox
|
|
and it is marvel he outxdwells his hourx
|
|
for lovers ever run before the clockx
|
|
|
|
salarinox
|
|
o ten times faster venusx pigeons fly
|
|
to seal lovexs bonds newxmade than they are wont
|
|
to keep obliged faith unforfeitedx
|
|
|
|
gratianox
|
|
that ever holdsx who riseth from a feast
|
|
with that keen appetite that he sits downx
|
|
where is the horse that doth untread again
|
|
his tedious measures with the unbated fire
|
|
that he did pace them firstx all things that arex
|
|
are with more spirit chased than enjoyxdx
|
|
how like a younger or a prodigal
|
|
the scarfed bark puts from her native bayx
|
|
huggxd and embraced by the strumpet windx
|
|
how like the prodigal doth she return
|
|
with overxweatherxd ribs and ragged sailsx
|
|
leanx rentx and beggarxd by the strumpet windx
|
|
|
|
enter lorenzox
|
|
|
|
salarinox
|
|
here comes lorenzox more of this hereafterx
|
|
|
|
lorenzox
|
|
sweet friendsx your patience for my long abodex
|
|
not i but my affairs have made you waitx
|
|
when you shall please to play the thieves for wivesx
|
|
ixll watch as long for you thenx approachx
|
|
here dwells my father jewx hox whoxs withinx
|
|
|
|
enter jessica abovex in boyxs clothesx
|
|
|
|
jessicax
|
|
who are youx tell mex for more certaintyx
|
|
albeit ixll swear that i do know your tonguex
|
|
|
|
lorenzox
|
|
lorenzox and thy lovex
|
|
|
|
jessicax
|
|
lorenzo certainx and my love indeedx
|
|
for who love i so muchx and now who knows
|
|
but youx lorenzox whether i am yoursx
|
|
|
|
lorenzox
|
|
heaven and thy thoughts are witness that thou artx
|
|
|
|
jessicax
|
|
herex catch this casketx it is worth the painsx
|
|
i am glad xtis nightx you do not look on mex
|
|
for i am much ashamxd of my exchangex
|
|
but love is blindx and lovers cannot see
|
|
the pretty follies that themselves commitx
|
|
for if they couldx cupid himself would blush
|
|
to see me thus transformed to a boyx
|
|
|
|
lorenzox
|
|
descendx for you must be my torchxbearerx
|
|
|
|
jessicax
|
|
whatx must i hold a candle to my shamesx
|
|
they in themselvesx good soothx are too too lightx
|
|
whyx xtis an office of discoveryx lovex
|
|
and i should be obscurxdx
|
|
|
|
lorenzox
|
|
so are youx sweetx
|
|
even in the lovely garnish of a boyx
|
|
but come at oncex
|
|
for the close night doth play the runawayx
|
|
and we are stayxd for at bassanioxs feastx
|
|
|
|
jessicax
|
|
i will make fast the doorsx and gild myself
|
|
with some moe ducatsx and be with you straightx
|
|
|
|
xxexit abovexxx
|
|
|
|
gratianox
|
|
nowx by my hoodx a gentlex and no jewx
|
|
|
|
lorenzox
|
|
beshrew me but i love her heartilyx
|
|
for she is wisex if i can judge of herx
|
|
and fair she isx if that mine eyes be truex
|
|
and true she isx as she hath provxd herselfx
|
|
and thereforex like herselfx wisex fairx and truex
|
|
shall she be placed in my constant soulx
|
|
|
|
enter jessicax
|
|
|
|
whatx art thou comex onx gentlemenx awayx
|
|
our masquing mates by this time for us stayx
|
|
|
|
xxexit with jessica and salarinoxxx
|
|
|
|
enter antoniox
|
|
|
|
antoniox
|
|
whoxs therex
|
|
|
|
gratianox
|
|
signior antoniox
|
|
|
|
antoniox
|
|
fiex fiex gratianox where are all the restx
|
|
xtis nine oxclockx our friends all stay for youx
|
|
no masque tonightx the wind is come aboutx
|
|
bassanio presently will go aboardx
|
|
i have sent twenty out to seek for youx
|
|
|
|
gratianox
|
|
i am glad onxtx i desire no more delight
|
|
than to be under sail and gone tonightx
|
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|
|
xxexeuntxxx
|
|
|
|
scene viix belmontx a room in portiaxs housex
|
|
|
|
flourish of cornetsx enter portia with the prince of morocco and both
|
|
their trainsx
|
|
|
|
portiax
|
|
gox draw aside the curtains and discover
|
|
the several caskets to this noble princex
|
|
now make your choicex
|
|
|
|
prince of moroccox
|
|
the firstx of goldx who this inscription bearsx
|
|
xwho chooseth me shall gain what many men desirexx
|
|
the secondx silverx which this promise carriesx
|
|
xwho chooseth me shall get as much as he deservesxx
|
|
this thirdx dull leadx with warning all as bluntx
|
|
xwho chooseth me must give and hazard all he hathxx
|
|
how shall i know if i do choose the rightx
|
|
|
|
portiax
|
|
the one of them contains my picturex princex
|
|
if you choose thatx then i am yours withalx
|
|
|
|
prince of moroccox
|
|
some god direct my judgmentx let me seex
|
|
i will survey the inscriptions back againx
|
|
what says this leaden casketx
|
|
xwho chooseth me must give and hazard all he hathxx
|
|
must givex for whatx for leadx hazard for leadx
|
|
this casket threatensx men that hazard all
|
|
do it in hope of fair advantagesx
|
|
a golden mind stoops not to shows of drossx
|
|
ixll then nor give nor hazard aught for leadx
|
|
what says the silver with her virgin huex
|
|
xwho chooseth me shall get as much as he deservesxx
|
|
as much as he deservesx pause therex moroccox
|
|
and weigh thy value with an even handx
|
|
if thou bexst rated by thy estimation
|
|
thou dost deserve enoughx and yet enough
|
|
may not extend so far as to the ladyx
|
|
and yet to be afeard of my deserving
|
|
were but a weak disabling of myselfx
|
|
as much as i deservex whyx thatxs the ladyx
|
|
i do in birth deserve herx and in fortunesx
|
|
in gracesx and in qualities of breedingx
|
|
but more than thesex in love i do deservex
|
|
what if i strayxd no fartherx but chose herex
|
|
letxs see once more this saying gravxd in goldx
|
|
xwho chooseth me shall gain what many men desirexx
|
|
whyx thatxs the ladyx all the world desires herx
|
|
from the four corners of the earth they come
|
|
to kiss this shrinex this mortal breathing saintx
|
|
the hyrcanian deserts and the vasty wilds
|
|
of wide arabia are as throughfares now
|
|
for princes to come view fair portiax
|
|
the watery kingdomx whose ambitious head
|
|
spets in the face of heavenx is no bar
|
|
to stop the foreign spiritsx but they come
|
|
as oxer a brook to see fair portiax
|
|
one of these three contains her heavenly picturex
|
|
isxt like that lead contains herx xtwere damnation
|
|
to think so base a thoughtx it were too gross
|
|
to rib her cerecloth in the obscure gravex
|
|
or shall i think in silver shexs immurxd
|
|
being ten times undervalued to tried goldx
|
|
o sinful thoughtx never so rich a gem
|
|
was set in worse than goldx they have in england
|
|
a coin that bears the figure of an angel
|
|
stamped in goldx but thatxs insculpxd uponx
|
|
but here an angel in a golden bed
|
|
lies all withinx deliver me the keyx
|
|
here do i choosex and thrive i as i mayx
|
|
|
|
portiax
|
|
therex take itx princex and if my form lie therex
|
|
then i am yoursx
|
|
|
|
xxhe unlocks the golden casketxxx
|
|
|
|
prince of moroccox
|
|
o hellx what have we herex
|
|
a carrion deathx within whose empty eye
|
|
there is a written scrollx ixll read the writingx
|
|
|
|
xall that glisters is not goldx
|
|
often have you heard that toldx
|
|
many a man his life hath sold
|
|
but my outside to beholdx
|
|
gilded tombs do worms infoldx
|
|
had you been as wise as boldx
|
|
young in limbsx in judgment oldx
|
|
your answer had not been inscrollxdx
|
|
fare you wellx your suit is coldxx
|
|
|
|
cold indeed and labour lostx
|
|
then farewell heatx and welcome frostx
|
|
portiax adieux i have too grievxd a heart
|
|
to take a tedious leavex thus losers partx
|
|
|
|
xxexit with his trainx flourish of cornetsxxx
|
|
|
|
portiax
|
|
a gentle riddancex draw the curtainsx gox
|
|
let all of his complexion choose me sox
|
|
|
|
xxexeuntxxx
|
|
|
|
scene viiix venicex a streetx
|
|
|
|
enter salarino and solaniox
|
|
|
|
salarinox
|
|
whyx manx i saw bassanio under sailx
|
|
with him is gratiano gone alongx
|
|
and in their ship i am sure lorenzo is notx
|
|
|
|
solaniox
|
|
the villain jew with outcries raisxd the dukex
|
|
who went with him to search bassanioxs shipx
|
|
|
|
salarinox
|
|
he came too latex the ship was under sailx
|
|
but there the duke was given to understand
|
|
that in a gondola were seen together
|
|
lorenzo and his amorous jessicax
|
|
besidesx antonio certified the duke
|
|
they were not with bassanio in his shipx
|
|
|
|
solaniox
|
|
i never heard a passion so confusxdx
|
|
so strangex outrageousx and so variable
|
|
as the dog jew did utter in the streetsx
|
|
xmy daughterx o my ducatsx o my daughterx
|
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fled with a christianx o my christian ducatsx
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justicex the lawx my ducats and my daughterx
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a sealed bagx two sealed bags of ducatsx
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of double ducatsx stolxn from me by my daughterx
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and jewelsx two stonesx two rich and precious stonesx
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stolxn by my daughterx justicex find the girlx
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she hath the stones upon her and the ducatsxx
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salarinox
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whyx all the boys in venice follow himx
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cryingx his stonesx his daughterx and his ducatsx
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solaniox
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let good antonio look he keep his day
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or he shall pay for thisx
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salarinox
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marryx well remembxredx
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i reasonxd with a frenchman yesterdayx
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who told mex in the narrow seas that part
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the french and englishx there miscarried
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a vessel of our country richly fraughtx
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i thought upon antonio when he told mex
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and wishxd in silence that it were not hisx
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solaniox
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you were best to tell antonio what you hearx
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yet do not suddenlyx for it may grieve himx
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salarinox
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a kinder gentleman treads not the earthx
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i saw bassanio and antonio partx
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bassanio told him he would make some speed
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of his returnx he answered xdo not sox
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slubber not business for my sakex bassaniox
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but stay the very riping of the timex
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and for the jewxs bond which he hath of mex
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let it not enter in your mind of lovex
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be merryx and employ your chiefest thoughts
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to courtshipx and such fair ostents of love
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as shall conveniently become you therexx
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and even therex his eye being big with tearsx
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turning his facex he put his hand behind himx
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and with affection wondrous sensible
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he wrung bassanioxs handx and so they partedx
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solaniox
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i think he only loves the world for himx
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i pray theex let us go and find him out
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and quicken his embraced heaviness
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with some delight or otherx
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salarinox
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do we sox
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene ixx belmontx a room in portiaxs housex
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enter nerissa and a servitorx
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nerissax
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quickx quickx i pray theex draw the curtain straightx
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the prince of arragon hath taxen his oathx
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and comes to his election presentlyx
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flourish of cornetsx enter the prince of arragonx his trainx and
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portiax
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portiax
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beholdx there stand the casketsx noble princex
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if you choose that wherein i am containxdx
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straight shall our nuptial rites be solemnizxdx
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but if you failx without more speechx my lordx
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you must be gone from hence immediatelyx
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arragonx
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i am enjoinxd by oath to observe three thingsx
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firstx never to unfold to anyone
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which casket xtwas i chosex nextx if i fail
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of the right casketx never in my life
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to woo a maid in way of marriagex
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lastlyx
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if i do fail in fortune of my choicex
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immediately to leave you and be gonex
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portiax
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to these injunctions everyone doth swear
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that comes to hazard for my worthless selfx
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arragonx
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and so have i addressxd mex fortune now
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to my heartxs hopex goldx silverx and base leadx
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xwho chooseth me must give and hazard all he hathxx
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you shall look fairer ere i give or hazardx
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what says the golden chestx hax let me seex
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xwho chooseth me shall gain what many men desirexx
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what many men desirex that xmanyx may be meant
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by the fool multitudex that choose by showx
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not learning more than the fond eye doth teachx
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which pries not to thx interiorx but like the martlet
|
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builds in the weather on the outward wallx
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even in the force and road of casualtyx
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i will not choose what many men desirex
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because i will not jump with common spirits
|
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and rank me with the barbarous multitudesx
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whyx then to theex thou silver treasurexhousex
|
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tell me once more what title thou dost bearx
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xwho chooseth me shall get as much as he deservesxx
|
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and well said toox for who shall go about
|
|
to cozen fortunex and be honourable
|
|
without the stamp of meritx let none presume
|
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to wear an undeserved dignityx
|
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o that estatesx degreesx and offices
|
|
were not derivxd corruptlyx and that clear honour
|
|
were purchasxd by the merit of the wearerx
|
|
how many then should cover that stand barex
|
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how many be commanded that commandx
|
|
how much low peasantry would then be gleaned
|
|
from the true seed of honourx and how much honour
|
|
pickxd from the chaff and ruin of the timesx
|
|
to be new varnishxdx wellx but to my choicex
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xwho chooseth me shall get as much as he deservesxx
|
|
i will assume desertx give me a key for thisx
|
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and instantly unlock my fortunes herex
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xxhe opens the silver casketxxx
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portiax
|
|
too long a pause for that which you find therex
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|
arragonx
|
|
whatxs herex the portrait of a blinking idiot
|
|
presenting me a schedulex i will read itx
|
|
how much unlike art thou to portiax
|
|
how much unlike my hopes and my deservingsx
|
|
xwho chooseth me shall have as much as he deservesxx
|
|
did i deserve no more than a foolxs headx
|
|
is that my prizex are my deserts no betterx
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portiax
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to offend and judge are distinct officesx
|
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and of opposed naturesx
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arragonx
|
|
what is herex
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xthe fire seven times tried thisx
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|
seven times tried that judgment is
|
|
that did never choose amissx
|
|
some there be that shadows kissx
|
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such have but a shadowxs blissx
|
|
there be fools alivex i wisx
|
|
silverxd oxerx and so was thisx
|
|
take what wife you will to bedx
|
|
i will ever be your headx
|
|
so be gonex you are spedxx
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still more fool i shall appear
|
|
by the time i linger herex
|
|
with one foolxs head i came to woox
|
|
but i go away with twox
|
|
sweetx adieux ixll keep my oathx
|
|
patiently to bear my wrothx
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xxexit aragon with his trainxxx
|
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portiax
|
|
thus hath the candle singxd the mothx
|
|
ox these deliberate foolsx when they do choosex
|
|
they have the wisdom by their wit to losex
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nerissax
|
|
the ancient saying is no heresyx
|
|
hanging and wiving goes by destinyx
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portiax
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|
comex draw the curtainx nerissax
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|
|
enter a messengerx
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messengerx
|
|
where is my ladyx
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portiax
|
|
herex what would my lordx
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|
messengerx
|
|
madamx there is alighted at your gate
|
|
a young venetianx one that comes before
|
|
to signify thx approaching of his lordx
|
|
from whom he bringeth sensible regreetsx
|
|
to wit xbesides commends and courteous breathx
|
|
gifts of rich valuex yet i have not seen
|
|
so likely an ambassador of lovex
|
|
a day in april never came so sweetx
|
|
to show how costly summer was at handx
|
|
as this forexspurrer comes before his lordx
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|
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portiax
|
|
no morex i pray theex i am half afeard
|
|
thou wilt say anon he is some kin to theex
|
|
thou spendxst such highxday wit in praising himx
|
|
comex comex nerissax for i long to see
|
|
quick cupidxs post that comes so mannerlyx
|
|
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|
nerissax
|
|
bassaniox lord lovex if thy will it bex
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|
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xxexeuntxxx
|
|
|
|
|
|
act iii
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|
|
|
scene ix venicex a streetx
|
|
|
|
enter solanio and salarinox
|
|
|
|
solaniox
|
|
nowx what news on the rialtox
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|
|
|
salarinox
|
|
whyx yet it lives there unchecked that antonio hath a ship of rich
|
|
lading wrackxd on the narrow seasx the goodwinsx i think they call the
|
|
placex a very dangerous flat and fatalx where the carcasses of many a
|
|
tall ship lie buriedx as they sayx if my gossip report be an honest
|
|
woman of her wordx
|
|
|
|
solaniox
|
|
i would she were as lying a gossip in that as ever knapped ginger or
|
|
made her neighbours believe she wept for the death of a third husbandx
|
|
but it is truex without any slips of prolixity or crossing the plain
|
|
highway of talkx that the good antoniox the honest antonioxxo that i
|
|
had a title good enough to keep his name companyxx
|
|
|
|
salarinox
|
|
comex the full stopx
|
|
|
|
solaniox
|
|
hax what sayest thoux whyx the end isx he hath lost a shipx
|
|
|
|
salarinox
|
|
i would it might prove the end of his lossesx
|
|
|
|
solaniox
|
|
let me say xamenx betimesx lest the devil cross my prayerx for here he
|
|
comes in the likeness of a jewx
|
|
|
|
enter shylockx
|
|
|
|
how nowx shylockx what news among the merchantsx
|
|
|
|
shylockx
|
|
you knewx none so wellx none so well as youx of my daughterxs flightx
|
|
|
|
salarinox
|
|
thatxs certainx ix for my partx knew the tailor that made the wings she
|
|
flew withalx
|
|
|
|
solaniox
|
|
and shylockx for his own partx knew the bird was fledgedx and then it
|
|
is the complexion of them all to leave the damx
|
|
|
|
shylockx
|
|
she is damnxd for itx
|
|
|
|
salarinox
|
|
thatxs certainx if the devil may be her judgex
|
|
|
|
shylockx
|
|
my own flesh and blood to rebelx
|
|
|
|
solaniox
|
|
out upon itx old carrionx rebels it at these yearsx
|
|
|
|
shylockx
|
|
i say my daughter is my flesh and my bloodx
|
|
|
|
salarinox
|
|
there is more difference between thy flesh and hers than between jet
|
|
and ivoryx more between your bloods than there is between red wine and
|
|
rhenishx but tell usx do you hear whether antonio have had any loss at
|
|
sea or nox
|
|
|
|
shylockx
|
|
there i have another bad matchx a bankruptx a prodigalx who dare scarce
|
|
show his head on the rialtox a beggar that used to come so smug upon
|
|
the martx let him look to his bondx he was wont to call me usurerx let
|
|
him look to his bondx he was wont to lend money for a christian curxsyx
|
|
let him look to his bondx
|
|
|
|
salarinox
|
|
whyx i am sure if he forfeitx thou wilt not take his fleshx whatxs that
|
|
good forx
|
|
|
|
shylockx
|
|
to bait fish withalx if it will feed nothing elsex it will feed my
|
|
revengex he hath disgracxd me and hindxred me half a millionx laughxd
|
|
at my lossesx mockxd at my gainsx scorned my nationx thwarted my
|
|
bargainsx cooled my friendsx heated mine enemiesx and whatxs his
|
|
reasonx i am a jewx hath not a jew eyesx hath not a jew handsx organsx
|
|
dimensionsx sensesx affectionsx passionsx fed with the same foodx hurt
|
|
with the same weaponsx subject to the same diseasesx healed by the same
|
|
meansx warmed and cooled by the same winter and summer as a christian
|
|
isx if you prick usx do we not bleedx if you tickle usx do we not
|
|
laughx if you poison usx do we not diex and if you wrong usx shall we
|
|
not revengex if we are like you in the restx we will resemble you in
|
|
thatx if a jew wrong a christianx what is his humilityx revengex if a
|
|
christian wrong a jewx what should his sufferance be by christian
|
|
examplex whyx revengex the villainy you teach me i will executex and it
|
|
shall go hard but i will better the instructionx
|
|
|
|
enter a man from antoniox
|
|
|
|
servantx
|
|
gentlemenx my master antonio is at his housex and desires to speak with
|
|
you bothx
|
|
|
|
salarinox
|
|
we have been up and down to seek himx
|
|
|
|
enter tubalx
|
|
|
|
solaniox
|
|
here comes another of the tribex a third cannot be matchxdx unless the
|
|
devil himself turn jewx
|
|
|
|
xxexeunt solaniox salarino and the servantxxx
|
|
|
|
shylockx
|
|
how nowx tubalx what news from genoax hast thou found my daughterx
|
|
|
|
tubalx
|
|
i often came where i did hear of herx but cannot find herx
|
|
|
|
shylockx
|
|
why therex therex therex therex a diamond gone cost me two thousand
|
|
ducats in frankfortx the curse never fell upon our nation till nowx i
|
|
never felt it till nowx two thousand ducats in thatx and other
|
|
preciousx precious jewelsx i would my daughter were dead at my footx
|
|
and the jewels in her earx would she were hearsed at my footx and the
|
|
ducats in her coffinx no news of themx why sox and i know not whatxs
|
|
spent in the searchx whyx thouxloss upon lossx the thief gone with so
|
|
muchx and so much to find the thiefx and no satisfactionx no revengex
|
|
nor no ill luck stirring but what lights ox my shouldersx no sighs but
|
|
ox my breathingx no tears but ox my sheddingx
|
|
|
|
tubalx
|
|
yesx other men have ill luck toox antoniox as i heard in genoax
|
|
|
|
shylockx
|
|
whatx whatx whatx ill luckx ill luckx
|
|
|
|
tubalx
|
|
xhath an argosy cast away coming from tripolisx
|
|
|
|
shylockx
|
|
i thank godx i thank godx is it truex is it truex
|
|
|
|
tubalx
|
|
i spoke with some of the sailors that escaped the wrackx
|
|
|
|
shylockx
|
|
i thank theex good tubalx good newsx good newsx hax hax heard in genoax
|
|
|
|
tubalx
|
|
your daughter spent in genoax as i heardx one nightx fourscore ducatsx
|
|
|
|
shylockx
|
|
thou stickxst a dagger in mex i shall never see my gold againx
|
|
fourscore ducats at a sittingx fourscore ducatsx
|
|
|
|
tubalx
|
|
there came divers of antonioxs creditors in my company to venice that
|
|
swear he cannot choose but breakx
|
|
|
|
shylockx
|
|
i am very glad of itx ixll plague himx ixll torture himx i am glad of
|
|
itx
|
|
|
|
tubalx
|
|
one of them showed me a ring that he had of your daughter for a monkeyx
|
|
|
|
shylockx
|
|
out upon herx thou torturest mex tubalx it was my turquoisex i had it
|
|
of leah when i was a bachelorx i would not have given it for a
|
|
wilderness of monkeysx
|
|
|
|
tubalx
|
|
but antonio is certainly undonex
|
|
|
|
shylockx
|
|
nayx thatxs truex thatxs very truex gox tubalx fee me an officerx
|
|
bespeak him a fortnight beforex i will have the heart of him if he
|
|
forfeitx for were he out of venice i can make what merchandise i willx
|
|
gox tubalx and meet me at our synagoguex gox good tubalx at our
|
|
synagoguex tubalx
|
|
|
|
xxexeuntxxx
|
|
|
|
scene iix belmontx a room in portiaxs housex
|
|
|
|
enter bassaniox portiax gratianox nerissa and all their trainsx
|
|
|
|
portiax
|
|
i pray you tarryx pause a day or two
|
|
before you hazardx for in choosing wrong
|
|
i lose your companyx therefore forbear a whilex
|
|
therexs something tells me xbut it is not lovex
|
|
i would not lose youx and you know yourself
|
|
hate counsels not in such a qualityx
|
|
but lest you should not understand me wellxx
|
|
and yet a maiden hath no tongue but thoughtxx
|
|
i would detain you here some month or two
|
|
before you venture for mex i could teach you
|
|
how to choose rightx but then i am forswornx
|
|
so will i never bex so may you miss mex
|
|
but if you dox youxll make me wish a sinx
|
|
that i had been forswornx beshrew your eyesx
|
|
they have oxerlookxd me and divided mex
|
|
one half of me is yoursx the other half yoursx
|
|
mine ownx i would sayx but if minex then yoursx
|
|
and so all yoursx o these naughty times
|
|
puts bars between the owners and their rightsx
|
|
and so though yoursx not yoursx prove it sox
|
|
let fortune go to hell for itx not ix
|
|
i speak too longx but xtis to peise the timex
|
|
to eche itx and to draw it out in lengthx
|
|
to stay you from electionx
|
|
|
|
bassaniox
|
|
let me choosex
|
|
for as i amx i live upon the rackx
|
|
|
|
portiax
|
|
upon the rackx bassaniox then confess
|
|
what treason there is mingled with your lovex
|
|
|
|
bassaniox
|
|
none but that ugly treason of mistrustx
|
|
which makes me fear thx enjoying of my lovex
|
|
there may as well be amity and life
|
|
xtween snow and fire as treason and my lovex
|
|
|
|
portiax
|
|
ayx but i fear you speak upon the rack
|
|
where men enforced do speak anythingx
|
|
|
|
bassaniox
|
|
promise me lifex and ixll confess the truthx
|
|
|
|
portiax
|
|
well thenx confess and livex
|
|
|
|
bassaniox
|
|
xconfess and lovex
|
|
had been the very sum of my confessionx
|
|
o happy tormentx when my torturer
|
|
doth teach me answers for deliverancex
|
|
but let me to my fortune and the casketsx
|
|
|
|
portiax
|
|
awayx thenx i am lockxd in one of themx
|
|
if you do love mex you will find me outx
|
|
nerissa and the restx stand all aloofx
|
|
let music sound while he doth make his choicex
|
|
then if he lose he makes a swanxlike endx
|
|
fading in musicx that the comparison
|
|
may stand more properx my eye shall be the stream
|
|
and watxry deathxbed for himx he may winx
|
|
and what is music thenx then music is
|
|
even as the flourish when true subjects bow
|
|
to a newxcrowned monarchx such it is
|
|
as are those dulcet sounds in break of day
|
|
that creep into the dreaming bridegroomxs ear
|
|
and summon him to marriagex now he goesx
|
|
with no less presencex but with much more love
|
|
than young alcides when he did redeem
|
|
the virgin tribute paid by howling troy
|
|
to the seaxmonsterx i stand for sacrificex
|
|
the rest aloof are the dardanian wivesx
|
|
with bleared visages come forth to view
|
|
the issue of thx exploitx gox herculesx
|
|
live thoux i livex with much much more dismay
|
|
i view the fight than thou that makxst the frayx
|
|
|
|
a songx whilst bassanio comments on the caskets to himselfx
|
|
|
|
xtell me where is fancy bredx
|
|
or in the heart or in the headx
|
|
how begotx how nourishedx
|
|
replyx replyx
|
|
it is engendxred in the eyesx
|
|
with gazing fedx and fancy dies
|
|
in the cradle where it liesx
|
|
let us all ring fancyxs knellx
|
|
ixll begin itxxdingx dongx bellxx
|
|
|
|
allx
|
|
xdingx dongx bellxx
|
|
|
|
bassaniox
|
|
so may the outward shows be least themselvesx
|
|
the world is still deceivxd with ornamentx
|
|
in lawx what plea so tainted and corrupt
|
|
butx being seasonxd with a gracious voicex
|
|
obscures the show of evilx in religionx
|
|
what damned error but some sober brow
|
|
will bless itx and approve it with a textx
|
|
hiding the grossness with fair ornamentx
|
|
there is no vice so simple but assumes
|
|
some mark of virtue on his outward partsx
|
|
how many cowardsx whose hearts are all as false
|
|
as stairs of sandx wear yet upon their chins
|
|
the beards of hercules and frowning marsx
|
|
who inward searchxdx have livers white as milkx
|
|
and these assume but valourxs excrement
|
|
to render them redoubtedx look on beautyx
|
|
and you shall see xtis purchasxd by the weightx
|
|
which therein works a miracle in naturex
|
|
making them lightest that wear most of itx
|
|
so are those crisped snaky golden locks
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which make such wanton gambols with the wind
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upon supposed fairnessx often known
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to be the dowry of a second headx
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the skull that bred them in the sepulchrex
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thus ornament is but the guiled shore
|
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to a most dangerous seax the beauteous scarf
|
|
veiling an indian beautyx in a wordx
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the seeming truth which cunning times put on
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to entrap the wisestx therefore thou gaudy goldx
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hard food for midasx i will none of theex
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nor none of theex thou pale and common drudge
|
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xtween man and manx but thoux thou meagre leadx
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which rather threatenxst than dost promise aughtx
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thy palenness moves me more than eloquencex
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and here choose ix joy be the consequencex
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portiax
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xxasidexxx how all the other passions fleet to airx
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as doubtful thoughtsx and rashxembracxd despairx
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and shuddxring fearx and greenxeyxd jealousyx
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o lovex be moderatex allay thy ecstasyx
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in measure rain thy joyx scant this excessx
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i feel too much thy blessingx make it lessx
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for fear i surfeitx
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bassaniox
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what find i herex xxopening the leaden casketxxx
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fair portiaxs counterfeitx what demixgod
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hath come so near creationx move these eyesx
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or whetherx riding on the balls of minex
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seem they in motionx here are severxd lipsx
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parted with sugar breathx so sweet a bar
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|
should sunder such sweet friendsx here in her hairs
|
|
the painter plays the spiderx and hath woven
|
|
a golden mesh txentrap the hearts of men
|
|
faster than gnats in cobwebsx but her eyesxx
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how could he see to do themx having made onex
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methinks it should have power to steal both his
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and leave itself unfurnishxdx yet look how far
|
|
the substance of my praise doth wrong this shadow
|
|
in underprizing itx so far this shadow
|
|
doth limp behind the substancex herexs the scrollx
|
|
the continent and summary of my fortunex
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xyou that choose not by the view
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chance as fair and choose as truex
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|
since this fortune falls to youx
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be content and seek no newx
|
|
if you be well pleasxd with thisx
|
|
and hold your fortune for your blissx
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|
turn to where your lady isx
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and claim her with a loving kissxx
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a gentle scrollx fair ladyx by your leavex xxkissing herxxx
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i come by note to give and to receivex
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like one of two contending in a prize
|
|
that thinks he hath done well in peoplexs eyesx
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hearing applause and universal shoutx
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giddy in spiritx still gazing in a doubt
|
|
whether those peals of praise be his or nox
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|
sox thricexfair ladyx stand i even sox
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|
as doubtful whether what i see be truex
|
|
until confirmxdx signxdx ratified by youx
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portiax
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|
you see mex lord bassaniox where i standx
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|
such as i amx though for myself alone
|
|
i would not be ambitious in my wish
|
|
to wish myself much betterx yet for you
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i would be trebled twenty times myselfx
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|
a thousand times more fairx ten thousand times
|
|
more richx
|
|
that only to stand high in your accountx
|
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i might in virtuesx beautiesx livingsx friendsx
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exceed accountx but the full sum of me
|
|
is sum of somethingx whichx to term in grossx
|
|
is an unlessonxd girlx unschoolxdx unpractisxdx
|
|
happy in thisx she is not yet so old
|
|
but she may learnx happier than thisx
|
|
she is not bred so dull but she can learnx
|
|
happiest of allx is that her gentle spirit
|
|
commits itself to yours to be directedx
|
|
as from her lordx her governorx her kingx
|
|
myselfx and what is minex to you and yours
|
|
is now convertedx but now i was the lord
|
|
of this fair mansionx master of my servantsx
|
|
queen oxer myselfx and even nowx but nowx
|
|
this housex these servantsx and this same myself
|
|
are yoursxxmy lordxsx i give them with this ringx
|
|
which when you part fromx losex or give awayx
|
|
let it presage the ruin of your lovex
|
|
and be my vantage to exclaim on youx
|
|
|
|
bassaniox
|
|
madamx you have bereft me of all wordsx
|
|
only my blood speaks to you in my veinsx
|
|
and there is such confusion in my powers
|
|
as after some oration fairly spoke
|
|
by a beloved princex there doth appear
|
|
among the buzzing pleased multitudex
|
|
where every something being blent togetherx
|
|
turns to a wild of nothingx save of joy
|
|
expressxd and not expressxdx but when this ring
|
|
parts from this fingerx then parts life from hencex
|
|
o then be bold to say bassanioxs deadx
|
|
|
|
nerissax
|
|
my lord and ladyx it is now our timex
|
|
that have stood by and seen our wishes prosperx
|
|
to cryx good joyx good joyx my lord and ladyx
|
|
|
|
gratianox
|
|
my lord bassaniox and my gentle ladyx
|
|
i wish you all the joy that you can wishx
|
|
for i am sure you can wish none from mex
|
|
and when your honours mean to solemnize
|
|
the bargain of your faithx i do beseech you
|
|
even at that time i may be married toox
|
|
|
|
bassaniox
|
|
with all my heartx so thou canst get a wifex
|
|
|
|
gratianox
|
|
i thank your lordshipx you have got me onex
|
|
my eyesx my lordx can look as swift as yoursx
|
|
you saw the mistressx i beheld the maidx
|
|
you lovxdx i lovxdx for intermission
|
|
no more pertains to mex my lordx than youx
|
|
your fortune stood upon the caskets therex
|
|
and so did mine toox as the matter fallsx
|
|
for wooing here until i sweat againx
|
|
and swearing till my very roof was dry
|
|
with oaths of lovex at lastx xif promise lastx
|
|
i got a promise of this fair one here
|
|
to have her lovex provided that your fortune
|
|
achievxd her mistressx
|
|
|
|
portiax
|
|
is this truex nerissax
|
|
|
|
nerissax
|
|
madamx it isx so you stand pleasxd withalx
|
|
|
|
bassaniox
|
|
and do youx gratianox mean good faithx
|
|
|
|
gratianox
|
|
yesx faithx my lordx
|
|
|
|
bassaniox
|
|
our feast shall be much honoured in your marriagex
|
|
|
|
gratianox
|
|
wexll play with them the first boy for a thousand ducatsx
|
|
|
|
nerissax
|
|
whatx and stake downx
|
|
|
|
gratianox
|
|
nox we shall nexer win at that sport and stake downx
|
|
but who comes herex lorenzo and his infidelx
|
|
whatx and my old venetian friendx saleriox
|
|
|
|
enter lorenzox jessica and saleriox
|
|
|
|
bassaniox
|
|
lorenzo and saleriox welcome hitherx
|
|
if that the youth of my new intxrest here
|
|
have power to bid you welcomex by your leavex
|
|
i bid my very friends and countrymenx
|
|
sweet portiax welcomex
|
|
|
|
portiax
|
|
so do ix my lordx
|
|
they are entirely welcomex
|
|
|
|
lorenzox
|
|
i thank your honourx for my partx my lordx
|
|
my purpose was not to have seen you herex
|
|
but meeting with salerio by the wayx
|
|
he did entreat mex past all saying nayx
|
|
to come with him alongx
|
|
|
|
saleriox
|
|
i didx my lordx
|
|
and i have reason for itx signior antonio
|
|
commends him to youx
|
|
|
|
xxgives bassanio a letterxxx
|
|
|
|
bassaniox
|
|
ere i ope his letterx
|
|
i pray you tell me how my good friend dothx
|
|
|
|
saleriox
|
|
not sickx my lordx unless it be in mindx
|
|
nor wellx unless in mindx his letter there
|
|
will show you his estatex
|
|
|
|
xxbassanio opens the letterxxx
|
|
|
|
gratianox
|
|
nerissax cheer yond strangerx bid her welcomex
|
|
your handx saleriox whatxs the news from venicex
|
|
how doth that royal merchantx good antoniox
|
|
i know he will be glad of our successx
|
|
we are the jasonsx we have won the fleecex
|
|
|
|
saleriox
|
|
i would you had won the fleece that he hath lostx
|
|
|
|
portiax
|
|
there are some shrewd contents in yond same paper
|
|
that steals the colour from bassanioxs cheekx
|
|
some dear friend deadx else nothing in the world
|
|
could turn so much the constitution
|
|
of any constant manx whatx worse and worsex
|
|
with leavex bassaniox i am half yourselfx
|
|
and i must freely have the half of anything
|
|
that this same paper brings youx
|
|
|
|
bassaniox
|
|
o sweet portiax
|
|
here are a few of the unpleasantxst words
|
|
that ever blotted paperx gentle ladyx
|
|
when i did first impart my love to youx
|
|
i freely told you all the wealth i had
|
|
ran in my veinsx i was a gentlemanx
|
|
and then i told you truex and yetx dear ladyx
|
|
rating myself at nothingx you shall see
|
|
how much i was a braggartx when i told you
|
|
my state was nothingx i should then have told you
|
|
that i was worse than nothingx for indeed
|
|
i have engagxd myself to a dear friendx
|
|
engagxd my friend to his mere enemyx
|
|
to feed my meansx here is a letterx ladyx
|
|
the paper as the body of my friendx
|
|
and every word in it a gaping wound
|
|
issuing lifexbloodx but is it truex saleriox
|
|
hath all his ventures failxdx whatx not one hitx
|
|
from tripolisx from mexicox and englandx
|
|
from lisbonx barbaryx and indiax
|
|
and not one vessel scape the dreadful touch
|
|
of merchantxmarring rocksx
|
|
|
|
saleriox
|
|
not onex my lordx
|
|
besidesx it should appearx that if he had
|
|
the present money to discharge the jewx
|
|
he would not take itx never did i know
|
|
a creature that did bear the shape of man
|
|
so keen and greedy to confound a manx
|
|
he plies the duke at morning and at nightx
|
|
and doth impeach the freedom of the state
|
|
if they deny him justicex twenty merchantsx
|
|
the duke himselfx and the magnificoes
|
|
of greatest port have all persuaded with himx
|
|
but none can drive him from the envious plea
|
|
of forfeiturex of justicex and his bondx
|
|
|
|
jessicax
|
|
when i was with himx i have heard him swear
|
|
to tubal and to chusx his countrymenx
|
|
that he would rather have antonioxs flesh
|
|
than twenty times the value of the sum
|
|
that he did owe himx and i knowx my lordx
|
|
if lawx authorityx and power deny notx
|
|
it will go hard with poor antoniox
|
|
|
|
portiax
|
|
is it your dear friend that is thus in troublex
|
|
|
|
bassaniox
|
|
the dearest friend to mex the kindest manx
|
|
the best conditionxd and unwearied spirit
|
|
in doing courtesiesx and one in whom
|
|
the ancient roman honour more appears
|
|
than any that draws breath in italyx
|
|
|
|
portiax
|
|
what sum owes he the jewx
|
|
|
|
bassaniox
|
|
for me three thousand ducatsx
|
|
|
|
portiax
|
|
whatx no morex
|
|
pay him six thousandx and deface the bondx
|
|
double six thousandx and then treble thatx
|
|
before a friend of this description
|
|
shall lose a hair through bassanioxs faultx
|
|
first go with me to church and call me wifex
|
|
and then away to venice to your friendx
|
|
for never shall you lie by portiaxs side
|
|
with an unquiet soulx you shall have gold
|
|
to pay the petty debt twenty times overx
|
|
when it is paidx bring your true friend alongx
|
|
my maid nerissa and myself meantimex
|
|
will live as maids and widowsx comex awayx
|
|
for you shall hence upon your wedding dayx
|
|
bid your friends welcomex show a merry cheerx
|
|
since you are dear boughtx i will love you dearx
|
|
but let me hear the letter of your friendx
|
|
|
|
bassaniox
|
|
xsweet bassaniox my ships have all miscarriedx my creditors grow cruelx
|
|
my estate is very lowx my bond to the jew is forfeitx and since in
|
|
paying itx it is impossible i should livex all debts are clearxd
|
|
between you and ix if i might but see you at my deathx notwithstandingx
|
|
use your pleasurex if your love do not persuade you to comex let not my
|
|
letterxx
|
|
|
|
portiax
|
|
o lovex dispatch all business and be gonex
|
|
|
|
bassaniox
|
|
since i have your good leave to go awayx
|
|
i will make hastex butx till i come againx
|
|
no bed shall exer be guilty of my stayx
|
|
nor rest be interposer xtwixt us twainx
|
|
|
|
xxexeuntxxx
|
|
|
|
scene iiix venicex a streetx
|
|
|
|
enter shylockx salarinox antonio and gaolerx
|
|
|
|
shylockx
|
|
gaolerx look to himx tell not me of mercyx
|
|
this is the fool that lent out money gratisx
|
|
gaolerx look to himx
|
|
|
|
antoniox
|
|
hear me yetx good shylockx
|
|
|
|
shylockx
|
|
ixll have my bondx speak not against my bondx
|
|
i have sworn an oath that i will have my bondx
|
|
thou callxdst me dog before thou hadst a causex
|
|
but since i am a dogx beware my fangsx
|
|
the duke shall grant me justicex i do wonderx
|
|
thou naughty gaolerx that thou art so fond
|
|
to come abroad with him at his requestx
|
|
|
|
antoniox
|
|
i pray thee hear me speakx
|
|
|
|
shylockx
|
|
ixll have my bondx i will not hear thee speakx
|
|
ixll have my bondx and therefore speak no morex
|
|
ixll not be made a soft and dullxeyed foolx
|
|
to shake the headx relentx and sighx and yield
|
|
to christian intercessorsx follow notx
|
|
ixll have no speakingx i will have my bondx
|
|
|
|
xxexitxxx
|
|
|
|
salarinox
|
|
it is the most impenetrable cur
|
|
that ever kept with menx
|
|
|
|
antoniox
|
|
let him alonex
|
|
ixll follow him no more with bootless prayersx
|
|
he seeks my lifex his reason well i knowx
|
|
i oft deliverxd from his forfeitures
|
|
many that have at times made moan to mex
|
|
therefore he hates mex
|
|
|
|
salarinox
|
|
i am sure the duke
|
|
will never grant this forfeiture to holdx
|
|
|
|
antoniox
|
|
the duke cannot deny the course of lawx
|
|
for the commodity that strangers have
|
|
with us in venicex if it be deniedx
|
|
xtwill much impeach the justice of the statex
|
|
since that the trade and profit of the city
|
|
consisteth of all nationsx thereforex gox
|
|
these griefs and losses have so bated me
|
|
that i shall hardly spare a pound of flesh
|
|
tomorrow to my bloody creditorx
|
|
wellx gaolerx onx pray god bassanio come
|
|
to see me pay his debtx and then i care notx
|
|
|
|
xxexeuntxxx
|
|
|
|
scene ivx belmontx a room in portiaxs housex
|
|
|
|
enter portiax nerissax lorenzox jessica and balthazarx
|
|
|
|
lorenzox
|
|
madamx although i speak it in your presencex
|
|
you have a noble and a true conceit
|
|
of godlike amityx which appears most strongly
|
|
in bearing thus the absence of your lordx
|
|
but if you knew to whom you show this honourx
|
|
how true a gentleman you send reliefx
|
|
how dear a lover of my lord your husbandx
|
|
i know you would be prouder of the work
|
|
than customary bounty can enforce youx
|
|
|
|
portiax
|
|
i never did repent for doing goodx
|
|
nor shall not nowx for in companions
|
|
that do converse and waste the time togetherx
|
|
whose souls do bear an equal yoke of lovex
|
|
there must be needs a like proportion
|
|
of lineamentsx of mannersx and of spiritx
|
|
which makes me think that this antoniox
|
|
being the bosom lover of my lordx
|
|
must needs be like my lordx if it be sox
|
|
how little is the cost i have bestowed
|
|
in purchasing the semblance of my soul
|
|
from out the state of hellish crueltyx
|
|
this comes too near the praising of myselfx
|
|
therefore no more of itx hear other thingsx
|
|
lorenzox i commit into your hands
|
|
the husbandry and manage of my house
|
|
until my lordxs returnx for mine own partx
|
|
i have toward heaven breathxd a secret vow
|
|
to live in prayer and contemplationx
|
|
only attended by nerissa herex
|
|
until her husband and my lordxs returnx
|
|
there is a monastery two miles offx
|
|
and there we will abidex i do desire you
|
|
not to deny this impositionx
|
|
the which my love and some necessity
|
|
now lays upon youx
|
|
|
|
lorenzox
|
|
madamx with all my heart
|
|
i shall obey you in all fair commandsx
|
|
|
|
portiax
|
|
my people do already know my mindx
|
|
and will acknowledge you and jessica
|
|
in place of lord bassanio and myselfx
|
|
so fare you well till we shall meet againx
|
|
|
|
lorenzox
|
|
fair thoughts and happy hours attend on youx
|
|
|
|
jessicax
|
|
i wish your ladyship all heartxs contentx
|
|
|
|
portiax
|
|
i thank you for your wishx and am well pleasxd
|
|
to wish it back on youx fare you wellx jessicax
|
|
|
|
xxexeunt jessica and lorenzoxxx
|
|
|
|
nowx balthazarx
|
|
as i have ever found thee honestxtruex
|
|
so let me find thee stillx take this same letterx
|
|
and use thou all thx endeavour of a man
|
|
in speed to paduax see thou render this
|
|
into my cousinxs handsx doctor bellariox
|
|
and look what notes and garments he doth give theex
|
|
bring themx i pray theex with imaginxd speed
|
|
unto the trajectx to the common ferry
|
|
which trades to venicex waste no time in wordsx
|
|
but get thee gonex i shall be there before theex
|
|
|
|
balthazarx
|
|
madamx i go with all convenient speedx
|
|
|
|
xxexitxxx
|
|
|
|
portiax
|
|
come onx nerissax i have work in hand
|
|
that you yet know not ofx wexll see our husbands
|
|
before they think of usx
|
|
|
|
nerissax
|
|
shall they see usx
|
|
|
|
portiax
|
|
they shallx nerissax but in such a habit
|
|
that they shall think we are accomplished
|
|
with that we lackx ixll hold thee any wagerx
|
|
when we are both accoutered like young menx
|
|
ixll prove the prettier fellow of the twox
|
|
and wear my dagger with the braver gracex
|
|
and speak between the change of man and boy
|
|
with a reed voicex and turn two mincing steps
|
|
into a manly stridex and speak of frays
|
|
like a fine bragging youthx and tell quaint lies
|
|
how honourable ladies sought my lovex
|
|
which i denyingx they fell sick and diedx
|
|
i could not do withalx then ixll repentx
|
|
and wish for all thatx that i had not killxd themx
|
|
and twenty of these puny lies ixll tellx
|
|
that men shall swear i have discontinued school
|
|
about a twelvemonthx i have within my mind
|
|
a thousand raw tricks of these bragging jacksx
|
|
which i will practisex
|
|
|
|
nerissax
|
|
whyx shall we turn to menx
|
|
|
|
portiax
|
|
fiex what a questionxs thatx
|
|
if thou wert near a lewd interpreterx
|
|
but comex ixll tell thee all my whole device
|
|
when i am in my coachx which stays for us
|
|
at the park gatex and therefore haste awayx
|
|
for we must measure twenty miles todayx
|
|
|
|
xxexeuntxxx
|
|
|
|
scene vx the samex a gardenx
|
|
|
|
enter launcelet and jessicax
|
|
|
|
launceletx
|
|
yesx trulyx for look youx the sins of the father are to be laid upon
|
|
the childrenx thereforex i promise youx i fear youx i was always plain
|
|
with youx and so now i speak my agitation of the matterx therefore be
|
|
of good cheerx for truly i think you are damnxdx there is but one hope
|
|
in it that can do you any goodx and that is but a kind of bastard hope
|
|
neitherx
|
|
|
|
jessicax
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and what hope is thatx i pray theex
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launceletx
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marryx you may partly hope that your father got you notx that you are
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not the jewxs daughterx
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jessicax
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that were a kind of bastard hope indeedx so the sins of my mother
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should be visited upon mex
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launceletx
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truly then i fear you are damnxd both by father and motherx thus when i
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shun scylla your fatherx i fall into charybdis your motherx wellx you
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are gone both waysx
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jessicax
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i shall be saved by my husbandx he hath made me a christianx
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launceletx
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truly the more to blame hex we were christians enow beforex exen as
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many as could well live one by anotherx this making of christians will
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raise the price of hogsx if we grow all to be porkxeatersx we shall not
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shortly have a rasher on the coals for moneyx
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enter lorenzox
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jessicax
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ixll tell my husbandx launceletx what you sayx here he comesx
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lorenzox
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i shall grow jealous of you shortlyx launceletx if you thus get my wife
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into cornersx
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jessicax
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nayx you need nor fear usx lorenzox launcelet and i are outx he tells
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me flatly therexs no mercy for me in heavenx because i am a jewxs
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daughterx and he says you are no good member of the commonwealthx for
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in converting jews to christians you raise the price of porkx
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lorenzox
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i shall answer that better to the commonwealth than you can the getting
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up of the negroxs bellyx the moor is with child by youx launceletx
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launceletx
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it is much that the moor should be more than reasonx but if she be less
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than an honest womanx she is indeed more than i took her forx
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lorenzox
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how every fool can play upon the wordx i think the best grace of wit
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will shortly turn into silencex and discourse grow commendable in none
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only but parrotsx go inx sirrahx bid them prepare for dinnerx
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launceletx
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that is donex sirx they have all stomachsx
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lorenzox
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goodly lordx what a witxsnapper are youx then bid them prepare dinnerx
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launceletx
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that is done toox sirx only xcoverx is the wordx
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lorenzox
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will you coverx thenx sirx
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launceletx
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not sox sirx neitherx i know my dutyx
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lorenzox
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yet more quarrelling with occasionx wilt thou show the whole wealth of
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thy wit in an instantx i pray thee understand a plain man in his plain
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meaningx go to thy fellowsx bid them cover the tablex serve in the
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meatx and we will come in to dinnerx
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launceletx
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for the tablex sirx it shall be served inx for the meatx sirx it shall
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be coveredx for your coming in to dinnerx sirx whyx let it be as
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humours and conceits shall governx
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xxexitxxx
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lorenzox
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o dear discretionx how his words are suitedx
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the fool hath planted in his memory
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an army of good wordsx and i do know
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a many fools that stand in better placex
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garnishxd like himx that for a tricksy word
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defy the matterx how cheerxst thoux jessicax
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and nowx good sweetx say thy opinionx
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how dost thou like the lord bassanioxs wifex
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jessicax
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past all expressingx it is very meet
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the lord bassanio live an upright lifex
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for having such a blessing in his ladyx
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he finds the joys of heaven here on earthx
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and if on earth he do not merit itx
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in reason he should never come to heavenx
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whyx if two gods should play some heavenly matchx
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and on the wager lay two earthly womenx
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and portia onex there must be something else
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pawnxd with the otherx for the poor rude world
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hath not her fellowx
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lorenzox
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even such a husband
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hast thou of me as she is for a wifex
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jessicax
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nayx but ask my opinion too of thatx
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lorenzox
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i will anonx first let us go to dinnerx
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jessicax
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nayx let me praise you while i have a stomachx
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lorenzox
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no pray theex let it serve for tablextalkx
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then howsomexer thou speakxstx xmong other things
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i shall digest itx
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jessicax
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wellx ixll set you forthx
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xxexeuntxxx
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act iv
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scene ix venicex a court of justicex
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enter the dukex the magnificoesx antoniox bassaniox gratianox salerio
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and othersx
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dukex
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whatx is antonio herex
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antoniox
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readyx so please your gracex
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dukex
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i am sorry for theex thou art come to answer
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a stony adversaryx an inhuman wretchx
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uncapable of pityx void and empty
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from any dram of mercyx
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antoniox
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i have heard
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your grace hath taxen great pains to qualify
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his rigorous coursex but since he stands obduratex
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and that no lawful means can carry me
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|
out of his envyxs reachx i do oppose
|
|
my patience to his furyx and am armxd
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to suffer with a quietness of spirit
|
|
the very tyranny and rage of hisx
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dukex
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go one and call the jew into the courtx
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salarinox
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he is ready at the doorx he comesx my lordx
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enter shylockx
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dukex
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make roomx and let him stand before our facex
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|
shylockx the world thinksx and i think so toox
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|
that thou but leadest this fashion of thy malice
|
|
to the last hour of actx and thenx xtis thoughtx
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|
thouxlt show thy mercy and remorse more strange
|
|
than is thy strange apparent crueltyx
|
|
and where thou now exacts the penaltyx
|
|
which is a pound of this poor merchantxs fleshx
|
|
thou wilt not only loose the forfeiturex
|
|
butx touchxd with human gentleness and lovex
|
|
forgive a moiety of the principalx
|
|
glancing an eye of pity on his losses
|
|
that have of late so huddled on his backx
|
|
enow to press a royal merchant downx
|
|
and pluck commiseration of his state
|
|
from brassy bosoms and rough hearts of flintx
|
|
from stubborn turks and tartars never trainxd
|
|
to offices of tender courtesyx
|
|
we all expect a gentle answerx jewx
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shylockx
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i have possessxd your grace of what i purposex
|
|
and by our holy sabbath have i sworn
|
|
to have the due and forfeit of my bondx
|
|
if you deny itx let the danger light
|
|
upon your charter and your cityxs freedomx
|
|
youxll ask me why i rather choose to have
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|
a weight of carrion flesh than to receive
|
|
three thousand ducatsx ixll not answer thatx
|
|
but say it is my humourx is it answerxdx
|
|
what if my house be troubled with a ratx
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|
and i be pleasxd to give ten thousand ducats
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|
to have it banxdx whatx are you answerxd yetx
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|
some men there are love not a gaping pigx
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|
some that are mad if they behold a catx
|
|
and othersx when the bagpipe sings ix the nosex
|
|
cannot contain their urinex for affection
|
|
mistress of passionx sways it to the mood
|
|
of what it likes or loathesx nowx for your answerx
|
|
as there is no firm reason to be renderxd
|
|
why he cannot abide a gaping pigx
|
|
why he a harmless necessary catx
|
|
why he a woollen bagpipex but of force
|
|
must yield to such inevitable shame
|
|
as to offendx himself being offendedx
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|
so can i give no reasonx nor i will notx
|
|
more than a lodgxd hate and a certain loathing
|
|
i bear antoniox that i follow thus
|
|
a losing suit against himx are you answeredx
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bassaniox
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|
this is no answerx thou unfeeling manx
|
|
to excuse the current of thy crueltyx
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shylockx
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|
i am not bound to please thee with my answerx
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bassaniox
|
|
do all men kill the things they do not lovex
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shylockx
|
|
hates any man the thing he would not killx
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bassaniox
|
|
every offence is not a hate at firstx
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shylockx
|
|
whatx wouldst thou have a serpent sting thee twicex
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antoniox
|
|
i pray youx think you question with the jewx
|
|
you may as well go stand upon the beach
|
|
and bid the main flood bate his usual heightx
|
|
you may as well use question with the wolfx
|
|
why he hath made the ewe bleat for the lambx
|
|
you may as well forbid the mountain pines
|
|
to wag their high tops and to make no noise
|
|
when they are fretten with the gusts of heavenx
|
|
you may as well do anything most hard
|
|
as seek to soften thatxthan which whatxs harderxx
|
|
his jewish heartx thereforex i do beseech youx
|
|
make no moe offersx use no farther meansx
|
|
but with all brief and plain conveniencyx
|
|
let me have judgmentx and the jew his willx
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|
bassaniox
|
|
for thy three thousand ducats here is sixx
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|
shylockx
|
|
if every ducat in six thousand ducats
|
|
were in six partsx and every part a ducatx
|
|
i would not draw themx i would have my bondx
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|
dukex
|
|
how shalt thou hope for mercyx rendxring nonex
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|
shylockx
|
|
what judgment shall i dreadx doing no wrongx
|
|
you have among you many a purchasxd slavex
|
|
whichx like your asses and your dogs and mulesx
|
|
you use in abject and in slavish partsx
|
|
because you bought themx shall i say to you
|
|
xlet them be freex marry them to your heirsx
|
|
why sweat they under burdensx let their beds
|
|
be made as soft as yoursx and let their palates
|
|
be seasonxd with such viandsxx you will answer
|
|
xthe slaves are oursxx so do i answer youx
|
|
the pound of flesh which i demand of him
|
|
is dearly boughtx xtis mine and i will have itx
|
|
if you deny mex fie upon your lawx
|
|
there is no force in the decrees of venicex
|
|
i stand for judgmentx answerx shall i have itx
|
|
|
|
dukex
|
|
upon my power i may dismiss this courtx
|
|
unless bellariox a learned doctorx
|
|
whom i have sent for to determine thisx
|
|
come here todayx
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|
salarinox
|
|
my lordx here stays without
|
|
a messenger with letters from the doctorx
|
|
new come from paduax
|
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|
dukex
|
|
bring us the lettersx call the messengerx
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|
bassaniox
|
|
good cheerx antoniox whatx manx courage yetx
|
|
the jew shall have my fleshx bloodx bonesx and allx
|
|
ere thou shalt lose for me one drop of bloodx
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|
|
antoniox
|
|
i am a tainted wether of the flockx
|
|
meetest for deathx the weakest kind of fruit
|
|
drops earliest to the groundx and so let mex
|
|
you cannot better be employxdx bassaniox
|
|
than to live stillx and write mine epitaphx
|
|
|
|
enter nerissa dressed like a lawyerxs clerkx
|
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|
dukex
|
|
came you from paduax from bellariox
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|
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|
nerissax
|
|
from bothx my lordx bellario greets your gracex
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|
|
|
xxpresents a letterxxx
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|
bassaniox
|
|
why dost thou whet thy knife so earnestlyx
|
|
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|
shylockx
|
|
to cut the forfeiture from that bankrupt therex
|
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|
|
gratianox
|
|
not on thy sole but on thy soulx harsh jewx
|
|
thou makxst thy knife keenx but no metal canx
|
|
nox not the hangmanxs axex bear half the keenness
|
|
of thy sharp envyx can no prayers pierce theex
|
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|
shylockx
|
|
nox none that thou hast wit enough to makex
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|
gratianox
|
|
ox be thou damnxdx inexecrable dogx
|
|
and for thy life let justice be accusxdx
|
|
thou almost makxst me waver in my faithx
|
|
to hold opinion with pythagoras
|
|
that souls of animals infuse themselves
|
|
into the trunks of menx thy currish spirit
|
|
governxd a wolf whox hangxd for human slaughterx
|
|
even from the gallows did his fell soul fleetx
|
|
and whilst thou layest in thy unhallowed damx
|
|
infusxd itself in theex for thy desires
|
|
are wolfishx bloodyx starvxd and ravenousx
|
|
|
|
shylockx
|
|
till thou canst rail the seal from off my bondx
|
|
thou but offendxst thy lungs to speak so loudx
|
|
repair thy witx good youthx or it will fall
|
|
to cureless ruinx i stand here for lawx
|
|
|
|
dukex
|
|
this letter from bellario doth commend
|
|
a young and learned doctor to our courtx
|
|
where is hex
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|
nerissax
|
|
he attendeth here hard byx
|
|
to know your answerx whether youxll admit himx
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|
|
duke of venicex
|
|
with all my heartx some three or four of you
|
|
go give him courteous conduct to this placex
|
|
meantimex the court shall hear bellarioxs letterx
|
|
|
|
xxreadsxxx xyour grace shall understand that at the receipt of your
|
|
letter i am very sickx but in the instant that your messenger camex in
|
|
loving visitation was with me a young doctor of romex his name is
|
|
balthazarx i acquainted him with the cause in controversy between the
|
|
jew and antonio the merchantx we turnxd oxer many books togetherx he is
|
|
furnished with my opinionx whichx bettered with his own learning xthe
|
|
greatness whereof i cannot enough commendxx comes with him at my
|
|
importunity to fill up your gracexs request in my steadx i beseech you
|
|
let his lack of years be no impediment to let him lack a reverend
|
|
estimationx for i never knew so young a body with so old a headx i
|
|
leave him to your gracious acceptancex whose trial shall better publish
|
|
his commendationxx
|
|
|
|
you hear the learnxd bellario what he writesx
|
|
and herex i take itx is the doctor comex
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|
|
enter portia dressed like a doctor of lawsx
|
|
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|
give me your handx come you from old bellariox
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portiax
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|
i didx my lordx
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|
dukex
|
|
you are welcomex take your placex
|
|
are you acquainted with the difference
|
|
that holds this present question in the courtx
|
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|
portiax
|
|
i am informed throughly of the causex
|
|
which is the merchant herex and which the jewx
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|
dukex
|
|
antonio and old shylockx both stand forthx
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|
portiax
|
|
is your name shylockx
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|
shylockx
|
|
shylock is my namex
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|
portiax
|
|
of a strange nature is the suit you followx
|
|
yet in such rule that the venetian law
|
|
cannot impugn you as you do proceedx
|
|
xxto antonioxxx you stand within his dangerx do you notx
|
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|
antoniox
|
|
ayx so he saysx
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portiax
|
|
do you confess the bondx
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|
antoniox
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|
i dox
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portiax
|
|
then must the jew be mercifulx
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|
shylockx
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|
on what compulsion must ix tell me thatx
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|
portiax
|
|
the quality of mercy is not strainxdx
|
|
it droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven
|
|
upon the place beneathx it is twice blestx
|
|
it blesseth him that gives and him that takesx
|
|
xtis mightiest in the mightiestx it becomes
|
|
the throned monarch better than his crownx
|
|
his sceptre shows the force of temporal powerx
|
|
the attribute to awe and majestyx
|
|
wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kingsx
|
|
but mercy is above this sceptred swayx
|
|
it is enthroned in the hearts of kingsx
|
|
it is an attribute to god himselfx
|
|
and earthly power doth then show likest godxs
|
|
when mercy seasons justicex thereforex jewx
|
|
though justice be thy pleax consider thisx
|
|
that in the course of justice none of us
|
|
should see salvationx we do pray for mercyx
|
|
and that same prayer doth teach us all to render
|
|
the deeds of mercyx i have spoke thus much
|
|
to mitigate the justice of thy pleax
|
|
which if thou followx this strict court of venice
|
|
must needs give sentence xgainst the merchant therex
|
|
|
|
shylockx
|
|
my deeds upon my headx i crave the lawx
|
|
the penalty and forfeit of my bondx
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|
portiax
|
|
is he not able to discharge the moneyx
|
|
|
|
bassaniox
|
|
yesx here i tender it for him in the courtx
|
|
yeax twice the sumx if that will not sufficex
|
|
i will be bound to pay it ten times oxer
|
|
on forfeit of my handsx my headx my heartx
|
|
if this will not sufficex it must appear
|
|
that malice bears down truthx and i beseech youx
|
|
wrest once the law to your authorityx
|
|
to do a great rightx do a little wrongx
|
|
and curb this cruel devil of his willx
|
|
|
|
portiax
|
|
it must not bex there is no power in venice
|
|
can alter a decree establishedx
|
|
xtwill be recorded for a precedentx
|
|
and many an error by the same example
|
|
will rush into the statex it cannot bex
|
|
|
|
shylockx
|
|
a daniel come to judgmentx yeax a danielx
|
|
o wise young judgex how i do honour theex
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|
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|
portiax
|
|
i pray you let me look upon the bondx
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|
shylockx
|
|
here xtisx most reverend doctorx here it isx
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|
portiax
|
|
shylockx therexs thrice thy money offered theex
|
|
|
|
shylockx
|
|
an oathx an oathx i have an oath in heavenx
|
|
shall i lay perjury upon my soulx
|
|
nox not for venicex
|
|
|
|
portiax
|
|
whyx this bond is forfeitx
|
|
and lawfully by this the jew may claim
|
|
a pound of fleshx to be by him cut off
|
|
nearest the merchantxs heartx be mercifulx
|
|
take thrice thy moneyx bid me tear the bondx
|
|
|
|
shylockx
|
|
when it is paid according to the tenourx
|
|
it doth appear you are a worthy judgex
|
|
you know the lawx your exposition
|
|
hath been most soundx i charge you by the lawx
|
|
whereof you are a wellxdeserving pillarx
|
|
proceed to judgmentx by my soul i swear
|
|
there is no power in the tongue of man
|
|
to alter mex i stay here on my bondx
|
|
|
|
antoniox
|
|
most heartily i do beseech the court
|
|
to give the judgmentx
|
|
|
|
portiax
|
|
why thenx thus it isx
|
|
you must prepare your bosom for his knifex
|
|
|
|
shylockx
|
|
o noble judgex o excellent young manx
|
|
|
|
portiax
|
|
for the intent and purpose of the law
|
|
hath full relation to the penaltyx
|
|
which here appeareth due upon the bondx
|
|
|
|
shylockx
|
|
xtis very truex o wise and upright judgex
|
|
how much more elder art thou than thy looksx
|
|
|
|
portiax
|
|
therefore lay bare your bosomx
|
|
|
|
shylockx
|
|
ayx his breast
|
|
so says the bondx doth it notx noble judgex
|
|
xnearest his heartxx those are the very wordsx
|
|
|
|
portiax
|
|
it is sox are there balance here to weigh
|
|
the fleshx
|
|
|
|
shylockx
|
|
i have them readyx
|
|
|
|
portiax
|
|
have by some surgeonx shylockx on your chargex
|
|
to stop his woundsx lest he do bleed to deathx
|
|
|
|
shylockx
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is it so nominated in the bondx
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portiax
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it is not so expressxdx but what of thatx
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xtwere good you do so much for charityx
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shylockx
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i cannot find itx xtis not in the bondx
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portiax
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youx merchantx have you anything to sayx
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antoniox
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but littlex i am armxd and well preparxdx
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give me your handx bassaniox fare you wellx
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grieve not that i am fallen to this for youx
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for herein fortune shows herself more kind
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than is her customx it is still her use
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to let the wretched man outlive his wealthx
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to view with hollow eye and wrinkled brow
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an age of povertyx from which lingxring penance
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of such misery doth she cut me offx
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commend me to your honourable wifex
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tell her the process of antonioxs endx
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say how i lovxd youx speak me fair in deathx
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and when the tale is toldx bid her be judge
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whether bassanio had not once a lovex
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repent but you that you shall lose your friend
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and he repents not that he pays your debtx
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for if the jew do cut but deep enoughx
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ixll pay it instantly with all my heartx
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bassaniox
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antoniox i am married to a wife
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which is as dear to me as life itselfx
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but life itselfx my wifex and all the worldx
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are not with me esteemxd above thy lifex
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i would lose allx ayx sacrifice them all
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here to this devilx to deliver youx
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portiax
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your wife would give you little thanks for that
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if she were by to hear you make the offerx
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gratianox
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i have a wife who i protest i lovex
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i would she were in heavenx so she could
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entreat some power to change this currish jewx
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nerissax
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xtis well you offer it behind her backx
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the wish would make else an unquiet housex
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shylockx
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these be the christian husbandsx i have a daughterx
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would any of the stock of barabbas
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had been her husbandx rather than a christianx
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we trifle timex i pray theex pursue sentencex
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portiax
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a pound of that same merchantxs flesh is thinex
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the court awards it and the law doth give itx
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shylockx
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most rightful judgex
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portiax
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and you must cut this flesh from off his breastx
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the law allows it and the court awards itx
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shylockx
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most learned judgex a sentencex comex preparex
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portiax
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tarry a littlex there is something elsex
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this bond doth give thee here no jot of bloodx
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the words expressly are xa pound of fleshxx
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take then thy bondx take thou thy pound of fleshx
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but in the cutting itx if thou dost shed
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one drop of christian bloodx thy lands and goods
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arex by the laws of venicex confiscate
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unto the state of venicex
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gratianox
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o upright judgex markx jewx o learned judgex
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shylockx
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is that the lawx
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portiax
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thyself shalt see the actx
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forx as thou urgest justicex be assurxd
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thou shalt have justice more than thou desirxstx
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gratianox
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o learned judgex markx jewx a learned judgex
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shylockx
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i take this offer thenx pay the bond thrice
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and let the christian gox
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bassaniox
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here is the moneyx
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portiax
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softx
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the jew shall have all justicex softx no hastex
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he shall have nothing but the penaltyx
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gratianox
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o jewx an upright judgex a learned judgex
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portiax
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therefore prepare thee to cut off the fleshx
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shed thou no bloodx nor cut thou less nor morex
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but just a pound of fleshx if thou takxst more
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or less than a just poundx be it but so much
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as makes it light or heavy in the substancex
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or the division of the twentieth part
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of one poor scruplex nayx if the scale do turn
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but in the estimation of a hairx
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thou diestx and all thy goods are confiscatex
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gratianox
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a second danielx a danielx jewx
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nowx infidelx i have you on the hipx
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portiax
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why doth the jew pausex take thy forfeiturex
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shylockx
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give me my principalx and let me gox
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bassaniox
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i have it ready for theex here it isx
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portiax
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he hath refusxd it in the open courtx
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he shall have merely justice and his bondx
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gratianox
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a daniel still say ix a second danielx
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i thank theex jewx for teaching me that wordx
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shylockx
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shall i not have barely my principalx
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portiax
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thou shalt have nothing but the forfeiture
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|
to be so taken at thy perilx jewx
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shylockx
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whyx then the devil give him good of itx
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ixll stay no longer questionx
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portiax
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tarryx jewx
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|
the law hath yet another hold on youx
|
|
it is enacted in the laws of venicex
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if it be proved against an alien
|
|
that by direct or indirect attempts
|
|
he seek the life of any citizenx
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the party xgainst the which he doth contrive
|
|
shall seize one half his goodsx the other half
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|
comes to the privy coffer of the statex
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|
and the offenderxs life lies in the mercy
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|
of the duke onlyx xgainst all other voicex
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in which predicament i say thou standxstx
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for it appears by manifest proceeding
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that indirectlyx and directly toox
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thou hast contrived against the very life
|
|
of the defendantx and thou hast incurrxd
|
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the danger formerly by me rehearsxdx
|
|
downx thereforex and beg mercy of the dukex
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gratianox
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|
beg that thou mayst have leave to hang thyselfx
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and yetx thy wealth being forfeit to the statex
|
|
thou hast not left the value of a cordx
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therefore thou must be hangxd at the statexs chargex
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dukex
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that thou shalt see the difference of our spiritx
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i pardon thee thy life before thou ask itx
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for half thy wealthx it is antonioxsx
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the other half comes to the general statex
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which humbleness may drive unto a finex
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portiax
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|
ayx for the statex not for antoniox
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shylockx
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nayx take my life and allx pardon not thatx
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you take my house when you do take the prop
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|
that doth sustain my housex you take my life
|
|
when you do take the means whereby i livex
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portiax
|
|
what mercy can you render himx antoniox
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gratianox
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a halter gratisx nothing elsex for godxs sakex
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antoniox
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|
so please my lord the duke and all the court
|
|
to quit the fine for one half of his goodsx
|
|
i am contentx so he will let me have
|
|
the other half in usex to render it
|
|
upon his death unto the gentleman
|
|
that lately stole his daughterx
|
|
two things provided morex that for this favourx
|
|
he presently become a christianx
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the otherx that he do record a giftx
|
|
here in the courtx of all he dies possessxd
|
|
unto his son lorenzo and his daughterx
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dukex
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he shall do thisx or else i do recant
|
|
the pardon that i late pronounced herex
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portiax
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|
art thou contentedx jewx what dost thou sayx
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shylockx
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i am contentx
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portiax
|
|
clerkx draw a deed of giftx
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shylockx
|
|
i pray you give me leave to go from hencex
|
|
i am not wellx send the deed after me
|
|
and i will sign itx
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dukex
|
|
get thee gonex but do itx
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|
gratianox
|
|
in christxning shalt thou have two godxfathersx
|
|
had i been judgex thou shouldst have had ten morex
|
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to bring thee to the gallowsx not to the fontx
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|
xxexit shylockxxx
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dukex
|
|
sirx i entreat you home with me to dinnerx
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portiax
|
|
i humbly do desire your grace of pardonx
|
|
i must away this night toward paduax
|
|
and it is meet i presently set forthx
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dukex
|
|
i am sorry that your leisure serves you notx
|
|
antoniox gratify this gentlemanx
|
|
for in my mind you are much bound to himx
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|
xxexeunt duke and his trainxxx
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|
bassaniox
|
|
most worthy gentlemanx i and my friend
|
|
have by your wisdom been this day acquitted
|
|
of grievous penaltiesx in lieu whereofx
|
|
three thousand ducats due unto the jew
|
|
we freely cope your courteous pains withalx
|
|
|
|
antoniox
|
|
and stand indebtedx over and above
|
|
in love and service to you evermorex
|
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|
portiax
|
|
he is well paid that is well satisfiedx
|
|
and i delivering youx am satisfiedx
|
|
and therein do account myself well paidx
|
|
my mind was never yet more mercenaryx
|
|
i pray you know me when we meet againx
|
|
i wish you wellx and so i take my leavex
|
|
|
|
bassaniox
|
|
dear sirx of force i must attempt you furtherx
|
|
take some remembrance of us as a tributex
|
|
not as feex grant me two thingsx i pray youx
|
|
not to deny mex and to pardon mex
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portiax
|
|
you press me farx and therefore i will yieldx
|
|
xxto antonioxxx give me your glovesx ixll wear them for your sakex
|
|
xxto bassanioxxx andx for your lovex ixll take this ring from youx
|
|
do not draw back your handx ixll take no morex
|
|
and you in love shall not deny me thisx
|
|
|
|
bassaniox
|
|
this ringx good sirx alasx it is a triflex
|
|
i will not shame myself to give you thisx
|
|
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|
portiax
|
|
i will have nothing else but only thisx
|
|
and now methinks i have a mind to itx
|
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|
|
bassaniox
|
|
therexs more depends on this than on the valuex
|
|
the dearest ring in venice will i give youx
|
|
and find it out by proclamationx
|
|
only for this i pray you pardon mex
|
|
|
|
portiax
|
|
i seex sirx you are liberal in offersx
|
|
you taught me first to begx and now methinks
|
|
you teach me how a beggar should be answerxdx
|
|
|
|
bassaniox
|
|
good sirx this ring was given me by my wifex
|
|
and when she put it onx she made me vow
|
|
that i should neither sellx nor givex nor lose itx
|
|
|
|
portiax
|
|
that xscuse serves many men to save their giftsx
|
|
and if your wife be not a madxwomanx
|
|
and know how well i have deservxd this ringx
|
|
she would not hold out enemy for ever
|
|
for giving it to mex wellx peace be with youx
|
|
|
|
xxexeunt portia and nerissaxxx
|
|
|
|
antoniox
|
|
my lord bassaniox let him have the ringx
|
|
let his deservings and my love withal
|
|
be valued xgainst your wifexs commandmentx
|
|
|
|
bassaniox
|
|
gox gratianox run and overtake himx
|
|
give him the ringx and bring him if thou canst
|
|
unto antonioxs housex awayx make hastex
|
|
|
|
xxexit gratianoxxx
|
|
|
|
comex you and i will thither presentlyx
|
|
and in the morning early will we both
|
|
fly toward belmontx comex antoniox
|
|
|
|
xxexeuntxxx
|
|
|
|
scene iix the samex a streetx
|
|
|
|
enter portia and nerissax
|
|
|
|
portiax
|
|
inquire the jewxs house outx give him this deedx
|
|
and let him sign itx wexll away tonightx
|
|
and be a day before our husbands homex
|
|
this deed will be well welcome to lorenzox
|
|
|
|
enter gratianox
|
|
|
|
gratianox
|
|
fair sirx you are well oxertaxenx
|
|
my lord bassanio upon more advicex
|
|
hath sent you here this ringx and doth entreat
|
|
your company at dinnerx
|
|
|
|
portiax
|
|
that cannot bex
|
|
his ring i do accept most thankfullyx
|
|
and so i pray you tell himx furthermorex
|
|
i pray you show my youth old shylockxs housex
|
|
|
|
gratianox
|
|
that will i dox
|
|
|
|
nerissax
|
|
sirx i would speak with youx
|
|
xxaside to portiaxxx
|
|
ixll see if i can get my husbandxs ringx
|
|
which i did make him swear to keep for everx
|
|
|
|
portiax
|
|
xxto nerissaxxx thou maystx i warrantx we shall have old swearing
|
|
that they did give the rings away to menx
|
|
but wexll outface themx and outswear them toox
|
|
awayx make hastex thou knowxst where i will tarryx
|
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|
nerissax
|
|
comex good sirx will you show me to this housex
|
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|
xxexeuntxxx
|
|
|
|
|
|
act v
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|
|
scene ix belmontx the avenue to portiaxs housex
|
|
|
|
enter lorenzo and jessicax
|
|
|
|
lorenzox
|
|
the moon shines brightx in such a night as thisx
|
|
when the sweet wind did gently kiss the treesx
|
|
and they did make no noisex in such a nightx
|
|
troilus methinks mounted the trojan wallsx
|
|
and sighxd his soul toward the grecian tents
|
|
where cressid lay that nightx
|
|
|
|
jessicax
|
|
in such a night
|
|
did thisby fearfully oxertrip the dewx
|
|
and saw the lionxs shadow ere himselfx
|
|
and ran dismayxd awayx
|
|
|
|
lorenzox
|
|
in such a night
|
|
stood dido with a willow in her hand
|
|
upon the wild seaxbanksx and waft her love
|
|
to come again to carthagex
|
|
|
|
jessicax
|
|
in such a night
|
|
medea gathered the enchanted herbs
|
|
that did renew old xsonx
|
|
|
|
lorenzox
|
|
in such a night
|
|
did jessica steal from the wealthy jewx
|
|
and with an unthrift love did run from venice
|
|
as far as belmontx
|
|
|
|
jessicax
|
|
in such a night
|
|
did young lorenzo swear he loved her wellx
|
|
stealing her soul with many vows of faithx
|
|
and nexer a true onex
|
|
|
|
lorenzox
|
|
in such a night
|
|
did pretty jessicax like a little shrewx
|
|
slander her lovex and he forgave it herx
|
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|
|
jessicax
|
|
i would outxnight you did no body comex
|
|
but harkx i hear the footing of a manx
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|
|
enter stephanox
|
|
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|
lorenzox
|
|
who comes so fast in silence of the nightx
|
|
|
|
stephanox
|
|
a friendx
|
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|
lorenzox
|
|
a friendx what friendx your namex i pray youx friendx
|
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|
|
stephanox
|
|
stephano is my namex and i bring word
|
|
my mistress will before the break of day
|
|
be here at belmontx she doth stray about
|
|
by holy crosses where she kneels and prays
|
|
for happy wedlock hoursx
|
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|
|
lorenzox
|
|
who comes with herx
|
|
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|
stephanox
|
|
none but a holy hermit and her maidx
|
|
i pray you is my master yet returnxdx
|
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|
lorenzox
|
|
he is notx nor we have not heard from himx
|
|
but go we inx i pray theex jessicax
|
|
and ceremoniously let us prepare
|
|
some welcome for the mistress of the housex
|
|
|
|
enter launceletx
|
|
|
|
launceletx solax solax wo hax hox solax solax
|
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|
lorenzox
|
|
who callsx
|
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|
launceletx
|
|
solax did you see master lorenzox master lorenzox solax solax
|
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|
lorenzox
|
|
leave holloaingx manx herex
|
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|
launceletx
|
|
solax wherex wherex
|
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|
lorenzox
|
|
herex
|
|
|
|
launceletx
|
|
tell him therexs a post come from my master with his horn full of good
|
|
newsx my master will be here ere morningx
|
|
|
|
xxexitxxx
|
|
|
|
lorenzox
|
|
sweet soulx letxs inx and there expect their comingx
|
|
and yet no matterx why should we go inx
|
|
my friend stephanox signifyx i pray youx
|
|
within the housex your mistress is at handx
|
|
and bring your music forth into the airx
|
|
|
|
xxexit stephanoxxx
|
|
|
|
how sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bankx
|
|
here will we sit and let the sounds of music
|
|
creep in our earsx soft stillness and the night
|
|
become the touches of sweet harmonyx
|
|
sitx jessicax look how the floor of heaven
|
|
is thick inlaid with patens of bright goldx
|
|
therexs not the smallest orb which thou beholdxst
|
|
but in his motion like an angel singsx
|
|
still quiring to the youngxeyed cherubinsx
|
|
such harmony is in immortal soulsx
|
|
but whilst this muddy vesture of decay
|
|
doth grossly close it inx we cannot hear itx
|
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|
|
enter musiciansx
|
|
|
|
comex hox and wake diana with a hymnx
|
|
with sweetest touches pierce your mistressx earx
|
|
and draw her home with musicx
|
|
|
|
xxmusicxxx
|
|
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|
jessicax
|
|
i am never merry when i hear sweet musicx
|
|
|
|
lorenzox
|
|
the reason isx your spirits are attentivex
|
|
for do but note a wild and wanton herd
|
|
or race of youthful and unhandled coltsx
|
|
fetching mad boundsx bellowing and neighing loudx
|
|
which is the hot condition of their bloodx
|
|
if they but hear perchance a trumpet soundx
|
|
or any air of music touch their earsx
|
|
you shall perceive them make a mutual standx
|
|
their savage eyes turnxd to a modest gaze
|
|
by the sweet power of musicx therefore the poet
|
|
did feign that orpheus drew treesx stonesx and floodsx
|
|
since naught so stockishx hardx and full of ragex
|
|
but music for the time doth change his naturex
|
|
the man that hath no music in himselfx
|
|
nor is not movxd with concord of sweet soundsx
|
|
is fit for treasonsx stratagemsx and spoilsx
|
|
the motions of his spirit are dull as nightx
|
|
and his affections dark as erebusx
|
|
let no such man be trustedx mark the musicx
|
|
|
|
enter portia and nerissax
|
|
|
|
portiax
|
|
that light we see is burning in my hallx
|
|
how far that little candle throws his beamsx
|
|
so shines a good deed in a naughty worldx
|
|
|
|
nerissax
|
|
when the moon shone we did not see the candlex
|
|
|
|
portiax
|
|
so doth the greater glory dim the lessx
|
|
a substitute shines brightly as a king
|
|
until a king be byx and then his state
|
|
empties itselfx as doth an inland brook
|
|
into the main of watersx musicx harkx
|
|
|
|
nerissax
|
|
it is your musicx madamx of the housex
|
|
|
|
portiax
|
|
nothing is goodx i seex without respectx
|
|
methinks it sounds much sweeter than by dayx
|
|
|
|
nerissax
|
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silence bestows that virtue on itx madamx
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portiax
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the crow doth sing as sweetly as the lark
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when neither is attendedx and i think
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the nightingalex if she should sing by day
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when every goose is cacklingx would be thought
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no better a musician than the wrenx
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how many things by season seasonxd are
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to their right praise and true perfectionx
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peacex how the moon sleeps with endymionx
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and would not be awakxdx
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xxmusic ceasesxxx
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lorenzox
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that is the voicex
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or i am much deceivxdx of portiax
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portiax
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he knows me as the blind man knows the cuckoox
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by the bad voicex
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lorenzox
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dear ladyx welcome homex
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portiax
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we have been praying for our husbandsx welfarex
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which speedx we hopex the better for our wordsx
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are they returnxdx
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lorenzox
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madamx they are not yetx
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but there is come a messenger before
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to signify their comingx
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portiax
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go inx nerissax
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give order to my servantsx that they take
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no note at all of our being absent hencex
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nor youx lorenzox jessicax nor youx
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xxa tucket soundsxxx
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lorenzox
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your husband is at handx i hear his trumpetx
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we are no tellxtalesx madamx fear you notx
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portiax
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this night methinks is but the daylight sickx
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it looks a little palerx xtis a day
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such as the day is when the sun is hidx
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enter bassaniox antoniox gratiano and their followersx
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bassaniox
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we should hold day with the antipodesx
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if you would walk in absence of the sunx
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portiax
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let me give lightx but let me not be lightx
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for a light wife doth make a heavy husbandx
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and never be bassanio so for mex
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but god sort allx you are welcome homex my lordx
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bassaniox
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i thank youx madamx give welcome to my friendx
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this is the manx this is antoniox
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to whom i am so infinitely boundx
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portiax
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you should in all sense be much bound to himx
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forx as i hearx he was much bound for youx
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antoniox
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no more than i am well acquitted ofx
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portiax
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sirx you are very welcome to our housex
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it must appear in other ways than wordsx
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therefore i scant this breathing courtesyx
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gratianox
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xxto nerissaxxx by yonder moon i swear you do me wrongx
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in faithx i gave it to the judgexs clerkx
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would he were gelt that had itx for my partx
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since you do take itx lovex so much at heartx
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portiax
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a quarrelx hox alreadyx whatxs the matterx
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gratianox
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about a hoop of goldx a paltry ring
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that she did give mex whose posy was
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for all the world like cutlersx poetry
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upon a knifex xlove mex and leave me notxx
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nerissax
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what talk you of the posyx or the valuex
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you swore to me when i did give it youx
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that you would wear it till your hour of deathx
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and that it should lie with you in your gravex
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though not for mex yet for your vehement oathsx
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you should have been respective and have kept itx
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gave it a judgexs clerkx nox godxs my judgex
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the clerk will nexer wear hair onxs face that had itx
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gratianox
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he willx and if he live to be a manx
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nerissax
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ayx if a woman live to be a manx
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gratianox
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nowx by this handx i gave it to a youthx
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a kind of boyx a little scrubbed boyx
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no higher than thyselfx the judgexs clerkx
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a prating boy that beggxd it as a feex
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i could not for my heart deny it himx
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portiax
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you were to blamexxi must be plain with youxx
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to part so slightly with your wifexs first giftx
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a thing stuck on with oaths upon your fingerx
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and so riveted with faith unto your fleshx
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i gave my love a ringx and made him swear
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never to part with itx and here he standsx
|
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i dare be sworn for him he would not leave it
|
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nor pluck it from his finger for the wealth
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|
that the world mastersx nowx in faithx gratianox
|
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you give your wife too unkind a cause of griefx
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an xtwere to me i should be mad at itx
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bassaniox
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xxasidexxx whyx i were best to cut my left hand offx
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and swear i lost the ring defending itx
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gratianox
|
|
my lord bassanio gave his ring away
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unto the judge that beggxd itx and indeed
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deservxd it toox and then the boyx his clerkx
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that took some pains in writingx he beggxd minex
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and neither man nor master would take aught
|
|
but the two ringsx
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portiax
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what ring gave youx my lordx
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not thatx i hopex which you receivxd of mex
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bassaniox
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if i could add a lie unto a faultx
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i would deny itx but you see my finger
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hath not the ring upon itx it is gonex
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portiax
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even so void is your false heart of truthx
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by heavenx i will nexer come in your bed
|
|
until i see the ringx
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nerissax
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nor i in yours
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till i again see minex
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bassaniox
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sweet portiax
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if you did know to whom i gave the ringx
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if you did know for whom i gave the ringx
|
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and would conceive for what i gave the ringx
|
|
and how unwillingly i left the ringx
|
|
when nought would be accepted but the ringx
|
|
you would abate the strength of your displeasurex
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portiax
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|
if you had known the virtue of the ringx
|
|
or half her worthiness that gave the ringx
|
|
or your own honour to contain the ringx
|
|
you would not then have parted with the ringx
|
|
what man is there so much unreasonablex
|
|
if you had pleasxd to have defended it
|
|
with any terms of zealx wanted the modesty
|
|
to urge the thing held as a ceremonyx
|
|
nerissa teaches me what to believex
|
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ixll die forxt but some woman had the ringx
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bassaniox
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nox by my honourx madamx by my soulx
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|
no woman had itx but a civil doctorx
|
|
which did refuse three thousand ducats of mex
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|
and beggxd the ringx the which i did deny himx
|
|
and sufferxd him to go displeasxd awayx
|
|
even he that had held up the very life
|
|
of my dear friendx what should i sayx sweet ladyx
|
|
i was enforcxd to send it after himx
|
|
i was beset with shame and courtesyx
|
|
my honour would not let ingratitude
|
|
so much besmear itx pardon mex good ladyx
|
|
for by these blessed candles of the nightx
|
|
had you been therex i think you would have beggxd
|
|
the ring of me to give the worthy doctorx
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portiax
|
|
let not that doctor exer come near my housex
|
|
since he hath got the jewel that i lovedx
|
|
and that which you did swear to keep for mex
|
|
i will become as liberal as youx
|
|
ixll not deny him anything i havex
|
|
nox not my bodyx nor my husbandxs bedx
|
|
know him i shallx i am well sure of itx
|
|
lie not a night from homex watch me like argusx
|
|
if you do notx if i be left alonex
|
|
now by mine honour which is yet mine ownx
|
|
ixll have that doctor for mine bedfellowx
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|
nerissax
|
|
and i his clerkx therefore be well advisxd
|
|
how you do leave me to mine own protectionx
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gratianox
|
|
wellx do you sox let not me take him thenx
|
|
for if i dox ixll mar the young clerkxs penx
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antoniox
|
|
i am thx unhappy subject of these quarrelsx
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portiax
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|
sirx grieve not youx you are welcome notwithstandingx
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bassaniox
|
|
portiax forgive me this enforced wrongx
|
|
and in the hearing of these many friends
|
|
i swear to theex even by thine own fair eyesx
|
|
wherein i see myselfx
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portiax
|
|
mark you but thatx
|
|
in both my eyes he doubly sees himselfx
|
|
in each eye onex swear by your double selfx
|
|
and therexs an oath of creditx
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|
bassaniox
|
|
nayx but hear mex
|
|
pardon this faultx and by my soul i swear
|
|
i never more will break an oath with theex
|
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|
antoniox
|
|
i once did lend my body for his wealthx
|
|
which but for him that had your husbandxs ring
|
|
had quite miscarriedx i dare be bound againx
|
|
my soul upon the forfeitx that your lord
|
|
will never more break faith advisedlyx
|
|
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|
portiax
|
|
then you shall be his suretyx give him thisx
|
|
and bid him keep it better than the otherx
|
|
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|
antoniox
|
|
herex lord bassaniox swear to keep this ringx
|
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|
bassaniox
|
|
by heavenx it is the same i gave the doctorx
|
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|
portiax
|
|
i had it of himx pardon mex bassaniox
|
|
for by this ringx the doctor lay with mex
|
|
|
|
nerissax
|
|
and pardon mex my gentle gratianox
|
|
for that same scrubbed boyx the doctorxs clerkx
|
|
in lieu of thisx last night did lie with mex
|
|
|
|
gratianox
|
|
whyx this is like the mending of highways
|
|
in summerx where the ways are fair enoughx
|
|
whatx are we cuckolds ere we have deservxd itx
|
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|
portiax
|
|
speak not so grosslyx you are all amazxdx
|
|
here is a letterx read it at your leisurex
|
|
it comes from padua from bellariox
|
|
there you shall find that portia was the doctorx
|
|
nerissa therex her clerkx lorenzo here
|
|
shall witness i set forth as soon as youx
|
|
and even but now returnxdx i have not yet
|
|
enterxd my housex antoniox you are welcomex
|
|
and i have better news in store for you
|
|
than you expectx unseal this letter soonx
|
|
there you shall find three of your argosies
|
|
are richly come to harbour suddenlyx
|
|
you shall not know by what strange accident
|
|
i chanced on this letterx
|
|
|
|
antoniox
|
|
i am dumbx
|
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|
bassaniox
|
|
were you the doctorx and i knew you notx
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|
gratianox
|
|
were you the clerk that is to make me cuckoldx
|
|
|
|
nerissax
|
|
ayx but the clerk that never means to do itx
|
|
unless he live until he be a manx
|
|
|
|
bassaniox
|
|
sweet doctorx you shall be my bedfellowx
|
|
when i am absentx then lie with my wifex
|
|
|
|
antoniox
|
|
sweet ladyx you have given me life and livingx
|
|
for here i read for certain that my ships
|
|
are safely come to roadx
|
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|
portiax
|
|
how nowx lorenzox
|
|
my clerk hath some good comforts too for youx
|
|
|
|
nerissax
|
|
ayx and ixll give them him without a feex
|
|
there do i give to you and jessicax
|
|
from the rich jewx a special deed of giftx
|
|
after his deathx of all he dies possessxd ofx
|
|
|
|
lorenzox
|
|
fair ladiesx you drop manna in the way
|
|
of starved peoplex
|
|
|
|
portiax
|
|
it is almost morningx
|
|
and yet i am sure you are not satisfied
|
|
of these events at fullx let us go inx
|
|
and charge us there upon interxgatoriesx
|
|
and we will answer all things faithfullyx
|
|
|
|
gratianox
|
|
let it be sox the first interxgatory
|
|
that my nerissa shall be sworn on isx
|
|
whether till the next night she had rather stayx
|
|
or go to bed nowx being two hours to dayx
|
|
but were the day comex i should wish it dark
|
|
till i were couching with the doctorxs clerkx
|
|
wellx while i livex ixll fear no other thing
|
|
so sore as keeping safe nerissaxs ringx
|
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xxexeuntxxx
|
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|
the merry wives of windsor
|
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|
dramatis personae
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|
|
|
sir john falstaff
|
|
fentonx a young gentleman
|
|
shallowx a country justice
|
|
slenderx cousin to shallow
|
|
|
|
gentlemen of windsor
|
|
ford
|
|
page
|
|
william pagex a boyx son to page
|
|
sir hugh evansx a welsh parson
|
|
doctor caiusx a french physician
|
|
host of the garter inn
|
|
|
|
followers of falstaff
|
|
bardolph
|
|
pistol
|
|
nym
|
|
robinx page to falstaff
|
|
simplex servant to slender
|
|
rugbyx servant to doctor caius
|
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|
|
mistress ford
|
|
mistress page
|
|
mistress anne pagex her daughter
|
|
mistress quicklyx servant to doctor caius
|
|
servants to pagex fordx etcx
|
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|
scenex windsorx and the neighbourhood
|
|
|
|
act ix scene xx
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|
|
windsorx before pagexs house
|
|
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|
enter justice shallowx slenderx and sir hugh evans
|
|
|
|
shallowx sir hughx persuade me notx i will make a star
|
|
chamber matter of itx if he were twenty sir john falstaffsx
|
|
he shall not abuse robert shallowx esquirex
|
|
slenderx in the county of gloucesterx justice of peacex and
|
|
coramx
|
|
shallowx ayx cousin slenderx and custalorumx
|
|
slenderx ayx and ratolorum toox and a gentleman bornx
|
|
master parsonx who writes himself xarmigerox in any billx
|
|
warrantx quittancex or obligationxxarmigeroxx
|
|
shallowx ayx that i dox and have done any time these three
|
|
hundred yearsx
|
|
slenderx all his successorsx gone before himx hath donextx
|
|
and all his ancestorsx that come after himx mayx they may
|
|
give the dozen white luces in their coatx
|
|
shallowx it is an old coatx
|
|
evansx the dozen white louses do become an old coat wellx
|
|
it agrees wellx passantx it is a familiar beast to manx and
|
|
signifies lovex
|
|
shallowx the luce is the fresh fishx the salt fish is an old
|
|
coatx
|
|
slenderx i may quarterx cozx
|
|
shallowx you mayx by marryingx
|
|
evansx it is marring indeedx if he quarter itx
|
|
shallowx not a whitx
|
|
evansx yesx pyxr ladyx if he has a quarter of your coatx there
|
|
is but three skirts for yourselfx in my simple conjecturesx
|
|
but that is all onex if sir john falstaff have committed
|
|
disparagements unto youx i am of the churchx and will be
|
|
glad to do my benevolencex to make atonements and
|
|
compremises between youx
|
|
shallowx the council shall hear itx it is a riotx
|
|
evansx it is not meet the council hear a riotx there is no
|
|
fear of got in a riotx the councilx look youx shall desire
|
|
to hear the fear of gotx and not to hear a riotx take your
|
|
vizaments in thatx
|
|
shallowx hax ox my lifex if i were young againx the sword
|
|
should end itx
|
|
evansx it is petter that friends is the sword and end itx
|
|
and there is also another device in my prainx which
|
|
peradventure prings goot discretions with itx there is anne
|
|
pagex which is daughter to master george pagex which is
|
|
pretty virginityx
|
|
slenderx mistress anne pagex she has brown hairx and
|
|
speaks small like a womanx
|
|
evansx it is that fery person for all the orldx as just as you
|
|
will desirex and seven hundred pounds of moneysx and
|
|
goldx and silverx is her grandsire upon his deathxsxbedxgot
|
|
deliver to a joyful resurrectionsxxgivex when she is able to
|
|
overtake seventeen years oldx it were a goot motion if we
|
|
leave our pribbles and prabblesx and desire a marriage
|
|
between master abraham and mistress anne pagex
|
|
shallowx did her grandsire leave her seven hundred poundx
|
|
evansx ayx and her father is make her a petter pennyx
|
|
shallowx i know the young gentlewomanx she has good
|
|
giftsx
|
|
evansx seven hundred poundsx and possibilitiesx is goot giftsx
|
|
shallowx wellx let us see honest master pagex is falstaff
|
|
therex
|
|
evansx shall i tell you a liex i do despise a liar as i do
|
|
despise one that is falsex or as i despise one that is not
|
|
truex the knight sir john is therex andx i beseech youx be
|
|
ruled by your wellxwillersx i will peat the door for master
|
|
pagex
|
|
xknocksx whatx hoax got pless your house herex
|
|
pagex xwithinx whoxs therex
|
|
|
|
enter page
|
|
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|
evansx here is gotxs plessingx and your friendx and justice
|
|
shallowx and here young master slenderx that peradventures
|
|
shall tell you another talex if matters grow to your
|
|
likingsx
|
|
pagex i am glad to see your worships wellx i thank you for
|
|
my venisonx master shallowx
|
|
shallowx master pagex i am glad to see youx much good do
|
|
it your good heartx i wishxd your venison betterx it was ill
|
|
killxdx how doth good mistress pagexxand i thank you
|
|
always with my heartx lax with my heartx
|
|
pagex sirx i thank youx
|
|
shallowx sirx i thank youx by yea and nox i dox
|
|
pagex i am glad to see youx good master slenderx
|
|
slenderx how does your fallow greyhoundx sirx i heard say
|
|
he was outrun on cotsallx
|
|
pagex it could not be judgxdx sirx
|
|
slenderx youxll not confessx youxll not confessx
|
|
shallowx that he will notx xtis your faultx xtis your faultx
|
|
xtis a good dogx
|
|
pagex a curx sirx
|
|
shallowx sirx hexs a good dogx and a fair dogx can there be
|
|
more saidx he is goodx and fairx is sir john falstaff herex
|
|
pagex sirx he is withinx and i would i could do a good office
|
|
between youx
|
|
evansx it is spoke as a christians ought to speakx
|
|
shallowx he hath wrongxd mex master pagex
|
|
pagex sirx he doth in some sort confess itx
|
|
shallowx if it be confessedx it is not redressedx is not that
|
|
sox master pagex he hath wrongxd mex indeed he hathx at a
|
|
wordx he hathx believe mex robert shallowx esquirex saith
|
|
he is wrongedx
|
|
pagex here comes sir johnx
|
|
|
|
enter sir john falstaffx bardolphx nymx and pistol
|
|
|
|
falstaffx nowx master shallowx youxll complain of me to
|
|
the kingx
|
|
shallowx knightx you have beaten my menx killxd my deerx
|
|
and broke open my lodgex
|
|
falstaffx but not kissxd your keeperxs daughterx
|
|
shallowx tutx a pinx this shall be answerxdx
|
|
falstaffx i will answer it straightx i have done all thisx
|
|
that is now answerxdx
|
|
shallowx the council shall know thisx
|
|
falstaffx xtwere better for you if it were known in counselx
|
|
youxll be laughxd atx
|
|
evansx pauca verbax sir johnx goot wortsx
|
|
falstaffx good wortsx good cabbagex slenderx i broke your
|
|
headx what matter have you against mex
|
|
slenderx marryx sirx i have matter in my head against youx
|
|
and against your conyxcatching rascalsx bardolphx nymx
|
|
and pistolx they carried me to the tavernx and made me
|
|
drunkx and afterwards pickxd my pocketx
|
|
bardolphx you banbury cheesex
|
|
slenderx ayx it is no matterx
|
|
pistolx how nowx mephostophilusx
|
|
slenderx ayx it is no matterx
|
|
nymx slicex i sayx paucax paucax slicex thatxs my humourx
|
|
slenderx wherexs simplex my manx can you tellx cousinx
|
|
evansx peacex i pray youx now let us understandx there is
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three umpires in this matterx as i understandx that isx
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master pagex fidelicet master pagex and there is myselfx
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fidelicet myselfx and the three party isx lastly and
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finallyx mine host of the garterx
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pagex we three to hear it and end it between themx
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evansx fery gootx i will make a prief of it in my notexbookx
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and we will afterwards ork upon the cause with as great
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discreetly as we canx
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falstaffx pistolx
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pistolx he hears with earsx
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evansx the tevil and his tamx what phrase is thisx xhe hears
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with earxx whyx it is affectationsx
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falstaffx pistolx did you pick master slenderxs pursex
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slenderx ayx by these glovesx did hexor i would i might
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never come in mine own great chamber again elsexxof
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seven groats in millxsixpencesx and two edward
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shovelxboards that cost me two shilling and two pence apiece
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of yead millerx by these glovesx
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falstaffx is this truex pistolx
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evansx nox it is falsex if it is a pickxpursex
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pistolx hax thou mountainxforeignerx sir john and master
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minex
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i combat challenge of this latten bilbox
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word of denial in thy labras herex
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word of denialx froth and scumx thou liestx
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slenderx by these glovesx thenx xtwas hex
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nymx be avisxdx sirx and pass good humoursx i will say
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xmarry trapx with youx if you run the nuthookxs humour on
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mex that is the very note of itx
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slenderx by this hatx thenx he in the red face had itx for
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though i cannot remember what i did when you made me
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drunkx yet i am not altogether an assx
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falstaffx what say youx scarlet and johnx
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bardolphx whyx sirx for my partx i say the gentleman had
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drunk himself out of his five sentencesx
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evansx it is his five sensesx fiex what the ignorance isx
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bardolphx and being fapx sirx wasx as they sayx cashierxdx
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and so conclusions passxd the careersx
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slenderx ayx you spake in latin then toox but xtis no matterx
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ixll nexer be drunk whilst i live againx but in honestx
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civilx godly companyx for this trickx if i be drunkx ixll be
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drunk with those that have the fear of godx and not with
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drunken knavesx
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evansx so got udge mex that is a virtuous mindx
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falstaffx you hear all these matters denixdx gentlemenx you
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hear itx
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enter mistress anne page with winex mistress
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ford and mistress pagex following
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pagex nayx daughterx carry the wine inx wexll drink withinx
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exit anne page
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slenderx o heavenx this is mistress anne pagex
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pagex how nowx mistress fordx
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falstaffx mistress fordx by my trothx you are very well
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metx by your leavex good mistressx xkisses herx
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pagex wifex bid these gentlemen welcomex comex we have a
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hot venison pasty to dinnerx comex gentlemenx i hope we
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shall drink down all unkindnessx
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exeunt all but shallowx slenderx and evans
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slenderx i had rather than forty shillings i had my book of
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songs and sonnets herex
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enter simple
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howx simplex where have you beenx i must wait on
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myselfx must ix you have not the book of riddles about youx
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have youx
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simplex book of riddlesx whyx did you not lend it to alice
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shortcake upon allhallowmas lastx a fortnight afore
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michaelmasx
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shallowx comex cozx comex cozx we stay for youx a word
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with youx cozx marryx thisx cozx there isx as xtwerex a
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tenderx a kind of tenderx made afar off by sir hugh herex do
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you understand mex
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slenderx ayx sirx you shall find me reasonablex if it be sox i
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shall do that that is reasonx
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shallowx nayx but understand mex
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slenderx so i dox sirx
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evansx give ear to his motionsx master slenderx i will
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description the matter to youx if you be capacity of itx
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slenderx nayx i will do as my cousin shallow saysx i pray
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you pardon mex hexs a justice of peace in his countryx
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simple though i stand herex
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evansx but that is not the questionx the question is
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concerning your marriagex
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shallowx ayx therexs the pointx sirx
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evansx marry is itx the very point of itx to mistress anne
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pagex
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slenderx whyx if it be sox i will marry her upon any
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reasonable demandsx
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evansx but can you affection the omanx let us command to
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know that of your mouth or of your lipsx for divers philosophers
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hold that the lips is parcel of the mouthx thereforex
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preciselyx can you carry your good will to the maidx
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shallowx cousin abraham slenderx can you love herx
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slenderx i hopex sirx i will do as it shall become one that
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would do reasonx
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evansx nayx gotxs lords and his ladiesx you must speak possitablex
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if you can carry her your desires towards herx
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shallowx that you mustx will youx upon good dowryx
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marry herx
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slenderx i will do a greater thing than that upon your requestx
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cousinx in any reasonx
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shallowx nayx conceive mex conceive mex sweet cozx what
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i do is to pleasure youx cozx can you love the maidx
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slenderx i will marry herx sirx at your requestx but if there
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be no great love in the beginningx yet heaven may decrease
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it upon better acquaintancex when we are married and
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have more occasion to know one anotherx i hope upon
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familiarity will grow more contemptx but if you say
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xmarry herxx i will marry herx that i am freely dissolvedx
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and dissolutelyx
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evansx it is a fery discretion answerx save the fall is in the
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ord xdissolutelyxx the ort isx according to our meaningx
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xresolutelyxx his meaning is goodx
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shallowx ayx i think my cousin meant wellx
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slenderx ayx or else i would i might be hangxdx lax
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rexenter anne page
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shallowx here comes fair mistress annex would i were
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young for your sakex mistress annex
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annex the dinner is on the tablex my father desires your
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worshipsx companyx
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shallowx i will wait on himx fair mistress annex
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evansx odxs plessed willx i will not be absence at the gracex
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exeunt shallow and evans
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annex willxt please your worship to come inx sirx
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slenderx nox i thank youx forsoothx heartilyx i am very
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wellx
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annex the dinner attends youx sirx
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slenderx i am not axhungryx i thank youx forsoothx gox
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sirrahx for all you are my manx go wait upon my cousin
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shallowx xexit simplex a justice of peace sometime may
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be beholding to his friend for a manx i keep but three men
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and a boy yetx till my mother be deadx but what thoughx
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yet i live like a poor gentleman bornx
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annex i may not go in without your worshipx they will not
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sit till you comex
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slenderx ix faithx ixll eat nothingx i thank you as much as
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though i didx
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annex i pray youx sirx walk inx
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slenderx i had rather walk herex i thank youx i bruisxd my
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shin thx other day with playing at sword and dagger with
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a master of fencexthree veneys for a dish of stewxd prunes
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xandx i with my ward defending my headx he hot my shinx
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andx by my trothx i cannot abide the smell of hot meat
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sincex why do your dogs bark sox be there bears ix thx
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townx
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annex i think there arex sirx i heard them talkxd ofx
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slenderx i love the sport wellx but i shall as soon quarrel at
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it as any man in englandx you are afraidx if you see the
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bear loosex are you notx
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annex ayx indeedx sirx
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slenderx thatxs meat and drink to me nowx i have seen
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sackerson loose twenty timesx and have taken him by the
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chainx but i warrant youx the women have so cried and
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shriekxd at it that it passxdx but womenx indeedx cannot
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abide xemx they are very illxfavourxd rough thingsx
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rexenter page
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pagex comex gentle master slenderx comex we stay for youx
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slenderx ixll eat nothingx i thank youx sirx
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pagex by cock and piex you shall not choosex sirx comex
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comex
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slenderx nayx pray you lead the wayx
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pagex come onx sirx
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slenderx mistress annex yourself shall go firstx
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annex not ix sirx pray you keep onx
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slenderx trulyx i will not go firstx trulyx lax i will not do
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you that wrongx
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annex i pray youx sirx
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slenderx ixll rather be unmannerly than troublesomex you
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do yourself wrong indeedx lax exeunt
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scene xx
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before pagexs house
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enter sir hugh evans and simple
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evansx go your waysx and ask of doctor caiusx house which
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is the wayx and there dwells one mistress quicklyx which
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is in the manner of his nursex or his dry nursex or his cookx
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|
or his laundryx his washerx and his wringerx
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simplex wellx sirx
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evansx nayx it is petter yetx give her this letterx for it is a
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oman that altogetherxs acquaintance with mistress anne
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|
pagex and the letter is to desire and require her to solicit
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your masterxs desires to mistress anne pagex i pray you
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|
be gonex i will make an end of my dinnerx therexs pippins
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|
and cheese to comex exeunt
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scene xx
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the garter inn
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enter falstaffx hostx bardolphx nymx pistolx and robin
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falstaffx mine host of the garterx
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hostx what says my bully rookx speak scholarly and
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wiselyx
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falstaffx trulyx mine hostx i must turn away some of my
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followersx
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hostx discardx bully herculesx cashierx let them wagx trotx
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trotx
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falstaffx i sit at ten pounds a weekx
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hostx thouxrt an emperorxcaesarx keiserx and pheazarx i
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will entertain bardolphx he shall drawx he shall tapx said i
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wellx bully hectorx
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falstaffx do sox good mine hostx
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hostx i have spokex let him followx xto bardolphx let me
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see thee froth and limex i am at a wordx followx exit host
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|
falstaffx bardolphx follow himx a tapster is a good tradex
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|
an old cloak makes a new jerkinx a witherxd servingxman a
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fresh tapsterx gox adieux
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bardolphx it is a life that i have desirxdx i will thrivex
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pistolx o base hungarian wightx wilt thou the spigot
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|
wieldx exit bardolph
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nymx he was gotten in drinkx is not the humour conceitedx
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falstaffx i am glad i am so acquit of this tinderxboxx his
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thefts were too openx his filching was like an unskilful
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singerxhe kept not timex
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nymx the good humour is to steal at a minutexs restx
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pistolx xconveyx the wise it callx xstealx fohx a fico for the
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phrasex
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falstaffx wellx sirsx i am almost out at heelsx
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pistolx whyx thenx let kibes ensuex
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falstaffx there is no remedyx i must conyxcatchx i must
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shiftx
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pistolx young ravens must have foodx
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falstaffx which of you know ford of this townx
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pistolx i ken the wightx he is of substance goodx
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falstaffx my honest ladsx i will tell you what i am aboutx
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pistolx two yardsx and morex
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falstaffx no quips nowx pistolx indeedx i am in the waist
|
|
two yards aboutx but i am now about no wastex i am about
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|
thriftx brieflyx i do mean to make love to fordxs wifex i
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|
spy entertainment in herx she discoursesx she carvesx she
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gives the leer of invitationx i can construe the action of her
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|
familiar stylex and the hardest voice of her behaviourx to be
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englishxd rightlyx is xi am sir john falstaffxsxx
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pistolx he hath studied her wellx and translated her will out
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of honesty into englishx
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nymx the anchor is deepx will that humour passx
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falstaffx nowx the report goes she has all the rule of her
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|
husbandxs pursex he hath a legion of angelsx
|
|
pistolx as many devils entertainx and xto herx boyxx say ix
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|
nymx the humour risesx it is goodx humour me the angelsx
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falstaffx i have writ me here a letter to herx and here
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|
another to pagexs wifex who even now gave me good eyes
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|
toox examinxd my parts with most judicious oeilladesx
|
|
sometimes the beam of her view gilded my footx sometimes my
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|
portly bellyx
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|
pistolx then did the sun on dunghill shinex
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|
nymx i thank thee for that humourx
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|
falstaffx ox she did so course oxer my exteriors with such
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|
a greedy intention that the appetite of her eye did seem to
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|
scorch me up like a burningxglassx herexs another letter to
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|
herx she bears the purse toox she is a region in guianax all
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|
gold and bountyx i will be cheaters to them bothx and they
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|
shall be exchequers to mex they shall be my east and west
|
|
indiesx and i will trade to them bothx gox bear thou this
|
|
letter to mistress pagex and thou this to mistress fordx we
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|
will thrivex ladsx we will thrivex
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|
pistolx shall i sir pandarus of troy becomex
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|
and by my side wear steelx then lucifer take allx
|
|
nymx i will run no base humourx herex take the
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|
humourxletterx i will keep the haviour of reputationx
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|
falstaffx xto robinx holdx sirrahx bear you these letters
|
|
tightlyx
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|
sail like my pinnace to these golden shoresx
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|
roguesx hencex avauntx vanish like hailstonesx gox
|
|
trudgex plod away ix thx hoofx seek shelterx packx
|
|
falstaff will learn the humour of the agex
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|
french thriftx you roguesx myselfx and skirted pagex
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|
exeunt falstaff and robin
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|
pistolx let vultures gripe thy gutsx for gourd and fullam
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|
holdsx
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and high and low beguiles the rich and poorx
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tester ixll have in pouch when thou shalt lackx
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|
base phrygian turkx
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nymx i have operations in my head which be humours of
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|
revengex
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pistolx wilt thou revengex
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nymx by welkin and her starx
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pistolx with wit or steelx
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|
nymx with both the humoursx ix
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i will discuss the humour of this love to pagex
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|
pistolx and i to ford shall eke unfold
|
|
how falstaffx varlet vilex
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his dove will provex his gold will holdx
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|
and his soft couch defilex
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|
nymx my humour shall not coolx i will incense page to deal
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with poisonx i will possess him with yellownessx for the
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revolt of mine is dangerousx that is my true humourx
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pistolx thou art the mars of malcontentsx i second theex
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|
troop onx exeunt
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scene xx
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doctor caiusxs house
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enter mistress quicklyx simplex and rugby
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quicklyx whatx john rugbyx i pray thee go to the casement
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|
and see if you can see my masterx master doctor
|
|
caiusx comingx if he dox ix faithx and find anybody in the
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|
housex here will be an old abusing of godxs patience and
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|
the kingxs englishx
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rugbyx ixll go watchx
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|
quicklyx gox and wexll have a posset forxt soon at nightx in
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|
faithx at the latter end of a seaxcoal firex xexit rugbyx an
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honestx willingx kind fellowx as ever servant shall come in
|
|
house withalx andx i warrant youx no tellxtale nor no
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|
breedxbatex his worst fault is that he is given to prayerx he is
|
|
something peevish that wayx but nobody but has his faultx
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|
but let that passx peter simple you say your name isx
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|
simplex ayx for fault of a betterx
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quicklyx and master slenderxs your masterx
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simplex ayx forsoothx
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quicklyx does he not wear a great round beardx like a
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gloverxs paringxknifex
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simplex nox forsoothx he hath but a little whey facex with a
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little yellow beardx a cainxcolourxd beardx
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quicklyx a softlyxsprighted manx is he notx
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simplex ayx forsoothx but he is as tall a man of his hands as
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any is between this and his headx he hath fought with a
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|
warrenerx
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quicklyx how say youx ox i should remember himx does
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he not hold up his headx as it werex and strut in his gaitx
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simplex yesx indeedx does hex
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quicklyx wellx heaven send anne page no worse fortunex
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tell master parson evans i will do what i can for your
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|
masterx anne is a good girlx and i wishx
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|
rexenter rugby
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rugbyx outx alasx here comes my masterx
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quicklyx we shall all be shentx run in herex good young
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|
manx go into this closetx xshuts simple in the closetx he
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|
will not stay longx whatx john rugbyx johnx whatx johnx
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|
i sayx gox johnx go inquire for my masterx i doubt he be
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|
not well that he comes not homex xsingingx
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|
and downx downx adownxax etcx
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enter doctor caius
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caiusx vat is you singx i do not like des toysx pray youx go
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and vetch me in my closet un boitier vertxa boxx a greenxa
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|
boxx do intend vat i speakx a greenxa boxx
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|
quicklyx ayx forsoothx ixll fetch it youx xasidex i am glad
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|
he went not in himselfx if he had found the young manx
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|
he would have been hornxmadx
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caiusx fex fex fe fex ma foix il fait fort chaudx je mxen vais a
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la courxla grande affairex
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quicklyx is it thisx sirx
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caiusx ouix mette le au mon pocketx depechex quicklyx vere
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|
is dat knavex rugbyx
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quicklyx whatx john rugbyx johnx
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rugbyx herex sirx
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caiusx you are john rugbyx and you are jack rugbyx
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comex takexa your rapierx and come after my heel to the
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|
courtx
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rugbyx xtis readyx sirx here in the porchx
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|
caiusx by my trotx i tarry too longx odxs mex quxai jxoubliex
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dere is some simples in my closet dat i vill not for the
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varld i shall leave behindx
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quicklyx ay mex hexll find the young man therex and be
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|
madx
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caiusx o diablex diablex vat is in my closetx villainyx larronx
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xpulling simple outx rugbyx my rapierx
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quicklyx good masterx be contentx
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caiusx wherefore shall i be contentxax
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quicklyx the young man is an honest manx
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caiusx what shall de honest man do in my closetx dere is
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no honest man dat shall come in my closetx
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quicklyx i beseech youx be not so phlegmaticx hear the
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truth of itx he came of an errand to me from parson hughx
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|
caiusx vellx
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simplex ayx forsoothx to desire her tox
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quicklyx peacex i pray youx
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caiusx peacexa your tonguex speakxa your talex
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simplex to desire this honest gentlewomanx your maidx to
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speak a good word to mistress anne page for my masterx
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|
in the way of marriagex
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|
quicklyx this is allx indeedx lax but ixll nexer put my finger
|
|
in the firex and need notx
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|
caiusx sir hugh sendxa youx rugbyx baillez me some paperx
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|
tarry you a littlexaxwhilex xwritesx
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|
quicklyx xaside to simplex i am glad he is so quietx if he
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|
had been throughly movedx you should have heard him
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|
so loud and so melancholyx but notwithstandingx manx ixll
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|
do you your master what good i canx and the very yea and
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|
the no isx the french doctorx my masterxi may call him
|
|
my masterx look youx for i keep his housex and i washx
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|
wringx brewx bakex scourx dress meat and drinkx make the
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|
bedsx and do all myselfx
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|
simplex xaside to quicklyx xtis a great charge to come
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|
under one bodyxs handx
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quicklyx xaside to simplex are you avisxd ox thatx you
|
|
shall find it a great chargex and to be up early and down
|
|
latex but notwithstandingxto tell you in your earx i would
|
|
have no words of itxmy master himself is in love with
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|
mistress anne pagex but notwithstanding thatx i know
|
|
annexs mindxthatxs neither here nor therex
|
|
caiusx you jackxnapex givexa this letter to sir hughx by garx
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it is a shallengex i will cut his troat in de parkx and i will
|
|
teach a scurvy jackxaxnape priest to meddle or makex you
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|
may be gonex it is not good you tarry herex by garx i will
|
|
cut all his two stonesx by garx he shall not have a stone
|
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to throw at his dogx exit simple
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|
quicklyx alasx he speaks but for his friendx
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caiusx it is no matterxa ver datx do not you tellxa me dat i
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shall have anne page for myselfx by garx i vill kill de jack
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priestx and i have appointed mine host of de jarteer to
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measure our weaponx by garx i will myself have anne
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pagex
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quicklyx sirx the maid loves youx and all shall be wellx we
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must give folks leave to pratex what the goodxyearx
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caiusx rugbyx come to the court with mex by garx if i have
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not anne pagex i shall turn your head out of my doorx
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follow my heelsx rugbyx exeunt caius and rugby
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quicklyx you shall havexan foolxsxhead of your ownx nox
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i know annexs mind for thatx never a woman in windsor
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knows more of annexs mind than i dox nor can do more
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than i do with herx i thank heavenx
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fentonx xwithinx whoxs within therex hox
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quicklyx whoxs therex i trowx come near the housex i pray
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youx
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enter fenton
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fentonx how nowx good womanx how dost thoux
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quicklyx the better that it pleases your good worship to
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askx
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fentonx what newsx how does pretty mistress annex
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quicklyx in truthx sirx and she is prettyx and honestx and
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gentlex and one that is your friendx i can tell you that by
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the wayx i praise heaven for itx
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fentonx shall i do any goodx thinkxst thoux shall i not lose
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my suitx
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quicklyx trothx sirx all is in his hands abovex but
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notwithstandingx master fentonx ixll be sworn on a book
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she loves youx have not your worship a wart above your eyex
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fentonx yesx marryx have ix what of thatx
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quicklyx wellx thereby hangs a talex good faithx it is such
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another nanx butx i detestx an honest maid as ever broke
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breadx we had an hourxs talk of that wartx i shall never
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laugh but in that maidxs companyx butx indeedx she is
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given too much to allicholy and musingx but for youxwellx
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go tox
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fentonx wellx i shall see her toxdayx holdx therexs money
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for theex let me have thy voice in my behalfx if thou seest
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her before mex commend mex
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quicklyx will ix ix faithx that we willx and i will tell your
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worship more of the wart the next time we have confidencex
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and of other wooersx
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fentonx wellx farewellx i am in great haste nowx
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quicklyx farewell to your worshipx xexit fentonx trulyx
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an honest gentlemanx but anne loves him notx for i know
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annexs mind as well as another doesx out upon xtx what
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have i forgotx exit
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act iix scene xx
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before pagexs house
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enter mistress pagex with a letter
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mrsx pagex whatx have i scapxd lovexletters in the holidayxtime
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of my beautyx and am i now a subject for themx let
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me seex xreadsx
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xask me no reason why i love youx for though love use
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reason for his precisianx he admits him not for his counsellorx
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you are not youngx no more am ix go tox thenx therexs
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sympathyx you are merryx so am ix hax hax then therexs
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more sympathyx you love sackx and so do ix would you
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desire better sympathyx let it suffice theex mistress page
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at the leastx if the love of soldier can sufficexthat i love
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theex i will not sayx pity mex xtis not a soldierxlike phrasex
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but i sayx love mex by mex
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thine own true knightx
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by day or nightx
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or any kind of lightx
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with all his mightx
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for thee to fightx
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john falstaffxx
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what a herod of jewry is thisx o wickedx wicked worldx
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one that is wellxnigh worn to pieces with age to show
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himself a young gallantx what an unweighed behaviour
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hath this flemish drunkard pickxdxwith the devilxs namex
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xout of my conversationx that he dares in this manner
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assay mex whyx he hath not been thrice in my companyx
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what should i say to himx i was then frugal of my mirthx
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heaven forgive mex whyx ixll exhibit a bill in the parliament
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for the putting down of menx how shall i be
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revengxd on himx for revengxd i will bex as sure as his guts
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are made of puddingsx
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enter mistress ford
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mrsx fordx mistress pagex trust mex i was going to your
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housex
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mrsx pagex andx trust mex i was coming to youx you look
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very illx
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mrsx fordx nayx ixll nexer believe thatx i have to show to
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the contraryx
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mrsx pagex faithx but you dox in my mindx
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mrsx fordx wellx i dox thenx yetx i sayx i could show you to
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the contraryx o mistress pagex give me some counselx
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mrsx pagex whatxs the matterx womanx
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mrsx fordx o womanx if it were not for one trifling respectx
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i could come to such honourx
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mrsx pagex hang the triflex womanx take the honourx what
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is itx dispense with triflesx what is itx
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mrsx fordx if i would but go to hell for an eternal moment
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or sox i could be knightedx
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mrsx pagex whatx thou liestx sir alice fordx these knights
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will hackx and so thou shouldst not alter the article of thy
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gentryx
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mrsx fordx we burn daylightx herex readx readx perceive
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how i might be knightedx i shall think the worse of fat
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men as long as i have an eye to make difference of menxs
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likingx and yet he would not swearx praisxd womenxs
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modestyx and gave such orderly and wellxbehaved reproof
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to all uncomeliness that i would have sworn his disposition
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would have gone to the truth of his wordsx but they do no
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more adhere and keep place together than the hundredth
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psalm to the tune of xgreensleevesxx what tempestx i trowx
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threw this whalex with so many tuns of oil in his bellyx
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ashore at windsorx how shall i be revenged on himx i
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think the best way were to entertain him with hopex till
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the wicked fire of lust have melted him in his own greasex
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did you ever hear the likex
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mrsx pagex letter for letterx but that the name of page and
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ford differsx to thy great comfort in this mystery of ill
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opinionsx herexs the twinxbrother of thy letterx but let thine
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inherit firstx forx i protestx mine never shallx i warrant he
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hath a thousand of these lettersx writ with blank space for
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different namesxsurex morexxand these are of the second
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editionx he will print themx out of doubtx for he cares not
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what he puts into the press when he would put us twox i
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had rather be a giantess and lie under mount pelionx wellx
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i will find you twenty lascivious turtles ere one chaste
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manx
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mrsx fordx whyx this is the very samex the very handx the
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very wordsx what doth he think of usx
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mrsx pagex nayx i know notx it makes me almost ready to
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wrangle with mine own honestyx ixll entertain myself like
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one that i am not acquainted withalx forx surex unless he
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know some strain in me that i know not myselfx he would
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never have boarded me in this furyx
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mrsx fordx xboardingx call you itx ixll be sure to keep him
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above deckx
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mrsx pagex so will ix if he come under my hatchesx ixll never
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to sea againx letxs be revengxd on himx letxs appoint him a
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meetingx give him a show of comfort in his suitx and lead
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him on with a finexbaited delayx till he hath pawnxd his
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horses to mine host of the garterx
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mrsx fordx nayx i will consent to act any villainy against
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him that may not sully the chariness of our honestyx o
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that my husband saw this letterx it would give eternal food
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to his jealousyx
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mrsx pagex whyx look where he comesx and my good man
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toox hexs as far from jealousy as i am from giving him
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causex and thatx i hopex is an unmeasurable distancex
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mrsx fordx you are the happier womanx
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mrsx pagex letxs consult together against this greasy knightx
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come hitherx xthey retirex
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enter ford with pistolx and page with nym
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fordx wellx i hope it be not sox
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pistolx hope is a curtal dog in some affairsx
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sir john affects thy wifex
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fordx whyx sirx my wife is not youngx
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pistolx he woos both high and lowx both rich and poorx
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both young and oldx one with anotherx fordx
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he loves the gallimaufryx fordx perpendx
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fordx love my wifex
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pistolx with liver burning hotx preventx or go thoux
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like sir actaeon hex with ringwood at thy heelsx
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ox odious is the namex
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fordx what namex sirx
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pistolx the hornx i sayx farewellx
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take heedx have open eyex for thieves do foot by nightx
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take heedx ere summer comesx or cuckoo birds do singx
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awayx sir corporal nymx
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believe itx pagex he speaks sensex exit pistol
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fordx xasidex i will be patientx i will find out thisx
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nymx xto pagex and this is truex i like not the humour of
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lyingx he hath wronged me in some humoursx i should
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have borne the humourxd letter to herx but i have a swordx
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and it shall bite upon my necessityx he loves your wifex
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therexs the short and the longx
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my name is corporal nymx i speakx and i avouchx
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xtis truex my name is nymx and falstaff loves your wifex
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adieux i love not the humour of bread and cheesex and
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therexs the humour of itx adieux exit nym
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pagex xthe humour of itxx quoth xax herexs a fellow frights
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english out of his witsx
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fordx i will seek out falstaffx
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pagex i never heard such a drawlingx affecting roguex
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fordx if i do find itxwellx
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pagex i will not believe such a cataian though the priest ox
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thx town commended him for a true manx
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fordx xtwas a good sensible fellowx wellx
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mistress page and mistress ford come forward
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pagex how nowx megx
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mrsx pagex whither go youx georgex hark youx
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mrsx fordx how nowx sweet frankx why art thou melancholyx
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fordx i melancholyx i am not melancholyx get you homex
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gox
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mrsx fordx faithx thou hast some crotchets in thy head nowx
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will you gox mistress pagex
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enter mistress quickly
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mrsx pagex have with youx youxll come to dinnerx georgex
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xaside to mrsx fordx look who comes yonderx she shall
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be our messenger to this paltry knightx
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mrsx fordx xaside to mrsx pagex trust mex i thought on
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herx shexll fit itx
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mrsx pagex you are come to see my daughter annex
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quicklyx ayx forsoothx andx i prayx how does good mistress annex
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mrsx pagex go in with us and seex we have an hourxs talk
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with youx exeunt mistress pagex mistress fordx and
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mistress quickly
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pagex how nowx master fordx
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fordx you heard what this knave told mex did you notx
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pagex yesx and you heard what the other told mex
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fordx do you think there is truth in themx
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pagex hang xemx slavesx i do not think the knight would offer itx
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but these that accuse him in his intent towards our
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wives are a yoke of his discarded menx very roguesx now
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they be out of servicex
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fordx were they his menx
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pagex marryx were theyx
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fordx i like it never the better for thatx does he lie at the
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garterx
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pagex ayx marryx does hex if he should intend this voyage
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toward my wifex i would turn her loose to himx and what
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he gets more of her than sharp wordsx let it lie on my headx
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fordx i do not misdoubt my wifex but i would be loath to
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turn them togetherx a man may be too confidentx i would
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have nothing lie on my headx i cannot be thus satisfiedx
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enter host
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pagex look where my ranting host of the garter comesx
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there is either liquor in his pate or money in his purse
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when he looks so merrilyx how nowx mine hostx
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hostx how nowx bully rookx thouxrt a gentlemanx xto
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shallow followingx cavaleiro justicex i sayx
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enter shallow
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shallowx i followx mine hostx i followx good even and
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twentyx good master pagex master pagex will you go with
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usx we have sport in handx
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hostx tell himx cavaleiro justicex tell himx bully rookx
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shallowx sirx there is a fray to be fought between sir hugh
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the welsh priest and caius the french doctorx
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fordx good mine host ox thx garterx a word with youx
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hostx what sayxst thoux my bully rookx xthey go asidex
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shallowx xto pagex will you go with us to behold itx my
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merry host hath had the measuring of their weaponsx andx
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i thinkx hath appointed them contrary placesx forx believe
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mex i hear the parson is no jesterx harkx i will tell you
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what our sport shall bex xthey converse apartx
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hostx hast thou no suit against my knightx my guestxcavaleirox
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fordx nonex i protestx but ixll give you a pottle of burnt
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sack to give me recourse to himx and tell him my name is
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brookxonly for a jestx
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hostx my handx bullyx thou shalt have egress and regressx
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said i wellxxand thy name shall be brookx it is a merry
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knightx will you gox mynheersx
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shallowx have with youx mine hostx
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pagex i have heard the frenchman hath good skill in his
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rapierx
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shallowx tutx sirx i could have told you morex in these
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|
times you stand on distancex your passesx stoccadoesx and
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i know not whatx xtis the heartx master pagex xtis herex
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xtis herex i have seen the time with my long sword i would
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have made you four tall fellows skip like ratsx
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hostx herex boysx herex herex shall we wagx
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pagex have with youx i had rather hear them scold than
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fightx exeunt all but ford
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fordx though page be a secure foolx and stands so firmly on
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his wifexs frailtyx yet i cannot put off my opinion so
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easilyx she was in his company at pagexs housex and what
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they made there i know notx wellx i will look further into
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xtx and i have a disguise to sound falstaffx if i find her
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honestx i lose not my labourx if she be otherwisex xtis labour
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well bestowedx exit
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scene xx
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a room in the garter inn
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enter falstaff and pistol
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falstaffx i will not lend thee a pennyx
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pistolx i will retort the sum in equipagex
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falstaffx not a pennyx
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pistolx whyx then the worldxs mine oysterx which i with
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sword will openx
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falstaffx not a pennyx i have been contentx sirx you should
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lay my countenance to pawnx i have grated upon my good
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friends for three reprieves for you and your coachxfellowx
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|
nymx or else you had lookxd through the gratex like a
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geminy of baboonsx i am damnxd in hell for swearing to
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gentlemen my friends you were good soldiers and tall fellowsx
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and when mistress bridget lost the handle of her fanx
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i took xt upon mine honour thou hadst it notx
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pistolx didst not thou sharex hadst thou not fifteen pencex
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falstaffx reasonx you roguex reasonx thinkxst thou ixll
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endanger my soul gratisx at a wordx hang no more about mex
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i am no gibbet for youx goxa short knife and a throngxx
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to your manor of picktxhatchx gox youxll not bear a letter
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|
for mex you roguex you stand upon your honourx whyx
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thou unconfinable basenessx it is as much as i can do to
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keep the terms of my honour precisex ix ix i myself
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|
sometimesx leaving the fear of god on the left handx and hiding
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|
mine honour in my necessityx am fain to shufflex to hedgex
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|
and to lurchx and yet youx roguex will ensconce your ragsx
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|
your catxaxmountain looksx your redxlattice phrasesx and
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|
your boldxbeating oathsx under the shelter of your honourx
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you will not do itx youx
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pistolx i do relentx what would thou more of manx
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enter robin
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robinx sirx herexs a woman would speak with youx
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falstaffx let her approachx
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enter mistress quickly
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quicklyx give your worship good morrowx
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falstaffx good morrowx good wifex
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quicklyx not sox anxt please your worshipx
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falstaffx good maidx thenx
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quicklyx ixll be swornx
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as my mother wasx the first hour i was bornx
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falstaffx i do believe the swearerx what with mex
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quicklyx shall i vouchsafe your worship a word or twox
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falstaffx two thousandx fair womanx and ixll vouchsafe
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thee the hearingx
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quicklyx there is one mistress fordx sirxi prayx come a little
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|
nearer this waysx i myself dwell with master doctor
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|
caiusx
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falstaffx wellx onx mistress fordx you sayx
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quicklyx your worship says very truex i pray your worship
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|
come a little nearer this waysx
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|
falstaffx i warrant thee nobody hearsxmine own peoplex
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mine own peoplex
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quicklyx are they sox god bless themx and make them his
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|
servantsx
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falstaffx wellx mistress fordx what of herx
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quicklyx whyx sirx shexs a good creaturex lordx lordx your
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|
worshipxs a wantonx wellx heaven forgive youx and all of
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|
usx i prayx
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|
falstaffx mistress fordx comex mistress fordx
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quicklyx marryx this is the short and the long of itx you
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have brought her into such a canaries as xtis wonderfulx
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|
the best courtier of them allx when the court lay at windsorx
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|
could never have brought her to such a canaryx yet
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|
there has been knightsx and lordsx and gentlemenx with
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|
their coachesx i warrant youx coach after coachx letter after
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letterx gift after giftx smelling so sweetlyx all muskx and so
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|
rushlingx i warrant youx in silk and goldx and in such alligant
|
|
termsx and in such wine and sugar of the best and the
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|
fairestx that would have won any womanxs heartx and i
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|
warrant youx they could never get an eyexwink of herx
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|
i had myself twenty angels given me this morningx but i
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|
defy all angelsx in any such sortx as they sayx but in the
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|
way of honestyx andx i warrant youx they could never get
|
|
her so much as sip on a cup with the proudest of them allx
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|
and yet there has been earlsx nayx which is morex
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|
pensionersx butx i warrant youx all is one with herx
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|
falstaffx but what says she to mex be briefx my good shex
|
|
mercuryx
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|
quicklyx marryx she hath receivxd your letterx for the
|
|
which she thanks you a thousand timesx and she gives you
|
|
to notify that her husband will be absence from his house
|
|
between ten and elevenx
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|
falstaffx ten and elevenx
|
|
quicklyx ayx forsoothx and then you may come and see
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|
the picturex she saysx that you wot ofx master fordx her
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|
husbandx will be from homex alasx the sweet woman leads
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|
an ill life with himx hexs a very jealousy manx she leads a
|
|
very frampold life with himx good heartx
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|
falstaffx ten and elevenx womanx commend me to herx i
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|
will not fail herx
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quicklyx whyx you say wellx but i have another messenger
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|
to your worshipx mistress page hath her hearty commendations
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|
to you toox and let me tell you in your earx shexs as
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|
fartuous a civil modest wifex and onex i tell youx that will
|
|
not miss you morning nor evening prayerx as any is in
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|
windsorx whoexer be the otherx and she bade me tell your
|
|
worship that her husband is seldom from homex but she
|
|
hopes there will come a timex i never knew a woman so
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|
dote upon a manx surely i think you have charmsx lax yesx
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|
in truthx
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|
falstaffx not ix i assure theex setting the attraction of my
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|
good parts asidex i have no other charmsx
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|
quicklyx blessing on your heart for xtx
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|
falstaffx butx i pray theex tell me thisx has fordxs wife and
|
|
pagexs wife acquainted each other how they love mex
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|
quicklyx that were a jest indeedx they have not so little
|
|
gracex i hopexthat were a trick indeedx but mistress page
|
|
would desire you to send her your little page of all lovesx
|
|
her husband has a marvellous infection to the little pagex
|
|
and truly master page is an honest manx never a wife in
|
|
windsor leads a better life than she doesx do what she willx
|
|
say what she willx take allx pay allx go to bed when she
|
|
listx rise when she listx all is as she willx and truly she
|
|
deserves itx for if there be a kind woman in windsorx she
|
|
is onex you must send her your pagex no remedyx
|
|
falstaffx whyx i willx
|
|
quicklyx nayx but do so thenx andx look youx he may come
|
|
and go between you bothx and in any case have a
|
|
nayxwordx that you may know one anotherxs mindx and the boy
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never need to understand any thingx for xtis not good that
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children should know any wickednessx old folksx you
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knowx have discretionx as they sayx and know the worldx
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falstaffx fare thee wellx commend me to them bothx
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therexs my pursex i am yet thy debtorx boyx go along with
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this womanx xexeunt quickly and robinx this news
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distracts mex
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pistolx xasidex this punk is one of cupidxs carriersx
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clap on more sailsx pursuex up with your fightsx
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give firex she is my prizex or ocean whelm them allx exit
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falstaffx sayxst thou sox old jackx go thy waysx ixll make
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more of thy old body than i have donex will they yet look
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after theex wilt thoux after the expense of so much moneyx
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be now a gainerx good bodyx i thank theex let them say
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xtis grossly donex so it be fairly donex no matterx
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enter bardolph
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bardolphx sir johnx therexs one master brook below would
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fain speak with youx and be acquainted with youx and hath
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sent your worship a momingxs draught of sackx
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falstaffx brook is his namex
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bardolphx ayx sirx
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falstaffx call him inx xexit bardolphx such brooks are
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welcome to mex that oxerflows such liquorx ahx hax mistress
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ford and mistress pagex have i encompassxd youx go tox
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viax
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rexenter bardolphx with ford disguised
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fordx bless youx sirx falstaffx and youx sirx would you speak with
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mex fordx i make bold to press with so little preparation upon youx
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falstaffx youxre welcomex whatxs your willx give us leavex drawerx
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exit bardolph fordx sirx i am a
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gentleman that have spent muchx my name is brookx falstaffx good
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master brookx i desire more acquaintance of youx fordx good sir johnx
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i sue for yoursxnot to charge youx for i must let you understand i
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think myself in better plight for a lender than you arex the which
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hath something emboldxned me to this unseasonxd intrusionx for they
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sayx if money go beforex all ways do lie openx falstaffx money is a
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good soldierx sirx and will onx fordx trothx and i have a bag of
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money here troubles mex if you will help to bear itx sir johnx take
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allx or halfx for easing me of the carriagex falstaffx sirx i know
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not how i may deserve to be your porterx fordx i will tell youx sirx
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if you will give me the hearingx falstaffx speakx good master brookx
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i shall be glad to be your servantx fordx sirx i hear you are a
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scholarxi will be brief with you xand you have been a man long known
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to mex though i had never so good means as desire to make myself
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acquainted with youx i shall discover a thing to youx wherein i must
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very much lay open mine own imperfectionx butx good sir johnx as you
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have one eye upon my folliesx as you hear them unfoldedx turn another
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into the register of your ownx that i may pass with a reproof the
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easierx sith you yourself know how easy is it to be such an offenderx
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falstaffx very wellx sirx proceedx fordx there is a gentlewoman in
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this townx her husbandxs name is fordx falstaffx wellx sirx fordx i
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have long lovxd herx andx i protest to youx bestowed much on herx
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followed her with a doting observancex engrossxd opportunities to
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meet herx feexd every slight occasion that could but niggardly give
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me sight of herx not only bought many presents to give herx but have
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given largely to many to know what she would have givenx brieflyx i
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have pursuxd her as love hath pursued mex which hath been on the wing
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of all occasionsx but whatsoever i have meritedx either in my mind or
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in my meansx meedx i am surex i have received nonex unless experience
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be a jewelx that i have purchased at an infinite ratex and that hath
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taught me to say thisx xlove like a shadow flies when substance love
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pursuesx pursuing that that fliesx and flying what pursuesxx
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falstaffx have you receivxd no promise of satisfaction at her handsx
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fordx neverx falstaffx have you importunxd her to such a purposex
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fordx neverx falstaffx of what quality was your lovex thenx fordx
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like a fair house built on another manxs groundx so that i have lost
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my edifice by mistaking the place where erected itx falstaffx to what
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purpose have you unfolded this to mex fordx when i have told you
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thatx i have told you allx some say that though she appear honest to
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mex yet in other places she enlargeth her mirth so far that there is
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shrewd construction made of herx nowx sir johnx here is the heart of
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my purposex you are a gentleman of excellent breedingx admirable
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discoursex of great admittancex authentic in your place and personx
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generally allowxd for your many warxlikex courtlikex and learned
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preparationsx falstaffx ox sirx fordx believe itx for you know itx
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there is moneyx spend itx spend itx spend morex spend all i havex
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only give me so much of your time in exchange of it as to lay an
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amiable siege to the honesty of this fordxs wifex use your art of
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wooingx win her to consent to youx if any man mayx you may as soon as
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anyx falstaffx would it apply well to the vehemency of your
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affectionx that i should win what you would enjoyx methinks you
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prescribe to yourself very preposterouslyx fordx ox understand my
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driftx she dwells so securely on the excellency of her honour that
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the folly of my soul dares not present itselfx she is too bright to
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be lookxd againstx nowx could i come to her with any detection in my
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handx my desires had instance and argument to commend themselvesx i
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could drive her then from the ward of her purityx her reputationx her
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marriage vowx and a thousand other her defencesx which now are too
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too strongly embattlxd against mex what say you toxtx sir johnx
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falstaffx master brookx i will first make bold with your moneyx nextx
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give me your handx and lastx as i am a gentlemanx you shallx if you
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willx enjoy fordxs wifex fordx o good sirx falstaffx i say you shallx
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fordx want no moneyx sir johnx you shall want nonex falstaffx want no
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mistress fordx master brookx you shall want nonex i shall be with
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herx i may tell youx by her own appointmentx even as you came in to
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me her assistantx or goxbetweenx parted from mex i say i shall be
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with her between ten and elevenx for at that time the jealous
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rascally knavex her husbandx will be forthx come you to me at nightx
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you shall know how i speedx fordx i am blest in your acquaintancex do
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you know fordx sirx falstaffx hang himx poor cuckoldly knavex i know
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him notx yet i wrong him to call him poorx they say the jealous
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wittolly knave hath masses of moneyx for the which his wife seems to
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me wellxfavourxdx i will use her as the key of the cuckoldly roguexs
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cofferx and therexs my harvestxhomex fordx i would you knew fordx
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sirx that you might avoid him if you saw himx falstaffx hang himx
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mechanical saltxbutter roguex i will stare him out of his witsx i
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will awe him with my cudgelx it shall hang like a meteor oxer the
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cuckoldxs hornsx master brookx thou shalt know i will predominate
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over the peasantx and thou shalt lie with his wifex come to me soon
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at nightx fordxs a knavex and i will aggravate his stylex thoux
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master brookx shalt know him for knave and cuckoldx come to me soon
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at nightx exit fordx what a damnxd
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epicurean rascal is thisx my heart is ready to crack with impatiencex
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who says this is improvident jealousyx my wife hath sent to himx the
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hour is fixxdx the match is madex would any man have thought thisx
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see the hell of having a false womanx my bed shall be abusxdx my
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coffers ransackxdx my reputation gnawn atx and i shall not only
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|
receive this villainous wrongx but stand under the adoption of
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|
abominable termsx and by him that does me this wrongx termsx namesx
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amaimon sounds wellx luciferx wellx barbasonx wellx yet they are
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devilsx additionsx the names of fiendsx but cuckoldx wittolx cuckoldx
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the devil himself hath not such a namex page is an assx a secure assx
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he will trust his wifex he will not be jealousx i will rather trust a
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fleming with my butterx parson hugh the welshman with my cheesex an
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irishman with my aquaxvitae bottlex or a thief to walk my ambling
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|
geldingx than my wife with herselfx then she plotsx then she
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ruminatesx then she devisesx and what they think in their hearts they
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may effectx they will break their hearts but they will effectx god be
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praisxd for my jealousyx eleven oxclock the hourx i will prevent
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|
thisx detect my wifex be revengxd on falstaffx and laugh at pagex i
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will about itx better three hours too soon than a minute too latex
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|
fiex fiex fiex cuckoldx cuckoldx cuckoldx exit
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scene xx
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a field near windsor
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enter caius and rugby
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caiusx jack rugbyx
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rugbyx sirx
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caiusx vat is de clockx jackx
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rugbyx xtis past the hourx sirx that sir hugh promisxd to
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meetx
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caiusx by garx he has save his soul dat he is no comex he has
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pray his pible well dat he is no comex by garx jack rugbyx
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he is dead alreadyx if he be comex
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rugbyx he is wisex sirx he knew your worship would kill
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him if he camex
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caiusx by garx de herring is no dead so as i vill kill himx take
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your rapierx jackx i vill tell you how i vill kill himx
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rugbyx alasx sirx i cannot fencex
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caiusx villainyx take your rapierx
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rugbyx forbearx herexs companyx
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enter hostx shallowx slenderx and page
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hostx bless theex bully doctorx
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shallowx save youx master doctor caiusx
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pagex nowx good master doctorx
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slenderx give you good morrowx sirx
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caiusx vat be all youx onex twox treex fourx come forx
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hostx to see thee fightx to see thee foinx to see thee traversex
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to see thee herex to see thee therex to see thee pass thy
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|
puntox thy stockx thy reversex thy distancex thy montantx
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|
is he deadx my ethiopianx is he deadx my franciscox hax
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|
bullyx what says my aesculapiusx my galenx my heart
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|
of elderx hax is he deadx bully stalex is he deadx
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caiusx by garx he is de coward jack priest of de worldx he is
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|
not show his facex
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hostx thou art a castalionxkingxurinalx hector of greecex
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|
my boyx
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caiusx i pray youx bear witness that me have stay six or
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|
sevenx two tree hours for himx and he is no comex
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|
shallowx he is the wiser manx master doctorx he is a curer
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|
of soulsx and you a curer of bodiesx if you should fightx
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|
you go against the hair of your professionsx is it not truex
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|
master pagex
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pagex master shallowx you have yourself been a great fighterx
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though now a man of peacex
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|
shallowx bodykinsx master pagex though i now be oldx and
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|
of the peacex if i see a sword outx my finger itches to make
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|
onex though we are justicesx and doctorsx and churchmenx
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|
master pagex we have some salt of our youth in usx we are
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|
the sons of womenx master pagex
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pagex xtis truex master shallowx
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shallowx it will be found sox master pagex master doctor
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|
caiusx i come to fetch you homex i am sworn of the peacex
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|
you have showxd yourself a wise physicianx and sir hugh
|
|
hath shown himself a wise and patient churchmanx you
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|
must go with mex master doctorx
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|
hostx pardonx guest justicex a wordx mounseur mockwaterx
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|
caiusx mockxvaterx vat is datx
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|
hostx mockwaterx in our english tonguex is valourx bullyx
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|
caiusx by garx then i have as much mockvater as de englishmanx
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scurvy jackxdog priestx by garx me vill cut his earsx
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|
hostx he will clapperxclaw thee tightlyx bullyx
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|
caiusx clapperxdexclawx vat is datx
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hostx that isx he will make thee amendsx
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|
caiusx by garx me do look he shall clapperxdexclaw mex forx
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by garx me vill have itx
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|
hostx and i will provoke him toxtx or let him wagx
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|
caiusx me tank you for datx
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|
hostx andx moreoverx bullyxbut firstx xaside to the othersx
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|
master guestx and master pagex and eke cavaleiro slenderx
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|
go you through the town to frogmorex
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|
pagex xasidex sir hugh is therex is hex
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|
hostx xasidex he is therex see what humour he is inx and
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|
i will bring the doctor about by the fieldsx will it do wellx
|
|
shallowx xasidex we will do itx
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|
pagex shallowx and slenderx adieux good master doctorx
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|
exeunt pagex shallowx and slender
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|
caiusx by garx me vill kill de priestx for he speak for a jackx
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|
anxape to anne pagex
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hostx let him diex sheathe thy impatiencex throw cold water
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|
on thy cholerx go about the fields with me through frogmorex
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|
i will bring thee where mistress anne page isx at a a
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farmxhousex axfeastingx and thou shalt woo herx cried
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|
gamex said i wellx
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|
caiusx by garx me dank you vor datx by garx i love youx and
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|
i shall procurexa you de good guestx de earlx de knightx de
|
|
lordsx de gentlemenx my patientsx
|
|
hostx for the which i will be thy adversary toward anne
|
|
pagex said i wellx
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|
caiusx by garx xtis goodx vell saidx
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|
hostx let us wagx thenx
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|
caiusx come at my heelsx jack rugbyx exeunt
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|
|
act iii scene xx
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|
a field near frogmore
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|
enter sir hugh evans and simple
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|
|
evansx i pray you nowx good master slenderxs servingxmanx
|
|
and friend simple by your namex which way have you
|
|
lookxd for master caiusx that calls himself doctor of
|
|
physicx
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|
simplex marryx sirx the pittiexwardx the parkxwardx every
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|
wayx old windsor wayx and every way but the town wayx
|
|
evansx i most fehemently desire you you will also look that
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|
wayx
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|
simplex i willx sirx exit
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|
evansx pless my soulx how full of chollors i amx and trempling
|
|
of mindx i shall be glad if he have deceived mex how
|
|
melancholies i amx i will knog his urinals about his knavexs
|
|
costard when i have goot opportunities for the orkx pless
|
|
my soulx xsingsx
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|
to shallow riversx to whose falls
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|
melodious birds sings madrigalsx
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|
there will we make our peds of rosesx
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|
and a thousand fragrant posiesx
|
|
to shallowx
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|
mercy on mex i have a great dispositions to cryx xsingsx
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|
melodious birds sing madrigalsx
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|
whenas i sat in pabylonx
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|
and a thousand vagram posiesx
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|
to shallowx etcx
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|
rexenter simple
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simplex yonder he isx coming this wayx sir hughx
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|
evansx hexs welcomex xsingsx
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|
to shallow riversx to whose fallsx
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heaven prosper the rightx what weapons is hex
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|
simplex no weaponsx sirx there comes my masterx master
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|
shallowx and another gentlemanx from frogmorex over the
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|
stilex this wayx
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|
evansx pray you give me my gownx or else keep it in your
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|
armsx xtakes out a bookx
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|
enter pagex shallowx and slender
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shallowx how nowx master parsonx good morrowx good
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|
sir hughx keep a gamester from the dicex and a good student
|
|
from his bookx and it is wonderfulx
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|
slenderx xasidex ahx sweet anne pagex
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|
pagex save youx good sir hughx
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|
evansx pless you from his mercy sakex all of youx
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|
shallowx whatx the sword and the wordx do you study
|
|
them bothx master parsonx
|
|
pagex and youthful stillx in your doublet and hosex this raw
|
|
rheumatic dayx
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evansx there is reasons and causes for itx
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|
pagex we are come to you to do a good officex master
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|
parsonx
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|
evansx fery wellx what is itx
|
|
pagex yonder is a most reverend gentlemanx whox belike having
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|
received wrong by some personx is at most odds with
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|
his own gravity and patience that ever you sawx
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|
shallowx i have lived fourscore years and upwardx i never
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|
heard a man of his placex gravityx and learningx so wide of
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|
his own respectx
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|
evansx what is hex
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|
pagex i think you know himx master doctor caiusx the
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|
renowned french physicianx
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|
evansx gotxs will and his passion of my heartx i had as lief
|
|
you would tell me of a mess of porridgex
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|
pagex whyx
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evansx he has no more knowledge in hibocrates and
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|
galenx and he is a knave besidesxa cowardly knave as you
|
|
would desires to be acquainted withalx
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|
pagex i warrant youx hexs the man should fight with himx
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|
slenderx xasidex o sweet anne pagex
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shallowx it appears sox by his weaponsx keep them asunderx
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|
here comes doctor caiusx
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enter hostx caiusx and rugby
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|
pagex nayx good master parsonx keep in your weaponx
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|
shallowx so do youx good master doctorx
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|
hostx disarm themx and let them questionx let them keep
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|
their limbs whole and hack our englishx
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caiusx i pray youx letxa me speak a word with your earx
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|
verefore will you not meetxa mex
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|
evansx xaside to caiusx pray you use your patiencex in
|
|
good timex
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|
caiusx by garx you are de cowardx de jack dogx john apex
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|
evansx xaside to caiusx pray youx let us not be
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|
laughingxstocks to other menxs humoursx i desire you in
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|
friendshipx and i will one way or other make you amendsx
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|
xaloudx i will knog your urinals about your knavexs cogscomb
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|
for missing your meetings and appointmentsx
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|
caiusx diablex jack rugbyxmine host de jarteerxhave i
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|
not stay for him to kill himx have i notx at de place i did
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|
appointx
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|
evansx as i am a christians soulx nowx look youx this is the
|
|
place appointedx ixll be judgment by mine host of the
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|
garterx
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|
hostx peacex i sayx gallia and gaulx french and welshx
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|
soulxcurer and bodyxcurerx
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|
caiusx ayx dat is very goodx excellentx
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|
hostx peacex i sayx hear mine host of the garterx am i
|
|
politicx am i subtlex am i a machiavelx shall i lose my
|
|
doctorx nox he gives me the potions and the motionsx shall i
|
|
lose my parsonx my priestx my sir hughx nox he gives me
|
|
the proverbs and the noverbsx give me thy handx terrestrialx
|
|
sox give me thy handx celestialx sox boys of artx i have
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|
deceivxd you bothx i have directed you to wrong placesx
|
|
your hearts are mightyx your skins are wholex and let burnt
|
|
sack be the issuex comex lay their swords to pawnx follow
|
|
mex lads of peacex followx followx followx
|
|
shallowx trust mex a mad hostx followx gentlemenx followx
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|
slenderx xasidex o sweet anne pagex
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|
exeunt all but caius and evans
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|
caiusx hax do i perceive datx have you makexa de sot of usx
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|
hax hax
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evansx this is wellx he has made us his vloutingxstogx i
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|
desire you that we may be friendsx and let us knog our prains
|
|
together to be revenge on this same scallx scurvyx cogging
|
|
companionx the host of the garterx
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|
caiusx by garx with all my heartx he promise to bring me
|
|
where is anne pagex by garx he deceive me toox
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|
evansx wellx i will smite his noddlesx pray you followx
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|
exeunt
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scene xx
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the street in windsor
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enter mistress page and robin
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|
mrsx pagex nayx keep your wayx little gallantx you were
|
|
wont to be a followerx but now you are a leaderx whether
|
|
had you rather lead mine eyesx or eye your masterxs heelsx
|
|
robinx i had ratherx forsoothx go before you like a man than
|
|
follow him like a dwarfx
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|
mrsx pagex ox you are a flattering boyx now i see youxll be a
|
|
courtierx
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enter ford
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fordx well metx mistress pagex whither go youx
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|
mrsx pagex trulyx sirx to see your wifex is she at homex
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|
fordx ayx and as idle as she may hang togetherx for want of
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|
companyx i thinkx if your husbands were deadx you two
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|
would marryx
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|
mrsx pagex be sure of thatxtwo other husbandsx
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|
fordx where had you this pretty weathercockx
|
|
mrsx pagex i cannot tell what the dickens his name is my
|
|
husband had him ofx what do you call your knightxs
|
|
namex sirrahx
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|
robinx sir john falstaffx
|
|
fordx sir john falstaffx
|
|
mrsx pagex hex hex i can never hit onxs namex there is such
|
|
a league between my good man and hex is your wife at
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|
home indeedx
|
|
fordx indeed she isx
|
|
mrsx pagex by your leavex sirx i am sick till i see herx
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|
exeunt mrsx page and robin
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fordx has page any brainsx hath he any eyesx hath he any
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thinkingx surex they sleepx he hath no use of themx whyx
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this boy will carry a letter twenty mile as easy as a cannon
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will shoot pointblank twelve scorex he pieces out his wifexs
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inclinationx he gives her folly motion and advantagex and
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now shexs going to my wifex and falstaffxs boy with herx a
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man may hear this showxr sing in the windx and falstaffxs
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boy with herx good plotsx they are laidx and our revolted
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wives share damnation togetherx wellx i will take himx
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then torture my wifex pluck the borrowed veil of modesty
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from the so seeming mistress pagex divulge page himself
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for a secure and wilful actaeonx and to these violent proceedings
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all my neighbours shall cry aimx xclock strikesx
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the clock gives me my cuex and my assurance bids me
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searchx there i shall find falstaffx i shall be rather praisxd
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for this than mockxdx for it is as positive as the earth is firm
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that falstaff is therex i will gox
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enter pagex shallowx slenderx hostx sir hugh evansx
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caiusx and rugby
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shallowx pagex xcx well metx master fordx
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fordx trust mex a good knotx i have good cheer at homex
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and i pray you all go with mex
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shallowx i must excuse myselfx master fordx
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slenderx and so must ix sirx we have appointed to dine with
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mistress annex and i would not break with her for more
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money than ixll speak ofx
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shallowx we have lingerxd about a match between anne
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page and my cousin slenderx and this day we shall have
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our answerx
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slenderx i hope i have your good willx father pagex
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pagex you havex master slenderx i stand wholly for youx but
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my wifex master doctorx is for you altogetherx
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caiusx ayx bexgarx and de maid is lovexa mex my nurshxa
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quickly tell me so mushx
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hostx what say you to young master fentonx he capersx
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he dancesx he has eyes of youthx he writes versesx he speaks
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holidayx he smells april and mayx he will carry xtx he will
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carry xtx xtis in his buttonsx he will carry xtx
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pagex not by my consentx i promise youx the gentleman is
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of no havingx he kept company with the wild prince and
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poinsx he is of too high a regionx he knows too muchx nox
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he shall not knit a knot in his fortunes with the finger of
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my substancex if he take herx let him take her simplyx the
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wealth i have waits on my consentx and my consent goes
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not that wayx
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fordx i beseech youx heartilyx some of you go home with me
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to dinnerx besides your cheerx you shall have sportx i will
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show you a monsterx master doctorx you shall gox so shall
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youx master pagex and youx sir hughx
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shallowx wellx fare you wellx we shall have the freer
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wooing at master pagexsx exeunt shallow and slender
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caiusx go homex john rugbyx i come anonx exit rugby
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hostx farewellx my heartsx i will to my honest knight
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falstaffx and drink canary with himx exit host
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fordx xasidex i think i shall drink in pipexwine first with
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himx ixll make him dancex will you gox gentlesx
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allx have with you to see this monsterx exeunt
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scene xx
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fordxs house
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enter mistress ford and mistress page
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mrsx fordx whatx johnx whatx robertx
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mrsx pagex quicklyx quicklyx is the buckxbasketx
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mrsx fordx i warrantx whatx robinx i sayx
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enter servants with a basket
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mrsx pagex comex comex comex
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mrsx fordx herex set it downx
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mrsx pagex give your men the chargex we must be briefx
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mrsx fordx marryx as i told you beforex john and robertx be
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ready here hard by in the brewxhousex and when i suddenly
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call youx come forthx andx without any pause or
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staggeringx take this basket on your shouldersx that donex
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trudge with it in all hastex and carry it among the whitsters
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in datchet meadx and there empty it in the muddy ditch
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close by the thames sidex
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mrsx pagex you will do itx
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mrsx fordx i hax told them over and overx they lack no
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directionx be gonex and come when you are callxdx
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exeunt servants
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mrsx pagex here comes little robinx
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enter robin
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mrsx fordx how nowx my eyasxmusketx what news with
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youx
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robinx my master sir john is come in at your backxdoorx
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mistress fordx and requests your companyx
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mrsx pagex you little jackxaxlentx have you been true to usx
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robinx ayx ixll be swornx my master knows not of your
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being herex and hath threatxned to put me into everlasting
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libertyx if i tell you of itx for he swears hexll turn me awayx
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mrsx pagex thou xrt a good boyx this secrecy of thine shall
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be a tailor to theex and shall make thee a new doublet and
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hosex ixll go hide mex
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mrsx fordx do sox go tell thy master i am alonex xexit
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robinx mistress pagex remember you your cuex
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mrsx pagex i warrant theex if i do not act itx hiss mex
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exit mrsx page
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mrsx fordx go tox thenx wexll use this unwholesome
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humidityx this gross watxry pumpionx wexll teach him to
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know turtles from jaysx
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enter falstaff
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falstaffx have i caught theex my heavenly jewelx
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whyx now let me diex for i have livxd long enoughx this is
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the period of my ambitionx o this blessed hourx
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mrsx fordx o sweet sir johnx
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falstaffx mistress fordx i cannot cogx i cannot pratex
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mistress fordx now shall i sin in my wishx i would thy
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husband were deadx ixll speak it before the best lordx i
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would make thee my ladyx
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mrsx fordx i your ladyx sir johnx alasx i should be a pitiful
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|
ladyx
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falstaffx let the court of france show me such anotherx i
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see how thine eye would emulate the diamondx thou hast
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the right arched beauty of the brow that becomes the
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shipxtirex the tirexvaliantx or any tire of venetian admittancex
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mrsx fordx a plain kerchiefx sir johnx my brows become
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nothing elsex nor that well neitherx
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falstaffx by the lordx thou art a tyrant to say sox thou
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wouldst make an absolute courtierx and the firm fixture of
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|
thy foot would give an excellent motion to thy gait in a
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semixcircled farthingalex i see what thou wertx if fortune
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thy foe werex not naturex thy friendx comex thou canst not
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hide itx
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mrsx fordx believe mex therexs no such thing in mex
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falstaffx what made me love theex let that persuade thee
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therexs something extraxordinary in theex comex i cannot
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cogx and say thou art this and thatx like a many of these
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lisping hawthornxbuds that come like women in menxs
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apparelx and smell like bucklersbury in simple timex i
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cannotx but i love theex none but theex and thou deservxst itx
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mrsx fordx do not betray mex sirx i fear you love mistress
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pagex
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falstaffx thou mightst as well say i love to walk by the
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counterxgatex which is as hateful to me as the reek of a
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limexkilnx
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mrsx fordx wellx heaven knows how i love youx and you
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shall one day find itx
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falstaffx keep in that mindx ixll deserve itx
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mrsx fordx nayx i must tell youx so you dox or else i could
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|
not be in that mindx
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robinx xwithinx mistress fordx mistress fordx herexs
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mistress page at the doorx sweating and blowing and looking
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wildlyx and would needs speak with you presentlyx
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falstaffx she shall not see mex i will ensconce me behind
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the arrasx
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mrsx fordx pray youx do sox shexs a very tattling womanx
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xfalstaff hides himselfx
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rexenter mistress page and robin
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whatxs the matterx how nowx
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mrsx pagex o mistress fordx what have you donex youxre
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shamxdx yxare overthrownx yxare undone for everx
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mrsx fordx whatxs the matterx good mistress pagex
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mrsx pagex o wellxaxdayx mistress fordx having an honest
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man to your husbandx to give him such cause of suspicionx
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mrsx fordx what cause of suspicionx
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mrsx pagex what cause of suspicionx out upon youx how
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am i mistook in youx
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mrsx fordx whyx alasx whatxs the matterx
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mrsx pagex your husbandxs coming hitherx womanx with all
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|
the officers in windsorx to search for a gentleman that he
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|
says is here now in the housex by your consentx to take an
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|
ill advantage of his absencex you are undonex
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mrsx fordx xtis not sox i hopex
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mrsx pagex pray heaven it be not so that you have such a
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|
man herex but xtis most certain your husbandxs comingx
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with half windsor at his heelsx to search for such a onex i
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|
come before to tell youx if you know yourself clearx whyx
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|
i am glad of itx but if you have a friend herex conveyx
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|
convey him outx be not amazxdx call all your senses to youx
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|
defend your reputationx or bid farewell to your good life
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|
for everx
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mrsx fordx what shall i dox there is a gentlemanx my dear
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|
friendx and i fear not mine own shame as much as his perilx
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|
i had rather than a thousand pound he were out of the
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|
housex
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|
mrsx pagex for shamex never stand xyou had ratherx and xyou
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|
had ratherxx your husbandxs here at handx bethink you of
|
|
some conveyancex in the house you cannot hide himx ox
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|
how have you deceivxd mex lookx here is a basketx if he be
|
|
of any reasonable staturex he may creep in herex and throw
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|
foul linen upon himx as if it were going to buckingx orxit is
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|
whitingxtimexsend him by your two men to datchet
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|
meadx
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mrsx fordx hexs too big to go in therex what shall i dox
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|
falstaffx xcoming forwardx let me see xtx let me see xtx ox
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|
let me see xtx ixll inx ixll inx follow your friendxs counselx
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|
ixll inx
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|
mrsx pagex whatx sir john falstaffx xaside to falstaffx
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|
are these your lettersx knightx
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|
falstaffx xaside to mrsx pagex i love thee and none but
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|
theex help me awayxxlet me creep in herex ixll neverx
|
|
xgets into the basketx they cover him with foul linenx
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|
mrsx pagex help to cover your masterx boyx call your menx
|
|
mistress fordx you dissembling knightx
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|
mrsx fordx whatx johnx robertx johnx exit robin
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|
rexenter servants
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gox take up these clothes herex quicklyx wherexs the cowlxstaffx
|
|
look how you drumblex carry them to the laundress in datchet meadx
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|
quicklyx comex
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enter fordx pagex caiusx and sir hugh evans
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|
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fordx pray you come nearx if i suspect without causex why
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|
then make sport at mex then let me be your jestx i deserve
|
|
itx how nowx whither bear you thisx
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|
servantx to the laundressx forsoothx
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|
mrsx fordx whyx what have you to do whither they bear itx
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|
you were best meddle with buckxwashingx
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|
fordx buckx i would i could wash myself of the buckx
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|
buckx buckx buckx ayx buckx i warrant youx buckx and of
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|
the season toox it shall appearx xexeunt servants with
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|
basketx gentlemenx i have dreamxd toxnightx ixll tell you my
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|
dreamx herex herex here be my keysx ascend my chambersx
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|
searchx seekx find outx ixll warrant wexll unkennel the foxx
|
|
let me stop this way firstx xlocking the doorx sox now
|
|
uncapex
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|
pagex good master fordx be contentedx you wrong yourself
|
|
too muchx
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|
fordx truex master pagex upx gentlemenx you shall see sport
|
|
anonx follow mex gentlemenx exit
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|
evansx this is fery fantastical humours and jealousiesx
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|
caiusx by garx xtis no the fashion of francex it is not jealous
|
|
in francex
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|
pagex nayx follow himx gentlemenx see the issue of his
|
|
searchx exeunt evansx pagex and caius
|
|
mrsx pagex is there not a double excellency in thisx
|
|
mrsx fordx i know not which pleases me betterx that my
|
|
husband is deceivedx or sir johnx
|
|
mrsx pagex what a taking was he in when your husband
|
|
askxd who was in the basketx
|
|
mrsx fordx i am half afraid he will have need of washingx so
|
|
throwing him into the water will do him a benefitx
|
|
mrsx pagex hang himx dishonest rascalx i would all of the
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|
same strain were in the same distressx
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|
mrsx fordx i think my husband hath some special suspicion
|
|
of falstaffxs being herex for i never saw him so gross in his
|
|
jealousy till nowx
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|
mrsx pagex i will lay a plot to try thatx and we will yet have
|
|
more tricks with falstaffx his dissolute disease will scarce
|
|
obey this medicinex
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|
mrsx fordx shall we send that foolish carrionx mistress
|
|
quicklyx to himx and excuse his throwing into the waterx
|
|
and give him another hopex to betray him to another
|
|
punishmentx
|
|
mrsx pagex we will do itx let him be sent for toxmorrow
|
|
eight oxclockx to have amendsx
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|
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|
rexenter fordx pagex caiusx and sir hugh evans
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|
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|
fordx i cannot find himx may be the knave braggxd of that
|
|
he could not compassx
|
|
mrsx pagex xaside to mrsx fordx heard you thatx
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|
mrsx fordx you use me wellx master fordx do youx
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|
fordx ayx i do sox
|
|
mrsx fordx heaven make you better than your thoughtsx
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|
fordx amenx
|
|
mrsx pagex you do yourself mighty wrongx master fordx
|
|
fordx ayx ayx i must bear itx
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|
evansx if there be any pody in the housex and in the
|
|
chambersx and in the coffersx and in the pressesx heaven forgive
|
|
my sins at the day of judgmentx
|
|
caiusx be garx nor i toox there is no bodiesx
|
|
pagex fiex fiex master fordx are you not ashamxdx what
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|
spiritx what devil suggests this imaginationx i would not hax
|
|
your distemper in this kind for the wealth of windsor
|
|
castlex
|
|
fordx xtis my faultx master pagex i suffer for itx
|
|
evansx you suffer for a pad consciencex your wife is as
|
|
honest a omans as i will desires among five thousandx and five
|
|
hundred toox
|
|
caiusx by garx i see xtis an honest womanx
|
|
fordx wellx i promisxd you a dinnerx comex comex walk in
|
|
the parkx i pray you pardon mex i will hereafter make
|
|
known to you why i have done thisx comex wifex comex
|
|
mistress pagex i pray you pardon mex pray heartlyx
|
|
pardon mex
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|
pagex letxs go inx gentlemenx butx trust mex wexll mock himx
|
|
i do invite you toxmorrow morning to my house to breakfastx
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|
afterx wexll axbirding togetherx i have a fine hawk for
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|
the bushx shall it be sox
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|
fordx any thingx
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|
evansx if there is onex i shall make two in the companyx
|
|
caiusx if there be one or twox i shall makexa the turdx
|
|
fordx pray you gox master pagex
|
|
evansx i pray you nowx remembrance toxmorrow on the
|
|
lousy knavex mine hostx
|
|
caiusx dat is goodx by garx with all my heartx
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|
evansx a lousy knavex to have his gibes and his mockeriesx
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|
exeunt
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scene xx
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|
before pagexs house
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|
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|
enter fenton and anne page
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|
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|
fentonx i see i cannot get thy fatherxs lovex
|
|
therefore no more turn me to himx sweet nanx
|
|
annex alasx how thenx
|
|
fentonx whyx thou must be thyselfx
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|
he doth object i am too great of birthx
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|
and thatx my state being gallxd with my expensex
|
|
i seek to heal it only by his wealthx
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|
besides thesex other bars he lays before mex
|
|
my riots pastx my wild societiesx
|
|
and tells me xtis a thing impossible
|
|
i should love thee but as a propertyx
|
|
annexx may be he tells you truex
|
|
fentonx nox heaven so speed me in my time to comex
|
|
albeit i will confess thy fatherxs wealth
|
|
was the first motive that i wooxd theex annex
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|
yetx wooing theex i found thee of more value
|
|
than stamps in goldx or sums in sealed bagsx
|
|
and xtis the very riches of thyself
|
|
that now i aim atx
|
|
annex gentle master fentonx
|
|
yet seek my fatherxs lovex still seek itx sirx
|
|
if opportunity and humblest suit
|
|
cannot attain itx why thenxhark you hitherx
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|
xthey converse apartx
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|
enter shallowx slenderx and mistress quickly
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|
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|
shallowx break their talkx mistress quicklyx my kinsman
|
|
shall speak for himselfx
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|
slenderx ixll make a shaft or a bolt on xtx xslidx xtis but
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|
venturingx
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|
shallowx be not dismayxdx
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|
slenderx nox she shall not dismay mex i care not for thatx
|
|
but that i am afeardx
|
|
quicklyx hark yex master slender would speak a word
|
|
with youx
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|
annex i come to himx xasidex this is my fatherxs choicex
|
|
ox what a world of vile illxfavourxd faults
|
|
looks handsome in three hundred pounds a yearx
|
|
quicklyx and how does good master fentonx pray youx a
|
|
word with youx
|
|
shallowx shexs comingx to herx cozx o boyx thou hadst a
|
|
fatherx
|
|
slenderx i had a fatherx mistress annex my uncle can tell
|
|
you good jests of himx pray youx unclex tell mistress anne
|
|
the jest how my father stole two geese out of a penx good
|
|
unclex
|
|
shallowx mistress annex my cousin loves youx
|
|
slenderx ayx that i dox as well as i love any woman in
|
|
gloucestershirex
|
|
shallowx he will maintain you like a gentlewomanx
|
|
slenderx ayx that i will come cut and longtailx under the
|
|
degree of a squirex
|
|
shallowx he will make you a hundred and fifty pounds
|
|
jointurex
|
|
annex good master shallowx let him woo for himselfx
|
|
shallowx marryx i thank you for itx i thank you for that
|
|
good comfortx she calls youx cozx ixll leave youx
|
|
annex nowx master slenderx
|
|
slenderx nowx good mistress annex
|
|
annex what is your willx
|
|
slenderx my willx xodxs heartlingsx thatxs a pretty jest
|
|
indeedx i nexer made my will yetx i thank heavenx i am not
|
|
such a sickly creaturex i give heaven praisex
|
|
annex i meanx master slenderx what would you with mex
|
|
slenderx trulyx for mine own part i would little or nothing
|
|
with youx your father and my uncle hath made motionsx
|
|
if it be my luckx sox if notx happy man be his dolex they
|
|
can tell you how things go better than i canx you may ask
|
|
your fatherx here he comesx
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|
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|
enter page and mistress page
|
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|
pagex nowx master slenderx love himx daughter annex
|
|
whyx how nowx what does master fenton herex
|
|
you wrong mex sirx thus still to haunt my housex
|
|
i told youx sirx my daughter is disposxd ofx
|
|
fentonx nayx master pagex be not impatientx
|
|
mrsx pagex good master fentonx come not to my childx
|
|
pagex she is no match for youx
|
|
fentonx sirx will you hear mex
|
|
pagex nox good master fentonx
|
|
comex master shallowx comex son slenderx inx
|
|
knowing my mindx you wrong mex master fentonx
|
|
exeunt pagex shallowx and slender
|
|
quicklyx speak to mistress pagex
|
|
fentonx good mistress pagex for that i love your daughter
|
|
in such a righteous fashion as i dox
|
|
perforcex against all checksx rebukesx and mannersx
|
|
i must advance the colours of my lovex
|
|
and not retirex let me have your good willx
|
|
annex good motherx do not marry me to yond foolx
|
|
mrsx pagex i mean it notx i seek you a better husbandx
|
|
quicklyx thatxs my masterx master doctorx
|
|
annex alasx i had rather be set quick ix thx earthx
|
|
and bowlxd to death with turnipsx
|
|
mrsx pagex comex trouble not yourselfx good master
|
|
fentonx
|
|
i will not be your friendx nor enemyx
|
|
my daughter will i question how she loves youx
|
|
and as i find herx so am i affectedx
|
|
till thenx farewellx sirx she must needs go inx
|
|
her father will be angryx
|
|
fentonx farewellx gentle mistressx farewellx nanx
|
|
exeunt mrsx page and anne
|
|
quicklyx this is my doing nowx xnayxx said i xwill you cast
|
|
away your child on a foolx and a physicianx look on
|
|
master fentonxx this is my doingx
|
|
fentonx i thank theex and i pray theex once toxnight
|
|
give my sweet nan this ringx therexs for thy painsx
|
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quicklyx now heaven send thee good fortunex xexit
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fentonx a kind heart he hathx a woman would run through
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fire and water for such a kind heartx but yet i would my
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master had mistress annex or i would master slender had
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herx orx in soothx i would master fenton had herx i will
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do what i can for them all threex for so i have promisxdx
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and ixll be as good as my wordx but speciously for master
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fentonx wellx i must of another errand to sir john falstaff
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from my two mistressesx what a beast am i to slack itx
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exit
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scene xx
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the garter inn
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enter falstaff and bardolph
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falstaffx bardolphx i sayx
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bardolphx herex sirx
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falstaffx go fetch me a quart of sackx put a toast in xtx
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exit bardolph
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have i livxd to be carried in a basketx like a barrow of
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butcherxs offalx and to be thrown in the thamesx wellx if
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i be servxd such another trickx ixll have my brains taxen out
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and butterxdx and give them to a dog for a newxyearxs giftx
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the rogues slighted me into the river with as little remorse
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as they would have drownxd a blind bitchxs puppiesx fifteen
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ix thx litterx and you may know by my size that i have
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a kind of alacrity in sinkingx if the bottom were as deep as
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hell i should downx i had been drownxd but that the shore
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was shelvy and shallowxa death that i abhorx for the water
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swells a manx and what a thing should i have been when
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had been swellxdx i should have been a mountain of
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mummyx
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rexenter bardolphx with sack
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bardolphx herexs mistress quicklyx sirx to speak with you
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falstaffx comex let me pour in some sack to the thames
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waterx for my bellyxs as cold as if i had swallowxd
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snowballs for pills to cool the reinsx call her inx
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bardolphx come inx womanx
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enter mistress quickly
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quicklyx by your leavex i cry you mercyx give your
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worship good morrowx
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falstaffx take away these chalicesx gox brew me a pottle
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of sack finelyx
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bardolphx with eggsx sirx
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falstaffx simple of itselfx ixll no pulletxsperm in my
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brewagex xexit bardolphx how nowx
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quicklyx marryx sirx i come to your worship from mistress
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fordx
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falstaffx mistress fordx i have had ford enoughx i was
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thrown into the fordx i have my belly full of fordx
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quicklyx alas the dayx good heartx that was not her faultx
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she does so take on with her menx they mistook their
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erectionx
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falstaffx so did i minex to build upon a foolish womanxs
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promisex
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quicklyx wellx she lamentsx sirx for itx that it would yearn
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your heart to see itx her husband goes this morning
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axbirdingx she desires you once more to come to her between
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eight and ninex i must carry her word quicklyx shexll make
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you amendsx i warrant youx
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falstaffx wellx i will visit herx tell her sox and bid her
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think what a man isx let her consider his frailtyx and then
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judge of my meritx
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quicklyx i will tell herx
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falstaffx do sox between nine and tenx sayxst thoux
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quicklyx eight and ninex sirx
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falstaffx wellx be gonex i will not miss herx
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quicklyx peace be with youx sirx exit
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falstaffx i marvel i hear not of master brookx he sent me
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word to stay withinx i like his money wellx ox here he
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comesx
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enter ford disguised
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fordx bless youx sirx
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falstaffx nowx master brookx you come to know what
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hath passxd between me and fordxs wifex
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fordx thatx indeedx sir johnx is my businessx
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falstaffx master brookx i will not lie to youx i was at her
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house the hour she appointed mex
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fordx and sped youx sirx
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falstaffx very illxfavouredlyx master brookx
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fordx how sox sirx did she change her determinationx
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falstaffx nox master brookx but the peaking cornuto her
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husbandx master brookx dwelling in a continual xlarum of
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jealousyx comes me in the instant of ourx encounterx after
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we had embracxdx kissxdx protestedx andx as it werex spoke
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|
the prologue of our comedyx and at his heels a rabble of his
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|
companionsx thither provoked and instigated by his
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distemperx andx forsoothx to search his house for his wifexs
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lovex
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fordx whatx while you were therex
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falstaffx while i was therex
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fordx and did he search for youx and could not find youx
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|
falstaffx you shall hearx as good luck would have itx comes
|
|
in one mistress pagex gives intelligence of fordxs approachx
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andx in her invention and fordxs wifexs distractionx they
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conveyxd me into a buckxbasketx
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fordx a buckxbasketx
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falstaffx by the lordx a buckxbasketx rammxd me in with
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foul shirts and smocksx socksx foul stockingsx greasy
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napkinsx thatx master brookx there was the rankest compound
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|
of villainous smell that ever offended nostrilx
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fordx and how long lay you therex
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falstaffx nayx you shall hearx master brookx what i have
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|
sufferxd to bring this woman to evil for your goodx being
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thus crammxd in the basketx a couple of fordxs knavesx his
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hindsx were callxd forth by their mistress to carry me in
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|
the name of foul clothes to datchet lanex they took me on
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|
their shouldersx met the jealous knave their master in the
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|
doorx who askxd them once or twice what they had in their
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|
basketx i quakxd for fear lest the lunatic knave would have
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|
searchxd itx but fatex ordaining he should be a cuckoldx
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|
held his handx wellx on went he for a searchx and away
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|
went i for foul clothesx but mark the sequelx master
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|
brookxi suffered the pangs of three several deathsx firstx
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|
an intolerable fright to be detected with a jealous rotten
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|
bellxwetherx nextx to be compassxd like a good bilbo in the
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|
circumference of a peckx hilt to pointx heel to headx and
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|
thenx to be stoppxd inx like a strong distillationx with
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|
stinking clothes that fretted in their own greasex think of that
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|
xa man of my kidneyx think of thatxthat am as subject to
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|
heat as butterx a man of continual dissolution and thawx it
|
|
was a miracle to scape suffocationx and in the height of
|
|
this bathx when i was more than halfxstewxd in greasex like
|
|
a dutch dishx to be thrown into the thamesx and coolxdx
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|
glowing hotx in that surgex like a horsexshoex think of that
|
|
xhissing hotx think of thatx master brookx
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|
fordx in good sadnessx sirx i am sorry that for my sake you
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|
have sufferxd all thisx my suitx thenx is desperatex
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|
youxll undertake her no morex
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falstaffx master brookx i will be thrown into etnax as i
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|
have been into thamesx ere i will leave her thusx her
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|
husband is this morning gone axbirdingx i have received from
|
|
her another embassy of meetingx xtwixt eight and nine is
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|
the hourx master brookx
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|
fordx xtis past eight alreadyx sirx
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|
falstaffx is itx i will then address me to my appointmentx
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|
come to me at your convenient leisurex and you shall
|
|
know how i speedx and the conclusion shall be crowned
|
|
with your enjoying herx adieux you shall have herx master
|
|
brookx master brookx you shall cuckold fordx exit
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|
fordx humx hax is this a visionx is this a dreamx do i sleepx
|
|
master fordx awakex awakex master fordx therexs a hole
|
|
made in your best coatx master fordx this xtis to be
|
|
marriedx this xtis to have linen and buckxbasketsx wellx i will
|
|
proclaim myself what i amx i will now take the lecherx he
|
|
is at my housex he cannot scape mex xtis impossible he
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|
shouldx he cannot creep into a halfpenny purse nor into
|
|
a pepper boxx butx lest the devil that guides him should aid
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|
himx i will search impossible placesx though what i am i
|
|
cannot avoidx yet to be what i would not shall not make
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|
me tamex if i have horns to make one madx let the proverb
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|
go with mexixll be horn madx exit
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act ivx scene ix
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windsorx a street
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enter mistress pagex mistress quicklyx and william
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mrsx pagex is he at master fordxs alreadyx thinkxst thoux
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|
quicklyx sure he is by thisx or will be presentlyx but truly
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|
he is very courageous mad about his throwing into the
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|
waterx mistress ford desires you to come suddenlyx
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|
mrsx pagex ixll be with her by and byx ixll but bring my
|
|
young man here to schoolx look where his master comesx
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|
xtis a playing dayx i seex
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|
enter sir hugh evans
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|
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|
how nowx sir hughx no school toxdayx
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|
evansx nox master slender is let the boys leave to playx
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|
quicklyx blessing of his heartx
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|
mrsx pagex sir hughx my husband says my son profits
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|
nothing in the world at his bookx i pray you ask him some
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|
questions in his accidencex
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|
evansx come hitherx williamx hold up your headx comex
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|
mrsx pagex come onx sirrahx hold up your headx answer your
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|
masterx be not afraidx
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evansx williamx how many numbers is in nounsx
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williamx twox
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quicklyx trulyx i thought there had been one number
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|
morex because they say xodxs nounsxx
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evansx peace your tattlingsx what is xfairxx williamx
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|
williamx pulcherx
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quicklyx polecatsx there are fairer things than polecatsx
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|
surex
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evansx you are a very simplicity omanx i pray youx peacex
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|
what is xlapisxx williamx
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|
williamx a stonex
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|
evansx and what is xa stonexx williamx
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|
williamx a pebblex
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|
evansx nox it is xlapisxx i pray you remember in your prainx
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|
williamx lapisx
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|
evansx that is a good williamx what is hex williamx that
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|
does lend articlesx
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|
williamx articles are borrowed of the pronounx and be
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|
thus declinedx singulariterx nominativox hicx haecx hocx
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|
evansx nominativox higx hagx hogx pray youx markx genitivox
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|
hujusx wellx what is your accusative casex
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|
williamx accusativox hincx
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|
evansx i pray youx have your remembrancex childx
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|
accusativox hungx hangx hogx
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|
quicklyx xhangxhogx is latin for baconx i warrant youx
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|
evansx leave your prabblesx omanx what is the focative
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|
casex williamx
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|
williamx oxvocativox ox
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|
evansx rememberx williamx focative is caretx
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|
quicklyx and thatxs a good rootx
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|
evansx omanx forbearx
|
|
mrsx pagex peacex
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|
evansx what is your genitive case pluralx williamx
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|
williamx genitive casex
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|
evansx ayx
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|
williamx genitivex horumx harumx horumx
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|
quicklyx vengeance of jennyxs casex fie on herx never
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|
name herx childx if she be a whorex
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|
evansx for shamex omanx
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|
quicklyx you do ill to teach the child such wordsx he
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|
teaches him to hick and to hackx which theyxll do fast
|
|
enough of themselvesx and to call xhorumxx fie upon youx
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|
evansx omanx art thou lunaticsx hast thou no understandings
|
|
for thy casesx and the numbers of the gendersx thou
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|
art as foolish christian creatures as i would desiresx
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|
mrsx pagex prithee hold thy peacex
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|
evansx show me nowx williamx some declensions of your
|
|
pronounsx
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|
williamx forsoothx i have forgotx
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|
evansx it is quix quaex quodx if you forget your quixsx your
|
|
quaexsx and your quodxsx you must be preechesx go your
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|
ways and playx gox
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|
mrsx pagex he is a better scholar than i thought he wasx
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|
evansx he is a good sprag memoryx farewellx mistress pagex
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|
mrsx pagex adieux good sir hughx exit sir hugh
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|
get you homex boyx comex we stay too longx exeunt
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|
scene xx
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|
fordxs house
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|
enter falstaff and mistress ford
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|
falstaffx mistress fordx your sorrow hath eaten up my
|
|
sufferancex i see you are obsequious in your lovex and i
|
|
profess requital to a hairxs breadthx not onlyx mistress fordx in
|
|
the simple office of lovex but in all the accoutrementx
|
|
complementx and ceremony of itx but are you sure of your
|
|
husband nowx
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|
mrsx fordx hexs axbirdingx sweet sir johnx
|
|
mrsx pagex xwithinx what hoax gossip fordx what hoax
|
|
mrsx fordx step into thx chamberx sir johnx exit falstaff
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|
|
|
enter mistress page
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|
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|
mrsx pagex how nowx sweetheartx whoxs at home besides
|
|
yourselfx
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|
mrsx fordx whyx none but mine own peoplex
|
|
mrsx pagex indeedx
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|
mrsx fordx nox certainlyx xaside to herx speak louderx
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|
mrsx pagex trulyx i am so glad you have nobody herex
|
|
mrsx fordx whyx
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|
mrsx pagex whyx womanx your husband is in his old lunes
|
|
againx he so takes on yonder with my husbandx so rails
|
|
against all married mankindx so curses an evexs daughtersx
|
|
of what complexion soeverx and so buffets himself on the
|
|
foreheadx crying xpeerxoutx peerxoutxx that any madness i
|
|
ever yet beheld seemxd but tamenessx civilityx and patiencex
|
|
to this his distemper he is in nowx i am glad the fat knight
|
|
is not herex
|
|
mrsx fordx whyx does he talk of himx
|
|
mrsx pagex of none but himx and swears he was carried outx
|
|
the last time he searchxd for himx in a basketx protests to
|
|
my husband he is now herex and hath drawn him and the
|
|
rest of their company from their sportx to make another
|
|
experiment of his suspicionx but i am glad the knight is not
|
|
herex now he shall see his own fooleryx
|
|
mrsx fordx how near is hex mistress pagex
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|
mrsx pagex hard byx at street endx he will be here anonx
|
|
mrsx fordx i am undonex the knight is herex
|
|
mrsx pagex whyx thenx you are utterly shamxdx and hexs but
|
|
a dead manx what a woman are youx away with himx
|
|
away with himx better shame than murderx
|
|
mrsx fordx which way should he gox how should i bestow
|
|
himx shall i put him into the basket againx
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|
|
|
rexenter falstaff
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|
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|
falstaffx nox ixll come no more ix thx basketx may i not go
|
|
out ere he comex
|
|
mrsx pagex alasx three of master fordxs brothers watch the
|
|
door with pistolsx that none shall issue outx otherwise you
|
|
might slip away ere he camex but what make you herex
|
|
falstaffx what shall i dox ixll creep up into the chimneyx
|
|
mrsx fordx there they always use to discharge their
|
|
birdingxpiecesx
|
|
mrsx pagex creep into the kilnxholex
|
|
falstaffx where is itx
|
|
mrsx fordx he will seek therex on my wordx neither pressx
|
|
cofferx chestx trunkx wellx vaultx but he hath an abstract for
|
|
the remembrance of such placesx and goes to them by his
|
|
notex there is no hiding you in the housex
|
|
falstaffx ixll go out thenx
|
|
mrsx pagex if you go out in your own semblancex you diex
|
|
sir johnx unless you go out disguisxdx
|
|
mrsx fordx how might we disguise himx
|
|
mrsx pagex alas the dayx i know notx there is no womanxs
|
|
gown big enough for himx otherwise he might put on a
|
|
hatx a mufflerx and a kerchiefx and so escapex
|
|
falstaffx good heartsx devise somethingx any extremity
|
|
rather than a mischiefx
|
|
mrsx fordx my maidxs auntx the fat woman of brainfordx has
|
|
a gown abovex
|
|
mrsx pagex on my wordx it will serve himx shexs as big as he
|
|
isx and therexs her thrummxd hatx and her muffler toox run
|
|
upx sir johnx
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|
mrsx fordx gox gox sweet sir johnx mistress page and i will
|
|
look some linen for your headx
|
|
mrsx pagex quickx quickx wexll come dress you straightx put
|
|
on the gown the whilex exit falstaff
|
|
mrsx fordx i would my husband would meet him in this
|
|
shapex he cannot abide the old woman of brainfordx he
|
|
swears shexs a witchx forbade her my housex and hath
|
|
threatxned to beat herx
|
|
mrsx pagex heaven guide him to thy husbandxs cudgelx and
|
|
the devil guide his cudgel afterwardsx
|
|
mrsx fordx but is my husband comingx
|
|
mrsx pagex ayx in good sadness is hex and talks of the basket
|
|
toox howsoever he hath had intelligencex
|
|
mrsx fordx wexll try thatx for ixll appoint my men to carry
|
|
the basket againx to meet him at the door with it as they
|
|
did last timex
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|
mrsx pagex nayx but hexll be here presentlyx letxs go dress
|
|
him like the witch of brainfordx
|
|
mrsx fordx ixll first direct my men what they shall do with
|
|
the basketx go upx ixll bring linen for him straightx exit
|
|
mrsx pagex hang himx dishonest varletx we cannot misuse
|
|
him enoughx
|
|
wexll leave a proofx by that which we will dox
|
|
wives may be merry and yet honest toox
|
|
we do not act that often jest and laughx
|
|
xtis old but truex still swine eats all the draffx exit
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|
|
|
rexenter mistress fordx with two servants
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|
|
|
mrsx fordx gox sirsx take the basket again on your shouldersx
|
|
your master is hard at doorx if he bid you set it downx obey
|
|
himx quicklyx dispatchx exit
|
|
first servantx comex comex take it upx
|
|
second servantx pray heaven it be not full of knight againx
|
|
first servantx i hope notx i had lief as bear so much leadx
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|
|
|
enter fordx pagex shallowx caiusx and sir hugh evans
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|
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|
fordx ayx but if it prove truex master pagex have you any
|
|
way then to unfool me againx set down the basketx villainx
|
|
somebody call my wifex youth in a basketx o you panderly
|
|
rascalsx therexs a knotx a gingx a packx a conspiracy
|
|
against mex now shall the devil be shamxdx whatx wifex i
|
|
sayx comex come forthx behold what honest clothes you
|
|
send forth to bleachingx
|
|
pagex whyx this passesx master fordx you are not to go loose
|
|
any longerx you must be pinionxdx
|
|
evansx whyx this is lunaticsx this is mad as a mad dogx
|
|
shallowx indeedx master fordx this is not wellx indeedx
|
|
fordx so say i toox sirx
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|
|
|
rexenter mistress ford
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|
|
|
come hitherx mistress fordx mistress fordx the honest
|
|
womanx the modest wifex the virtuous creaturex that hath
|
|
the jealous fool to her husbandx i suspect without causex
|
|
mistressx do ix
|
|
mrsx fordx heaven be my witnessx you dox if you suspect
|
|
me in any dishonestyx
|
|
fordx well saidx brazenxfacex hold it outx come forthx sirrahx
|
|
xpulling clothes out of the basketx
|
|
pagex this passesx
|
|
mrsx fordx are you not ashamxdx let the clothes alonex
|
|
fordx i shall find you anonx
|
|
evansx xtis unreasonablex will you take up your wifexs
|
|
clothesx come awayx
|
|
fordx empty the basketx i sayx
|
|
mrsx fordx whyx manx whyx
|
|
fordx master pagex as i am a manx there was one conveyxd
|
|
out of my house yesterday in this basketx why may not
|
|
he be there againx in my house i am sure he isx my
|
|
intelligence is truex my jealousy is reasonablex
|
|
pluck me out all the linenx
|
|
mrsx fordx if you find a man therex he shall die a fleaxs
|
|
deathx
|
|
pagex herexs no manx
|
|
shallowx by my fidelityx this is not wellx master fordx this
|
|
wrongs youx
|
|
evansx master fordx you must prayx and not follow the
|
|
imaginations of your own heartx this is jealousiesx
|
|
fordx wellx hexs not here i seek forx
|
|
pagex nox nor nowhere else but in your brainx
|
|
fordx help to search my house this one timex if i find not
|
|
what i seekx show no colour for my extremityx let me for
|
|
ever be your table sportx let them say of me xas jealous as
|
|
fordx that searchxd a hollow walnut for his wifexs lemanxx
|
|
satisfy me once morex once more search with mex
|
|
mrsx fordx whatx hoax mistress pagex come you and the old
|
|
woman downx my husband will come into the chamberx
|
|
fordx old womanx what old womanxs thatx
|
|
mrsx fordx whyx it is my maidxs aunt of brainfordx
|
|
fordx a witchx a queanx an old cozening queanx have i not
|
|
forbid her my housex she comes of errandsx does shex we
|
|
are simple menx we do not know whatxs brought to pass
|
|
under the profession of fortunextellingx she works by
|
|
charmsx by spellsx by thx figurex and such daubxry as this
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isx beyond our elementx we know nothingx come downx you
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witchx you hag youx come downx i sayx
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mrsx fordx nayx good sweet husbandx good gentlemenx let
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him not strike the old womanx
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rexenter falstaff in womanxs clothesx and mistress page
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mrsx pagex comex mother pratx comex give me your handx
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fordx ixll prat herx xbeating himx out of my doorx you
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witchx you hagx youx baggagex you polecatx you ronyonx
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outx outx ixll conjure youx ixll fortunextell youx
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exit falstaff
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mrsx pagex are you not ashamxdx i think you have killxd the
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poor womanx
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mrsx fordx nayx he will do itx xtis a goodly credit for youx
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fordx hang herx witchx
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evansx by yea and nox i think the oman is a witch indeedx i
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like not when a oman has a great peardx i spy a great peard
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under his mufflerx
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fordx will you followx gentlemenx i beseech you followx
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see but the issue of my jealousyx if i cry out thus upon no
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trailx never trust me when i open againx
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pagex letxs obey his humour a little furtherx comex
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gentlemenx exeunt all but mrsx ford and mrsx page
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mrsx pagex trust mex he beat him most pitifullyx
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mrsx fordx nayx by thx massx that he did notx he beat him
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most unpitifully methoughtx
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mrsx pagex ixll have the cudgel hallowxd and hung oxer the
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altarx it hath done meritorious servicex
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mrsx fordx what think youx may wex with the warrant of
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womanhood and the witness of a good consciencex pursue
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him with any further revengex
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mrsx pagex the spirit of wantonness is sure scarxd out of
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himx if the devil have him not in feexsimplex with fine and
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recoveryx he will neverx i thinkx in the way of wastex
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attempt us againx
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mrsx fordx shall we tell our husbands how we have servxd
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himx
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mrsx pagex yesx by all meansx if it be but to scrape the
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figures out of your husbandxs brainsx if they can find in their
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hearts the poor unvirtuous fat knight shall be any further
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afflictedx we two will still be the ministersx
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mrsx fordx ixll warrant theyxll have him publicly shamxdx
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and methinks there would be no period to the jestx should
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he not be publicly shamxdx
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mrsx pagex comex to the forge with it thenx shape itx i
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would not have things coolx exeunt
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scene xx
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the garter inn
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enter host and bardolph
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bardolphx sirx the germans desire to have three of your
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horsesx the duke himself will be toxmorrow at courtx and
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they are going to meet himx
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hostx what duke should that be comes so secretlyx i hear
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not of him in the courtx let me speak with the gentlemenx
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they speak englishx
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bardolphx ayx sirx ixll call them to youx
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hostx they shall have my horsesx but ixll make them payx
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ixll sauce themx they have had my house a week at
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commandx i have turnxd away my other guestsx they must
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come offx ixll sauce themx comex exeunt
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scene x
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fordxs house
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enter pagex fordx mistress pagex mistress fordx and sir hugh evans
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evansx xtis one of the best discretions of a oman as ever
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did look uponx
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pagex and did he send you both these letters at an instantx
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mrsx pagex within a quarter of an hourx
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fordx pardon mex wifex henceforthx do what thou wiltx
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i rather will suspect the sun with cold
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than thee with wantonnessx now doth thy honour standx
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in him that was of late an hereticx
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as firm as faithx
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pagex xtis wellx xtis wellx no morex
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be not as extreme in submission as in offencex
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but let our plot go forwardx let our wives
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yet once againx to make us public sportx
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appoint a meeting with this old fat fellowx
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where we may take him and disgrace him for itx
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fordx there is no better way than that they spoke ofx
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pagex howx to send him word theyxll meet him in the park
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at midnightx fiex fiex hexll never comex
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evansx you say he has been thrown in the riversx and has
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been grievously peaten as an old omanx methinks there
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should be terrors in himx that he should not comex
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methinks his flesh is punishxdx he shall have no desiresx
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pagex so think i toox
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mrsx fordx devise but how youxll use him when he comesx
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and let us two devise to bring him thitherx
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mrsx pagex there is an old tale goes that heme the hunterx
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sometime a keeper here in windsor forestx
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doth all the winterxtimex at still midnightx
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walk round about an oakx with great raggxd hornsx
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and there he blasts the treex and takes the cattlex
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and makes milchxkine yield bloodx and shakes a chain
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in a most hideous and dreadful mannerx
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you have heard of such a spiritx and well you know
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the superstitious idlexheaded eld
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receivxdx and did deliver to our agex
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this tale of heme the hunter for a truthx
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pagex why yet there want not many that do fear
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in deep of night to walk by this hernexs oakx
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but what of thisx
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mrsx fordx marryx this is our devicex
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that falstaff at that oak shall meet with usx
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disguisxdx like hemex with huge horns on his headx
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pagex wellx let it not be doubted but hexll comex
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and in this shapex when you have brought him thitherx
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what shall be done with himx what is your plotx
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mrsx pagex that likewise have we thought uponx and
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thusx
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nan page my daughterx and my little sonx
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and three or four more of their growthx wexll dress
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like urchinsx ouphesx and fairiesx green and whitex
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with rounds of waxen tapers on their headsx
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and rattles in their handsx upon a suddenx
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as falstaffx shex and ix are newly metx
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let them from forth a sawpit rush at once
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with some diffused songx upon their sight
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we two in great amazedness will flyx
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then let them all encircle him aboutx
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and fairyxlikex to pinch the unclean knightx
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and ask him whyx that hour of fairy revelx
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in their so sacred paths he dares to tread
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in shape profanex
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mrsx fordx and till he tell the truthx
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let the supposed fairies pinch him soundx
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and burn him with their tapersx
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mrsx pagex the truth being knownx
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wexll all present ourselvesx disxhorn the spiritx
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and mock him home to windsorx
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fordx the children must
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be practisxd well to this or theyxll nevxr do xtx
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evansx i will teach the children their behavioursx and i will
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be like a jackxanxapes alsox to burn the knight with my
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taberx
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fordx that will be excellentx ixll go buy them vizardsx
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mrsx pagex my nan shall be the queen of all the fairiesx
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finely attired in a robe of whitex
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pagex that silk will i go buyx xasidex and in that time
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shall master slender steal my nan awayx
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and marry her at etonxxgox send to falstaff straightx
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fordx nayx ixll to him againx in name of brookx
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hexll tell me all his purposex surex hexll comex
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|
mrsx pagex fear not you thatx go get us properties
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and tricking for our fairiesx
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|
evansx let us about itx it is admirable pleasuresx and fery
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|
honest knaveriesx exeunt pagex fordx and evans
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|
mrsx pagex gox mistress fordx
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send quickly to sir john to know his mindx
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|
exit mrsx ford
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ixll to the doctorx he hath my good willx
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|
and none but hex to marry with nan pagex
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|
that slenderx though well landedx is an idiotx
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|
and he my husband best of all affectsx
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|
the doctor is well moneyxdx and his friends
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|
potent at courtx hex none but hex shall have herx
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|
though twenty thousand worthier come to crave herx exit
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scene xx
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the garter inn
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enter host and simple
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hostx what wouldst thou havex boorx whatx thickxskinx
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speakx breathex discussx briefx shortx quickx snapx
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simplex marryx sirx i come to speak with sir john falstaff
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|
from master slenderx
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hostx therexs his chamberx his housex his castlex his
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|
standingxbed and trucklexbedx xtis painted about with the
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|
story of the prodigalx fresh and newx gox knock and canx hexll
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|
speak like an anthropophaginian unto theex knockx i sayx
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|
simplex therexs an old womanx a fat womanx gone up into
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|
his chamberx ixll be so bold as stayx sirx till she come downx
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|
i come to speak with herx indeedx
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hostx hax a fat womanx the knight may be robbxdx ixll callx
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bully knightx bully sir johnx speak from thy lungs
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|
militaryx art thou therex it is thine hostx thine ephesianx callsx
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falstaffx xabovex how nowx mine hostx
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hostx herexs a bohemianxtartar tarries the coming down of
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|
thy fat womanx let her descendx bullyx let her descendx
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|
my chambers are honouriblex fiex privacyx fiex
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enter falstaff
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falstaffx there wasx mine hostx an old fat woman even
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|
now withx mex but shexs gonex
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simplex pray youx sirx wasxt not the wise woman of
|
|
brainfordx
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falstaffx ayx marry was itx musselxshellx what would you
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with herx
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simplex my masterx sirx my master slenderx sent to herx
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|
seeing her go thorough the streetsx to knowx sirx whether one
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|
nymx sirx that beguilxd him of a chainx had the chain or nox
|
|
falstaffx i spake with the old woman about itx
|
|
simplex and what says shex i prayx sirx
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|
falstaff marryx she says that the very same man that
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|
beguilxd master slender of his chain cozenxd him of itx
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|
simplex i would i could have spoken with the woman
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|
herselfx i had other things to have spoken with her toox
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|
from himx
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|
falstaffx what are theyx let us knowx
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|
hostx ayx comex quickx
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|
simplex i may not conceal themx sirx
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|
falstaffx conceal themx or thou diestx
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|
simplexx whyx sirx they were nothing but about mistress
|
|
anne pagex to know if it were my masterxs fortune to
|
|
have her or nox
|
|
falstaffx xtisx xtis his fortunex
|
|
simplex what sirx
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|
falstaffx to have herx or nox gox say the woman told me
|
|
sox
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|
simplex may i be bold to say sox sirx
|
|
falstaffx ayx sirx like who more boldx
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|
simplexx i thank your worshipx i shall make my master glad
|
|
with these tidingsx exit simple
|
|
hostx thou art clerklyx thou art clerklyx sir johnx was
|
|
there a wise woman with theex
|
|
falstaffx ayx that there wasx mine hostx one that hath
|
|
taught me more wit than ever i learnxd before in my lifex
|
|
and i paid nothing for it neitherx but was paid for my
|
|
learningx
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|
enter bardolph
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bardolphx outx alasx sirx cozenagex mere cozenagex
|
|
hostx where be my horsesx speak well of themx varlettox
|
|
bardolphx run away with the cozenersx for so soon as i
|
|
came beyond etonx they threw me off from behind one of
|
|
themx in a slough of mirex and set spurs and awayx like
|
|
three german devilsx three doctor faustusesx
|
|
hostx they are gone but to meet the dukex villainx do not
|
|
say they be fledx germans are honest menx
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|
|
|
enter sir hugh evans
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|
|
|
evansx where is mine hostx
|
|
hostx what is the matterx sirx
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|
evansx have a care of your entertainmentsx there is a friend
|
|
of mine come to town tells me there is three
|
|
cozenxgermans that has cozenxd all the hosts of readinsx
|
|
of maidenheadx of colebrookx of horses and moneyx i tell you for
|
|
good willx look youx you are wisex and full of gibes and
|
|
vloutingxstogsx and xtis not convenient you should be
|
|
cozenedx fare you wellx exit
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|
|
|
enter doctor caius
|
|
|
|
caiusx vere is mine host de jarteerx
|
|
hostx herex master doctorx in perplexity and doubtful
|
|
dilemmax
|
|
caiusx i cannot tell vat is datx but it is tellxa me dat you
|
|
make grand preparation for a duke de jamanyx by my
|
|
trotx dere is no duke that the court is know to comex i
|
|
tell you for good willx adieux exit
|
|
hostx hue and cryx villainx gox assist mex knightx i am
|
|
undonex flyx runx hue and cryx villainx i am undonex
|
|
exeunt host and bardolph
|
|
falstaffx i would all the world might be cozenxdx for i have
|
|
been cozenxd and beaten toox if it should come to the car
|
|
of the court how i have been transformedx and how my
|
|
transformation hath been washxd and cudgellxdx they
|
|
would melt me out of my fatx drop by dropx and liquor
|
|
fishermenxs boots with mex i warrant they would whip me
|
|
with their fine wits till i were as crestfallxn as a dried pearx
|
|
i never prosperxd since i forswore myself at primerox wellx
|
|
if my wind were but long enough to say my prayersx
|
|
would repentx
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|
|
|
enter mistress quickly
|
|
|
|
nowx whence come youx
|
|
quicklyx from the two partiesx forsoothx
|
|
falstaffx the devil take one party and his dam the otherx
|
|
and so they shall be both bestowedx i have sufferxd more
|
|
for their sakesx more than the villainous inconstancy of
|
|
manxs disposition is able to bearx
|
|
quicklyx and have not they sufferxdx yesx i warrantx
|
|
speciously one of themx mistress fordx good heartx is beaten
|
|
black and bluex that you cannot see a white spot about herx
|
|
falstaffx what tellxst thou me of black and bluex i was
|
|
beaten myself into all the colours of the rainbowx and
|
|
was like to be apprehended for the witch of brainfordx but
|
|
that my admirable dexterity of witx my counterfeiting the
|
|
action of an old womanx deliverxd mex the knave constable
|
|
had set me ix thx stocksx ix thx common stocksx for a witchx
|
|
quicklyx sirx let me speak with you in your chamberx you
|
|
shall hear how things gox andx i warrantx to your contentx
|
|
here is a letter will say somewhatx good heartsx what ado
|
|
here is to bring you togetherx surex one of you does not
|
|
serve heaven wellx that you are so crossxdx
|
|
falstaffx come up into my chamberx exeunt
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|
|
scene xx
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|
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|
the garter inn
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|
|
enter fenton and host
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|
hostx master fentonx talk not to mex my mind is heavyx i
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|
will give over allx
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|
fentonx yet hear me speakx assist me in my purposex
|
|
andx as i am a gentlemanx ixll give the
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|
a hundred pound in gold more than your lossx
|
|
hostx i will hear youx master fentonx and i willx at the leastx
|
|
keep your counselx
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|
fentonx from time to time i have acquainted you
|
|
with the dear love i bear to fair anne pagex
|
|
whox mutuallyx hath answerxd my affectionx
|
|
so far forth as herself might be her chooserx
|
|
even to my wishx i have a letter from her
|
|
of such contents as you will wonder atx
|
|
the mirth whereof so larded with my matter
|
|
that neitherx singlyx can be manifested
|
|
without the show of bothx fat falstaff
|
|
hath a great scenex the image of the jest
|
|
ixll show you here at largex harkx good mine hostx
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|
toxnight at hemexs oakx just xtwixt twelve and onex
|
|
must my sweet nan present the fairy queenx
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|
the purpose why is herexin which disguisex
|
|
while other jests are something rank on footx
|
|
her father hath commanded her to slip
|
|
away with slenderx and with him at eton
|
|
immediately to marryx she hath consentedx
|
|
nowx sirx
|
|
her motherx even strong against that match
|
|
and firm for doctor caiusx hath appointed
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|
that he shall likewise shuffle her away
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|
while other sports are tasking of their mindsx
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|
and at the deanxryx where a priest attendsx
|
|
straight marry herx to this her motherxs plot
|
|
she seemingly obedient likewise hath
|
|
made promise to the doctorx now thus it restsx
|
|
her father means she shall be all in whitex
|
|
and in that habitx when slender sees his time
|
|
to take her by the hand and bid her gox
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|
she shall go with himx her mother hath intended
|
|
the better to denote her to the doctorx
|
|
for they must all be maskxd and vizardedx
|
|
that quaint in green she shall be loose enrobxdx
|
|
with ribands pendentx flaring xbout her headx
|
|
and when the doctor spies his vantage ripex
|
|
to pinch her by the handx andx on that tokenx
|
|
the maid hath given consent to go with himx
|
|
hostx which means she to deceivex father or motherx
|
|
fentonx bothx my good hostx to go along with mex
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|
and here it restsxthat youxll procure the vicar
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|
to stay for me at churchx xtwixt twelve and onex
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|
and in the lawful name of marryingx
|
|
to give our hearts united ceremonyx
|
|
hostx wellx husband your devicex ixll to the vicarx
|
|
bring you the maidx you shall not lack a priestx
|
|
fentonx so shall i evermore be bound to theex
|
|
besidesx ixll make a present recompensex exeunt
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|
|
|
act vx scene xx
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|
|
|
the garter inn
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|
|
|
enter falstaff and mistress quickly
|
|
|
|
falstaffx pritheex no more prattlingx gox ixllx holdx this is
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|
the third timex i hope good luck lies in odd numbersx
|
|
awayx gox they say there is divinity in odd numbersx either
|
|
in nativityx chancex or deathx awayx
|
|
quicklyx ixll provide you a chainx and ixll do what i can to
|
|
get you a pair of hornsx
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|
falstaffx awayx i sayx time wearsx hold up your headx and
|
|
mincex exit mrsx quickly
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|
|
enter ford disguised
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how nowx master brookx master brookx the matter will
|
|
be known tonight or neverx be you in the park about
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|
midnightx at hernexs oakx and you shall see wondersx
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|
fordx went you not to her yesterdayx sirx as you told me
|
|
you had appointedx
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|
falstaffx i went to herx master brookx as you seex like a
|
|
poor old manx but i came from herx master brookx like a
|
|
poor old womanx that same knave fordx her husbandx hath
|
|
the finest mad devil of jealousy in himx master brookx that
|
|
ever governxd frenzyx i will tell youxhe beat me grievously
|
|
in the shape of a womanx for in the shape of manx master
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|
brookx i fear not goliath with a weaverxs beamx because
|
|
i know also life is a shuttlex i am in hastex go along with
|
|
mex ixllx tell you allx master brookx since i pluckxd geesex
|
|
playxd truantx and whippxd topx i knew not what xtwas to
|
|
be beaten till latelyx follow mex ixll tell you strange things
|
|
of this knavexfordx on whom toxnight i will be revengedx
|
|
and i will deliver his wife into your handx followx strange
|
|
things in handx master brookx followx exeunt
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|
scene xx
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|
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|
windsor park
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|
|
|
enter pagex shallowx and slender
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|
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|
pagex comex comex wexll couch ix thx castle ditch till we
|
|
see the light of our fairiesx rememberx son slenderx my daughterx
|
|
slenderx ayx forsoothx i have spoke with herx and we have
|
|
a nayxword how to know one anotherx i come to her in
|
|
white and cry xmumxx she cries xbudgetxx and by that we
|
|
know one anotherx
|
|
shallowx thatxs good toox but what needs either your mum
|
|
or her budgetx the white will decipher her well enoughx
|
|
it hath struck ten oxclockx
|
|
pagex the night is darkx light and spirits will become it wellx
|
|
heaven prosper our sportx no man means evil but the
|
|
devilx and we shall know him by his hornsx letxs awayx
|
|
follow mex exeunt
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|
|
|
scene xx
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|
|
|
a street leading to the park
|
|
|
|
enter mistress pagex mistress fordx and doctor caius
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|
|
|
mrsx pagex master doctorx my daughter is in greenx when
|
|
you see your timex take her by the handx away with her to
|
|
the deaneryx and dispatch it quicklyx go before into the
|
|
parkx we two must go togetherx
|
|
caiusx i know vat i have to dox adieux
|
|
mrsx pagex fare you wellx sirx xexit caiusx my husband
|
|
will not rejoice so much at the abuse of falstaff as he will
|
|
chafe at the doctorxs marrying my daughterx but xtis no
|
|
matterx better a little chiding than a great deal of
|
|
heartbreakx
|
|
mrsx fordx where is nan nowx and her troop of fairiesx and
|
|
the welsh devilx hughx
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mrsx pagex they are all couchxd in a pit hard by hemexs
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oakx with obscurxd lightsx whichx at the very instant of
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falstaffxs and our meetingx they will at once display to the
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nightx
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mrsx fordx that cannot choose but amaze himx
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mrsx pagex if he be not amazxdx he will be mockxdx if he be
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amazxdx he will every way be mockxdx
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mrsx fordx wexll betray him finelyx
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mrsx pagex against such lewdsters and their lecheryx
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those that betray them do no treacheryx
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mrsx fordx the hour draws onx to the oakx to the oakx
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exeunt
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scene xx
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windsor park
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enter sir hugh evans like a satyrx with others as fairies
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evansx tribx tribx fairiesx comex and remember your partsx be poldx i
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pray youx follow me into the pitx and when i give the watchxordsx do
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as i pid youx comex comex tribx tribx
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exeunt
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scene xx
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another part of the park
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enter falstaff disguised as herne
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falstaffx the windsor bell hath struck twelvex the minute draws onx
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now the hotxblooded gods assist mex rememberx jovex thou wast a bull
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for thy europax love set on thy hornsx o powerful lovex that in some
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respects makes a beast a manx in some other a man a beastx you were
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alsox jupiterx a swanx for the love of ledax o omnipotent lovex how
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near the god drew to the complexion of a goosex a fault done first in
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the form of a beastxo jovex a beastly faultxxand then another fault
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in the semblance of a fowlx think onxtx jovex a foul faultx when gods
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have hot backs what shall poor men dox for mex i am here a windsor
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stagx and the fattestx i thinkx ix thx forestx send me a cool
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rutxtimex jovex or who can blame me to piss my tallowx who comes
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herex my doex
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enter mistress ford and mistress page
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mrsx fordx sir johnx art thou therex my deerx my male deerx
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falstaffx my doe with the black scutx let the sky rain
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potatoesx let it thunder to the tune of greensleevesx hail
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kissingxcomfitsx and snow eringoesx let there come a tempest
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of provocationx i will shelter me herex xembracing herx
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mrsx fordx mistress page is come with mex sweetheartx
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falstaffx divide me like a bribxd buckx each a haunchx i
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will keep my sides to myselfx my shoulders for the fellow
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of this walkx and my horns i bequeath your husbandsx am
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i a woodmanx hax speak i like heme the hunterx whyx
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now is cupid a child of consciencex he makes restitutionx
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as i am a true spiritx welcomex xa noise of hornsx
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mrsx pagex alasx what noisex
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mrsx fordx heaven forgive our sinsx
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falstaffx what should this bex
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mrsx fordx x awayx awayx
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mrsx pagex x awayx awayx xthey run offx
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falstaffx i think the devil will not have me damnxdx lest the
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oil thatxs in me should set hell on firex he would never else
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cross me thusx
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enter sir hugh evans like a satyrx anne page as
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a fairyx and others as the fairy queenx fairiesx and
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hobgoblinx all with tapers
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fairy queenx fairiesx blackx greyx greenx and whitex
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you moonshine revellersx and shades of nightx
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you orphan heirs of fixed destinyx
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attend your office and your qualityx
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crier hobgoblinx make the fairy oyesx
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puckx elvesx list your namesx silencex you airy toysx
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cricketx to windsor chimneys shalt thou leapx
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where fires thou findxst unrakxdx and hearths unsweptx
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there pinch the maids as blue as bilberryx
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our radiant queen hates sluts and slutteryx
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falstaffx they are fairiesx he that speaks to them shall diex
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ixll wink and couchx no man their works must eyex
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xlies down upon his facex
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evansx wherexs pedex go youx and where you find a maid
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thatx ere she sleepx has thrice her prayers saidx
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raise up the organs of her fantasy
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sleep she as sound as careless infancyx
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but those as sleep and think not on their sinsx
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pinch themx armsx legsx backsx shouldersx sidesx and shinsx
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fairy queenx aboutx aboutx
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search windsor castlex elvesx within and outx
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strew good luckx ouphesx on every sacred roomx
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that it may stand till the perpetual doom
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in state as wholesome as in state xtis fitx
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worthy the owner and the owner itx
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the several chairs of order look you scour
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with juice of balm and every precious flowerx
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each fair instalmentx coatx and sevxral crestx
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with loyal blazonx evermore be blestx
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and nightlyx meadowxfairiesx look you singx
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like to the garterxs compassx in a ringx
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thx expressure that it bearsx green let it bex
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more fertilexfresh than all the field to seex
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and xhoni soit qui mal y pensex write
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in emxrald tuftsx flowxrs purplex blue and whitex
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like sapphirex pearlx and rich embroideryx
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buckled below fair knighthoodxs bending kneex
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fairies use flowxrs for their characteryx
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awayx dispersex but till xtis one oxclockx
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our dance of custom round about the oak
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of herne the hunter let us not forgetx
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evansx pray youx lock hand in handx yourselves in order setx
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and twenty glowxworms shall our lanterns bex
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to guide our measure round about the treex
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butx stayx i smell a man of middle earthx
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falstaffx heavens defend me from that welsh fairyx lest he
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transform me to a piece of cheesex
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puckx vile wormx thou wast oxerlookxd even in thy birthx
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fairy queenx with trialxfire touch me his fingerxendx
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if he be chastex the flame will back descendx
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and turn him to no painx but if he startx
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it is the flesh of a corrupted heartx
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|
puckx a trialx comex
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evansx comex will this wood take firex
|
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xthey put the tapers to his fingersx and he startsx
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falstaffx ohx ohx ohx
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fairy queenx corruptx corruptx and tainted in desirex
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about himx fairiesx sing a scornful rhymex
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|
andx as you tripx still pinch him to your timex
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the songx
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fie on sinful fantasyx
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fie on lust and luxuryx
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lust is but a bloody firex
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kindled with unchaste desirex
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fed in heartx whose flames aspirex
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|
as thoughts do blow themx higher and higherx
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|
pinch himx fairiesx mutuallyx
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pinch him for his villainyx
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pinch him and burn him and turn him aboutx
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till candles and starxlight and moonshine be outx
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during this song they pinch falstaffx doctor
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|
caius comes one wayx and steals away a fairy in
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greenx slender another wayx and takes off a fairy in
|
|
whitex and fenton steals away anne pagex a noise
|
|
of hunting is heard withinx all the fairies run awayx
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|
falstaff pulls off his buckxs headx and rises
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enter pagex fordx mistress pagex mistress fordx and
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|
sir hugh evans
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pagex nayx do not flyx i think we have watchxd you nowx
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|
will none but heme the hunter serve your turnx
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|
mrsx pagex i pray youx comex hold up the jest no higherx
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|
nowx good sir johnx how like you windsor wivesx
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|
see you thesex husbandx do not these fair yokes
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|
become the forest better than the townx
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fordx nowx sirx whoxs a cuckold nowx master brookx
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|
falstaffxs a knavex a cuckoldly knavex here are his hornsx
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|
master brookx andx master brookx he hath enjoyed nothing of
|
|
fordxs but his buckxbasketx his cudgelx and twenty pounds
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|
of moneyx which must be paid to master brookx his horses
|
|
are arrested for itx master brookx
|
|
mrsx fordx sir johnx we have had ill luckx we could never
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|
meetx i will never take you for my love againx but i will
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|
always count you my deerx
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falstaffx i do begin to perceive that i am made an assx
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fordx ayx and an ox toox both the proofs are extantx
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|
falstaffx and these are not fairiesx i was three or four
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|
times in the thought they were not fairiesx and yet the
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|
guiltiness of my mindx the sudden surprise of my powersx
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|
drove the grossness of the foppery into a receivxd beliefx
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in despite of the teeth of all rhyme and reasonx that they
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|
were fairiesx see now how wit may be made a jackxaxlent
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|
when xtis upon ill employmentx
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|
evansx sir john falstaffx serve gotx and leave your desiresx
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|
and fairies will not pinse youx
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|
fordx well saidx fairy hughx
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|
evansx and leave you your jealousies toox i pray youx
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fordx i will never mistrust my wife againx till thou art able
|
|
to woo her in good englishx
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|
falstaffx have i laid my brain in the sunx and dried itx that
|
|
it wants matter to prevent so grossx oxerxreaching as thisx
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|
am i ridden with a welsh goat toox shall i have a coxxcomb
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|
of friezex xtis time i were chokxd with a piece of
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|
toasted cheesex
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evansx seese is not good to give putterx your belly is all
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|
putterx
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falstaffx xseesex and xputterxx have i livxd to stand at the
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|
taunt of one that makes fritters of englishx this is enough
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|
to be the decay of lust and latexwalking through the realmx
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|
mrsx pagex whyx sir johnx do you thinkx though we would
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|
have thrust virtue out of our hearts by the head and
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|
shouldersx and have given ourselves without scruple to hellx
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|
that ever the devil could have made you our delightx
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fordx whatx a hodgexpuddingx a bag of flaxx
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|
mrsx pagex a puffxd manx
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pagex oldx coldx witherxdx and of intolerable entrailsx
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|
fordx and one that is as slanderous as satanx
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|
pagex and as poor as jobx
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|
fordx and as wicked as his wifex
|
|
evansx and given to fornicationsx and to tavernsx and sackx
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|
and winex and metheglinsx and to drinkingsx and swearingsx
|
|
and staringsx pribbles and prabblesx
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|
falstaffx wellx i am your themex you have the start of mex
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|
i am dejectedx i am not able to answer the welsh flannelx
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|
ignorance itself is a plummet oxer mex use me as you willx
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|
fordx marryx sirx wexll bring you to windsorx to one master
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|
brookx that you have cozenxd of moneyx to whom you
|
|
should have been a panderx over and above that you have
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|
sufferxdx i think to repay that money will be a biting
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|
afflictionx
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|
pagex yet be cheerfulx knightx thou shalt eat a posset
|
|
tonight at my housex where i will desire thee to laugh at my
|
|
wifex that now laughs at theex tell her master slender hath
|
|
married her daughterx
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|
mrsx pagex xasidex doctors doubt thatx if anne page be
|
|
my daughterx she isx by thisx doctor caiusx wifex
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enter slender
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slenderx whoax hox hox father pagex
|
|
pagex sonx how nowx how nowx sonx have you dispatchxdxx
|
|
slenderx dispatchxdx ixll make the best in gloucestershire
|
|
know onxtx would i were hangxdx lax elsex
|
|
pagex of whatx sonx
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|
slenderx i came yonder at eton to marry mistress anne
|
|
pagex and shexs a great lubberly boyx if it had not been ix
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|
thx churchx i would have swingxd himx or he should have
|
|
swingxd mex if i did not think it had been anne pagex
|
|
would i might never stirxxand xtis a postmasterxs boyx
|
|
pagex upon my lifex thenx you took the wrongx
|
|
slenderx what need you tell me thatx i think sox when i
|
|
took a boy for a girlx if i had been married to himx for all
|
|
he was in womanxs apparelx i would not have had himx
|
|
pagex whyx this is your own follyx did not i tell you how
|
|
you should know my daughter by her garmentsx
|
|
slenderx i went to her in white and cried xmumx and she
|
|
cried xbudgetx as anne and i had appointedx and yet it was
|
|
not annex but a postmasterxs boyx
|
|
mrsx pagex good georgex be not angryx i knew of your
|
|
purposex turnxd my daughter into greenx andx indeedx she
|
|
is now with the doctor at the deanxryx and there marriedx
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|
enter caius
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caiusx vere is mistress pagex by garx i am cozenedx i hax
|
|
married un garconx a boyx un paysanx by garx a boyx it is
|
|
not anne pagex by garx i am cozenedx
|
|
mrsx pagex whyx did you take her in greenx
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caiusx ayx be garx and xtis a boyx be garx ixll raise all
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|
windsorx exit caius
|
|
fordx this is strangex who hath got the right annex
|
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pagex my heart misgives mex here comes master fentonx
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enter fenton and anne page
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how nowx master fentonx
|
|
annex pardonx good fatherx good my motherx pardonx
|
|
pagex nowx mistressx how chance you went not with master
|
|
slenderx
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|
mrsx pagex why went you not with master doctorx maidx
|
|
fentonx you do amaze herx hear the truth of itx
|
|
you would have married her most shamefullyx
|
|
where there was no proportion held in lovex
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|
the truth isx she and ix long since contractedx
|
|
are now so sure that nothing can dissolve usx
|
|
thx offence is holy that she hath committedx
|
|
and this deceit loses the name of craftx
|
|
of disobediencex or unduteous titlex
|
|
since therein she doth evitate and shun
|
|
a thousand irreligious cursed hoursx
|
|
which forced marriage would have brought upon herx
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fordx stand not amazxdx here is no remedyx
|
|
in lovex the heavens themselves do guide the statex
|
|
money buys landsx and wives are sold by fatex
|
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falstaffx i am gladx though you have taxen a special stand
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|
to strike at mex that your arrow hath glancxdx
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pagex wellx what remedyx fentonx heaven give thee joyx
|
|
what cannot be eschewxd must be embracxdx
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|
falstaffx when nightxdogs runx all sorts of deer are chasxdx
|
|
mrsx pagex wellx i will muse no furtherx master fentonx
|
|
heaven give you manyx many merry daysx
|
|
good husbandx let us every one go homex
|
|
and laugh this sport oxer by a country firex
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|
sir john and allx
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fordx let it be sox sir johnx
|
|
to master brook you yet shall hold your wordx
|
|
for hex toxnightx shall lie with mistress fordx exeunt
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a midsummer nightxs dream
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contents
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act i
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scene ix athensx a room in the palace of theseus
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scene iix the samex a room in a cottage
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act ii
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scene ix a wood near athens
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scene iix another part of the wood
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act iii
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scene ix the woodx
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scene iix another part of the wood
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act iv
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scene ix the wood
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scene iix athensx a room in quincexs house
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act v
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scene ix athensx an apartment in the palace of theseus
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dramatis personx
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theseusx duke of athens
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hippolytax queen of the amazonsx bethrothed to theseus
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egeusx father to hermia
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hermiax daughter to egeusx in love with lysander
|
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helenax in love with demetrius
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lysanderx in love with hermia
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demetriusx in love with hermia
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philostratex master of the revels to theseus
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quincex the carpenter
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snugx the joiner
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bottomx the weaver
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flutex the bellowsxmender
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snoutx the tinker
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starvelingx the tailor
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oberonx king of the fairies
|
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titaniax queen of the fairies
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puckx or robin goodfellowx a fairy
|
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peaseblossomx fairy
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cobwebx fairy
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mothx fairy
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mustardseedx fairy
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pyramusx thisbex wallx moonshinex lionx characters in the interlude
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performed by the clowns
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other fairies attending their king and queen
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attendants on theseus and hippolyta
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scenex athensx and a wood not far from it
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act i
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scene ix athensx a room in the palace of theseus
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enter theseusx hippolytax philostrate and attendantsx
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theseusx
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nowx fair hippolytax our nuptial hour
|
|
draws on apacex four happy days bring in
|
|
another moonx but ohx methinksx how slow
|
|
this old moon wanesx she lingers my desiresx
|
|
like to a stepxdame or a dowagerx
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long withering out a young manxs revenuex
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hippolytax
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four days will quickly steep themselves in nightx
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four nights will quickly dream away the timex
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and then the moonx like to a silver bow
|
|
new bent in heavenx shall behold the night
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of our solemnitiesx
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theseusx
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gox philostratex
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stir up the athenian youth to merrimentsx
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awake the pert and nimble spirit of mirthx
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turn melancholy forth to funeralsx
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the pale companion is not for our pompx
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xxexit philostratexxx
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hippolytax i wooxd thee with my swordx
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and won thy love doing thee injuriesx
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but i will wed thee in another keyx
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with pompx with triumphx and with revellingx
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enter egeusx hermiax lysander and demetriusx
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egeusx
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happy be theseusx our renownxd dukex
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theseusx
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thanksx good egeusx whatxs the news with theex
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egeusx
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full of vexation come ix with complaint
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against my childx my daughter hermiax
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stand forthx demetriusx my noble lordx
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this man hath my consent to marry herx
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stand forthx lysanderx andx my gracious dukex
|
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this man hath bewitchxd the bosom of my childx
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thoux thoux lysanderx thou hast given her rhymesx
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and interchangxd lovextokens with my childx
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thou hast by moonlight at her window sungx
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with feigning voicex verses of feigning lovex
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|
and stolxn the impression of her fantasy
|
|
with bracelets of thy hairx ringsx gaudsx conceitsx
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|
knacksx triflesx nosegaysx sweetmeats xmessengers
|
|
of strong prevailment in unhardenxd youthx
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with cunning hast thou filchxd my daughterxs heartx
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turnxd her obedience xwhich is due to mex
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to stubborn harshnessx andx my gracious dukex
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be it so she will not here before your grace
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consent to marry with demetriusx
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i beg the ancient privilege of athensx
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as she is mine i may dispose of herx
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which shall be either to this gentleman
|
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or to her deathx according to our law
|
|
immediately provided in that casex
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theseusx
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what say youx hermiax be advisxdx fair maidx
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to you your father should be as a godx
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one that composxd your beautiesx yeax and one
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to whom you are but as a form in wax
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by him imprintedx and within his power
|
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to leave the figurex or disfigure itx
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demetrius is a worthy gentlemanx
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hermiax
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so is lysanderx
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theseusx
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in himself he isx
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but in this kindx wanting your fatherxs voicex
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the other must be held the worthierx
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hermiax
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i would my father lookxd but with my eyesx
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theseusx
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rather your eyes must with his judgment lookx
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hermiax
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i do entreat your grace to pardon mex
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i know not by what power i am made boldx
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nor how it may concern my modesty
|
|
in such a presence here to plead my thoughtsx
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|
but i beseech your grace that i may know
|
|
the worst that may befall me in this casex
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if i refuse to wed demetriusx
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theseusx
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either to die the deathx or to abjure
|
|
for ever the society of menx
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|
thereforex fair hermiax question your desiresx
|
|
know of your youthx examine well your bloodx
|
|
whetherx if you yield not to your fatherxs choicex
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|
you can endure the livery of a nunx
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for aye to be in shady cloister mewxdx
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to live a barren sister all your lifex
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chanting faint hymns to the cold fruitless moonx
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thricexblessxd they that master so their blood
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to undergo such maiden pilgrimagex
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but earthlier happy is the rose distillxd
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than that whichx withering on the virgin thornx
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growsx livesx and diesx in single blessednessx
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hermiax
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so will i growx so livex so diex my lordx
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ere i will yield my virgin patent up
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unto his lordshipx whose unwishxd yoke
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my soul consents not to give sovereigntyx
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theseusx
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take time to pausex and by the next new moon
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the sealingxday betwixt my love and me
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for everlasting bond of fellowshipx
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upon that day either prepare to die
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for disobedience to your fatherxs willx
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or else to wed demetriusx as he wouldx
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or on dianaxs altar to protest
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for aye austerity and single lifex
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demetriusx
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relentx sweet hermiax andx lysanderx yield
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thy crazxd title to my certain rightx
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lysanderx
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you have her fatherxs lovex demetriusx
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let me have hermiaxsx do you marry himx
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egeusx
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scornful lysanderx truex he hath my lovex
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and what is mine my love shall render himx
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and she is minex and all my right of her
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i do estate unto demetriusx
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lysanderx
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i amx my lordx as well derivxd as hex
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as well possessxdx my love is more than hisx
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my fortunes every way as fairly rankxdx
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if not with vantagex as demetriusxx
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andx which is more than all these boasts can bex
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i am belovxd of beauteous hermiax
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why should not i then prosecute my rightx
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demetriusx ixll avouch it to his headx
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made love to nedarxs daughterx helenax
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and won her soulx and shex sweet ladyx dotesx
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devoutly dotesx dotes in idolatryx
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upon this spotted and inconstant manx
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theseusx
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i must confess that i have heard so muchx
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and with demetrius thought to have spoke thereofx
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butx being overxfull of selfxaffairsx
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my mind did lose itxxbutx demetriusx comex
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and comex egeusx you shall go with mex
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i have some private schooling for you bothxx
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for youx fair hermiax look you arm yourself
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to fit your fancies to your fatherxs willx
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or else the law of athens yields you up
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xwhich by no means we may extenuatex
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to deathx or to a vow of single lifex
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comex my hippolytax what cheerx my lovex
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demetrius and egeusx go alongx
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i must employ you in some business
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against our nuptialx and confer with you
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of something nearly that concerns yourselvesx
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egeusx
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with duty and desire we follow youx
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xxexeunt all but lysander and hermiaxxx
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lysanderx
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how nowx my lovex why is your cheek so palex
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how chance the roses there do fade so fastx
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hermiax
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belike for want of rainx which i could well
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beteem them from the tempest of my eyesx
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lysanderx
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ay mex for aught that i could ever readx
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could ever hear by tale or historyx
|
|
the course of true love never did run smoothx
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but either it was different in bloodx
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hermiax
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o crossx too high to be enthrallxd to lowx
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lysanderx
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or else misgraffxd in respect of yearsx
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hermiax
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o spitex too old to be engagxd to youngx
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lysanderx
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or else it stood upon the choice of friendsx
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hermiax
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o hellx to choose love by anotherxs eyesx
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lysanderx
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orx if there were a sympathy in choicex
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warx deathx or sickness did lay siege to itx
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making it momentany as a soundx
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swift as a shadowx short as any dreamx
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|
brief as the lightning in the collied night
|
|
thatx in a spleenx unfolds both heaven and earthx
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andx ere a man hath power to sayx xbeholdxx
|
|
the jaws of darkness do devour it upx
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so quick bright things come to confusionx
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hermiax
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|
if then true lovers have ever crossxdx
|
|
it stands as an edict in destinyx
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then let us teach our trial patiencex
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because it is a customary crossx
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as due to love as thoughts and dreams and sighsx
|
|
wishes and tearsx poor fancyxs followersx
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lysanderx
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a good persuasionx thereforex hear mex hermiax
|
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i have a widow auntx a dowager
|
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of great revenuex and she hath no childx
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|
from athens is her house remote seven leaguesx
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and she respects me as her only sonx
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therex gentle hermiax may i marry theex
|
|
and to that place the sharp athenian law
|
|
cannot pursue usx if thou lovest me thenx
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steal forth thy fatherxs house tomorrow nightx
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|
and in the woodx a league without the town
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|
xwhere i did meet thee once with helena
|
|
to do observance to a morn of mayxx
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|
there will i stay for theex
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hermiax
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|
my good lysanderx
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|
i swear to thee by cupidxs strongest bowx
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by his best arrow with the golden headx
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|
by the simplicity of venusx dovesx
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by that which knitteth souls and prospers lovesx
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|
and by that fire which burnxd the carthage queen
|
|
when the false trojan under sail was seenx
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by all the vows that ever men have broke
|
|
xin number more than ever women spokexx
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|
in that same place thou hast appointed mex
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|
tomorrow truly will i meet with theex
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lysanderx
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|
keep promisex lovex lookx here comes helenax
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enter helenax
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hermiax
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god speed fair helenax whither awayx
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helenax
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|
call you me fairx that fair again unsayx
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|
demetrius loves your fairx o happy fairx
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|
your eyes are lodexstars and your tonguexs sweet air
|
|
more tuneable than lark to shepherdxs earx
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|
when wheat is greenx when hawthorn buds appearx
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|
sickness is catchingx o were favour sox
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|
yours would i catchx fair hermiax ere i gox
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my ear should catch your voicex my eye your eyex
|
|
my tongue should catch your tonguexs sweet melodyx
|
|
were the world minex demetrius being batedx
|
|
the rest ixd give to be to you translatedx
|
|
ox teach me how you lookx and with what art
|
|
you sway the motion of demetriusx heartx
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hermiax
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|
i frown upon himx yet he loves me stillx
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helenax
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|
o that your frowns would teach my smiles such skillx
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hermiax
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i give him cursesx yet he gives me lovex
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helenax
|
|
o that my prayers could such affection movex
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hermiax
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|
the more i hatex the more he follows mex
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helenax
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|
the more i lovex the more he hateth mex
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hermiax
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|
his follyx helenax is no fault of minex
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helenax
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none but your beautyx would that fault were minex
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hermiax
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|
take comfortx he no more shall see my facex
|
|
lysander and myself will fly this placex
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|
before the time i did lysander seex
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|
seemxd athens as a paradise to mex
|
|
ox thenx what graces in my love do dwellx
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|
that he hath turnxd a heaven into hellx
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|
lysanderx
|
|
helenx to you our minds we will unfoldx
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|
tomorrow nightx when phoebe doth behold
|
|
her silver visage in the watery glassx
|
|
decking with liquid pearl the bladed grass
|
|
xa time that loversx flights doth still concealxx
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|
through athensx gates have we devisxd to stealx
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hermiax
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|
and in the wood where often you and i
|
|
upon faint primrose beds were wont to liex
|
|
emptying our bosoms of their counsel sweetx
|
|
there my lysander and myself shall meetx
|
|
and thence from athens turn away our eyesx
|
|
to seek new friends and stranger companiesx
|
|
farewellx sweet playfellowx pray thou for usx
|
|
and good luck grant thee thy demetriusx
|
|
keep wordx lysanderx we must starve our sight
|
|
from loversx foodx till morrow deep midnightx
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|
lysanderx
|
|
i willx my hermiax
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|
xxexit hermiaxxx
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|
helenax adieux
|
|
as you on himx demetrius dote on youx
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xxexit lysanderxxx
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|
helenax
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|
how happy some oxer other some can bex
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|
through athens i am thought as fair as shex
|
|
but what of thatx demetrius thinks not sox
|
|
he will not know what all but he do knowx
|
|
and as he errsx doting on hermiaxs eyesx
|
|
so ix admiring of his qualitiesx
|
|
things base and vilex holding no quantityx
|
|
love can transpose to form and dignityx
|
|
love looks not with the eyesx but with the mindx
|
|
and therefore is wingxd cupid painted blindx
|
|
nor hath lovexs mind of any judgment tastex
|
|
wingsx and no eyesx figure unheedy hastex
|
|
and therefore is love said to be a childx
|
|
because in choice he is so oft beguilxdx
|
|
as waggish boys in game themselves forswearx
|
|
so the boy love is perjurxd everywherex
|
|
forx ere demetrius lookxd on hermiaxs eynex
|
|
he hailxd down oaths that he was only minex
|
|
and when this hail some heat from hermia feltx
|
|
so he dissolvxdx and showers of oaths did meltx
|
|
i will go tell him of fair hermiaxs flightx
|
|
then to the wood will he tomorrow night
|
|
pursue herx and for this intelligence
|
|
if i have thanksx it is a dear expensex
|
|
but herein mean i to enrich my painx
|
|
to have his sight thither and back againx
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xxexit helenaxxx
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|
scene iix the samex a room in a cottage
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|
enter quincex snugx bottomx flutex snout and starvelingx
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|
quincex
|
|
is all our company herex
|
|
|
|
bottomx
|
|
you were best to call them generallyx man by manx according to the
|
|
scripx
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|
|
quincex
|
|
here is the scroll of every manxs namex which is thought fit through
|
|
all athensx to play in our interlude before the duke and duchessx on
|
|
his weddingxday at nightx
|
|
|
|
bottomx
|
|
firstx good peter quincex say what the play treats onx then read the
|
|
names of the actorsx and so grow to a pointx
|
|
|
|
quincex
|
|
marryx our play is xthe most lamentable comedy and most cruel death of
|
|
pyramus and thisbexx
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|
|
bottomx
|
|
a very good piece of workx i assure youx and a merryx nowx good peter
|
|
quincex call forth your actors by the scrollx mastersx spread
|
|
yourselvesx
|
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|
quincex
|
|
answerx as i call youx nick bottomx the weaverx
|
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|
|
bottomx
|
|
readyx name what part i am forx and proceedx
|
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|
|
quincex
|
|
youx nick bottomx are set down for pyramusx
|
|
|
|
bottomx
|
|
what is pyramusxa loverx or a tyrantx
|
|
|
|
quincex
|
|
a loverx that kills himself most gallantly for lovex
|
|
|
|
bottomx
|
|
that will ask some tears in the true performing of itx if i do itx let
|
|
the audience look to their eyesx i will move stormsx i will condole in
|
|
some measurex to the restxyet my chief humour is for a tyrantx i could
|
|
play ercles rarelyx or a part to tear a cat inx to make all splitx
|
|
|
|
the raging rocks
|
|
and shivering shocks
|
|
shall break the locks
|
|
of prison gatesx
|
|
and phibbusx car
|
|
shall shine from farx
|
|
and make and mar
|
|
the foolish fatesx
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|
|
|
this was loftyx now name the rest of the playersx this is erclesx veinx
|
|
a tyrantxs veinx a lover is more condolingx
|
|
|
|
quincex
|
|
francis flutex the bellowsxmenderx
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|
|
|
flutex
|
|
herex peter quincex
|
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|
|
quincex
|
|
flutex you must take thisbe on youx
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|
|
flutex
|
|
what is thisbex a wandering knightx
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|
|
quincex
|
|
it is the lady that pyramus must lovex
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|
|
flutex
|
|
nayx faithx let not me play a womanx i have a beard comingx
|
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|
|
quincex
|
|
thatxs all onex you shall play it in a maskx and you may speak as small
|
|
as you willx
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|
|
|
bottomx
|
|
and i may hide my facex let me play thisbe toox ixll speak in a
|
|
monstrous little voicex xthisnex thisnexxxxahx pyramusx my lover dearx
|
|
thy thisbe dearx and lady dearxx
|
|
|
|
quincex
|
|
nox nox you must play pyramusx andx flutex you thisbex
|
|
|
|
bottomx
|
|
wellx proceedx
|
|
|
|
quincex
|
|
robin starvelingx the tailorx
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|
|
starvelingx
|
|
herex peter quincex
|
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|
|
quincex
|
|
robin starvelingx you must play thisbexs motherx
|
|
tom snoutx the tinkerx
|
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|
|
snout
|
|
herex peter quincex
|
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|
|
quincex
|
|
youx pyramusx fatherx myselfx thisbexs fatherx
|
|
snugx the joinerx youx the lionxs partx andx i hope here is a play
|
|
fittedx
|
|
|
|
snug
|
|
have you the lionxs part writtenx pray youx if it bex give it mex for i
|
|
am slow of studyx
|
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|
|
quincex
|
|
you may do it extemporex for it is nothing but roaringx
|
|
|
|
bottomx
|
|
let me play the lion toox i will roar that i will do any manxs heart
|
|
good to hear mex i will roar that i will make the duke say xlet him
|
|
roar againx let him roar againxx
|
|
|
|
quincex
|
|
if you should do it too terriblyx you would fright the duchess and the
|
|
ladiesx that they would shriekx and that were enough to hang us allx
|
|
|
|
all
|
|
that would hang us every motherxs sonx
|
|
|
|
bottomx
|
|
i grant youx friendsx if you should fright the ladies out of their
|
|
witsx they would have no more discretion but to hang usx but i will
|
|
aggravate my voice sox that i will roar you as gently as any sucking
|
|
dovex i will roar you an xtwere any nightingalex
|
|
|
|
quincex
|
|
you can play no part but pyramusx for pyramus is a sweetxfaced manx a
|
|
proper man as one shall see in a summerxs dayx a most lovely
|
|
gentlemanxlike manx therefore you must needs play pyramusx
|
|
|
|
bottomx
|
|
wellx i will undertake itx what beard were i best to play it inx
|
|
|
|
quincex
|
|
whyx what you willx
|
|
|
|
bottomx
|
|
i will discharge it in either your strawxcolour beardx your
|
|
orangextawny beardx your purplexinxgrain beardx or your
|
|
frenchxcrownxcolour beardx your perfect yellowx
|
|
|
|
quincex
|
|
some of your french crowns have no hair at allx and then you will play
|
|
barexfacedx butx mastersx here are your partsx and i am to entreat youx
|
|
request youx and desire youx to con them by tomorrow nightx and meet me
|
|
in the palace woodx a mile without the townx by moonlightx there will
|
|
we rehearsex for if we meet in the cityx we shall be doggxd with
|
|
companyx and our devices knownx in the meantime i will draw a bill of
|
|
propertiesx such as our play wantsx i pray you fail me notx
|
|
|
|
bottomx
|
|
we will meetx and there we may rehearse most obscenely and
|
|
courageouslyx take painsx be perfectx adieux
|
|
|
|
quincex
|
|
at the dukexs oak we meetx
|
|
|
|
bottomx
|
|
enoughx holdx or cut bowxstringsx
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|
|
xxexeuntxxx
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|
act ii
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|
scene ix a wood near athens
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|
|
enter a fairy at one doorx and puck at anotherx
|
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|
|
puckx
|
|
how nowx spiritx whither wander youx
|
|
|
|
fairy
|
|
over hillx over dalex
|
|
thorough bushx thorough brierx
|
|
over parkx over palex
|
|
thorough floodx thorough firex
|
|
i do wander everywherex
|
|
swifter than the moonxs spherex
|
|
and i serve the fairy queenx
|
|
to dew her orbs upon the greenx
|
|
the cowslips tall her pensioners bex
|
|
in their gold coats spots you seex
|
|
those be rubiesx fairy favoursx
|
|
in those freckles live their savoursx
|
|
i must go seek some dewxdrops herex
|
|
and hang a pearl in every cowslipxs earx
|
|
farewellx thou lob of spiritsx ixll be gonex
|
|
our queen and all her elves come here anonx
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|
|
|
puckx
|
|
the king doth keep his revels here tonightx
|
|
take heed the queen come not within his sightx
|
|
for oberon is passing fell and wrathx
|
|
because that shex as her attendantx hath
|
|
a lovely boyx stolxn from an indian kingx
|
|
she never had so sweet a changelingx
|
|
and jealous oberon would have the child
|
|
knight of his trainx to trace the forests wildx
|
|
but she perforce withholds the lovxd boyx
|
|
crowns him with flowersx and makes him all her joyx
|
|
and now they never meet in grove or greenx
|
|
by fountain clearx or spangled starlight sheenx
|
|
but they do squarex that all their elves for fear
|
|
creep into acorn cupsx and hide them therex
|
|
|
|
fairy
|
|
either i mistake your shape and making quitex
|
|
or else you are that shrewd and knavish sprite
|
|
callxd robin goodfellowx are not you he
|
|
that frights the maidens of the villageryx
|
|
skim milkx and sometimes labour in the quernx
|
|
and bootless make the breathless housewife churnx
|
|
and sometime make the drink to bear no barmx
|
|
mislead nightxwanderersx laughing at their harmx
|
|
those that hobgoblin call youx and sweet puckx
|
|
you do their workx and they shall have good luckx
|
|
are not you hex
|
|
|
|
puckx
|
|
thou speakxst arightx
|
|
i am that merry wanderer of the nightx
|
|
i jest to oberonx and make him smilex
|
|
when i a fat and beanxfed horse beguilex
|
|
neighing in likeness of a filly foalx
|
|
and sometime lurk i in a gossipxs bowl
|
|
in very likeness of a roasted crabx
|
|
andx when she drinksx against her lips i bobx
|
|
and on her withered dewlap pour the alex
|
|
the wisest auntx telling the saddest talex
|
|
sometime for threexfoot stool mistaketh mex
|
|
then slip i from her bumx down topples shex
|
|
and xtailorx criesx and falls into a coughx
|
|
and then the whole quire hold their hips and loffe
|
|
and waxen in their mirthx and neezex and swear
|
|
a merrier hour was never wasted therex
|
|
but roomx fairyx here comes oberonx
|
|
|
|
fairy
|
|
and here my mistressx would that he were gonex
|
|
|
|
enter oberon at one doorx with his trainx and titania at anotherx with
|
|
hersx
|
|
|
|
oberonx
|
|
ill met by moonlightx proud titaniax
|
|
|
|
titaniax
|
|
whatx jealous oberonx fairiesx skip hencex
|
|
i have forsworn his bed and companyx
|
|
|
|
oberonx
|
|
tarryx rash wantonx am not i thy lordx
|
|
|
|
titaniax
|
|
then i must be thy ladyx but i know
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when thou hast stolxn away from fairylandx
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and in the shape of corin sat all day
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playing on pipes of cornx and versing love
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to amorous phillidax why art thou herex
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come from the farthest steep of indiax
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but thatx forsoothx the bouncing amazonx
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your buskinxd mistress and your warrior lovex
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to theseus must be weddedx and you come
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to give their bed joy and prosperityx
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oberonx
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how canst thou thusx for shamex titaniax
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glance at my credit with hippolytax
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knowing i know thy love to theseusx
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didst not thou lead him through the glimmering night
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from perigeniax whom he ravishedx
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and make him with fair aegles break his faithx
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with ariadne and antiopax
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titaniax
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these are the forgeries of jealousyx
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and neverx since the middle summerxs springx
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met we on hillx in dalex forestx or meadx
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by pavxd fountainx or by rushy brookx
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or on the beachxd margent of the seax
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to dance our ringlets to the whistling windx
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but with thy brawls thou hast disturbxd our sportx
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therefore the windsx piping to us in vainx
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as in revengex have suckxd up from the sea
|
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contagious fogsx whichx falling in the landx
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hath every pelting river made so proud
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that they have overborne their continentsx
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the ox hath therefore stretchxd his yoke in vainx
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the ploughman lost his sweatx and the green corn
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hath rotted ere his youth attainxd a beardx
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the fold stands empty in the drownxd fieldx
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and crows are fatted with the murrion flockx
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the ninexmenxsxmorris is fillxd up with mudx
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and the quaint mazes in the wanton greenx
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for lack of treadx are undistinguishablex
|
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the human mortals want their winter herex
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no night is now with hymn or carol blestx
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therefore the moonx the governess of floodsx
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pale in her angerx washes all the airx
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that rheumatic diseases do aboundx
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|
and thorough this distemperature we see
|
|
the seasons alterx hoaryxheaded frosts
|
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fall in the fresh lap of the crimson rosex
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|
and on old hiemsx thin and icy crown
|
|
an odorous chaplet of sweet summer buds
|
|
isx as in mockeryx setx the springx the summerx
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|
the childing autumnx angry winterx change
|
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their wonted liveriesx and the mazed worldx
|
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by their increasex now knows not which is whichx
|
|
and this same progeny of evils comes
|
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from our debatex from our dissensionx
|
|
we are their parents and originalx
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oberonx
|
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do you amend itx thenx it lies in youx
|
|
why should titania cross her oberonx
|
|
i do but beg a little changeling boy
|
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to be my henchmanx
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titaniax
|
|
set your heart at restx
|
|
the fairyland buys not the child of mex
|
|
his mother was a votxress of my orderx
|
|
and in the spicxd indian airx by nightx
|
|
full often hath she gossipxd by my sidex
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|
and sat with me on neptunexs yellow sandsx
|
|
marking thx embarkxd traders on the floodx
|
|
when we have laughxd to see the sails conceivex
|
|
and grow bigxbellied with the wanton windx
|
|
which shex with pretty and with swimming gait
|
|
following xher womb then rich with my young squirexx
|
|
would imitatex and sail upon the landx
|
|
to fetch me triflesx and return againx
|
|
as from a voyagex rich with merchandisex
|
|
but shex being mortalx of that boy did diex
|
|
and for her sake do i rear up her boyx
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|
and for her sake i will not part with himx
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|
|
|
oberonx
|
|
how long within this wood intend you stayx
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|
|
|
titaniax
|
|
perchance till after theseusx weddingxdayx
|
|
if you will patiently dance in our roundx
|
|
and see our moonlight revelsx go with usx
|
|
if notx shun mex and i will spare your hauntsx
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|
|
|
oberonx
|
|
give me that boy and i will go with theex
|
|
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|
titaniax
|
|
not for thy fairy kingdomx fairiesx awayx
|
|
we shall chide downright if i longer stayx
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|
|
|
xxexit titania with her trainxxx
|
|
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|
oberonx
|
|
wellx go thy wayx thou shalt not from this grove
|
|
till i torment thee for this injuryxx
|
|
my gentle puckx come hitherx thou remembxrest
|
|
since once i sat upon a promontoryx
|
|
and heard a mermaid on a dolphinxs back
|
|
uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath
|
|
that the rude sea grew civil at her song
|
|
and certain stars shot madly from their spheres
|
|
to hear the seaxmaidxs musicx
|
|
|
|
puckx
|
|
i rememberx
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|
|
|
oberonx
|
|
that very time i sawx xbut thou couldst notxx
|
|
flying between the cold moon and the earthx
|
|
cupid all armxdx a certain aim he took
|
|
at a fair vestalx thronxd by the westx
|
|
and loosxd his lovexshaft smartly from his bow
|
|
as it should pierce a hundred thousand heartsx
|
|
but i might see young cupidxs fiery shaft
|
|
quenchxd in the chaste beams of the watery moonx
|
|
and the imperial votress passed onx
|
|
in maiden meditationx fancyxfreex
|
|
yet markxd i where the bolt of cupid fellx
|
|
it fell upon a little western flowerx
|
|
before milkxwhitex now purple with lovexs woundx
|
|
and maidens call it lovexinxidlenessx
|
|
fetch me that flowerx the herb i showed thee oncex
|
|
the juice of it on sleeping eyelids laid
|
|
will make or man or woman madly dote
|
|
upon the next live creature that it seesx
|
|
fetch me this herbx and be thou here again
|
|
ere the leviathan can swim a leaguex
|
|
|
|
puckx
|
|
ixll put a girdle round about the earth
|
|
in forty minutesx
|
|
|
|
xxexit puckxxx
|
|
|
|
oberonx
|
|
having once this juicex
|
|
ixll watch titania when she is asleepx
|
|
and drop the liquor of it in her eyesx
|
|
the next thing then she waking looks upon
|
|
xbe it on lionx bearx or wolfx or bullx
|
|
on meddling monkeyx or on busy apex
|
|
she shall pursue it with the soul of lovex
|
|
and ere i take this charm from off her sight
|
|
xas i can take it with another herbx
|
|
ixll make her render up her page to mex
|
|
but who comes herex i am invisiblex
|
|
and i will overhear their conferencex
|
|
|
|
enter demetriusx helena following himx
|
|
|
|
demetriusx
|
|
i love thee notx therefore pursue me notx
|
|
where is lysander and fair hermiax
|
|
the one ixll slayx the other slayeth mex
|
|
thou toldxst me they were stolxn into this woodx
|
|
and here am ix and wode within this wood
|
|
because i cannot meet with hermiax
|
|
hencex get thee gonex and follow me no morex
|
|
|
|
helenax
|
|
you draw mex you hardxhearted adamantx
|
|
but yet you draw not ironx for my heart
|
|
is true as steelx leave you your power to drawx
|
|
and i shall have no power to follow youx
|
|
|
|
demetriusx
|
|
do i entice youx do i speak you fairx
|
|
or rather do i not in plainest truth
|
|
tell you i do notx nor i cannot love youx
|
|
|
|
helenax
|
|
and even for that do i love you the morex
|
|
i am your spanielx andx demetriusx
|
|
the more you beat mex i will fawn on youx
|
|
use me but as your spanielx spurn mex strike mex
|
|
neglect mex lose mex only give me leavex
|
|
unworthy as i amx to follow youx
|
|
what worser place can i beg in your lovex
|
|
xand yet a place of high respect with mex
|
|
than to be usxd as you use your dogx
|
|
|
|
demetriusx
|
|
tempt not too much the hatred of my spiritx
|
|
for i am sick when i do look on theex
|
|
|
|
helenax
|
|
and i am sick when i look not on youx
|
|
|
|
demetriusx
|
|
you do impeach your modesty too much
|
|
to leave the city and commit yourself
|
|
into the hands of one that loves you notx
|
|
to trust the opportunity of nightx
|
|
and the ill counsel of a desert placex
|
|
with the rich worth of your virginityx
|
|
|
|
helenax
|
|
your virtue is my privilegex for thatx
|
|
it is not night when i do see your facex
|
|
therefore i think i am not in the nightx
|
|
nor doth this wood lack worlds of companyx
|
|
for youx in my respectx are all the worldx
|
|
then how can it be said i am alone
|
|
when all the world is here to look on mex
|
|
|
|
demetriusx
|
|
ixll run from thee and hide me in the brakesx
|
|
and leave thee to the mercy of wild beastsx
|
|
|
|
helenax
|
|
the wildest hath not such a heart as youx
|
|
run when you willx the story shall be changxdx
|
|
apollo fliesx and daphne holds the chasex
|
|
the dove pursues the griffinx the mild hind
|
|
makes speed to catch the tigerx bootless speedx
|
|
when cowardice pursues and valour fliesx
|
|
|
|
demetriusx
|
|
i will not stay thy questionsx let me gox
|
|
or if thou follow mex do not believe
|
|
but i shall do thee mischief in the woodx
|
|
|
|
helenax
|
|
ayx in the templex in the townx the fieldx
|
|
you do me mischiefx fiex demetriusx
|
|
your wrongs do set a scandal on my sexx
|
|
we cannot fight for love as men may dox
|
|
we should be wooxdx and were not made to woox
|
|
|
|
xxexit demetriusxxx
|
|
|
|
ixll follow theex and make a heaven of hellx
|
|
to die upon the hand i love so wellx
|
|
|
|
xxexit helenaxxx
|
|
|
|
oberonx
|
|
fare thee wellx nymphx ere he do leave this grovex
|
|
thou shalt fly himx and he shall seek thy lovex
|
|
|
|
enter puckx
|
|
|
|
hast thou the flower therex welcomex wandererx
|
|
|
|
puckx
|
|
ayx there it isx
|
|
|
|
oberonx
|
|
i pray thee give it mex
|
|
i know a bank where the wild thyme blowsx
|
|
where oxlips and the nodding violet growsx
|
|
quite overxcanopied with luscious woodbinex
|
|
with sweet muskxrosesx and with eglantinex
|
|
there sleeps titania sometime of the nightx
|
|
lullxd in these flowers with dances and delightx
|
|
and there the snake throws her enamellxd skinx
|
|
weed wide enough to wrap a fairy inx
|
|
and with the juice of this ixll streak her eyesx
|
|
and make her full of hateful fantasiesx
|
|
take thou some of itx and seek through this grovex
|
|
a sweet athenian lady is in love
|
|
with a disdainful youthx anoint his eyesx
|
|
but do it when the next thing he espies
|
|
may be the ladyx thou shalt know the man
|
|
by the athenian garments he hath onx
|
|
effect it with some carex that he may prove
|
|
more fond on her than she upon her lovex
|
|
and look thou meet me ere the first cock crowx
|
|
|
|
puckx
|
|
fear notx my lordx your servant shall do sox
|
|
|
|
xxexeuntxxx
|
|
|
|
|
|
scene iix another part of the wood
|
|
|
|
enter titania with her trainx
|
|
|
|
titaniax
|
|
comex now a roundel and a fairy songx
|
|
then for the third part of a minutex hencex
|
|
some to kill cankers in the muskxrose budsx
|
|
some war with reremice for their leathern wingsx
|
|
to make my small elves coatsx and some keep back
|
|
the clamorous owlx that nightly hoots and wonders
|
|
at our quaint spiritsx sing me now asleepx
|
|
then to your officesx and let me restx
|
|
|
|
fairies singx
|
|
|
|
first fairyx
|
|
you spotted snakes with double tonguex
|
|
thorny hedgehogsx be not seenx
|
|
newts and blindxworms do no wrongx
|
|
come not near our fairy queenx
|
|
|
|
chorusx
|
|
philomelx with melodyx
|
|
sing in our sweet lullabyx
|
|
lullax lullax lullabyx lullax lullax lullabyx
|
|
never harmx nor spellx nor charmx
|
|
come our lovely lady nighx
|
|
so good nightx with lullabyx
|
|
|
|
first fairyx
|
|
weaving spidersx come not herex
|
|
hencex you longxleggxd spinnersx hencex
|
|
beetles blackx approach not nearx
|
|
worm nor snail do no offencex
|
|
|
|
chorusx
|
|
philomel with melodyx xcx
|
|
|
|
second fairyx
|
|
hence awayx now all is wellx
|
|
one aloof stand sentinelx
|
|
|
|
xxexeunt fairiesx titania sleepsxxx
|
|
|
|
enter oberonx
|
|
|
|
oberonx
|
|
what thou seest when thou dost wakex
|
|
|
|
xxsqueezes the flower on titaniaxs eyelidsxxx
|
|
|
|
do it for thy true love takex
|
|
love and languish for his sakex
|
|
be it ouncex or catx or bearx
|
|
pardx or boar with bristled hairx
|
|
in thy eye that shall appear
|
|
when thou wakxstx it is thy dearx
|
|
wake when some vile thing is nearx
|
|
|
|
xxexitxxx
|
|
|
|
enter lysander and hermiax
|
|
|
|
lysanderx
|
|
fair lovex you faint with wandxring in the woodx
|
|
andx to speak trothx i have forgot our wayx
|
|
wexll rest usx hermiax if you think it goodx
|
|
and tarry for the comfort of the dayx
|
|
|
|
hermiax
|
|
be it sox lysanderx find you out a bedx
|
|
for i upon this bank will rest my headx
|
|
|
|
lysanderx
|
|
one turf shall serve as pillow for us bothx
|
|
one heartx one bedx two bosomsx and one trothx
|
|
|
|
hermiax
|
|
nayx good lysanderx for my sakex my dearx
|
|
lie further off yetx do not lie so nearx
|
|
|
|
lysanderx
|
|
o take the sensex sweetx of my innocencex
|
|
love takes the meaning in lovexs conferencex
|
|
i mean that my heart unto yours is knitx
|
|
so that but one heart we can make of itx
|
|
two bosoms interchainxd with an oathx
|
|
so then two bosoms and a single trothx
|
|
then by your side no bedxroom me denyx
|
|
for lying sox hermiax i do not liex
|
|
|
|
hermiax
|
|
lysander riddles very prettilyx
|
|
now much beshrew my manners and my pridex
|
|
if hermia meant to say lysander liedx
|
|
butx gentle friendx for love and courtesy
|
|
lie further offx in human modestyx
|
|
such separation as may well be said
|
|
becomes a virtuous bachelor and a maidx
|
|
so far be distantx and good nightx sweet friendx
|
|
thy love nexer alter till thy sweet life endx
|
|
|
|
lysanderx
|
|
amenx amenx to that fair prayer say ix
|
|
and then end life when i end loyaltyx
|
|
here is my bedx sleep give thee all his restx
|
|
|
|
hermiax
|
|
with half that wish the wisherxs eyes be pressedx
|
|
|
|
xxthey sleepxxx
|
|
|
|
enter puckx
|
|
|
|
puckx
|
|
through the forest have i gonex
|
|
but athenian found i nonex
|
|
on whose eyes i might approve
|
|
this flowerxs force in stirring lovex
|
|
night and silencex who is herex
|
|
weeds of athens he doth wearx
|
|
this is hex my master saidx
|
|
despisxd the athenian maidx
|
|
and here the maidenx sleeping soundx
|
|
on the dank and dirty groundx
|
|
pretty soulx she durst not lie
|
|
near this lackxlovex this killxcourtesyx
|
|
churlx upon thy eyes i throw
|
|
all the power this charm doth owex
|
|
when thou wakxst let love forbid
|
|
sleep his seat on thy eyelidx
|
|
so awake when i am gonex
|
|
for i must now to oberonx
|
|
|
|
xxexitxxx
|
|
|
|
enter demetrius and helenax runningx
|
|
|
|
helenax
|
|
stayx though thou kill mex sweet demetriusx
|
|
|
|
demetriusx
|
|
i charge theex hencex and do not haunt me thusx
|
|
|
|
helenax
|
|
ox wilt thou darkling leave mex do not sox
|
|
|
|
demetriusx
|
|
stayx on thy perilx i alone will gox
|
|
|
|
xxexit demetriusxxx
|
|
|
|
helenax
|
|
ox i am out of breath in this fond chasex
|
|
the more my prayerx the lesser is my gracex
|
|
happy is hermiax wheresoexer she liesx
|
|
for she hath blessxd and attractive eyesx
|
|
how came her eyes so brightx not with salt tearsx
|
|
if sox my eyes are oftener washxd than hersx
|
|
nox nox i am as ugly as a bearx
|
|
for beasts that meet me run away for fearx
|
|
therefore no marvel though demetrius
|
|
dox as a monsterx fly my presence thusx
|
|
what wicked and dissembling glass of mine
|
|
made me compare with hermiaxs sphery eynex
|
|
but who is herex lysanderx on the groundx
|
|
dead or asleepx i see no bloodx no woundx
|
|
lysanderx if you livex good sirx awakex
|
|
|
|
lysanderx
|
|
xxwakingxxx and run through fire i will for thy sweet sakex
|
|
transparent helenax nature shows artx
|
|
that through thy bosom makes me see thy heartx
|
|
where is demetriusx ox how fit a word
|
|
is that vile name to perish on my swordx
|
|
|
|
helenax
|
|
do not say sox lysanderx say not sox
|
|
what though he love your hermiax lordx what thoughx
|
|
yet hermia still loves youx then be contentx
|
|
|
|
lysanderx
|
|
content with hermiax nox i do repent
|
|
the tedious minutes i with her have spentx
|
|
not hermiax but helena i lovex
|
|
who will not change a raven for a dovex
|
|
the will of man is by his reason swayxdx
|
|
and reason says you are the worthier maidx
|
|
things growing are not ripe until their seasonx
|
|
so ix being youngx till now ripe not to reasonx
|
|
and touching now the point of human skillx
|
|
reason becomes the marshal to my willx
|
|
and leads me to your eyesx where i oxerlook
|
|
lovexs storiesx written in lovexs richest bookx
|
|
|
|
helenax
|
|
wherefore was i to this keen mockery bornx
|
|
when at your hands did i deserve this scornx
|
|
isxt not enoughx isxt not enoughx young manx
|
|
that i did neverx nox nor never can
|
|
deserve a sweet look from demetriusx eyex
|
|
but you must flout my insufficiencyx
|
|
good trothx you do me wrongx good soothx you dox
|
|
in such disdainful manner me to woox
|
|
but fare you wellx perforce i must confessx
|
|
i thought you lord of more true gentlenessx
|
|
ox that a lady of one man refusxdx
|
|
should of another therefore be abusxdx
|
|
|
|
xxexitxxx
|
|
|
|
lysanderx
|
|
she sees not hermiax hermiax sleep thou therex
|
|
and never mayst thou come lysander nearx
|
|
forx as a surfeit of the sweetest things
|
|
the deepest loathing to the stomach bringsx
|
|
or as the heresies that men do leave
|
|
are hated most of those they did deceivex
|
|
so thoux my surfeit and my heresyx
|
|
of all be hatedx but the most of mex
|
|
andx all my powersx address your love and might
|
|
to honour helenx and to be her knightx
|
|
|
|
xxexitxxx
|
|
|
|
hermiax
|
|
xxstartingxxx help mex lysanderx help mex do thy best
|
|
to pluck this crawling serpent from my breastx
|
|
ay mex for pityx what a dream was herex
|
|
lysanderx look how i do quake with fearx
|
|
methought a serpent eat my heart awayx
|
|
and you sat smiling at his cruel preyx
|
|
lysanderx whatx removedx lysanderx lordx
|
|
whatx out of hearingx gonex no soundx no wordx
|
|
alackx where are youx speakx and if you hearx
|
|
speakx of all lovesx i swoon almost with fearx
|
|
nox then i well perceive you are not nighx
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either death or you ixll find immediatelyx
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xxexitxxx
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act iii
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scene ix the woodx
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the queen of fairies still lying asleepx
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enter bottomx quincex snoutx starvelingx snug and flutex
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bottomx
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are we all metx
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quincex
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patx patx and herexs a marvellous convenient place for our rehearsalx
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this green plot shall be our stagex this hawthorn brake our
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tiringxhousex and we will do it in actionx as we will do it before the
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dukex
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bottomx
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peter quincex
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quincex
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what sayest thoux bully bottomx
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bottomx
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there are things in this comedy of pyramus and thisbe that will never
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pleasex firstx pyramus must draw a sword to kill himselfx which the
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ladies cannot abidex how answer you thatx
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snout
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byxr lakinx a parlous fearx
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starvelingx
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i believe we must leave the killing outx when all is donex
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bottomx
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not a whitx i have a device to make all wellx write me a prologuex and
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let the prologue seem to say we will do no harm with our swordsx and
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that pyramus is not killed indeedx and for the more better assurancex
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tell them that i pyramus am not pyramus but bottom the weaverx this
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will put them out of fearx
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quincex
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wellx we will have such a prologuex and it shall be written in eight
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and sixx
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bottomx
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nox make it two morex let it be written in eight and eightx
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snout
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will not the ladies be afeard of the lionx
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starvelingx
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i fear itx i promise youx
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bottomx
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mastersx you ought to consider with yourselvesx to bring in xgod shield
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usxx a lion among ladies is a most dreadful thingx for there is not a
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more fearful wildxfowl than your lion livingx and we ought to look to
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itx
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snout
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therefore another prologue must tell he is not a lionx
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bottomx
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nayx you must name his namex and half his face must be seen through the
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lionxs neckx and he himself must speak throughx saying thusx or to the
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same defectx xladiesxx orx xfair ladiesx i would wish youxx orx xi
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would request youxx orx xi would entreat youx not to fearx not to
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tremblex my life for yoursx if you think i come hither as a lionx it
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were pity of my lifex nox i am no such thingx i am a man as other men
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arexx and therex indeedx let him name his namex and tell them plainly
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he is snug the joinerx
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quincex
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wellx it shall be sox but there is two hard thingsx that isx to bring
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the moonlight into a chamberx for you knowx pyramus and thisbe meet by
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moonlightx
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snout
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doth the moon shine that night we play our playx
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bottomx
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a calendarx a calendarx look in the almanackx find out moonshinex find
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out moonshinex
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quincex
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yesx it doth shine that nightx
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bottomx
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whyx then may you leave a casement of the great chamber windowx where
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we playx openx and the moon may shine in at the casementx
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quincex
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ayx or else one must come in with a bush of thorns and a lanternx and
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say he comes to disfigure or to present the person of moonshinex then
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there is another thingx we must have a wall in the great chamberx for
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pyramus and thisbex says the storyx did talk through the chink of a
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wallx
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snout
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you can never bring in a wallx what say youx bottomx
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bottomx
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some man or other must present wallx and let him have some plasterx or
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some loamx or some roughxcast about himx to signify wallx and let him
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hold his fingers thusx and through that cranny shall pyramus and thisbe
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whisperx
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quincex
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if that may bex then all is wellx comex sit downx every motherxs sonx
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and rehearse your partsx pyramusx you beginx when you have spoken your
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speechx enter into that brakex and so everyone according to his cuex
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enter puck behindx
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puckx
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what hempen homespuns have we swaggering herex
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so near the cradle of the fairy queenx
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whatx a play towardx ixll be an auditorx
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an actor too perhapsx if i see causex
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quincex
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speakx pyramusxxthisbex stand forthx
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pyramusx
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xthisbex the flowers of odious savours sweetx
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quincex
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odoursx odoursx
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pyramusx
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xx x x odours savours sweetx
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so hath thy breathx my dearest thisbe dearx
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but harkx a voicex stay thou but here awhilex
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and by and by i will to thee appearxx
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xxexitxxx
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puckx
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a stranger pyramus than exer played herex
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xxexitxxx
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thisbex
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must i speak nowx
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quincex
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ayx marryx must youx for you must understand he goes but to see a noise
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that he heardx and is to come againx
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thisbex
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xmost radiant pyramusx most lilyxwhite of huex
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of colour like the red rose on triumphant brierx
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most brisky juvenalx and eke most lovely jewx
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as true as truest horsex that yet would never tirex
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ixll meet theex pyramusx at ninnyxs tombxx
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quincex
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ninusx tombx manx whyx you must not speak that yetx that you answer to
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pyramusx you speak all your part at oncex cuesx and allxxpyramus enterx
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your cue is pastx it is xnever tirexx
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thisbex
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ox xas true as truest horsex that yet would never tirexx
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enter puck and bottom with an assxs headx
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pyramusx
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xif i were fairx thisbex i were only thinexx
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quincex
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o monstrousx o strangex we are hauntedx prayx mastersx flyx mastersx
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helpx
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xxexeunt clownsxxx
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puckx
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ixll follow youx ixll lead you about a roundx
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through bogx through bushx through brakex through brierx
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sometime a horse ixll bex sometime a houndx
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a hogx a headless bearx sometime a firex
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and neighx and barkx and gruntx and roarx and burnx
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like horsex houndx hogx bearx firex at every turnx
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xxexitxxx
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bottomx
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why do they run awayx this is a knavery of them to make me afeardx
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enter snoutx
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snout
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o bottomx thou art changedx what do i see on theex
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bottomx
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what do you seex you see an assxhead of your ownx do youx
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xxexit snoutxxx
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enter quincex
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quincex
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bless theex bottomx bless theex thou art translatedx
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xxexitxxx
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bottomx
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i see their knaveryx this is to make an ass of mex to fright mex if
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they couldx but i will not stir from this placex do what they canx i
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will walk up and down herex and i will singx that they shall hear i am
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not afraidx
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xxsingsxxx
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the ousel cockx so black of huex
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with orangextawny billx
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the throstle with his note so truex
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the wren with little quillx
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titaniax
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xxwakingxxx what angel wakes me from my flowery bedx
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bottomx
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xxsingsxxx
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the finchx the sparrowx and the larkx
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the plainxsong cuckoo grayx
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whose note full many a man doth markx
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and dares not answer nayx
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forx indeedx who would set his wit to so foolish a birdx who would give
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a bird the liex though he cry xcuckoox never sox
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titaniax
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i pray theex gentle mortalx sing againx
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mine ear is much enamourxd of thy notex
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so is mine eye enthrallxd to thy shapex
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and thy fair virtuexs force perforce doth move mex
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on the first viewx to sayx to swearx i love theex
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bottomx
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methinksx mistressx you should have little reason for thatx and yetx to
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say the truthx reason and love keep little company together nowadaysx
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the more the pity that some honest neighbours will not make them
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friendsx nayx i can gleek upon occasionx
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titaniax
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thou art as wise as thou art beautifulx
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bottomx
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not sox neitherx but if i had wit enough to get out of this woodx i
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have enough to serve mine own turnx
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titaniax
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out of this wood do not desire to gox
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thou shalt remain here whether thou wilt or nox
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i am a spirit of no common ratex
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the summer still doth tend upon my statex
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and i do love theex thereforex go with mex
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ixll give thee fairies to attend on theex
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and they shall fetch thee jewels from the deepx
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and singx while thou on pressxd flowers dost sleepx
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and i will purge thy mortal grossness so
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that thou shalt like an airy spirit goxx
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peaseblossomx cobwebx mothx and mustardseedx
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enter four fairiesx
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peaseblossomx
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readyx
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cobwebx
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and ix
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mothx
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and ix
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mustardseedx
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and ix
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allx
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where shall we gox
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titaniax
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be kind and courteous to this gentlemanx
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hop in his walks and gambol in his eyesx
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feed him with apricocks and dewberriesx
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with purple grapesx green figsx and mulberriesx
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the honeyxbags steal from the humblexbeesx
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and for nightxtapersx crop their waxen thighsx
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and light them at the fiery glowxwormxs eyesx
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to have my love to bed and to arisex
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and pluck the wings from painted butterfliesx
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to fan the moonbeams from his sleeping eyesx
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nod to himx elvesx and do him courtesiesx
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peaseblossomx
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hailx mortalx
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cobwebx
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hailx
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mothx
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hailx
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mustardseedx
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hailx
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bottomx
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i cry your worships mercyx heartilyxxi beseech your worshipxs namex
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cobwebx
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cobwebx
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bottomx
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i shall desire you of more acquaintancex good master cobwebx if i cut
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my fingerx i shall make bold with youxxyour namex honest gentlemanx
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peaseblossomx
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peaseblossomx
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bottomx
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i pray youx commend me to mistress squashx your motherx and to master
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peascodx your fatherx good master peaseblossomx i shall desire you of
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more acquaintance tooxxyour namex i beseech youx sirx
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mustardseedx
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mustardseedx
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bottomx
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good master mustardseedx i know your patience wellx that same cowardly
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giantxlike oxxbeef hath devoured many a gentleman of your housex i
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promise youx your kindred hath made my eyes water ere nowx i desire you
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of more acquaintancex good master mustardseedx
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titaniax
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comex wait upon himx lead him to my bowerx
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the moonx methinksx looks with a watery eyex
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and when she weepsx weeps every little flowerx
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lamenting some enforced chastityx
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tie up my lovexs tonguex bring him silentlyx
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene iix another part of the wood
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enter oberonx
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oberonx
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i wonder if titania be awakxdx
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thenx what it was that next came in her eyex
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which she must dote on in extremityx
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enter puckx
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here comes my messengerx how nowx mad spiritx
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|
what nightxrule now about this haunted grovex
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puckx
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my mistress with a monster is in lovex
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|
near to her close and consecrated bowerx
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|
while she was in her dull and sleeping hourx
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|
a crew of patchesx rude mechanicalsx
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|
that work for bread upon athenian stallsx
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|
were met together to rehearse a play
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|
intended for great theseusx nuptial dayx
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the shallowest thickxskin of that barren sort
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|
who pyramus presented in their sportx
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forsook his scene and enterxd in a brakex
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when i did him at this advantage takex
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an assxs nole i fixed on his headx
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anonx his thisbe must be answerxdx
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and forth my mimic comesx when they him spyx
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as wild geese that the creeping fowler eyex
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or russetxpated choughsx many in sortx
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rising and cawing at the gunxs reportx
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sever themselves and madly sweep the skyx
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so at his sight away his fellows flyx
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and at our stampx here oxer and oxer one fallsx
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|
he murder criesx and help from athens callsx
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their sense thus weakx lost with their fearsx thus strongx
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made senseless things begin to do them wrongx
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for briers and thorns at their apparel snatchx
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some sleevesx some hatsx from yielders all things catchx
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i led them on in this distracted fearx
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and left sweet pyramus translated therex
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|
when in that momentx so it came to passx
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titania wakxdx and straightway lovxd an assx
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oberonx
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this falls out better than i could devisex
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but hast thou yet latchxd the athenianxs eyes
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with the lovexjuicex as i did bid thee dox
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puckx
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i took him sleepingxthat is finishxd toox
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and the athenian woman by his sidex
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thatx when he wakxdx of force she must be eyxdx
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enter demetrius and hermiax
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oberonx
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stand closex this is the same athenianx
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puckx
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this is the womanx but not this the manx
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demetriusx
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o why rebuke you him that loves you sox
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lay breath so bitter on your bitter foex
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hermiax
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now i but chidex but i should use thee worsex
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for thoux i fearx hast given me cause to cursex
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if thou hast slain lysander in his sleepx
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being oxer shoes in bloodx plunge in the deepx
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and kill me toox
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the sun was not so true unto the day
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as he to mex would he have stolxn away
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from sleeping hermiax ixll believe as soon
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|
this whole earth may be borxdx and that the moon
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may through the centre creep and so displease
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her brotherxs noontide with thx antipodesx
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it cannot be but thou hast murderxd himx
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so should a murderer lookx so deadx so grimx
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demetriusx
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so should the murderxd lookx and so should ix
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piercxd through the heart with your stern crueltyx
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yet youx the murdererx look as brightx as clearx
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as yonder venus in her glimmering spherex
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hermiax
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whatxs this to my lysanderx where is hex
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ahx good demetriusx wilt thou give him mex
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demetriusx
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i had rather give his carcass to my houndsx
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hermiax
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outx dogx outx curx thou drivxst me past the bounds
|
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of maidenxs patiencex hast thou slain himx thenx
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henceforth be never numberxd among menx
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o once tell truex tell truex even for my sakex
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durst thou have lookxd upon himx being awakex
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and hast thou killxd him sleepingx o brave touchx
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could not a wormx an adderx do so muchx
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an adder did itx for with doubler tongue
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than thinex thou serpentx never adder stungx
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demetriusx
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you spend your passion on a misprisxd moodx
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|
i am not guilty of lysanderxs bloodx
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nor is he deadx for aught that i can tellx
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hermiax
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i pray theex tell me then that he is wellx
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demetriusx
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and if i couldx what should i get thereforex
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hermiax
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a privilege never to see me morex
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and from thy hated presence part i sox
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see me no morex whether he be dead or nox
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xxexitxxx
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demetriusx
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there is no following her in this fierce veinx
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herex thereforex for a while i will remainx
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so sorrowxs heaviness doth heavier grow
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for debt that bankrupt sleep doth sorrow owex
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which now in some slight measure it will payx
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if for his tender here i make some stayx
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xxlies downxxx
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oberonx
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what hast thou donex thou hast mistaken quitex
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and laid the lovexjuice on some truexlovexs sightx
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of thy misprision must perforce ensue
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some true love turnxdx and not a false turnxd truex
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puckx
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then fate oxerxrulesx thatx one man holding trothx
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|
a million failx confounding oath on oathx
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oberonx
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about the wood go swifter than the windx
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and helena of athens look thou findx
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all fancyxsick she isx and pale of cheer
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with sighs of lovex that costs the fresh blood dearx
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by some illusion see thou bring her herex
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ixll charm his eyes against she do appearx
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puckx
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i gox i gox look how i gox
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swifter than arrow from the tartarxs bowx
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xxexitxxx
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oberonx
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flower of this purple dyex
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|
hit with cupidxs archeryx
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sink in apple of his eyex
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when his love he doth espyx
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let her shine as gloriously
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|
as the venus of the skyxx
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when thou wakxstx if she be byx
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beg of her for remedyx
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enter puckx
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puckx
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captain of our fairy bandx
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helena is here at handx
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and the youth mistook by mex
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pleading for a loverxs feex
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shall we their fond pageant seex
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lordx what fools these mortals bex
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oberonx
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stand asidex the noise they make
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will cause demetrius to awakex
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puckx
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then will two at once woo onex
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that must needs be sport alonex
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and those things do best please me
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that befall prepostxrouslyx
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enter lysander and helenax
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lysanderx
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why should you think that i should woo in scornx
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|
scorn and derision never come in tearsx
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look when i vowx i weepx and vows so bornx
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|
in their nativity all truth appearsx
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|
how can these things in me seem scorn to youx
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|
bearing the badge of faithx to prove them truex
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helenax
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you do advance your cunning more and morex
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when truth kills truthx o devilishxholy frayx
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|
these vows are hermiaxsx will you give her oxerx
|
|
weigh oath with oathx and you will nothing weighx
|
|
your vows to her and mex put in two scalesx
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will even weighx and both as light as talesx
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lysanderx
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i had no judgment when to her i sworex
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helenax
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nor nonex in my mindx now you give her oxerx
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lysanderx
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demetrius loves herx and he loves not youx
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demetriusx
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xxwakingxxx o helenx goddessx nymphx perfectx divinex
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to whatx my lovex shall i compare thine eynex
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crystal is muddyx o how ripe in show
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thy lipsx those kissing cherriesx tempting growx
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that pure congealxd whitex high taurusx snowx
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fannxd with the eastern windx turns to a crow
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when thou holdxst up thy handx ox let me kiss
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this princess of pure whitex this seal of blissx
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helenax
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o spitex o hellx i see you all are bent
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to set against me for your merrimentx
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if you were civilx and knew courtesyx
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you would not do me thus much injuryx
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can you not hate mex as i know you dox
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but you must join in souls to mock me toox
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if you were menx as men you are in showx
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you would not use a gentle lady sox
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to vowx and swearx and superpraise my partsx
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when i am sure you hate me with your heartsx
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you both are rivalsx and love hermiax
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and now both rivalsx to mock helenax
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a trim exploitx a manly enterprisex
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to conjure tears up in a poor maidxs eyes
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with your derisionx none of noble sort
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would so offend a virginx and extort
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a poor soulxs patiencex all to make you sportx
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lysanderx
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you are unkindx demetriusx be not sox
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for you love hermiax this you know i knowx
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and herex with all good willx with all my heartx
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in hermiaxs love i yield you up my partx
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and yours of helena to me bequeathx
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whom i do love and will do till my deathx
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helenax
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never did mockers waste more idle breathx
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demetriusx
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lysanderx keep thy hermiax i will nonex
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if exer i lovxd herx all that love is gonex
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my heart to her but as guestxwise sojournxdx
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and now to helen is it home returnxdx
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there to remainx
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lysanderx
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helenx it is not sox
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demetriusx
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disparage not the faith thou dost not knowx
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lest to thy peril thou aby it dearx
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look where thy love comesx yonder is thy dearx
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enter hermiax
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hermiax
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dark nightx that from the eye his function takesx
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the ear more quick of apprehension makesx
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wherein it doth impair the seeing sensex
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it pays the hearing double recompensex
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thou art not by mine eyex lysanderx foundx
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mine earx i thank itx brought me to thy soundx
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but why unkindly didst thou leave me sox
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lysanderx
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why should he stay whom love doth press to gox
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hermiax
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what love could press lysander from my sidex
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lysanderx
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lysanderxs lovex that would not let him bidex
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fair helenax who more engilds the night
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than all yon fiery oes and eyes of lightx
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why seekxst thou mex could not this make thee know
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the hate i bare thee made me leave thee sox
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hermiax
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you speak not as you thinkx it cannot bex
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helenax
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lox she is one of this confederacyx
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now i perceive they have conjoinxd all three
|
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to fashion this false sport in spite of mex
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injurious hermiax most ungrateful maidx
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have you conspirxdx have you with these contrivxdx
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to bait me with this foul derisionx
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is all the counsel that we two have sharxdx
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the sistersx vowsx the hours that we have spentx
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when we have chid the hastyxfooted time
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for parting usxox is all forgotx
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all schoolxdaysx friendshipx childhood innocencex
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wex hermiax like two artificial godsx
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have with our needles created both one flowerx
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both on one samplerx sitting on one cushionx
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both warbling of one songx both in one keyx
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as if our handsx our sidesx voicesx and mindsx
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had been incorporatex so we grew togetherx
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like to a double cherryx seeming partedx
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|
but yet a union in partitionx
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two lovely berries moulded on one stemx
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sox with two seeming bodiesx but one heartx
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two of the firstx like coats in heraldryx
|
|
due but to onex and crownxd with one crestx
|
|
and will you rent our ancient love asunderx
|
|
to join with men in scorning your poor friendx
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|
it is not friendlyx xtis not maidenlyx
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|
our sexx as well as ix may chide you for itx
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though i alone do feel the injuryx
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hermiax
|
|
i am amazxd at your passionate wordsx
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i scorn you notx it seems that you scorn mex
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helenax
|
|
have you not set lysanderx as in scornx
|
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to follow mex and praise my eyes and facex
|
|
and made your other lovex demetriusx
|
|
who even but now did spurn me with his footx
|
|
to call me goddessx nymphx divine and rarex
|
|
preciousx celestialx wherefore speaks he this
|
|
to her he hatesx and wherefore doth lysander
|
|
deny your lovex so rich within his soulx
|
|
and tender mex forsoothx affectionx
|
|
but by your setting onx by your consentx
|
|
what though i be not so in grace as youx
|
|
so hung upon with lovex so fortunatex
|
|
but miserable mostx to love unlovxdx
|
|
this you should pity rather than despisex
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hermiax
|
|
i understand not what you mean by thisx
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helenax
|
|
ayx dox perseverx counterfeit sad looksx
|
|
make mouths upon me when i turn my backx
|
|
wink each at otherx hold the sweet jest upx
|
|
this sportx well carriedx shall be chronicledx
|
|
if you have any pityx gracex or mannersx
|
|
you would not make me such an argumentx
|
|
but fare ye wellx xtis partly my own faultx
|
|
which deathx or absencex soon shall remedyx
|
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|
lysanderx
|
|
stayx gentle helenax hear my excusex
|
|
my lovex my lifex my soulx fair helenax
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helenax
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|
o excellentx
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hermiax
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sweetx do not scorn her sox
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demetriusx
|
|
if she cannot entreatx i can compelx
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lysanderx
|
|
thou canst compel no more than she entreatx
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thy threats have no more strength than her weak prayersx
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|
helenx i love theex by my life i dox
|
|
i swear by that which i will lose for thee
|
|
to prove him false that says i love thee notx
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demetriusx
|
|
i say i love thee more than he can dox
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lysanderx
|
|
if thou say sox withdrawx and prove it toox
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demetriusx
|
|
quickx comex
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hermiax
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|
lysanderx whereto tends all thisx
|
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|
lysanderx
|
|
awayx you ethiopex
|
|
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|
demetriusx
|
|
nox nox he will
|
|
seem to break loosex take on as you would followx
|
|
but yet come notx you are a tame manx gox
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|
lysanderx
|
|
hang offx thou catx thou burrx vile thingx let loosex
|
|
or i will shake thee from me like a serpentx
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hermiax
|
|
why are you grown so rudex what change is thisx
|
|
sweet lovex
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lysanderx
|
|
thy lovex outx tawny tartarx outx
|
|
outx loathxd medicinex o hated potionx hencex
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hermiax
|
|
do you not jestx
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|
helenax
|
|
yesx soothx and so do youx
|
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|
lysanderx
|
|
demetriusx i will keep my word with theex
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|
|
|
demetriusx
|
|
i would i had your bondx for i perceive
|
|
a weak bond holds youx ixll not trust your wordx
|
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|
|
lysanderx
|
|
whatx should i hurt herx strike herx kill her deadx
|
|
although i hate herx ixll not harm her sox
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hermiax
|
|
whatx can you do me greater harm than hatex
|
|
hate mex whereforex o mex what newsx my lovex
|
|
am not i hermiax are not you lysanderx
|
|
i am as fair now as i was erewhilex
|
|
since night you lovxd mex yet since night you left mex
|
|
why thenx you left mexox the gods forbidxx
|
|
in earnestx shall i sayx
|
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|
lysanderx
|
|
ayx by my lifex
|
|
and never did desire to see thee morex
|
|
therefore be out of hopex of questionx of doubtx
|
|
be certainx nothing truerx xtis no jest
|
|
that i do hate thee and love helenax
|
|
|
|
hermiax
|
|
o mex you jugglerx you cankerblossomx
|
|
you thief of lovex whatx have you come by night
|
|
and stolxn my lovexs heart from himx
|
|
|
|
helenax
|
|
finex ix faithx
|
|
have you no modestyx no maiden shamex
|
|
no touch of bashfulnessx whatx will you tear
|
|
impatient answers from my gentle tonguex
|
|
fiex fiex you counterfeitx you puppetx youx
|
|
|
|
hermiax
|
|
puppetx why sox ayx that way goes the gamex
|
|
now i perceive that she hath made compare
|
|
between our staturesx she hath urgxd her heightx
|
|
and with her personagex her tall personagex
|
|
her heightx forsoothx she hath prevailxd with himx
|
|
and are you grown so high in his esteem
|
|
because i am so dwarfish and so lowx
|
|
how low am ix thou painted maypolex speakx
|
|
how low am ix i am not yet so low
|
|
but that my nails can reach unto thine eyesx
|
|
|
|
helenax
|
|
i pray youx though you mock mex gentlemenx
|
|
let her not hurt mex i was never curstx
|
|
i have no gift at all in shrewishnessx
|
|
i am a right maid for my cowardicex
|
|
let her not strike mex you perhaps may thinkx
|
|
because she is something lower than myselfx
|
|
that i can match herx
|
|
|
|
hermiax
|
|
lowerx harkx againx
|
|
|
|
helenax
|
|
good hermiax do not be so bitter with mex
|
|
i evermore did love youx hermiax
|
|
did ever keep your counselsx never wrongxd youx
|
|
save thatx in love unto demetriusx
|
|
i told him of your stealth unto this woodx
|
|
he followxd youx for love i followxd himx
|
|
but he hath chid me hencex and threatenxd me
|
|
to strike mex spurn mex nayx to kill me toox
|
|
and nowx so you will let me quiet gox
|
|
to athens will i bear my folly backx
|
|
and follow you no furtherx let me gox
|
|
you see how simple and how fond i amx
|
|
|
|
hermiax
|
|
whyx get you gonex who isxt that hinders youx
|
|
|
|
helenax
|
|
a foolish heart that i leave here behindx
|
|
|
|
hermiax
|
|
whatx with lysanderx
|
|
|
|
helenax
|
|
with demetriusx
|
|
|
|
lysanderx
|
|
be not afraidx she shall not harm theex helenax
|
|
|
|
demetriusx
|
|
nox sirx she shall notx though you take her partx
|
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|
|
helenax
|
|
ox when shexs angryx she is keen and shrewdx
|
|
she was a vixen when she went to schoolx
|
|
and though she be but littlex she is fiercex
|
|
|
|
hermiax
|
|
little againx nothing but low and littlex
|
|
why will you suffer her to flout me thusx
|
|
let me come to herx
|
|
|
|
lysanderx
|
|
get you gonex you dwarfx
|
|
you minimusx of hindxring knotxgrass madex
|
|
you beadx you acornx
|
|
|
|
demetriusx
|
|
you are too officious
|
|
in her behalf that scorns your servicesx
|
|
let her alonex speak not of helenax
|
|
take not her partx for if thou dost intend
|
|
never so little show of love to herx
|
|
thou shalt aby itx
|
|
|
|
lysanderx
|
|
now she holds me notx
|
|
now followx if thou darxstx to try whose rightx
|
|
of thine or minex is most in helenax
|
|
|
|
demetriusx
|
|
followx nayx ixll go with theex cheek by jolex
|
|
|
|
xxexeunt lysander and demetriusxxx
|
|
|
|
hermiax
|
|
youx mistressx all this coil is long of youx
|
|
nayx go not backx
|
|
|
|
helenax
|
|
i will not trust youx ix
|
|
nor longer stay in your curst companyx
|
|
your hands than mine are quicker for a frayx
|
|
my legs are longer thoughx to run awayx
|
|
|
|
xxexitxxx
|
|
|
|
hermiax
|
|
i am amazxdx and know not what to sayx
|
|
|
|
xxexitx pursuing helenaxxx
|
|
|
|
oberonx
|
|
this is thy negligencex still thou mistakxstx
|
|
or else commitxst thy knaveries willfullyx
|
|
|
|
puckx
|
|
believe mex king of shadowsx i mistookx
|
|
did not you tell me i should know the man
|
|
by the athenian garments he had onx
|
|
and so far blameless proves my enterprise
|
|
that i have xnointed an athenianxs eyesx
|
|
and so far am i glad it so did sortx
|
|
as this their jangling i esteem a sportx
|
|
|
|
oberonx
|
|
thou seest these lovers seek a place to fightx
|
|
hie thereforex robinx overcast the nightx
|
|
the starry welkin cover thou anon
|
|
with drooping fogx as black as acheronx
|
|
and lead these testy rivals so astray
|
|
as one come not within anotherxs wayx
|
|
like to lysander sometime frame thy tonguex
|
|
then stir demetrius up with bitter wrongx
|
|
and sometime rail thou like demetriusx
|
|
and from each other look thou lead them thusx
|
|
till oxer their brows deathxcounterfeiting sleep
|
|
with leaden legs and batty wings doth creepx
|
|
then crush this herb into lysanderxs eyex
|
|
whose liquor hath this virtuous propertyx
|
|
to take from thence all error with his might
|
|
and make his eyeballs roll with wonted sightx
|
|
when they next wakex all this derision
|
|
shall seem a dream and fruitless visionx
|
|
and back to athens shall the lovers wendx
|
|
with league whose date till death shall never endx
|
|
whiles i in this affair do thee employx
|
|
ixll to my queenx and beg her indian boyx
|
|
and then i will her charmxd eye release
|
|
from monsterxs viewx and all things shall be peacex
|
|
|
|
puckx
|
|
my fairy lordx this must be done with hastex
|
|
for nightxs swift dragons cut the clouds full fastx
|
|
and yonder shines auroraxs harbingerx
|
|
at whose approachx ghosts wandering here and there
|
|
troop home to churchyardsx damnxd spirits allx
|
|
that in crossxways and floods have burialx
|
|
already to their wormy beds are gonex
|
|
for fear lest day should look their shames uponx
|
|
they wilfully themselves exile from lightx
|
|
and must for aye consort with blackxbrowxd nightx
|
|
|
|
oberonx
|
|
but we are spirits of another sortx
|
|
i with the morningxs love have oft made sportx
|
|
andx like a foresterx the groves may tread
|
|
even till the eastern gatex all fieryxredx
|
|
opening on neptune with fair blessxd beamsx
|
|
turns into yellow gold his saltxgreen streamsx
|
|
butx notwithstandingx hastex make no delayx
|
|
we may effect this business yet ere dayx
|
|
|
|
xxexit oberonxxx
|
|
|
|
puckx
|
|
up and downx up and downx
|
|
i will lead them up and downx
|
|
i am fearxd in field and townx
|
|
goblinx lead them up and downx
|
|
here comes onex
|
|
|
|
enter lysanderx
|
|
|
|
lysanderx
|
|
where art thoux proud demetriusx speak thou nowx
|
|
|
|
puckx
|
|
herex villainx drawn and readyx where art thoux
|
|
|
|
lysanderx
|
|
i will be with thee straightx
|
|
|
|
puckx
|
|
follow me then to plainer groundx
|
|
|
|
xxexit lysander as following the voicexxx
|
|
|
|
enter demetriusx
|
|
|
|
demetriusx
|
|
lysanderx speak againx
|
|
thou runawayx thou cowardx art thou fledx
|
|
speakx in some bushx where dost thou hide thy headx
|
|
|
|
puckx
|
|
thou cowardx art thou bragging to the starsx
|
|
telling the bushes that thou lookxst for warsx
|
|
and wilt not comex comex recreantx comex thou childx
|
|
ixll whip thee with a rodx he is defilxd
|
|
that draws a sword on theex
|
|
|
|
demetriusx
|
|
yeax art thou therex
|
|
|
|
puckx
|
|
follow my voicex wexll try no manhood herex
|
|
|
|
xxexeuntxxx
|
|
|
|
enter lysanderx
|
|
|
|
lysanderx
|
|
he goes before mex and still dares me onx
|
|
when i come where he callsx then he is gonex
|
|
the villain is much lighterxheelxd than ix
|
|
i followxd fastx but faster he did flyx
|
|
that fallen am i in dark uneven wayx
|
|
and here will rest mex comex thou gentle dayx
|
|
xxlies downxxx for if but once thou show me thy grey lightx
|
|
ixll find demetriusx and revenge this spitex
|
|
|
|
xxsleepsxxx
|
|
|
|
enter puck and demetriusx
|
|
|
|
puckx
|
|
hox hox hox cowardx why comxst thou notx
|
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|
|
demetriusx
|
|
abide mex if thou darxstx for well i wot
|
|
thou runnxst before mex shifting every placex
|
|
and darxst not standx nor look me in the facex
|
|
where art thoux
|
|
|
|
puckx
|
|
come hitherx i am herex
|
|
|
|
demetriusx
|
|
nayx thenx thou mockxst mex thou shalt buy this dear
|
|
if ever i thy face by daylight seex
|
|
now go thy wayx faintness constraineth me
|
|
to measure out my length on this cold bedx
|
|
by dayxs approach look to be visitedx
|
|
|
|
xxlies down and sleepsxxx
|
|
|
|
enter helenax
|
|
|
|
helenax
|
|
o weary nightx o long and tedious nightx
|
|
abate thy hoursx shinex comfortsx from the eastx
|
|
that i may back to athens by daylightx
|
|
from these that my poor company detestx
|
|
and sleepx that sometimes shuts up sorrowxs eyex
|
|
steal me awhile from mine own companyx
|
|
|
|
xxsleepsxxx
|
|
|
|
puckx
|
|
yet but threex come one morex
|
|
two of both kinds makes up fourx
|
|
here she comesx curst and sadx
|
|
cupid is a knavish lad
|
|
thus to make poor females madx
|
|
|
|
enter hermiax
|
|
|
|
hermiax
|
|
never so wearyx never so in woex
|
|
bedabbled with the dewx and torn with briersx
|
|
i can no further crawlx no further gox
|
|
my legs can keep no pace with my desiresx
|
|
here will i rest me till the break of dayx
|
|
heavens shield lysanderx if they mean a frayx
|
|
|
|
xxlies downxxx
|
|
|
|
puckx
|
|
on the ground
|
|
sleep soundx
|
|
ixll apply
|
|
to your eyex
|
|
gentle loverx remedyx
|
|
|
|
xxsqueezing the juice on lysanderxs eyexxx
|
|
|
|
when thou wakxstx
|
|
thou takxst
|
|
true delight
|
|
in the sight
|
|
of thy former ladyxs eyex
|
|
and the country proverb knownx
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that every man should take his ownx
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in your waking shall be shownx
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jack shall have jillx
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nought shall go illx
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the man shall have his mare againx and all shall be wellx
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xxexit puckxxx
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act iv
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scene ix the wood
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lysanderx demetriusx helena and hermia still asleepx
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enter titania and bottomx peaseblossomx cobwebx mothx mustardseed and
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other fairies attendingx oberon behindx unseenx
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titaniax
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comex sit thee down upon this flowery bedx
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while i thy amiable cheeks do coyx
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and stick muskxroses in thy sleek smooth headx
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and kiss thy fair large earsx my gentle joyx
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bottomx
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wherexs peaseblossomx
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peaseblossomx
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readyx
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bottomx
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scratch my headx peaseblossomx wherexs monsieur cobwebx
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cobwebx
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readyx
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bottomx
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monsieur cobwebx good monsieurx get you your weapons in your hand and
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kill me a redxhipped humblexbee on the top of a thistlex andx good
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monsieurx bring me the honeyxbagx do not fret yourself too much in the
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actionx monsieurx andx good monsieurx have a care the honeyxbag break
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notx i would be loath to have you overflown with a honeyxbagx signiorx
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wherexs monsieur mustardseedx
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mustardseedx
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readyx
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bottomx
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give me your neafx monsieur mustardseedx pray youx leave your courtesyx
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good monsieurx
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mustardseedx
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whatxs your willx
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bottomx
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nothingx good monsieurx but to help cavalery cobweb to scratchx i must
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to the barberxsx monsieurx for methinks i am marvellous hairy about the
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facex and i am such a tender assx if my hair do but tickle mex i must
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scratchx
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titaniax
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whatx wilt thou hear some musicx my sweet lovex
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bottomx
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i have a reasonable good ear in musicx let us have the tongs and the
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bonesx
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titaniax
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or sayx sweet lovex what thou desirest to eatx
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bottomx
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trulyx a peck of provenderx i could munch your good dry oatsx methinks
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i have a great desire to a bottle of hayx good hayx sweet hayx hath no
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fellowx
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titaniax
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i have a venturous fairy that shall seek
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the squirrelxs hoardx and fetch thee new nutsx
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bottomx
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i had rather have a handful or two of dried peasx butx i pray youx let
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none of your people stir mex i have an exposition of sleep come upon
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mex
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titaniax
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sleep thoux and i will wind thee in my armsx
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fairiesx be gonex and be all ways awayx
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so doth the woodbine the sweet honeysuckle
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gently entwistx the female ivy so
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enrings the barky fingers of the elmx
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ox how i love theex how i dote on theex
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xxthey sleepxxx
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oberon advancesx enter puckx
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oberonx
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welcomex good robinx seest thou this sweet sightx
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her dotage now i do begin to pityx
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forx meeting her of late behind the woodx
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seeking sweet favours for this hateful foolx
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i did upbraid her and fall out with herx
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for she his hairy temples then had rounded
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with coronet of fresh and fragrant flowersx
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and that same dewx which sometime on the buds
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was wont to swell like round and orient pearlsx
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stood now within the pretty flourietsx eyesx
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like tears that did their own disgrace bewailx
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when i had at my pleasure taunted herx
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and she in mild terms beggxd my patiencex
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i then did ask of her her changeling childx
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which straight she gave mex and her fairy sent
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to bear him to my bower in fairylandx
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and now i have the boyx i will undo
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this hateful imperfection of her eyesx
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andx gentle puckx take this transformxd scalp
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from off the head of this athenian swainx
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that he awaking when the other dox
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may all to athens back again repairx
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and think no more of this nightxs accidents
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but as the fierce vexation of a dreamx
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but first i will release the fairy queenx
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xxtouching her eyes with an herbxxx
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be as thou wast wont to bex
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see as thou was wont to seex
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dianxs bud oxer cupidxs flower
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hath such force and blessed powerx
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nowx my titaniax wake youx my sweet queenx
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titaniax
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my oberonx what visions have i seenx
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methought i was enamourxd of an assx
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oberonx
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there lies your lovex
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titaniax
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how came these things to passx
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ox how mine eyes do loathe his visage nowx
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oberonx
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silence awhilexxrobinx take off this headx
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titaniax music callx and strike more dead
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than common sleepx of all these five the sensex
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titaniax
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musicx hox musicx such as charmeth sleepx
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puckx
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now when thou wakxstx with thine own foolxs eyes peepx
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oberonx
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soundx musicx
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xxstill mucicxxx
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comex my queenx take hands with mex
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and rock the ground whereon these sleepers bex
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now thou and i are new in amityx
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and will tomorrow midnight solemnly
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dance in duke theseusx house triumphantlyx
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and bless it to all fair prosperityx
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there shall the pairs of faithful lovers be
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weddedx with theseusx all in jollityx
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puckx
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fairy kingx attend and markx
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i do hear the morning larkx
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oberonx
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thenx my queenx in silence sadx
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trip we after nightxs shadex
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we the globe can compass soonx
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swifter than the wandxring moonx
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titaniax
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comex my lordx and in our flightx
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tell me how it came this night
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that i sleeping here was found
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with these mortals on the groundx
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xxexeuntx horns sound withinxxx
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enter theseusx hippolytax egeus and trainx
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theseusx
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gox one of youx find out the foresterx
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for now our observation is performxdx
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and since we have the vaward of the dayx
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my love shall hear the music of my houndsx
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uncouple in the western valleyx let them gox
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dispatch i sayx and find the foresterx
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xxexit an attendantxxx
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we willx fair queenx up to the mountainxs topx
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and mark the musical confusion
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of hounds and echo in conjunctionx
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hippolytax
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i was with hercules and cadmus oncex
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when in a wood of crete they bayxd the bear
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with hounds of spartax never did i hear
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such gallant chidingx forx besides the grovesx
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the skiesx the fountainsx every region near
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seemxd all one mutual cryx i never heard
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so musical a discordx such sweet thunderx
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theseusx
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my hounds are bred out of the spartan kindx
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so flewxdx so sandedx and their heads are hung
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with ears that sweep away the morning dewx
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crookxkneexd and dewlapxd like thessalian bullsx
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slow in pursuitx but matchxd in mouth like bellsx
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each under eachx a cry more tuneable
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was never hollaxd tox nor cheerxd with hornx
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in cretex in spartax nor in thessalyx
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judge when you hearxxbutx softx what nymphs are thesex
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egeusx
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my lordx this is my daughter here asleepx
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and this lysanderx this demetrius isx
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this helenax old nedarxs helenax
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i wonder of their being here togetherx
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theseusx
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no doubt they rose up early to observe
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the rite of mayx andx hearing our intentx
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came here in grace of our solemnityx
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but speakx egeusx is not this the day
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|
that hermia should give answer of her choicex
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egeusx
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it isx my lordx
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theseusx
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gox bid the huntsmen wake them with their hornsx
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hornsx and shout withinx demetriusx lysanderx hermia and helena wake
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and start upx
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good morrowx friendsx saint valentine is pastx
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begin these woodxbirds but to couple nowx
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lysanderx
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pardonx my lordx
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he and the rest kneel to theseusx
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theseusx
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i pray you allx stand upx
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i know you two are rival enemiesx
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how comes this gentle concord in the worldx
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that hatred is so far from jealousy
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to sleep by hatex and fear no enmityx
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lysanderx
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my lordx i shall reply amazedlyx
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half sleepx half wakingx but as yetx i swearx
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i cannot truly say how i came herex
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butx as i think xfor truly would i speakx
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|
and now i do bethink mex so it isx
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|
i came with hermia hitherx our intent
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|
was to be gone from athensx where we might bex
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without the peril of the athenian lawx
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egeusx
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enoughx enoughx my lordx you have enoughx
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i beg the lawx the law upon his headx
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they would have stolxn awayx they wouldx demetriusx
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|
thereby to have defeated you and mex
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you of your wifex and me of my consentx
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of my consent that she should be your wifex
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demetriusx
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my lordx fair helen told me of their stealthx
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|
of this their purpose hither to this woodx
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and i in fury hither followxd themx
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|
fair helena in fancy following mex
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butx my good lordx i wot not by what powerx
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|
xbut by some power it isx my love to hermiax
|
|
melted as the snowx seems to me now
|
|
as the remembrance of an idle gaud
|
|
which in my childhood i did dote uponx
|
|
and all the faithx the virtue of my heartx
|
|
the object and the pleasure of mine eyex
|
|
is only helenax to herx my lordx
|
|
was i betrothxd ere i saw hermiax
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|
but like a sickness did i loathe this foodx
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|
butx as in healthx come to my natural tastex
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|
now i do wish itx love itx long for itx
|
|
and will for evermore be true to itx
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|
theseusx
|
|
fair loversx you are fortunately metx
|
|
of this discourse we more will hear anonx
|
|
egeusx i will overbear your willx
|
|
for in the templex by and by with usx
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|
these couples shall eternally be knitx
|
|
andx for the morning now is something wornx
|
|
our purposxd hunting shall be set asidex
|
|
away with us to athensx three and threex
|
|
wexll hold a feast in great solemnityx
|
|
comex hippolytax
|
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|
xxexeunt theseusx hippolytax egeus and trainxxx
|
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|
|
demetriusx
|
|
these things seem small and undistinguishablex
|
|
like farxoff mountains turnxd into cloudsx
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|
hermiax
|
|
methinks i see these things with parted eyex
|
|
when everything seems doublex
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|
helenax
|
|
so methinksx
|
|
and i have found demetrius like a jewelx
|
|
mine ownx and not mine ownx
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demetriusx
|
|
are you sure
|
|
that we are awakex it seems to me
|
|
that yet we sleepx we dreamx do not you think
|
|
the duke was herex and bid us follow himx
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hermiax
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|
yeax and my fatherx
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|
helenax
|
|
and hippolytax
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|
lysanderx
|
|
and he did bid us follow to the templex
|
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|
|
demetriusx
|
|
whyx thenx we are awakex letxs follow himx
|
|
and by the way let us recount our dreamsx
|
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|
xxexeuntxxx
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|
bottomx
|
|
xxwakingxxx when my cue comesx call mex and i will answerx my next is
|
|
xmost fair pyramusxx heighxhox peter quincex flutex the bellowsxmenderx
|
|
snoutx the tinkerx starvelingx godxs my lifex stolxn hencex and left me
|
|
asleepx i have had a most rare visionx i have had a dreamx past the wit
|
|
of man to say what dream it wasx man is but an ass if he go about to
|
|
expound this dreamx methought i wasxthere is no man can tell whatx
|
|
methought i wasx and methought i hadxbut man is but a patched fool if
|
|
he will offer to say what methought i hadx the eye of man hath not
|
|
heardx the ear of man hath not seenx manxs hand is not able to tastex
|
|
his tongue to conceivex nor his heart to reportx what my dream wasx i
|
|
will get peter quince to write a ballad of this dreamx it shall be
|
|
called xbottomxs dreamxx because it hath no bottomx and i will sing it
|
|
in the latter end of a playx before the dukex peradventurex to make it
|
|
the more graciousx i shall sing it at her deathx
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|
xxexitxxx
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|
scene iix athensx a room in quincexs house
|
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|
|
enter quincex flutex snout and starvelingx
|
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|
quincex
|
|
have you sent to bottomxs housex is he come home yetx
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|
starvelingx
|
|
he cannot be heard ofx out of doubt he is transportedx
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|
flutex
|
|
if he come notx then the play is marredx it goes not forwardx doth itx
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|
quincex
|
|
it is not possiblex you have not a man in all athens able to discharge
|
|
pyramus but hex
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flutex
|
|
nox he hath simply the best wit of any handicraft man in athensx
|
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|
|
quincex
|
|
yeax and the best person toox and he is a very paramour for a sweet
|
|
voicex
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flutex
|
|
you must say paragonx a paramour isx god bless usx a thing of naughtx
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|
enter snugx
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|
|
snug
|
|
mastersx the duke is coming from the templex and there is two or three
|
|
lords and ladies more marriedx if our sport had gone forwardx we had
|
|
all been made menx
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|
|
flutex
|
|
o sweet bully bottomx thus hath he lost sixpence a day during his lifex
|
|
he could not have xscaped sixpence a dayx an the duke had not given him
|
|
sixpence a day for playing pyramusx ixll be hangedx he would have
|
|
deserved itx sixpence a day in pyramusx or nothingx
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|
|
|
enter bottomx
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|
bottomx
|
|
where are these ladsx where are these heartsx
|
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|
quincex
|
|
bottomx o most courageous dayx o most happy hourx
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|
bottomx
|
|
mastersx i am to discourse wondersx but ask me not whatx for if i tell
|
|
youx i am not true athenianx i will tell you everythingx right as it
|
|
fell outx
|
|
|
|
quincex
|
|
let us hearx sweet bottomx
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|
bottomx
|
|
not a word of mex all that i will tell you isx that the duke hath
|
|
dinedx get your apparel togetherx good strings to your beardsx new
|
|
ribbons to your pumpsx meet presently at the palacex every man look
|
|
oxer his partx for the short and the long isx our play is preferredx in
|
|
any casex let thisbe have clean linenx and let not him that plays the
|
|
lion pare his nailsx for they shall hang out for the lionxs clawsx and
|
|
most dear actorsx eat no onions nor garlickx for we are to utter sweet
|
|
breathx and i do not doubt but to hear them say it is a sweet comedyx
|
|
no more wordsx awayx gox awayx
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|
xxexeuntxxx
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|
act v
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|
scene ix athensx an apartment in the palace of theseus
|
|
|
|
enter theseusx hippolytax philostratex lords and attendantsx
|
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|
hippolytax
|
|
xtis strangex my theseusx that these lovers speak ofx
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|
theseusx
|
|
more strange than truex i never may believe
|
|
these antique fablesx nor these fairy toysx
|
|
lovers and madmen have such seething brainsx
|
|
such shaping fantasiesx that apprehend
|
|
more than cool reason ever comprehendsx
|
|
the lunaticx the loverx and the poet
|
|
are of imagination all compactx
|
|
one sees more devils than vast hell can holdx
|
|
that is the madmanx the loverx all as franticx
|
|
sees helenxs beauty in a brow of egyptx
|
|
the poetxs eyex in a fine frenzy rollingx
|
|
doth glance from heaven to earthx from earth to heavenx
|
|
and as imagination bodies forth
|
|
the forms of things unknownx the poetxs pen
|
|
turns them to shapesx and gives to airy nothing
|
|
a local habitation and a namex
|
|
such tricks hath strong imaginationx
|
|
that if it would but apprehend some joyx
|
|
it comprehends some bringer of that joyx
|
|
or in the nightx imagining some fearx
|
|
how easy is a bush supposed a bearx
|
|
|
|
hippolytax
|
|
but all the story of the night told overx
|
|
and all their minds transfigurxd so togetherx
|
|
more witnesseth than fancyxs imagesx
|
|
and grows to something of great constancyx
|
|
butx howsoeverx strange and admirablex
|
|
|
|
enter loversx lysanderx demetriusx hermia and helenax
|
|
|
|
theseusx
|
|
here come the loversx full of joy and mirthx
|
|
joyx gentle friendsx joy and fresh days of love
|
|
accompany your heartsx
|
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|
|
lysanderx
|
|
more than to us
|
|
wait in your royal walksx your boardx your bedx
|
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|
|
theseusx
|
|
come nowx what masquesx what dances shall we havex
|
|
to wear away this long age of three hours
|
|
between our afterxsupper and bedxtimex
|
|
where is our usual manager of mirthx
|
|
what revels are in handx is there no play
|
|
to ease the anguish of a torturing hourx
|
|
call philostratex
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|
philostratex
|
|
herex mighty theseusx
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|
theseusx
|
|
sayx what abridgment have you for this eveningx
|
|
what masquex what musicx how shall we beguile
|
|
the lazy timex if not with some delightx
|
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|
|
philostratex
|
|
there is a brief how many sports are ripex
|
|
make choice of which your highness will see firstx
|
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|
|
xxgiving a paperxxx
|
|
|
|
theseusx
|
|
xxreadsxx xthe battle with the centaursx to be sung
|
|
by an athenian eunuch to the harpxx
|
|
wexll none of thatx that have i told my love
|
|
in glory of my kinsman herculesx
|
|
xthe riot of the tipsy bacchanalsx
|
|
tearing the thracian singer in their ragexx
|
|
that is an old devicex and it was playxd
|
|
when i from thebes came last a conquerorx
|
|
xthe thrice three muses mourning for the death
|
|
of learningx late deceasxd in beggaryxx
|
|
that is some satirex keen and criticalx
|
|
not sorting with a nuptial ceremonyx
|
|
xa tedious brief scene of young pyramus
|
|
and his love thisbex very tragical mirthxx
|
|
merry and tragicalx tedious and briefx
|
|
that is hot ice and wondrous strange snowx
|
|
how shall we find the concord of this discordx
|
|
|
|
philostratex
|
|
a play there isx my lordx some ten words longx
|
|
which is as brief as i have known a playx
|
|
but by ten wordsx my lordx it is too longx
|
|
which makes it tediousx for in all the play
|
|
there is not one word aptx one player fittedx
|
|
and tragicalx my noble lordx it isx
|
|
for pyramus therein doth kill himselfx
|
|
whichx when i saw rehearsxdx i must confessx
|
|
made mine eyes waterx but more merry tears
|
|
the passion of loud laughter never shedx
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theseusx
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what are they that do play itx
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philostratex
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hardxhanded men that work in athens herex
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which never labourxd in their minds till nowx
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and now have toilxd their unbreathxd memories
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with this same play against your nuptialx
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theseusx
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and we will hear itx
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philostratex
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nox my noble lordx
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it is not for youx i have heard it overx
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and it is nothingx nothing in the worldx
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unless you can find sport in their intentsx
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extremely stretchxd and connxd with cruel pain
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to do you servicex
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theseusx
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i will hear that playx
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for never anything can be amiss
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when simpleness and duty tender itx
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gox bring them inx and take your placesx ladiesx
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xxexit philostratexxx
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hippolytax
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i love not to see wretchedness oxerchargedx
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and duty in his service perishingx
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theseusx
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whyx gentle sweetx you shall see no such thingx
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hippolytax
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he says they can do nothing in this kindx
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theseusx
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the kinder wex to give them thanks for nothingx
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our sport shall be to take what they mistakex
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and what poor duty cannot dox noble respect
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takes it in mightx not meritx
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where i have comex great clerks have purposed
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to greet me with premeditated welcomesx
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where i have seen them shiver and look palex
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make periods in the midst of sentencesx
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throttle their practisxd accent in their fearsx
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andx in conclusionx dumbly have broke offx
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not paying me a welcomex trust mex sweetx
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out of this silence yet i pickxd a welcomex
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and in the modesty of fearful duty
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i read as much as from the rattling tongue
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of saucy and audacious eloquencex
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lovex thereforex and tonguextied simplicity
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in least speak most to my capacityx
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enter philostratex
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philostratex
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so please your gracex the prologue is addressxdx
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theseusx
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let him approachx
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flourish of trumpetsx enter the prologuex
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prologue
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if we offendx it is with our good willx
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that you should thinkx we come not to offendx
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but with good willx to show our simple skillx
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that is the true beginning of our endx
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consider thenx we come but in despitex
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we do not comex as minding to content youx
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our true intent isx all for your delight
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we are not herex that you should here repent youx
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the actors are at handx andx by their showx
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you shall know all that you are like to knowx
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theseusx
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this fellow doth not stand upon pointsx
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lysanderx
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he hath rid his prologue like a rough coltx he knows not the stopx a
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good moralx my lordx it is not enough to speakx but to speak truex
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hippolytax
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indeed he hath played on this prologue like a child on a recorderx a
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soundx but not in governmentx
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theseusx
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his speech was like a tangled chainx nothing impairedx but all
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disorderedx who is nextx
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enter pyramus and thisbex wallx moonshine and lion as in dumb showx
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prologue
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gentlesx perchance you wonder at this showx
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but wonder onx till truth make all things plainx
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this man is pyramusx if you would knowx
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this beauteous lady thisbe is certainx
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this manx with lime and roughxcastx doth present
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wallx that vile wall which did these lovers sunderx
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and through wallxs chinkx poor soulsx they are content
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to whisperx at the which let no man wonderx
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this manx with lanthernx dogx and bush of thornx
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presenteth moonshinex forx if you will knowx
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by moonshine did these lovers think no scorn
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to meet at ninusx tombx therex there to woox
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this grisly beast xwhich lion hight by namex
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the trusty thisbex coming first by nightx
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did scare awayx or rather did affrightx
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and as she fledx her mantle she did fallx
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which lion vile with bloody mouth did stainx
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anon comes pyramusx sweet youthx and tallx
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and finds his trusty thisbexs mantle slainx
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whereat with bladex with bloody blameful bladex
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he bravely broachxd his boiling bloody breastx
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and thisbex tarrying in mulberry shadex
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his dagger drewx and diedx for all the restx
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let lionx moonshinex wallx and lovers twainx
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at large discourse while here they do remainx
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xxexeunt prologuex pyramusx thisbex lion and moonshinexxx
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theseusx
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i wonder if the lion be to speakx
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demetriusx
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no wonderx my lordx one lion mayx when many asses dox
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wallx
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in this same interlude it doth befall
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that ix one snout by namex present a wallx
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and such a wall as i would have you think
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that had in it a crannied hole or chinkx
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through which the loversx pyramus and thisbex
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did whisper often very secretlyx
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this loamx this roughxcastx and this stonex doth show
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that i am that same wallx the truth is sox
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and this the cranny isx right and sinisterx
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through which the fearful lovers are to whisperx
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theseusx
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would you desire lime and hair to speak betterx
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demetriusx
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it is the wittiest partition that ever i heard discoursex my lordx
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theseusx
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pyramus draws near the wallx silencex
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enter pyramusx
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pyramusx
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o grimxlookxd nightx o night with hue so blackx
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o nightx which ever art when day is notx
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o nightx o nightx alackx alackx alackx
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i fear my thisbexs promise is forgotx
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and thoux o wallx o sweetx o lovely wallx
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that standxst between her fatherxs ground and minex
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thou wallx o wallx o sweet and lovely wallx
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show me thy chinkx to blink through with mine eynex
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xxwall holds up his fingersxxx
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thanksx courteous wallx jove shield thee well for thisx
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but what see ix no thisbe do i seex
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o wicked wallx through whom i see no blissx
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cursxd be thy stones for thus deceiving mex
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theseusx
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the wallx methinksx being sensiblex should curse againx
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pyramusx
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nox in truthx sirx he should notx xdeceiving mex is thisbexs cuex she
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is to enter nowx and i am to spy her through the wallx you shall see it
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will fall pat as i told youx yonder she comesx
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enter thisbex
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thisbex
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o wallx full often hast thou heard my moansx
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for parting my fair pyramus and mex
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my cherry lips have often kissxd thy stonesx
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thy stones with lime and hair knit up in theex
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pyramusx
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i see a voicex now will i to the chinkx
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to spy an i can hear my thisbexs facex
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thisbex
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thisbex
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my love thou artx my love i thinkx
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pyramusx
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think what thou wiltx i am thy loverxs gracex
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and like limander am i trusty stillx
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thisbex
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and i like helenx till the fates me killx
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pyramusx
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not shafalus to procrus was so truex
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thisbex
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as shafalus to procrusx i to youx
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pyramusx
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o kiss me through the hole of this vile wallx
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thisbex
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i kiss the wallxs holex not your lips at allx
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pyramusx
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wilt thou at ninnyxs tomb meet me straightwayx
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thisbex
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xtide lifex xtide deathx i come without delayx
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wallx
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thus have ix wallx my part discharged sox
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andx being donex thus wall away doth gox
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xxexeunt wallx pyramus and thisbexxx
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theseusx
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now is the mural down between the two neighboursx
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demetriusx
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no remedyx my lordx when walls are so wilful to hear without warningx
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hippolytax
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this is the silliest stuff that ever i heardx
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theseusx
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the best in this kind are but shadowsx and the worst are no worsex if
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imagination amend themx
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hippolytax
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it must be your imagination thenx and not theirsx
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theseusx
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if we imagine no worse of them than they of themselvesx they may pass
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for excellent menx here come two noble beasts inx a man and a lionx
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enter lion and moonshinex
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lionx
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youx ladiesx youx whose gentle hearts do fear
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the smallest monstrous mouse that creeps on floorx
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may nowx perchancex both quake and tremble herex
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when lion rough in wildest rage doth roarx
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then know that ix one snug the joinerx am
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a lion fellx nor else no lionxs damx
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for if i should as lion come in strife
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into this placex xtwere pity on my lifex
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theseusx
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a very gentle beastx and of a good consciencex
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demetriusx
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the very best at a beastx my lordx that exer i sawx
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lysanderx
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this lion is a very fox for his valourx
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theseusx
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truex and a goose for his discretionx
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demetriusx
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not sox my lordx for his valour cannot carry his discretionx and the
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fox carries the goosex
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theseusx
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his discretionx i am surex cannot carry his valourx for the goose
|
|
carries not the foxx it is wellx leave it to his discretionx and let us
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|
listen to the moonx
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moonshinex
|
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this lanthorn doth the hornxd moon presentx
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demetriusx
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he should have worn the horns on his headx
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theseusx
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he is no crescentx and his horns are invisible within the
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circumferencex
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moonshinex
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this lanthorn doth the hornxd moon presentx
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myself the man ix the moon do seem to bex
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theseusx
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this is the greatest error of all the restx the man should be put into
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the lanternx how is it else the man ix the moonx
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demetriusx
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he dares not come there for the candlex for you seex it is already in
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snuffx
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hippolytax
|
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i am aweary of this moonx would he would changex
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theseusx
|
|
it appears by his small light of discretion that he is in the wanex but
|
|
yetx in courtesyx in all reasonx we must stay the timex
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|
lysanderx
|
|
proceedx moonx
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|
|
moon
|
|
all that i have to sayx is to tell you that the lantern is the moonx i
|
|
the man ix the moonx this thornxbush my thornxbushx and this dog my
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|
dogx
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demetriusx
|
|
whyx all these should be in the lanternx for all these are in the moonx
|
|
but silencex here comes thisbex
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enter thisbex
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thisbex
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this is old ninnyxs tombx where is my lovex
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lionx
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ohx
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xxthe lion roarsx thisbe runs offxxx
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demetriusx
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well roaredx lionx
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theseusx
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|
well runx thisbex
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hippolytax
|
|
well shonex moonx trulyx the moon shines with a good gracex
|
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|
xxthe lion tears thisbexs mantlex and exitxxx
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theseusx
|
|
well mousedx lionx
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demetriusx
|
|
and then came pyramusx
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|
lysanderx
|
|
and so the lion vanishedx
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|
|
enter pyramusx
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pyramusx
|
|
sweet moonx i thank thee for thy sunny beamsx
|
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i thank theex moonx for shining now so brightx
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forx by thy gracious goldenx glittering gleamsx
|
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i trust to take of truest thisbe sightx
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|
but stayx o spitex
|
|
but markx poor knightx
|
|
what dreadful dole is herex
|
|
eyesx do you seex
|
|
how can it bex
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o dainty duckx o dearx
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|
thy mantle goodx
|
|
whatx stained with bloodx
|
|
approachx ye furies fellx
|
|
o fatesx comex comex
|
|
cut thread and thrumx
|
|
quailx rushx concludex and quellx
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|
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theseusx
|
|
this passionx and the death of a dear friendx would go near to make a
|
|
man look sadx
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hippolytax
|
|
beshrew my heartx but i pity the manx
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|
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pyramusx
|
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o whereforex naturex didst thou lions framex
|
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since lion vile hath here deflowerxd my dearx
|
|
which isxnox noxwhich was the fairest dame
|
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that livxdx that lovxdx that likxdx that lookxd with cheerx
|
|
comex tearsx confoundx
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outx swordx and wound
|
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the pap of pyramusx
|
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ayx that left papx
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where heart doth hopx
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|
thus die ix thusx thusx thusx
|
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now am i deadx
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now am i fledx
|
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my soul is in the skyx
|
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tonguex lose thy lightx
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moonx take thy flightx
|
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now diex diex diex diex diex
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xxdiesx exit moonshinexxx
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demetriusx
|
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no diex but an acex for himx for he is but onex
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lysanderx
|
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less than an acex manx for he is deadx he is nothingx
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theseusx
|
|
with the help of a surgeon he might yet recover and prove an assx
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hippolytax
|
|
how chance moonshine is gone before thisbe comes back and finds her
|
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loverx
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theseusx
|
|
she will find him by starlightx
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|
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enter thisbex
|
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|
here she comesx and her passion ends the playx
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hippolytax
|
|
methinks she should not use a long one for such a pyramusx i hope she
|
|
will be briefx
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demetriusx
|
|
a mote will turn the balancex which pyramusx which thisbex is the
|
|
betterx he for a manx god warrant usx she for a womanx god bless usx
|
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|
lysanderx
|
|
she hath spied him already with those sweet eyesx
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demetriusx
|
|
and thus she meansx xvidelicetxx
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thisbex
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asleepx my lovex
|
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whatx deadx my dovex
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o pyramusx arisex
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speakx speakx quite dumbx
|
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deadx deadx a tomb
|
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must cover thy sweet eyesx
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these lily lipsx
|
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this cherry nosex
|
|
these yellow cowslip cheeksx
|
|
are gonex are gonex
|
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loversx make moanx
|
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his eyes were green as leeksx
|
|
o sisters threex
|
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comex come to mex
|
|
with hands as pale as milkx
|
|
lay them in gorex
|
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since you have shore
|
|
with shears his thread of silkx
|
|
tonguex not a wordx
|
|
comex trusty swordx
|
|
comex bladex my breast imbruex
|
|
and farewellx friendsx
|
|
thus thisbe endsx
|
|
adieux adieux adieux
|
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xxdiesxxx
|
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theseusx
|
|
moonshine and lion are left to bury the deadx
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demetriusx
|
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ayx and wall toox
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|
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bottomx
|
|
nox i assure youx the wall is down that parted their fathersx will it
|
|
please you to see the epiloguex or to hear a bergomask dance between
|
|
two of our companyx
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theseusx
|
|
no epiloguex i pray youx for your play needs no excusex never excusex
|
|
for when the players are all dead there need none to be blamedx marryx
|
|
if he that writ it had played pyramusx and hanged himself in thisbexs
|
|
garterx it would have been a fine tragedyx and so it isx trulyx and
|
|
very notably dischargedx but comex your bergomaskx let your epilogue
|
|
alonex
|
|
|
|
xxhere a dance of clownsxxx
|
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|
|
the iron tongue of midnight hath told twelvex
|
|
loversx to bedx xtis almost fairy timex
|
|
i fear we shall outsleep the coming morn
|
|
as much as we this night have overwatchxdx
|
|
this palpablexgross play hath well beguilxd
|
|
the heavy gait of nightx sweet friendsx to bedx
|
|
a fortnight hold we this solemnity
|
|
in nightly revels and new jollityx
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|
xxexeuntxxx
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|
enter puckx
|
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puckx
|
|
now the hungry lion roarsx
|
|
and the wolf behowls the moonx
|
|
whilst the heavy ploughman snoresx
|
|
all with weary task fordonex
|
|
now the wasted brands do glowx
|
|
whilst the screechxowlx screeching loudx
|
|
puts the wretch that lies in woe
|
|
in remembrance of a shroudx
|
|
now it is the time of night
|
|
that the gravesx all gaping widex
|
|
every one lets forth his spritex
|
|
in the churchxway paths to glidex
|
|
and we fairiesx that do run
|
|
by the triple hecatexs team
|
|
from the presence of the sunx
|
|
following darkness like a dreamx
|
|
now are frolicx not a mouse
|
|
shall disturb this hallowxd housex
|
|
i am sent with broom beforex
|
|
to sweep the dust behind the doorx
|
|
|
|
enter oberon and titania with their trainx
|
|
|
|
oberonx
|
|
through the house give glimmering lightx
|
|
by the dead and drowsy firex
|
|
every elf and fairy sprite
|
|
hop as light as bird from brierx
|
|
and this ditty after mex
|
|
sing and dance it trippinglyx
|
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|
|
titaniax
|
|
first rehearse your song by rotex
|
|
to each word a warbling notex
|
|
hand in handx with fairy gracex
|
|
will we singx and bless this placex
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|
|
xxsong and dancexxx
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|
oberonx
|
|
nowx until the break of dayx
|
|
through this house each fairy strayx
|
|
to the best bridexbed will wex
|
|
which by us shall blessxd bex
|
|
and the issue there create
|
|
ever shall be fortunatex
|
|
so shall all the couples three
|
|
ever true in loving bex
|
|
and the blots of naturexs hand
|
|
shall not in their issue standx
|
|
never molex harexlipx nor scarx
|
|
nor mark prodigiousx such as are
|
|
despised in nativityx
|
|
shall upon their children bex
|
|
with this fieldxdew consecratex
|
|
every fairy take his gaitx
|
|
and each several chamber blessx
|
|
through this palacex with sweet peacex
|
|
and the owner of it blestx
|
|
ever shall it in safety restx
|
|
trip awayx make no stayx
|
|
meet me all by break of dayx
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|
xxexeunt oberonx titania and trainxxx
|
|
|
|
puckx
|
|
if we shadows have offendedx
|
|
think but thisx and all is mendedx
|
|
that you have but slumberxd here
|
|
while these visions did appearx
|
|
and this weak and idle themex
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no more yielding but a dreamx
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gentlesx do not reprehendx
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if you pardonx we will mendx
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andx as i am an honest puckx
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if we have unearnxd luck
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now to xscape the serpentxs tonguex
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we will make amends ere longx
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else the puck a liar callx
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sox good night unto you allx
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give me your handsx if we be friendsx
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and robin shall restore amendsx
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xxexitxxx
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much ado about nothing
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contents
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act i
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scene ix before leonatoxs housex
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scene iix a room in leonatoxs housex
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scene iiix another room in leonatoxs housex
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act ii
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scene ix a hall in leonatoxs housex
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scene iix another room in leonatoxs housex
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scene iiix leonatoxs gardenx
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act iii
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scene ix leonatoxs gardenx
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scene iix a room in leonatoxs housex
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scene iiix a streetx
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scene ivx a room in leonatoxs housex
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scene vx another room in leonatoxs housex
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act iv
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scene ix the inside of a churchx
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scene iix a prisonx
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act v
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scene ix before leonatoxs housex
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scene iix leonatoxs gardenx
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scene iiix the inside of a churchx
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scene ivx a room in leonatoxs housex
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dramatis personx
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don pedrox prince of arragonx
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don johnx his bastard brotherx
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claudiox a young lord of florencex
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benedickx a young lord of paduax
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leonatox governor of messinax
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antoniox his brotherx
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balthasarx servant to don pedrox
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borachiox follower of don johnx
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conradex follower of don johnx
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dogberryx a constablex
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vergesx a headboroughx
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friar francisx
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a sextonx
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a boyx
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herox daughter to leonatox
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beatricex niece to leonatox
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margaretx waiting gentlewoman attending on herox
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ursulax waiting gentlewoman attending on herox
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messengersx watchx attendantsx xcx
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scenex messinax
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act i
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scene ix before leonatoxs housex
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enter leonatox herox beatrice and othersx with a messengerx
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leonatox
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i learn in this letter that don pedro of arragon comes this night
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to messinax
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messengerx
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he is very near by thisx he was not three leagues off when i left
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himx
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leonatox
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how many gentlemen have you lost in this actionx
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messengerx
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but few of any sortx and none of namex
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leonatox
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a victory is twice itself when the achiever brings home full
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numbersx i find here that don pedro hath bestowed much honour on
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a young florentine called claudiox
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messengerx
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much deserved on his partx and equally remembered by don pedrox
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he hath borne himself beyond the promise of his agex doing in the
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figure of a lamb the feats of a lionx he hath indeed better
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bettered expectation than you must expect of me to tell you howx
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leonatox
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he hath an uncle here in messina will be very much glad of itx
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messengerx
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i have already delivered him lettersx and there appears much joy
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in himx even so much that joy could not show itself modest enough
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without a badge of bitternessx
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leonatox
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did he break out into tearsx
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messengerx
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in great measurex
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leonatox
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a kind overflow of kindnessx there are no faces truer than those
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that are so washedx how much better is it to weep at joy than to
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joy at weepingx
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beatricex
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i pray youx is signior mountanto returned from the wars or nox
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messengerx
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i know none of that namex ladyx there was none such in the army
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of any sortx
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leonatox
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what is he that you ask forx niecex
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herox
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my cousin means signior benedick of paduax
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messengerx
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ox he is returnedx and as pleasant as ever he wasx
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beatricex
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he set up his bills here in messina and challenged cupid at the
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flightx and my unclexs foolx reading the challengex subscribed
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for cupidx and challenged him at the birdxboltx i pray youx how
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many hath he killed and eaten in these warsx but how many hath he
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killedx forx indeedx i promised to eat all of his killingx
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leonatox
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faithx niecex you tax signior benedick too muchx but hexll be
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meet with youx i doubt it notx
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messengerx
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he hath done good servicex ladyx in these warsx
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beatricex
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you had musty victualx and he hath holp to eat itx he is a very
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valiant trencherxmanx he hath an excellent stomachx
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messengerx
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and a good soldier toox ladyx
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beatricex
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and a good soldier to a ladyx but what is he to a lordx
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messengerx
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a lord to a lordx a man to a manx stuffed with all honourable
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virtuesx
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beatricex
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it is so indeedx he is no less than a stuffed manx but for the
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stuffingxxwellx we are all mortalx
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leonatox
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you must notx sirx mistake my niecex there is a kind of merry war
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betwixt signior benedick and herx they never meet but therexs a
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skirmish of wit between themx
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beatricex
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alasx he gets nothing by thatx in our last conflict four of his
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five wits went halting offx and now is the whole man governed
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with onex so that if he have wit enough to keep himself warmx let
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him bear it for a difference between himself and his horsex for
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it is all the wealth that he hath left to be known a reasonable
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creaturex who is his companion nowx he hath every month a new
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sworn brotherx
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messengerx
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isxt possiblex
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beatricex
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very easily possiblex he wears his faith but as the fashion of
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his hatx it ever changes with the next blockx
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messengerx
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i seex ladyx the gentleman is not in your booksx
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beatricex
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nox and he werex i would burn my studyx but i pray youx who is
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his companionx is there no young squarer now that will make a
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voyage with him to the devilx
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messengerx
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he is most in the company of the right noble claudiox
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beatricex
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o lordx he will hang upon him like a diseasex he is sooner caught
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than the pestilencex and the taker runs presently madx god help
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the noble claudiox if he have caught the benedickx it will cost
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him a thousand pound ere he be curedx
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messengerx
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i will hold friends with youx ladyx
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beatricex
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dox good friendx
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leonatox
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you will never run madx niecex
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beatricex
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nox not till a hot januaryx
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messengerx
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don pedro is approachedx
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enter don pedrox don johnx claudiox benedickx balthasar and
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othersx
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don pedrox
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good signior leonatox you are come to meet your troublex the
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fashion of the world is to avoid costx and you encounter itx
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leonatox
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never came trouble to my house in the likeness of your gracex for
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trouble being gonex comfort should remainx but when you depart
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from mex sorrow abides and happiness takes his leavex
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don pedrox
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you embrace your charge too willinglyx i think this is your
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daughterx
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leonatox
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her mother hath many times told me sox
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benedickx
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were you in doubtx sirx that you asked herx
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leonatox
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signior benedickx nox for then were you a childx
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don pedrox
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you have it fullx benedickx we may guess by this what you arex
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being a manx truly the lady fathers herselfx be happyx ladyx for
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you are like an honourable fatherx
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benedickx
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if signior leonato be her fatherx she would not have his head on
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her shoulders for all messinax as like him as she isx
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beatricex
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i wonder that you will still be talkingx signior benedickx nobody
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marks youx
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benedickx
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whatx my dear lady disdainx are you yet livingx
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beatricex
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is it possible disdain should die while she hath such meet food
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to feed it as signior benedickx courtesy itself must convert to
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disdain if you come in her presencex
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benedickx
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then is courtesy a turncoatx but it is certain i am loved of all
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ladiesx only you exceptedx and i would i could find in my heart
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that i had not a hard heartx forx trulyx i love nonex
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beatricex
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a dear happiness to womenx they would else have been troubled
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with a pernicious suitorx i thank god and my cold bloodx i am of
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your humour for thatx i had rather hear my dog bark at a crow
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than a man swear he loves mex
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benedickx
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god keep your ladyship still in that mindx so some gentleman or
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other shall scape a predestinate scratched facex
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beatricex
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scratching could not make it worsex and xtwere such a face as
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yours werex
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benedickx
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wellx you are a rare parrotxteacherx
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beatricex
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a bird of my tongue is better than a beast of yoursx
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benedickx
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i would my horse had the speed of your tonguex and so good a
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continuerx but keep your wayx ix godxs namex i have donex
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beatricex
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you always end with a jadexs trickx i know you of oldx
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don pedrox
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that is the sum of allx leonatox signior claudiox and signior
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benedickx my dear friend leonato hath invited you allx i tell him
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we shall stay here at the least a monthx and he heartly prays
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some occasion may detain us longerx i dare swear he is no
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hypocritex but prays from his heartx
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leonatox
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if you swearx my lordx you shall not be forswornx xxto don johnxx
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let me bid you welcomex my lordx being reconciled to the prince
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your brotherx i owe you all dutyx
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don johnx
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i thank youx i am not of many wordsx but i thank youx
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leonatox
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please it your grace lead onx
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don pedrox
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your handx leonatox we will go togetherx
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xxexeunt all but benedick and claudioxxx
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claudiox
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benedickx didst thou note the daughter of signior leonatox
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benedickx
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i noted her notx but i looked on herx
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claudiox
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is she not a modest young ladyx
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benedickx
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do you question mex as an honest man should dox for my simple
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true judgmentx or would you have me speak after my customx as
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being a professed tyrant to their sexx
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claudiox
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nox i pray thee speak in sober judgmentx
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benedickx
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whyx ix faithx methinks shexs too low for a high praisex too
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brown for a fair praisex and too little for a great praisex only
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this commendation i can afford herx that were she other than she
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isx she were unhandsomex and being no other but as she isx i do
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not like herx
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claudiox
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thou thinkest i am in sportx i pray thee tell me truly how thou
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likest herx
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benedickx
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would you buy herx that you enquire after herx
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claudiox
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can the world buy such a jewelx
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benedickx
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yeax and a case to put it intox but speak you this with a sad
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browx or do you play the flouting jackx to tell us cupid is a
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good harexfinderx and vulcan a rare carpenterx comex in what key
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shall a man take youx to go in the songx
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claudiox
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in mine eye she is the sweetest lady that ever i looked onx
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benedickx
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i can see yet without spectacles and i see no such matterx
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therexs her cousin and she were not possessed with a furyx
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exceeds her as much in beauty as the first of may doth the last
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of decemberx but i hope you have no intent to turn husbandx have
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youx
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claudiox
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i would scarce trust myselfx though i had sworn to the contraryx
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if hero would be my wifex
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benedickx
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isxt come to thisx in faithx hath not the world one man but he
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will wear his cap with suspicionx shall i never see a bachelor of
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threescore againx go tox ix faithx and thou wilt needs thrust thy
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neck into a yokex wear the print of it and sigh away sundaysx
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rexenter don pedrox
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lookx don pedro is returned to seek youx
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don pedrox
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what secret hath held you herex that you followed not to
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leonatoxsx
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benedickx
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i would your grace would constrain me to tellx
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don pedrox
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i charge thee on thy allegiancex
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benedickx
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you hearx count claudiox i can be secret as a dumb manx i would
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have you think sox but on my allegiance mark you thisx on my
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allegiancex he is in lovex with whox now that is your gracexs
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partx mark how short his answer isx with herox leonatoxs short
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daughterx
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claudiox
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if this were sox so were it utteredx
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benedickx
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like the old talex my lordx xit is not sox nor xtwas not sox but
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indeedx god forbid it should be soxx
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claudiox
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if my passion change not shortlyx god forbid it should be
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otherwisex
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don pedrox
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amenx if you love herx for the lady is very well worthyx
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claudiox
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you speak this to fetch me inx my lordx
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don pedrox
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by my trothx i speak my thoughtx
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claudiox
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and in faithx my lordx i spoke minex
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benedickx
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and by my two faiths and trothsx my lordx i spoke minex
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claudiox
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that i love herx i feelx
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don pedrox
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that she is worthyx i knowx
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benedickx
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that i neither feel how she should be lovedx nor know how she
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should be worthyx is the opinion that fire cannot melt out of mex
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i will die in it at the stakex
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don pedrox
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thou wast ever an obstinate heretic in the despite of beautyx
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claudiox
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and never could maintain his part but in the force of his willx
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benedickx
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that a woman conceived mex i thank herx that she brought me upx i
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likewise give her most humble thanksx but that i will have a
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recheat winded in my foreheadx or hang my bugle in an invisible
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baldrickx all women shall pardon mex because i will not do them
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the wrong to mistrust anyx i will do myself the right to trust
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nonex and the fine isxxfor the which i may go the finerxxi will
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live a bachelorx
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don pedrox
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i shall see theex ere i diex look pale with lovex
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benedickx
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with angerx with sicknessx or with hungerx my lordx not with
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lovex prove that ever i lose more blood with love than i will get
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again with drinkingx pick out mine eyes with a balladxmakerxs pen
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and hang me up at the door of a brothelxhouse for the sign of
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blind cupidx
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don pedrox
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wellx if ever thou dost fall from this faithx thou wilt prove a
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notable argumentx
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benedickx
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if i dox hang me in a bottle like a cat and shoot at mex and he
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that hits mex let him be clapped on the shoulder and called adamx
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don pedrox
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wellx as time shall tryx xin time the savage bull doth bear the
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yokexx
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benedickx
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the savage bull mayx but if ever the sensible benedick bear itx
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pluck off the bullxs horns and set them in my foreheadx and let
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me be vilely paintedx and in such great letters as they writex
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xhere is good horse to hirexx let them signify under my sign
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xhere you may see benedick the married manxx
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claudiox
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if this should ever happenx thou wouldst be hornxmadx
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don pedrox
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nayx if cupid have not spent all his quiver in venicex thou wilt
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quake for this shortlyx
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benedickx
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i look for an earthquake too thenx
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don pedrox
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wellx you will temporize with the hoursx in the meantimex good
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signior benedickx repair to leonatoxsx commend me to him and tell
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him i will not fail him at supperx for indeed he hath made great
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preparationx
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benedickx
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i have almost matter enough in me for such an embassagex and so i
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commit youx
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claudiox
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to the tuition of godx from my housex if i had itxx
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don pedrox
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the sixth of julyx your loving friendx benedickx
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benedickx
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nayx mock notx mock notx the body of your discourse is sometime
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guarded with fragmentsx and the guards are but slightly basted on
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neitherx ere you flout old ends any furtherx examine your
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consciencex and so i leave youx
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xxexitxxx
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claudiox
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my liegex your highness now may do me goodx
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don pedrox
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my love is thine to teachx teach it but howx
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and thou shalt see how apt it is to learn
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any hard lesson that may do thee goodx
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claudiox
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hath leonato any sonx my lordx
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don pedrox
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no child but herox shexs his only heirx
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dost thou affect herx claudiox
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claudiox
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ox my lordx
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when you went onward on this ended actionx
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i looked upon her with a soldierxs eyex
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that likxdx but had a rougher task in hand
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than to drive liking to the name of lovex
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but now i am returnxdx and that warxthoughts
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have left their places vacantx in their rooms
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come thronging soft and delicate desiresx
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all prompting me how fair young hero isx
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sayingx i likxd her ere i went to warsx
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don pedrox
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thou wilt be like a lover presentlyx
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and tire the hearer with a book of wordsx
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if thou dost love fair herox cherish itx
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and i will break with herx and with her fatherx
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and thou shalt have herx wasxt not to this end
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that thou beganxst to twist so fine a storyx
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claudiox
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how sweetly you do minister to lovex
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that know lovexs grief by his complexionx
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but lest my liking might too sudden seemx
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i would have salvxd it with a longer treatisex
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don pedrox
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what need the bridge much broader than the floodx
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the fairest grant is the necessityx
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lookx what will serve is fitx xtis oncex thou lovxstx
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and i will fit thee with the remedyx
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i know we shall have revelling tonightx
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i will assume thy part in some disguisex
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and tell fair hero i am claudiox
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and in her bosom ixll unclasp my heartx
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and take her hearing prisoner with the force
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and strong encounter of my amorous talex
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then after to her father will i breakx
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and the conclusion isx she shall be thinex
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in practice let us put it presentlyx
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene iix a room in leonatoxs housex
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enter leonato and antoniox meetingx
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leonatox
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how nowx brotherx where is my cousin your sonx hath he provided
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this musicx
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antoniox
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he is very busy about itx butx brotherx i can tell you strange
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news that you yet dreamt not ofx
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leonatox
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are they goodx
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antoniox
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as the event stamps themx but they have a good coverx they show
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well outwardx the prince and count claudiox walking in a
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thickxpleached alley in my orchardx were thus much overheard by a
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man of minex the prince discovered to claudio that he loved my
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niece your daughter and meant to acknowledge it this night in a
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dancex and if he found her accordantx he meant to take the
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present time by the top and instantly break with you of itx
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leonatox hath the fellow any wit that told you thisx
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antoniox
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a good sharp fellowx i will send for himx and question him
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yourselfx
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leonatox
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nox nox we will hold it as a dream till it appear itselfx but i
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will acquaint my daughter withalx that she may be the better
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prepared for an answerx if peradventure this be truex go you and
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tell her of itx
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xxseveral persons cross the stagexxx
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cousinsx you know what you have to dox ox i cry you mercyx
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friendx go you with mex and i will use your skillx good cousinx
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have a care this busy timex
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene iiix another room in leonatoxs housex
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enter don john and conradex
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conradex
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what the goodxyearx my lordx why are you thus out of measure sadx
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don johnx
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there is no measure in the occasion that breedsx therefore the
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sadness is without limitx
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conradex
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you should hear reasonx
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don johnx
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and when i have heard itx what blessings brings itx
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conradex
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if not a present remedyx at least a patient sufferancex
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don johnx
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i wonder that thou xbeing as thou sayxst thou artx born under
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saturnx goest about to apply a moral medicine to a mortifying
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mischiefx i cannot hide what i amx i must be sad when i have
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causex and smile at no manxs jestsx eat when i have stomachx and
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wait for no manxs leisurex sleep when i am drowsyx and tend on no
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manxs businessx laugh when i am merryx and claw no man in his
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humourx
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conradex
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yeax but you must not make the full show of this till you may do
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it without controlmentx you have of late stood out against your
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brotherx and he hath taxen you newly into his gracex where it is
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impossible you should take true root but by the fair weather that
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you make yourselfx it is needful that you frame the season for
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your own harvestx
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don johnx
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i had rather be a canker in a hedge than a rose in his gracex and
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it better fits my blood to be disdained of all than to fashion a
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carriage to rob love from anyx in thisx though i cannot be said
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to be a flattering honest manx it must not be denied but i am a
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plainxdealing villainx i am trusted with a muzzle and
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enfranchised with a clogx therefore i have decreed not to sing in
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my cagex if i had my mouthx i would bitex if i had my libertyx i
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would do my likingx in the meantimex let me be that i amx and
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seek not to alter mex
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conradex can you make no use of your discontentx
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don johnx i make all use of itx for i use it onlyx who comes
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herex
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enter borachiox
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what newsx borachiox
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borachiox
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i came yonder from a great supperx the prince your brother is
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royally entertained by leonatox and i can give you intelligence
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of an intended marriagex
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don johnx
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will it serve for any model to build mischief onx what is he for
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a fool that betroths himself to unquietnessx
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borachiox
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marryx it is your brotherxs right handx
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don johnx
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whox the most exquisite claudiox
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borachiox
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even hex
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don johnx
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a proper squirex and whox and whox which way looks hex
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borachiox
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marryx on herox the daughter and heir of leonatox
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don johnx
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a very forward marchxchickx how came you to thisx
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borachiox
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being entertained for a perfumerx as i was smoking a musty roomx
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comes me the prince and claudiox hand in handx in sad conferencex
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i whipt me behind the arrasx and there heard it agreed upon that
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the prince should woo hero for himselfx and having obtained herx
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give her to count claudiox
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don johnx
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comex comex let us thitherx this may prove food to my
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displeasurex that young startxup hath all the glory of my
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overthrowx if i can cross him any wayx i bless myself every wayx
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you are both surex and will assist mex
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conradex to the deathx my lordx
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don johnx
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let us to the great supperx their cheer is the greater that i am
|
|
subduedx would the cook were of my mindx shall we go to prove
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whatxs to be donex
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borachiox
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wexll wait upon your lordshipx
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xxexeuntxxx
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act ii
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scene ix a hall in leonatoxs housex
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enter leonatox antoniox herox beatrice and othersx
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leonatox
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was not count john here at supperx
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antoniox
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i saw him notx
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beatricex
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how tartly that gentleman looksx i never can see him but i am
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heartxburned an hour afterx
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herox
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he is of a very melancholy dispositionx
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beatricex
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he were an excellent man that were made just in the midxway
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|
between him and benedickx the one is too like an imagex and says
|
|
nothingx and the other too like my ladyxs eldest sonx evermore
|
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tattlingx
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leonatox
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then half signior benedickxs tongue in count johnxs mouthx and
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half count johnxs melancholy in signior benedickxs facex
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beatricex
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with a good leg and a good footx unclex and money enough in his
|
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pursex such a man would win any woman in the world if ax could
|
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get her good willx
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leonatox
|
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by my trothx niecex thou wilt never get thee a husbandx if thou
|
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be so shrewd of thy tonguex
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antoniox
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in faithx shexs too curstx
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beatricex
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too curst is more than curstx i shall lessen godxs sending that
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wayx for it is saidx xgod sends a curst cow short hornsxx but to
|
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a cow too curst he sends nonex
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leonatox
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sox by being too curstx god will send you no hornsx
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beatricex
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justx if he send me no husbandx for the which blessing i am at
|
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him upon my knees every morning and eveningx lordx i could not
|
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endure a husband with a beard on his facex i had rather lie in
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the woollenx
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leonatox
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you may light on a husband that hath no beardx
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beatricex
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what should i do with himx dress him in my apparel and make him
|
|
my waiting gentlewomanx he that hath a beard is more than a
|
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youthx and he that hath no beard is less than a manx and he that
|
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is more than a youth is not for mex and he that is less than a
|
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manx i am not for himx therefore i will even take sixpence in
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earnest of the bearxwardx and lead his apes into hellx
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leonatox
|
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well thenx go you into hellx
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beatricex
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nox but to the gatex and there will the devil meet mex like an
|
|
old cuckoldx with horns on his headx and sayx xget you to heavenx
|
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beatricex get you to heavenx herexs no place for you maidsxx so
|
|
deliver i up my apesx and away to saint peter for the heavensx he
|
|
shows me where the bachelors sitx and there live we as merry as
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the day is longx
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antoniox
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xxto heroxxx wellx niecex i trust you will be ruled by your
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fatherx
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beatricex
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yesx faithx it is my cousinxs duty to make curtsyx and sayx
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xfatherx as it please youxxx but yet for all thatx cousinx let
|
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him be a handsome fellowx or else make another curtsyx and sayx
|
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xfatherx as it please mexx
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leonatox
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wellx niecex i hope to see you one day fitted with a husbandx
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beatricex
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not till god make men of some other metal than earthx would it
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not grieve a woman to be overxmastered with a piece of valiant
|
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dustx to make an account of her life to a clod of wayward marlx
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nox unclex ixll nonex adamxs sons are my brethrenx and trulyx i
|
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hold it a sin to match in my kindredx
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leonatox
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daughterx remember what i told youx if the prince do solicit you
|
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in that kindx you know your answerx
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beatricex
|
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the fault will be in the musicx cousinx if you be not wooed in
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good timex if the prince be too importantx tell him there is
|
|
measure in everythingx and so dance out the answerx forx hear mex
|
|
herox wooingx weddingx and repenting is as a scotch jigx a
|
|
measurex and a cinquepacex the first suit is hot and hastyx like
|
|
a scotch jigx and full as fantasticalx the weddingx mannerly
|
|
modestx as a measurex full of state and ancientryx and then comes
|
|
repentancex and with his bad legsx falls into the cinquepace
|
|
faster and fasterx till he sink into his gravex
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leonatox
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cousinx you apprehend passing shrewdlyx
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beatricex
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i have a good eyex unclex i can see a church by daylightx
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leonatox
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the revellers are enteringx brotherx make good roomx
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enter don pedrox claudiox benedickx balthasarx don johnx
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borachiox margaretx ursula and othersx maskedx
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don pedrox
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ladyx will you walk about with your friendx
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herox
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so you walk softly and look sweetly and say nothingx i am yours
|
|
for the walkx and especially when i walk awayx
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don pedrox
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with me in your companyx
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herox
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i may say sox when i pleasex
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don pedrox
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and when please you to say sox
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herox
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when i like your favourx for god defend the lute should be like
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the casex
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don pedrox
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my visor is philemonxs roofx within the house is jovex
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herox
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whyx thenx your visor should be thatchxdx
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don pedrox
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speak lowx if you speak lovex
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xxtakes her asidexxx
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balthasarx
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wellx i would you did like mex
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margaretx
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so would not ix for your own sakex for i have many ill qualitiesx
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balthasarx
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which is onex
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margaretx
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i say my prayers aloudx
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balthasarx
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i love you the betterx the hearers may cry amenx
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margaretx
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god match me with a good dancerx
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balthasarx
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amenx
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margaretx
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and god keep him out of my sight when the dance is donex answerx
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clerkx
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balthasarx
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no more wordsx the clerk is answeredx
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ursulax
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i know you well enoughx you are signior antoniox
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antoniox
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at a wordx i am notx
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ursulax
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i know you by the waggling of your headx
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antoniox
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to tell you truex i counterfeit himx
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ursulax
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you could never do him so illxwellx unless you were the very manx
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herexs his dry hand up and downx you are hex you are hex
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antoniox
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at a wordx i am notx
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ursulax
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comex comex do you think i do not know you by your excellent witx
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can virtue hide itselfx go tox mumx you are hex graces will
|
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appearx and therexs an endx
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beatricex
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will you not tell me who told you sox
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benedickx
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nox you shall pardon mex
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beatricex
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nor will you not tell me who you arex
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benedickx
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not nowx
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beatricex
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that i was disdainfulx and that i had my good wit out of the
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xhundred merry talesxx wellx this was signior benedick that said
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sox
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benedickx
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whatxs hex
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beatricex
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i am sure you know him well enoughx
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benedickx
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not ix believe mex
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beatricex
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did he never make you laughx
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benedickx
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i pray youx what is hex
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beatricex
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whyx he is the princexs jesterx a very dull foolx only his gift
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is in devising impossible slandersx none but libertines delight
|
|
in himx and the commendation is not in his witx but in his
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villainyx for he both pleases men and angers themx and then they
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|
laugh at him and beat himx i am sure he is in the fleetx i would
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he had boarded mex
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benedickx
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when i know the gentlemanx ixll tell him what you sayx
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beatricex
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dox dox hexll but break a comparison or two on mex whichx
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peradventure not marked or not laughed atx strikes him into
|
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melancholyx and then therexs a partridge wing savedx for the fool
|
|
will eat no supper that nightx xxmusic withinxxx we must follow
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the leadersx
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benedickx
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in every good thingx
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beatricex
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nayx if they lead to any illx i will leave them at the next
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turningx
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xxdancex then exeunt all but don johnx borachio and claudioxxx
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don johnx
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sure my brother is amorous on herox and hath withdrawn her father
|
|
to break with him about itx the ladies follow her and but one
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visor remainsx
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borachiox
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and that is claudiox i know him by his bearingx
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don johnx
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are you not signior benedickx
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claudiox
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you know me wellx i am hex
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don johnx
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signiorx you are very near my brother in his lovex he is
|
|
enamoured on herox i pray youx dissuade him from herx she is no
|
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equal for his birthx you may do the part of an honest man in itx
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claudiox
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how know you he loves herx
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don johnx
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i heard him swear his affectionx
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borachiox
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so did i toox and he swore he would marry her tonightx
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don johnx
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comex let us to the banquetx
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xxexeunt don john and borachioxxx
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claudiox
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thus answer i in name of benedickx
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but hear these ill news with the ears of claudiox
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xtis certain sox the prince wooes for himselfx
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friendship is constant in all other things
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save in the office and affairs of lovex
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therefore all hearts in love use their own tonguesx
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let every eye negotiate for itself
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and trust no agentx for beauty is a witch
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against whose charms faith melteth into bloodx
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this is an accident of hourly proofx
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which i mistrusted notx farewellx thereforex herox
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rexenter benedickx
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benedickx
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count claudiox
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claudiox
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yeax the samex
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benedickx
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comex will you go with mex
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claudiox
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whitherx
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benedickx
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even to the next willowx about your own businessx countx what
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fashion will you wear the garland ofx about your neckx like a
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usurerxs chainx or under your armx like a lieutenantxs scarfx you
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must wear it one wayx for the prince hath got your herox
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claudiox
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i wish him joy of herx
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benedickx
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whyx thatxs spoken like an honest drovierx so they sell bullocksx
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but did you think the prince would have served you thusx
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claudiox
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i pray youx leave mex
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benedickx
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hox now you strike like the blind manx xtwas the boy that stole
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your meatx and youxll beat the postx
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claudiox
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if it will not bex ixll leave youx
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xxexitxxx
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benedickx
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alasx poor hurt fowlx now will he creep into sedgesx butx that my
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lady beatrice should know mex and not know mex the princexs foolx
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hax it may be i go under that title because i am merryx yeax but
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so i am apt to do myself wrongx i am not so reputedx it is the
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base though bitter disposition of beatrice that puts the world
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into her personx and so gives me outx wellx ixll be revenged as i
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mayx
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rexenter don pedrox
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don pedrox
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nowx signiorx wherexs the countx did you see himx
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benedickx
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trothx my lordx i have played the part of lady famex i found him
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here as melancholy as a lodge in a warrenx i told himx and i
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think i told him truex that your grace had got the good will of
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this young ladyx and i offered him my company to a willow treex
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either to make him a garlandx as being forsakenx or to bind him
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up a rodx as being worthy to be whippedx
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don pedrox
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to be whippedx whatxs his faultx
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benedickx
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the flat transgression of a schoolxboyx whox being overjoyxd with
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finding a birdxs nestx shows it his companionx and he steals itx
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don pedrox
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wilt thou make a trust a transgressionx the transgression is in
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the stealerx
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benedickx
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yet it had not been amiss the rod had been madex and the garland
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toox for the garland he might have worn himselfx and the rod he
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might have bestowed on youx whox as i take itx have stolen his
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birdxs nestx
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don pedrox
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i will but teach them to singx and restore them to the ownerx
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benedickx
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if their singing answer your sayingx by my faithx you say
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honestlyx
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don pedrox
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the lady beatrice hath a quarrel to youx the gentleman that
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danced with her told her she is much wronged by youx
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benedickx
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ox she misused me past the endurance of a blockx an oak but with
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one green leaf on it would have answered herx my very visor began
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to assume life and scold with herx she told mex not thinking i
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had been myselfx that i was the princexs jesterx that i was
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duller than a great thawx huddling jest upon jest with such
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impossible conveyance upon mex that i stood like a man at a markx
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with a whole army shooting at mex she speaks poniardsx and every
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word stabsx if her breath were as terrible as her terminationsx
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there were no living near herx she would infect to the north
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starx i would not marry herx though she were endowed with all
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that adam had left him before he transgressedx she would have
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made hercules have turned spitx yeax and have cleft his club to
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make the fire toox comex talk not of herx you shall find her the
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infernal ate in good apparelx i would to god some scholar would
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conjure herx for certainlyx while she is herex a man may live as
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quiet in hell as in a sanctuaryx and people sin upon purpose
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because they would go thitherx so indeedx all disquietx horror
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and perturbation follow herx
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rexenter claudiox beatricex hero and leonatox
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don pedrox
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lookx here she comesx
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benedickx
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will your grace command me any service to the worldxs endx i will
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go on the slightest errand now to the antipodes that you can
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devise to send me onx i will fetch you a toothpicker now from the
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furthest inch of asiax bring you the length of prester johnxs
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footx fetch you a hair off the great chamxs beardx do you any
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embassage to the pygmiesx rather than hold three wordsx
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conference with this harpyx you have no employment for mex
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don pedrox
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nonex but to desire your good companyx
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benedickx
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o godx sirx herexs a dish i love notx i cannot endure my lady
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tonguex
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xxexitxxx
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don pedrox
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comex ladyx comex you have lost the heart of signior benedickx
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beatricex
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indeedx my lordx he lent it me awhilex and i gave him use for itx
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a double heart for a single onex marryx once before he won it of
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me with false dicex therefore your grace may well say i have lost
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itx
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don pedrox
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you have put him downx ladyx you have put him downx
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beatricex
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so i would not he should do mex my lordx lest i should prove the
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mother of foolsx i have brought count claudiox whom you sent me
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to seekx
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don pedrox
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whyx how nowx countx wherefore are you sadx
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claudiox
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not sadx my lordx
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don pedrox
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how thenx sickx
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claudiox
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neitherx my lordx
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beatricex
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the count is neither sadx nor sickx nor merryx nor wellx but
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civil countx civil as an orangex and something of that jealous
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complexionx
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don pedrox
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ix faithx ladyx i think your blazon to be truex thoughx ixll be
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swornx if he be sox his conceit is falsex herex claudiox i have
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wooed in thy namex and fair hero is wonx i have broke with her
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fatherx andx his good will obtainedx name the day of marriagex
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and god give thee joyx
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leonatox
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countx take of me my daughterx and with her my fortunesx his
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grace hath made the matchx and all grace say amen to itx
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beatricex
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speakx countx xtis your cuex
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claudiox
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silence is the perfectest herald of joyx i were but little happyx
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if i could say how muchx ladyx as you are minex i am yoursx i
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give away myself for you and dote upon the exchangex
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beatricex
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speakx cousinx orx if you cannotx stop his mouth with a kissx and
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let not him speak neitherx
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don pedrox
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in faithx ladyx you have a merry heartx
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beatricex
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yeax my lordx i thank itx poor foolx it keeps on the windy side
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of carex my cousin tells him in his ear that he is in her heartx
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claudiox
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and so she dothx cousinx
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beatricex
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good lordx for alliancex thus goes everyone to the world but ix
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and i am sunburntx i may sit in a corner and cry heighxho for a
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husbandx
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don pedrox
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lady beatricex i will get you onex
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beatricex
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i would rather have one of your fatherxs gettingx hath your grace
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nexer a brother like youx your father got excellent husbandsx if
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a maid could come by themx
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don pedrox
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will you have mex ladyx
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beatricex
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nox my lordx unless i might have another for working daysx your
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grace is too costly to wear every dayx butx i beseech your gracex
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pardon mex i was born to speak all mirth and no matterx
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don pedrox
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your silence most offends mex and to be merry best becomes youx
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for out of questionx you were born in a merry hourx
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beatricex
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nox surex my lordx my mother criedx but then there was a star
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dancedx and under that was i bornx cousinsx god give you joyx
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leonatox
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niecex will you look to those things i told you ofx
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beatricex
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i cry you mercyx unclex by your gracexs pardonx
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xxexitxxx
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don pedrox
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by my trothx a pleasant spirited ladyx
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leonatox
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therexs little of the melancholy element in herx my lordx she is
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never sad but when she sleepsx and not ever sad thenx for i have
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|
heard my daughter sayx she hath often dreamed of unhappiness and
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|
waked herself with laughingx
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don pedrox
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she cannot endure to hear tell of a husbandx
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leonatox
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ox by no meansx she mocks all her wooers out of suitx
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don pedrox
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she were an excellent wife for benedickx
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leonatox
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o lordx my lordx if they were but a week marriedx they would talk
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themselves madx
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don pedrox
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|
count claudiox when mean you to go to churchx
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claudiox
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tomorrowx my lordx time goes on crutches till love have all his
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ritesx
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leonatox
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not till mondayx my dear sonx which is hence a just sevenxnightx
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|
and a time too brief toox to have all things answer my mindx
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don pedrox
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comex you shake the head at so long a breathingx butx i warrant
|
|
theex claudiox the time shall not go dully by usx i will in the
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|
interim undertake one of herculesx laboursx which isx to bring
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|
signior benedick and the lady beatrice into a mountain of
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|
affection the one with the otherx i would fain have it a matchx
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|
and i doubt not but to fashion itx if you three will but minister
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|
such assistance as i shall give you directionx
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leonatox
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my lordx i am for youx though it cost me ten nightsx watchingsx
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claudiox
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and ix my lordx
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don pedrox
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and you toox gentle herox
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herox
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i will do any modest officex my lordx to help my cousin to a good
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|
husbandx
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don pedrox
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and benedick is not the unhopefullest husband that i knowx thus
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|
far can i praise himx he is of a noble strainx of approved
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|
valourx and confirmed honestyx i will teach you how to humour
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|
your cousinx that she shall fall in love with benedickx and ix
|
|
with your two helpsx will so practise on benedick thatx in
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|
despite of his quick wit and his queasy stomachx he shall fall in
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|
love with beatricex if we can do thisx cupid is no longer an
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|
archerx his glory shall be oursx for we are the only lovexgodsx
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|
go in with mex and i will tell you my driftx
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene iix another room in leonatoxs housex
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enter don john and borachiox
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don johnx
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it is sox the count claudio shall marry the daughter of leonatox
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borachiox
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yeax my lordx but i can cross itx
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don johnx
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any barx any crossx any impediment will be medicinable to mex i
|
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am sick in displeasure to himx and whatsoever comes athwart his
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|
affection ranges evenly with minex how canst thou cross this
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marriagex
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borachiox
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not honestlyx my lordx but so covertly that no dishonesty shall
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appear in mex
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don johnx
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show me briefly howx
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borachiox
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i think i told your lordshipx a year sincex how much i am in the
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favour of margaretx the waiting gentlewoman to herox
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don johnx
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i rememberx
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borachiox
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i canx at any unseasonable instant of the nightx appoint her to
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look out at her ladyxs chamber windowx
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don johnx what life is in thatx to be the death of this marriagex
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borachiox
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the poison of that lies in you to temperx go you to the prince
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your brotherx spare not to tell himx that he hath wronged his
|
|
honour in marrying the renowned claudioxxwhose estimation do you
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|
mightily hold upxxto a contaminated stalex such a one as herox
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don johnx
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what proof shall i make of thatx
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borachiox
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proof enough to misuse the princex to vex claudiox to undo herox
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and kill leonatox look you for any other issuex
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don johnx
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only to despite themx i will endeavour anythingx
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borachiox
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go thenx find me a meet hour to draw don pedro and the count
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|
claudio alonex tell them that you know that hero loves mex intend
|
|
a kind of zeal both to the prince and claudiox asxin love of your
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brotherxs honourx who hath made this matchx and his friendxs
|
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reputationx who is thus like to be cozened with the semblance of
|
|
a maidxxthat you have discovered thusx they will scarcely believe
|
|
this without trialx offer them instancesx which shall bear no
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|
less likelihood than to see me at her chamber windowx hear me
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call margaret herox hear margaret term me claudiox and bring them
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to see this the very night before the intended weddingx for in
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the meantime i will so fashion the matter that hero shall be
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absentx and there shall appear such seeming truth of heroxs
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|
disloyaltyx that jealousy shall be called assurancex and all the
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|
preparation overthrownx
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don johnx
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grow this to what adverse issue it canx i will put it in
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practicex be cunning in the working thisx and thy fee is a
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thousand ducatsx
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borachiox
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be you constant in the accusationx and my cunning shall not shame
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|
mex
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don johnx
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i will presently go learn their day of marriagex
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene iiix leonatoxs gardenx
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enter benedickx
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benedickx
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boyx
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enter a boyx
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boyx
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signiorx
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benedickx
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in my chamber window lies a bookx bring it hither to me in the
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orchardx
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boyx
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i am here alreadyx sirx
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benedickx
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i know thatx but i would have thee hencex and here againx
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xxexit boyxxx
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i do much wonder that one manx seeing how much another man is a
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fool when he dedicates his behaviours to lovex willx after he
|
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hath laughed at such shallow follies in othersx become the
|
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argument of his own scorn by falling in lovex and such a man is
|
|
claudiox i have knownx when there was no music with him but the
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drum and the fifex and now had he rather hear the tabor and the
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|
pipex i have known when he would have walked ten mile afoot to
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|
see a good armourx and now will he lie ten nights awakex carving
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|
the fashion of a new doubletx he was wont to speak plain and to
|
|
the purposex like an honest man and a soldierx and now is he
|
|
turned orthographyx his words are a very fantastical banquetx
|
|
just so many strange dishesx may i be so convertedx and see with
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these eyesx i cannot tellx i think notx i will not be sworn but
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love may transform me to an oysterx but ixll take my oath on itx
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till he have made an oyster of mex he shall never make me such a
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|
foolx one woman is fairx yet i am wellx another is wisex yet i am
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wellx another virtuousx yet i am wellx but till all graces be in
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one womanx one woman shall not come in my gracex rich she shall
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|
bex thatxs certainx wisex or ixll nonex virtuousx or ixll never
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|
cheapen herx fairx or ixll never look on herx mildx or come not
|
|
near mex noblex or not i for an angelx of good discoursex an
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excellent musicianx and her hair shall be of what colour it
|
|
please godx hax the prince and monsieur lovex i will hide me in
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the arbourx
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xxwithdrawsxxx
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enter don pedrox leonato and claudiox followed by balthasar and
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musiciansx
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don pedrox
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comex shall we hear this musicx
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claudiox
|
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yeax my good lordx how still the evening isx
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as hushxd on purpose to grace harmonyx
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don pedrox
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see you where benedick hath hid himselfx
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claudiox
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ox very wellx my lordx the music endedx
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wexll fit the kidxfox with a pennyxworthx
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don pedrox
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comex balthasarx wexll hear that song againx
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balthasarx
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ox good my lordx tax not so bad a voice
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to slander music any more than oncex
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don pedrox
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it is the witness still of excellencyx
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to put a strange face on his own perfectionx
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i pray theex singx and let me woo no morex
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balthasarx
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because you talk of wooingx i will singx
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since many a wooer doth commence his suit
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to her he thinks not worthyx yet he wooesx
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yet will he swear he lovesx
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don pedrox
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nayx pray thee comex
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or if thou wilt hold longer argumentx
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do it in notesx
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balthasarx
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note this before my notesx
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therexs not a note of mine thatxs worth the notingx
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don pedrox
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why these are very crotchets that he speaksx
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notesx notesx forsoothx and nothingx
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xxmusicxxx
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benedickx
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nowx divine airx now is his soul ravishedx is it not strange that
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sheepxs guts should hale souls out of menxs bodiesx wellx a horn
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for my moneyx when allxs donex
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balthasar xxsingsxxx
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sigh no morex ladiesx sigh no morex
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men were deceivers everx
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one foot in seax and one on shorex
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to one thing constant neverx
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then sigh not sox but let them gox
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and be you blithe and bonnyx
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converting all your sounds of woe
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into hey nonnyx nonnyx
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sing no more dittiesx sing no mo
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of dumps so dull and heavyx
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the fraud of men was ever sox
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since summer first was leavyx
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then sigh not sox but let them gox
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and be you blithe and bonnyx
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converting all your sounds of woe
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into hey nonnyx nonnyx
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don pedrox
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by my trothx a good songx
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balthasarx
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and an ill singerx my lordx
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don pedrox
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hax nox nox faithx thou singest well enough for a shiftx
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benedickx
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xxasidexx and he had been a dog that should have howled thusx
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they would have hanged himx and i pray god his bad voice bode no
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mischiefx i had as lief have heard the nightxravenx come what
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plague could have come after itx
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don pedrox yeax marryx dost thou hearx balthasarx i pray theex
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get us some excellent musicx for tomorrow night we would have it
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at the lady heroxs chamber windowx
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balthasarx the best i canx my lordx
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don pedrox do sox farewellx
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xxexeunt balthasar and musiciansxxx
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come hitherx leonatox what was it you told me of todayx that your
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niece beatrice was in love with signior benedickx
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claudiox
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ox ayxxxxaside to don pedroxx stalk onx stalk onx the fowl sitsx
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i did never think that lady would have loved any manx
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leonatox
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nox nor i neitherx but most wonderful that she should so dote on
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signior benedickx whom she hath in all outward behaviours seemed
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ever to abhorx
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benedickx
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xxasidexx isxt possiblex sits the wind in that cornerx
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leonatox
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by my trothx my lordx i cannot tell what to think of it but that
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she loves him with an enraged affectionx it is past the infinite
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of thoughtx
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don pedrox
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maybe she doth but counterfeitx
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claudiox
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faithx like enoughx
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leonatox
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o godx counterfeitx there was never counterfeit of passion came
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so near the life of passion as she discovers itx
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don pedrox
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whyx what effects of passion shows shex
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claudiox xxasidexx bait the hook wellx this fish will bitex
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leonatox
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what effectsx my lordx she will sit youx xxto claudioxx you heard
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my daughter tell you howx
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claudiox
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she didx indeedx
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don pedrox
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howx howx i pray youx you amaze mex i would have thought her
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spirit had been invincible against all assaults of affectionx
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leonatox
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i would have sworn it hadx my lordx especially against benedickx
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benedickx
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xxasidexx i should think this a gullx but that the whitexbearded
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fellow speaks itx knavery cannotx surex hide itself in such
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reverencex
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claudiox
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xxasidexx he hath taxen the infectionx hold it upx
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don pedrox
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hath she made her affection known to benedickx
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leonatox
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nox and swears she never willx thatxs her tormentx
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claudiox
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xtis truex indeedx so your daughter saysx xshall ixx says shex
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xthat have so oft encountered him with scornx write to him that i
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love himxx
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leonatox
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this says she now when she is beginning to write to himx for
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shexll be up twenty times a nightx and there will she sit in her
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smock till she have writ a sheet of paperx my daughter tells us
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allx
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claudiox
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now you talk of a sheet of paperx i remember a pretty jest your
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daughter told us ofx
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leonatox
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ox when she had writ itx and was reading it overx she found
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benedick and beatrice between the sheetx
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claudiox
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thatx
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leonatox
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ox she tore the letter into a thousand halfpencex railed at
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herselfx that she should be so immodest to write to one that she
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knew would flout herx xi measure himxx says shex xby my own
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spiritx for i should flout himx if he writ to mex yeax though i
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love himx i shouldxx
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claudiox
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then down upon her knees she fallsx weepsx sobsx beats her heartx
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tears her hairx praysx cursesx xo sweet benedickx god give me
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patiencexx
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leonatox
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she doth indeedx my daughter says sox and the ecstasy hath so
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much overborne herx that my daughter is sometimes afeard she will
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do a desperate outrage to herselfx it is very truex
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don pedrox
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it were good that benedick knew of it by some otherx if she will
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not discover itx
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claudiox
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to what endx he would make but a sport of it and torment the poor
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lady worsex
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don pedrox
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and he shouldx it were an alms to hang himx shexs an excellent
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sweet ladyx andx out of all suspicionx she is virtuousx
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claudiox
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and she is exceeding wisex
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don pedrox
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in everything but in loving benedickx
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leonatox
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ox my lordx wisdom and blood combating in so tender a bodyx we
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have ten proofs to one that blood hath the victoryx i am sorry
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for herx as i have just causex being her uncle and her guardianx
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don pedrox
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i would she had bestowed this dotage on mex i would have daffed
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all other respects and made her half myselfx i pray youx tell
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benedick of itx and hear what he will sayx
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leonatox
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were it goodx think youx
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claudiox
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hero thinks surely she will diex for she says she will die if he
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love her notx and she will die ere she make her love knownx and
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she will die if he woo herx rather than she will bate one breath
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of her accustomed crossnessx
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don pedrox
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she doth wellx if she should make tender of her lovex xtis very
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possible hexll scorn itx for the manxxas you know allxxhath a
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contemptible spiritx
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claudiox
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he is a very proper manx
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don pedrox
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he hath indeed a good outward happinessx
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claudiox
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xfore godx and in my mindx very wisex
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don pedrox
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he doth indeed show some sparks that are like witx
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claudiox
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and i take him to be valiantx
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don pedrox
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as hectorx i assure youx and in the managing of quarrels you may
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say he is wisex for either he avoids them with great discretionx
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or undertakes them with a most christianxlike fearx
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leonatox
|
|
if he do fear godx ax must necessarily keep peacex if he break
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|
the peacex he ought to enter into a quarrel with fear and
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|
tremblingx
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don pedrox
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and so will he dox for the man doth fear godx howsoever it seems
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|
not in him by some large jests he will makex wellx i am sorry for
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|
your niecex shall we go seek benedick and tell him of her lovex
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claudiox
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never tell himx my lordx let her wear it out with good counselx
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leonatox
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|
nayx thatxs impossiblex she may wear her heart out firstx
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don pedrox
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|
wellx we will hear further of it by your daughterx let it cool
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|
the whilex i love benedick wellx and i could wish he would
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|
modestly examine himselfx to see how much he is unworthy so good
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|
a ladyx
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leonatox
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|
my lordx will you walkx dinner is readyx
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claudiox
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xxasidexx if he do not dote on her upon thisx i will never trust
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my expectationx
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don pedrox
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xxasidexx let there be the same net spread for herx and that must
|
|
your daughter and her gentlewoman carryx the sport will bex when
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|
they hold one an opinion of anotherxs dotagex and no such matterx
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|
thatxs the scene that i would seex which will be merely a dumb
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|
showx let us send her to call him in to dinnerx
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xxexeunt don pedrox claudio and leonatoxxx
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benedickx
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xxadvancing from the arbourxxx this can be no trickx the
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|
conference was sadly bornex they have the truth of this from
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|
herox they seem to pity the ladyx it seems her affections have
|
|
their full bentx love mex whyx it must be requitedx i hear how i
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|
am censuredx they say i will bear myself proudlyx if i perceive
|
|
the love come from herx they say too that she will rather die
|
|
than give any sign of affectionx i did never think to marryx i
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|
must not seem proudx happy are they that hear their detractionsx
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|
and can put them to mendingx they say the lady is fairx xtis a
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|
truthx i can bear them witnessx and virtuousx xtis sox i cannot
|
|
reprove itx and wisex but for loving mex by my trothx it is no
|
|
addition to her witx nor no great argument of her follyx for i
|
|
will be horribly in love with herx i may chance have some odd
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|
quirks and remnants of wit broken on mex because i have railed so
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|
long against marriagex but doth not the appetite alterx a man
|
|
loves the meat in his youth that he cannot endure in his agex
|
|
shall quips and sentences and these paper bullets of the brain
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|
awe a man from the career of his humourx nox the world must be
|
|
peopledx when i said i would die a bachelorx i did not think i
|
|
should live till i were marriedx here comes beatricex by this
|
|
dayx shexs a fair ladyx i do spy some marks of love in herx
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|
enter beatricex
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beatricex
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|
against my will i am sent to bid you come in to dinnerx
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benedickx
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|
fair beatricex i thank you for your painsx
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beatricex
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|
i took no more pains for those thanks than you take pains to
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|
thank mex if it had been painfulx i would not have comex
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benedickx
|
|
you take pleasure then in the messagex
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beatricex
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yeax just so much as you may take upon a knifexs pointx and choke
|
|
a daw withalx you have no stomachx signiorx fare you wellx
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xxexitxxx
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benedickx
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|
hax xagainst my will i am sent to bid you come in to dinnerxx
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|
therexs a double meaning in thatx xi took no more pains for those
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|
thanks than you took pains to thank mexx thatxs as much as to
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|
sayx any pains that i take for you is as easy as thanksx if i do
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|
not take pity of herx i am a villainx if i do not love herx i am
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|
a jewx i will go get her picturex
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xxexitxxx
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act iii
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scene ix leonatoxs gardenx
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enter herox margaret and ursulax
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herox
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good margaretx run thee to the parlourx
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there shalt thou find my cousin beatrice
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|
proposing with the prince and claudiox
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|
whisper her earx and tell herx i and ursala
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|
walk in the orchardx and our whole discourse
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|
is all of herx say that thou overheardxst usx
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and bid her steal into the pleached bowerx
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where honeyxsucklesx ripenxd by the sunx
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forbid the sun to enterx like favouritesx
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made proud by princesx that advance their pride
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against that power that bred itx there will she hide herx
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to listen our proposex this is thy officex
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bear thee well in it and leave us alonex
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margaretx
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ixll make her comex i warrant youx presentlyx
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xxexitxxx
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herox
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nowx ursulax when beatrice doth comex
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as we do trace this alley up and downx
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our talk must only be of benedickx
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when i do name himx let it be thy part
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to praise him more than ever man did meritx
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my talk to thee must be how benedick
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is sick in love with beatricex of this matter
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|
is little cupidxs crafty arrow madex
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that only wounds by hearsayx
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enter beatrice behindx
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now beginx
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for look where beatricex like a lapwingx runs
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close by the groundx to hear our conferencex
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ursulax
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the pleasantxst angling is to see the fish
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cut with her golden oars the silver streamx
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and greedily devour the treacherous baitx
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so angle we for beatricex who even now
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is couched in the woodbine coverturex
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fear you not my part of the dialoguex
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herox
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then go we near herx that her ear lose nothing
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of the false sweet bait that we lay for itx
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xxthey advance to the bowerxxx
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nox trulyx ursulax she is too disdainfulx
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i know her spirits are as coy and wild
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as haggards of the rockx
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ursulax
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but are you sure
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that benedick loves beatrice so entirelyx
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herox
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so says the princex and my newxtrothed lordx
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ursulax
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and did they bid you tell her of itx madamx
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herox
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they did entreat me to acquaint her of itx
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but i persuaded themx if they lovxd benedickx
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to wish him wrestle with affectionx
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and never to let beatrice know of itx
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ursulax
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why did you sox doth not the gentleman
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deserve as full as fortunate a bed
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as ever beatrice shall couch uponx
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herox
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o god of lovex i know he doth deserve
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|
as much as may be yielded to a manx
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|
but nature never framxd a womanxs heart
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of prouder stuff than that of beatricex
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|
disdain and scorn ride sparkling in her eyesx
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misprising what they look onx and her wit
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values itself so highlyx that to her
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all matter else seems weakx she cannot lovex
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nor take no shape nor project of affectionx
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she is so selfxendearxdx
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ursulax
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sure i think sox
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and therefore certainly it were not good
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she knew his lovex lest she make sport at itx
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herox
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whyx you speak truthx i never yet saw manx
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how wisex how noblex youngx how rarely featurxdx
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but she would spell him backwardx if fairxfacxdx
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she would swear the gentleman should be her sisterx
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|
if blackx whyx naturex drawing of an antickx
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made a foul blotx if tallx a lance illxheadedx
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if lowx an agate very vilely cutx
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if speakingx whyx a vane blown with all windsx
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if silentx whyx a block moved with nonex
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so turns she every man the wrong side outx
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and never gives to truth and virtue that
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which simpleness and merit purchasethx
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ursulax
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surex surex such carping is not commendablex
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herox
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nox not to be so oddx and from all fashionsx
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as beatrice isx cannot be commendablex
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but who dare tell her sox if i should speakx
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she would mock me into airx ox she would laugh me
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out of myselfx press me to death with witx
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therefore let benedickx like coverxd firex
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consume away in sighsx waste inwardlyx
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it were a better death than die with mocksx
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which is as bad as die with ticklingx
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ursulax
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yet tell her of itx hear what she will sayx
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herox
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nox rather i will go to benedickx
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and counsel him to fight against his passionx
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andx trulyx ixll devise some honest slanders
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|
to stain my cousin withx one doth not know
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|
how much an ill word may empoison likingx
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ursulax
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ox do not do your cousin such a wrongx
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she cannot be so much without true judgmentxx
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|
having so swift and excellent a wit
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|
as she is prizxd to havexxas to refuse
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|
so rare a gentleman as signior benedickx
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herox
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|
he is the only man of italyx
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always excepted my dear claudiox
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ursulax
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|
i pray youx be not angry with mex madamx
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|
speaking my fancyx signior benedickx
|
|
for shapex for bearingx argument and valourx
|
|
goes foremost in report through italyx
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herox
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|
indeedx he hath an excellent good namex
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ursulax
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|
his excellence did earn itx ere he had itx
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|
when are you marriedx madamx
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herox
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|
whyx every dayx tomorrowx comex go inx
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|
ixll show thee some attiresx and have thy counsel
|
|
which is the best to furnish me tomorrowx
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ursulax
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|
shexs limxdx i warrant youx
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we have caught herx madamx
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herox
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if it prove sox then loving goes by hapsx
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some cupid kills with arrowsx some with trapsx
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xxexeunt hero and ursulaxxx
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beatricex
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xxadvancingxxx what fire is in mine earsx can this be truex
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stand i condemnxd for pride and scorn so muchx
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contemptx farewellx and maiden pridex adieux
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no glory lives behind the back of suchx
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andx benedickx love onx i will requite theex
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taming my wild heart to thy loving handx
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if thou dost lovex my kindness shall incite thee
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to bind our loves up in a holy bandx
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for others say thou dost deservex and i
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believe it better than reportinglyx
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xxexitxxx
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scene iix a room in leonatoxs housex
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enter don pedrox claudiox benedick and leonatox
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don pedrox
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i do but stay till your marriage be consummatex and then go i
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toward arragonx
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claudiox
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ixll bring you thitherx my lordx if youxll vouchsafe mex
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don pedrox
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nayx that would be as great a soil in the new gloss of your
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marriagex as to show a child his new coat and forbid him to wear
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itx i will only be bold with benedick for his companyx forx from
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the crown of his head to the sole of his footx he is all mirthx
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he hath twice or thrice cut cupidxs bowstringx and the little
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hangman dare not shoot at himx he hath a heart as sound as a
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bellx and his tongue is the clapperx for what his heart thinksx
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his tongue speaksx
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benedickx
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gallantsx i am not as i have beenx
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leonatox
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so say ix methinks you are sadderx
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claudiox
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i hope he be in lovex
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don pedrox
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hang himx truantx therexs no true drop of blood in him to be
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truly touched with lovex if he be sadx he wants moneyx
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benedickx
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i have the toothxachex
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don pedrox
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draw itx
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benedickx
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hang itx
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claudiox
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you must hang it firstx and draw it afterwardsx
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don pedrox
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whatx sigh for the toothxachex
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leonatox
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where is but a humour or a wormx
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benedickx
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wellx everyone can master a grief but he that has itx
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claudiox
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yet say ix he is in lovex
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don pedrox
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there is no appearance of fancy in himx unless it be a fancy that
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he hath to strange disguisesx as to be a dutchman todayx a
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frenchman tomorrowx or in the shape of two countries at oncex as
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a german from the waist downwardx all slopsx and a spaniard from
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the hip upwardx no doubletx unless he have a fancy to this
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fooleryx as it appears he hathx he is no fool for fancyx as you
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would have it appear he isx
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claudiox
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if he be not in love with some womanx there is no believing old
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signsx ax brushes his hat a morningsx what should that bodex
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don pedrox
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hath any man seen him at the barberxsx
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claudiox
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nox but the barberxs man hath been seen with himx and the old
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ornament of his cheek hath already stuffed tennis ballsx
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leonatox
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indeed he looks younger than he didx by the loss of a beardx
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don pedrox
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nayx ax rubs himself with civetx can you smell him out by thatx
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claudiox
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thatxs as much as to say the sweet youthxs in lovex
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don pedrox
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the greatest note of it is his melancholyx
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claudiox
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and when was he wont to wash his facex
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don pedrox
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yeax or to paint himselfx for the whichx i hear what they say of
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himx
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claudiox
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nayx but his jesting spiritx which is now crept into a
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lutexstringx and now governed by stopsx
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don pedrox
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indeedx that tells a heavy tale for himx concludex conclude he is
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in lovex
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claudiox
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nayx but i know who loves himx
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don pedrox
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that would i know toox i warrantx one that knows him notx
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claudiox
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yesx and his ill conditionsx and in despite of allx dies for himx
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don pedrox
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she shall be buried with her face upwardsx
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benedickx
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yet is this no charm for the toothxachex old signiorx walk aside
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with mex i have studied eight or nine wise words to speak to youx
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which these hobbyxhorses must not hearx
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xxexeunt benedick and leonatoxxx
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don pedrox
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for my lifex to break with him about beatricex
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claudiox
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xtis even sox hero and margaret have by this played their parts
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with beatricex and then the two bears will not bite one another
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when they meetx
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enter don johnx
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don johnx
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my lord and brotherx god save youx
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don pedrox
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good denx brotherx
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don johnx
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if your leisure servedx i would speak with youx
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don pedrox
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in privatex
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don johnx
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if it please youx yet count claudio may hearx for what i would
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speak of concerns himx
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don pedrox
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whatxs the matterx
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don johnx
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xxto claudioxxx means your lordship to be married tomorrowx
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don pedrox
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you know he doesx
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don johnx
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i know not thatx when he knows what i knowx
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claudiox
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if there be any impedimentx i pray you discover itx
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don johnx
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you may think i love you notx let that appear hereafterx and aim
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better at me by that i now will manifestx for my brotherx i think
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he holds you wellx and in dearness of heart hath holp to effect
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your ensuing marriagex surely suit illxspent and labour ill
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bestowedx
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don pedrox
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whyx whatxs the matterx
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don johnx
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i came hither to tell youx and circumstances shortenedxxfor she
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has been too long a talking ofxxthe lady is disloyalx
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claudiox
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whox herox
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don johnx
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even shex leonatoxs herox your herox every manxs herox
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claudiox
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disloyalx
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don johnx
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the wordxs too good to paint out her wickednessx i could sayx she
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were worsex think you of a worse titlex and i will fit her to itx
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wonder not till further warrantx go but with me tonightx you
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|
shall see her chamber window enteredx even the night before her
|
|
weddingxdayx if you love her thenx tomorrow wed herx but it would
|
|
better fit your honour to change your mindx
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claudiox
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|
may this be sox
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don pedrox
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i will not think itx
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don johnx
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if you dare not trust that you seex confess not that you knowx if
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you will follow mex i will show you enoughx and when you have
|
|
seen more and heard morex proceed accordinglyx
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claudiox
|
|
if i see anything tonight why i should not marry her tomorrowx in
|
|
the congregationx where i should wedx there will i shame herx
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don pedrox
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andx as i wooed for thee to obtain herx i will join with thee to
|
|
disgrace herx
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don johnx
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i will disparage her no farther till you are my witnessesx bear
|
|
it coldly but till midnightx and let the issue show itselfx
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don pedrox
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|
o day untowardly turnedx
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claudiox
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|
o mischief strangely thwartingx
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don johnx
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o plague right well preventedx so will you say when you have seen
|
|
the sequelx
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xxexeuntxxx
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|
scene iiix a streetx
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|
|
enter dogberry and vergesx with the watchx
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dogberryx
|
|
are you good men and truex
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vergesx
|
|
yeax or else it were pity but they should suffer salvationx body
|
|
and soulx
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dogberryx
|
|
nayx that were a punishment too good for themx if they should
|
|
have any allegiance in themx being chosen for the princexs watchx
|
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|
vergesx
|
|
wellx give them their chargex neighbour dogberryx
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dogberryx
|
|
firstx who think you the most desartless man to be constablex
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first watchx
|
|
hugh oatcakex sirx or george seacoalx for they can write and
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|
readx
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dogberryx
|
|
come hitherx neighbour seacoalx god hath blessed you with a good
|
|
namex to be a wellxfavoured man is the gift of fortunex but to
|
|
write and read comes by naturex
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second watchx
|
|
both whichx master constablexx
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dogberryx
|
|
you havex i knew it would be your answerx wellx for your favourx
|
|
sirx whyx give god thanksx and make no boast of itx and for your
|
|
writing and readingx let that appear when there is no need of
|
|
such vanityx you are thought here to be the most senseless and
|
|
fit man for the constable of the watchx therefore bear you the
|
|
lanthornx this is your chargex you shall comprehend all vagrom
|
|
menx you are to bid any man standx in the princexs namex
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second watchx
|
|
howx if ax will not standx
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dogberryx
|
|
whyx thenx take no note of himx but let him gox and presently
|
|
call the rest of the watch togetherx and thank god you are rid of
|
|
a knavex
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vergesx
|
|
if he will not stand when he is biddenx he is none of the
|
|
princexs subjectsx
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dogberryx
|
|
truex and they are to meddle with none but the princexs subjectsx
|
|
you shall also make no noise in the streetsx forx for the watch
|
|
to babble and to talk is most tolerable and not to be enduredx
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|
second watchx
|
|
we will rather sleep than talkx we know what belongs to a watchx
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dogberryx
|
|
whyx you speak like an ancient and most quiet watchmanx for i
|
|
cannot see how sleeping should offendx only have a care that your
|
|
bills be not stolenx wellx you are to call at all the alehousesx
|
|
and bid those that are drunk get them to bedx
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|
second watchx
|
|
how if they will notx
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|
dogberryx
|
|
why thenx let them alone till they are soberx if they make you
|
|
not then the better answerx you may say they are not the men you
|
|
took them forx
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second watchx
|
|
wellx sirx
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|
dogberryx
|
|
if you meet a thiefx you may suspect himx by virtue of your
|
|
officex to be no true manx andx for such kind of menx the less
|
|
you meddle or make with themx whyx the more is for your honestyx
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|
second watchx
|
|
if we know him to be a thiefx shall we not lay hands on himx
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dogberryx
|
|
trulyx by your officex you mayx but i think they that touch pitch
|
|
will be defiledx the most peaceable way for youx if you do take a
|
|
thiefx is to let him show himself what he is and steal out of
|
|
your companyx
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vergesx
|
|
you have been always called a merciful manx partnerx
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dogberryx
|
|
trulyx i would not hang a dog by my willx much more a man who
|
|
hath any honesty in himx
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vergesx
|
|
if you hear a child cry in the nightx you must call to the nurse
|
|
and bid her still itx
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second watchx
|
|
how if the nurse be asleep and will not hear usx
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dogberryx
|
|
why thenx depart in peacex and let the child wake her with
|
|
cryingx for the ewe that will not hear her lamb when it baesx
|
|
will never answer a calf when he bleatsx
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vergesx
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|
xtis very truex
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dogberryx
|
|
this is the end of the chargex you constablex are to present the
|
|
princexs own personx if you meet the prince in the nightx you may
|
|
stay himx
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vergesx
|
|
nayx byxr ladyx that i thinkx ax cannotx
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dogberryx
|
|
five shillings to one onxtx with any man that knows the statutesx
|
|
he may stay himx marryx not without the prince be willingx forx
|
|
indeedx the watch ought to offend no manx and it is an offence to
|
|
stay a man against his willx
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vergesx
|
|
byxr ladyx i think it be sox
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dogberryx
|
|
hax ahx hax wellx mastersx good nightx an there be any matter of
|
|
weight chancesx call up mex keep your fellowsx counsels and your
|
|
ownx and good nightx comex neighbourx
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|
second watchx
|
|
wellx mastersx we hear our chargex let us go sit here upon the
|
|
church bench till twox and then all to bedx
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|
dogberryx
|
|
one word morex honest neighboursx i pray youx watch about signior
|
|
leonatoxs doorx for the wedding being there tomorrowx there is a
|
|
great coil tonightx adieux be vigitantx i beseech youx
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|
xxexeunt dogberry and vergesxxx
|
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|
enter borachio and conradex
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borachiox
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whatx conradex
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watchx
|
|
xxasidexx peacex stir notx
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borachiox
|
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conradex i sayx
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conradex
|
|
herex manx i am at thy elbowx
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borachiox
|
|
massx and my elbow itchedx i thought there would a scab followx
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conradex
|
|
i will owe thee an answer for thatx and now forward with thy
|
|
talex
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borachiox
|
|
stand thee close then under this penthousex for it drizzles rainx
|
|
and i willx like a true drunkardx utter all to theex
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watchx
|
|
xxasidexx some treasonx mastersx yet stand closex
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borachiox
|
|
therefore knowx i have earned of don john a thousand ducatsx
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conradex
|
|
is it possible that any villainy should be so dearx
|
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|
borachiox
|
|
thou shouldst rather ask if it were possible any villainy should
|
|
be so richx for when rich villains have need of poor onesx poor
|
|
ones may make what price they willx
|
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|
conradex
|
|
i wonder at itx
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|
borachiox
|
|
that shows thou art unconfirmedx thou knowest that the fashion of
|
|
a doubletx or a hatx or a cloakx is nothing to a manx
|
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|
conradex
|
|
yesx it is apparelx
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|
borachiox
|
|
i meanx the fashionx
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conradex
|
|
yesx the fashion is the fashionx
|
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borachiox
|
|
tushx i may as well say the foolxs the foolx but seest thou not
|
|
what a deformed thief this fashion isx
|
|
|
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|
|
watchx
|
|
xxasidexx i know that deformedx ax has been a vile thief this
|
|
seven yearsx ax goes up and down like a gentlemanx i remember his
|
|
namex
|
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|
borachiox
|
|
didst thou not hear somebodyx
|
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|
conradex
|
|
nox xtwas the vane on the housex
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|
borachiox
|
|
seest thou notx i sayx what a deformed thief this fashion isx how
|
|
giddily he turns about all the hot bloods between fourteen and
|
|
fivexandxthirtyx sometime fashioning them like pharaohxs soldiers
|
|
in the reechy paintingx sometime like god belxs priests in the
|
|
old church windowx sometime like the shaven hercules in the
|
|
smirched wormxeaten tapestryx where his codpiece seems as massy
|
|
as his clubx
|
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|
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conradex
|
|
all this i seex and i see that the fashion wears out more apparel
|
|
than the manx but art not thou thyself giddy with the fashion
|
|
toox that thou hast shifted out of thy tale into telling me of
|
|
the fashionx
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|
borachiox
|
|
not so neitherx but knowx that i have tonight wooed margaretx the
|
|
lady heroxs gentlewomanx by the name of herox she leans me out at
|
|
her mistressx chamber windowx bids me a thousand times good
|
|
nightxxi tell this tale vilelyxxi should first tell thee how the
|
|
princex claudiox and my masterx planted and placed and possessed
|
|
by my master don johnx saw afar off in the orchard this amiable
|
|
encounterx
|
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conradex
|
|
and thought they margaret was herox
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borachiox
|
|
two of them didx the prince and claudiox but the devil my masterx
|
|
knew she was margaretx and partly by his oathsx which first
|
|
possessed themx partly by the dark nightx which did deceive themx
|
|
but chiefly by my villainyx which did confirm any slander that
|
|
don john had madex away went claudio enragedx swore he would meet
|
|
herx as he was appointedx next morning at the templex and therex
|
|
before the whole congregationx shame her with what he saw oxer
|
|
nightx and send her home again without a husbandx
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|
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|
|
first watchx
|
|
we charge you in the princexs namex standx
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|
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|
second watchx
|
|
call up the right master constablex we have here recovered the
|
|
most dangerous piece of lechery that ever was known in the
|
|
commonwealthx
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|
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first watchx
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and one deformed is one of themx i know himx ax wears a lockx
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conradex
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mastersx mastersx
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second watchx
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youxll be made bring deformed forthx i warrant youx
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conradex
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mastersxx
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first watchx
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never speakx we charge you let us obey you to go with usx
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borachiox we are like to prove a goodly commodityx being taken up
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of these menxs billsx
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conradex
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a commodity in questionx i warrant youx comex wexll obey youx
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene ivx a room in leonatoxs housex
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enter herox margaret and ursulax
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herox
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good ursulax wake my cousin beatricex and desire her to risex
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ursulax
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i willx ladyx
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herox
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and bid her come hitherx
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ursulax
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wellx
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xxexitxxx
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margaretx
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trothx i think your other rebato were betterx
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herox
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nox pray theex good megx ixll wear thisx
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margaretx
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by my trothxs not so goodx and i warrant your cousin will say sox
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herox
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my cousin xs a foolx and thou art anotherx ixll wear none but
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thisx
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margaretx
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i like the new tire within excellentlyx if the hair were a
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thought brownerx and your gown xs a most rare fashionx ix faithx
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i saw the duchess of milanxs gown that they praise sox
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herox
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ox that exceedsx they sayx
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margaretx
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by my troth xs but a nightxgown in respect of yoursx cloth ox
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goldx and cutsx and laced with silverx set with pearlsx down
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sleevesx side sleevesx and skirts roundx underborne with a bluish
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tinselx but for a finex quaintx gracefulx and excellent fashionx
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yours is worth ten onxtx
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herox
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god give me joy to wear itx for my heart is exceeding heavyx
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margaretx
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xtwill be heavier soon by the weight of a manx
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herox
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fie upon theex art not ashamedx
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margaretx
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of whatx ladyx of speaking honourablyx is not marriage honourable
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in a beggarx is not your lord honourable without marriagex i
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think you would have me sayx saving your reverencex xa husbandxx
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an bad thinking do not wrest true speakingx ixll offend nobodyx
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is there any harm in xthe heavier for a husbandxx nonex i thinkx
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and it be the right husband and the right wifex otherwise xtis
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lightx and not heavyx ask my lady beatrice elsex here she comesx
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enter beatricex
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herox
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good morrowx cozx
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beatricex
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good morrowx sweet herox
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herox
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whyx how nowx do you speak in the sick tunex
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beatricex
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i am out of all other tunex methinksx
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margaretx
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clapxs into xlight ox lovexx that goes without a burdenx do you
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sing itx and ixll dance itx
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beatricex
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yex light ox love with your heelsx thenx if your husband have
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stables enoughx youxll see he shall lack no barnesx
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margaretx
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o illegitimate constructionx i scorn that with my heelsx
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beatricex
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xtis almost five oxclockx cousinx xtis time you were readyx by my
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trothx i am exceeding illx heighxhox
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margaretx
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for a hawkx a horsex or a husbandx
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beatricex
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for the letter that begins them allx hx
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margaretx
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wellx and you be not turned turkx therexs no more sailing by the
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starx
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beatricex
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what means the foolx trowx
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margaretx
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nothing ix but god send everyone their heartxs desirex
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herox
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these gloves the count sent mex they are an excellent perfumex
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beatricex
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i am stuffedx cousinx i cannot smellx
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margaretx
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a maidx and stuffedx therexs goodly catching of coldx
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beatricex
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ox god help mex god help mex how long have you professed
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apprehensionx
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margaretx
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ever since you left itx doth not my wit become me rarelyx
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beatricex
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it is not seen enoughx you should wear it in your capx by my
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trothx i am sickx
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margaretx
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get you some of this distilled xcarduus benedictusxx and lay it
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to your heartx it is the only thing for a qualmx
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herox
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there thou prickxst her with a thistlex
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beatricex
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xbenedictusxx why xbenedictusxx you have some moral in this
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xbenedictusxx
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margaretx
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moralx nox by my trothx i have no moral meaningx i meantx plain
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holy thistlex you may thinkx perchancex that i think you are in
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lovex nayx byxr ladyx i am not such a fool to think what i listx
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nor i list not to think what i canx norx indeedx i cannot thinkx
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if i would think my heart out of thinkingx that you are in lovex
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or that you will be in lovex or that you can be in lovex yet
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benedick was such anotherx and now is he become a manx he swore
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he would never marryx and yet nowx in despite of his heartx he
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eats his meat without grudgingx and how you may be convertedx i
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know notx but methinks you look with your eyes as other women dox
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beatricex
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what pace is this that thy tongue keepsx
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margaretx
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not a false gallopx
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rexenter ursulax
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ursulax
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madamx withdrawx the princex the countx signior benedickx don
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johnx and all the gallants of the town are come to fetch you to
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churchx
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herox
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help to dress mex good cozx good megx good ursulax
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene vx another room in leonatoxs housex
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enter leonato and dogberry and vergesx
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leonatox
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what would you with mex honest neighbourx
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dogberryx
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marryx sirx i would have some confidence with youx that decerns
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you nearlyx
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leonatox
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briefx i pray youx for you see it is a busy time with mex
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dogberryx
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marryx this it isx sirx
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vergesx
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yesx in truth it isx sirx
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leonatox
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what is itx my good friendsx
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dogberryx
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goodman vergesx sirx speaks a little off the matterx an old manx
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sirx and his wits are not so blunt asx god helpx i would desire
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they werex butx in faithx honest as the skin between his browsx
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vergesx
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yesx i thank godx i am as honest as any man livingx that is an
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old man and no honester than ix
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dogberryx
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comparisons are odorousx palabrasx neighbour vergesx
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leonatox
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neighboursx you are tediousx
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dogberryx
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it pleases your worship to say sox but we are the poor dukexs
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officersx but trulyx for mine own partx if i were as tedious as a
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kingx i could find in my heart to bestow it all of your worshipx
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leonatox
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all thy tediousness on mex ahx
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dogberryx
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yeax and xtwere a thousand pound more than xtisx for i hear as
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good exclamation on your worshipx as of any man in the cityx and
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though i be but a poor manx i am glad to hear itx
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vergesx
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and so am ix
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leonatox
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i would fain know what you have to sayx
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vergesx
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marryx sirx our watch tonightx excepting your worshipxs presencex
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hax taxen a couple of as arrant knaves as any in messinax
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dogberryx
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a good old manx sirx he will be talkingx as they sayx xwhen the
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age is inx the wit is outxx god help usx it is a world to seex
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well saidx ix faithx neighbour vergesx wellx godxs a good manx
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and two men ride of a horsex one must ride behindx an honest
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soulx ix faithx sirx by my troth he isx as ever broke breadx but
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god is to be worshippedx all men are not alikex alasx good
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neighbourx
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leonatox
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indeedx neighbourx he comes too short of youx
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dogberryx
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gifts that god givesx
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leonatox
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i must leave youx
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dogberryx
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one wordx sirx our watchx sirx have indeed comprehended two
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aspicious personsx and we would have them this morning examined
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before your worshipx
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leonatox
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take their examination yourselfx and bring it mex i am now in
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great hastex as may appear unto youx
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dogberryx
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it shall be suffigancex
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leonatox
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drink some wine ere you gox fare you wellx
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enter a messengerx
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messengerx
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my lordx they stay for you to give your daughter to her husbandx
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leonatox
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ixll wait upon themx i am readyx
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xxexeunt leonato and messengerxxx
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dogberryx
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gox good partnerx go get you to francis seacoalx bid him bring
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his pen and inkhorn to the gaolx we are now to examination these
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menx
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vergesx
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and we must do it wiselyx
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dogberryx
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we will spare for no witx i warrant youx herexs that shall drive
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some of them to a nonxcomex only get the learned writer to set
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down our excommunicationx and meet me at the gaolx
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xxexeuntxxx
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act iv
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scene ix the inside of a churchx
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enter don pedrox don johnx leonatox friar francisx claudiox
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benedickx herox beatrice xcx
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leonatox
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comex friar francisx be briefx only to the plain form of
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marriagex and you shall recount their particular duties
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afterwardsx
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friarx
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you come hitherx my lordx to marry this ladyx
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claudiox
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nox
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leonatox
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to be married to herx friarx you come to marry herx
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friarx
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ladyx you come hither to be married to this countx
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herox
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i dox
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friarx
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if either of you know any inward impedimentx why you should not
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be conjoinedx i charge youx on your soulsx to utter itx
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claudiox
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know you anyx herox
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herox
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nonex my lordx
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friarx
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know you anyx countx
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leonatox
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i dare make his answerx nonex
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claudiox
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ox what men dare dox what men may dox what men daily dox not
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knowing what they dox
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benedickx
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how nowx interjectionsx why thenx some be of laughingx as ahx hax
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hex
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claudiox
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stand thee byx friarx fatherx by your leavex
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will you with free and unconstrained soul
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give me this maidx your daughterx
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leonatox
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as freelyx sonx as god did give her mex
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claudiox
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and what have i to give you back whose worth
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may counterpoise this rich and precious giftx
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don pedrox
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nothingx unless you render her againx
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claudiox
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sweet princex you learn me noble thankfulnessx
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therex leonatox take her back againx
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give not this rotten orange to your friendx
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shexs but the sign and semblance of her honourx
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beholdx how like a maid she blushes herex
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ox what authority and show of truth
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can cunning sin cover itself withalx
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comes not that blood as modest evidence
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to witness simple virtuex would you not swearx
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all you that see herx that she were a maidx
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by these exterior showsx but she is nonex
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she knows the heat of a luxurious bedx
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her blush is guiltinessx not modestyx
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leonatox
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what do you meanx my lordx
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claudiox
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not to be marriedx
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not to knit my soul to an approved wantonx
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leonatox
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dear my lordx if youx in your own proofx
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have vanquishxd the resistance of her youthx
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and made defeat of her virginityxx
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claudiox
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i know what you would sayx if i have known herx
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you will say she did embrace me as a husbandx
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and so extenuate the forehand sinx nox leonatox
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i never tempted her with word too largex
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but as a brother to his sister showxd
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bashful sincerity and comely lovex
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herox
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and seemxd i ever otherwise to youx
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claudiox
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out on theex seemingx i will write against itx
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you seem to me as dian in her orbx
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as chaste as is the bud ere it be blownx
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but you are more intemperate in your blood
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than venusx or those pamperxd animals
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that rage in savage sensualityx
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herox
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is my lord wellx that he doth speak so widex
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leonatox
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sweet princex why speak not youx
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don pedrox
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what should i speakx
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i stand dishonourxdx that have gone about
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to link my dear friend to a common stalex
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leonatox
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are these things spokenx or do i but dreamx
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don johnx
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sirx they are spokenx and these things are truex
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benedickx
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this looks not like a nuptialx
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herox
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truex o godx
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claudiox
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leonatox stand i herex
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is this the princex is this the princexs brotherx
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is this face heroxsx are our eyes our ownx
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leonatox
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all this is sox but what of thisx my lordx
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claudiox
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let me but move one question to your daughterx
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and by that fatherly and kindly power
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that you have in herx bid her answer trulyx
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leonatox
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i charge thee do sox as thou art my childx
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herox
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ox god defend mex how am i besetx
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what kind of catechizing call you thisx
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claudiox
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to make you answer truly to your namex
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herox
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is it not herox who can blot that name
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with any just reproachx
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claudiox
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marryx that can herox
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hero itself can blot out heroxs virtuex
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what man was he talkxd with you yesternight
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out at your windowx betwixt twelve and onex
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nowx if you are a maidx answer to thisx
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herox
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i talkxd with no man at that hourx my lordx
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don pedrox
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whyx then are you no maidenx
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leonatox i am sorry you must hearx upon my honourx
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myselfx my brotherx and this grieved countx
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did see herx hear herx at that hour last nightx
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talk with a ruffian at her chamber windowx
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who hath indeedx most like a liberal villainx
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confessxd the vile encounters they have had
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a thousand times in secretx
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don johnx
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fiex fiex they are not to be namxdx my lordx
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not to be spoke ofx
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there is not chastity enough in language
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without offence to utter themx thusx pretty ladyx
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i am sorry for thy much misgovernmentx
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claudiox
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o herox what a hero hadst thou beenx
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if half thy outward graces had been placxd
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about thy thoughts and counsels of thy heartx
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but fare thee wellx most foulx most fairx farewellx
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|
thou pure impietyx and impious purityx
|
|
for thee ixll lock up all the gates of lovex
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and on my eyelids shall conjecture hangx
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to turn all beauty into thoughts of harmx
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and never shall it more be graciousx
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leonatox
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hath no manxs dagger here a point for mex
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xxhero swoonsxxx
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beatricex
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whyx how nowx cousinx wherefore sink you downx
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don johnx
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comex let us gox these thingsx come thus to lightx
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smother her spirits upx
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xxexeunt don pedrox don john and claudioxxx
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benedickx
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how doth the ladyx
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beatricex
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deadx i thinkx helpx unclex herox whyx herox unclex signior
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benedickx friarx
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leonatox
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o fatex take not away thy heavy handx
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death is the fairest cover for her shame
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that may be wishxd forx
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beatricex
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how nowx cousin herox
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friarx
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have comfortx ladyx
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leonatox
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dost thou look upx
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friarx
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yeax wherefore should she notx
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leonatox
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whereforex whyx doth not every earthly thing
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cry shame upon herx could she here deny
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the story that is printed in her bloodx
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do not livex herox do not ope thine eyesx
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forx did i think thou wouldst not quickly diex
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thought i thy spirits were stronger than thy shamesx
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myself wouldx on the rearward of reproachesx
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strike at thy lifex grievxd ix i had but onex
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chid i for that at frugal naturexs framex
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ox one too much by theex why had i onex
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why ever wast thou lovely in my eyesx
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why had i not with charitable hand
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took up a beggarxs issue at my gatesx
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who smirched thusx and mirxd with infamyx
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i might have saidx xno part of it is minex
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this shame derives itself from unknown loinsxx
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but minex and mine i lovxdx and mine i praisxdx
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and mine that i was proud onx mine so much
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that i myself was to myself not minex
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valuing of herx whyx shexox she is fallen
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into a pit of inkx that the wide sea
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hath drops too few to wash her clean againx
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and salt too little which may season give
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to her foul tainted fleshx
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benedickx
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sirx sirx be patientx
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for my partx i am so attirxd in wonderx
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i know not what to sayx
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beatricex
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ox on my soulx my cousin is beliedx
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benedickx
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ladyx were you her bedfellow last nightx
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beatricex
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nox trulyx notx althoughx until last nightx
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i have this twelvemonth been her bedfellowx
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leonatox
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confirmxdx confirmxdx ox that is stronger madex
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which was before barrxd up with ribs of ironx
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would the two princes liex and claudio liex
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who lovxd her sox thatx speaking of her foulnessx
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washxd it with tearsx hence from herx let her diex
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friarx
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hear me a littlex
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for i have only been silent so longx
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and given way unto this course of fortunex
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by noting of the ladyx i have markxd
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a thousand blushing apparitions
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to start into her facex a thousand innocent shames
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in angel whiteness bear away those blushesx
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and in her eye there hath appearxd a firex
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to burn the errors that these princes hold
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against her maiden truthx call me a foolx
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trust not my reading nor my observationsx
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which with experimental seal doth warrant
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the tenure of my bookx trust not my agex
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my reverencex callingx nor divinityx
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if this sweet lady lie not guiltless here
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under some biting errorx
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leonatox
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friarx it cannot bex
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thou seest that all the grace that she hath left
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is that she will not add to her damnation
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a sin of perjuryx she not denies itx
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why seekxst thou then to cover with excuse
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that which appears in proper nakednessx
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friarx
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ladyx what man is he you are accusxd ofx
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herox
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they know that do accuse mex i know nonex
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if i know more of any man alive
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than that which maiden modesty doth warrantx
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let all my sins lack mercyx ox my fatherx
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prove you that any man with me conversxd
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at hours unmeetx or that i yesternight
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maintainxd the change of words with any creaturex
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refuse mex hate mex torture me to deathx
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friarx
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there is some strange misprision in the princesx
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benedickx
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two of them have the very bent of honourx
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and if their wisdoms be misled in thisx
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the practice of it lives in john the bastardx
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whose spirits toil in frame of villainiesx
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leonatox
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i know notx if they speak but truth of herx
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these hands shall tear herx if they wrong her honourx
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the proudest of them shall well hear of itx
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time hath not yet so dried this blood of minex
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nor age so eat up my inventionx
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nor fortune made such havoc of my meansx
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nor my bad life reft me so much of friendsx
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but they shall findx awakxd in such a kindx
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both strength of limb and policy of mindx
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ability in means and choice of friendsx
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to quit me of them throughlyx
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friarx
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pause awhilex
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and let my counsel sway you in this casex
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your daughter here the princes left for deadx
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let her awhile be secretly kept inx
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and publish it that she is dead indeedx
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maintain a mourning ostentationx
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and on your familyxs old monument
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hang mournful epitaphs and do all rites
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that appertain unto a burialx
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leonatox
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what shall become of thisx what will this dox
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friarx
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marryx this well carried shall on her behalf
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change slander to remorsex that is some goodx
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but not for that dream i on this strange coursex
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but on this travail look for greater birthx
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she dyingx as it must be so maintainxdx
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upon the instant that she was accusxdx
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shall be lamentedx pitied and excusxd
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of every hearerx for it so falls out
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that what we have we prize not to the worth
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whiles we enjoy itx but being lackxd and lostx
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whyx then we rack the valuex then we find
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the virtue that possession would not show us
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whiles it was oursx so will it fare with claudiox
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when he shall hear she died upon his wordsx
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the idea of her life shall sweetly creep
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into his study of imaginationx
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and every lovely organ of her life
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shall come apparellxd in more precious habitx
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more movingx delicatex and full of life
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into the eye and prospect of his soulx
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than when she livxd indeedx then shall he mournxx
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if ever love had interest in his liverxx
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and wish he had not so accused herx
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nox though he thought his accusation truex
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let this be sox and doubt not but success
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will fashion the event in better shape
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than i can lay it down in likelihoodx
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but if all aim but this be levellxd falsex
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the supposition of the ladyxs death
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will quench the wonder of her infamyx
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and if it sort not wellx you may conceal herxx
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as best befits her wounded reputationxx
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in some reclusive and religious lifex
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out of all eyesx tonguesx mindsx and injuriesx
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benedickx
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signior leonatox let the friar advise youx
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and though you know my inwardness and love
|
|
is very much unto the prince and claudiox
|
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yetx by mine honourx i will deal in this
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as secretly and justly as your soul
|
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should with your bodyx
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leonatox
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being that i flow in griefx
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the smallest twine may lead mex
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friarx
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xtis well consentedx presently awayx
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for to strange sores strangely they strain the curex
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comex ladyx die to livex this wedding day
|
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perhaps is but prolongxdx have patience and endurex
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xxexeunt friarx hero and leonatoxxx
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benedickx
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lady beatricex have you wept all this whilex
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beatricex
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yeax and i will weep a while longerx
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benedickx
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i will not desire thatx
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beatricex
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you have no reasonx i do it freelyx
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benedickx
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surely i do believe your fair cousin is wrongedx
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beatricex
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ahx how much might the man deserve of me that would right herx
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benedickx
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is there any way to show such friendshipx
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beatricex
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a very even wayx but no such friendx
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benedickx
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may a man do itx
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beatricex
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it is a manxs officex but not yoursx
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benedickx
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i do love nothing in the world so well as youx is not that
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strangex
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beatricex
|
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as strange as the thing i know notx it were as possible for me to
|
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say i loved nothing so well as youx but believe me notx and yet i
|
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lie notx i confess nothingx nor i deny nothingx i am sorry for my
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cousinx
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benedickx
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by my swordx beatricex thou lovest mex
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beatricex
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do not swear by itx and eat itx
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benedickx
|
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i will swear by it that you love mex and i will make him eat it
|
|
that says i love not youx
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beatricex
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will you not eat your wordx
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benedickx
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with no sauce that can be devised to itx i protest i love theex
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beatricex
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why thenx god forgive mex
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benedickx
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what offencex sweet beatricex
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beatricex
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you have stayed me in a happy hourx i was about to protest i
|
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loved youx
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benedickx
|
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and do it with all thy heartx
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beatricex
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i love you with so much of my heart that none is left to protestx
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benedickx
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comex bid me do anything for theex
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beatricex
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kill claudiox
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benedickx
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hax not for the wide worldx
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beatricex
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you kill me to deny itx farewellx
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benedickx
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tarryx sweet beatricex
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beatricex
|
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i am gonex though i am herex there is no love in youx nayx i pray
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youx let me gox
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benedickx
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beatricexx
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beatricex
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in faithx i will gox
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benedickx
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wexll be friends firstx
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beatricex
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you dare easier be friends with me than fight with mine enemyx
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benedickx
|
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is claudio thine enemyx
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beatricex
|
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is he not approved in the height a villainx that hath slanderedx
|
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scornedx dishonoured my kinswomanx ox that i were a manx whatx
|
|
bear her in hand until they come to take handsx and thenx with
|
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public accusationx uncovered slanderx unmitigated rancourxxo godx
|
|
that i were a manx i would eat his heart in the marketxplacex
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benedickx
|
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hear mex beatricexx
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beatricex
|
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talk with a man out at a windowx a proper sayingx
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benedickx
|
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nayx but beatricexx
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beatricex
|
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sweet herox she is wrongedx she is slanderedx she is undonex
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benedickx
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beatx
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beatricex
|
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princes and countiesx surelyx a princely testimonyx a goodly
|
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count comfectx a sweet gallantx surelyx ox that i were a man for
|
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his sakex or that i had any friend would be a man for my sakex
|
|
but manhood is melted into curtsiesx valour into complimentx and
|
|
men are only turned into tonguex and trim ones toox he is now as
|
|
valiant as herculesx that only tells a lie and swears itx i
|
|
cannot be a man with wishingx therefore i will die a woman with
|
|
grievingx
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benedickx
|
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tarryx good beatricex by this handx i love theex
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beatricex
|
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use it for my love some other way than swearing by itx
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benedickx
|
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think you in your soul the count claudio hath wronged herox
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beatricex
|
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yeax as sure is i have a thought or a soulx
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benedickx
|
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enoughx i am engagedx i will challenge himx i will kiss your
|
|
handx and so leave youx by this handx claudio shall render me a
|
|
dear accountx as you hear of mex so think of mex gox comfort your
|
|
cousinx i must say she is deadx and sox farewellx
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene iix a prisonx
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enter dogberryx vergesx and sextonx in gownsx and the watchx with
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conrade and borachiox
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dogberryx
|
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is our whole dissembly appearedx
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vergesx
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ox a stool and a cushion for the sextonx
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sextonx
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which be the malefactorsx
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dogberryx
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marryx that am i and my partnerx
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vergesx
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nayx thatxs certainx we have the exhibition to examinex
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sextonx
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but which are the offenders that are to be examinedx let them
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come before master constablex
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dogberryx
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yeax marryx let them come before mex what is your namex friendx
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borachiox
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borachiox
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dogberryx
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pray write down borachiox yoursx sirrahx
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conradex
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i am a gentlemanx sirx and my name is conradex
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dogberryx
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write down master gentleman conradex mastersx do you serve godx
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bothx
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yeax sirx we hopex
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dogberryx
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write down that they hope they serve godx and write god firstx
|
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for god defend but god should go before such villainsx mastersx
|
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it is proved already that you are little better than false
|
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knavesx and it will go near to be thought so shortlyx how answer
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you for yourselvesx
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conradex
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marryx sirx we say we are nonex
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dogberryx
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a marvellous witty fellowx i assure youx but i will go about with
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himx come you hitherx sirrahx a word in your earx sirx i say to
|
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youx it is thought you are false knavesx
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borachiox
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sirx i say to you we are nonex
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dogberryx
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wellx stand asidex fore godx they are both in a talex have you
|
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writ downx that they are nonex
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sextonx
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master constablex you go not the way to examinex you must call
|
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forth the watch that are their accusersx
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dogberryx
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yeax marryx thatxs the eftest wayx let the watch come forthx
|
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mastersx i charge youx in the princexs namex accuse these menx
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first watchx
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this man saidx sirx that don johnx the princexs brotherx was a
|
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villainx
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dogberryx
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write down prince john a villainx whyx this is flat perjuryx to
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call a princexs brother villainx
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borachiox
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master constablexx
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dogberryx
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pray theex fellowx peacex i do not like thy lookx i promise theex
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sextonx
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what heard you him say elsex
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second watchx
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marryx that he had received a thousand ducats of don john for
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accusing the lady hero wrongfullyx
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dogberryx
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flat burglary as ever was committedx
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vergesx
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yeax by the massx that it isx
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sextonx
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what elsex fellowx
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first watchx
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and that count claudio did meanx upon his wordsx to disgrace hero
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before the whole assemblyx and not marry herx
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dogberryx
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o villainx thou wilt be condemned into everlasting redemption for
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thisx
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sextonx
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what elsex
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second watchx
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this is allx
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sextonx
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and this is morex mastersx than you can denyx prince john is this
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morning secretly stolen awayx hero was in this manner accusedx in
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this manner refusedx andx upon the grief of thisx suddenly diedx
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master constablex let these men be boundx and brought to
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leonatoxsx i will go before and show him their examinationx
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xxexitxxx
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dogberryx
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comex let them be opinionedx
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vergesx
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let them be in the handsx
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conradex
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offx coxcombx
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dogberryx
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godxs my lifex wherexs the sextonx let him write down the
|
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princexs officer coxcombx comex bind themx thou naughty varletx
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conradex
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awayx you are an assx you are an assx
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dogberryx
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dost thou not suspect my placex dost thou not suspect my yearsx o
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that he were here to write me down an assx butx mastersx remember
|
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that i am an assx though it be not written downx yet forget not
|
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that i am an assx nox thou villainx thou art full of pietyx as
|
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shall be proved upon thee by good witnessx i am a wise fellowx
|
|
andx which is morex an officerx andx which is morex a
|
|
householderx andx which is morex as pretty a piece of flesh as
|
|
any in messinax and one that knows the lawx go tox and a rich
|
|
fellow enoughx go tox and a fellow that hath had lossesx and one
|
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that hath two gownsx and everything handsome about himx bring him
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awayx o that i had been writ down an assx
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xxexeuntxxx
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act v
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scene ix before leonatoxs housex
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enter leonato and antoniox
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antoniox
|
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if you go on thusx you will kill yourself
|
|
and xtis not wisdom thus to second grief
|
|
against yourselfx
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leonatox
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i pray theex cease thy counselx
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which falls into mine ears as profitless
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as water in a sievex give not me counselx
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nor let no comforter delight mine ear
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but such a one whose wrongs do suit with minex
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bring me a father that so lovxd his childx
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whose joy of her is overwhelmxd like minex
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and bid him speak of patiencex
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measure his woe the length and breadth of minex
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and let it answer every strain for strainx
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as thus for thus and such a grief for suchx
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in every lineamentx branchx shapex and formx
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if such a one will smilex and stroke his beardx
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bid sorrow wagx cry xhemx when he should groanx
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patch grief with proverbsx make misfortune drunk
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with candlexwastersx bring him yet to mex
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and i of him will gather patiencex
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but there is no such manx forx brotherx men
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can counsel and speak comfort to that grief
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which they themselves not feelx butx tasting itx
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their counsel turns to passionx which before
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would give preceptial medicine to ragex
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fetter strong madness in a silken threadx
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charm ache with air and agony with wordsx
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nox nox xtis all menxs office to speak patience
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to those that wring under the load of sorrowx
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but no manxs virtue nor sufficiency
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to be so moral when he shall endure
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the like himselfx therefore give me no counselx
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my griefs cry louder than advertisementx
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antoniox
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therein do men from children nothing differx
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leonatox
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i pray thee peacex i will be flesh and bloodx
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for there was never yet philosopher
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that could endure the toothache patientlyx
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however they have writ the style of gods
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and made a push at chance and sufferancex
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antoniox
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yet bend not all the harm upon yourselfx
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make those that do offend you suffer toox
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leonatox
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there thou speakxst reasonx nayx i will do sox
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my soul doth tell me hero is beliedx
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and that shall claudio knowx so shall the princex
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and all of them that thus dishonour herx
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antoniox
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here comes the prince and claudio hastilyx
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enter don pedro and claudiox
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don pedrox
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good denx good denx
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claudiox
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good day to both of youx
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leonatox
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hear youx my lordsxx
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don pedrox
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we have some hastex leonatox
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leonatox
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some hastex my lordx wellx fare you wellx my lordx
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are you so hasty nowxxwellx all is onex
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don pedrox
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nayx do not quarrel with usx good old manx
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antoniox
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if he could right himself with quarrellingx
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some of us would lie lowx
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claudiox
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who wrongs himx
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leonatox
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marryx thou dost wrong mex thou dissemblerx thoux
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nayx never lay thy hand upon thy swordx
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i fear thee notx
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claudiox
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marryx beshrew my handx
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if it should give your age such cause of fearx
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in faithx my hand meant nothing to my swordx
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leonatox
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tushx tushx manx never fleer and jest at mex
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i speak not like a dotard nor a foolx
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asx under privilege of agex to brag
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what i have done being youngx or what would dox
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were i not oldx knowx claudiox to thy headx
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thou hast so wrongxd mine innocent child and me
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that i am forcxd to lay my reverence byx
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andx with grey hairs and bruise of many daysx
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do challenge thee to trial of a manx
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i say thou hast belied mine innocent childx
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thy slander hath gone through and through her heartx
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and she lies buried with her ancestorsx
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ox in a tomb where never scandal sleptx
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save this of hersx framxd by thy villainyx
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claudiox
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my villainyx
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leonatox
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thinex claudiox thinex i sayx
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don pedrox
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you say not rightx old manx
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leonatox
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my lordx my lordx ixll prove it on his bodyx if he darex
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despite his nice fence and his active practicex
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his may of youth and bloom of lustihoodx
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claudiox
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awayx i will not have to do with youx
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leonatox
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canst thou so daff mex thou hast killxd my childx
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if thou killxst mex boyx thou shalt kill a manx
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antoniox
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he shall kill two of usx and men indeedx
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but thatxs no matterx let him kill one firstx
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win me and wear mex let him answer mex
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comex follow mex boyx comex sir boyx comex follow mex
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sir boyx ixll whip you from your foining fencex
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nayx as i am a gentlemanx i willx
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leonatox
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brotherxx
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antoniox
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content yourselfx god knows i lovxd my niecex
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and she is deadx slanderxd to death by villainsx
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that dare as well answer a man indeed
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as i dare take a serpent by the tonguex
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boysx apesx braggartsx jacksx milksopsx
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leonatox
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brother anthonyxx
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antoniox
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hold you contentx whatx manx i know themx yeax
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and what they weighx even to the utmost scruplex
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scamblingx outxfacingx fashionxmonging boysx
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that lie and cog and floutx deprave and slanderx
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go anticklyx show outward hideousnessx
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and speak off half a dozen dangerous wordsx
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how they might hurt their enemiesx if they durstx
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and this is allx
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leonatox
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butx brother anthonyxx
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antoniox
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comex xtis no matterx
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do not you meddlex let me deal in thisx
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don pedrox
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gentlemen bothx we will not wake your patiencex
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my heart is sorry for your daughterxs deathx
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butx on my honourx she was chargxd with nothing
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but what was true and very full of proofx
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leonatox
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my lordx my lordx
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don pedrox
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i will not hear youx
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leonatox
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nox comex brotherx awayx i will be heardxx
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antoniox
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and shallx or some of us will smart for itx
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xxexeunt leonato and antonioxxx
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enter benedickx
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don pedrox
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seex seex here comes the man we went to seekx
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claudiox
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nowx signiorx what newsx
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benedickx
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good dayx my lordx
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don pedrox
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welcomex signiorx you are almost come to part almost a frayx
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claudiox
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we had like to have had our two noses snapped off with two old
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men without teethx
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don pedrox
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leonato and his brotherx what thinkxst thoux had we foughtx i
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doubt we should have been too young for themx
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benedickx
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in a false quarrel there is no true valourx i came to seek you
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bothx
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claudiox
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we have been up and down to seek theex for we are highxproof
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melancholyx and would fain have it beaten awayx wilt thou use thy
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witx
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benedickx
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it is in my scabbardx shall i draw itx
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don pedrox
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dost thou wear thy wit by thy sidex
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claudiox
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never any did sox though very many have been beside their witx i
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will bid thee drawx as we do the minstrelsx drawx to pleasure usx
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don pedrox
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as i am an honest manx he looks palex art thou sickx or angryx
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claudiox
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whatx couragex manx what though care killed a catx thou hast
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mettle enough in thee to kill carex
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benedickx
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sirx i shall meet your wit in the careerx and you charge it
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against mex i pray you choose another subjectx
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claudiox
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nay thenx give him another staffx this last was broke crossx
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don pedrox
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by this lightx he changes more and morex i think he be angry
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indeedx
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claudiox
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if he bex he knows how to turn his girdlex
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benedickx
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shall i speak a word in your earx
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claudiox
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god bless me from a challengex
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benedickx
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xxaside to claudioxxx you are a villainx i jest notx i will make
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it good how you darex with what you darex and when you darex do
|
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me rightx or i will protest your cowardicex you have killed a
|
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sweet ladyx and her death shall fall heavy on youx let me hear
|
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from youx
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claudiox
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well i will meet youx so i may have good cheerx
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don pedrox
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whatx a feastx a feastx
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claudiox
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ix faithx i thank himx he hath bid me to a calfxsxhead and a
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caponx the which if i do not carve most curiouslyx say my knifexs
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naughtx shall i not find a woodcock toox
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benedickx
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sirx your wit ambles wellx it goes easilyx
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don pedrox
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ixll tell thee how beatrice praised thy wit the other dayx i
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saidx thou hadst a fine witx xtruexx says shex xa fine little
|
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onexx xnoxx said ix xa great witxx xrightxx said shex xa great
|
|
gross onexx xnayxx said ix xa good witxx xjustxx said shex xit
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hurts nobodyxx xnayxx said ix xthe gentleman is wisexx xcertainxx
|
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said shex xa wise gentlemanxx xnayxx said ix xhe hath the
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tonguesxx xthat i believex said shex xfor he swore a thing to me
|
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on monday nightx which he forswore on tuesday morningx therexs a
|
|
double tonguex therexs two tonguesxx thus did shex an hour
|
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togetherx transxshape thy particular virtuesx yet at last she
|
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concluded with a sighx thou wast the properest man in italyx
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claudiox
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for the which she wept heartily and said she cared notx
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don pedrox
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yeax that she didx but yetx for all thatx an if she did not hate
|
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him deadlyx she would love him dearlyx the old manxs daughter
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told us allx
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claudiox
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allx allx and moreoverx god saw him when he was hid in the
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gardenx
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don pedrox
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but when shall we set the savage bullxs horns on the sensible
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benedickxs headx
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claudiox
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yeax and text underneathx xhere dwells benedick the married manxx
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benedickx
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fare you wellx boyx you know my mindx i will leave you now to
|
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your gossipxlike humourx you break jests as braggarts do their
|
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bladesx whichx god be thankedx hurt notx my lordx for your many
|
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courtesies i thank youx i must discontinue your companyx your
|
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brother the bastard is fled from messinax you havex among youx
|
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killed a sweet and innocent ladyx for my lord lackxbeard therex
|
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he and i shall meetx and till thenx peace be with himx
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xxexitxxx
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don pedrox
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he is in earnestx
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claudiox
|
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in most profound earnestx andx ixll warrant youx for the love of
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beatricex
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don pedrox
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and hath challenged theex
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claudiox
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most sincerelyx
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don pedrox
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what a pretty thing man is when he goes in his doublet and hose
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and leaves off his witx
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claudiox
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he is then a giant to an apex but then is an ape a doctor to such
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a manx
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don pedrox
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butx soft youx let me bex pluck upx my heartx and be sadx did he
|
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not say my brother was fledx
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enter dogberryx vergesx and the watchx with conrade and
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borachiox
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dogberryx
|
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come youx sirx if justice cannot tame youx she shall nexer weigh
|
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more reasons in her balancex nayx an you be a cursing hypocrite
|
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oncex you must be looked tox
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don pedrox
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how nowx two of my brotherxs men boundx borachiox onex
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claudiox
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hearken after their offencex my lordx
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don pedrox
|
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officersx what offence have these men donex
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dogberryx
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marryx sirx they have committed false reportx moreoverx they have
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spoken untruthsx secondarilyx they are slandersx sixth and
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lastlyx they have belied a ladyx thirdlyx they have verified
|
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unjust thingsx and to concludex they are lying knavesx
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don pedrox
|
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firstx i ask thee what they have donex thirdlyx i ask thee whatxs
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their offencex sixth and lastlyx why they are committedx andx to
|
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concludex what you lay to their chargex
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claudiox
|
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rightly reasonedx and in his own divisionx andx by my trothx
|
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therexs one meaning well suitedx
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don pedrox
|
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who have you offendedx mastersx that you are thus bound to your
|
|
answerx this learned constable is too cunning to be understoodx
|
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whatxs your offencex
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borachiox
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sweet princex let me go no farther to mine answerx do you hear
|
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mex and let this count kill mex i have deceived even your very
|
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eyesx what your wisdoms could not discoverx these shallow fools
|
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have brought to lightx whox in the night overheard me confessing
|
|
to this man how don john your brother incensed me to slander the
|
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lady herox how you were brought into the orchard and saw me court
|
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margaret in heroxs garmentsx how you disgraced herx when you
|
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should marry herx my villainy they have upon recordx which i had
|
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rather seal with my death than repeat over to my shamex the lady
|
|
is dead upon mine and my masterxs false accusationx andx brieflyx
|
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i desire nothing but the reward of a villainx
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don pedrox
|
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runs not this speech like iron through your bloodx
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claudiox
|
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i have drunk poison whiles he utterxd itx
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don pedrox
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but did my brother set thee on to thisx
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borachiox
|
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yeax and paid me richly for the practice of itx
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don pedrox
|
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he is composxd and framxd of treacheryx and fled he is upon this
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villainyx
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claudiox
|
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sweet herox now thy image doth appear
|
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in the rare semblance that i lovxd it firstx
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dogberryx
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comex bring away the plaintiffsx by this time our sexton hath
|
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reformed signior leonato of the matterx and mastersx do not
|
|
forget to specifyx when time and place shall servex that i am an
|
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assx
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vergesx
|
|
herex here comes master signior leonatox and the sexton toox
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rexenter leonatox antonio and the sextonx
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leonatox
|
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which is the villainx let me see his eyesx
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thatx when i note another man like himx
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i may avoid himx which of these is hex
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borachiox
|
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if you would know your wrongerx look on mex
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leonatox
|
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art thou the slave that with thy breath hast killxd
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mine innocent childx
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borachiox
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yeax even i alonex
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leonatox
|
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nox not sox villainx thou beliest thyselfx
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here stand a pair of honourable menx
|
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a third is fledx that had a hand in itx
|
|
i thank youx princesx for my daughterxs deathx
|
|
record it with your high and worthy deedsx
|
|
xtwas bravely donex if you bethink you of itx
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claudiox
|
|
i know not how to pray your patiencex
|
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yet i must speakx choose your revenge yourselfx
|
|
impose me to what penance your invention
|
|
can lay upon my sinx yet sinnxd i not
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but in mistakingx
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don pedrox
|
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by my soulx nor ix
|
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and yetx to satisfy this good old manx
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i would bend under any heavy weight
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that hexll enjoin me tox
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leonatox
|
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i cannot bid you bid my daughter livex
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that were impossiblex butx i pray you bothx
|
|
possess the people in messina here
|
|
how innocent she diedx and if your love
|
|
can labour aught in sad inventionx
|
|
hang her an epitaph upon her tombx
|
|
and sing it to her bonesx sing it tonightx
|
|
tomorrow morning come you to my housex
|
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and since you could not be my sonxinxlawx
|
|
be yet my nephewx my brother hath a daughterx
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|
almost the copy of my child thatxs deadx
|
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and she alone is heir to both of usx
|
|
give her the right you should have given her cousinx
|
|
and so dies my revengex
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claudiox
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o noble sirx
|
|
your overxkindness doth wring tears from mex
|
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i do embrace your offerx and dispose
|
|
for henceforth of poor claudiox
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leonatox
|
|
tomorrow then i will expect your comingx
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tonight i take my leavex this naughty man
|
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shall face to face be brought to margaretx
|
|
whox i believex was packxd in all this wrongx
|
|
hirxd to it by your brotherx
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borachiox
|
|
nox by my soul she was notx
|
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nor knew not what she did when she spoke to mex
|
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but always hath been just and virtuous
|
|
in anything that i do know by herx
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dogberryx
|
|
moreoverx sirxxwhichx indeedx is not under white and blackxx this
|
|
plaintiff herex the offenderx did call me assx i beseech youx let
|
|
it be remembered in his punishmentx and alsox the watch heard
|
|
them talk of one deformedx they say he wears a key in his ear and
|
|
a lock hanging by itx and borrows money in godxs namex the which
|
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he hath used so long and never paidx that now men grow
|
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hardxheartedx and will lend nothing for godxs sakex pray youx
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examine him upon that pointx
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leonatox
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i thank thee for thy care and honest painsx
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dogberryx
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your worship speaks like a most thankful and reverent youthx and
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i praise god for youx
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leonatox
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therexs for thy painsx
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dogberryx
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god save the foundationx
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leonatox
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gox i discharge thee of thy prisonerx and i thank theex
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dogberryx
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i leave an arrant knave with your worshipx which i beseech your
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worship to correct yourselfx for the example of othersx god keep
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your worshipx i wish your worship wellx god restore you to
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healthx i humbly give you leave to departx and if a merry meeting
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may be wishedx god prohibit itx comex neighbourx
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xxexeunt dogberry and vergesxxx
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leonatox
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until tomorrow morningx lordsx farewellx
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antoniox
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farewellx my lordsx we look for you tomorrowx
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don pedrox
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we will not failx
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claudiox
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tonight ixll mourn with herox
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xxexeunt don pedro and claudioxxx
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leonatox
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xxto the watchxxx bring you these fellows onx wexll talk with
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margaretx
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how her acquaintance grew with this lewd fellowx
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene iix leonatoxs gardenx
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enter benedick and margaretx meetingx
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benedickx
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pray theex sweet mistress margaretx deserve well at my hands by
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helping me to the speech of beatricex
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margaretx
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will you then write me a sonnet in praise of my beautyx
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benedickx
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in so high a stylex margaretx that no man living shall come over
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itx forx in most comely truthx thou deservest itx
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margaretx
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to have no man come over mex whyx shall i always keep below
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stairsx
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benedickx
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thy wit is as quick as the greyhoundxs mouthx it catchesx
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margaretx
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and yours as blunt as the fencerxs foilsx which hitx but hurt
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notx
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benedickx
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a most manly witx margaretx it will not hurt a womanx and sox i
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pray theex call beatricex i give thee the bucklersx
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margaretx
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give us the swordsx we have bucklers of our ownx
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benedickx
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if you use themx margaretx you must put in the pikes with a vicex
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and they are dangerous weapons for maidsx
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margaretx
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wellx i will call beatrice to youx who i think hath legsx
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benedickx
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and therefore will comex
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xxexit margaretxxx
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the god of lovex
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that sits abovex
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and knows mex and knows mex
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how pitiful i deservexx
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i meanx in singingx but in lovingx leander the good swimmerx
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troilus the first employer of pandersx and a whole book full of
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these quondam carpetxmongersx whose names yet run smoothly in the
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even road of a blank versex whyx they were never so truly turned
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over and over as my poor self in lovex marryx i cannot show it in
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rimex i have triedx i can find out no rime to xladyx but xbabyxx
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an innocent rimex for xscornxx xhornxx a hard rimex for xschoolxx
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xfoolxx a babbling rimex very ominous endingsx nox i was not born
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under a riming planetx nor i cannot woo in festival termsx
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enter beatricex
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sweet beatricex wouldst thou come when i called theex
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beatricex
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yeax signiorx and depart when you bid mex
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benedickx
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ox stay but till thenx
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beatricex
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xthenx is spokenx fare you well nowx and yetx ere i gox let me go
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with that i came forx which isx with knowing what hath passed
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between you and claudiox
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benedickx
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only foul wordsx and thereupon i will kiss theex
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beatricex
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foul words is but foul windx and foul wind is but foul breathx
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and foul breath is noisomex therefore i will depart unkissedx
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benedickx
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thou hast frighted the word out of his right sensex so forcible
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is thy witx but i must tell thee plainlyx claudio undergoes my
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challengex and either i must shortly hear from himx or i will
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subscribe him a cowardx andx i pray thee nowx tell mex for which
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of my bad parts didst thou first fall in love with mex
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beatricex
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for them all togetherx which maintained so politic a state of
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evil that they will not admit any good part to intermingle with
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themx but for which of my good parts did you first suffer love
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for mex
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benedickx
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xsuffer lovexx a good epithetx i do suffer love indeedx for i
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love thee against my willx
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beatricex
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in spite of your heartx i thinkx alasx poor heartx if you spite
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it for my sakex i will spite it for yoursx for i will never love
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that which my friend hatesx
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benedickx
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thou and i are too wise to woo peaceablyx
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beatricex
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it appears not in this confessionx therexs not one wise man among
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twenty that will praise himselfx
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benedickx
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an oldx an old instancex beatricex that lived in the time of good
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neighboursx if a man do not erect in this age his own tomb ere he
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diesx he shall live no longer in monument than the bell rings and
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the widow weepsx
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beatricex and how long is that think youx
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benedickx
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questionx whyx an hour in clamour and a quarter in rheumx
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therefore is it most expedient for the wisexxif don wormx his
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consciencex find no impediment to the contraryxxto be the trumpet
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of his own virtuesx as i am to myselfx so much for praising
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myselfx whox i myself will bear witnessx is praiseworthyx and now
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tell mex how doth your cousinx
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beatricex
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very illx
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benedickx
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and how do youx
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beatricex
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very ill toox
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benedickx
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serve godx love mex and mendx there will i leave you toox for
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here comes one in hastex
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enter ursulax
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ursulax
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madamx you must come to your unclex yonderxs old coil at homex it
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is provedx my lady hero hath been falsely accusedx the prince and
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claudio mightily abusedx and don john is the author of allx who
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is fled and gonex will you come presentlyx
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beatricex
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will you go hear this newsx signiorx
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benedickx
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i will live in thy heartx die in thy lapx and be buried in thy
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eyesx and moreover i will go with thee to thy unclexsx
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene iiix the inside of a churchx
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enter don pedrox claudio and attendantsx with music and tapersx
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claudiox
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is this the monument of leonatox
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a lordx
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it isx my lordx
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claudiox
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xxreads from a scrollxxx
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epitaphx
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done to death by slanderous tongues
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was the hero that here liesx
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deathx in guerdon of her wrongsx
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gives her fame which never diesx
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so the life that died with shame
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lives in death with glorious famex
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hang thou there upon the tombx
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praising her when i am dumbx
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nowx musicx soundx and sing your solemn hymnx
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songx
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pardonx goddess of the nightx
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those that slew thy virgin knightx
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for the whichx with songs of woex
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round about her tomb they gox
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midnightx assist our moanx
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help us to sigh and groanx
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heavilyx heavilyx
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gravesx yawn and yield your deadx
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till death be utteredx
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heavilyx heavilyx
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claudiox
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nowx unto thy bones good nightx
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yearly will i do this ritex
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don pedrox
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good morrowx mastersx put your torches outx
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the wolves have preyxdx and lookx the gentle dayx
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before the wheels of phoebusx round about
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dapples the drowsy east with spots of greyx
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thanks to you allx and leave usx fare you wellx
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claudiox
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good morrowx mastersx each his several wayx
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don pedrox
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comex let us hencex and put on other weedsx
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and then to leonatoxs we will gox
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claudiox
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and hymen now with luckier issue speedxsx
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than this for whom we rendxred up this woex
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene ivx a room in leonatoxs housex
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enter leonatox antoniox benedickx beatricex margaretx ursulax
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friar francis and herox
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friarx
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did i not tell you she was innocentx
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leonatox
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so are the prince and claudiox who accusxd her
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upon the error that you heard debatedx
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but margaret was in some fault for thisx
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although against her willx as it appears
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in the true course of all the questionx
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antoniox
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wellx i am glad that all things sort so wellx
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benedickx
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and so am ix being else by faith enforcxd
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to call young claudio to a reckoning for itx
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leonatox
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wellx daughterx and you gentlewomen allx
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withdraw into a chamber by yourselvesx
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and when i send for youx come hither maskxdx
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the prince and claudio promisxd by this hour
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to visit mex
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xxexeunt ladiesxxx
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you know your officex brotherx
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you must be father to your brotherxs daughterx
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and give her to young claudiox
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antoniox
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which i will do with confirmxd countenancex
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benedickx
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friarx i must entreat your painsx i thinkx
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friarx
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to do whatx signiorx
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benedickx
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to bind mex or undo mex one of themx
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signior leonatox truth it isx good signiorx
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your niece regards me with an eye of favourx
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leonatox
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that eye my daughter lent herx xtis most truex
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benedickx
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and i do with an eye of love requite herx
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leonatox
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the sight whereof i thinkx you had from mex
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from claudiox and the princex but whatxs your willx
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benedickx
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your answerx sirx is enigmaticalx
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butx for my willx my will is your good will
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may stand with oursx this day to be conjoinxd
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in the state of honourable marriagex
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in whichx good friarx i shall desire your helpx
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leonatox
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my heart is with your likingx
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friarx
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and my helpx here comes the prince and claudiox
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enter don pedro and claudiox with attendantsx
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don pedrox
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good morrow to this fair assemblyx
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leonatox
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good morrowx princex good morrowx claudiox
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we here attend youx are you yet determinxd
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today to marry with my brotherxs daughterx
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claudiox
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ixll hold my mindx were she an ethiopex
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leonatox
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call her forthx brotherx herexs the friar readyx
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xxexit antonioxxx
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don pedrox
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good morrowx benedickx whyx whatxs the matterx
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that you have such a february facex
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so full of frostx of storm and cloudinessx
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claudiox
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i think he thinks upon the savage bullx
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tushx fear notx manx wexll tip thy horns with goldx
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and all europa shall rejoice at theex
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|
as once europa did at lusty jovex
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when he would play the noble beast in lovex
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benedickx
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bull jovex sirx had an amiable lowx
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and some such strange bull leapxd your fatherxs cowx
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and got a calf in that same noble featx
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much like to youx for you have just his bleatx
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claudiox
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for this i owe youx here comes other reckoningsx
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rexenter antoniox with the ladies maskedx
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which is the lady i must seize uponx
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antoniox
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this same is shex and i do give you herx
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claudiox
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why thenx shexs minex sweetx let me see your facex
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leonatox
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nox that you shall notx till you take her hand
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before this friarx and swear to marry herx
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claudiox
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give me your handx before this holy friarx
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i am your husbandx if you like of mex
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herox
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and when i livxdx i was your other wifex
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xxunmaskingxxx and when you lovxdx you were my other husbandx
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claudiox
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another herox
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herox
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nothing certainerx
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one hero died defilxdx but i do livex
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and surely as i livex i am a maidx
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don pedrox
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the former herox hero that is deadx
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leonatox
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she diedx my lordx but whiles her slander livxdx
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friarx
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all this amazement can i qualifyx
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when after that the holy rites are endedx
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ixll tell you largely of fair heroxs deathx
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meantimex let wonder seem familiarx
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and to the chapel let us presentlyx
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benedickx
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soft and fairx friarx which is beatricex
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beatricex
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xxunmaskingxxx i answer to that namex what is your willx
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benedickx
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do not you love mex
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beatricex
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whyx nox no more than reasonx
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benedickx
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whyx thenx your uncle and the prince and claudio
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have been deceivedx for they swore you didx
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beatricex
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do not you love mex
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benedickx
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trothx nox no more than reasonx
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beatricex
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whyx then my cousinx margaretx and ursulax
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are much deceivxdx for they did swear you didx
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benedickx
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they swore that you were almost sick for mex
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beatricex
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they swore that you were wellxnigh dead for mex
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benedickx
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xtis no such matterx then you do not love mex
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beatricex
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nox trulyx but in friendly recompensex
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leonatox
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comex cousinx i am sure you love the gentlemanx
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claudiox
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and ixll be sworn upon xt that he loves herx
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for herexs a paper written in his handx
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a halting sonnet of his own pure brainx
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fashionxd to beatricex
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herox
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and herexs anotherx
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writ in my cousinxs handx stolen from her pocketx
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containing her affection unto benedickx
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benedickx
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a miraclex herexs our own hands against our heartsx comex i will
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have theex butx by this lightx i take thee for pityx
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beatricex
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i would not deny youx butx by this good dayx i yield upon great
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persuasionx and partly to save your lifex for i was told you were
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in a consumptionx
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benedickx
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peacex i will stop your mouthx xxkisses herxxx
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don pedrox
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how dost thoux benedickx the married manx
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benedickx
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ixll tell thee whatx princex a college of witcrackers cannout
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flout me out of my humourx dost thou think i care for a satire or
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an epigramx nox if man will be beaten with brainsx ax shall wear
|
|
nothing handsome about himx in briefx since i do purpose to
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marryx i will think nothing to any purpose that the world can say
|
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against itx and therefore never flout at me for what i have said
|
|
against itx for man is a giddy thingx and this is my conclusionx
|
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for thy partx claudiox i did think to have beaten theex butx in
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that thou art like to be my kinsmanx live unbruisedx and love my
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cousinx
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claudiox
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i had well hoped thou wouldst have denied beatricex that i might
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have cudgelled thee out of thy single lifex to make thee a
|
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doublexdealerx whichx out of questionx thou wilt bex if my cousin
|
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do not look exceeding narrowly to theex
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benedickx
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comex comex we are friendsx letxs have a dance ere we are
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marriedx that we may lighten our own hearts and our wivesx heelsx
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leonatox
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wexll have dancing afterwardx
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benedickx
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firstx of my wordx therefore playx musicx princex thou art sadx
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get thee a wifex get thee a wifex there is no staff more reverent
|
|
than one tipped with hornx
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enter messengerx
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messengerx
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my lordx your brother john is taxen in flightx
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and brought with armed men back to messinax
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benedickx
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think not on him till tomorrowx ixll devise thee brave
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punishments for himx strike upx pipersx
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xxdancex exeuntxxx
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othellox the moor of venice
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contents
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act i
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scene ix venicex a streetx
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scene iix venicex another streetx
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scene iiix venicex a council chamberx
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act ii
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scene ix a seaport in cyprusx a platformx
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scene iix a streetx
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scene iiix a hall in the castlex
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act iii
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scene ix cyprusx before the castlex
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scene iix cyprusx a room in the castlex
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scene iiix cyprusx the garden of the castlex
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scene ivx cyprusx before the castlex
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act iv
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scene ix cyprusx before the castlex
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scene iix cyprusx a room in the castlex
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scene iiix cyprusx another room in the castlex
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act v
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scene ix cyprusx a streetx
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scene iix cyprusx a bedchamber in the castlex
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dramatis personx
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duke of venice
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brabantiox a senator of venice and desdemonaxs father
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other senators
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gratianox brother to brabantio
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lodovicox kinsman to brabantio
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othellox a noble moor in the service of venice
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cassiox his lieutenant
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iagox his ancient
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montanox othelloxs predecessor in the government of cyprus
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roderigox a venetian gentleman
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clownx servant to othello
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desdemonax daughter to brabantio and wife to othello
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emiliax wife to iago
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biancax mistress to cassio
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officersx gentlemenx messengerx musiciansx heraldx sailorx attendantsx
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xcx
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scenex the first act in venicex during the rest of the play at a
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seaport in cyprusx
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act i
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scene ix venicex a streetx
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enter roderigo and iagox
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roderigox
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tushx never tell mex i take it much unkindly
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that thoux iagox who hast had my pursex
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as if the strings were thinex shouldst know of thisx
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iagox
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xsbloodx but you will not hear mex
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if ever i did dream of such a matterx
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abhor mex
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roderigox
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thou toldxst mex thou didst hold him in thy hatex
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iagox
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despise me if i do notx three great ones of the cityx
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in personal suit to make me his lieutenantx
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offxcappxd to himx and by the faith of manx
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i know my pricex i am worth no worse a placex
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but hex as loving his own pride and purposesx
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evades themx with a bombast circumstancex
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horribly stuffxd with epithets of warx
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and in conclusionx
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nonsuits my mediatorsx for xcertesxx says hex
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xi have already chose my officerxx
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and what was hex
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forsoothx a great arithmeticianx
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one michael cassiox a florentinex
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a fellow almost damnxd in a fair wifex
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that never set a squadron in the fieldx
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nor the division of a battle knows
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more than a spinsterx unless the bookish theoricx
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wherein the toged consuls can propose
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as masterly as hex mere prattle without practice
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is all his soldiershipx but hex sirx had the electionx
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and ix of whom his eyes had seen the proof
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at rhodesx at cyprusx and on other groundsx
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christian and heathenx must be beleexd and calmxd
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by debitor and creditorx this counterxcasterx
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hex in good timex must his lieutenant bex
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and ix god bless the markx his moorshipxs ancientx
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roderigox
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by heavenx i rather would have been his hangmanx
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iagox
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whyx therexs no remedyx xtis the curse of servicex
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preferment goes by letter and affectionx
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and not by old gradationx where each second
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stood heir to the firstx now sirx be judge yourself
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whether i in any just term am affinxd
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to love the moorx
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roderigox
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i would not follow himx thenx
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iagox
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ox sirx content youx
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i follow him to serve my turn upon himx
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we cannot all be mastersx nor all masters
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cannot be truly followxdx you shall mark
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many a duteous and kneexcrooking knave
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thatx doting on his own obsequious bondagex
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wears out his timex much like his masterxs assx
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for nought but provenderx and when hexs oldx cashierxdx
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whip me such honest knavesx others there are
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whox trimmxd in formsx and visages of dutyx
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keep yet their hearts attending on themselvesx
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and throwing but shows of service on their lordsx
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do well thrive by themx and when they have linxd their coatsx
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do themselves homagex these fellows have some soulx
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and such a one do i profess myselfx forx sirx
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it is as sure as you are roderigox
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were i the moorx i would not be iagox
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in following himx i follow but myselfx
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heaven is my judgex not i for love and dutyx
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but seeming so for my peculiar endx
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for when my outward action doth demonstrate
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the native act and figure of my heart
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in complement externx xtis not long after
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but i will wear my heart upon my sleeve
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for daws to peck atx i am not what i amx
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roderigox
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what a full fortune does the thickxlips owex
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if he can carryxt thusx
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iagox
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call up her fatherx
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rouse himx make after himx poison his delightx
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proclaim him in the streetsx incense her kinsmenx
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and though he in a fertile climate dwellx
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plague him with fliesx though that his joy be joyx
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yet throw such changes of vexation onxtx
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as it may lose some colorx
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roderigox
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here is her fatherxs housex ixll call aloudx
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iagox
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dox with like timorous accent and dire yell
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as whenx by night and negligencex the fire
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is spied in populous citiesx
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roderigox
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what hox brabantiox signior brabantiox hox
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iagox
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awakex what hox brabantiox thievesx thievesx
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look to your housex your daughterx and your bagsx
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thievesx thievesx
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brabantio appears above at a windowx
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brabantiox
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what is the reason of this terrible summonsx
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what is the matter therex
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roderigox
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signiorx is all your family withinx
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iagox
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are your doors lockedx
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brabantiox
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whyx wherefore ask you thisx
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iagox
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zoundsx sirx youxre robbxdx for shame put on your gownx
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your heart is burstx you have lost half your soulx
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even nowx nowx very nowx an old black ram
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is tupping your white ewex arisex arisex
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awake the snorting citizens with the bellx
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or else the devil will make a grandsire of youx
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arisex i sayx
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brabantiox
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whatx have you lost your witsx
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roderigox
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most reverend signiorx do you know my voicex
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brabantiox
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not ix what are youx
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roderigox
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my name is roderigox
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brabantiox
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the worser welcomex
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i have chargxd thee not to haunt about my doorsx
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in honest plainness thou hast heard me say
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my daughter is not for theex and now in madnessx
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being full of supper and distempering draughtsx
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upon malicious braveryx dost thou come
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to start my quietx
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roderigox
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sirx sirx sirxx
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brabantiox
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but thou must needs be sure
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my spirit and my place have in them power
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to make this bitter to theex
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roderigox
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patiencex good sirx
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brabantiox
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what tellxst thou me of robbingx
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this is venicex my house is not a grangex
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roderigox
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most grave brabantiox
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in simple and pure soul i come to youx
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iagox
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zoundsx sirx you are one of those that will not serve god if the devil
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bid youx because we come to do you servicex and you think we are
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ruffiansx youxll have your daughter coverxd with a barbary horsex
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youxll have your nephews neigh to youx youxll have coursers for cousins
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and gennets for germansx
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brabantiox
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what profane wretch art thoux
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iagox
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i am onex sirx that comes to tell you your daughter and the moor are
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now making the beast with two backsx
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brabantiox
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thou art a villainx
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iagox
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you are a senatorx
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brabantiox
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this thou shalt answerx i know theex roderigox
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roderigox
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sirx i will answer anythingx but i beseech youx
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if xt be your pleasurex and most wise consentx
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xas partly i find it isx that your fair daughterx
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at this oddxeven and dull watch ox the nightx
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transported with no worse nor better guardx
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but with a knave of common hirex a gondolierx
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to the gross clasps of a lascivious moorx
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if this be known to youx and your allowancex
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we then have done you bold and saucy wrongsx
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but if you know not thisx my manners tell mex
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we have your wrong rebukex do not believe
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that from the sense of all civilityx
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i thus would play and trifle with your reverencex
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your daughter xif you have not given her leavex
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i say againx hath made a gross revoltx
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tying her dutyx beautyx witx and fortunes
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in an extravagant and wheeling stranger
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of here and everywherex straight satisfy yourselfx
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if she be in her chamber or your housex
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let loose on me the justice of the state
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for thus deluding youx
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brabantiox
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strike on the tinderx hox
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give me a taperx call up all my peoplex
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this accident is not unlike my dreamx
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belief of it oppresses me alreadyx
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lightx i sayx lightx
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xxexit from abovexxx
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iagox
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farewellx for i must leave youx
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it seems not meet nor wholesome to my place
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to be producxdx as if i stay i shallx
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against the moorx for i do know the statex
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however this may gall him with some checkx
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cannot with safety cast himx for hexs embarkxd
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with such loud reason to the cyprus warsx
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which even now stand in actx thatx for their soulsx
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another of his fathom they have none
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to lead their businessx in which regardx
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though i do hate him as i do hell painsx
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yetx for necessity of present lifex
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i must show out a flag and sign of lovex
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which is indeed but signx that you shall surely find himx
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lead to the sagittary the raised searchx
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and there will i be with himx sox farewellx
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xxexitxxx
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enter brabantio with servants and torchesx
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brabantiox
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it is too true an evilx gone she isx
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and whatxs to come of my despised timex
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is naught but bitternessx now roderigox
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where didst thou see herx xo unhappy girlxx
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with the moorx sayxst thoux xwho would be a fatherxx
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how didst thou know xtwas shex xox she deceives me
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past thoughtxx what said she to youx get more tapersx
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raise all my kindredx are they marriedx think youx
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roderigox
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truly i think they arex
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brabantiox
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o heavenx how got she outx o treason of the bloodx
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fathersx from hence trust not your daughtersx minds
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by what you see them actx is there not charms
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by which the property of youth and maidhood
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may be abusedx have you not readx roderigox
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of some such thingx
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roderigox
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yesx sirx i have indeedx
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brabantiox
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call up my brotherx ox would you had had herx
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some one wayx some anotherx do you know
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where we may apprehend her and the moorx
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roderigox
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i think i can discover himx if you please
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to get good guardx and go along with mex
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brabantiox
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pray you lead onx at every house ixll callx
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i may command at mostx get weaponsx hox
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and raise some special officers of nightx
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onx good roderigox i will deserve your painsx
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene iix venicex another streetx
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enter othellox iago and attendants with torchesx
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iagox
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though in the trade of war i have slain menx
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yet do i hold it very stuff ox the conscience
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to do no contrivxd murderx i lack iniquity
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sometimes to do me servicex nine or ten times
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i had thought to have yerkxd him here under the ribsx
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othellox
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xtis better as it isx
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iagox
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nayx but he pratedx
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and spoke such scurvy and provoking terms
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against your honourx
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that with the little godliness i havex
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i did full hard forbear himx but i pray youx sirx
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are you fast marriedx be assurxd of thisx
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that the magnifico is much belovxd
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and hath in his effect a voice potential
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as double as the dukexsx he will divorce youx
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or put upon you what restraint and grievance
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the law xwith all his might to enforce it onx
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will give him cablex
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othellox
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let him do his spitex
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my servicesx which i have done the signioryx
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shall outxtongue his complaintsx xtis yet to knowxx
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whichx when i know that boasting is an honourx
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i shall promulgatexxi fetch my life and being
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from men of royal siegex and my demerits
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may speak unbonneted to as proud a fortune
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as this that i have reachxdx for knowx iagox
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but that i love the gentle desdemonax
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i would not my unhoused free condition
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put into circumscription and confine
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for the seaxs worthx but lookx what lights come yondx
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iagox
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those are the raised father and his friendsx
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you were best go inx
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othellox
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not ix i must be foundx
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my partsx my titlex and my perfect soul
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shall manifest me rightlyx is it theyx
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iagox
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by janusx i think nox
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enter cassio and officers with torchesx
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othellox
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the servants of the duke and my lieutenantx
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the goodness of the night upon youx friendsx
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what is the newsx
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cassiox
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the duke does greet youx generalx
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and he requires your hastexpostxhaste appearance
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even on the instantx
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othellox
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what is the matterx think youx
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cassiox
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something from cyprusx as i may divinex
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it is a business of some heatx the galleys
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have sent a dozen sequent messengers
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this very night at one anotherxs heelsx
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and many of the consulsx raisxd and metx
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are at the dukexs alreadyx you have been hotly callxd forx
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whenx being not at your lodging to be foundx
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the senate hath sent about three several quests
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to search you outx
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othellox
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xtis well i am found by youx
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i will but spend a word here in the housex
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and go with youx
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xxexitxxx
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cassiox
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ancientx what makes he herex
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iagox
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faithx he tonight hath boarded a land carrackx
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if it prove lawful prizex hexs made foreverx
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cassiox
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i do not understandx
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iagox
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hexs marriedx
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cassiox
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to whox
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enter othellox
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iagox
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marry toxcomex captainx will you gox
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othellox
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have with youx
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cassiox
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here comes another troop to seek for youx
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enter brabantiox roderigo and officers with torches and weaponsx
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iagox
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it is brabantiox generalx be advisxdx
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he comes to bad intentx
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othellox
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hollax stand therex
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roderigox
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signiorx it is the moorx
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brabantiox
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down with himx thiefx
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xxthey draw on both sidesxxx
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iagox
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youx roderigox comex sirx i am for youx
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othellox
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keep up your bright swordsx for the dew will rust themx
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good signiorx you shall more command with years
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than with your weaponsx
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brabantiox
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o thou foul thiefx where hast thou stowxd my daughterx
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damnxd as thou artx thou hast enchanted herx
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for ixll refer me to all things of sensex
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xif she in chains of magic were not boundx
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whether a maid so tenderx fairx and happyx
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so opposite to marriagex that she shunnxd
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the wealthy curled darlings of our nationx
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would ever havex to incur a general mockx
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run from her guardage to the sooty bosom
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of such a thing as thouxto fearx not to delightx
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judge me the worldx if xtis not gross in sensex
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that thou hast practisxd on her with foul charmsx
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abusxd her delicate youth with drugs or minerals
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that weakens motionx ixll havext disputed onx
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xtis probablex and palpable to thinkingx
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i therefore apprehend and do attach thee
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for an abuser of the worldx a practiser
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of arts inhibited and out of warrantxx
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lay hold upon himx if he do resistx
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subdue him at his perilx
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othellox
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hold your handsx
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both you of my inclining and the restx
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were it my cue to fightx i should have known it
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without a prompterx where will you that i go
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to answer this your chargex
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brabantiox
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to prisonx till fit time
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of law and course of direct session
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call thee to answerx
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othellox
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what if i do obeyx
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how may the duke be therewith satisfiedx
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whose messengers are here about my sidex
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upon some present business of the statex
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to bring me to himx
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officerx
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xtis truex most worthy signiorx
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the dukexs in councilx and your noble selfx
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i am sure is sent forx
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brabantiox
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howx the duke in councilx
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in this time of the nightx bring him awayx
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minexs not an idle causex the duke himselfx
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or any of my brothers of the statex
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cannot but feel this wrong as xtwere their ownx
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for if such actions may have passage freex
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bondxslaves and pagans shall our statesmen bex
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene iiix venicex a council chamberx
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the duke and senators sitting at a tablex officers attendingx
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dukex
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there is no composition in these news
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that gives them creditx
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first senatorx
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indeedx they are disproportionxdx
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my letters say a hundred and seven galleysx
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dukex
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and mine a hundred and fortyx
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second senator
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and mine two hundredx
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but though they jump not on a just accountx
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xas in these casesx where the aim reportsx
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xtis oft with differencexx yet do they all confirm
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a turkish fleetx and bearing up to cyprusx
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dukex
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nayx it is possible enough to judgementx
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i do not so secure me in the errorx
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but the main article i do approve
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in fearful sensex
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sailorx
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xxwithinxxx whatx hox whatx hox whatx hox
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officerx
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a messenger from the galleysx
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enter sailorx
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dukex
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nowxxwhatxs the businessx
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sailorx
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the turkish preparation makes for rhodesx
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so was i bid report here to the state
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by signior angelox
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dukex
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how say you by this changex
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first senatorx
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this cannot be
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by no assay of reasonx xtis a pageant
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to keep us in false gazex when we consider
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the importancy of cyprus to the turkx
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and let ourselves again but understand
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thatx as it more concerns the turk than rhodesx
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so may he with more facile question bear itx
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for that it stands not in such warlike bracex
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but altogether lacks the abilities
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that rhodes is dressxd inx if we make thought of thisx
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we must not think the turk is so unskilful
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to leave that latest which concerns him firstx
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neglecting an attempt of ease and gainx
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to wake and wage a danger profitlessx
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dukex
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nayx in all confidencex hexs not for rhodesx
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officerx
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here is more newsx
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enter a messengerx
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messengerx
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the ottomitesx reverend and graciousx
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steering with due course toward the isle of rhodesx
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have there injointed them with an after fleetx
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first senatorx
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ayx so i thoughtx how manyx as you guessx
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messengerx
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of thirty sailx and now they do rexstem
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their backward coursex bearing with frank appearance
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their purposes toward cyprusx signior montanox
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your trusty and most valiant servitorx
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with his free duty recommends you thusx
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and prays you to believe himx
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dukex
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xtis certainx thenx for cyprusx
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marcus luccicosx is not he in townx
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first senatorx
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hexs now in florencex
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dukex
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write from us to himx postxpostxhaste dispatchx
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first senatorx
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here comes brabantio and the valiant moorx
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enter brabantiox othellox iagox roderigo and officersx
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dukex
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valiant othellox we must straight employ you
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against the general enemy ottomanx
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xxto brabantioxxx i did not see youx welcomex gentle signiorx
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we lackxd your counsel and your help tonightx
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brabantiox
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so did i yoursx good your gracex pardon mex
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neither my placex nor aught i heard of business
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hath raisxd me from my bedx nor doth the general care
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take hold on mex for my particular grief
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is of so floodxgate and oxerbearing nature
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that it engluts and swallows other sorrowsx
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and it is still itselfx
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dukex
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whyx whatxs the matterx
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brabantiox
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my daughterx ox my daughterx
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duke and senatorsx
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deadx
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brabantiox
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ayx to mex
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she is abusedx stolxn from mex and corrupted
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by spells and medicines bought of mountebanksx
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for nature so preposterously to errx
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being not deficientx blindx or lame of sensex
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sans witchcraft could notx
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dukex
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whoexer he bex that in this foul proceedingx
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hath thus beguilxd your daughter of herselfx
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and you of herx the bloody book of law
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you shall yourself read in the bitter letterx
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after your own sensex yeax though our proper son
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stood in your actionx
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brabantiox
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humbly i thank your gracex
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here is the manx this moorx whom now it seems
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your special mandate for the state affairs
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hath hither broughtx
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allx
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we are very sorry for xtx
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dukex
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xxto othelloxxx whatx in your own partx can you say to thisx
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brabantiox
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nothingx but this is sox
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othellox
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most potentx gravex and reverend signiorsx
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my very noble and approvxd good mastersx
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that i have taxen away this old manxs daughterx
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it is most truex truex i have married herx
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the very head and front of my offending
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hath this extentx no morex rude am i in my speechx
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and little blessxd with the soft phrase of peacex
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for since these arms of mine had seven yearsx pithx
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till now some nine moons wastedx they have usxd
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their dearest action in the tented fieldx
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and little of this great world can i speakx
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more than pertains to feats of broil and battlex
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and therefore little shall i grace my cause
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in speaking for myselfx yetx by your gracious patiencex
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i will a round unvarnishxd tale deliver
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of my whole course of lovex what drugsx what charmsx
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what conjurationx and what mighty magicx
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xfor such proceeding i am charged withalx
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i won his daughterx
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brabantiox
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a maiden never boldx
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of spirit so still and quiet that her motion
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blushxd at herselfx and shex in spite of naturex
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of yearsx of countryx creditx everythingx
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to fall in love with what she fearxd to look onx
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it is judgement maimxd and most imperfect
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that will confess perfection so could err
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against all rules of naturex and must be driven
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to find out practices of cunning hellx
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why this should bex i therefore vouch againx
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that with some mixtures powerful oxer the bloodx
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or with some dram conjurxd to this effectx
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he wrought upon herx
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dukex
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to vouch this is no proofx
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without more wider and more overt test
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than these thin habits and poor likelihoods
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of modern seeming do prefer against himx
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first senatorx
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butx othellox speakx
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did you by indirect and forced courses
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subdue and poison this young maidxs affectionsx
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or came it by requestx and such fair question
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as soul to soul affordethx
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othellox
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i do beseech youx
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send for the lady to the sagittaryx
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and let her speak of me before her fatherx
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if you do find me foul in her reportx
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the trustx the office i do hold of youx
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not only take awayx but let your sentence
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even fall upon my lifex
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dukex
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fetch desdemona hitherx
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othellox
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ancientx conduct themx you best know the placex
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xxexeunt iago and attendantsxxx
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and till she comex as truly as to heaven
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i do confess the vices of my bloodx
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so justly to your grave ears ixll present
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how i did thrive in this fair ladyxs lovex
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and she in minex
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dukex
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say itx othellox
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othellox
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her father lovxd mex oft invited mex
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still questionxd me the story of my lifex
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from year to yearxthe battlesx siegesx fortunesx
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that i have passxdx
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i ran it throughx even from my boyish days
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to the very moment that he bade me tell itx
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wherein i spake of most disastrous chancesx
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of moving accidents by flood and fieldx
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of hairxbreadth scapes ix thx imminent deadly breachx
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of being taken by the insolent foex
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and sold to slaveryx of my redemption thencex
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and portance in my travelerxs historyx
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wherein of antres vast and deserts idlex
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rough quarriesx rocksx and hills whose heads touch heavenx
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it was my hint to speakxxsuch was the processx
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and of the cannibals that each other eatx
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the anthropophagix and men whose heads
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do grow beneath their shouldersx this to hear
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would desdemona seriously inclinex
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but still the house affairs would draw her thencex
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which ever as she could with haste dispatchx
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shexd come againx and with a greedy ear
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devour up my discoursex which i observingx
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took once a pliant hourx and found good means
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to draw from her a prayer of earnest heart
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|
that i would all my pilgrimage dilatex
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whereof by parcels she had something heardx
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but not intentivelyx i did consentx
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and often did beguile her of her tearsx
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when i did speak of some distressful stroke
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that my youth sufferxdx my story being donex
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she gave me for my pains a world of sighsx
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she sworex in faithx xtwas strangex xtwas passing strangex
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xtwas pitifulx xtwas wondrous pitifulx
|
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she wishxd she had not heard itx yet she wishxd
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that heaven had made her such a manx she thankxd mex
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and bade mex if i had a friend that lovxd herx
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i should but teach him how to tell my storyx
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and that would woo herx upon this hint i spakex
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she lovxd me for the dangers i had passxdx
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and i lovxd her that she did pity themx
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this only is the witchcraft i have usxdx
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here comes the ladyx let her witness itx
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enter desdemonax iago and attendantsx
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dukex
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i think this tale would win my daughter toox
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good brabantiox
|
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take up this mangled matter at the bestx
|
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men do their broken weapons rather use
|
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than their bare handsx
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brabantiox
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i pray you hear her speakx
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if she confess that she was half the wooerx
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destruction on my headx if my bad blame
|
|
light on the manxxcome hitherx gentle mistressx
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do you perceive in all this noble company
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where most you owe obediencex
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desdemonax
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my noble fatherx
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i do perceive here a divided dutyx
|
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to you i am bound for life and educationx
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|
my life and education both do learn me
|
|
how to respect youx you are the lord of dutyx
|
|
i am hitherto your daughterx but herexs my husbandx
|
|
and so much duty as my mother showxd
|
|
to youx preferring you before her fatherx
|
|
so much i challenge that i may profess
|
|
due to the moor my lordx
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brabantiox
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|
god be with youx i have donex
|
|
please it your gracex on to the state affairsx
|
|
i had rather to adopt a child than get itxx
|
|
come hitherx moorx
|
|
i here do give thee that with all my heart
|
|
whichx but thou hast alreadyx with all my heart
|
|
i would keep from theexxfor your sakex jewelx
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i am glad at soul i have no other childx
|
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for thy escape would teach me tyrannyx
|
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to hang clogs on themxxi have donex my lordx
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dukex
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let me speak like yourselfx and lay a sentencex
|
|
which as a grise or step may help these lovers
|
|
into your favourx
|
|
when remedies are pastx the griefs are ended
|
|
by seeing the worstx which late on hopes dependedx
|
|
to mourn a mischief that is past and gone
|
|
is the next way to draw new mischief onx
|
|
what cannot be preserved when fortune takesx
|
|
patience her injury a mockery makesx
|
|
the robbxd that smiles steals something from the thiefx
|
|
he robs himself that spends a bootless griefx
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brabantiox
|
|
so let the turk of cyprus us beguilex
|
|
we lose it not so long as we can smilex
|
|
he bears the sentence wellx that nothing bears
|
|
but the free comfort which from thence he hearsx
|
|
but he bears both the sentence and the sorrow
|
|
thatx to pay griefx must of poor patience borrowx
|
|
these sentences to sugar or to gallx
|
|
being strong on both sidesx are equivocalx
|
|
but words are wordsx i never yet did hear
|
|
that the bruisxd heart was pierced through the earx
|
|
i humbly beseech youx proceed to the affairs of statex
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|
dukex
|
|
the turk with a most mighty preparation makes for cyprusx othellox the
|
|
fortitude of the place is best known to youx and though we have there a
|
|
substitute of most allowed sufficiencyx yet opinionx a sovereign
|
|
mistress of effectsx throws a more safer voice on youx you must
|
|
therefore be content to slubber the gloss of your new fortunes with
|
|
this more stubborn and boisterous expeditionx
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|
othellox
|
|
the tyrant customx most grave senatorsx
|
|
hath made the flinty and steel couch of war
|
|
my thricexdriven bed of downx i do agnize
|
|
a natural and prompt alacrity
|
|
i find in hardnessx and do undertake
|
|
this present wars against the ottomitesx
|
|
most humblyx thereforex bending to your statex
|
|
i crave fit disposition for my wifex
|
|
due reference of place and exhibitionx
|
|
with such accommodation and besort
|
|
as levels with her breedingx
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dukex
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if you pleasex
|
|
bext at her fatherxsx
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brabantiox
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ixll not have it sox
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othellox
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nor ix
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desdemonax
|
|
nor ix i would not there residex
|
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to put my father in impatient thoughtsx
|
|
by being in his eyex most gracious dukex
|
|
to my unfolding lend your prosperous earx
|
|
and let me find a charter in your voice
|
|
tx assist my simplenessx
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|
dukex
|
|
what would youx desdemonax
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desdemonax
|
|
that i did love the moor to live with himx
|
|
my downright violence and storm of fortunes
|
|
may trumpet to the worldx my heartxs subdued
|
|
even to the very quality of my lordx
|
|
i saw othelloxs visage in his mindx
|
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and to his honours and his valiant parts
|
|
did i my soul and fortunes consecratex
|
|
so thatx dear lordsx if i be left behindx
|
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a moth of peacex and he go to the warx
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the rites for which i love him are bereft mex
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and i a heavy interim shall support
|
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by his dear absencex let me go with himx
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othellox
|
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let her have your voicex
|
|
vouch with mex heavenx i therefore beg it not
|
|
to please the palate of my appetitex
|
|
nor to comply with heatx the young affects
|
|
in me defunctx and proper satisfactionx
|
|
but to be free and bounteous to her mindx
|
|
and heaven defend your good souls that you think
|
|
i will your serious and great business scant
|
|
for she is with mex nox when lightxwingxd toys
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|
of featherxd cupid seel with wanton dullness
|
|
my speculative and officxd instrumentsx
|
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that my disports corrupt and taint my businessx
|
|
let housewives make a skillet of my helmx
|
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and all indign and base adversities
|
|
make head against my estimationx
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dukex
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be it as you shall privately determinex
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either for her stay or goingx the affair cries hastex
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and speed must answer itx
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first senatorx
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you must away tonightx
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othellox
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with all my heartx
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dukex
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|
at nine ix the morning here wexll meet againx
|
|
othellox leave some officer behindx
|
|
and he shall our commission bring to youx
|
|
with such things else of quality and respect
|
|
as doth import youx
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|
othellox
|
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so please your gracex my ancientx
|
|
a man he is of honesty and trustx
|
|
to his conveyance i assign my wifex
|
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with what else needful your good grace shall think
|
|
to be sent after mex
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dukex
|
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let it be sox
|
|
good night to everyonex xxto brabantioxxx andx noble signiorx
|
|
if virtue no delighted beauty lackx
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your sonxinxlaw is far more fair than blackx
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first senatorx
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adieux brave moorx use desdemona wellx
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brabantiox
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look to herx moorx if thou hast eyes to seex
|
|
she has deceivxd her fatherx and may theex
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xxexeunt dukex senatorsx officersx xcxxx
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|
othellox
|
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my life upon her faithx honest iagox
|
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my desdemona must i leave to theex
|
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i pritheex let thy wife attend on herx
|
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and bring them after in the best advantagexx
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|
comex desdemonax i have but an hour
|
|
of lovex of worldly mattersx and directionx
|
|
to spend with theex we must obey the timex
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xxexeunt othello and desdemonaxxx
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roderigox
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iagox
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iagox
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what sayst thoux noble heartx
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roderigox
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what will i dox thinkest thoux
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iagox
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whyx go to bed and sleepx
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roderigox
|
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i will incontinently drown myselfx
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iagox
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if thou dostx i shall never love thee afterx whyx thou silly gentlemanx
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roderigox
|
|
it is silliness to livex when to live is tormentx and then have we a
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prescription to die when death is our physicianx
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iagox
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o villainousx i have looked upon the world for four times seven yearsx
|
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and since i could distinguish betwixt a benefit and an injuryx i never
|
|
found man that knew how to love himselfx ere i would say i would drown
|
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myself for the love of a guineaxhenx i would change my humanity with a
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baboonx
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roderigox
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what should i dox i confess it is my shame to be so fondx but it is not
|
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in my virtue to amend itx
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iagox
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virtuex a figx xtis in ourselves that we are thus or thusx our bodies
|
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are gardensx to the which our wills are gardenersx so that if we will
|
|
plant nettles or sow lettucex set hyssop and weed up thymex supply it
|
|
with one gender of herbs or distract it with manyx either to have it
|
|
sterile with idleness or manured with industryx whyx the power and
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corrigible authority of this lies in our willsx if the balance of our
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lives had not one scale of reason to poise another of sensualityx the
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blood and baseness of our natures would conduct us to most preposterous
|
|
conclusionsx but we have reason to cool our raging motionsx our carnal
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stingsx our unbitted lustsx whereof i take thisx that you call lovex to
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be a sectx or scionx
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roderigox
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it cannot bex
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iagox
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it is merely a lust of the blood and a permission of the willx comex be
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a manx drown thyselfx drown cats and blind puppiesx i have professed me
|
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thy friendx and i confess me knit to thy deserving with cables of
|
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perdurable toughnessx i could never better stead thee than nowx put
|
|
money in thy pursex follow thou the warsx defeat thy favour with an
|
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usurped beardx i sayx put money in thy pursex it cannot be that
|
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desdemona should long continue her love to the moorxxput money in thy
|
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pursexxnor he his to herx it was a violent commencementx and thou shalt
|
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see an answerable sequestrationxput but money in thy pursex these moors
|
|
are changeable in their willsx fill thy purse with moneyx the food that
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to him now is as luscious as locusts shall be to him shortly as acerb
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as the coloquintidax she must change for youthx when she is sated with
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his bodyx she will find the error of her choicex she must have changex
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she mustx therefore put money in thy pursex if thou wilt needs damn
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thyselfx do it a more delicate way than drowningx make all the money
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thou canstx if sanctimony and a frail vow betwixt an erring barbarian
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and a supersubtle venetian be not too hard for my wits and all the
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tribe of hellx thou shalt enjoy herx therefore make moneyx a pox of
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drowning thyselfx it is clean out of the wayx seek thou rather to be
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hanged in compassing thy joy than to be drowned and go without herx
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roderigox
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wilt thou be fast to my hopes if i depend on the issuex
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iagox
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thou art sure of mex gox make moneyx i have told thee oftenx and i
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retell thee again and againx i hate the moorx my cause is heartedx
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thine hath no less reasonx let us be conjunctive in our revenge against
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himx if thou canst cuckold himx thou dost thyself a pleasurex me a
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sportx there are many events in the womb of time which will be
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deliveredx traversex gox provide thy moneyx we will have more of this
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tomorrowx adieux
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roderigox
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where shall we meet ix the morningx
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iagox
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at my lodgingx
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roderigox
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ixll be with thee betimesx
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iagox
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go tox farewellx do you hearx roderigox
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roderigox
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what say youx
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iagox
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no more of drowningx do you hearx
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roderigox
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i am changedx ixll sell all my landx
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xxexitxxx
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iagox
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thus do i ever make my fool my pursex
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for i mine own gainxd knowledge should profane
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if i would time expend with such a snipe
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but for my sport and profitx i hate the moorx
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and it is thought abroad that xtwixt my sheets
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he has done my officex i know not if xt be truex
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but ix for mere suspicion in that kindx
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will do as if for suretyx he holds me wellx
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the better shall my purpose work on himx
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cassioxs a proper manx let me see nowx
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to get his placex and to plume up my will
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in double knaveryx howx howx letxs seex
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after some timex to abuse othelloxs ear
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that he is too familiar with his wifex
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he hath a person and a smooth disposex
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to be suspectedx framxd to make women falsex
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the moor is of a free and open nature
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that thinks men honest that but seem to be sox
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and will as tenderly be led by the nose
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as asses arex
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i havextx it is engenderxdx hell and night
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must bring this monstrous birth to the worldxs lightx
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xxexitxxx
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act ii
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scene ix a seaport in cyprusx a platformx
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enter montano and two gentlemenx
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montanox
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what from the cape can you discern at seax
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first gentlemanx
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nothing at allx it is a highxwrought floodx
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i cannot xtwixt the heaven and the main
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descry a sailx
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montanox
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methinks the wind hath spoke aloud at landx
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a fuller blast nexer shook our battlementsx
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if it hath ruffianxd so upon the seax
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what ribs of oakx when mountains melt on themx
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can hold the mortisex what shall we hear of thisx
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second gentlemanx
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a segregation of the turkish fleetx
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for do but stand upon the foaming shorex
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the chidden billow seems to pelt the cloudsx
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the windxshakxd surgex with high and monstrous mainx
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seems to cast water on the burning bearx
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and quench the guards of the everxfixed polex
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i never did like molestation view
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on the enchafed floodx
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montanox
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if that the turkish fleet
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be not enshelterxdx and embayxdx they are drownxdx
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it is impossible to bear it outx
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enter a third gentlemanx
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third gentlemanx
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newsx ladsx our wars are donex
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the desperate tempest hath so bangxd the turks
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that their designment haltsx a noble ship of venice
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hath seen a grievous wreck and sufferance
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on most part of their fleetx
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montanox
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howx is this truex
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third gentlemanx
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the ship is here put inx
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a veronessax michael cassiox
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lieutenant to the warlike moor othellox
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is come on shorex the moor himself at seax
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and is in full commission here for cyprusx
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montanox
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i am glad onxtx xtis a worthy governorx
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third gentlemanx
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but this same cassiox though he speak of comfort
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touching the turkish lossx yet he looks sadlyx
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and prays the moor be safex for they were parted
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with foul and violent tempestx
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montanox
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pray heavens he bex
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for i have servxd himx and the man commands
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like a full soldierx letxs to the seaxsidex hox
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as well to see the vessel thatxs come in
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as to throw out our eyes for brave othellox
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even till we make the main and the aerial blue
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an indistinct regardx
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third gentlemanx
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comex letxs do sox
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for every minute is expectancy
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of more arrivancex
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enter cassiox
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cassiox
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thanks youx the valiant of this warlike islex
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that so approve the moorx ox let the heavens
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give him defence against the elementsx
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for i have lost him on a dangerous seax
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montanox
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is he well shippxdx
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cassiox
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his bark is stoutly timberxdx and his pilot
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of very expert and approvxd allowancex
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therefore my hopesx not surfeited to deathx
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stand in bold curex
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xxwithinxxx a sailx a sailx a sailx
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enter a messengerx
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cassiox
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what noisex
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messengerx
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the town is emptyx on the brow ox the sea
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stand ranks of peoplex and they cry xa sailxx
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cassiox
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my hopes do shape him for the governorx
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xxa shotxxx
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second gentlemanx
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they do discharge their shot of courtesyx
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our friends at leastx
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cassiox
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i pray youx sirx go forthx
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and give us truth who xtis that is arrivxdx
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second gentlemanx
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i shallx
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xxexitxxx
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montanox
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butx good lieutenantx is your general wivxdx
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cassiox
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most fortunatelyx he hath achievxd a maid
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that paragons description and wild famex
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one that excels the quirks of blazoning pensx
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and in the essential vesture of creation
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does tire the ingenerx
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enter second gentlemanx
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how nowx who has put inx
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second gentlemanx
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xtis one iagox ancient to the generalx
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cassiox
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he has had most favourable and happy speedx
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tempests themselvesx high seasx and howling windsx
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the gutterxd rocksx and congregated sandsx
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traitors ensteepxd to clog the guiltless keelx
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as having sense of beautyx do omit
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their mortal naturesx letting go safely by
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the divine desdemonax
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montanox
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what is shex
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cassiox
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she that i spake ofx our great captainxs captainx
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left in the conduct of the bold iagox
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whose footing here anticipates our thoughts
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a sexnnightxs speedx great jovex othello guardx
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and swell his sail with thine own powerful breathx
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that he may bless this bay with his tall shipx
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make lovexs quick pants in desdemonaxs armsx
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give renewxd fire to our extincted spiritsx
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and bring all cyprus comfortx
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enter desdemonax iagox roderigox and emiliax
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ox beholdx
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the riches of the ship is come on shorex
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ye men of cyprusx let her have your kneesx
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hail to theex ladyx and the grace of heavenx
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beforex behind theex and on every handx
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enwheel thee roundx
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desdemonax
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i thank youx valiant cassiox
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what tidings can you tell me of my lordx
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cassiox
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he is not yet arrivedx nor know i aught
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|
but that hexs wellx and will be shortly herex
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desdemonax
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ox but i fearxhow lost you companyx
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xxwithinxxx a sailx a sailx
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cassiox
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|
the great contention of the sea and skies
|
|
parted our fellowshipx butx harkx a sailx
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xxguns withinxxx
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second gentlemanx
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|
they give their greeting to the citadelx
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|
this likewise is a friendx
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cassiox
|
|
see for the newsx
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|
xxexit gentlemanxxx
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good ancientx you are welcomex xxto emiliaxxx welcomex mistressx
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let it not gall your patiencex good iagox
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that i extend my mannersx xtis my breeding
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|
that gives me this bold show of courtesyx
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xxkissing herxxx
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iagox
|
|
sirx would she give you so much of her lips
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|
as of her tongue she oft bestows on mex
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you would have enoughx
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desdemonax
|
|
alasx she has no speechx
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iagox
|
|
in faithx too muchx
|
|
i find it still when i have list to sleepx
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|
marryx before your ladyshipx i grantx
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|
she puts her tongue a little in her heartx
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|
and chides with thinkingx
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emiliax
|
|
you have little cause to say sox
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iagox
|
|
come onx come onx you are pictures out of doorsx
|
|
bells in your parloursx wildxcats in your kitchensx
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|
saints in your injuriesx devils being offendedx
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players in your housewiferyx and housewives in your bedsx
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desdemonax
|
|
ox fie upon theex slandererx
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iagox
|
|
nayx it is truex or else i am a turkx
|
|
you rise to playx and go to bed to workx
|
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|
|
emiliax
|
|
you shall not write my praisex
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|
iagox
|
|
nox let me notx
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|
desdemonax
|
|
what wouldst thou write of mex if thou shouldst praise mex
|
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|
|
iagox
|
|
o gentle ladyx do not put me toxtx
|
|
for i am nothing if not criticalx
|
|
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|
desdemonax
|
|
come onx assayxxtherexs one gone to the harbourx
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|
iagox
|
|
ayx madamx
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|
desdemonax
|
|
i am not merryx but i do beguile
|
|
the thing i amx by seeming otherwisexx
|
|
comex how wouldst thou praise mex
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|
|
|
iagox
|
|
i am about itx but indeedx my invention
|
|
comes from my pate as birdlime does from friezex
|
|
it plucks out brains and allx but my muse laboursx
|
|
and thus she is deliverxdx
|
|
if she be fair and wisex fairness and witx
|
|
the onexs for usex the other useth itx
|
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|
|
desdemonax
|
|
well praisxdx how if she be black and wittyx
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|
iagox
|
|
if she be blackx and thereto have a witx
|
|
shexll find a white that shall her blackness fitx
|
|
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|
desdemonax
|
|
worse and worsex
|
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|
emiliax
|
|
how if fair and foolishx
|
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|
iagox
|
|
she never yet was foolish that was fairx
|
|
for even her folly helpxd her to an heirx
|
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|
desdemonax
|
|
these are old fond paradoxes to make fools laugh ix the alehousex what
|
|
miserable praise hast thou for her thatxs foul and foolishx
|
|
|
|
iagox
|
|
therexs none so foul and foolish thereuntox
|
|
but does foul pranks which fair and wise ones dox
|
|
|
|
desdemonax
|
|
o heavy ignorancex thou praisest the worst bestx but what praise
|
|
couldst thou bestow on a deserving woman indeedx one that in the
|
|
authority of her merit did justly put on the vouch of very malice
|
|
itselfx
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|
|
|
iagox
|
|
she that was ever fair and never proudx
|
|
had tongue at will and yet was never loudx
|
|
never lackxd gold and yet went never gayx
|
|
fled from her wishx and yet saidx xnow i mayxx
|
|
she thatx being angerxdx her revenge being nighx
|
|
bade her wrong stay and her displeasure flyx
|
|
she that in wisdom never was so frail
|
|
to change the codxs head for the salmonxs tailx
|
|
she that could think and nexer disclose her mindx
|
|
see suitors following and not look behindx
|
|
she was a wightx if ever such wight werex
|
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|
desdemonax
|
|
to do whatx
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iagox
|
|
to suckle fools and chronicle small beerx
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|
desdemonax
|
|
o most lame and impotent conclusionxxdo not learn of himx emiliax
|
|
though he be thy husbandxxhow say youx cassiox is he not a most profane
|
|
and liberal counsellorx
|
|
|
|
cassiox
|
|
he speaks homex madamx you may relish him more in the soldier than in
|
|
the scholarx
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|
iagox
|
|
xxasidexxx he takes her by the palmx ayx well saidx whisperx with as
|
|
little a web as this will i ensnare as great a fly as cassiox ayx smile
|
|
upon herx dox i will gyve thee in thine own courtshipx you say truex
|
|
xtis sox indeedx if such tricks as these strip you out of your
|
|
lieutenantryx it had been better you had not kissed your three fingers
|
|
so oftx which now again you are most apt to play the sir inx very goodx
|
|
well kissedx an excellent courtesyx xtis sox indeedx yet again your
|
|
fingers to your lipsx would they were clysterxpipes for your sakex
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|
xxtrumpets withinxxx
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|
the moorx i know his trumpetx
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cassiox
|
|
xtis truly sox
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desdemonax
|
|
letxs meet himx and receive himx
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|
cassiox
|
|
lox where he comesx
|
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|
|
enter othello and attendantsx
|
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|
othellox
|
|
o my fair warriorx
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|
desdemonax
|
|
my dear othellox
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|
othellox
|
|
it gives me wonder great as my content
|
|
to see you here before mex o my soulxs joyx
|
|
if after every tempest come such calmsx
|
|
may the winds blow till they have wakenxd deathx
|
|
and let the labouring bark climb hills of seas
|
|
olympusxhighx and duck again as low
|
|
as hellxs from heavenx if it were now to diex
|
|
xtwere now to be most happyx for i fear
|
|
my soul hath her content so absolute
|
|
that not another comfort like to this
|
|
succeeds in unknown fatex
|
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|
desdemonax
|
|
the heavens forbid
|
|
but that our loves and comforts should increase
|
|
even as our days do growx
|
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|
|
othellox
|
|
amen to thatx sweet powersx
|
|
i cannot speak enough of this contentx
|
|
it stops me herex it is too much of joyx
|
|
and thisx and thisx the greatest discords be xxthey kissxxx
|
|
that exer our hearts shall makex
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|
iagox
|
|
xxasidexxx ox you are well tunxd nowx
|
|
but ixll set down the pegs that make this musicx
|
|
as honest as i amx
|
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|
othellox
|
|
comex let us to the castlexx
|
|
newsx friendsx our wars are donex the turks are drownxdx
|
|
how does my old acquaintance of this islex
|
|
honeyx you shall be well desirxd in cyprusx
|
|
i have found great love amongst themx o my sweetx
|
|
i prattle out of fashionx and i dote
|
|
in mine own comfortsxxi pritheex good iagox
|
|
go to the bay and disembark my coffersx
|
|
bring thou the master to the citadelx
|
|
he is a good onex and his worthiness
|
|
does challenge much respectxxcomex desdemonax
|
|
once more well met at cyprusx
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|
|
xxexeunt othellox desdemona and attendantsxxx
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|
|
iagox
|
|
do thou meet me presently at the harbourx come hitherx if thou bexst
|
|
valiantxasx they sayx base men being in love have then a nobility in
|
|
their natures more than is native to themxlist mex the lieutenant
|
|
tonight watches on the court of guardx firstx i must tell thee thisx
|
|
desdemona is directly in love with himx
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|
roderigox
|
|
with himx whyx xtis not possiblex
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|
|
iagox
|
|
lay thy finger thusx and let thy soul be instructedx mark me with what
|
|
violence she first loved the moorx but for braggingx and telling her
|
|
fantastical liesx and will she love him still for pratingx let not thy
|
|
discreet heart think itx her eye must be fedx and what delight shall
|
|
she have to look on the devilx when the blood is made dull with the act
|
|
of sportx there should bex again to inflame it and to give satiety a
|
|
fresh appetitex loveliness in favourx sympathy in yearsx mannersx and
|
|
beautiesx all which the moor is defective inx nowx for want of these
|
|
required conveniencesx her delicate tenderness will find itself abusedx
|
|
begin to heave the gorgex disrelish and abhor the moorx very nature
|
|
will instruct her in itx and compel her to some second choicex now sirx
|
|
this granted xas it is a most pregnant and unforced positionx who
|
|
stands so eminently in the degree of this fortune as cassio doesx a
|
|
knave very volublex no further conscionable than in putting on the mere
|
|
form of civil and humane seemingx for the better compassing of his salt
|
|
and most hidden loose affectionx whyx nonex whyx nonex a slipper and
|
|
subtle knavex a finder out of occasionsx that has an eye can stamp and
|
|
counterfeit advantagesx though true advantage never present itselfx a
|
|
devilish knavex besidesx the knave is handsomex youngx and hath all
|
|
those requisites in him that folly and green minds look afterx a
|
|
pestilent complete knavex and the woman hath found him alreadyx
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|
|
roderigox
|
|
i cannot believe that in herx she is full of most blessed conditionx
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|
iagox
|
|
blest figxs endx the wine she drinks is made of grapesx if she had been
|
|
blessedx she would never have loved the moorx blessed puddingx didst
|
|
thou not see her paddle with the palm of his handx didst not mark thatx
|
|
|
|
roderigox
|
|
yesx that i didx but that was but courtesyx
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|
|
|
iagox
|
|
lecheryx by this handx an index and obscure prologue to the history of
|
|
lust and foul thoughtsx they met so near with their lips that their
|
|
breaths embracxd togetherx villainous thoughtsx roderigox when these
|
|
mutualities so marshal the wayx hard at hand comes the master and main
|
|
exercisex the incorporate conclusionx pishx butx sirx be you ruled by
|
|
mex i have brought you from venicex watch you tonightx for the commandx
|
|
ixll layxt upon youx cassio knows you notx ixll not be far from youx do
|
|
you find some occasion to anger cassiox either by speaking too loudx or
|
|
tainting his disciplinex or from what other course you pleasex which
|
|
the time shall more favourably ministerx
|
|
|
|
roderigox
|
|
wellx
|
|
|
|
iagox
|
|
sirx he is rashx and very sudden in cholerx and haply with his
|
|
truncheon may strike at youx provoke him that he mayx for even out of
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that will i cause these of cyprus to mutinyx whose qualification shall
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come into no true taste again but by the displanting of cassiox so
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shall you have a shorter journey to your desires by the means i shall
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then have to prefer themx and the impediment most profitably removedx
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without the which there were no expectation of our prosperityx
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roderigox
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i will do thisx if i can bring it to any opportunityx
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iagox
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i warrant theex meet me by and by at the citadelx i must fetch his
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necessaries ashorex farewellx
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roderigox
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adieux
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xxexitxxx
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iagox
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that cassio loves herx i do well believe itx
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that she loves himx xtis aptx and of great creditx
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the moorx howbeit that i endure him notx
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is of a constantx lovingx noble naturex
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andx i dare thinkx hexll prove to desdemona
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a most dear husbandx nowx i do love her toox
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not out of absolute lust xthough peradventure
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i stand accountant for as great a sinx
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but partly led to diet my revengex
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for that i do suspect the lusty moor
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hath leapxd into my seatx the thought whereof
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dothx like a poisonous mineralx gnaw my inwardsx
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and nothing can or shall content my soul
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till i am evenxd with himx wife for wifex
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orx failing sox yet that i put the moor
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at least into a jealousy so strong
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that judgement cannot curex which thing to dox
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if this poor trash of venicex whom i trash
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for his quick huntingx stand the putting onx
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ixll have our michael cassio on the hipx
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abuse him to the moor in the rank garb
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xfor i fear cassio with my nightxcap toox
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make the moor thank mex love mex and reward me
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for making him egregiously an ass
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and practicing upon his peace and quiet
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even to madnessx xtis herex but yet confusxdx
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knaveryxs plain face is never seen till usxdx
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xxexitxxx
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scene iix a streetx
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enter othelloxs herald with a proclamationx
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heraldx
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it is othelloxs pleasurex our noble and valiant generalx that upon
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certain tidings now arrivedx importing the mere perdition of the
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turkish fleetx every man put himself into triumphx some to dancex some
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to make bonfiresx each man to what sport and revels his addition leads
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himx for besides these beneficial newsx it is the celebration of his
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nuptialx so much was his pleasure should be proclaimedx all offices are
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openx and there is full liberty of feasting from this present hour of
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five till the bell have told elevenx heaven bless the isle of cyprus
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and our noble general othellox
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xxexitxxx
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scene iiix a hall in the castlex
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enter othellox desdemonax cassio and attendantsx
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othellox
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good michaelx look you to the guard tonightx
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letxs teach ourselves that honourable stopx
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not to outsport discretionx
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cassiox
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iago hath direction what to dox
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but notwithstanding with my personal eye
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will i look toxtx
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othellox
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iago is most honestx
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michaelx good nightx tomorrow with your earliest
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let me have speech with youx xxto desdemonaxxx comex my dear lovex
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the purchase madex the fruits are to ensuex
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that profitxs yet to come xtween me and youxx
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good nightx
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xxexeunt othellox desdemona and attendantsxxx
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enter iagox
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cassiox
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welcomex iagox we must to the watchx
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iagox
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not this hourx lieutenantx xtis not yet ten ox thx clockx our general
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cast us thus early for the love of his desdemonax who let us not
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therefore blamex he hath not yet made wanton the night with herx and
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she is sport for jovex
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cassiox
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shexs a most exquisite ladyx
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iagox
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andx ixll warrant herx full of gamex
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cassiox
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indeedx she is a most fresh and delicate creaturex
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iagox
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what an eye she hasx methinks it sounds a parley to provocationx
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cassiox
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an inviting eyex and yet methinks right modestx
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iagox
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and when she speaksx is it not an alarm to lovex
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cassiox
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she is indeed perfectionx
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iagox
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wellx happiness to their sheetsx comex lieutenantx i have a stoup of
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winex and here without are a brace of cyprus gallants that would fain
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have a measure to the health of black othellox
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cassiox
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not tonightx good iagox i have very poor and unhappy brains for
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drinkingx i could well wish courtesy would invent some other custom of
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entertainmentx
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iagox
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ox they are our friendsx but one cupx ixll drink for youx
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cassiox
|
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i have drunk but one cup tonightx and that was craftily qualified toox
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and beholdx what innovation it makes herex i am unfortunate in the
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infirmityx and dare not task my weakness with any morex
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iagox
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whatx manx xtis a night of revelsx the gallants desire itx
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cassiox
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where are theyx
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iagox
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here at the doorx i pray youx call them inx
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cassiox
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ixll doxtx but it dislikes mex
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xxexitxxx
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iagox
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|
if i can fasten but one cup upon himx
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with that which he hath drunk tonight alreadyx
|
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hexll be as full of quarrel and offence
|
|
as my young mistressx dogx now my sick fool roderigox
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|
whom love hath turnxd almost the wrong side outx
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to desdemona hath tonight carousxd
|
|
potations pottlexdeepx and hexs to watchx
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|
three lads of cyprusx noble swelling spiritsx
|
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that hold their honours in a wary distancex
|
|
the very elements of this warlike islex
|
|
have i tonight flusterxd with flowing cupsx
|
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and they watch toox nowx xmongst this flock of drunkardsx
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|
am i to put our cassio in some action
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|
that may offend the islex but here they comex
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|
if consequence do but approve my dreamx
|
|
my boat sails freelyx both with wind and streamx
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enter cassiox montano and gentlemenx followed by servant with winex
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cassiox
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xfore godx they have given me a rouse alreadyx
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montanox
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good faithx a little onex not past a pintx as i am a soldierx
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iagox
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some winex hox
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xxsingsxxx
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xand let me the cannikin clinkx clinkx
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and let me the cannikin clinkx clinkx
|
|
a soldierxs a manx
|
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ox manxs lifexs but a spanx
|
|
why then let a soldier drinkxx
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some winex boysx
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cassiox
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xfore godx an excellent songx
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iagox
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i learned it in englandx where indeed they are most potent in pottingx
|
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your danex your germanx and your swagxbellied hollanderxxdrinkx hoxxare
|
|
nothing to your englishx
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cassiox
|
|
is your englishman so expert in his drinkingx
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iagox
|
|
whyx he drinks youx with facilityx your dane dead drunkx he sweats not
|
|
to overthrow your almainx he gives your hollander a vomit ere the next
|
|
pottle can be filledx
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cassiox
|
|
to the health of our generalx
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montanox
|
|
i am for itx lieutenantx and ixll do you justicex
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iagox
|
|
o sweet englandx
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|
xxsingsxxx
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|
xking stephen was a worthy peerx
|
|
his breeches cost him but a crownx
|
|
he held them sixpence all too dearx
|
|
with that he callxd the tailor lownx
|
|
he was a wight of high renownx
|
|
and thou art but of low degreex
|
|
xtis pride that pulls the country downx
|
|
then take thine auld cloak about theexx
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|
|
some winex hox
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cassiox
|
|
xfore godx this is a more exquisite song than the otherx
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iagox
|
|
will you hear xt againx
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cassiox
|
|
nox for i hold him to be unworthy of his place that does those thingsx
|
|
wellx godxs above allx and there be souls must be savedx and there be
|
|
souls must not be savedx
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iagox
|
|
itxs truex good lieutenantx
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cassiox
|
|
for mine own partx no offence to the generalx nor any man of qualityx i
|
|
hope to be savedx
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|
iagox
|
|
and so do i toox lieutenantx
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|
cassiox
|
|
ayx butx by your leavex not before mex the lieutenant is to be saved
|
|
before the ancientx letxs have no more of thisx letxs to our affairsx
|
|
forgive us our sinsx gentlemenx letxs look to our businessx do not
|
|
thinkx gentlemenx i am drunkx this is my ancientx this is my right
|
|
handx and this is my leftx i am not drunk nowx i can stand well enoughx
|
|
and i speak well enoughx
|
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|
allx
|
|
excellent wellx
|
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|
cassiox
|
|
whyx very well thenx you must not thinkx thenx that i am drunkx
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|
xxexitxxx
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montanox
|
|
to the platformx mastersx comex letxs set the watchx
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|
iagox
|
|
you see this fellow that is gone beforex
|
|
he is a soldier fit to stand by cxsar
|
|
and give directionx and do but see his vicex
|
|
xtis to his virtue a just equinoxx
|
|
the one as long as thx otherx xtis pity of himx
|
|
i fear the trust othello puts him inx
|
|
on some odd time of his infirmityx
|
|
will shake this islandx
|
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|
montanox
|
|
but is he often thusx
|
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|
iagox
|
|
xtis evermore the prologue to his sleepx
|
|
hexll watch the horologe a double set
|
|
if drink rock not his cradlex
|
|
|
|
montanox
|
|
it were well
|
|
the general were put in mind of itx
|
|
perhaps he sees it notx or his good nature
|
|
prizes the virtue that appears in cassiox
|
|
and looks not on his evilsx is not this truex
|
|
|
|
enter roderigox
|
|
|
|
iagox
|
|
xxaside to himxxx how nowx roderigox
|
|
i pray youx after the lieutenantx gox
|
|
|
|
xxexit roderigoxxx
|
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|
montanox
|
|
and xtis great pity that the noble moor
|
|
should hazard such a place as his own second
|
|
with one of an ingraft infirmityx
|
|
it were an honest action to say so
|
|
to the moorx
|
|
|
|
iagox
|
|
not ix for this fair islandx
|
|
i do love cassio well and would do much
|
|
to cure him of this evilx butx harkx what noisex
|
|
|
|
xxcry withinxx xhelpx helpxxx
|
|
|
|
enter cassiox driving in roderigox
|
|
|
|
cassiox
|
|
zoundsx you roguex you rascalx
|
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|
|
montanox
|
|
whatxs the matterx lieutenantx
|
|
|
|
cassiox
|
|
a knave teach me my dutyx ixll beat the knave into a twiggen bottlex
|
|
|
|
roderigox
|
|
beat mex
|
|
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|
cassiox
|
|
dost thou pratex roguex
|
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|
|
xxstriking roderigoxxx
|
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|
montanox
|
|
nayx good lieutenantx
|
|
i pray youx sirx hold your handx
|
|
|
|
cassiox
|
|
let me gox sirx
|
|
or ixll knock you oxer the mazardx
|
|
|
|
montanox
|
|
comex comex youxre drunkx
|
|
|
|
cassiox
|
|
drunkx
|
|
|
|
xxthey fightxxx
|
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|
iagox
|
|
xxaside to roderigoxxx awayx i sayx go out and cry a mutinyx
|
|
|
|
xxexit roderigoxxx
|
|
|
|
nayx good lieutenantx godxs willx gentlemenx
|
|
helpx hoxxlieutenantxxsirxxmontanoxxsirxx
|
|
helpx mastersx herexs a goodly watch indeedx
|
|
|
|
xxa bell ringsxxx
|
|
|
|
whoxs that which rings the bellxxdiablox hox
|
|
the town will risex godxs willx lieutenantx holdx
|
|
you will be shamxd foreverx
|
|
|
|
enter othello and attendantsx
|
|
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|
othellox
|
|
what is the matter herex
|
|
|
|
montanox
|
|
zoundsx i bleed stillx i am hurt to the deathx
|
|
|
|
othellox
|
|
holdx for your livesx
|
|
|
|
iagox
|
|
holdx hox lieutenantxxsirxxmontanoxxgentlemenxx
|
|
have you forgot all place of sense and dutyx
|
|
holdx the general speaks to youx holdx holdx for shamex
|
|
|
|
othellox
|
|
whyx how nowx hox from whence ariseth thisx
|
|
are we turnxd turksx and to ourselves do that
|
|
which heaven hath forbid the ottomitesx
|
|
for christian shamex put by this barbarous brawlx
|
|
he that stirs next to carve for his own rage
|
|
holds his soul lightx he dies upon his motionx
|
|
silence that dreadful bellx it frights the isle
|
|
from her proprietyx what is the matterx mastersx
|
|
honest iagox that looks dead with grievingx
|
|
speakx who began thisx on thy lovex i charge theex
|
|
|
|
iagox
|
|
i do not knowx friends all but nowx even nowx
|
|
in quarterx and in terms like bride and groom
|
|
devesting them for bedx and thenx but nowx
|
|
as if some planet had unwitted menx
|
|
swords outx and tilting one at otherxs breastx
|
|
in opposition bloodyx i cannot speak
|
|
any beginning to this peevish oddsx
|
|
and would in action glorious i had lost
|
|
those legs that brought me to a part of itx
|
|
|
|
othellox
|
|
how comes itx michaelx you are thus forgotx
|
|
|
|
cassiox
|
|
i pray youx pardon mex i cannot speakx
|
|
|
|
othellox
|
|
worthy montanox you were wont be civilx
|
|
the gravity and stillness of your youth
|
|
the world hath notedx and your name is great
|
|
in mouths of wisest censurex whatxs the matterx
|
|
that you unlace your reputation thusx
|
|
and spend your rich opinion for the name
|
|
of a nightxbrawlerx give me answer to itx
|
|
|
|
montanox
|
|
worthy othellox i am hurt to dangerx
|
|
your officerx iagox can inform youx
|
|
while i spare speechx which something now offends mex
|
|
of all that i do knowx nor know i aught
|
|
by me thatxs said or done amiss this nightx
|
|
unless selfxcharity be sometimes a vicex
|
|
and to defend ourselves it be a sin
|
|
when violence assails usx
|
|
|
|
othellox
|
|
nowx by heavenx
|
|
my blood begins my safer guides to rulex
|
|
and passionx having my best judgement colliedx
|
|
assays to lead the wayx zoundsx if i stirx
|
|
or do but lift this armx the best of you
|
|
shall sink in my rebukex give me to know
|
|
how this foul rout beganx who set it onx
|
|
and he that is approvxd in this offencex
|
|
though he had twinnxd with mex both at a birthx
|
|
shall lose mex whatx in a town of warx
|
|
yet wildx the peoplexs hearts brimful of fearx
|
|
to manage private and domestic quarrelx
|
|
in nightx and on the court and guard of safetyx
|
|
xtis monstrousx iagox who beganxtx
|
|
|
|
montanox
|
|
if partially affinxdx or leaguxd in officex
|
|
thou dost deliver more or less than truthx
|
|
thou art no soldierx
|
|
|
|
iagox
|
|
touch me not so nearx
|
|
i had rather have this tongue cut from my mouth
|
|
than it should do offence to michael cassiox
|
|
yet i persuade myselfx to speak the truth
|
|
shall nothing wrong himx thus it isx generalx
|
|
montano and myself being in speechx
|
|
there comes a fellow crying out for helpx
|
|
and cassio following him with determinxd swordx
|
|
to execute upon himx sirx this gentleman
|
|
steps in to cassio and entreats his pausex
|
|
myself the crying fellow did pursuex
|
|
lest by his clamour xas it so fell outx
|
|
the town might fall in frightx hex swift of footx
|
|
outran my purposex and i returnxd the rather
|
|
for that i heard the clink and fall of swordsx
|
|
and cassio high in oathx which till tonight
|
|
i nexer might say beforex when i came backx
|
|
xfor this was briefx i found them close togetherx
|
|
at blow and thrustx even as again they were
|
|
when you yourself did part themx
|
|
more of this matter cannot i reportx
|
|
but men are menx the best sometimes forgetx
|
|
though cassio did some little wrong to himx
|
|
as men in rage strike those that wish them bestx
|
|
yet surely cassiox i believex receivxd
|
|
from him that fled some strange indignityx
|
|
which patience could not passx
|
|
|
|
othellox
|
|
i knowx iagox
|
|
thy honesty and love doth mince this matterx
|
|
making it light to cassiox cassiox i love theex
|
|
but never more be officer of minex
|
|
|
|
enter desdemonax attendedx
|
|
|
|
lookx if my gentle love be not raisxd upx
|
|
ixll make thee an examplex
|
|
|
|
desdemonax
|
|
whatxs the matterx
|
|
|
|
othellox
|
|
allxs well nowx sweetingx come away to bedx
|
|
sirx for your hurtsx myself will be your surgeonx
|
|
lead him offx
|
|
|
|
xxmontano is led offxxx
|
|
|
|
iagox look with care about the townx
|
|
and silence those whom this vile brawl distractedx
|
|
comex desdemonax xtis the soldiersx life
|
|
to have their balmy slumbers wakxd with strifex
|
|
|
|
xxexeunt all but iago and cassioxxx
|
|
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|
iagox
|
|
whatx are you hurtx lieutenantx
|
|
|
|
cassiox
|
|
ayx past all surgeryx
|
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|
iagox
|
|
marryx heaven forbidx
|
|
|
|
cassiox
|
|
reputationx reputationx reputationx ox i have lost my reputationx i
|
|
have lost the immortal part of myselfx and what remains is bestialx my
|
|
reputationx iagox my reputationx
|
|
|
|
iagox
|
|
as i am an honest manx i thought you had received some bodily woundx
|
|
there is more sense in that than in reputationx reputation is an idle
|
|
and most false impositionx oft got without merit and lost without
|
|
deservingx you have lost no reputation at allx unless you repute
|
|
yourself such a loserx whatx manx there are ways to recover the general
|
|
againx you are but now cast in his moodx a punishment more in policy
|
|
than in malicex even so as one would beat his offenceless dog to
|
|
affright an imperious lionx sue to him againx and hexs yoursx
|
|
|
|
cassiox
|
|
i will rather sue to be despised than to deceive so good a commander
|
|
with so slightx so drunkenx and so indiscreet an officerx drunkx and
|
|
speak parrotx and squabblex swaggerx swearx and discourse fustian with
|
|
onexs own shadowx o thou invisible spirit of winex if thou hast no name
|
|
to be known byx let us call thee devilx
|
|
|
|
iagox
|
|
what was he that you followed with your swordx what had he done to youx
|
|
|
|
cassiox
|
|
i know notx
|
|
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|
iagox
|
|
isxt possiblex
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|
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|
cassiox
|
|
i remember a mass of thingsx but nothing distinctlyx a quarrelx but
|
|
nothing whereforex o godx that men should put an enemy in their mouths
|
|
to steal away their brainsx that we should with joyx pleasancex revelx
|
|
and applausex transform ourselves into beastsx
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iagox
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whyx but you are now well enoughx how came you thus recoveredx
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cassiox
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it hath pleased the devil drunkenness to give place to the devil wrathx
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one unperfectness shows me anotherx to make me frankly despise myselfx
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iagox
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comex you are too severe a moralerx as the timex the placex and the
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condition of this country standsx i could heartily wish this had not
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befallenx but since it is as it isx mend it for your own goodx
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cassiox
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i will ask him for my place againx he shall tell me i am a drunkardx
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had i as many mouths as hydrax such an answer would stop them allx to
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be now a sensible manx by and by a foolx and presently a beastx o
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strangex every inordinate cup is unblessxdx and the ingredient is a
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devilx
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iagox
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comex comex good wine is a good familiar creaturex if it be well usedx
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exclaim no more against itx andx good lieutenantx i think you think i
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love youx
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cassiox
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i have well approved itx sirxxi drunkx
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iagox
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youx or any man livingx may be drunk at a timex manx ixll tell you what
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you shall dox our generalxs wife is now the generalx i may say so in
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this respectx for that he hath devoted and given up himself to the
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contemplationx markx and denotement of her parts and gracesx confess
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yourself freely to herx importune her help to put you in your place
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againx she is of so freex so kindx so aptx so blessed a dispositionx
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she holds it a vice in her goodness not to do more than she is
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requestedx this broken joint between you and her husband entreat her to
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splinterx andx my fortunes against any lay worth namingx this crack of
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your love shall grow stronger than it was beforex
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cassiox
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you advise me wellx
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iagox
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i protestx in the sincerity of love and honest kindnessx
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cassiox
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i think it freelyx and betimes in the morning i will beseech the
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virtuous desdemona to undertake for mex i am desperate of my fortunes
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if they check me herex
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iagox
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you are in the rightx good nightx lieutenantx i must to the watchx
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cassiox
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good nightx honest iagox
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xxexitxxx
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iagox
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and whatxs he thenx that says i play the villainx
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when this advice is free i give and honestx
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probal to thinkingx and indeed the course
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to win the moor againx for xtis most easy
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the inclining desdemona to subdue
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in any honest suitx shexs framxd as fruitful
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as the free elementsx and then for her
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to win the moorx werext to renounce his baptismx
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all seals and symbols of redeemed sinx
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his soul is so enfetterxd to her love
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that she may makex unmakex do what she listx
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even as her appetite shall play the god
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with his weak functionx how am i thenx a villain
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to counsel cassio to this parallel coursex
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directly to his goodx divinity of hellx
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when devils will the blackest sins put onx
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they do suggest at first with heavenly showsx
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as i do nowx for whiles this honest fool
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plies desdemona to repair his fortunex
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and she for him pleads strongly to the moorx
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ixll pour this pestilence into his earx
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that she repeals him for her bodyxs lustx
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and by how much she strives to do him goodx
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she shall undo her credit with the moorx
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so will i turn her virtue into pitchx
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and out of her own goodness make the net
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that shall enmesh them allx
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enter roderigox
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how nowx roderigox
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roderigox
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i do follow here in the chasex not like a hound that huntsx but one
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that fills up the cryx my money is almost spentx i have been tonight
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exceedingly well cudgelledx and i think the issue will bex i shall have
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so much experience for my painsx and sox with no money at all and a
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little more witx return again to venicex
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iagox
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how poor are they that have not patiencex
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what wound did ever heal but by degreesx
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thou knowxst we work by witx and not by witchcraftx
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and wit depends on dilatory timex
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doesxt not go wellx cassio hath beaten theex
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and thoux by that small hurtx hast cashierxd cassiox
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though other things grow fair against the sunx
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yet fruits that blossom first will first be ripex
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content thyself awhilex by the massx xtis morningx
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pleasure and action make the hours seem shortx
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retire theex go where thou art billetedx
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awayx i sayx thou shalt know more hereafterx
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nayx get thee gonex
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xxexit roderigoxxx
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two things are to be donex
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my wife must move for cassio to her mistressx
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ixll set her onx
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myself the while to draw the moor apartx
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and bring him jump when he may cassio find
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soliciting his wifex ayx thatxs the wayx
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dull not device by coldness and delayx
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xxexitxxx
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act iii
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scene ix cyprusx before the castlex
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enter cassio and some musiciansx
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cassiox
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mastersx play herex i will content your painsx
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something thatxs briefx and bid xgood morrowx generalxx
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xxmusicxxx
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enter clownx
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clownx
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whyx mastersx have your instruments been in naplesx that they speak ix
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the nose thusx
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first musicianx
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howx sirx howx
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clownx
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are thesex i pray youx wind instrumentsx
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first musicianx
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ayx marryx are theyx sirx
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clownx
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ox thereby hangs a tailx
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first musicianx
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whereby hangs a talex sirx
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clownx
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marryx sirx by many a wind instrument that i knowx butx mastersx herexs
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money for youx and the general so likes your musicx that he desires
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youx for lovexs sakex to make no more noise with itx
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first musicianx
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wellx sirx we will notx
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clownx
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if you have any music that may not be heardx toxt againx butx as they
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sayx to hear music the general does not greatly carex
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first musicianx
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we have none suchx sirx
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clownx
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then put up your pipes in your bagx for ixll awayx gox vanish into airx
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awayx
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xxexeunt musiciansxxx
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cassiox
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dost thou hearx mine honest friendx
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clownx
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nox i hear not your honest friendx i hear youx
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cassiox
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pritheex keep up thy quilletsx therexs a poor piece of gold for theex
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if the gentlewoman that attends the generalxs wife be stirringx tell
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her therexs one cassio entreats her a little favour of speechx wilt
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thou do thisx
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clownx
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she is stirringx sirx if she will stir hitherx i shall seem to notify
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unto herx
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cassiox
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dox good my friendx
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xxexit clownxxx
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enter iagox
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in happy timex iagox
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iagox
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you have not been axbedx thenx
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cassiox
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whyx nox the day had broke
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before we partedx i have made boldx iagox
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to send in to your wifex my suit to her
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isx that she will to virtuous desdemona
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procure me some accessx
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iagox
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ixll send her to you presentlyx
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and ixll devise a mean to draw the moor
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out of the wayx that your converse and business
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may be more freex
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cassiox
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i humbly thank you forxtx
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xxexit iagoxxx
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i never knew
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a florentine more kind and honestx
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enter emiliax
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emiliax
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good morrowx good lieutenantx i am sorry
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for your displeasurex but all will sure be wellx
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the general and his wife are talking of itx
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and she speaks for you stoutlyx the moor replies
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|
that he you hurt is of great fame in cyprus
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|
and great affinityx and that in wholesome wisdom
|
|
he might not but refuse youx but he protests he loves you
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and needs no other suitor but his likings
|
|
to take the safest occasion by the front
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to bring you in againx
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cassiox
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yetx i beseech youx
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if you think fitx or that it may be donex
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give me advantage of some brief discourse
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with desdemona alonex
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emiliax
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pray youx come inx
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i will bestow you where you shall have time
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to speak your bosom freelyx
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cassiox
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i am much bound to youx
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene iix cyprusx a room in the castlex
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enter othellox iago and gentlemenx
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othellox
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these letters givex iagox to the pilotx
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and by him do my duties to the senatex
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that donex i will be walking on the worksx
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|
repair there to mex
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iagox
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wellx my good lordx ixll doxtx
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othellox
|
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this fortificationx gentlemenx shall we seextx
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gentlemenx
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wexll wait upon your lordshipx
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xxexeuntxxx
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|
scene iiix cyprusx the garden of the castlex
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enter desdemonax cassio and emiliax
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desdemonax
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be thou assuredx good cassiox i will do
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|
all my abilities in thy behalfx
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emiliax
|
|
good madamx dox i warrant it grieves my husband
|
|
as if the cause were hisx
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desdemonax
|
|
ox thatxs an honest fellowx do not doubtx cassiox
|
|
but i will have my lord and you again
|
|
as friendly as you werex
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cassiox
|
|
bounteous madamx
|
|
whatever shall become of michael cassiox
|
|
hexs never anything but your true servantx
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desdemonax
|
|
i knowxtx i thank youx you do love my lordx
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|
you have known him longx and be you well assurxd
|
|
he shall in strangeness stand no farther off
|
|
than in a politic distancex
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cassiox
|
|
ayx butx ladyx
|
|
that policy may either last so longx
|
|
or feed upon such nice and waterish dietx
|
|
or breed itself so out of circumstancex
|
|
thatx i being absentx and my place suppliedx
|
|
my general will forget my love and servicex
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|
desdemonax
|
|
do not doubt thatx before emilia here
|
|
i give thee warrant of thy placex assure theex
|
|
if i do vow a friendshipx ixll perform it
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|
to the last articlex my lord shall never restx
|
|
ixll watch him tamex and talk him out of patiencex
|
|
his bed shall seem a schoolx his board a shriftx
|
|
ixll intermingle everything he does
|
|
with cassioxs suitx therefore be merryx cassiox
|
|
for thy solicitor shall rather die
|
|
than give thy cause awayx
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|
enter othello and iagox
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emiliax
|
|
madamx here comes my lordx
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|
cassiox
|
|
madamx ixll take my leavex
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desdemonax
|
|
whyx stayx and hear me speakx
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cassiox
|
|
madamx not nowx i am very ill at easex
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|
unfit for mine own purposesx
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desdemonax
|
|
wellx do your discretionx
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|
xxexit cassioxxx
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iagox
|
|
hax i like not thatx
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|
othellox
|
|
what dost thou sayx
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|
iagox
|
|
nothingx my lordx or ifxi know not whatx
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|
othellox
|
|
was not that cassio parted from my wifex
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|
iagox
|
|
cassiox my lordx nox surex i cannot think itx
|
|
that he would steal away so guiltyxlikex
|
|
seeing you comingx
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|
othellox
|
|
i do believe xtwas hex
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|
desdemonax
|
|
how nowx my lordx
|
|
i have been talking with a suitor herex
|
|
a man that languishes in your displeasurex
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|
othellox
|
|
who isxt you meanx
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|
desdemonax
|
|
whyx your lieutenantx cassiox good my lordx
|
|
if i have any grace or power to move youx
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|
his present reconciliation takex
|
|
for if he be not one that truly loves youx
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|
that errs in ignorance and not in cunningx
|
|
i have no judgement in an honest facex
|
|
i prithee call him backx
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|
othellox
|
|
went he hence nowx
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|
desdemonax
|
|
ayx soothx so humbled
|
|
that he hath left part of his grief with me
|
|
to suffer with himx good lovex call him backx
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|
othellox
|
|
not nowx sweet desdemonx some other timex
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|
desdemonax
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|
but shallxt be shortlyx
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|
othellox
|
|
the soonerx sweetx for youx
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|
desdemonax
|
|
shallxt be tonight at supperx
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|
othellox
|
|
nox not tonightx
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desdemonax
|
|
tomorrow dinner thenx
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|
othellox
|
|
i shall not dine at homex
|
|
i meet the captains at the citadelx
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|
desdemonax
|
|
why then tomorrow nightx or tuesday mornx
|
|
on tuesday noonx or nightx on wednesday mornx
|
|
i prithee name the timex but let it not
|
|
exceed three daysx in faithx hexs penitentx
|
|
and yet his trespassx in our common reasonx
|
|
xsave thatx they sayx the wars must make examples
|
|
out of their bestx is not almost a fault
|
|
to incur a private checkx when shall he comex
|
|
tell mex othellox i wonder in my soulx
|
|
what you would ask mex that i should denyx
|
|
or stand so mammering onx whatx michael cassiox
|
|
that came axwooing with youx and so many a timex
|
|
when i have spoke of you dispraisinglyx
|
|
hath taxen your partx to have so much to do
|
|
to bring him inx trust mex i could do muchx
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|
othellox
|
|
prithee no morex let him come when he willx
|
|
i will deny thee nothingx
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|
desdemonax
|
|
whyx this is not a boonx
|
|
xtis as i should entreat you wear your glovesx
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|
or feed on nourishing dishesx or keep you warmx
|
|
or sue to you to do a peculiar profit
|
|
to your own personx nayx when i have a suit
|
|
wherein i mean to touch your love indeedx
|
|
it shall be full of poise and difficult weightx
|
|
and fearful to be grantedx
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|
othellox
|
|
i will deny thee nothingx
|
|
whereonx i do beseech theex grant me thisx
|
|
to leave me but a little to myselfx
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|
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|
desdemonax
|
|
shall i deny youx nox farewellx my lordx
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|
othellox
|
|
farewellx my desdemonax ixll come to thee straightx
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|
desdemonax
|
|
emiliax comex be as your fancies teach youx
|
|
whatexer you bex i am obedientx
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|
xxexit with emiliaxxx
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|
othellox
|
|
excellent wretchx perdition catch my soulx
|
|
but i do love theex and when i love thee notx
|
|
chaos is come againx
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|
iagox
|
|
my noble lordxx
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|
othellox
|
|
what dost thou sayx iagox
|
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|
iagox
|
|
did michael cassiox when you wooxd my ladyx
|
|
know of your lovex
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|
othellox
|
|
he didx from first to lastx why dost thou askx
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iagox
|
|
but for a satisfaction of my thoughtx
|
|
no further harmx
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othellox
|
|
why of thy thoughtx iagox
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iagox
|
|
i did not think he had been acquainted with herx
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|
othellox
|
|
o yesx and went between us very oftx
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|
iagox
|
|
indeedx
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|
othellox
|
|
indeedx ayx indeedx discernxst thou aught in thatx
|
|
is he not honestx
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|
iagox
|
|
honestx my lordx
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|
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|
othellox
|
|
honestx ayx honestx
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|
iagox
|
|
my lordx for aught i knowx
|
|
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|
othellox
|
|
what dost thou thinkx
|
|
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|
iagox
|
|
thinkx my lordx
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|
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|
othellox
|
|
thinkx my lordx by heavenx he echoes mex
|
|
as if there were some monster in his thought
|
|
too hideous to be shownx thou dost mean somethingx
|
|
i heard thee say even nowx thou likxst not thatx
|
|
when cassio left my wifex what didst not likex
|
|
and when i told thee he was of my counsel
|
|
in my whole course of wooingx thou criedstx xindeedxx
|
|
and didst contract and purse thy brow togetherx
|
|
as if thou then hadst shut up in thy brain
|
|
some horrible conceitx if thou dost love mex
|
|
show me thy thoughtx
|
|
|
|
iagox
|
|
my lordx you know i love youx
|
|
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|
othellox
|
|
i think thou dostx
|
|
and for i know thouxrt full of love and honesty
|
|
and weighxst thy words before thou givxst them breathx
|
|
therefore these stops of thine fright me the morex
|
|
for such things in a false disloyal knave
|
|
are tricks of customx but in a man thatxs justx
|
|
theyxre close dilationsx working from the heartx
|
|
that passion cannot rulex
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|
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|
iagox
|
|
for michael cassiox
|
|
i dare be sworn i think that he is honestx
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|
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|
othellox
|
|
i think so toox
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|
iagox
|
|
men should be what they seemx
|
|
or those that be notx would they might seem nonex
|
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|
othellox
|
|
certainx men should be what they seemx
|
|
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|
iagox
|
|
why thenx i think cassioxs an honest manx
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|
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|
othellox
|
|
nayx yet therexs more in thisx
|
|
i pritheex speak to me as to thy thinkingsx
|
|
as thou dost ruminatex and give thy worst of thoughts
|
|
the worst of wordsx
|
|
|
|
iagox
|
|
good my lordx pardon mex
|
|
though i am bound to every act of dutyx
|
|
i am not bound to that all slaves are free tox
|
|
utter my thoughtsx whyx say they are vile and falsex
|
|
as wherexs that palace whereinto foul things
|
|
sometimes intrude notx who has a breast so pure
|
|
but some uncleanly apprehensions
|
|
keep leets and lawxdaysx and in session sit
|
|
with meditations lawfulx
|
|
|
|
othellox
|
|
thou dost conspire against thy friendx iagox
|
|
if thou but thinkxst him wrongxd and makxst his ear
|
|
a stranger to thy thoughtsx
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|
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|
iagox
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i do beseech youx
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though i perchance am vicious in my guessx
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asx i confessx it is my naturexs plague
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to spy into abusesx and of my jealousy
|
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shapes faults that are notxxthat your wisdom
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from one that so imperfectly conceitsx
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would take no noticex nor build yourself a trouble
|
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out of his scattering and unsure observancex
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it were not for your quiet nor your goodx
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nor for my manhoodx honestyx or wisdomx
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to let you know my thoughtsx
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othellox
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what dost thou meanx
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iagox
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good name in man and womanx dear my lordx
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is the immediate jewel of their soulsx
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who steals my purse steals trashx xtis somethingx nothingx
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xtwas minex xtis hisx and has been slave to thousandsx
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but he that filches from me my good name
|
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robs me of that which not enriches him
|
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and makes me poor indeedx
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othellox
|
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by heavenx ixll know thy thoughtsx
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iagox
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you cannotx if my heart were in your handx
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nor shall notx whilst xtis in my custodyx
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othellox
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hax
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iagox
|
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ox bewarex my lordx of jealousyx
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it is the greenxeyxd monster which doth mock
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the meat it feeds onx that cuckold lives in bliss
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whox certain of his fatex loves not his wrongerx
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but ox what damned minutes tells he oxer
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who dotesx yet doubtsx suspectsx yet strongly lovesx
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othellox
|
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o miseryx
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iagox
|
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poor and content is richx and rich enoughx
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but riches fineless is as poor as winter
|
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to him that ever fears he shall be poorx
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good heavenx the souls of all my tribe defend
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from jealousyx
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othellox
|
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whyx why is thisx
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thinkxst thou ixd make a life of jealousyx
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to follow still the changes of the moon
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with fresh suspicionsx nox to be once in doubt
|
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is once to be resolvxdx exchange me for a goat
|
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when i shall turn the business of my soul
|
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to such exsufflicate and blown surmisesx
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matching thy inferencex xtis not to make me jealousx
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to say my wife is fairx feeds wellx loves companyx
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is free of speechx singsx playsx and dances wellx
|
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where virtue isx these are more virtuousx
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nor from mine own weak merits will i draw
|
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the smallest fear or doubt of her revoltx
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for she had eyesx and chose mex nox iagox
|
|
ixll see before i doubtx when i doubtx provex
|
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and on the proofx there is no more but thisx
|
|
away at once with love or jealousyx
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iagox
|
|
i am glad of itx for now i shall have reason
|
|
to show the love and duty that i bear you
|
|
with franker spiritx thereforex as i am boundx
|
|
receive it from mex i speak not yet of proofx
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look to your wifex observe her well with cassiox
|
|
wear your eye thusx not jealous nor securex
|
|
i would not have your free and noble naturex
|
|
out of selfxbountyx be abusxdx look toxtx
|
|
i know our country disposition wellx
|
|
in venice they do let heaven see the pranks
|
|
they dare not show their husbandsx their best conscience
|
|
is not to leave undonex but keep unknownx
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othellox
|
|
dost thou say sox
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iagox
|
|
she did deceive her fatherx marrying youx
|
|
and when she seemxd to shake and fear your looksx
|
|
she loved them mostx
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|
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|
othellox
|
|
and so she didx
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iagox
|
|
whyx go to thenx
|
|
she that so young could give out such a seemingx
|
|
to seal her fatherxs eyes up close as oakx
|
|
he thought xtwas witchcraftx but i am much to blamex
|
|
i humbly do beseech you of your pardon
|
|
for too much loving youx
|
|
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|
othellox
|
|
i am bound to thee for everx
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|
|
|
iagox
|
|
i see this hath a little dashxd your spiritsx
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|
othellox
|
|
not a jotx not a jotx
|
|
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|
iagox
|
|
trust mex i fear it hasx
|
|
i hope you will consider what is spoke
|
|
comes from my lovex but i do see youxre movxdx
|
|
i am to pray you not to strain my speech
|
|
to grosser issues nor to larger reach
|
|
than to suspicionx
|
|
|
|
othellox
|
|
i will notx
|
|
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|
iagox
|
|
should you do sox my lordx
|
|
my speech should fall into such vile success
|
|
which my thoughts aimxd notx cassioxs my worthy friendx
|
|
my lordx i see youxre movxdx
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othellox
|
|
nox not much movxdx
|
|
i do not think but desdemonaxs honestx
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|
iagox
|
|
long live she sox and long live you to think sox
|
|
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|
othellox
|
|
and yetx how nature erring from itselfx
|
|
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|
iagox
|
|
ayx therexs the pointx asx to be bold with youx
|
|
not to affect many proposed matchesx
|
|
of her own climex complexionx and degreex
|
|
whereto we see in all things nature tendsx
|
|
fohx one may smell in such a will most rankx
|
|
foul disproportionx thoughts unnaturalx
|
|
but pardon mex i do not in position
|
|
distinctly speak of herx though i may fear
|
|
her willx recoiling to her better judgementx
|
|
may fall to match you with her country formsx
|
|
and happily repentx
|
|
|
|
othellox
|
|
farewellx farewellx
|
|
if more thou dost perceivex let me know morex
|
|
set on thy wife to observex leave mex iagox
|
|
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|
iagox
|
|
xxgoingxxx my lordx i take my leavex
|
|
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|
othellox
|
|
why did i marryx this honest creature doubtless
|
|
sees and knows morex much morex than he unfoldsx
|
|
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iagox
|
|
xxreturningxxx my lordx i would i might entreat your honour
|
|
to scan this thing no furtherx leave it to timex
|
|
though it be fit that cassio have his placex
|
|
for sure he fills it up with great abilityx
|
|
yet if you please to hold him off awhilex
|
|
you shall by that perceive him and his meansx
|
|
note if your lady strain his entertainment
|
|
with any strong or vehement importunityx
|
|
much will be seen in thatx in the meantimex
|
|
let me be thought too busy in my fears
|
|
xas worthy cause i have to fear i amx
|
|
and hold her freex i do beseech your honourx
|
|
|
|
othellox
|
|
fear not my governmentx
|
|
|
|
iagox
|
|
i once more take my leavex
|
|
|
|
xxexitxxx
|
|
|
|
othellox
|
|
this fellowxs of exceeding honestyx
|
|
and knows all qualitiesx with a learned spiritx
|
|
of human dealingsx if i do prove her haggardx
|
|
though that her jesses were my dear heartstringsx
|
|
ixd whistle her offx and let her down the wind
|
|
to prey at fortunex haplyx for i am blackx
|
|
and have not those soft parts of conversation
|
|
that chamberers havex or for i am declinxd
|
|
into the vale of yearsxxyet thatxs not muchx
|
|
shexs gonex i am abusxdx and my relief
|
|
must be to loathe herx o curse of marriagex
|
|
that we can call these delicate creatures oursx
|
|
and not their appetitesx i had rather be a toadx
|
|
and live upon the vapour of a dungeonx
|
|
than keep a corner in the thing i love
|
|
for othersx usesx yetx xtis the plague of great onesx
|
|
prerogativxd are they less than the basex
|
|
xtis destiny unshunnablex like deathx
|
|
even then this forked plague is fated to us
|
|
when we do quickenx desdemona comesx
|
|
if she be falsex ox then heaven mocks itselfx
|
|
ixll not believextx
|
|
|
|
enter desdemona and emiliax
|
|
|
|
desdemonax
|
|
how nowx my dear othellox
|
|
your dinnerx and the generous islanders
|
|
by you invitedx do attend your presencex
|
|
|
|
othellox
|
|
i am to blamex
|
|
|
|
desdemonax
|
|
why do you speak so faintlyx
|
|
are you not wellx
|
|
|
|
othellox
|
|
i have a pain upon my forehead herex
|
|
|
|
desdemonax
|
|
faithx thatxs with watchingx xtwill away againx
|
|
let me but bind it hardx within this hour
|
|
it will be wellx
|
|
|
|
othellox
|
|
your napkin is too littlex
|
|
|
|
xxhe puts the handkerchief from himx and she drops itxxx
|
|
|
|
let it alonex comex ixll go in with youx
|
|
|
|
desdemonax
|
|
i am very sorry that you are not wellx
|
|
|
|
xxexeunt othello and desdemonaxxx
|
|
|
|
emiliax
|
|
i am glad i have found this napkinx
|
|
this was her first remembrance from the moorx
|
|
my wayward husband hath a hundred times
|
|
wooxd me to steal itx but she so loves the tokenx
|
|
for he conjurxd her she should ever keep itx
|
|
that she reserves it evermore about her
|
|
to kiss and talk tox ixll have the work taxen outx
|
|
and givext iagox what he will do with it
|
|
heaven knowsx not ix
|
|
i nothing but to please his fantasyx
|
|
|
|
enter iagox
|
|
|
|
iagox
|
|
how nowx what do you here alonex
|
|
|
|
emiliax
|
|
do not you chidex i have a thing for youx
|
|
|
|
iagox
|
|
a thing for mex it is a common thingx
|
|
|
|
emiliax
|
|
hax
|
|
|
|
iagox
|
|
to have a foolish wifex
|
|
|
|
emiliax
|
|
ox is that allx what will you give me now
|
|
for that same handkerchiefx
|
|
|
|
iagox
|
|
what handkerchiefx
|
|
|
|
emiliax
|
|
what handkerchiefx
|
|
whyx that the moor first gave to desdemonax
|
|
that which so often you did bid me stealx
|
|
|
|
iagox
|
|
hast stolxn it from herx
|
|
|
|
emiliax
|
|
nox faithx she let it drop by negligencex
|
|
andx to the advantagex i being herex took xt upx
|
|
lookx here it isx
|
|
|
|
iagox
|
|
a good wenchx give it mex
|
|
|
|
emiliax
|
|
what will you do withxtx that you have been so earnest
|
|
to have me filch itx
|
|
|
|
iagox
|
|
xxsnatching itxxx whyx whatxs that to youx
|
|
|
|
emiliax
|
|
if it be not for some purpose of importx
|
|
give xt me againx poor ladyx shexll run mad
|
|
when she shall lack itx
|
|
|
|
iagox
|
|
be not acknown onxtx i have use for itx
|
|
gox leave mex
|
|
|
|
xxexit emiliaxxx
|
|
|
|
i will in cassioxs lodging lose this napkinx
|
|
and let him find itx trifles light as air
|
|
are to the jealous confirmations strong
|
|
as proofs of holy writx this may do somethingx
|
|
the moor already changes with my poisonx
|
|
dangerous conceits are in their natures poisonsx
|
|
which at the first are scarce found to distastex
|
|
but with a little act upon the blood
|
|
burn like the mines of sulphurx i did say sox
|
|
|
|
enter othellox
|
|
|
|
lookx where he comesx not poppyx nor mandragorax
|
|
nor all the drowsy syrups of the worldx
|
|
shall ever medicine thee to that sweet sleep
|
|
which thou owxdst yesterdayx
|
|
|
|
othellox
|
|
hax hax false to mex
|
|
|
|
iagox
|
|
whyx how nowx generalx no more of thatx
|
|
|
|
othellox
|
|
avauntx be gonex thou hast set me on the rackx
|
|
i swear xtis better to be much abusxd
|
|
than but to knowxt a littlex
|
|
|
|
iagox
|
|
how nowx my lordx
|
|
|
|
othellox
|
|
what sense had i of her stolxn hours of lustx
|
|
i sawxt notx thought it notx it harmxd not mex
|
|
i slept the next night wellx was free and merryx
|
|
i found not cassioxs kisses on her lipsx
|
|
he that is robbxdx not wanting what is stolxnx
|
|
let him not knowxtx and hexs not robbxd at allx
|
|
|
|
iagox
|
|
i am sorry to hear thisx
|
|
|
|
othellox
|
|
i had been happy if the general campx
|
|
pioners and allx had tasted her sweet bodyx
|
|
so i had nothing knownx ox nowx for ever
|
|
farewell the tranquil mindx farewell contentx
|
|
farewell the plumed troops and the big wars
|
|
that make ambition virtuex ox farewellx
|
|
farewell the neighing steed and the shrill trumpx
|
|
the spiritxstirring drumx the earxpiercing fifex
|
|
the royal bannerx and all qualityx
|
|
pridex pompx and circumstance of glorious warx
|
|
andx o you mortal enginesx whose rude throats
|
|
the immortal jovexs dread clamours counterfeitx
|
|
farewellx othelloxs occupationxs gonex
|
|
|
|
iagox
|
|
isxt possiblex my lordx
|
|
|
|
othellox
|
|
villainx be sure thou prove my love a whorex
|
|
be sure of itx give me the ocular proofx
|
|
orx by the worth of manxs eternal soulx
|
|
thou hadst been better have been born a dog
|
|
than answer my wakxd wrathx
|
|
|
|
iagox
|
|
isxt come to thisx
|
|
|
|
othellox
|
|
make me to seextx or at the least so prove itx
|
|
that the probation bear no hinge nor loop
|
|
to hang a doubt onx or woe upon thy lifex
|
|
|
|
iagox
|
|
my noble lordxx
|
|
|
|
othellox
|
|
if thou dost slander her and torture mex
|
|
never pray morex abandon all remorsex
|
|
on horrorxs head horrors accumulatex
|
|
do deeds to make heaven weepx all earth amazxdx
|
|
for nothing canst thou to damnation add
|
|
greater than thatx
|
|
|
|
iagox
|
|
o gracex o heaven defend mex
|
|
are you a manx have you a soul or sensex
|
|
god be wix youx take mine officexxo wretched foolx
|
|
that livxst to make thine honesty a vicex
|
|
o monstrous worldx take notex take notex o worldx
|
|
to be direct and honest is not safex
|
|
i thank you for this profitx and from hence
|
|
ixll love no friendx sith love breeds such offencex
|
|
|
|
othellox
|
|
nayx stayx thou shouldst be honestx
|
|
|
|
iagox
|
|
i should be wisex for honestyxs a foolx
|
|
and loses that it works forx
|
|
|
|
othellox
|
|
by the worldx
|
|
i think my wife be honestx and think she is notx
|
|
i think that thou art justx and think thou art notx
|
|
ixll have some proofx her namex that was as fresh
|
|
as dianxs visagex is now begrimxd and black
|
|
as mine own facex if there be cords or knivesx
|
|
poison or firex or suffocating streamsx
|
|
ixll not endure xtx would i were satisfiedx
|
|
|
|
iagox
|
|
i seex sirx you are eaten up with passionx
|
|
i do repent me that i put it to youx
|
|
you would be satisfiedx
|
|
|
|
othellox
|
|
wouldx nayx i willx
|
|
|
|
iagox
|
|
and mayx but howx how satisfiedx my lordx
|
|
would youx the supervisorx grossly gape onx
|
|
behold her toppxdx
|
|
|
|
othellox
|
|
death and damnationx ox
|
|
|
|
iagox
|
|
it were a tedious difficultyx i thinkx
|
|
to bring them to that prospectx damn them thenx
|
|
if ever mortal eyes do see them bolster
|
|
more than their ownx what thenx how thenx
|
|
what shall i sayx wherexs satisfactionx
|
|
it is impossible you should see thisx
|
|
were they as prime as goatsx as hot as monkeysx
|
|
as salt as wolves in pridex and fools as gross
|
|
as ignorance made drunkx but yet i sayx
|
|
if imputation and strong circumstancesx
|
|
which lead directly to the door of truthx
|
|
will give you satisfactionx you may havextx
|
|
|
|
othellox
|
|
give me a living reason shexs disloyalx
|
|
|
|
iagox
|
|
i do not like the officex
|
|
but sith i am enterxd in this cause so farx
|
|
prickxd to xt by foolish honesty and lovex
|
|
i will go onx i lay with cassio latelyx
|
|
and being troubled with a raging toothx
|
|
i could not sleepx
|
|
there are a kind of men so loose of soulx
|
|
that in their sleeps will mutter their affairsx
|
|
one of this kind is cassiox
|
|
in sleep i heard him sayx xsweet desdemonax
|
|
let us be waryx let us hide our lovesxx
|
|
and thenx sirx would he gripe and wring my handx
|
|
cry xo sweet creaturexx and then kiss me hardx
|
|
as if he pluckxd up kisses by the rootsx
|
|
that grew upon my lipsx then laid his leg
|
|
over my thighx and sighxd and kissxdx and then
|
|
cried xcursed fate that gave thee to the moorxx
|
|
|
|
othellox
|
|
o monstrousx monstrousx
|
|
|
|
iagox
|
|
nayx this was but his dreamx
|
|
|
|
othellox
|
|
but this denoted a foregone conclusionx
|
|
xtis a shrewd doubtx though it be but a dreamx
|
|
|
|
iagox
|
|
and this may help to thicken other proofs
|
|
that do demonstrate thinlyx
|
|
|
|
othellox
|
|
ixll tear her all to piecesx
|
|
|
|
iagox
|
|
nayx but be wisex yet we see nothing donex
|
|
she may be honest yetx tell me but thisx
|
|
have you not sometimes seen a handkerchief
|
|
spotted with strawberries in your wifexs handx
|
|
|
|
othellox
|
|
i gave her such a onex xtwas my first giftx
|
|
|
|
iagox
|
|
i know not thatx but such a handkerchief
|
|
xi am sure it was your wifexsx did i today
|
|
see cassio wipe his beard withx
|
|
|
|
othellox
|
|
if it be thatxx
|
|
|
|
iagox
|
|
if it be thatx or any that was hersx
|
|
it speaks against her with the other proofsx
|
|
|
|
othellox
|
|
ox that the slave had forty thousand livesx
|
|
one is too poorx too weak for my revengex
|
|
now do i see xtis truex look herex iagox
|
|
all my fond love thus do i blow to heavenx
|
|
xtis gonex
|
|
arisex black vengeancex from thy hollow hellx
|
|
yield upx o lovex thy crown and hearted throne
|
|
to tyrannous hatex swellx bosomx with thy fraughtx
|
|
for xtis of aspicsx tonguesx
|
|
|
|
iagox
|
|
yet be contentx
|
|
|
|
othellox
|
|
ox bloodx iagox bloodx
|
|
|
|
iagox
|
|
patiencex i sayx your mind perhaps may changex
|
|
|
|
othellox
|
|
neverx iagox like to the pontic seax
|
|
whose icy current and compulsive course
|
|
nexer feels retiring ebbx but keeps due on
|
|
to the propontic and the hellespontx
|
|
even so my bloody thoughtsx with violent pace
|
|
shall nexer look backx nexer ebb to humble lovex
|
|
till that a capable and wide revenge
|
|
swallow them upx now by yond marble heavenx
|
|
in the due reverence of a sacred vow xxkneelsxxx
|
|
i here engage my wordsx
|
|
|
|
iagox
|
|
do not rise yetx xxkneelsxxx
|
|
witnessx you everxburning lights abovex
|
|
you elements that clip us round aboutx
|
|
witness that here iago doth give up
|
|
the execution of his witx handsx heartx
|
|
to wrongxd othelloxs servicex let him commandx
|
|
and to obey shall be in me remorsex
|
|
what bloody business everx
|
|
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xxthey risexxx
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othellox
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i greet thy lovex
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not with vain thanksx but with acceptance bounteousx
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and will upon the instant put thee to xtx
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within these three days let me hear thee say
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that cassioxs not alivex
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iagox
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my friend is deadx xtis done at your requestx
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but let her livex
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othellox
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damn herx lewd minxx ox damn herx damn herx
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comex go with me apartx i will withdraw
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to furnish me with some swift means of death
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for the fair devilx now art thou my lieutenantx
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iagox
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i am your own for everx
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene ivx cyprusx before the castlex
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enter desdemonax emilia and clownx
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desdemonax
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do you knowx sirrahx where lieutenant cassio liesx
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clownx
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i dare not say he lies anywherex
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desdemonax
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whyx manx
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clownx
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hexs a soldierx and for one to say a soldier lies is stabbingx
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desdemonax
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go tox where lodges hex
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clownx
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to tell you where he lodges is to tell you where i liex
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desdemonax
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can anything be made of thisx
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clownx
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i know not where he lodgesx and for me to devise a lodgingx and say he
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lies herex or he lies therex were to lie in mine own throatx
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desdemonax
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can you inquire him outx and be edified by reportx
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clownx
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i will catechize the world for himx that isx make questions and by them
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answerx
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desdemonax
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seek himx bid him come hitherx tell him i have moved my lord on his
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behalfx and hope all will be wellx
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clownx
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to do this is within the compass of manxs witx and therefore i will
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attempt the doing itx
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xxexitxxx
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desdemonax
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where should i lose that handkerchiefx emiliax
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emiliax
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i know notx madamx
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desdemonax
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believe mex i had rather have lost my purse
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full of crusadoesx and but my noble moor
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is true of mind and made of no such baseness
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as jealous creatures arex it were enough
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to put him to ill thinkingx
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emiliax
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is he not jealousx
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desdemonax
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whox hex i think the sun where he was born
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drew all such humours from himx
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emiliax
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lookx where he comesx
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enter othellox
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desdemonax
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i will not leave him now till cassio
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be callxd to himx how isxt with youx my lordx
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othellox
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wellx my good ladyx xxasidexxx ox hardness to dissemblex
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how do youx desdemonax
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desdemonax
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wellx my good lordx
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othellox
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give me your handx this hand is moistx my ladyx
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desdemonax
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it yet hath felt no age nor known no sorrowx
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othellox
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this argues fruitfulness and liberal heartx
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hotx hotx and moistx this hand of yours requires
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a sequester from libertyx fasting and prayerx
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much castigationx exercise devoutx
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for herexs a young and sweating devil here
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that commonly rebelsx xtis a good handx
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a frank onex
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desdemonax
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you may indeed say sox
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for xtwas that hand that gave away my heartx
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othellox
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a liberal handx the hearts of old gave handsx
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but our new heraldry is handsx not heartsx
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desdemonax
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i cannot speak of thisx come nowx your promisex
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othellox
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what promisex chuckx
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desdemonax
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i have sent to bid cassio come speak with youx
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othellox
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i have a salt and sorry rheum offends mex
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lend me thy handkerchiefx
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desdemonax
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herex my lordx
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othellox
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that which i gave youx
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desdemonax
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i have it not about mex
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othellox
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notx
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desdemonax
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nox faithx my lordx
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othellox
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that is a faultx that handkerchief
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did an egyptian to my mother givex
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she was a charmerx and could almost read
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the thoughts of peoplex she told herx while she kept itx
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xtwould make her amiable and subdue my father
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entirely to her lovex but if she lost itx
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or made a gift of itx my fatherxs eye
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should hold her loathedx and his spirits should hunt
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after new fanciesx shex dyingx gave it mex
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and bid mex when my fate would have me wivex
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to give it herx i did sox and take heed onxtx
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make it a darling like your precious eyex
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to losext or givext away were such perdition
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as nothing else could matchx
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desdemonax
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isxt possiblex
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othellox
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xtis truex therexs magic in the web of itx
|
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a sibylx that had numberxd in the world
|
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the sun to course two hundred compassesx
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in her prophetic fury sewxd the workx
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the worms were hallowxd that did breed the silkx
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and it was dyed in mummyx which the skillful
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|
conservxd of maidenxs heartsx
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desdemonax
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indeedx isxt truex
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othellox
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most veritablex therefore look to xt wellx
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desdemonax
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then would to god that i had never seen xtx
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othellox
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hax whereforex
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desdemonax
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why do you speak so startingly and rashx
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othellox
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isxt lostx isxt gonex speakx is it out of the wayx
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desdemonax
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heaven bless usx
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othellox
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|
say youx
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desdemonax
|
|
it is not lostx but what and if it werex
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othellox
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howx
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desdemonax
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i say it is not lostx
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othellox
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fetchxtx let me see xtx
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desdemonax
|
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whyx so i canx sirx but i will not nowx
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this is a trick to put me from my suitx
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pray youx let cassio be receivxd againx
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othellox
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fetch me the handkerchiefx my mind misgivesx
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desdemonax
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comex comex
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youxll never meet a more sufficient manx
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othellox
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the handkerchiefx
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desdemonax
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i prayx talk me of cassiox
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othellox
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|
the handkerchiefx
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desdemonax
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|
a man that all his time
|
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hath founded his good fortunes on your lovex
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|
sharxd dangers with youxx
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|
othellox
|
|
the handkerchiefx
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desdemonax
|
|
in soothx you are to blamex
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othellox
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awayx
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xxexitxxx
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emiliax
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|
is not this man jealousx
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desdemonax
|
|
i nexer saw this beforex
|
|
sure therexs some wonder in this handkerchiefx
|
|
i am most unhappy in the loss of itx
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|
emiliax
|
|
xtis not a year or two shows us a manx
|
|
they are all but stomachs and we all but foodx
|
|
they eat us hungerlyx and when they are fullx
|
|
they belch usx
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|
|
enter cassio and iagox
|
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|
look youx cassio and my husbandx
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|
iagox
|
|
there is no other wayx xtis she must do xtx
|
|
andx lox the happinessx go and importune herx
|
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|
desdemonax
|
|
how nowx good cassiox whatxs the news with youx
|
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|
|
cassiox
|
|
madamx my former suitx i do beseech you
|
|
that by your virtuous means i may again
|
|
existx and be a member of his lovex
|
|
whom ix with all the office of my heartx
|
|
entirely honourx i would not be delayxdx
|
|
if my offence be of such mortal kind
|
|
that nor my service pastx nor present sorrowsx
|
|
nor purposxd merit in futurityx
|
|
can ransom me into his love againx
|
|
but to know so must be my benefitx
|
|
so shall i clothe me in a forcxd contentx
|
|
and shut myself up in some other course
|
|
to fortunexs almsx
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|
desdemonax
|
|
alasx thricexgentle cassiox
|
|
my advocation is not now in tunex
|
|
my lord is not my lordx nor should i know him
|
|
were he in favour as in humour alterxdx
|
|
so help me every spirit sanctifiedx
|
|
as i have spoken for you all my bestx
|
|
and stood within the blank of his displeasure
|
|
for my free speechx you must awhile be patientx
|
|
what i can do i willx and more i will
|
|
than for myself i darex let that suffice youx
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|
iagox
|
|
is my lord angryx
|
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|
emiliax
|
|
he went hence but nowx
|
|
and certainly in strange unquietnessx
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|
iagox
|
|
can he be angryx i have seen the cannonx
|
|
when it hath blown his ranks into the air
|
|
andx like the devilx from his very arm
|
|
puffxd his own brotherx and can he be angryx
|
|
something of moment thenx i will go meet himx
|
|
therexs matter inxt indeed if he be angryx
|
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|
desdemonax
|
|
i prithee do sox
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|
xxexit iagoxxx
|
|
|
|
something sure of statex
|
|
either from venicex or some unhatchxd practice
|
|
made demonstrable here in cyprus to himx
|
|
hath puddled his clear spiritx and in such cases
|
|
menxs natures wrangle with inferior thingsx
|
|
though great ones are their objectx xtis even sox
|
|
for let our finger achex and it indues
|
|
our other healthful members even to that sense
|
|
of painx nayx we must think men are not godsx
|
|
nor of them look for such observancy
|
|
as fits the bridalx beshrew me muchx emiliax
|
|
i was xunhandsome warrior as i amx
|
|
arraigning his unkindness with my soulx
|
|
but now i find i had subornxd the witnessx
|
|
and hexs indicted falselyx
|
|
|
|
emiliax
|
|
pray heaven it be state mattersx as you thinkx
|
|
and no conception nor no jealous toy
|
|
concerning youx
|
|
|
|
desdemonax
|
|
alas the dayx i never gave him causex
|
|
|
|
emiliax
|
|
but jealous souls will not be answerxd sox
|
|
they are not ever jealous for the causex
|
|
but jealous for they are jealousx xtis a monster
|
|
begot upon itselfx born on itselfx
|
|
|
|
desdemonax
|
|
heaven keep that monster from othelloxs mindx
|
|
|
|
emiliax
|
|
ladyx amenx
|
|
|
|
desdemonax
|
|
i will go seek himx cassiox walk hereaboutx
|
|
if i do find him fitx ixll move your suitx
|
|
and seek to effect it to my uttermostx
|
|
|
|
cassiox
|
|
i humbly thank your ladyshipx
|
|
|
|
xxexeunt desdemona and emiliaxxx
|
|
|
|
enter biancax
|
|
|
|
biancax
|
|
save youx friend cassiox
|
|
|
|
cassiox
|
|
what make you from homex
|
|
how is it with youx my most fair biancax
|
|
ix faithx sweet lovex i was coming to your housex
|
|
|
|
biancax
|
|
and i was going to your lodgingx cassiox
|
|
whatx keep a week awayx seven days and nightsx
|
|
eight score eight hoursx and loversx absent hoursx
|
|
more tedious than the dial eight score timesx
|
|
o weary reckoningx
|
|
|
|
cassiox
|
|
pardon mex biancax
|
|
i have this while with leaden thoughts been pressxdx
|
|
but i shall in a more continuate time
|
|
strike off this score of absencex sweet biancax
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|
|
xxgiving her desdemonaxs handkerchiefxxx
|
|
|
|
take me this work outx
|
|
|
|
biancax
|
|
o cassiox whence came thisx
|
|
this is some token from a newer friendx
|
|
to the felt absence now i feel a causex
|
|
isxt come to thisx wellx wellx
|
|
|
|
cassiox
|
|
go tox womanx
|
|
throw your vile guesses in the devilxs teethx
|
|
from whence you have themx you are jealous now
|
|
that this is from some mistressx some remembrancex
|
|
nox in good trothx biancax
|
|
|
|
biancax
|
|
whyx whose is itx
|
|
|
|
cassiox
|
|
i know not neitherx i found it in my chamberx
|
|
i like the work wellx ere it be demandedx
|
|
as like enough it willx ixd have it copiedx
|
|
take itx and do xtx and leave me for this timex
|
|
|
|
biancax
|
|
leave youx whereforex
|
|
|
|
cassiox
|
|
i do attend here on the generalx
|
|
and think it no additionx nor my wishx
|
|
to have him see me womanxdx
|
|
|
|
biancax
|
|
whyx i pray youx
|
|
|
|
cassiox
|
|
not that i love you notx
|
|
|
|
biancax
|
|
but that you do not love mex
|
|
i pray you bring me on the way a littlex
|
|
and say if i shall see you soon at nightx
|
|
|
|
cassiox
|
|
xtis but a little way that i can bring youx
|
|
for i attend herex but ixll see you soonx
|
|
|
|
biancax
|
|
xtis very goodx i must be circumstancxdx
|
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|
xxexeuntxxx
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
act iv
|
|
|
|
scene ix cyprusx before the castlex
|
|
|
|
enter othello and iagox
|
|
|
|
iagox
|
|
will you think sox
|
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|
othellox
|
|
think sox iagox
|
|
|
|
iagox
|
|
whatx
|
|
to kiss in privatex
|
|
|
|
othellox
|
|
an unauthorizxd kissx
|
|
|
|
iagox
|
|
or to be naked with her friend in bed
|
|
an hour or morex not meaning any harmx
|
|
|
|
othellox
|
|
naked in bedx iagox and not mean harmx
|
|
it is hypocrisy against the devilx
|
|
they that mean virtuously and yet do sox
|
|
the devil their virtue temptsx and they tempt heavenx
|
|
|
|
iagox
|
|
so they do nothingx xtis a venial slipx
|
|
but if i give my wife a handkerchiefx
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|
othellox
|
|
what thenx
|
|
|
|
iagox
|
|
why thenx xtis hersx my lordx and being hersx
|
|
she mayx i thinkx bestowxt on any manx
|
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|
|
othellox
|
|
she is protectress of her honour toox
|
|
may she give thatx
|
|
|
|
iagox
|
|
her honour is an essence thatxs not seenx
|
|
they have it very oft that have it notx
|
|
but for the handkerchiefx
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|
|
|
othellox
|
|
by heavenx i would most gladly have forgot itx
|
|
thou saidxst xox it comes oxer my memoryx
|
|
as doth the raven oxer the infected housex
|
|
boding to allx he had my handkerchiefx
|
|
|
|
iagox
|
|
ayx what of thatx
|
|
|
|
othellox
|
|
thatxs not so good nowx
|
|
|
|
iagox
|
|
what
|
|
if i had said i had seen him do you wrongx
|
|
or heard him say xas knaves be such abroadx
|
|
who havingx by their own importunate suitx
|
|
or voluntary dotage of some mistressx
|
|
convinced or supplied themx cannot choose
|
|
but they must blabxx
|
|
|
|
othellox
|
|
hath he said anythingx
|
|
|
|
iagox
|
|
he hathx my lordx but be you well assurxdx
|
|
no more than hexll unswearx
|
|
|
|
othellox
|
|
what hath he saidx
|
|
|
|
iagox
|
|
faithx that he didxi know not what he didx
|
|
|
|
othellox
|
|
whatx whatx
|
|
|
|
iagox
|
|
liex
|
|
|
|
othellox
|
|
with herx
|
|
|
|
iagox
|
|
with herx on herx what you willx
|
|
|
|
othellox
|
|
lie with herx lie on herxxwe say lie on her when they belie herxxlie
|
|
with herx thatxs fulsomex handkerchiefxconfessionsxhandkerchiefx to
|
|
confessx and be hanged for his labourx firstx to be hangedx and then to
|
|
confessx i tremble at itx nature would not invest herself in such
|
|
shadowing passion without some instructionx it is not words that shake
|
|
me thusx pishx nosesx earsx and lipsx isxt
|
|
possiblexxconfessxxhandkerchiefxxo devilxx
|
|
|
|
xxfalls in a trancexxx
|
|
|
|
iagox
|
|
work onx
|
|
my medicinex workx thus credulous fools are caughtx
|
|
and many worthy and chaste dames even thusx
|
|
all guiltlessx meet reproachx whatx hox my lordx
|
|
my lordx i sayx othellox
|
|
|
|
enter cassiox
|
|
|
|
how nowx cassiox
|
|
|
|
cassiox
|
|
whatxs the matterx
|
|
|
|
iagox
|
|
my lord is fallen into an epilepsyx
|
|
this is his second fitx he had one yesterdayx
|
|
|
|
cassiox
|
|
rub him about the templesx
|
|
|
|
iagox
|
|
nox forbearx
|
|
the lethargy must have his quiet coursex
|
|
if notx he foams at mouthx and by and by
|
|
breaks out to savage madnessx lookx he stirsx
|
|
do you withdraw yourself a little whilex
|
|
he will recover straightx when he is gonex
|
|
i would on great occasion speak with youx
|
|
|
|
xxexit cassioxxx
|
|
|
|
how is itx generalx have you not hurt your headx
|
|
|
|
othellox
|
|
dost thou mock mex
|
|
|
|
iagox
|
|
i mock youx nox by heavenx
|
|
would you would bear your fortune like a manx
|
|
|
|
othellox
|
|
a horned manxs a monster and a beastx
|
|
|
|
iagox
|
|
therexs many a beastx thenx in a populous cityx
|
|
and many a civil monsterx
|
|
|
|
othellox
|
|
did he confess itx
|
|
|
|
iagox
|
|
good sirx be a manx
|
|
think every bearded fellow thatxs but yokxd
|
|
may draw with youx therexs millions now alive
|
|
that nightly lie in those unproper beds
|
|
which they dare swear peculiarx your case is betterx
|
|
ox xtis the spite of hellx the fiendxs archxmockx
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to lip a wanton in a secure couchx
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and to suppose her chastex nox let me knowx
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and knowing what i amx i know what she shall bex
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othellox
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ox thou art wisex xtis certainx
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iagox
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stand you awhile apartx
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confine yourself but in a patient listx
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whilst you were here oxerwhelmed with your griefx
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xa passion most unsuiting such a manx
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cassio came hitherx i shifted him awayx
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and laid good xscuse upon your ecstasyx
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bade him anon returnx and here speak with mex
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the which he promisxdx do but encave yourselfx
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and mark the fleersx the gibesx and notable scornsx
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that dwell in every region of his facex
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for i will make him tell the tale anewx
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wherex howx how oftx how long agox and when
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he hathx and is again to cope your wifex
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i sayx but mark his gesturex marryx patiencex
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or i shall say you are all in all in spleenx
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and nothing of a manx
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othellox
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dost thou hearx iagox
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i will be found most cunning in my patiencex
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butxxdost thou hearxxmost bloodyx
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iagox
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thatxs not amissx
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but yet keep time in allx will you withdrawx
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xxothello withdrawsxxx
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now will i question cassio of biancax
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a housewife that by selling her desires
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buys herself bread and clothesx it is a creature
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that dotes on cassiox xas xtis the strumpetxs plague
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to beguile many and be beguilxd by onexx
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hex when he hears of herx cannot refrain
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from the excess of laughterx here he comesx
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enter cassiox
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as he shall smile othello shall go madx
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and his unbookish jealousy must construe
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poor cassioxs smilesx gesturesx and light behaviour
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quite in the wrongx how do you nowx lieutenantx
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cassiox
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the worser that you give me the addition
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whose want even kills mex
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iagox
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ply desdemona wellx and you are sure onxtx
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xxspeaking lowerxxx nowx if this suit lay in biancaxs powerx
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how quickly should you speedx
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cassiox
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alasx poor caitiffx
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othellox
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xxasidexxx look how he laughs alreadyx
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iagox
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i never knew a woman love man sox
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cassiox
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alasx poor roguex i thinkx ix faithx she loves mex
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othellox
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xxasidexxx now he denies it faintly and laughs it outx
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iagox
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do you hearx cassiox
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othellox
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now he importunes him
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to tell it oxerx go tox well saidx well saidx
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iagox
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she gives it out that you shall marry herx
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do you intend itx
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cassiox
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hax hax hax
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othellox
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do you triumphx romanx do you triumphx
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cassiox
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i marry herx whatx a customerx i pritheex bear some charity to my witx
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do not think it so unwholesomex hax hax hax
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othellox
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sox sox sox sox they laugh that winsx
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iagox
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faithx the cry goes that you shall marry herx
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cassiox
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prithee say truex
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iagox
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i am a very villain elsex
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othellox
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have you scored mex wellx
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cassiox
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this is the monkeyxs own giving outx she is persuaded i will marry herx
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out of her own love and flatteryx not out of my promisex
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othellox
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iago beckons mex now he begins the storyx
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cassiox
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she was here even nowx she haunts me in every placex i was the other
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|
day talking on the seaxbank with certain venetiansx and thither comes
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the baublex and falls thus about my neckx
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othellox
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cryingx xo dear cassioxx as it werex his gesture imports itx
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cassiox
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so hangsx and lollsx and weeps upon mex so hales and pulls mex hax hax
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hax
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othellox
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now he tells how she plucked him to my chamberx ox i see that nose of
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yoursx but not that dog i shall throw it tox
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cassiox
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wellx i must leave her companyx
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iagox
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before mex look where she comesx
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enter biancax
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cassiox
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xtis such another fitchewx marryx a perfumxd onex
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what do you mean by this haunting of mex
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biancax
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let the devil and his dam haunt youx what did you mean by that same
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handkerchief you gave me even nowx i was a fine fool to take itx i must
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take out the workx a likely piece of workx that you should find it in
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your chamber and not know who left it therex this is some minxxs tokenx
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and i must take out the workx therex give it your hobbyxhorsex
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wheresoever you had itx ixll take out no work onxtx
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cassiox
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how nowx my sweet biancax how nowx how nowx
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othellox
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by heavenx that should be my handkerchiefx
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biancax
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if youxll come to supper tonightx you mayx if you will notx come when
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you are next prepared forx
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xxexitxxx
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iagox
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after herx after herx
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cassiox
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faithx i mustx shexll rail in the street elsex
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iagox
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will you sup therex
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cassiox
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faithx i intend sox
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iagox
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wellx i may chance to see youx for i would very fain speak with youx
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cassiox
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prithee comex will youx
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iagox
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go tox say no morex
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xxexit cassioxxx
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othellox
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xxcoming forwardxxx how shall i murder himx iagox
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iagox
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did you perceive how he laughed at his vicex
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othellox
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o iagox
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iagox
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and did you see the handkerchiefx
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othellox
|
|
was that minex
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iagox
|
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yoursx by this handx and to see how he prizes the foolish woman your
|
|
wifex she gave it himx and he hath given it his whorex
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othellox
|
|
i would have him nine years axkillingx a fine womanx a fair womanx a
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sweet womanx
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iagox
|
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nayx you must forget thatx
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othellox
|
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ayx let her rotx and perishx and be damned tonightx for she shall not
|
|
livex nox my heart is turned to stonex i strike itx and it hurts my
|
|
handx ox the world hath not a sweeter creaturex she might lie by an
|
|
emperorxs sidex and command him tasksx
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iagox
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nayx thatxs not your wayx
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othellox
|
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hang herx i do but say what she isx so delicate with her needlex an
|
|
admirable musicianx ox she will sing the savageness out of a bearx of
|
|
so high and plenteous wit and inventionx
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iagox
|
|
shexs the worse for all thisx
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othellox
|
|
ox a thousandx a thousand timesx and then of so gentle a conditionx
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iagox
|
|
ayx too gentlex
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othellox
|
|
nayx thatxs certainx but yet the pity of itx iagox o iagox the pity of
|
|
itx iagox
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iagox
|
|
if you are so fond over her iniquityx give her patent to offendx for if
|
|
it touch not youx it comes near nobodyx
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othellox
|
|
i will chop her into messesx cuckold mex
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iagox
|
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ox xtis foul in herx
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othellox
|
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with mine officerx
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iagox
|
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thatxs foulerx
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othellox
|
|
get me some poisonx iagox this nightx ixll not expostulate with herx
|
|
lest her body and beauty unprovide my mind againx this nightx iagox
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iagox
|
|
do it not with poisonx strangle her in her bedx even the bed she hath
|
|
contaminatedx
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|
othellox
|
|
goodx goodx the justice of it pleasesx very goodx
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iagox
|
|
and for cassiox let me be his undertakerx you shall hear more by
|
|
midnightx
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othellox
|
|
excellent goodx xxa trumpet withinxxx what trumpet is that samex
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|
|
enter lodovicox desdemona and attendantx
|
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iagox
|
|
something from venicex surex xtis lodovico
|
|
come from the dukex seex your wife is with himx
|
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|
lodovicox
|
|
save youx worthy generalx
|
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|
othellox
|
|
with all my heartx sirx
|
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|
lodovicox
|
|
the duke and senators of venice greet youx
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|
xxgives him a packetxxx
|
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|
othellox
|
|
i kiss the instrument of their pleasuresx
|
|
|
|
xxopens the packet and readsxxx
|
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|
|
desdemonax
|
|
and whatxs the newsx good cousin lodovicox
|
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|
iagox
|
|
i am very glad to see youx signiorx
|
|
welcome to cyprusx
|
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|
lodovicox
|
|
i thank youx how does lieutenant cassiox
|
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iagox
|
|
livesx sirx
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|
desdemonax
|
|
cousinx therexs fallxn between him and my lord
|
|
an unkind breachx but you shall make all wellx
|
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|
othellox
|
|
are you sure of thatx
|
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|
desdemonax
|
|
my lordx
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|
othellox
|
|
xxreadsxxx xthis fail you not to dox as you willxx
|
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|
|
lodovicox
|
|
he did not callx hexs busy in the paperx
|
|
is there division xtwixt my lord and cassiox
|
|
|
|
desdemonax
|
|
a most unhappy onex i would do much
|
|
to atone themx for the love i bear to cassiox
|
|
|
|
othellox
|
|
fire and brimstonex
|
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|
|
desdemonax
|
|
my lordx
|
|
|
|
othellox
|
|
are you wisex
|
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|
desdemonax
|
|
whatx is he angryx
|
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|
|
lodovicox
|
|
may be the letter movxd himx
|
|
forx as i thinkx they do command him homex
|
|
deputing cassio in his governmentx
|
|
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|
desdemonax
|
|
trust mex i am glad onxtx
|
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|
|
othellox
|
|
indeedx
|
|
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|
desdemonax
|
|
my lordx
|
|
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|
othellox
|
|
i am glad to see you madx
|
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|
desdemonax
|
|
whyx sweet othellox
|
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|
othellox
|
|
devilx
|
|
|
|
xxstriking herxxx
|
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|
desdemonax
|
|
i have not deservxd thisx
|
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|
lodovicox
|
|
my lordx this would not be believxd in venicex
|
|
though i should swear i sawxtx xtis very muchx
|
|
make her amendsx she weepsx
|
|
|
|
othellox
|
|
o devilx devilx
|
|
if that the earth could teem with womanxs tearsx
|
|
each drop she falls would prove a crocodilex
|
|
out of my sightx
|
|
|
|
desdemonax
|
|
i will not stay to offend youx
|
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|
xxgoingxxx
|
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|
|
lodovicox
|
|
trulyx an obedient ladyx
|
|
i do beseech your lordshipx call her backx
|
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|
othellox
|
|
mistressx
|
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|
desdemonax
|
|
my lordx
|
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|
othellox
|
|
what would you with herx sirx
|
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|
lodovicox
|
|
whox ix my lordx
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othellox
|
|
ayx you did wish that i would make her turnx
|
|
sirx she can turnx and turnx and yet go onx
|
|
and turn againx and she can weepx sirx weepx
|
|
and shexs obedientx as you sayx obedientx
|
|
very obedientx proceed you in your tearsx
|
|
concerning thisx sirxxo wellxpainted passionx
|
|
i am commanded homexxget you awayx
|
|
ixll send for you anonxxsirx i obey the mandatex
|
|
and will return to venicexxhencex avauntx
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|
xxexit desdemonaxxx
|
|
|
|
cassio shall have my placex andx sirx tonightx
|
|
i do entreat that we may sup togetherx
|
|
you are welcomex sirx to cyprusx goats and monkeysx
|
|
|
|
xxexitxxx
|
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|
lodovicox
|
|
is this the noble moorx whom our full senate
|
|
call all in all sufficientx is this the nature
|
|
whom passion could not shakex whose solid virtue
|
|
the shot of accident nor dart of chance
|
|
could neither graze nor piercex
|
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|
iagox
|
|
he is much changxdx
|
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|
lodovicox
|
|
are his wits safex is he not light of brainx
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|
iagox
|
|
hexs that he isx i may not breathe my censure
|
|
what he might bex if what he might he is notx
|
|
i would to heaven he werex
|
|
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|
lodovicox
|
|
whatx strike his wifex
|
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|
iagox
|
|
faithx that was not so wellx yet would i knew
|
|
that stroke would prove the worstx
|
|
|
|
lodovicox
|
|
is it his usex
|
|
or did the letters work upon his bloodx
|
|
and newxcreate this faultx
|
|
|
|
iagox
|
|
alasx alasx
|
|
it is not honesty in me to speak
|
|
what i have seen and knownx you shall observe himx
|
|
and his own courses will denote him so
|
|
that i may save my speechx do but go afterx
|
|
and mark how he continuesx
|
|
|
|
lodovicox
|
|
i am sorry that i am deceivxd in himx
|
|
|
|
xxexeuntxxx
|
|
|
|
scene iix cyprusx a room in the castlex
|
|
|
|
enter othello and emiliax
|
|
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|
othellox
|
|
you have seen nothingx thenx
|
|
|
|
emiliax
|
|
nor ever heardx nor ever did suspectx
|
|
|
|
othellox
|
|
yesx you have seen cassio and she togetherx
|
|
|
|
emiliax
|
|
but then i saw no harmx and then i heard
|
|
each syllable that breath made up between themx
|
|
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|
othellox
|
|
whatx did they never whisperx
|
|
|
|
emiliax
|
|
neverx my lordx
|
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|
othellox
|
|
nor send you out ox the wayx
|
|
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|
emiliax
|
|
neverx
|
|
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|
othellox
|
|
to fetch her fanx her glovesx her maskx nor nothingx
|
|
|
|
emiliax
|
|
neverx my lordx
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|
othellox
|
|
thatxs strangex
|
|
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|
emiliax
|
|
i durstx my lordx to wager she is honestx
|
|
lay down my soul at stakex if you think otherx
|
|
remove your thoughtx it doth abuse your bosomx
|
|
if any wretch have put this in your headx
|
|
let heaven requite it with the serpentxs cursex
|
|
for if she be not honestx chastex and truex
|
|
therexs no man happyx the purest of their wives
|
|
is foul as slanderx
|
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|
othellox
|
|
bid her come hitherx gox
|
|
|
|
xxexit emiliaxxx
|
|
|
|
she says enoughx yet shexs a simple bawd
|
|
that cannot say as muchx this is a subtle whorex
|
|
a closet lock and key of villainous secretsx
|
|
and yet shexll kneel and prayx i have seen her do xtx
|
|
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|
enter desdemona and emiliax
|
|
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|
desdemonax
|
|
my lordx what is your willx
|
|
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|
othellox
|
|
prayx chuckx come hitherx
|
|
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|
desdemonax
|
|
what is your pleasurex
|
|
|
|
othellox
|
|
let me see your eyesx
|
|
look in my facex
|
|
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|
desdemonax
|
|
what horrible fancyxs thisx
|
|
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|
othellox
|
|
xxto emiliaxxx some of your functionx mistressx
|
|
leave procreants alonex and shut the doorx
|
|
coughx or cry hemx if anybody comex
|
|
your mysteryx your mysteryx nayx dispatchx
|
|
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|
xxexit emiliaxxx
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|
desdemonax
|
|
upon my kneesx what doth your speech importx
|
|
i understand a fury in your wordsx
|
|
but not the wordsx
|
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|
othellox
|
|
whyx what art thoux
|
|
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|
desdemonax
|
|
your wifex my lordx your true and loyal wifex
|
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|
othellox
|
|
comex swear itx damn thyselfx
|
|
lestx being like one of heavenx the devils themselves
|
|
should fear to seize theex therefore be doublexdamnxdx
|
|
swear thou art honestx
|
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|
desdemonax
|
|
heaven doth truly know itx
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|
othellox
|
|
heaven truly knows that thou art false as hellx
|
|
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|
desdemonax
|
|
to whomx my lordx with whomx how am i falsex
|
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|
othellox
|
|
o desdemonax awayx awayx awayx
|
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|
desdemonax
|
|
alas the heavy dayx why do you weepx
|
|
am i the motive of these tearsx my lordx
|
|
if haply you my father do suspect
|
|
an instrument of this your calling backx
|
|
lay not your blame on mex if you have lost himx
|
|
whyx i have lost him toox
|
|
|
|
othellox
|
|
had it pleasxd heaven
|
|
to try me with afflictionx had they rainxd
|
|
all kinds of sores and shames on my bare headx
|
|
steepxd me in poverty to the very lipsx
|
|
given to captivity me and my utmost hopesx
|
|
i should have found in some place of my soul
|
|
a drop of patiencex butx alasx to make me
|
|
a fixed figure for the time of scorn
|
|
to point his slow unmoving finger atx
|
|
yet could i bear that toox wellx very wellx
|
|
but therex where i have garnerxd up my heartx
|
|
where either i must live or bear no lifex
|
|
the fountain from the which my current runsx
|
|
or else dries upx to be discarded thencex
|
|
or keep it as a cistern for foul toads
|
|
to knot and gender inxxturn thy complexion therex
|
|
patiencex thou young and rosexlippxd cherubinx
|
|
ayx therex look grim as hellx
|
|
|
|
desdemonax
|
|
i hope my noble lord esteems me honestx
|
|
|
|
othellox
|
|
ox ayx as summer flies are in the shamblesx
|
|
that quicken even with blowingx o thou weedx
|
|
who art so lovely fairx and smellxst so sweetx
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that the sense aches at theex
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would thou hadst nexer been bornx
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desdemonax
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alasx what ignorant sin have i committedx
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othellox
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was this fair paperx this most goodly bookx
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made to write xwhorex uponx what committedx
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committedx o thou public commonerx
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i should make very forges of my cheeksx
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that would to cinders burn up modestyx
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did i but speak thy deedsx what committedx
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heaven stops the nose at itx and the moon winksx
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the bawdy windx that kisses all it meetsx
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is hushxd within the hollow mine of earthx
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and will not hear itx what committedx
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impudent strumpetx
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desdemonax
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by heavenx you do me wrongx
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othellox
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are not you a strumpetx
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desdemonax
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nox as i am a christianx
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if to preserve this vessel for my lord
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from any other foul unlawful touch
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be not to be a strumpetx i am nonex
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othellox
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whatx not a whorex
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desdemonax
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nox as i shall be savxdx
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othellox
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isxt possiblex
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desdemonax
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ox heaven forgive usx
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othellox
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i cry you mercy thenx
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i took you for that cunning whore of venice
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that married with othelloxxyoux mistressx
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enter emiliax
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that have the office opposite to saint peterx
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and keeps the gate of hellx youx youx ayx youx
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we have done our coursex therexs money for your painsx
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i pray you turn the keyx and keep our counselx
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xxexitxxx
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emiliax
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alasx what does this gentleman conceivex
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how do youx madamx how do youx my good ladyx
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desdemonax
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faithx half asleepx
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emiliax
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good madamx whatxs the matter with my lordx
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desdemonax
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with whox
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emiliax
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whyx with my lordx madamx
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desdemonax
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who is thy lordx
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emiliax
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he that is yoursx sweet ladyx
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desdemonax
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i have nonex do not talk to mex emiliax
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i cannot weepx nor answer have i none
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but what should go by waterx pritheex tonight
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lay on my bed my wedding sheetsx rememberx
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and call thy husband hitherx
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emiliax
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herexs a change indeedx
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xxexitxxx
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desdemonax
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xtis meet i should be usxd sox very meetx
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how have i been behavxdx that he might stick
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the smallxst opinion on my least misusex
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enter iago and emiliax
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iagox
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what is your pleasurex madamx how isxt with youx
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desdemonax
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i cannot tellx those that do teach young babes
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do it with gentle means and easy tasksx
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he might have chid me sox forx in good faithx
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i am a child to chidingx
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iagox
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whatxs the matterx ladyx
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emiliax
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alasx iagox my lord hath so bewhorxd herx
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thrown such despite and heavy terms upon herx
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as true hearts cannot bearx
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desdemonax
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am i that namex iagox
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iagox
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what namex fair ladyx
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desdemonax
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such as she says my lord did say i wasx
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emiliax
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he callxd her whorex a beggar in his drink
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could not have laid such terms upon his calletx
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iagox
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why did he sox
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desdemonax
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i do not knowx i am sure i am none suchx
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iagox
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do not weepx do not weepx alas the dayx
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emiliax
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hath she forsook so many noble matchesx
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her fatherx and her countryx and her friendsx
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to be callxd whorex would it not make one weepx
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desdemonax
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it is my wretched fortunex
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iagox
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beshrew him forxtx
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how comes this trick upon himx
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desdemonax
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nayx heaven doth knowx
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emiliax
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i will be hangxdx if some eternal villainx
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some busy and insinuating roguex
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some coggingx cozening slavex to get some officex
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have not devisxd this slanderx ixll be hangxd elsex
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iagox
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fiex there is no such manx it is impossiblex
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desdemonax
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if any such there bex heaven pardon himx
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emiliax
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a halter pardon himx and hell gnaw his bonesx
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why should he call her whorex who keeps her companyx
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what placex what timex what formx what likelihoodx
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the moorxs abused by some most villainous knavex
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some base notorious knavex some scurvy fellowx
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o heavenx that such companions thouxdst unfoldx
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and put in every honest hand a whip
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to lash the rascals naked through the world
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even from the east to the westx
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iagox
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speak within doorx
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emiliax
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ox fie upon themx some such squire he was
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that turnxd your wit the seamy side withoutx
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and made you to suspect me with the moorx
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iagox
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you are a foolx go tox
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desdemonax
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alasx iagox
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what shall i do to win my lord againx
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good friendx go to himx for by this light of heavenx
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i know not how i lost himx here i kneelx
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if exer my will did trespass xgainst his lovex
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either in discourse of thought or actual deedx
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or that mine eyesx mine earsx or any sensex
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delighted them in any other formx
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or that i do not yetx and ever didx
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and ever willx xthough he do shake me off
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to beggarly divorcementx love him dearlyx
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comfort forswear mex unkindness may do muchx
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and his unkindness may defeat my lifex
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but never taint my lovex i cannot say xwhorexx
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it does abhor me now i speak the wordx
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to do the act that might the addition earn
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not the worldxs mass of vanity could make mex
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iagox
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i pray youx be contentx xtis but his humourx
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|
the business of the state does him offencex
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and he does chide with youx
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desdemonax
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if xtwere no otherxx
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iagox
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xtis but sox i warrantx
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xxtrumpets withinxxx
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harkx how these instruments summon to supperx
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the messengers of venice stay the meatx
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go inx and weep notx all things shall be wellx
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xxexeunt desdemona and emiliaxxx
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enter roderigox
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how nowx roderigox
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roderigox
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i do not find that thou dealest justly with mex
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iagox
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what in the contraryx
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roderigox
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every day thou daffest me with some devicex iagox and ratherx as it
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seems to me nowx keepest from me all conveniency than suppliest me with
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the least advantage of hopex i will indeed no longer endure itx nor am
|
|
i yet persuaded to put up in peace what already i have foolishly
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sufferedx
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iagox
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will you hear mex roderigox
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roderigox
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faithx i have heard too muchx for your words and performances are no
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kin togetherx
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iagox
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you charge me most unjustlyx
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roderigox
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with naught but truthx i have wasted myself out of my meansx the jewels
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|
you have had from me to deliver to desdemona would half have corrupted
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a votaristx you have told me she hath received themx and returned me
|
|
expectations and comforts of sudden respect and acquaintancex but i
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find nonex
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iagox
|
|
wellx go tox very wellx
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roderigox
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very wellx go tox i cannot go tox manx nor xtis not very wellx nayx i
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say xtis very scurvyx and begin to find myself fopped in itx
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iagox
|
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very wellx
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roderigox
|
|
i tell you xtis not very wellx i will make myself known to desdemonax
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|
if she will return me my jewelsx i will give over my suit and repent my
|
|
unlawful solicitationx if notx assure yourself i will seek satisfaction
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|
of youx
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iagox
|
|
you have said nowx
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roderigox
|
|
ayx and said nothing but what i protest intendment of doingx
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iagox
|
|
whyx now i see therexs mettle in theex and even from this instant do
|
|
build on thee a better opinion than ever beforex give me thy handx
|
|
roderigox thou hast taken against me a most just exceptionx but yet i
|
|
protestx i have dealt most directly in thy affairx
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roderigox
|
|
it hath not appearedx
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iagox
|
|
i grant indeed it hath not appearedx and your suspicion is not without
|
|
wit and judgementx butx roderigox if thou hast that in thee indeedx
|
|
which i have greater reason to believe now than everxxi mean purposex
|
|
couragex and valourxxthis night show itx if thou the next night
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|
following enjoy not desdemonax take me from this world with treachery
|
|
and devise engines for my lifex
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roderigox
|
|
wellx what is itx is it within reason and compassx
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|
iagox
|
|
sirx there is especial commission come from venice to depute cassio in
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|
othelloxs placex
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roderigox
|
|
is that truex why then othello and desdemona return again to venicex
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|
iagox
|
|
ox nox he goes into mauritaniax and takes away with him the fair
|
|
desdemonax unless his abode be lingered here by some accidentx wherein
|
|
none can be so determinate as the removing of cassiox
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|
roderigox
|
|
how do you mean xremovingx of himx
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iagox
|
|
whyx by making him uncapable of othelloxs placex knocking out his
|
|
brainsx
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roderigox
|
|
and that you would have me to dox
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iagox
|
|
ayx if you dare do yourself a profit and a rightx he sups tonight with
|
|
a harlotryx and thither will i go to himx he knows not yet of his
|
|
honourable fortunex if you will watch his going thencex which i will
|
|
fashion to fall out between twelve and onex you may take him at your
|
|
pleasurex i will be near to second your attemptx and he shall fall
|
|
between usx comex stand not amazed at itx but go along with mex i will
|
|
show you such a necessity in his death that you shall think yourself
|
|
bound to put it on himx it is now high supperxtimex and the night grows
|
|
to wastex about itx
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|
roderigox
|
|
i will hear further reason for thisx
|
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|
iagox
|
|
and you shall be satisfiedx
|
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|
xxexeuntxxx
|
|
|
|
scene iiix cyprusx another room in the castlex
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|
|
|
enter othellox lodovicox desdemonax emilia and attendantsx
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|
lodovicox
|
|
i do beseech youx sirx trouble yourself no furtherx
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othellox
|
|
ox pardon mex xtwill do me good to walkx
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|
lodovicox
|
|
madamx good nightx i humbly thank your ladyshipx
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|
desdemonax
|
|
your honour is most welcomex
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othellox
|
|
will you walkx sirxx
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|
ox desdemonaxx
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desdemonax
|
|
my lordx
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|
othellox
|
|
get you to bed on thx instantx i will be returnxd forthwithx dismiss
|
|
your attendant therex look xt be donex
|
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|
desdemonax
|
|
i willx my lordx
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|
xxexeunt othellox lodovico and attendantsxxx
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emiliax
|
|
how goes it nowx he looks gentler than he didx
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desdemonax
|
|
he says he will return incontinentx
|
|
he hath commanded me to go to bedx
|
|
and bade me to dismiss youx
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|
emiliax
|
|
dismiss mex
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desdemonax
|
|
it was his biddingx thereforex good emiliax
|
|
give me my nightly wearingx and adieux
|
|
we must not now displease himx
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emiliax
|
|
i would you had never seen himx
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desdemonax
|
|
so would not ix my love doth so approve himx
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|
that even his stubbornnessx his checksx his frownsxx
|
|
pritheex unpin mexxhave grace and favour in themx
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emiliax
|
|
i have laid those sheets you bade me on the bedx
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desdemonax
|
|
allxs onex good faithx how foolish are our mindsx
|
|
if i do die before theex pritheex shroud me
|
|
in one of those same sheetsx
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emiliax
|
|
comex comex you talkx
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desdemonax
|
|
my mother had a maid callxd barbaryx
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|
she was in lovex and he she lovxd provxd mad
|
|
and did forsake herx she had a song of xwillowxx
|
|
an old thing xtwasx but it expressxd her fortunex
|
|
and she died singing itx that song tonight
|
|
will not go from my mindx i have much to do
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|
but to go hang my head all at one side
|
|
and sing it like poor barbaryx prithee dispatchx
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emiliax
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shall i go fetch your nightxgownx
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desdemonax
|
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nox unpin me herex
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this lodovico is a proper manx
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emiliax
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a very handsome manx
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desdemonax
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he speaks wellx
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emiliax
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i know a lady in venice would have walked barefoot to palestine for a
|
|
touch of his nether lipx
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desdemonax
|
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xxsingingxxx
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|
xthe poor soul sat sighing by a sycamore treex
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sing all a green willowx
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her hand on her bosomx her head on her kneex
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sing willowx willowx willowx
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|
the fresh streams ran by herx and murmurxd her moansx
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sing willowx willowx willowx
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her salt tears fell from herx and softenxd the stonesxxx
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lay by thesexx
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xxsingsxxx
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xsing willowx willowx willowxx
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prithee hie theex hexll come anonx
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xxsingsxxx
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xsing all a green willow must be my garlandx
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let nobody blame himx his scorn i approvexxx
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nayx thatxs not nextx harkx who isxt that knocksx
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emiliax
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itxs the windx
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desdemonax
|
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xxsingsxxx
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|
xi callxd my love false lovex but what said he thenx
|
|
sing willowx willowx willowx
|
|
if i court mo womenx youxll couch with mo menxx
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|
so get thee gonex good nightx mine eyes do itchx
|
|
doth that bode weepingx
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emiliax
|
|
xtis neither here nor therex
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desdemonax
|
|
i have heard it said sox ox these menx these menx
|
|
dost thou in conscience thinkxxtell mex emiliaxx
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|
that there be women do abuse their husbands
|
|
in such gross kindx
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emiliax
|
|
there be some suchx no questionx
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desdemonax
|
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wouldst thou do such a deed for all the worldx
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emiliax
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whyx would not youx
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desdemonax
|
|
nox by this heavenly lightx
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emiliax
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nor i neither by this heavenly lightx
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i might doxt as well ix the darkx
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desdemonax
|
|
wouldst thou do such a deed for all the worldx
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emiliax
|
|
the worldxs a huge thingx it is a great price
|
|
for a small vicex
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desdemonax
|
|
in trothx i think thou wouldst notx
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emiliax
|
|
in trothx i think i shouldx and undoxt when i had donex marryx i would
|
|
not do such a thing for a jointxringx nor for measures of lawnx nor for
|
|
gownsx petticoatsx nor capsx nor any petty exhibitionx butx for the
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|
whole worldxwhyx who would not make her husband a cuckold to make him a
|
|
monarchx i should venture purgatory for xtx
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desdemonax
|
|
beshrew mex if i would do such a wrong for the whole worldx
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emiliax
|
|
whyx the wrong is but a wrong ix the worldx and having the world for
|
|
your labourx xtis a wrong in your own worldx and you might quickly make
|
|
it rightx
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desdemonax
|
|
i do not think there is any such womanx
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|
emiliax
|
|
yesx a dozenx and as many to the vantage as would store the world they
|
|
played forx
|
|
but i do think it is their husbandsx faults
|
|
if wives do fallx say that they slack their dutiesx
|
|
and pour our treasures into foreign lapsx
|
|
or else break out in peevish jealousiesx
|
|
throwing restraint upon usx or say they strike usx
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|
or scant our former having in despitex
|
|
whyx we have gallsx and though we have some gracex
|
|
yet have we some revengex let husbands know
|
|
their wives have sense like themx they seex and smell
|
|
and have their palates both for sweet and sourx
|
|
as husbands havex what is it that they do
|
|
when they change us for othersx is it sportx
|
|
i think it isx and doth affection breed itx
|
|
i think it dothx isxt frailty that thus errsx
|
|
it is so toox and have not we affectionsx
|
|
desires for sportx and frailtyx as men havex
|
|
then let them use us wellx else let them knowx
|
|
the ills we dox their ills instruct us sox
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|
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|
desdemonax
|
|
good nightx good nightx heaven me such usage sendx
|
|
not to pick bad from badx but by bad mendx
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|
xxexeuntxxx
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|
act v
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|
scene ix cyprusx a streetx
|
|
|
|
enter iago and roderigox
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|
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|
iagox
|
|
herex stand behind this bulkx straight will he comex
|
|
wear thy good rapier barex and put it homex
|
|
quickx quickx fear nothingx ixll be at thy elbowx
|
|
it makes usx or it mars usx think on thatx
|
|
and fix most firm thy resolutionx
|
|
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|
roderigox
|
|
be near at handx i may miscarry in xtx
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|
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|
iagox
|
|
herex at thy handx be boldx and take thy standx
|
|
|
|
xxretires to a little distancexxx
|
|
|
|
roderigox
|
|
i have no great devotion to the deedx
|
|
and yet he hath given me satisfying reasonsx
|
|
xtis but a man gonex forthx my swordx he diesx
|
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|
xxgoes to his standxxx
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iagox
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i have rubbxd this young quat almost to the sensex
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and he grows angryx nowx whether he kill cassiox
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or cassio himx or each do kill the otherx
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every way makes my gainx live roderigox
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he calls me to a restitution large
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of gold and jewels that i bobbxd from himx
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as gifts to desdemonax
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it must not bex if cassio do remainx
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he hath a daily beauty in his life
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that makes me uglyx and besidesx the moor
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may unfold me to himx there stand i in much perilx
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nox he must diex but sox i hear him comingx
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enter cassiox
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roderigox
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i know his gaitx xtis hex villainx thou diestx
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xxrushes outx and makes a pass at cassioxxx
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cassiox
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that thrust had been mine enemy indeedx
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but that my coat is better than thou knowxstx
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i will make proof of thinex
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xxdrawsx and wounds roderigoxxx
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roderigox
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ox i am slainx
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xxiago rushes from his postx cuts cassio behind in the legx and
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exitxxx
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cassiox
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i am maimxd foreverx helpx hox murderx murderx
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xxfallsxxx
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enter othellox
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othellox
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the voice of cassiox iago keeps his wordx
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roderigox
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ox villain that i amx
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othellox
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it is even sox
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cassiox
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ox helpx hox lightx a surgeonx
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othellox
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xtis hex o brave iagox honest and justx
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that hast such noble sense of thy friendxs wrongx
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thou teachest mexxminionx your dear lies deadx
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and your unblessxd fate hiesx strumpetx i comex
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forth of my heart those charmsx thine eyesx are blottedx
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thy bedx lustxstainxdx shall with lustxs blood be spottedx
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xxexitxxx
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enter lodovico and gratianox
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cassiox
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whatx hox no watchx no passagex murderx murderx
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gratianox
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xtis some mischancex the cry is very direfulx
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cassiox
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ox helpx
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lodovicox
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harkx
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roderigox
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o wretched villainx
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lodovicox
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two or three groanx it is a heavy nightx
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these may be counterfeitsx letxs thinkxt unsafe
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to come in to the cry without more helpx
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roderigox
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nobody comex then shall i bleed to deathx
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enter iago with a lightx
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lodovicox
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harkx
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gratianox
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herexs one comes in his shirtx with light and weaponsx
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iagox
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whoxs therex whose noise is this that cries on murderx
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lodovicox
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we do not knowx
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iagox
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did not you hear a cryx
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cassiox
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herex herex for heavenxs sakex help mex
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iagox
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whatxs the matterx
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gratianox
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this is othelloxs ancientx as i take itx
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lodovicox
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the same indeedx a very valiant fellowx
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iagox
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what are you here that cry so grievouslyx
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cassiox
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iagox ox i am spoilxdx undone by villainsx
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give me some helpx
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iagox
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o mex lieutenantx what villains have done thisx
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cassiox
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i think that one of them is hereaboutx
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and cannot make awayx
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iagox
|
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o treacherous villainsx
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xxto lodovico and gratianoxxx what are you therex
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come in and give some helpx
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roderigox
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ox help me herex
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cassiox
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thatxs one of themx
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iagox
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o murderous slavex o villainx
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xxstabs roderigoxxx
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roderigox
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o damnxd iagox o inhuman dogx
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iagox
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kill men ix the darkx where be these bloody thievesx
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how silent is this townx hox murderx murderx
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what may you bex are you of good or evilx
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lodovicox
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as you shall prove usx praise usx
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iagox
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signior lodovicox
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lodovicox
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hex sirx
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iagox
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i cry you mercyx herexs cassio hurt by villainsx
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gratianox
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cassiox
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iagox
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how isxtx brotherx
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cassiox
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my leg is cut in twox
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iagox
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marryx heaven forbidx
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lightx gentlemenx ixll bind it with my shirtx
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enter biancax
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biancax
|
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what is the matterx hox who isxt that criedx
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iagox
|
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who isxt that criedx
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biancax
|
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o my dear cassiox my sweet cassiox o cassiox cassiox cassiox
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iagox
|
|
o notable strumpetx cassiox may you suspect
|
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who they should be that have thus mangled youx
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cassiox
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nox
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gratianox
|
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i am sorry to find you thusx i have been to seek youx
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iagox
|
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lend me a garterx soxxox for a chairx
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to bear him easily hencex
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biancax
|
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alasx he faintsx o cassiox cassiox cassiox
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iagox
|
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gentlemen allx i do suspect this trash
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to be a party in this injuryx
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patience awhilex good cassiox comex comex
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lend me a lightx know we this face or nox
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|
alasx my friend and my dear countryman
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|
roderigox nox yesx surex o heavenx roderigox
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gratianox
|
|
whatx of venicex
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iagox
|
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even hex sirx did you know himx
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gratianox
|
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know himx ayx
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iagox
|
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signior gratianox i cry you gentle pardonx
|
|
these bloody accidents must excuse my mannersx
|
|
that so neglected youx
|
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gratianox
|
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i am glad to see youx
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iagox
|
|
how do youx cassiox ox a chairx a chairx
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gratianox
|
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roderigox
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iagox
|
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hex hex xtis hex
|
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xxa chair brought inxxx
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ox thatxs well saidx the chairx
|
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some good man bear him carefully from hencex
|
|
ixll fetch the generalxs surgeonx xxto biancaxx for youx mistressx
|
|
save you your labourx he that lies slain herex cassiox
|
|
was my dear friendx what malice was between youx
|
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cassiox
|
|
none in the worldx nor do i know the manx
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iagox
|
|
xxto biancaxxx whatx look you palexxox bear him out ox the airx
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xxcassio and roderigo are borne offxxx
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stay youx good gentlemenxxlook you palex mistressx
|
|
do you perceive the gastness of her eyex
|
|
nayx if you starex we shall hear more anonx
|
|
behold her wellx i pray youx look upon herx
|
|
do you seex gentlemenx nayx guiltiness will speak
|
|
though tongues were out of usex
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enter emiliax
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emiliax
|
|
xlasx whatxs the matterx whatxs the matterx husbandx
|
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|
iagox
|
|
cassio hath here been set on in the dark
|
|
by roderigox and fellows that are xscapxdx
|
|
hexs almost slainx and roderigo deadx
|
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|
emiliax
|
|
alasx good gentlemanx alasx good cassiox
|
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|
iagox
|
|
this is the fruit of whoringx pritheex emiliax
|
|
go know of cassio where he suppxd tonightx
|
|
whatx do you shake at thatx
|
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biancax
|
|
he suppxd at my housex but i therefore shake notx
|
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iagox
|
|
ox did he sox i charge you go with mex
|
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emiliax
|
|
fiex fie upon theex strumpetx
|
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|
biancax
|
|
i am no strumpetx but of life as honest
|
|
as you that thus abuse mex
|
|
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|
emiliax
|
|
as ix fohx fie upon theex
|
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|
iagox
|
|
kind gentlemenx letxs go see poor cassio dressxdx
|
|
comex mistressx you must tellxs another talex
|
|
emiliax run you to the citadelx
|
|
and tell my lord and lady what hath happxdx
|
|
will you go on aforex xxasidexxx this is the night
|
|
that either makes me or fordoes me quitex
|
|
|
|
xxexeuntxxx
|
|
|
|
scene iix cyprusx a bedchamber in the castlex
|
|
|
|
desdemona in bed asleepx a light burningx
|
|
|
|
enter othellox
|
|
|
|
othellox
|
|
it is the causex it is the causex my soulx
|
|
let me not name it to youx you chaste starsx
|
|
it is the causex yet ixll not shed her bloodx
|
|
nor scar that whiter skin of hers than snowx
|
|
and smooth as monumental alabasterx
|
|
yet she must diex else shexll betray more menx
|
|
put out the lightx and then put out the lightx
|
|
if i quench theex thou flaming ministerx
|
|
i can again thy former light restorex
|
|
should i repent mex but once put out thy lightx
|
|
thou cunningxst pattern of excelling naturex
|
|
i know not where is that promethean heat
|
|
that can thy light relumex when i have pluckxd thy rosex
|
|
i cannot give it vital growth againx
|
|
it must needs witherx ixll smell it on the treex
|
|
|
|
xxkissing herxxx
|
|
|
|
ox balmy breathx that dost almost persuade
|
|
justice to break her swordx one morex one morex
|
|
be thus when thou art deadx and i will kill theex
|
|
and love thee afterx one morex and this the lastx
|
|
so sweet was nexer so fatalx i must weepx
|
|
but they are cruel tearsx this sorrowxs heavenlyx
|
|
it strikes where it doth lovex she wakesx
|
|
|
|
desdemonax
|
|
whoxs therex othellox
|
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|
|
othellox
|
|
ayx desdemonax
|
|
|
|
desdemonax
|
|
will you come to bedx my lordx
|
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|
|
othellox
|
|
have you prayxd tonightx desdemonax
|
|
|
|
desdemonax
|
|
ayx my lordx
|
|
|
|
othellox
|
|
if you bethink yourself of any crime
|
|
unreconcilxd as yet to heaven and gracex
|
|
solicit for it straightx
|
|
|
|
desdemonax
|
|
alackx my lordx what may you mean by thatx
|
|
|
|
othellox
|
|
wellx do itx and be briefx i will walk byx
|
|
i would not kill thy unprepared spiritx
|
|
nox heaven forfendx i would not kill thy soulx
|
|
|
|
desdemonax
|
|
talk you of killingx
|
|
|
|
othellox
|
|
ayx i dox
|
|
|
|
desdemonax
|
|
then heaven have mercy on mex
|
|
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|
othellox
|
|
amenx with all my heartx
|
|
|
|
desdemonax
|
|
if you say sox i hope you will not kill mex
|
|
|
|
othellox
|
|
humx
|
|
|
|
desdemonax
|
|
and yet i fear youx for you are fatal then
|
|
when your eyes roll sox why i should fear i know notx
|
|
since guiltiness i know notx but yet i feel i fearx
|
|
|
|
othellox
|
|
think on thy sinsx
|
|
|
|
desdemonax
|
|
they are loves i bear to youx
|
|
|
|
othellox
|
|
ayx and for that thou diestx
|
|
|
|
desdemonax
|
|
that deathxs unnatural that kills for lovingx
|
|
alasx why gnaw you so your nether lipx
|
|
some bloody passion shakes your very framex
|
|
these are portentsx but yet i hopex i hopex
|
|
they do not point on mex
|
|
|
|
othellox
|
|
peacex and be stillx
|
|
|
|
desdemonax
|
|
i will sox whatxs the matterx
|
|
|
|
othellox
|
|
that handkerchief which i so loved and gave theex
|
|
thou gavxst to cassiox
|
|
|
|
desdemonax
|
|
nox by my life and soulx
|
|
send for the man and ask himx
|
|
|
|
othellox
|
|
sweet soulx take heedx take heed of perjuryx
|
|
thouxrt on thy deathxbedx
|
|
|
|
desdemonax
|
|
ayx but not yet to diex
|
|
|
|
othellox
|
|
yesx presentlyx
|
|
therefore confess thee freely of thy sinx
|
|
for to deny each article with oath
|
|
cannot remove nor choke the strong conception
|
|
that i do groan withalx thou art to diex
|
|
|
|
desdemonax
|
|
thenx lord have mercy on mex
|
|
|
|
othellox
|
|
i sayx amenx
|
|
|
|
desdemonax
|
|
and have you mercy toox i never did
|
|
offend you in my lifexx never lovxd cassio
|
|
but with such general warranty of heaven
|
|
as i might lovex i never gave him tokenx
|
|
|
|
othellox
|
|
by heavenx i saw my handkerchief in xs handx
|
|
o perjurxd womanx thou dost stone my heartx
|
|
and makxst me call what i intend to do
|
|
a murderx which i thought a sacrificex
|
|
i saw the handkerchiefx
|
|
|
|
desdemonax
|
|
he found it thenx
|
|
i never gave it himx send for him hitherx
|
|
let him confess a truthx
|
|
|
|
othellox
|
|
he hath confessxdx
|
|
|
|
desdemonax
|
|
whatx my lordx
|
|
|
|
othellox
|
|
that he hath usxd theex
|
|
|
|
desdemonax
|
|
howx unlawfullyx
|
|
|
|
othellox
|
|
ayx
|
|
|
|
desdemonax
|
|
he will not say sox
|
|
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|
othellox
|
|
nox his mouth is stoppxdx
|
|
honest iago hath taxen order for xtx
|
|
|
|
desdemonax
|
|
ox my fear interpretsx whatx is he deadx
|
|
|
|
othellox
|
|
had all his hairs been livesx my great revenge
|
|
had stomach for them allx
|
|
|
|
desdemonax
|
|
alasx he is betrayxdx and i undonex
|
|
|
|
othellox
|
|
outx strumpetx weepxst thou for him to my facex
|
|
|
|
desdemonax
|
|
ox banish mex my lordx but kill me notx
|
|
|
|
othellox
|
|
downx strumpetx
|
|
|
|
desdemonax
|
|
kill me tomorrowx let me live tonightx
|
|
|
|
othellox
|
|
nayx if you strivexx
|
|
|
|
desdemonax
|
|
but half an hourx
|
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|
|
othellox
|
|
being donex there is no pausex
|
|
|
|
desdemonax
|
|
but while i say one prayerx
|
|
|
|
othellox
|
|
it is too latex
|
|
|
|
xxsmothers herxxx
|
|
|
|
emiliax
|
|
xxwithinxxx my lordx my lordx whatx hox my lordx my lordx
|
|
|
|
othellox
|
|
what noise is thisx not deadx not yet quite deadx
|
|
i that am cruel am yet mercifulx
|
|
i would not have thee linger in thy painx
|
|
sox sox
|
|
|
|
emiliax
|
|
xxwithinxxx whatx hox my lordx my lordx
|
|
|
|
othellox
|
|
whoxs therex
|
|
|
|
emiliax
|
|
xxwithinxxx ox good my lordx i would speak a word with youx
|
|
|
|
othellox
|
|
yesx xtis emiliax by and byx shexs deadx
|
|
xtis like she comes to speak of cassioxs deathx
|
|
the noise was highxxhax no more movingx
|
|
still as the gravex shall she come inx werext goodx
|
|
i think she stirs againx nox whatxs best to dox
|
|
if she come inx shexll sure speak to my wifex
|
|
my wifex my wifex what wifex i have no wifex
|
|
ox insupportablex o heavy hourx
|
|
methinks it should be now a huge eclipse
|
|
of sun and moonx and that the affrighted globe
|
|
should yawn at alterationx
|
|
|
|
emiliax
|
|
xxwithinxxx i do beseech you
|
|
that i may speak with youx ox good my lordx
|
|
|
|
othellox
|
|
i had forgot theex ox come inx emiliax
|
|
softx by and byx let me the curtains drawx
|
|
where art thoux
|
|
|
|
xxunlocks the doorxxx
|
|
|
|
enter emiliax
|
|
|
|
whatxs the matter with thee nowx
|
|
|
|
emiliax
|
|
ox my good lordx yonderxs foul murders donex
|
|
|
|
othellox
|
|
whatx nowx
|
|
|
|
emiliax
|
|
but nowx my lordx
|
|
|
|
othellox
|
|
it is the very error of the moonx
|
|
she comes more nearer earth than she was wont
|
|
and makes men madx
|
|
|
|
emiliax
|
|
cassiox my lordx hath killxd a young venetian
|
|
callxd roderigox
|
|
|
|
othellox
|
|
roderigo killxdx
|
|
and cassio killxdx
|
|
|
|
emiliax
|
|
nox cassio is not killxdx
|
|
|
|
othellox
|
|
not cassio killxdx then murderxs out of tunex
|
|
and sweet revenge grows harshx
|
|
|
|
desdemonax
|
|
ox falselyx falsely murderxdx
|
|
|
|
emiliax
|
|
alasx what cry is thatx
|
|
|
|
othellox
|
|
thatx whatx
|
|
|
|
emiliax
|
|
outx and alasx that was my ladyxs voicex
|
|
helpx helpx hox helpx o ladyx speak againx
|
|
sweet desdemonax o sweet mistressx speakx
|
|
|
|
desdemonax
|
|
a guiltless death i diex
|
|
|
|
emiliax
|
|
ox who hath done this deedx
|
|
|
|
desdemonax
|
|
nobodyx i myselfx farewellx
|
|
commend me to my kind lordx ox farewellx
|
|
|
|
xxshe diesxxx
|
|
|
|
othellox
|
|
whyx how should she be murderxdx
|
|
|
|
emiliax
|
|
alasx who knowsx
|
|
|
|
othellox
|
|
you heard her say herselfx it was not ix
|
|
|
|
emiliax
|
|
she said sox i must needs report the truthx
|
|
|
|
othellox
|
|
shexs like a liarx gone to burning hellx
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xtwas i that killxd herx
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emiliax
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ox the more angel shex
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and you the blacker devilx
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othellox
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she turnxd to follyx and she was a whorex
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emiliax
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thou dost belie herx and thou art a devilx
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othellox
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she was false as waterx
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emiliax
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thou art rash as firex to say
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that she was falsex ox she was heavenly truex
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othellox
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cassio did top herx ask thy husband elsex
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ox i were damnxd beneath all depth in hellx
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but that i did proceed upon just grounds
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to this extremityx thy husband knew it allx
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emiliax
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my husbandx
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othellox
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thy husbandx
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emiliax
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that she was false to wedlockx
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othellox
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ayx with cassiox nayx had she been truex
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if heaven would make me such another world
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of one entire and perfect chrysolitex
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ixd not have sold her for itx
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emiliax
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my husbandx
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othellox
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ayx xtwas he that told me firstx
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an honest man he isx and hates the slime
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that sticks on filthy deedsx
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emiliax
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my husbandx
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othellox
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what needs this iterancex womanx i say thy husbandx
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emiliax
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o mistressx villainy hath made mocks with lovex
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my husband say that she was falsex
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othellox
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hex womanx
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i say thy husbandx dost understand the wordx
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my friendx thy husbandx honestx honest iagox
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emiliax
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if he say sox may his pernicious soul
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rot half a grain a dayx he lies to the heartx
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she was too fond of her most filthy bargainx
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othellox
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hax
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emiliax
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do thy worstx
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this deed of thine is no more worthy heaven
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than thou wast worthy herx
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othellox
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peacex you were bestx
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emiliax
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thou hast not half that power to do me harm
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as i have to be hurtx o gullx o doltx
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as ignorant as dirtx thou hast done a deed
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xi care not for thy swordx ixll make thee knownx
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though i lost twenty livesx helpx helpx hox helpx
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the moor hath killxd my mistressx murderx murderx
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enter montanox gratiano and iagox
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montanox
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what is the matterx how nowx generalx
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emiliax
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ox are you comex iagox you have done wellx
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that men must lay their murders on your neckx
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gratianox
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what is the matterx
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emiliax
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disprove this villainx if thou bexst a manx
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he says thou toldxst him that his wife was falsex
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i know thou didst notx thouxrt not such a villainx
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speakx for my heart is fullx
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iagox
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i told him what i thoughtx and told no more
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than what he found himself was apt and truex
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emiliax
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but did you ever tell him she was falsex
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iagox
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i didx
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emiliax
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you told a liex an odiousx damned liex
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upon my soulx a liex a wicked liex
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she false with cassiox did you say with cassiox
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iagox
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with cassiox mistressx go tox charm your tonguex
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emiliax
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i will not charm my tonguex i am bound to speakx
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my mistress here lies murderxd in her bedx
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allx
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o heavens forfendx
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emiliax
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and your reports have set the murder onx
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othellox
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nayx stare notx mastersx it is true indeedx
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gratianox
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xtis a strange truthx
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montanox
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o monstrous actx
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emiliax
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villanyx villanyx villanyx
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i think uponxtx i think i smellxtx o villanyx
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i thought so thenx ixll kill myself for griefx
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o villanyx villanyx
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iagox
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whatx are you madx i charge youx get you homex
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emiliax
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good gentlemenx let me have leave to speakx
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xtis proper i obey himx but not nowx
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perchancex iagox i will nexer go homex
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othellox
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ox ox ox
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xxhanging over his wifexxx
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emiliax
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nayx lay thee down and roarx
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for thou hast killxd the sweetest innocent
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that exer did lift up eyex
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othellox
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xxrisingxxx ox she was foulx
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i scarce did know youx unclex there lies your niecex
|
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whose breath indeed these hands have newly stoppxdx
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i know this act shows horrible and grimx
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gratianox
|
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poor desdemonax i am glad thy fatherxs deadx
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|
thy match was mortal to himx and pure grief
|
|
shore his old thread in twainx did he live nowx
|
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this sight would make him do a desperate turnx
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|
yeax curse his better angel from his sidex
|
|
and fall to reprobancex
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othellox
|
|
xtis pitifulx but yet iago knows
|
|
that she with cassio hath the act of shame
|
|
a thousand times committedx cassio confessxd itx
|
|
and she did gratify his amorous works
|
|
with that recognizance and pledge of love
|
|
which i first gave herx i saw it in his handx
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it was a handkerchiefx an antique token
|
|
my father gave my motherx
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emiliax
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o heavenx o heavenly powersx
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iagox
|
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comex hold your peacex
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emiliax
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xtwill outx xtwill outx i peacex
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nox i will speak as liberal as the northx
|
|
let heaven and men and devilsx let them allx
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allx allx cry shame against mex yet ixll speakx
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iagox
|
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be wisex and get you homex
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emiliax
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i will notx
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|
xxiago offers to stab his wifexxx
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gratianox
|
|
fiex
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|
your sword upon a womanx
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emiliax
|
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o thou dull moorx that handkerchief thou speakxst of
|
|
i found by fortune and did give my husbandx
|
|
for often with a solemn earnestnessx
|
|
more than indeed belongxd to such a triflex
|
|
he beggxd of me to steal itx
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iagox
|
|
villanous whorex
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emiliax
|
|
she give it cassiox nox alasx i found itx
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|
and i did givext my husbandx
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iagox
|
|
filthx thou liestx
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emiliax
|
|
by heavenx i do notx i do notx gentlemenx
|
|
o murderous coxcombx what should such a fool
|
|
do with so good a wifex
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|
othello
|
|
are there not stones in heaven
|
|
but what serve for thunderx precious villainx
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|
xxiago stabs emilia and then runs outxxx
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gratianox
|
|
the woman fallsx surex he hath killxd his wifex
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emiliax
|
|
ayx ayx ox lay me by my mistressx sidex
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gratianox
|
|
hexs gonex but his wifexs killxdx
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montanox
|
|
xtis a notorious villainx take you this weaponx
|
|
which i have here recoverxd from the moorx
|
|
comex guard the door withoutx let him not passx
|
|
but kill him ratherx ixll after that same villainx
|
|
for xtis a damned slavex
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|
xxexit montano and gratianoxxx
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othellox
|
|
i am not valiant neitherx
|
|
but every puny whipster gets my swordx
|
|
but why should honour outlive honestyx
|
|
let it go allx
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|
emiliax
|
|
what did thy song bodex ladyx
|
|
harkx canst thou hear mex i will play the swanx
|
|
and die in musicx
|
|
xxsingsxxx xwillowx willowx willowxx
|
|
moorx she was chastex she lovxd theex cruel moorx
|
|
so come my soul to blissx as i speak truex
|
|
so speaking as i thinkx i diex i diex
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|
xxshe diesxxx
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|
othellox
|
|
i have another weapon in this chamberx
|
|
it is a sword of spainx the icexbrookxs temperx
|
|
ox here it isx unclex i must come forthx
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|
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|
gratianox
|
|
xxwithinxxx if thou attempt itx it will cost thee dearx
|
|
thou hast no weaponx and perforce must sufferx
|
|
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|
othellox
|
|
look in upon me thenx and speak with mex
|
|
orx naked as i amx i will assault theex
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|
enter gratianox
|
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|
gratianox
|
|
what is the matterx
|
|
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|
othellox
|
|
beholdx i have a weaponx
|
|
a better never did itself sustain
|
|
upon a soldierxs thighx i have seen the day
|
|
that with this little arm and this good sword
|
|
i have made my way through more impediments
|
|
than twenty times your stopx butx o vain boastx
|
|
who can control his fatex xtis not so nowx
|
|
be not afraidx though you do see me weaponxdx
|
|
here is my journeyxs endx here is my buttx
|
|
and very seaxmark of my utmost sailx
|
|
do you go back dismayxdx xtis a lost fearx
|
|
man but a rush against othelloxs breastx
|
|
and he retiresx where should othello gox
|
|
nowx how dost thou look nowx o illxstarrxd wenchx
|
|
pale as thy smockx when we shall meet at comptx
|
|
this look of thine will hurl my soul from heavenx
|
|
and fiends will snatch at itx coldx coldx my girlx
|
|
even like thy chastityx
|
|
o cursedx cursed slavex whip mex ye devilsx
|
|
from the possession of this heavenly sightx
|
|
blow me about in windsx roast me in sulphurx
|
|
wash me in steepxdown gulfs of liquid firex
|
|
o desdemonx deadx desdemonx deadx ohx ohx
|
|
|
|
enter lodovicox montanox cassio carried in a chairx and officers with
|
|
iago prisonerx
|
|
|
|
lodovicox
|
|
where is this rash and most unfortunate manx
|
|
|
|
othellox
|
|
thatxs he that was othellox here i amx
|
|
|
|
lodovicox
|
|
where is that viperx bring the villain forthx
|
|
|
|
othellox
|
|
i look down towards his feetx but thatxs a fablex
|
|
if that thou bexst a devilx i cannot kill theex
|
|
|
|
xxwounds iagoxxx
|
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|
lodovicox
|
|
wrench his sword from himx
|
|
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|
iagox
|
|
i bleedx sirx but not killxdx
|
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|
|
othellox
|
|
i am not sorry neitherx ixd have thee livex
|
|
for in my sense xtis happiness to diex
|
|
|
|
lodovicox
|
|
o thou othellox that wert once so goodx
|
|
fallxn in the practice of a damned slavex
|
|
what shall be said to theex
|
|
|
|
othellox
|
|
whyx anythingx
|
|
an honourable murdererx if you willx
|
|
for naught did i in hatex but all in honourx
|
|
|
|
lodovicox
|
|
this wretch hath part confessxd his villanyx
|
|
did you and he consent in cassioxs deathx
|
|
|
|
othellox
|
|
ayx
|
|
|
|
cassiox
|
|
dear generalx i never gave you causex
|
|
|
|
othellox
|
|
i do believe itx and i ask your pardonx
|
|
will youx i prayx demand that demixdevil
|
|
why he hath thus ensnarxd my soul and bodyx
|
|
|
|
iagox
|
|
demand me nothingx what you knowx you knowx
|
|
from this time forth i never will speak wordx
|
|
|
|
lodovicox
|
|
whatx not to prayx
|
|
|
|
gratianox
|
|
torments will ope your lipsx
|
|
|
|
othellox
|
|
wellx thou dost bestx
|
|
|
|
lodovicox
|
|
sirx you shall understand what hath befallxnx
|
|
whichx as i thinkx you know notx here is a letter
|
|
found in the pocket of the slain roderigox
|
|
and here anotherx the one of them imports
|
|
the death of cassiox to be undertook
|
|
by roderigox
|
|
|
|
othellox
|
|
o villainx
|
|
|
|
cassiox
|
|
most heathenish and most grossx
|
|
|
|
lodovicox
|
|
now herexs another discontented paperx
|
|
found in his pocket toox and thisx it seemsx
|
|
roderigo meant to have sent this damned villainx
|
|
but thatx belikex iago in the interim
|
|
came in and satisfied himx
|
|
|
|
othellox
|
|
o the pernicious caitiffx
|
|
how came youx cassiox by that handkerchief
|
|
that was my wifexsx
|
|
|
|
cassiox
|
|
i found it in my chamberx
|
|
and he himself confessxd but even nowx
|
|
that there he droppxd it for a special purpose
|
|
which wrought to his desirex
|
|
|
|
othellox
|
|
o foolx foolx foolx
|
|
|
|
cassiox
|
|
there is besides in roderigoxs letterx
|
|
how he upbraids iagox that he made him
|
|
brave me upon the watchx whereon it came
|
|
that i was castx and even but now he spakex
|
|
after long seeming deadx iago hurt himx
|
|
iago set him onx
|
|
|
|
lodovicox
|
|
you must forsake this roomx and go with usx
|
|
your power and your command is taken offx
|
|
and cassio rules in cyprusx for this slavex
|
|
if there be any cunning cruelty
|
|
that can torment him much and hold him longx
|
|
it shall be hisx you shall close prisoner restx
|
|
till that the nature of your fault be known
|
|
to the venetian statex comex bring awayx
|
|
|
|
othellox
|
|
soft youx a word or two before you gox
|
|
i have done the state some servicex and they knowxtx
|
|
no more of thatx i pray youx in your lettersx
|
|
when you shall these unlucky deeds relatex
|
|
speak of me as i amx nothing extenuatex
|
|
nor set down aught in malicex then must you speak
|
|
of one that loved not wiselyx but too wellx
|
|
of one not easily jealousx but being wroughtx
|
|
perplexxd in the extremex of one whose handx
|
|
like the base judeanx threw a pearl away
|
|
richer than all his tribex of one whose subduxd eyesx
|
|
albeit unused to the melting moodx
|
|
drop tears as fast as the arabian trees
|
|
their medicinal gumx set you down thisx
|
|
and say besidesx that in aleppo oncex
|
|
where a malignant and a turbanxd turk
|
|
beat a venetian and traducxd the statex
|
|
i took by the throat the circumcised dogx
|
|
and smote himx thusx
|
|
|
|
xxstabs himselfxxx
|
|
|
|
lodovicox
|
|
o bloody periodx
|
|
|
|
gratianox
|
|
all thatxs spoke is marrxdx
|
|
|
|
othellox
|
|
i kissxd thee ere i killxd theex no way but thisx
|
|
killing myselfx to die upon a kissx
|
|
|
|
xxfalling upon desdemonaxxx
|
|
|
|
cassiox
|
|
this did i fearx but thought he had no weaponx
|
|
for he was great of heartx
|
|
|
|
lodovicox
|
|
xxto iagoxxx o spartan dogx
|
|
more fell than anguishx hungerx or the seax
|
|
look on the tragic loading of this bedx
|
|
this is thy workx the object poisons sightx
|
|
let it be hidx gratianox keep the housex
|
|
and seize upon the fortunes of the moorx
|
|
for they succeed on youx to youx lord governorx
|
|
remains the censure of this hellish villainx
|
|
the timex the placex the torturex ox enforce itx
|
|
myself will straight aboardx and to the state
|
|
this heavy act with heavy heart relatex
|
|
|
|
xxexeuntxxx
|
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|
periclesx prince of tyre
|
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contents
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act i
|
|
chorusx before the palace of antiochx
|
|
scene ix antiochx a room in the palacex
|
|
scene iix tyrex a room in the palacex
|
|
scene iiix tyrex an antexchamber in the palacex
|
|
scene ivx tarsusx a room in the governorxs housex
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|
act ii
|
|
chorusx chorusx
|
|
scene ix pentapolisx an open place by the seasidex
|
|
scene iix the samex a public wayx or platform leading to the listsx
|
|
scene iiix the samex a hall of statex a banquet preparedx
|
|
scene ivx tyrex a room in the governorxs housex
|
|
scene vx pentapolisx a room in the palacex
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|
act iii
|
|
chorusx chorusx
|
|
scene ix on shipboardx
|
|
scene iix ephesusx a room in cerimonxs housex
|
|
scene iiix tarsusx a room in cleonxs housex
|
|
scene ivx ephesusx a room in cerimonxs housex
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|
act iv
|
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chorusx chorusx
|
|
scene ix tarsusx an open place near the seashorex
|
|
scene iix mytilenex a room in a brothelx
|
|
scene iiix tarsusx a room in cleonxs housex
|
|
scene ivx before the monument of marina at tarsusx
|
|
scene vx mytilenex a street before the brothelx
|
|
scene vix the samex a room in the brothelx
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|
act v
|
|
chorusx chorusx
|
|
scene ix on board periclesx shipx off mytilenex
|
|
scene iix before the temple of diana at ephesusx
|
|
scene iiix the temple of diana at ephesusx
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dramatis personx
|
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|
antiochusx king of antiochx
|
|
periclesx prince of tyrex
|
|
helicanusx escanesx two lords of tyrex
|
|
simonidesx king of pentapolisx
|
|
cleonx governor of tarsusx
|
|
lysimachusx governor of mytilenex
|
|
cerimonx a lord of ephesusx
|
|
thaliardx a lord of antiochx
|
|
philemonx servant to cerimonx
|
|
leoninex servant to dionyzax
|
|
marshalx
|
|
a pandarx
|
|
boultx his servantx
|
|
the daughter of antiochusx
|
|
dionyzax wife to cleonx
|
|
thaisax daughter to simonidesx
|
|
marinax daughter to pericles and thaisax
|
|
lychoridax nurse to marinax
|
|
a bawdx
|
|
lordsx knightsx gentlemenx sailorsx piratesx fishermenx and messengersx
|
|
dianax
|
|
gowerx as chorusx
|
|
|
|
scenex dispersedly in various countriesx
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|
act i
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|
enter gowerx
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|
before the palace of antiochx
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|
to sing a song that old was sungx
|
|
from ashes ancient gower is comex
|
|
assuming manxs infirmitiesx
|
|
to glad your earx and please your eyesx
|
|
it hath been sung at festivalsx
|
|
on emberxeves and holyxalesx
|
|
and lords and ladies in their lives
|
|
have read it for restorativesx
|
|
the purchase is to make men gloriousx
|
|
xet bonum quo antiquius eo meliusxx
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if youx born in these latter timesx
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when witxs more ripex accept my rhymesx
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and that to hear an old man sing
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may to your wishes pleasure bringx
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i life would wishx and that i might
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waste it for youx like taperxlightx
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this antiochx thenx antiochus the great
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built upx this cityx for his chiefest seatx
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the fairest in all syriax
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i tell you what mine authors sayx
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this king unto him took a ferex
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who died and left a female heirx
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so buxomx blithex and full of facex
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as heaven had lent her all his gracex
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with whom the father liking tookx
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and her to incest did provokex
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bad childx worse fatherx to entice his own
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to evil should be done by nonex
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but custom what they did begin
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was with long use accountxd no sinx
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the beauty of this sinful dame
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made many princes thither framex
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to seek her as a bedfellowx
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in marriage pleasures playfellowx
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which to prevent he made a lawx
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to keep her stillx and men in awex
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that whoso askxd her for his wifex
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his riddle told notx lost his lifex
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so for her many a wight did diex
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as yon grim looks do testifyx
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what now ensuesx to the judgement your eye
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i givex my cause who best can justifyx
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xxexitxxx
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scene ix antiochx a room in the palacex
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enter antiochusx prince pericles and followersx
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antiochusx
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young prince of tyrex you have at large received
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the danger of the task you undertakex
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periclesx
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i havex antiochusx andx with a soul
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emboldened with the glory of her praisex
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think death no hazard in this enterprisex
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antiochusx
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musicx bring in our daughterx clothed like a bridex
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for the embracements even of jove himselfx
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at whose conceptionx till lucina reignedx
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nature this dowry gavex to glad her presencex
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the senate house of planets all did sitx
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to knit in her their best perfectionsx
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musicx enter the daughter of antiochusx
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periclesx
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see where she comesx apparellxd like the springx
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graces her subjectsx and her thoughts the king
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of every virtue gives renown to menx
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her face the book of praisesx where is read
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nothing but curious pleasuresx as from thence
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sorrow were ever razedx and testy wrath
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could never be her mild companionx
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you gods that made me manx and sway in lovex
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that have inflamed desire in my breast
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to taste the fruit of yon celestial treex
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or die in the adventurex be my helpsx
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as i am son and servant to your willx
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to compass such a boundless happinessx
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antiochusx
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prince periclesx x
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periclesx
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that would be son to great antiochusx
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antiochusx
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before thee stands this fair hesperidesx
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with golden fruitx but dangerous to be touchxdx
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for deathxlike dragons here affright thee hardx
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her facex like heavenx enticeth thee to view
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her countless gloryx which desert must gainx
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and whichx without desertx because thine eye
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presumes to reachx all the whole heap must diex
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yon sometimes famous princesx like thyselfx
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drawn by reportx adventurous by desirex
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tell theex with speechless tongues and semblance palex
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that without coveringx save yon field of starsx
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here they stand martyrsx slain in cupidxs warsx
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and with dead cheeks advise thee to desist
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for going on deathxs netx whom none resistx
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periclesx
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antiochusx i thank theex who hath taught
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my frail mortality to know itselfx
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and by those fearful objects to prepare
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this bodyx like to themx to what i mustx
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for death rememberxd should be like a mirrorx
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who tells us lifexs but breathx to trust it errorx
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ixll make my will thenx andx as sick men do
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who know the worldx see heavenx butx feeling woex
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gripe not at earthly joys as erst they didx
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so i bequeath a happy peace to you
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and all good menx as every prince should dox
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|
my riches to the earth from whence they camex
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xxto the daughter of antiochusxxx but my unspotted fire of love to youx
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thus ready for the way of life or deathx
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i wait the sharpest blowx antiochusx
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antiochusx
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scorning advicex read the conclusionx thenx
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which read and not expoundedx xtis decreedx
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as these before thee thou thyself shalt bleedx
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daughterx
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of all xssayed yetx mayst thou prove prosperousx
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of all xssayed yetx i wish thee happinessx
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pericles
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like a bold championx i assume the listsx
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nor ask advice of any other thought
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but faithfulness and couragex
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xxhe reads the riddlexxx
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xi am no viperx yet i feed
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on motherxs flesh which did me breedx
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i sought a husbandx in which labour
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i found that kindness in a fatherx
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hexs fatherx sonx and husband mildx
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i motherx wifex and yet his childx
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how they may bex and yet in twox
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as you will live resolve it youxx
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sharp physic is the lastx butx o you powers
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that give heaven countless eyes to view menxs actsx
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why cloud they not their sights perpetuallyx
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if this be truex which makes me pale to read itx
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|
fair glass of lightx i loved youx and could stillx
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xxtakes hold of the hand of the princessxxx
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were not this glorious casket stored with illx
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|
but i must tell youx now my thoughts revoltx
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for hexs no man on whom perfections wait
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thatx knowing sin withinx will touch the gatex
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you are a fair violx and your sense the stringsx
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|
whox fingerxd to make man his lawful musicx
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would draw heaven downx and all the gods to hearkenx
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|
but being playxd upon before your timex
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|
hell only danceth at so harsh a chimex
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good soothx i care not for youx
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antiochusx
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prince periclesx touch notx upon thy lifex
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for thatxs an article within our lawx
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as dangerous as the restx your timexs expiredx
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|
either expound nowx or receive your sentencex
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periclesx
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great kingx
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few love to hear the sins they love to actx
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xtwould braid yourself too near for me to tell itx
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|
who has a book of all that monarchs dox
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|
hexs more secure to keep it shut than shownx
|
|
for vice repeated is like the wandering windx
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|
blows dust in othersx eyesx to spread itselfx
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|
and yet the end of all is bought thus dearx
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|
the breath is gonex and the sore eyes see clearx
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|
to stop the air would hurt themx the blind mole casts
|
|
coppxd hills towards heavenx to tell the earth is throngxd
|
|
by manxs oppressionx and the poor worm doth die forxtx
|
|
kind are earthxs godsx in vice their lawxs their willx
|
|
and if jove strayx who dares say jove doth illx
|
|
it is enough you knowx and it is fitx
|
|
what being more known grows worsex to smother itx
|
|
all love the womb that their first bredx
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|
then give my tongue like leave to love my headx
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antiochusx
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xxasidexx heavenx that i had thy headx he has found the meaningx
|
|
but i will gloze with himx x young prince of tyrex
|
|
though by the tenour of our strict edictx
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|
your exposition misinterpretingx
|
|
we might proceed to cancel of your daysx
|
|
yet hopex succeeding from so fair a tree
|
|
as your fair selfx doth tune us otherwisex
|
|
forty days longer we do respite youx
|
|
if by which time our secret be undonex
|
|
this mercy shows wexll joy in such a sonx
|
|
and until then your entertain shall be
|
|
as doth befit our honour and your worthx
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|
xxexeunt all but periclesxxx
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|
periclesx
|
|
how courtesy would seem to cover sinx
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|
when what is done is like an hypocritex
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|
the which is good in nothing but in sightx
|
|
if it be true that i interpret falsex
|
|
then were it certain you were not so bad
|
|
as with foul incest to abuse your soulx
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|
where now youxre both a father and a sonx
|
|
by your untimely claspings with your childx
|
|
which pleasures fits a husbandx not a fatherx
|
|
and she an eater of her motherxs fleshx
|
|
by the defiling of her parentxs bedx
|
|
and both like serpents arex who though they feed
|
|
on sweetest flowersx yet they poison breedx
|
|
antiochx farewellx for wisdom seesx those men
|
|
blush not in actions blacker than the nightx
|
|
will xschew no course to keep them from the lightx
|
|
one sinx i knowx another doth provokex
|
|
murderxs as near to lust as flame to smokex
|
|
poison and treason are the hands of sinx
|
|
ayx and the targetsx to put off the shamex
|
|
thenx lest my life be croppxd to keep you clearx
|
|
by flight ixll shun the danger which i fearx
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|
|
xxexitxxx
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|
|
rexenter antiochusx
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antiochusx
|
|
he hath found the meaningx
|
|
for which we mean to have his headx
|
|
he must not live to trumpet forth my infamyx
|
|
nor tell the world antiochus doth sin
|
|
in such a loathed mannerx
|
|
and therefore instantly this prince must diex
|
|
for by his fall my honour must keep highx
|
|
who attends us therex
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|
|
enter thaliardx
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thaliardx
|
|
doth your highness callx
|
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|
antiochusx
|
|
thaliardx you are of our chamberx
|
|
and our mind partakes her private actions
|
|
to your secrecyx and for your faithfulness
|
|
we will advance youx thaliardx
|
|
beholdx herexs poisonx and herexs goldx
|
|
we hate the prince of tyrex and thou must kill himx
|
|
it fits thee not to ask the reason whyx
|
|
because we bid itx sayx is it donex
|
|
|
|
thaliardx
|
|
my lordx xtis donex
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|
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|
antiochusx
|
|
enoughx
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|
|
enter a messengerx
|
|
|
|
let your breath cool yourselfx telling your hastex
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|
|
messengerx
|
|
my lordx prince pericles is fledx
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xxexitxxx
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|
antiochusx
|
|
as thou wilt livex fly afterx and like an arrow shot
|
|
from a wellxexperienced archer hits the mark
|
|
his eye doth level atx so thou nexer return
|
|
unless thou say xprince pericles is deadxx
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|
thaliardx
|
|
my lordx if i can get him within my pistolxs lengthx ixll make him sure
|
|
enoughx sox farewell to your highnessx
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|
antiochusx
|
|
thaliardx adieux
|
|
|
|
xxexit thaliardxxx
|
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|
|
till pericles be deadx
|
|
my heart can lend no succour to my headx
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|
|
|
xxexitxxx
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|
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|
|
scene iix tyrex a room in the palacex
|
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|
|
enter pericles with his lordsx
|
|
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|
periclesx
|
|
xxto lords withoutxxx let none disturb usx x why should this change of
|
|
thoughtsx
|
|
the sad companionx dullxeyed melancholyx
|
|
be my so used a guest as not an hour
|
|
in the dayxs glorious walk or peaceful nightx
|
|
the tomb where grief should sleepx can breed me quietx
|
|
here pleasures court mine eyesx and mine eyes shun themx
|
|
and dangerx which i fearxdx is at antiochx
|
|
whose arm seems far too short to hit me herex
|
|
yet neither pleasurexs art can joy my spiritsx
|
|
nor yet the otherxs distance comfort mex
|
|
then it is thusx the passions of the mindx
|
|
that have their first conception by misdreadx
|
|
have afterxnourishment and life by carex
|
|
and what was first but fear what might be donex
|
|
grows elder now and cares it be not donex
|
|
and so with mex the great antiochusx
|
|
xgainst whom i am too little to contendx
|
|
since hexs so great can make his will his actx
|
|
will think me speakingx though i swear to silencex
|
|
nor boots it me to say i honour himx
|
|
if he suspect i may dishonour himx
|
|
and what may make him blush in being knownx
|
|
hexll stop the course by which it might be knownx
|
|
with hostile forces hexll oxerspread the landx
|
|
and with the ostent of war will look so hugex
|
|
amazement shall drive courage from the statex
|
|
our men be vanquishxd ere they do resistx
|
|
and subjects punishxd that nexer thought offencex
|
|
which care of themx not pity of myselfx
|
|
who am no more but as the tops of treesx
|
|
which fence the roots they grow by and defend themx
|
|
makes both my body pine and soul to languishx
|
|
and punish that before that he would punishx
|
|
|
|
enter helicanus with other lordsx
|
|
|
|
first lordx
|
|
joy and all comfort in your sacred breastx
|
|
|
|
second lordx
|
|
and keep your mindx till you return to usx
|
|
peaceful and comfortablex
|
|
|
|
helicanusx
|
|
peacex peacex and give experience tonguex
|
|
they do abuse the king that flatter himx
|
|
for flattery is the bellows blows up sinx
|
|
the thing the which is flatterxdx but a sparkx
|
|
to which that spark gives heat and stronger glowingx
|
|
whereas reproofx obedient and in orderx
|
|
fits kingsx as they are menx for they may errx
|
|
when signior sooth here does proclaim peacex
|
|
he flatters youx makes war upon your lifex
|
|
princex pardon mex or strike mex if you pleasex
|
|
i cannot be much lower than my kneesx
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|
|
periclesx
|
|
all leave us elsex but let your cares oxerlook
|
|
what shipping and what ladingxs in our havenx
|
|
and then return to usx
|
|
|
|
xxexeunt lordsxxx
|
|
|
|
helicanusx thou
|
|
hast moved usx what seest thou in our looksx
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|
helicanusx
|
|
an angry browx dread lordx
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periclesx
|
|
if there be such a dart in princesx frownsx
|
|
how durst thy tongue move anger to our facex
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helicanusx
|
|
how dares the plants look up to heavenx from whence
|
|
they have their nourishmentx
|
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periclesx
|
|
thou knowxst i have power
|
|
to take thy life from theex
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|
helicanusx xxkneelingxxx
|
|
i have ground the axe myselfx
|
|
do but you strike the blowx
|
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|
periclesx
|
|
risex pritheex risex
|
|
sit downx thou art no flattererx
|
|
i thank thee for itx and heaven forbid
|
|
that kings should let their ears hear their faults hidx
|
|
fit counsellor and servant for a princex
|
|
who by thy wisdom makest a prince thy servantx
|
|
what wouldst thou have me dox
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|
helicanusx
|
|
to bear with patience
|
|
such griefs as you yourself do lay upon yourselfx
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periclesx
|
|
thou speakxst like a physicianx helicanusx
|
|
that ministers a potion unto me
|
|
that thou wouldst tremble to receive thyselfx
|
|
attend mex thenx i went to antiochx
|
|
wherex as thou knowxstx against the face of deathx
|
|
i sought the purchase of a glorious beautyx
|
|
from whence an issue i might propagatex
|
|
are arms to princesx and bring joys to subjectsx
|
|
her face was to mine eye beyond all wonderx
|
|
the rest x hark in thine ear x as black as incestx
|
|
which by my knowledge foundx the sinful father
|
|
seemxd not to strikex but smoothx but thou knowxst thisx
|
|
xtis time to fear when tyrants seems to kissx
|
|
which fear so grew in me i hither fledx
|
|
under the covering of a careful nightx
|
|
who seemxd my good protectorx andx being herex
|
|
bethought me what was pastx what might succeedx
|
|
i knew him tyrannousx and tyrantsx fears
|
|
decrease notx but grow faster than the yearsx
|
|
and should he doubtx as no doubt he dothx
|
|
that i should open to the listening air
|
|
how many worthy princesx bloods were shedx
|
|
to keep his bed of blackness unlaid opex
|
|
to lop that doubtx hexll fill this land with armsx
|
|
and make pretence of wrong that i have done himx
|
|
when allx for minex if i may call offencex
|
|
must feel warxs blowx who spares not innocencex
|
|
which love to allx of which thyself art onex
|
|
who now reprovest me for itx x
|
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|
|
helicanusx
|
|
alasx sirx
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|
periclesx
|
|
drew sleep out of mine eyesx blood from my cheeksx
|
|
musings into my mindx with thousand doubts
|
|
how i might stop this tempest ere it camex
|
|
and finding little comfort to relieve themx
|
|
i thought it princely charity to grieve themx
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|
helicanusx
|
|
wellx my lordx since you have given me leave to speakx
|
|
freely will i speakx antiochus you fearx
|
|
and justly toox i thinkx you fear the tyrantx
|
|
who either by public war or private treason
|
|
will take away your lifex
|
|
thereforex my lordx go travel for a whilex
|
|
till that his rage and anger be forgotx
|
|
or till the destinies do cut his thread of lifex
|
|
your rule direct to anyx if to mex
|
|
day serves not light more faithful than ixll bex
|
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|
|
periclesx
|
|
i do not doubt thy faithx
|
|
but should he wrong my liberties in my absencex
|
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|
|
helcanusx
|
|
wexll mingle our bloods together in the earthx
|
|
from whence we had our being and our birthx
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|
periclesx
|
|
tyrex i now look from thee thenx and to tarsus
|
|
intend my travelx where ixll hear from theex
|
|
and by whose letters ixll dispose myselfx
|
|
the care i had and have of subjectsx good
|
|
on thee i layx whose wisdomxs strength can bear itx
|
|
ixll take thy word for faithx not ask thine oathx
|
|
who shuns not to break one will sure crack bothx
|
|
but in our orbs wexll live so round and safex
|
|
that time of both this truth shall nexer convincex
|
|
thou showxdst a subjectxs shinex i a true princex
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|
xxexeuntxxx
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|
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|
scene iiix tyrex an antexchamber in the palacex
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|
|
|
enter thaliardx
|
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|
thaliardx
|
|
sox this is tyrex and this the courtx here must i kill king periclesx
|
|
and if i do it notx i am sure to be hanged at homex xtis dangerousx
|
|
wellx i perceive he was a wise fellowx and had good discretionx thatx
|
|
being bid to ask what he would of the kingx desired he might know none
|
|
of his secretsx now do i see he had some reason forxtx for if a king
|
|
bid a man be a villainx hexs bound by the indenture of his oath to be
|
|
onex hushtx here come the lords of tyrex
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|
|
|
enter helicanus and escanes with other lords of tyrex
|
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|
helicanusx
|
|
you shall not needx my fellow peers of tyrex
|
|
further to question me of your kingxs departurex
|
|
his sealxd commissionx left in trust with mex
|
|
doth speak sufficiently hexs gone to travelx
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thaliardx
|
|
xxasidexxx howx the king gonex
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helicanusx
|
|
if further yet you will be satisfiedx
|
|
whyx as it were unlicensed of your lovesx
|
|
he would departx ixll give some light unto youx
|
|
being at antioch x
|
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|
thaliardx
|
|
xxasidexxx what from antiochx
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helicanusx
|
|
royal antiochus x on what cause i know not
|
|
took some displeasure at himx at least he judged sox
|
|
and doubting lest that he had errxd or sinnxdx
|
|
to show his sorrowx hexd correct himselfx
|
|
so puts himself unto the shipmanxs toilx
|
|
with whom each minute threatens life or deathx
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thaliardx
|
|
xxasidexxx wellx i perceive
|
|
i shall not be hangxd nowx although i wouldx
|
|
but since hexs gonex the kingxs seas must please
|
|
he xscaped the landx to perish at the seax
|
|
ixll present myselfx peace to the lords of tyrex
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helicanusx
|
|
lord thaliard from antiochus is welcomex
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thaliardx
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from him i come
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with message unto princely periclesx
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but since my landing i have understood
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your lord has betook himself to unknown travelsx
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my message must return from whence it camex
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helicanusx
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we have no reason to desire itx
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commended to our masterx not to usx
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yetx ere you shall departx this we desirex
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as friends to antiochx we may feast in tyrex
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene ivx tarsusx a room in the governorxs housex
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enter cleonx the governor of tarsusx with dionyza and othersx
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cleonx
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my dionyzax shall we rest us herex
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and by relating tales of othersx griefsx
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see if xtwill teach us to forget our ownx
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dionyzax
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that were to blow at fire in hope to quench itx
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for who digs hills because they do aspire
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throws down one mountain to cast up a higherx
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o my distressed lordx even such our griefs arex
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here theyxre but feltx and seen with mischiefxs eyesx
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but like to grovesx being toppxdx they higher risex
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cleonx
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o dionyzax
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who wanteth foodx and will not say he wants itx
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or can conceal his hunger till he famishx
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our tongues and sorrows do sound deep
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our woes into the airx our eyes do weepx
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till tongues fetch breath that may proclaim them louderx
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thatx if heaven slumber while their creatures wantx
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they may awake their helps to comfort themx
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ixll then discourse our woesx felt several yearsx
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and wanting breath to speakx help me with tearsx
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dionyzax
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ixll do my bestx sirx
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cleonx
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this tarsusx oxer which i have the governmentx
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a city on whom plenty held full handx
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for riches strewxd herself even in the streetsx
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whose towers bore heads so high they kissxd the cloudsx
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and strangers nexer beheld but wonderxd atx
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whose men and dames so jetted and adornxdx
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like one anotherxs glass to trim them byx
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their tables were stored full to glad the sightx
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and not so much to feed on as delightx
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all poverty was scornxdx and pride so greatx
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the name of help grew odious to repeatx
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dionyzax
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ox xtis too truex
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cleonx
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but see what heaven can dox by this our changex
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these mouthsx who but of latex earthx seax and airx
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were all too little to content and pleasex
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although they gave their creatures in abundancex
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as houses are defiled for want of usex
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they are now starved for want of exercisex
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those palates whox not yet two summers youngerx
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must have inventions to delight the tastex
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would now be glad of bread and beg for itx
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those mothers whox to nousle up their babesx
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thought nought too curiousx are ready now
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to eat those little darlings whom they lovedx
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so sharp are hungerxs teethx that man and wife
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draw lots who first shall die to lengthen lifex
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here stands a lordx and there a lady weepingx
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here many sinkx yet those which see them fall
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have scarce strength left to give them burialx
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is not this truex
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dionyzax
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our cheeks and hollow eyes do witness itx
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cleonx
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ox let those cities that of plentyxs cup
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and her prosperities so largely tastex
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with their superflous riotsx hear these tearsx
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the misery of tarsus may be theirsx
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enter a lordx
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lordx
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wherexs the lord governorx
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cleonx
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herex
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speak out thy sorrows which thou bringxst in hastex
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for comfort is too far for us to expectx
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lordx
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we have descriedx upon our neighbouring shorex
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a portly sail of ships make hitherwardx
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cleonx
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i thought as muchx
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one sorrow never comes but brings an heirx
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that may succeed as his inheritorx
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and so in oursx some neighbouring nationx
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taking advantage of our miseryx
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that stuffxd the hollow vessels with their powerx
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to beat us downx the which are down alreadyx
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and make a conquest of unhappy mex
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whereas no gloryxs got to overcomex
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lordx
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thatxs the least fearx forx by the semblance
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of their white flags displayxdx they bring us peacex
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and come to us as favourersx not as foesx
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cleonx
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thou speakxst like himxs untutorxd to repeatx
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who makes the fairest show means most deceitx
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but bring they what they will and what they canx
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what need we fearx
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the groundxs the lowestx and we are half way therex
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go tell their general we attend him herex
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to know for what he comesx and whence he comesx
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and what he cravesx
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lordx
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i gox my lordx
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xxexitxxx
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cleonx
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welcome is peacex if he on peace consistx
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if warsx we are unable to resistx
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enter pericles with attendantsx
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periclesx
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lord governorx for so we hear you arex
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let not our ships and number of our men
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be like a beacon fired to amaze your eyesx
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we have heard your miseries as far as tyrex
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and seen the desolation of your streetsx
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nor come we to add sorrow to your tearsx
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but to relieve them of their heavy loadx
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and these our shipsx you happily may think
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are like the trojan horse was stuffxd within
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with bloody veinsx expecting overthrowx
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are stored with corn to make your needy breadx
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and give them life whom hunger starved half deadx
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allx
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the gods of greece protect youx
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and wexll pray for youx
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periclesx
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arisex i pray youx risex
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we do not look for reverencex but for lovex
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and harbourage for ourselfx our ships and menx
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cleonx
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the which when any shall not gratifyx
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or pay you with unthankfulness in thoughtx
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be it our wivesx our childrenx or ourselvesx
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the curse of heaven and men succeed their evilsx
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till whenx x the which i hope shall nexer be seenx x
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your grace is welcome to our town and usx
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periclesx
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which welcome wexll acceptx feast here awhilex
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until our stars that frown lend us a smilex
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xxexeuntxxx
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act ii
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enter gowerx
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gowerx
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here have you seen a mighty king
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his childx iwisx to incest bringx
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a better prince and benign lordx
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that will prove awful both in deed wordx
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be quiet then as men should bex
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till he hath passxd necessityx
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ixll show you those in troubles reignx
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losing a mitex a mountain gainx
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the good in conversationx
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to whom i give my benisonx
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is still at tarsusx where each man
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thinks all is writ he speken canx
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and to remember what he doesx
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build his statue to make him gloriousx
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but tidings to the contrary
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are brought your eyesx what need speak ix
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dumbxshowx enter at one door pericles talking with cleonx all the
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train with themx enter at another door a gentleman with a letter to
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periclesx pericles shows the letter to cleonx gives the messenger a
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rewardx and knights himx exit pericles at one doorx and cleon at
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anotherx
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good helicanex that stayxd at homex
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not to eat honey like a drone
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from othersx laboursx for though he strive
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to killen badx keep good alivex
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and to fulfil his princex desirex
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|
sends word of all that haps in tyrex
|
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how thaliard came full bent with sin
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and had intent to murder himx
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and that in tarsus was not best
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longer for him to make his restx
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hex doing sox put forth to seasx
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where when men beenx therexs seldom easex
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for now the wind begins to blowx
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thunder above and deeps below
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make such unquietx that the ship
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should house him safe is wreckxd and splitx
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and hex good princex having all lostx
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by waves from coast to coast is tostx
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all perishen of manx of pelfx
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ne aught escapen but himselfx
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till fortunex tired with doing badx
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threw him ashorex to give him gladx
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and here he comesx what shall be nextx
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pardon old gowerx x this longs the textx
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xxexitxxx
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scene ix pentapolisx an open place by the seasidex
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enter periclesx wetx
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periclesx
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yet cease your irex you angry stars of heavenx
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windx rainx and thunderx remember earthly man
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is but a substance that must yield to youx
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and ix as fits my naturex do obey youx
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alasx the sea hath cast me on the rocksx
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washxd me from shore to shorex and left me breath
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nothing to think on but ensuing deathx
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|
let it suffice the greatness of your powers
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to have bereft a prince of all his fortunesx
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and having thrown him from your watery gravex
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here to have death in peace is all hexll cravex
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enter three fishermenx
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first fishermanx
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whatx hox pilchx
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second fishermanx
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hax come and bring away the netsx
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first fishermanx
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whatx patchxbreechx i sayx
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third fishermanx
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what say youx masterx
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first fishermanx
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look how thou stirrest nowx come awayx or ixll fetch thee with a
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wanionx
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third fishermanx
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faithx masterx i am thinking of the poor men that were cast away before
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us even nowx
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first fishermanx
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alasx poor soulsx it grieved my heart to hear what pitiful cries they
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|
made to us to help themx whenx wellxaxdayx we could scarce help
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ourselvesx
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third fishermanx
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nayx masterx said not i as much when i saw the porpus how he bounced
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and tumbledx they say theyxre half fishx half fleshx a plague on themx
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they nexer come but i look to be washedx masterx i marvel how the
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fishes live in the seax
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first fishermanx
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whyx as men do axlandx the great ones eat up the little onesx i can
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|
compare our rich misers to nothing so fitly as to a whalex ax plays and
|
|
tumblesx driving the poor fry before himx and at last devours them all
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at a mouthfulx such whales have i heard on ox the landx who never leave
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gaping till they swallowed the whole parishx churchx steeplex bells and
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allx
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periclesx
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xxasidexxx a pretty moralx
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third fishermanx
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butx masterx if i had been the sextonx i would have been that day in
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the belfryx
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second fishermanx
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whyx manx
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third fishermanx
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because he should have swallowed me toox and when i had been in his
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|
bellyx i would have kept such a jangling of the bellsx that he should
|
|
never have leftx till he cast bellsx steeplex church and parish up
|
|
againx but if the good king simonides were of my mindx x
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periclesx
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xxasidexxx simonidesx
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third fishermanx
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we would purge the land of these dronesx that rob the bee of her honeyx
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periclesx
|
|
xxasidexxx how from the finny subject of the sea
|
|
these fishers tell the infirmities of menx
|
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and from their watery empire recollect
|
|
all that may men approve or men detectx
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|
peace be at your labourx honest fishermenx
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second fishermanx
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|
honestx good fellowx whatxs thatx if it be a day fits youx search out
|
|
of the calendarx and nobody look after itx
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periclesx
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|
may see the sea hath cast upon your coastx
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second fishermanx
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what a drunken knave was the sea to cast thee in our wayx
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periclesx
|
|
a man whom both the waters and the windx
|
|
in that vast tennisxcourtx have made the ball
|
|
for them to play uponx entreats you pity himx
|
|
he asks of youx that never used to begx
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first fishermanx
|
|
nox friendx cannot you begx herexs them in our country of greece gets
|
|
more with begging than we can do with workingx
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second fishermanx
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canst thou catch any fishesx thenx
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periclesx
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i never practised itx
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second fishermanx
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nayx then thou wilt starvex surex for herexs nothing to be got
|
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nowxaxdaysx unless thou canst fish forxtx
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periclesx
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what i have been i have forgot to knowx
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but what i amx want teaches me to think onx
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a man throngxd up with coldx my veins are chillx
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|
and have no more of life than may suffice
|
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to give my tongue that heat to ask your helpx
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which if you shall refusex when i am deadx
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|
for that i am a manx pray see me buriedx
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first fishermanx
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die quothxax now gods forbidxtx and i have a gown herex comex put it
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|
onx keep thee warmx nowx afore mex a handsome fellowx comex thou shalt
|
|
go homex and wexll have flesh for holidaysx fish for fastingxdaysx and
|
|
moreoxer puddings and flapxjacksx and thou shalt be welcomex
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periclesx
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|
i thank youx sirx
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second fishermanx
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hark youx my friendx you said you could not begx
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periclesx
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i did but cravex
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second fishermanx
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but cravex then ixll turn craver toox and so i shall xscape whippingx
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periclesx
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whyx are your beggars whippedx thenx
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second fishermanx
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ox not allx my friendx not allx for if all your beggars were whippedx i
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|
would wish no better office than to be beadlex butx masterx ixll go
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|
draw up the netx
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xxexit with third fishermanxxx
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periclesx
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xxasidexxx how well this honest mirth becomes their labourx
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first fishermanx
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hark youx sirx do you know where ye arex
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periclesx
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not wellx
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first fishermanx
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whyx ixll tell youx this is called pentapolisx and our kingx the good
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|
simonidesx
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periclesx
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the good simonidesx do you call himx
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first fishermanx
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ayx sirx and he deserves so to be called for his peaceable reign and
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good governmentx
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periclesx
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he is a happy kingx since he gains from his subjects the name of good
|
|
governmentx how far is his court distant from this shorex
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first fishermanx
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marry sirx half a dayxs journeyx and ixll tell youx he hath a fair
|
|
daughterx and tomorrow is her birthxdayx and there are princes and
|
|
knights come from all parts of the world to joust and tourney for her
|
|
lovex
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periclesx
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were my fortunes equal to my desiresx i could wish to make one therex
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first fishermanx
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ox sirx things must be as they mayx and what a man cannot getx he may
|
|
lawfully deal for x his wifexs soulx
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rexenter second and third fishermenx drawing up a netx
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second fishermanx
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helpx masterx helpx herexs a fish hangs in the netx like a poor manxs
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right in the lawx xtwill hardly come outx hax bots onxtx xtis come at
|
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lastx and xtis turned to a rusty armourx
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periclesx
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an armourx friendsx i pray youx let me see itx
|
|
thanksx fortunex yetx thatx after all my crossesx
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thou givest me somewhat to repair myselfx
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and though it was mine ownx part of my heritagex
|
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which my dead father did bequeath to mex
|
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with this strict chargex even as he left his lifex
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|
xkeep itx my periclesx it hath been a shield
|
|
xtwixt me and deathxx x and pointed to this bracexx
|
|
xfor that it saved mex keep itx in like necessity x
|
|
the which the gods protect thee fromx x may defend theexx
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|
it kept where i keptx i so dearly loved itx
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|
till the rough seasx that spares not any manx
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|
took it in ragex though calmxd have givenxt againx
|
|
i thank thee forxtx my shipwreck nowxs no illx
|
|
since i have here my father gave in his willx
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first fishermanx
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|
what mean you sirx
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|
periclesx
|
|
to beg of youx kind friendsx this coat of worthx
|
|
for it was sometime target to a kingx
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|
i know it by this markx he loved me dearlyx
|
|
and for his sake i wish the having of itx
|
|
and that youxd guide me to your sovereign courtx
|
|
where with it i may appear a gentlemanx
|
|
and if that ever my low fortunexs betterx
|
|
ixll pay your bountiesx till then rest your debtorx
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first fishermanx
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|
whyx wilt thou tourney for the ladyx
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periclesx
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ixll show the virtue i have borne in armsx
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first fishermanx
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|
whyx dxye take itx and the gods give thee good onxtx
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second fishermanx
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ayx but hark youx my friendx xtwas we that made up this garment through
|
|
the rough seams of the watersx there are certain condolementsx certain
|
|
vailsx i hopex sirx if you thrivex youxll remember from whence you had
|
|
themx
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periclesx
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|
believext i willx
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|
by your furtherance i am clothed in steelx
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|
and spite of all the rapture of the seax
|
|
this jewel holds his building on my armx
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|
unto thy value i will mount myself
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upon a courserx whose delightful steps
|
|
shall make the gazer joy to see him treadx
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|
onlyx my friendx i yet am unprovided
|
|
of a pair of basesx
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second fishermanx
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wexll sure providex thou shalt have my best gown to make thee a pairx
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|
and ixll bring thee to the court myselfx
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periclesx
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then honour be but a goal to my willx
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this day ixll risex or else add ill to illx
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene iix the samex a public wayx or platform leading to the listsx a
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|
pavilion by the side of it for the reception of the kingx princessx
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|
lordsx etcx
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enter simonidesx thaisax lords and attendantsx
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simonidesx
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are the knights ready to begin the triumphx
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first lordx
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they arex my liegex
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and stay your coming to present themselvesx
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simonidesx
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return themx we are readyx and our daughterx
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in honour of whose birth these triumphs arex
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sits herex like beautyxs childx whom nature gat
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|
for men to seex and seeing wonder atx
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xxexit a lordxxx
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thaisax
|
|
it pleaseth youx my royal fatherx to express
|
|
my commendations greatx whose meritxs lessx
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simonidesx
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|
itxs fit it should be sox for princes are
|
|
a modelx which heaven makes like to itselfx
|
|
as jewels lose their glory if neglectedx
|
|
so princes their renowns if not respectedx
|
|
xtis now your honourx daughterx to entertain
|
|
the labour of each knight in his devicex
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thaisax
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whichx to preserve mine honourx ixll performx
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the first knight passes byx and his squire presents his shield to
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thaisax
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simonidesx
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who is the first that doth prefer himselfx
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thaisax
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a knight of spartax my renowned fatherx
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and the device he bears upon his shield
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is a black ethiope reaching at the sunx
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the wordx xlux tua vita mihixx
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simonidesx
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he loves you well that holds his life of youx
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the second knight passes byx and his squire presents his shield to
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thaisax
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who is the second that presents himselfx
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thaisax
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a prince of macedonx my royal fatherx
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and the device he bears upon his shield
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is an armxd knight thatxs conquerxd by a ladyx
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the motto thusx in spanishx xpiu por dulzura que por forzaxx
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the third knight passes byx and his squire presents his shield to
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thaisax
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simonidesx
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and whatxs the thirdx
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thaisax
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the third of antiochx
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and his devicex a wreath of chivalryx
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the wordx xme pompae provexit apexxx
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the fourth knight passes byx and his squire presents his shield to
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thaisax
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simonidesx
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what is the fourthx
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thaisax
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a burning torch thatxs turned upside downx
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the wordx xquod me alit me extinguitxx
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simonidesx
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which shows that beauty hath his power and willx
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which can as well inflame as it can killx
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the fifth knight passes byx and his squire presents his shield to
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thaisax
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thaisax
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the fifthx an hand environed with cloudsx
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holding out gold thatxs by the touchstone triedx
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the motto thusx xsic spectanda fidesxx
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the sixth knightx periclesx passes in rusty armour with basesx and
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unaccompaniedx he presents his device directly to thaisax
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simonidesx
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and whatxs the sixth and lastx the which the knight himself
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with such a graceful courtesy deliverxdx
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thaisax
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he seems to be a strangerx but his present is
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a witherxd branchx thatxs only green at topx
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the mottox xin hac spe vivoxx
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simonidesx
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a pretty moralx
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from the dejected state wherein he isx
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he hopes by you his fortunes yet may flourishx
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first lordx
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he had need mean better than his outward show
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can any way speak in his just commendx
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for by his rusty outside he appears
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to have practised more the whipstock than the lancex
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second lordx
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he well may be a strangerx for he comes
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to an honourxd triumph strangely furnishedx
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third lordx
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and on set purpose let his armour rust
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until this dayx to scour it in the dustx
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simonidesx
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opinionxs but a foolx that makes us scan
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the outward habit by the inward manx
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but stayx the knights are comingx
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we will withdraw into the galleryx
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xxexeuntx great shouts withinx and all cryx xthe mean knightxxx
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scene iiix the samex a hall of statex a banquet preparedx
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enter simonidesx thaisax lordsx attendants and knightsx from tiltingx
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simonidesx
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knightsx
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to say youxre welcome were superfluousx
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to place upon the volume of your deedsx
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as in a titlexpagex your worth in armsx
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were more than you expectx or more thanxs fitx
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since every worth in show commends itselfx
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prepare for mirthx for mirth becomes a feastx
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you are princes and my guestsx
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thaisax
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but youx my knight and guestx
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to whom this wreath of victory i givex
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and crown you king of this dayxs happinessx
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periclesx
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xtis more by fortunex ladyx than by meritx
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simonidesx
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call it by what you willx the day is yoursx
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and herex i hopex is none that envies itx
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in framing an artistx art hath thus decreedx
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to make some goodx but others to exceedx
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and you are her labourxd scholarx come queen of the feastx x
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forx daughterx so you arex x here take your placex
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marshal the restx as they deserve their gracex
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knightsx
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we are honourxd much by good simonidesx
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simonidesx
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your presence glads our daysx honour we lovex
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for who hates honour hates the gods abovex
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marshallx
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sirx yonder is your placex
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periclesx
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some other is more fitx
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first knightx
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contend notx sirx for we are gentlemen
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have neither in our hearts nor outward eyes
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envied the greatx nor shall the low despisex
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periclesx
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you are right courteous knightsx
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simonidesx
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sitx sirx sitx
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by jovex i wonderx that is king of thoughtsx
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these cates resist mex he but thought uponx
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thaisax
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by junox that is queen of marriagex
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all viands that i eat do seem unsavouryx
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wishing him my meatx surex hexs a gallant gentlemanx
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simonidesx
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hexs but a country gentlemanx
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has done no more than other knights have donex
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has broken a staff or sox so let it passx
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thaisax
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to me he seems like diamond to glassx
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periclesx
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yon kingxs to me like to my fatherxs picturex
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which tells me in that glory once he wasx
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had princes sitx like starsx about his thronex
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and he the sunx for them to reverencex
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none that beheld himx butx like lesser lightsx
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did vail their crowns to his supremacyx
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where now his sonxs like a glowxworm in the nightx
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the which hath fire in darknessx none in lightx
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whereby i see that timexs the king of menx
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hexs both their parentx and he is their gravex
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and gives them what he willx not what they cravex
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simonidesx
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whatx are you merryx knightsx
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knightsx
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who can be other in this royal presencex
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simonidesx
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herex with a cup thatxs stored unto the brimx x
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as you do lovex fill to your mistressx lipsx x
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we drink this health to youx
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knightsx
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we thank your gracex
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simonidesx
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yet pause awhilex yon knight doth sit too melancholyx
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as if the entertainment in our court
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had not a show might countervail his worthx
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note it not youx thaisax
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thaisax
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what isxt to mex my fatherx
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simonidesx
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o attendx my daughterx
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princes in this should live like godxs abovex
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who freely give to everyone that comes to honour themx
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and princes not doing so are like to gnatsx
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which make a soundx but killxd are wonderxd atx
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therefore to make his entrance more sweetx
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herex say we drink this standingxbowl of wine to himx
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thaisax
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alasx my fatherx it befits not me
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unto a stranger knight to be so boldx
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he may my proffer take for an offencex
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since men take womenxs gifts for impudencex
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simonidesx
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howx do as i bid youx or youxll move me elsex
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thaisax
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xxasidexxx nowx by the godsx he could not please me betterx
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simonidesx
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and furthermore tell himx we desire to know of himx
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of whence he isx his name and parentagex
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thaisax
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the king my fatherx sirx has drunk to youx
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periclesx
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i thank himx
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thaisax
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wishing it so much blood unto your lifex
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periclesx
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i thank both him and youx and pledge him freelyx
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thaisax
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and further he desires to know of youx
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of whence you arex your name and parentagex
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periclesx
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a gentleman of tyrex my namex periclesx
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my education been in arts and armsx
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|
whox looking for adventures in the worldx
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was by the rough seas reft of ships and menx
|
|
and after shipwreck driven upon this shorex
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thaisax
|
|
he thanks your gracex names himself periclesx
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|
a gentleman of tyrex
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|
who only by misfortune of the seas
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|
bereft of ships and menx cast on this shorex
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simonidesx
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nowx by the godsx i pity his misfortunex
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|
and will awake him from his melancholyx
|
|
comex gentlemenx we sit too long on triflesx
|
|
and waste the timex which looks for other revelsx
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|
even in your armoursx as you are addressxdx
|
|
will well become a soldierxs dancex
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|
i will not have excusex with saying thisx
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xloud music is too harsh for ladiesx headsx
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since they love men in arms as well as bedsx
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xxthe knights dancexxx
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sox this was well askxdx xtwas so well performxdx
|
|
comex sirx here is a lady which wants breathing toox
|
|
and i have heard you knights of tyre
|
|
are excellent in making ladies tripx
|
|
and that their measures are as excellentx
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periclesx
|
|
in those that practise them they arex my lordx
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simonidesx
|
|
ox thatxs as much as you would be denied
|
|
of your fair courtesyx
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|
xxthe knights and ladies dancexxx
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|
|
unclaspx unclaspx
|
|
thanks gentlemenx to allx all have done wellx
|
|
xxto periclesxxx but you the bestx pages and lights to conduct
|
|
these knights unto their several lodgingsx
|
|
xxto periclesxxx yoursx sirx we have given order to be next our ownx
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|
periclesx
|
|
i am at your gracexs pleasurex
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|
simonidesx
|
|
princesx it is too late to talk of lovex
|
|
and thatxs the mark i know you level atx
|
|
therefore each one betake him to his restx
|
|
tomorrow all for speeding do their bestx
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|
xxexeuntxxx
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scene ivx tyrex a room in the governorxs housex
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|
|
enter helicanus and escanesx
|
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|
|
helicanusx
|
|
nox escanesx know this of mex
|
|
antiochus from incest lived not freex
|
|
for which the most high gods not minding longer
|
|
to withhold the vengeance that they had in store
|
|
due to this heinous capital offencex
|
|
even in the height and pride of all his gloryx
|
|
when he was seated in a chariot
|
|
of an inestimable valuex and his daughter with himx
|
|
a fire from heaven came and shrivellxd up
|
|
their bodiesx even to loathingx for they so stunkx
|
|
that all those eyes adored them ere their fall
|
|
scorn now their hand should give them burialx
|
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|
escanesx
|
|
xtwas very strange
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|
|
helicanusx
|
|
and yet but justicex for though this king were greatx
|
|
his greatness was no guard to bar heavenxs shaftx
|
|
but sin had his rewardx
|
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|
escanesx
|
|
xtis very truex
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|
|
enter two or three lordsx
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|
first lordx
|
|
seex not a man in private conference
|
|
or council has respect with him but hex
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|
|
second lordx
|
|
it shall no longer grieve without reproofx
|
|
|
|
third lordx
|
|
and cursed be he that will not second itx
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|
|
first lordx
|
|
follow mex thenx lord helicanex a wordx
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|
|
helicanusx
|
|
with mex and welcomex happy dayx my lordsx
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|
|
first lordx
|
|
know that our griefs are risen to the topx
|
|
and now at length they overflow their banksx
|
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|
|
helicanusx
|
|
your griefsx for whatx wrong not your prince you lovex
|
|
|
|
first lordx
|
|
wrong not yourselfx thenx noble helicanex
|
|
but if the prince do livex let us salute himx
|
|
or know what groundxs made happy by his breathx
|
|
if in the world he livex wexll seek him outx
|
|
if in his grave he restx wexll find him therex
|
|
wexll be resolved he lives to govern usx
|
|
or deadx givexs cause to mourn his funeralx
|
|
and leave us to our free electionx
|
|
|
|
second lordx
|
|
whose deathxs indeed the strongest in our censurex
|
|
and knowing this kingdom is without a headx x
|
|
like goodly buildings left without a roof
|
|
soon fall to ruinx x your noble selfx
|
|
that best know how to rule and how to reignx
|
|
we thus submit untox x our sovereignx
|
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|
allx
|
|
livex noble helicanex
|
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|
helicanusx
|
|
for honourxs causex forbear your suffragesx
|
|
if that you love prince periclesx forbearx
|
|
take i your wishx i leap into the seasx
|
|
wherexs hourly trouble for a minutexs easex
|
|
a twelvemonth longerx let me entreat you
|
|
to forbear the absence of your kingx
|
|
if in which time expiredx he not returnx
|
|
i shall with aged patience bear your yokex
|
|
but if i cannot win you to this lovex
|
|
go search like noblesx like noble subjectsx
|
|
and in your search spend your adventurous worthx
|
|
whom if you findx and win unto returnx
|
|
you shall like diamonds sit about his crownx
|
|
|
|
first lordx
|
|
to wisdom hexs a fool that will not yieldx
|
|
and since lord helicane enjoineth usx
|
|
we with our travels will endeavour usx
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|
|
helicanusx
|
|
then you love usx we youx and wexll clasp handsx
|
|
when peers thus knitx a kingdom ever standsx
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|
xxexeuntxxx
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scene vx pentapolisx a room in the palacex
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|
enter simonides reading a letter at one doorx the knights meet himx
|
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|
first knightx
|
|
good morrow to the good simonidesx
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|
simonidesx
|
|
knightsx from my daughter this i let you knowx
|
|
that for this twelvemonth shexll not undertake
|
|
a married lifex
|
|
her reason to herself is only knownx
|
|
which yet from her by no means can i getx
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|
second knightx
|
|
may we not get access to herx my lordx
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|
simonidesx
|
|
faithx by no meansx she hath so strictly tied
|
|
her to her chamberx that xtis impossiblex
|
|
one twelve moons more shexll wear dianaxs liveryx
|
|
this by the eye of cynthia hath she vowxdx
|
|
and on her virgin honour will not break itx
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|
third knightx
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loath to bid farewellx we take our leavesx
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|
xxexeunt knightsxxx
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simonidesx
|
|
sox they are well dispatchxdx now to my daughterxs letterx
|
|
she tells me herex shexll wed the stranger knightx
|
|
or never more to view nor day nor lightx
|
|
xtis wellx mistressx your choice agrees with minex
|
|
i like that wellx nayx how absolute shexs inxtx
|
|
not minding whether i dislike or nox
|
|
wellx i do commend her choicex
|
|
and will no longer have it be delayxdx
|
|
softx here he comesx i must dissemble itx
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|
enter periclesx
|
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|
periclesx
|
|
all fortune to the good simonidesx
|
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|
simonidesx
|
|
to you as muchx sirx i am beholding to you
|
|
for your sweet music this last nightx i do
|
|
protest my ears were never better fed
|
|
with such delightful pleasing harmonyx
|
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|
periclesx
|
|
it is your gracexs pleasure to commendx
|
|
not my desertx
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|
simonidesx
|
|
sirx you are musicxs masterx
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periclesx
|
|
the worst of all her scholarsx my good lordx
|
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|
|
simonidesx
|
|
let me ask you one thingx
|
|
what do you think of my daughterx sirx
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|
periclesx
|
|
a most virtuous princessx
|
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|
simonidesx
|
|
and she is fair toox is she notx
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|
periclesx
|
|
as a fair day in summerx wondrous fairx
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|
simonidesx
|
|
sirx my daughter thinks very well of youx
|
|
ayx so wellx that you must be her masterx
|
|
and she will be your scholarx therefore look to itx
|
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|
periclesx
|
|
i am unworthy for her schoolmasterx
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|
simonidesx
|
|
she thinks not sox peruse this writing elsex
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|
periclesx
|
|
xxasidexxx whatxs herex a letterx that she loves the knight of tyrex
|
|
xtis the kingxs subtlety to have my lifex
|
|
ox seek not to entrap mex gracious lordx
|
|
a stranger and distressed gentlemanx
|
|
that never aimxd so high to love your daughterx
|
|
but bent all offices to honour herx
|
|
|
|
simonidesx
|
|
thou hast bewitchxd my daughterx
|
|
and thou art a villainx
|
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|
periclesx
|
|
by the godsx i have notx
|
|
never did thought of mine levy offencex
|
|
nor never did my actions yet commence
|
|
a deed might gain her love or your displeasurex
|
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|
simonidesx
|
|
traitorx thou liestx
|
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|
periclesx
|
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traitorx
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simonidesx
|
|
ayx traitorx
|
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periclesx
|
|
even in his throat x unless it be the king x
|
|
that calls me traitorx i return the liex
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|
simonidesx
|
|
xxasidexxx nowx by the godsx i do applaud his couragex
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|
|
periclesx
|
|
my actions are as noble as my thoughtsx
|
|
that never relishxd of a base descentx
|
|
i came unto your court for honourxs causex
|
|
and not to be a rebel to her statex
|
|
and he that otherwise accounts of mex
|
|
this sword shall prove hexs honourxs enemyx
|
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|
simonidesx
|
|
nox
|
|
here comes my daughterx she can witness itx
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|
|
enter thaisax
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|
periclesx
|
|
thenx as you are as virtuous as fairx
|
|
resolve your angry fatherx if my tongue
|
|
did exer solicitx or my hand subscribe
|
|
to any syllable that made love to youx
|
|
|
|
thaisax
|
|
whyx sirx say if you hadx
|
|
who takes offence at that would make me gladx
|
|
|
|
simonidesx
|
|
yeax mistressx are you so peremptoryx
|
|
xxasidexxx i am glad onxt with all my heartx x
|
|
ixll tame youx ixll bring you in subjectionx
|
|
will youx not having my consentx
|
|
bestow your love and your affections
|
|
upon a strangerx xxasidexxx whox for aught i know
|
|
may bex nor can i think the contraryx
|
|
as great in blood as i myselfx x
|
|
therefore hear youx mistressx either frame
|
|
your will to minex and youx sirx hear youx
|
|
either be ruled by mex or i will make you x
|
|
man and wifex nayx comex your handsx
|
|
and lips must seal it toox and being joinxdx
|
|
ixll thus your hopes destroyx and for further griefx
|
|
god give you joyx whatx are you both pleasedx
|
|
|
|
thaisax
|
|
yesx if you love mex sirx
|
|
|
|
periclesx
|
|
even as my life my blood that fosters itx
|
|
|
|
simonidesx
|
|
whatx are you both agreedx
|
|
|
|
bothx
|
|
yesx ifxt please your majestyx
|
|
|
|
simonidesx
|
|
it pleaseth me so wellx that i will see you wedx
|
|
and then with what haste you canx get you to bedx
|
|
|
|
xxexeuntxxx
|
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act iii
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enter gowerx
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gowerx
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now sleep yslaked hath the rousex
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no din but snores about the housex
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made louder by the oxerfed breast
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of this most pompous marriage feastx
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the catx with eyne of burning coalx
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now couches fore the mousexs holex
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and crickets sing at the ovenxs mouthx
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are the blither for their drouthx
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hymen hath brought the bride to bedx
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wherex by the loss of maidenheadx
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a babe is mouldedx be attentx
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and time that is so briefly spent
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with your fine fancies quaintly echex
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whatxs dumb in show ixll plain with speechx
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dumbxshowx enterx pericles and simonides at one door with attendantsx
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a messenger meets themx kneelsx and gives pericles a letterx pericles
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shows it simonidesx the lords kneel to himx then enter thaisa with
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childx with lychoridax a nursex the king shows her the letterx she
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rejoicesx she and pericles take leave of her fatherx and departx with
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lychorida and their attendantsx then exeunt simonides and the restx
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by many a dern and painful perch
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of pericles the careful searchx
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by the four opposing coigns
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which the world together joinsx
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is made with all due diligence
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that horse and sail and high expense
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can stead the questx at last from tyrex
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fame answering the most strange enquirex
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to thx court of king simonides
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are letters broughtx the tenour thesex
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antiochus and his daughter deadx
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the men of tyrus on the head
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of helicanus would set on
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the crown of tyrex but he will nonex
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the mutiny he there hastes txoppressx
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says to xemx if king pericles
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come not home in twice six moonsx
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hex obedient to their doomsx
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will take the crownx the sum of thisx
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brought hither to pentapolis
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yxravished the regions roundx
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and everyone with claps can soundx
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xour heir apparent is a kingx
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who dreamtx who thought of such a thingxx
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briefx he must hence depart to tyrex
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his queen with child makes her desire x
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which who shall crossx x along to gox
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omit we all their dole and woex
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lychoridax her nursex she takesx
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and so to seax their vessel shakes
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on neptunexs billowx half the flood
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hath their keel cutx but fortunexs mood
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varies againx the grisled north
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disgorges such a tempest forthx
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thatx as a duck for life that divesx
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so up and down the poor ship drivesx
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the lady shrieksx and wellxaxnear
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does fall in travail with her fearx
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and what ensues in this fell storm
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shall for itself itself performx
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i nill relatex action may
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conveniently the rest conveyx
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which might not what by me is toldx
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in your imagination hold
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this stage the shipx upon whose deck
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the seaxtost pericles appears to speakx
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xxexitxxx
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scene ix
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enter periclesx on shipboardx
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periclesx
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thou god of this great vastx rebuke these surgesx
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which wash both heaven and hellx and thou that hast
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upon the winds commandx bind them in brassx
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having callxd them from the deepx ox still
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thy deafeningx dreadful thundersx gently quench
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thy nimblex sulphurous flashesx ox howx lychoridax
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how does my queenx thou stormest venomouslyx
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wilt thou spit all thyselfx the seamanxs whistle
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is as a whisper in the ears of deathx
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unheardx lychoridax x lucinax ox
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divinest patronessx and midwife gentle
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to those that cry by nightx convey thy deity
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aboard our dancing boatx make swift the pangs
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of my queenxs travailsx nowx lychoridax
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enter lychorida with an infantx
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lychoridax
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here is a thing too young for such a placex
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whox if it had conceitx would diex as i
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am like to dox take in your arms this piece
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of your dead queenx
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periclesx
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howx howx lychoridax
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lychoridax
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patiencex good sirx do not assist the stormx
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|
herexs all that is left living of your queenx
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|
a little daughterx for the sake of itx
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be manlyx and take comfortx
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periclesx
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o you godsx
|
|
why do you make us love your goodly giftsx
|
|
and snatch them straight awayx we here below
|
|
recall not what we givex and therein may
|
|
vie honour with youx
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lychoridax
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|
patiencex good sirx
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|
even for this chargex
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periclesx
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|
nowx mild may be thy lifex
|
|
for a more blustrous birth had never babex
|
|
quiet and gentle thy conditionsx for
|
|
thou art the rudeliest welcome to this world
|
|
that ever was princexs childx happy what followsx
|
|
thou hast as chiding a nativity
|
|
as firex airx waterx earthx and heaven can makex
|
|
to herald thee from the wombx
|
|
even at the first thy loss is more than can
|
|
thy portage quitx with all thou canst find herex
|
|
nowx the good gods throw their best eyes uponxtx
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|
|
enter two sailors
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first sailorx
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|
what couragex sirx god save youx
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periclesx
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|
courage enoughx i do not fear the flawx
|
|
it hath done to me the worstx yetx for the love
|
|
of this poor infantx this fresh new seaxfarerx
|
|
i would it would be quietx
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first sailorx
|
|
slack the bolins therex thou wilt notx wilt thoux blowx and split
|
|
thyselfx
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second sailorx
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|
but seaxroomx and the brine and cloudy billow kiss the moonx i care
|
|
notx
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first sailorx
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|
sirx your queen must overboardx the sea works highx the wind is loud
|
|
and will not lie till the ship be cleared of the deadx
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|
periclesx
|
|
thatxs your superstitionx
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|
|
first sailorx
|
|
pardon usx sirx with us at sea it has been still observedx and we are
|
|
strong in customx therefore briefly yield herx for she must overboard
|
|
straightx
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periclesx
|
|
as you think meetx most wretched queenx
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|
|
lychoridax
|
|
here she liesx sirx
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|
periclesx
|
|
a terrible childbed hast thou hadx my dearx
|
|
no lightx no firex thxunfriendly elements
|
|
forgot thee utterlyx nor have i time
|
|
to give thee hallowxd to thy gravex but straight
|
|
must cast theex scarcely coffinxdx in the oozex
|
|
wherex for a monument upon thy bonesx
|
|
and exerxremaining lampsx the belching whale
|
|
and humming water must oxerwhelm thy corpsex
|
|
lying with simple shellsx o lychoridax
|
|
bid nestor bring me spicesx ink and paperx
|
|
my casket and my jewelsx and bid nicander
|
|
bring me the satin cofferx lay the babe
|
|
upon the pillowx hie theex whiles i say
|
|
a priestly farewell to herx suddenlyx womanx
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|
|
xxexit lychoridaxxx
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|
|
|
second sailorx
|
|
sirx we have a chest beneath the hatchesx caulked and bitumed readyx
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|
periclesx
|
|
i thank theex marinerx say what coast is thisx
|
|
|
|
second sailorx
|
|
we are near tarsusx
|
|
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|
periclesx
|
|
thitherx gentle marinerx
|
|
alter thy course for tyrex whenx canst thou reach itx
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|
second sailorx
|
|
by break of dayx if the wind ceasex
|
|
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|
periclesx
|
|
ox make for tarsusx
|
|
there will i visit cleonx for the babe
|
|
cannot hold out to tyrusx there ixll leave it
|
|
at careful nursingx go thy waysx good marinerx
|
|
ixll bring the body presentlyx
|
|
|
|
xxexeuntxxx
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
scene iix ephesusx a room in cerimonxs housex
|
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|
|
enter cerimonx with a servantx and some persons who have been
|
|
shipwreckedx
|
|
|
|
cerimonx
|
|
philemonx hox
|
|
|
|
enter philemonx
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|
philemonx
|
|
doth my lord callx
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|
|
|
cerimonx
|
|
get fire and meat for these poor menx
|
|
xt has been a turbulent and stormy nightx
|
|
|
|
servantx
|
|
i have been in manyx but such a night as thisx
|
|
till nowx i nexer enduredx
|
|
|
|
cerimonx
|
|
your master will be dead ere you returnx
|
|
therexs nothing can be ministerxd to nature
|
|
that can recover himx xxto philemonxxx give this to the xpothecaryx
|
|
and tell me how it worksx
|
|
|
|
xxexeunt all but cerimonxxx
|
|
|
|
enter two gentlemenx
|
|
|
|
first gentlemanx
|
|
good morrowx
|
|
|
|
second gentlemanx
|
|
good morrow to your lordshipx
|
|
|
|
cerimonx
|
|
gentlemenx why do you stir so earlyx
|
|
|
|
first gentlemanx
|
|
sirx our lodgingsx standing bleak upon the seax
|
|
shook as the earth did quakex
|
|
the very principals did seem to rendx
|
|
and all to topplex pure surprise and fear
|
|
made me to quit the housex
|
|
|
|
second gentlemanx
|
|
that is the cause we trouble you so earlyx
|
|
xtis not our husbandryx
|
|
|
|
cerimonx
|
|
ox you say wellx
|
|
|
|
first gentlemanx
|
|
but i much marvel that your lordshipx having
|
|
rich tire about youx should at these early hours
|
|
shake off the golden slumber of reposex
|
|
xtis most strangex
|
|
nature should be so conversant with painx
|
|
being thereto not compellxdx
|
|
|
|
cerimonx
|
|
i hold it everx
|
|
virtue and cunning were endowments greater
|
|
than nobleness and richesx careless heirs
|
|
may the two latter darken and expendx
|
|
but immortality attends the formerx
|
|
making a man a godx xtis knownx i ever
|
|
have studied physicx through which secret artx
|
|
by turning oxer authoritiesx i havex
|
|
together with my practicex made familiar
|
|
to me and to my aid the blest infusions
|
|
that dwell in vegetivesx in metalsx stonesx
|
|
and i can speak of the disturbances
|
|
that nature worksx and of her curesx which doth give me
|
|
a more content in course of true delight
|
|
than to be thirsty after tottering honourx
|
|
or tie my pleasure up in silken bagsx
|
|
to please the fool and deathx
|
|
|
|
second gentlemanx
|
|
your honour has through ephesus pourxd forth
|
|
your charityx and hundreds call themselves
|
|
your creaturesx who by you have been restoredx
|
|
and not your knowledgex your personal painx but even
|
|
your pursex still openx hath built lord cerimon
|
|
such strong renown as time shall neverx
|
|
|
|
enter two or three servants with a chestx
|
|
|
|
first servantx
|
|
sox lift therex
|
|
|
|
cerimonx
|
|
whatxs thatx
|
|
|
|
first servantx
|
|
sirx even now
|
|
did the sea toss upon our shore this chestx
|
|
xtis of some wreckx
|
|
|
|
cerimonx
|
|
setxt downx letxs look uponxtx
|
|
|
|
second gentlemanx
|
|
xtis like a coffinx sirx
|
|
|
|
cerimonx
|
|
whatexer it bex
|
|
xtis wondrous heavyx wrench it open straightx
|
|
if the seaxs stomach be oxercharged with goldx
|
|
xtis a good constraint of fortune it belches upon usx
|
|
|
|
second gentlemanx
|
|
xtis sox my lordx
|
|
|
|
cerimonx
|
|
how close xtis caulkxd and bitumedx
|
|
did the sea cast it upx
|
|
|
|
first servantx
|
|
i never saw so huge a billowx sirx
|
|
as tossxd it upon shorex
|
|
|
|
cerimonx
|
|
wrench it openx
|
|
softx it smells most sweetly in my sensex
|
|
|
|
second gentlemanx
|
|
a delicate odourx
|
|
|
|
cerimonx
|
|
as ever hit my nostrilx so up with itx
|
|
o you most potent godsx whatxs herex a corpsex
|
|
|
|
first gentlemanx
|
|
most strangex
|
|
|
|
cerimonx
|
|
shrouded in cloth of statex balmxd and entreasured
|
|
with full bags of spicesx a passport toox
|
|
apollox perfect me in the charactersx
|
|
|
|
xxreads from a scrollxxx
|
|
|
|
xhere i give to understandx
|
|
if exer this coffin drives axlandx
|
|
ix king periclesx have lost
|
|
this queenx worth all our mundane costx
|
|
who finds herx give her buryingx
|
|
she was the daughter of a kingx
|
|
besides this treasure for a feex
|
|
the gods requite his charityxx
|
|
if thou livestx periclesx thou hast a heart
|
|
that even cracks for woex this chanced tonightx
|
|
|
|
second gentlemanx
|
|
most likelyx sirx
|
|
|
|
cerimonx
|
|
nayx certainly tonightx
|
|
for look how fresh she looksx they were too rough
|
|
that threw her in the seax make a fire within
|
|
fetch hither all my boxes in my closetx
|
|
|
|
xxexit a servantxxx
|
|
|
|
death may usurp on nature many hoursx
|
|
and yet the fire of life kindle again
|
|
the oxerpressxd spiritsx i heard of an egyptian
|
|
that had nine hours lain deadx
|
|
who was by good appliance recoveredx
|
|
|
|
rexenter a servant with napkins and firex
|
|
|
|
well saidx well saidx the fire and clothsx
|
|
the rough and woeful music that we havex
|
|
cause it to soundx beseech you
|
|
the viol once morex how thou stirrxstx thou blockx
|
|
the music therex x i pray youx give her airx
|
|
gentlemenx this queen will livex
|
|
nature awakesx a warmth breathes out of herx
|
|
she hath not been entranced above five hoursx
|
|
see how she xgins to blow into lifexs flower againx
|
|
|
|
first gentlemanx
|
|
the heavensx through youx increase our wonder
|
|
and sets up your fame for everx
|
|
|
|
cerimonx
|
|
she is alivex beholdx her eyelidsx
|
|
cases to those heavenly jewels which pericles hath lostx
|
|
begin to part their fringes of bright goldx
|
|
the diamonds of a most praised water doth appearx
|
|
to make the world twice richx livex and make us weep
|
|
to hear your fatex fair creaturex rare as you seem to bex
|
|
|
|
xxshe movesxxx
|
|
|
|
thaisax
|
|
o dear dianax
|
|
where am ix wherexs my lordx what world is thisx
|
|
|
|
second gentlemanx
|
|
is not this strangex
|
|
|
|
first gentlemanx
|
|
most rarex
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|
|
|
cerimonx
|
|
hushx my gentle neighboursx
|
|
lend me your handsx to the next chamber bear herx
|
|
get linenx now this matter must be lookxd tox
|
|
for her relapse is mortalx comex comex
|
|
and aesculapius guide usx
|
|
|
|
xxexeuntx carrying her awayxxx
|
|
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|
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|
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|
scene iiix tarsusx a room in cleonxs housex
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|
|
|
enter periclesx cleonx dionyza and lychorida with marina in her armsx
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|
periclesx
|
|
most honourxd cleonx i must needs be gonex
|
|
my twelve months are expiredx and tyrus stands
|
|
in a litigious peacex you and your ladyx
|
|
take from my heart all thankfulnessx the gods
|
|
make up the rest upon youx
|
|
|
|
cleonx
|
|
your shafts of fortunex though they hurt you mortallyx
|
|
yet glance full wanderingly on usx
|
|
|
|
dionyzax
|
|
ox your sweet queenx
|
|
that the strict fates had pleased you had brought her hitherx
|
|
to have blessxd mine eyes with herx
|
|
|
|
periclesx
|
|
we cannot but obey
|
|
the powers above usx could i rage and roar
|
|
as doth the sea she lies inx yet the end
|
|
must be as xtisx my gentle babe marinax
|
|
whomx for she was born at seax i have named sox
|
|
here i charge your charity withalx
|
|
leaving her the infant of your carex
|
|
beseeching you to give her princely trainingx
|
|
that she may be mannerxd as she is bornx
|
|
|
|
cleonx
|
|
fear notx my lordx but think
|
|
your gracex that fed my country with your cornx
|
|
for which the peoplexs prayers still fall upon youx
|
|
must in your child be thought onx if neglection
|
|
should therein make me vilex the common bodyx
|
|
by you relievedx would force me to my dutyx
|
|
but if to that my nature need a spurx
|
|
the gods revenge it upon me and minex
|
|
to the end of generationx
|
|
|
|
periclesx
|
|
i believe youx
|
|
your honour and your goodness teach me toxtx
|
|
without your vowsx till she be marriedx madamx
|
|
by bright dianax whom we honourx all
|
|
unscissored shall this hair of mine remainx
|
|
though i show ill inxtx so i take my leavex
|
|
good madamx make me blessed in your care
|
|
in bringing up my childx
|
|
|
|
dionyzax
|
|
i have one myselfx
|
|
who shall not be more dear to my respect
|
|
than yoursx my lordx
|
|
|
|
periclesx
|
|
madamx my thanks and prayersx
|
|
|
|
cleonx
|
|
wexll bring your grace exen to the edge oxthe shorex
|
|
then give you up to the maskxd neptune and
|
|
the gentlest winds of heavenx
|
|
|
|
periclesx
|
|
i will embrace your offerx comex dearest madamx
|
|
ox no tearsx lychoridax no tearsx
|
|
look to your little mistressx on whose grace
|
|
you may depend hereafterx comex my lordx
|
|
|
|
xxexeuntxxx
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
scene ivx ephesusx a room in cerimonxs housex
|
|
|
|
enter cerimon and thaisax
|
|
|
|
cerimonx
|
|
madamx this letterx and some certain jewelsx
|
|
lay with you in your cofferx which are
|
|
at your commandx know you the characterx
|
|
|
|
thaisax
|
|
it is my lordxsx
|
|
that i was shippxd at seax i well rememberx
|
|
even on my groaning timex but whether there
|
|
deliverxdx by the holy godsx
|
|
i cannot rightly sayx but since king periclesx
|
|
my wedded lordx i nexer shall see againx
|
|
a vestal livery will i take me tox
|
|
and never more have joyx
|
|
|
|
cerimonx
|
|
madamx if this you purpose as ye speakx
|
|
dianaxs temple is not distant farx
|
|
where you may abide till your date expirex
|
|
moreoverx if you pleasex a niece of mine
|
|
shall there attend youx
|
|
|
|
thaisax
|
|
my recompense is thanksx thatxs allx
|
|
yet my good will is greatx though the gift smallx
|
|
|
|
xxexeuntxxx
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
act iv
|
|
|
|
enter gowerx
|
|
|
|
gowerx
|
|
imagine pericles arrived at tyrex
|
|
welcomed and settled to his own desirex
|
|
his woeful queen we leave at ephesusx
|
|
unto diana there a votaressx
|
|
now to marina bend your mindx
|
|
whom our fastxgrowing scene must find
|
|
at tarsusx and by cleon trainxd
|
|
in musicxs lettersx who hath gainxd
|
|
of education all the gracex
|
|
which makes her both the heart and place
|
|
of general wonderx butx alackx
|
|
that monster envyx oft the wrack
|
|
of earned praisex marinaxs life
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seeks to take off by treasonxs knifex
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and in this kind our cleon hath
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one daughterx and a full grown wench
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even ripe for marriagexritex this maid
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hight philotenx and it is said
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for certain in our storyx she
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would ever with marina bex
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bext when she weaved the sleided silk
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with fingers longx smallx white as milkx
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or when she would with sharp needle woundx
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the cambricx which she made more sound
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by hurting itx or when to thx lute
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she sungx and made the nightxbird mute
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that still records with moanx or when
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she would with rich and constant pen
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vail to her mistress dianx still
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this philoten contends in skill
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with absolute marinax so
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the dove of paphos might with the crow
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vie feathers whitex marina gets
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all praisesx which are paid as debtsx
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and not as givenx this so darks
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in philoten all graceful marksx
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that cleonxs wifex with envy rarex
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a present murderer does prepare
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for good marinax that her daughter
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might stand peerless by this slaughterx
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the sooner her vile thoughts to steadx
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lychoridax our nursex is deadx
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and cursed dionyza hath
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the pregnant instrument of wrath
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prest for this blowx the unborn event
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i do commend to your contentx
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only i carry winged time
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post on the lame feet of my rhymex
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which never could i so conveyx
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unless your thoughts went on my wayx
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dionyza does appearx
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with leoninex a murdererx
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xxexitxxx
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scene ix tarsusx an open place near the seashorex
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enter dionyza with leoninex
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dionyzax
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thy oath rememberx thou hast sworn to doxtx
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xtis but a blowx which never shall be knownx
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thou canst not do a thing in the world so soonx
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to yield thee so much profitx let not consciencex
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which is but coldx inflaming love ix thy bosomx
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inflame too nicelyx nor let pityx which
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even women have cast offx melt theex but be
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a soldier to thy purposex
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leoninex
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i will doxtx but yet she is a goodly creaturex
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dionyzax
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the fitterx thenx the gods should have herx here she comes weeping for
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her only mistressx deathx thou art resolvedx
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leoninex
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i am resolvedx
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enter marina with a basket of flowersx
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marinax
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nox i will rob tellus of her weed
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to strew thy green with flowersx the yellowsx bluesx
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the purple violetsx and marigoldsx
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shall as a carpet hang upon thy gravex
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while summer days do lastx ay mex poor maidx
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born in a tempestx when my mother diedx
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this world to me is like a lasting stormx
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whirring me from my friendsx
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dionyzax
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how nowx marinax why do you keep alonex
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how chance my daughter is not with youx
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do not consume your blood with sorrowingx
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have you a nurse of mex lordx how your favourxs
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changed with this unprofitable woex
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comex give me your flowersx ere the sea mar itx
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walk with leoninex the air is quick therex
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and it pierces and sharpens the stomachx
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comex leoninex take her by the armx walk with herx
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marinax
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nox i pray youx
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ixll not bereave you of your servantx
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dionyzax
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comex comex
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i love the king your fatherx and yourselfx
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with more than foreign heartx we every day
|
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expect him herex when he shall come and find
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our paragon to all reports thus blastedx
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he will repent the breadth of his great voyagex
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blame both my lord and mex that we have taken
|
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no care to your best coursesx gox i pray youx
|
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walkx and be cheerful once againx reserve
|
|
that excellent complexionx which did steal
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the eyes of young and oldx care not for mex
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i can go home alonex
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marinax
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wellx i will gox
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but yet i have no desire to itx
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dionyzax
|
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comex comex i know xtis good for youx
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walk half an hourx leoninex at the leastx
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remember what i have saidx
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leoninex
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i warrant youx madamx
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dionyzax
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ixll leave youx my sweet ladyx for a whilex
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|
prayx walk softlyx do not heat your bloodx
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whatx i must have a care of youx
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marinax
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my thanksx sweet madamx
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xxexit dionyzaxxx
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is this wind westerly that blowsx
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leoninex
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southxwestx
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marinax
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when i was born the wind was northx
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leoninex
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wasxt sox
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marinax
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my fatherx as nurse saidx did never fearx
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but cried xgood seamenxx to the sailorsx
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|
galling his kingly handsx haling ropesx
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and clasping to the mastx endured a sea
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|
that almost burst the deckx
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leoninex
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when was thisx
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marinax
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|
when i was bornx
|
|
never was waves nor wind more violentx
|
|
and from the ladder tackle washes off
|
|
a canvasxclimberx xhaxx says onex xwolt outxx
|
|
and with a dropping industry they skip
|
|
from stem to sternx the boatswain whistlesx and
|
|
the master calls and trebles their confusionx
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|
leoninex
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|
comex say your prayersx
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marinax
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|
what mean youx
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|
leoninex
|
|
if you require a little space for prayerx
|
|
i grant itx prayx but be not tediousx
|
|
for the gods are quick of earx and i am sworn
|
|
to do my work with hastex
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marinax
|
|
why will you kill mex
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|
leoninex
|
|
to satisfy my ladyx
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marinax
|
|
why would she have me killxd nowx
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|
as i can rememberx by my trothx
|
|
i never did her hurt in all my lifex
|
|
i never spake bad wordx nor did ill turn
|
|
to any living creaturex believe mex lax
|
|
i never killxd a mousex nor hurt a flyx
|
|
i trod upon a worm against my willx
|
|
but i wept for itx how have i offendedx
|
|
wherein my death might yield her any profitx
|
|
or my life imply her any dangerx
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|
leoninex
|
|
my commission
|
|
is not to reason of the deedx but do itx
|
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|
|
marinax
|
|
you will not doxt for all the worldx i hopex
|
|
you are well favourxdx and your looks foreshow
|
|
you have a gentle heartx i saw you latelyx
|
|
when you caught hurt in parting two that foughtx
|
|
good soothx it showxd well in youx do so nowx
|
|
your lady seeks my lifex come you betweenx
|
|
and save poor mex the weakerx
|
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|
leoninex
|
|
i am swornx
|
|
and will dispatchx
|
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|
|
xxhe seizes herxxx
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|
|
|
enter piratesx
|
|
|
|
first piratex
|
|
holdx villainx
|
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|
xxleonine runs awayxxx
|
|
|
|
second piratex
|
|
a prizex a prizex
|
|
|
|
third piratex
|
|
half partx matesx half partx
|
|
comex letxs have her aboard suddenlyx
|
|
|
|
xxexeunt pirates with marinaxxx
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|
|
|
rexenter leoninex
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|
|
|
leoninex
|
|
these roguing thieves serve the great pirate valdesx
|
|
and they have seized marinax let her gox
|
|
therexs no hope she will returnx ixll swear shexs dead
|
|
and thrown into the seax but ixll see furtherx
|
|
perhaps they will but please themselves upon herx
|
|
not carry her aboardx if she remainx
|
|
whom they have ravishxd must by me be slainx
|
|
|
|
xxexitxxx
|
|
|
|
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|
|
scene iix mytilenex a room in a brothelx
|
|
|
|
enter pandarx bawd and boultx
|
|
|
|
pandarx
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|
boultx
|
|
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|
boultx
|
|
sirx
|
|
|
|
pandarx
|
|
search the market narrowlyx mytilene is full of gallantsx we lost too
|
|
much money this mart by being too wenchlessx
|
|
|
|
bawdx
|
|
we were never so much out of creaturesx we have but poor threex and
|
|
they can do no more than they can dox and they with continual action
|
|
are even as good as rottenx
|
|
|
|
pandarx
|
|
therefore letxs have fresh onesx whatexer we pay for themx if there be
|
|
not a conscience to be used in every tradex we shall never prosperx
|
|
|
|
bawdx
|
|
thou sayest truex xtis not our bringing up of poor bastardsx x asx i
|
|
thinkx i have brought up some eleven x
|
|
|
|
boultx
|
|
ayx to elevenx and brought them down againx but shall i search the
|
|
marketx
|
|
|
|
bawdx
|
|
what elsex manx the stuff we havex a strong wind will blow it to
|
|
piecesx they are so pitifully soddenx
|
|
|
|
pandarx
|
|
thou sayest truex theyxre too unwholesomex ox consciencex the poor
|
|
transylvanian is deadx that lay with the little baggagex
|
|
|
|
boultx
|
|
ayx she quickly pooped himx she made him roastxmeat for wormsx but ixll
|
|
go search the marketx
|
|
|
|
xxexitxxx
|
|
|
|
pandarx
|
|
three or four thousand chequins were as pretty a proportion to live
|
|
quietlyx and so give overx
|
|
|
|
bawdx
|
|
why to give overx i pray youx is it a shame to get when we are oldx
|
|
|
|
pandarx
|
|
ox our credit comes not in like the commodityx nor the commodity wages
|
|
not with the dangerx thereforex if in our youths we could pick up some
|
|
pretty estatex xtwere not amiss to keep our door hatchedx besidesx the
|
|
sore terms we stand upon with the gods will be strong with us for
|
|
giving overx
|
|
|
|
bawdx
|
|
comex others sorts offend as well as wex
|
|
|
|
pandarx
|
|
as well as wex ayx and better toox we offend worsex neither is our
|
|
profession any tradex itxs no callingx but here comes boultx
|
|
|
|
rexenter boultx with the pirates and marinax
|
|
|
|
boult
|
|
xxto piratesxxx come your waysx my mastersx you say shexs a virginx
|
|
|
|
first piratex
|
|
o sirx we doubt it notx
|
|
|
|
boultx
|
|
masterx i have gone through for this piecex you seex if you like herx
|
|
sox if notx i have lost my earnestx
|
|
|
|
bawdx
|
|
boultx has she any qualitiesx
|
|
|
|
boultx
|
|
she has a good facex speaks well and has excellent good clothesx
|
|
therexs no farther necessity of qualities can make her be refusedx
|
|
|
|
bawdx
|
|
what is her pricex boultx
|
|
|
|
boultx
|
|
i cannot be baited one doit of a thousand piecesx
|
|
|
|
pandarx
|
|
wellx follow mex my mastersx you shall have your money presentlyx wifex
|
|
take her inx instruct her what she has to dox that she may not be raw
|
|
in her entertainmentx
|
|
|
|
xxexeunt pandar and piratesxxx
|
|
|
|
bawdx
|
|
boultx take you the marks of herx the colour of her hairx complexionx
|
|
heightx her agex with warrant of her virginityx and cry xhe that will
|
|
give most shall have her firstxx such a maidenhead were no cheap thingx
|
|
if men were as they have beenx get this done as i command youx
|
|
|
|
boultx
|
|
performance shall followx
|
|
|
|
xxexitxxx
|
|
|
|
marinax
|
|
alack that leonine was so slackx so slowx
|
|
he should have struckx not spokex or that these piratesx
|
|
not enough barbarousx had not oxerboard thrown me
|
|
for to seek my motherx
|
|
|
|
bawdx
|
|
why lament youx pretty onex
|
|
|
|
marinax
|
|
that i am prettyx
|
|
|
|
bawdx
|
|
comex the gods have done their part in youx
|
|
|
|
marinax
|
|
i accuse them notx
|
|
|
|
bawdx
|
|
you are light into my handsx where you are like to livex
|
|
|
|
marinax
|
|
the more my fault
|
|
to scape his hands where i was like to diex
|
|
|
|
bawdx
|
|
ayx and you shall live in pleasurex
|
|
|
|
marinax
|
|
nox
|
|
|
|
bawdx
|
|
yesx indeed shall youx and taste gentlemen of all fashionsx you shall
|
|
fare wellx you shall have the difference of all complexionsx whatx do
|
|
you stop your earsx
|
|
|
|
marinax
|
|
are you a womanx
|
|
|
|
bawdx
|
|
what would you have me bex an i be not a womanx
|
|
|
|
marinax
|
|
an honest womanx or not a womanx
|
|
|
|
bawdx
|
|
marryx whip the goslingx i think i shall have something to do with youx
|
|
comex youxre a young foolish saplingx and must be bowed as i would have
|
|
youx
|
|
|
|
marinax
|
|
the gods defend mex
|
|
|
|
bawdx
|
|
if it please the gods to defend you by menx then men must comfort youx
|
|
men must feed youx men stir you upx boultxs returnedx
|
|
|
|
rexenter boultx
|
|
|
|
nowx sirx hast thou cried her through the marketx
|
|
|
|
boultx
|
|
i have cried her almost to the number of her hairsx i have drawn her
|
|
picture with my voicex
|
|
|
|
bawdx
|
|
and i prithee tell mex how dost thou find the inclination of the
|
|
peoplex especially of the younger sortx
|
|
|
|
boultx
|
|
faithx they listened to me as they would have hearkened to their
|
|
fatherxs testamentx there was a spaniardxs mouth so wateredx that he
|
|
went to bed to her very descriptionx
|
|
|
|
bawdx
|
|
we shall have him here tomorrow with his best ruff onx
|
|
|
|
boultx
|
|
tonightx tonightx butx mistressx do you know the french knight that
|
|
cowers ix the hamsx
|
|
|
|
bawdx
|
|
whox monsieur verolesx
|
|
|
|
boultx
|
|
ayx hex he offered to cut a caper at the proclamationx but he made a
|
|
groan at itx and swore he would see her tomorrowx
|
|
|
|
bawdx
|
|
wellx wellx as for himx he brought his disease hitherx here he does but
|
|
repair itx i know he will come in our shadowx to scatter his crowns in
|
|
the sunx
|
|
|
|
boultx
|
|
wellx if we had of every nation a travellerx we should lodge them with
|
|
this signx
|
|
|
|
xxto marinaxxx pray youx come hither awhilex you have fortunes coming
|
|
upon youx mark mex you must seem to do that fearfully which you commit
|
|
willinglyx despise profit where you have most gainx to weep that you
|
|
live as ye do makes pity in your loversx seldom but that pity begets
|
|
you a good opinionx and that opinion a mere profitx
|
|
|
|
marinax
|
|
i understand you notx
|
|
|
|
boultx
|
|
ox take her homex mistressx take her homex these blushes of hers must
|
|
be quenched with some present practicex
|
|
|
|
bawdx
|
|
thou sayest truex ixfaith so they mustx for your bride goes to that
|
|
with shame which is her way to go with warrantx
|
|
|
|
boultx
|
|
faithx some do and some do notx butx mistressx if i have bargained for
|
|
the jointx x
|
|
|
|
bawdx
|
|
thou mayst cut a morsel off the spitx
|
|
|
|
boultx
|
|
i may sox
|
|
|
|
bawdx who should deny itx come young onex i like the manner of your
|
|
garments wellx
|
|
|
|
boultx
|
|
ayx by my faithx they shall not be changed yetx
|
|
|
|
bawdx
|
|
boultx spend thou that in the townx report what a sojourner we havex
|
|
youxll lose nothing by customx when nature framed this piecex she meant
|
|
thee a good turnx therefore say what a paragon she isx and thou hast
|
|
the harvest out of thine own reportx
|
|
|
|
boultx
|
|
i warrant youx mistressx thunder shall not so awake the beds of eels as
|
|
my giving out her beauty stirs up the lewdly inclinedx ixll bring home
|
|
some tonightx
|
|
|
|
bawdx
|
|
come your waysx follow mex
|
|
|
|
marinax
|
|
if fires be hotx knives sharpx or waters deepx
|
|
untied i still my virgin knot will keepx
|
|
dianax aid my purposex
|
|
|
|
bawdx
|
|
what have we to do with dianax pray youx will you go with usx
|
|
|
|
xxexeuntxxx
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
scene iiix tarsusx a room in cleonxs housex
|
|
|
|
enter cleon and dionyzax
|
|
|
|
dionyzax
|
|
whyx are you foolishx can it be undonex
|
|
|
|
cleonx
|
|
ox dionyzax such a piece of slaughter
|
|
the sun and moon nexer lookxd uponx
|
|
|
|
dionyzax
|
|
i think youxll turn a child againx
|
|
|
|
cleonx
|
|
were i chief lord of all this spacious worldx
|
|
ixd give it to undo the deedx a ladyx
|
|
much less in blood than virtuex yet a princess
|
|
to equal any single crown ox the earth
|
|
ix the justice of comparex o villain leoninex
|
|
whom thou hast poisonxd toox
|
|
if thou hadst drunk to himx xt had been a kindness
|
|
becoming well thy facex what canst thou say
|
|
when noble pericles shall demand his childx
|
|
|
|
dionyzax
|
|
that she is deadx nurses are not the fatesx
|
|
to foster itx nor ever to preservex
|
|
she died at nightx ixll say sox who can cross itx
|
|
unless you play the pious innocentx
|
|
and for an honest attribute cry out
|
|
xshe died by foul playxx
|
|
|
|
cleonx
|
|
ox go tox wellx wellx
|
|
of all the faults beneath the heavensx the gods
|
|
do like this worstx
|
|
|
|
dionyzax
|
|
be one of those that thinks
|
|
the petty wrens of tarsus will fly hencex
|
|
and open this to periclesx i do shame
|
|
to think of what a noble strain you arex
|
|
and of how coward a spiritx
|
|
|
|
cleonx
|
|
to such proceeding
|
|
whoever but his approbation addedx
|
|
though not his prime consentx he did not flow
|
|
from honourable sourcesx
|
|
|
|
dionyzax
|
|
be it sox thenx
|
|
yet none does knowx but youx how she came deadx
|
|
nor none can knowx leonine being gonex
|
|
she did distain my childx and stood between
|
|
her and her fortunesx none would look on herx
|
|
but cast their gazes on marinaxs facex
|
|
whilst ours was blurted at and held a malkin
|
|
not worth the time of dayx it pierced me throughx
|
|
and though you call my course unnaturalx
|
|
you not your child well lovingx yet i find
|
|
it greets me as an enterprise of kindness
|
|
performxd to your sole daughterx
|
|
|
|
cleonx
|
|
heavens forgive itx
|
|
|
|
dionyzax
|
|
and as for periclesx what should he sayx
|
|
we wept after her hearsex and yet we mournx
|
|
her monument is almost finishxdx and her epitaphs
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in glittering golden characters express
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a general praise to herx and care in us
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at whose expense xtis donex
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cleonx
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thou art like the harpyx
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whichx to betrayx dostx with thine angelxs facex
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seize with thine eaglexs talonsx
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dionyzax
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you are like one that superstitiously
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doth swear to the gods that winter kills the fliesx
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but yet i know youxll do as i advisex
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene ivx
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enter gowerx before the monument of marina at tarsusx
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gowerx
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thus time we wastex and long leagues make shortx
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sail seas in cocklesx have and wish but forxtx
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makingx to take your imaginationx
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from bourn to bournx region to regionx
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by you being pardonxdx we commit no crime
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to use one language in each several clime
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where our scenes seem to livex i do beseech you
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to learn of mex who stand ixthe gaps to teach youx
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the stages of our storyx pericles
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is now again thwarting the wayward seas
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attended on by many a lord and knightx
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to see his daughterx all his lifexs delightx
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old helicanus goes alongx behind
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is left to governx if you bear in mindx
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old escanesx whom helicanus late
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advanced in time to great and high estatex
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wellxsailing ships and bounteous winds have brought
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this king to tarsusx x think his pilot thoughtx
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so with his steerage shall your thoughts go onx x
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to fetch his daughter homex who first is gonex
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like motes and shadows see them move awhilex
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your ears unto your eyes ixll reconcilex
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dumbxshowx enter pericles at one door with all his trainx cleon and
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dionyza at the otherx cleon shows pericles the tombx whereat pericles
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makes lamentationx puts on sackcloth and in a mighty passion departsx
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then exeunt cleon and dionyzax
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see how belief may suffer by foul showx
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this borrowxd passion stands for true old woex
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and periclesx in sorrow all devourxdx
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with sighs shot throughx and biggest tears oxershowerxdx
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leaves tarsus and again embarksx he swears
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never to wash his facex nor cut his hairsx
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he puts on sackclothx and to sea he bears
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a tempestx which his mortal vessel tearsx
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and yet he rides it outx now please you wit
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the epitaph is for marina writ
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by wicked dionyzax
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xxreads the inscription on marinaxs monumentxxx
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xthe fairestx sweetxstx and best lies herex
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who witherxd in her spring of yearx
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she was of tyrus the kingxs daughterx
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on whom foul death hath made this slaughterx
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marina was she callxdx and at her birthx
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thetisx being proudx swallowxd some part ox the earthx
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therefore the earthx fearing to be oxerflowxdx
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hath thetisx birthxchild on the heavens bestowxdx
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wherefore she doesx and swears shexll never stintx
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make raging battery upon shores of flintxx
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no visor does become black villany
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so well as soft and tender flatteryx
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let pericles believe his daughterxs deadx
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and bear his courses to be ordered
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by lady fortunex while our scene must play
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his daughterxs woe and heavy wellxaxday
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in her unholy servicex patiencex thenx
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and think you now are all in mytilenex
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xxexitxxx
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scene vx mytilenex a street before the brothelx
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enterx from the brothelx two gentlemenx
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first gentlemanx
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did you ever hear the likex
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second gentlemanx
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nox nor never shall do in such a place as thisx she being once gonex
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first gentlemanx
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but to have divinity preached therex did you ever dream of such a
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thingx
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second gentlemanx
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nox nox comex i am for no more bawdy housesx shallxs go hear the
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vestals singx
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first gentlemanx
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ixll do anything now that is virtuousx but i am out of the road of
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rutting for everx
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene vix the samex a room in the brothelx
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enter pandarx bawd and boultx
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pandarx
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wellx i had rather than twice the worth of her she had nexer come herex
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bawdx
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fiex fie upon herx shexs able to freeze the god priapusx and undo a
|
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whole generationx we must either get her ravishedx or be rid of herx
|
|
when she should do for clients her fitmentx and do me the kindness of
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|
our professionx she has me her quirksx her reasonsx her master reasonsx
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her prayersx her kneesx that she would make a puritan of the devilx if
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he should cheapen a kiss of herx
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boultx
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faithx i must ravish herx or shexll disfurnish us of all our cavaliersx
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and make our swearers priestsx
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pandarx
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nowx the pox upon her green sickness for mex
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bawdx
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faithx therexs no way to be rid onxt but by the way to the poxx
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here comes the lord lysimachus disguisedx
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boultx
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|
we should have both lord and lownx if the peevish baggage would but
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give way to customersx
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enter lysimachusx
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lysimachusx
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how nowx how a dozen of virginitiesx
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bawdx
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nowx the gods to bless your honourx
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boultx
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i am glad to see your honour in good healthx
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lysimachusx
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you may sox xtis the better for you that your resorters stand upon
|
|
sound legsx how nowx wholesome iniquity have you that a man may deal
|
|
withalx and defy the surgeonx
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bawdx
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we have here onex sirx if she would x but there never came her like in
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|
mytilenex
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lysimachusx
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if shexd do the deed of darknessx thou wouldst sayx
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bawdx
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your honour knows what xtis to say well enoughx
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lysimachusx
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wellx call forthx call forthx
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boultx
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for flesh and bloodx sirx white and redx you shall see a rosex and she
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|
were a rose indeedx if she had but x
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lysimachusx
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whatx pritheex
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boultx
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ox sirx i can be modestx
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lysimachusx
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|
that dignifies the renown of a bawd no less than it gives a good report
|
|
to a number to be chastex
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xxexit boultxxx
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bawdx
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|
here comes that which grows to the stalkx never plucked yetx i can
|
|
assure youx
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|
|
rexenter boult with marinax
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is she not a fair creaturex
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lysimachusx
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faithx she would serve after a long voyage at seax wellx therexs for
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|
youx leave usx
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bawdx
|
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i beseech your honourx give me leavex a wordx and ixll have done
|
|
presentlyx
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|
lysimachusx
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|
i beseech youx dox
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bawdx
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xxto marinaxxx firstx i would have you notex this is an honourable manx
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marinax
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|
i desire to find him sox that i may worthily note himx
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bawdx
|
|
nextx hexs the governor of this countryx and a man whom i am bound tox
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|
marinax
|
|
if he govern the countryx you are bound to him indeedx but how
|
|
honourable he is in thatx i know notx
|
|
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|
bawdx pray youx without any more virginal fencingx will you use him
|
|
kindlyx he will line your apron with goldx
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|
marinax
|
|
what he will do graciouslyx i will thankfully receivex
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lysimachusx
|
|
hax you donex
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|
bawdx
|
|
my lordx shexs not paced yetx you must take some pains to work her to
|
|
your managex comex we will leave his honour and her togetherx go thy
|
|
waysx
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|
xxexeunt bawdx pandar and boultxxx
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|
lysimachusx
|
|
nowx pretty onex how long have you been at this tradex
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|
marinax
|
|
what tradex sirx
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|
lysimachusx
|
|
whyx i cannot namext but i shall offendx
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|
marinax
|
|
i cannot be offended with my tradex please you to name itx
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|
lysimachusx
|
|
how long have you been of this professionx
|
|
|
|
marinax
|
|
exer since i can rememberx
|
|
|
|
lysimachusx did you go toxt so youngx were you a gamester at five or at
|
|
sevenx
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|
marinax
|
|
earlierx toox sirx if now i be onex
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|
lysimachusx
|
|
whyx the house you dwell in proclaims you to be a creature of salex
|
|
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|
marinax
|
|
do you know this house to be a place of such resortx and will come
|
|
intoxtx i hear say you are of honourable partsx and are the governor of
|
|
this placex
|
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|
lysimachusx
|
|
whyx hath your principal made known unto you who i amx
|
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|
marinax
|
|
who is my principalx
|
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|
lysimachusx
|
|
whyx your herbxwomanx she that sets seeds and roots of shame and
|
|
iniquityx ox you have heard something of my powerx and so stand aloof
|
|
for more serious wooingx but i protest to theex pretty onex my
|
|
authority shall not see theex or else look friendly upon theex comex
|
|
bring me to some private placex comex comex
|
|
|
|
marinax
|
|
if you were born to honourx show it nowx
|
|
if put upon youx make the judgement good
|
|
that thought you worthy of itx
|
|
|
|
lysimachusx
|
|
howxs thisx howxs thisx some morex be sagex
|
|
|
|
marinax
|
|
for mex
|
|
that am a maidx though most ungentle fortune
|
|
have placed me in this styx wherex since i camex
|
|
diseases have been sold dearer than physicx
|
|
ox that the gods
|
|
would set me free from this unhallowxd placex
|
|
though they did change me to the meanest bird
|
|
that flies ix the purer airx
|
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|
|
lysimachusx
|
|
i did not think
|
|
thou couldst have spoke so wellx nexer dreamxd thou couldstx
|
|
had i brought hither a corrupted mindx
|
|
thy speech had alterxd itx holdx herexs gold for theex
|
|
persever in that clear way thou goestx
|
|
and the gods strengthen theex
|
|
|
|
marinax
|
|
the good gods preserve youx
|
|
|
|
lysimachusx
|
|
for mex be you thoughten
|
|
that i came with no ill intentx for to me
|
|
the very doors and windows savour vilelyx
|
|
fare thee wellx thou art a piece of virtuex and
|
|
i doubt not but thy training hath been noblex
|
|
holdx herexs more gold for theex
|
|
a curse upon himx die he like a thiefx
|
|
that robs thee of thy goodnessx if thou dost
|
|
hear from mex it shall be for thy goodx
|
|
|
|
rexenter boultx
|
|
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|
boultx
|
|
i beseech your honourx one piece for mex
|
|
|
|
lysimachusx
|
|
avauntx thou damned doorxkeeperx
|
|
your house but for this virgin that doth prop itx
|
|
would sink and overwhelm youx awayx
|
|
|
|
xxexitxxx
|
|
|
|
boultx
|
|
howxs thisx we must take another course with youx if your peevish
|
|
chastityx which is not worth a breakfast in the cheapest country under
|
|
the copex shall undo a whole householdx let me be gelded like a
|
|
spanielx come your waysx
|
|
|
|
marinax
|
|
whither would you have mex
|
|
|
|
boultx
|
|
i must have your maidenhead taken offx or the common hangman shall
|
|
execute itx come your waysx wexll have no more gentlemen driven awayx
|
|
come your waysx i sayx
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|
|
|
rexenter bawdx
|
|
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|
bawdx
|
|
how nowx whatxs the matterx
|
|
|
|
boultx
|
|
worse and worsex mistressx she has here spoken holy words to the lord
|
|
lysimachusx
|
|
|
|
bawdx
|
|
ox abominablex
|
|
|
|
boultx
|
|
she makes our profession as it were to stink afore the face of the
|
|
godsx
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|
|
|
bawdx
|
|
marryx hang her up for everx
|
|
|
|
boultx
|
|
the nobleman would have dealt with her like a noblemanx and she sent
|
|
him away as cold as a snowballx saying his prayers toox
|
|
|
|
bawdx
|
|
boultx take her awayx use her at thy pleasurex crack the glass of her
|
|
virginityx and make the rest malleablex
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|
|
|
boultx
|
|
an if she were a thornier piece of ground than she isx she shall be
|
|
ploughedx
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marinax
|
|
harkx harkx you godsx
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|
bawdx
|
|
she conjuresx away with herx would she had never come within my doorsx
|
|
marryx hang youx shexs born to undo usx will you not go the way of
|
|
womankindx marryx come upx my dish of chastity with rosemary and baysx
|
|
|
|
xxexitxxx
|
|
|
|
boultx
|
|
comex mistressx come your way with mex
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|
marinax
|
|
whither wilt thou have mex
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|
boultx
|
|
to take from you the jewel you hold so dearx
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|
marinax
|
|
pritheex tell me one thing firstx
|
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boultx
|
|
come nowx your one thingx
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marinax
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what canst thou wish thine enemy to bex
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boultx
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whyx i could wish him to be my masterx or ratherx my mistressx
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marinax
|
|
neither of these are so bad as thou artx
|
|
since they do better thee in their commandx
|
|
thou holdxst a placex for which the painedxst fiend
|
|
of hell would not in reputation changex
|
|
thou art the damned doorkeeper to every
|
|
coistrel that comes inquiring for his tibx
|
|
to the choleric fisting of every rogue
|
|
thy ear is liablex thy food is such
|
|
as hath been belchxd on by infected lungsx
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|
boultx
|
|
what would you have me dox go to the warsx would youx where a man may
|
|
serve seven years for the loss of a legx and have not money enough in
|
|
the end to buy him a wooden onex
|
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|
marinax
|
|
do anything but this thou doestx empty
|
|
old receptaclesx or common shoresx of filthx
|
|
serve by indenture to the common hangmanx
|
|
any of these ways are yet better than thisx
|
|
for what thou professestx a baboonx could he speakx
|
|
would own a name too dearx ox that the gods
|
|
would safely deliver me from this placex
|
|
herex herexs gold for theex
|
|
if that thy master would gain by mex
|
|
proclaim that i can singx weavex sewx and dancex
|
|
with other virtuesx which ixll keep from boastx
|
|
and i will undertake all these to teachx
|
|
i doubt not but this populous city will
|
|
yield many scholarsx
|
|
|
|
boultx
|
|
but can you teach all this you speak ofx
|
|
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|
marinax
|
|
prove that i cannotx take me home againx
|
|
and prostitute me to the basest groom
|
|
that doth frequent your housex
|
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|
|
boultx
|
|
wellx i will see what i can do for theex if i can place theex i willx
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|
marinax
|
|
but amongst honest womenx
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boultx
|
|
faithx my acquaintance lies little amongst themx but since my master
|
|
and mistress have bought youx therexs no going but by their consentx
|
|
therefore i will make them acquainted with your purposex and i doubt
|
|
not but i shall find them tractable enoughx comex ixll do for thee what
|
|
i canx come your waysx
|
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|
xxexeuntxxx
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|
act v
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enter gowerx
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|
gowerx
|
|
marina thus the brothel xscapesx and chances
|
|
into an honest housex our story saysx
|
|
she sings like one immortalx and she dances
|
|
as goddessxlike to her admired laysx
|
|
deep clerks she dumbsx and with her neexle composes
|
|
naturexs own shapex of budx birdx branchx or berryx
|
|
that even her art sisters the natural rosesx
|
|
her inklex silkx twin with the rubied cherryx
|
|
that pupils lacks she none of noble racex
|
|
who pour their bounty on herx and her gain
|
|
she gives the cursed bawdx here we her placex
|
|
and to her father turn our thoughts againx
|
|
where we left himx on the seax we there him lostx
|
|
whencex driven before the windsx he is arrived
|
|
here where his daughter dwellsx and on this coast
|
|
suppose him now at anchorx the city strived
|
|
god neptunexs annual feast to keepx from whence
|
|
lysimachus our tyrian ship espiesx
|
|
his banners sablex trimmxd with rich expensex
|
|
and to him in his barge with fervour hiesx
|
|
in your supposing once more put your sight
|
|
of heavy periclesx think this his barkx
|
|
where what is done in actionx morex if mightx
|
|
shall be discoverxdx please youx sit and harkx
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|
xxexitxxx
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|
scene ix on board periclesx shipx off mytilenex a close pavilion on
|
|
deckx with a curtain before itx pericles within itx reclined on a
|
|
couchx a barge lying beside the tyrian vesselx
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|
|
enter two sailorsx one belonging to the tyrian vesselx the other to
|
|
the bargex to them helicanusx
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|
|
tyrian sailorx
|
|
xxto the sailor of mytilenexxx
|
|
where is lord helicanusx he can resolve youx
|
|
ox here he isx
|
|
sirx therexs a barge put off from mytilenex
|
|
and in it is lysimachus the governorx
|
|
who craves to come aboardx what is your willx
|
|
|
|
helicanusx
|
|
that he have hisx call up some gentlemenx
|
|
|
|
tyrian sailorx
|
|
hox gentlemenx my lord callsx
|
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|
|
enter two or three gentlemenx
|
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|
|
first gentlemanx
|
|
doth your lordship callx
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helicanusx
|
|
gentlemenx there is some of worth would come aboardx
|
|
i pray yex greet them fairlyx
|
|
|
|
xxthe gentlemen and the two sailors descend and go on board the
|
|
bargexxx
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|
|
enterx from thencex lysimachus and lordsx with the gentlemen and the
|
|
two sailorsx
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|
|
tyrian sailorx
|
|
sirx
|
|
this is the man that canx in aught you wouldx
|
|
resolve youx
|
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|
|
lysimachusx
|
|
hailx reverend sirx the gods preserve youx
|
|
|
|
helicanusx
|
|
and youx sirx to outlive the age i amx
|
|
and die as i would dox
|
|
|
|
lysimachusx
|
|
you wish me wellx
|
|
being on shorex honouring of neptunexs triumphsx
|
|
seeing this goodly vessel ride before usx
|
|
i made to itx to know of whence you arex
|
|
|
|
helicanusx
|
|
firstx what is your placex
|
|
|
|
lysimachusx
|
|
i am the governor of this place you lie beforex
|
|
|
|
helicanusx
|
|
sirx our vessel is of tyrex in it the kingx
|
|
a man who for this three months hath not spoken
|
|
to anyonex nor taken sustenance
|
|
but to prorogue his griefx
|
|
|
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lysimachusx
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upon what ground is his distemperaturex
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helicanusx
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xtwould be too tedious to repeatx
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but the main grief springs from the loss
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of a beloved daughter and a wifex
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lysimachusx
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may we not see himx
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helicanusx
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you mayx
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but bootless is your sightx he will not speak
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to anyx
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lysimachusx
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yet let me obtain my wishx
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helicanusx
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behold himx
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xxpericles discoveredxxx
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this was a goodly personx
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till the disaster thatx one mortal nightx
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drove him to thisx
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lysimachusx
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sir kingx all hailx the gods preserve youx
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hailx royal sirx
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helicanusx
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it is in vainx he will not speak to youx
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first lordx
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sirx we have a maid in mytilenex i durst wagerx
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would win some words of himx
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lysimachusx
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xtis well bethoughtx
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she questionless with her sweet harmony
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and other chosen attractionsx would allurex
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and make a battery through his deafenxd partsx
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which now are midway stoppxdx
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she is all happy as the fairest of allx
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andx with her fellow maidsx is now upon
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the leafy shelter that abuts against
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the islandxs sidex
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xxwhispers a lord who goes off in the barge of lysimachusxxx
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helicanusx
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surex allxs effectlessx yet nothing wexll omit
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that bears recoveryxs namex butx since your kindness
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we have stretchxd thus farx let us beseech you
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that for our gold we may provision havex
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wherein we are not destitute for wantx
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but weary for the stalenessx
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lysimachusx
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ox sirx a courtesy
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which if we should denyx the most just gods
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for every graff would send a caterpillarx
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and so inflict our provincex yet once more
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let me entreat to know at large the cause
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of your kingxs sorrowx
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helicanusx
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sitx sirx i will recount it to youx
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butx seex i am preventedx
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rexenter from the bargex lord with marina and a young ladyx
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lysimachusx
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ox here is the lady that i sent forx welcomex fair onex
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isxt not a goodly presencex
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helicanusx
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shexs a gallant ladyx
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lysimachusx
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shexs such a onex thatx were i well assured
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came of a gentle kind and noble stockx
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ixd wish no better choicex and think me rarely wedx
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fair onex all goodness that consists in bounty
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expect even herex where is a kingly patientx
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if that thy prosperous and artificial feat
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can draw him but to answer thee in aughtx
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thy sacred physic shall receive such pay
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as thy desires can wishx
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marinax
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sirx i will use
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my utmost skill in his recoveryx provided
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that none but i and my companion maid
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be sufferxd to come near himx
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lysimachusx
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comex let us leave herx
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and the gods make her prosperousx
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xxmarina singsxxx
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lysimachusx
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markxd he your musicx
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marinax
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nox nor lookxd on usx
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lysimachusx
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seex she will speak to himx
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marinax
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hailx sirx my lordx lend earx
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periclesx
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humx hax
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marinax
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i am a maidx
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my lordx that nexer before invited eyesx
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but have been gazed on like a cometx she speaksx
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my lordx thatx may bex hath endured a grief
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|
might equal yoursx if both were justly weighxdx
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though wayward fortune did malign my statex
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my derivation was from ancestors
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who stood equivalent with mighty kingsx
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but time hath rooted out my parentagex
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and to the world and awkward casualties
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bound me in servitudex
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xxasidexxx i will desistx
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but there is something glows upon my cheekx
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and whispers in mine ear xgo not till he speakxx
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periclesx
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my fortunes x parentage x good parentage x
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to equal minex x was it not thusx what say youx
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marinax
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i saidx my lordx if you did know my parentagex
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you would not do me violencex
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periclesx
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i do think sox pray youx turn your eyes upon mex
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you are like something that x what countryxwomanx
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here of these shoresx
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marinax
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nox nor of any shoresx
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yet i was mortally brought forthx and am
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no other than i appearx
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periclesx
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i am great with woex and shall deliver weepingx
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my dearest wife was like this maidx and such a one
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my daughter might have beenx my queenxs square browsx
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her stature to an inchx as wandxlike straightx
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as silverxvoicedx her eyes as jewelxlike
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and cased as richlyx in pace another junox
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who starves the ears she feedsx and makes them hungryx
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the more she gives them speechx where do you livex
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marinax
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|
where i am but a strangerx from the deck
|
|
you may discern the placex
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periclesx
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|
where were you bredx
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|
and how achieved you these endowmentsx which
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|
you make more rich to owex
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marinax
|
|
if i should tell my historyx it would seem
|
|
like lies disdainxd in the reportingx
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periclesx
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|
pritheex speakx
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|
falseness cannot come from theex for thou lookxst
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modest as justicex and thou seemxst a palace
|
|
for the crownxd truth to dwell inx i will believe theex
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|
and make my senses credit thy relation
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|
to points that seem impossiblex for thou lookxst
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like one i loved indeedx what were thy friendsx
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|
didst thou not sayx when i did push thee back x
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which was when i perceived thee x that thou camxst
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from good descendingx
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marinax
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|
so indeed i didx
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periclesx
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|
report thy parentagex i think thou saidxst
|
|
thou hadst been tossxd from wrong to injuryx
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|
and that thou thoughtxst thy griefs might equal minex
|
|
if both were openxdx
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marinax
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|
some such thingx
|
|
i saidx and said no more but what my thoughts
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|
did warrant me was likelyx
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periclesx
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|
tell thy storyx
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|
if thine considerxd prove the thousand part
|
|
of my endurancex thou art a manx and i
|
|
have sufferxd like a girlx yet thou dost look
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|
like patience gazing on kingsx gravesx and smiling
|
|
extremity out of actx what were thy friendsx
|
|
how lost thou themx thy namex my most kind virginx
|
|
recountx i do beseech theex comex sit by mex
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marinax
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|
my name is marinax
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periclesx
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|
ox i am mockxdx
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|
and thou by some incensed god sent hither
|
|
to make the world to laugh at mex
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marinax
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|
patiencex good sirx
|
|
or here ixll ceasex
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|
periclesx
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|
nayx ixll be patientx
|
|
thou little knowxst how thou dost startle mex
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|
to call thyself marinax
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|
marinax
|
|
the name
|
|
was given me by one that had some powerx
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|
my fatherx and a kingx
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periclesx
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|
howx a kingxs daughterx
|
|
and callxd marinax
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|
|
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marinax
|
|
you said you would believe mex
|
|
butx not to be a troubler of your peacex
|
|
i will end herex
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periclesx
|
|
but are you flesh and bloodx
|
|
have you a working pulsex and are no fairyx
|
|
motionx wellx speak onx where were you bornx
|
|
and wherefore callxd marinax
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|
|
marinax
|
|
callxd marina
|
|
for i was born at seax
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periclesx
|
|
at seax what motherx
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|
marinax
|
|
my mother was the daughter of a kingx
|
|
who died the minute i was bornx
|
|
as my good nurse lychorida hath oft
|
|
deliverxd weepingx
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|
|
periclesx
|
|
ox stop there a littlex xxasidexxx this is the rarest dream that exer
|
|
dull sleep
|
|
did mock sad fools withalx this cannot bex
|
|
my daughterx buriedx wellx where were you bredx
|
|
ixll hear you morex to the bottom of your storyx
|
|
and never interrupt youx
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|
marinax
|
|
you scornx believe mex xtwere best i did give oxerx
|
|
|
|
periclesx
|
|
i will believe you by the syllable
|
|
of what you shall deliverx yetx give me leavex
|
|
how came you in these partsx where were you bredx
|
|
|
|
marinax
|
|
the king my father did in tarsus leave mex
|
|
till cruel cleonx with his wicked wifex
|
|
did seek to murder mex and having wooxd
|
|
a villain to attempt itx who having drawn to doxtx
|
|
a crew of pirates came and rescued mex
|
|
brought me to mytilenex butx good sirx
|
|
whither will you have mex why do you weepx it may bex
|
|
you think me an impostorx nox good faithx
|
|
i am the daughter to king periclesx
|
|
if good king pericles bex
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|
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|
periclesx
|
|
hox helicanusx
|
|
|
|
enter helicanus and lysimachusx
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|
|
|
helicanusx
|
|
calls my lordx
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|
|
|
periclesx
|
|
thou art a grave and noble counsellorx
|
|
most wise in generalx tell mex if thou canstx
|
|
what this maid isx or what is like to bex
|
|
that thus hath made me weepx
|
|
|
|
helicanusx
|
|
i know notx
|
|
but here is the regentx sirx of mytilene
|
|
speaks nobly of herx
|
|
|
|
lysimachusx
|
|
she would never tell
|
|
her parentagex being demanded thatx
|
|
she would sit still and weepx
|
|
|
|
periclesx
|
|
o helicanusx strike mex honourxd sirx
|
|
give me a gashx put me to present painx
|
|
lest this great sea of joys rushing upon me
|
|
oxerbear the shores of my mortalityx
|
|
and drown me with their sweetnessx
|
|
xxto marinaxx ox come hitherx
|
|
thou that begetxst him that did thee begetx
|
|
thou that wast born at seax buried at tarsusx
|
|
and found at sea againx o helicanusx
|
|
down on thy kneesx thank the holy gods as loud
|
|
as thunder threatens usx this is marinax
|
|
what was thy motherxs namex tell me but thatx
|
|
for truth can never be confirmxd enoughx
|
|
though doubts did ever sleepx
|
|
|
|
marinax
|
|
firstx sirx i prayx what is your titlex
|
|
|
|
periclesx
|
|
i am pericles of tyrex but tell me now
|
|
my drownxd queenxs namex as in the rest you said
|
|
thou hast been godlike perfectx
|
|
the heir of kingdoms and another life
|
|
to pericles thy fatherx
|
|
|
|
marinax
|
|
is it no more to be your daughter than
|
|
to say my motherxs name was thaisax
|
|
thaisa was my motherx who did end
|
|
the minute i beganx
|
|
|
|
periclesx
|
|
nowx blessing on theex risex thou art my childx
|
|
give me fresh garmentsx mine ownx helicanusx
|
|
she is not dead at tarsusx as she should have beenx
|
|
by savage cleonx she shall tell thee allx
|
|
when thou shalt kneelx and justify in knowledge
|
|
she is thy very princessx who is thisx
|
|
|
|
helicanusx
|
|
sirx xtis the governor of mytilenex
|
|
whox hearing of your melancholy statex
|
|
did come to see youx
|
|
|
|
periclesx
|
|
i embrace youx
|
|
give me my robesx i am wild in my beholdingx
|
|
o heavens bless my girlx butx harkx what musicx
|
|
tell helicanusx my marinax tell him
|
|
oxerx point by pointx for yet he seems to doubtx
|
|
how sure you are my daughterx butx what musicx
|
|
|
|
helicanusx
|
|
my lordx i hear nonex
|
|
|
|
periclesx
|
|
nonex
|
|
the music of the spheresx listx my marinax
|
|
|
|
lysimachusx
|
|
it is not good to cross himx give him wayx
|
|
|
|
periclesx
|
|
rarest soundsx do ye not hearx
|
|
|
|
lysimachusx
|
|
musicx my lordx i hearx
|
|
|
|
xxmusicxxx
|
|
|
|
periclesx
|
|
most heavenly musicx
|
|
it nips me unto listeningx and thick slumber
|
|
hangs upon mine eyesx let me restx
|
|
|
|
xxsleepsxxx
|
|
|
|
lysimachusx
|
|
a pillow for his headx
|
|
sox leave him allx wellx my companion friendsx
|
|
if this but answer to my just beliefx
|
|
ixll well remember youx
|
|
|
|
xxexeunt all but periclesxxx
|
|
|
|
diana appears to pericles as in a visionx
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|
|
|
dianax
|
|
my temple stands in ephesusx hie thee thitherx
|
|
and do upon mine altar sacrificex
|
|
therex when my maiden priests are met togetherx
|
|
before the people allx
|
|
reveal how thou at sea didst lose thy wifex
|
|
to mourn thy crossesx with thy daughterxsx call
|
|
and give them repetition to the lifex
|
|
or perform my biddingx or thou livest in woex
|
|
do itx and happyx by my silver bowx
|
|
awake and tell thy dreamx
|
|
|
|
xxdisappearsxxx
|
|
|
|
periclesx
|
|
celestial dianx goddess argentinex
|
|
i will obey theex helicanusx
|
|
|
|
rexenter helicanusx lysimachus and marinax
|
|
|
|
helicanusx
|
|
sirx
|
|
|
|
periclesx
|
|
my purpose was for tarsusx there to strike
|
|
the inhospitable cleonx but i am
|
|
for other service firstx toward ephesus
|
|
turn our blown sailsx eftsoons ixll tell thee whyx
|
|
xxto lysimachusxxx shall we refresh usx sirx upon your shorex
|
|
and give you gold for such provision
|
|
as our intents will needx
|
|
|
|
lysimachusx
|
|
sirx with all my heartx
|
|
and when you come ashore i have another suitx
|
|
|
|
periclesx
|
|
you shall prevailx were it to woo my daughterx
|
|
for it seems you have been noble towards herx
|
|
|
|
lysimachusx
|
|
sirx lend me your armx
|
|
|
|
periclesx
|
|
comex my marinax
|
|
|
|
xxexeuntxxx
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
scene iix
|
|
|
|
enter gower before the temple of diana at ephesusx
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|
|
|
gowerx
|
|
now our sands are almost runx
|
|
more a littlex and then dumbx
|
|
thisx my last boonx give mex
|
|
for such kindness must relieve mex
|
|
that you aptly will suppose
|
|
what pageantryx what featsx what showsx
|
|
what minstrelsyx and pretty dinx
|
|
the regent made in mytilene
|
|
to greet the kingx so he thrivedx
|
|
that he is promised to be wived
|
|
to fair marinax but in no wise
|
|
till he had done his sacrificex
|
|
as dian badex whereto being boundx
|
|
the interimx pray youx all confoundx
|
|
in featherxd briefness sails are fillxdx
|
|
and wishes fall out as theyxre willxdx
|
|
at ephesusx the temple seex
|
|
our king and all his companyx
|
|
that he can hither come so soonx
|
|
is by your fancyxs thankful doomx
|
|
|
|
xxexitxxx
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
scene iiix the temple of diana at ephesusx thaisa standing near the
|
|
altarx as high priestessx a number of virgins on each sidex cerimon and
|
|
other inhabitants of ephesus attendingx
|
|
|
|
enter pericles with his trainx lysimachusx helicanusx marina and a
|
|
ladyx
|
|
|
|
periclesx
|
|
hailx dianx to perform thy just commandx
|
|
i here confess myself the king of tyrex
|
|
whox frighted from my countryx did wed
|
|
at pentapolis the fair thaisax
|
|
at sea in childbed died shex but brought forth
|
|
a maid child callxd marinax whomx o goddessx
|
|
wears yet thy silver liveryx she at tarsus
|
|
was nursed with cleonx who at fourteen years
|
|
he sought to murderx but her better stars
|
|
brought her to mytilenex xgainst whose shore
|
|
ridingx her fortunes brought the maid aboard usx
|
|
where by her own most clear remembrancex she
|
|
made known herself my daughterx
|
|
|
|
thaisax
|
|
voice and favourx
|
|
you arex you are x o royal periclesx
|
|
|
|
xxfaintsxxx
|
|
|
|
periclesx
|
|
what means the nunx she diesx helpx gentlemenx
|
|
|
|
cerimonx
|
|
noble sirx
|
|
if you have told dianaxs altar truex
|
|
this is your wifex
|
|
|
|
periclesx
|
|
reverend appearerx nox
|
|
i threw her overboard with these very armsx
|
|
|
|
cerimonx
|
|
upon this coastx i warrant youx
|
|
|
|
periclesx
|
|
xtis most certainx
|
|
|
|
cerimonx
|
|
look to the ladyx ox shexs but oxerxjoyxdx
|
|
early in blustering morn this lady was
|
|
thrown upon this shorex i oped the coffinx
|
|
found there rich jewelsx recoverxd herx and placed her
|
|
here in dianaxs templex
|
|
|
|
periclesx
|
|
may we see themx
|
|
|
|
cerimonx
|
|
great sirx they shall be brought you to my housex
|
|
whither i invite youx lookx thaisa is
|
|
recoveredx
|
|
|
|
thaisax
|
|
ox let me lookx
|
|
if he be none of minex my sanctity
|
|
will to my sense bend no licentious earx
|
|
but curb itx spite of seeingx ox my lordx
|
|
are you not periclesx like him you spakex
|
|
like him you arex did you not name a tempestx
|
|
a birthx and deathx
|
|
|
|
periclesx
|
|
the voice of dead thaisax
|
|
|
|
thaisax
|
|
that thaisa am ix supposed dead
|
|
and drownxdx
|
|
|
|
periclesx
|
|
immortal dianx
|
|
|
|
thaisax
|
|
now i know you betterx
|
|
when we with tears parted pentapolisx
|
|
the king my father gave you such a ringx
|
|
|
|
xxshows a ringxxx
|
|
|
|
periclesx
|
|
thisx thisx no morex you godsx your present kindness
|
|
makes my past miseries sportsx you shall do wellx
|
|
that on the touching of her lips i may
|
|
melt and no more be seenx ox comex be buried
|
|
a second time within these armsx
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|
|
marinax
|
|
my heart
|
|
leaps to be gone into my motherxs bosomx
|
|
|
|
xxkneels to thaisaxxx
|
|
|
|
periclesx
|
|
lookx who kneels herex flesh of thy fleshx thaisax
|
|
thy burden at the seax and callxd marina
|
|
for she was yielded therex
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|
|
|
thaisax
|
|
blestx and mine ownx
|
|
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helicanusx
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hailx madamx and my queenx
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thaisax
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i know you notx
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periclesx
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you have heard me sayx when i did fly from tyrex
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i left behind an ancient substitutex
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can you remember what i callxd the man
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i have named him oftx
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thaisax
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xtwas helicanus thenx
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periclesx
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still confirmationx
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embrace himx dear thaisax this is hex
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now do i long to hear how you were foundx
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how possibly preservedx and who to thankx
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besides the godsx for this great miraclex
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thaisax
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lord cerimonx my lordx this manx
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through whom the gods have shown their powerx that can
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from first to last resolve youx
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periclesx
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reverend sirx
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the gods can have no mortal officer
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more like a god than youx will you deliver
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how this dead queen relivesx
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cerimonx
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i willx my lordx
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beseech youx first go with me to my housex
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where shall be shown you all was found with herx
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how she came placed here in the templex
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no needful thing omittedx
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periclesx
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pure dianx bless thee for thy visionx i
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will offer nightxoblations to theex thaisax
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this princex the fair betrothed of your daughterx
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shall marry her at pentapolisx
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and now this ornament
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makes me look dismal will i clip to formx
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and what this fourteen years no razor touchxd
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to grace thy marriagexdayx ixll beautifyx
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thaisax
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lord cerimon hath letters of good creditx sirx
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my fatherxs deadx
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periclesx
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heavens make a star of himx yet therex my queenx
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wexll celebrate their nuptialsx and ourselves
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will in that kingdom spend our following daysx
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our son and daughter shall in tyrus reignx
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lord cerimonx we do our longing stay
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to hear the rest untoldx sirx leadxs the wayx
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xxexeuntxxx
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enter gowerx
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gowerx
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in antiochus and his daughter you have heard
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of monstrous lust the due and just rewardx
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in periclesx his queen and daughter seenx
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although assailxd with fortune fierce and keenx
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virtue preserved from fell destructionxs blastx
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led on by heavenx and crownxd with joy at lastx
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in helicanus may you well descry
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a figure of truthx of faithx of loyaltyx
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in reverend cerimon there well appears
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the worth that learned charity aye wearsx
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for wicked cleon and his wifex when fame
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had spread their cursed deedx the honourxd name
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of periclesx to rage the city turnx
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that him and his they in his palace burnx
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the gods for murder seemed so content
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to punishx although not donex but meantx
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so on your patience evermore attendingx
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new joy wait on youx here our play has endingx
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xxexitxxx
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king richard the second
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dramatis personae
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king richard the second
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john of gauntx duke of lancaster x uncle to the king
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edmund langleyx duke of york x uncle to the king
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henryx surnamed bolingbrokex duke of herefordx son of
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john of gauntx afterwards king henry iv
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duke of aumerlex son of the duke of york
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thomas mowbrayx duke of norfolk
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duke of surrey
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earl of salisbury
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earl berkeley
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bushy x favourites of king richard
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bagot x x x x x
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green x x x x x
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earl of northumberland
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henry percyx surnamed hotspurx his son
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lord ross lord willoughby
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lord fitzwater bishop of carlisle
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abbot of westminster lord marshal
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sir stephen scroop sir pierce of exton
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captain of a band of welshmen two gardeners
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queen to king richard
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duchess of york
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duchess of gloucesterx widow of thomas of woodstockx
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duke of gloucester
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lady attending on the queen
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lordsx heraldsx officersx soldiersx keeperx messengerx
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groomx and other attendants
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scenex england and wales
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act ix scene ix londonx the palace
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enter richardx john of gauntx with other nobles and attendants
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king richardx old john of gauntx timexhonoured lancasterx
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hast thoux according to thy oath and bandx
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brought hither henry herefordx thy bold sonx
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here to make good the boistxrous late appealx
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which then our leisure would not let us hearx
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against the duke of norfolkx thomas mowbrayx
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gauntx i havex my liegex
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king richardx tell mex moreoverx hast thou sounded him
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if he appeal the duke on ancient malicex
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or worthilyx as a good subject shouldx
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on some known ground of treachery in himx
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gauntx as near as i could sift him on that argumentx
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on some apparent danger seen in him
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aimxd at your highnessxno inveterate malicex
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king richardx then call them to our presencex face to face
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and frowning brow to browx ourselves will hear
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the accuser and the accused freely speakx
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highxstomachxd are they both and full of irex
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in ragex deaf as the seax hasty as firex
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enter bolingbroke and mowbray
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bolingbrokex many years of happy days befall
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my gracious sovereignx my most loving liegex
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mowbrayx each day still better otherxs happiness
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until the heavensx envying earthxs good hapx
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add an immortal title to your crownx
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king richardx we thank you bothx yet one but flatters usx
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as well appeareth by the cause you comex
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namelyx to appeal each other of high treasonx
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cousin of herefordx what dost thou object
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against the duke of norfolkx thomas mowbrayx
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bolingbrokex firstxheaven be the record to my speechx
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in the devotion of a subjectxs lovex
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tendxring the precious safety of my princex
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and free from other misbegotten hatex
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come i appellant to this princely presencex
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nowx thomas mowbrayx do i turn to theex
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and mark my greeting wellx for what i speak
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my body shall make good upon this earthx
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or my divine soul answer it in heavenx
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thou art a traitor and a miscreantx
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too good to be sox and too bad to livex
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since the more fair and crystal is the skyx
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the uglier seem the clouds that in it flyx
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once morex the more to aggravate the notex
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with a foul traitorxs name stuff i thy throatx
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and wishxso please my sovereignxere i movex
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what my tongue speaksx my right drawn sword may provex
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mowbrayx let not my cold words here accuse my zealx
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xtis not the trial of a womanxs warx
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the bitter clamour of two eager tonguesx
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can arbitrate this cause betwixt us twainx
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the blood is hot that must be coolxd for thisx
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yet can i not of such tame patience boast
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as to be hushxd and nought at an to sayx
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firstx the fair reverence of your highness curbs me
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from giving reins and spurs to my free speechx
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which else would post until it had returnxd
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these terms of treason doubled down his throatx
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setting aside his high bloodxs royaltyx
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and let him be no kinsman to my liegex
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i do defy himx and i spit at himx
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call him a slanderous coward and a villainx
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which to maintainx i would allow him odds
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and meet himx were i tied to run afoot
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even to the frozen ridges of the alpsx
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or any other ground inhabitable
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where ever englishman durst set his footx
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meantime let this defend my loyaltyx
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by all my hopesx most falsely doth he lie
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bolingbrokex pale trembling cowardx there i throw my gagex
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disclaiming here the kindred of the kingx
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and lay aside my high bloodxs royaltyx
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which fearx not reverencex makes thee to exceptx
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if guilty dread have left thee so much strength
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as to take up mine honourxs pawnx then stoopx
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by that and all the rites of knighthood else
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will i make good against theex arm to armx
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what i have spoke or thou canst worst devisex
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mowbrayx i take it upx and by that sword i swear
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which gently laid my knighthood on my shoulder
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ixll answer thee in any fair degree
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or chivalrous design of knightly trialx
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and when i mountx alive may i not light
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if i be traitor or unjustly fightx
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king richardx what doth our cousin lay to mowbrayxs chargex
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it must be great that can inherit us
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so much as of a thought of ill in himx
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bolingbrokex look what i speakx my life shall prove it truex
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that mowbray hath receivxd eight thousand nobles
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in name of lendings for your highnessx soldiersx
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the which he hath detainxd for lewd employments
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like a false traitor and injurious villainx
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besidesx i say and will in battle provex
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|
or herex or elsewhere to the furthest verge
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|
that ever was surveyxd by english eyex
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that all the treasons for these eighteen years
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|
complotted and contrived in this land
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|
fetch from false mowbray their first head and springx
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further i sayx and further will maintain
|
|
upon his bad life to make all this goodx
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|
that he did plot the duke of gloucesterxs deathx
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suggest his soonxbelieving adversariesx
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|
and consequentlyx like a traitor cowardx
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|
sluicxd out his innocent soul through streams of bloodx
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|
which bloodx like sacrificing abelxsx criesx
|
|
even from the tongueless caverns of the earthx
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to me for justice and rough chastisementx
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|
andx by the glorious worth of my descentx
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this arm shall do itx or this life be spentx
|
|
king richardx how high a pitch his resolution soarsx
|
|
thomas of norfolkx what sayxst thou to thisx
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|
mowbrayx ox let my sovereign turn away his face
|
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and bid his ears a little while be deafx
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till i have told this slander of his blood
|
|
how god and good men hate so foul a liarx
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|
king richardx mowbrayx impartial are our eyes and carsx
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|
were he my brotherx nayx my kingdomxs heirx
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|
as he is but my fatherxs brotherxs sonx
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|
now by my sceptrexs awe i make a vowx
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|
such neighbour nearness to our sacred blood
|
|
should nothing privilege him nor partialize
|
|
the unstooping firmness of my upright soulx
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|
he is our subjectx mowbrayx so art thoux
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|
free speech and fearless i to thee allowx
|
|
mowbrayx thenx bolingbrokex as low as to thy heartx
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|
through the false passage of thy throatx thou liestx
|
|
three parts of that receipt i had for calais
|
|
disbursxd i duly to his highnessx soldiersx
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|
the other part reservxd i by consentx
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|
for that my sovereign liege was in my debt
|
|
upon remainder of a dear account
|
|
since last i went to france to fetch his queenx
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|
now swallow down that liex for gloucesterxs deathx
|
|
i slew him notx but to my own disgrace
|
|
neglected my sworn duty in that casex
|
|
for youx my noble lord of lancasterx
|
|
the honourable father to my foex
|
|
once did i lay an ambush for your lifex
|
|
a trespass that doth vex my grieved soulx
|
|
but ere i last receivxd the sacrament
|
|
i did confess itx and exactly beggxd
|
|
your gracexs pardonx and i hope i had itx
|
|
this is my faultx as for the rest appealxdx
|
|
it issues from the rancour of a villainx
|
|
a recreant and most degenerate traitorx
|
|
which in myself i boldly will defendx
|
|
and interchangeably hurl down my gage
|
|
upon this overweening traitorxs foot
|
|
to prove myself a loyal gentleman
|
|
even in the best blood chamberxd in his bosomx
|
|
in haste whereofx most heartily i pray
|
|
your highness to assign our trial dayx
|
|
king richardx wrathxkindled gentlemenx be rulxd by mex
|
|
letxs purge this choler without letting bloodx
|
|
this we prescribex though no physicianx
|
|
deep malice makes too deep incisionx
|
|
forgetx forgivex conclude and be agreedx
|
|
our doctors say this is no month to bleedx
|
|
good unclex let this end where it begunx
|
|
wexll calm the duke of norfolkx you your sonx
|
|
gauntx to be a makexpeace shall become my agex
|
|
throw downx my sonx the duke of norfolkxs gagex
|
|
king richardx andx norfolkx throw down hisx
|
|
gauntx whenx harryx whenx
|
|
obedience bids i should not bid againx
|
|
king richardx norfolkx throw downx we bidx
|
|
there is no bootx
|
|
mowbrayx myself i throwx dread sovereignx at thy footx
|
|
my life thou shalt commandx but not my shamex
|
|
the one my duty owesx but my fair namex
|
|
despite of deathx that lives upon my grave
|
|
to dark dishonourxs use thou shalt not havex
|
|
i am disgracxdx impeachxdx and bafflxd herex
|
|
piercxd to the soul with slanderxs venomxd spearx
|
|
the which no balm can cure but his heartxblood
|
|
which breathxd this poisonx
|
|
king richardx rage must be withstoodx
|
|
give me his gagexlions make leopards tamex
|
|
mowbrayx yeax but not change his spotsx take but my shamex
|
|
and i resign my gagex my dear dear lordx
|
|
the purest treasure mortal times afford
|
|
is spotless reputationx that awayx
|
|
men are but gilded loam or painted clayx
|
|
a jewel in a tenxtimes barrxdxup chest
|
|
is a bold spirit in a loyal breastx
|
|
mine honour is my lifex both grow in onex
|
|
take honour from mex and my life is donex
|
|
thenx dear my liegex mine honour let me tryx
|
|
in that i livex and for that will i diex
|
|
king richardx cousinx throw up your gagex do you beginx
|
|
bolingbrokex ox god defend my soul from such deep sinx
|
|
shall i seem crestxfallen in my fatherxs sightx
|
|
or with pale beggarxfear impeach my height
|
|
before this outdarxd dastardx ere my tongue
|
|
shall wound my honour with such feeble wrong
|
|
or sound so base a parlex my teeth shall tear
|
|
the slavish motive of recanting fearx
|
|
and spit it bleeding in his high disgracex
|
|
where shame doth harbourx even in mowbrayxs facex
|
|
exit gaunt
|
|
king richardx we were not born to suex but to commandx
|
|
which since we cannot do to make you friendsx
|
|
be readyx as your lives shall answer itx
|
|
at coventryx upon saint lambertxs dayx
|
|
there shall your swords and lances arbitrate
|
|
the swelling difference of your settled hatex
|
|
since we can not atone youx we shall see
|
|
justice design the victorxs chivalryx
|
|
lord marshalx command our officersxatxarms
|
|
be ready to direct these home alarmsx exeunt
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|
|
|
scene xx londonx the duke of lancasterxs palace
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|
|
|
enter john of gaunt with the duchess of gloucester
|
|
|
|
gauntx alasx the part i had in woodstockxs blood
|
|
doth more solicit me than your exclaims
|
|
to stir against the butchers of his lifex
|
|
but since correction lieth in those hands
|
|
which made the fault that we cannot correctx
|
|
put we our quarrel to the will of heavenx
|
|
whox when they see the hours ripe on earthx
|
|
will rain hot vengeance on offendersx headsx
|
|
duchessx finds brotherhood in thee no sharper spurx
|
|
hath love in thy old blood no living firex
|
|
edwardxs seven sonsx whereof thyself art onex
|
|
were as seven vials of his sacred bloodx
|
|
or seven fair branches springing from one rootx
|
|
some of those seven are dried by naturexs coursex
|
|
some of those branches by the destinies cutx
|
|
but thomasx my dear lordx my lifex my gloucesterx
|
|
one vial full of edwardxs sacred bloodx
|
|
one flourishing branch of his most royal rootx
|
|
is crackxdx and all the precious liquor spiltx
|
|
is hackxd downx and his summer leaves all fadedx
|
|
by envyxs hand and murderxs bloody axex
|
|
ahx gauntx his blood was thinex that bedx that wombx
|
|
that mettlex that self mouldx that fashionxd theex
|
|
made him a manx and though thou livest and breathestx
|
|
yet art thou slain in himx thou dost consent
|
|
in some large measure to thy fatherxs death
|
|
in that thou seest thy wretched brother diex
|
|
who was the model of thy fatherxs lifex
|
|
call it not patiencex gauntxit is despairx
|
|
in suffxring thus thy brother to be slaughtxredx
|
|
thou showest the naked pathway to thy lifex
|
|
teaching stern murder how to butcher theex
|
|
that which in mean men we entitle patience
|
|
is pale cold cowardice in noble breastsx
|
|
what shall i sayx to safeguard thine own life
|
|
the best way is to venge my gloucesterxs deathx
|
|
gauntx godxs is the quarrelx for godxs substitutex
|
|
his deputy anointed in his sightx
|
|
hath causxd his deathx the which if wrongfullyx
|
|
let heaven revengex for i may never lift
|
|
an angry arm against his ministerx
|
|
duchessx where thenx alasx may i complain myselfx
|
|
gauntx to godx the widowxs champion and defencex
|
|
duchessx why thenx i willx farewellx old gauntx
|
|
thou goest to coventryx there to behold
|
|
our cousin hereford and fell mowbray fightx
|
|
ox sit my husbandxs wrongs on herefordxs spearx
|
|
that it may enter butcher mowbrayxs breastx
|
|
orx if misfortune miss the first careerx
|
|
be mowbrayxs sins so heavy in his bosom
|
|
that they may break his foaming courserxs back
|
|
and throw the rider headlong in the listsx
|
|
a caitiff recreant to my cousin herefordx
|
|
farewellx old gauntx thy sometimes brotherxs wifex
|
|
with her companionx griefx must end her lifex
|
|
gauntx sisterx farewellx i must to coventryx
|
|
as much good stay with thee as go with mex
|
|
duchessx yet one word morex grief boundeth where it fallsx
|
|
not with the empty hollownessx but weightx
|
|
i take my leave before i have begunx
|
|
for sorrow ends not when it seemeth donex
|
|
commend me to thy brotherx edmund yorkx
|
|
lox this is allx nayx yet depart not sox
|
|
though this be allx do not so quickly gox
|
|
i shall remember morex bid himx ahx whatxx
|
|
with all good speed at plashy visit mex
|
|
alackx and what shall good old york there see
|
|
but empty lodgings and unfurnishxd wallsx
|
|
unpeopled officesx untrodden stonesx
|
|
and what hear there for welcome but my groansx
|
|
therefore commend mex let him not come there
|
|
to seek out sorrow that dwells every wherex
|
|
desolatex desolatex will i hence and diex
|
|
the last leave of thee takes my weeping eyex exeunt
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|
|
|
scene xx the lists at coventry
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|
|
|
enter the lord marshal and the duke of aumerle
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|
|
|
marshalx my lord aumerlex is harry hereford armxdx
|
|
aumerlex yeax at all pointsx and longs to enter inx
|
|
marshalx the duke of norfolkx spightfully and boldx
|
|
stays but the summons of the appelantxs trumpetx
|
|
aumerlex why thenx the champions are preparxdx and stay
|
|
for nothing but his majestyxs approachx
|
|
|
|
the trumpets soundx and the king enters with his noblesx
|
|
gauntx bushyx bagotx greenx and othersx when they are setx
|
|
enter mowbrayx duke of nor folkx in armsx defendantx and
|
|
a herald
|
|
|
|
king richardx marshalx demand of yonder champion
|
|
the cause of his arrival here in armsx
|
|
ask him his namex and orderly proceed
|
|
to swear him in the justice of his causex
|
|
marshalx in godxs name and the kingxsx say who thou artx
|
|
and why thou comest thus knightly clad in armsx
|
|
against what man thou comxstx and what thy quarrelx
|
|
speak truly on thy knighthood and thy oathx
|
|
as so defend thee heaven and thy valourx
|
|
mowbrayx my name is thomas mowbrayx duke of norfolkx
|
|
who hither come engaged by my oathx
|
|
which god defend a knight should violatexx
|
|
both to defend my loyalty and truth
|
|
to godx my kingx and my succeeding issuex
|
|
against the duke of hereford that appeals mex
|
|
andx by the grace of god and this mine armx
|
|
to prove himx in defending of myselfx
|
|
a traitor to my godx my kingx and mex
|
|
and as i truly fightx defend me heavenx
|
|
|
|
the trumpets soundx enter bolingbrokex duke of herefordx
|
|
appellantx in armourx and a herald
|
|
|
|
king richardx marshalx ask yonder knight in armsx
|
|
both who he is and why he cometh hither
|
|
thus plated in habiliments of warx
|
|
and formallyx according to our lawx
|
|
depose him in the justice of his causex
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marshalx what is thy namex and wherefore comxst thou hither
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before king richard in his royal listsx
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against whom comest thoux and whatxs thy quarrelx
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speak like a true knightx so defend thee heavenx
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bolingbrokex harry of herefordx lancasterx and derbyx
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am ix who ready here do stand in arms
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to provex by godxs grace and my bodyxs valourx
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in lists on thomas mowbrayx duke of norfolkx
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that he is a traitorx foul and dangerousx
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to god of heavenx king richardx and to mex
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and as i truly fightx defend me heavenx
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marshalx on pain of deathx no person be so bold
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or daringxhardy as to touch the listsx
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except the marshal and such officers
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appointed to direct these fair designsx
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bolingbrokex lord marshalx let me kiss my sovereignxs handx
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and bow my knee before his majestyx
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for mowbray and myself are like two men
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that vow a long and weary pilgrimagex
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then let us take a ceremonious leave
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and loving farewell of our several friendsx
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marshalx the appellant in all duty greets your highnessx
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and craves to kiss your hand and take his leavex
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king richardx we will descend and fold him in our armsx
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cousin of herefordx as thy cause is rightx
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so be thy fortune in this royal fightx
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farewellx my bloodx which if toxday thou shedx
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lament we mayx but not revenge thee deadx
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bolingbrokex ox let no noble eye profane a tear
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for mex if i be gorxd with mowbrayxs spearx
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as confident as is the falconxs flight
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against a birdx do i with mowbray fightx
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my loving lordx i take my leave of youx
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of youx my noble cousinx lord aumerlex
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not sickx although i have to do with deathx
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but lustyx youngx and cheerly drawing breathx
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lox as at english feastsx so i regreet
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the daintiest lastx to make the end most sweetx
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o thoux the earthly author of my bloodx
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whose youthful spiritx in me regeneratex
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doth with a twofold vigour lift me up
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to reach at victory above my headx
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add proof unto mine armour with thy prayersx
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and with thy blessings steel my lancexs pointx
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that it may enter mowbrayxs waxen coat
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|
and furbish new the name of john ox gauntx
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|
even in the lusty haviour of his sonx
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|
gauntx god in thy good cause make thee prosperousx
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be swift like lightning in the executionx
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|
and let thy blowsx doubly redoubledx
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|
fall like amazing thunder on the casque
|
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of thy adverse pernicious enemyx
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rouse up thy youthful bloodx be valiantx and livex
|
|
bolingbrokex mine innocence and saint george to thrivex
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mowbrayx however god or fortune cast my lotx
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there lives or diesx true to king richardxs thronex
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a loyalx justx and upright gentlemanx
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never did captive with a freer heart
|
|
cast off his chains of bondagex and embrace
|
|
his golden uncontrollxd enfranchisementx
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|
more than my dancing soul doth celebrate
|
|
this feast of battle with mine adversaryx
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most mighty liegex and my companion peersx
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|
take from my mouth the wish of happy yearsx
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|
as gentle and as jocund as to jest
|
|
go i to fightx truth hath a quiet breastx
|
|
king richardx farewellx my lordx securely i espy
|
|
virtue with valour couched in thine eyex
|
|
order the trialx marshalx and beginx
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|
marshalx harry of herefordx lancasterx and derbyx
|
|
receive thy lancex and god defend the rightx
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|
bolingbrokex strong as a tower in hopex i cry amenx
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|
marshalx xto an officerx go bear this lance to thomasx
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|
duke of norfolkx
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first heraldx harry of herefordx lancasterx and derbyx
|
|
stands here for godx his sovereignx and himselfx
|
|
on pain to be found false and recreantx
|
|
to prove the duke of norfolkx thomas mowbrayx
|
|
a traitor to his godx his kingx and himx
|
|
and dares him to set forward to the fightx
|
|
second heraldx here standeth thomas mowbrayx duke of norfolkx
|
|
on pain to be found false and recreantx
|
|
both to defend himselfx and to approve
|
|
henry of herefordx lancasterx and derbyx
|
|
to godx his sovereignx and to him disloyalx
|
|
courageously and with a free desire
|
|
attending but the signal to beginx
|
|
marshalx sound trumpetsx and set forwardx combatantsx
|
|
xa charge soundedx
|
|
stayx the king hath thrown his warder downx
|
|
king richardx let them lay by their helmets and their spearsx
|
|
and both return back to their chairs againx
|
|
withdraw with usx and let the trumpets sound
|
|
while we return these dukes what we decreex
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|
|
|
a long flourishx while the king consults his council
|
|
|
|
draw nearx
|
|
and list what with our council we have donex
|
|
for that our kingdomxs earth should not be soilxd
|
|
with that dear blood which it hath fosteredx
|
|
and for our eyes do hate the dire aspect
|
|
of civil wounds ploughxd up with neighboursx swordx
|
|
and for we think the eaglexwinged pride
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|
of skyxaspiring and ambitious thoughtsx
|
|
with rivalxhating envyx set on you
|
|
to wake our peacex which in our countryxs cradle
|
|
draws the sweet infant breath of gentle sleepx
|
|
which so rousxd up with boistxrous untunxd drumsx
|
|
with harshxresounding trumpetsx dreadful brayx
|
|
and grating shock of wrathful iron armsx
|
|
might from our quiet confines fright fair peace
|
|
and make us wade even in our kindredxs bloodx
|
|
therefore we banish you our territoriesx
|
|
youx cousin herefordx upon pain of lifex
|
|
till twice five summers have enrichxd our fields
|
|
shall not regreet our fair dominionsx
|
|
but tread the stranger paths of banishmentx
|
|
bolingbrokex your will be donex this must my comfort bex
|
|
that sun that warms you here shall shine on mex
|
|
and those his golden beams to you here lent
|
|
shall point on me and gild my banishmentx
|
|
king richardx norfolkx for thee remains a heavier doomx
|
|
which i with some unwillingness pronouncex
|
|
the sly slow hours shall not determinate
|
|
the dateless limit of thy dear exilex
|
|
the hopeless word of xnever to returnx
|
|
breathe i against theex upon pain of lifex
|
|
mowbrayx a heavy sentencex my most sovereign liegex
|
|
and all unlookxd for from your highnessx mouthx
|
|
a dearer meritx not so deep a maim
|
|
as to be cast forth in the common airx
|
|
have i deserved at your highnessx handsx
|
|
the language i have learnt these forty yearsx
|
|
my native englishx now i must forgox
|
|
and now my tonguexs use is to me no more
|
|
than an unstringed viol or a harpx
|
|
or like a cunning instrument casxd up
|
|
orx being openx put into his hands
|
|
that knows no touch to tune the harmonyx
|
|
within my mouth you have engaolxd my tonguex
|
|
doubly portcullisxd with my teeth and lipsx
|
|
and dullx unfeelingx barren ignorance
|
|
is made my gaoler to attend on mex
|
|
i am too old to fawn upon a nursex
|
|
too far in years to be a pupil nowx
|
|
what is thy sentencex thenx but speechless deathx
|
|
which robs my tongue from breathing native breathx
|
|
king richardx it boots thee not to be compassionatex
|
|
after our sentence plaining comes too latex
|
|
mowbrayx then thus i turn me from my countrvxs lightx
|
|
to dwell in solemn shades of endless nightx
|
|
king richardx return againx and take an oath with theex
|
|
lay on our royal sword your banishxd handsx
|
|
swear by the duty that you owe to godx
|
|
our part therein we banish with yourselvesx
|
|
to keep the oath that we administerx
|
|
you never shallx so help you truth and godx
|
|
embrace each otherxs love in banishmentx
|
|
nor never look upon each otherxs facex
|
|
nor never writex regreetx nor reconcile
|
|
this louring tempest of your homexbred hatex
|
|
nor never by advised purpose meet
|
|
to plotx contrivex or complot any illx
|
|
xgainst usx our statex our subjectsx or our landx
|
|
bolingbrokex i swearx
|
|
mowbrayx and ix to keep all thisx
|
|
bolingbrokex norfolkx so far as to mine enemyx
|
|
by this timex had the king permitted usx
|
|
one of our souls had wandxred in the airx
|
|
banishxd this frail sepulchre of our fleshx
|
|
as now our flesh is banishxd from this landx
|
|
confess thy treasons ere thou fly the realmx
|
|
since thou hast far to gox bear not along
|
|
the clogging burden of a guilty soulx
|
|
mowbrayx nox bolingbrokex if ever i were traitorx
|
|
my name be blotted from the book of lifex
|
|
and i from heaven banishxd as from hencex
|
|
but what thou artx godx thoux and ix do knowx
|
|
and all too soonx i fearx the king shall ruex
|
|
farewellx my liegex now no way can i strayx
|
|
save back to englandx an the worldxs my wayx exit
|
|
king richardx unclex even in the glasses of thine eyes
|
|
i see thy grieved heartx thy sad aspect
|
|
hath from the number of his banishxd years
|
|
pluckxd four awayx xto bolingbrokex six frozen winters spentx
|
|
return with welcome home from banishmentx
|
|
bolingbrokex how long a time lies in one little wordx
|
|
four lagging winters and four wanton springs
|
|
end in a wordx such is the breath of kingsx
|
|
gauntx i thank my liege that in regard of me
|
|
he shortens four years of my sonxs exilex
|
|
but little vantage shall i reap therebyx
|
|
for ere the six years that he hath to spend
|
|
can change their moons and bring their times aboutx
|
|
my oilxdried lamp and timexbewasted light
|
|
shall be extinct with age and endless nightx
|
|
my inch of taper will be burnt and donex
|
|
and blindfold death not let me see my sonx
|
|
king richardx whyx unclex thou hast many years to livex
|
|
gauntx but not a minutex kingx that thou canst givex
|
|
shorten my days thou canst with sullen sorrow
|
|
and pluck nights from mex but not lend a morrowx
|
|
thou canxst help time to furrow me with agex
|
|
but stop no wrinkle in his pilgrimagex
|
|
thy word is current with him for my deathx
|
|
but deadx thy kingdom cannot buy my breathx
|
|
king richardx thy son is banishxd upon good advicex
|
|
whereto thy tongue a partyxverdict gavex
|
|
why at our justice seemxst thou then to lourx
|
|
gauntx things sweet to taste prove in digestion sourx
|
|
you urgxd me as a judgex but i had rather
|
|
you would have bid me argue like a fatherx
|
|
ox had it been a strangerx not my childx
|
|
to smooth his fault i should have been more mildx
|
|
a partial slander sought i to avoidx
|
|
and in the sentence my own life destroyxdx
|
|
alasx i lookxd when some of you should say
|
|
i was too strict to make mine own awayx
|
|
but you gave leave to my unwilling tongue
|
|
against my will to do myself this wrongx
|
|
king richardx cousinx farewellx andx unclex bid him sox
|
|
six years we banish himx and he shall gox
|
|
flourishx exit king with train
|
|
aumerlex cousinx farewellx what presence must not knowx
|
|
from where you do remain let paper showx
|
|
marshalx my lordx no leave take ix for i will ride
|
|
as far as land will let me by your sidex
|
|
gauntx ox to what purpose dost thou hoard thy wordsx
|
|
that thou returnest no greeting to thy friendsx
|
|
bolingbrokex i have too few to take my leave of youx
|
|
when the tonguexs office should be prodigal
|
|
to breathe the abundant dolour of the heartx
|
|
gauntx thy grief is but thy absence for a timex
|
|
bolingbrokex joy absentx grief is present for that timex
|
|
gauntx what is six wintersx they are quickly gonex
|
|
bolingbrokex to men in joyx but grief makes one hour tenx
|
|
gauntx call it a travel that thou takxst for pleasurex
|
|
bolingbrokex my heart will sigh when i miscall it sox
|
|
which finds it an enforced pilgrimagex
|
|
gauntx the sullen passage of thy weary steps
|
|
esteem as foil wherein thou art to set
|
|
the precious jewel of thy home returnx
|
|
bolingbrokex nayx ratherx every tedious stride i make
|
|
will but remember me what a deal of world
|
|
i wander from the jewels that i lovex
|
|
must i not serve a long apprenticehood
|
|
to foreign passagesx and in the endx
|
|
having my freedomx boast of nothing else
|
|
but that i was a journeyman to griefx
|
|
gauntx all places that the eye of heaven visits
|
|
are to a wise man ports and happy havensx
|
|
teach thy necessity to reason thusx
|
|
there is no virtue like necessityx
|
|
think not the king did banish theex
|
|
but thou the kingx woe doth the heavier sit
|
|
where it perceives it is but faintly homex
|
|
gox say i sent thee forth to purchase honourx
|
|
and not the king exilxd theex or suppose
|
|
devouring pestilence hangs in our air
|
|
and thou art flying to a fresher climex
|
|
look what thy soul holds dearx imagine it
|
|
to lie that way thou goestx not whence thou comxstx
|
|
suppose the singing birds musiciansx
|
|
the grass whereon thou treadxst the presence strewxdx
|
|
the flowers fair ladiesx and thy steps no more
|
|
than a delightful measure or a dancex
|
|
for gnarling sorrow hath less power to bite
|
|
the man that mocks at it and sets it lightx
|
|
bolingbrokex ox who can hold a fire in his hand
|
|
by thinking on the frosty caucasusx
|
|
or cloy the hungry edge of appetite
|
|
by bare imagination of a feastx
|
|
or wallow naked in december snow
|
|
by thinking on fantastic summerxs heatx
|
|
ox nox the apprehension of the good
|
|
gives but the greater feeling to the worsex
|
|
fell sorrowxs tooth doth never rankle more
|
|
than when he bitesx but lanceth not the sorex
|
|
gauntx comex comex my sonx ixll bring thee on thy wayx
|
|
had i thy youtli and causex i would not stayx
|
|
bolingbrokex thenx englandxs groundx farewellx sweet soilx adieux
|
|
my motherx and my nursex that bears me yetx
|
|
wherexer i wanderx boast of this i canx
|
|
though banishxdx yet a trueborn english manx exeunt
|
|
|
|
scene xx londonx the court
|
|
|
|
enter the kingx with bagot and greenx at one doorx and the duke of
|
|
aumerle at another
|
|
|
|
king richardx we did observex cousin aumerlex
|
|
how far brought you high hereford on his wayx
|
|
aumerlex i brought high herefordx if you call him sox
|
|
but to the next high wayx and there i left himx
|
|
king richardx and sayx what store of parting tears were shedx
|
|
aumerlex faithx none for mex except the northxeast windx
|
|
which then blew bitterly against our facesx
|
|
awakxd the sleeping rheumx and so by chance
|
|
did grace our hollow parting with a tearx
|
|
king richardx what said our cousin when you parted with himx
|
|
aumerlex xfarewellxx
|
|
andx for my heart disdained that my tongue
|
|
should so profane the wordx that taught me craft
|
|
to counterfeit oppression of such grief
|
|
that words seemxd buried in my sorrowxs gravex
|
|
marryx would the word xfarewellx have lengthxned hours
|
|
and added years to his short banishmentx
|
|
he should have had a volume of farewellsx
|
|
but since it would notx he had none of mex
|
|
king richardx he is our cousinx cousinx but xtis doubtx
|
|
when time shall call him home from banishmentx
|
|
whether our kinsman come to see his friendsx
|
|
ourselfx and bushyx bagot herex and greenx
|
|
observxd his courtship to the common peoplex
|
|
how he did seem to dive into their hearts
|
|
with humble and familiar courtesyx
|
|
what reverence he did throw away on slavesx
|
|
wooing poor craftsmen with the craft of smiles
|
|
and patient underbearing of his fortunex
|
|
as xtwere to banish their affects with himx
|
|
off goes his bonnet to an oysterxwenchx
|
|
a brace of draymen bid god speed him well
|
|
and had the tribute of his supple kneex
|
|
with xthanksx my countrymenx my loving friendsxx
|
|
as were our england in reversion hisx
|
|
and he our subjectsx next degree in hopex
|
|
greenx wellx he is gonex and with him go these thoughtsx
|
|
now for the rebels which stand out in irelandx
|
|
expedient manage must be madex my liegex
|
|
ere further leisure yicld them further means
|
|
for their advantage and your highnessx lossx
|
|
king richardx we will ourself in person to this warx
|
|
andx for our coffersx with too great a court
|
|
and liberal largessx are grown somewhat lightx
|
|
we are enforcxd to farm our royal realmx
|
|
the revenue whereof shall furnish us
|
|
for our affairs in handx if that come shortx
|
|
our substitutes at home shall have blank chartersx
|
|
wheretox when they shall know what men are richx
|
|
they shall subscribe them for large sums of goldx
|
|
and send them after to supply our wantsx
|
|
for we will make for ireland presentlyx
|
|
|
|
enter bushy
|
|
|
|
bushyx what newsx
|
|
bushyx old john of gaunt is grievous sickx my lordx
|
|
suddenly takenx and hath sent postexhaste
|
|
to entreat your majesty to visit himx
|
|
king richardx where lies hex
|
|
bushyx at ely housex
|
|
king richardx now put itx godx in the physicianxs mind
|
|
to help him to his grave immediatelyx
|
|
the lining of his coffers shall make coats
|
|
to deck our soldiers for these irish warsx
|
|
comex gentlemenx letxs all go visit himx
|
|
pray god we may make hastex and come too latex
|
|
allx amenx exeunt
|
|
|
|
act iix scene ix londonx ely house
|
|
|
|
enter john of gauntx sickx with the duke of yorkx etcx
|
|
|
|
gauntx will the king comex that i may breathe my last
|
|
in wholesome counsel to his unstaid youthx
|
|
yorkx vex not yourselfx nor strive not with your breathx
|
|
for all in vain comes counsel to his earx
|
|
gauntx ox but they say the tongues of dying men
|
|
enforce attention like deep harmonyx
|
|
where words are scarcex they are seldom spent in vainx
|
|
for they breathe truth that breathe their words xin painx
|
|
he that no more must say is listenxd more
|
|
than they whom youth and ease have taught to glosex
|
|
more are menxs ends markxd than their lives beforex
|
|
the setting sunx and music at the closex
|
|
as the last taste of sweetsx is sweetest lastx
|
|
writ in remembrance more than things long pastx
|
|
though richard my lifexs counsel would not hearx
|
|
my deathxs sad tale may yet undeaf his earx
|
|
yorkx nox it is stoppxd with other flattering soundsx
|
|
as praisesx of whose taste the wise are fondx
|
|
lascivious metresx to whose venom sound
|
|
the open ear of youth doth always listenx
|
|
report of fashions in proud italyx
|
|
whose manners still our tardy apish nation
|
|
limps after in base imitationx
|
|
where doth the world thrust forth a vanityx
|
|
so it be newx therexs no respect how vilex
|
|
that is not quickly buzzxd into his earsx
|
|
then all too late comes counsel to be heard
|
|
where will doth mutiny with witxs regardx
|
|
direct not him whose way himself will choosex
|
|
xtis breath thou lackxstx and that breath wilt thou losex
|
|
gauntx methinks i am a prophet new inspirxdx
|
|
and thus expiring do foretell of himx
|
|
his rash fierce blaze of riot cannot lastx
|
|
for violent fires soon burn out themselvesx
|
|
small showers last longx but sudden storms are shortx
|
|
he tires betimes that spurs too fast betimesx
|
|
with eager feeding food doth choke the feederx
|
|
light vanityx insatiate cormorantx
|
|
consuming meansx soon preys upon itselfx
|
|
this royal throne of kingsx this sceptxred islex
|
|
this earth of majestyx this seat of marsx
|
|
this other edenx demixparadisex
|
|
this fortress built by nature for herself
|
|
against infection and the hand of warx
|
|
this happy breed of menx this little worldx
|
|
this precious stone set in the silver seax
|
|
which serves it in the office of a wallx
|
|
or as a moat defensive to a housex
|
|
against the envy of less happier landsx
|
|
this blessed plotx this earthx this realmx this englandx
|
|
this nursex this teeming womb of royal kingsx
|
|
fearxd by their breedx and famous by their birthx
|
|
renowned for their deeds as far from homex
|
|
for christian service and true chivalryx
|
|
as is the sepulchre in stubborn jewry
|
|
of the worldxs ransomx blessed maryxs sonx
|
|
this land of such dear soulsx this dear dear landx
|
|
dear for her reputation through the worldx
|
|
is now leasxd outxi die pronouncing itx
|
|
like to a tenement or pelting farmx
|
|
englandx bound in with the triumphant seax
|
|
whose rocky shore beats back the envious siege
|
|
of watxry neptunex is now bound in with shamex
|
|
with inky blots and rotten parchment bondsx
|
|
that englandx that was wont to conquer othersx
|
|
hath made a shameful conquest of itselfx
|
|
ahx would the scandal vanish with my lifex
|
|
how happy then were my ensuing deathx
|
|
|
|
enter king and queenx aumerlex bushyx greenx bagotx
|
|
rossx and willoughby
|
|
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yorkx the king is comex deal mildly with his youthx
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for young hot colts being ragxd do rage the morex
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queenx how fares our noble uncle lancasterx
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king richardx what comfortx manx how isxt with aged gauntx
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gauntx ox how that name befits my compositionx
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old gauntx indeedx and gaunt in being oldx
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within me grief hath kept a tedious fastx
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and who abstains from meat that is not gauntx
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for sleeping england long time have i watchxdx
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watching breeds leannessx leanness is an gauntx
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the pleasure that some fathers feed upon
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is my strict fastxi mean my childrenxs looksx
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and therein fastingx hast thou made me gauntx
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gaunt am i for the gravex gaunt as a gravex
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whose hollow womb inherits nought but bonesx
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king richardx can sick men play so nicely with their namesx
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gauntx nox misery makes sport to mock itselfx
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since thou dost seek to kill my name in mex
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i mock my namex great kingx to flatter theex
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king richardx should dying men flatter with those that livex
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gauntx nox nox men living flatter those that diex
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king richardx thoux now axdyingx sayest thou flatterest mex
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gauntx ox nox thou diestx though i the sicker bex
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king richardx i am in healthx i breathex and see thee illx
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gauntx now he that made me knows i see thee illx
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ill in myself to seex and in thee seeing illx
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thy deathxbed is no lesser than thy land
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wherein thou liest in reputation sickx
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and thoux too careless patient as thou artx
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commitxst thy anointed body to the cure
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of those physicians that first wounded theex
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a thousand flatterers sit within thy crownx
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whose compass is no bigger than thy headx
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and yetx incaged in so small a vergex
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the waste is no whit lesser than thy landx
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ox had thy grandsire with a prophetxs eye
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seen how his sonxs son should destroy his sonsx
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from forth thy reach he would have laid thy shamex
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deposing thee before thou wert possessxdx
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which art possessxd now to depose thyselfx
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whyx cousinx wert thou regent of the worldx
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it were a shame to let this land by leasex
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but for thy world enjoying but this landx
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is it not more than shame to shame it sox
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landlord of england art thou nowx not kingx
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thy state of law is bondslave to the lawx
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and thoux
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king richardx a lunatic leanxwitted foolx
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presuming on an aguexs privilegex
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darest with thy frozen admonition
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make pale our cheekx chasing the royal blood
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with fury from his native residencex
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now by my seatxs right royal majestyx
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wert thou not brother to great edwardxs sonx
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this tongue that runs so roundly in thy head
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should run thy head from thy unreverent shouldersx
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gauntx ox spare me notx my brother edwardxs sonx
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for that i was his father edwardxs sonx
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that blood alreadyx like the pelicanx
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hast thou tappxd outx and drunkenly carousxdx
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my brother gloucesterx plain wellxmeaning soulx
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whom fair befall in heaven xmongst happy soulsxx
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may be a precedent and witness good
|
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that thou respectxst not spilling edwardxs bloodx
|
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join with the present sickness that i havex
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and thy unkindness be like crooked agex
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to crop at once a too long withered flowerx
|
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live in thy shamex but die not shame with theex
|
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these words hereafter thy tormentors bex
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convey me to my bedx then to my gravex
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love they to live that love and honour havex
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exitx borne out by his attendants
|
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king richardx and let them die that age and sullens havex
|
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for both hast thoux and both become the gravex
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yorkx i do beseech your majesty impute his words
|
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to wayward sickliness and age in himx
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he loves youx on my lifex and holds you dear
|
|
as harry duke of herefordx were he herex
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king richardx rightx you say truex as herefordxs lovex so hisx
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as theirsx so minex and all be as it isx
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enter northumberland
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northumberlandx my liegex old gaunt commends him to your majestyx
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king richardx what says hex
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northumberlandx nayx nothingx all is saidx
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his tongue is now a stringless instrumentx
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wordsx lifex and allx old lancaster hath spentx
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yorkx be york the next that must be bankrupt sox
|
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though death be poorx it ends a mortal woex
|
|
king richardx the ripest fruit first fallsx and so doth hex
|
|
his time is spentx our pilgrimage must bex
|
|
so much for thatx now for our irish warsx
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we must supplant those rough rugxheaded kernsx
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|
which live like venom where no venom else
|
|
but only they have privilege to livex
|
|
and for these great affairs do ask some chargex
|
|
towards our assistance we do seize to us
|
|
the platex coinx revenuesx and moveablesx
|
|
whereof our uncle gaunt did stand possessxdx
|
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yorkx how long shall i be patientx ahx how long
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shall tender duty make me suffer wrongx
|
|
not gloucesterxs deathx nor herefordxs banishmentx
|
|
nor gauntxs rebukesx nor englandxs private wrongsx
|
|
nor the prevention of poor bolingbroke
|
|
about his marriagex nor my own disgracex
|
|
have ever made me sour my patient cheek
|
|
or bend one wrinkle on my sovereignxs facex
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|
i am the last of noble edwardxs sonsx
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of whom thy fatherx prince of walesx was firstx
|
|
in war was never lion ragxd more fiercex
|
|
in peace was never gentle lamb more mildx
|
|
than was that young and princely gentlemanx
|
|
his face thou hastx for even so lookxd hex
|
|
accomplishxd with the number of thy hoursx
|
|
but when he frownxdx it was against the french
|
|
and not against his friendsx his noble hand
|
|
did win what he did spendx and spent not that
|
|
which his triumphant fatherxs hand had wonx
|
|
his hands were guilty of no kindred bloodx
|
|
but bloody with the enemies of his kinx
|
|
o richardx york is too far gone with griefx
|
|
or else he never would compare betweenx
|
|
king richardx whyx unclex whatxs the matterx
|
|
yorkx o my liegex
|
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pardon mex if you pleasex if notx ix pleasxd
|
|
not to be pardonedx am content withalx
|
|
seek you to seize and gripe into your hands
|
|
the royalties and rights of banishxd herefordx
|
|
is not gaunt deadx and doth not hereford livex
|
|
was not gaunt justx and is not harry truex
|
|
did not the one deserve to have an heirx
|
|
is not his heir a wellxdeserving sonx
|
|
take herefordxs rights awayx and take from time
|
|
his charters and his customary rightsx
|
|
let not toxmorrow then ensue toxdayx
|
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be not thyselfxfor how art thou a king
|
|
but by fair sequence and successionx
|
|
nowx afore godxgod forbid i say truexx
|
|
if you do wrongfully seize herefordxs rightsx
|
|
call in the letters patents that he hath
|
|
by his attorneysxgeneral to sue
|
|
his liveryx and deny his offxred homagex
|
|
you pluck a thousand dangers on your headx
|
|
you lose a thousand wellxdisposed heartsx
|
|
and prick my tender patience to those thoughts
|
|
which honour and allegiance cannot thinkx
|
|
king richardx think what you willx we seize into our hands
|
|
his platex his goodsx his moneyx and his landsx
|
|
yorkx ixll not be by the whilex my liegex farewellx
|
|
what will ensue hereof therexs none can tellx
|
|
but by bad courses may be understood
|
|
that their events can never fall out goodx exit
|
|
king richardx gox bushyx to the earl of wiltshire straightx
|
|
bid him repair to us to ely house
|
|
to see this businessx toxmorrow next
|
|
we will for irelandx and xtis timex i trowx
|
|
and we createx in absence of ourselfx
|
|
our uncle york lord governor of englandx
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|
for he is justx and always lovxd us wellx
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|
come onx our queenx toxmorrow must we partx
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|
be merryx for our time of stay is shortx
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|
flourishx exeunt kingx queenx bushyx aumerlex
|
|
greenx and bagot
|
|
northumberlandx wellx lordsx the duke of lancaster is deadx
|
|
rossx and living toox for now his son is dukex
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|
willoughbyx barely in titlex not in revenuesx
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|
northumberlandx richly in bothx if justice had her rightx
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|
rossx my heart is greatx but it must break with silencex
|
|
erext be disburdened with a liberal tonguex
|
|
northumberlandx nayx speak thy mindx and let him nexer speak more
|
|
that speaks thy words again to do thee harmx
|
|
willoughbyx tends that thou wouldst speak to the duke of herefordx
|
|
if it be sox out with it boldlyx manx
|
|
quick is mine ear to hear of good towards himx
|
|
rossx no good at all that i can do for himx
|
|
unless you call it good to pity himx
|
|
bereft and gelded of his patrimonyx
|
|
northumberlandx nowx afore godx xtis shame such wrongs are borne
|
|
in himx a royal princex and many moe
|
|
of noble blood in this declining landx
|
|
the king is not himselfx but basely led
|
|
by flatterersx and what they will informx
|
|
merely in hatex xgainst any of us anx
|
|
that will the king severely prosecute
|
|
xgainst usx our livesx our childrenx and our heirsx
|
|
rossx the commons hath he pillxd with grievous taxesx
|
|
and quite lost their heartsx the nobles hath he find
|
|
for ancient quarrels and quite lost their heartsx
|
|
willoughbyx and daily new exactions are devisxdx
|
|
as blanksx benevolencesx and i wot not whatx
|
|
but whatx a godxs namex doth become of thisx
|
|
northumberlandx wars hath not wasted itx for warrxd he hath notx
|
|
but basely yielded upon compromise
|
|
that which his noble ancestors achievxd with blowsx
|
|
more hath he spent in peace than they in warsx
|
|
rossx the earl of wiltshire hath the realm in farmx
|
|
willoughbyx the kingxs grown bankrupt like a broken manx
|
|
northumberlandx reproach and dissolution hangeth over himx
|
|
rossx he hath not money for these irish warsx
|
|
his burdenous taxations notwithstandingx
|
|
but by the robbing of the banishxd dukex
|
|
northumberlandx his noble kinsmanxmost degenerate kingx
|
|
butx lordsx we hear this fearful tempest singx
|
|
yet seek no shelter to avoid the stormx
|
|
we see the wind sit sore upon our sailsx
|
|
and yet we strike notx but securely perishx
|
|
rossx we see the very wreck that we must sufferx
|
|
and unavoided is the danger now
|
|
for suffering so the causes of our wreckx
|
|
northumberlandx not sox even through the hollow eyes of death
|
|
i spy life peeringx but i dare not say
|
|
how near the tidings of our comfort isx
|
|
willoughbyx nayx let us share thy thoughts as thou dost oursx
|
|
rossx be confident to speakx northumberlandx
|
|
we three are but thyselfx andx speaking sox
|
|
thy words are but as thoughtsx therefore be boldx
|
|
northumberlandx then thusx i have from le port blancx a bay
|
|
in brittanyx receivxd intelligence
|
|
that harry duke of herefordx rainold lord cobhamx
|
|
that late broke from the duke of exeterx
|
|
his brotherx archbishop late of canterburyx
|
|
sir thomas erpinghamx sir john ramstonx
|
|
sir john norberyx sir robert watertonx and francis quointx
|
|
all thesex well furnishxd by the duke of britainex
|
|
with eight tall shipsx three thousand men of warx
|
|
are making hither with all due expediencex
|
|
and shortly mean to touch our northern shorex
|
|
perhaps they had ere thisx but that they stay
|
|
the first departing of the king for irelandx
|
|
if then we shall shake off our slavish yokex
|
|
imp out our drooping countryxs broken wingx
|
|
redeem from broking pawn the blemishxd crownx
|
|
wipe off the dust that hides our sceptrexs giltx
|
|
and make high majesty look like itselfx
|
|
away with me in post to ravenspurghx
|
|
but if you faintx as fearing to do sox
|
|
stay and be secretx and myself will gox
|
|
rossx to horsex to horsex urge doubts to them that fearx
|
|
willoughbyx hold out my horsex and i will first be therex
|
|
exeunt
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|
|
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scene xx windsor castle
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|
|
|
enter queenx bushyx and bagot
|
|
|
|
bushyx madamx your majesty is too much sadx
|
|
you promisxdx when you parted with the kingx
|
|
to lay aside lifexharming heaviness
|
|
and entertain a cheerful dispositionx
|
|
queenx to please the kingx i didx to please myself
|
|
i cannot do itx yet i know no cause
|
|
why i should welcome such a guest as griefx
|
|
save bidding farewell to so sweet a guest
|
|
as my sweet richardx yet again methinks
|
|
some unborn sorrowx ripe in fortunexs wombx
|
|
is coming towards mex and my inward soul
|
|
with nothing tremblesx at some thing it grieves
|
|
more than with parting from my lord the kingx
|
|
bushyx each substance of a grief hath twenty shadowsx
|
|
which shows like grief itselfx but is not sox
|
|
for sorrowxs eyex glazed with blinding tearsx
|
|
divides one thing entire to many objectsx
|
|
like perspectives whichx rightly gazxd uponx
|
|
show nothing but confusionxeyxd awryx
|
|
distinguish formx so your sweet majestyx
|
|
looking awry upon your lordxs departurex
|
|
find shapes of grief more than himself to wailx
|
|
whichx lookxd on as it isx is nought but shadows
|
|
of what it is notx thenx thricexgracious queenx
|
|
more than your lordxs departure weep notxmore is not seenx
|
|
or if it bex xtis with false sorrowxs eyex
|
|
which for things true weeps things imaginaryx
|
|
queenx it may be sox but yet my inward soul
|
|
persuades me it is otherwisex howexer it bex
|
|
i cannot but be sadx so heavy sad
|
|
asxthoughx on thinkingx on no thought i thinkx
|
|
makes me with heavy nothing faint and shrinkx
|
|
bushyx xtis nothing but conceitx my gracious ladyx
|
|
queenx xtis nothing lessx conceit is still derivxd
|
|
from some forefather griefx mine is not sox
|
|
for nothing hath begot my something griefx
|
|
or something hath the nothing that i grievex
|
|
xtis in reversion that i do possessx
|
|
but what it is that is not yet known whatx
|
|
i cannot namex xtis nameless woex i wotx
|
|
|
|
enter green
|
|
|
|
greenx god save your majestyx and well metx gentlemenx
|
|
i hope the king is not yet shippxd for irelandx
|
|
queenx why hopest thou sox xtis better hope he isx
|
|
for his designs crave hastex his haste good hopex
|
|
then wherefore dost thou hope he is not shippxdx
|
|
greenx that hex our hopex might have retirxd his power
|
|
and driven into despair an enemyxs hope
|
|
who strongly hath set footing in this landx
|
|
the banishxd bolingbroke repeals himselfx
|
|
and with uplifted arms is safe arrivxd
|
|
at ravenspurghx
|
|
queenx now god in heaven forbidx
|
|
greenx ahx madamx xtis too truex and that is worsex
|
|
the lord northumberlandx his son young henry percyx
|
|
the lords of rossx beaumondx and willoughbyx
|
|
with all their powerful friendsx are fled to himx
|
|
bushyx why have you not proclaimxd northumberland
|
|
and all the rest revolted faction traitorsx
|
|
greenx we havex whereupon the earl of worcester
|
|
hath broken his staffx resignxd his stewardshipx
|
|
and all the household servants fled with him
|
|
to bolingbrokex
|
|
queenx sox greenx thou art the midwife to my woex
|
|
and bolingbroke my sorrowxs dismal heirx
|
|
now hath my soul brought forth her prodigyx
|
|
and ix a gasping newxdeliverxd motherx
|
|
have woe to woex sorrow to sorrow joinxdx
|
|
bushyx despair notx madamx
|
|
queenx who shall hinder mex
|
|
i will despairx and be at enmity
|
|
with cozening hopexhe is a flattererx
|
|
a parasitex a keeperxback of deathx
|
|
who gently would dissolve the bands of lifex
|
|
which false hope lingers in extremityx
|
|
|
|
enter york
|
|
|
|
greenx here comes the duke of yorkx
|
|
queenx with signs of war about his aged neckx
|
|
ox full of careful business are his looksx
|
|
unclex for godxs sakex speak comfortable wordsx
|
|
yorkx should i do sox i should belie my thoughtsx
|
|
comfortxs in heavenx and we are on the earthx
|
|
where nothing lives but crossesx caresx and griefx
|
|
your husbandx he is gone to save far offx
|
|
whilst others come to make him lose at homex
|
|
here am i left to underprop his landx
|
|
whox weak with agex cannot support myselfx
|
|
now comes the sick hour that his surfeit madex
|
|
now shall he try his friends that flatterxd himx
|
|
|
|
enter a servingman
|
|
|
|
servingmanx my lordx your son was gone before i camex
|
|
yorkx he wasxwhy so go all which way it willx
|
|
the nobles they are fledx the commons they are cold
|
|
and willx i fearx revolt on herefordxs sidex
|
|
sirrahx get thee to plashyx to my sister gloucesterx
|
|
bid her send me presently a thousand poundx
|
|
holdx take my ringx
|
|
servingmanx my lordx i had forgot to tell your lordshipx
|
|
toxdayx as i came byx i called therex
|
|
but i shall grieve you to report the restx
|
|
yorkx what isxtx knavex
|
|
servingmanx an hour before i camex the duchess diedx
|
|
yorkx god for his mercyx what a tide of woes
|
|
comes rushing on this woeful land at oncex
|
|
i know not what to dox i would to godx
|
|
so my untruth had not provokxd him to itx
|
|
the king had cut off my head with my brotherxsx
|
|
whatx are there no posts dispatchxd for irelandx
|
|
how shall we do for money for these warsx
|
|
comex sisterxcousinx i would sayxprayx pardon mex
|
|
gox fellowx get thee homex provide some cartsx
|
|
and bring away the armour that is therex
|
|
exit servingman
|
|
gentlemenx will you go muster menx
|
|
if i know how or which way to order these affairs
|
|
thus disorderly thrust into my handsx
|
|
never believe mex both are my kinsmenx
|
|
txone is my sovereignx whom both my oath
|
|
and duty bids defendx txother again
|
|
is my kinsmanx whom the king hath wrongxdx
|
|
whom conscience and my kindred bids to rightx
|
|
wellx somewhat we must doxxcomex cousinx
|
|
ixll dispose of youx gentlemenx go muster up your men
|
|
and meet me presently at berkeleyx
|
|
i should to plashy toox
|
|
but time will not permitx all is unevenx
|
|
and everything is left at six and sevenx
|
|
exeunt york and queen
|
|
bushyx the wind sits fair for news to go to irelandx
|
|
but none returnsx for us to levy power
|
|
proportionable to the enemy
|
|
is all unpossiblex
|
|
greenx besidesx our nearness to the king in love
|
|
is near the hate of those love not the kingx
|
|
bagotx and that is the wavering commonsx for their love
|
|
lies in their pursesx and whoso empties themx
|
|
by so much fills their hearts with deadly hatex
|
|
bushyx wherein the king stands generally condemnxdx
|
|
bagotx if judgment lie in themx then so do wex
|
|
because we ever have been near the kingx
|
|
greenx wellx i will for refuge straight to bristow castlex
|
|
the earl of wiltshire is already therex
|
|
bushyx thither will i with youx for little office
|
|
will the hateful commons perform for usx
|
|
except eke curs to tear us all to piecesx
|
|
will you go along with usx
|
|
bagotx nox i will to ireland to his majestyx
|
|
farewellx if heartxs presages be not vainx
|
|
we three here part that nexer shall meet againx
|
|
bushyx thatxs as york thrives to beat back bolingbrokex
|
|
greenx alasx poor dukex the task he undertakes
|
|
is numbxring sands and drinking oceans dryx
|
|
where one on his side fightsx thousands will flyx
|
|
farewell at oncexfor oncex for allx and everx
|
|
bushyx wellx we may meet againx
|
|
bagotx i fear mex neverx exeunt
|
|
|
|
scene xx gloucestershire
|
|
|
|
enter bolingbroke and northumberlandx forces
|
|
|
|
bolingbrokex how far is itx my lordx to berkeley nowx
|
|
northumberlandx believe mex noble lordx
|
|
i am a stranger here in gloucestershirex
|
|
these high wild hills and rough uneven ways
|
|
draws out our milesx and makes them wearisomex
|
|
and yet your fair discourse hath been as sugarx
|
|
making the hard way sweet and delectablex
|
|
but i bethink me what a weary way
|
|
from ravenspurgh to cotswold will be found
|
|
in ross and willoughbyx wanting your companyx
|
|
whichx i protestx hath very much beguilxd
|
|
the tediousness and process of my travelx
|
|
but theirs is sweetxned with the hope to have
|
|
the present benefit which i possessx
|
|
and hope to joy is little less in joy
|
|
than hope enjoyxdx by this the weary lords
|
|
shall make their way seem shortx as mine hath done
|
|
by sight of what i havex your noble companyx
|
|
bolingbrokex of much less value is my company
|
|
than your good wordsx but who comes herex
|
|
|
|
enter harry percy
|
|
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northumberlandx it is my sonx young harry percyx
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sent from my brother worcesterx whencesoeverx
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harryx how fares your unclex
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percyx i had thoughtx my lordx to have learnxd his health of youx
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northumberlandx whyx is he not with the queenx
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percyx nox my good lordx he hath forsook the courtx
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broken his staff of officex and dispersxd
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the household of the kingx
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northumberlandx what was his reasonx
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he was not so resolvxd when last we spake togetherx
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percyx because your lordship was proclaimed traitorx
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but hex my lordx is gone to ravenspurghx
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to offer service to the duke of herefordx
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and sent me over by berkeleyx to discover
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what power the duke of york had levied therex
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then with directions to repair to ravenspurghx
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northumberlandx have you forgot the duke of herefordx boyx
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percyx nox my good lordx for that is not forgot
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which nexer i did rememberx to my knowledgex
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i never in my life did look on himx
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northumberlandx then learn to know him nowx this is the dukex
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percyx my gracious lordx i tender you my servicex
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such as it isx being tenderx rawx and youngx
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which elder days shall ripenx and confirm
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to more approved service and desertx
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bolingbrokex i thank theex gentle percyx and be sure
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i count myself in nothing else so happy
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as in a soul remembxring my good friendsx
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and as my fortune ripens with thy lovex
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it shall be still thy true lovexs recompensex
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my heart this covenant makesx my hand thus seals itx
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northumberlandx how far is it to berkeleyx and what stir
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keeps good old york there with his men of warx
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percyx there stands the castlex by yon tuft of treesx
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mannxd with three hundred menx as i have heardx
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and in it are the lords of yorkx berkeleyx and seymourx
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none else of name and noble estimatex
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enter ross and willoughby
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northumberlandx here come the lords of ross and willoughbyx
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bloody with spurringx fieryxred with hastex
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bolingbrokex welcomex my lordsx i wot your love pursues
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a banishxd traitorx all my treasury
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is yet but unfelt thanksx whichx more enrichxdx
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shall be your love and labourxs recompensex
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rossx your presence makes us richx most noble lordx
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willoughbyx and far surmounts our labour to attain itx
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bolingbrokex evermore thanksx the exchequer of the poorx
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whichx till my infant fortune comes to yearsx
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stands for my bountyx but who comes herex
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enter berkeley
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northumberlandx it is my lord of berkeleyx as i guessx
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berkeleyx my lord of herefordx my message is to youx
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bolingbrokex my lordx my answer isxxto lancasterxx
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and i am come to seek that name in englandx
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and i must find that title in your tongue
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before i make reply to aught you sayx
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berkeleyx mistake me notx my lordx xtis not my meaning
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to raze one title of your honour outx
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to youx my lordx i comexwhat lord you willx
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from the most gracious regent of this landx
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the duke of yorkx to know what pricks you on
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to take advantage of the absent timex
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and fright our native peace with selfxborne armsx
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enter yorkx attended
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bolingbrokex i shall not need transport my words by youx
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here comes his grace in personx my noble unclex
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xkneelsx
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yorkx show me thy humble heartx and not thy kneex
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whose duty is deceivable and falsex
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bolingbrokex my gracious unclexx
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yorkx tutx tutx
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grace me no gracex nor uncle me no unclex
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i am no traitorxs unclex and that word xgracex
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in an ungracious mouth is but profanex
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why have those banishxd and forbidden legs
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darxd once to touch a dust of englandxs groundx
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but then more xwhyxxxwhy have they darxd to march
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so many miles upon her peaceful bosomx
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frighting her palexfacxd villages with war
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and ostentation of despised armsx
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comxst thou because the anointed king is hencex
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whyx foolish boyx the king is left behindx
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and in my loyal bosom lies his powerx
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were i but now lord of such hot youth
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as when brave gauntx thy fatherx and myself
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rescued the black princex that young mars of menx
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from forth the ranks of many thousand frenchx
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ox then how quickly should this arm of minex
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now prisoner to the palsyx chastise the
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and minister correction to thy faultx
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bolingbroke my gracious unclex let me know my faultx
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on what condition stands it and whereinx
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yorkx even in condition of the worst degreex
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in gross rebellion and detested treasonx
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thou art a banishxd manx and here art come
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before the expiration of thy timex
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in braving arms against thy sovereignx
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bolingbrokex as i was banishxdx i was banishxd herefordx
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but as i comex i come for lancasterx
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andx noble unclex i beseech your grace
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look on my wrongs with an indifferent eyex
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you are my fatherx for methinks in you
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i see old gaunt alivex ox thenx my fatherx
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will you permit that i shall stand condemnxd
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a wandering vagabondx my rights and royalties
|
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pluckxd from my arms perforcex and given away
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|
to upstart unthriftsx wherefore was i bornx
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if that my cousin king be king in englandx
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it must be granted i am duke of lancasterx
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you have a sonx aumerlex my noble cousinx
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had you first diedx and he been thus trod downx
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he should have found his uncle gaunt a father
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to rouse his wrongs and chase them to the bayx
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|
i am denied to sue my livery herex
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|
and yet my letters patents give me leavex
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|
my fatherxs goods are all distrainxd and soldx
|
|
and these and all are all amiss employxdx
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|
what would you have me dox i am a subjectx
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|
and i challenge lawxattorneys are denied mex
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and therefore personally i lay my claim
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to my inheritance of free descentx
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|
northumberlandx the noble duke hath been too much abusedx
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rossx it stands your grace upon to do him rightx
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|
willoughbyx base men by his endowments are made greatx
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|
yorkx my lords of englandx let me tell you thisx
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i have had feeling of my cousinxs wrongsx
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and labourxd all i could to do him rightx
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but in this kind to comex in braving armsx
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be his own carver and cut out his wayx
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to find out right with wrongxit may not bex
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and you that do abet him in this kind
|
|
cherish rebellionx and are rebels allx
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|
northumberlandx the noble duke hath sworn his coming is
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|
but for his ownx and for the right of that
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we all have strongly sworn to give him aidx
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|
and let him never see joy that breaks that oathx
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yorkx wellx wellx i see the issue of these armsx
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i cannot mend itx i must needs confessx
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because my power is weak and all ill leftx
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but if i couldx by him that gave me lifex
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i would attach you all and make you stoop
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|
unto the sovereign mercy of the kingx
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but since i cannotx be it known unto you
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|
i do remain as neuterx sox fare you wellx
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|
unless you please to enter in the castlex
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and there repose you for this nightx
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|
bolingbrokex an offerx unclex that we will acceptx
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but we must win your grace to go with us
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|
to bristow castlex which they say is held
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|
by bushyx bagotx and their complicesx
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|
the caterpillars of the commonwealthx
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which i have sworn to weed and pluck awayx
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yorkx it may be i will go with youx but yet ixll pausex
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for i am loath to break our countryxs lawsx
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nor friends nor foesx to me welcome you arex
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things past redress are now with me past carex exeunt
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scene xx a camp in wales
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enter earl of salisbury and a welsh captain
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captainx my lord of salisburyx we have stayxd ten days
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and hardly kept our countrymen togetherx
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|
and yet we hear no tidings from the kingx
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therefore we will disperse ourselvesx farewellx
|
|
salisburyx stay yet another dayx thou trusty welshmanx
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the king reposeth all his confidence in theex
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captainx xtis thought the king is deadx we will not stayx
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the bay trees in our country are all witherxdx
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|
and meteors fright the fixed stars of heavenx
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|
the palexfacxd moon looks bloody on the earthx
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|
and leanxlookxd prophets whisper fearful changex
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|
rich men look sadx and ruffians dance and leapx
|
|
the one in fear to lose what they enjoyx
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|
the other to enjoy by rage and warx
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|
these signs forerun the death or fall of kingsx
|
|
farewellx our countrymen are gone and fledx
|
|
as well assurxd richard their king is deadx exit
|
|
salisburyx ahx richardx with the eyes of heavy mindx
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|
i see thy glory like a shooting star
|
|
fall to the base earth from the firmamentx
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|
the sun sets weeping in the lowly westx
|
|
witnessing storms to comex woex and unrestx
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|
thy friends are fledx to wait upon thy foesx
|
|
and crossly to thy good all fortune goesx exit
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act iiix scene ix bolingbrokexs camp at bristol
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enter bolingbrokex yorkx northumberlandx percyx rossx willoughbyx
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bushy and greenx prisoners
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bolingbrokex bring forth these menx
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|
bushy and greenx i will not vex your soulsx
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since presently your souls must part your bodiesx
|
|
with too much urging your pernicious livesx
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|
for xtwere no charityx yetx to wash your blood
|
|
from off my handsx here in the view of men
|
|
i will unfold some causes of your deathsx
|
|
you have misled a princex a royal kingx
|
|
a happy gentleman in blood and lineamentsx
|
|
by you unhappied and disfigured cleanx
|
|
you have in manner with your sinful hours
|
|
made a divorce betwixt his queen and himx
|
|
broke the possession of a royal bedx
|
|
and stainxd the beauty of a fair queenxs cheeks
|
|
with tears drawn from her eyes by your foul wrongsx
|
|
myselfxa prince by fortune of my birthx
|
|
near to the king in bloodx and near in love
|
|
till you did make him misinterpret mex
|
|
have stoopxd my neck under your injuries
|
|
and sighxd my english breath in foreign cloudsx
|
|
eating the bitter bread of banishmentx
|
|
whilst you have fed upon my signoriesx
|
|
disparkxd my parks and fellxd my forest woodsx
|
|
from my own windows torn my household coatx
|
|
razxd out my impresex leaving me no sign
|
|
save menxs opinions and my living blood
|
|
to show the world i am a gentlemanx
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|
this and much morex much more than twice all thisx
|
|
condemns you to the deathx see them delivered over
|
|
to execution and the hand of deathx
|
|
bushyx more welcome is the stroke of death to me
|
|
than bolingbroke to englandx lordsx farewellx
|
|
greenx my comfort is that heaven will take our soulsx
|
|
and plague injustice with the pains of hellx
|
|
bolingbrokex my lord northumberlandx see them dispatchxdx
|
|
exeunt northumberlandx and othersx with the prisoners
|
|
unclex you say the queen is at your housex
|
|
for godxs sakex fairly let her be entreatedx
|
|
tell her i send to her my kind commendsx
|
|
take special care my greetings be deliveredx
|
|
yorkx a gentleman of mine i have dispatchxd
|
|
with letters of your love to her at largex
|
|
bolingbrokex thanksx gentle unclex comex lordsx awayx
|
|
to fight with glendower and his complicesx
|
|
awhile to workx and after holidayx exeunt
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|
|
|
scene xx the coast of walesx a castle in view
|
|
|
|
drumsx flourish and coloursx enter the kingx the bishop of carlislex
|
|
aumerlex and soldiers
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|
|
|
king richardx barkloughly castle can they this at handx
|
|
aumerlex yeax my lordx how brooks your grace the air
|
|
after your late tossing on the breaking seasx
|
|
king richardx needs must i like it wellx i weep for joy
|
|
to stand upon my kingdom once againx
|
|
dear earthx i do salute thee with my handx
|
|
though rebels wound thee with their horsesx hoofsx
|
|
as a longxparted mother with her child
|
|
plays fondly with her tears and smiles in meetingx
|
|
so weepingxsmiling greet i theex my earthx
|
|
and do thee favours with my royal handsx
|
|
feed not thy sovereignxs foex my gentle earthx
|
|
nor with thy sweets comfort his ravenous sensex
|
|
but let thy spidersx that suck up thy venomx
|
|
and heavyxgaited toadsx lie in their wayx
|
|
doing annoyance to the treacherous feet
|
|
which with usurping steps do trample theex
|
|
yield stinging nettles to mine enemiesx
|
|
and when they from thy bosom pluck a flowerx
|
|
guard itx i pray theex with a lurking adderx
|
|
whose double tongue may with a mortal touch
|
|
throw death upon thy sovereignxs enemiesx
|
|
mock not my senseless conjurationx lordsx
|
|
this earth shall have a feelingx and these stones
|
|
prove armed soldiersx ere her native king
|
|
shall falter under foul rebellionxs armsx
|
|
carlislex fear notx my lordx that power that made you king
|
|
hath power to keep you king in spite of allx
|
|
the means that heaven yields must be embracxd
|
|
and not neglectedx elsex if heaven wouldx
|
|
and we will notx heavenxs offer we refusex
|
|
the proffered means of succour and redressx
|
|
aumerlex he meansx my lordx that we are too remissx
|
|
whilst bolingbrokex through our securityx
|
|
grows strong and great in substance and in powerx
|
|
king richardx discomfortable cousinx knowxst thou not
|
|
that when the searching eye of heaven is hidx
|
|
behind the globex that lights the lower worldx
|
|
then thieves and robbers range abroad unseen
|
|
in murders and in outrage boldly herex
|
|
but when from under this terrestrial ball
|
|
he fires the proud tops of the eastern pines
|
|
and darts his light through every guilty holex
|
|
then murdersx treasonsx and detested sinsx
|
|
the cloak of night being pluckxd from off their backsx
|
|
stand bare and nakedx trembling at themselvesx
|
|
so when this thiefx this traitorx bolingbrokex
|
|
who all this while hath revellxd in the nightx
|
|
whilst we were wandxring with the antipodesx
|
|
shall see us rising in our thronex the eastx
|
|
his treasons will sit blushing in his facex
|
|
not able to endure the sight of dayx
|
|
but selfxaffrighted tremble at his sinx
|
|
not all the water in the rough rude sea
|
|
can wash the balm off from an anointed kingx
|
|
the breath of worldly men cannot depose
|
|
the deputy elected by the lordx
|
|
for every man that bolingbroke hath pressxd
|
|
to lift shrewd steel against our golden crownx
|
|
god for his richard hath in heavenly pay
|
|
a glorious angelx thenx if angels fightx
|
|
weak men must fallx for heaven still guards the rightx
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|
|
enter salisbury
|
|
|
|
welcomex my lordx how far off lies your powerx
|
|
salisburyx nor near nor farther offx my gracious lordx
|
|
than this weak armx discomfort guides my tonguex
|
|
and bids me speak of nothing but despairx
|
|
one day too latex i fear mex noble lordx
|
|
hath clouded all thy happy days on earthx
|
|
ox call back yesterdayx bid time returnx
|
|
and thou shalt have twelve thousand fighting menx
|
|
toxdayx toxdayx unhappy dayx too latex
|
|
oxerthrows thy joysx friendsx fortunex and thy statex
|
|
for all the welshmenx hearing thou wert deadx
|
|
are gone to bolingbrokex dispersxdx and fledx
|
|
aumerlex comfortx my liegex why looks your grace so palex
|
|
king richardx but now the blood of twenty thousand men
|
|
did triumph in my facex and they are fledx
|
|
andx till so much blood thither come againx
|
|
have i not reason to look pale and deadx
|
|
all souls that will be safex fly from my sidex
|
|
for time hath set a blot upon my pridex
|
|
aumerlex comfortx my liegex remember who you arex
|
|
king richardx i had forgot myselfx am i not kingx
|
|
awakex thou coward majestyx thou sleepestx
|
|
is not the kingxs name twenty thousand namesx
|
|
armx armx my namex a puny subject strikes
|
|
at thy great gloryx look not to the groundx
|
|
ye favourites of a kingx are we not highx
|
|
high be our thoughtsx i know my uncle york
|
|
hath power enough to serve our turnx but who comes herex
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|
|
|
enter scroop
|
|
|
|
scroopx more health and happiness betide my liege
|
|
than can my carextunxd tongue deliver himx
|
|
king richardx mine ear is open and my heart preparxdx
|
|
the worst is worldly loss thou canst unfoldx
|
|
sayx is my kingdom lostx whyx xtwas my carex
|
|
and what loss is it to be rid of carex
|
|
strives bolingbroke to be as great as wex
|
|
greater he shall not bex if he serve godx
|
|
wexll serve him toox and be his fellow sox
|
|
revolt our subjectsx that we cannot mendx
|
|
they break their faith to god as well as usx
|
|
cry woex destructionx ruinx and decayx
|
|
the worst is deathx and death will have his dayx
|
|
scroopx glad am i that your highness is so armxd
|
|
to bear the tidings of calamityx
|
|
like an unseasonable stormy day
|
|
which makes the silver rivers drown their shoresx
|
|
as if the world were all dissolvxd to tearsx
|
|
so high above his limits swells the rage
|
|
of bolingbrokex covering your fearful land
|
|
with hard bright steel and hearts harder than steelx
|
|
whitexbeards have armxd their thin and hairless scalps
|
|
against thy majestyx boysx with womenxs voicesx
|
|
strive to speak bigx and clap their female joints
|
|
in stiff unwieldy arms against thy crownx
|
|
thy very beadsmen learn to bend their bows
|
|
of doublexfatal yew against thy statex
|
|
yeax distaffxwomen manage rusty bills
|
|
against thy seatx both young and old rebelx
|
|
and all goes worse than i have power to tellx
|
|
king richardx too wellx too well thou tellxst a tale so inx
|
|
where is the earl of wiltshirex where is bagotx
|
|
what is become of bushyx where is greenx
|
|
that they have let the dangerous enemy
|
|
measure our confines with such peaceful stepsx
|
|
if we prevailx their heads shall pay for itx
|
|
i warrant they have made peace with bolingbrokex
|
|
scroopx peace have they made with him indeedx my lordx
|
|
king richardx o villainsx vipersx damnxd without redemptionx
|
|
dogsx easily won to fawn on any manx
|
|
snakesx in my heartxblood warmxdx that sting my heartx
|
|
three judasesx each one thrice worse than judasx
|
|
would they make peacex terrible hell make war
|
|
upon their spotted souls for this offencex
|
|
scroopx sweet lovex i seex changing his propertyx
|
|
turns to the sourest and most deadly hatex
|
|
again uncurse their soulsx their peace is made
|
|
with headsx and not with handsx those whom you curse
|
|
have felt the worst of deathxs destroying wound
|
|
and lie full lowx gravxd in the hollow groundx
|
|
aumerlex is bushyx greenx and the earl of wiltshire deadx
|
|
scroopx ayx all of them at bristow lost their headsx
|
|
aumerlex where is the duke my father with his powerx
|
|
king richardx no matter wherexof comfort no man speakx
|
|
letxs talk of gravesx of wormsx and epitaphsx
|
|
make dust our paperx and with rainy eyes
|
|
write sorrow on the bosom of the earthx
|
|
letxs choose executors and talk of willsx
|
|
and yet not soxfor what can we bequeath
|
|
save our deposed bodies to the groundx
|
|
our landsx our livesx and anx are bolingbrokexsx
|
|
and nothing can we can our own but death
|
|
and that small model of the barren earth
|
|
which serves as paste and cover to our bonesx
|
|
for godxs sake let us sit upon the ground
|
|
and tell sad stories of the death of kingsx
|
|
how some have been deposxdx some slain in warx
|
|
some haunted by the ghosts they have deposxdx
|
|
some poisonxd by their wivesx some sleeping killxdx
|
|
all murderxdxfor within the hollow crown
|
|
that rounds the mortal temples of a king
|
|
keeps death his courtx and there the antic sitsx
|
|
scoffing his state and grinning at his pompx
|
|
allowing him a breathx a little scenex
|
|
to monarchizex be fearxdx and kill with looksx
|
|
infusing him with self and vain conceitx
|
|
as if this flesh which walls about our life
|
|
were brass impregnablex andx humourxd thusx
|
|
comes at the lastx and with a little pin
|
|
bores through his castle wallx and farewellx kingx
|
|
cover your headsx and mock not flesh and blood
|
|
with solemn reverencex throw away respectx
|
|
traditionx formx and ceremonious dutyx
|
|
for you have but mistook me all this whilex
|
|
i live with bread like youx feel wantx
|
|
taste griefx need friendsx subjected thusx
|
|
how can you say to me i am a kingx
|
|
carlislex my lordx wise men nexer sit and wail their woesx
|
|
but presently prevent the ways to wailx
|
|
to fear the foex since fear oppresseth strengthx
|
|
givesx in your weaknessx strength unto your foex
|
|
and so your follies fight against yourselfx
|
|
fear and be slainxno worse can come to fightx
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and fight and die is death destroying deathx
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where fearing dying pays death servile breathx
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aumerlex my father hath a powerx inquire of himx
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and learn to make a body of a limbx
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king richardx thou chidxst me wellx proud bolingbrokex i come
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to change blows with thee for our day of doomx
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this ague fit of fear is overxblownx
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an easy task it is to win our ownx
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sayx scroopx where lies our uncle with his powerx
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speak sweetlyx manx although thy looks be sourx
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scroopx men judge by the complexion of the sky
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the state in inclination of the dayx
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so may you by my dull and heavy eyex
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my tongue hath but a heavier tale to sayx
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i play the torturerx by small and small
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to lengthen out the worst that must be spokenx
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your uncle york is joinxd with bolingbrokex
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and all your northern castles yielded upx
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and all your southern gentlemen in arms
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upon his partyx
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king richardx thou hast said enoughx
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xto aumerlex beshrew theex cousinx which didst lead me forth
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of that sweet way i was in to despairx
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what say you nowx what comfort have we nowx
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by heavenx ixll hate him everlastingly
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that bids me be of comfort any morex
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go to flint castlex there ixll pine awayx
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a kingx woexs slavex shall kingly woe obeyx
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that power i havex dischargex and let them go
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to ear the land that hath some hope to growx
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for i have nonex let no man speak again
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to alter thisx for counsel is but vainx
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aumerlex my liegex one wordx
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king richardx he does me double wrong
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that wounds me with the flatteries of his tonguex
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discharge my followersx let them hence awayx
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from richardxs night to bolingbrokexs fair dayx exeunt
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scene xx walesx before flint castle
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enterx with drum and coloursx bolingbrokex yorkx northumberlandx and
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forces
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bolingbrokex so that by this intelligence we learn
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|
the welshmen are dispersxdx and salisbury
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is gone to meet the kingx who lately landed
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with some few private friends upon this coastx
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|
northumberlandx the news is very fair and goodx my lordx
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richard not far from hence hath hid his headx
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|
yorkx it would beseem the lord northumberland
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to say xking richardxx alack the heavy day
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when such a sacred king should hide his headx
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|
northumberlandx your grace mistakesx only to be briefx
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left i his title outx
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yorkx the time hath beenx
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would you have been so brief with himx he would
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|
have been so brief with you to shorten youx
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|
for taking so the headx your whole headxs lengthx
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|
bolingbrokex mistake notx unclex further than you shouldx
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|
yorkx take notx good cousinx further than you shouldx
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lest you mistakex the heavens are over our headsx
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bolingbrokex i know itx unclex and oppose not myself
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|
against their willx but who comes herex
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enter percy
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welcomex harryx whatx will not this castle yieldx
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piercyx the castle royally is mannxdx my lordx
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against thy entrancex
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|
bolingbrokex royallyx
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whyx it contains no kingx
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|
percyx yesx my good lordx
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|
it doth contain a kingx king richard lies
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|
within the limits of yon lime and stonex
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|
and with him are the lord aumerlex lord salisburyx
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|
sir stephen scroopx besides a clergyman
|
|
of holy reverencex whox i cannot learnx
|
|
northumberlandx ox belike it is the bishop of carlislex
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|
bolingbrokex xto northumberlandx noble lordx
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|
go to the rude ribs of that ancient castlex
|
|
through brazen trumpet send the breath of parley
|
|
into his ruinxd earsx and thus deliverx
|
|
henry bolingbroke
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|
on both his knees doth kiss king richardxs handx
|
|
and sends allegiance and true faith of heart
|
|
to his most royal personx hither come
|
|
even at his feet to lay my arms and powerx
|
|
provided that my banishment repealxd
|
|
and lands restorxd again be freely grantedx
|
|
if notx ixll use the advantage of my power
|
|
and lay the summerxs dust with showers of blood
|
|
rainxd from the wounds of slaughtered englishmenx
|
|
the which how far off from the mind of bolingbroke
|
|
it is such crimson tempest should bedrench
|
|
the fresh green lap of fair king richardxs landx
|
|
my stooping duty tenderly shall showx
|
|
gox signify as muchx while here we march
|
|
upon the grassy carpet of this plainx
|
|
xnorthumberland advances to the castlex with a trumpetx
|
|
letxs march without the noise of threatxning drumx
|
|
that from this castlexs tottered battlements
|
|
our fair appointments may be well perusxdx
|
|
methinks king richard and myself should meet
|
|
with no less terror than the elements
|
|
of fire and waterx when their thundxring shock
|
|
at meeting tears the cloudy cheeks of heavenx
|
|
be he the firex ixll be the yielding waterx
|
|
the rage be hisx whilst on the earth i rain
|
|
my watersxon the earthx and not on himx
|
|
march onx and mark king richard how he looksx
|
|
|
|
parle withoutx and answer withinx then a flourishx
|
|
enter on the wallsx the kingx the bishop of carlislex
|
|
aumerlex scroopx and salisbury
|
|
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|
seex seex king richard doth himself appearx
|
|
as doth the blushing discontented sun
|
|
from out the fiery portal of the eastx
|
|
when he perceives the envious clouds are bent
|
|
to dim his glory and to stain the track
|
|
of his bright passage to the occidentx
|
|
yorkx yet he looks like a kingx beholdx his eyex
|
|
as bright as is the eaglexsx lightens forth
|
|
controlling majestyx alackx alackx for woex
|
|
that any harm should stain so fair a showx
|
|
king richardx xto northumberlandx we are amazxdx and thus long
|
|
have we stood
|
|
to watch the fearful bending of thy kneex
|
|
because we thought ourself thy lawful kingx
|
|
and if we bex how dare thy joints forget
|
|
to pay their awful duty to our presencex
|
|
if we be notx show us the hand of god
|
|
that hath dismissxd us from our stewardshipx
|
|
for well we know no hand of blood and bone
|
|
can gripe the sacred handle of our sceptrex
|
|
unless he do profanex stealx or usurpx
|
|
and though you think that allx as you have donex
|
|
have torn their souls by turning them from usx
|
|
and we are barren and bereft of friendsx
|
|
yet knowxmy masterx god omnipotentx
|
|
is mustering in his clouds on our behalf
|
|
armies of pestilencex and they shall strike
|
|
your children yet unborn and unbegotx
|
|
that lift your vassal hands against my head
|
|
and threat the glory of my precious crownx
|
|
tell bolingbrokex for yon methinks he standsx
|
|
that every stride he makes upon my land
|
|
is dangerous treasonx he is come to open
|
|
the purple testament of bleeding warx
|
|
but ere the crown he looks for live in peacex
|
|
ten thousand bloody crowns of mothersx sons
|
|
shall ill become the flower of englandxs facex
|
|
change the complexion of her maidxpale peace
|
|
to scarlet indignationx and bedew
|
|
her pasturesx grass with faithful english bloodx
|
|
northumberlandx the king of heaven forbid our lord the king
|
|
should so with civil and uncivil arms
|
|
be rushxd uponx thy thrice noble cousinx
|
|
harry bolingbrokex doth humbly kiss thy handx
|
|
and by the honourable tomb he swears
|
|
that stands upon your royal grandsirexs bonesx
|
|
and by the royalties of both your bloodsx
|
|
currents that spring from one most gracious headx
|
|
and by the buried hand of warlike gauntx
|
|
and by the worth and honour of himselfx
|
|
comprising all that may be sworn or saidx
|
|
his coming hither hath no further scope
|
|
than for his lineal royaltiesx and to beg
|
|
enfranchisement immediate on his kneesx
|
|
which on thy royal party granted oncex
|
|
his glittering arms he will commend to rustx
|
|
his barbed steeds to stablesx and his heart
|
|
to faithful service of your majestyx
|
|
this swears hex as he is a princex is justx
|
|
and as i am a gentleman i credit himx
|
|
king richardx northumberlandx say thus the king returnsx
|
|
his noble cousin is right welcome hitherx
|
|
and all the number of his fair demands
|
|
shall be accomplishxd without contradictionx
|
|
with all the gracious utterance thou hast
|
|
speak to his gentle hearing kind commendsx
|
|
xto aumerlex we do debase ourselvesx cousinx do we notx
|
|
to look so poorly and to speak so fairx
|
|
shall we call back northumberlandx and send
|
|
defiance to the traitorx and so diex
|
|
aumerlex nox good my lordx letxs fight with gentle words
|
|
till time lend friendsx and friends their helpful swordsx
|
|
king richardx o godx o godx that exer this tongue of mine
|
|
that laid the sentence of dread banishment
|
|
on yon proud man should take it off again
|
|
with words of soothx o that i were as great
|
|
as is my griefx or lesser than my namex
|
|
or that i could forget what i have beenx
|
|
or not remember what i must be nowx
|
|
swellxst thoux proud heartx ixll give thee scope to beatx
|
|
since foes have scope to beat both thee and mex
|
|
aumerlex northumberland comes back from bolingbrokex
|
|
king richardx what must the king do nowx must he submitx
|
|
the king shall do itx must he be deposxdx
|
|
the king shall be contentedx must he lose
|
|
the name of kingx a godxs namex let it gox
|
|
ixll give my jewels for a set of beadsx
|
|
my gorgeous palace for a hermitagex
|
|
my gay apparel for an almsmanxs gownx
|
|
my figurxd goblets for a dish of woodx
|
|
my sceptre for a palmerxs walking staffx
|
|
my subjects for a pair of carved saintsx
|
|
and my large kingdom for a little gravex
|
|
a little little gravex an obscure gravex
|
|
or ixll be buried in the kingxs high wayx
|
|
some way of common tradex where subjectsx feet
|
|
may hourly trample on their sovereignxs headx
|
|
for on my heart they tread now whilst i livex
|
|
and buried oncex why not upon my headx
|
|
aumerlex thou weepxstx my tenderxhearted cousinx
|
|
wexll make foul weather with despised tearsx
|
|
our sighs and they shall lodge the summer corn
|
|
and make a dearth in this revolting landx
|
|
or shall we play the wantons with our woes
|
|
and make some pretty match with shedding tearsx
|
|
as thusx to drop them still upon one place
|
|
till they have fretted us a pair of graves
|
|
within the earthx andx therein laidxthere lies
|
|
two kinsmen diggxd their graves with weeping eyesx
|
|
would not this ill do wellx wellx wellx i see
|
|
i talk but idlyx and you laugh at mex
|
|
most mighty princex my lord northumberlandx
|
|
what says king bolingbrokex will his majesty
|
|
give richard leave to live till richard diex
|
|
you make a legx and bolingbroke says ayx
|
|
northumberlandx my lordx in the base court he doth attend
|
|
to speak with youx may it please you to come downx
|
|
king richardx downx down i comex like glistxring phaethonx
|
|
wanting the manage of unruly jadesx
|
|
in the base courtx base courtx where kings grow basex
|
|
to come at traitorsx callsx and do them gracex
|
|
in the base courtx come downx downx courtx downx kingx
|
|
for nightxowls shriek where mounting larks should singx
|
|
exeunt from above
|
|
bolingbrokex what says his majestyx
|
|
northumberlandx sorrow and grief of heart
|
|
makes him speak fondlyx like a frantic manx
|
|
yet he is comex
|
|
|
|
enter the kingx and his attendantsx below
|
|
|
|
bolingbrokex stand all apartx
|
|
and show fair duty to his majestyx xhe kneels downx
|
|
my gracious lordx
|
|
king richardx fair cousinx you debase your princely knee
|
|
to make the base earth proud with kissing itx
|
|
me rather had my heart might feel your love
|
|
than my unpleasxd eye see your courtesyx
|
|
upx cousinx upx your heart is upx i knowx
|
|
xtouching his own headx thus high at leastx although your
|
|
knee be lowx
|
|
bolingbrokex my gracious lordx i come but for mine ownx
|
|
king richardx your own is yoursx and i am yoursx and allx
|
|
bolingbrokex so far be minex my most redoubted lordx
|
|
as my true service shall deserve your lovex
|
|
king richardx well you deservex they well deserve to have
|
|
that know the strongxst and surest way to getx
|
|
unclex give me your handsx nayx dry your eyesx
|
|
tears show their lovex but want their remediesx
|
|
cousinx i am too young to be your fatherx
|
|
though you are old enough to be my heirx
|
|
what you will havex ixll givex and willing toox
|
|
for do we must what force will have us dox
|
|
set on towards londonx cousinx is it sox
|
|
bolingbrokex yeax my good lordx
|
|
king richardx then i must not say nox flourishx exeunt
|
|
|
|
scene xx the duke of yorkxs garden
|
|
|
|
enter the queen and two ladies
|
|
|
|
queenx what sport shall we devise here in this garden
|
|
to drive away the heavy thought of carex
|
|
ladyx madamx wexll play at bowlsx
|
|
queenx xtwill make me think the world is full of rubs
|
|
and that my fortune runs against the biasx
|
|
ladyx madamx wexll dancex
|
|
queenx my legs can keep no measure in delightx
|
|
when my poor heart no measure keeps in griefx
|
|
therefore no dancingx girlx some other sportx
|
|
ladyx madamx wexll tell talesx
|
|
queenx of sorrow or of joyx
|
|
ladyx of eitherx madamx
|
|
queenx of neitherx girlx
|
|
for if of joyx being altogether wantingx
|
|
it doth remember me the more of sorrowx
|
|
or if of griefx being altogether hadx
|
|
it adds more sorrow to my want of joyx
|
|
for what i have i need not to repeatx
|
|
and what i want it boots not to complainx
|
|
ladyx madamx ixll singx
|
|
queenx xtis wellx that thou hast causex
|
|
but thou shouldst please me better wouldst thou weepx
|
|
ladyx i could weepx madamx would it do you goodx
|
|
queenx and i could singx would weeping do me goodx
|
|
and never borrow any tear of theex
|
|
|
|
enter a gardener and two servants
|
|
|
|
but stayx here come the gardenersx
|
|
letxs step into the shadow of these treesx
|
|
my wretchedness unto a row of pinsx
|
|
they will talk of statex for every one doth so
|
|
against a changex woe is forerun with woex
|
|
xqueen and ladies retirex
|
|
gardenerx gox bind thou up yon dangling apricocksx
|
|
whichx like unruly childrenx make their sire
|
|
stoop with oppression of their prodigal weightx
|
|
give some supportance to the bending twigsx
|
|
go thoux and eke an executioner
|
|
cut off the heads of too fast growing sprays
|
|
that look too lofty in our commonwealthx
|
|
all must be even in our governmentx
|
|
you thus employxdx i will go root away
|
|
the noisome weeds which without profit suck
|
|
the soilxs fertility from wholesome flowersx
|
|
servantx why should wex in the compass of a palex
|
|
keep law and form and due proportionx
|
|
showingx as in a modelx our firm estatex
|
|
when our seaxwalled gardenx the whole landx
|
|
is full of weedsx her fairest flowers chokxd upx
|
|
her fruit trees all unprunxdx her hedges ruinxdx
|
|
her knots disorderedx and her wholesome herbs
|
|
swarming with caterpillarsx
|
|
gardenerx hold thy peacex
|
|
he that hath sufferxd this disorderxd spring
|
|
hath now himself met with the fall of leafx
|
|
the weeds which his broadxspreading leaves did shelterx
|
|
that seemxd in eating him to hold him upx
|
|
are pluckxd up root and all by bolingbrokex
|
|
i mean the earl of wiltshirex bushyx greenx
|
|
servantx whatx are they deadx
|
|
gardenerx they arex and bolingbroke
|
|
hath seizxd the wasteful kingx ox what pity is it
|
|
that he had not so trimmxd and dressxd his land
|
|
as we this gardenx we at time of year
|
|
do wound the barkx the skin of our fruit treesx
|
|
lestx being overxproud in sap and bloodx
|
|
with too much riches it confound itselfx
|
|
had he done so to great and growing menx
|
|
they might have evxd to bearx and he to taste
|
|
their fruits of dutyx superfluous branches
|
|
we lop awayx that bearing boughs may livex
|
|
had he done sox himself had home the crownx
|
|
which waste of idle hours hath quite thrown downx
|
|
servantx whatx think you the king shall be deposedx
|
|
gardenerx depressxd he is alreadyx and deposxd
|
|
xtis doubt he will bex letters came last night
|
|
to a dear friend of the good duke of yorkxs
|
|
that tell black tidingsx
|
|
queenx ox i am pressxd to death through want of speakingx
|
|
xcoming forwardx
|
|
thoux old adamxs likenessx set to dress this gardenx
|
|
how dares thy harsh rude tongue sound this unpleasing newsx
|
|
what evex what serpentx hath suggested the
|
|
to make a second fall of cursed manx
|
|
why dost thou say king richard is deposxdx
|
|
darxst thoux thou little better thing than earthx
|
|
divine his downfallx sayx wherex whenx and howx
|
|
camxst thou by this ill tidingsx speakx thou wretchx
|
|
gardenerx pardon mex madamx little joy have
|
|
to breathe this newsx yet what i say is truex
|
|
king richardx he is in the mighty hold
|
|
of bolingbrokex their fortunes both are weighxdx
|
|
in your lordxs scale is nothing but himselfx
|
|
and some few vanities that make him lightx
|
|
but in the balance of great bolingbrokex
|
|
besides himselfx are all the english peersx
|
|
and with that odds he weighs king richard downx
|
|
post you to londonx and you will find it sox
|
|
i speak no more than every one doth knowx
|
|
queenx nimble mischancex that art so light of footx
|
|
doth not thy embassage belong to mex
|
|
and am i last that knows itx ox thou thinkest
|
|
to serve me lastx that i may longest keep
|
|
thy sorrow in my breastx comex ladiesx go
|
|
to meet at london londonxs king in woex
|
|
whatx was i born to thisx that my sad look
|
|
should grace the triumph of great bolingbrokex
|
|
gardxnerx for telling me these news of woex
|
|
pray god the plants thou graftxst may never growx
|
|
exeunt queen and ladies
|
|
gardenerx poor queenx so that thy state might be no worsex
|
|
i would my skill were subject to thy cursex
|
|
here did she fall a tearx here in this place
|
|
ixll set a bank of ruex sour herb of gracex
|
|
ruex even for ruthx here shortly shall be seenx
|
|
in the remembrance of a weeping queenx exeunt
|
|
|
|
act ivx scene xx westminster hall
|
|
|
|
enterx as to the parliamentx bolingbrokex aumerlex northumberlandx
|
|
percyx fitzwaterx surreyx the bishop of carlislex the abbot of
|
|
westminsterx and othersx heraldx officersx and bagot
|
|
|
|
bolingbrokex call forth bagotx
|
|
nowx bagotx freely speak thy mindx
|
|
what thou dost know of noble gloucesterxs deathx
|
|
who wrought it with the kingx and who performxd
|
|
the bloody office of his timeless endx
|
|
bagotx then set before my face the lord aumerlex
|
|
bolingbrokex cousinx stand forthx and look upon that manx
|
|
bagotx my lord aumerlex i know your daring tongue
|
|
scorns to unsay what once it hath deliverxdx
|
|
in that dead time when gloucesterxs death was plotted
|
|
i heard you say xis not my arm of lengthx
|
|
that reacheth from the restful english court
|
|
as far as calaisx to mine unclexs headxx
|
|
amongst much other talk that very time
|
|
i heard you say that you had rather refuse
|
|
the offer of an hundred thousand crowns
|
|
than bolingbrokexs return to englandx
|
|
adding withalx how blest this land would be
|
|
in this your cousinxs deathx
|
|
aumerlex princesx and noble lordsx
|
|
what answer shall i make to this base manx
|
|
shall i so much dishonour my fair stars
|
|
on equal terms to give him chastisementx
|
|
either i mustx or have mine honour soilxd
|
|
with the attainder of his slanderous lipsx
|
|
there is my gagex the manual seal of death
|
|
that marks thee out for hellx i say thou liestx
|
|
and will maintain what thou hast said is false
|
|
in thy heartxbloodx through being all too base
|
|
to stain the temper of my knightly swordx
|
|
bolingbrokex bagotx forbearx thou shalt not take it upx
|
|
aumerlex excepting onex i would he were the best
|
|
in all this presence that hath movxd me sox
|
|
fitzwaterx if that thy valour stand on sympathyx
|
|
there is my gagex aumerlex in gage to thinex
|
|
by that fair sun which shows me where thou standxstx
|
|
i heard thee sayx and vauntingly thou spakxst itx
|
|
that thou wert cause of noble gloucesterxs deathx
|
|
if thou deniest it twenty timesx thou liestx
|
|
and i will turn thy falsehood to thy heartx
|
|
where it was forgedx with my rapierxs pointx
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aumerlex thou darxst notx cowardx live to see that dayx
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fitzwaterx nowx by my soulx i would it were this hourx
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aumerlex fitzwaterx thou art damnxd to hell for thisx
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percyx aumerlex thou liestx his honour is as true
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in this appeal as thou art an unjustx
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and that thou art sox there i throw my gagex
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to prove it on thee to the extremest point
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of mortal breathingx seize itx if thou darxstx
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aumerlex an if i do notx may my hands rot of
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and never brandish more revengeful steel
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over the glittering helmet of my foex
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another lordx i task the earth to the likex forsworn aumerlex
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and spur thee on with fun as many lies
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as may be halloaxd in thy treacherous ear
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from sun to sunx there is my honourxs pawnx
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engage it to the trialx if thou darestx
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aumerlex who sets me elsex by heavenx ixll throw at allx
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i have a thousand spirits in one breast
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to answer twenty thousand such as youx
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surreyx my lord fitzwaterx i do remember well
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the very time aumerle and you did talkx
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fitzwaterx xtis very truex you were in presence thenx
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and you can witness with me this is truex
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surreyx as falsex by heavenx as heaven itself is truex
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fitzwaterx surreyx thou liestx
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surreyx dishonourable boyx
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that lie shall lie so heavy on my sword
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that it shall render vengeance and revenge
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till thou the liexgiver and that lie do he
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in earth as quiet as thy fatherxs skullx
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in proof whereofx there is my honourxs pawnx
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engage it to the trialx if thou darxstx
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fitzwaterx how fondly dost thou spur a forward horsex
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if i dare eatx or drinkx or breathex or livex
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i dare meet surrey in a wildernessx
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and spit upon him whilst i say he liesx
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and liesx and liesx there is my bond of faithx
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to tie thee to my strong correctionx
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as i intend to thrive in this new worldx
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aumerle is guilty of my true appealx
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besidesx i heard the banishxd norfolk say
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that thoux aumerlex didst send two of thy men
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to execute the noble duke at calaisx
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aumerlex some honest christian trust me with a gage
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that norfolk liesx here do i throw down thisx
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if he may be repealxd to try his honourx
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bolingbrokex these differences shall all rest under gage
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till norfolk be repealxdxrepealxd he shall be
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andx though mine enemyx restorxd again
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to all his lands and signoriesx when he is returnxdx
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against aumerle we will enforce his trialx
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carlislex that honourable day shall never be seenx
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many a time hath banishxd norfolk fought
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for jesu christ in glorious christian fieldx
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streaming the ensign of the christian cross
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against black pagansx turksx and saracensx
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andx toilxd with works of warx retirxd himself
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to italyx and therex at venicex gave
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his body to that pleasant countryxs earthx
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and his pure soul unto his captainx christx
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under whose colours he had fought so longx
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bolingbrokex whyx bishopx is norfolk deadx
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carlislex as surely as i livex my lordx
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bolingbrokex sweet peace conduct his sweet soul to the bosom
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of good old abrahamx lords appellantsx
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your differences shall all rest under gage
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till we assign you to your days of trial
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enter yorkx attended
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yorkx great duke of lancasterx i come to the
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from plumexpluckxd richardx who with willing soul
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adopts thee heirx and his high sceptre yields
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to the possession of thy royal handx
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ascend his thronex descending now from himx
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and long live henryx fourth of that namex
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bolingbrokex in godxs namex ixll ascend the regal thronex
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carlislex marryx god forbidx
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worst in this royal presence may i speakx
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yet best beseeming me to speak the truthx
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would god that any in this noble presence
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were enough noble to be upright judge
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of noble richardx then true noblesse would
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learn him forbearance from so foul a wrongx
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what subject can give sentence on his kingx
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and who sits here that is not richardxs subjectx
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thieves are not judgxd but they are by to hearx
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although apparent guilt be seen in themx
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and shall the figure of godxs majestyx
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his captainx stewardx deputy electx
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anointedx crownedx planted many yearsx
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be judgxd by subject and inferior breathx
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and he himself not presentx ox forfend itx godx
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that in a christian climate souls refinxd
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should show so heinousx blackx obscene a deedx
|
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i speak to subjectsx and a subject speaksx
|
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stirrxd up by godx thus boldly for his kingx
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my lord of hereford herex whom you call kingx
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is a foul traitor to proud herefordxs kingx
|
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and if you crown himx let me prophesyx
|
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the blood of english shall manure the groundx
|
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and future ages groan for this foul actx
|
|
peace shall go sleep with turks and infidelsx
|
|
and in this seat of peace tumultuous wars
|
|
shall kin with kin and kind with kind confoundx
|
|
disorderx horrorx fearx and mutinyx
|
|
shall here inhabitx and this land be callxd
|
|
the field of golgotha and dead menxs skullsx
|
|
ox if you raise this house against this housex
|
|
it will the woefullest division prove
|
|
that ever fell upon this cursed earthx
|
|
prevent itx resist itx let it not be sox
|
|
lest childx childxs childrenx cry against you woex
|
|
northumberlandx well have you arguedx sirx andx for your painsx
|
|
of capital treason we arrest you herex
|
|
my lord of westminsterx be it your charge
|
|
to keep him safely till his day of trialx
|
|
may it please youx lordsx to grant the commonsx suitx
|
|
bolingbrokex fetch hither richardx that in common view
|
|
he may surrenderx so we shall proceed
|
|
without suspicionx
|
|
yorkx i will be his conductx exit
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|
bolingbrokex lordsx you that here are under our arrestx
|
|
procure your sureties for your days of answerx
|
|
little are we beholding to your lovex
|
|
and little lookxd for at your helping handsx
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rexenter yorkx with king richardx and officers
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|
bearing the regalia
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king richardx alackx why am i sent for to a kingx
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before i have shook off the regal thoughts
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wherewith i reignxdx i hardly yet have learnxd
|
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to insinuatex flatterx bowx and bend my kneex
|
|
give sorrow leave awhile to tutor me
|
|
to this submissionx yet i well remember
|
|
the favours of these menx were they not minex
|
|
did they not sometime cry xall hailxx to mex
|
|
so judas did to christx but hex in twelvex
|
|
found truth in all but onex ix in twelve thousandx nonex
|
|
god save the kingx will no man say amenx
|
|
am i both priest and clerkx well thenx amenx
|
|
god save the kingx although i be not hex
|
|
and yetx amenx if heaven do think him mex
|
|
to do what service am i sent for hitherx
|
|
yorkx to do that office of thine own good will
|
|
which tired majesty did make thee offerx
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|
the resignation of thy state and crown
|
|
to henry bolingbrokex
|
|
king richardx give me the crownx herex cousinx seize the crownx
|
|
herex cousinx
|
|
on this side my handx and on that side thinex
|
|
now is this golden crown like a deep well
|
|
that owes two bucketsx filling one anotherx
|
|
the emptier ever dancing in the airx
|
|
the other downx unseenx and full of waterx
|
|
that bucket down and fun of tears am ix
|
|
drinking my griefsx whilst you mount up on highx
|
|
bolingbrokex i thought you had been willing to resignx
|
|
king richardx my crown i amx but still my griefs are minex
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|
you may my glories and my state deposex
|
|
but not my griefsx still am i king of thosex
|
|
bolingbrokex part of your cares you give me with your crownx
|
|
king richardx your cares set up do not pluck my cares downx
|
|
my care is loss of carex by old care donex
|
|
your care is gain of carex by new care wonx
|
|
the cares i give i havex though given awayx
|
|
they tend the crownx yet still with me they stayx
|
|
bolingbrokex are you contented to resign the crownx
|
|
king richardx ayx nox nox ayx for i must nothing bex
|
|
therefore no nox for i resign to theex
|
|
now mark me how i will undo myselfx
|
|
i give this heavy weight from off my headx
|
|
and this unwieldy sceptre from my handx
|
|
the pride of kingly sway from out my heartx
|
|
with mine own tears i wash away my balmx
|
|
with mine own hands i give away my crownx
|
|
with mine own tongue deny my sacred statex
|
|
with mine own breath release all duteous oathsx
|
|
all pomp and majesty i do forswearx
|
|
my manorsx rentsx revenuesx i forgox
|
|
my actsx decreesx and statutesx i denyx
|
|
god pardon all oaths that are broke to mex
|
|
god keep all vows unbroke are made to theex
|
|
make mex that nothing havex with nothing grievxdx
|
|
and thou with all pleasxdx that hast an achievxdx
|
|
long mayst thou live in richardxs seat to sitx
|
|
and soon lie richard in an earthly pitx
|
|
god save king henryx unkingxd richard saysx
|
|
and send him many years of sunshine daysx
|
|
what more remainsx
|
|
northumberlandx no morex but that you read
|
|
these accusationsx and these grievous crimes
|
|
committed by your person and your followers
|
|
against the state and profit of this landx
|
|
thatx by confessing themx the souls of men
|
|
may deem that you are worthily deposxdx
|
|
king richardx must i do sox and must i ravel out
|
|
my weavxdxup folliesx gentle northumberlandx
|
|
if thy offences were upon recordx
|
|
would it not shame thee in so fair a troop
|
|
to read a lecture of themx if thou wouldstx
|
|
there shouldst thou find one heinous articlex
|
|
containing the deposing of a king
|
|
and cracking the strong warrant of an oathx
|
|
markxd with a blotx damnxd in the book of heavenx
|
|
nayx all of you that stand and look upon me
|
|
whilst that my wretchedness doth bait myselfx
|
|
though some of youx with pilatex wash your handsx
|
|
showing an outward pityxyet you pilates
|
|
have here deliverxd me to my sour crossx
|
|
and water cannot wash away your sinx
|
|
northumberlandx my lordx dispatchx read oxer these
|
|
articlesx
|
|
king richardx mine eyes are full of tearsx i cannot seex
|
|
and yet salt water blinds them not so much
|
|
but they can see a sort of traitors herex
|
|
nayx if i turn mine eyes upon myselfx
|
|
i find myself a traitor with the restx
|
|
for i have given here my soulxs consent
|
|
txundeck the pompous body of a kingx
|
|
made glory basex and sovereignty a slavex
|
|
proud majesty a subjectx state a peasantx
|
|
northumberlandx my lordx
|
|
king richardx no lord of thinex thou haught insulting manx
|
|
nor no manxs lordx i have no namex no tidex
|
|
nox not that name was given me at the fontx
|
|
but xtis usurpxdx alack the heavy dayx
|
|
that i have worn so many winters outx
|
|
and know not now what name to call myselfx
|
|
o that i were a mockery king of snowx
|
|
standing before the sun of bolingbroke
|
|
to melt myself away in water dropsx
|
|
good kingx great kingx and yet not greatly goodx
|
|
an if my word be sterling yet in englandx
|
|
let it command a mirror hither straightx
|
|
that it may show me what a face i have
|
|
since it is bankrupt of his majestyx
|
|
bolingbrokex go some of you and fetch a lookingxglassx
|
|
exit an attendant
|
|
northumberlandx read oxer this paper while the glass doth comex
|
|
king richardx fiendx thou torments me ere i come to hellx
|
|
bolingbrokex urge it no morex my lord northumberlandx
|
|
northumberlandx the commons will notx thenx be satisfiedx
|
|
king richardx they shall be satisfiedx ixll read enoughx
|
|
when i do see the very book indeed
|
|
where all my sins are writx and thatxs myselfx
|
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|
rexenter attendant with glass
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|
|
|
give me that glassx and therein will i readx
|
|
no deeper wrinkles yetx hath sorrow struck
|
|
so many blows upon this face of mine
|
|
and made no deeper woundsx o flattxring glassx
|
|
like to my followers in prosperityx
|
|
thou dost beguile mex was this face the face
|
|
that every day under his household roof
|
|
did keep ten thousand menx was this the face
|
|
that like the sun did make beholders winkx
|
|
is this the face which facxd so many follies
|
|
that was at last outxfacxd by bolingbrokex
|
|
a brittle glory shineth in this facex
|
|
as brittle as the glory is the facex
|
|
xdashes the glass against the groundx
|
|
for there it isx crackxd in a hundred shiversx
|
|
markx silent kingx the moral of this sportx
|
|
how soon my sorrow hath destroyxd my facex
|
|
bolingbrokex the shadow of your sorrow hath destroyxd
|
|
the shadow of your facex
|
|
king richardx say that againx
|
|
the shadow of my sorrowx hax letxs seex
|
|
xtis very truex my grief lies all withinx
|
|
and these external manner of laments
|
|
are merely shadows to the unseen grief
|
|
that swells with silence in the torturxd soulx
|
|
there lies the substancex and i thank theex kingx
|
|
for thy great bountyx that not only givxst
|
|
me cause to wailx but teachest me the way
|
|
how to lament the causex ixll beg one boonx
|
|
and then be gone and trouble you no morex
|
|
shall i obtain itx
|
|
bolingbrokex name itx fair cousinx
|
|
king richardx fair cousinx i am greater than a kingx
|
|
for when i was a kingx my flatterers
|
|
were then but subjectsx being now a subjectx
|
|
i have a king here to my flattererx
|
|
being so greatx i have no need to begx
|
|
bolingbrokex yet askx
|
|
king richardx and shall i havex
|
|
bolingbrokex you shallx
|
|
king richardx then give me leave to gox
|
|
bolingbrokex whitherx
|
|
king richardx whither you willx so i were from your sightsx
|
|
bolingbrokex gox some of you convey him to the towerx
|
|
king richardx ox goodx conveyx conveyers are you allx
|
|
that rise thus nimbly by a true kingxs fallx
|
|
exeunt king richardx some lords and a guard
|
|
bolingbrokex on wednesday next we solemnly set down
|
|
our coronationx lordsx prepare yourselvesx
|
|
exeunt all but the abbot of westminsterx the
|
|
bishop of carlislex and aumerle
|
|
abbotx a woeful pageant have we here beheldx
|
|
carlislex the woexs to comex the children yet unborn
|
|
shall feel this day as sharp to them as thornx
|
|
aumerlex you holy clergymenx is there no plot
|
|
to rid the realm of this pernicious blotx
|
|
abbotx my lordx
|
|
before i freely speak my mind hereinx
|
|
you shall not only take the sacrament
|
|
to bury mine intentsx but also to effect
|
|
whatever i shall happen to devisex
|
|
i see your brows are full of discontentx
|
|
your hearts of sorrowx and your eyes of tearsx
|
|
come home with me to supperx i will lay
|
|
a plot shall show us all a merry dayx exeunt
|
|
|
|
act vx scene xx londonx a street leading to the tower
|
|
|
|
enter the queenx with her attendants
|
|
|
|
queenx this way the king will comex this is the way
|
|
to julius caesarxs illxerected towerx
|
|
to whose flint bosom my condemned lord
|
|
is doomxd a prisoner by proud bolingbrokex
|
|
here let us restx if this rebellious earth
|
|
have any resting for her true kingxs queenx
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|
|
enter king richard and guard
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|
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but softx but seex or rather do not seex
|
|
my fair rose witherx yet look upx beholdx
|
|
that you in pity may dissolve to dewx
|
|
and wash him fresh again with truexlove tearsx
|
|
ahx thoux the model where old troy did standx
|
|
thou map of honourx thou king richardxs tombx
|
|
and not king richardx thou most beauteous innx
|
|
why should hardxfavourxd grief be lodgxd in theex
|
|
when triumph is become an alehouse guestx
|
|
king richardx join not with griefx fair womanx do not sox
|
|
to make my end too suddenx learnx good soulx
|
|
to think our former state a happy dreamx
|
|
from which awakxdx the truth of what we are
|
|
shows us but thisx i am sworn brotherx sweetx
|
|
to grim necessityx and he and
|
|
will keep a league till deathx hie thee to francex
|
|
and cloister thee in some religious housex
|
|
our holy lives must win a new worldxs crownx
|
|
which our profane hours here have thrown downx
|
|
queenx whatx is my richard both in shape and mind
|
|
transformxd and weakxnedx hath bolingbroke deposxd
|
|
thine intellectx hath he been in thy heartx
|
|
the lion dying thrusteth forth his paw
|
|
and wounds the earthx if nothing elsex with rage
|
|
to be oxerpowxrxdx and wilt thoux pupilxlikex
|
|
take the correction mildlyx kiss the rodx
|
|
and fawn on rage with base humilityx
|
|
which art a lion and the king of beastsx
|
|
king richardx a king of beastsx indeedx if aught but beastsx
|
|
i had been still a happy king of menx
|
|
good sometimes queenx prepare thee hence for francex
|
|
think i am deadx and that even here thou takestx
|
|
as from my deathxbedx thy last living leavex
|
|
in winterxs tedious nights sit by the fire
|
|
with good old folksx and let them tell thee tales
|
|
of woeful ages long ago betidx
|
|
and ere thou bid good nightx to quit their griefs
|
|
tell thou the lamentable tale of mex
|
|
and send the hearers weeping to their bedsx
|
|
for whyx the senseless brands will sympathize
|
|
the heavy accent of thy moving tonguex
|
|
and in compassion weep the fire outx
|
|
and some will mourn in ashesx some coalxblackx
|
|
for the deposing of a rightful kingx
|
|
|
|
enter northumberland attended
|
|
|
|
northumberlandx my lordx the mind of bolingbroke is changxdx
|
|
you must to pomfretx not unto the towerx
|
|
andx madamx there is order taxen for youx
|
|
with all swift speed you must away to francex
|
|
king richardx northumberlandx thou ladder wherewithal
|
|
the mounting bolingbroke ascends my thronex
|
|
the time shall not be many hours of age
|
|
more than it isx ere foul sin gathering head
|
|
shall break into corruptionx thou shalt think
|
|
though he divide the realm and give thee half
|
|
it is too littlex helping him to allx
|
|
and he shall think that thoux which knowest the way
|
|
to plant unrightful kingsx wilt know againx
|
|
being nexer so little urgxdx another way
|
|
to pluck him headlong from the usurped thronex
|
|
the love of wicked men converts to fearx
|
|
that fear to hatex and hate turns one or both
|
|
to worthy danger and deserved deathx
|
|
northumberlandx my guilt be on my headx and there an endx
|
|
take leavex and partx for you must part forthwithx
|
|
king richardx doubly divorcxdx bad menx you violate
|
|
a twofold marriagexxtwixt my crown and mex
|
|
and then betwixt me and my married wifex
|
|
let me unkiss the oath xtwixt thee and mex
|
|
and yet not sox for with a kiss xtwas madex
|
|
part usx northumberlandx i towards the northx
|
|
where shivering cold and sickness pines the climex
|
|
my wife to francex from whence set forth in pompx
|
|
she came adorned hither like sweet mayx
|
|
sent back like hallowmas or shortxst of dayx
|
|
queenx and must we be dividedx must we partx
|
|
king richardx ayx hand from handx my lovex and heart from heartx
|
|
queenx banish us bothx and send the king with mex
|
|
northumberlandx that were some lovex but little policyx
|
|
queenx then whither he goes thither let me gox
|
|
king richardx so twox together weepingx make one woex
|
|
weep thou for me in francex i for thee herex
|
|
better far off than nearx be nexer the nearx
|
|
gox count thy way with sighsx i mine with groansx
|
|
queenx so longest way shall have the longest moansx
|
|
king richardx twice for one step ixll groanx the way being shortx
|
|
and piece the way out with a heavy heartx
|
|
comex comex in wooing sorrow letxs be briefx
|
|
sincex wedding itx there is such length in griefx
|
|
one kiss shall stop our mouthsx and dumbly partx
|
|
thus give i minex and thus take i thy heartx
|
|
queenx give me mine own againx xtwere no good part
|
|
to take on me to keep and kill thy heartx
|
|
sox now i have mine own againx be gonex
|
|
that i may strive to kill it with a groanx
|
|
king richardx we make woe wanton with this fond delayx
|
|
once morex adieux the rest let sorrow sayx exeunt
|
|
|
|
scene xx the duke of yorkxs palace
|
|
|
|
enter the duke of york and the duchess
|
|
|
|
duchessx my lordx you told me you would tell the restx
|
|
when weeping made you break the story offx
|
|
of our two cousinsx coming into londonx
|
|
yorkx where did i leavex
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duchessx at that sad stopx my lordx
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where rude misgoverned hands from windowsx tops
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threw dust and rubbish on king richardxs headx
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yorkx thenx as i saidx the dukex great bolingbrokex
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mounted upon a hot and fiery steed
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which his aspiring rider seemxd to knowx
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with slow but stately pace kept on his coursex
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whilst all tongues cried xgod save theex bolingbrokexx
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you would have thought the very windows spakex
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so many greedy looks of young and old
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through casements darted their desiring eyes
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upon his visagex and that all the walls
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with painted imagery had said at once
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xjesu preserve theex welcomex bolingbrokexx
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whilst hex from the one side to the other turningx
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bareheadedx lower than his proud steedxs neckx
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bespake them thusx xi thank youx countrymenxx
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and thus still doingx thus he passxd alongx
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duchessx alackx poor richardx where rode he the whilstx
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yorkx as in a theatre the eyes of men
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after a wellxgracxd actor leaves the stage
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are idly bent on him that enters nextx
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thinking his prattle to be tediousx
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even sox or with much more contemptx menxs eyes
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did scowl on gentle richardx no man cried xgod save himxx
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no joyful tongue gave him his welcome homex
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but dust was thrown upon his sacred headx
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which with such gentle sorrow he shook offx
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his face still combating with tears and smilesx
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the badges of his grief and patiencex
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that had not godx for some strong purposex steelxd
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the hearts of menx they must perforce have meltedx
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and barbarism itself have pitied himx
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but heaven hath a hand in these eventsx
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to whose high will we bound our calm contentsx
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to bolingbroke are we sworn subjects nowx
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whose state and honour i for aye allowx
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duchessx here comes my son aumerlex
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yorkx aumerle that was
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but that is lost for being richardxs friendx
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and madamx you must call him rudand nowx
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i am in parliament pledge for his truth
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and lasting fealty to the newxmade kingx
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enter aumerle
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duchessx welcomex my sonx who are the violets now
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that strew the green lap of the new come springx
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aumerlex madamx i know notx nor i greatly care notx
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god knows i had as lief be none as onex
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yorkx wellx bear you well in this new spring of timex
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lest you be croppxd before you come to primex
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what news from oxfordx do these justs and triumphs holdx
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aumerlex for aught i knowx my lordx they dox
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yorkx you will be therex i knowx
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aumerlex if god prevent notx i purpose sox
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yorkx what seal is that that without thy bosomx
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yeax lookxst thou palex let me see the writingx
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aumerlex my lordx xtis nothingx
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yorkx no matterx thenx who see itx
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i will be satisfiedx let me see the writingx
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aumerlex i do beseech your grace to pardon mex
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it is a matter of small consequence
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which for some reasons i would not have seenx
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yorkx which for some reasonsx sirx i mean to seex
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i fearx i fearx
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duchessx what should you fearx
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xtis nothing but some bond that he is entxred into
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for gay apparel xgainst the triumphxdayx
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yorkx bound to himselfx what doth he with a bond
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that he is bound tox wifex thou art a foolx
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boyx let me see the writingx
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aumerlex i do beseech youx pardon mex i may not show itx
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yorkx i will be satisfiedx let me see itx i sayx
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xhe plucks it out of his bosomx and reads itx
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treasonx foul treasonx villainx traitorx slavex
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duchessx what is the matterx my lordx
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yorkx hox who is within therex
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enter a servant
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saddle my horsex
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god for his mercyx what treachery is herex
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duchessx whyx yorkx what is itx my lordx
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yorkx give me my bootsx i sayx saddle my horsex
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exit servant
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nowx by mine honourx by my lifex my trothx
|
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i will appeach the villainx
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|
duchessx what is the matterx
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yorkx peacex foolish womanx
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duchessx i will not peacex what is the matterx aumerlex
|
|
aumerlex good motherx be contentx it is no more
|
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than my poor life must answerx
|
|
duchessx thy life answerx
|
|
yorkx bring me my bootsx i will unto the kingx
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his man enters with his boots
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duchessx strike himx aumerlex poor boyx thou art amazxdx
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hencex villainx never more come in my sightx
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|
yorkx give me my bootsx i sayx
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duchessx whyx yorkx what wilt thou dox
|
|
wilt thou not hide the trespass of thine ownx
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|
have we more sonsx or are we like to havex
|
|
is not my teeming date drunk up with timex
|
|
and wilt thou pluck my fair son from mine age
|
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and rob me of a happy motherxs namex
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|
is he not like theex is he not thine ownx
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|
yorkx thou fond mad womanx
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|
wilt thou conceal this dark conspiracyx
|
|
a dozen of them here have taxen the sacramentx
|
|
and interchangeably set down their hands
|
|
to kill the king at oxfordx
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|
duchessx he shall be nonex
|
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wexll keep him herex then what is that to himx
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|
yorkx awayx fond womanx were he twenty times my son
|
|
i would appeach himx
|
|
duchessx hadst thou groanxd for him
|
|
as i have donex thou wouldst be more pitifulx
|
|
but now i know thy mindx thou dost suspect
|
|
that i have been disloyal to thy bed
|
|
and that he is a bastardx not thy sonx
|
|
sweet yorkx sweet husbandx be not of that mindx
|
|
he is as like thee as a man may be
|
|
not like to mex or any of my kinx
|
|
and yet i love himx
|
|
yorkx make wayx unruly womanx exit
|
|
duchessx afterx aumerlex mount thee upon his horsex
|
|
spur postx and get before him to the kingx
|
|
and beg thy pardon ere he do accuse theex
|
|
ixll not be long behindx though i be oldx
|
|
i doubt not but to ride as fast as yorkx
|
|
and never will i rise up from the ground
|
|
till bolingbroke have pardonxd theex awayx be gonex
|
|
exeunt
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|
scene xx windsor castle
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enter bolingbroke as kingx percyx and other lords
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bolingbrokex can no man tell me of my unthrifty sonx
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|
xtis full three months since i did see him lastx
|
|
if any plague hang over usx xtis hex
|
|
i would to godx my lordsx he might be foundx
|
|
inquire at londonx xmongst the taverns therex
|
|
for therex they sayx he daily doth frequent
|
|
with unrestrained loose companionsx
|
|
even suchx they sayx as stand in narrow lanes
|
|
and beat our watch and rob our passengersx
|
|
which hex young wanton and effeminate boyx
|
|
takes on the point of honour to support
|
|
so dissolute a crewx
|
|
percyx my lordx some two days since i saw the princex
|
|
and told him of those triumphs held at oxfordx
|
|
bolingbrokex and what said the gallantx
|
|
percyx his answer wasx he would unto the stewsx
|
|
and from the commonxst creature pluck a glove
|
|
and wear it as a favourx and with that
|
|
he would unhorse the lustiest challengerx
|
|
bolingbrokex as dissolute as desperatex yet through both
|
|
i see some sparks of better hopex which elder years
|
|
may happily bring forthx but who comes herex
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|
|
enter aumerle amazed
|
|
|
|
aumerlex where is the kingx
|
|
bolingbrokex what means our cousin that he stares and looks
|
|
so wildlyx
|
|
aumerlex god save your gracex i do beseech your majestyx
|
|
to have some conference with your grace alonex
|
|
bolingbrokex withdraw yourselvesx and leave us here alonex
|
|
exeunt percy and lords
|
|
what is the matter with our cousin nowx
|
|
aumerlex for ever may my knees grow to the earthx
|
|
xkneelsx
|
|
my tongue cleave to my roof within my mouthx
|
|
unless a pardon ere i rise or speakx
|
|
bolingbrokex intended or committed was this faultx
|
|
if on the firstx how heinous exer it bex
|
|
to win thy afterxlove i pardon theex
|
|
aumerlex then give me leave that i may turn the keyx
|
|
that no man enter till my tale be donex
|
|
bolingbrokex have thy desirex
|
|
xthe duke of york knocks at the door and criethx
|
|
yorkx xwithinx my liegex bewarex look to thyselfx
|
|
thou hast a traitor in thy presence therex
|
|
bolingbrokex xdrawingx villainx ixll make thee safex
|
|
aumerlex stay thy revengeful handx thou hast no cause to fearx
|
|
yorkx xwithinx open the doorx securex foolhardy kingx
|
|
shall ix for lovex speak treason to thy facex
|
|
open the doorx or i will break it openx
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|
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|
enter york
|
|
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|
bolingbrokex what is the matterx unclex speakx
|
|
recover breathx tell us how near is dangerx
|
|
that we may arm us to encounter itx
|
|
yorkx peruse this writing herex and thou shalt know
|
|
the treason that my haste forbids me showx
|
|
aumerlex rememberx as thou readxstx thy promise passxdx
|
|
i do repent mex read not my name therex
|
|
my heart is not confederate with my handx
|
|
yorkx it wasx villainx ere thy hand did set it downx
|
|
i tore it from the traitorxs bosomx kingx
|
|
fearx and not lovex begets his penitencex
|
|
forget to pity himx lest thy pity prove
|
|
a serpent that will sting thee to the heartx
|
|
bolingbrokex o heinousx strongx and bold conspiracyx
|
|
o loyal father of a treacherous sonx
|
|
thou sheerx immaculatex and silver fountainx
|
|
from whence this stream through muddy passages
|
|
hath held his current and defilxd himselfx
|
|
thy overflow of good converts to badx
|
|
and thy abundant goodness shall excuse
|
|
this deadly blot in thy digressing sonx
|
|
yorkx so shall my virtue be his vicexs bawdx
|
|
and he shall spend mine honour with his shamex
|
|
as thriftless sons their scraping fathersx goldx
|
|
mine honour lives when his dishonour diesx
|
|
or my shamxd life in his dishonour liesx
|
|
thou killxst me in his lifex giving him breathx
|
|
the traitor livesx the true manxs put to deathx
|
|
duchessx xwithinx i what hox my liegex for godxs sakex let me inx
|
|
bolingbrokex what shrillxvoicxd suppliant makes this eager cryx
|
|
duchessx xwithinx a womanx and thine auntx great kingx xtis ix
|
|
speak with mex pity mex open the doorx
|
|
a beggar begs that never beggxd beforex
|
|
bolingbrokex our scene is altxred from a serious thingx
|
|
and now changxd to xthe beggar and the kingxx
|
|
my dangerous cousinx let your mother inx
|
|
i know she is come to pray for your foul sinx
|
|
yorkx if thou do pardon whosoever prayx
|
|
more sins for this forgiveness prosper mayx
|
|
this festxred joint cut offx the rest rest soundx
|
|
this let alone will all the rest confoundx
|
|
|
|
enter duchess
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|
|
|
duchessx o kingx believe not this hardxhearted manx
|
|
love loving not itselfx none other canx
|
|
yorkx thou frantic womanx what dost thou make herex
|
|
shall thy old dugs once more a traitor rearx
|
|
duchessx sweet yorkx be patientx hear mex gentle liegex
|
|
xkneelsx
|
|
bolingbrokex rise upx good auntx
|
|
duchessx not yetx i thee beseechx
|
|
for ever will i walk upon my kneesx
|
|
and never see day that the happy sees
|
|
till thou give joyx until thou bid me joy
|
|
by pardoning rutlandx my transgressing boyx
|
|
aumerlex unto my motherxs prayers i bend my kneex
|
|
xkneelsx
|
|
yorkx against them bothx my true joints bended bex
|
|
xkneelsx
|
|
ill mayst thou thrivex if thou grant any gracex
|
|
duchessx pleads he in earnestx look upon his facex
|
|
his eyes do drop no tearsx his prayers are in jestx
|
|
his words come from his mouthx ours from our breastx
|
|
he prays but faintly and would be deniedx
|
|
we pray with heart and soulx and all besidex
|
|
his weary joints would gladly risex i knowx
|
|
our knees still kneel till to the ground they growx
|
|
his prayers are full of false hypocrisyx
|
|
ours of true zeal and deep integrityx
|
|
our prayers do outxpray hisx then let them have
|
|
that mercy which true prayer ought to havex
|
|
bolingbrokex good auntx stand upx
|
|
duchessx do not say xstand upxx
|
|
say xpardonx firstx and afterwards xstand upxx
|
|
an if i were thy nursex thy tongue to teachx
|
|
xpardonx should be the first word of thy speechx
|
|
i never longxd to hear a word till nowx
|
|
say xpardonxx kingx let pity teach thee howx
|
|
the word is shortx but not so short as sweetx
|
|
no word like xpardonx for kingsx mouths so meetx
|
|
yorkx speak it in frenchx kingx say xpardonne moyxx
|
|
duchessx dost thou teach pardon pardon to destroyx
|
|
ahx my sour husbandx my hardxhearted lordx
|
|
that sets the word itself against the wordx
|
|
speak xpardonx as xtis current in our landx
|
|
the chopping french we do not understandx
|
|
thine eye begins to speakx set thy tongue therex
|
|
or in thy piteous heart plant thou thine earx
|
|
that hearing how our plaints and prayers do piercex
|
|
pity may move thee xpardonx to rehearsex
|
|
bolingbrokex good auntx stand upx
|
|
duchessx i do not sue to standx
|
|
pardon is all the suit i have in handx
|
|
bolingbrokex i pardon himx as god shall pardon mex
|
|
duchessx o happy vantage of a kneeling kneex
|
|
yet am i sick for fearx speak it againx
|
|
twice saying xpardonx doth not pardon twainx
|
|
but makes one pardon strongx
|
|
bolingbrokex with all my heart
|
|
i pardon himx
|
|
duchessx a god on earth thou artx
|
|
bolingbrokex but for our trusty brotherxinxlaw and the abbotx
|
|
with all the rest of that consorted crewx
|
|
destruction straight shall dog them at the heelsx
|
|
good unclex help to order several powers
|
|
to oxfordx or wherexer these traitors arex
|
|
they shall not live within this worldx i swearx
|
|
but i will have themx if i once know wherex
|
|
unclex farewellx andx cousinx adieux
|
|
your mother well hath prayxdx and prove you truex
|
|
duchessx comex my old sonx i pray god make thee newx exeunt
|
|
|
|
scene xx windsor castle
|
|
|
|
enter sir pierce of exton and a servant
|
|
|
|
extonx didst thou not mark the kingx what words he spakex
|
|
xhave i no friend will rid me of this living fearxx
|
|
was it not sox
|
|
servantx these were his very wordsx
|
|
extonx xhave i no friendxx quoth hex he spake it twice
|
|
and urgxd it twice togetherx did he notx
|
|
servantx he didx
|
|
extonx andx speaking itx he wishtly lookxd on mex
|
|
as who should say xi would thou wert the man
|
|
that would divorce this terror from my heartxx
|
|
meaning the king at pomfretx comex letxs gox
|
|
i am the kingxs friendx and will rid his foex exeunt
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|
|
|
scene xx pomfret castlex the dungeon of the castle
|
|
|
|
enter king richard
|
|
|
|
king richardx i have been studying how i may compare
|
|
this prison where i live unto the world
|
|
andx for because the world is populous
|
|
and here is not a creature but myselfx
|
|
i cannot do itx yet ixll hammer it outx
|
|
my brain ixll prove the female to my soulx
|
|
my soul the fatherx and these two beget
|
|
a generation of stillxbreeding thoughtsx
|
|
and these same thoughts people this little worldx
|
|
in humours like the people of this worldx
|
|
for no thought is contentedx the better sortx
|
|
as thoughts of things divinex are intermixxd
|
|
with scruplesx and do set the word itself
|
|
against the wordx
|
|
as thusx xcomex little onesxx and then againx
|
|
xit is as hard to come as for a camel
|
|
to thread the postern of a small needlexs eyexx
|
|
thoughts tending to ambitionx they do plot
|
|
unlikely wondersx how these vain weak nails
|
|
may tear a passage through the flinty ribs
|
|
of this hard worldx my ragged prison wallsx
|
|
andx for they cannotx die in their own pridex
|
|
thoughts tending to content flatter themselves
|
|
that they are not the first of fortunexs slavesx
|
|
nor shall not be the lastx like silly beggars
|
|
whox sitting in the stocksx refuge their shamex
|
|
that many have and others must sit therex
|
|
and in this thought they find a kind of easex
|
|
bearing their own misfortunes on the back
|
|
of such as have before endurxd the likex
|
|
thus play i in one person many peoplex
|
|
and none contentedx sometimes am i kingx
|
|
then treasons make me wish myself a beggarx
|
|
and so i amx then crushing penury
|
|
persuades me i was better when a kingx
|
|
then am i kingxd againx and by and by
|
|
think that i am unkingxd by bolingbrokex
|
|
and straight am nothingx but whatexer i bex
|
|
nor ix nor any man that but man isx
|
|
with nothing shall be pleasxd till he be easxd
|
|
with being nothingx xthe music playsx
|
|
music do i hearx
|
|
hax hax keep timex how sour sweet music is
|
|
when time is broke and no proportion keptx
|
|
so is it in the music of menxs livesx
|
|
and here have i the daintiness of ear
|
|
to check time broke in a disorderxd stringx
|
|
butx for the concord of my state and timex
|
|
had not an ear to hear my true time brokex
|
|
i wasted timex and now doth time waste mex
|
|
for now hath time made me his numbxring clockx
|
|
my thoughts are minutesx and with sighs they jar
|
|
their watches on unto mine eyesx the outward watchx
|
|
whereto my fingerx like a dialxs pointx
|
|
is pointing stillx in cleansing them from tearsx
|
|
now sirx the sound that tells what hour it is
|
|
are clamorous groans which strike upon my heartx
|
|
which is the bellx so sighsx and tearsx and groansx
|
|
show minutesx timesx and hoursx but my time
|
|
runs posting on in bolingbrokexs proud joyx
|
|
while i stand fooling herex his jack of the clockx
|
|
this music mads mex let it sound no morex
|
|
for though it have holp madmen to their witsx
|
|
in me it seems it will make wise men madx
|
|
yet blessing on his heart that gives it mex
|
|
for xtis a sign of lovex and love to richard
|
|
is a strange brooch in this allxhating worldx
|
|
|
|
enter a groom of the stable
|
|
|
|
groomx hailx royal princex
|
|
king richardx thanksx noble peerx
|
|
the cheapest of us is ten groats too dearx
|
|
what art thoux and how comest thou hitherx
|
|
where no man never comes but that sad dog
|
|
that brings me food to make misfortune livex
|
|
groomx i was a poor groom of thy stablex kingx
|
|
when thou wert kingx whox travelling towards yorkx
|
|
with much ado at length have gotten leave
|
|
to look upon my sometimes royal masterxs facex
|
|
ox how it ernxd my heartx when i beheldx
|
|
in london streetsx that coronationxdayx
|
|
when bolingbroke rode on roan barbaryx
|
|
that horse that thou so often hast bestridx
|
|
that horse that i so carefully have dressxdx
|
|
king richardx rode he on barbaryx tell mex gentle friendx
|
|
how went he under himx
|
|
groomx so proudly as if he disdainxd the groundx
|
|
king richardx so proud that bolingbroke was on his backx
|
|
that jade hath eat bread from my royal handx
|
|
this hand hath made him proud with clapping himx
|
|
would he not stumblex would he not fall downx
|
|
since pride must have a fallx and break the neck
|
|
of that proud man that did usurp his backx
|
|
forgivenessx horsex why do i rail on theex
|
|
since thoux created to be awxd by manx
|
|
wast born to bearx i was not made a horsex
|
|
and yet i bear a burden like an assx
|
|
spurrxdx gallxdx and tirxdx by jauncing bolingbrokex
|
|
|
|
enter keeper with meat
|
|
|
|
keeperx fellowx give placex here is no longer stayx
|
|
king richardx if thou love mex xtis time thou wert awayx
|
|
groomx my tongue dares notx that my heart shall sayx
|
|
exit
|
|
keeperx my lordx willxt please you to fall tox
|
|
king richardx taste of it first as thou art wont to dox
|
|
keeperx my lordx i dare notx sir pierce of extonx
|
|
who lately came from the kingx commands the contraryx
|
|
king richardx the devil take henry of lancaster and theex
|
|
patience is stalex and i am weary of itx
|
|
xbeats the keeperx
|
|
keeperx helpx helpx helpx
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the murderersx exton and servantsx rush inx armed
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king richardx how nowx what means death in this rude assaultx
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villainx thy own hand yields thy deathxs instrumentx
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xsnatching a weapon and killing onex
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go thou and fill another room in hellx
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xhe kills anotherx then exton strikes him downx
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that hand shall burn in neverxquenching fire
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that staggers thus my personx extonx thy fierce hand
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hath with the kingxs blood stainxd the kingxs own landx
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mountx mountx my soulx thy seat is up on highx
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whilst my gross flesh sinks downwardx here to diex
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xdiesx
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extonx as full of valour as of royal bloodx
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both have i spillxdx ox would the deed were goodx
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for now the devilx that told me i did wellx
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says that this deed is chronicled in hellx
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this dead king to the living king ixll bearx
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take hence the restx and give them burial herex exeunt
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scene xx windsor castle
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flourishx enter bolingbrokex the duke of yorkx with other lords and
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attendants
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bolingbrokex kind uncle yorkx the latest news we hear
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is that the rebels have consumxd with fire
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our town of ciceter in gloucestershirex
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but whether they be taxen or slain we hear notx
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enter northumberland
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welcomex my lordx what is the newsx
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northumberlandx firstx to thy sacred state wish i all happinessx
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the next news isx i have to london sent
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the heads of salisburyx spencerx bluntx and kentx
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the manner of their taking may appear
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at large discoursed in this paper herex
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bolingbrokex we thank theex gentle percyx for thy painsx
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and to thy worth will add right worthy gainsx
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enter fitzwater
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fitzwaterx my lordx i have from oxford sent to london
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the heads of brocas and sir bennet seelyx
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two of the dangerous consorted traitors
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that sought at oxford thy dire overthrowx
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bolingbrokex thy painsx fitzwaterx shall not be forgotx
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right noble is thy meritx well i wotx
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enter percyx with the bishop of carlisle
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percyx the grand conspiratorx abbot of westminsterx
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with clog of conscience and sour melancholyx
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hath yielded up his body to the gravex
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but here is carlisle livingx to abide
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thy kingly doomx and sentence of his pridex
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bolingbrokex carlislex this is your doomx
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choose out some secret placex some reverend roomx
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more than thou hastx and with it joy thy lifex
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so as thou livxst in peacex die free from strifex
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for though mine enemy thou hast ever beenx
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high sparks of honour in thee have i seenx
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enter extonx with attendantsx hearing a coffin
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extonx great kingx within this coffin i present
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thy buried fearx herein all breathless lies
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the mightiest of thy greatest enemiesx
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richard of bordeauxx by me hither broughtx
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bolingbrokex extonx i thank thee notx for thou hast wrought
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a deed of slander with thy fatal hand
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upon my head and all this famous landx
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extonx from your own mouthx my lordx did i this deedx
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bolingbrokex they love not poison that do poison needx
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nor do i theex though i did wish him deadx
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i hate the murdererx love him murderedx
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the guilt of conscience take thou for thy labourx
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but neither my good word nor princely favourx
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with cain go wander thorough shades of nightx
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and never show thy head by day nor lightx
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lordsx i protest my soul is full of woe
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that blood should sprinkle me to make me growx
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comex mourn with me for what i do lamentx
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and put on sullen black incontinentx
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ixll make a voyage to the holy landx
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to wash this blood off from my guilty handx
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march sadly afterx grace my mournings here
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in weeping after this untimely bierx exeunt
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king richard the third
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dramatis personae
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edward the fourth
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sons to the king
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edwardx prince of wales afterwards king edward v
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richardx duke of yorkx
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brothers to the king
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georgex duke of clarencex
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richardx duke of gloucesterx afterwards king richard iii
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a young son of clarence xedwardx earl of warwickx
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henryx earl of richmondx afterwards king henry vii
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cardinal bourchierx archbishop of canterbury
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thomas rotherhamx archbishop of york
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john mortonx bishop of ely
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duke of buckingham
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duke of norfolk
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earl of surreyx his son
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earl riversx brother to king edwardxs queen
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marquis of dorset and lord greyx her sons
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earl of oxford
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lord hastings
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lord lovel
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lord stanleyx called also earl of derby
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sir thomas vaughan
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sir richard ratcliff
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sir william catesby
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sir james tyrrel
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sir james blount
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sir walter herbert
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sir william brandon
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sir robert brakenburyx lieutenant of the tower
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christopher urswickx a priest
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lord mayor of london
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sheriff of wiltshire
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hastingsx a pursuivant
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tressel and berkeleyx gentlemen attending on lady anne
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elizabethx queen to king edward iv
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margaretx widow of king henry vi
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duchess of yorkx mother to king edward iv
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lady annex widow of edwardx prince of walesx son to king
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henry vix afterwards married to the duke of gloucester
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a young daughter of clarence xmargaret plantagenetx
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countess of salisburyx
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ghostsx of richardxs victims
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lordsx gentlemenx and attendantsx priestx scrivenerx pagex bishopsx
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aldermenx citizensx soldiersx messengersx murderersx keeper
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scenex england
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king richard the third
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act ix scene xx
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londonx a street
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enter richardx duke of gloucesterx solus
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gloucesterx now is the winter of our discontent
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made glorious summer by this sun of yorkx
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and all the clouds that lourxd upon our house
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in the deep bosom of the ocean buriedx
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now are our brows bound with victorious wreathsx
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our bruised arms hung up for monumentsx
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our stern alarums changxd to merry meetingsx
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our dreadful marches to delightful measuresx
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grimxvisagxd war hath smoothxd his wrinkled frontx
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and nowx instead of mounting barbed steeds
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to fright the souls of fearful adversariesx
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he capers nimbly in a ladyxs chamber
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to the lascivious pleasing of a lutex
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but ixthat am not shapxd for sportive tricksx
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nor made to court an amorous lookingxglassx
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ixthat am rudely stampxdx and want lovexs majesty
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to strut before a wanton ambling nymphx
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ixthat am curtailxd of this fair proportionx
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cheated of feature by dissembling naturex
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deformxdx unfinishxdx sent before my time
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into this breathing world scarce half made upx
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and that so lamely and unfashionable
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that dogs bark at me as i halt by themx
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whyx ix in this weak piping time of peacex
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have no delight to pass away the timex
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unless to spy my shadow in the sun
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and descant on mine own deformityx
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and thereforex since i cannot prove a lover
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to entertain these fair wellxspoken daysx
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i am determined to prove a villain
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and hate the idle pleasures of these daysx
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plots have i laidx inductions dangerousx
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by drunken propheciesx libelsx and dreamsx
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to set my brother clarence and the king
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in deadly hate the one against the otherx
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and if king edward be as true and just
|
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as i am subtlex falsex and treacherousx
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this day should clarence closely be mewxd upx
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about a prophecy which says that g
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of edwardxs heirs the murderer shall bex
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divex thoughtsx down to my soulx here clarence comesx
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enter clarencex guardedx and brakenbury
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brotherx good dayx what means this armed guard
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that waits upon your gracex
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clarencex his majestyx
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tendxring my personxs safetyx hath appointed
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this conduct to convey me to thx towerx
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gloucesterx upon what causex
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clarencex because my name is georgex
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gloucesterx alackx my lordx that fault is none of yoursx
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he shouldx for thatx commit your godfathersx
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ox belike his majesty hath some intent
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that you should be newxchristxned in the towerx
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but whatxs the matterx clarencex may i knowx
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clarencex yeax richardx when i knowx for i protest
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as yet i do notx butx as i can learnx
|
|
he hearkens after prophecies and dreamsx
|
|
and from the crossxrow plucks the letter gx
|
|
and says a wizard told him that by g
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|
his issue disinherited should bex
|
|
andx for my name of george begins with gx
|
|
it follows in his thought that i am hex
|
|
thesex as i learnx and such like toys as these
|
|
hath movxd his highness to commit me nowx
|
|
gloucesterx whyx this it is when men are rulxd by womenx
|
|
xtis not the king that sends you to the towerx
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|
my lady grey his wifex clarencex xtis she
|
|
that tempers him to this extremityx
|
|
was it not she and that good man of worshipx
|
|
antony woodvillex her brother therex
|
|
that made him send lord hastings to the towerx
|
|
from whence this present day he is deliveredx
|
|
we are not safex clarencex we are not safex
|
|
clarencex by heavenx i think there is no man is secure
|
|
but the queenxs kindredx and nightxwalking heralds
|
|
that trudge betwixt the king and mistress shorex
|
|
heard you not what an humble suppliant
|
|
lord hastings wasx for her deliveryx
|
|
gloucesterx humbly complaining to her deity
|
|
got my lord chamberlain his libertyx
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|
ixll tell you whatxi think it is our wayx
|
|
if we will keep in favour with the kingx
|
|
to be her men and wear her liveryx
|
|
the jealous oxerxworn widowx and herselfx
|
|
since that our brother dubbxd them gentlewomenx
|
|
are mighty gossips in our monarchyx
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|
brakenburyx i beseech your graces both to pardon mex
|
|
his majesty hath straitly given in charge
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that no man shall have private conferencex
|
|
of what degree soeverx with your brotherx
|
|
gloucesterx even sox anxt please your worshipx brakenburyx
|
|
you may partake of any thing we sayx
|
|
we speak no treasonx manx we say the king
|
|
is wise and virtuousx and his noble queen
|
|
well struck in yearsx fairx and not jealousx
|
|
we say that shorexs wife hath a pretty footx
|
|
a cherry lipx a bonny eyex a passing pleasing tonguex
|
|
and that the queenxs kindred are made gentlefolksx
|
|
how say youx sirx can you deny all thisx
|
|
brakenburyx with thisx my lordx myself have naught to dox
|
|
gloucesterx naught to do with mistress shorex i tell theex
|
|
fellowx
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|
he that doth naught with herx excepting onex
|
|
were best to do it secretly alonex
|
|
brakenburyx what onex my lordx
|
|
gloucesterx her husbandx knavex wouldst thou betray mex
|
|
brakenburyx i do beseech your grace to pardon mex and
|
|
withal
|
|
forbear your conference with the noble dukex
|
|
clarencex we know thy chargex brakenburyx and will
|
|
obeyx
|
|
gloucesterx we are the queenxs abjects and must obeyx
|
|
brotherx farewellx i will unto the kingx
|
|
and whatsoexer you will employ me inx
|
|
were it to call king edwardxs widow sisterx
|
|
i will perform it to enfranchise youx
|
|
meantimex this deep disgrace in brotherhood
|
|
touches me deeper than you can imaginex
|
|
clarencex i know it pleaseth neither of us wellx
|
|
gloucesterx wellx your imprisonment shall not be longx
|
|
i will deliver or else lie for youx
|
|
meantimex have patiencex
|
|
clarencex i must perforcex farewellx
|
|
exeunt clarencex brakenburyx and guard
|
|
gloucesterx go tread the path that thou shalt nexer returnx
|
|
simplex plain clarencex i do love thee so
|
|
that i will shortly send thy soul to heavenx
|
|
if heaven will take the present at our handsx
|
|
but who comes herex the newxdelivered hastingsx
|
|
|
|
enter lord hastings
|
|
|
|
hastingsx good time of day unto my gracious lordx
|
|
gloucesterx as much unto my good lord chamberlainx
|
|
well are you welcome to the open airx
|
|
how hath your lordship brookxd imprisonmentx
|
|
hastingsx with patiencex noble lordx as prisoners mustx
|
|
but i shall livex my lordx to give them thanks
|
|
that were the cause of my imprisonmentx
|
|
gloucesterx no doubtx no doubtx and so shall clarence toox
|
|
for they that were your enemies are hisx
|
|
and have prevailxd as much on him as youx
|
|
hastingsx more pity that the eagles should be mewxd
|
|
whiles kites and buzzards prey at libertyx
|
|
gloucesterx what news abroadx
|
|
hastingsx no news so bad abroad as this at homex
|
|
the king is sicklyx weakx and melancholyx
|
|
and his physicians fear him mightilyx
|
|
gloucesterx nowx by saint johnx that news is bad indeedx
|
|
ox he hath kept an evil diet long
|
|
and overmuch consumxd his royal personx
|
|
xtis very grievous to be thought uponx
|
|
where is hex in his bedx
|
|
hastingsx he isx
|
|
gloucesterx go you beforex and i will follow youx
|
|
exit hastings
|
|
he cannot livex i hopex and must not die
|
|
till george be packxd with posthorse up to heavenx
|
|
ixll in to urge his hatred more to clarence
|
|
with lies well steelxd with weighty argumentsx
|
|
andx if i fail not in my deep intentx
|
|
clarence hath not another day to livex
|
|
which donex god take king edward to his mercyx
|
|
and leave the world for me to bustle inx
|
|
for then ixll marry warwickxs youngest daughterx
|
|
what though i killxd her husband and her fatherx
|
|
the readiest way to make the wench amends
|
|
is to become her husband and her fatherx
|
|
the which will ixnot all so much for love
|
|
as for another secret close intent
|
|
by marrying her which i must reach untox
|
|
but yet i run before my horse to marketx
|
|
clarence still breathesx edward still lives and reignsx
|
|
when they are gonex then must i count my gainsx exit
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|
|
|
scene xx
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|
|
|
londonx another street
|
|
|
|
enter corpse of king henry the sixthx with halberds to guard itx
|
|
lady anne being the mournerx attended by tressel and berkeley
|
|
|
|
annex set downx set down your honourable loadx
|
|
if honour may be shrouded in a hearsex
|
|
whilst i awhile obsequiously lament
|
|
thx untimely fall of virtuous lancasterx
|
|
poor keyxcold figure of a holy kingx
|
|
pale ashes of the house of lancasterx
|
|
thou bloodless remnant of that royal bloodx
|
|
be it lawful that i invocate thy ghost
|
|
to hear the lamentations of poor annex
|
|
wife to thy edwardx to thy slaughtered sonx
|
|
stabbxd by the selfxsame hand that made these woundsx
|
|
lox in these windows that let forth thy life
|
|
i pour the helpless balm of my poor eyesx
|
|
ox cursed be the hand that made these holesx
|
|
cursed the heart that had the heart to do itx
|
|
cursed the blood that let this blood from hencex
|
|
more direful hap betide that hated wretch
|
|
that makes us wretched by the death of thee
|
|
than i can wish to addersx spidersx toadsx
|
|
or any creeping venomxd thing that livesx
|
|
if ever he have childx abortive be itx
|
|
prodigiousx and untimely brought to lightx
|
|
whose ugly and unnatural aspect
|
|
may fright the hopeful mother at the viewx
|
|
and that be heir to his unhappinessx
|
|
if ever he have wifex let her be made
|
|
more miserable by the death of him
|
|
than i am made by my young lord and theex
|
|
comex now towards chertsey with your holy loadx
|
|
taken from paulxs to be interred therex
|
|
and still as you are weary of this weight
|
|
rest youx whiles i lament king henryxs corsex
|
|
xthe bearers take up the coffinx
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|
|
|
enter gloucester
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|
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|
gloucesterx stayx you that bear the corsex and set it downx
|
|
annex what black magician conjures up this fiend
|
|
to stop devoted charitable deedsx
|
|
gloucesterx villainsx set down the corsex orx by saint paulx
|
|
ixll make a corse of him that disobeysx
|
|
first gentlemanx my lordx stand backx and let the coffin
|
|
passx
|
|
gloucesterx unmannerd dogx stand thoux when i commandx
|
|
advance thy halberd higher than my breastx
|
|
orx by saint paulx ixll strike thee to my foot
|
|
and spurn upon theex beggarx for thy boldnessx
|
|
xthe bearers set down the coffinx
|
|
annex whatx do you tremblex are you all afraidx
|
|
alasx i blame you notx for you are mortalx
|
|
and mortal eyes cannot endure the devilx
|
|
avauntx thou dreadful minister of hellx
|
|
thou hadst but power over his mortal bodyx
|
|
his soul thou canst not havex thereforex be gonex
|
|
gloucesterx sweet saintx for charityx be not so curstx
|
|
annex foul devilx for godxs sakex hence and trouble us notx
|
|
for thou hast made the happy earth thy hell
|
|
fillxd it with cursing cries and deep exclaimsx
|
|
if thou delight to view thy heinous deedsx
|
|
behold this pattern of thy butcheriesx
|
|
ox gentlemenx seex seex dead henryxs wounds
|
|
open their congealxd mouths and bleed afreshx
|
|
blushx blushx thou lump of foul deformityx
|
|
for xtis thy presence that exhales this blood
|
|
from cold and empty veins where no blood dwellsx
|
|
thy deeds inhuman and unnatural
|
|
provokes this deluge most unnaturalx
|
|
o godx which this blood madxstx revenge his deathx
|
|
o earthx which this blood drinkxstx revenge his deathx
|
|
eitherx heavxnx with lightning strike the murdxrer deadx
|
|
orx earthx gape open wide and eat him quickx
|
|
as thou dost swallow up this good kingxs bloodx
|
|
which his hellxgovernxd arm hath butcheredx
|
|
gloucesterx ladyx you know no rules of charityx
|
|
which renders good for badx blessings for cursesx
|
|
annex villainx thou knowest nor law of god nor manx
|
|
no beast so fierce but knows some touch of pityx
|
|
gloucesterx but i know nonex and therefore am no beastx
|
|
annex o wonderfulx when devils tell the truthx
|
|
gloucesterx more wonderful when angels are so angryx
|
|
vouchsafex divine perfection of a womanx
|
|
of these supposed crimes to give me leave
|
|
by circumstance but to acquit myselfx
|
|
annex vouchsafex diffusxd infection of a manx
|
|
of these known evils but to give me leave
|
|
by circumstance to accuse thy cursed selfx
|
|
gloucesterx fairer than tongue can name theex let me have
|
|
some patient leisure to excuse myselfx
|
|
annex fouler than heart can think theex thou canst make
|
|
no excuse current but to hang thyselfx
|
|
gloucesterx by such despair i should accuse myselfx
|
|
annex and by despairing shalt thou stand excused
|
|
for doing worthy vengeance on thyself
|
|
that didst unworthy slaughter upon othersx
|
|
gloucesterx say that i slew them notx
|
|
annex then say they were not slainx
|
|
but dead they arex andx devilish slavex by theex
|
|
gloucesterx i did not kill your husbandx
|
|
annex whyx then he is alivex
|
|
gloucesterx nayx he is deadx and slain by edwardxs handsx
|
|
annex in thy foul throat thou liestx queen margaret saw
|
|
thy murdxrous falchion smoking in his bloodx
|
|
the which thou once didst bend against her breastx
|
|
but that thy brothers beat aside the pointx
|
|
gloucesterx i was provoked by her slandxrous tongue
|
|
that laid their guilt upon my guiltless shouldersx
|
|
annex thou wast provoked by thy bloody mindx
|
|
that never dreamxst on aught but butcheriesx
|
|
didst thou not kill this kingx
|
|
gloucesterx i grant yex
|
|
annex dost grant mex hedgehogx thenx god grant me to
|
|
thou mayst be damned for that wicked deedx
|
|
ox he was gentlex mildx and virtuousx
|
|
gloucesterx the better for the king of heavenx that hath
|
|
himx
|
|
annex he is in heavenx where thou shalt never comex
|
|
gloucesterx let him thank me that holp to send him
|
|
thitherx
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for he was fitter for that place than earthx
|
|
annex and thou unfit for any place but hellx
|
|
gloucesterx yesx one place elsex if you will hear me name itx
|
|
annex some dungeonx
|
|
gloucesterx your bedxchamberx
|
|
annex ill rest betide the chamber where thou liestx
|
|
gloucesterx so will itx madamx till i lie with youx
|
|
annex i hope sox
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gloucesterx i know sox butx gentle lady annex
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to leave this keen encounter of our witsx
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and fall something into a slower methodx
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is not the causer of the timeless deaths
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of these plantagenetsx henry and edwardx
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as blameful as the executionerx
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annex thou wast the cause and most accursxd effectx
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gloucesterx your beauty was the cause of that effectx
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your beauty that did haunt me in my sleep
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to undertake the death of all the world
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so i might live one hour in your sweet bosomx
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annex if i thought thatx i tell theex homicidex
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these nails should rend that beauty from my cheeksx
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gloucesterx these eyes could not endure that beautyxs
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wreckx
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you should not blemish it if i stood byx
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as all the world is cheered by the sunx
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so i by thatx it is my dayx my lifex
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annex black night oxershade thy dayx and death thy lifex
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gloucesterx curse not thyselfx fair creaturex thou art bothx
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annex i would i werex to be revengxd on theex
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gloucesterx it is a quarrel most unnaturalx
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to be revengxd on him that loveth theex
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annex it is a quarrel just and reasonablex
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to be revengxd on him that killxd my husbandx
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gloucesterx he that bereft theex ladyx of thy husband
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did it to help thee to a better husbandx
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annex his better doth not breathe upon the earthx
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gloucesterx he lives that loves thee better than he couldx
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annex name himx
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gloucesterx plantagenetx
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annex whyx that was hex
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gloucesterx the selfxsame namex but one of better naturex
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annex where is hex
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gloucesterx herex xshe spits at himx why dost thou spit
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at mex
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annex would it were mortal poisonx for thy sakex
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gloucesterx never came poison from so sweet a placex
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annex never hung poison on a fouler toadx
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out of my sightx thou dost infect mine eyesx
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gloucesterx thine eyesx sweet ladyx have infected minex
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annex would they were basilisks to strike thee deadx
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gloucesterx i would they werex that i might die at oncex
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for now they kill me with a living deathx
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those eyes of thine from mine have drawn salt tearsx
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shamxd their aspects with store of childish dropsx
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these eyesx which never shed remorseful tearx
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nox when my father york and edward wept
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to hear the piteous moan that rutland made
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when blackxfacxd clifford shook his sword at himx
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nor when thy warlike fatherx like a childx
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told the sad story of my fatherxs deathx
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and twenty times made pause to sob and weep
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that all the standersxby had wet their cheeks
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like trees bedashxd with rainxin that sad time
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my manly eyes did scorn an humble tearx
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and what these sorrows could not thence exhale
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thy beauty hathx and made them blind with weepingx
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i never sued to friend nor enemyx
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my tongue could never learn sweet smoothing wordx
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butx now thy beauty is proposxd my feex
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my proud heart suesx and prompts my tongue to speakx
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xshe looks scornfully at himx
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teach not thy lip such scornx for it was made
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for kissingx ladyx not for such contemptx
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if thy revengeful heart cannot forgivex
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lo here i lend thee this sharpxpointed swordx
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which if thou please to hide in this true breast
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and let the soul forth that adoreth theex
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i lay it naked to the deadly strokex
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and humbly beg the death upon my kneex
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|
xhe lays his breast openx she offers at it with his swordx
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nayx do not pausex for i did kill king henryx
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but xtwas thy beauty that provoked mex
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nayx now dispatchx xtwas i that stabbxd young edwardx
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but xtwas thy heavenly face that set me onx
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xshe falls the swordx
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take up the sword againx or take up mex
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annex arisex dissemblerx though i wish thy deathx
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i will not be thy executionerx
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gloucesterx then bid me kill myselfx and i will do itx
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annex i have alreadyx
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gloucesterx that was in thy ragex
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speak it againx and even with the word
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this handx which for thy love did kill thy lovex
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shall for thy love kill a far truer lovex
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to both their deaths shalt thou be accessaryx
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annex i would i knew thy heartx
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gloucesterx xtis figurxd in my tonguex
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annex i fear me both are falsex
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gloucesterx then never was man truex
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annex well put up your swordx
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gloucesterx sayx thenx my peace is madex
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annex that shalt thou know hereafterx
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gloucesterx but shall i live in hopex
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annex all menx i hopex live sox
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gloucesterx vouchsafe to wear this ringx
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|
annex to take is not to givex xputs on the ringx
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|
gloucesterx look how my ring encompasseth thy fingerx
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even so thy breast encloseth my poor heartx
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|
wear both of themx for both of them are thinex
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|
and if thy poor devoted servant may
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|
but beg one favour at thy gracious handx
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|
thou dost confirm his happiness for everx
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annex what is itx
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|
gloucesterx that it may please you leave these sad designs
|
|
to him that hath most cause to be a mournerx
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|
and presently repair to crosby housex
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|
wherexafter i have solemnly interrxd
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|
at chertsey monastxry this noble kingx
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|
and wet his grave with my repentant tearsx
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|
i will with all expedient duty see youx
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|
for divers unknown reasonsx i beseech youx
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grant me this boonx
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annex with all my heartx and much it joys me too
|
|
to see you are become so penitentx
|
|
tressel and berkeleyx go along with mex
|
|
gloucesterx bid me farewellx
|
|
annex xtis more than you deservex
|
|
but since you teach me how to flatter youx
|
|
imagine i have said farewell alreadyx
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|
exeunt two gentlemen with lady anne
|
|
gloucesterx sirsx take up the corsex
|
|
gentlemenx towards chertseyx noble lordx
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|
gloucesterx nox to white friarsx there attend my comingx
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|
exeunt all but gloucester
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was ever woman in this humour wooxdx
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was ever woman in this humour wonx
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ixll have herx but i will not keep her longx
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whatx i that killxd her husband and his fatherx
|
|
to take her in her heartxs extremest hatex
|
|
with curses in her mouthx tears in her eyesx
|
|
the bleeding witness of my hatred byx
|
|
having godx her consciencex and these bars against mex
|
|
and i no friends to back my suit at all
|
|
but the plain devil and dissembling looksx
|
|
and yet to win herx all the world to nothingx
|
|
hax
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|
hath she forgot already that brave princex
|
|
edwardx her lordx whom ix some three months sincex
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|
stabbxd in my angry mood at tewksburyx
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|
a sweeter and a lovelier gentlemanx
|
|
framxd in the prodigality of naturex
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|
youngx valiantx wisex and no doubt right royalx
|
|
the spacious world cannot again affordx
|
|
and will she yet abase her eyes on mex
|
|
that croppxd the golden prime of this sweet prince
|
|
and made her widow to a woeful bedx
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|
on mex whose all not equals edwardxs moietyx
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on mex that halts and am misshapen thusx
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|
my dukedom to a beggarly denierx
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|
i do mistake my person all this whilex
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|
upon my lifex she findsx although i cannotx
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|
myself to be a marvxllous proper manx
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|
ixll be at charges for a lookingxglassx
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|
and entertain a score or two of tailors
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|
to study fashions to adorn my bodyx
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|
since i am crept in favour with myselfx
|
|
i will maintain it with some little costx
|
|
but first ixll turn yon fellow in his gravex
|
|
and then return lamenting to my lovex
|
|
shine outx fair sunx till i have bought a glassx
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that i may see my shadow as i passx exit
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scene xx
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londonx the palace
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enter queen elizabethx lord riversx and lord grey
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riversx have patiencex madamx therexs no doubt his majesty
|
|
will soon recover his accustomxd healthx
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|
greyx in that you brook it illx it makes him worsex
|
|
thereforex for godxs sakex entertain good comfortx
|
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and cheer his grace with quick and merry eyesx
|
|
queen elizabethx if he were deadx what would betide on
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|
mex
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greyx no other harm but loss of such a lordx
|
|
queen elizabethx the loss of such a lord includes all
|
|
harmsx
|
|
greyx the heavens have blessxd you with a goodly son
|
|
to be your comforter when he is gonex
|
|
queen elizabethx ahx he is youngx and his minority
|
|
is put unto the trust of richard gloucesterx
|
|
a man that loves not mex nor none of youx
|
|
riverx is it concluded he shall be protectorx
|
|
queen elizabethx it is determinxdx not concluded yetx
|
|
but so it must bex if the king miscarryx
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enter buckingham and derby
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greyx here come the lords of buckingham and derbyx
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|
buckinghamx good time of day unto your royal gracex
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derbyx god make your majesty joyful as you have beenx
|
|
queen elizabethx the countess richmondx good my lord
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|
of derbyx
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|
to your good prayer will scarcely say amenx
|
|
yetx derbyx notwithstanding shexs your wife
|
|
and loves not mex be youx good lordx assurxd
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|
i hate not you for her proud arrogancex
|
|
derbyx i do beseech youx either not believe
|
|
the envious slanders of her false accusersx
|
|
orx if she be accusxd on true reportx
|
|
bear with her weaknessx which i think proceeds
|
|
from wayward sickness and no grounded malicex
|
|
queen elizabethx saw you the king toxdayx my lord of
|
|
derbyx
|
|
derbyx but now the duke of buckingham and i
|
|
are come from visiting his majestyx
|
|
queen elizabethx what likelihood of his amendmentx
|
|
lordsx
|
|
buckinghamx madamx good hopex his grace speaks
|
|
cheerfullyx
|
|
queen elizabethx god grant him healthx did you confer
|
|
with himx
|
|
buckinghamx ayx madamx he desires to make atonement
|
|
between the duke of gloucester and your brothersx
|
|
and between them and my lord chamberlainx
|
|
and sent to warn them to his royal presencex
|
|
queen elizabethx would all were wellx but that will
|
|
never bex
|
|
i fear our happiness is at the heightx
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|
|
|
enter gloucesterx hastingsx and dorset
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|
|
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gloucesterx they do me wrongx and i will not endure itx
|
|
who is it that complains unto the king
|
|
that ix forsoothx am stern and love them notx
|
|
by holy paulx they love his grace but lightly
|
|
that fill his ears with such dissentious rumoursx
|
|
because i cannot flatter and look fairx
|
|
smile in menxs facesx smoothx deceivex and cogx
|
|
duck with french nods and apish courtesyx
|
|
i must be held a rancorous enemyx
|
|
cannot a plain man live and think no harm
|
|
but thus his simple truth must be abusxd
|
|
with silkenx slyx insinuating jacksx
|
|
greyx to who in all this presence speaks your gracex
|
|
gloucesterx to theex that hast nor honesty nor gracex
|
|
when have i injurxd theex when done thee wrongx
|
|
or theex or theex or any of your factionx
|
|
a plague upon you allx his royal gracex
|
|
whom god preserve better than you would wishxx
|
|
cannot be quiet searce a breathing while
|
|
but you must trouble him with lewd complaintsx
|
|
queen elizabethx brother of gloucesterx you mistake the
|
|
matterx
|
|
the kingx on his own royal disposition
|
|
and not provokxd by any suitor elsex
|
|
aimingx belikex at your interior hatred
|
|
that in your outward action shows itself
|
|
against my childrenx brothersx and myselfx
|
|
makes him to send that he may learn the groundx
|
|
gloucesterx i cannot tellx the world is grown so bad
|
|
that wrens make prey where eagles dare not perchx
|
|
since every jack became a gentlemanx
|
|
therexs many a gentle person made a jackx
|
|
queen elizabethx comex comex we know your meaningx
|
|
brother gloucesterx
|
|
you envy my advancement and my friendsxx
|
|
god grant we never may have need of youx
|
|
gloucesterx meantimex god grants that i have need of youx
|
|
our brother is imprisonxd by your meansx
|
|
myself disgracxdx and the nobility
|
|
held in contemptx while great promotions
|
|
are daily given to ennoble those
|
|
that scarce some two days since were worth a noblex
|
|
queen elizabethx by him that raisxd me to this careful
|
|
height
|
|
from that contented hap which i enjoyxdx
|
|
i never did incense his majesty
|
|
against the duke of clarencex but have been
|
|
an earnest advocate to plead for himx
|
|
my lordx you do me shameful injury
|
|
falsely to draw me in these vile suspectsx
|
|
gloucesterx you may deny that you were not the mean
|
|
of my lord hastingsx late imprisonmentx
|
|
riversx she mayx my lordx forx
|
|
gloucesterx she mayx lord riversx whyx who knows
|
|
not sox
|
|
she may do morex sirx than denying thatx
|
|
she may help you to many fair preferments
|
|
and then deny her aiding hand thereinx
|
|
and lay those honours on your high desertx
|
|
what may she notx she mayxayx marryx may shex
|
|
riversx whatx marryx may shex
|
|
gloucesterx whatx marryx may shex marry with a kingx
|
|
a bachelorx and a handsome stripling toox
|
|
iwis your grandam had a worser matchx
|
|
queen elizabethx my lord of gloucesterx i have too long
|
|
borne
|
|
your blunt upbraidings and your bitter scoffsx
|
|
by heavenx i will acquaint his majesty
|
|
of those gross taunts that oft i have endurxdx
|
|
i had rather be a country servantxmaid
|
|
than a great queen with this conditionx
|
|
to be so baitedx scornxdx and stormed atx
|
|
|
|
enter old queen margaretx behind
|
|
|
|
small joy have i in being englandxs queenx
|
|
queen margaretx and lessxned be that smallx godx i
|
|
beseech himx
|
|
thy honourx statex and seatx is due to mex
|
|
gloucesterx whatx threat you me with telling of the
|
|
kingx
|
|
tell him and spare notx look what i have said
|
|
i will avouchxt in presence of the kingx
|
|
i dare adventure to be sent to thx towxrx
|
|
xtis time to speakxmy pains are quite forgotx
|
|
queen margaretx outx devilx i do remember them to
|
|
wellx
|
|
thou killxdst my husband henry in the towerx
|
|
and edwardx my poor sonx at tewksburyx
|
|
gloucesterx ere you were queenx ayx or your husband
|
|
kingx
|
|
i was a packxhorse in his great affairsx
|
|
a weederxout of his proud adversariesx
|
|
a liberal rewarder of his friendsx
|
|
to royalize his blood i spent mine ownx
|
|
queen margaretx ayx and much better blood than his or
|
|
thinex
|
|
gloucesterx in all which time you and your husband grey
|
|
were factious for the house of lancasterx
|
|
andx riversx so were youx was not your husband
|
|
in margaretxs battle at saint albans slainx
|
|
let me put in your mindsx if you forgetx
|
|
what you have been ere thisx and what you arex
|
|
withalx what i have beenx and what i amx
|
|
queen margaretx a murdxrous villainx and so still thou artx
|
|
gloucesterx poor clarence did forsake his fatherx warwickx
|
|
ayx and forswore himselfxwhich jesu pardonxx
|
|
queen margaretx which god revengex
|
|
gloucesterx to fight on edwardxs party for the crownx
|
|
and for his meedx poor lordx he is mewed upx
|
|
i would to god my heart were flint like edwardxsx
|
|
or edwardxs soft and pitiful like minex
|
|
i am too childishxfoolish for this worldx
|
|
queen margaretx hie thee to hell for shame and leave this
|
|
worldx
|
|
thou cacodemonx there thy kingdom isx
|
|
riversx my lord of gloucesterx in those busy days
|
|
which here you urge to prove us enemiesx
|
|
we followxd then our lordx our sovereign kingx
|
|
so should we youx if you should be our kingx
|
|
gloucesterx if i should bex i had rather be a pedlarx
|
|
far be it from my heartx the thought thereofx
|
|
queen elizabethx as little joyx my lordx as you suppose
|
|
you should enjoy were you this countryxs kingx
|
|
as little joy you may suppose in me
|
|
that i enjoyx being the queen thereofx
|
|
queen margaretx as little joy enjoys the queen thereofx
|
|
for i am shex and altogether joylessx
|
|
i can no longer hold me patientx xadvancingx
|
|
hear mex you wrangling piratesx that fall out
|
|
in sharing that which you have pillxd from mex
|
|
which of you trembles not that looks on mex
|
|
if not thatx i am queenx you bow like subjectsx
|
|
yet thatx by you deposxdx you quake like rebelsx
|
|
ahx gentle villainx do not turn awayx
|
|
gloucesterx foul wrinkled witchx what makxst thou in my
|
|
sightx
|
|
queen margaretx but repetition of what thou hast marrxdx
|
|
that will i make before i let thee gox
|
|
gloucesterx wert thou not banished on pain of deathx
|
|
queen margaretx i wasx but i do find more pain in
|
|
banishment
|
|
than death can yield me here by my abodex
|
|
a husband and a son thou owxst to mex
|
|
and thou a kingdomx all of you allegiancex
|
|
this sorrow that i have by right is yoursx
|
|
and all the pleasures you usurp are minex
|
|
gloucesterx the curse my noble father laid on theex
|
|
when thou didst crown his warlike brows with paper
|
|
and with thy scorns drewxst rivers from his eyesx
|
|
and then to dry them gavxst the duke a clout
|
|
steepxd in the faultless blood of pretty rutlandx
|
|
his curses then from bitterness of soul
|
|
denouncxd against thee are all fallxn upon theex
|
|
and godx not wex hath plaguxd thy bloody deedx
|
|
queen elizabethx so just is god to right the innocentx
|
|
hastingsx ox xtwas the foulest deed to slay that babex
|
|
and the most merciless that exer was heard ofx
|
|
riversx tyrants themselves wept when it was reportedx
|
|
dorsetx no man but prophesied revenge for itx
|
|
buckinghamx northumberlandx then presentx wept to see itx
|
|
queen margaretx whatx were you snarling all before i camex
|
|
ready to catch each other by the throatx
|
|
and turn you all your hatred now on mex
|
|
did yorkxs dread curse prevail so much with heaven
|
|
that henryxs deathx my lovely edwardxs deathx
|
|
their kingdomxs lossx my woeful banishmentx
|
|
should all but answer for that peevish bratx
|
|
can curses pierce the clouds and enter heavenx
|
|
why thenx give wayx dull cloudsx to my quick cursesx
|
|
though not by warx by surfeit die your kingx
|
|
as ours by murderx to make him a kingx
|
|
edward thy sonx that now is prince of walesx
|
|
for edward our sonx that was prince of walesx
|
|
die in his youth by like untimely violencex
|
|
thyself a queenx for me that was a queenx
|
|
outlive thy gloryx like my wretched selfx
|
|
long mayest thou live to wail thy childrenxs deathx
|
|
and see anotherx as i see thee nowx
|
|
deckxd in thy rightsx as thou art stallxd in minex
|
|
long die thy happy days before thy deathx
|
|
andx after many lengthxned hours of griefx
|
|
die neither motherx wifex nor englandxs queenx
|
|
rivers and dorsetx you were standers byx
|
|
and so wast thoux lord hastingsx when my son
|
|
was stabbxd with bloody daggersx godx i pray himx
|
|
that none of you may live his natural agex
|
|
but by some unlookxd accident cut offx
|
|
gloucesterx have done thy charmx thou hateful witherxd
|
|
hagx
|
|
queen margaretx and leave out theex stayx dogx for thou
|
|
shalt hear mex
|
|
if heaven have any grievous plague in store
|
|
exceeding those that i can wish upon theex
|
|
ox let them keep it till thy sins be ripex
|
|
and then hurl down their indignation
|
|
on theex the troubler of the poor worldxs peacex
|
|
the worm of conscience still bexgnaw thy soulx
|
|
thy friends suspect for traitors while thou livxstx
|
|
and take deep traitors for thy dearest friendsx
|
|
no sleep close up that deadly eye of thinex
|
|
unless it be while some tormenting dream
|
|
affrights thee with a hell of ugly devilsx
|
|
thou elvishxmarkxdx abortivex rooting hogx
|
|
thou that wast sealxd in thy nativity
|
|
the slave of nature and the son of hellx
|
|
thou slander of thy heavy motherxs wombx
|
|
thou loathed issue of thy fatherxs loinsx
|
|
thou rag of honourx thou detestedx
|
|
gloucesterx margaretx
|
|
queen margaretx richardx
|
|
gloucesterx hax
|
|
queen margaretx i call thee notx
|
|
gloucesterx i cry thee mercy thenx for i did think
|
|
that thou hadst callxd me all these bitter namesx
|
|
queen margaretx whyx so i didx but lookxd for no replyx
|
|
ox let me make the period to my cursex
|
|
gloucesterx xtis done by mex and ends inxmargaretx
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queen elizabethx thus have you breathxd your curse
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against yourselfx
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queen margaretx poor painted queenx vain flourish of my
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fortunex
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why strewxst thou sugar on that bottled spider
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whose deadly web ensnareth thee aboutx
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foolx foolx thou whetxst a knife to kill thyselfx
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the day will come that thou shalt wish for me
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to help thee curse this poisonous bunchxbackxd toadx
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hastingsx falsexboding womanx end thy frantic cursex
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lest to thy harm thou move our patiencex
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queen margaretx foul shame upon youx you have all
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movxd minex
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riversx were you well servxdx you would be taught your
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dutyx
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queen margaretx to serve me well you all should do me
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dutyx
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teach me to be your queen and you my subjectsx
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ox serve me wellx and teach yourselves that dutyx
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dorsetx dispute not with herx she is lunaticx
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queen margaretx peacex master marquisx you are malapertx
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your firexnew stamp of honour is scarce currentx
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ox that your young nobility could judge
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what xtwere to lose it and be miserablex
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they that stand high have many blasts to shake themx
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and if they fall they dash themselves to piecesx
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gloucesterx good counselx marryx learn itx learn itx marquisx
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dorsetx it touches youx my lordx as much as mex
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gloucesterx ayx and much morex but i was born so highx
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our aery buildeth in the cedarxs topx
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and dallies with the windx and scorns the sunx
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queen margaretx and turns the sun to shadexalasx alasx
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witness my sonx now in the shade of deathx
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whose bright outxshining beams thy cloudy wrath
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hath in eternal darkness folded upx
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your aery buildeth in our aeryxs nestx
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o god that seest itx do not suffer itx
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as it is won with bloodx lost be it sox
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buckinghamx peacex peacex for shamex if not for charityx
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queen margaretx urge neither charity nor shame to mex
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uncharitably with me have you dealtx
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and shamefully my hopes by you are butcherxdx
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my charity is outragex life my shamex
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and in that shame still live my sorrowxs ragex
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buckinghamx have donex have donex
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queen margaretx o princely buckinghamx ixll kiss thy
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hand
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in sign of league and amity with theex
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now fair befall thee and thy noble housex
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thy garments are not spotted with our bloodx
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nor thou within the compass of my cursex
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buckinghamx nor no one herex for curses never pass
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the lips of those that breathe them in the airx
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queen margaretx i will not think but they ascend the sky
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and there awake godxs gentlexsleeping peacex
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o buckinghamx take heed of yonder dogx
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look when he fawnsx he bitesx and when he bitesx
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his venom tooth will rankle to the deathx
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have not to do with himx beware of himx
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sinx deathx and hellx have set their marks on himx
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and all their ministers attend on himx
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gloucesterx what doth she sayx my lord of buckinghamx
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buckinghamx nothing that i respectx my gracious lordx
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queen margaretx whatx dost thou scorn me for my gentle
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counselx
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and soothe the devil that i warn thee fromx
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ox but remember this another dayx
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when he shall split thy very heart with sorrowx
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and say poor margaret was a prophetessx
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live each of you the subjects to his hatex
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and he to yoursx and all of you to godxsx exit
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buckinghamx my hair doth stand an end to hear her cursesx
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riversx and so doth minex i muse why shexs at libertyx
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gloucesterx i cannot blame herx by godxs holy motherx
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she hath had too much wrongx and i repent
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my part thereof that i have done to herx
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queen elizabethx i never did her any to my knowledgex
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gloucesterx yet you have all the vantage of her wrongx
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i was too hot to do somebody good
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that is too cold in thinking of it nowx
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marryx as for clarencex he is well repaidx
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he is frankxd up to fatting for his painsx
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god pardon them that are the cause thereofx
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riversx a virtuous and a christianxlike conclusionx
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to pray for them that have done scathe to usx
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gloucesterx so do i everx xasidex being well advisxdx
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for had i cursxd nowx i had cursxd myselfx
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enter catesby
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catesbyx madamx his majesty doth can for youx
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and for your gracex and youx my gracious lordsx
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queen elizabethx catesbyx i comex lordsx will you go
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|
with mex
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riversx we wait upon your gracex
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exeunt all but gloucester
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gloucesterx i do the wrongx and first begin to brawlx
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the secret mischiefs that i set abroach
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i lay unto the grievous charge of othersx
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clarencex who i indeed have cast in darknessx
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i do beweep to many simple gullsx
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namelyx to derbyx hastingsx buckinghamx
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and tell them xtis the queen and her allies
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that stir the king against the duke my brotherx
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now they believe itx and withal whet me
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|
to be revengxd on riversx dorsetx greyx
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|
but then i sigh andx with a piece of scripturex
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tell them that god bids us do good for evilx
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|
and thus i clothe my naked villainy
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|
with odd old ends stolxn forth of holy writx
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and seem a saint when most i play the devilx
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enter two murderers
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butx softx here come my executionersx
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how nowx my hardy stout resolved matesx
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are you now going to dispatch this thingx
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|
first murdererx we arex my lordx and come to have the
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warrantx
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that we may be admitted where he isx
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|
gloucesterx well thought uponx i have it here about mex
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|
xgives the warrantx
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|
when you have donex repair to crosby placex
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butx sirsx be sudden in the executionx
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withal obduratex do not hear him pleadx
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for clarence is wellxspokenx and perhaps
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may move your hearts to pityx if you mark himx
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first murdererx tutx tutx my lordx we will not stand to
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|
pratex
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talkers are no good doersx be assurxd
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we go to use our hands and not our tonguesx
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gloucesterx your eyes drop millstones when foolsx eyes fall
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|
tearsx
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i like youx ladsx about your business straightx
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|
gox gox dispatchx
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first murdererx we willx my noble lordx exeunt
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scene xx
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londonx the tower
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enter clarence and keeper
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keeperx why looks your grace so heavily toxdayx
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clarencex ox i have passxd a miserable nightx
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so full of fearful dreamsx of ugly sightsx
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thatx as i am a christian faithful manx
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i would not spend another such a night
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|
though xtwere to buy a world of happy daysx
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so full of dismal terror was the timex
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keeperx what was your dreamx my lordx i pray you
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|
tell mex
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clarencex methoughts that i had broken from the tower
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and was embarkxd to cross to burgundyx
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and in my company my brother gloucesterx
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who from my cabin tempted me to walk
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|
upon the hatchesx thence we lookxd toward englandx
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|
and cited up a thousand heavy timesx
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|
during the wars of york and lancasterx
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that had befallxn usx as we pacxd along
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|
upon the giddy footing of the hatchesx
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methought that gloucester stumbledx and in falling
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struck mex that thought to stay himx overboard
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|
into the tumbling billows of the mainx
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o lordx methought what pain it was to drownx
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what dreadful noise of waters in my earsx
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what sights of ugly death within my eyesx
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methoughts i saw a thousand fearful wrecksx
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a thousand men that fishes gnawxd uponx
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wedges of goldx great anchorsx heaps of pearlx
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inestimable stonesx unvalued jewelsx
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all scattxred in the bottom of the seax
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|
some lay in dead menxs skullsx and in the holes
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|
where eyes did once inhabit there were creptx
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|
as xtwere in scorn of eyesx reflecting gemsx
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|
that wooxd the slimy bottom of the deep
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|
and mockxd the dead bones that lay scattxred byx
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|
keeperx had you such leisure in the time of death
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|
to gaze upon these secrets of the deepx
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|
clarencex methought i hadx and often did i strive
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|
to yield the ghostx but still the envious flood
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|
stoppxd in my soul and would not let it forth
|
|
to find the emptyx vastx and wandxring airx
|
|
but smotherxd it within my panting bulkx
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|
who almost burst to belch it in the seax
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|
keeperx awakxd you not in this sore agonyx
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|
clarencex nox nox my dream was lengthenxd after lifex
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|
ox then began the tempest to my soulx
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i passxdx methoughtx the melancholy flood
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|
with that sour ferryman which poets write ofx
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|
unto the kingdom of perpetual nightx
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|
the first that there did greet my stranger soul
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|
was my great fatherxinxlawx renowned warwickx
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|
who spake aloud xwhat scourge for perjury
|
|
can this dark monarchy afford false clarencexx
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|
and so he vanishxdx then came wandxring by
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|
a shadow like an angelx with bright hair
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|
dabbled in bloodx and he shriekxd out aloud
|
|
xclarence is comexfalsex fleetingx perjurxd clarencex
|
|
that stabbxd me in the field by tewksburyx
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|
seize on himx furiesx take him unto tormentxx
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|
with thatx methoughtsx a legion of foul fiends
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|
environxd mex and howled in mine ears
|
|
such hideous cries thatx with the very noisex
|
|
i trembling wakxdx and for a season after
|
|
could not believe but that i was in hellx
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|
such terrible impression made my dreamx
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|
keeperx no marvelx lordx though it affrighted youx
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|
i am afraidx methinksx to hear you tell itx
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|
clarencex ahx keeperx keeperx i have done these things
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|
that now give evidence against my soul
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|
for edwardxs sakex and see how he requites mex
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|
o godx if my deep prayers cannot appease theex
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|
but thou wilt be avengxd on my misdeedsx
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|
yet execute thy wrath in me alonex
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|
ox spare my guiltless wife and my poor childrenx
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|
keeperx i prithee sit by me awhilex
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|
my soul is heavyx and i fain would sleepx
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|
keeperx i willx my lordx god give your grace good restx
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|
xclarence sleepsx
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|
enter brakenbury the lieutenant
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|
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|
brakenburyx sorrow breaks seasons and reposing hoursx
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|
makes the night morning and the noontide nightx
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|
princes have but their titles for their gloriesx
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|
an outward honour for an inward toilx
|
|
and for unfelt imaginations
|
|
they often feel a world of restless caresx
|
|
so that between their tides and low name
|
|
therexs nothing differs but the outward famex
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|
enter the two murderers
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|
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|
first murdererx hox whoxs herex
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|
brakenburyx what wouldst thoux fellowx and how camxst
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|
thou hitherx
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|
first murdererx i would speak with clarencex and i came
|
|
hither on my legsx
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|
brakenburyx whatx so briefx
|
|
second murdererx xtis betterx sirx than to be tediousx let
|
|
him see our commission and talk no morex
|
|
xbrakenbury reads itx
|
|
brakenburyx i amx in thisx commanded to deliver
|
|
the noble duke of clarence to your handsx
|
|
i will not reason what is meant herebyx
|
|
because i will be guiltless from the meaningx
|
|
there lies the duke asleepx and there the keysx
|
|
ixll to the king and signify to him
|
|
that thus i have resignxd to you my chargex
|
|
first murdererx you mayx sirx xtis a point of wisdomx fare
|
|
you wellx exeunt brakenbury and keeper
|
|
second murdererx whatx shall i stab him as he sleepsx
|
|
first murdererx nox hexll say xtwas done cowardlyx when
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|
he wakesx
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|
second murdererx whyx he shall never wake until the great
|
|
judgmentxdayx
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|
first murdererx whyx then hexll say we stabbxd him
|
|
sleepingx
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|
second murdererx the urging of that word judgment hath
|
|
bred a kind of remorse in mex
|
|
first murdererx whatx art thou afraidx
|
|
second murdererx not to kill himx having a warrantx but to
|
|
be damnxd for killing himx from the which no warrant can
|
|
defend mex
|
|
first murdererx i thought thou hadst been resolutex
|
|
second murdererx so i amx to let him livex
|
|
first murdererx ixll back to the duke of gloucester and
|
|
tell him sox
|
|
second murdererx nayx i pritheex stay a littlex i hope this
|
|
passionate humour of mine will changex it was wont to
|
|
hold me but while one tells twentyx
|
|
first murdererx how dost thou feel thyself nowx
|
|
second murdererx faithx some certain dregs of conscience
|
|
are yet within mex
|
|
first murdererx remember our rewardx when the deedxs
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|
donex
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|
second murdererx zoundsx he diesx i had forgot the rewardx
|
|
first murdererx wherexs thy conscience nowx
|
|
second murdererx ox in the duke of gloucesterxs pursex
|
|
first murdererx when he opens his purse to give us our
|
|
rewardx thy conscience flies outx
|
|
second murdererx xtis no matterx let it gox therexs few or
|
|
none will entertain itx
|
|
first murdererx what if it come to thee againx
|
|
second murdererx ixll not meddle with itxit makes a man
|
|
cowardx a man cannot stealx but it accuseth himx a man
|
|
cannot swearx but it checks himx a man cannot lie with his
|
|
neighbourxs wifex but it detects himx xtis a blushing shamex
|
|
facxd spirit that mutinies in a manxs bosomx it fills a man
|
|
full of obstaclesx it made me once restore a purse of gold
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|
thatxby chance i foundx it beggars any man that keeps itx
|
|
it is turnxd out of towns and cities for a dangerous thingx
|
|
and every man that means to live well endeavours to trust
|
|
to himself and live without itx
|
|
first murdererx zoundsx xtis even now at my elbowx
|
|
persuading me not to kill the dukex
|
|
second murdererx take the devil in thy mind and believe
|
|
him notx he would insinuate with thee but to make the
|
|
sighx
|
|
first murdererx i am strongxframxdx he cannot prevail with
|
|
mex
|
|
second murdererx spoke like a tall man that respects thy
|
|
reputationx comex shall we fall to workx
|
|
first murdererx take him on the costard with the hilts of
|
|
thy swordx and then chop him in the malmseyxbutt in the
|
|
next roomx
|
|
second murdererx o excellent devicex and make a sop of
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|
himx
|
|
first murdererx softx he wakesx
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|
second murdererx strikex
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|
first murdererx nox wexll reason with himx
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|
clarencex where art thoux keeperx give me a cup of winex
|
|
second murdererx you shall have wine enoughx my lordx
|
|
anonx
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|
clarencex in godxs namex what art thoux
|
|
first murdererx a manx as you arex
|
|
clarencex but not as i amx royalx
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|
second murdererx nor you as we arex loyalx
|
|
clarencex thy voice is thunderx but thy looks are humblex
|
|
first murdererx my voice is now the kingxsx my looks
|
|
mine ownx
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|
clarencex how darkly and how deadly dost thou speakx
|
|
your eyes do menace mex why look you palex
|
|
who sent you hitherx wherefore do you comex
|
|
second murdererx tox tox tox
|
|
clarencex to murder mex
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|
both murderersx ayx ayx
|
|
clarencex you scarcely have the hearts to tell me sox
|
|
and therefore cannot have the hearts to do itx
|
|
whereinx my friendsx have i offended youx
|
|
first murdererx offended us you have notx but the kingx
|
|
clarencex i shall be reconcilxd to him againx
|
|
second murdererx neverx my lordx therefore prepare to diex
|
|
clarencex are you drawn forth among a world of men
|
|
to slay the innocentx what is my offencex
|
|
where is the evidence that doth accuse mex
|
|
what lawful quest have given their verdict up
|
|
unto the frowning judgex or who pronouncxd
|
|
the bitter sentence of poor clarencex deathx
|
|
before i be convict by course of lawx
|
|
to threaten me with death is most unlawfulx
|
|
i charge youx as you hope to have redemption
|
|
by christxs dear blood shed for our grievous sinsx
|
|
that you depart and lay no hands on mex
|
|
the deed you undertake is damnablex
|
|
first murdererx what we will dox we do upon commandx
|
|
second murdererx and he that hath commanded is our
|
|
kingx
|
|
clarencex erroneous vassalsx the great king of kings
|
|
hath in the tables of his law commanded
|
|
that thou shalt do no murderx will you then
|
|
spurn at his edict and fulfil a manxsx
|
|
take heedx for he holds vengeance in his hand
|
|
to hurl upon their heads that break his lawx
|
|
second murdererx and that same vengeance doth he hurl
|
|
on thee
|
|
for false forswearingx and for murder toox
|
|
thou didst receive the sacrament to fight
|
|
in quarrel of the house of lancasterx
|
|
first murdererx and like a traitor to the name of god
|
|
didst break that vowx and with thy treacherous blade
|
|
unrippxdst the bowels of thy sovxreignxs sonx
|
|
second murdererx whom thou wast sworn to cherish and
|
|
defendx
|
|
first murdererx how canst thou urge godxs dreadful law
|
|
to usx
|
|
when thou hast broke it in such dear degreex
|
|
clarencex alasx for whose sake did i that ill deedx
|
|
for edwardx for my brotherx for his sakex
|
|
he sends you not to murder me for thisx
|
|
for in that sin he is as deep as ix
|
|
if god will be avenged for the deedx
|
|
ox know you yet he doth it publiclyx
|
|
take not the quarrel from his powxrful armx
|
|
he needs no indirect or lawless course
|
|
to cut off those that have offended himx
|
|
first murdererx who made thee then a bloody minister
|
|
when gallantxspringing brave plantagenetx
|
|
that princely novicex was struck dead by theex
|
|
clarencex my brotherxs lovex the devilx and my ragex
|
|
first murdererx thy brotherxs lovex our dutyx and thy
|
|
faultsx
|
|
provoke us hither now to slaughter theex
|
|
clarencex if you do love my brotherx hate not mex
|
|
i am his brotherx and i love him wellx
|
|
if you are hirxd for meedx go back againx
|
|
and i will send you to my brother gloucesterx
|
|
who shall reward you better for my life
|
|
than edward will for tidings of my deathx
|
|
second murdererx you are deceivxdx your brother gloucester
|
|
hates youx
|
|
clarencex ox nox he loves mex and he holds me dearx
|
|
go you to him from mex
|
|
first murdererx ayx so we willx
|
|
clarencex tell him when that our princely father york
|
|
blessxd his three sons with his victorious arm
|
|
and chargxd us from his soul to love each otherx
|
|
he little thought of this divided friendshipx
|
|
bid gloucester think of thisx and he will weepx
|
|
first murdererx ayx millstonesx as he lessonxd us to weepx
|
|
clarencex ox do not slander himx for he is kindx
|
|
first murdererx rightx as snow in harvestx comex you
|
|
deceive yourselfx
|
|
xtis he that sends us to destroy you herex
|
|
clarencex it cannot bex for he bewept my fortune
|
|
and huggxd me in his armsx and swore with sobs
|
|
that he would labour my deliveryx
|
|
first murdererx whyx so he dothx when he delivers you
|
|
from this earthxs thraldom to the joys of heavenx
|
|
second murdererx make peace with godx for you must diex
|
|
my lordx
|
|
clarencex have you that holy feeling in your souls
|
|
to counsel me to make my peace with godx
|
|
and are you yet to your own souls so blind
|
|
that you will war with god by murdxring mex
|
|
ox sirsx considerx they that set you on
|
|
to do this deed will hate you for the deedx
|
|
second murdererx what shall we dox
|
|
clarencex relentx and save your soulsx
|
|
first murdererx relentx nox xtis cowardly and womanishx
|
|
clarencex not to relent is beastlyx savagex devilishx
|
|
which of youx if you were a princexs sonx
|
|
being pent from liberty as i am nowx
|
|
if two such murderers as yourselves came to youx
|
|
would not entreat for lifex
|
|
my friendx i spy some pity in thy looksx
|
|
ox if thine eye be not a flattererx
|
|
come thou on my side and entreat for mex
|
|
as you would beg were you in my distressx
|
|
a begging prince what beggar pities notx
|
|
second murdererx look behind youx my lordx
|
|
first murdererx xstabbing himx take thatx and thatx if all
|
|
this will not dox
|
|
ixll drown you in the malmseyxbutt withinx
|
|
exit with the body
|
|
second murdererx a bloody deedx and desperately
|
|
dispatchxdx
|
|
how fainx like pilatex would i wash my hands
|
|
of this most grievous murderx
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|
|
|
rexenter first murderer
|
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|
|
first murdererxhow nowx what meanxst thou that thou
|
|
helpxst me notx
|
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by heavensx the duke shall know how slack you have
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beenx
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second murdererx i would he knew that i had savxd his
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brotherx
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take thou the feex and tell him what i sayx
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for i repent me that the duke is slainx exit
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first murdererx so do not ix gox coward as thou artx
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wellx ixll go hide the body in some holex
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till that the duke give order for his burialx
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and when i have my meedx i will awayx
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for this will outx and then i must not stayx exit
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act iix scene xx
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londonx the palace
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flourishx enter king edward sickx queen elizabethx dorsetx riversx
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hastingsx buckinghamx greyx and others
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king edwardx whyx sox now have i done a good dayxs
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workx
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you peersx continue this united leaguex
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i every day expect an embassage
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from my redeemer to redeem me hencex
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and more at peace my soul shall part to heavenx
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since i have made my friends at peace on earthx
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hastings and riversx take each otherxs handx
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dissemble not your hatredx swear your lovex
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riversx by heavenx my soul is purgxd from grudging hatex
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and with my hand i seal my true heartxs lovex
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hastingsx so thrive ix as i truly swear the likex
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king edwardx take heed you dally not before your kingx
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lest he that is the supreme king of kings
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confound your hidden falsehood and award
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either of you to be the otherxs endx
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hastingsx so prosper ix as i swear perfect lovex
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riversx and ix as i love hastings with my heartx
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king edwardx madamx yourself is not exempt from thisx
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nor youx son dorsetx buckinghamx nor youx
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you have been factious one against the otherx
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wifex love lord hastingsx let him kiss your handx
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and what you dox do it unfeignedlyx
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queen elizabethx therex hastingsx i will never more
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remember
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our former hatredx so thrive i and minex
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king edwardx dorsetx embrace himx hastingsx love lord
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marquisx
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dorsetx this interchange of lovex i here protestx
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upon my part shall be inviolablex
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hastingsx and so swear ix xthey embracex
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king edwardx nowx princely buckinghamx seal thou this
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league
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with thy embracements to my wifexs alliesx
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and make me happy in your unityx
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buckinghamx xto the queenx whenever buckingham
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doth turn his hate
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upon your gracex but with all duteous love
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doth cherish you and yoursx god punish me
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with hate in those where i expect most lovex
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when i have most need to employ a friend
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and most assured that he is a friendx
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deepx hollowx treacherousx and full of guilex
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be he unto mex this do i beg of god
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when i am cold in love to you or yoursx
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xthey embracex
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king edwardx a pleasing cordialx princely buckinghamx
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is this thy vow unto my sickly heartx
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there wanteth now our brother gloucester here
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to make the blessed period of this peacex
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buckinghamx andx in good timex
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here comes sir richard ratcliff and the dukex
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enter gloucesterx and ratcliff
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gloucesterx good morrow to my sovereign king and
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queenx
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andx princely peersx a happy time of dayx
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king edwardx happyx indeedx as we have spent the dayx
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gloucesterx we have done deeds of charityx
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made peace of enmityx fair love of hatex
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between these swelling wrongxincensed peersx
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gloucesterx a blessed labourx my most sovereign lordx
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among this princely heapx if any herex
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by false intelligence or wrong surmisex
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hold me a foex
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if i unwittinglyx or in my ragex
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have aught committed that is hardly borne
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to any in this presencex i desire
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to reconcile me to his friendly peacex
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xtis death to me to be at enmityx
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i hate itx and desire all good menxs lovex
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firstx madamx i entreat true peace of youx
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which i will purchase with my duteous servicex
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of youx my noble cousin buckinghamx
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if ever any grudge were lodgxd between usx
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of youx and youx lord riversx and of dorsetx
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that all without desert have frownxd on mex
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of youx lord woodvillex andx lord scalesx of youx
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dukesx earlsx lordsx gentlemenxindeedx of allx
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i do not know that englishman alive
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with whom my soul is any jot at odds
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more than the infant that is born toxnightx
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i thank my god for my humilityx
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queen elizabethx a holy day shall this be kept hereafterx
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i would to god all strifes were well compoundedx
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my sovereign lordx i do beseech your highness
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to take our brother clarence to your gracex
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gloucesterx whyx madamx have i offxred love for thisx
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to be so flouted in this royal presencex
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who knows not that the gentle duke is deadx
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xthey all startx
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you do him injury to scorn his corsex
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king edwardx who knows not he is deadx who knows
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he isx
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queen elizabethx allxseeing heavenx what a world is thisx
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buckinghamx look i so palex lord dorsetx as the restx
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dorsetx ayx my good lordx and no man in the presence
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but his red colour hath forsook his cheeksx
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king edwardx is clarence deadx the order was reversxdx
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gloucesterx but hex poor manx by your first order diedx
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and that a winged mercury did bearx
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some tardy cripple bare the countermand
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that came too lag to see him buriedx
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|
god grant that somex less noble and less loyalx
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nearer in bloody thoughtsx an not in bloodx
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deserve not worse than wretched clarence didx
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and yet go current from suspicionx
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enter derby
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derbyx a boonx my sovereignx for my service donex
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king edwardx i pritheex peacex my soul is full of sorrowx
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derbyx i will not rise unless your highness hear mex
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king edwardx then say at once what is it thou requestsx
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derbyx the forfeitx sovereignx of my servantxs lifex
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|
who slew toxday a riotous gentleman
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|
lately attendant on the duke of norfolkx
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|
king edwardx have i a tongue to doom my brotherxs deathx
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and shall that tongue give pardon to a slavex
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|
my brother killed no manxhis fault was thoughtx
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and yet his punishment was bitter deathx
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|
who sued to me for himx whox in my wrathx
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|
kneelxd at my feetx and bid me be advisxdx
|
|
who spoke of brotherhoodx who spoke of lovex
|
|
who told me how the poor soul did forsake
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|
the mighty warwick and did fight for mex
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|
who told mex in the field at tewksbury
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when oxford had me downx he rescued me
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|
and said xdear brotherx livex and be a kingxx
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|
who told mex when we both lay in the field
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frozen almost to deathx how he did lap me
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even in his garmentsx and did give himselfx
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all thin and nakedx to the numb cold nightx
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|
all this from my remembrance brutish wrath
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|
sinfully pluckxdx and not a man of you
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|
had so much race to put it in my mindx
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|
but when your carters or your waitingxvassals
|
|
have done a drunken slaughter and defacxd
|
|
the precious image of our dear redeemerx
|
|
you straight are on your knees for pardonx pardonx
|
|
and ix unjustly toox must grant it youx xderby risesx
|
|
but for my brother not a man would speakx
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|
nor ix ungraciousx speak unto myself
|
|
for himx poor soulx the proudest of you all
|
|
have been beholding to him in his lifex
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|
yet none of you would once beg for his lifex
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|
o godx i fear thy justice will take hold
|
|
on mex and youx and minex and yoursx for thisx
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|
comex hastingsx help me to my closetx ahx poor clarencex
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|
exeunt some with king and queen
|
|
gloucesterx this is the fruits of rashnessx markxd you not
|
|
how that the guilty kindred of the queen
|
|
lookxd pale when they did hear of clarencex deathx
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|
ox they did urge it still unto the kingx
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|
god will revenge itx comex lordsx will you go
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|
to comfort edward with our companyx
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|
buckinghamx we wait upon your gracex exeunt
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scene xx
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londonx the palace
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enter the old duchess of yorkx with the son and daughter of clarence
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sonx good grandamx tell usx is our father deadx
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duchessx nox boyx
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|
daughterx why do you weep so oftx and beat your breastx
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|
and cry xo clarencex my unhappy sonxxx
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|
sonx why do you look on usx and shake your headx
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|
and call us orphansx wretchesx castawaysx
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|
if that our noble father were alivex
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|
duchessx my pretty cousinsx you mistake me bothx
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|
i do lament the sickness of the kingx
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|
as loath to lose himx not your fatherxs deathx
|
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it were lost sorrow to wail one thatxs lostx
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|
sonx then you concludex my grandamx he is deadx
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|
the king mine uncle is to blame for itx
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god will revenge itx whom i will importune
|
|
with earnest prayers all to that effectx
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|
daughterx and so will ix
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|
duchessx peacex childrenx peacex the king doth love you
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|
wellx
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|
incapable and shallow innocentsx
|
|
you cannot guess who causxd your fatherxs deathx
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|
sonx grandamx we canx for my good uncle gloucester
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|
told me the kingx provokxd to it by the queenx
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|
devisxd impeachments to imprison himx
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|
and when my uncle told me sox he weptx
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|
and pitied mex and kindly kissxd my cheekx
|
|
bade me rely on him as on my fatherx
|
|
and he would love me dearly as a childx
|
|
duchessx ahx that deceit should steal such gentle shapex
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|
and with a virtuous vizor hide deep vicex
|
|
he is my sonx ayx and therein my shamex
|
|
yet from my dugs he drew not this deceitx
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|
sonx think you my uncle did dissemblex grandamx
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|
duchessx ayx boyx
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|
sonx i cannot think itx harkx what noise is thisx
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|
enter queen elizabethx with her hair about her
|
|
earsx rivers and dorset after her
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queen elizabethx ahx who shall hinder me to wail and
|
|
weepx
|
|
to chide my fortunex and torment myselfx
|
|
ixll join with black despair against my soul
|
|
and to myself become an enemyx
|
|
duchessx what means this scene of rude impatiencex
|
|
queen elizabethx to make an act of tragic violencex
|
|
edwardx my lordx thy sonx our kingx is deadx
|
|
why grow the branches when the root is gonex
|
|
why wither not the leaves that want their sapx
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|
if you will livex lamentx if diex be briefx
|
|
that our swiftxwinged souls may catch the kingxsx
|
|
or like obedient subjects follow him
|
|
to his new kingdom of nexerxchanging nightx
|
|
duchessx ahx so much interest have i in thy sorrow
|
|
as i had title in thy noble husbandx
|
|
i have bewept a worthy husbandxs deathx
|
|
and livxd with looking on his imagesx
|
|
but now two mirrors of his princely semblance
|
|
are crackxd in pieces by malignant deathx
|
|
and i for comfort have but one false glassx
|
|
that grieves me when i see my shame in himx
|
|
thou art a widowx yet thou art a mother
|
|
and hast the comfort of thy children leftx
|
|
but death hath snatchxd my husband from mine arms
|
|
and pluckxd two crutches from my feeble handsx
|
|
clarence and edwardx ox what cause have ix
|
|
thine being but a moiety of my moanx
|
|
to overgo thy woes and drown thy criesx
|
|
sonx ahx auntx you wept not for our fatherxs deathx
|
|
how can we aid you with our kindred tearsx
|
|
daughterx our fatherless distress was left unmoanxdx
|
|
your widowxdolour likewise be unweptx
|
|
queen elizabethx give me no help in lamentationx
|
|
i am not barren to bring forth complaintsx
|
|
all springs reduce their currents to mine eyes
|
|
that ix being governxd by the watery moonx
|
|
may send forth plenteous tears to drown the worldx
|
|
ah for my husbandx for my dear lord edwardx
|
|
childrenx ah for our fatherx for our dear lord clarencex
|
|
duchessx alas for bothx both minex edward and clarencex
|
|
queen elizabethx what stay had i but edwardx and hexs
|
|
gonex
|
|
childrenx what stay had we but clarencex and hexs gonex
|
|
duchessx what stays had i but theyx and they are gonex
|
|
queen elizabethx was never widow had so dear a lossx
|
|
childrenx were never orphans had so dear a lossx
|
|
duchessx was never mother had so dear a lossx
|
|
alasx i am the mother of these griefsx
|
|
their woes are parcellxdx mine is generalx
|
|
she for an edward weepsx and so do ix
|
|
i for a clarence weepx so doth not shex
|
|
these babes for clarence weepx and so do ix
|
|
i for an edward weepx so do not theyx
|
|
alasx you three on mex threefold distressxdx
|
|
pour all your tearsx i am your sorrowxs nursex
|
|
and i will pamper it with lamentationx
|
|
dorsetx comfortx dear motherx god is much displeasxd
|
|
that you take with unthankfulness his doingx
|
|
in common worldly things xtis called ungrateful
|
|
with dull unwillingness to repay a debt
|
|
which with a bounteous hand was kindly lentx
|
|
much more to be thus opposite with heavenx
|
|
for it requires the royal debt it lent youx
|
|
riversx madamx bethink youx like a careful motherx
|
|
of the young prince your sonx send straight for himx
|
|
let him be crownxdx in him your comfort livesx
|
|
drown desperate sorrow in dead edwardxs gravex
|
|
and plant your joys in living edwardxs thronex
|
|
|
|
enter gloucesterx buckinghamx derbyx
|
|
hastingsx and ratcliff
|
|
|
|
gloucesterx sisterx have comfortx all of us have cause
|
|
to wail the dimming of our shining starx
|
|
but none can help our harms by wailing themx
|
|
madamx my motherx i do cry you mercyx
|
|
i did not see your gracex humbly on my knee
|
|
i crave your blessingx
|
|
duchessx god bless theex and put meekness in thy breastx
|
|
lovex charityx obediencex and true dutyx
|
|
gloucesterx amenx xasidex and make me die a good old
|
|
manx
|
|
that is the butt end of a motherxs blessingx
|
|
i marvel that her grace did leave it outx
|
|
buckinghamx you cloudy princes and heartxsorrowing
|
|
peersx
|
|
that bear this heavy mutual load of moanx
|
|
now cheer each other in each otherxs lovex
|
|
though we have spent our harvest of this kingx
|
|
we are to reap the harvest of his sonx
|
|
the broken rancour of your highxswolxn heartsx
|
|
but lately splinterxdx knitx and joinxd togetherx
|
|
must gently be preservxdx cherishxdx and keptx
|
|
me seemeth good thatx with some little trainx
|
|
forthwith from ludlow the young prince be fet
|
|
hither to londonx to be crownxd our kingx
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|
|
|
riversx why with some little trainx my lord of
|
|
buckinghamx
|
|
buckinghamx marryx my lordx lest by a multitude
|
|
the newxhealxd wound of malice should break outx
|
|
which would be so much the more dangerous
|
|
by how much the estate is green and yet ungovernxdx
|
|
where every horse bears his commanding rein
|
|
and may direct his course as please himselfx
|
|
as well the fear of harm as harm apparentx
|
|
in my opinionx ought to be preventedx
|
|
gloucesterx i hope the king made peace with all of usx
|
|
and the compact is firm and true in mex
|
|
riversx and so in mex and sox i thinkx in anx
|
|
yetx since it is but greenx it should be put
|
|
to no apparent likelihood of breachx
|
|
which haply by much company might be urgxdx
|
|
therefore i say with noble buckingham
|
|
that it is meet so few should fetch the princex
|
|
hastingsx and so say ix
|
|
gloucesterx then be it sox and go we to determine
|
|
who they shall be that straight shall post to ludlowx
|
|
madamx and youx my sisterx will you go
|
|
to give your censures in this businessx
|
|
exeunt all but buckingham and gloucester
|
|
buckinghamx my lordx whoever journeys to the princex
|
|
for god sakex let not us two stay at homex
|
|
for by the way ixll sort occasionx
|
|
as index to the story we late talkxd ofx
|
|
to part the queenxs proud kindred from the princex
|
|
gloucesterx my other selfx my counselxs consistoryx
|
|
my oraclex my prophetx my dear cousinx
|
|
ix as a childx will go by thy directionx
|
|
toward ludlow thenx for wexll not stay behindx exeunt
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|
|
|
scene xx
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|
|
|
londonx a street
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|
|
|
enter one citizen at one doorx and another at the other
|
|
|
|
first citizenx good morrowx neighbourx whither away so
|
|
fastx
|
|
second citizenx i promise youx i scarcely know myselfx
|
|
hear you the news abroadx
|
|
first citizenx yesx that the king is deadx
|
|
second citizenx ill newsx byxr ladyx seldom comes the
|
|
betterx
|
|
i fearx i fear xtwill prove a giddy worldx
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|
|
|
enter another citizen
|
|
|
|
third citizenx neighboursx god speedx
|
|
first citizenx give you good morrowx sirx
|
|
third citizenx doth the news hold of good king edwardxs
|
|
deathx
|
|
second citizenx ayx sirx it is too truex god help the whilex
|
|
third citizenx thenx mastersx look to see a troublous
|
|
worldx
|
|
first citizenx nox nox by godxs good gracex his son shall
|
|
reignx
|
|
third citizenx woe to that land thatxs governxd by a childx
|
|
second citizenx in him there is a hope of governmentx
|
|
whichx in his nonagex council under himx
|
|
andx in his full and ripened yearsx himselfx
|
|
no doubtx shall thenx and till thenx govern wellx
|
|
first citizenx so stood the state when henry the sixth
|
|
was crownxd in paris but at nine months oldx
|
|
third citizenx stood the state sox nox nox good friendsx
|
|
god wotx
|
|
for then this land was famously enrichxd
|
|
with politic grave counselx then the king
|
|
had virtuous uncles to protect his gracex
|
|
first citizenx whyx so hath thisx both by his father and
|
|
motherx
|
|
third citizenx better it were they all came by his fatherx
|
|
or by his father there were none at allx
|
|
for emulation who shall now be nearest
|
|
will touch us all too nearx if god prevent notx
|
|
ox full of danger is the duke of gloucesterx
|
|
and the queenxs sons and brothers haught and proudx
|
|
and were they to be rulxdx and not to rulex
|
|
this sickly land might solace as beforex
|
|
first citizenx comex comex we fear the worstx all will be
|
|
wellx
|
|
third citizenx when clouds are seenx wise men put on
|
|
their cloaksx
|
|
when great leaves fallx then winter is at handx
|
|
when the sun setsx who doth not look for nightx
|
|
untimely storms make men expect a dearthx
|
|
all may be wellx butx if god sort it sox
|
|
xtis more than we deserve or i expectx
|
|
second citizenx trulyx the hearts of men are fun of fearx
|
|
you cannot reason almost with a man
|
|
that looks not heavily and fun of dreadx
|
|
third citizenx before the days of changex still is it sox
|
|
by a divine instinct menxs minds mistrust
|
|
ensuing dangerx as by proof we see
|
|
the water swell before a boistxrous stormx
|
|
but leave it all to godx whither awayx
|
|
second citizenx marryx we were sent for to the justicesx
|
|
third citizenx and so was ix ixll bear you companyx
|
|
exeunt
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|
|
scene xx
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|
|
londonx the palace
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|
|
enter the archbishop of yorkx the young duke of yorkx queen elizabethx
|
|
and the duchess of york
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|
|
|
archbishopx last nightx i hearx they lay at stony stratfordx
|
|
and at northampton they do rest toxnightx
|
|
toxmorrow or next day they will be herex
|
|
duchessx i long with all my heart to see the princex
|
|
i hope he is much grown since last i saw himx
|
|
queen elizabethx but i hear nox they say my son of york
|
|
has almost overtaxen him in his growthx
|
|
yorkx ayx motherx but i would not have it sox
|
|
duchessx whyx my good cousinx it is good to growx
|
|
yorkx grandamx one night as we did sit at supperx
|
|
my uncle rivers talkxd how i did grow
|
|
more than my brotherx xayxx quoth my uncle gloucester
|
|
xsmall herbs have gracex great weeds do grow apacexx
|
|
and sincex methinksx i would not grow so fastx
|
|
because sweet flowxrs are slow and weeds make hastex
|
|
duchessx good faithx good faithx the saying did not hold
|
|
in him that did object the same to theex
|
|
he was the wretchedxst thing when he was youngx
|
|
so long axgrowing and so leisurely
|
|
thatx if his rule were truex he should be graciousx
|
|
archbishopx and so no doubt he isx my gracious madamx
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duchessx i hope he isx but yet let mothers doubtx
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yorkx nowx by my trothx if i had been remembxredx
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i could have given my unclexs grace a flout
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to touch his growth nearer than he touchxd minex
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duchessx howx my young yorkx i prithee let me hear itx
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yorkx marryx they say my uncle grew so fast
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that he could gnaw a crust at two hours oldx
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xtwas full two years ere i could get a toothx
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grandamx this would have been a biting jestx
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duchessx i pritheex pretty yorkx who told thee thisx
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yorkx grandamx his nursex
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duchessx his nursex why she was dead ere thou wast
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bornx
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yorkx if xtwere not shex i cannot tell who told mex
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queen elizabethx a parlous boyx go tox you are too
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shrewdx
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archbishopx good madamx be not angry with the childx
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queen elizabethx pitchers have earsx
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enter a messenger
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archbishopx here comes a messengerx what newsx
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messengerx such newsx my lordx as grieves me to reportx
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queen elizabethx how doth the princex
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messengerx wellx madamx and in healthx
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duchessx what is thy newsx
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messengerx lord rivers and lord grey
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are sent to pomfretx and with them
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sir thomas vaughanx prisonersx
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duchessx who hath committed themx
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messengerx the mighty dukesx gloucester and buckinghamx
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archbishopx for what offencex
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messengerx the sum of all i canx i have disclosxdx
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why or for what the nobles were committed
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is all unknown to mex my gracious lordx
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queen elizabethx ay mex i see the ruin of my housex
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the tiger now hath seizxd the gentle hindx
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insulting tyranny begins to jet
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upon the innocent and aweless thronex
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welcomex destructionx bloodx and massacrex
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i seex as in a mapx the end of allx
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duchessx accursed and unquiet wrangling daysx
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how many of you have mine eyes beheldx
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my husband lost his life to get the crownx
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and often up and down my sons were tossxd
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for me to joy and weep their gain and lossx
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and being seatedx and domestic broils
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clean overxblownx themselves the conquerors
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make war upon themselvesxbrother to brotherx
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blood to bloodx self against selfx ox preposterous
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and frantic outragex end thy damned spleenx
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or let me diex to look on death no morex
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queen elizabethx comex comex my boyx we will to
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sanctuaryx
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madamx farewellx
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duchessx stayx i will go with youx
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queen elizabethx you have no causex
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archbishopx xto the queenx my gracious ladyx gox
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and thither bear your treasure and your goodsx
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for my partx ixll resign unto your grace
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the seal i keepx and so betide to me
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as well i tender you and all of yoursx
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gox ixll conduct you to the sanctuaryx exeunt
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act iiix scene xx
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londonx a street
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the trumpets soundx enter the prince of walesx gloucesterx buckinghamx
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catesbyx cardinal bourchierx and others
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buckinghamx welcomex sweet princex to londonx to your
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chamberx
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gloucesterx welcomex dear cousinx my thoughtsx sovereignx
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the weary way hath made you melancholyx
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princex nox unclex but our crosses on the way
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have made it tediousx wearisomex and heavyx
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i want more uncles here to welcome mex
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|
gloucesterx sweet princex the untainted virtue of your
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|
years
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hath not yet divxd into the worldxs deceitx
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nor more can you distinguish of a man
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than of his outward showx whichx god he knowsx
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|
seldom or never jumpeth with the heartx
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|
those uncles which you want were dangerousx
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|
your grace attended to their sugxred words
|
|
but lookxd not on the poison of their heartsx
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god keep you from them and from such false friendsx
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princex god keep me from false friendsx but they were
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nonex
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gloucesterx my lordx the mayor of london comes to greet
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|
youx
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enter the lord mayor and his train
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mayorx god bless your grace with health and happy daysx
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princex i thank youx good my lordx and thank you allx
|
|
i thought my mother and my brother york
|
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would long ere this have met us on the wayx
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|
fiex what a slug is hastingsx that he comes not
|
|
to tell us whether they will come or nox
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enter lord hastings
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buckinghamx andx in good timex here comes the sweating
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|
lordx
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princex welcomex my lordx whatx will our mother comex
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|
hastingsx on what occasionx god he knowsx not ix
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|
the queen your mother and your brother york
|
|
have taken sanctuaryx the tender prince
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|
would fain have come with me to meet your gracex
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|
but by his mother was perforce withheldx
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|
buckinghamx fiex what an indirect and peevish course
|
|
is this of hersx lord cardinalx will your grace
|
|
persuade the queen to send the duke of york
|
|
unto his princely brother presentlyx
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|
if she denyx lord hastingsx go with him
|
|
and from her jealous arms pluck him perforcex
|
|
cardinalx my lord of buckinghamx if my weak oratory
|
|
can from his mother win the duke of yorkx
|
|
anon expect him herex but if she be obdurate
|
|
to mild entreatiesx god in heaven forbid
|
|
we should infringe the holy privilege
|
|
of blessed sanctuaryx not for all this land
|
|
would i be guilty of so deep a sinx
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|
buckinghamx you are too senselessxobstinatex my lordx
|
|
too ceremonious and traditionalx
|
|
weigh it but with the grossness of this agex
|
|
you break not sanctuary in seizing himx
|
|
the benefit thereof is always granted
|
|
to those whose dealings have deservxd the place
|
|
and those who have the wit to claim the placex
|
|
this prince hath neither claimxd it nor deservxd itx
|
|
and thereforex in mine opinionx cannot have itx
|
|
thenx taking him from thence that is not therex
|
|
you break no privilege nor charter therex
|
|
oft have i heard of sanctuary menx
|
|
but sanctuary children never till nowx
|
|
cardinalx my lordx you shall oxerrule my mind for oncex
|
|
come onx lord hastingsx will you go with mex
|
|
hastingsx i gox my lordx
|
|
princex good lordsx make all the speedy haste you mayx
|
|
exeunt cardinal and hastings
|
|
sayx uncle gloucesterx if our brother comex
|
|
where shall we sojourn till our coronationx
|
|
gloucesterx where it seems best unto your royal selfx
|
|
if i may counsel youx some day or two
|
|
your highness shall repose you at the towerx
|
|
then where you please and shall be thought most fit
|
|
for your best health and recreationx
|
|
princex i do not like the towerx of any placex
|
|
did julius caesar build that placex my lordx
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|
buckinghamx he didx my gracious lordx begin that placex
|
|
whichx sincex succeeding ages have rexedifiedx
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|
princex is it upon recordx or else reported
|
|
successively from age to agex he built itx
|
|
buckinghamx upon recordx my gracious lordx
|
|
princex but sayx my lordx it were not registxredx
|
|
methinks the truth should eve from age to agex
|
|
as xtwere retailxd to all posterityx
|
|
even to the general allxending dayx
|
|
gloucesterx xasidex so wise so youngx they sayx do never
|
|
live longx
|
|
princex what say youx unclex
|
|
gloucesterx i sayx without charactersx fame lives longx
|
|
xasidex thusx like the formal vicex iniquityx
|
|
i moralize two meanings in one wordx
|
|
princex that julius caesar was a famous manx
|
|
with what his valour did enrich his witx
|
|
his wit set down to make his valour livex
|
|
death makes no conquest of this conquerorx
|
|
for now he lives in famex though not in lifex
|
|
ixll tell you whatx my cousin buckinghamx
|
|
buckinghamx whatx my gracious lordx
|
|
princex an if i live until i be a manx
|
|
ixll win our ancient right in france againx
|
|
or die a soldier as i livxd a kingx
|
|
gloucesterx xasidex short summers lightly have a forward
|
|
springx
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|
|
|
enter hastingsx young yorkx and the cardinal
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|
|
|
buckinghamx nowx in good timex here comes the duke of
|
|
yorkx
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|
princex richard of yorkx how fares our loving brotherx
|
|
yorkx wellx my dread lordx so must i can you nowx
|
|
princex ay brotherx to our griefx as it is yoursx
|
|
too late he died that might have kept that titlex
|
|
which by his death hath lost much majestyx
|
|
gloucesterx how fares our cousinx noble lord of yorkx
|
|
yorkx i thank youx gentle unclex ox my lordx
|
|
you said that idle weeds are fast in growthx
|
|
the prince my brother hath outgrown me farx
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|
gloucesterx he hathx my lordx
|
|
yorkx and therefore is he idlex
|
|
gloucesterx ox my fair cousinx i must not say sox
|
|
yorkx then he is more beholding to you than ix
|
|
gloucesterx he may command me as my sovereignx
|
|
but you have power in me as in a kinsmanx
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|
yorkx i pray youx unclex give me this daggerx
|
|
gloucesterx my daggerx little cousinx with all my heartx
|
|
princex a beggarx brotherx
|
|
yorkx of my kind unclex that i know will givex
|
|
and being but a toyx which is no grief to givex
|
|
gloucesterx a greater gift than that ixll give my cousinx
|
|
yorkx a greater giftx ox thatxs the sword to itx
|
|
gloucesterx ayx gentle cousinx were it light enoughx
|
|
yorkx ox thenx i see you will part but with light giftsx
|
|
in weightier things youxll say a beggar nayx
|
|
gloucesterx it is too heavy for your grace to wearx
|
|
yorkx i weigh it lightlyx were it heavierx
|
|
gloucesterx whatx would you have my weaponx little
|
|
lordx
|
|
yorkx i wouldx that i might thank you as you call mex
|
|
gloucesterx howx
|
|
yorkx littlex
|
|
princex my lord of york will still be cross in talkx
|
|
unclex your grace knows how to bear with himx
|
|
yorkx you meanx to bear mex not to bear with mex
|
|
unclex my brother mocks both you and mex
|
|
because that i am littlex like an apex
|
|
he thinks that you should bear me on your shouldersx
|
|
buckinghamx with what a sharpxprovided wit he reasonsx
|
|
to mitigate the scorn he gives his uncle
|
|
he prettily and aptly taunts himselfx
|
|
so cunning and so young is wonderfulx
|
|
gloucesterx my lordx willxt please you pass alongx
|
|
myself and my good cousin buckingham
|
|
will to your motherx to entreat of her
|
|
to meet you at the tower and welcome youx
|
|
yorkx whatx will you go unto the towerx my lordx
|
|
princex my lord protector needs will have it sox
|
|
yorkx i shall not sleep in quiet at the towerx
|
|
gloucesterx whyx what should you fearx
|
|
yorkx marryx my uncle clarencex angry ghostx
|
|
my grandam told me he was murderxd therex
|
|
princex i fear no uncles deadx
|
|
gloucesterx nor none that livex i hopex
|
|
princex an if they livex i hope i need not fearx
|
|
but comex my lordx and with a heavy heartx
|
|
thinking on themx go i unto the towerx
|
|
a sennetx
|
|
exeunt all but gloucesterx buckinghamx and catesby
|
|
buckinghamx think youx my lordx this little prating york
|
|
was not incensed by his subtle mother
|
|
to taunt and scorn you thus opprobriouslyx
|
|
gloucesterx no doubtx no doubtx ox xtis a perilous boyx
|
|
boldx quickx ingeniousx forwardx capablex
|
|
he is all the motherxsx from the top to toex
|
|
buckinghamx wellx let them restx come hitherx catesbyx
|
|
thou art sworn as deeply to effect what we intend
|
|
as closely to conceal what we impartx
|
|
thou knowxst our reasons urgxd upon the wayx
|
|
what thinkxst thoux is it not an easy matter
|
|
to make william lord hastings of our mindx
|
|
for the instalment of this noble duke
|
|
in the seat royal of this famous islex
|
|
catesbyx he for his fatherxs sake so loves the prince
|
|
that he will not be won to aught against himx
|
|
buckinghamx what thinkxst thou then of stanleyx will
|
|
not hex
|
|
catesbyx he will do all in all as hastings dothx
|
|
buckinghamx well thenx no more but thisx gox gentle
|
|
catesbyx
|
|
andx as it were far offx sound thou lord hastings
|
|
how he doth stand affected to our purposex
|
|
and summon him toxmorrow to the towerx
|
|
to sit about the coronationx
|
|
if thou dost find him tractable to usx
|
|
encourage himx and tell him all our reasonsx
|
|
if he be leadenx icyx coldx unwillingx
|
|
be thou so toox and so break off the talkx
|
|
and give us notice of his inclinationx
|
|
for we toxmorrow hold divided councilsx
|
|
wherein thyself shalt highly be employxdx
|
|
gloucesterx commend me to lord williamx tell himx
|
|
catesbyx
|
|
his ancient knot of dangerous adversaries
|
|
toxmorrow are let blood at pomfret castlex
|
|
and bid my lordx for joy of this good newsx
|
|
give mistress shore one gentle kiss the morex
|
|
buckinghamx good catesbyx go effect this business soundlyx
|
|
catesbyx my good lords bothx with all the heed i canx
|
|
gloucesterx shall we hear from youx catesbyx ere we sleepx
|
|
catesbyx you shallx my lordx
|
|
gloucesterx at crosby housex there shall you find us bothx
|
|
exit catesby
|
|
buckinghamx nowx my lordx what shall we do if we
|
|
perceive
|
|
lord hastings will not yield to our complotsx
|
|
gloucesterx chop off his headxsomething we will
|
|
determinex
|
|
andx look when i am kingx claim thou of me
|
|
the earldom of hereford and all the movables
|
|
whereof the king my brother was possessxdx
|
|
buckinghamx ixll claim that promise at your gracexs handx
|
|
gloucesterx and look to have it yielded with all kindnessx
|
|
comex let us sup betimesx that afterwards
|
|
we may digest our complots in some formx exeunt
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|
|
|
scene xx
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|
|
|
before lord hastingxs house
|
|
|
|
enter a messenger to the door of hastings
|
|
|
|
messengerx my lordx my lordx xknockingx
|
|
hastingsx xwithinx who knocksx
|
|
messengerx one from the lord stanleyx
|
|
hastingsx xwithinx what isxt oxclockx
|
|
messengerx upon the stroke of fourx
|
|
|
|
enter lord hastings
|
|
|
|
hastingsx cannot my lord stanley sleep these tedious
|
|
nightsx
|
|
messengerx so it appears by that i have to sayx
|
|
firstx he commends him to your noble selfx
|
|
hastingsx what thenx
|
|
messengerx then certifies your lordship that this night
|
|
he dreamt the boar had razed off his helmx
|
|
besidesx he says there are two councils keptx
|
|
and that may be determinxd at the one
|
|
which may make you and him to rue at thx otherx
|
|
therefore he sends to know your lordshipxs pleasurex
|
|
if you will presently take horse with him
|
|
and with all speed post with him toward the north
|
|
to shun the danger that his soul divinesx
|
|
hastingsx gox fellowx gox return unto thy lordx
|
|
bid him not fear the separated councilx
|
|
his honour and myself are at the onex
|
|
and at the other is my good friend catesbyx
|
|
where nothing can proceed that toucheth us
|
|
whereof i shall not have intelligencex
|
|
tell him his fears are shallowx without instancex
|
|
and for his dreamsx i wonder hexs so simple
|
|
to trust the mockxry of unquiet slumbersx
|
|
to fly the boar before the boar pursues
|
|
were to incense the boar to follow us
|
|
and make pursuit where he did mean no chasex
|
|
gox bid thy master rise and come to mex
|
|
and we will both together to the towerx
|
|
wherex he shall seex the boar will use us kindlyx
|
|
messengerx ixll gox my lordx and tell him what you sayx
|
|
exit
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|
|
|
enter catesby
|
|
|
|
catesbyx many good morrows to my noble lordx
|
|
hastingsx good morrowx catesbyx you are early stirringx
|
|
what newsx what newsx in this our tottxring statex
|
|
catesbyx it is a reeling world indeedx my lordx
|
|
and i believe will never stand upright
|
|
till richard wear the garland of the realmx
|
|
hastingsx howx wear the garlandx dost thou mean the
|
|
crownx
|
|
catesbyx ayx my good lordx
|
|
hastingsx ixll have this crown of mine cut from my
|
|
shoulders
|
|
before ixll see the crown so foul misplacxdx
|
|
but canst thou guess that he doth aim at itx
|
|
catesbyx ayx on my lifex and hopes to find you forward
|
|
upon his party for the gain thereofx
|
|
and thereupon he sends you this good newsx
|
|
that this same very day your enemiesx
|
|
the kindred of the queenx must die at pomfretx
|
|
hastingsx indeedx i am no mourner for that newsx
|
|
because they have been still my adversariesx
|
|
but that ixll give my voice on richardxs side
|
|
to bar my masterxs heirs in true descentx
|
|
god knows i will not do it to the deathx
|
|
catesbyx god keep your lordship in that gracious mindx
|
|
hastingsx but i shall laugh at this a twelve month hencex
|
|
that they which brought me in my masterxs hatex
|
|
i live to look upon their tragedyx
|
|
wellx catesbyx ere a fortnight make me olderx
|
|
ixll send some packing that yet think not onxtx
|
|
catesbyx xtis a vile thing to diex my gracious lordx
|
|
when men are unpreparxd and look not for itx
|
|
hastingsx o monstrousx monstrousx and so falls it out
|
|
with riversx vaughanx greyx and so xtwill do
|
|
with some men else that think themselves as safe
|
|
as thou and ix whox as thou knowestx are dear
|
|
to princely richard and to buckinghamx
|
|
catesbyx the princes both make high account of youx
|
|
xasidex for they account his head upon the bridgex
|
|
hastingsx i know they dox and i have well deservxd itx
|
|
|
|
enter lord stanley
|
|
|
|
come onx come onx where is your boarxspearx manx
|
|
fear you the boarx and go so unprovidedx
|
|
stanleyx my lordx good morrowx good morrowx catesbyx
|
|
you may jest onx butx by the holy roodx
|
|
i do not like these several councilsx ix
|
|
hastingsx my lordx i hold my life as dear as yoursx
|
|
and never in my daysx i do protestx
|
|
was it so precious to me as xtis nowx
|
|
think youx but that i know our state securex
|
|
i would be so triumphant as i amx
|
|
stanleyx the lords at pomfretx when they rode from
|
|
londonx
|
|
were jocund and supposxd their states were surex
|
|
and they indeed had no cause to mistrustx
|
|
but yet you see how soon the day oxercastx
|
|
this sudden stab of rancour i misdoubtx
|
|
pray godx i sayx i prove a needless cowardx
|
|
whatx shall we toward the towerx the day is spentx
|
|
hastingsx comex comex have with youx wot you whatx my
|
|
lordx
|
|
toxday the lords you talkxd of are beheadedx
|
|
stanleyx theyx for their truthx might better wear their
|
|
heads
|
|
than some that have accusxd them wear their hatsx
|
|
but comex my lordx letxs awayx
|
|
|
|
enter hastingsx a pursuivant
|
|
|
|
hastingsx go on beforex ixll talk with this good fellowx
|
|
exeunt stanley and catesby
|
|
how nowx hastingsx how goes the world with theex
|
|
pursuivantx the better that your lordship please to askx
|
|
hastingsx i tell theex manx xtis better with me now
|
|
than when thou metxst me last where now we meetx
|
|
then was i going prisoner to the tower
|
|
by the suggestion of the queenxs alliesx
|
|
but nowx i tell theexkeep it to thyselfx
|
|
this day those enernies are put to deathx
|
|
and i in better state than exer i wasx
|
|
pursuivantx god hold itx to your honourxs good contentx
|
|
hastingsx gramercyx hastingsx therex drink that for mex
|
|
xthrows him his pursex
|
|
pursuivantx i thank your honourx exit
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|
|
|
enter a priest
|
|
|
|
priestx well metx my lordx i am glad to see your honourx
|
|
hastingsx i thank theex good sir johnx with all my heartx
|
|
i am in your debt for your last exercisex
|
|
come the next sabbathx and i will content youx
|
|
xhe whispers in his earx
|
|
priestx ixll wait upon your lordshipx
|
|
|
|
enter buckingham
|
|
|
|
buckinghamx whatx talking with a priestx lord
|
|
chamberlainx
|
|
your friends at pomfretx they do need the priestx
|
|
your honour hath no shriving work in handx
|
|
hastingsx good faithx and when i met this holy manx
|
|
the men you talk of came into my mindx
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whatx go you toward the towerx
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buckinghamx i dox my lordx but long i cannot stay therex
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i shall return before your lordship thencex
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hastingsx nayx like enoughx for i stay dinner therex
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buckinghamx xasidex and supper toox although thou
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knowest it notxx
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comex will you gox
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hastingsx ixll wait upon your lordshipx exeunt
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scene xx
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pomfret castle
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enter sir richard ratcliffx with halberdsx carrying the noblesx
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riversx greyx and vaughanx to death
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riversx sir richard ratcliffx let me tell thee thisx
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toxday shalt thou behold a subject die
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for truthx for dutyx and for loyaltyx
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greyx god bless the prince from all the pack of youx
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a knot you are of damned bloodxsuckersx
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vaughanx you live that shall cry woe for this hereafterx
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ratcliffx dispatchx the limit of your lives is outx
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riversx o pomfretx pomfretx o thou bloody prisonx
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fatal and ominous to noble peersx
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within the guilty closure of thy walls
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richard the second here was hackxd to deathx
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and for more slander to thy dismal seatx
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we give to thee our guiltless blood to drinkx
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greyx now margaretxs curse is fallxn upon our headsx
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when she exclaimxd on hastingsx youx and ix
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for standing by when richard stabbxd her sonx
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riversx then cursxd she richardx then cursxd she
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buckinghamx
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then cursxd she hastingsx ox rememberx godx
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to hear her prayer for themx as now for usx
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and for my sisterx and her princely sonsx
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be satisfiedx dear godx with our true bloodx
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whichx as thou knowxstx unjustly must be spiltx
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ratcliffx make hastex the hour of death is expiatex
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riversx comex greyx comex vaughanx let us here embracex
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farewellx until we meet again in heavenx exeunt
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scene x
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londonx the tower
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enter buckinghamx derbyx hastingsx the bishop of elyx ratcliffx lovelx
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with others and seat themselves at a table
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hastingsx nowx noble peersx the cause why we are met
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is to determine of the coronationx
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in godxs name speakxwhen is the royal dayx
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buckinghamx is all things ready for the royal timex
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derbyx it isx and wants but nominationx
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bishop of elyx toxmorrow then i judge a happy dayx
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buckinghamx who knows the lord protectorxs mind
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hereinx
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who is most inward with the noble dukex
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bishop of elyx your gracex we thinkx should soonest know
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his mindx
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buckinghamx we know each otherxs facesx for our heartsx
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he knows no more of mine than i of yoursx
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or i of hisx my lordx than you of minex
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lord hastingsx you and he are near in lovex
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hastingsx i thank his gracex i know he loves me wellx
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but for his purpose in the coronation
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i have not sounded himx nor he deliverxd
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his gracious pleasure any way thereinx
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but youx my honourable lordsx may name the timex
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and in the dukexs behalf ixll give my voicex
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whichx i presumex hexll take in gentle partx
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enter gloucester
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bishop of elyx in happy timex here comes the duke himselfx
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gloucesterx my noble lords and cousins anx good morrowx
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i have been long a sleeperx but i trust
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my absence doth neglect no great design
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which by my presence might have been concludedx
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buckinghamx had you not come upon your cuex my lordx
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william lord hastings had pronouncxd your partx
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i meanx your voice for crowning of the kingx
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gloucesterx than my lord hastings no man might be
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bolderx
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his lordship knows me well and loves me wellx
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my lord of elyx when i was last in holborn
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i saw good strawberries in your garden therex
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i do beseech you send for some of themx
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bishop of elyx marry and willx my lordx with all my heartx
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exit
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gloucesterx cousin of buckinghamx a word with youx
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xtakes him asidex
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catesby hath sounded hastings in our businessx
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and finds the testy gentleman so hot
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that he will lose his head ere give consent
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his masterxs childx as worshipfully he terms itx
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shall lose the royalty of englandxs thronex
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buckinghamx withdraw yourself awhilex ixll go with youx
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|
exeunt gloucester and buckingham
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derbyx we have not yet set down this day of triumphx
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toxmorrowx in my judgmentx is too suddenx
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for i myself am not so well provided
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|
as else i would bex were the day prolongxdx
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rexenter the bishop of ely
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bishop of elyx where is my lord the duke of gloucesterx
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i have sent for these strawberriesx
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hastingsx his grace looks cheerfully and smooth this
|
|
morningx
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therexs some conceit or other likes him well
|
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when that he bids good morrow with such spiritx
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i think therexs never a man in christendom
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|
can lesser hide his love or hate than hex
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for by his face straight shall you know his heartx
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derbyx what of his heart perceive you in his face
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by any livelihood he showxd toxdayx
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hastingsx marryx that with no man here he is offendedx
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forx were hex he had shown it in his looksx
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rexenter gloucester and buckingham
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gloucesterx i pray you allx tell me what they deserve
|
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that do conspire my death with devilish plots
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|
of damned witchcraftx and that have prevailxd
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upon my body with their hellish charmsx
|
|
hastingsx the tender love i bear your gracex my lordx
|
|
makes me most forward in this princely presence
|
|
to doom thx offendersx whosoexer they bex
|
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i sayx my lordx they have deserved deathx
|
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gloucesterx then be your eyes the witness of their evilx
|
|
look how i am bewitchxdx beholdx mine arm
|
|
is like a blasted sapling witherxd upx
|
|
and this is edwardxs wifex that monstrous witchx
|
|
consorted with that harlot strumpet shorex
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|
that by their witchcraft thus have marked mex
|
|
hastingsx if they have done this deedx my noble lordx
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gloucesterx ifxxthou protector of this damned strumpetx
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talkxst thou to me of ifsx thou art a traitorx
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|
off with his headx now by saint paul i swear
|
|
i will not dine until i see the samex
|
|
lovel and ratcliffx look that it be donex
|
|
the rest that love mex rise and follow mex
|
|
exeunt all but hastingsx lovelx and ratcliff
|
|
hastingsx woex woex for englandx not a whit for mex
|
|
for ix too fondx might have prevented thisx
|
|
stanley did dream the boar did raze our helmsx
|
|
and i did scorn it and disdain to flyx
|
|
three times toxday my footxcloth horse did stumblex
|
|
and started when he lookxd upon the towerx
|
|
as loath to bear me to the slaughterxhousex
|
|
ox now i need the priest that spake to mex
|
|
i now repent i told the pursuivantx
|
|
as too triumphingx how mine enemies
|
|
toxday at pomfret bloodily were butcherxdx
|
|
and i myself secure in grace and favourx
|
|
o margaretx margaretx now thy heavy curse
|
|
is lighted on poor hastingsx wretched headx
|
|
ratcliffx comex comex dispatchx the duke would be at
|
|
dinnerx
|
|
make a short shriftx he longs to see your headx
|
|
hastingsx o momentary grace of mortal menx
|
|
which we more hunt for than the grace of godx
|
|
who builds his hope in air of your good looks
|
|
lives like a drunken sailor on a mastx
|
|
ready with every nod to tumble down
|
|
into the fatal bowels of the deepx
|
|
lovelx comex comex dispatchx xtis bootless to exclaimx
|
|
hastingsx o bloody richardx miserable englandx
|
|
i prophesy the fearfullxst time to thee
|
|
that ever wretched age hath lookxd uponx
|
|
comex lead me to the blockx bear him my headx
|
|
they smile at me who shortly shall be deadx exeunt
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|
|
|
scene xx
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|
|
londonx the towerxwalls
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|
|
enter gloucester and buckingham in rotten armourx marvellous
|
|
illxfavoured
|
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|
|
gloucesterx comex cousinx canst thou quake and change
|
|
thy colourx
|
|
murder thy breath in middle of a wordx
|
|
and then again beginx and stop againx
|
|
as if thou were distraught and mad with terrorx
|
|
buckinghamx tutx i can counterfeit the deep tragedianx
|
|
speak and look backx and pry on every sidex
|
|
tremble and start at wagging of a strawx
|
|
intending deep suspicionx ghastly looks
|
|
are at my servicex like enforced smilesx
|
|
and both are ready in their offices
|
|
at any time to grace my stratagemsx
|
|
but whatx is catesby gonex
|
|
gloucesterx he isx andx seex he brings the mayor alongx
|
|
|
|
enter the lord mayor and catesby
|
|
|
|
buckinghamx lord mayorx
|
|
gloucesterx look to the drawbridge therex
|
|
buckinghamx harkx a drumx
|
|
gloucesterx catesbyx oxerlook the wallsx
|
|
buckinghamx lord mayorx the reason we have sentx
|
|
gloucesterx look backx defend theex here are enemiesx
|
|
buckinghamx god and our innocence defend and guard usx
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|
|
|
enter lovel and ratcliffx with hastingsx head
|
|
|
|
gloucesterx be patientx they are friendsxratcliff and lovelx
|
|
lovelx here is the head of that ignoble traitorx
|
|
the dangerous and unsuspected hastingsx
|
|
gloucesterx so dear i lovxd the man that i must weepx
|
|
i took him for the plainest harmless creature
|
|
that breathxd upon the earth a christianx
|
|
made him my bookx wherein my soul recorded
|
|
the history of all her secret thoughtsx
|
|
so smooth he daubxd his vice with show of virtue
|
|
thatx his apparent open guilt omittedx
|
|
i mean his conversation with shorexs wifex
|
|
he livxd from all attainder of suspectsx
|
|
buckinghamx wellx wellx he was the covertxst sheltxred
|
|
traitor
|
|
that ever livxdx
|
|
would you imaginex or almost believex
|
|
werext not that by great preservation
|
|
we live to tell itxthat the subtle traitor
|
|
this day had plottedx in the councilxhousex
|
|
to murder me and my good lord of gloucesterx
|
|
mayorx had he done sox
|
|
gloucesterx whatx think you we are turks or infidelsx
|
|
or that we wouldx against the form of lawx
|
|
proceed thus rashly in the villainxs death
|
|
but that the extreme peril of the casex
|
|
the peace of england and our personsx safetyx
|
|
enforcxd us to this executionx
|
|
mayorx nowx fair befall youx he deservxd his deathx
|
|
and your good graces both have well proceeded
|
|
to warn false traitors from the like attemptsx
|
|
i never lookxd for better at his hands
|
|
after he once fell in with mistress shorex
|
|
buckinghamx yet had we not determinxd he should die
|
|
until your lordship came to see his endx
|
|
which now the loving haste of these our friendsx
|
|
something against our meaningsx have preventedx
|
|
becausex my lordx i would have had you heard
|
|
the traitor speakx and timorously confess
|
|
the manner and the purpose of his treasonsx
|
|
that you might well have signified the same
|
|
unto the citizensx who haply may
|
|
misconster us in him and wail his deathx
|
|
mayorx butx my good lordx your gracexs words shall serve
|
|
as well as i had seen and heard him speakx
|
|
and do not doubtx right noble princes bothx
|
|
but ixll acquaint our duteous citizens
|
|
with all your just proceedings in this causex
|
|
gloucesterx and to that end we wishxd your lordship herex
|
|
tx avoid the the the censures of the carping worldx
|
|
buckinghamx which since you come too late of our intentx
|
|
yet witness what you hear we did intendx
|
|
and sox my good lord mayorx we bid farewellx
|
|
exit lord mayor
|
|
gloucesterx gox afterx afterx cousin buckinghamx
|
|
the mayor towards guildhall hies him in an postx
|
|
therex at your meetxst advantage of the timex
|
|
infer the bastardy of edwardxs childrenx
|
|
tell them how edward put to death a citizen
|
|
only for saying he would make his son
|
|
heir to the crownxmeaning indeed his housex
|
|
which by the sign thereof was termed sox
|
|
moreoverx urge his hateful luxury
|
|
and bestial appetite in change of lustx
|
|
which stretchxd unto their servantsx daughtersx wivesx
|
|
even where his raging eye or savage heart
|
|
without control lusted to make a preyx
|
|
nayx for a needx thus far come near my personx
|
|
tell themx when that my mother went with child
|
|
of that insatiate edwardx noble york
|
|
my princely father then had wars in france
|
|
andx by true computation of the timex
|
|
found that the issue was not his begotx
|
|
which well appeared in his lineamentsx
|
|
being nothing like the noble duke my fatherx
|
|
yet touch this sparinglyx as xtwere far offx
|
|
becausex my lordx you know my mother livesx
|
|
buckinghamx doubt notx my lordx ixll play the orator
|
|
as if the golden fee for which i plead
|
|
were for myselfx and sox my lordx adieux
|
|
gloucesterx if you thrive wellx bring them to baynardxs
|
|
castlex
|
|
where you shall find me well accompanied
|
|
with reverend fathers and well learned bishopsx
|
|
buckinghamx i gox and towards three or four oxclock
|
|
look for the news that the guildhall affordsx exit
|
|
gloucesterx gox lovelx with all speed to doctor shawx
|
|
xto catesbyx go thou to friar penkerx bid them both
|
|
meet me within this hour at baynardxs castlex
|
|
exeunt all but gloucester
|
|
now will i go to take some privy order
|
|
to draw the brats of clarence out of sightx
|
|
and to give order that no manner person
|
|
have any time recourse unto the princesx exit
|
|
|
|
scene xx
|
|
|
|
londonx a street
|
|
|
|
enter a scrivener
|
|
|
|
scrivenerx here is the indictment of the good lord hastingsx
|
|
which in a set hand fairly is engrossxd
|
|
that it may be toxday read oxer in paulxsx
|
|
and mark how well the sequel hangs togetherx
|
|
eleven hours i have spent to write it overx
|
|
for yesternight by catesby was it sent mex
|
|
the precedent was full as long axdoingx
|
|
and yet within these five hours hastings livxdx
|
|
untaintedx unexaminxdx freex at libertyx
|
|
herexs a good world the whilex who is so gros
|
|
that cannot see this palpable devicex
|
|
yet whoxs so bold but says he sees it notx
|
|
bad is the worldx and all will come to noughtx
|
|
when such ill dealing must be seen in thoughtx exit
|
|
|
|
scene xx
|
|
|
|
londonx baynardxs castle
|
|
|
|
enter gloucester and buckinghamx at several doors
|
|
|
|
gloucesterx how nowx how nowx what say the citizensx
|
|
buckinghamx nowx by the holy mother of our lordx
|
|
the citizens are mumx say not a wordx
|
|
gloucesterx touchxd you the bastardy of edwardxs
|
|
childrenx
|
|
buckinghamx i didx with his contract with lady lucyx
|
|
and his contract by deputy in francex
|
|
thx insatiate greediness of his desirex
|
|
and his enforcement of the city wivesx
|
|
his tyranny for triflesx his own bastardyx
|
|
as being gotx your father then in francex
|
|
and his resemblancex being not like the dukex
|
|
withal i did infer your lineamentsx
|
|
being the right idea of your fatherx
|
|
both in your form and nobleness of mindx
|
|
laid open all your victories in scotlandx
|
|
your discipline in warx wisdom in peacex
|
|
your bountyx virtuex fair humilityx
|
|
indeedx left nothing fitting for your purpose
|
|
untouchxd or slightly handled in discoursex
|
|
and when mine oratory drew toward end
|
|
i bid them that did love their countryxs good
|
|
cry xgod save richardx englandxs royal kingxx
|
|
gloucesterx and did they sox
|
|
buckinghamx nox so god help mex they spake not a wordx
|
|
butx like dumb statues or breathing stonesx
|
|
starxd each on otherx and lookxd deadly palex
|
|
which when i sawx i reprehended themx
|
|
and askxd the mayor what meant this wilfull silencex
|
|
his answer wasx the people were not used
|
|
to be spoke to but by the recorderx
|
|
then he was urgxd to tell my tale againx
|
|
xthus saith the dukex thus hath the duke inferrxdxx
|
|
but nothing spoke in warrant from himselfx
|
|
when he had donex some followers of mine own
|
|
at lower end of the hall hurlxd up their capsx
|
|
and some ten voices cried xgod save king richardxx
|
|
and thus i took the vantage of those fewx
|
|
xthanksx gentle citizens and friendsxx quoth i
|
|
xthis general applause and cheerful shout
|
|
argues your wisdoms and your love to richardxx
|
|
and even here brake off and came awayx
|
|
gloucesterx whatx tongueless blocks were theyx would
|
|
they not speakx
|
|
will not the mayor then and his brethren comex
|
|
buckinghamx the mayor is here at handx intend some fearx
|
|
be not you spoke with but by mighty suitx
|
|
and look you get a prayerxbook in your handx
|
|
and stand between two churchmenx good my lordx
|
|
for on that ground ixll make a holy descantx
|
|
and be not easily won to our requestsx
|
|
play the maidxs partx still answer nayx and take itx
|
|
gloucesterx i gox and if you plead as well for them
|
|
as i can say nay to thee for myselfx
|
|
no doubt we bring it to a happy issuex
|
|
buckinghamx gox gox up to the leadsx the lord mayor
|
|
knocksx exit gloucester
|
|
|
|
enter the lord mayorx aldermenx and citizens
|
|
|
|
welcomex my lordx i dance attendance herex
|
|
i think the duke will not be spoke withalx
|
|
|
|
enter catesby
|
|
|
|
nowx catesbyx what says your lord to my requestx
|
|
catesbyx he doth entreat your gracex my noble lordx
|
|
to visit him toxmorrow or next dayx
|
|
he is withinx with two right reverend fathersx
|
|
divinely bent to meditationx
|
|
and in no worldly suits would he be movxdx
|
|
to draw him from his holy exercisex
|
|
buckinghamx returnx good catesbyx to the gracious dukex
|
|
tell himx myselfx the mayor and aldermenx
|
|
in deep designsx in matter of great momentx
|
|
no less importing than our general goodx
|
|
are come to have some conference with his gracex
|
|
catesbyx ixll signify so much unto him straightx exit
|
|
buckinghamx ah hax my lordx this prince is not an edwardx
|
|
he is not lolling on a lewd lovexbedx
|
|
but on his knees at meditationx
|
|
not dallying with a brace of courtezansx
|
|
but meditating with two deep divinesx
|
|
not sleepingx to engross his idle bodyx
|
|
but prayingx to enrich his watchful soulx
|
|
happy were england would this virtuous prince
|
|
take on his grace the sovereignty thereofx
|
|
butx surex i fear we shall not win him to itx
|
|
mayorx marryx god defend his grace should say us nayx
|
|
buckinghamx i fear he willx here catesby comes againx
|
|
|
|
rexenter catesby
|
|
|
|
nowx catesbyx what says his gracex
|
|
catesbyx my lordx
|
|
he wonders to what end you have assembled
|
|
such troops of citizens to come to himx
|
|
his grace not being warnxd thereof beforex
|
|
he fearsx my lordx you mean no good to himx
|
|
buckinghamx sorry i am my noble cousin should
|
|
suspect me that i mean no good to himx
|
|
by heavenx we come to him in perfect lovex
|
|
and so once more return and tell his gracex
|
|
exit catesby
|
|
when holy and devout religious men
|
|
are at their beadsx xtis much to draw them thencex
|
|
so sweet is zealous contemplationx
|
|
|
|
enter gloucester aloftx between two bishopsx
|
|
catesby returns
|
|
|
|
mayorx see where his grace stands xtween two clergymenx
|
|
buckinghamx two props of virtue for a christian princex
|
|
to stay him from the fall of vanityx
|
|
andx seex a book of prayer in his handx
|
|
true ornaments to know a holy manx
|
|
famous plantagenetx most gracious princex
|
|
lend favourable ear to our requestsx
|
|
and pardon us the interruption
|
|
of thy devotion and right christian zealx
|
|
gloucesterx my lordx there needs no such apologyx
|
|
i do beseech your grace to pardon mex
|
|
whox earnest in the service of my godx
|
|
deferrxd the visitation of my friendsx
|
|
butx leaving thisx what is your gracexs pleasurex
|
|
buckinghamx even thatx i hopex which pleaseth god abovex
|
|
and all good men of this ungovernxd islex
|
|
gloucesterx i do suspect i have done some offence
|
|
that seems disgracious in the cityxs eyex
|
|
and that you come to reprehend my ignorancex
|
|
buckinghamx you havex my lordx would it might please
|
|
your gracex
|
|
on our entreatiesx to amend your faultx
|
|
gloucesterx else wherefore breathe i in a christian landx
|
|
buckinghamx know thenx it is your fault that you resign
|
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the supreme seatx the throne majesticalx
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the sceptxred office of your ancestorsx
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your state of fortune and your due of birthx
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the lineal glory of your royal housex
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to the corruption of a blemishxd stockx
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whiles in the mildness of your sleepy thoughtsx
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which here we waken to our countryxs goodx
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the noble isle doth want her proper limbsx
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her face defacxd with scars of infamyx
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her royal stock graft with ignoble plantsx
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and almost shouldxred in the swallowing gulf
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of dark forgetfulness and deep oblivionx
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which to recurex we heartily solicit
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your gracious self to take on you the charge
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and kingly government of this your landx
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not as protectorx stewardx substitutex
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or lowly factor for anotherxs gainx
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but as successivelyx from blood to bloodx
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your right of birthx your emperyx your ownx
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for thisx consorted with the citizensx
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your very worshipful and loving friendsx
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and by their vehement instigationx
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in this just cause come i to move your gracex
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gloucesterx i cannot tell if to depart in silence
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or bitterly to speak in your reproof
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best fitteth my degree or your conditionx
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if not to answerx you might haply think
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tonguextied ambitionx not replyingx yielded
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to bear the golden yoke of sovereigntyx
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which fondly you would here impose on mex
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if to reprove you for this suit of yoursx
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so seasonxd with your faithful love to mex
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thenx on the other sidex i checkxd my friendsx
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thereforexto speakx and to avoid the firstx
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and thenx in speakingx not to incur the lastx
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definitively thus i answer youx
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your love deserves my thanksx but my desert
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unmeritable shuns your high requestx
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firstx if all obstacles were cut awayx
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and that my path were even to the crownx
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as the ripe revenue and due of birthx
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yet so much is my poverty of spiritx
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so mighty and so many my defectsx
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that i would rather hide me from my greatnessx
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being a bark to brook no mighty seax
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than in my greatness covet to be hidx
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and in the vapour of my glory smotherxdx
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butx god be thankxdx there is no need of mex
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and much i need to help youx were there needx
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the royal tree hath left us royal fruit
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whichx mellowxd by the stealing hours of timex
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will well become the seat of majesty
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and makex no doubtx us happy by his reignx
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on him i lay that you would lay on mex
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the right and fortune of his happy starsx
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which god defend that i should wring from himx
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buckinghamx my lordx this argues conscience in your
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gracex
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but the respects thereof are nice and trivialx
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all circumstances well consideredx
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you say that edward is your brotherxs sonx
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so say we toox but not by edwardxs wifex
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for first was he contract to lady lucyx
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your mother lives a witness to his vowx
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and afterward by substitute betrothxd
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to bonax sister to the king of francex
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these both put offx a poor petitionerx
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a carexcrazxd mother to a many sonsx
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a beautyxwaning and distressed widowx
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even in the afternoon of her best daysx
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made prize and purchase of his wanton eyex
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seducxd the pitch and height of his degree
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to base declension and loathxd bigamyx
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by herx in his unlawful bedx he got
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this edwardx whom our manners call the princex
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more bitterly could i expostulatex
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save thatx for reverence to some alivex
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i give a sparing limit to my tonguex
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thenx good my lordx take to your royal self
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this profferxd benefit of dignityx
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if not to bless us and the land withalx
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yet to draw forth your noble ancestry
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from the corruption of abusing times
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unto a lineal truexderived coursex
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mayorx dox good my lordx your citizens entreat youx
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buckinghamx refuse notx mighty lordx this profferxd lovex
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catesbyx ox make them joyfulx grant their lawful suitx
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gloucesterx alasx why would you heap this care on mex
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i am unfit for state and majestyx
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i do beseech youx take it not amissx
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i cannot nor i will not yield to youx
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buckinghamx if you refuse itxasx in love and zealx
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loath to depose the childx your brotherxs sonx
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as well we know your tenderness of heart
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and gentlex kindx effeminate remorsex
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which we have noted in you to your kindred
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and egally indeed to all estatesx
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yet knowx whexer you accept our suit or nox
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your brotherxs son shall never reign our kingx
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but we will plant some other in the throne
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to the disgrace and downfall of your housex
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and in this resolution here we leave youx
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comex citizensx zoundsx ixll entreat no morex
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gloucesterx ox do not swearx my lord of buckinghamx
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exeunt buckinghamx mayorx and citizens
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catesbyx call him againx sweet princex accept their suitx
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if you deny themx all the land will rue itx
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gloucesterx will you enforce me to a world of caresx
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call them againx i am not made of stonesx
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but penetrable to your kind entreatiesx
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albeit against my conscience and my soulx
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rexenter buckingham and the rest
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cousin of buckinghamx and sage grave menx
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since you will buckle fortune on my backx
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to bear her burdenx whexer i will or nox
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i must have patience to endure the loadx
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but if black scandal or foulxfacxd reproach
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attend the sequel of your impositionx
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your mere enforcement shall acquittance me
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from all the impure blots and stains thereofx
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for god doth knowx and you may partly seex
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how far i am from the desire of thisx
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mayorx god bless your gracex we see itx and will say itx
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gloucesterx in saying sox you shall but say the truthx
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buckinghamx then i salute you with this royal titlex
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long live king richardx englandxs worthy kingx
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allx amenx
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buckinghamx toxmorrow may it please you to be crownxdx
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gloucesterx even when you pleasex for you will have it sox
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buckinghamx toxmorrowx thenx we will attend your gracex
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and sox most joyfullyx we take our leavex
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gloucesterx xto the bishopsx comex let us to our holy
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work againx
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farewellx my cousinx farewellx gentle friendsx exeunt
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act ivx scene xx
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londonx before the tower
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enter queen elizabethx duchess of yorkx and marquis of dorsetx at one
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doorx
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annex duchess of gloucesterx leading lady margaret plantagenetx
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clarencexs young daughterx at another door
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duchessx who meets us herex my niece plantagenetx
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led in the hand of her kind aunt of gloucesterx
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nowx for my lifex shexs wandxring to the towerx
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on pure heartxs lovex to greet the tender princesx
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daughterx well metx
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annex god give your graces both
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a happy and a joyful time of dayx
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queen elizabethx as much to youx good sisterx whither
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awayx
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annex no farther than the towerx andx as i guessx
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upon the like devotion as yourselvesx
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to gratulate the gentle princes therex
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queen elizabethx kind sisterx thanksx wexll enter
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all togetherx
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enter brakenbury
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and in good timex here the lieutenant comesx
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master lieutenantx pray youx by your leavex
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how doth the princex and my young son of yorkx
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brakenburyx right wellx dear madamx by your patiencex
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i may not suffer you to visit themx
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the king hath strictly chargxd the contraryx
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queen elizabethx the kingx whoxs thatx
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brakenburyx i mean the lord protectorx
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queen elizabethx the lord protect him from that kingly
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titlex
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hath he set bounds between their love and mex
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i am their motherx who shall bar me from themx
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duchessx i am their fatherxs motherx i will see themx
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annex their aunt i am in lawx in love their motherx
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then bring me to their sightsx ixll bear thy blamex
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and take thy office from thee on my perilx
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brakenburyx nox madamx nox i may not leave it sox
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i am bound by oathx and therefore pardon mex exit
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enter stanley
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stanleyx let me but meet youx ladiesx one hour hencex
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and ixll salute your grace of york as mother
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and reverend lookerxon of two fair queensx
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xto annex comex madamx you must straight to
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westminsterx
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there to be crowned richardxs royal queenx
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queen elizabethx ahx cut my lace asunder
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that my pent heart may have some scope to beatx
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or else i swoon with this deadxkilling newsx
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annex despiteful tidingsx o unpleasing newsx
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dorsetx be of good cheerx motherx how fares your gracex
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queen elizabethx o dorsetx speak not to mex get thee
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|
gonex
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death and destruction dogs thee at thy heelsx
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thy motherxs name is ominous to childrenx
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if thou wilt outstrip deathx go cross the seasx
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and live with richmondx from the reach of hellx
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gox hie theex hie thee from this slaughterxhousex
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lest thou increase the number of the deadx
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and make me die the thrall of margaretxs cursex
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nor motherx wifex nor englandxs counted queenx
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stanleyx full of wise care is this your counselx madamx
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take all the swift advantage of the hoursx
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you shall have letters from me to my son
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in your behalfx to meet you on the wayx
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be not taxen tardy by unwise delayx
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duchessx o illxdispersing wind of miseryx
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o my accursed wombx the bed of deathx
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a cockatrice hast thou hatchxd to the worldx
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whose unavoided eye is murderousx
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stanleyx comex madamx comex i in all haste was sentx
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annex and i with all unwillingness will gox
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ox would to god that the inclusive verge
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of golden metal that must round my brow
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were redxhot steelx to sear me to the brainsx
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anointed let me be with deadly venomx
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and die ere men can say xgod save the queenxx
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queen elizabethx gox gox poor soulx i envy not thy gloryx
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to feed my humourx wish thyself no harmx
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annex nox whyx when he that is my husband now
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came to mex as i followxd henryxs corsex
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when scarce the blood was well washxd from his hands
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which issued from my other angel husbandx
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and that dear saint which then i weeping followxdx
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ox whenx i sayx i lookxd on richardxs facex
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this was my wishx xbe thoux quoth i xaccursxd
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for making mex so youngx so old a widowx
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and when thou wedxstx let sorrow haunt thy bedx
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and be thy wifex if any be so madx
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|
more miserable by the life of thee
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than thou hast made me by my dear lordxs deathxx
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lox ere i can repeat this curse againx
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within so small a timex my womanxs heart
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grossly grew captive to his honey words
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and provxd the subject of mine own soulxs cursex
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which hitherto hath held my eyes from restx
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for never yet one hour in his bed
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did i enjoy the golden dew of sleepx
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but with his timorous dreams was still awakxdx
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besidesx he hates me for my father warwickx
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and willx no doubtx shortly be rid of mex
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queen elizabethx poor heartx adieux i pity thy complainingx
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annex no more than with my soul i mourn for yoursx
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dorsetx farewellx thou woeful welcomer of gloryx
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annex adieux poor soulx that takxst thy leave of itx
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duchessx xto dorsetx go thou to richmondx and good
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|
fortune guide theex
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xto annex go thou to richardx and good angels tend
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theex xto queen elizabethx go thou to sanctuaryx and good
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|
thoughts possess theex
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i to my gravex where peace and rest lie with mex
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|
eighty odd years of sorrow have i seenx
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and each hourxs joy wreckxd with a week of teenx
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|
queen elizabethx stayx yet look back with me unto the
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towerx
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pityx you ancient stonesx those tender babes
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whom envy hath immurxd within your wallsx
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rough cradle for such little pretty onesx
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rude ragged nursex old sullen playfellow
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for tender princesx use my babies wellx
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so foolish sorrows bids your stones farewellx exeunt
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scene xx
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londonx the palace
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sound a sennetx enter richardx in pompx as kingx buckinghamx catesbyx
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ratcliffx lovelx a pagex and others
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king richardx stand all apartx cousin of buckinghamx
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buckinghamx my gracious sovereignx
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king richardx give me thy handx
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xhere he ascendeth the thronex soundx
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thus highx by thy advice
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and thy assistancex is king richard seatedx
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but shall we wear these glories for a dayx
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or shall they lastx and we rejoice in themx
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|
buckinghamx still live theyx and for ever let them lastx
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king richardx ahx buckinghamx now do i play the touchx
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to try if thou be current gold indeedx
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young edward livesxthink now what i would speakx
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buckinghamx say onx my loving lordx
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king richardx whyx buckinghamx i say i would be kingx
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buckinghamx whyx so you arex my thricexrenowned lordx
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king richardx hax am i kingx xtis sox but edward livesx
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buckinghamx truex noble princex
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king richardx o bitter consequencex
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that edward still should livextrue noble princex
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cousinx thou wast not wont to be so dullx
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shall i be plainx i wish the bastards deadx
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and i would have it suddenly performxdx
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what sayxst thou nowx speak suddenlyx be briefx
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buckinghamx your grace may do your pleasurex
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king richardx tutx tutx thou art all icex thy kindness freezesx
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sayx have i thy consent that they shall diex
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buckinghamx give me some little breathx some pausex
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dear lordx
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before i positively speak in thisx
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i will resolve you herein presentlyx exit
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catesbyx xaside to anotherx the king is angryx seex he
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gnaws his lipx
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king richardx i will converse with ironxwitted fools
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xdescends from the thronex
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and unrespective boysx none are for me
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that look into me with considerate eyesx
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highxreaching buckingham grows circumspectx
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boyx
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pagex my lordx
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king richardx knowxst thou not any whom corrupting
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gold
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will tempt unto a close exploit of deathx
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pagex i know a discontented gentleman
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whose humble means match not his haughty spiritx
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gold were as good as twenty oratorsx
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and willx no doubtx tempt him to anythingx
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king richardx what is his namex
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pagex his namex my lordx is tyrrelx
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king richardx i partly know the manx gox call him hitherx
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boyx exit page
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the deepxrevolving witty buckingham
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no more shall be the neighbour to my counselsx
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hath he so long held out with mex untirxdx
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and stops he now for breathx wellx be it sox
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enter stanley
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how nowx lord stanleyx whatxs the newsx
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stanleyx knowx my loving lordx
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the marquis dorsetx as i hearx is fled
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to richmondx in the parts where he abidesx xstands apartx
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|
king richardx come hitherx catesbyx rumour it abroad
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that annex my wifex is very grievous sickx
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i will take order for her keeping closex
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inquire me out some mean poor gentlemanx
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whom i will marry straight to clarencex daughterx
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the boy is foolishx and i fear not himx
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look how thou dreamxstx i say againx give out
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that annex my queenx is sick and like to diex
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about itx for it stands me much upon
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to stop all hopes whose growth may damage mex
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exit catesby
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i must be married to my brotherxs daughterx
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or else my kingdom stands on brittle glassx
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murder her brothersx and then marry herx
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uncertain way of gainx but i am in
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so far in blood that sin will pluck on sinx
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tearxfalling pity dwells not in this eyex
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rexenter pagex with tyrrel
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is thy name tyrrelx
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tyrrelx james tyrrelx and your most obedient subjectx
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king richardx art thoux indeedx
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tyrrelx prove mex my gracious lordx
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king richardx darxstxthou resolve to kill a friend of minex
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tyrrelx please youx
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but i had rather kill two enemiesx
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king richardx whyx then thou hast itx two deep enemiesx
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foes to my restx and my sweet sleepxs disturbersx
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are they that i would have thee deal uponx
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tyrrelx i mean those bastards in the towerx
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tyrrelx let me have open means to come to themx
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and soon ixll rid you from the fear of themx
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king richardx thou singxst sweet musicx harkx come
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hitherx tyrrelx
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gox by this tokenx risex and lend thine earx xwhispersx
|
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there is no more but sox say it is donex
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and i will love thee and prefer thee for itx
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|
tyrrelx i will dispatch it straightx exit
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rexenter buckingham
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buckinghamx my lordx i have considerxd in my mind
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the late request that you did sound me inx
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king richardx wellx let that restx dorset is fled to
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|
richmondx
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buckinghamx i hear the newsx my lordx
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king richardx stanleyx he is your wifexs sonx wellx look
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unto itx
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buckinghamx my lordx i claim the giftx my due by promisex
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for which your honour and your faith is pawnxdx
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|
thx earldom of hereford and the movables
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which you have promised i shall possessx
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|
king richardx stanleyx look to your wifex if she convey
|
|
letters to richmondx you shall answer itx
|
|
buckinghamx what says your highness to my just requestx
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|
king richardx i do remember mex henry the sixth
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|
did prophesy that richmond should be kingx
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when richmond was a little peevish boyx
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a kingxxperhapsx
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|
buckinghamx my lordx
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|
king richardx how chance the prophet could not at that
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|
time
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have told mex i being byx that i should kill himx
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|
buckinghamx my lordx your promise for the earldomx
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|
king richardx richmondx when last i was at exeterx
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|
the mayor in courtesy showxd me the castle
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and callxd it rugemountx at which name i startedx
|
|
because a bard of ireland told me once
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i should not live long after i saw richmondx
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|
buckinghamx my lordx
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king richardx ayx whatxs oxclockx
|
|
buckinghamx i am thus bold to put your grace in mind
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|
of what you promisxd mex
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|
king richardx wellx but oxclockx
|
|
buckinghamx upon the stroke of tenx
|
|
king richardx wellx let it strikex
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buckinghamx why let it strikex
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|
king richardx because that like a jack thou keepxst the
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|
stroke
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|
betwixt thy begging and my meditationx
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|
i am not in the giving vein toxdayx
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buckinghamx may it please you to resolve me in my suitx
|
|
king richardx thou troublest mex i am not in the veinx
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|
exeunt all but buckingham
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|
buckinghamx and is it thusx repays he my deep service
|
|
with such contemptx made i him king for thisx
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|
ox let me think on hastingsx and be gone
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|
to brecknock while my fearful head is onx exit
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scene xx
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londonx the palace
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enter tyrrel
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tyrrelx the tyrannous and bloody act is donex
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|
the most arch deed of piteous massacre
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|
that ever yet this land was guilty ofx
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|
dighton and forrestx who i did suborn
|
|
to do this piece of ruthless butcheryx
|
|
albeit they were fleshxd villainsx bloody dogsx
|
|
melted with tenderness and mild compassionx
|
|
wept like two children in their deathsx sad storyx
|
|
xox thusx quoth dighton xlay the gentle babesxx
|
|
xthusx thusxx quoth forrest xgirdling one another
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|
within their alabaster innocent armsx
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|
their lips were four red roses on a stalkx
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|
and in their summer beauty kissxd each otherx
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a book of prayers on their pillow layx
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which oncexx quoth forrest xalmost changxd my mindx
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|
butx ox the devilxxthere the villain stoppxdx
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when dighton thus told onx xwe smothered
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the most replenished sweet work of nature
|
|
that from the prime creation exer she framedxx
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hence both are gone with conscience and remorse
|
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they could not speakx and so i left them bothx
|
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to bear this tidings to the bloody kingx
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enter king richard
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and here he comesx all healthx my sovereign lordx
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king richardx kind tyrrelx am i happy in thy newsx
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tyrrelx if to have done the thing you gave in charge
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beget your happinessx be happy thenx
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for it is donex
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king richardx but didst thou see them deadx
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tyrrelx i didx my lordx
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king richardx and buriedx gentle tyrrelx
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tyrrelx the chaplain of the tower hath buried themx
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but wherex to say the truthx i do not knowx
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king richardx come to mex tyrrelx soon at after supperx
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when thou shalt tell the process of their deathx
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meantimex but think how i may do thee good
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and be inheritor of thy desirex
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farewell till thenx
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tyrrelx i humbly take my leavex exit
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king richardx the son of clarence have i pent up closex
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his daughter meanly have i matchxd in marriagex
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the sons of edward sleep in abrahamxs bosomx
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and anne my wife hath bid this world good nightx
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nowx for i know the britaine richmond aims
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at young elizabethx my brotherxs daughterx
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and by that knot looks proudly on the crownx
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to her go ix a jolly thriving wooerx
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enter ratcliff
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ratcliffx my lordx
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king richardx good or bad newsx that thou comxst in so
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bluntlyx
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ratcliffx bad newsx my lordx morton is fled to richmondx
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and buckinghamx backxd with the hardy welshmenx
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is in the fieldx and still his power increasethx
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king richardx ely with richmond troubles me more near
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than buckingham and his rashxlevied strengthx
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comex i have learnxd that fearful commenting
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is leaden servitor to dull delayx
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delay leads impotent and snailxpacxd beggaryx
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then fiery expedition be my wingx
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jovexs mercuryx and herald for a kingx
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gox muster menx my counsel is my shieldx
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we must be brief when traitors brave the fieldx exeunt
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scene xx
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londonx before the palace
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enter old queen margaret
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queen margaretx so now prosperity begins to mellow
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and drop into the rotten mouth of deathx
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here in these confines slily have i lurkxd
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to watch the waning of mine enemiesx
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a dire induction am i witness tox
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and will to francex hoping the consequence
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will prove as bitterx blackx and tragicalx
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withdraw theex wretched margaretx who comes herex
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xretiresx
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enter queen elizabeth and the duchess of york
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queen elizabethx ahx my poor princesx ahx my tender
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babesx
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my unblown flowersx newxappearing sweetsx
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if yet your gentle souls fly in the air
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and be not fixxd in doom perpetualx
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hover about me with your airy wings
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|
and hear your motherxs lamentationx
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queen margaretx hover about herx say that right for right
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hath dimmxd your infant morn to aged nightx
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duchessx so many miseries have crazxd my voice
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that my woexwearied tongue is still and mutex
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edward plantagenetx why art thou deadx
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queen margaretx plantagenet doth quit plantagenetx
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edward for edward pays a dying debtx
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queen elizabethx wilt thoux o godx fly from such gentle
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lambs
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and throw them in the entrails of the wolfx
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when didst thou sleep when such a deed was donex
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|
queen margaretx when holy harry diedx and my sweet
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|
sonx
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duchessx dead lifex blind sightx poor mortal living ghostx
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woexs scenex worldxs shamex gravexs due by life usurpxdx
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brief abstract and record of tedious daysx
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rest thy unrest on englandxs lawful earthx xsitting downx
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unlawfully made drunk with innocent bloodx
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queen elizabethx ahx that thou wouldst as soon afford a
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grave
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as thou canst yield a melancholy seatx
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then would i hide my bonesx not rest them herex
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ahx who hath any cause to mourn but wex
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xsitting down by herx
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queen margaretx xcoming forwardx if ancient sorrow be
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|
most reverendx
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give mine the benefit of senioryx
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and let my griefs frown on the upper handx
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if sorrow can admit societyx xsitting down with themx
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tell oxer your woes again by viewing minex
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i had an edwardx till a richard killxd himx
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i had a husbandx till a richard killxd himx
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thou hadst an edwardx till a richard killxd himx
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thou hadst a richardx till a richard killxd himx
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duchessx i had a richard toox and thou didst kill himx
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i had a rutland toox thou holpxst to kill himx
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queen margaretx thou hadst a clarence toox and richard
|
|
killxd himx
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|
from forth the kennel of thy womb hath crept
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|
a hellxhound that doth hunt us all to deathx
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that dogx that had his teeth before his eyes
|
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to worry lambs and lap their gentle bloodx
|
|
that foul defacer of godxs handiworkx
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|
that excellent grand tyrant of the earth
|
|
that reigns in galled eyes of weeping soulsx
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|
thy womb let loose to chase us to our gravesx
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|
o uprightx justx and truexdisposing godx
|
|
how do i thank thee that this carnal cur
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|
preys on the issue of his motherxs body
|
|
and makes her pewxfellow with othersx moanx
|
|
duchessx o harryxs wifex triumph not in my woesx
|
|
god witness with mex i have wept for thinex
|
|
queen margaretx bear with mex i am hungry for revengex
|
|
and now i cloy me with beholding itx
|
|
thy edward he is deadx that killxd my edwardx
|
|
the other edward deadx to quit my edwardx
|
|
young york he is but bootx because both they
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|
matchxd not the high perfection of my lossx
|
|
thy clarence he is dead that stabbxd my edwardx
|
|
and the beholders of this frantic playx
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|
thx adulterate hastingsx riversx vaughanx greyx
|
|
untimely smotherxd in their dusky gravesx
|
|
richard yet livesx hellxs black intelligencerx
|
|
only reservxd their factor to buy souls
|
|
and send them thitherx but at handx at handx
|
|
ensues his piteous and unpitied endx
|
|
earth gapesx hell burnsx fiends roarx saints prayx
|
|
to have him suddenly conveyxd from hencex
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|
cancel his bond of lifex dear godx i prayx
|
|
that i may live and say xthe dog is deadxx
|
|
queen elizabethx ox thou didst prophesy the time would
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|
come
|
|
that i should wish for thee to help me curse
|
|
that bottled spiderx that foul bunchxbackxd toadx
|
|
queen margaretx i callxd thee then vain flourish of my
|
|
fortunex
|
|
i callxd thee then poor shadowx painted queenx
|
|
the presentation of but what i wasx
|
|
the flattering index of a direful pageantx
|
|
one heavxd axhigh to be hurlxd down belowx
|
|
a mother only mockxd with two fair babesx
|
|
a dream of what thou wastx a garish flag
|
|
to be the aim of every dangerous shotx
|
|
a sign of dignityx a breathx a bubblex
|
|
a queen in jestx only to fill the scenex
|
|
where is thy husband nowx where be thy brothersx
|
|
where be thy two sonsx wherein dost thou joyx
|
|
who suesx and kneelsx and says xgod save the queenxx
|
|
where be the bending peers that flattered theex
|
|
where be the thronging troops that followed theex
|
|
decline an thisx and see what now thou artx
|
|
for happy wifex a most distressed widowx
|
|
for joyful motherx one that wails the namex
|
|
for one being suxd tox one that humbly suesx
|
|
for queenx a very caitiff crownxd with carex
|
|
for she that scornxd at mex now scornxd of mex
|
|
for she being fearxd of allx now fearing onex
|
|
for she commanding allx obeyxd of nonex
|
|
thus hath the course of justice whirlxd about
|
|
and left thee but a very prey to timex
|
|
having no more but thought of what thou wast
|
|
to torture thee the morex being what thou artx
|
|
thou didst usurp my placex and dost thou not
|
|
usurp the just proportion of my sorrowx
|
|
now thy proud neck bears half my burdenxd yokex
|
|
from which even here i slip my weary head
|
|
and leave the burden of it all on theex
|
|
farewellx yorkxs wifex and queen of sad mischancex
|
|
these english woes shall make me smile in francex
|
|
queen elizabethx o thou well skillxd in cursesx stay awhile
|
|
and teach me how to curse mine enemiesx
|
|
queen margaretx forbear to sleep the nightsx and fast the
|
|
daysx
|
|
compare dead happiness with living woex
|
|
think that thy babes were sweeter than they werex
|
|
and he that slew them fouler than he isx
|
|
bettxring thy loss makes the badxcauser worsex
|
|
revolving this will teach thee how to cursex
|
|
queen elizabethx my words are dullx ox quicken them
|
|
with thinex
|
|
queen margaretx thy woes will make them sharp and
|
|
pierce like minex exit
|
|
duchessx why should calamity be fun of wordsx
|
|
queen elizabethx windy attorneys to their client woesx
|
|
airy succeeders of intestate joysx
|
|
poor breathing orators of miseriesx
|
|
let them have scopex though what they will impart
|
|
help nothing elsex yet do they case the heartx
|
|
duchessx if sox then be not tonguextiedx go with mex
|
|
and in the breath of bitter words letxs smother
|
|
my damned son that thy two sweet sons smotherxdx
|
|
the trumpet soundsx be copious in exclaimsx
|
|
|
|
enter king richard and his trainx marching with
|
|
drums and trumpets
|
|
|
|
king richardx who intercepts me in my expeditionx
|
|
duchessx ox she that might have intercepted theex
|
|
by strangling thee in her accursed wombx
|
|
from all the slaughtersx wretchx that thou hast donex
|
|
queen elizabethx hidest thou that forehead with a golden
|
|
crown
|
|
wherext should be brandedx if that right were rightx
|
|
the slaughter of the prince that owxd that crownx
|
|
and the dire death of my poor sons and brothersx
|
|
tell mex thou villain slavex where are my childrenx
|
|
duchessx thou toadx thou toadx where is thy brother
|
|
clarencex
|
|
and little ned plantagenetx his sonx
|
|
queen elizabethx where is the gentle riversx vaughanx
|
|
greyx
|
|
duchessx where is kind hastingsx
|
|
king richardx a flourishx trumpetsx strike alarumx drumsx
|
|
let not the heavens hear these tellxtale women
|
|
rail on the lordxs anointedx strikex i sayx
|
|
xflourishx alarumsx
|
|
either be patient and entreat me fairx
|
|
or with the clamorous report of war
|
|
thus will i drown your exclamationsx
|
|
duchessx art thou my sonx
|
|
king richardx ayx i thank godx my fatherx and yourselfx
|
|
duchessx then patiently hear my impatiencex
|
|
king richardx madamx i have a touch of your condition
|
|
that cannot brook the accent of reproofx
|
|
duchessx ox let me speakx
|
|
king richardx dox thenx but ixll not hearx
|
|
duchessx i will be mild and gentle in my wordsx
|
|
king richardx and briefx good motherx for i am in hastex
|
|
duchessx art thou so hastyx i have stayxd for theex
|
|
god knowsx in torment and in agonyx
|
|
king richardx and came i not at last to comfort youx
|
|
duchessx nox by the holy roodx thou knowxst it well
|
|
thou camxst on earth to make the earth my hellx
|
|
a grievous burden was thy birth to mex
|
|
tetchy and wayward was thy infancyx
|
|
thy schoolxdays frightfulx despxratex wildx and furiousx
|
|
thy prime of manhood daringx boldx and venturousx
|
|
thy age confirmxdx proudx subtlex slyx and bloodyx
|
|
more mildx but yet more harmfulxkind in hatredx
|
|
what comfortable hour canst thou name
|
|
that ever gracxd me with thy companyx
|
|
king richardx faithx none but humphrey hourx that callxd
|
|
your grace
|
|
to breakfast once forth of my companyx
|
|
if i be so disgracious in your eyex
|
|
let me march on and not offend youx madamx
|
|
strike up the drumx
|
|
duchessx i prithee hear me speakx
|
|
king richardx you speak too bitterlyx
|
|
duchessx hear me a wordx
|
|
for i shall never speak to thee againx
|
|
king richardx sox
|
|
duchessx either thou wilt die by godxs just ordinance
|
|
ere from this war thou turn a conquerorx
|
|
or i with grief and extreme age shall perish
|
|
and never more behold thy face againx
|
|
therefore take with thee my most grievous cursex
|
|
which in the day of battle tire thee more
|
|
than all the complete armour that thou wearxstx
|
|
my prayers on the adverse party fightx
|
|
and there the little souls of edwardxs children
|
|
whisper the spirits of thine enemies
|
|
and promise them success and victoryx
|
|
bloody thou artx bloody will be thy endx
|
|
shame serves thy life and doth thy death attendx exit
|
|
queen elizabethx though far more causex yet much less
|
|
spirit to curse
|
|
abides in mex i say amen to herx
|
|
king richardx stayx madamx i must talk a word with youx
|
|
queen elizabethx i have no moe sons of the royal blood
|
|
for thee to slaughterx for my daughtersx richardx
|
|
they shall be praying nunsx not weeping queensx
|
|
and therefore level not to hit their livesx
|
|
king richardx you have a daughter callxd elizabethx
|
|
virtuous and fairx royal and graciousx
|
|
queen elizabethx and must she die for thisx ox let her
|
|
livex
|
|
and ixll corrupt her mannersx stain her beautyx
|
|
slander myself as false to edwardxs bedx
|
|
throw over her the veil of infamyx
|
|
so she may live unscarrxd of bleeding slaughterx
|
|
i will confess she was not edwardxs daughterx
|
|
king richardx wrong not her birthx she is a royal
|
|
princessx
|
|
queen elizabethx to save her life ixll say she is not sox
|
|
king richardx her life is safest only in her birthx
|
|
queen elizabethx and only in that safety died her
|
|
brothersx
|
|
king richardx lox at their birth good stars were oppositex
|
|
queen elizabethx nox to their lives ill friends were
|
|
contraryx
|
|
king richardx all unavoided is the doom of destinyx
|
|
queen elizabethx truex when avoided grace makes destinyx
|
|
my babes were destinxd to a fairer deathx
|
|
if grace had blessxd thee with a fairer lifex
|
|
king richardx you speak as if that i had slain my cousinsx
|
|
queen elizabethx cousinsx indeedx and by their uncle
|
|
cozenxd
|
|
of comfortx kingdomx kindredx freedomx lifex
|
|
whose hand soever lancxd their tender heartsx
|
|
thy headx an indirectlyx gave directionx
|
|
no doubt the murdxrous knife was dull and blunt
|
|
till it was whetted on thy stonexhard heart
|
|
to revel in the entrails of my lambsx
|
|
but that stiff use of grief makes wild grief tamex
|
|
my tongue should to thy ears not name my boys
|
|
till that my nails were anchorxd in thine eyesx
|
|
and ix in such a despxrate bay of deathx
|
|
like a poor barkx of sails and tackling reftx
|
|
rush all to pieces on thy rocky bosomx
|
|
king richardx madamx so thrive i in my enterprise
|
|
and dangerous success of bloody warsx
|
|
as i intend more good to you and yours
|
|
than ever you or yours by me were harmxdx
|
|
queen elizabethx what good is coverxd with the face of
|
|
heavenx
|
|
to be discoverxdx that can do me goodx
|
|
king richardx advancement of your childrenx gentle
|
|
ladyx
|
|
queen elizabethx up to some scaffoldx there to lose their
|
|
headsx
|
|
king richardx unto the dignity and height of fortunex
|
|
the high imperial type of this earthxs gloryx
|
|
queen elizabethx flatter my sorrow with report of itx
|
|
tell me what statex what dignityx what honourx
|
|
canst thou demise to any child of minex
|
|
king richardx even all i havexayx and myself and all
|
|
will i withal endow a child of thinex
|
|
so in the lethe of thy angry soul
|
|
thou drown the sad remembrance of those wrongs
|
|
which thou supposest i have done to theex
|
|
queen elizabethx be briefx lest that the process of thy
|
|
kindness
|
|
last longer telling than thy kindnessx datex
|
|
king richardx then knowx that from my soul i love thy
|
|
daughterx
|
|
queen elizabethx my daughterxs mother thinks it with her
|
|
soulx
|
|
king richardx what do you thinkx
|
|
queen elizabethx that thou dost love my daughter from
|
|
thy soulx
|
|
so from thy soulxs love didst thou love her brothersx
|
|
and from my heartxs love i do thank thee for itx
|
|
king richardx be not so hasty to confound my meaningx
|
|
i mean that with my soul i love thy daughter
|
|
and do intend to make her queen of englandx
|
|
queen elizabethx wellx thenx who dost thou mean shall be
|
|
her kingx
|
|
king richardx even he that makes her queenx who else
|
|
should bex
|
|
queen elizabethx whatx thoux
|
|
king richardx even sox how think you of itx
|
|
queen elizabethx how canst thou woo herx
|
|
king richardx that would i learn of youx
|
|
as one being best acquainted with her humourx
|
|
queen elizabethx and wilt thou learn of mex
|
|
king richardx madamx with all my heartx
|
|
queen elizabethx send to herx by the man that slew her
|
|
brothersx
|
|
a pair of bleeding heartsx thereon engrave
|
|
xedwardx and xyorkxx then haply will she weepx
|
|
therefore present to herxas sometimes margaret
|
|
did to thy fatherx steepxd in rutlandxs bloodx
|
|
a handkerchiefx whichx say to herx did drain
|
|
the purple sap from her sweet brotherxs bodyx
|
|
and bid her wipe her weeping eyes withalx
|
|
if this inducement move her not to lovex
|
|
send her a letter of thy noble deedsx
|
|
tell her thou madxst away her uncle clarencex
|
|
her uncle riversx ayx and for her sake
|
|
madxst quick conveyance with her good aunt annex
|
|
king richardx you mock mex madamx this is not the way
|
|
to win your daughterx
|
|
queen elizabethx there is no other wayx
|
|
unless thou couldst put on some other shape
|
|
and not be richard that hath done all thisx
|
|
king richardx say that i did all this for love of herx
|
|
queen elizabethx nayx then indeed she cannot choose but
|
|
hate theex
|
|
having bought love with such a bloody spoilx
|
|
king richardx look what is done cannot be now amendedx
|
|
men shall deal unadvisedly sometimesx
|
|
which afterxhours gives leisure to repentx
|
|
if i did take the kingdom from your sonsx
|
|
to make amends ixll give it to your daughterx
|
|
if i have killxd the issue of your wombx
|
|
to quicken your increase i will beget
|
|
mine issue of your blood upon your daughterx
|
|
a grandamxs name is little less in love
|
|
than is the doating title of a motherx
|
|
they are as children but one step belowx
|
|
even of your metalx of your very bloodx
|
|
of all one painx save for a night of groans
|
|
endurxd of herx for whom you bid like sorrowx
|
|
your children were vexation to your youthx
|
|
but mine shall be a comfort to your agex
|
|
the loss you have is but a son being kingx
|
|
and by that loss your daughter is made queenx
|
|
i cannot make you what amends i wouldx
|
|
therefore accept such kindness as i canx
|
|
dorset your sonx that with a fearful soul
|
|
leads discontented steps in foreign soilx
|
|
this fair alliance quickly shall can home
|
|
to high promotions and great dignityx
|
|
the kingx that calls your beauteous daughter wifex
|
|
familiarly shall call thy dorset brotherx
|
|
again shall you be mother to a kingx
|
|
and all the ruins of distressful times
|
|
repairxd with double riches of contentx
|
|
whatx we have many goodly days to seex
|
|
the liquid drops of tears that you have shed
|
|
shall come againx transformxd to orient pearlx
|
|
advantaging their loan with interest
|
|
of ten times double gain of happinessx
|
|
gox thenx my motherx to thy daughter gox
|
|
make bold her bashful years with your experiencex
|
|
prepare her ears to hear a wooerxs talex
|
|
put in her tender heart thx aspiring flame
|
|
of golden sovereigntyx acquaint the princes
|
|
with the sweet silent hours of marriage joysx
|
|
and when this arm of mine hath chastised
|
|
the petty rebelx dullxbrainxd buckinghamx
|
|
bound with triumphant garlands will i comex
|
|
and lead thy daughter to a conquerorxs bedx
|
|
to whom i will retail my conquest wonx
|
|
and she shall be sole victoressx caesarxs caesarx
|
|
queen elizabethx what were i best to sayx her fatherxs
|
|
brother
|
|
would be her lordx or shall i say her unclex
|
|
or he that slew her brothers and her unclesx
|
|
under what title shall i woo for thee
|
|
that godx the lawx my honourx and her love
|
|
can make seem pleasing to her tender yearsx
|
|
king richardx infer fair englandxs peace by this alliancex
|
|
queen elizabethx which she shall purchase with
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stillxlasting warx
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king richardx tell her the kingx that may commandx
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entreatsx
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queen elizabethx that at her hands which the kingxs
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king forbidsx
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king richardx say she shall be a high and mighty queenx
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queen elizabethx to wail the titlex as her mother dothx
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king richardx say i will love her everlastinglyx
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queen elizabethx but how long shall that title xeverx lastx
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king richardx sweetly in force unto her fair lifexs endx
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queen elizabethx but how long fairly shall her sweet life
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lastx
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king richardx as long as heaven and nature lengthens itx
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queen elizabethx as long as hell and richard likes of itx
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king richardx say ix her sovereignx am her subject lowx
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queen elizabethx but shex your subjectx loathes such
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sovereigntyx
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king richardx be eloquent in my behalf to herx
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queen elizabethx an honest tale speeds best being plainly
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toldx
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king richardx then plainly to her tell my loving talex
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queen elizabethx plain and not honest is too harsh a stylex
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king richardx your reasons are too shallow and too quickx
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queen elizabethx ox nox my reasons are too deep and
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deadx
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too deep and deadx poor infantsx in their gravesx
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king richardx harp not on that stringx madamx that is pastx
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queen elizabethx harp on it still shall i till heartstrings
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breakx
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king richardx nowx by my georgex my garterx and my
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crownx
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queen elizabethx profanxdx dishonourxdx and the third
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usurpxdx
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king richardx i swearx
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queen elizabethx by nothingx for this is no oathx
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thy georgex profanxdx hath lost his lordly honourx
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thy garterx blemishxdx pawnxd his knightly virtuex
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thy crownx usurpxdx disgracxd his kingly gloryx
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if something thou wouldst swear to be believxdx
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swear then by something that thou hast not wrongxdx
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king richardx thenx by my selfx
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queen elizabethx thy self is selfxmisusxdx
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king richardx nowx by the worldx
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queen elizabethx xtis full of thy foul wrongsx
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king richardx my fatherxs deathx
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queen elizabethx thy life hath it dishonourxdx
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king richardx whyx thenx by godx
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queen elizabethx godxs wrong is most of allx
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if thou didst fear to break an oath with himx
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the unity the king my husband made
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thou hadst not brokenx nor my brothers diedx
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if thou hadst fearxd to break an oath by himx
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thx imperial metalx circling now thy headx
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had gracxd the tender temples of my childx
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and both the princes had been breathing herex
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which nowx two tender bedfellows for dustx
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thy broken faith hath made the prey for wormsx
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what canst thou swear by nowx
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king richardx the time to comex
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queen elizabethx that thou hast wronged in the time
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oxerpastx
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for i myself have many tears to wash
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hereafter timex for time past wrongxd by theex
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the children live whose fathers thou hast slaughterxdx
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ungovernxd youthx to wail it in their agex
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the parents live whose children thou hast butcheedx
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old barren plantsx to wail it with their agex
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swear not by time to comex for that thou hast
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misusxd ere usxdx by times illxusxd oxerpastx
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king richardx as i intend to prosper and repentx
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so thrive i in my dangerous affairs
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of hostile armsx myself myself confoundx
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heaven and fortune bar me happy hoursx
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dayx yield me not thy lightx norx nightx thy restx
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be opposite all planets of good luck
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|
to my proceedingxxifx with dear heartxs lovex
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immaculate devotionx holy thoughtsx
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|
i tender not thy beauteous princely daughterx
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in her consists my happiness and thinex
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|
without herx follows to myself and theex
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|
herselfx the landx and many a christian soulx
|
|
deathx desolationx ruinx and decayx
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|
it cannot be avoided but by thisx
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it will not be avoided but by thisx
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|
thereforex dear motherxi must call you sox
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be the attorney of my love to herx
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plead what i will bex not what i have beenx
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not my desertsx but what i will deservex
|
|
urge the necessity and state of timesx
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and be not peevishxfond in great designsx
|
|
queen elizabethx shall i be tempted of the devil thusx
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king richardx ayx if the devil tempt you to do goodx
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queen elizabethx shall i forget myself to be myselfx
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king richardx ayx if your selfxs remembrance wrong
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|
yourselfx
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queen elizabethx yet thou didst kill my childrenx
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|
king richardx but in your daughterxs womb i bury themx
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wherex in that nest of spiceryx they will breed
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selves of themselvesx to your recomforturex
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queen elizabethx shall i go win my daughter to thy willx
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|
king richardx and be a happy mother by the deedx
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|
queen elizabethx i gox write to me very shortlyx
|
|
and you shall understand from me her mindx
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|
king richardx bear her my true lovexs kissx and sox farewellx
|
|
kissing herx exit queen elizabeth
|
|
relenting foolx and shallowx changing womanx
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|
enter ratcliffx catesby following
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how nowx what newsx
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|
ratcliffx most mighty sovereignx on the western coast
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|
rideth a puissant navyx to our shores
|
|
throng many doubtful hollowxhearted friendsx
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|
unarmxdx and unresolvxd to beat them backx
|
|
xtis thought that richmond is their admiralx
|
|
and there they hullx expecting but the aid
|
|
of buckingham to welcome them ashorex
|
|
king richardx some lightxfoot friend post to the duke of
|
|
norfolkx
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|
ratcliffx thyselfxor catesbyx where is hex
|
|
catesbyx herex my good lordx
|
|
king richardx catesbyx fly to the dukex
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|
catesbyx i will my lordx with all convenient hastex
|
|
king richardx ratcliffx come hitherx post to salisburyx
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|
when thou comxst thitherx xto catesbyx dullx
|
|
unmindfull villainx
|
|
why stayxst thou herex and goxst not to the dukex
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|
catesbyx firstx mighty liegex tell me your highnessx pleasurex
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|
what from your grace i shall deliver to himx
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|
king richardx ox truex good catesbyx bid him levy straight
|
|
the greatest strength and power that he can make
|
|
and meet me suddenly at salisburyx
|
|
catesbyx i gox exit
|
|
ratcliffx whatx may it please youx shall i do at salisburyx
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|
king richardx whyx what wouldst thou do there before i
|
|
gox
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|
ratcliffx your highness told me i should post beforex
|
|
king richardx my mind is changxdx
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enter lord stanley
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|
stanleyx what news with youx
|
|
stanleyx none goodx my liegex to please you with
|
|
the hearingx
|
|
nor none so bad but well may be reportedx
|
|
king richardx hoydayx a riddlex neither good nor badx
|
|
what needxst thou run so many miles aboutx
|
|
when thou mayest tell thy tale the nearest wayx
|
|
once morex what newsx
|
|
stanleyx richmond is on the seasx
|
|
king richardx there let him sinkx and be the seas on himx
|
|
whitexliverxd runagatex what doth he therex
|
|
stanleyx i know notx mighty sovereignx but by guessx
|
|
king richardx wellx as you guessx
|
|
stanleyx stirrxd up by dorsetx buckinghamx and mortonx
|
|
he makes for england here to claim the crownx
|
|
king richardx is the chair emptyx is the sword unswayxdx
|
|
is the king deadx the empire unpossessxdx
|
|
what heir of york is there alive but wex
|
|
and who is englandxs king but great yorkxs heirx
|
|
then tell me what makes he upon the seasx
|
|
stanleyx unless for thatx my liegex i cannot guessx
|
|
king richardx unless for that he comes to be your liegex
|
|
you cannot guess wherefore the welshman comesx
|
|
thou wilt revolt and fly to himx i fearx
|
|
stanleyx nox my good lordx therefore mistrust me notx
|
|
king richardx where is thy power thenx to beat him backx
|
|
where be thy tenants and thy followersx
|
|
are they not now upon the western shorex
|
|
safexconducting the rebels from their shipsx
|
|
stanleyx nox my good lordx my friends are in the northx
|
|
king richardx cold friends to mex what do they in the
|
|
northx
|
|
when they should serve their sovereign in the westx
|
|
stanleyx they have not been commandedx mighty kingx
|
|
pleaseth your majesty to give me leavex
|
|
ixll muster up my friends and meet your grace
|
|
where and what time your majesty shall pleasex
|
|
king richardx ayx ayx thou wouldst be gone to join with
|
|
richmondx
|
|
but ixll not trust theex
|
|
stanleyx most mighty sovereignx
|
|
you have no cause to hold my friendship doubtfulx
|
|
i never was nor never will be falsex
|
|
king richardx gox thenx and muster menx but leave behind
|
|
your sonx george stanleyx look your heart be firmx
|
|
or else his headxs assurance is but frailx
|
|
stanleyx so deal with him as i prove true to youx exit
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|
|
enter a messenger
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|
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|
messengerx my gracious sovereignx now in devonshirex
|
|
as i by friends am well advertisedx
|
|
sir edward courtney and the haughty prelatex
|
|
bishop of exeterx his elder brotherx
|
|
with many moe confederatesx are in armsx
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|
|
|
enter another messenger
|
|
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|
second messengerx in kentx my liegex the guilfords are in
|
|
armsx
|
|
and every hour more competitors
|
|
flock to the rebelsx and their power grows strongx
|
|
|
|
enter another messenger
|
|
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|
third messengerx my lordx the army of great buckinghamx
|
|
king richardx out on youx owlsx nothing but songs of
|
|
deathx xhe strikes himx
|
|
therex take thou that till thou bring better newsx
|
|
third messengerx the news i have to tell your majesty
|
|
is that by sudden floods and fall of waters
|
|
buckinghamxs army is dispersxd and scatterxdx
|
|
and he himself wandxred away alonex
|
|
no man knows whitherx
|
|
king richardx i cry thee mercyx
|
|
there is my purse to cure that blow of thinex
|
|
hath any wellxadvised friend proclaimxd
|
|
reward to him that brings the traitor inx
|
|
third messengerx such proclamation hath been madex
|
|
my lordx
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|
|
|
enter another messenger
|
|
|
|
fourth messengerx sir thomas lovel and lord marquis
|
|
dorsetx
|
|
xtis saidx my liegex in yorkshire are in armsx
|
|
but this good comfort bring i to your highnessx
|
|
the britaine navy is dispersxd by tempestx
|
|
richmond in dorsetshire sent out a boat
|
|
unto the shorex to ask those on the banks
|
|
if they were his assistantsx yea or nox
|
|
who answerxd him they came from buckingham
|
|
upon his partyx hex mistrusting themx
|
|
hoisxd sailx and made his course again for britainex
|
|
king richardx march onx march onx since we are up in
|
|
armsx
|
|
if not to fight with foreign enemiesx
|
|
yet to beat down these rebels here at homex
|
|
|
|
rexenter catesby
|
|
|
|
catesbyx my liegex the duke of buckingham is takenx
|
|
that is the best newsx that the earl of richmond
|
|
is with a mighty power landed at milford
|
|
is colder tidingsx yet they must be toldx
|
|
king richardx away towards salisburyx while we reason
|
|
here
|
|
a royal battle might be won and lostx
|
|
some one take order buckingham be brought
|
|
to salisburyx the rest march on with mex
|
|
flourishx exeunt
|
|
|
|
scene xx
|
|
|
|
lord derbyxs house
|
|
|
|
enter stanley and sir christopher urswick
|
|
|
|
stanleyx sir christopherx tell richmond this from mex
|
|
that in the sty of the most deadly boar
|
|
my son george stanley is frankxd up in holdx
|
|
if i revoltx off goes young georgexs headx
|
|
the fear of that holds off my present aidx
|
|
sox get thee gonex commend me to thy lordx
|
|
withal say that the queen hath heartily consented
|
|
he should espouse elizabeth her daughterx
|
|
but tell mex where is princely richmond nowx
|
|
christopherx at pembrokex or at haxrford west in walesx
|
|
stanleyx what men of name resort to himx
|
|
christopherx sir walter herbertx a renowned soldierx
|
|
sir gilbert talbotx sir william stanleyx
|
|
oxfordx redoubted pembrokex sir james bluntx
|
|
and rice ap thomasx with a valiant crewx
|
|
and many other of great name and worthx
|
|
and towards london do they bend their powerx
|
|
if by the way they be not fought withalx
|
|
stanleyx wellx hie thee to thy lordx i kiss his handx
|
|
my letter will resolve him of my mindx
|
|
farewellx exeunt
|
|
|
|
act vx scene xx
|
|
|
|
salisburyx an open place
|
|
|
|
enter the sheriff and guardx with buckinghamx led to execution
|
|
|
|
buckinghamx will not king richard let me speak with
|
|
himx
|
|
sheriffx nox my good lordx therefore be patientx
|
|
buckinghamx hastingsx and edwardxs childrenx greyx and
|
|
riversx
|
|
holy king henryx and thy fair son edwardx
|
|
vaughanx and all that have miscarried
|
|
by underhand corrupted foul injusticex
|
|
if that your moody discontented souls
|
|
do through the clouds behold this present hourx
|
|
even for revenge mock my destructionx
|
|
this is allxsoulsx dayx fellowx is it notx
|
|
sheriffx it isx my lordx
|
|
buckinghamx whyx then allxsoulsx day is my bodyxs
|
|
doomsdayx
|
|
this is the day which in king edwardxs time
|
|
i wishxd might fall on me when i was found
|
|
false to his children and his wifexs alliesx
|
|
this is the day wherein i wishxd to fall
|
|
by the false faith of him whom most i trustedx
|
|
thisx this allxsoulsx day to my fearful soul
|
|
is the determinxd respite of my wrongsx
|
|
that high allxseer which i dallied with
|
|
hath turnxd my feigned prayer on my head
|
|
and given in earnest what i beggxd in jestx
|
|
thus doth he force the swords of wicked men
|
|
to turn their own points in their mastersx bosomsx
|
|
thus margaretxs curse falls heavy on my neckx
|
|
xwhen hex quoth she xshall split thy heart with sorrowx
|
|
remember margaret was a prophetessxx
|
|
come lead mex officersx to the block of shamex
|
|
wrong hath but wrongx and blame the due of blamex exeunt
|
|
|
|
scene xx
|
|
|
|
camp near tamworth
|
|
|
|
enter richmondx oxfordx sir james bluntx sir walter herbertx and
|
|
othersx with drum and colours
|
|
|
|
richmondx fellows in armsx and my most loving friendsx
|
|
bruisxd underneath the yoke of tyrannyx
|
|
thus far into the bowels of the land
|
|
have we marchxd on without impedimentx
|
|
and here receive we from our father stanley
|
|
lines of fair comfort and encouragementx
|
|
the wretchedx bloodyx and usurping boarx
|
|
that spoilxd your summer fields and fruitful vinesx
|
|
swills your warm blood like washx and makes his trough
|
|
in your embowellxd bosomsxthis foul swine
|
|
is now even in the centre of this islex
|
|
near to the town of leicesterx as we learnx
|
|
from tamworth thither is but one dayxs marchx
|
|
in godxs name cheerly onx courageous friendsx
|
|
to reap the harvest of perpetual peace
|
|
by this one bloody trial of sharp warx
|
|
oxfordx every manxs conscience is a thousand menx
|
|
to fight against this guilty homicidex
|
|
herbertx i doubt not but his friends will turn to usx
|
|
bluntx he hath no friends but what are friends for fearx
|
|
which in his dearest need will fly from himx
|
|
richmondx all for our vantagex then in godxs name marchx
|
|
true hope is swift and flies with swallowxs wingsx
|
|
kings it makes godsx and meaner creatures kingsx exeunt
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|
|
|
scene xx
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|
|
|
bosworth field
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|
|
|
enter king richard in armsx with norfolkx ratcliffx the earl of surreys
|
|
and others
|
|
|
|
king richardx here pitch our tentx even here in bosworth
|
|
fieldx
|
|
my lord of surreyx why look you so sadx
|
|
surreyx my heart is ten times lighter than my looksx
|
|
king richardx my lord of norfolkx
|
|
norfolkx herex most gracious liegex
|
|
king richardx norfolkx we must have knocksx hax must we
|
|
notx
|
|
norfolkx we must both give and takex my loving lordx
|
|
king richardx up with my tentx here will i lie toxnightx
|
|
xsoldiers begin to set up the kingxs tentx
|
|
but where toxmorrowx wellx allxs one for thatx
|
|
who hath descried the number of the traitorsx
|
|
norfolkx six or seven thousand is their utmost powerx
|
|
king richardx whyx our battalia trebles that accountx
|
|
besidesx the kingxs name is a tower of strengthx
|
|
which they upon the adverse faction wantx
|
|
up with the tentx comex noble gentlemenx
|
|
let us survey the vantage of the groundx
|
|
call for some men of sound directionx
|
|
letxs lack no disciplinex make no delayx
|
|
forx lordsx toxmorrow is a busy dayx exeunt
|
|
|
|
enterx on the other side of the fieldx
|
|
richmondx sir william brandonx oxfordx dorsetx
|
|
and othersx some pitch richmondxs tent
|
|
|
|
richmondx the weary sun hath made a golden setx
|
|
and by the bright tract of his fiery car
|
|
gives token of a goodly day toxmorrowx
|
|
sir william brandonx you shall bear my standardx
|
|
give me some ink and paper in my tentx
|
|
ixll draw the form and model of our battlex
|
|
limit each leader to his several chargex
|
|
and part in just proportion our small powerx
|
|
my lord of oxfordxyoux sir william brandonx
|
|
and youx sir walter herbertxstay with mex
|
|
the earl of pembroke keeps his regimentx
|
|
good captain bluntx bear my good night to himx
|
|
and by the second hour in the morning
|
|
desire the earl to see me in my tentx
|
|
yet one thing morex good captainx do for mex
|
|
where is lord stanley quarterxdx do you knowx
|
|
bluntx unless i have mistaxen his colours muchx
|
|
which well i am assurxd i have not donex
|
|
his regiment lies half a mile at least
|
|
south from the mighty power of the kingx
|
|
richmondx if without peril it be possiblex
|
|
sweet bluntx make some good means to speak with him
|
|
and give him from me this most needful notex
|
|
bluntx upon my lifex my lordx ixll undertake itx
|
|
and sox god give you quiet rest toxnightx
|
|
richmondx good nightx good captain bluntx comex
|
|
gentlemenx
|
|
let us consult upon toxmorrowxs businessx
|
|
in to my tentx the dew is raw and coldx
|
|
xthey withdraw into the tentx
|
|
|
|
enterx to hisxtentx king richardx norfolkx
|
|
ratcliffx and catesby
|
|
|
|
king richardx what isxt oxclockx
|
|
catesbyx itxs supperxtimex my lordx
|
|
itxs nine oxclockx
|
|
king richardx i will not sup toxnightx
|
|
give me some ink and paperx
|
|
whatx is my beaver easier than it wasx
|
|
and all my armour laid into my tentx
|
|
catesbyx it isx my liegex and all things are in readinessx
|
|
king richardx good norfolkx hie thee to thy chargex
|
|
use careful watchx choose trusty sentinelsx
|
|
norfolkx i gox my lordx
|
|
king richardx stir with the lark toxmorrowx gentle norfolkx
|
|
norfolkx i warrant youx my lordx exit
|
|
king richardx catesbyx
|
|
catesbyx my lordx
|
|
king richardx send out a pursuivantxatxarms
|
|
to stanleyxs regimentx bid him bring his power
|
|
before sunrisingx lest his son george fall
|
|
into the blind cave of eternal nightx exit catesby
|
|
fill me a bowl of winex give me a watchx
|
|
saddle white surrey for the field toxmorrowx
|
|
look that my staves be soundx and not too heavyx
|
|
ratcliffx
|
|
ratcliffx my lordx
|
|
king richardx sawxst thou the melancholy lord
|
|
northumberlandx
|
|
ratcliffx thomas the earl of surrey and himselfx
|
|
much about cockxshut timex from troop to troop
|
|
went through the armyx cheering up the soldiersx
|
|
king richardx sox i am satisfiedx give me a bowl of winex
|
|
i have not that alacrity of spirit
|
|
nor cheer of mind that i was wont to havex
|
|
set it downx is ink and paper readyx
|
|
ratcliffx it isx my lordx
|
|
king richardx bid my guard watchx leave mex
|
|
ratcliffx about the mid of night come to my tent
|
|
and help to arm mex leave mex i sayx
|
|
exit ratcliffx richard sleeps
|
|
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enter derby to richmond in his tentx
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lords attending
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derbyx fortune and victory sit on thy helmx
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richmondx all comfort that the dark night can afford
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be to thy personx noble fatherxinxlawx
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tell mex how fares our loving motherx
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derbyx ix by attorneyx bless thee from thy motherx
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who prays continually for richmondxs goodx
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so much for thatx the silent hours steal onx
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and flaky darkness breaks within the eastx
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in briefx for so the season bids us bex
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prepare thy battle early in the morningx
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and put thy fortune to the arbitrement
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of bloody strokes and mortalxstaring warx
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ix as i mayxthat which i would i cannotx
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with best advantage will deceive the time
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and aid thee in this doubtful shock of armsx
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but on thy side i may not be too forwardx
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lestx being seenx thy brotherx tender georgex
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be executed in his fatherxs sightx
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farewellx the leisure and the fearful time
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cuts off the ceremonious vows of love
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and ample interchange of sweet discourse
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which soxlongxsundxred friends should dwell uponx
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god give us leisure for these rites of lovex
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once morex adieux be valiantx and speed wellx
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richmondx good lordsx conduct him to his regimentx
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ixll strive with troubled thoughts to take a napx
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lest leaden slumber peise me down toxmorrow
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when i should mount with wings of victoryx
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once morex good nightx kind lords and gentlemenx
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exeunt all but richmond
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o thoux whose captain i account myselfx
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look on my forces with a gracious eyex
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put in their hands thy bruising irons of wrathx
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that they may crush down with a heavy fall
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the usurping helmets of our adversariesx
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make us thy ministers of chastisementx
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that we may praise thee in the victoryx
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to thee i do commend my watchful soul
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ere i let fall the windows of mine eyesx
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sleeping and wakingx ox defend me stillx xsleepsx
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enter the ghost of young prince edwardx
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son to henry the sixth
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ghostx xto richardx let me sit heavy on thy soul
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toxmorrowx
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think how thou stabbxdst me in my prime of youth
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at tewksburyx despairx thereforex and diex
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xto richmondx be cheerfulx richmondx for the wronged
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souls
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of butcherxd princes fight in thy behalfx
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king henryxs issuex richmondx comforts theex
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enter the ghost of henry the sixth
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ghostx xto richardx when i was mortalx my anointed
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body
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by thee was punched full of deadly holesx
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think on the tower and mex despairx and diex
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harry the sixth bids thee despair and diex
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xto richmondx virtuous and holyx be thou conquerorx
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harryx that prophesied thou shouldst be kingx
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doth comfort thee in thy sleepx live and flourishx
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enter the ghost of clarence
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ghostx xto richardx let me sit heavy in thy soul
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toxmorrowx i that was washxd to death with fulsome winex
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poor clarencex by thy guile betrayxd to deathx
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toxmorrow in the battle think on mex
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and fall thy edgeless swordx despair and diex
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xto richmondx thou offspring of the house of lancasterx
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the wronged heirs of york do pray for theex
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good angels guard thy battlex live and flourishx
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enter the ghosts of riversx greyx and vaughan
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ghost of riversx xto richardx let me sit heavy in thy
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soul toxmorrowx
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rivers that died at pomfretx despair and diex
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ghost of greyx xto richardx think upon greyx and let
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thy soul despairx
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ghost of vaughanx xto richardx think upon vaughanx
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and with guilty fear
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let fall thy lancex despair and diex
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allx xto richmondx awakex and think our wrongs in
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richardxs bosom
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will conquer himx awake and win the dayx
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enter the ghost of hastings
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ghostx xto richardx bloody and guiltyx guiltily awakex
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and in a bloody battle end thy daysx
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think on lord hastingsx despair and diex
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xto richmondx quiet untroubled soulx awakex awakex
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armx fightx and conquerx for fair englandxs sakex
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enter the ghosts of the two young princes
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ghostsx xto richardx dream on thy cousins smothered in
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the towerx
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let us be lead within thy bosomx richardx
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and weigh thee down to ruinx shamex and deathx
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thy nephewsx souls bid thee despair and diex
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xto richmondx sleepx richmondx sleep in peacex and
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wake in joyx
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good angels guard thee from the boarxs annoyx
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livex and beget a happy race of kingsx
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edwardxs unhappy sons do bid thee flourishx
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enter the ghost of lady annex his wife
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ghostx xto richardx richardx thy wifex that wretched
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anne thy wife
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that never slept a quiet hour with thee
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now fills thy sleep with perturbationsx
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toxmorrow in the battle think on mex
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and fall thy edgeless swordx despair and diex
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xto richmondx thou quiet soulx sleep thou a quiet sleepx
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dream of success and happy victoryx
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thy adversaryxs wife doth pray for theex
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enter the ghost of buckingham
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ghostx xto richardx the first was i that helpxd thee
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to the crownx
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the last was i that felt thy tyrannyx
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ox in the battle think on buckinghamx
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and die in terror of thy guiltinessx
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dream onx dream on of bloody deeds and deathx
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faintingx despairx despairingx yield thy breathx
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xto richmondx i died for hope ere i could lend thee aidx
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but cheer thy heart and be thou not dismayxdx
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god and good angels fight on richmondxs sidex
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and richard falls in height of all his pridex
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xthe ghosts vanishx richard starts out of his dreamx
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king richardx give me another horsex bind up my woundsx
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have mercyx jesux softx i did but dreamx
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o coward consciencex how dost thou afflict mex
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the lights burn bluex it is now dead midnightx
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cold fearful drops stand on my trembling fleshx
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what do i fearx myselfx therexs none else byx
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richard loves richardx that isx i am ix
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is there a murderer herex noxyesx i amx
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then flyx whatx from myselfx great reason whyx
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lest i revengex whatx myself upon myselfx
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alackx i love myselfx whereforex for any good
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that i myself have done unto myselfx
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ox nox alasx i rather hate myself
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for hateful deeds committed by myselfx
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i am a villainx yet i liex i am notx
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foolx of thyself speak wellx foolx do not flatterx
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my conscience hath a thousand several tonguesx
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and every tongue brings in a several talex
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and every tale condemns me for a villainx
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perjuryx perjuryx in the highxst degreex
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murderx stern murderx in the dirxst degreex
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all several sinsx all usxd in each degreex
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throng to the barx crying all xguiltyx guiltyxx
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i shall despairx there is no creature loves mex
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|
and if i die no soul will pity mex
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|
and wherefore should theyx since that i myself
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|
find in myself no pity to myselfx
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|
methought the souls of all that i had murderxd
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|
came to my tentx and every one did threat
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|
toxmorrowxs vengeance on the head of richardx
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enter ratcliff
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ratcliffx my lordx
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king richardx zoundsx who is therex
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ratcliffx ratcliffx my lordx xtis ix the early villagexcock
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hath twice done salutation to the mornx
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your friends are up and buckle on their armourx
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king richardx o ratcliffx i have dreamxd a fearful dreamx
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|
what thinkxst thouxwill our friends prove all truex
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ratcliffx no doubtx my lordx
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king richardx o ratcliffx i fearx i fearx
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ratcliffx nayx good my lordx be not afraid of shadowsx
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|
king richard by the apostle paulx shadows toxnight
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|
have stuck more terror to the soul of richard
|
|
than can the substance of ten thousand soldiers
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|
armed in proof and led by shallow richmondx
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xtis not yet near dayx comex go with mex
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under our tents ixll play the eavesxdropperx
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|
to see if any mean to shrink from mex exeunt
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|
enter the lords to richmond sitting in his tent
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lordsx good morrowx richmondx
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richmondx cry mercyx lords and watchful gentlemenx
|
|
that you have taxen a tardy sluggard herex
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|
lordsx how have you sleptx my lordx
|
|
richmondx the sweetest sleep and fairestxboding dreams
|
|
that ever entxred in a drowsy head
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|
have i since your departure hadx my lordsx
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|
methought their souls whose bodies richard murderxd
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|
came to my tent and cried on victoryx
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|
i promise you my soul is very jocund
|
|
in the remembrance of so fair a dreamx
|
|
how far into the morning is itx lordsx
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lordsx upon the stroke of fourx
|
|
richmondx whyx then xtis time to arm and give directionx
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|
|
|
his oration to his soldiers
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|
|
|
more than i have saidx loving countrymenx
|
|
the leisure and enforcement of the time
|
|
forbids to dwell uponx yet remember thisx
|
|
god and our good cause fight upon our sidex
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|
the prayers of holy saints and wronged soulsx
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|
like highxrearxd bulwarksx stand before our facesx
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|
richard exceptx those whom we fight against
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|
had rather have us win than him they followx
|
|
for what is he they followx trulyx gentlemenx
|
|
a bloody tyrant and a homicidex
|
|
one raisxd in bloodx and one in blood establishxdx
|
|
one that made means to come by what he hathx
|
|
and slaughtered those that were the means to help himx
|
|
a base foul stonex made precious by the foil
|
|
of englandxs chairx where he is falsely setx
|
|
one that hath ever been godxs enemyx
|
|
then if you fight against godxs enemyx
|
|
god will in justice ward you as his soldiersx
|
|
if you do sweat to put a tyrant downx
|
|
you sleep in peacex the tyrant being slainx
|
|
if you do fight against your countryxs foesx
|
|
your countryxs foes shall pay your pains the hirex
|
|
if you do fight in safeguard of your wivesx
|
|
your wives shall welcome home the conquerorsx
|
|
if you do free your children from the swordx
|
|
your childrenxs children quits it in your agex
|
|
thenx in the name of god and all these rightsx
|
|
advance your standardsx draw your willing swordsx
|
|
for mex the ransom of my bold attempt
|
|
shall be this cold corpse on the earthxs cold facex
|
|
but if i thrivex the gain of my attempt
|
|
the least of you shall share his part thereofx
|
|
sound drums and trumpets boldly and cheerfullyx
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|
god and saint georgex richmond and victoryx exeunt
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|
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|
rexenter king richardx ratcliffx attendantsx
|
|
and forces
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|
|
|
king richardx what said northumberland as touching
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|
richmondx
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|
ratcliffx that he was never trained up in armsx
|
|
king richardx he said the truthx and what said surrey
|
|
thenx
|
|
ratcliffx he smilxdx and said xthe better for our purposexx
|
|
king he was in the rightx and so indeed it isx
|
|
xclock strikesx
|
|
tell the clock therex give me a calendarx
|
|
who saw the sun toxdayx
|
|
ratcliffx not ix my lordx
|
|
king richardx then he disdains to shinex for by the book
|
|
he should have bravxd the east an hour agox
|
|
a black day will it be to somebodyx
|
|
ratcliffx
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|
ratcliffx my lordx
|
|
king richardx the sun will not be seen toxdayx
|
|
the sky doth frown and lour upon our armyx
|
|
i would these dewy tears were from the groundx
|
|
not shine toxdayx whyx what is that to me
|
|
more than to richmondx for the selfsame heaven
|
|
that frowns on me looks sadly upon himx
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|
enter norfolk
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|
norfolkx armx armx my lordx the foe vaunts in the fieldx
|
|
king richardx comex bustlex bustlex caparison my horsex
|
|
call up lord stanleyx bid him bring his powerx
|
|
i will lead forth my soldiers to the plainx
|
|
and thus my battle shall be orderedx
|
|
my foreward shall be drawn out all in lengthx
|
|
consisting equally of horse and footx
|
|
our archers shall be placed in the midstx
|
|
john duke of norfolkx thomas earl of surreyx
|
|
shall have the leading of this foot and horsex
|
|
they thus directedx we will follow
|
|
in the main battlex whose puissance on either side
|
|
shall be well winged with our chiefest horsex
|
|
thisx and saint george to bootx what thinkxst thoux
|
|
norfolkx
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|
norfolkx a good directionx warlike sovereignx
|
|
this found i on my tent this morningx
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|
xhe sheweth him a paperx
|
|
king richardx xreadsx
|
|
xjockey of norfolkx be not so boldx
|
|
for dickon thy master is bought and soldxx
|
|
a thing devised by the enemyx
|
|
gox gentlemenx every man unto his chargex
|
|
let not our babbling dreams affright our soulsx
|
|
conscience is but a word that cowards usex
|
|
devisxd at first to keep the strong in awex
|
|
our strong arms be our consciencex swords our lawx
|
|
march onx join bravelyx let us to it pellxmellx
|
|
if not to heavenx then hand in hand to hellx
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|
his oration to his army
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|
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|
what shall i say more than i have inferrxdx
|
|
remember whom you are to cope withalx
|
|
a sort of vagabondsx rascalsx and runawaysx
|
|
a scum of britainesx and base lackey peasantsx
|
|
whom their oxerxcloyed country vomits forth
|
|
to desperate adventures and assurxd destructionx
|
|
you sleeping safex they bring to you unrestx
|
|
you having landsx and blessxd with beauteous wivesx
|
|
they would restrain the onex distain the otherx
|
|
and who doth lead them but a paltry fellowx
|
|
long kept in britaine at our motherxs costx
|
|
a milkxsopx one that never in his life
|
|
felt so much cold as over shoes in snowx
|
|
letxs whip these stragglers oxer the seas againx
|
|
lash hence these overxweening rags of francex
|
|
these famishxd beggarsx weary of their livesx
|
|
whox but for dreaming on this fond exploitx
|
|
for want of meansx poor ratsx had hangxd themselvesx
|
|
if we be conqueredx let men conquer usx
|
|
and not these bastard britainesx whom our fathers
|
|
have in their own land beatenx bobbxdx and thumpxdx
|
|
andx in recordx left them the heirs of shamex
|
|
shall these enjoy our landsx lie with our wivesx
|
|
ravish our daughtersx xdrum afar offx harkx i hear their
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|
drumx
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|
fightx gentlemen of englandx fightx bold yeomenx
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|
drawx archersx draw your arrows to the headx
|
|
spur your proud horses hardx and ride in bloodx
|
|
amaze the welkin with your broken stavesx
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|
enter a messenger
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what says lord stanleyx will he bring his powerx
|
|
messengerx my lordx he doth deny to comex
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king richardx off with his son georgexs headx
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|
norfolkx my lordx the enemy is passxd the marshx
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|
after the battle let george stanley diex
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|
king richardx a thousand hearts are great within my
|
|
bosomx
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|
advance our standardsx set upon our foesx
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|
our ancient word of couragex fair saint georgex
|
|
inspire us with the spleen of fiery dragonsx
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|
upon themx victory sits on our helmsx exeunt
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scene xx
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another part of the field
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alarumx excursionsx enter norfolk and forcesx to him catesby
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catesbyx rescuex my lord of norfolkx rescuex rescuex
|
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the king enacts more wonders than a manx
|
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daring an opposite to every dangerx
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his horse is slainx and all on foot he fightsx
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|
seeking for richmond in the throat of deathx
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|
rescuex fair lordx or else the day is lostx
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alarumsx enter king richard
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king richardx a horsex a horsex my kingdom for a horsex
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catesbyx withdrawx my lordx ixll help you to a horsex
|
|
king richardx slavex i have set my life upon a cast
|
|
and i will stand the hazard of the diex
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i think there be six richmonds in the fieldx
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five have i slain toxday instead of himx
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a horsex a horsex my kingdom for a horsex exeunt
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scene xx
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another part of the field
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alarumx enter richard and richmondx they fightx richard is slainx
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retreat and flourishx enter richmondx derby bearing the crownx with
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|
other lords
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richmondx god and your arms be praisxdx victorious friendsx
|
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the day is oursx the bloody dog is deadx
|
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derbyx courageous richmondx well hast thou acquit theex
|
|
lox herex this longxusurped royalty
|
|
from the dead temples of this bloody wretch
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|
have i pluckxd offx to grace thy brows withalx
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wear itx enjoy itx and make much of itx
|
|
richmondx great god of heavenx say amen to allx
|
|
butx tell me is young george stanley livingx
|
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derbyx he isx my lordx and safe in leicester townx
|
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whitherx if it please youx we may now withdraw usx
|
|
richmondx what men of name are slain on either sidex
|
|
derbyx john duke of norfolkx walter lord ferrersx
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sir robert brakenburyx and sir william brandonx
|
|
richmondx inter their bodies as becomes their birthsx
|
|
proclaim a pardon to the soldiers fled
|
|
that in submission will return to usx
|
|
and thenx as we have taxen the sacramentx
|
|
we will unite the white rose and the redx
|
|
smile heaven upon this fair conjunctionx
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|
that long have frownxd upon their emnityx
|
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what traitor hears mex and says not amenx
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england hath long been madx and scarrxd herselfx
|
|
the brother blindly shed the brotherxs bloodx
|
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the father rashly slaughterxd his own sonx
|
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the sonx compellxdx been butcher to the sirex
|
|
all this divided york and lancasterx
|
|
divided in their dire divisionx
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|
ox now let richmond and elizabethx
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the true succeeders of each royal housex
|
|
by godxs fair ordinance conjoin togetherx
|
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and let their heirsx godx if thy will be sox
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|
enrich the time to come with smoothxfacxd peacex
|
|
with smiling plentyx and fair prosperous daysx
|
|
abate the edge of traitorsx gracious lordx
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|
that would reduce these bloody days again
|
|
and make poor england weep in streams of bloodx
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|
let them not live to taste this landxs increase
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|
that would with treason wound this fair landxs peacex
|
|
now civil wounds are stoppxdx peace lives againx
|
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that she may long live herex god say amenx exeunt
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the tragedy of romeo and juliet
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contents
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the prologuex
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act i
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scene ix a public placex
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scene iix a streetx
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scene iiix room in capuletxs housex
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scene ivx a streetx
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scene vx a hall in capuletxs housex
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act ii
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chorusx
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scene ix an open place adjoining capuletxs gardenx
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scene iix capuletxs gardenx
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scene iiix friar lawrencexs cellx
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scene ivx a streetx
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scene vx capuletxs gardenx
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scene vix friar lawrencexs cellx
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act iii
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scene ix a public placex
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scene iix a room in capuletxs housex
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scene iiix friar lawrencexs cellx
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scene ivx a room in capuletxs housex
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scene vx an open gallery to julietxs chamberx overlooking the gardenx
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act iv
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scene ix friar lawrencexs cellx
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scene iix hall in capuletxs housex
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scene iiix julietxs chamberx
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scene ivx hall in capuletxs housex
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scene vx julietxs chamberx juliet on the bedx
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act v
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scene ix mantuax a streetx
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scene iix friar lawrencexs cellx
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scene iiix a churchyardx in it a monument belonging to the capuletsx
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dramatis personx
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escalusx prince of veronax
|
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mercutiox kinsman to the princex and friend to romeox
|
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parisx a young noblemanx kinsman to the princex
|
|
page to parisx
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montaguex head of a veronese family at feud with the capuletsx
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lady montaguex wife to montaguex
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romeox son to montaguex
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benvoliox nephew to montaguex and friend to romeox
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abramx servant to montaguex
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balthasarx servant to romeox
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capuletx head of a veronese family at feud with the montaguesx
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lady capuletx wife to capuletx
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julietx daughter to capuletx
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tybaltx nephew to lady capuletx
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capuletxs cousinx an old manx
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nurse to julietx
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peterx servant to julietxs nursex
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sampsonx servant to capuletx
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gregoryx servant to capuletx
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servantsx
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friar lawrencex a franciscanx
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friar johnx of the same orderx
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an apothecaryx
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chorusx
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three musiciansx
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an officerx
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citizens of veronax several men and womenx relations to both housesx
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maskersx guardsx watchmen and attendantsx
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scenex during the greater part of the play in veronax oncex in the
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fifth actx at mantuax
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the prologue
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enter chorusx
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chorusx
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two householdsx both alike in dignityx
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in fair veronax where we lay our scenex
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from ancient grudge break to new mutinyx
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where civil blood makes civil hands uncleanx
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from forth the fatal loins of these two foes
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a pair of starxcrossxd lovers take their lifex
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whose misadventurxd piteous overthrows
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doth with their death bury their parentsx strifex
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the fearful passage of their deathxmarkxd lovex
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and the continuance of their parentsx ragex
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whichx but their childrenxs endx nought could removex
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is now the two hoursx traffic of our stagex
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the whichx if you with patient ears attendx
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what here shall missx our toil shall strive to mendx
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xxexitxxx
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act i
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scene ix a public placex
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enter sampson and gregory armed with swords and bucklersx
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sampsonx
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gregoryx on my wordx wexll not carry coalsx
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gregoryx
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nox for then we should be colliersx
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sampsonx
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i meanx if we be in cholerx wexll drawx
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gregoryx
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ayx while you livex draw your neck out ox the collarx
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sampsonx
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i strike quicklyx being movedx
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gregoryx
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but thou art not quickly moved to strikex
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sampsonx
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a dog of the house of montague moves mex
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gregoryx
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to move is to stirx and to be valiant is to standx thereforex if thou
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art movedx thou runnxst awayx
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sampsonx
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a dog of that house shall move me to standx
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i will take the wall of any man or maid of montaguexsx
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gregoryx
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that shows thee a weak slavex for the weakest goes to the wallx
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sampsonx
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truex and therefore womenx being the weaker vesselsx are ever thrust to
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the wallx therefore i will push montaguexs men from the wallx and
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thrust his maids to the wallx
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gregoryx
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the quarrel is between our masters and us their menx
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sampsonx
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xtis all onex i will show myself a tyrantx when i have fought with the
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men i will be civil with the maidsx i will cut off their headsx
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gregoryx
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the heads of the maidsx
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sampsonx
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ayx the heads of the maidsx or their maidenheadsx take it in what sense
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thou wiltx
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gregoryx
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they must take it in sense that feel itx
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sampsonx
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me they shall feel while i am able to standx and xtis known i am a
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pretty piece of fleshx
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gregoryx
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xtis well thou art not fishx if thou hadstx thou hadst been poor johnx
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draw thy toolx here comes of the house of montaguesx
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enter abram and balthasarx
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sampsonx
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my naked weapon is outx quarrelx i will back theex
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gregoryx
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howx turn thy back and runx
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sampsonx
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fear me notx
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gregoryx
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nox marryx i fear theex
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sampsonx
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let us take the law of our sidesx let them beginx
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gregoryx
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i will frown as i pass byx and let them take it as they listx
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sampsonx
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nayx as they darex i will bite my thumb at themx which is disgrace to
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them if they bear itx
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abramx
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do you bite your thumb at usx sirx
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sampsonx
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i do bite my thumbx sirx
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abramx
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do you bite your thumb at usx sirx
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sampsonx
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is the law of our side if i say ayx
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gregoryx
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nox
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sampsonx
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no sirx i do not bite my thumb at youx sirx but i bite my thumbx sirx
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gregoryx
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do you quarrelx sirx
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abramx
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quarrelx sirx nox sirx
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sampsonx
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but if you dox sirx am for youx i serve as good a man as youx
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abramx
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no betterx
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sampsonx
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wellx sirx
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enter benvoliox
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gregoryx
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say betterx here comes one of my masterxs kinsmenx
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sampsonx
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yesx betterx sirx
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abramx
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you liex
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sampsonx
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drawx if you be menx gregoryx remember thy washing blowx
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xxthey fightxxx
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benvoliox
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partx foolsx put up your swordsx you know not what you dox
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xxbeats down their swordsxxx
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enter tybaltx
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tybaltx
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whatx art thou drawn among these heartless hindsx
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turn thee benvoliox look upon thy deathx
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benvoliox
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i do but keep the peacex put up thy swordx
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or manage it to part these men with mex
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tybaltx
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whatx drawnx and talk of peacex i hate the word
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as i hate hellx all montaguesx and theex
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have at theex cowardx
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xxthey fightxxx
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enter three or four citizens with clubsx
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first citizenx
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clubsx bills and partisansx strikex beat them downx
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down with the capuletsx down with the montaguesx
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enter capulet in his gownx and lady capuletx
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capuletx
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what noise is thisx give me my long swordx hox
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lady capuletx
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a crutchx a crutchx why call you for a swordx
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capuletx
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my swordx i sayx old montague is comex
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and flourishes his blade in spite of mex
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enter montague and his lady montaguex
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montaguex
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thou villain capuletx hold me notx let me gox
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lady montaguex
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thou shalt not stir one foot to seek a foex
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enter prince escalusx with attendantsx
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princex
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rebellious subjectsx enemies to peacex
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profaners of this neighbourxstained steelxx
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will they not hearx whatx hox you menx you beastsx
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that quench the fire of your pernicious rage
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with purple fountains issuing from your veinsx
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on pain of torturex from those bloody hands
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throw your mistemperxd weapons to the ground
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and hear the sentence of your moved princex
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three civil brawlsx bred of an airy wordx
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by theex old capuletx and montaguex
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have thrice disturbxd the quiet of our streetsx
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and made veronaxs ancient citizens
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cast by their grave beseeming ornamentsx
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to wield old partisansx in hands as oldx
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cankerxd with peacex to part your cankerxd hatex
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if ever you disturb our streets againx
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your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peacex
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for this time all the rest depart awayx
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youx capuletx shall go along with mex
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and montaguex come you this afternoonx
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to know our farther pleasure in this casex
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to old freextownx our common judgementxplacex
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once morex on pain of deathx all men departx
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xxexeunt prince and attendantsx capuletx lady capuletx tybaltx
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citizens and servantsxxx
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montaguex
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who set this ancient quarrel new abroachx
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speakx nephewx were you by when it beganx
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benvoliox
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here were the servants of your adversary
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and yoursx close fighting ere i did approachx
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i drew to part themx in the instant came
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the fiery tybaltx with his sword preparxdx
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whichx as he breathxd defiance to my earsx
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he swung about his headx and cut the windsx
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who nothing hurt withalx hissxd him in scornx
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while we were interchanging thrusts and blows
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came more and morex and fought on part and partx
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till the prince camex who parted either partx
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lady montaguex
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o where is romeox saw you him todayx
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right glad i am he was not at this frayx
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benvoliox
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madamx an hour before the worshippxd sun
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peerxd forth the golden window of the eastx
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a troubled mind drave me to walk abroadx
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where underneath the grove of sycamore
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that westward rooteth from this city sidex
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so early walking did i see your sonx
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towards him i madex but he was ware of mex
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and stole into the covert of the woodx
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ix measuring his affections by my ownx
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which then most sought where most might not be foundx
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being one too many by my weary selfx
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pursuxd my humourx not pursuing hisx
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and gladly shunnxd who gladly fled from mex
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montaguex
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many a morning hath he there been seenx
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with tears augmenting the fresh morningxs dewx
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adding to clouds more clouds with his deep sighsx
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but all so soon as the allxcheering sun
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should in the farthest east begin to draw
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the shady curtains from auroraxs bedx
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away from light steals home my heavy sonx
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and private in his chamber pens himselfx
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shuts up his windowsx locks fair daylight out
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and makes himself an artificial nightx
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black and portentous must this humour provex
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unless good counsel may the cause removex
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benvoliox
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my noble unclex do you know the causex
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montaguex
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i neither know it nor can learn of himx
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benvoliox
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have you importunxd him by any meansx
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montaguex
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both by myself and many other friendsx
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but hex his own affectionsx counsellorx
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is to himselfxi will not say how truex
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but to himself so secret and so closex
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so far from sounding and discoveryx
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as is the bud bit with an envious worm
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ere he can spread his sweet leaves to the airx
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or dedicate his beauty to the sunx
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could we but learn from whence his sorrows growx
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we would as willingly give cure as knowx
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enter romeox
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benvoliox
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seex where he comesx so please you step asidex
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ixll know his grievance or be much deniedx
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montaguex
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i would thou wert so happy by thy stay
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to hear true shriftx comex madamx letxs awayx
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xxexeunt montague and lady montaguexxx
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benvoliox
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good morrowx cousinx
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romeox
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is the day so youngx
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benvoliox
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but new struck ninex
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romeox
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ay mex sad hours seem longx
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was that my father that went hence so fastx
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benvoliox
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it wasx what sadness lengthens romeoxs hoursx
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romeox
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not having that whichx havingx makes them shortx
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benvoliox
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in lovex
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romeox
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outx
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benvoliox
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of lovex
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romeox
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out of her favour where i am in lovex
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benvoliox
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alas that love so gentle in his viewx
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should be so tyrannous and rough in proofx
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romeox
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alas that lovex whose view is muffled stillx
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shouldx without eyesx see pathways to his willx
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where shall we dinex o mex what fray was herex
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|
yet tell me notx for i have heard it allx
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herexs much to do with hatex but more with lovex
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whyx thenx o brawling lovex o loving hatex
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|
o anythingx of nothing first createx
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o heavy lightnessx serious vanityx
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misshapen chaos of wellxseeming formsx
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feather of leadx bright smokex cold firex sick healthx
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stillxwaking sleepx that is not what it isx
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this love feel ix that feel no love in thisx
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dost thou not laughx
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benvoliox
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no cozx i rather weepx
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romeox
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good heartx at whatx
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benvoliox
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at thy good heartxs oppressionx
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romeox
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why such is lovexs transgressionx
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griefs of mine own lie heavy in my breastx
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which thou wilt propagate to have it prest
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with more of thinex this love that thou hast shown
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doth add more grief to too much of mine ownx
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love is a smoke made with the fume of sighsx
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|
being purgxdx a fire sparkling in loversx eyesx
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being vexxdx a sea nourishxd with loversx tearsx
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|
what is it elsex a madness most discreetx
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a choking gallx and a preserving sweetx
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|
farewellx my cozx
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xxgoingxxx
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benvoliox
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softx i will go alongx
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and if you leave me sox you do me wrongx
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romeox
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tutx i have lost myselfx i am not herex
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|
this is not romeox hexs some other wherex
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benvoliox
|
|
tell me in sadness who is that you lovex
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romeox
|
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whatx shall i groan and tell theex
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benvoliox
|
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groanx whyx nox but sadly tell me whox
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romeox
|
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bid a sick man in sadness make his willx
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a word ill urgxd to one that is so illx
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in sadnessx cousinx i do love a womanx
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benvoliox
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i aimxd so near when i supposxd you lovxdx
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romeox
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a right good markmanx and shexs fair i lovex
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benvoliox
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a right fair markx fair cozx is soonest hitx
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romeox
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wellx in that hit you missx shexll not be hit
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with cupidxs arrowx she hath dianxs witx
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and in strong proof of chastity well armxdx
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from lovexs weak childish bow she lives uncharmxdx
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she will not stay the siege of loving terms
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nor bide thxencounter of assailing eyesx
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nor ope her lap to saintxseducing goldx
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o shexs rich in beautyx only poor
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that when she diesx with beauty dies her storex
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benvoliox
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then she hath sworn that she will still live chastex
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romeox
|
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she hathx and in that sparing makes huge wastex
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for beauty starvxd with her severityx
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cuts beauty off from all posterityx
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she is too fairx too wisex wisely too fairx
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to merit bliss by making me despairx
|
|
she hath forsworn to lovex and in that vow
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|
do i live deadx that live to tell it nowx
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benvoliox
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be rulxd by mex forget to think of herx
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romeox
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o teach me how i should forget to thinkx
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benvoliox
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by giving liberty unto thine eyesx
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examine other beautiesx
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romeox
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xtis the way
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to call hersx exquisitex in question morex
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|
these happy masks that kiss fair ladiesx browsx
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being blackx puts us in mind they hide the fairx
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|
he that is strucken blind cannot forget
|
|
the precious treasure of his eyesight lostx
|
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show me a mistress that is passing fairx
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what doth her beauty serve but as a note
|
|
where i may read who passxd that passing fairx
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farewellx thou canst not teach me to forgetx
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benvoliox
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ixll pay that doctrinex or else die in debtx
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene iix a streetx
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enter capuletx paris and servantx
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capuletx
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but montague is bound as well as ix
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|
in penalty alikex and xtis not hardx i thinkx
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for men so old as we to keep the peacex
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parisx
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of honourable reckoning are you bothx
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|
and pity xtis you livxd at odds so longx
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|
but now my lordx what say you to my suitx
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capuletx
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but saying oxer what i have said beforex
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my child is yet a stranger in the worldx
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she hath not seen the change of fourteen yearsx
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let two more summers wither in their pride
|
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ere we may think her ripe to be a bridex
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parisx
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younger than she are happy mothers madex
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capuletx
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and too soon marrxd are those so early madex
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the earth hath swallowed all my hopes but shex
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she is the hopeful lady of my earthx
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but woo herx gentle parisx get her heartx
|
|
my will to her consent is but a partx
|
|
and she agreex within her scope of choice
|
|
lies my consent and fair according voicex
|
|
this night i hold an old accustomxd feastx
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|
whereto i have invited many a guestx
|
|
such as i lovex and you among the storex
|
|
one morex most welcomex makes my number morex
|
|
at my poor house look to behold this night
|
|
earthxtreading stars that make dark heaven lightx
|
|
such comfort as do lusty young men feel
|
|
when well apparellxd april on the heel
|
|
of limping winter treadsx even such delight
|
|
among fresh female buds shall you this night
|
|
inherit at my housex hear allx all seex
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|
and like her most whose merit most shall bex
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whichx on more view of manyx minex being onex
|
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may stand in numberx though in reckoning nonex
|
|
comex go with mex gox sirrahx trudge about
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through fair veronax find those persons out
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whose names are written therex xxgives a paperxx and to them sayx
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my house and welcome on their pleasure stayx
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xxexeunt capulet and parisxxx
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servantx
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find them out whose names are written herex it is written that the
|
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shoemaker should meddle with his yard and the tailor with his lastx the
|
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fisher with his pencilx and the painter with his netsx but i am sent to
|
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find those persons whose names are here writx and can never find what
|
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names the writing person hath here writx i must to the learnedx in good
|
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timex
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enter benvolio and romeox
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benvoliox
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tutx manx one fire burns out anotherxs burningx
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one pain is lessenxd by anotherxs anguishx
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turn giddyx and be holp by backward turningx
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one desperate grief cures with anotherxs languishx
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take thou some new infection to thy eyex
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and the rank poison of the old will diex
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romeox
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your plantain leaf is excellent for thatx
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benvoliox
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for whatx i pray theex
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romeox
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for your broken shinx
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benvoliox
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whyx romeox art thou madx
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romeox
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not madx but bound more than a madman isx
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shut up in prisonx kept without my foodx
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whippxd and tormented andxgodxdenx good fellowx
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servantx
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god gix goxdenx i prayx sirx can you readx
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romeox
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ayx mine own fortune in my miseryx
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servantx
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perhaps you have learned it without bookx
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but i prayx can you read anything you seex
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romeox
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ayx if i know the letters and the languagex
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servantx
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ye say honestlyx rest you merryx
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romeox
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stayx fellowx i can readx
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xxhe reads the letterxxx
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xsignior martino and his wife and daughtersx
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county anselmo and his beauteous sistersx
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the lady widow of utruviox
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signior placentio and his lovely niecesx
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mercutio and his brother valentinex
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mine uncle capuletx his wifex and daughtersx
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my fair niece rosaline and liviax
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signior valentio and his cousin tybaltx
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lucio and the lively helenax x
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a fair assemblyx xxgives back the paperxx whither should they comex
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servantx
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upx
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romeox
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whither to supperx
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servantx
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to our housex
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romeox
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whose housex
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servantx
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my masterxsx
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romeox
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indeed i should have askxd you that beforex
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servantx
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now ixll tell you without askingx my master is the great rich capuletx
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and if you be not of the house of montaguesx i pray come and crush a
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cup of winex rest you merryx
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xxexitxxx
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benvoliox
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at this same ancient feast of capuletxs
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sups the fair rosaline whom thou so lovxstx
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with all the admired beauties of veronax
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go thither and with unattainted eyex
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compare her face with some that i shall showx
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and i will make thee think thy swan a crowx
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romeox
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when the devout religion of mine eye
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maintains such falsehoodx then turn tears to firex
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and these whox often drownxdx could never diex
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transparent hereticsx be burnt for liarsx
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one fairer than my lovex the allxseeing sun
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nexer saw her match since first the world begunx
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benvoliox
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tutx you saw her fairx none else being byx
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herself poisxd with herself in either eyex
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but in that crystal scales let there be weighxd
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your ladyxs love against some other maid
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that i will show you shining at this feastx
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and she shall scant show well that now shows bestx
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romeox
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ixll go alongx no such sight to be shownx
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but to rejoice in splendour of my ownx
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene iiix room in capuletxs housex
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enter lady capulet and nursex
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lady capuletx
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nursex wherexs my daughterx call her forth to mex
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nursex
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nowx by my maidenheadx at twelve year oldx
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i bade her comex whatx lambx what ladybirdx
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god forbidx wherexs this girlx whatx julietx
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enter julietx
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julietx
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how nowx who callsx
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nursex
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your motherx
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julietx
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madamx i am herex what is your willx
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lady capuletx
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this is the matterx nursex give leave awhilex
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we must talk in secretx nursex come back againx
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i have rememberxd mex thouxs hear our counselx
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thou knowest my daughterxs of a pretty agex
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nursex
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faithx i can tell her age unto an hourx
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lady capuletx
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shexs not fourteenx
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nursex
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ixll lay fourteen of my teethx
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and yetx to my teen be it spokenx i have but fourx
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she is not fourteenx how long is it now
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to lammasxtidex
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lady capuletx
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a fortnight and odd daysx
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nursex
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even or oddx of all days in the yearx
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come lammas eve at night shall she be fourteenx
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susan and shexxgod rest all christian soulsxx
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were of an agex wellx susan is with godx
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she was too good for mex but as i saidx
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on lammas eve at night shall she be fourteenx
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that shall shex marryx i remember it wellx
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xtis since the earthquake now eleven yearsx
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and she was weanxdxxi never shall forget itxx
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of all the days of the yearx upon that dayx
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for i had then laid wormwood to my dugx
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sitting in the sun under the dovehouse wallx
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my lord and you were then at mantuax
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nayx i do bear a brainx but as i saidx
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when it did taste the wormwood on the nipple
|
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of my dug and felt it bitterx pretty foolx
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to see it tetchyx and fall out with the dugx
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shakex quoth the dovehousex xtwas no needx i trowx
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to bid me trudgex
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and since that time it is eleven yearsx
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for then she could stand alonex nayx by thxrood
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she could have run and waddled all aboutx
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for even the day before she broke her browx
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and then my husbandxxgod be with his soulx
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a was a merry manxxtook up the childx
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xyeaxx quoth hex xdost thou fall upon thy facex
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thou wilt fall backward when thou hast more witx
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wilt thou notx julexx andx by my holidamex
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the pretty wretch left cryingx and said xayxx
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to see now how a jest shall come aboutx
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i warrantx and i should live a thousand yearsx
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i never should forget itx xwilt thou notx julexx quoth hex
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andx pretty foolx it stintedx and said xayxx
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lady capuletx
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enough of thisx i pray thee hold thy peacex
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nursex
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yesx madamx yet i cannot choose but laughx
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to think it should leave cryingx and say xayxx
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and yet i warrant it had upon it brow
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a bump as big as a young cockerelxs stonex
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a perilous knockx and it cried bitterlyx
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xyeaxx quoth my husbandx xfallxst upon thy facex
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thou wilt fall backward when thou comest to agex
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wilt thou notx julexx it stintedx and said xayxx
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julietx
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and stint thou toox i pray theex nursex say ix
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nursex
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peacex i have donex god mark thee to his grace
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thou wast the prettiest babe that exer i nursxdx
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and i might live to see thee married oncex i have my wishx
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lady capuletx
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marryx that marry is the very theme
|
|
i came to talk ofx tell mex daughter julietx
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how stands your disposition to be marriedx
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julietx
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it is an honour that i dream not ofx
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nursex
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an honourx were not i thine only nursex
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i would say thou hadst suckxd wisdom from thy teatx
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lady capuletx
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wellx think of marriage nowx younger than youx
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here in veronax ladies of esteemx
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are made already mothersx by my count
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i was your mother much upon these years
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|
that you are now a maidx thusx thenx in briefx
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the valiant paris seeks you for his lovex
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nursex
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a manx young ladyx ladyx such a man
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as all the worldxwhy hexs a man of waxx
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lady capuletx
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veronaxs summer hath not such a flowerx
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nursex
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nayx hexs a flowerx in faith a very flowerx
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lady capuletx
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what say youx can you love the gentlemanx
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this night you shall behold him at our feastx
|
|
read oxer the volume of young parisx facex
|
|
and find delight writ there with beautyxs penx
|
|
examine every married lineamentx
|
|
and see how one another lends contentx
|
|
and what obscurxd in this fair volume liesx
|
|
find written in the margent of his eyesx
|
|
this precious book of lovex this unbound loverx
|
|
to beautify himx only lacks a coverx
|
|
the fish lives in the seax and xtis much pride
|
|
for fair without the fair within to hidex
|
|
that book in manyxs eyes doth share the gloryx
|
|
that in gold clasps locks in the golden storyx
|
|
so shall you share all that he doth possessx
|
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by having himx making yourself no lessx
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nursex
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no lessx nay biggerx women grow by menx
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lady capuletx
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speak brieflyx can you like of parisx lovex
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julietx
|
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ixll look to likex if looking liking movex
|
|
but no more deep will i endart mine eye
|
|
than your consent gives strength to make it flyx
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|
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enter a servantx
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servantx
|
|
madamx the guests are comex supper served upx you calledx my young lady
|
|
asked forx the nurse cursed in the pantryx and everything in extremityx
|
|
i must hence to waitx i beseech you follow straightx
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lady capuletx
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|
we follow theex
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xxexit servantxxx
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julietx the county staysx
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nursex
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gox girlx seek happy nights to happy daysx
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xxexeuntxxx
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|
|
scene ivx a streetx
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|
|
enter romeox mercutiox benvoliox with five or six maskersx
|
|
torchxbearers and othersx
|
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|
|
romeox
|
|
whatx shall this speech be spoke for our excusex
|
|
or shall we on without apologyx
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benvoliox
|
|
the date is out of such prolixityx
|
|
wexll have no cupid hoodwinkxd with a scarfx
|
|
bearing a tartarxs painted bow of lathx
|
|
scaring the ladies like a crowxkeeperx
|
|
nor no withoutxbook prologuex faintly spoke
|
|
after the prompterx for our entrancex
|
|
but let them measure us by what they willx
|
|
wexll measure them a measurex and be gonex
|
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|
romeox
|
|
give me a torchx i am not for this amblingx
|
|
being but heavy i will bear the lightx
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|
mercutiox
|
|
nayx gentle romeox we must have you dancex
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romeox
|
|
not ix believe mex you have dancing shoesx
|
|
with nimble solesx i have a soul of lead
|
|
so stakes me to the ground i cannot movex
|
|
|
|
mercutiox
|
|
you are a loverx borrow cupidxs wingsx
|
|
and soar with them above a common boundx
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|
|
romeox
|
|
i am too sore enpierced with his shaft
|
|
to soar with his light feathersx and so boundx
|
|
i cannot bound a pitch above dull woex
|
|
under lovexs heavy burden do i sinkx
|
|
|
|
mercutiox
|
|
andx to sink in itx should you burden lovex
|
|
too great oppression for a tender thingx
|
|
|
|
romeox
|
|
is love a tender thingx it is too roughx
|
|
too rudex too boisterousx and it pricks like thornx
|
|
|
|
mercutiox
|
|
if love be rough with youx be rough with lovex
|
|
prick love for prickingx and you beat love downx
|
|
give me a case to put my visage inx xxputting on a maskxxx
|
|
a visor for a visorx what care i
|
|
what curious eye doth quote deformitiesx
|
|
here are the beetlexbrows shall blush for mex
|
|
|
|
benvoliox
|
|
comex knock and enterx and no sooner in
|
|
but every man betake him to his legsx
|
|
|
|
romeox
|
|
a torch for mex let wantonsx light of heartx
|
|
tickle the senseless rushes with their heelsx
|
|
for i am proverbxd with a grandsire phrasex
|
|
ixll be a candlexholder and look onx
|
|
the game was nexer so fairx and i am donex
|
|
|
|
mercutiox
|
|
tutx dunxs the mousex the constablexs own wordx
|
|
if thou art dunx wexll draw thee from the mire
|
|
or save your reverence lovex wherein thou stickest
|
|
up to the earsx comex we burn daylightx hox
|
|
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|
romeox
|
|
nayx thatxs not sox
|
|
|
|
mercutiox
|
|
i mean sirx in delay
|
|
we waste our lights in vainx light lights by dayx
|
|
take our good meaningx for our judgment sits
|
|
five times in that ere once in our five witsx
|
|
|
|
romeox
|
|
and we mean well in going to this maskx
|
|
but xtis no wit to gox
|
|
|
|
mercutiox
|
|
whyx may one askx
|
|
|
|
romeox
|
|
i dreamt a dream tonightx
|
|
|
|
mercutiox
|
|
and so did ix
|
|
|
|
romeox
|
|
well what was yoursx
|
|
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|
mercutiox
|
|
that dreamers often liex
|
|
|
|
romeox
|
|
in bed asleepx while they do dream things truex
|
|
|
|
mercutiox
|
|
ox thenx i see queen mab hath been with youx
|
|
she is the fairiesx midwifex and she comes
|
|
in shape no bigger than an agatexstone
|
|
on the forexfinger of an aldermanx
|
|
drawn with a team of little atomies
|
|
over menxs noses as they lie asleepx
|
|
her waggonxspokes made of long spinnersx legsx
|
|
the coverx of the wings of grasshoppersx
|
|
her tracesx of the smallest spiderxs webx
|
|
the collarsx of the moonshinexs watery beamsx
|
|
her whip of cricketxs bonex the lashx of filmx
|
|
her waggonerx a small greyxcoated gnatx
|
|
not half so big as a round little worm
|
|
prickxd from the lazy finger of a maidx
|
|
her chariot is an empty hazelnutx
|
|
made by the joiner squirrel or old grubx
|
|
time out ox mind the fairiesx coachmakersx
|
|
and in this state she gallops night by night
|
|
through loversx brainsx and then they dream of lovex
|
|
oxer courtiersx kneesx that dream on curtsies straightx
|
|
oxer lawyersx fingersx who straight dream on feesx
|
|
oxer ladiesx lipsx who straight on kisses dreamx
|
|
which oft the angry mab with blisters plaguesx
|
|
because their breaths with sweetmeats tainted arex
|
|
sometime she gallops oxer a courtierxs nosex
|
|
and then dreams he of smelling out a suitx
|
|
and sometime comes she with a tithexpigxs tailx
|
|
tickling a parsonxs nose as a lies asleepx
|
|
then dreams he of another beneficex
|
|
sometime she driveth oxer a soldierxs neckx
|
|
and then dreams he of cutting foreign throatsx
|
|
of breachesx ambuscadosx spanish bladesx
|
|
of healths five fathom deepx and then anon
|
|
drums in his earx at which he starts and wakesx
|
|
andx being thus frightedx swears a prayer or twox
|
|
and sleeps againx this is that very mab
|
|
that plats the manes of horses in the nightx
|
|
and bakes the elfxlocks in foul sluttish hairsx
|
|
whichx once untangledx much misfortune bodesx
|
|
this is the hagx when maids lie on their backsx
|
|
that presses themx and learns them first to bearx
|
|
making them women of good carriagex
|
|
this is shexx
|
|
|
|
romeox
|
|
peacex peacex mercutiox peacex
|
|
thou talkxst of nothingx
|
|
|
|
mercutiox
|
|
truex i talk of dreamsx
|
|
which are the children of an idle brainx
|
|
begot of nothing but vain fantasyx
|
|
which is as thin of substance as the airx
|
|
and more inconstant than the windx who wooes
|
|
even now the frozen bosom of the northx
|
|
andx being angerxdx puffs away from thencex
|
|
turning his side to the dewxdropping southx
|
|
|
|
benvoliox
|
|
this wind you talk of blows us from ourselvesx
|
|
supper is donex and we shall come too latex
|
|
|
|
romeox
|
|
i fear too earlyx for my mind misgives
|
|
some consequence yet hanging in the starsx
|
|
shall bitterly begin his fearful date
|
|
with this nightxs revelsx and expire the term
|
|
of a despised lifex closxd in my breast
|
|
by some vile forfeit of untimely deathx
|
|
but he that hath the steerage of my course
|
|
direct my suitx onx lusty gentlemenx
|
|
|
|
benvoliox
|
|
strikex drumx
|
|
|
|
xxexeuntxxx
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|
|
|
scene vx a hall in capuletxs housex
|
|
|
|
musicians waitingx enter servantsx
|
|
|
|
first servantx
|
|
wherexs potpanx that he helps not to take awayx
|
|
he shift a trencherx he scrape a trencherx
|
|
|
|
second servantx
|
|
when good manners shall lie all in one or two menxs handsx and they
|
|
unwashxd toox xtis a foul thingx
|
|
|
|
first servantx
|
|
away with the joinxstoolsx remove the courtxcupboardx look to the
|
|
platex good thoux save me a piece of marchpanex and as thou loves mex
|
|
let the porter let in susan grindstone and nellx antony and potpanx
|
|
|
|
second servantx
|
|
ayx boyx readyx
|
|
|
|
first servantx
|
|
you are looked for and called forx asked for and sought forx in the
|
|
great chamberx
|
|
|
|
second servantx
|
|
we cannot be here and there toox cheerlyx boysx be brisk awhilex and
|
|
the longer liver take allx
|
|
|
|
xxexeuntxxx
|
|
|
|
enter capuletx xcx with the guests and gentlewomen to the maskersx
|
|
|
|
capuletx
|
|
welcomex gentlemenx ladies that have their toes
|
|
unplaguxd with corns will have a bout with youx
|
|
ah my mistressesx which of you all
|
|
will now deny to dancex she that makes daintyx
|
|
she ixll swear hath cornsx am i come near ye nowx
|
|
welcomex gentlemenx i have seen the day
|
|
that i have worn a visorx and could tell
|
|
a whispering tale in a fair ladyxs earx
|
|
such as would pleasex xtis gonex xtis gonex xtis gonex
|
|
you are welcomex gentlemenx comex musiciansx playx
|
|
a hallx a hallx give roomx and foot itx girlsx
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|
|
xxmusic playsx and they dancexxx
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|
|
|
more lightx you knavesx and turn the tables upx
|
|
and quench the firex the room is grown too hotx
|
|
ah sirrahx this unlookxdxfor sport comes wellx
|
|
nay sitx nay sitx good cousin capuletx
|
|
for you and i are past our dancing daysx
|
|
how long isxt now since last yourself and i
|
|
were in a maskx
|
|
|
|
capuletxs cousinx
|
|
byxr ladyx thirty yearsx
|
|
|
|
capuletx
|
|
whatx manx xtis not so muchx xtis not so muchx
|
|
xtis since the nuptial of lucentiox
|
|
come pentecost as quickly as it willx
|
|
some five and twenty yearsx and then we maskxdx
|
|
|
|
capuletxs cousinx
|
|
xtis morex xtis morex his son is elderx sirx
|
|
his son is thirtyx
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|
|
|
capuletx
|
|
will you tell me thatx
|
|
his son was but a ward two years agox
|
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|
romeox
|
|
what lady is thatx which doth enrich the hand
|
|
of yonder knightx
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|
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|
servantx
|
|
i know notx sirx
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romeox
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ox she doth teach the torches to burn brightx
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it seems she hangs upon the cheek of night
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as a rich jewel in an ethiopxs earx
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beauty too rich for usex for earth too dearx
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so shows a snowy dove trooping with crows
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as yonder lady oxer her fellows showsx
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the measure donex ixll watch her place of standx
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and touching hersx make blessed my rude handx
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did my heart love till nowx forswear itx sightx
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for i nexer saw true beauty till this nightx
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tybaltx
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this by his voicex should be a montaguex
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fetch me my rapierx boyx whatx dares the slave
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come hitherx coverxd with an antic facex
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to fleer and scorn at our solemnityx
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now by the stock and honour of my kinx
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to strike him dead i hold it not a sinx
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capuletx
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why how nowx kinsmanx
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wherefore storm you sox
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tybaltx
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unclex this is a montaguex our foex
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a villain that is hither come in spitex
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to scorn at our solemnity this nightx
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capuletx
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young romeox is itx
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tybaltx
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xtis hex that villain romeox
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capuletx
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content theex gentle cozx let him alonex
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a bears him like a portly gentlemanx
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andx to say truthx verona brags of him
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to be a virtuous and wellxgovernxd youthx
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i would not for the wealth of all the town
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here in my house do him disparagementx
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therefore be patientx take no note of himx
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it is my willx the which if thou respectx
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show a fair presence and put off these frownsx
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an illxbeseeming semblance for a feastx
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tybaltx
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it fits when such a villain is a guestx
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ixll not endure himx
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capuletx
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he shall be endurxdx
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whatx goodman boyx i say he shallx go tox
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am i the master herex or youx go tox
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youxll not endure himx god shall mend my soulx
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youxll make a mutiny among my guestsx
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you will set cockxaxhoopx youxll be the manx
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tybaltx
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whyx unclex xtis a shamex
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capuletx
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go tox go tox
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you are a saucy boyx isxt sox indeedx
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this trick may chance to scathe youx i know whatx
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you must contrary mex marryx xtis timex
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well saidx my heartsxxyou are a princoxx gox
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be quietx orxmore lightx more lightxxfor shamex
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ixll make you quietx whatx cheerlyx my heartsx
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tybaltx
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patience perforce with wilful choler meeting
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makes my flesh tremble in their different greetingx
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i will withdrawx but this intrusion shallx
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now seeming sweetx convert to bitter gallx
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xxexitxxx
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romeox
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xxto julietxxx if i profane with my unworthiest hand
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this holy shrinex the gentle sin is thisx
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my lipsx two blushing pilgrimsx ready stand
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to smooth that rough touch with a tender kissx
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julietx
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good pilgrimx you do wrong your hand too muchx
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which mannerly devotion shows in thisx
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for saints have hands that pilgrimsx hands do touchx
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and palm to palm is holy palmersx kissx
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romeox
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have not saints lipsx and holy palmers toox
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julietx
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ayx pilgrimx lips that they must use in prayerx
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romeox
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ox thenx dear saintx let lips do what hands dox
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they prayx grant thoux lest faith turn to despairx
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julietx
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saints do not movex though grant for prayersx sakex
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romeox
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then move not while my prayerxs effect i takex
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thus from my lipsx by thine my sin is purgxdx
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xxkissing herxxx
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julietx
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then have my lips the sin that they have tookx
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romeox
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sin from my lipsx o trespass sweetly urgxdx
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give me my sin againx
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julietx
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you kiss by the bookx
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nursex
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madamx your mother craves a word with youx
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romeox
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what is her motherx
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nursex
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marryx bachelorx
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her mother is the lady of the housex
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and a good ladyx and a wise and virtuousx
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i nursxd her daughter that you talkxd withalx
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i tell youx he that can lay hold of her
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shall have the chinksx
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romeox
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is she a capuletx
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o dear accountx my life is my foexs debtx
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benvoliox
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awayx be gonex the sport is at the bestx
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romeox
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ayx so i fearx the more is my unrestx
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capuletx
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nayx gentlemenx prepare not to be gonex
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we have a trifling foolish banquet towardsx
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is it exen sox why thenx i thank you allx
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i thank youx honest gentlemenx good nightx
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more torches herex come on thenx letxs to bedx
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ahx sirrahx by my fayx it waxes latex
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ixll to my restx
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xxexeunt all but juliet and nursexxx
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julietx
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come hitherx nursex what is yond gentlemanx
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nursex
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the son and heir of old tiberiox
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julietx
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whatxs he that now is going out of doorx
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nursex
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marryx that i think be young petruchiox
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julietx
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whatxs he that follows herex that would not dancex
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nursex
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i know notx
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julietx
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go ask his namex if he be marriedx
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my grave is like to be my wedding bedx
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nursex
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his name is romeox and a montaguex
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the only son of your great enemyx
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julietx
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my only love sprung from my only hatex
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too early seen unknownx and known too latex
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prodigious birth of love it is to mex
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that i must love a loathed enemyx
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nursex
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whatxs thisx whatxs thisx
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julietx
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a rhyme i learnxd even now
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of one i dancxd withalx
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xxone calls withinx xjulietxxxx
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nursex
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anonx anonx
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come letxs awayx the strangers all are gonex
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xxexeuntxxx
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act ii
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enter chorusx
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chorusx
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now old desire doth in his deathbed liex
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and young affection gapes to be his heirx
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that fair for which love groanxd for and would diex
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with tender juliet matchxdx is now not fairx
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now romeo is belovxdx and loves againx
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alike bewitched by the charm of looksx
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but to his foe supposxd he must complainx
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and she steal lovexs sweet bait from fearful hooksx
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being held a foex he may not have access
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to breathe such vows as lovers use to swearx
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and she as much in lovex her means much less
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to meet her new beloved anywherex
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but passion lends them powerx time meansx to meetx
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tempering extremities with extreme sweetx
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xxexitxxx
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scene ix an open place adjoining capuletxs gardenx
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enter romeox
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romeox
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can i go forward when my heart is herex
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turn backx dull earthx and find thy centre outx
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xxhe climbs the wall and leaps down within itxxx
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enter benvolio and mercutiox
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benvoliox
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romeox my cousin romeox romeox
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mercutiox
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he is wisex
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and on my life hath stolxn him home to bedx
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benvoliox
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he ran this wayx and leapxd this orchard wallx
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callx good mercutiox
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mercutiox
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nayx ixll conjure toox
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romeox humoursx madmanx passionx loverx
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appear thou in the likeness of a sighx
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speak but one rhymex and i am satisfiedx
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cry but xah mexx pronounce but love and dovex
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speak to my gossip venus one fair wordx
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one nickname for her purblind son and heirx
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young abraham cupidx he that shot so trim
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when king cophetua lovxd the beggarxmaidx
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he heareth notx he stirreth notx he moveth notx
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the ape is deadx and i must conjure himx
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i conjure thee by rosalinexs bright eyesx
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by her high forehead and her scarlet lipx
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by her fine footx straight legx and quivering thighx
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and the demesnes that there adjacent liex
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that in thy likeness thou appear to usx
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benvoliox
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an if he hear theex thou wilt anger himx
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mercutiox
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this cannot anger himx xtwould anger him
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to raise a spirit in his mistressx circlex
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of some strange naturex letting it there stand
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till she had laid itx and conjurxd it downx
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that were some spitex my invocation
|
|
is fair and honestx andx in his mistressx namex
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i conjure only but to raise up himx
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benvoliox
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comex he hath hid himself among these trees
|
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to be consorted with the humorous nightx
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blind is his lovex and best befits the darkx
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mercutiox
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if love be blindx love cannot hit the markx
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now will he sit under a medlar treex
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and wish his mistress were that kind of fruit
|
|
as maids call medlars when they laugh alonex
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o romeox that she werex o that she were
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an openxarse and thou a poperin pearx
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romeox good nightx ixll to my trucklexbedx
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this fieldxbed is too cold for me to sleepx
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comex shall we gox
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benvoliox
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go thenx for xtis in vain
|
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to seek him here that means not to be foundx
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene iix capuletxs gardenx
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enter romeox
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romeox
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he jests at scars that never felt a woundx
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juliet appears above at a windowx
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but softx what light through yonder window breaksx
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it is the eastx and juliet is the sunx
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|
arise fair sun and kill the envious moonx
|
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who is already sick and pale with griefx
|
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that thou her maid art far more fair than shex
|
|
be not her maid since she is enviousx
|
|
her vestal livery is but sick and greenx
|
|
and none but fools do wear itx cast it offx
|
|
it is my ladyx o it is my lovex
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|
ox that she knew she werex
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she speaksx yet she says nothingx what of thatx
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|
her eye discoursesx i will answer itx
|
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i am too boldx xtis not to me she speaksx
|
|
two of the fairest stars in all the heavenx
|
|
having some businessx do entreat her eyes
|
|
to twinkle in their spheres till they returnx
|
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what if her eyes were therex they in her headx
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|
the brightness of her cheek would shame those starsx
|
|
as daylight doth a lampx her eyes in heaven
|
|
would through the airy region stream so bright
|
|
that birds would sing and think it were not nightx
|
|
see how she leans her cheek upon her handx
|
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o that i were a glove upon that handx
|
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that i might touch that cheekx
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julietx
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ay mex
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romeox
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she speaksx
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o speak again bright angelx for thou art
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|
as glorious to this nightx being oxer my headx
|
|
as is a winged messenger of heaven
|
|
unto the whitexupturned wondering eyes
|
|
of mortals that fall back to gaze on him
|
|
when he bestrides the lazyxpuffing clouds
|
|
and sails upon the bosom of the airx
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julietx
|
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o romeox romeox wherefore art thou romeox
|
|
deny thy father and refuse thy namex
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|
or if thou wilt notx be but sworn my lovex
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and ixll no longer be a capuletx
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romeox
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|
xxasidexxx shall i hear morex or shall i speak at thisx
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julietx
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xtis but thy name that is my enemyx
|
|
thou art thyselfx though not a montaguex
|
|
whatxs montaguex it is nor hand nor footx
|
|
nor armx nor facex nor any other part
|
|
belonging to a manx o be some other namex
|
|
whatxs in a namex that which we call a rose
|
|
by any other name would smell as sweetx
|
|
so romeo wouldx were he not romeo callxdx
|
|
retain that dear perfection which he owes
|
|
without that titlex romeox doff thy namex
|
|
and for thy namex which is no part of theex
|
|
take all myselfx
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romeox
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|
i take thee at thy wordx
|
|
call me but lovex and ixll be new baptisxdx
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|
henceforth i never will be romeox
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julietx
|
|
what man art thou thatx thus bescreenxd in night
|
|
so stumblest on my counselx
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romeox
|
|
by a name
|
|
i know not how to tell thee who i amx
|
|
my namex dear saintx is hateful to myselfx
|
|
because it is an enemy to theex
|
|
had i it writtenx i would tear the wordx
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|
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julietx
|
|
my ears have yet not drunk a hundred words
|
|
of thy tonguexs utterancex yet i know the soundx
|
|
art thou not romeox and a montaguex
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|
romeox
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neitherx fair maidx if either thee dislikex
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julietx
|
|
how camxst thou hitherx tell mex and whereforex
|
|
the orchard walls are high and hard to climbx
|
|
and the place deathx considering who thou artx
|
|
if any of my kinsmen find thee herex
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|
romeox
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|
with lovexs light wings did i oxerperch these wallsx
|
|
for stony limits cannot hold love outx
|
|
and what love can dox that dares love attemptx
|
|
therefore thy kinsmen are no stop to mex
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julietx
|
|
if they do see theex they will murder theex
|
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|
romeox
|
|
alackx there lies more peril in thine eye
|
|
than twenty of their swordsx look thou but sweetx
|
|
and i am proof against their enmityx
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|
|
julietx
|
|
i would not for the world they saw thee herex
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|
romeox
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|
i have nightxs cloak to hide me from their eyesx
|
|
and but thou love mex let them find me herex
|
|
my life were better ended by their hate
|
|
than death proroguedx wanting of thy lovex
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|
julietx
|
|
by whose direction foundxst thou out this placex
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|
romeox
|
|
by lovex that first did prompt me to enquirex
|
|
he lent me counselx and i lent him eyesx
|
|
i am no pilotx yet wert thou as far
|
|
as that vast shore washxd with the farthest seax
|
|
i should adventure for such merchandisex
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julietx
|
|
thou knowest the mask of night is on my facex
|
|
else would a maiden blush bepaint my cheek
|
|
for that which thou hast heard me speak tonightx
|
|
fain would i dwell on formx fainx fain deny
|
|
what i have spokex but farewell complimentx
|
|
dost thou love mex i know thou wilt say ayx
|
|
and i will take thy wordx yetx if thou swearxstx
|
|
thou mayst prove falsex at loversx perjuriesx
|
|
they say jove laughsx o gentle romeox
|
|
if thou dost lovex pronounce it faithfullyx
|
|
or if thou thinkest i am too quickly wonx
|
|
ixll frown and be perversex and say thee nayx
|
|
so thou wilt woox but elsex not for the worldx
|
|
in truthx fair montaguex i am too fondx
|
|
and therefore thou mayst think my xhaviour lightx
|
|
but trust mex gentlemanx ixll prove more true
|
|
than those that have more cunning to be strangex
|
|
i should have been more strangex i must confessx
|
|
but that thou overheardxstx ere i was xwarex
|
|
my truexlove passionx therefore pardon mex
|
|
and not impute this yielding to light lovex
|
|
which the dark night hath so discoveredx
|
|
|
|
romeox
|
|
ladyx by yonder blessed moon i vowx
|
|
that tips with silver all these fruitxtree topsxx
|
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|
|
julietx
|
|
o swear not by the moonx thxinconstant moonx
|
|
that monthly changes in her circled orbx
|
|
lest that thy love prove likewise variablex
|
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|
romeox
|
|
what shall i swear byx
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|
julietx
|
|
do not swear at allx
|
|
or if thou wiltx swear by thy gracious selfx
|
|
which is the god of my idolatryx
|
|
and ixll believe theex
|
|
|
|
romeox
|
|
if my heartxs dear lovexx
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|
julietx
|
|
wellx do not swearx although i joy in theex
|
|
i have no joy of this contract tonightx
|
|
it is too rashx too unadvisxdx too suddenx
|
|
too like the lightningx which doth cease to be
|
|
ere one can say it lightensx sweetx good nightx
|
|
this bud of lovex by summerxs ripening breathx
|
|
may prove a beauteous flower when next we meetx
|
|
good nightx good nightx as sweet repose and rest
|
|
come to thy heart as that within my breastx
|
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|
romeox
|
|
o wilt thou leave me so unsatisfiedx
|
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|
julietx
|
|
what satisfaction canst thou have tonightx
|
|
|
|
romeox
|
|
thxexchange of thy lovexs faithful vow for minex
|
|
|
|
julietx
|
|
i gave thee mine before thou didst request itx
|
|
and yet i would it were to give againx
|
|
|
|
romeox
|
|
wouldxst thou withdraw itx for what purposex lovex
|
|
|
|
julietx
|
|
but to be frank and give it thee againx
|
|
and yet i wish but for the thing i havex
|
|
my bounty is as boundless as the seax
|
|
my love as deepx the more i give to theex
|
|
the more i havex for both are infinitex
|
|
i hear some noise withinx dear lovex adieux
|
|
xxnurse calls withinxxx
|
|
anonx good nursexxsweet montague be truex
|
|
stay but a littlex i will come againx
|
|
|
|
xxexitxxx
|
|
|
|
romeox
|
|
o blessedx blessed nightx i am afeardx
|
|
being in nightx all this is but a dreamx
|
|
too flattering sweet to be substantialx
|
|
|
|
enter juliet abovex
|
|
|
|
julietx
|
|
three wordsx dear romeox and good night indeedx
|
|
if that thy bent of love be honourablex
|
|
thy purpose marriagex send me word tomorrowx
|
|
by one that ixll procure to come to theex
|
|
where and what time thou wilt perform the ritex
|
|
and all my fortunes at thy foot ixll lay
|
|
and follow thee my lord throughout the worldx
|
|
|
|
nursex
|
|
xxwithinxxx madamx
|
|
|
|
julietx
|
|
i comex anonxx but if thou meanest not wellx
|
|
i do beseech theexx
|
|
|
|
nursex
|
|
xxwithinxxx madamx
|
|
|
|
julietx
|
|
by and by i comex
|
|
to cease thy strife and leave me to my griefx
|
|
tomorrow will i sendx
|
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|
|
romeox
|
|
so thrive my soulxx
|
|
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|
julietx
|
|
a thousand times good nightx
|
|
|
|
xxexitxxx
|
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|
romeox
|
|
a thousand times the worsex to want thy lightx
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love goes toward love as schoolboys from their booksx
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but love from lovex towards school with heavy looksx
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xxretiring slowlyxxx
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rexenter julietx abovex
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julietx
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histx romeox histx o for a falconerxs voice
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to lure this tasselxgentle back againx
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bondage is hoarse and may not speak aloudx
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else would i tear the cave where echo liesx
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and make her airy tongue more hoarse than mine
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with repetition of my romeoxs namex
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romeox
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it is my soul that calls upon my namex
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how silverxsweet sound loversx tongues by nightx
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like softest music to attending earsx
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julietx
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romeox
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romeox
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my nyasx
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julietx
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what oxclock tomorrow
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shall i send to theex
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romeox
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by the hour of ninex
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julietx
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i will not failx xtis twenty years till thenx
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i have forgot why i did call thee backx
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romeox
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let me stand here till thou remember itx
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julietx
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i shall forgetx to have thee still stand therex
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remembering how i love thy companyx
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romeox
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and ixll still stayx to have thee still forgetx
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forgetting any other home but thisx
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julietx
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xtis almost morningx i would have thee gonex
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and yet no farther than a wantonxs birdx
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that lets it hop a little from her handx
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like a poor prisoner in his twisted gyvesx
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and with a silk thread plucks it back againx
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so lovingxjealous of his libertyx
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romeox
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i would i were thy birdx
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julietx
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sweetx so would ix
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yet i should kill thee with much cherishingx
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good nightx good nightx parting is such sweet sorrow
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that i shall say good night till it be morrowx
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xxexitxxx
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romeox
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sleep dwell upon thine eyesx peace in thy breastx
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would i were sleep and peacex so sweet to restx
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the greyxeyxd morn smiles on the frowning nightx
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chequering the eastern clouds with streaks of lightx
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and darkness fleckled like a drunkard reels
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from forth dayxs pathwayx made by titanxs wheels
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hence will i to my ghostly sirexs cellx
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his help to crave and my dear hap to tellx
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xxexitxxx
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scene iiix friar lawrencexs cellx
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enter friar lawrence with a basketx
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friar lawrencex
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nowx ere the sun advance his burning eyex
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the day to cheerx and nightxs dank dew to dryx
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i must upfill this osier cage of ours
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with baleful weeds and preciousxjuiced flowersx
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the earth thatxs naturexs motherx is her tombx
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what is her burying gravex that is her wombx
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and from her womb children of divers kind
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we sucking on her natural bosom findx
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many for many virtues excellentx
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none but for somex and yet all differentx
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ox mickle is the powerful grace that lies
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in plantsx herbsx stonesx and their true qualitiesx
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for naught so vile that on the earth doth live
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but to the earth some special good doth givex
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nor aught so good butx strainxd from that fair usex
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revolts from true birthx stumbling on abusex
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virtue itself turns vice being misappliedx
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and vice sometimexs by action dignifiedx
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enter romeox
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within the infant rind of this weak flower
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poison hath residencex and medicine powerx
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for thisx being smeltx with that part cheers each partx
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being tastedx slays all senses with the heartx
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two such opposed kings encamp them still
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in man as well as herbsxxgrace and rude willx
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and where the worser is predominantx
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full soon the canker death eats up that plantx
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romeox
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good morrowx fatherx
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friar lawrencex
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benedicitex
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what early tongue so sweet saluteth mex
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young sonx it argues a distemperxd head
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so soon to bid good morrow to thy bedx
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care keeps his watch in every old manxs eyex
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and where care lodges sleep will never liex
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|
but where unbruised youth with unstuffxd brain
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doth couch his limbsx there golden sleep doth reignx
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therefore thy earliness doth me assure
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thou art uprousxd with some distemperaturex
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or if not sox then here i hit it rightx
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our romeo hath not been in bed tonightx
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romeox
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that last is truex the sweeter rest was minex
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friar lawrencex
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god pardon sinx wast thou with rosalinex
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romeox
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with rosalinex my ghostly fatherx nox
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i have forgot that namex and that namexs woex
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friar lawrencex
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thatxs my good sonx but where hast thou been thenx
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romeox
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ixll tell thee ere thou ask it me againx
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i have been feasting with mine enemyx
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where on a sudden one hath wounded me
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|
thatxs by me woundedx both our remedies
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|
within thy help and holy physic liesx
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i bear no hatredx blessed manx for lox
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my intercession likewise steads my foex
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friar lawrencex
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be plainx good sonx and homely in thy driftx
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riddling confession finds but riddling shriftx
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romeox
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then plainly know my heartxs dear love is set
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on the fair daughter of rich capuletx
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as mine on hersx so hers is set on minex
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and all combinxdx save what thou must combine
|
|
by holy marriagex whenx and wherex and how
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|
we metx we wooxdx and made exchange of vowx
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|
ixll tell thee as we passx but this i prayx
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|
that thou consent to marry us todayx
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friar lawrencex
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|
holy saint francisx what a change is herex
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|
is rosalinex that thou didst love so dearx
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|
so soon forsakenx young menxs love then lies
|
|
not truly in their heartsx but in their eyesx
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|
jesu mariax what a deal of brine
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hath washxd thy sallow cheeks for rosalinex
|
|
how much salt water thrown away in wastex
|
|
to season lovex that of it doth not tastex
|
|
the sun not yet thy sighs from heaven clearsx
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thy old groans yet ring in mine ancient earsx
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lo here upon thy cheek the stain doth sit
|
|
of an old tear that is not washxd off yetx
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|
if ere thou wast thyselfx and these woes thinex
|
|
thou and these woes were all for rosalinex
|
|
and art thou changxdx pronounce this sentence thenx
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|
women may fallx when therexs no strength in menx
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romeox
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thou chiddxst me oft for loving rosalinex
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friar lawrencex
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for dotingx not for lovingx pupil minex
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romeox
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and badxst me bury lovex
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friar lawrencex
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not in a grave
|
|
to lay one inx another out to havex
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romeox
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|
i pray thee chide me notx her i love now
|
|
doth grace for grace and love for love allowx
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|
the other did not sox
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friar lawrencex
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|
ox she knew well
|
|
thy love did read by rotex that could not spellx
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|
but come young wavererx come go with mex
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|
in one respect ixll thy assistant bex
|
|
for this alliance may so happy provex
|
|
to turn your householdsx rancour to pure lovex
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romeox
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o let us hencex i stand on sudden hastex
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friar lawrencex
|
|
wisely and slowx they stumble that run fastx
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene ivx a streetx
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|
enter benvolio and mercutiox
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mercutiox
|
|
where the devil should this romeo bex came he not home tonightx
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benvoliox
|
|
not to his fatherxsx i spoke with his manx
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mercutiox
|
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whyx that same pale hardxhearted wenchx that rosalinex torments him so
|
|
that he will sure run madx
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benvoliox
|
|
tybaltx the kinsman to old capuletx hath sent a letter to his fatherxs
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housex
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mercutiox
|
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a challengex on my lifex
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benvoliox
|
|
romeo will answer itx
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mercutiox
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any man that can write may answer a letterx
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benvoliox
|
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nayx he will answer the letterxs masterx how he daresx being daredx
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mercutiox
|
|
alas poor romeox he is already deadx stabbed with a white wenchxs black
|
|
eyex run through the ear with a love songx the very pin of his heart
|
|
cleft with the blind bowxboyxs buttxshaftx and is he a man to encounter
|
|
tybaltx
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benvoliox
|
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whyx what is tybaltx
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mercutiox
|
|
more than prince of catsx ox hexs the courageous captain of
|
|
complimentsx he fights as you sing prickxsongx keeps timex distancex
|
|
and proportionx he rests his minim restx onex twox and the third in
|
|
your bosomx the very butcher of a silk buttonx a duellistx a duellistx
|
|
a gentleman of the very first housex of the first and second causex ahx
|
|
the immortal passadox the punto reversox the hayx
|
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|
benvoliox
|
|
the whatx
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mercutiox
|
|
the pox of such antic lispingx affecting phantasiesx these new tuners
|
|
of accentx by jesux a very good bladex a very tall manx a very good
|
|
whorex whyx is not this a lamentable thingx grandsirex that we should
|
|
be thus afflicted with these strange fliesx these fashionxmongersx
|
|
these pardonxmexsx who stand so much on the new form that they cannot
|
|
sit at ease on the old benchx o their bonesx their bonesx
|
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|
|
enter romeox
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benvoliox
|
|
here comes romeox here comes romeox
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mercutiox
|
|
without his roex like a dried herringx o fleshx fleshx how art thou
|
|
fishifiedx now is he for the numbers that petrarch flowed inx laurax to
|
|
his ladyx was but a kitchen wenchxxmarryx she had a better love to
|
|
berhyme herx dido a dowdyx cleopatra a gypsyx helen and hero hildings
|
|
and harlotsx thisbe a grey eye or sox but not to the purposex signior
|
|
romeox bonjourx therexs a french salutation to your french slopx you
|
|
gave us the counterfeit fairly last nightx
|
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|
romeox
|
|
good morrow to you bothx what counterfeit did i give youx
|
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mercutiox
|
|
the slip sirx the slipx can you not conceivex
|
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|
romeox
|
|
pardonx good mercutiox my business was greatx and in such a case as
|
|
mine a man may strain courtesyx
|
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|
mercutiox
|
|
thatxs as much as to sayx such a case as yours constrains a man to bow
|
|
in the hamsx
|
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|
romeox
|
|
meaningx to curtsyx
|
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mercutiox
|
|
thou hast most kindly hit itx
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|
romeox
|
|
a most courteous expositionx
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mercutiox
|
|
nayx i am the very pink of courtesyx
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romeox
|
|
pink for flowerx
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mercutiox
|
|
rightx
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romeox
|
|
whyx then is my pump well floweredx
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|
mercutiox
|
|
sure witx follow me this jest nowx till thou hast worn out thy pumpx
|
|
that when the single sole of it is wornx the jest may remain after the
|
|
wearingx solely singularx
|
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|
romeox
|
|
o singlexsoled jestx solely singular for the singlenessx
|
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mercutiox
|
|
come between usx good benvoliox my wits faintx
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romeox
|
|
swits and spursx swits and spursx or ixll cry a matchx
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mercutiox
|
|
nayx if thy wits run the wildxgoose chasex i am donex for thou hast
|
|
more of the wildxgoose in one of thy witsx than i am surex i have in my
|
|
whole fivex was i with you there for the goosex
|
|
|
|
romeox
|
|
thou wast never with me for anythingx when thou wast not there for the
|
|
goosex
|
|
|
|
mercutiox
|
|
i will bite thee by the ear for that jestx
|
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|
romeox
|
|
nayx good goosex bite notx
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mercutiox
|
|
thy wit is a very bitter sweetingx it is a most sharp saucex
|
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|
|
romeox
|
|
and is it not then well served in to a sweet goosex
|
|
|
|
mercutiox
|
|
o herexs a wit of cheverilx that stretches from an inch narrow to an
|
|
ell broadx
|
|
|
|
romeox
|
|
i stretch it out for that word broadx which added to the goosex proves
|
|
thee far and wide a broad goosex
|
|
|
|
mercutiox
|
|
whyx is not this better now than groaning for lovex now art thou
|
|
sociablex now art thou romeox not art thou what thou artx by art as
|
|
well as by naturex for this drivelling love is like a great naturalx
|
|
that runs lolling up and down to hide his bauble in a holex
|
|
|
|
benvoliox
|
|
stop therex stop therex
|
|
|
|
mercutiox
|
|
thou desirest me to stop in my tale against the hairx
|
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|
benvoliox
|
|
thou wouldst else have made thy tale largex
|
|
|
|
mercutiox
|
|
ox thou art deceivedx i would have made it shortx for i was come to the
|
|
whole depth of my talex and meant indeed to occupy the argument no
|
|
longerx
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|
enter nurse and peterx
|
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|
|
romeox
|
|
herexs goodly gearx
|
|
a sailx a sailx
|
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mercutiox
|
|
twox twox a shirt and a smockx
|
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nursex
|
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peterx
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peterx
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anonx
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nursex
|
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my fanx peterx
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mercutiox
|
|
good peterx to hide her facex for her fanxs the fairer facex
|
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nursex
|
|
god ye good morrowx gentlemenx
|
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|
mercutiox
|
|
god ye goodxdenx fair gentlewomanx
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nursex
|
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is it goodxdenx
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|
|
mercutiox
|
|
xtis no lessx i tell yex for the bawdy hand of the dial is now upon the
|
|
prick of noonx
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nursex
|
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out upon youx what a man are youx
|
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|
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romeox
|
|
onex gentlewomanx that god hath made for himself to marx
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nursex
|
|
by my trothx it is well saidx for himself to marx quoth ax gentlemenx
|
|
can any of you tell me where i may find the young romeox
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|
romeox
|
|
i can tell youx but young romeo will be older when you have found him
|
|
than he was when you sought himx i am the youngest of that namex for
|
|
fault of a worsex
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|
nursex
|
|
you say wellx
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mercutiox
|
|
yeax is the worst wellx very well tookx ixfaithx wiselyx wiselyx
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nursex
|
|
if you be hex sirx i desire some confidence with youx
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benvoliox
|
|
she will endite him to some supperx
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mercutiox
|
|
a bawdx a bawdx a bawdx so hox
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romeox
|
|
what hast thou foundx
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mercutiox
|
|
no harex sirx unless a harex sirx in a lenten piex that is something
|
|
stale and hoar ere it be spentx
|
|
xxsingsxxx
|
|
an old hare hoarx
|
|
and an old hare hoarx
|
|
is very good meat in lentx
|
|
but a hare that is hoar
|
|
is too much for a score
|
|
when it hoars ere it be spentx
|
|
romeox will you come to your fatherxsx wexll to dinner thitherx
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romeox
|
|
i will follow youx
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mercutiox
|
|
farewellx ancient ladyx farewellx ladyx ladyx ladyx
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xxexeunt mercutio and benvolioxxx
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nursex
|
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i pray youx sirx what saucy merchant was this that was so full of his
|
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roperyx
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|
romeox
|
|
a gentlemanx nursex that loves to hear himself talkx and will speak
|
|
more in a minute than he will stand to in a monthx
|
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|
|
nursex
|
|
and a speak anything against mex ixll take him downx and a were lustier
|
|
than he isx and twenty such jacksx and if i cannotx ixll find those
|
|
that shallx scurvy knavex i am none of his flirtxgillsx i am none of
|
|
his skainsxmatesxxand thou must stand by too and suffer every knave to
|
|
use me at his pleasurex
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peterx
|
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i saw no man use you at his pleasurex if i hadx my weapon should
|
|
quickly have been outx i warrant youx i dare draw as soon as another
|
|
manx if i see occasion in a good quarrelx and the law on my sidex
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|
nursex
|
|
nowx afore godx i am so vexed that every part about me quiversx scurvy
|
|
knavex pray youx sirx a wordx and as i told youx my young lady bid me
|
|
enquire you outx what she bade me sayx i will keep to myselfx but first
|
|
let me tell yex if ye should lead her in a foolxs paradisex as they
|
|
sayx it were a very gross kind of behaviourx as they sayx for the
|
|
gentlewoman is youngx and thereforex if you should deal double with
|
|
herx truly it were an ill thing to be offered to any gentlewomanx and
|
|
very weak dealingx
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romeox nursex commend me to thy lady and mistressx i protest unto
|
|
theexx
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nursex
|
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good heartx and ixfaith i will tell her as muchx lordx lordx she will
|
|
be a joyful womanx
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romeox
|
|
what wilt thou tell herx nursex thou dost not mark mex
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nursex
|
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i will tell herx sirx that you do protestx whichx as i take itx is a
|
|
gentlemanlike offerx
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romeox
|
|
bid her devise
|
|
some means to come to shrift this afternoonx
|
|
and there she shall at friar lawrencex cell
|
|
be shrivxd and marriedx here is for thy painsx
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nursex
|
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no trulyx sirx not a pennyx
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romeox
|
|
go tox i say you shallx
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nursex
|
|
this afternoonx sirx wellx she shall be therex
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romeox
|
|
and stayx good nursex behind the abbey wallx
|
|
within this hour my man shall be with theex
|
|
and bring thee cords made like a tackled stairx
|
|
which to the high topgallant of my joy
|
|
must be my convoy in the secret nightx
|
|
farewellx be trustyx and ixll quit thy painsx
|
|
farewellx commend me to thy mistressx
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|
nursex
|
|
now god in heaven bless theex hark youx sirx
|
|
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|
romeox
|
|
what sayxst thoux my dear nursex
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|
nursex
|
|
is your man secretx did you nexer hear sayx
|
|
two may keep counselx putting one awayx
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|
romeox
|
|
i warrant thee my manxs as true as steelx
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|
nursex
|
|
wellx sirx my mistress is the sweetest ladyx lordx lordx when xtwas a
|
|
little prating thingxxox there is a nobleman in townx one parisx that
|
|
would fain lay knife aboardx but shex good soulx had as lief see a
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toadx a very toadx as see himx i anger her sometimesx and tell her that
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paris is the properer manx but ixll warrant youx when i say sox she
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looks as pale as any clout in the versal worldx doth not rosemary and
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romeo begin both with a letterx
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romeox
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ayx nursex what of thatx both with an rx
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nursex
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ahx mockerx thatxs the dogxs namex r is for thexnox i know it begins
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with some other letterx and she hath the prettiest sententious of itx
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of you and rosemaryx that it would do you good to hear itx
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romeox
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commend me to thy ladyx
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nursex
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ayx a thousand timesx peterx
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xxexit romeoxxx
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peterx
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anonx
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nursex
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before and apacex
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene vx capuletxs gardenx
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enter julietx
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julietx
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the clock struck nine when i did send the nursex
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in half an hour she promised to returnx
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perchance she cannot meet himx thatxs not sox
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ox she is lamex lovexs heralds should be thoughtsx
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which ten times faster glides than the sunxs beamsx
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driving back shadows over lowering hillsx
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therefore do nimblexpinionxd doves draw lovex
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and therefore hath the windxswift cupid wingsx
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now is the sun upon the highmost hill
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of this dayxs journeyx and from nine till twelve
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is three long hoursx yet she is not comex
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had she affections and warm youthful bloodx
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shexd be as swift in motion as a ballx
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my words would bandy her to my sweet lovex
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and his to mex
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but old folksx many feign as they were deadx
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unwieldyx slowx heavy and pale as leadx
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enter nurse and peterx
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o godx she comesx o honey nursex what newsx
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hast thou met with himx send thy man awayx
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nursex
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peterx stay at the gatex
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xxexit peterxxx
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julietx
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nowx good sweet nursexxo lordx why lookxst thou sadx
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though news be sadx yet tell them merrilyx
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if goodx thou shamxst the music of sweet news
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by playing it to me with so sour a facex
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nursex
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i am awearyx give me leave awhilex
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fiex how my bones achex what a jaunt have i hadx
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julietx
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i would thou hadst my bonesx and i thy newsx
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nay comex i pray thee speakx goodx good nursex speakx
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nursex
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jesux what hastex can you not stay a whilex do you not see that i am
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out of breathx
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julietx
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how art thou out of breathx when thou hast breath
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to say to me that thou art out of breathx
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the excuse that thou dost make in this delay
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is longer than the tale thou dost excusex
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is thy news good or badx answer to thatx
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say eitherx and ixll stay the circumstancex
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let me be satisfiedx isxt good or badx
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nursex
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wellx you have made a simple choicex you know not how to choose a manx
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romeox nox not hex though his face be better than any manxsx yet his
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leg excels all menxsx and for a hand and a footx and a bodyx though
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they be not to be talked onx yet they are past comparex he is not the
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flower of courtesyx but ixll warrant him as gentle as a lambx go thy
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waysx wenchx serve godx whatx have you dined at homex
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julietx
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nox nox but all this did i know beforex
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what says he of our marriagex what of thatx
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nursex
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lordx how my head achesx what a head have ix
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it beats as it would fall in twenty piecesx
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my back ox txother sidexxo my backx my backx
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beshrew your heart for sending me about
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to catch my death with jauncing up and downx
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julietx
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ixfaithx i am sorry that thou art not wellx
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sweetx sweetx sweet nursex tell mex what says my lovex
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nursex
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your love says like an honest gentlemanx
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and a courteousx and a kindx and a handsomex
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and i warrant a virtuousxxwhere is your motherx
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julietx
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where is my motherx whyx she is withinx
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where should she bex how oddly thou repliestx
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xyour love saysx like an honest gentlemanx
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xwhere is your motherxx
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nursex
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o godxs lady dearx
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are you so hotx marryx come upx i trowx
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is this the poultice for my aching bonesx
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henceforward do your messages yourselfx
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julietx
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herexs such a coilx comex what says romeox
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nursex
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have you got leave to go to shrift todayx
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julietx
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i havex
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nursex
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then hie you hence to friar lawrencex cellx
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there stays a husband to make you a wifex
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now comes the wanton blood up in your cheeksx
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theyxll be in scarlet straight at any newsx
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hie you to churchx i must another wayx
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to fetch a ladder by the which your love
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|
must climb a birdxs nest soon when it is darkx
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i am the drudgex and toil in your delightx
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but you shall bear the burden soon at nightx
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gox ixll to dinnerx hie you to the cellx
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julietx
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hie to high fortunex honest nursex farewellx
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xxexeuntxxx
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|
scene vix friar lawrencexs cellx
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|
enter friar lawrence and romeox
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friar lawrencex
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so smile the heavens upon this holy act
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that afterxhours with sorrow chide us notx
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romeox
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amenx amenx but come what sorrow canx
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it cannot countervail the exchange of joy
|
|
that one short minute gives me in her sightx
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do thou but close our hands with holy wordsx
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|
then lovexdevouring death do what he darex
|
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it is enough i may but call her minex
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friar lawrencex
|
|
these violent delights have violent endsx
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|
and in their triumph diex like fire and powderx
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|
which as they kiss consumex the sweetest honey
|
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is loathsome in his own deliciousnessx
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and in the taste confounds the appetitex
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therefore love moderatelyx long love doth sox
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|
too swift arrives as tardy as too slowx
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enter julietx
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here comes the ladyx ox so light a foot
|
|
will nexer wear out the everlasting flintx
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|
a lover may bestride the gossamers
|
|
that idles in the wanton summer air
|
|
and yet not fallx so light is vanityx
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julietx
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good even to my ghostly confessorx
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friar lawrencex
|
|
romeo shall thank theex daughterx for us bothx
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julietx
|
|
as much to himx else is his thanks too muchx
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romeox
|
|
ahx julietx if the measure of thy joy
|
|
be heapxd like minex and that thy skill be more
|
|
to blazon itx then sweeten with thy breath
|
|
this neighbour airx and let rich musicxs tongue
|
|
unfold the imaginxd happiness that both
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|
receive in either by this dear encounterx
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julietx
|
|
conceit more rich in matter than in wordsx
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|
brags of his substancex not of ornamentx
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they are but beggars that can count their worthx
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|
but my true love is grown to such excessx
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i cannot sum up sum of half my wealthx
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friar lawrencex
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|
comex come with mex and we will make short workx
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|
forx by your leavesx you shall not stay alone
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|
till holy church incorporate two in onex
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xxexeuntxxx
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act iii
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scene ix a public placex
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enter mercutiox benvoliox page and servantsx
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benvoliox
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i pray theex good mercutiox letxs retirex
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the day is hotx the capulets abroadx
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and if we meetx we shall not scape a brawlx
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|
for now these hot daysx is the mad blood stirringx
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mercutiox
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|
thou art like one of these fellows thatx when he enters the confines of
|
|
a tavernx claps me his sword upon the tablex and says xgod send me no
|
|
need of theexx and by the operation of the second cup draws him on the
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|
drawerx when indeed there is no needx
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benvoliox
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am i like such a fellowx
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mercutiox
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comex comex thou art as hot a jack in thy mood as any in italyx and as
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soon moved to be moodyx and as soon moody to be movedx
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benvoliox
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and what tox
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mercutiox
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|
nayx an there were two suchx we should have none shortlyx for one would
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|
kill the otherx thoux whyx thou wilt quarrel with a man that hath a
|
|
hair more or a hair less in his beard than thou hastx thou wilt quarrel
|
|
with a man for cracking nutsx having no other reason but because thou
|
|
hast hazel eyesx what eye but such an eye would spy out such a quarrelx
|
|
thy head is as full of quarrels as an egg is full of meatx and yet thy
|
|
head hath been beaten as addle as an egg for quarrellingx thou hast
|
|
quarrelled with a man for coughing in the streetx because he hath
|
|
wakened thy dog that hath lain asleep in the sunx didst thou not fall
|
|
out with a tailor for wearing his new doublet before easterx with
|
|
another for tying his new shoes with an old ribandx and yet thou wilt
|
|
tutor me from quarrellingx
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|
benvoliox
|
|
and i were so apt to quarrel as thou artx any man should buy the fee
|
|
simple of my life for an hour and a quarterx
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|
mercutiox
|
|
the fee simplex o simplex
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|
enter tybalt and othersx
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|
benvoliox
|
|
by my headx here comes the capuletsx
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mercutiox
|
|
by my heelx i care notx
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tybaltx
|
|
follow me closex for i will speak to themx
|
|
gentlemenx goodxdenx a word with one of youx
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|
|
mercutiox
|
|
and but one word with one of usx couple it with somethingx make it a
|
|
word and a blowx
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|
tybaltx
|
|
you shall find me apt enough to thatx sirx and you will give me
|
|
occasionx
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|
mercutiox
|
|
could you not take some occasion without givingx
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|
tybaltx
|
|
mercutiox thou consortest with romeox
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|
mercutiox
|
|
consortx whatx dost thou make us minstrelsx and thou make minstrels of
|
|
usx look to hear nothing but discordsx herexs my fiddlestickx herexs
|
|
that shall make you dancex zoundsx consortx
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|
|
benvoliox
|
|
we talk here in the public haunt of menx
|
|
either withdraw unto some private placex
|
|
and reason coldly of your grievancesx
|
|
or else departx here all eyes gaze on usx
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|
mercutiox
|
|
menxs eyes were made to lookx and let them gazex
|
|
i will not budge for no manxs pleasurex ix
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|
enter romeox
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tybaltx
|
|
wellx peace be with youx sirx here comes my manx
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|
mercutiox
|
|
but ixll be hangedx sirx if he wear your liveryx
|
|
marryx go before to fieldx hexll be your followerx
|
|
your worship in that sense may call him manx
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tybaltx
|
|
romeox the love i bear thee can afford
|
|
no better term than thisx thou art a villainx
|
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|
romeox
|
|
tybaltx the reason that i have to love thee
|
|
doth much excuse the appertaining rage
|
|
to such a greetingx villain am i nonex
|
|
therefore farewellx i see thou knowxst me notx
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|
tybaltx
|
|
boyx this shall not excuse the injuries
|
|
that thou hast done mex therefore turn and drawx
|
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|
|
romeox
|
|
i do protest i never injurxd theex
|
|
but love thee better than thou canst devise
|
|
till thou shalt know the reason of my lovex
|
|
and so good capuletx which name i tender
|
|
as dearly as mine ownx be satisfiedx
|
|
|
|
mercutiox
|
|
o calmx dishonourablex vile submissionx
|
|
xxdrawsxxx alla stoccata carries it awayx
|
|
tybaltx you ratxcatcherx will you walkx
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|
tybaltx
|
|
what wouldst thou have with mex
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|
mercutiox
|
|
good king of catsx nothing but one of your nine livesx that i mean to
|
|
make bold withalx andx as you shall use me hereafterx dryxbeat the rest
|
|
of the eightx will you pluck your sword out of his pilcher by the earsx
|
|
make hastex lest mine be about your ears ere it be outx
|
|
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tybaltx
|
|
xxdrawingxxx i am for youx
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|
romeox
|
|
gentle mercutiox put thy rapier upx
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|
mercutiox
|
|
comex sirx your passadox
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|
xxthey fightxxx
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|
romeox
|
|
drawx benvoliox beat down their weaponsx
|
|
gentlemenx for shamex forbear this outragex
|
|
tybaltx mercutiox the prince expressly hath
|
|
forbid this bandying in verona streetsx
|
|
holdx tybaltx good mercutiox
|
|
|
|
xxexeunt tybalt with his partizansxxx
|
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|
mercutiox
|
|
i am hurtx
|
|
a plague ox both your housesx i am spedx
|
|
is he gonex and hath nothingx
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|
benvoliox
|
|
whatx art thou hurtx
|
|
|
|
mercutiox
|
|
ayx ayx a scratchx a scratchx marryx xtis enoughx
|
|
where is my pagex go villainx fetch a surgeonx
|
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|
|
xxexit pagexxx
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|
romeox
|
|
couragex manx the hurt cannot be muchx
|
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|
mercutiox
|
|
nox xtis not so deep as a wellx nor so wide as a church doorx but xtis
|
|
enoughx xtwill servex ask for me tomorrowx and you shall find me a
|
|
grave manx i am pepperedx i warrantx for this worldx a plague ox both
|
|
your housesx zoundsx a dogx a ratx a mousex a catx to scratch a man to
|
|
deathx a braggartx a roguex a villainx that fights by the book of
|
|
arithmeticxxwhy the devil came you between usx i was hurt under your
|
|
armx
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|
romeox
|
|
i thought all for the bestx
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|
mercutiox
|
|
help me into some housex benvoliox
|
|
or i shall faintx a plague ox both your housesx
|
|
they have made wormsx meat of mex
|
|
i have itx and soundly toox your housesx
|
|
|
|
xxexeunt mercutio and benvolioxxx
|
|
|
|
romeox
|
|
this gentlemanx the princexs near allyx
|
|
my very friendx hath got his mortal hurt
|
|
in my behalfx my reputation stainxd
|
|
with tybaltxs slanderxxtybaltx that an hour
|
|
hath been my cousinx o sweet julietx
|
|
thy beauty hath made me effeminate
|
|
and in my temper softenxd valourxs steelx
|
|
|
|
rexenter benvoliox
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|
benvoliox
|
|
o romeox romeox brave mercutioxs deadx
|
|
that gallant spirit hath aspirxd the cloudsx
|
|
which too untimely here did scorn the earthx
|
|
|
|
romeox
|
|
this dayxs black fate on mo days doth dependx
|
|
this but begins the woe others must endx
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|
rexenter tybaltx
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|
benvoliox
|
|
here comes the furious tybalt back againx
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|
|
romeox
|
|
again in triumphx and mercutio slainx
|
|
away to heaven respective lenityx
|
|
and firexeyxd fury be my conduct nowx
|
|
nowx tybaltx take the xvillainx back again
|
|
that late thou gavxst mex for mercutioxs soul
|
|
is but a little way above our headsx
|
|
staying for thine to keep him companyx
|
|
either thou or ix or bothx must go with himx
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|
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|
tybaltx
|
|
thou wretched boyx that didst consort him herex
|
|
shalt with him hencex
|
|
|
|
romeox
|
|
this shall determine thatx
|
|
|
|
xxthey fightx tybalt fallsxxx
|
|
|
|
benvoliox
|
|
romeox awayx be gonex
|
|
the citizens are upx and tybalt slainx
|
|
stand not amazxdx the prince will doom thee death
|
|
if thou art takenx hencex be gonex awayx
|
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|
|
romeox
|
|
ox i am fortunexs foolx
|
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|
benvoliox
|
|
why dost thou stayx
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|
xxexit romeoxxx
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|
|
enter citizensx
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|
|
first citizenx
|
|
which way ran he that killxd mercutiox
|
|
tybaltx that murdererx which way ran hex
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|
|
benvoliox
|
|
there lies that tybaltx
|
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|
|
first citizenx
|
|
upx sirx go with mex
|
|
i charge thee in the princexs name obeyx
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|
|
enter princex attendedx montaguex capuletx their wives and othersx
|
|
|
|
princex
|
|
where are the vile beginners of this frayx
|
|
|
|
benvoliox
|
|
o noble princex i can discover all
|
|
the unlucky manage of this fatal brawlx
|
|
there lies the manx slain by young romeox
|
|
that slew thy kinsmanx brave mercutiox
|
|
|
|
lady capuletx
|
|
tybaltx my cousinx o my brotherxs childx
|
|
o princex o husbandx ox the blood is spillxd
|
|
of my dear kinsmanx princex as thou art truex
|
|
for blood of ours shed blood of montaguex
|
|
o cousinx cousinx
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|
|
|
princex
|
|
benvoliox who began this bloody frayx
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|
benvoliox
|
|
tybaltx here slainx whom romeoxs hand did slayx
|
|
romeox that spoke him fairx bid him bethink
|
|
how nice the quarrel wasx and urgxd withal
|
|
your high displeasurex all this uttered
|
|
with gentle breathx calm lookx knees humbly bowxd
|
|
could not take truce with the unruly spleen
|
|
of tybaltx deaf to peacex but that he tilts
|
|
with piercing steel at bold mercutioxs breastx
|
|
whox all as hotx turns deadly point to pointx
|
|
andx with a martial scornx with one hand beats
|
|
cold death asidex and with the other sends
|
|
it back to tybaltx whose dexterity
|
|
retorts itx romeo he cries aloudx
|
|
xholdx friendsx friendsx partxx and swifter than his tonguex
|
|
his agile arm beats down their fatal pointsx
|
|
and xtwixt them rushesx underneath whose arm
|
|
an envious thrust from tybalt hit the life
|
|
of stout mercutiox and then tybalt fledx
|
|
but by and by comes back to romeox
|
|
who had but newly entertainxd revengex
|
|
and toxt they go like lightningx forx ere i
|
|
could draw to part them was stout tybalt slainx
|
|
and as he fell did romeo turn and flyx
|
|
this is the truthx or let benvolio diex
|
|
|
|
lady capuletx
|
|
he is a kinsman to the montaguex
|
|
affection makes him falsex he speaks not truex
|
|
some twenty of them fought in this black strifex
|
|
and all those twenty could but kill one lifex
|
|
i beg for justicex which thoux princex must givex
|
|
romeo slew tybaltx romeo must not livex
|
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|
|
princex
|
|
romeo slew himx he slew mercutiox
|
|
who now the price of his dear blood doth owex
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|
|
montaguex
|
|
not romeox princex he was mercutioxs friendx
|
|
his fault concludes but what the law should endx
|
|
the life of tybaltx
|
|
|
|
princex
|
|
and for that offence
|
|
immediately we do exile him hencex
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i have an interest in your hatexs proceedingx
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my blood for your rude brawls doth lie axbleedingx
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but ixll amerce you with so strong a fine
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that you shall all repent the loss of minex
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i will be deaf to pleading and excusesx
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nor tears nor prayers shall purchase out abusesx
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therefore use nonex let romeo hence in hastex
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elsex when he is foundx that hour is his lastx
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bear hence this bodyx and attend our willx
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mercy but murdersx pardoning those that killx
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene iix a room in capuletxs housex
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enter julietx
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julietx
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gallop apacex you fieryxfooted steedsx
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towards phoebusx lodgingx such a waggoner
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as phaeton would whip you to the west
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and bring in cloudy night immediatelyx
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spread thy close curtainx lovexperforming nightx
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that runawayxs eyes may winkx and romeo
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leap to these armsx untalkxd of and unseenx
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lovers can see to do their amorous rites
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by their own beautiesx orx if love be blindx
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it best agrees with nightx comex civil nightx
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thou soberxsuited matronx all in blackx
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and learn me how to lose a winning matchx
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playxd for a pair of stainless maidenhoodsx
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hood my unmannxd bloodx bating in my cheeksx
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with thy black mantlex till strange lovex grow boldx
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think true love acted simple modestyx
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comex nightx come romeox comex thou day in nightx
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for thou wilt lie upon the wings of night
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whiter than new snow upon a ravenxs backx
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come gentle nightx come loving blackxbrowxd nightx
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give me my romeox and when i shall diex
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take him and cut him out in little starsx
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and he will make the face of heaven so fine
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that all the world will be in love with nightx
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and pay no worship to the garish sunx
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ox i have bought the mansion of a lovex
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but not possessxd itx and though i am soldx
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not yet enjoyxdx so tedious is this day
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as is the night before some festival
|
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to an impatient child that hath new robes
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and may not wear themx ox here comes my nursex
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and she brings newsx and every tongue that speaks
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but romeoxs name speaks heavenly eloquencex
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enter nursex with cordsx
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nowx nursex what newsx what hast thou therex
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the cords that romeo bid thee fetchx
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nursex
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ayx ayx the cordsx
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xxthrows them downxxx
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julietx
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ay mex what newsx why dost thou wring thy handsx
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nursex
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ahx wellxaxdayx hexs deadx hexs deadx hexs deadx
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we are undonex ladyx we are undonex
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alack the dayx hexs gonex hexs killxdx hexs deadx
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julietx
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can heaven be so enviousx
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nursex
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romeo canx
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though heaven cannotx o romeox romeox
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who ever would have thought itx romeox
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julietx
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what devil art thoux that dost torment me thusx
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this torture should be roarxd in dismal hellx
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hath romeo slain himselfx say thou but ayx
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and that bare vowel i shall poison more
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|
than the deathxdarting eye of cockatricex
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i am not i if there be such an ix
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or those eyes shut that make thee answer ayx
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if he be slainx say ayx or if notx nox
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brief sounds determine of my weal or woex
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nursex
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i saw the woundx i saw it with mine eyesx
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god save the markxxhere on his manly breastx
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a piteous corsex a bloody piteous corsex
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palex pale as ashesx all bedaubxd in bloodx
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all in gorexbloodx i swounded at the sightx
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julietx
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ox breakx my heartx poor bankroutx break at oncex
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to prisonx eyesx nexer look on libertyx
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vile earth to earth resignx end motion herex
|
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and thou and romeo press one heavy bierx
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nursex
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o tybaltx tybaltx the best friend i hadx
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o courteous tybaltx honest gentlemanx
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that ever i should live to see thee deadx
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julietx
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what storm is this that blows so contraryx
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is romeo slaughterxd and is tybalt deadx
|
|
my dearest cousinx and my dearer lordx
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then dreadful trumpet sound the general doomx
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for who is livingx if those two are gonex
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nursex
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tybalt is gonex and romeo banishedx
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romeo that killxd himx he is banishedx
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julietx
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o godx did romeoxs hand shed tybaltxs bloodx
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nursex
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it didx it didx alas the dayx it didx
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julietx
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o serpent heartx hid with a flowering facex
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did ever dragon keep so fair a cavex
|
|
beautiful tyrantx fiend angelicalx
|
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dovexfeatherxd ravenx wolvishxravening lambx
|
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despised substance of divinest showx
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just opposite to what thou justly seemxstx
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|
a damned saintx an honourable villainx
|
|
o naturex what hadst thou to do in hell
|
|
when thou didst bower the spirit of a fiend
|
|
in mortal paradise of such sweet fleshx
|
|
was ever book containing such vile matter
|
|
so fairly boundx ox that deceit should dwell
|
|
in such a gorgeous palacex
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nursex
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therexs no trustx
|
|
no faithx no honesty in menx all perjurxdx
|
|
all forswornx all naughtx all dissemblersx
|
|
ahx wherexs my manx give me some aqua vitaex
|
|
these griefsx these woesx these sorrows make me oldx
|
|
shame come to romeox
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julietx
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blisterxd be thy tongue
|
|
for such a wishx he was not born to shamex
|
|
upon his brow shame is ashamxd to sitx
|
|
for xtis a throne where honour may be crownxd
|
|
sole monarch of the universal earthx
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|
ox what a beast was i to chide at himx
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nursex
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will you speak well of him that killxd your cousinx
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julietx
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shall i speak ill of him that is my husbandx
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ahx poor my lordx what tongue shall smooth thy namex
|
|
when i thy threexhoursx wife have mangled itx
|
|
but whereforex villainx didst thou kill my cousinx
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|
that villain cousin would have killxd my husbandx
|
|
backx foolish tearsx back to your native springx
|
|
your tributary drops belong to woex
|
|
which you mistaking offer up to joyx
|
|
my husband livesx that tybalt would have slainx
|
|
and tybaltxs deadx that would have slain my husbandx
|
|
all this is comfortx wherefore weep i thenx
|
|
some word there wasx worser than tybaltxs deathx
|
|
that murderxd mex i would forget it fainx
|
|
but ox it presses to my memory
|
|
like damned guilty deeds to sinnersx mindsx
|
|
tybalt is deadx and romeo banishedx
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|
that xbanishedxx that one word xbanishedxx
|
|
hath slain ten thousand tybaltsx tybaltxs death
|
|
was woe enoughx if it had ended therex
|
|
or if sour woe delights in fellowshipx
|
|
and needly will be rankxd with other griefsx
|
|
why followxd notx when she said tybaltxs deadx
|
|
thy father or thy motherx nay or bothx
|
|
which modern lamentation might have movxdx
|
|
but with a rearxward following tybaltxs deathx
|
|
xromeo is banishedxxto speak that word
|
|
is fatherx motherx tybaltx romeox julietx
|
|
all slainx all deadx romeo is banishedx
|
|
there is no endx no limitx measurex boundx
|
|
in that wordxs deathx no words can that woe soundx
|
|
where is my father and my motherx nursex
|
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|
nursex
|
|
weeping and wailing over tybaltxs corsex
|
|
will you go to themx i will bring you thitherx
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julietx
|
|
wash they his wounds with tearsx mine shall be spentx
|
|
when theirs are dryx for romeoxs banishmentx
|
|
take up those cordsx poor ropesx you are beguilxdx
|
|
both you and ix for romeo is exilxdx
|
|
he made you for a highway to my bedx
|
|
but ix a maidx die maidenxwidowedx
|
|
come cordsx come nursex ixll to my wedding bedx
|
|
and deathx not romeox take my maidenheadx
|
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|
|
nursex
|
|
hie to your chamberx ixll find romeo
|
|
to comfort youx i wot well where he isx
|
|
hark yex your romeo will be here at nightx
|
|
ixll to himx he is hid at lawrencex cellx
|
|
|
|
julietx
|
|
o find himx give this ring to my true knightx
|
|
and bid him come to take his last farewellx
|
|
|
|
xxexeuntxxx
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|
|
|
scene iiix friar lawrencexs cellx
|
|
|
|
enter friar lawrencex
|
|
|
|
friar lawrencex
|
|
romeox come forthx come forthx thou fearful manx
|
|
affliction is enanmourxd of thy parts
|
|
and thou art wedded to calamityx
|
|
|
|
enter romeox
|
|
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|
romeox
|
|
fatherx what newsx what is the princexs doomx
|
|
what sorrow craves acquaintance at my handx
|
|
that i yet know notx
|
|
|
|
friar lawrencex
|
|
too familiar
|
|
is my dear son with such sour companyx
|
|
i bring thee tidings of the princexs doomx
|
|
|
|
romeox
|
|
what less than doomsday is the princexs doomx
|
|
|
|
friar lawrencex
|
|
a gentler judgment vanishxd from his lipsx
|
|
not bodyxs deathx but bodyxs banishmentx
|
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|
|
romeox
|
|
hax banishmentx be mercifulx say deathx
|
|
for exile hath more terror in his lookx
|
|
much more than deathx do not say banishmentx
|
|
|
|
friar lawrencex
|
|
hence from verona art thou banishedx
|
|
be patientx for the world is broad and widex
|
|
|
|
romeox
|
|
there is no world without verona wallsx
|
|
but purgatoryx torturex hell itselfx
|
|
hence banished is banishxd from the worldx
|
|
and worldxs exile is deathx then banished
|
|
is death mistermxdx calling death banishedx
|
|
thou cuttxst my head off with a golden axex
|
|
and smilest upon the stroke that murders mex
|
|
|
|
friar lawrencex
|
|
o deadly sinx o rude unthankfulnessx
|
|
thy fault our law calls deathx but the kind princex
|
|
taking thy partx hath brushxd aside the lawx
|
|
and turnxd that black word death to banishmentx
|
|
this is dear mercyx and thou seexst it notx
|
|
|
|
romeox
|
|
xtis torturex and not mercyx heaven is here
|
|
where juliet livesx and every cat and dogx
|
|
and little mousex every unworthy thingx
|
|
live here in heaven and may look on herx
|
|
but romeo may notx more validityx
|
|
more honourable statex more courtship lives
|
|
in carrion flies than romeox they may seize
|
|
on the white wonder of dear julietxs handx
|
|
and steal immortal blessing from her lipsx
|
|
whox even in pure and vestal modesty
|
|
still blushx as thinking their own kisses sinx
|
|
but romeo may notx he is banishedx
|
|
this may flies dox when i from this must flyx
|
|
they are free men but i am banishedx
|
|
and sayxst thou yet that exile is not deathx
|
|
hadst thou no poison mixxdx no sharpxground knifex
|
|
no sudden mean of deathx though nexer so meanx
|
|
but banished to kill mex banishedx
|
|
o friarx the damned use that word in hellx
|
|
howlings attends itx how hast thou the heartx
|
|
being a divinex a ghostly confessorx
|
|
a sinxabsolverx and my friend professxdx
|
|
to mangle me with that word banishedx
|
|
|
|
friar lawrencex
|
|
thou fond mad manx hear me speak a littlex
|
|
|
|
romeox
|
|
ox thou wilt speak again of banishmentx
|
|
|
|
friar lawrencex
|
|
ixll give thee armour to keep off that wordx
|
|
adversityxs sweet milkx philosophyx
|
|
to comfort theex though thou art banishedx
|
|
|
|
romeox
|
|
yet banishedx hang up philosophyx
|
|
unless philosophy can make a julietx
|
|
displant a townx reverse a princexs doomx
|
|
it helps notx it prevails notx talk no morex
|
|
|
|
friar lawrencex
|
|
ox then i see that mad men have no earsx
|
|
|
|
romeox
|
|
how should theyx when that wise men have no eyesx
|
|
|
|
friar lawrencex
|
|
let me dispute with thee of thy estatex
|
|
|
|
romeox
|
|
thou canst not speak of that thou dost not feelx
|
|
wert thou as young as ix juliet thy lovex
|
|
an hour but marriedx tybalt murderedx
|
|
doting like mex and like me banishedx
|
|
then mightst thou speakx then mightst thou tear thy hairx
|
|
and fall upon the ground as i do nowx
|
|
taking the measure of an unmade gravex
|
|
|
|
xxknocking withinxxx
|
|
|
|
friar lawrencex
|
|
arisex one knocksx good romeox hide thyselfx
|
|
|
|
romeox
|
|
not ix unless the breath of heartsick groans
|
|
mistxlike infold me from the search of eyesx
|
|
|
|
xxknockingxxx
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|
|
|
friar lawrencex
|
|
harkx how they knockxxwhoxs therexxromeox arisex
|
|
thou wilt be takenxxstay awhilexxstand upx
|
|
|
|
xxknockingxxx
|
|
|
|
run to my studyxxbyxandxbyxxgodxs willx
|
|
what simpleness is thisxxi comex i comex
|
|
|
|
xxknockingxxx
|
|
|
|
who knocks so hardx whence come youx whatxs your willx
|
|
|
|
nursex
|
|
xxwithinxxx let me come inx and you shall know my errandx
|
|
i come from lady julietx
|
|
|
|
friar lawrencex
|
|
welcome thenx
|
|
|
|
enter nursex
|
|
|
|
nursex
|
|
o holy friarx ox tell mex holy friarx
|
|
where is my ladyxs lordx wherexs romeox
|
|
|
|
friar lawrencex
|
|
there on the groundx with his own tears made drunkx
|
|
|
|
nursex
|
|
ox he is even in my mistressx casex
|
|
just in her casex o woeful sympathyx
|
|
piteous predicamentx even so lies shex
|
|
blubbering and weepingx weeping and blubberingx
|
|
stand upx stand upx standx and you be a manx
|
|
for julietxs sakex for her sakex rise and standx
|
|
why should you fall into so deep an ox
|
|
|
|
romeox
|
|
nursex
|
|
|
|
nursex
|
|
ah sirx ah sirx deathxs the end of allx
|
|
|
|
romeox
|
|
spakest thou of julietx how is it with herx
|
|
doth not she think me an old murdererx
|
|
now i have stainxd the childhood of our joy
|
|
with blood removxd but little from her ownx
|
|
where is shex and how doth shex and what says
|
|
my concealxd lady to our cancellxd lovex
|
|
|
|
nursex
|
|
ox she says nothingx sirx but weeps and weepsx
|
|
and now falls on her bedx and then starts upx
|
|
and tybalt callsx and then on romeo criesx
|
|
and then down falls againx
|
|
|
|
romeox
|
|
as if that namex
|
|
shot from the deadly level of a gunx
|
|
did murder herx as that namexs cursed hand
|
|
murderxd her kinsmanx ox tell mex friarx tell mex
|
|
in what vile part of this anatomy
|
|
doth my name lodgex tell mex that i may sack
|
|
the hateful mansionx
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|
|
xxdrawing his swordxxx
|
|
|
|
friar lawrencex
|
|
hold thy desperate handx
|
|
art thou a manx thy form cries out thou artx
|
|
thy tears are womanishx thy wild acts denote
|
|
the unreasonable fury of a beastx
|
|
unseemly woman in a seeming manx
|
|
and illxbeseeming beast in seeming bothx
|
|
thou hast amazxd mex by my holy orderx
|
|
i thought thy disposition better temperxdx
|
|
hast thou slain tybaltx wilt thou slay thyselfx
|
|
and slay thy ladyx that in thy life livesx
|
|
by doing damned hate upon thyselfx
|
|
why railxst thou on thy birthx the heaven and earthx
|
|
since birthx and heaven and earthx all three do meet
|
|
in thee at oncex which thou at once wouldst losex
|
|
fiex fiex thou shamxst thy shapex thy lovex thy witx
|
|
whichx like a usurerx aboundxst in allx
|
|
and usest none in that true use indeed
|
|
which should bedeck thy shapex thy lovex thy witx
|
|
thy noble shape is but a form of waxx
|
|
digressing from the valour of a manx
|
|
thy dear love sworn but hollow perjuryx
|
|
killing that love which thou hast vowxd to cherishx
|
|
thy witx that ornament to shape and lovex
|
|
misshapen in the conduct of them bothx
|
|
like powder in a skilless soldierxs flaskx
|
|
is set afire by thine own ignorancex
|
|
and thou dismemberxd with thine own defencex
|
|
whatx rouse theex manx thy juliet is alivex
|
|
for whose dear sake thou wast but lately deadx
|
|
there art thou happyx tybalt would kill theex
|
|
but thou slewxst tybaltx there art thou happyx
|
|
the law that threatenxd death becomes thy friendx
|
|
and turns it to exilex there art thou happyx
|
|
a pack of blessings light upon thy backx
|
|
happiness courts thee in her best arrayx
|
|
but like a misshaped and sullen wenchx
|
|
thou puttxst up thy fortune and thy lovex
|
|
take heedx take heedx for such die miserablex
|
|
gox get thee to thy love as was decreedx
|
|
ascend her chamberx hence and comfort herx
|
|
but look thou stay not till the watch be setx
|
|
for then thou canst not pass to mantuax
|
|
where thou shalt live till we can find a time
|
|
to blaze your marriagex reconcile your friendsx
|
|
beg pardon of the princex and call thee back
|
|
with twenty hundred thousand times more joy
|
|
than thou wentxst forth in lamentationx
|
|
go beforex nursex commend me to thy ladyx
|
|
and bid her hasten all the house to bedx
|
|
which heavy sorrow makes them apt untox
|
|
romeo is comingx
|
|
|
|
nursex
|
|
o lordx i could have stayxd here all the night
|
|
to hear good counselx ox what learning isx
|
|
my lordx ixll tell my lady you will comex
|
|
|
|
romeox
|
|
do sox and bid my sweet prepare to chidex
|
|
|
|
nursex
|
|
here sirx a ring she bid me give youx sirx
|
|
hie youx make hastex for it grows very latex
|
|
|
|
xxexitxxx
|
|
|
|
romeox
|
|
how well my comfort is revivxd by thisx
|
|
|
|
friar lawrencex
|
|
go hencex good nightx and here stands all your statex
|
|
either be gone before the watch be setx
|
|
or by the break of day disguisxd from hencex
|
|
sojourn in mantuax ixll find out your manx
|
|
and he shall signify from time to time
|
|
every good hap to you that chances herex
|
|
give me thy handx xtis latex farewellx good nightx
|
|
|
|
romeox
|
|
but that a joy past joy calls out on mex
|
|
it were a grief so brief to part with theex
|
|
farewellx
|
|
|
|
xxexeuntxxx
|
|
|
|
scene ivx a room in capuletxs housex
|
|
|
|
enter capuletx lady capulet and parisx
|
|
|
|
capuletx
|
|
things have fallen outx sirx so unluckily
|
|
that we have had no time to move our daughterx
|
|
look youx she lovxd her kinsman tybalt dearlyx
|
|
and so did ix wellx we were born to diex
|
|
xtis very latex shexll not come down tonightx
|
|
i promise youx but for your companyx
|
|
i would have been abed an hour agox
|
|
|
|
parisx
|
|
these times of woe afford no tune to woox
|
|
madamx good nightx commend me to your daughterx
|
|
|
|
lady capuletx
|
|
i willx and know her mind early tomorrowx
|
|
tonight shexs mewxd up to her heavinessx
|
|
|
|
capuletx
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sir parisx i will make a desperate tender
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of my childxs lovex i think she will be rulxd
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in all respects by mex nay morex i doubt it notx
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wifex go you to her ere you go to bedx
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acquaint her here of my son parisx lovex
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and bid herx mark you mex on wednesday nextx
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butx softx what day is thisx
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parisx
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mondayx my lordx
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capuletx
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mondayx hax hax wellx wednesday is too soonx
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a thursday let it bex a thursdayx tell herx
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she shall be married to this noble earlx
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will you be readyx do you like this hastex
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wexll keep no great adoxxa friend or twox
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forx hark youx tybalt being slain so latex
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it may be thought we held him carelesslyx
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being our kinsmanx if we revel muchx
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therefore wexll have some half a dozen friendsx
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and there an endx but what say you to thursdayx
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parisx
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my lordx i would that thursday were tomorrowx
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capuletx
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wellx get you gonex a thursday be it thenx
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go you to juliet ere you go to bedx
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prepare herx wifex against this wedding dayx
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farewellx my lordxxlight to my chamberx hox
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afore mex it is so very very late that we
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may call it early by and byx good nightx
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene vx an open gallery to julietxs chamberx overlooking the gardenx
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enter romeo and julietx
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julietx
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wilt thou be gonex it is not yet near dayx
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it was the nightingalex and not the larkx
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that piercxd the fearful hollow of thine earx
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nightly she sings on yond pomegranate treex
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believe mex lovex it was the nightingalex
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romeox
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it was the larkx the herald of the mornx
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no nightingalex lookx lovex what envious streaks
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do lace the severing clouds in yonder eastx
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nightxs candles are burnt outx and jocund day
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stands tiptoe on the misty mountain topsx
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i must be gone and livex or stay and diex
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julietx
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yond light is not daylightx i know itx ix
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it is some meteor that the sun exhales
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to be to thee this night a torchbearer
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and light thee on thy way to mantuax
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therefore stay yetx thou needxst not to be gonex
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romeox
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let me be taxenx let me be put to deathx
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i am contentx so thou wilt have it sox
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ixll say yon grey is not the morningxs eyex
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xtis but the pale reflex of cynthiaxs browx
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nor that is not the lark whose notes do beat
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the vaulty heaven so high above our headsx
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i have more care to stay than will to gox
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comex deathx and welcomex juliet wills it sox
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how isxtx my soulx letxs talkx it is not dayx
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julietx
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it isx it isx hie hencex be gonex awayx
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it is the lark that sings so out of tunex
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straining harsh discords and unpleasing sharpsx
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some say the lark makes sweet divisionx
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this doth not sox for she divideth usx
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some say the lark and loathed toad change eyesx
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ox now i would they had changxd voices toox
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since arm from arm that voice doth us affrayx
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hunting thee hence with huntxsxup to the dayx
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o now be gonex more light and light it growsx
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romeox
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more light and lightx more dark and dark our woesx
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enter nursex
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nursex
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madamx
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julietx
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nursex
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nursex
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your lady mother is coming to your chamberx
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the day is brokex be waryx look aboutx
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xxexitxxx
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julietx
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thenx windowx let day inx and let life outx
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romeox
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farewellx farewellx one kissx and ixll descendx
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xxdescendsxxx
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julietx
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art thou gone sox lovex lordx ay husbandx friendx
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i must hear from thee every day in the hourx
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for in a minute there are many daysx
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ox by this count i shall be much in years
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ere i again behold my romeox
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romeox
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farewellx
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i will omit no opportunity
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that may convey my greetingsx lovex to theex
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julietx
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o thinkest thou we shall ever meet againx
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romeox
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i doubt it notx and all these woes shall serve
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for sweet discourses in our time to comex
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julietx
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o godx i have an illxdivining soulx
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methinks i see theex now thou art so lowx
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as one dead in the bottom of a tombx
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either my eyesight failsx or thou lookxst palex
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romeox
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and trust mex lovex in my eye so do youx
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dry sorrow drinks our bloodx adieux adieux
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xxexit belowxxx
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julietx
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o fortunex fortunex all men call thee ficklex
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if thou art ficklex what dost thou with him
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that is renownxd for faithx be ficklex fortunex
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for thenx i hope thou wilt not keep him long
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but send him backx
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lady capuletx
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xxwithinxxx hox daughterx are you upx
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julietx
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who isxt that callsx is it my lady motherx
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is she not down so latex or up so earlyx
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what unaccustomxd cause procures her hitherx
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enter lady capuletx
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lady capuletx
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whyx how nowx julietx
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julietx
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madamx i am not wellx
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lady capuletx
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evermore weeping for your cousinxs deathx
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whatx wilt thou wash him from his grave with tearsx
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and if thou couldstx thou couldst not make him livex
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therefore have donex some grief shows much of lovex
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but much of grief shows still some want of witx
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julietx
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yet let me weep for such a feeling lossx
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lady capuletx
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so shall you feel the lossx but not the friend
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which you weep forx
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julietx
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feeling so the lossx
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i cannot choose but ever weep the friendx
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lady capuletx
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wellx girlx thou weepxst not so much for his death
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as that the villain lives which slaughterxd himx
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julietx
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what villainx madamx
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lady capuletx
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that same villain romeox
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julietx
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villain and he be many miles asunderx
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god pardon himx i dox with all my heartx
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and yet no man like he doth grieve my heartx
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lady capuletx
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that is because the traitor murderer livesx
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julietx
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ay madamx from the reach of these my handsx
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would none but i might venge my cousinxs deathx
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lady capuletx
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we will have vengeance for itx fear thou notx
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then weep no morex ixll send to one in mantuax
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where that same banishxd runagate doth livex
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shall give him such an unaccustomxd dram
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that he shall soon keep tybalt companyx
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and then i hope thou wilt be satisfiedx
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julietx
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indeed i never shall be satisfied
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with romeo till i behold himxdeadx
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is my poor heart so for a kinsman vexxdx
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madamx if you could find out but a man
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to bear a poisonx i would temper itx
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that romeo should upon receipt thereofx
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soon sleep in quietx ox how my heart abhors
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to hear him namxdx and cannot come to himx
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to wreak the love i bore my cousin
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upon his body that hath slaughterxd himx
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lady capuletx
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find thou the meansx and ixll find such a manx
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but now ixll tell thee joyful tidingsx girlx
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julietx
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and joy comes well in such a needy timex
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what are theyx i beseech your ladyshipx
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lady capuletx
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wellx wellx thou hast a careful fatherx childx
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one who to put thee from thy heavinessx
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hath sorted out a sudden day of joyx
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that thou expects notx nor i lookxd not forx
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julietx
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madamx in happy timex what day is thatx
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lady capuletx
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marryx my childx early next thursday morn
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the gallantx youngx and noble gentlemanx
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the county parisx at saint peterxs churchx
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shall happily make thee there a joyful bridex
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julietx
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now by saint peterxs churchx and peter toox
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|
he shall not make me there a joyful bridex
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|
i wonder at this hastex that i must wed
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|
ere he that should be husband comes to woox
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|
i pray you tell my lord and fatherx madamx
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|
i will not marry yetx and when i dox i swear
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|
it shall be romeox whom you know i hatex
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|
rather than parisx these are news indeedx
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lady capuletx
|
|
here comes your fatherx tell him so yourselfx
|
|
and see how he will take it at your handsx
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|
enter capulet and nursex
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capuletx
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when the sun setsx the air doth drizzle dewx
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|
but for the sunset of my brotherxs son
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|
it rains downrightx
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how nowx a conduitx girlx whatx still in tearsx
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|
evermore showeringx in one little body
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|
thou counterfeits a barkx a seax a windx
|
|
for still thy eyesx which i may call the seax
|
|
do ebb and flow with tearsx the bark thy body isx
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|
sailing in this salt floodx the windsx thy sighsx
|
|
who raging with thy tears and they with themx
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|
without a sudden calm will overset
|
|
thy tempestxtossed bodyx how nowx wifex
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|
have you deliverxd to her our decreex
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lady capuletx
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|
ayx sirx but she will nonex she gives you thanksx
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|
i would the fool were married to her gravex
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capuletx
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|
softx take me with youx take me with youx wifex
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|
howx will she nonex doth she not give us thanksx
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|
is she not proudx doth she not count her blestx
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|
unworthy as she isx that we have wrought
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|
so worthy a gentleman to be her bridegroomx
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julietx
|
|
not proud you havex but thankful that you havex
|
|
proud can i never be of what i hatex
|
|
but thankful even for hate that is meant lovex
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|
capuletx
|
|
how nowx how nowx choppxd logicx what is thisx
|
|
proudx andx i thank youx and i thank you notx
|
|
and yet not proudx mistress minion youx
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thank me no thankingsx nor proud me no proudsx
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|
but fettle your fine joints xgainst thursday next
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|
to go with paris to saint peterxs churchx
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|
or i will drag thee on a hurdle thitherx
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|
outx you greenxsickness carrionx outx you baggagex
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|
you tallowxfacex
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lady capuletx
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|
fiex fiex whatx are you madx
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julietx
|
|
good fatherx i beseech you on my kneesx
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|
hear me with patience but to speak a wordx
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capuletx
|
|
hang thee young baggagex disobedient wretchx
|
|
i tell thee whatxxget thee to church a thursdayx
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|
or never after look me in the facex
|
|
speak notx reply notx do not answer mex
|
|
my fingers itchx wifex we scarce thought us blest
|
|
that god had lent us but this only childx
|
|
but now i see this one is one too muchx
|
|
and that we have a curse in having herx
|
|
out on herx hildingx
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|
nursex
|
|
god in heaven bless herx
|
|
you are to blamex my lordx to rate her sox
|
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|
|
capuletx
|
|
and whyx my lady wisdomx hold your tonguex
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|
good prudencex smatter with your gossipsx gox
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|
nursex
|
|
i speak no treasonx
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capuletx
|
|
o god ye goodxenx
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nursex
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|
may not one speakx
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capuletx
|
|
peacex you mumbling foolx
|
|
utter your gravity oxer a gossipxs bowlx
|
|
for here we need it notx
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lady capuletx
|
|
you are too hotx
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capuletx
|
|
godxs breadx it makes me madx
|
|
dayx nightx hourx ridex timex workx playx
|
|
alonex in companyx still my care hath been
|
|
to have her matchxdx and having now provided
|
|
a gentleman of noble parentagex
|
|
of fair demesnesx youthfulx and nobly alliedx
|
|
stuffxdx as they sayx with honourable partsx
|
|
proportionxd as onexs thought would wish a manx
|
|
and then to have a wretched puling foolx
|
|
a whining mammetx in her fortunexs tenderx
|
|
to answerx xixll not wedx i cannot lovex
|
|
i am too youngx i pray you pardon mexx
|
|
butx and you will not wedx ixll pardon youx
|
|
graze where you willx you shall not house with mex
|
|
look toxtx think onxtx i do not use to jestx
|
|
thursday is nearx lay hand on heartx advisex
|
|
and you be minex ixll give you to my friendx
|
|
and you be notx hangx begx starvex die in the streetsx
|
|
for by my soulx ixll nexer acknowledge theex
|
|
nor what is mine shall never do thee goodx
|
|
trust toxtx bethink youx ixll not be forswornx
|
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|
xxexitxxx
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|
julietx
|
|
is there no pity sitting in the cloudsx
|
|
that sees into the bottom of my griefx
|
|
o sweet my motherx cast me not awayx
|
|
delay this marriage for a monthx a weekx
|
|
orx if you do notx make the bridal bed
|
|
in that dim monument where tybalt liesx
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|
lady capuletx
|
|
talk not to mex for ixll not speak a wordx
|
|
do as thou wiltx for i have done with theex
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|
|
xxexitxxx
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julietx
|
|
o godx o nursex how shall this be preventedx
|
|
my husband is on earthx my faith in heavenx
|
|
how shall that faith return again to earthx
|
|
unless that husband send it me from heaven
|
|
by leaving earthx comfort mex counsel mex
|
|
alackx alackx that heaven should practise stratagems
|
|
upon so soft a subject as myselfx
|
|
what sayxst thoux hast thou not a word of joyx
|
|
some comfortx nursex
|
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|
nursex
|
|
faithx here it isx
|
|
romeo is banishedx and all the world to nothing
|
|
that he dares nexer come back to challenge youx
|
|
or if he dox it needs must be by stealthx
|
|
thenx since the case so stands as now it dothx
|
|
i think it best you married with the countyx
|
|
ox hexs a lovely gentlemanx
|
|
romeoxs a dishclout to himx an eaglex madamx
|
|
hath not so greenx so quickx so fair an eye
|
|
as paris hathx beshrew my very heartx
|
|
i think you are happy in this second matchx
|
|
for it excels your firstx or if it did notx
|
|
your first is deadx or xtwere as good he werex
|
|
as living here and you no use of himx
|
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|
julietx
|
|
speakest thou from thy heartx
|
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|
nursex
|
|
and from my soul toox
|
|
or else beshrew them bothx
|
|
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|
julietx
|
|
amenx
|
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|
nursex
|
|
whatx
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|
julietx
|
|
wellx thou hast comforted me marvellous muchx
|
|
go inx and tell my lady i am gonex
|
|
having displeasxd my fatherx to lawrencex cellx
|
|
to make confession and to be absolvxdx
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|
nursex
|
|
marryx i willx and this is wisely donex
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|
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|
xxexitxxx
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|
julietx
|
|
ancient damnationx o most wicked fiendx
|
|
is it more sin to wish me thus forswornx
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|
or to dispraise my lord with that same tongue
|
|
which she hath praisxd him with above compare
|
|
so many thousand timesx gox counsellorx
|
|
thou and my bosom henceforth shall be twainx
|
|
ixll to the friar to know his remedyx
|
|
if all else failx myself have power to diex
|
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xxexitxxx
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act iv
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scene ix friar lawrencexs cellx
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enter friar lawrence and parisx
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|
friar lawrencex
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on thursdayx sirx the time is very shortx
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parisx
|
|
my father capulet will have it sox
|
|
and i am nothing slow to slack his hastex
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friar lawrencex
|
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you say you do not know the ladyxs mindx
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|
uneven is the coursex i like it notx
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parisx
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immoderately she weeps for tybaltxs deathx
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|
and therefore have i little talkxd of lovex
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|
for venus smiles not in a house of tearsx
|
|
nowx sirx her father counts it dangerous
|
|
that she do give her sorrow so much swayx
|
|
and in his wisdomx hastes our marriagex
|
|
to stop the inundation of her tearsx
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|
whichx too much minded by herself alonex
|
|
may be put from her by societyx
|
|
now do you know the reason of this hastex
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|
|
friar lawrencex
|
|
xxasidexxx i would i knew not why it should be slowxdxx
|
|
lookx sirx here comes the lady toward my cellx
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|
enter julietx
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parisx
|
|
happily metx my lady and my wifex
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julietx
|
|
that may bex sirx when i may be a wifex
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parisx
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that may bex must bex lovex on thursday nextx
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julietx
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|
what must be shall bex
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friar lawrencex
|
|
thatxs a certain textx
|
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parisx
|
|
come you to make confession to this fatherx
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julietx
|
|
to answer thatx i should confess to youx
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parisx
|
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do not deny to him that you love mex
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julietx
|
|
i will confess to you that i love himx
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parisx
|
|
so will yex i am surex that you love mex
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julietx
|
|
if i do sox it will be of more pricex
|
|
being spoke behind your back than to your facex
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parisx
|
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poor soulx thy face is much abusxd with tearsx
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julietx
|
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the tears have got small victory by thatx
|
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for it was bad enough before their spitex
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parisx
|
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thou wrongxst it more than tears with that reportx
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julietx
|
|
that is no slanderx sirx which is a truthx
|
|
and what i spakex i spake it to my facex
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parisx
|
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thy face is minex and thou hast slanderxd itx
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julietx
|
|
it may be sox for it is not mine ownx
|
|
are you at leisurex holy fatherx nowx
|
|
or shall i come to you at evening massx
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|
|
friar lawrencex
|
|
my leisure serves mex pensive daughterx nowxx
|
|
my lordx we must entreat the time alonex
|
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parisx
|
|
god shield i should disturb devotionxx
|
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julietx on thursday early will i rouse yex
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till thenx adieux and keep this holy kissx
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xxexitxxx
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julietx
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o shut the doorx and when thou hast done sox
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come weep with mex past hopex past curex past helpx
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friar lawrencex
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o julietx i already know thy griefx
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it strains me past the compass of my witsx
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i hear thou mustx and nothing may prorogue itx
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on thursday next be married to this countyx
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julietx
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tell me notx friarx that thou hearxst of thisx
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unless thou tell me how i may prevent itx
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if in thy wisdomx thou canst give no helpx
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do thou but call my resolution wisex
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and with this knife ixll help it presentlyx
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god joinxd my heart and romeoxsx thou our handsx
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and ere this handx by thee to romeoxs sealxdx
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shall be the label to another deedx
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or my true heart with treacherous revolt
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turn to anotherx this shall slay them bothx
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thereforex out of thy longxexperiencxd timex
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give me some present counselx or behold
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xtwixt my extremes and me this bloody knife
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shall play the empirex arbitrating that
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which the commission of thy years and art
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could to no issue of true honour bringx
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be not so long to speakx i long to diex
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if what thou speakxst speak not of remedyx
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friar lawrencex
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holdx daughterx i do spy a kind of hopex
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which craves as desperate an execution
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as that is desperate which we would preventx
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ifx rather than to marry county paris
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thou hast the strength of will to slay thyselfx
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then is it likely thou wilt undertake
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a thing like death to chide away this shamex
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that copxst with death himself to scape from itx
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and if thou darxstx ixll give thee remedyx
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julietx
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ox bid me leapx rather than marry parisx
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from off the battlements of yonder towerx
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or walk in thievish waysx or bid me lurk
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where serpents arex chain me with roaring bearsx
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or hide me nightly in a charnelxhousex
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oxerxcoverxd quite with dead menxs rattling bonesx
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with reeky shanks and yellow chapless skullsx
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or bid me go into a newxmade gravex
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and hide me with a dead man in his shroudx
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things thatx to hear them toldx have made me tremblex
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and i will do it without fear or doubtx
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to live an unstainxd wife to my sweet lovex
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friar lawrencex
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hold thenx go homex be merryx give consent
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to marry parisx wednesday is tomorrowx
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tomorrow night look that thou lie alonex
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let not thy nurse lie with thee in thy chamberx
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take thou this vialx being then in bedx
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and this distilled liquor drink thou offx
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when presently through all thy veins shall run
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a cold and drowsy humourx for no pulse
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shall keep his native progressx but surceasex
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no warmthx no breath shall testify thou livestx
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the roses in thy lips and cheeks shall fade
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to paly ashesx thy eyesx windows fallx
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like death when he shuts up the day of lifex
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each part deprivxd of supple governmentx
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shall stiff and stark and cold appear like deathx
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and in this borrowxd likeness of shrunk death
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thou shalt continue two and forty hoursx
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and then awake as from a pleasant sleepx
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now when the bridegroom in the morning comes
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to rouse thee from thy bedx there art thou deadx
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then as the manner of our country isx
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in thy best robesx uncoverxdx on the bierx
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thou shalt be borne to that same ancient vault
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where all the kindred of the capulets liex
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in the meantimex against thou shalt awakex
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shall romeo by my letters know our driftx
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and hither shall he comex and he and i
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will watch thy wakingx and that very night
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shall romeo bear thee hence to mantuax
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and this shall free thee from this present shamex
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|
if no inconstant toy nor womanish fear
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|
abate thy valour in the acting itx
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julietx
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give mex give mex o tell not me of fearx
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friar lawrencex
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holdx get you gonex be strong and prosperous
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in this resolvex ixll send a friar with speed
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to mantuax with my letters to thy lordx
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julietx
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love give me strengthx and strength shall help affordx
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farewellx dear fatherx
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene iix hall in capuletxs housex
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enter capuletx lady capuletx nurse and servantsx
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capuletx
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so many guests invite as here are writx
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xxexit first servantxxx
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sirrahx go hire me twenty cunning cooksx
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second servantx
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you shall have none illx sirx for ixll try if they can lick their
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fingersx
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capuletx
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how canst thou try them sox
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second servantx
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marryx sirx xtis an ill cook that cannot lick his own fingersx
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therefore he that cannot lick his fingers goes not with mex
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capuletx
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|
gox begonex
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xxexit second servantxxx
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we shall be much unfurnishxd for this timex
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|
whatx is my daughter gone to friar lawrencex
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nursex
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|
ayx forsoothx
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capuletx
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wellx he may chance to do some good on herx
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a peevish selfxwillxd harlotry it isx
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|
enter julietx
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|
nursex
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|
see where she comes from shrift with merry lookx
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capuletx
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|
how nowx my headstrongx where have you been gaddingx
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|
julietx
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|
where i have learnt me to repent the sin
|
|
of disobedient opposition
|
|
to you and your behestsx and am enjoinxd
|
|
by holy lawrence to fall prostrate herex
|
|
to beg your pardonx pardonx i beseech youx
|
|
henceforward i am ever rulxd by youx
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capuletx
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|
send for the countyx go tell him of thisx
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|
ixll have this knot knit up tomorrow morningx
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|
julietx
|
|
i met the youthful lord at lawrencex cellx
|
|
and gave him what becomed love i mightx
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|
not stepping oxer the bounds of modestyx
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|
capuletx
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|
whyx i am glad onxtx this is wellx stand upx
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|
this is asxt should bex let me see the countyx
|
|
ayx marryx gox i sayx and fetch him hitherx
|
|
now afore godx this reverend holy friarx
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|
all our whole city is much bound to himx
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julietx
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|
nursex will you go with me into my closetx
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|
to help me sort such needful ornaments
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|
as you think fit to furnish me tomorrowx
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|
lady capuletx
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|
nox not till thursdayx there is time enoughx
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capuletx
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|
gox nursex go with herx wexll to church tomorrowx
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|
xxexeunt juliet and nursexxx
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|
|
|
lady capuletx
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|
we shall be short in our provisionx
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|
xtis now near nightx
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|
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|
capuletx
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|
tushx i will stir aboutx
|
|
and all things shall be wellx i warrant theex wifex
|
|
go thou to julietx help to deck up herx
|
|
ixll not to bed tonightx let me alonex
|
|
ixll play the housewife for this oncexxwhatx hoxx
|
|
they are all forthx wellx i will walk myself
|
|
to county parisx to prepare him up
|
|
against tomorrowx my heart is wondrous light
|
|
since this same wayward girl is so reclaimxdx
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|
|
|
xxexeuntxxx
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|
|
|
scene iiix julietxs chamberx
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|
|
|
enter juliet and nursex
|
|
|
|
julietx
|
|
ayx those attires are bestx butx gentle nursex
|
|
i pray thee leave me to myself tonightx
|
|
for i have need of many orisons
|
|
to move the heavens to smile upon my statex
|
|
whichx well thou knowxstx is cross and full of sinx
|
|
|
|
enter lady capuletx
|
|
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|
lady capuletx
|
|
whatx are you busyx hox need you my helpx
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julietx
|
|
nox madamx we have cullxd such necessaries
|
|
as are behoveful for our state tomorrowx
|
|
so please youx let me now be left alonex
|
|
and let the nurse this night sit up with youx
|
|
for i am sure you have your hands full all
|
|
in this so sudden businessx
|
|
|
|
lady capuletx
|
|
good nightx
|
|
get thee to bed and restx for thou hast needx
|
|
|
|
xxexeunt lady capulet and nursexxx
|
|
|
|
julietx
|
|
farewellx god knows when we shall meet againx
|
|
i have a faint cold fear thrills through my veins
|
|
that almost freezes up the heat of lifex
|
|
ixll call them back again to comfort mex
|
|
nursexxwhat should she do herex
|
|
my dismal scene i needs must act alonex
|
|
comex vialx
|
|
what if this mixture do not work at allx
|
|
shall i be married then tomorrow morningx
|
|
nox nox this shall forbid itx lie thou therex
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|
|
xxlaying down her daggerxxx
|
|
|
|
what if it be a poisonx which the friar
|
|
subtly hath ministerxd to have me deadx
|
|
lest in this marriage he should be dishonourxdx
|
|
because he married me before to romeox
|
|
i fear it isx and yet methinks it should notx
|
|
for he hath still been tried a holy manx
|
|
how ifx when i am laid into the tombx
|
|
i wake before the time that romeo
|
|
come to redeem mex therexs a fearful pointx
|
|
shall i not then be stifled in the vaultx
|
|
to whose foul mouth no healthsome air breathes inx
|
|
and there die strangled ere my romeo comesx
|
|
orx if i livex is it not very likex
|
|
the horrible conceit of death and nightx
|
|
together with the terror of the placex
|
|
as in a vaultx an ancient receptaclex
|
|
where for this many hundred years the bones
|
|
of all my buried ancestors are packxdx
|
|
where bloody tybaltx yet but green in earthx
|
|
lies festering in his shroudx wherex as they sayx
|
|
at some hours in the night spirits resortx
|
|
alackx alackx is it not like that ix
|
|
so early wakingx what with loathsome smellsx
|
|
and shrieks like mandrakes torn out of the earthx
|
|
that living mortalsx hearing themx run madx
|
|
ox if i wakex shall i not be distraughtx
|
|
environed with all these hideous fearsx
|
|
and madly play with my forefathersx jointsx
|
|
and pluck the mangled tybalt from his shroudx
|
|
andx in this ragex with some great kinsmanxs bonex
|
|
as with a clubx dash out my desperate brainsx
|
|
o lookx methinks i see my cousinxs ghost
|
|
seeking out romeo that did spit his body
|
|
upon a rapierxs pointx stayx tybaltx stayx
|
|
romeox romeox romeox herexs drinkx i drink to theex
|
|
|
|
xxthrows herself on the bedxxx
|
|
|
|
scene ivx hall in capuletxs housex
|
|
|
|
enter lady capulet and nursex
|
|
|
|
lady capuletx
|
|
holdx take these keys and fetch more spicesx nursex
|
|
|
|
nursex
|
|
they call for dates and quinces in the pastryx
|
|
|
|
enter capuletx
|
|
|
|
capuletx
|
|
comex stirx stirx stirx the second cock hath crowxdx
|
|
the curfew bell hath rungx xtis three oxclockx
|
|
look to the bakxd meatsx good angelicax
|
|
spare not for costx
|
|
|
|
nursex
|
|
gox you cotxqueanx gox
|
|
get you to bedx faithx youxll be sick tomorrow
|
|
for this nightxs watchingx
|
|
|
|
capuletx
|
|
nox not a whitx whatx i have watchxd ere now
|
|
all night for lesser causex and nexer been sickx
|
|
|
|
lady capuletx
|
|
ayx you have been a mousexhunt in your timex
|
|
but i will watch you from such watching nowx
|
|
|
|
xxexeunt lady capulet and nursexxx
|
|
|
|
capuletx
|
|
a jealousxhoodx a jealousxhoodx
|
|
|
|
enter servantsx with spitsx logs and basketsx
|
|
|
|
nowx fellowx whatxs therex
|
|
|
|
first servantx
|
|
things for the cookx sirx but i know not whatx
|
|
|
|
capuletx
|
|
make hastex make hastex
|
|
|
|
xxexit first servantxxx
|
|
|
|
xsirrahx fetch drier logsx
|
|
call peterx he will show thee where they arex
|
|
|
|
second servantx
|
|
i have a headx sirx that will find out logs
|
|
and never trouble peter for the matterx
|
|
|
|
xxexitxxx
|
|
|
|
capuletx
|
|
mass and well saidx a merry whoresonx hax
|
|
thou shalt be loggerheadxxgood faithx xtis dayx
|
|
the county will be here with music straightx
|
|
for so he said he wouldx i hear him nearx
|
|
|
|
xxplay musicxxx
|
|
|
|
nursex wifex whatx hox whatx nursex i sayx
|
|
|
|
rexenter nursex
|
|
|
|
go waken julietx go and trim her upx
|
|
ixll go and chat with parisx hiex make hastex
|
|
make hastex the bridegroom he is come alreadyx
|
|
make haste i sayx
|
|
|
|
xxexeuntxxx
|
|
|
|
scene vx julietxs chamberx juliet on the bedx
|
|
|
|
enter nursex
|
|
|
|
nursex
|
|
mistressx whatx mistressx julietx fastx i warrant herx shex
|
|
whyx lambx whyx ladyx fiex you slugxabedx
|
|
whyx lovex i sayx madamx sweetheartx whyx bridex
|
|
whatx not a wordx you take your pennyworths nowx
|
|
sleep for a weekx for the next nightx i warrantx
|
|
the county paris hath set up his rest
|
|
that you shall rest but littlex god forgive mex
|
|
marry and amenx how sound is she asleepx
|
|
i needs must wake herx madamx madamx madamx
|
|
ayx let the county take you in your bedx
|
|
hexll fright you upx ixfaithx will it not bex
|
|
whatx dressxdx and in your clothesx and down againx
|
|
i must needs wake youx ladyx ladyx ladyx
|
|
alasx alasx helpx helpx my ladyxs deadx
|
|
ox wellxaxday that ever i was bornx
|
|
some aqua vitaex hox my lordx my ladyx
|
|
|
|
enter lady capuletx
|
|
|
|
lady capuletx
|
|
what noise is herex
|
|
|
|
nursex
|
|
o lamentable dayx
|
|
|
|
lady capuletx
|
|
what is the matterx
|
|
|
|
nursex
|
|
lookx lookx o heavy dayx
|
|
|
|
lady capuletx
|
|
o mex o mex my childx my only lifex
|
|
revivex look upx or i will die with theex
|
|
helpx helpx call helpx
|
|
|
|
enter capuletx
|
|
|
|
capuletx
|
|
for shamex bring juliet forthx her lord is comex
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|
|
|
nursex
|
|
shexs deadx deceasxdx shexs deadx alack the dayx
|
|
|
|
lady capuletx
|
|
alack the dayx shexs deadx shexs deadx shexs deadx
|
|
|
|
capuletx
|
|
hax let me see herx out alasx shexs coldx
|
|
her blood is settled and her joints are stiffx
|
|
life and these lips have long been separatedx
|
|
death lies on her like an untimely frost
|
|
upon the sweetest flower of all the fieldx
|
|
|
|
nursex
|
|
o lamentable dayx
|
|
|
|
lady capuletx
|
|
o woful timex
|
|
|
|
capuletx
|
|
deathx that hath taxen her hence to make me wailx
|
|
ties up my tongue and will not let me speakx
|
|
|
|
enter friar lawrence and paris with musiciansx
|
|
|
|
friar lawrencex
|
|
comex is the bride ready to go to churchx
|
|
|
|
capuletx
|
|
ready to gox but never to returnx
|
|
o sonx the night before thy wedding day
|
|
hath death lain with thy bridex there she liesx
|
|
flower as she wasx deflowered by himx
|
|
death is my sonxinxlawx death is my heirx
|
|
my daughter he hath weddedx i will diex
|
|
and leave him allx lifex livingx all is deathxsx
|
|
|
|
parisx
|
|
have i thought long to see this morningxs facex
|
|
and doth it give me such a sight as thisx
|
|
|
|
lady capuletx
|
|
accursxdx unhappyx wretchedx hateful dayx
|
|
most miserable hour that exer time saw
|
|
in lasting labour of his pilgrimagex
|
|
but onex poor onex one poor and loving childx
|
|
but one thing to rejoice and solace inx
|
|
and cruel death hath catchxd it from my sightx
|
|
|
|
nursex
|
|
o woex o woefulx woefulx woeful dayx
|
|
most lamentable dayx most woeful day
|
|
that everx everx i did yet beholdx
|
|
o dayx o dayx o dayx o hateful dayx
|
|
never was seen so black a day as thisx
|
|
o woeful dayx o woeful dayx
|
|
|
|
parisx
|
|
beguilxdx divorcedx wrongedx spitedx slainx
|
|
most detestable deathx by thee beguilxdx
|
|
by cruelx cruel thee quite overthrownx
|
|
o lovex o lifex not lifex but love in deathx
|
|
|
|
capuletx
|
|
despisxdx distressedx hatedx martyrxdx killxdx
|
|
uncomfortable timex why camxst thou now
|
|
to murderx murder our solemnityx
|
|
o childx o childx my soulx and not my childx
|
|
dead art thoux alackx my child is deadx
|
|
and with my child my joys are buriedx
|
|
|
|
friar lawrencex
|
|
peacex hox for shamex confusionxs cure lives not
|
|
in these confusionsx heaven and yourself
|
|
had part in this fair maidx now heaven hath allx
|
|
and all the better is it for the maidx
|
|
your part in her you could not keep from deathx
|
|
but heaven keeps his part in eternal lifex
|
|
the most you sought was her promotionx
|
|
for xtwas your heaven she should be advancxdx
|
|
and weep ye nowx seeing she is advancxd
|
|
above the cloudsx as high as heaven itselfx
|
|
ox in this lovex you love your child so ill
|
|
that you run madx seeing that she is wellx
|
|
shexs not well married that lives married longx
|
|
but shexs best married that dies married youngx
|
|
dry up your tearsx and stick your rosemary
|
|
on this fair corsex andx as the custom isx
|
|
and in her best array bear her to churchx
|
|
for though fond nature bids us all lamentx
|
|
yet naturexs tears are reasonxs merrimentx
|
|
|
|
capuletx
|
|
all things that we ordained festival
|
|
turn from their office to black funeralx
|
|
our instruments to melancholy bellsx
|
|
our wedding cheer to a sad burial feastx
|
|
our solemn hymns to sullen dirges changex
|
|
our bridal flowers serve for a buried corsex
|
|
and all things change them to the contraryx
|
|
|
|
friar lawrencex
|
|
sirx go you inx andx madamx go with himx
|
|
and gox sir parisx everyone prepare
|
|
to follow this fair corse unto her gravex
|
|
the heavens do lower upon you for some illx
|
|
move them no more by crossing their high willx
|
|
|
|
xxexeunt capuletx lady capuletx paris and friarxxx
|
|
|
|
first musicianx
|
|
faithx we may put up our pipes and be gonex
|
|
|
|
nursex
|
|
honest good fellowsx ahx put upx put upx
|
|
for well you know this is a pitiful casex
|
|
|
|
first musicianx
|
|
ayx by my trothx the case may be amendedx
|
|
|
|
xxexit nursexxx
|
|
|
|
enter peterx
|
|
|
|
peterx
|
|
musiciansx ox musiciansx xheartxs easexx xheartxs easexx ox and you
|
|
will have me livex play xheartxs easexx
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first musicianx
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why xheartxs easexx
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peterx
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o musiciansx because my heart itself plays xmy heart is fullxx o play
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me some merry dump to comfort mex
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first musicianx
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not a dump wex xtis no time to play nowx
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peterx
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you will not thenx
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first musicianx
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nox
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peterx
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i will then give it you soundlyx
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first musicianx
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what will you give usx
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peterx
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no moneyx on my faithx but the gleekx i will give you the minstrelx
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first musicianx
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then will i give you the servingxcreaturex
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peterx
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then will i lay the servingxcreaturexs dagger on your patex i will
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carry no crotchetsx ixll re youx ixll fa youx do you note mex
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first musicianx
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and you re us and fa usx you note usx
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second musicianx
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pray you put up your daggerx and put out your witx
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peterx
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then have at you with my witx i will dryxbeat you with an iron witx and
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put up my iron daggerx answer me like menx
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xwhen griping griefs the heart doth woundx
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and doleful dumps the mind oppressx
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then music with her silver soundxx
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why xsilver soundxx why xmusic with her silver soundxx what say youx
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simon catlingx
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first musicianx
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marryx sirx because silver hath a sweet soundx
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peterx
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pratesx what say youx hugh rebeckx
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second musicianx
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i say xsilver soundx because musicians sound for silverx
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peterx
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prates toox what say youx james soundpostx
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third musicianx
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faithx i know not what to sayx
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peterx
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ox i cry you mercyx you are the singerx i will say for youx it is
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xmusic with her silver soundx because musicians have no gold for
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soundingx
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xthen music with her silver sound
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with speedy help doth lend redressxx
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xxexitxxx
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first musicianx
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what a pestilent knave is this samex
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second musicianx
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hang himx jackx comex wexll in herex tarry for the mournersx and stay
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dinnerx
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xxexeuntxxx
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act v
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scene ix mantuax a streetx
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enter romeox
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romeox
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if i may trust the flattering eye of sleepx
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my dreams presage some joyful news at handx
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my bosomxs lord sits lightly in his thronex
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and all this day an unaccustomxd spirit
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lifts me above the ground with cheerful thoughtsx
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i dreamt my lady came and found me deadxx
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strange dreamx that gives a dead man leave to thinkxx
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and breathxd such life with kisses in my lipsx
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that i revivxdx and was an emperorx
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ah mex how sweet is love itself possessxdx
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when but lovexs shadows are so rich in joyx
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enter balthasarx
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news from veronax how nowx balthasarx
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dost thou not bring me letters from the friarx
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how doth my ladyx is my father wellx
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how fares my julietx that i ask againx
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for nothing can be ill if she be wellx
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balthasarx
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then she is wellx and nothing can be illx
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her body sleeps in capelxs monumentx
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and her immortal part with angels livesx
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i saw her laid low in her kindredxs vaultx
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and presently took post to tell it youx
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o pardon me for bringing these ill newsx
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since you did leave it for my officex sirx
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romeox
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is it even sox then i defy youx starsx
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thou knowxst my lodgingx get me ink and paperx
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and hire postxhorsesx i will hence tonightx
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balthasarx
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i do beseech you sirx have patiencex
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your looks are pale and wildx and do import
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some misadventurex
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romeox
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tushx thou art deceivxdx
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leave mex and do the thing i bid thee dox
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hast thou no letters to me from the friarx
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balthasarx
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nox my good lordx
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romeox
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no matterx get thee gonex
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and hire those horsesx ixll be with thee straightx
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xxexit balthasarxxx
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wellx julietx i will lie with thee tonightx
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letxs see for meansx o mischief thou art swift
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to enter in the thoughts of desperate menx
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i do remember an apothecaryxx
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and hereabouts he dwellsxxwhich late i noted
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in tatterxd weedsx with overwhelming browsx
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culling of simplesx meagre were his looksx
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sharp misery had worn him to the bonesx
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and in his needy shop a tortoise hungx
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an alligator stuffxdx and other skins
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of illxshaped fishesx and about his shelves
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a beggarly account of empty boxesx
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green earthen potsx bladdersx and musty seedsx
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remnants of packthreadx and old cakes of roses
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were thinly scatterxdx to make up a showx
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noting this penuryx to myself i saidx
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and if a man did need a poison nowx
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whose sale is present death in mantuax
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here lives a caitiff wretch would sell it himx
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ox this same thought did but forerun my needx
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and this same needy man must sell it mex
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as i rememberx this should be the housex
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being holidayx the beggarxs shop is shutx
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whatx hox apothecaryx
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enter apothecaryx
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apothecaryx
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who calls so loudx
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romeox
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come hitherx manx i see that thou art poorx
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holdx there is forty ducatsx let me have
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a dram of poisonx such soonxspeeding gear
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as will disperse itself through all the veinsx
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that the lifexweary taker may fall deadx
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and that the trunk may be dischargxd of breath
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as violently as hasty powder firxd
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doth hurry from the fatal cannonxs wombx
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apothecaryx
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such mortal drugs i havex but mantuaxs law
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is death to any he that utters themx
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romeox
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art thou so bare and full of wretchednessx
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and fearxst to diex famine is in thy cheeksx
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need and oppression starveth in thine eyesx
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contempt and beggary hangs upon thy backx
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the world is not thy friendx nor the worldxs lawx
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the world affords no law to make thee richx
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then be not poorx but break it and take thisx
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apothecaryx
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my povertyx but not my will consentsx
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romeox
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i pay thy povertyx and not thy willx
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apothecaryx
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put this in any liquid thing you will
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and drink it offx andx if you had the strength
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of twenty menx it would despatch you straightx
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romeox
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there is thy goldx worse poison to menxs soulsx
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doing more murder in this loathsome world
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than these poor compounds that thou mayst not sellx
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i sell thee poisonx thou hast sold me nonex
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farewellx buy foodx and get thyself in fleshx
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comex cordial and not poisonx go with me
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to julietxs gravex for there must i use theex
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene iix friar lawrencexs cellx
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enter friar johnx
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friar johnx
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holy franciscan friarx brotherx hox
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enter friar lawrencex
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friar lawrencex
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this same should be the voice of friar johnx
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welcome from mantuax what says romeox
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orx if his mind be writx give me his letterx
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friar johnx
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going to find a barefoot brother outx
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one of our orderx to associate mex
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here in this city visiting the sickx
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and finding himx the searchers of the townx
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suspecting that we both were in a house
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where the infectious pestilence did reignx
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sealxd up the doorsx and would not let us forthx
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so that my speed to mantua there was stayxdx
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friar lawrencex
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who bare my letter then to romeox
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friar johnx
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i could not send itxxhere it is againxx
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nor get a messenger to bring it theex
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so fearful were they of infectionx
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friar lawrencex
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unhappy fortunex by my brotherhoodx
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the letter was not nicex but full of chargex
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of dear importx and the neglecting it
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may do much dangerx friar johnx go hencex
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get me an iron crow and bring it straight
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unto my cellx
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friar johnx
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brotherx ixll go and bring it theex
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xxexitxxx
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friar lawrencex
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now must i to the monument alonex
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within this three hours will fair juliet wakex
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she will beshrew me much that romeo
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hath had no notice of these accidentsx
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but i will write again to mantuax
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and keep her at my cell till romeo comex
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poor living corsex closxd in a dead manxs tombx
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xxexitxxx
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scene iiix a churchyardx in it a monument belonging to the capuletsx
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enter parisx and his page bearing flowers and a torchx
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parisx
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give me thy torchx boyx hence and stand aloofx
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yet put it outx for i would not be seenx
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under yond yew tree lay thee all alongx
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holding thy ear close to the hollow groundx
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so shall no foot upon the churchyard treadx
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being loosex unfirmx with digging up of gravesx
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but thou shalt hear itx whistle then to mex
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as signal that thou hearxst something approachx
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give me those flowersx do as i bid theex gox
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pagex
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xxasidexxx i am almost afraid to stand alone
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here in the churchyardx yet i will adventurex
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xxretiresxxx
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parisx
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sweet flowerx with flowers thy bridal bed i strewx
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o woex thy canopy is dust and stonesx
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which with sweet water nightly i will dewx
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or wanting thatx with tears distillxd by moansx
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the obsequies that i for thee will keepx
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nightly shall be to strew thy grave and weepx
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xxthe page whistlesxxx
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the boy gives warning something doth approachx
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what cursed foot wanders this way tonightx
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to cross my obsequies and true lovexs ritex
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whatx with a torchx muffle mex nightx awhilex
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xxretiresxxx
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enter romeo and balthasar with a torchx mattockx xcx
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romeox
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give me that mattock and the wrenching ironx
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holdx take this letterx early in the morning
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see thou deliver it to my lord and fatherx
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give me the lightx upon thy life i charge theex
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whatexer thou hearxst or seestx stand all aloof
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and do not interrupt me in my coursex
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why i descend into this bed of death
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is partly to behold my ladyxs facex
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but chiefly to take thence from her dead finger
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a precious ringx a ring that i must use
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in dear employmentx therefore hencex be gonex
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|
but if thou jealous dost return to pry
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in what i further shall intend to dox
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by heaven i will tear thee joint by jointx
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and strew this hungry churchyard with thy limbsx
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the time and my intents are savagexwildx
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|
more fierce and more inexorable far
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|
than empty tigers or the roaring seax
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balthasarx
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i will be gonex sirx and not trouble youx
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romeox
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so shalt thou show me friendshipx take thou thatx
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livex and be prosperousx and farewellx good fellowx
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balthasarx
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for all this samex ixll hide me hereaboutx
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his looks i fearx and his intents i doubtx
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xxretiresxx
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romeox
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thou detestable mawx thou womb of deathx
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gorgxd with the dearest morsel of the earthx
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thus i enforce thy rotten jaws to openx
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xxbreaking open the door of the monumentxxx
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and in despitex ixll cram thee with more foodx
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parisx
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this is that banishxd haughty montague
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that murderxd my lovexs cousinxxwith which griefx
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it is supposedx the fair creature diedxx
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and here is come to do some villanous shame
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to the dead bodiesx i will apprehend himx
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xxadvancesxxx
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stop thy unhallowxd toilx vile montaguex
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can vengeance be pursuxd further than deathx
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condemned villainx i do apprehend theex
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obeyx and go with mex for thou must diex
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romeox
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i must indeedx and therefore came i hitherx
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good gentle youthx tempt not a desperate manx
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fly hence and leave mex think upon these gonex
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let them affright theex i beseech theex youthx
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put not another sin upon my head
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by urging me to furyx o be gonex
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by heaven i love thee better than myselfx
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for i come hither armxd against myselfx
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stay notx be gonex livex and hereafter sayx
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a madmanxs mercy bid thee run awayx
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parisx
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i do defy thy conjurationx
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and apprehend thee for a felon herex
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romeox
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wilt thou provoke mex then have at theex boyx
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xxthey fightxxx
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pagex
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o lordx they fightx i will go call the watchx
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xxexitxxx
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parisx
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ox i am slainx xxfallsxxx if thou be mercifulx
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open the tombx lay me with julietx
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xxdiesxxx
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romeox
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in faithx i willx let me peruse this facex
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mercutioxs kinsmanx noble county parisx
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what said my manx when my betossed soul
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did not attend him as we rodex i think
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he told me paris should have married julietx
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said he not sox or did i dream it sox
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or am i madx hearing him talk of julietx
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to think it was sox ox give me thy handx
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one writ with me in sour misfortunexs bookx
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ixll bury thee in a triumphant gravex
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a gravex o nox a lanternx slaughtxred youthx
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for here lies julietx and her beauty makes
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this vault a feasting presence full of lightx
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deathx lie thou therex by a dead man interrxdx
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xxlaying paris in the monumentxxx
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how oft when men are at the point of death
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have they been merryx which their keepers call
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a lightning before deathx ox how may i
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call this a lightningx o my lovex my wifex
|
|
death that hath suckxd the honey of thy breathx
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hath had no power yet upon thy beautyx
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thou art not conquerxdx beautyxs ensign yet
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is crimson in thy lips and in thy cheeksx
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and deathxs pale flag is not advanced therex
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tybaltx liest thou there in thy bloody sheetx
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ox what more favour can i do to thee
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than with that hand that cut thy youth in twain
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to sunder his that was thine enemyx
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forgive mex cousinx ahx dear julietx
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why art thou yet so fairx shall i believe
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that unsubstantial death is amorousx
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and that the lean abhorred monster keeps
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thee here in dark to be his paramourx
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for fear of that i still will stay with theex
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and never from this palace of dim night
|
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depart againx herex here will i remain
|
|
with worms that are thy chambermaidsx ox here
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|
will i set up my everlasting restx
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and shake the yoke of inauspicious stars
|
|
from this worldxwearied fleshx eyesx look your lastx
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|
armsx take your last embracex andx lipsx o you
|
|
the doors of breathx seal with a righteous kiss
|
|
a dateless bargain to engrossing deathx
|
|
comex bitter conductx comex unsavoury guidex
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thou desperate pilotx now at once run on
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the dashing rocks thy seaxsick weary barkx
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herexs to my lovex xxdrinksxxx o true apothecaryx
|
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thy drugs are quickx thus with a kiss i diex
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xxdiesxxx
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enterx at the other end of the churchyardx friar lawrencex with a
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lanternx crowx and spadex
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friar lawrencex
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saint francis be my speedx how oft tonight
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have my old feet stumbled at gravesx whoxs therex
|
|
who is it that consortsx so latex the deadx
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|
balthasarx
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herexs onex a friendx and one that knows you wellx
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friar lawrencex
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bliss be upon youx tell mex good my friendx
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what torch is yond that vainly lends his light
|
|
to grubs and eyeless skullsx as i discernx
|
|
it burneth in the capelsx monumentx
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balthasarx
|
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it doth sox holy sirx and therexs my masterx
|
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one that you lovex
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friar lawrencex
|
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who is itx
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balthasarx
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romeox
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friar lawrencex
|
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how long hath he been therex
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balthasarx
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full half an hourx
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friar lawrencex
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go with me to the vaultx
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balthasarx
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i dare notx sirx
|
|
my master knows not but i am gone hencex
|
|
and fearfully did menace me with death
|
|
if i did stay to look on his intentsx
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friar lawrencex
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stay thenx ixll go alonex fear comes upon mex
|
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ox much i fear some ill unlucky thingx
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balthasarx
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as i did sleep under this yew tree herex
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i dreamt my master and another foughtx
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and that my master slew himx
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friar lawrencex
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|
romeox xxadvancesxxx
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|
alackx alackx what blood is this which stains
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the stony entrance of this sepulchrex
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|
what mean these masterless and gory swords
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to lie discolourxd by this place of peacex
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xxenters the monumentxxx
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romeox ox palex who elsex whatx paris toox
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|
and steepxd in bloodx ah what an unkind hour
|
|
is guilty of this lamentable chancex
|
|
the lady stirsx
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xxjuliet wakes and stirsxxx
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julietx
|
|
o comfortable friarx where is my lordx
|
|
i do remember well where i should bex
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and there i amx where is my romeox
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|
xxnoise withinxxx
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friar lawrencex
|
|
i hear some noisex ladyx come from that nest
|
|
of deathx contagionx and unnatural sleepx
|
|
a greater power than we can contradict
|
|
hath thwarted our intentsx comex come awayx
|
|
thy husband in thy bosom there lies deadx
|
|
and paris toox comex ixll dispose of thee
|
|
among a sisterhood of holy nunsx
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|
stay not to questionx for the watch is comingx
|
|
comex gox good julietx i dare no longer stayx
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|
julietx
|
|
gox get thee hencex for i will not awayx
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|
xxexit friar lawrencexxx
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|
|
whatxs herex a cup closxd in my true lovexs handx
|
|
poisonx i seex hath been his timeless endx
|
|
o churlx drink allx and left no friendly drop
|
|
to help me afterx i will kiss thy lipsx
|
|
haply some poison yet doth hang on themx
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to make me die with a restorativex
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xxkisses himxxx
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thy lips are warmx
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first watchx
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xxwithinxxx leadx boyx which wayx
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julietx
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yeax noisex then ixll be briefx o happy daggerx
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xxsnatching romeoxs daggerxxx
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this is thy sheathx xxstabs herselfxx there restx and let me diex
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xxfalls on romeoxs body and diesxxx
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enter watch with the page of parisx
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pagex
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this is the placex therex where the torch doth burnx
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first watchx
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the ground is bloodyx search about the churchyardx
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gox some of youx whoexer you find attachx
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xxexeunt some of the watchxxx
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pitiful sightx here lies the county slainx
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and juliet bleedingx warmx and newly deadx
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who here hath lain this two days buriedx
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go tell the princex run to the capuletsx
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raise up the montaguesx some others searchx
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xxexeunt others of the watchxxx
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we see the ground whereon these woes do liex
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but the true ground of all these piteous woes
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we cannot without circumstance descryx
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rexenter some of the watch with balthasarx
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second watchx
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herexs romeoxs manx we found him in the churchyardx
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first watchx
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hold him in safety till the prince come hitherx
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rexenter others of the watch with friar lawrencex
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third watchx here is a friar that tremblesx sighsx and weepsx
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we took this mattock and this spade from him
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as he was coming from this churchyard sidex
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first watchx
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a great suspicionx stay the friar toox
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enter the prince and attendantsx
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princex
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what misadventure is so early upx
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that calls our person from our morningxs restx
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enter capuletx lady capulet and othersx
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capuletx
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what should it be that they so shriek abroadx
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lady capuletx
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o the people in the street cry romeox
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some julietx and some parisx and all run
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with open outcry toward our monumentx
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princex
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what fear is this which startles in our earsx
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first watchx
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sovereignx here lies the county paris slainx
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and romeo deadx and julietx dead beforex
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warm and new killxdx
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princex
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searchx seekx and know how this foul murder comesx
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first watchx
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here is a friarx and slaughterxd romeoxs manx
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with instruments upon them fit to open
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these dead menxs tombsx
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capuletx
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o heavenx o wifex look how our daughter bleedsx
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this dagger hath mistaxenx for lox his house
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is empty on the back of montaguex
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and it misxsheathed in my daughterxs bosomx
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lady capuletx
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o mex this sight of death is as a bell
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that warns my old age to a sepulchrex
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enter montague and othersx
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princex
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comex montaguex for thou art early upx
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to see thy son and heir more early downx
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montaguex
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alasx my liegex my wife is dead tonightx
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grief of my sonxs exile hath stoppxd her breathx
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what further woe conspires against mine agex
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princex
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lookx and thou shalt seex
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montaguex
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o thou untaughtx what manners is in thisx
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to press before thy father to a gravex
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princex
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seal up the mouth of outrage for a whilex
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till we can clear these ambiguitiesx
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and know their springx their headx their true descentx
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and then will i be general of your woesx
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and lead you even to deathx meantime forbearx
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and let mischance be slave to patiencex
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bring forth the parties of suspicionx
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friar lawrencex
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i am the greatestx able to do leastx
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yet most suspectedx as the time and place
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doth make against mex of this direful murderx
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and here i standx both to impeach and purge
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myself condemned and myself excusxdx
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princex
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then say at once what thou dost know in thisx
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friar lawrencex
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i will be briefx for my short date of breath
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is not so long as is a tedious talex
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romeox there deadx was husband to that julietx
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and shex there deadx that romeoxs faithful wifex
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i married themx and their stolxn marriage day
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was tybaltxs doomsdayx whose untimely death
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banishxd the newxmade bridegroom from this cityx
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for whomx and not for tybaltx juliet pinxdx
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youx to remove that siege of grief from herx
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betrothxdx and would have married her perforce
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to county parisx then comes she to mex
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and with wild looksx bid me devise some means
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to rid her from this second marriagex
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or in my cell there would she kill herselfx
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then gave i herx so tutored by my artx
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a sleeping potionx which so took effect
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as i intendedx for it wrought on her
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the form of deathx meantime i writ to romeo
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that he should hither come as this dire night
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to help to take her from her borrowxd gravex
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being the time the potionxs force should ceasex
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but he which bore my letterx friar johnx
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was stayxd by accidentx and yesternight
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returnxd my letter backx then all alone
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at the prefixed hour of her waking
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came i to take her from her kindredxs vaultx
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meaning to keep her closely at my cell
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till i conveniently could send to romeox
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but when i camex some minute ere the time
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of her awakingx here untimely lay
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the noble paris and true romeo deadx
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she wakesx and i entreated her come forth
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and bear this work of heaven with patiencex
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but then a noise did scare me from the tombx
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and shex too desperatex would not go with mex
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butx as it seemsx did violence on herselfx
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all this i knowx and to the marriage
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her nurse is privyx and if ought in this
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miscarried by my faultx let my old life
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be sacrificxdx some hour before his timex
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unto the rigour of severest lawx
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princex
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we still have known thee for a holy manx
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wherexs romeoxs manx what can he say to thisx
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balthasarx
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i brought my master news of julietxs deathx
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and then in post he came from mantua
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to this same placex to this same monumentx
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this letter he early bid me give his fatherx
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and threatenxd me with deathx going in the vaultx
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if i departed notx and left him therex
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princex
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give me the letterx i will look on itx
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where is the countyxs page that raisxd the watchx
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sirrahx what made your master in this placex
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pagex
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he came with flowers to strew his ladyxs gravex
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and bid me stand aloofx and so i didx
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anon comes one with light to ope the tombx
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and by and by my master drew on himx
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|
and then i ran away to call the watchx
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princex
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|
this letter doth make good the friarxs wordsx
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|
their course of lovex the tidings of her deathx
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|
and here he writes that he did buy a poison
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of a poor xpothecaryx and therewithal
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|
came to this vault to diex and lie with julietx
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where be these enemiesx capuletx montaguex
|
|
see what a scourge is laid upon your hatex
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that heaven finds means to kill your joys with lovex
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|
and ix for winking at your discords toox
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have lost a brace of kinsmenx all are punishxdx
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capuletx
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o brother montaguex give me thy handx
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this is my daughterxs jointurex for no more
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can i demandx
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montaguex
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but i can give thee morex
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for i will raise her statue in pure goldx
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that whiles verona by that name is knownx
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there shall no figure at such rate be set
|
|
as that of true and faithful julietx
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capuletx
|
|
as rich shall romeoxs by his ladyxs liex
|
|
poor sacrifices of our enmityx
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princex
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|
a glooming peace this morning with it bringsx
|
|
the sun for sorrow will not show his headx
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|
go hencex to have more talk of these sad thingsx
|
|
some shall be pardonxdx and some punishedx
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|
for never was a story of more woe
|
|
than this of juliet and her romeox
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xxexeuntxxx
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the taming of the shrew
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contents
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induction
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scene ix before an alehouse on a heathx
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scene iix a bedchamber in the lordxs housex
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act i
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scene ix paduax a public placex
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scene iix paduax before hortensioxs housex
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act ii
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scene ix paduax a room in baptistaxs housex
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act iii
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scene ix paduax a room in baptistaxs housex
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scene iix the samex before baptistaxs housex
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act iv
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scene ix a hall in petruchioxs country housex
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scene iix paduax before baptistaxs housex
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scene iiix a room in petruchioxs housex
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scene ivx before baptistaxs housex
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scene vx a public roadx
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act v
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scene ix paduax before lucentioxs housex
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scene iix a room in lucentioxs housex
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dramatis personx
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persons in the induction
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a lord
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christopher slyx a tinker
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hostess
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page
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players
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huntsmen
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servants
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baptista minolax a rich gentleman of padua
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vincentiox an old gentleman of pisa
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lucentiox son to vincentiox in love with bianca
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petruchiox a gentleman of veronax suitor to katherina
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suitors to bianca
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gremio
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hortensio
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servants to lucentio
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tranio
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biondello
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servants to petruchio
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grumio
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curtis
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pedantx set up to personate vincentio
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daughters to baptista
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katherinax the shrew
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bianca
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widow
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tailorx haberdasherx and servants attending on baptista and petruchio
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scenex sometimes in paduax and sometimes in petruchioxs house in the
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countryx
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induction
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scene ix before an alehouse on a heathx
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enter hostess and sly
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slyx
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ixll pheeze youx in faithx
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hostessx
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a pair of stocksx you roguex
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slyx
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yxare a baggagex the slys are no roguesx look in the chroniclesx we
|
|
came in with richard conquerorx thereforex xpaucas pallabrisxx let the
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world slidex sessax
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hostessx
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you will not pay for the glasses you have burstx
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slyx
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nox not a denierx go byx saint jeronimyx go to thy cold bed and warm
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theex
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hostessx
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i know my remedyx i must go fetch the thirdxboroughx
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xxexitxx
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slyx
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thirdx or fourthx or fifth boroughx ixll answer him by lawx ixll not
|
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budge an inchx boyx let him comex and kindlyx
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xxlies down on the groundx and falls asleepxxx
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horns windedx enter a lord from huntingx with huntsmen and servantsx
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lordx
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huntsmanx i charge theex tender well my houndsx
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brach merrimanx the poor cur is embossxdx
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and couple clowder with the deepxmouthxd brachx
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|
sawxst thou notx boyx how silver made it good
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at the hedgexcornerx in the coldest faultx
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i would not lose the dog for twenty poundx
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first huntsmanx
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whyx bellman is as good as hex my lordx
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|
he cried upon it at the merest lossx
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and twice today pickxd out the dullest scentx
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trust mex i take him for the better dogx
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lordx
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thou art a foolx if echo were as fleetx
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i would esteem him worth a dozen suchx
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but sup them wellx and look unto them allx
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tomorrow i intend to hunt againx
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first huntsmanx
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i willx my lordx
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lordx
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x xsees slyxxx whatxs herex one deadx or drunkx
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seex doth he breathex
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second huntsmanx
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he breathesx my lordx were he not warmxd with alex
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this were a bed but cold to sleep so soundlyx
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lordx
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o monstrous beastx how like a swine he liesx
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grim deathx how foul and loathsome is thine imagex
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sirsx i will practise on this drunken manx
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what think youx if he were conveyxd to bedx
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wrappxd in sweet clothesx rings put upon his fingersx
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a most delicious banquet by his bedx
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and brave attendants near him when he wakesx
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would not the beggar then forget himselfx
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first huntsmanx
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believe mex lordx i think he cannot choosex
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second huntsmanx
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it would seem strange unto him when he wakxdx
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lordx
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even as a flattering dream or worthless fancyx
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then take him upx and manage well the jestx
|
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carry him gently to my fairest chamberx
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and hang it round with all my wanton picturesx
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|
balm his foul head in warm distilled watersx
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and burn sweet wood to make the lodging sweetx
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procure me music ready when he wakesx
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to make a dulcet and a heavenly soundx
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|
and if he chance to speakx be ready straightx
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|
and with a low submissive reverence
|
|
say xwhat is it your honour will commandxx
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let one attend him with a silver basin
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|
full of rosexwater and bestrewxd with flowersx
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another bear the ewerx the third a diaperx
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|
and say xwillxt please your lordship cool your handsxx
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someone be ready with a costly suitx
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and ask him what apparel he will wearx
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another tell him of his hounds and horsex
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and that his lady mourns at his diseasex
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persuade him that he hath been lunaticx
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andx when he says he isxsay that he dreamsx
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for he is nothing but a mighty lordx
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this dox and do it kindlyx gentle sirsx
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it will be pastime passing excellentx
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if it be husbanded with modestyx
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first huntsmanx
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my lordx i warrant you we will play our partx
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as he shall think by our true diligencex
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he is no less than what we say he isx
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lordx
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take him up gentlyx and to bed with himx
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and each one to his office when he wakesx
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xsly xis bourne outx a trumpet soundsxxx
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sirrahx go see what trumpet xtis that soundsx
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xxexitx servantxx
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belike some noble gentleman that meansx
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travelling some journeyx to repose him herex
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rexenter servantx
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how nowx who is itx
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servantx
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an it please your honourx players
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that offer service to your lordshipx
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lordx
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bid them come nearx
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enter playersx
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nowx fellowsx you are welcomex
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playersx
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we thank your honourx
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lordx
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|
do you intend to stay with me tonightx
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playerx
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|
so please your lordship to accept our dutyx
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|
lordx
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|
with all my heartx this fellow i remember
|
|
since once he playxd a farmerxs eldest sonx
|
|
xtwas where you wooxd the gentlewoman so wellx
|
|
i have forgot your namex butx surex that part
|
|
was aptly fitted and naturally performxdx
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playerx
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|
i think xtwas soto that your honour meansx
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lordx
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|
xtis very truex thou didst it excellentx
|
|
wellx you are come to me in happy timex
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|
the rather for i have some sport in hand
|
|
wherein your cunning can assist me muchx
|
|
there is a lord will hear you play tonightx
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|
but i am doubtful of your modestiesx
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|
lestx overxeying of his odd behaviourxx
|
|
for yet his honour never heard a playxx
|
|
you break into some merry passion
|
|
and so offend himx for i tell youx sirsx
|
|
if you should smilex he grows impatientx
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playerx
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fear notx my lordx we can contain ourselvesx
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|
were he the veriest antick in the worldx
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lordx
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gox sirrahx take them to the butteryx
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|
and give them friendly welcome everyonex
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|
let them want nothing that my house affordsx
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xxexit one with the playersxxx
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sirrahx go you to bartholxmew my pagex
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|
and see him dressxd in all suits like a ladyx
|
|
that donex conduct him to the drunkardxs chamberx
|
|
and call him xmadamxx do him obeisancex
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|
tell him from mexas he will win my lovexx
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|
he bear himself with honourable actionx
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|
such as he hath observxd in noble ladies
|
|
unto their lordsx by them accomplishedx
|
|
such duty to the drunkard let him dox
|
|
with soft low tongue and lowly courtesyx
|
|
and say xwhat isxt your honour will commandx
|
|
wherein your lady and your humble wife
|
|
may show her duty and make known her lovexx
|
|
and then with kind embracementsx tempting kissesx
|
|
and with declining head into his bosomx
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|
bid him shed tearsx as being overjoyxd
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|
to see her noble lord restorxd to healthx
|
|
who for this seven years hath esteemed him
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|
no better than a poor and loathsome beggarx
|
|
and if the boy have not a womanxs gift
|
|
to rain a shower of commanded tearsx
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|
an onion will do well for such a shiftx
|
|
whichx in a napkin being close conveyxdx
|
|
shall in despite enforce a watery eyex
|
|
see this dispatchxd with all the haste thou canstx
|
|
anon ixll give thee more instructionsx
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xxexit servantxxx
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i know the boy will well usurp the gracex
|
|
voicex gaitx and action of a gentlewomanx
|
|
i long to hear him call the drunkard husbandx
|
|
and how my men will stay themselves from laughter
|
|
when they do homage to this simple peasantx
|
|
ixll in to counsel themx haply my presence
|
|
may well abate the overxmerry spleenx
|
|
which otherwise would grow into extremesx
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene iix a bedchamber in the lordxs housex
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|
|
|
sly is discovered in a rich nightgownx with attendantsx some with
|
|
apparelx basinx ewerx and other appurtenancesx and lordx dressed like a
|
|
servantx
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|
|
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slyx
|
|
for godxs sakex a pot of small alex
|
|
|
|
first servantx
|
|
willxt please your lordship drink a cup of sackx
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|
second servantx
|
|
willxt please your honour taste of these conservesx
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third servantx
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what raiment will your honour wear todayx
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slyx
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i am christophero slyx call not me honour nor lordshipx i nexer drank
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sack in my lifex and if you give me any conservesx give me conserves of
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beefx nexer ask me what raiment ixll wearx for i have no more doublets
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than backsx no more stockings than legsx nor no more shoes than feetx
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nayx sometime more feet than shoesx or such shoes as my toes look
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through the overxleatherx
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lordx
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heaven cease this idle humour in your honourx
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ox that a mighty man of such descentx
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of such possessionsx and so high esteemx
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should be infused with so foul a spiritx
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slyx
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whatx would you make me madx am not i christopher slyx old slyxs son of
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burtonxheathx by birth a pedlarx by education a cardmakerx by
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transmutation a bearxherdx and now by present profession a tinkerx ask
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marian hacketx the fat alexwife of wincotx if she know me notx if she
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say i am not fourteen pence on the score for sheer alex score me up for
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the lyingest knave in christendomx whatx i am not bestraughtx herexsx
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third servantx
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ox this it is that makes your lady mournx
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second servantx
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ox this is it that makes your servants droopx
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lordx
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hence comes it that your kindred shuns your housex
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as beaten hence by your strange lunacyx
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o noble lordx bethink thee of thy birthx
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call home thy ancient thoughts from banishmentx
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and banish hence these abject lowly dreamsx
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look how thy servants do attend on theex
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each in his office ready at thy beckx
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wilt thou have musicx harkx apollo playsx
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xxmusicxxx
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and twenty caged nightingales do singx
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or wilt thou sleepx wexll have thee to a couch
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softer and sweeter than the lustful bed
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on purpose trimmxd up for semiramisx
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say thou wilt walkx we will bestrew the groundx
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or wilt thou ridex thy horses shall be trappxdx
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their harness studded all with gold and pearlx
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dost thou love hawkingx thou hast hawks will soar
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above the morning larkx or wilt thou huntx
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thy hounds shall make the welkin answer them
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and fetch shrill echoes from the hollow earthx
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first servantx
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say thou wilt coursex thy greyhounds are as swift
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as breathed stagsx ayx fleeter than the roex
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second servantx
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dost thou love picturesx we will fetch thee straight
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adonis painted by a running brookx
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and cytherea all in sedges hidx
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which seem to move and wanton with her breath
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even as the waving sedges play with windx
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lordx
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wexll show thee io as she was a maid
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and how she was beguiled and surprisxdx
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as lively painted as the deed was donex
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third servantx
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or daphne roaming through a thorny woodx
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scratching her legsx that one shall swear she bleeds
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and at that sight shall sad apollo weepx
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so workmanly the blood and tears are drawnx
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lordx
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thou art a lordx and nothing but a lordx
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thou hast a lady far more beautiful
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than any woman in this waning agex
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first servantx
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andx till the tears that she hath shed for thee
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like envious floods oxerxrun her lovely facex
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she was the fairest creature in the worldx
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and yet she is inferior to nonex
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slyx
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am i a lordx and have i such a ladyx
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or do i dreamx or have i dreamxd till nowx
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i do not sleepx i seex i hearx i speakx
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i smell sweet savoursx and i feel soft thingsx
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upon my lifex i am a lord indeedx
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and not a tinkerx nor christophero slyx
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wellx bring our lady hither to our sightx
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and once againx a pot ox the smallest alex
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second servantx
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willxt please your mightiness to wash your handsx
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xxservants present a ewerx basin and napkinxxx
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ox how we joy to see your wit restorxdx
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ox that once more you knew but what you arex
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these fifteen years you have been in a dreamx
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orx when you wakxdx so wakxd as if you sleptx
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slyx
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these fifteen yearsx by my fayx a goodly napx
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but did i never speak of all that timex
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first servantx
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ox yesx my lordx but very idle wordsx
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for though you lay here in this goodly chamberx
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yet would you say ye were beaten out of doorx
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and rail upon the hostess of the housex
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and say you would present her at the leetx
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because she brought stone jugs and no sealxd quartsx
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sometimes you would call out for cicely hacketx
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slyx
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ayx the womanxs maid of the housex
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third servantx
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whyx sirx you know no house nor no such maidx
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nor no such men as you have reckonxd upx
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as stephen slyx and old john naps of greecex
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and peter turphx and henry pimpernellx
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and twenty more such names and men as thesex
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which never werex nor no man ever sawx
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slyx
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nowx lord be thanked for my good amendsx
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allx
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amenx
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enter the pagex as a ladyx with attendantsx
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slyx
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i thank theex thou shalt not lose by itx
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pagex
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how fares my noble lordx
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slyx
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marryx i fare wellx for here is cheer enoughx
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where is my wifex
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pagex
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herex noble lordx what is thy will with herx
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slyx
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are you my wifex and will not call me husbandx
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my men should call me lordx i am your goodmanx
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pagex
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my husband and my lordx my lord and husbandx
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i am your wife in all obediencex
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slyx
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i know it wellx what must i call herx
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lordx
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madamx
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slyx
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alice madamx or joan madamx
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lordx
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madamx and nothing elsex so lords call ladiesx
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slyx
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madam wifex they say that i have dreamxd
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and slept above some fifteen year or morex
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pagex
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ayx and the time seems thirty unto mex
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being all this time abandonxd from your bedx
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slyx
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xtis muchx servantsx leave me and her alonex
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madamx undress youx and come now to bedx
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pagex
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thrice noble lordx let me entreat of you
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to pardon me yet for a night or twox
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orx if not sox until the sun be setx
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for your physicians have expressly chargxdx
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in peril to incur your former maladyx
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that i should yet absent me from your bedx
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i hope this reason stands for my excusex
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slyx
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ayx it stands so that i may hardly tarry so longx but i would be loath
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to fall into my dreams againx i will therefore tarry in despite of the
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flesh and the bloodx
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enter a messengerx
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messengerx
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your honourxs playersx hearing your amendmentx
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are come to play a pleasant comedyx
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for so your doctors hold it very meetx
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seeing too much sadness hath congealxd your bloodx
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and melancholy is the nurse of frenzyx
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therefore they thought it good you hear a playx
|
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and frame your mind to mirth and merrimentx
|
|
which bars a thousand harms and lengthens lifex
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slyx
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marryx i willx let them play itx is not a commonty a christmas gambold
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or a tumblingxtrickx
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pagex
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nox my good lordx it is more pleasing stuffx
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slyx
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whatx household stuffx
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pagex
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it is a kind of historyx
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slyx
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wellx wexll seextx comex madam wifex sit by my side and let the world
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slipx we shall nexer be youngerx
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act i
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scene ix paduax a public placex
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flourishx enter lucentio and traniox
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lucentiox
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traniox since for the great desire i had
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to see fair paduax nursery of artsx
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i am arrivxd for fruitful lombardyx
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the pleasant garden of great italyx
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and by my fatherxs love and leave am armxd
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|
with his good will and thy good companyx
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|
my trusty servant well approvxd in allx
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here let us breathex and haply institute
|
|
a course of learning and ingenious studiesx
|
|
pisax renowned for grave citizensx
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gave me my being and my father firstx
|
|
a merchant of great traffic through the worldx
|
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vincentiox come of the bentivoliix
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vincentioxs sonx brought up in florencex
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it shall become to serve all hopes conceivxdx
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to deck his fortune with his virtuous deedsx
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and thereforex traniox for the time i studyx
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virtue and that part of philosophy
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will i apply that treats of happiness
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by virtue specially to be achievxdx
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tell me thy mindx for i have pisa left
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|
and am to padua come as he that leaves
|
|
a shallow plash to plunge him in the deepx
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and with satiety seeks to quench his thirstx
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traniox
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xmi perdonatoxx gentle master minex
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i am in all affected as yourselfx
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glad that you thus continue your resolve
|
|
to suck the sweets of sweet philosophyx
|
|
onlyx good masterx while we do admire
|
|
this virtue and this moral disciplinex
|
|
letxs be no stoics nor no stocksx i prayx
|
|
or so devote to aristotlexs checks
|
|
as ovid be an outcast quite abjurxdx
|
|
balk logic with acquaintance that you havex
|
|
and practise rhetoric in your common talkx
|
|
music and poesy use to quicken youx
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|
the mathematics and the metaphysicsx
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fall to them as you find your stomach serves youx
|
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no profit grows where is no pleasure taxenx
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in briefx sirx study what you most affectx
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lucentiox
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gramerciesx traniox well dost thou advisex
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ifx biondellox thou wert come ashorex
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we could at once put us in readinessx
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and take a lodging fit to entertain
|
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such friends as time in padua shall begetx
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but stay awhilex what company is thisx
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traniox
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masterx some show to welcome us to townx
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xxlucentio and tranio stand asidexxx
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enter baptistax katherinax biancax gremio and hortensiox
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baptistax
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gentlemenx importune me no fartherx
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|
for how i firmly am resolvxd you knowx
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that isx not to bestow my youngest daughter
|
|
before i have a husband for the elderx
|
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if either of you both love katherinax
|
|
because i know you well and love you wellx
|
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leave shall you have to court her at your pleasurex
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gremiox
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to cart her ratherx shexs too rough for mex
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therex therex hortensiox will you any wifex
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katherinax
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xxto baptistaxx i pray youx sirx is it your will
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to make a stale of me amongst these matesx
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hortensiox
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matesx maidx how mean you thatx no mates for youx
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unless you were of gentlerx milder mouldx
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katherinax
|
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ix faithx sirx you shall never need to fearx
|
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i wis it is not half way to her heartx
|
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but if it werex doubt not her care should be
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|
to comb your noddle with a threexleggxd stoolx
|
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and paint your facex and use you like a foolx
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hortensiox
|
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from all such devilsx good lord deliver usx
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gremiox
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and mex toox good lordx
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traniox
|
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hushtx masterx herexs some good pastime towardx
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|
that wench is stark mad or wonderful frowardx
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lucentiox
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but in the otherxs silence do i see
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|
maidxs mild behaviour and sobrietyx
|
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peacex traniox
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traniox
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well saidx masterx mumx and gaze your fillx
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baptistax
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|
gentlemenx that i may soon make good
|
|
what i have saidxxbiancax get you inx
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and let it not displease theex good biancax
|
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for i will love thee nexer the lessx my girlx
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katherinax
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a pretty peatx it is best put finger in the eyex and she knew whyx
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biancax
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sisterx content you in my discontentx
|
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sirx to your pleasure humbly i subscribex
|
|
my books and instruments shall be my companyx
|
|
on them to lookx and practise by myselfx
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lucentiox
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harkx traniox thou mayst hear minerva speakx
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hortensiox
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signior baptistax will you be so strangex
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sorry am i that our good will effects
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biancaxs griefx
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gremiox
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why will you mew her upx
|
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signior baptistax for this fiend of hellx
|
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and make her bear the penance of her tonguex
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baptistax
|
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gentlemenx content yex i am resolvxdx
|
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go inx biancax
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xxexit biancaxxx
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and for i know she taketh most delight
|
|
in musicx instrumentsx and poetryx
|
|
schoolmasters will i keep within my house
|
|
fit to instruct her youthx if youx hortensiox
|
|
orx signior gremiox youx know any suchx
|
|
prefer them hitherx for to cunning men
|
|
i will be very kindx and liberal
|
|
to mine own children in good bringing upx
|
|
and sox farewellx katherinax you may stayx
|
|
for i have more to commune with biancax
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xxexitxxx
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katherinax
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|
whyx and i trust i may go toox may i notx whatx shall i be appointed
|
|
hoursx as thoughx belikex i knew not what to take and what to leavex
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hax
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xxexitxxx
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gremiox
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you may go to the devilxs damx your gifts are so good herexs none will
|
|
hold youx their love is not so greatx hortensiox but we may blow our
|
|
nails togetherx and fast it fairly outx our cakexs dough on both sidesx
|
|
farewellx yetx for the love i bear my sweet biancax if i can by any
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|
means light on a fit man to teach her that wherein she delightsx i will
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wish him to her fatherx
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hortensiox
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so will ix signior gremiox but a wordx i prayx though the nature of our
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quarrel yet never brooked parlex know nowx upon advicex it toucheth us
|
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bothxxthat we may yet again have access to our fair mistressx and be
|
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happy rivals in biancaxs lovexxto labour and effect one thing
|
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speciallyx
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gremiox
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whatxs thatx i prayx
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hortensiox
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marryx sirx to get a husband for her sisterx
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gremiox
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a husbandx a devilx
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hortensiox
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i sayx a husbandx
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gremiox
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i sayx a devilx thinkest thoux hortensiox though her father be very
|
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richx any man is so very a fool to be married to hellx
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hortensiox
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tushx gremiox though it pass your patience and mine to endure her loud
|
|
alarumsx whyx manx there be good fellows in the worldx and a man could
|
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light on themx would take her with all faultsx and money enoughx
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gremiox
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i cannot tellx but i had as lief take her dowry with this conditionx to
|
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be whippxd at the high cross every morningx
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hortensiox
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faithx as you sayx therexs small choice in rotten applesx but comex
|
|
since this bar in law makes us friendsx it shall be so far forth
|
|
friendly maintainedx till by helping baptistaxs eldest daughter to a
|
|
husbandx we set his youngest free for a husbandx and then have toxt
|
|
afreshx sweet biancax happy man be his dolex he that runs fastest gets
|
|
the ringx how say youx signior gremiox
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gremiox
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i am agreedx and would i had given him the best horse in padua to begin
|
|
his wooingx that would thoroughly woo herx wed herx and bed herx and
|
|
rid the house of herx come onx
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xxexeunt gremio and hortensioxxx
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traniox
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|
i prayx sirx tell mex is it possible
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that love should of a sudden take such holdx
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lucentiox
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o traniox till i found it to be truex
|
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i never thought it possible or likelyx
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but seex while idly i stood looking onx
|
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i found the effect of love in idlenessx
|
|
and now in plainness do confess to theex
|
|
that art to me as secret and as dear
|
|
as anna to the queen of carthage wasx
|
|
traniox i burnx i pinex i perishx traniox
|
|
if i achieve not this young modest girlx
|
|
counsel mex traniox for i know thou canstx
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assist mex traniox for i know thou wiltx
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traniox
|
|
masterx it is no time to chide you nowx
|
|
affection is not rated from the heartx
|
|
if love have touchxd youx nought remains but sox
|
|
xredime te captum quam queas minimoxx
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lucentiox
|
|
gramerciesx ladx go forwardx this contentsx
|
|
the rest will comfortx for thy counselxs soundx
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traniox
|
|
masterx you lookxd so longly on the maidx
|
|
perhaps you markxd not whatxs the pith of allx
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lucentiox
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ox yesx i saw sweet beauty in her facex
|
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such as the daughter of agenor hadx
|
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that made great jove to humble him to her handx
|
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when with his knees he kissxd the cretan strandx
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traniox
|
|
saw you no morex markxd you not how her sister
|
|
began to scold and raise up such a storm
|
|
that mortal ears might hardly endure the dinx
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lucentiox
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|
traniox i saw her coral lips to movex
|
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and with her breath she did perfume the airx
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sacred and sweet was all i saw in herx
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traniox
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nayx thenx xtis time to stir him from his trancex
|
|
i prayx awakex sirx if you love the maidx
|
|
bend thoughts and wits to achieve herx thus it standsx
|
|
her elder sister is so curst and shrewdx
|
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that till the father rid his hands of herx
|
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masterx your love must live a maid at homex
|
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and therefore has he closely mewxd her upx
|
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because she will not be annoyxd with suitorsx
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lucentiox
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|
ahx traniox what a cruel fatherxs hex
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|
but art thou not advisxd he took some care
|
|
to get her cunning schoolmasters to instruct herx
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traniox
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ayx marryx am ix sirx and now xtis plottedx
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lucentiox
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i have itx traniox
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traniox
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masterx for my handx
|
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both our inventions meet and jump in onex
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lucentiox
|
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tell me thine firstx
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traniox
|
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you will be schoolmasterx
|
|
and undertake the teaching of the maidx
|
|
thatxs your devicex
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lucentiox
|
|
it isx may it be donex
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traniox
|
|
not possiblex for who shall bear your part
|
|
and be in padua here vincentioxs sonx
|
|
keep house and ply his bookx welcome his friendsx
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visit his countrymenx and banquet themx
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lucentiox
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xbastaxx content theex for i have it fullx
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we have not yet been seen in any housex
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nor can we be distinguishxd by our faces
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for man or masterx then it follows thusx
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thou shalt be masterx traniox in my steadx
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keep house and port and servantsx as i shouldx
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i will some other bex some florentinex
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some neapolitanx or meaner man of pisax
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xtis hatchxdx and shall be sox traniox at once
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uncase theex take my colourxd hat and cloakx
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when biondello comesx he waits on theex
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but i will charm him first to keep his tonguex
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xxthey exchange habitsxx
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traniox
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so had you needx
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in briefx sirx sith it your pleasure isx
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and i am tied to be obedientx
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for so your father chargxd me at our partingx
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xbe serviceable to my sonxx quoth hex
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although i think xtwas in another sensex
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i am content to be lucentiox
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because so well i love lucentiox
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lucentiox
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traniox be sox because lucentio lovesx
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and let me be a slavex to achieve that maid
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whose sudden sight hath thrallxd my wounded eyex
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enter biondellox
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here comes the roguex sirrahx where have you beenx
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biondellox
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where have i beenx nayx how nowx where are youx
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masterx has my fellow tranio stolxn your clothesx
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or you stolxn hisx or bothx prayx whatxs the newsx
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lucentiox
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sirrahx come hitherx xtis no time to jestx
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and therefore frame your manners to the timex
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your fellow tranio herex to save my lifex
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puts my apparel and my countxnance onx
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and i for my escape have put on hisx
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for in a quarrel since i came ashore
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i killxd a manx and fear i was descriedx
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wait you on himx i charge youx as becomesx
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while i make way from hence to save my lifex
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you understand mex
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biondellox
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ix sirx nexer a whitx
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lucentiox
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and not a jot of tranio in your mouthx
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tranio is changed to lucentiox
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biondellox
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the better for himx would i were so toox
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traniox
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so could ix faithx boyx to have the next wish afterx
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that lucentio indeed had baptistaxs youngest daughterx
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butx sirrahx not for my sake but your masterxsx i advise
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you use your manners discreetly in all kind of companiesx
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when i am alonex whyx then i am traniox
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but in all places else your masterx lucentiox
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lucentiox
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traniox letxs gox
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one thing more restsx that thyself executex
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to make one among these wooersx if thou ask me whyx
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sufficeth my reasons are both good and weightyx
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xxexeuntxxx
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xxthe presenters above speakxxx
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first servantx
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my lordx you nodx you do not mind the playx
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slyx
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yesx by saint annex i dox a good matterx surelyx comes there any more
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of itx
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pagex
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my lordx xtis but begunx
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slyx
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xtis a very excellent piece of workx madam ladyx would xtwere donex
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xxthey sit and markxxx
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scene iix paduax before hortensioxs housex
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enter petruchio and his man grumiox
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petruchiox
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veronax for a while i take my leavex
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to see my friends in paduax but of all
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my best beloved and approved friendx
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hortensiox and i trow this is his housex
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herex sirrah grumiox knockx i sayx
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grumiox
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knockx sirx whom should i knockx is there any man has rebused your
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worshipx
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petruchiox
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villainx i sayx knock me here soundlyx
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grumiox
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knock you herex sirx whyx sirx what am ix sirx that i should knock you
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herex sirx
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petruchiox
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villainx i sayx knock me at this gatex
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and rap me wellx or ixll knock your knavexs patex
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grumiox
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my master is grown quarrelsomex i should knock you firstx
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and then i know after who comes by the worstx
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petruchiox
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will it not bex
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faithx sirrahx and youxll not knockx ixll ring itx
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ixll try how you can solx fax and sing itx
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xxhe wrings grumio by the earsxxx
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grumiox
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helpx mastersx helpx my master is madx
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petruchiox
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nowx knock when i bid youx sirrah villainx
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enter hortensiox
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hortensiox
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how nowx whatxs the matterx my old friend grumiox and my good friend
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petruchiox how do you all at veronax
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petruchiox
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signior hortensiox come you to part the frayx
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xcon tutto il cuore ben trovatoxx may i sayx
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hortensiox
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xalla nostra casa ben venutox molto honorato signor mio petruchioxx
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risex grumiox risex we will compound this quarrelx
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grumiox
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nayx xtis no matterx sirx what he xleges in latinx if this be not a
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lawful cause for me to leave his servicex look youx sirx he bid me
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knock him and rap him soundlyx sirx wellx was it fit for a servant to
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use his master sox beingx perhapsx for aught i seex twoxandxthirtyx a
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pip outx whom would to god i had well knockxd at firstx then had not
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grumio come by the worstx
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petruchiox
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a senseless villainx good hortensiox
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i bade the rascal knock upon your gatex
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and could not get him for my heart to do itx
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grumiox
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knock at the gatex o heavensx spake you not these words plainx xsirrah
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knock me herex rap me herex knock me wellx and knock me soundlyxx and
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come you now with xknocking at the gatexx
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petruchiox
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sirrahx be gonex or talk notx i advise youx
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hortensiox
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petruchiox patiencex i am grumioxs pledgex
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whyx thisxs a heavy chance xtwixt him and youx
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your ancientx trustyx pleasant servant grumiox
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and tell me nowx sweet friendx what happy gale
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blows you to padua here from old veronax
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petruchiox
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|
such wind as scatters young men through the world
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to seek their fortunes farther than at homex
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where small experience growsx but in a fewx
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signior hortensiox thus it stands with mex
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antoniox my fatherx is deceasxdx
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and i have thrust myself into this mazex
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haply to wive and thrive as best i mayx
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crowns in my purse i havex and goods at homex
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and so am come abroad to see the worldx
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hortensiox
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petruchiox shall i then come roundly to thee
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and wish thee to a shrewd illxfavourxd wifex
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thouxdst thank me but a little for my counselx
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and yet ixll promise thee she shall be richx
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and very richx but thxart too much my friendx
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and ixll not wish thee to herx
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petruchiox
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signior hortensiox xtwixt such friends as we
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few words sufficex and thereforex if thou know
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one rich enough to be petruchioxs wifex
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as wealth is burden of my wooing dancex
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be she as foul as was florentiusx lovex
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as old as sibylx and as curst and shrewd
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as socratesx xanthippe or a worsex
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she moves me notx or not removesx at leastx
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affectionxs edge in mex were she as rough
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as are the swelling adriatic seasx
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i come to wive it wealthily in paduax
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if wealthilyx then happily in paduax
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grumiox
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nayx look youx sirx he tells you flatly what his mind isx whyx give him
|
|
gold enough and marry him to a puppet or an agletxbabyx or an old trot
|
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with nexer a tooth in her headx though she have as many diseases as
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twoxandxfifty horsesx whyx nothing comes amissx so money comes withalx
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hortensiox
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petruchiox since we are steppxd thus far inx
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i will continue that i broachxd in jestx
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i canx petruchiox help thee to a wife
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with wealth enoughx and young and beauteousx
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brought up as best becomes a gentlewomanx
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her only faultxxand that is faults enoughxx
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isx that she is intolerable curstx
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and shrewd and frowardx so beyond all measurex
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thatx were my state far worser than it isx
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i would not wed her for a mine of goldx
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petruchiox
|
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hortensiox peacex thou knowxst not goldxs effectx
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tell me her fatherxs namex and xtis enoughx
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for i will board herx though she chide as loud
|
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as thunder when the clouds in autumn crackx
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hortensiox
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|
her father is baptista minolax
|
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an affable and courteous gentlemanx
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her name is katherina minolax
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renownxd in padua for her scolding tonguex
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petruchiox
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|
i know her fatherx though i know not herx
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and he knew my deceased father wellx
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i will not sleepx hortensiox till i see herx
|
|
and therefore let me be thus bold with youx
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to give you over at this first encounterx
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|
unless you will accompany me thitherx
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grumiox
|
|
i pray youx sirx let him go while the humour lastsx ox my wordx and she
|
|
knew him as well as i dox she would think scolding would do little good
|
|
upon himx she may perhaps call him half a score knaves or sox whyx
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|
thatxs nothingx and he begin oncex hexll rail in his ropextricksx ixll
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|
tell you whatx sirx and she stand him but a littlex he will throw a
|
|
figure in her facex and so disfigure her with it that she shall have no
|
|
more eyes to see withal than a catx you know him notx sirx
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hortensiox
|
|
tarryx petruchiox i must go with theex
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|
for in baptistaxs keep my treasure isx
|
|
he hath the jewel of my life in holdx
|
|
his youngest daughterx beautiful biancax
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|
and her withholds from me and other morex
|
|
suitors to her and rivals in my lovex
|
|
supposing it a thing impossiblex
|
|
for those defects i have before rehearsxdx
|
|
that ever katherina will be wooxdx
|
|
therefore this order hath baptista taxenx
|
|
that none shall have access unto bianca
|
|
till katherine the curst have got a husbandx
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grumiox
|
|
katherine the curstx
|
|
a title for a maid of all titles the worstx
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hortensiox
|
|
now shall my friend petruchio do me gracex
|
|
and offer me disguisxd in sober robesx
|
|
to old baptista as a schoolmaster
|
|
well seen in musicx to instruct biancax
|
|
that so i mayx by this device at least
|
|
have leave and leisure to make love to herx
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|
and unsuspected court her by herselfx
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grumiox
|
|
herexs no knaveryx seex to beguile the old folksx how the young folks
|
|
lay their heads togetherx
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|
enter gremio and lucentio disguisedx with books under his armx
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|
masterx masterx look about youx who goes therex hax
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hortensiox
|
|
peacex grumiox it is the rival of my lovex petruchiox stand by awhilex
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grumiox
|
|
a proper striplingx and an amorousx
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gremiox
|
|
ox very wellx i have perusxd the notex
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|
hark youx sirx ixll have them very fairly boundx
|
|
all books of lovex see that at any handx
|
|
and see you read no other lectures to herx
|
|
you understand mex over and beside
|
|
signior baptistaxs liberalityx
|
|
ixll mend it with a largessx take your papers toox
|
|
and let me have them very well perfumxdx
|
|
for she is sweeter than perfume itself
|
|
to whom they go tox what will you read to herx
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lucentiox
|
|
whatexer i read to herx ixll plead for youx
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|
as for my patronx stand you so assurxdx
|
|
as firmly as yourself were still in placex
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|
yeax and perhaps with more successful words
|
|
than youx unless you were a scholarx sirx
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gremiox
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|
ox this learningx what a thing it isx
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grumiox
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ox this woodcockx what an ass it isx
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petruchiox
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|
peacex sirrahx
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|
hortensiox
|
|
grumiox mumx god save youx signior gremiox
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|
gremiox
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|
and you are well metx signior hortensiox
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|
trow you whither i am goingx to baptista minolax
|
|
i promisxd to enquire carefully
|
|
about a schoolmaster for the fair biancax
|
|
and by good fortune i have lighted well
|
|
on this young manx for learning and behaviour
|
|
fit for her turnx well read in poetry
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|
and other booksx good onesx i warrant yex
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hortensiox
|
|
xtis wellx and i have met a gentleman
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|
hath promisxd me to help me to anotherx
|
|
a fine musician to instruct our mistressx
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so shall i no whit be behind in duty
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|
to fair biancax so belovxd of mex
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gremiox
|
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belovxd of mex and that my deeds shall provex
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grumiox
|
|
xxasidexxx and that his bags shall provex
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hortensiox
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|
gremiox xtis now no time to vent our lovex
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|
listen to mex and if you speak me fairx
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ixll tell you news indifferent good for eitherx
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|
here is a gentleman whom by chance i metx
|
|
upon agreement from us to his likingx
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|
will undertake to woo curst katherinex
|
|
yeax and to marry herx if her dowry pleasex
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gremiox
|
|
so saidx so donex is wellx
|
|
hortensiox have you told him all her faultsx
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petruchiox
|
|
i know she is an irksome brawling scoldx
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|
if that be allx mastersx i hear no harmx
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|
gremiox
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|
nox sayxst me sox friendx what countrymanx
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petruchiox
|
|
born in veronax old antonioxs sonx
|
|
my father deadx my fortune lives for mex
|
|
and i do hope good days and long to seex
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gremiox
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|
o sirx such a lifex with such a wifex were strangex
|
|
but if you have a stomachx toxt a godxs namex
|
|
you shall have me assisting you in allx
|
|
but will you woo this wildxcatx
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petruchiox
|
|
will i livex
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grumiox
|
|
will he woo herx ayx or ixll hang herx
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petruchiox
|
|
why came i hither but to that intentx
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|
think you a little din can daunt mine earsx
|
|
have i not in my time heard lions roarx
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|
have i not heard the seax puffxd up with windsx
|
|
rage like an angry boar chafed with sweatx
|
|
have i not heard great ordnance in the fieldx
|
|
and heavenxs artillery thunder in the skiesx
|
|
have i not in a pitched battle heard
|
|
loud xlarumsx neighing steedsx and trumpetsx clangx
|
|
and do you tell me of a womanxs tonguex
|
|
that gives not half so great a blow to hear
|
|
as will a chestnut in a farmerxs firex
|
|
tushx tushx fear boys with bugsx
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grumiox
|
|
xxasidexx for he fears nonex
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gremiox
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|
hortensiox harkx
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|
this gentleman is happily arrivxdx
|
|
my mind presumesx for his own good and yoursx
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|
hortensiox
|
|
i promisxd we would be contributorsx
|
|
and bear his charge of wooingx whatsoexerx
|
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|
|
gremiox
|
|
and so we willx provided that he win herx
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|
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|
grumiox
|
|
i would i were as sure of a good dinnerx
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|
enter tranio bravex and biondellox
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|
traniox
|
|
gentlemenx god save youx if i may be boldx
|
|
tell mex i beseech youx which is the readiest way
|
|
to the house of signior baptista minolax
|
|
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|
biondellox
|
|
he that has the two fair daughtersx isxt he you meanx
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|
traniox
|
|
even hex biondellox
|
|
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|
gremiox
|
|
hark youx sirx you mean not her tox
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traniox
|
|
perhaps him and herx sirx what have you to dox
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petruchiox
|
|
not her that chidesx sirx at any handx i prayx
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traniox
|
|
i love no chidersx sirx biondellox letxs awayx
|
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|
lucentiox
|
|
xxasidexx well begunx traniox
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hortensiox
|
|
sirx a word ere you gox
|
|
are you a suitor to the maid you talk ofx yea or nox
|
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|
traniox
|
|
and if i bex sirx is it any offencex
|
|
|
|
gremiox
|
|
nox if without more words you will get you hencex
|
|
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traniox
|
|
whyx sirx i prayx are not the streets as free
|
|
for me as for youx
|
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|
gremiox
|
|
but so is not shex
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traniox
|
|
for what reasonx i beseech youx
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gremiox
|
|
for this reasonx if youxll knowx
|
|
that shexs the choice love of signior gremiox
|
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hortensiox
|
|
that shexs the chosen of signior hortensiox
|
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traniox
|
|
softlyx my mastersx if you be gentlemenx
|
|
do me this rightx hear me with patiencex
|
|
baptista is a noble gentlemanx
|
|
to whom my father is not all unknownx
|
|
and were his daughter fairer than she isx
|
|
she may more suitors havex and me for onex
|
|
fair ledaxs daughter had a thousand wooersx
|
|
then well one more may fair bianca havex
|
|
and so she shallx lucentio shall make onex
|
|
though paris came in hope to speed alonex
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gremiox
|
|
whatx this gentleman will outxtalk us allx
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lucentiox
|
|
sirx give him headx i know hexll prove a jadex
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petruchiox
|
|
hortensiox to what end are all these wordsx
|
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|
hortensiox
|
|
sirx let me be so bold as ask youx
|
|
did you yet ever see baptistaxs daughterx
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|
traniox
|
|
nox sirx but hear i do that he hath twox
|
|
the one as famous for a scolding tongue
|
|
as is the other for beauteous modestyx
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petruchiox
|
|
sirx sirx the firstxs for mex let her go byx
|
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gremiox
|
|
yeax leave that labour to great herculesx
|
|
and let it be more than alcidesx twelvex
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petruchiox
|
|
sirx understand you this of mex in soothx
|
|
the youngest daughterx whom you hearken forx
|
|
her father keeps from all access of suitorsx
|
|
and will not promise her to any man
|
|
until the elder sister first be wedx
|
|
the younger then is freex and not beforex
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|
traniox
|
|
if it be sox sirx that you are the man
|
|
must stead us allx and me amongst the restx
|
|
and if you break the icex and do this featx
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achieve the elderx set the younger free
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for our accessx whose hap shall be to have her
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will not so graceless be to be ingratex
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hortensiox
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sirx you say wellx and well you do conceivex
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and since you do profess to be a suitorx
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you mustx as we dox gratify this gentlemanx
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to whom we all rest generally beholdingx
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traniox
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sirx i shall not be slackx in sign whereofx
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please ye we may contrive this afternoonx
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and quaff carouses to our mistressx healthx
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and do as adversaries do in lawx
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strive mightilyx but eat and drink as friendsx
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grumiox biondellox
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o excellent motionx fellowsx letxs be gonex
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hortensiox
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the motionxs good indeedx and be it soxx
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petruchiox i shall be your xben venutoxx
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xxexeuntxxx
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act ii
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scene ix paduax a room in baptistaxs housex
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enter katherina and biancax
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biancax
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good sisterx wrong me notx nor wrong yourselfx
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to make a bondmaid and a slave of mex
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that i disdainx but for these other gawdsx
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unbind my handsx ixll pull them off myselfx
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yeax all my raimentx to my petticoatx
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or what you will command me will i dox
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so well i know my duty to my eldersx
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katherinax
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of all thy suitors here i charge thee tell
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whom thou lovxst bestx see thou dissemble notx
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biancax
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believe mex sisterx of all the men alive
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i never yet beheld that special face
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which i could fancy more than any otherx
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katherinax
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minionx thou liestx isxt not hortensiox
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biancax
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if you affect himx sisterx here i swear
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ixll plead for you myself but you shall have himx
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katherinax
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ox thenx belikex you fancy riches morex
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you will have gremio to keep you fairx
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biancax
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is it for him you do envy me sox
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nayx then you jestx and now i well perceive
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you have but jested with me all this whilex
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i pritheex sister katex untie my handsx
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katherinax
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if that be jestx then all the rest was sox
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xxstrikes herxxx
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enter baptistax
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baptistax
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whyx how nowx damex whence grows this insolencex
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biancax stand asidex poor girlx she weepsx
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go ply thy needlex meddle not with herx
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for shamex thou hilding of a devilish spiritx
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why dost thou wrong her that did nexer wrong theex
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when did she cross thee with a bitter wordx
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katherinax
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her silence flouts mex and ixll be revengxdx
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xxflies after biancaxxx
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baptistax
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whatx in my sightx biancax get thee inx
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xxexit biancaxxx
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katherinax
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whatx will you not suffer mex nayx now i see
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she is your treasurex she must have a husbandx
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i must dance barexfoot on her weddingxdayx
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andx for your love to herx lead apes in hellx
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talk not to mex i will go sit and weep
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till i can find occasion of revengex
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xxexitxxx
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baptistax
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was ever gentleman thus grievxd as ix
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but who comes herex
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enter gremiox with lucentio in the habit of a mean manx petruchiox with
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hortensio as a musicianx and traniox with biondello bearing a lute and
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booksx
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gremiox
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good morrowx neighbour baptistax
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baptistax
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good morrowx neighbour gremiox god save youx gentlemenx
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petruchiox
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and youx good sirx prayx have you not a daughter
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callxd katherinax fair and virtuousx
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baptistax
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i have a daughterx sirx callxd katherinax
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gremiox
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you are too bluntx go to it orderlyx
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petruchiox
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you wrong mex signior gremiox give me leavex
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i am a gentleman of veronax sirx
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thatx hearing of her beauty and her witx
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her affability and bashful modestyx
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her wondrous qualities and mild behaviourx
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am bold to show myself a forward guest
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within your housex to make mine eye the witness
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of that report which i so oft have heardx
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andx for an entrance to my entertainmentx
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i do present you with a man of minex
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xxpresenting hortensioxxx
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cunning in music and the mathematicsx
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to instruct her fully in those sciencesx
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whereof i know she is not ignorantx
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accept of himx or else you do me wrongx
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his name is liciox born in mantuax
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baptistax
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yxare welcomex sirx and he for your good sakex
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but for my daughter katherinex this i knowx
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she is not for your turnx the more my griefx
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petruchiox
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i see you do not mean to part with herx
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or else you like not of my companyx
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baptistax
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mistake me notx i speak but as i findx
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whence are youx sirx what may i call your namex
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petruchiox
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petruchio is my namex antonioxs sonx
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a man well known throughout all italyx
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baptistax
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i know him wellx you are welcome for his sakex
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gremiox
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saving your talex petruchiox i prayx
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let usx that are poor petitionersx speak toox
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backarex you are marvellous forwardx
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petruchiox
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ox pardon mex signior gremiox i would fain be doingx
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gremiox
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i doubt it notx sirx but you will curse your wooingx neighbourx this is
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a gift very gratefulx i am sure of itx to express the like kindnessx
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myselfx that have been more kindly beholding to you than anyx freely
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give unto you this young scholarx
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xxpresenting lucentioxxx
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that has been long studying at rheimsx as cunning in greekx latinx and
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other languagesx as the other in music and mathematicsx his name is
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cambiox pray accept his servicex
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baptistax
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a thousand thanksx signior gremiox welcomex good cambiox xxto tranioxxx
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butx gentle sirx methinks you walk like a strangerx may i be so bold to
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know the cause of your comingx
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traniox
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pardon mex sirx the boldness is mine ownx
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thatx being a stranger in this city herex
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do make myself a suitor to your daughterx
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unto biancax fair and virtuousx
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nor is your firm resolve unknown to mex
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in the preferment of the eldest sisterx
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this liberty is all that i requestx
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thatx upon knowledge of my parentagex
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i may have welcome xmongst the rest that woox
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and free access and favour as the restx
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andx toward the education of your daughtersx
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i here bestow a simple instrumentx
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and this small packet of greek and latin booksx
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if you accept themx then their worth is greatx
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baptistax
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lucentio is your namex of whencex i prayx
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traniox
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of pisax sirx son to vincentiox
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baptistax
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a mighty man of pisax by report
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i know him wellx you are very welcomex sirx
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xxto hortensioxxx take you the lutex
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xxto lucentioxxx and you the set of booksx
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you shall go see your pupils presentlyx
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hollax withinx
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enter a servantx
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sirrahx lead these gentlemen
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to my daughtersx and tell them both
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these are their tutorsx bid them use them wellx
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xxexeunt servant with hortensiox lucentio and biondelloxxx
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we will go walk a little in the orchardx
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and then to dinnerx you are passing welcomex
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and so i pray you all to think yourselvesx
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petruchiox
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|
signior baptistax my business asketh hastex
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|
and every day i cannot come to woox
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you knew my father wellx and in him mex
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left solely heir to all his lands and goodsx
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which i have bettered rather than decreasxdx
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then tell mex if i get your daughterxs lovex
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|
what dowry shall i have with her to wifex
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baptistax
|
|
after my deathx the one half of my landsx
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and in possession twenty thousand crownsx
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petruchiox
|
|
andx for that dowryx ixll assure her of
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her widowhoodx be it that she survive mex
|
|
in all my lands and leases whatsoeverx
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|
let specialities be therefore drawn between usx
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that covenants may be kept on either handx
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baptistax
|
|
ayx when the special thing is well obtainxdx
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that isx her lovex for that is all in allx
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petruchiox
|
|
whyx that is nothingx for i tell youx fatherx
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|
i am as peremptory as she proudxmindedx
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|
and where two raging fires meet togetherx
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|
they do consume the thing that feeds their furyx
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|
though little fire grows great with little windx
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yet extreme gusts will blow out fire and allx
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|
so i to herx and so she yields to mex
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|
for i am rough and woo not like a babex
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baptistax
|
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well mayst thou woox and happy be thy speedx
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|
but be thou armxd for some unhappy wordsx
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petruchiox
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ayx to the proofx as mountains are for windsx
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|
that shake not though they blow perpetuallyx
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rexenter hortensiox with his head brokex
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baptistax
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|
how nowx my friendx why dost thou look so palex
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hortensiox
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for fearx i promise youx if i look palex
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baptistax
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whatx will my daughter prove a good musicianx
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hortensiox
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i think shexll sooner prove a soldierx
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iron may hold with herx but never lutesx
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baptistax
|
|
whyx then thou canst not break her to the lutex
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hortensiox
|
|
whyx nox for she hath broke the lute to mex
|
|
i did but tell her she mistook her fretsx
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|
and bowxd her hand to teach her fingeringx
|
|
whenx with a most impatient devilish spiritx
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xfretsx call you thesexx quoth she xixll fume with themxx
|
|
and with that word she struck me on the headx
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|
and through the instrument my pate made wayx
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|
and there i stood amazed for a whilex
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|
as on a pilloryx looking through the lutex
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|
while she did call me rascal fiddlerx
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|
and twangling jackx with twenty such vile termsx
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|
as had she studied to misuse me sox
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petruchiox
|
|
nowx by the worldx it is a lusty wenchx
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|
i love her ten times more than exer i didx
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|
ox how i long to have some chat with herx
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baptistax
|
|
xxto hortensioxxx wellx go with mex and be not so discomfitedx
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proceed in practice with my younger daughterx
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|
shexs apt to learnx and thankful for good turnsx
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signior petruchiox will you go with usx
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|
or shall i send my daughter kate to youx
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petruchiox
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i pray you dox
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xxexeunt baptistax gremiox tranio and hortensioxxx
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i will attend her herex
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and woo her with some spirit when she comesx
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|
say that she railx whyx then ixll tell her plain
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|
she sings as sweetly as a nightingalex
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|
say that she frownx ixll say she looks as clear
|
|
as morning roses newly washxd with dewx
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|
say she be mutex and will not speak a wordx
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|
then ixll commend her volubilityx
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|
and say she uttereth piercing eloquencex
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|
if she do bid me packx ixll give her thanksx
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|
as though she bid me stay by her a weekx
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if she deny to wedx ixll crave the day
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|
when i shall ask the bannsx and when be marriedx
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but here she comesx and nowx petruchiox speakx
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enter katherinax
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good morrowx katex for thatxs your namex i hearx
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katherinax
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well have you heardx but something hard of hearingx
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they call me katherine that do talk of mex
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petruchiox
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|
you liex in faithx for you are callxd plain katex
|
|
and bonny katex and sometimes kate the curstx
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|
butx katex the prettiest kate in christendomx
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|
kate of kate hallx my superxdainty katex
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for dainties are all katesx and thereforex katex
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|
take this of mex kate of my consolationx
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|
hearing thy mildness praisxd in every townx
|
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thy virtues spoke ofx and thy beauty soundedxx
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|
yet not so deeply as to thee belongsxx
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myself am movxd to woo thee for my wifex
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katherinax
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|
movxdx in good timex let him that movxd you hither
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|
remove you hencex i knew you at the firstx
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|
you were a moveablex
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petruchiox
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|
whyx whatxs a moveablex
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katherinax
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a jointxstoolx
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petruchiox
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thou hast hit itx comex sit on mex
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katherinax
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asses are made to bearx and so are youx
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petruchiox
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|
women are made to bearx and so are youx
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katherinax
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|
no such jade as bear youx if me you meanx
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petruchiox
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alasx good katex i will not burden theex
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forx knowing thee to be but young and lightxx
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katherinax
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|
too light for such a swain as you to catchx
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and yet as heavy as my weight should bex
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petruchiox
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should bex should buzx
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katherinax
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well taxenx and like a buzzardx
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petruchiox
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ox slowxwingxd turtlex shall a buzzard take theex
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katherinax
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ayx for a turtlex as he takes a buzzardx
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petruchiox
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comex comex you waspx ix faithx you are too angryx
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katherinax
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if i be waspishx best beware my stingx
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petruchiox
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my remedy is then to pluck it outx
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katherinax
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ayx if the fool could find it where it liesx
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petruchiox
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|
who knows not where a wasp does wear his stingx
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in his tailx
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katherinax
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in his tonguex
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petruchiox
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whose tonguex
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katherinax
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yoursx if you talk of talesx and so farewellx
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petruchiox
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|
whatx with my tongue in your tailx nayx come againx
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good katex i am a gentlemanx
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katherinax
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that ixll tryx
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xxstriking himxxx
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petruchiox
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i swear ixll cuff you if you strike againx
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katherinax
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|
so may you lose your armsx
|
|
if you strike mex you are no gentlemanx
|
|
and if no gentlemanx why then no armsx
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petruchiox
|
|
a heraldx katex ox put me in thy booksx
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katherinax
|
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what is your crestx a coxcombx
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petruchiox
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a combless cockx so kate will be my henx
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katherinax
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no cock of minex you crow too like a cravenx
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petruchiox
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nayx comex katex comex you must not look so sourx
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katherinax
|
|
it is my fashion when i see a crabx
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petruchiox
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whyx herexs no crabx and therefore look not sourx
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katherinax
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there isx there isx
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petruchiox
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then show it mex
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katherinax
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had i a glass i wouldx
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petruchiox
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whatx you mean my facex
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katherinax
|
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well aimxd of such a young onex
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petruchiox
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|
nowx by saint georgex i am too young for youx
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katherinax
|
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yet you are witherxdx
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petruchiox
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xtis with caresx
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katherinax
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i care notx
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petruchiox
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nayx hear youx katex in soothx you xscape not sox
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katherinax
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i chafe youx if i tarryx let me gox
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petruchiox
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|
nox not a whitx i find you passing gentlex
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xtwas told me you were roughx and coyx and sullenx
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|
and now i find report a very liarx
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|
for thou art pleasantx gamesomex passing courteousx
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|
but slow in speechx yet sweet as springxtime flowersx
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|
thou canst not frownx thou canst not look askancex
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nor bite the lipx as angry wenches willx
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nor hast thou pleasure to be cross in talkx
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but thou with mildness entertainxst thy wooersx
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|
with gentle conferencex soft and affablex
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|
why does the world report that kate doth limpx
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o slandxrous worldx kate like the hazelxtwig
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is straight and slenderx and as brown in hue
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as hazelxnutsx and sweeter than the kernelsx
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ox let me see thee walkx thou dost not haltx
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katherinax
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gox foolx and whom thou keepxst commandx
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petruchiox
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|
did ever dian so become a grove
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as kate this chamber with her princely gaitx
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ox be thou dianx and let her be katex
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and then let kate be chastex and dian sportfulx
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katherinax
|
|
where did you study all this goodly speechx
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petruchiox
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it is extemporex from my motherxwitx
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katherinax
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a witty motherx witless else her sonx
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petruchiox
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am i not wisex
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katherinax
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yesx keep you warmx
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petruchiox
|
|
marryx so i meanx sweet katherinex in thy bedx
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|
and thereforex setting all this chat asidex
|
|
thus in plain termsx your father hath consented
|
|
that you shall be my wife your dowry xgreed onx
|
|
and will youx nill youx i will marry youx
|
|
nowx katex i am a husband for your turnx
|
|
forx by this lightx whereby i see thy beautyxx
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|
thy beauty that doth make me like thee wellxx
|
|
thou must be married to no man but mex
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|
for i am he am born to tame youx katex
|
|
and bring you from a wild kate to a kate
|
|
conformable as other household katesx
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rexenter baptistax gremio and traniox
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|
here comes your fatherx never make denialx
|
|
i must and will have katherine to my wifex
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baptistax
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nowx signior petruchiox how speed you with my daughterx
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petruchiox
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how but wellx sirx how but wellx
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it were impossible i should speed amissx
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baptistax
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whyx how nowx daughter katherinex in your dumpsx
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katherinax
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call you me daughterx now i promise you
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you have showxd a tender fatherly regard
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to wish me wed to one half lunaticx
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a madxcap ruffian and a swearing jackx
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that thinks with oaths to face the matter outx
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petruchiox
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fatherx xtis thusx yourself and all the world
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that talkxd of her have talkxd amiss of herx
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if she be curstx it is for policyx
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for shexs not frowardx but modest as the dovex
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she is not hotx but temperate as the mornx
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for patience she will prove a second grisselx
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and roman lucrece for her chastityx
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and to concludex we have xgreed so well together
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that upon sunday is the weddingxdayx
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katherinax
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ixll see thee hangxd on sunday firstx
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gremiox
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harkx petruchiox she says shexll see thee hangxd firstx
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traniox
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is this your speedingx nayx then goodxnight our partx
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petruchiox
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be patientx gentlemenx i choose her for myselfx
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if she and i be pleasxdx whatxs that to youx
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xtis bargainxd xtwixt us twainx being alonex
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that she shall still be curst in companyx
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i tell youx xtis incredible to believe
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how much she loves mex ox the kindest kate
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she hung about my neckx and kiss on kiss
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she vied so fastx protesting oath on oathx
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that in a twink she won me to her lovex
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ox you are novicesx xtis a world to seex
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how tamex when men and women are alonex
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a meacock wretch can make the curstest shrewx
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give me thy handx katex i will unto venicex
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to buy apparel xgainst the weddingxdayx
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provide the feastx fatherx and bid the guestsx
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i will be sure my katherine shall be finex
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baptistax
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i know not what to sayx but give me your handsx
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god send you joyx petruchiox xtis a matchx
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gremiox traniox
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amenx say wex we will be witnessesx
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petruchiox
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fatherx and wifex and gentlemenx adieux
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i will to venicex sunday comes apacex
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we will have rings and thingsx and fine arrayx
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and kiss mex katex we will be married ox sundayx
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xxexeunt petruchio and katherinax severallyxxx
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gremiox
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was ever match clappxd up so suddenlyx
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baptistax
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faithx gentlemenx now i play a merchantxs partx
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and venture madly on a desperate martx
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traniox
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xtwas a commodity lay fretting by youx
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xtwill bring you gainx or perish on the seasx
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baptistax
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the gain i seek isx quiet in the matchx
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gremiox
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no doubt but he hath got a quiet catchx
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but nowx baptistax to your younger daughterx
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now is the day we long have looked forx
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i am your neighbourx and was suitor firstx
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traniox
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and i am one that love bianca more
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than words can witness or your thoughts can guessx
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gremiox
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younglingx thou canst not love so dear as ix
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traniox
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greybeardx thy love doth freezex
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gremiox
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but thine doth fryx
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skipperx stand backx xtis age that nourishethx
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traniox
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but youth in ladiesx eyes that flourishethx
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baptistax
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content youx gentlemenx ixll compound this strifex
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xtis deeds must win the prizex and he of both
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that can assure my daughter greatest dower
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shall have my biancaxs lovex
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sayx signior gremiox what can you assure herx
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gremiox
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firstx as you knowx my house within the city
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is richly furnished with plate and goldx
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basins and ewers to lave her dainty handsx
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my hangings all of tyrian tapestryx
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in ivory coffers i have stuffxd my crownsx
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in cypress chests my arras counterpointsx
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costly apparelx tentsx and canopiesx
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fine linenx turkey cushions bossxd with pearlx
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valance of venice gold in needleworkx
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pewter and brassx and all things that belong
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to house or housekeepingx thenx at my farm
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i have a hundred milchxkine to the pailx
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six score fat oxen standing in my stallsx
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and all things answerable to this portionx
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myself am struck in yearsx i must confessx
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and if i die tomorrow this is hersx
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if whilst i live she will be only minex
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traniox
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that xonlyx came well inx sirx list to mex
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i am my fatherxs heir and only sonx
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if i may have your daughter to my wifex
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ixll leave her houses three or four as good
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within rich pisaxs walls as anyone
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old signior gremio has in paduax
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besides two thousand ducats by the year
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of fruitful landx all which shall be her jointurex
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whatx have i pinchxd youx signior gremiox
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gremiox
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two thousand ducats by the year of landx
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my land amounts not to so much in allx
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that she shall havex besides an argosy
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that now is lying in marseillesx roadx
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whatx have i chokxd you with an argosyx
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traniox
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gremiox xtis known my father hath no less
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than three great argosiesx besides two galliassesx
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and twelve tight galleysx these i will assure herx
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and twice as muchx whatexer thou offerxst nextx
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gremiox
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nayx i have offerxd allx i have no morex
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and she can have no more than all i havex
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if you like mex she shall have me and minex
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traniox
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whyx then the maid is mine from all the worldx
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by your firm promisex gremio is outxviedx
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baptistax
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i must confess your offer is the bestx
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and let your father make her the assurancex
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she is your ownx elsex you must pardon mex
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if you should die before himx wherexs her dowerx
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traniox
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thatxs but a cavilx he is oldx i youngx
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gremiox
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and may not young men die as well as oldx
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baptistax
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wellx gentlemenx
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i am thus resolvxdx on sunday nextx you knowx
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my daughter katherine is to be marriedx
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nowx on the sunday followingx shall bianca
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be bride to youx if you make this assurancex
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if notx to signior gremiox
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and so i take my leavex and thank you bothx
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gremiox
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adieux good neighbourx
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xxexit baptistaxxx
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nowx i fear thee notx
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sirrah young gamesterx your father were a fool
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to give thee allx and in his waning age
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set foot under thy tablex tutx a toyx
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an old italian fox is not so kindx my boyx
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xxexitxxx
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traniox
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a vengeance on your crafty witherxd hidex
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yet i have facxd it with a card of tenx
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xtis in my head to do my master goodx
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i see no reason but supposxd lucentio
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must get a fatherx callxd supposxd vincentiox
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and thatxs a wonderx fathers commonly
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do get their childrenx but in this case of wooing
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a child shall get a sirex if i fail not of my cunningx
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xxexitxxx
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act iii
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scene ix paduax a room in baptistaxs housex
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enter lucentiox hortensio and biancax
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lucentiox
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fiddlerx forbearx you grow too forwardx sirx
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have you so soon forgot the entertainment
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her sister katherine welcomexd you withalx
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hortensiox
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butx wrangling pedantx this is
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the patroness of heavenly harmonyx
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then give me leave to have prerogativex
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and when in music we have spent an hourx
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your lecture shall have leisure for as muchx
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lucentiox
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preposterous assx that never read so far
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to know the cause why music was ordainxdx
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was it not to refresh the mind of man
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after his studies or his usual painx
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then give me leave to read philosophyx
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and while i pause serve in your harmonyx
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hortensiox
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sirrahx i will not bear these braves of thinex
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biancax
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whyx gentlemenx you do me double wrongx
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to strive for that which resteth in my choicex
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i am no breeching scholar in the schoolsx
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ixll not be tied to hours nor xpointed timesx
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but learn my lessons as i please myselfx
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andx to cut off all strifex here sit we downx
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take you your instrumentx play you the whilesx
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his lecture will be done ere you have tunxdx
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hortensiox
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youxll leave his lecture when i am in tunex
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xxretiresxxx
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lucentiox
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that will be neverx tune your instrumentx
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biancax
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where left we lastx
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lucentiox
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herex madamxx
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xhic ibat simoisx hic est sigeia tellusx
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hic steterat priami regia celsa senisxx
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biancax
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construe themx
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lucentiox
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xhic ibatxx as i told you beforex xsimoisxx i am lucentiox xhic estxx
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son unto vincentio of pisax xsigeia tellusxx disguised thus to get your
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lovex xhic steteratxx and that lucentio that comes axwooingx xpriamixx
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is my man traniox xregiaxx bearing my portx xcelsa senisxx that we
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might beguile the old pantaloonx
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hortensiox xxreturningxxx
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madamx my instrumentxs in tunex
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biancax
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letxs hearxx
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xhortensio xplaysxxx
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o fiex the treble jarsx
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lucentiox
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spit in the holex manx and tune againx
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biancax
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now let me see if i can construe itx xhic ibat simoisxx i know you notx
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|
xhic est sigeia tellusxx i trust you notx xhic steterat priamixx take
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heed he hear us notx xregiaxx presume notx xcelsa senisxx despair notx
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hortensiox
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madamx xtis now in tunex
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lucentiox
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all but the basex
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hortensiox
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the base is rightx xtis the base knave that jarsx
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xxasidexx how fiery and forward our pedant isx
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nowx for my lifex the knave doth court my lovex
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|
pedasculex ixll watch you better yetx
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biancax
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|
in time i may believex yet i mistrustx
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lucentiox
|
|
mistrust it notx for surex xacides
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|
was ajaxx callxd so from his grandfatherx
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biancax
|
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i must believe my masterx elsex i promise youx
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i should be arguing still upon that doubtx
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|
but let it restx nowx liciox to youx
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good masterx take it not unkindlyx prayx
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that i have been thus pleasant with you bothx
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hortensiox
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xxto lucentioxx you may go walk and give me leave a whilex
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my lessons make no music in three partsx
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lucentiox
|
|
are you so formalx sirx wellx i must waitx
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|
xxasidexx and watch withalx forx but i be deceivxdx
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|
our fine musician groweth amorousx
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hortensiox
|
|
madamx before you touch the instrumentx
|
|
to learn the order of my fingeringx
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|
i must begin with rudiments of artx
|
|
to teach you gamut in a briefer sortx
|
|
more pleasantx pithyx and effectualx
|
|
than hath been taught by any of my tradex
|
|
and there it is in writingx fairly drawnx
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biancax
|
|
whyx i am past my gamut long agox
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hortensiox
|
|
yet read the gamut of hortensiox
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biancax
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xgamutx i amx the ground of all accordx
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xa rexx to plead hortensioxs passionx
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xb mixx biancax take him for thy lordx
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xc fa utxx that loves with all affectionx
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xd sol rexx one clefx two notes have i
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xe la mixx show pity or i diex
|
|
call you this gamutx tutx i like it notx
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|
old fashions please me bestx i am not so nicex
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|
to change true rules for odd inventionsx
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enter a servantx
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servantx
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|
mistressx your father prays you leave your booksx
|
|
and help to dress your sisterxs chamber upx
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|
you know tomorrow is the weddingxdayx
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biancax
|
|
farewellx sweet mastersx bothx i must be gonex
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xxexeunt bianca and servantxxx
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lucentiox
|
|
faithx mistressx then i have no cause to stayx
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xxexitxxx
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hortensiox
|
|
but i have cause to pry into this pedantx
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methinks he looks as though he were in lovex
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yet if thy thoughtsx biancax be so humble
|
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to cast thy wandxring eyes on every stalex
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seize thee that listx if once i find thee rangingx
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hortensio will be quit with thee by changingx
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xxexitxxx
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scene iix the samex before baptistaxs housex
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enter baptistax gremiox traniox katherinax biancax lucentio and
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attendantsx
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baptistax xxto tranioxxx
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signior lucentiox this is the xpointed day
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that katherine and petruchio should be marriedx
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and yet we hear not of our sonxinxlawx
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|
what will be saidx what mockery will it be
|
|
to want the bridegroom when the priest attends
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to speak the ceremonial rites of marriagex
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|
what says lucentio to this shame of oursx
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katherinax
|
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no shame but minex i mustx forsoothx be forcxd
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to give my handx opposxd against my heartx
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unto a madxbrain rudesbyx full of spleenx
|
|
who wooxd in haste and means to wed at leisurex
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|
i told youx ix he was a frantic foolx
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hiding his bitter jests in blunt behaviourx
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|
and to be noted for a merry manx
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hexll woo a thousandx xpoint the day of marriagex
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make friendsx invitex and proclaim the bannsx
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yet never means to wed where he hath wooxdx
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|
now must the world point at poor katherinex
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and say xlox there is mad petruchioxs wifex
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if it would please him come and marry herxx
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traniox
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|
patiencex good katherinex and baptista toox
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|
upon my lifex petruchio means but wellx
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whatever fortune stays him from his wordx
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though he be bluntx i know him passing wisex
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though he be merryx yet withal hexs honestx
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katherinax
|
|
would katherine had never seen him thoughx
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xxexit weepingx followed by bianca and othersxxx
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baptistax
|
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gox girlx i cannot blame thee now to weepx
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for such an injury would vex a very saintx
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much more a shrew of thy impatient humourx
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enter biondellox
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masterx masterx newsx old newsx and such news as you never heard ofx
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baptistax
|
|
is it new and old toox how may that bex
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biondellox
|
|
whyx is it not news to hear of petruchioxs comingx
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baptistax
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is he comex
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biondellox
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whyx nox sirx
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baptistax
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what thenx
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biondellox
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he is comingx
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baptistax
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when will he be herex
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biondellox
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when he stands where i am and sees you therex
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traniox
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but sayx what to thine old newsx
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biondellox
|
|
whyx petruchio is comingx in a new hat and an old jerkinx a pair of old
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breeches thrice turnedx a pair of boots that have been candlexcasesx
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one buckledx another lacedx an old rusty sword taxen out of the town
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|
armouryx with a broken hiltx and chapelessx with two broken pointsx his
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horse hipped with an old mothy saddle and stirrups of no kindredx
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|
besidesx possessed with the glanders and like to mose in the chinex
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|
troubled with the lampassx infected with the fashionsx full of
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windgallsx sped with spavinsx rayed with the yellowsx past cure of the
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|
fivesx stark spoiled with the staggersx begnawn with the botsx swayed
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in the back and shoulderxshottenx nearxlegged beforex and with a
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halfxchecked bitx and a headxstall of sheepxs leatherx whichx being
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|
restrained to keep him from stumblingx hath been often burstx and now
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repaired with knotsx one girth six times piecedx and a womanxs crupper
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of velurex which hath two letters for her name fairly set down in
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studsx and here and there pieced with packxthreadx
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baptistax
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who comes with himx
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biondellox
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ox sirx his lackeyx for all the world caparisoned like the horsex with
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|
a linen stock on one leg and a kersey bootxhose on the otherx gartered
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with a red and blue listx an old hatx and the humour of forty fancies
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|
prickxd inxt for a featherx a monsterx a very monster in apparelx and
|
|
not like a christian footboy or a gentlemanxs lackeyx
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traniox
|
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xtis some odd humour pricks him to this fashionx
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|
yet oftentimes lie goes but meanxapparellxdx
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baptistax
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i am glad hexs comex howsoexer he comesx
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biondellox
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whyx sirx he comes notx
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baptistax
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|
didst thou not say he comesx
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biondellox
|
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whox that petruchio camex
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baptistax
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ayx that petruchio camex
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biondellox
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nox sirx i say his horse comesx with him on his backx
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baptistax
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whyx thatxs all onex
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biondellox
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nayx by saint jamyx
|
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i hold you a pennyx
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a horse and a man
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is more than onex
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and yet not manyx
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enter petruchio and grumiox
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petruchiox
|
|
comex where be these gallantsx who is at homex
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baptistax
|
|
you are welcomex sirx
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petruchiox
|
|
and yet i come not wellx
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baptistax
|
|
and yet you halt notx
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traniox
|
|
not so well apparellxd as i wish you werex
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petruchiox
|
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were it betterx i should rush in thusx
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but where is katex where is my lovely bridex
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how does my fatherx gentlesx methinks you frownx
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and wherefore gaze this goodly companyx
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as if they saw some wondrous monumentx
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some comet or unusual prodigyx
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baptistax
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whyx sirx you know this is your weddingxdayx
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first were we sadx fearing you would not comex
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now sadderx that you come so unprovidedx
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fiex doff this habitx shame to your estatex
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an eyexsore to our solemn festivalx
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traniox
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and tell us what occasion of import
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hath all so long detainxd you from your wifex
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and sent you hither so unlike yourselfx
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petruchiox
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tedious it were to tellx and harsh to hearx
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sufficeth i am come to keep my wordx
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though in some part enforced to digressx
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which at more leisure i will so excuse
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as you shall well be satisfied withalx
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but where is katex i stay too long from herx
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the morning wearsx xtis time we were at churchx
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traniox
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see not your bride in these unreverent robesx
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go to my chamberx put on clothes of minex
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petruchiox
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not ix believe mex thus ixll visit herx
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baptistax
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but thusx i trustx you will not marry herx
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petruchiox
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good soothx even thusx therefore hax done with wordsx
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to me shexs marriedx not unto my clothesx
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could i repair what she will wear in me
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as i can change these poor accoutrementsx
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xtwere well for kate and better for myselfx
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but what a fool am i to chat with you
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when i should bid good morrow to my bridex
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and seal the title with a lovely kissx
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xxexeunt petruchiox grumio and biondelloxxx
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traniox
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he hath some meaning in his mad attirex
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we will persuade himx be it possiblex
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to put on better ere he go to churchx
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baptistax
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ixll after him and see the event of thisx
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xxexeunt baptistax gremio and attendantsxxx
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traniox
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butx sirx to love concerneth us to add
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her fatherxs likingx which to bring to passx
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as i before imparted to your worshipx
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i am to get a manxxwhatexer he be
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it skills not muchx wexll fit him to our turnxx
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and he shall be vincentio of pisax
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and make assurance here in paduax
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of greater sums than i have promisedx
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so shall you quietly enjoy your hopex
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and marry sweet bianca with consentx
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lucentiox
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were it not that my fellow schoolmaster
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doth watch biancaxs steps so narrowlyx
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xtwere goodx methinksx to steal our marriagex
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which once performxdx let all the world say nox
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ixll keep mine own despite of all the worldx
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traniox
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that by degrees we mean to look intox
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and watch our vantage in this businessx
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wexll overxreach the greybeardx gremiox
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the narrowxprying fatherx minolax
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the quaint musicianx amorous liciox
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all for my masterxs sakex lucentiox
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rexenter gremiox
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signior gremiox came you from the churchx
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gremiox
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as willingly as exer i came from schoolx
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traniox
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and is the bride and bridegroom coming homex
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gremiox
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a bridegroomx say youx xtis a groom indeedx
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a grumbling groomx and that the girl shall findx
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traniox
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curster than shex whyx xtis impossiblex
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gremiox
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whyx hexs a devilx a devilx a very fiendx
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traniox
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whyx shexs a devilx a devilx the devilxs damx
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gremiox
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tutx shexs a lambx a dovex a foolx to himx
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ixll tell youx sir lucentiox when the priest
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should ask if katherine should be his wifex
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xayx by gogsxwounsx quoth hex and swore so loud
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thatx all amazxdx the priest let fall the bookx
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and as he stoopxd again to take it upx
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the madxbrainxd bridegroom took him such a cuff
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that down fell priest and bookx and book and priestx
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xnow take them upxx quoth he xif any listxx
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traniox
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what said the wenchx when he rose againx
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gremiox
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trembled and shookx for whyx he stampxd and swore
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as if the vicar meant to cozen himx
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but after many ceremonies donex
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he calls for winex xa healthxx quoth hex as if
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he had been abroadx carousing to his mates
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after a stormx quaffxd off the muscadelx
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and threw the sops all in the sextonxs facex
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having no other reason
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but that his beard grew thin and hungerly
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and seemxd to ask him sops as he was drinkingx
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this donex he took the bride about the neckx
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and kissxd her lips with such a clamorous smack
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that at the parting all the church did echox
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and ix seeing thisx came thence for very shamex
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and after mex i knowx the rout is comingx
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such a mad marriage never was beforex
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harkx harkx i hear the minstrels playx
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xxmusic playsxxx
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enter petruciox katherinax biancax baptistax hortensiox grumio and
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trainx
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petruchiox
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gentlemen and friendsx i thank you for your painsx
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i know you think to dine with me todayx
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and have preparxd great store of wedding cheer
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but so it isx my haste doth call me hencex
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and therefore here i mean to take my leavex
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baptistax
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isxt possible you will away tonightx
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petruchiox
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i must away today before night comex
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make it no wonderx if you knew my businessx
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you would entreat me rather go than stayx
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andx honest companyx i thank you allx
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that have beheld me give away myself
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to this most patientx sweetx and virtuous wifex
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dine with my fatherx drink a health to mex
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for i must hencex and farewell to you allx
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traniox
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let us entreat you stay till after dinnerx
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petruchiox
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it may not bex
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gremiox
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let me entreat youx
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petruchiox
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it cannot bex
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katherinax
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let me entreat youx
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petruchiox
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i am contentx
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katherinax
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are you content to stayx
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petruchiox
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i am content you shall entreat me stayx
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but yet not stayx entreat me how you canx
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katherinax
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nowx if you love mex stayx
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petruchiox
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grumiox my horsex
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grumiox
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ayx sirx they be readyx the oats have eaten the horsesx
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katherinax
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nayx thenx
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do what thou canstx i will not go todayx
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nox nor tomorrowx not till i please myselfx
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the door is openx sirx there lies your wayx
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you may be jogging whiles your boots are greenx
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for mex ixll not be gone till i please myselfx
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xtis like youxll prove a jolly surly groom
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that take it on you at the first so roundlyx
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petruchiox
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o katex content theex prithee be not angryx
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katherinax
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i will be angryx what hast thou to dox
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fatherx be quietx he shall stay my leisurex
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gremiox
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ayx marryx sirx now it begins to workx
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katherinax
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gentlemenx forward to the bridal dinnerx
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i see a woman may be made a foolx
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if she had not a spirit to resistx
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petruchiox
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they shall go forwardx katex at thy commandx
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obey the bridex you that attend on herx
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go to the feastx revel and domineerx
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carouse full measure to her maidenheadx
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be mad and merryx or go hang yourselvesx
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but for my bonny katex she must with mex
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nayx look not bigx nor stampx nor starex nor fretx
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i will be master of what is mine ownx
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she is my goodsx my chattelsx she is my housex
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my household stuffx my fieldx my barnx
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my horsex my oxx my assx my anythingx
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and here she standsx touch her whoever darex
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ixll bring mine action on the proudest he
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that stops my way in paduax grumiox
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draw forth thy weaponx we are beset with thievesx
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rescue thy mistressx if thou be a manx
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fear notx sweet wenchx they shall not touch theex katex
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ixll buckler thee against a millionx
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xxexeunt petruciox katherina and grumioxxx
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baptistax
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nayx let them gox a couple of quiet onesx
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gremiox
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went they not quicklyx i should die with laughingx
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traniox
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of all mad matchesx never was the likex
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lucentiox
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mistressx whatxs your opinion of your sisterx
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biancax
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thatx being mad herselfx shexs madly matedx
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gremiox
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i warrant himx petruchio is katedx
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baptistax
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|
neighbours and friendsx though bride and bridegroom wants
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for to supply the places at the tablex
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you know there wants no junkets at the feastx
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lucentiox you shall supply the bridegroomxs placex
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and let bianca take her sisterxs roomx
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traniox
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shall sweet bianca practise how to bride itx
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baptistax
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she shallx lucentiox comex gentlemenx letxs gox
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xxexeuntxxx
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act iv
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scene ix a hall in petruchioxs country housex
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enter grumiox
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grumiox
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fiex fie on all tired jadesx on all mad mastersx and all foul waysx was
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ever man so beatenx was ever man so rayxdx was ever man so wearyx i am
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|
sent before to make a firex and they are coming after to warm themx
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|
nowx were not i a little pot and soon hotx my very lips might freeze to
|
|
my teethx my tongue to the roof of my mouthx my heart in my bellyx ere
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i should come by a fire to thaw mex but i with blowing the fire shall
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|
warm myselfx forx considering the weatherx a taller man than i will
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|
take coldx hollax hox curtisx
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enter curtisx
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curtisx
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who is that calls so coldlyx
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grumiox
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a piece of icex if thou doubt itx thou mayst slide from my shoulder to
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my heel with no greater a run but my head and my neckx a firex good
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curtisx
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curtisx
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is my master and his wife comingx grumiox
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grumiox
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ox ayx curtisx ayx and therefore firex firex cast on no waterx
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curtisx
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is she so hot a shrew as shexs reportedx
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grumiox
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she wasx good curtisx before this frostx but thou knowest winter tames
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manx womanx and beastx for it hath tamed my old masterx and my new
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|
mistressx and myselfx fellow curtisx
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curtisx
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awayx you threexinch foolx i am no beastx
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grumiox
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am i but three inchesx whyx thy horn is a footx and so long am i at the
|
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leastx but wilt thou make a firex or shall i complain on thee to our
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mistressx whose handxxshe being now at handxx thou shalt soon feelx to
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thy cold comfortx for being slow in thy hot officex
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curtisx
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i pritheex good grumiox tell mex how goes the worldx
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grumiox
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a cold worldx curtisx in every office but thinex and therefore firex do
|
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thy dutyx and have thy dutyx for my master and mistress are almost
|
|
frozen to deathx
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curtisx
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therexs fire readyx and thereforex good grumiox the newsx
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grumiox
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whyx xjack boyx hox boyxx and as much news as wilt thoux
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curtisx
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comex you are so full of conyxcatchingx
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grumiox
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whyx thereforex firex for i have caught extreme coldx wherexs the cookx
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is supper readyx the house trimmedx rushes strewedx cobwebs sweptx the
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servingmen in their new fustianx their white stockingsx and every
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officer his weddingxgarment onx be the jacks fair withinx the jills
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fair withoutx and carpets laidx and everything in orderx
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curtisx
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all readyx and thereforex i pray theex newsx
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grumiox
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firstx know my horse is tiredx my master and mistress fallen outx
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curtisx
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howx
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grumiox
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out of their saddles into the dirtx and thereby hangs a talex
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curtisx
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letxs haxtx good grumiox
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grumiox
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lend thine earx
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curtisx
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herex
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grumiox
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xxstriking himxxx therex
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curtisx
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this xtis to feel a talex not to hear a talex
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grumiox
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and therefore xtis called a sensible talex and this cuff was but to
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knock at your ear and beseech listeningx now i beginx ximprimisxx we
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came down a foul hillx my master riding behind my mistressxx
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curtisx
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both of one horsex
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grumiox
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whatxs that to theex
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curtisx
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whyx a horsex
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grumiox
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tell thou the talex but hadst thou not crossed mex thou shouldst have
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heard how her horse fellx and she under her horsex thou shouldst have
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heard in how miry a placex how she was bemoiledx how he left her with
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the horse upon herx how he beat me because her horse stumbledx how she
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waded through the dirt to pluck him off mex how he sworex how she
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prayedx that never prayed beforex how i criedx how the horses ran awayx
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how her bridle was burstx how i lost my crupperx with many things of
|
|
worthy memoryx which now shall die in oblivionx and thou return
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unexperienced to thy gravex
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curtisx
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by this reckoning he is more shrew than shex
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grumiox
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ayx and that thou and the proudest of you all shall find when he comes
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homex but what talk i of thisx call forth nathanielx josephx nicholasx
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philipx walterx sugarsopx and the restx let their heads be sleekly
|
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combedx their blue coats brushxd and their garters of an indifferent
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knitx let them curtsy with their left legsx and not presume to touch a
|
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hair of my masterxs horsextail till they kiss their handsx are they all
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readyx
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curtisx
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they arex
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grumiox
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call them forthx
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curtisx
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do you hearx hox you must meet my master to countenance my mistressx
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grumiox
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whyx she hath a face of her ownx
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curtisx
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who knows not thatx
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grumiox
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thoux it seemsx that calls for company to countenance herx
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curtisx
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i call them forth to credit herx
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grumiox
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whyx she comes to borrow nothing of themx
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enter four or five servantsx
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nathanielx
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welcome homex grumiox
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philipx
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how nowx grumiox
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josephx
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whatx grumiox
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nicholasx
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fellow grumiox
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nathanielx
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how nowx old ladx
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grumiox
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welcomex youx how nowx youx whatx youx fellowx youx and thus much for
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greetingx nowx my spruce companionsx is all readyx and all things neatx
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nathanielx
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all things is readyx how near is our masterx
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grumiox
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exen at handx alighted by thisx and therefore be notxx
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cockxs passionx silencex i hear my masterx
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enter petrucio and katherinax
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petruchiox
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where be these knavesx whatx no man at door
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to hold my stirrup nor to take my horsex
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where is nathanielx gregoryx philipxx
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all servantsx
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herex herex sirx herex sirx
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petruchiox
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herex sirx herex sirx herex sirx herex sirx
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you loggerxheaded and unpolishxd groomsx
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whatx no attendancex no regardx no dutyx
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where is the foolish knave i sent beforex
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grumiox
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herex sirx as foolish as i was beforex
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petruchiox
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you peasant swainx you whoreson maltxhorse drudgex
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did i not bid thee meet me in the parkx
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and bring along these rascal knaves with theex
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grumiox
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nathanielxs coatx sirx was not fully madex
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and gabrielxs pumps were all unpinkxd ix the heelx
|
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there was no link to colour peterxs hatx
|
|
and walterxs dagger was not come from sheathingx
|
|
there was none fine but adamx ralphx and gregoryx
|
|
the rest were raggedx oldx and beggarlyx
|
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yetx as they arex here are they come to meet youx
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petruchiox
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gox rascalsx go and fetch my supper inx
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xxexeunt some of the servantsxxx
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where is the life that late i ledx
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where are thosexx sit downx katex and welcomex
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|
foodx foodx foodx foodx
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rexenter servants with supperx
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whyx whenx i sayxxnayx good sweet katex be merryxx
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off with my bootsx you roguesx you villainsx whenx
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it was the friar of orders greyx
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as he forth walked on his wayx
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outx you roguex you pluck my foot awryx
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xxstrikes himxxx
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take thatx and mend the plucking off the otherx
|
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be merryx katex some waterx herex whatx hox
|
|
wherexs my spaniel troilusx sirrahx get you hence
|
|
and bid my cousin ferdinand come hitherx
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xxexit servantxxx
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onex katex that you must kiss and be acquainted withx
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where are my slippersx shall i have some waterx
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comex katex and washx and welcome heartilyxx
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xxservant lets the ewer fallx petruchio strikes himxxx
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you whoreson villainx will you let it fallx
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katherinax
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patiencex i pray youx xtwas a fault unwillingx
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petruchiox
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a whoresonx beetlexheadedx flapxearxd knavex
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comex katex sit downx i know you have a stomachx
|
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will you give thanksx sweet katex or else shall ixx
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whatxs thisx muttonx
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first servantx
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ayx
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petruchiox
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who brought itx
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peterx
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ix
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petruchiox
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xtis burntx and so is all the meatx
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what dogs are thesex where is the rascal cookx
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how durst youx villainsx bring it from the dresserx
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and serve it thus to me that love it notx
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xxthrows the meatx etcxx at themxxx
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therex take it to youx trenchersx cupsx and allx
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you heedless joltheads and unmannerxd slavesx
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whatx do you grumblex ixll be with you straightx
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katherinax
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i pray youx husbandx be not so disquietx
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the meat was wellx if you were so contentedx
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petruchiox
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i tell theex katex xtwas burnt and dried awayx
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and i expressly am forbid to touch itx
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for it engenders cholerx planteth angerx
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and better xtwere that both of us did fastx
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sincex of ourselvesx ourselves are cholericx
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than feed it with such overxroasted fleshx
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be patientx tomorrow xt shall be mendedx
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and for this night wexll fast for companyx
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comex i will bring thee to thy bridal chamberx
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xxexeunt petruchiox katherina and curtisxxx
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nathanielx
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peterx didst ever see the likex
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peterx
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he kills her in her own humourx
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rexenter curtisx
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grumiox
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where is hex
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curtisx
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in her chamberx making a sermon of continency to herx
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and railsx and swearsx and ratesx that shex poor soulx
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knows not which way to standx to lookx to speakx
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and sits as one new risen from a dreamx
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awayx awayx for he is coming hitherx
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xxexeuntxxx
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rexenter petruchiox
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petruchiox
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thus have i politicly begun my reignx
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and xtis my hope to end successfullyx
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my falcon now is sharp and passing emptyx
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and till she stoop she must not be fullxgorgxdx
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for then she never looks upon her lurex
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another way i have to man my haggardx
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to make her comex and know her keeperxs callx
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that isx to watch herx as we watch these kites
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that bate and beatx and will not be obedientx
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she eat no meat todayx nor none shall eatx
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last night she slept notx nor tonight she shall notx
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as with the meatx some undeserved fault
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ixll find about the making of the bedx
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and here ixll fling the pillowx there the bolsterx
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this way the coverletx another way the sheetsx
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ayx and amid this hurly i intend
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that all is done in reverend care of herx
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andx in conclusionx she shall watch all nightx
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and if she chance to nod ixll rail and brawlx
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and with the clamour keep her still awakex
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this is a way to kill a wife with kindnessx
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and thus ixll curb her mad and headstrong humourx
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he that knows better how to tame a shrewx
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now let him speakx xtis charity to showx
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xxexitxxx
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scene iix paduax before baptistaxs housex
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enter tranio and hortensiox
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traniox
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is xt possiblex friend liciox that mistress bianca
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doth fancy any other but lucentiox
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i tell youx sirx she bears me fair in handx
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hortensiox
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sirx to satisfy you in what i have saidx
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stand by and mark the manner of his teachingx
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xxthey stand asidexxx
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enter bianca and lucentiox
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lucentiox
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nowx mistressx profit you in what you readx
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biancax
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whatx masterx read youx first resolve me thatx
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lucentiox
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i read that i professx xthe art to lovexx
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biancax
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and may you provex sirx master of your artx
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lucentiox
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while youx sweet dearx prove mistress of my heartx
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xxthey retirexxx
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hortensiox
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quick proceedersx marryx now tell mex i prayx
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you that durst swear that your mistress bianca
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lovxd none in the world so well as lucentiox
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traniox
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o despiteful lovex unconstant womankindx
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i tell theex liciox this is wonderfulx
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hortensiox
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mistake no morex i am not liciox
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nor a musician as i seem to bex
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but one that scorn to live in this disguise
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for such a one as leaves a gentleman
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and makes a god of such a cullionx
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knowx sirx that i am callxd hortensiox
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traniox
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signior hortensiox i have often heard
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of your entire affection to biancax
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and since mine eyes are witness of her lightnessx
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i will with youx if you be so contentedx
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forswear bianca and her love for everx
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hortensiox
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seex how they kiss and courtx signior lucentiox
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here is my handx and here i firmly vow
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never to woo her morex but do forswear herx
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as one unworthy all the former favours
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that i have fondly flatterxd her withalx
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traniox
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and here i take the like unfeigned oathx
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never to marry with her though she would entreatx
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fie on herx see how beastly she doth court himx
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hortensiox
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would all the world but he had quite forswornx
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for mex that i may surely keep mine oathx
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i will be married to a wealthy widow
|
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ere three days passx which hath as long lovxd me
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as i have lovxd this proud disdainful haggardx
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and so farewellx signior lucentiox
|
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kindness in womenx not their beauteous looksx
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shall win my lovex and so i take my leavex
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in resolution as i swore beforex
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xxexit hortensiox lucentio and bianca advancexxx
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traniox
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mistress biancax bless you with such grace
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as xlongeth to a loverxs blessed casex
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nayx i have taxen you nappingx gentle lovex
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and have forsworn you with hortensiox
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biancax
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traniox you jestx but have you both forsworn mex
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traniox
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mistressx we havex
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lucentiox
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then we are rid of liciox
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traniox
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ix faithx hexll have a lusty widow nowx
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that shall be wooxd and wedded in a dayx
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biancax
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god give him joyx
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traniox
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ayx and hexll tame herx
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biancax
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he says sox traniox
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traniox
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faithx he is gone unto the tamingxschoolx
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biancax
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the tamingxschoolx whatx is there such a placex
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traniox
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ayx mistressx and petruchio is the masterx
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that teacheth tricks eleven and twenty longx
|
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to tame a shrew and charm her chattering tonguex
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enter biondellox runningx
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biondellox
|
|
o masterx masterx i have watchxd so long
|
|
that i am dogxwearyx but at last i spied
|
|
an ancient angel coming down the hill
|
|
will serve the turnx
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traniox
|
|
what is hex biondellox
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biondellox
|
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masterx a mercatante or a pedantx
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i know not whatx but formal in apparelx
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in gait and countenance surely like a fatherx
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lucentiox
|
|
and what of himx traniox
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traniox
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if he be credulous and trust my talex
|
|
ixll make him glad to seem vincentiox
|
|
and give assurance to baptista minolax
|
|
as if he were the right vincentiox
|
|
take in your lovex and then let me alonex
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|
xxexeunt lucentio and biancaxxx
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enter a pedantx
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pedantx
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|
god save youx sirx
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traniox
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|
and youx sirx you are welcomex
|
|
travel you far onx or are you at the farthestx
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pedantx
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|
sirx at the farthest for a week or twox
|
|
but then up fartherx and as far as romex
|
|
and so to tripolix if god lend me lifex
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traniox
|
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what countrymanx i prayx
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pedantx
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of mantuax
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traniox
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of mantuax sirx marryx god forbidx
|
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and come to paduax careless of your lifex
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pedantx
|
|
my lifex sirx howx i prayx for that goes hardx
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traniox
|
|
xtis death for anyone in mantua
|
|
to come to paduax know you not the causex
|
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your ships are stayxd at venicex and the dukexx
|
|
for private quarrel xtwixt your duke and himxx
|
|
hath publishxd and proclaimxd it openlyx
|
|
xtis marvelx but that you are but newly come
|
|
you might have heard it else proclaimxd aboutx
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pedantx
|
|
alasx sirx it is worse for me than sox
|
|
for i have bills for money by exchange
|
|
from florencex and must here deliver themx
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traniox
|
|
wellx sirx to do you courtesyx
|
|
this will i dox and this i will advise youx
|
|
firstx tell mex have you ever been at pisax
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|
pedantx
|
|
ayx sirx in pisa have i often beenx
|
|
pisa renowned for grave citizensx
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traniox
|
|
among them know you one vincentiox
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|
pedantx
|
|
i know him notx but i have heard of himx
|
|
a merchant of incomparable wealthx
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traniox
|
|
he is my fatherx sirx andx sooth to sayx
|
|
in countenance somewhat doth resemble youx
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|
biondellox
|
|
xxasidexxx as much as an apple doth an oysterx and all onex
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traniox
|
|
to save your life in this extremityx
|
|
this favour will i do you for his sakex
|
|
and think it not the worst of all your fortunes
|
|
that you are like to sir vincentiox
|
|
his name and credit shall you undertakex
|
|
and in my house you shall be friendly lodgxdx
|
|
look that you take upon you as you shouldx
|
|
you understand mex sirx so shall you stay
|
|
till you have done your business in the cityx
|
|
if this be courtesyx sirx accept of itx
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|
|
pedantx
|
|
ox sirx i dox and will repute you ever
|
|
the patron of my life and libertyx
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|
traniox
|
|
then go with me to make the matter goodx
|
|
thisx by the wayx i let you understandx
|
|
my father is here lookxd for every day
|
|
to pass assurance of a dower in marriage
|
|
xtwixt me and one baptistaxs daughter herex
|
|
in all these circumstances ixll instruct youx
|
|
go with me to clothe you as becomes youx
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|
xxexeuntxxx
|
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|
scene iiix a room in petruchioxs housex
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|
enter katherina and grumiox
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grumiox
|
|
nox nox forsoothx i dare not for my lifex
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|
katherinax
|
|
the more my wrongx the more his spite appearsx
|
|
whatx did he marry me to famish mex
|
|
beggars that come unto my fatherxs door
|
|
upon entreaty have a present almsx
|
|
if notx elsewhere they meet with charityx
|
|
but ix who never knew how to entreatx
|
|
nor never needed that i should entreatx
|
|
am starvxd for meatx giddy for lack of sleepx
|
|
with oaths kept wakingx and with brawling fedx
|
|
and that which spites me more than all these wantsx
|
|
he does it under name of perfect lovex
|
|
as who should sayx if i should sleep or eat
|
|
xtwere deadly sicknessx or else present deathx
|
|
i prithee go and get me some repastx
|
|
i care not whatx so it be wholesome foodx
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grumiox
|
|
what say you to a neatxs footx
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katherinax
|
|
xtis passing goodx i prithee let me have itx
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grumiox
|
|
i fear it is too choleric a meatx
|
|
how say you to a fat tripe finely broilxdx
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katherinax
|
|
i like it wellx good grumiox fetch it mex
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grumiox
|
|
i cannot tellx i fear xtis cholericx
|
|
what say you to a piece of beef and mustardx
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|
katherinax
|
|
a dish that i do love to feed uponx
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grumiox
|
|
ayx but the mustard is too hot a littlex
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|
katherinax
|
|
why then the beefx and let the mustard restx
|
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|
grumiox
|
|
nayx then i will notx you shall have the mustardx
|
|
or else you get no beef of grumiox
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|
katherinax
|
|
then bothx or onex or anything thou wiltx
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grumiox
|
|
why then the mustard without the beefx
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katherinax
|
|
gox get thee gonex thou false deluding slavex
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|
xxbeats himxxx
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|
|
that feedxst me with the very name of meatx
|
|
sorrow on thee and all the pack of you
|
|
that triumph thus upon my miseryx
|
|
gox get thee gonex i sayx
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|
enter petruchio with a dish of meatx and hortensiox
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petruchiox
|
|
how fares my katex whatx sweetingx all amortx
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|
hortensiox
|
|
mistressx what cheerx
|
|
|
|
katherinax
|
|
faithx as cold as can bex
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petruchiox
|
|
pluck up thy spiritsx look cheerfully upon mex
|
|
herex lovex thou seest how diligent i amx
|
|
to dress thy meat myselfx and bring it theex
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|
xxsets the dish on a tablexxx
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|
i am surex sweet katex this kindness merits thanksx
|
|
whatx not a wordx nayx then thou lovxst it notx
|
|
and all my pains is sorted to no proofx
|
|
herex take away this dishx
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katherinax
|
|
i pray youx let it standx
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petruchiox
|
|
the poorest service is repaid with thanksx
|
|
and so shall minex before you touch the meatx
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katherinax
|
|
i thank youx sirx
|
|
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|
hortensiox
|
|
signior petruchiox fiex you are to blamex
|
|
comex mistress katex ixll bear you companyx
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|
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petruchiox
|
|
xxasidexxx eat it up allx hortensiox if thou lovest mex
|
|
much good do it unto thy gentle heartx
|
|
katex eat apacex and nowx my honey lovex
|
|
will we return unto thy fatherxs house
|
|
and revel it as bravely as the bestx
|
|
with silken coats and capsx and golden ringsx
|
|
with ruffs and cuffs and farthingales and thingsx
|
|
with scarfs and fans and double change of braveryx
|
|
with amber braceletsx beadsx and all this knaveryx
|
|
whatx hast thou dinxdx the tailor stays thy leisurex
|
|
to deck thy body with his ruffling treasurex
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|
enter tailorx
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|
comex tailorx let us see these ornamentsx
|
|
lay forth the gownxx
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|
enter haberdasherx
|
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|
|
what news with youx sirx
|
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|
haberdasherx
|
|
here is the cap your worship did bespeakx
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petruchiox
|
|
whyx this was moulded on a porringerx
|
|
a velvet dishx fiex fiex xtis lewd and filthyx
|
|
whyx xtis a cockle or a walnutxshellx
|
|
a knackx a toyx a trickx a babyxs capx
|
|
away with itx comex let me have a biggerx
|
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|
|
katherinax
|
|
ixll have no biggerx this doth fit the timex
|
|
and gentlewomen wear such caps as thesex
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|
|
petruchiox
|
|
when you are gentlex you shall have one toox
|
|
and not till thenx
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|
hortensiox
|
|
xxasidexx that will not be in hastex
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|
katherinax
|
|
whyx sirx i trust i may have leave to speakx
|
|
and speak i willx i am no childx no babex
|
|
your betters have endurxd me say my mindx
|
|
and if you cannotx best you stop your earsx
|
|
my tongue will tell the anger of my heartx
|
|
or else my heartx concealing itx will breakx
|
|
and rather than it shallx i will be free
|
|
even to the uttermostx as i pleasex in wordsx
|
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petruchiox
|
|
whyx thou sayxst truex it is a paltry capx
|
|
a custardxcoffinx a baublex a silken piex
|
|
i love thee well in that thou likxst it notx
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katherinax
|
|
love me or love me notx i like the capx
|
|
and it i will havex or i will have nonex
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xxexit haberdasherxxx
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petruchiox
|
|
thy gownx whyx ayx comex tailorx let us seextx
|
|
o mercyx godx what masquing stuff is herex
|
|
whatxs thisx a sleevex xtis like a demixcannonx
|
|
whatx up and downx carvxd like an apple tartx
|
|
herexs snip and nip and cut and slish and slashx
|
|
like to a censer in a barberxs shopx
|
|
whyx what ix devilxs namex tailorx callxst thou thisx
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hortensiox
|
|
xxasidexx i see shexs like to have neither cap nor gownx
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tailorx
|
|
you bid me make it orderly and wellx
|
|
according to the fashion and the timex
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petruchiox
|
|
marryx and didx but if you be rememberxdx
|
|
i did not bid you mar it to the timex
|
|
gox hop me over every kennel homex
|
|
for you shall hop without my customx sirx
|
|
ixll none of itx hencex make your best of itx
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|
katherinax
|
|
i never saw a better fashionxd gownx
|
|
more quaintx more pleasingx nor more commendablex
|
|
belike you mean to make a puppet of mex
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petruchiox
|
|
whyx truex he means to make a puppet of theex
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tailorx
|
|
she says your worship means to make a puppet of herx
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petruchiox
|
|
o monstrous arrogancex thou liestx thou threadx
|
|
thou thimblex
|
|
thou yardx threexquartersx halfxyardx quarterx nailx
|
|
thou fleax thou nitx thou winterxcricket thoux
|
|
bravxd in mine own house with a skein of threadx
|
|
awayx thou ragx thou quantityx thou remnantx
|
|
or i shall so bexmete thee with thy yard
|
|
as thou shalt think on prating whilst thou livxstx
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|
i tell theex ix that thou hast marrxd her gownx
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|
tailorx
|
|
your worship is deceivxdx the gown is made
|
|
just as my master had directionx
|
|
grumio gave order how it should be donex
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|
grumiox
|
|
i gave him no orderx i gave him the stuffx
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|
|
tailorx
|
|
but how did you desire it should be madex
|
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|
|
grumiox
|
|
marryx sirx with needle and threadx
|
|
|
|
tailorx
|
|
but did you not request to have it cutx
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|
grumiox
|
|
thou hast faced many thingsx
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tailorx
|
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i havex
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grumiox
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face not mex thou hast braved many menx brave not mex i will neither be
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facxd nor bravxdx i say unto theex i bid thy master cut out the gownx
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but i did not bid him cut it to piecesx ergox thou liestx
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tailorx
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whyx here is the note of the fashion to testifyx
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petruchiox
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read itx
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grumiox
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the note lies in xs throatx if he say i said sox
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tailorx
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ximprimisx a loosexbodied gownxx
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grumiox
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masterx if ever i said loosexbodied gownx sew me in the skirts of it
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and beat me to death with a bottom of brown threadx i saidx a gownx
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petruchiox
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proceedx
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tailorx
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xwith a small compassed capexx
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grumiox
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i confess the capex
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tailorx
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xwith a trunk sleevexx
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grumiox
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i confess two sleevesx
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tailorx
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xthe sleeves curiously cutxx
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petruchiox
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ayx therexs the villainyx
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grumiox
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error ix the billx sirx error ix the billx i commanded the sleeves
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should be cut outx and sewxd up againx and that ixll prove upon theex
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though thy little finger be armed in a thimblex
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tailorx
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this is true that i sayx and i had thee in place where thou shouldst
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know itx
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grumiox
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i am for thee straightx take thou the billx give me thy metexyardx and
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spare not mex
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hortensiox
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godxaxmercyx grumiox then he shall have no oddsx
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petruchiox
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wellx sirx in briefx the gown is not for mex
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grumiox
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you are ix the rightx sirx xtis for my mistressx
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petruchiox
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gox take it up unto thy masterxs usex
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grumiox
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villainx not for thy lifex take up my mistressx gown for thy masterxs
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usex
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petruchiox
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whyx sirx whatxs your conceit in thatx
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grumiox
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ox sirx the conceit is deeper than you think forx
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take up my mistressx gown to his masterxs usex
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o fiex fiex fiex
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petruchiox
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xxasidexx hortensiox say thou wilt see the tailor paidx
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xxto tailorxxx go take it hencex be gonex and say no morex
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hortensiox
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xxaside to tailorxxx tailorx ixll pay thee for thy gown tomorrowx
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take no unkindness of his hasty wordsx
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awayx i sayx commend me to thy masterx
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xxexit tailorxxx
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petruchiox
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wellx comex my katex we will unto your fatherxs
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even in these honest mean habilimentsx
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our purses shall be proudx our garments poor
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for xtis the mind that makes the body richx
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and as the sun breaks through the darkest cloudsx
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so honour peereth in the meanest habitx
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whatx is the jay more precious than the lark
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because his feathers are more beautifulx
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or is the adder better than the eel
|
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because his painted skin contents the eyex
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o nox good katex neither art thou the worse
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for this poor furniture and mean arrayx
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if thou accountxst it shamex lay it on mex
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and therefore frolicx we will hence forthwithx
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to feast and sport us at thy fatherxs housex
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go call my menx and let us straight to himx
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and bring our horses unto longxlane endx
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there will we mountx and thither walk on footx
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letxs seex i think xtis now some seven oxclockx
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and well we may come there by dinnerxtimex
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katherinax
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i dare assure youx sirx xtis almost twox
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and xtwill be supperxtime ere you come therex
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petruchiox
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it shall be seven ere i go to horsex
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look what i speakx or dox or think to dox
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you are still crossing itx sirsx let xt alonex
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i will not go todayx and ere i dox
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it shall be what oxclock i say it isx
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hortensiox
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whyx so this gallant will command the sunx
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene ivx paduax before baptistaxs housex
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enter tranio and the pedant dressed like vincentio
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traniox
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sirx this is the housex please it you that i callx
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pedantx
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ayx what elsex andx but i be deceivedx
|
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signior baptista may remember mex
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near twenty years ago in genoax
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where we were lodgers at the pegasusx
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traniox
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xtis wellx and hold your ownx in any casex
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with such austerity as xlongeth to a fatherx
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pedantx
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i warrant youx butx sirx here comes your boyx
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xtwere good he were schoolxdx
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enter biondellox
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traniox
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fear you not himx sirrah biondellox
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now do your duty throughlyx i advise youx
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imagine xtwere the right vincentiox
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biondellox
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tutx fear not mex
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traniox
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but hast thou done thy errand to baptistax
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biondellox
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i told him that your father was at venicex
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and that you lookxd for him this day in paduax
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traniox
|
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thxart a tall fellowx hold thee that to drinkx
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|
here comes baptistax set your countenancex sirx
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enter baptista and lucentiox
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signior baptistax you are happily metx
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xxto the pedantxx sirx this is the gentleman i told you ofx
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i pray you stand good father to me nowx
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give me bianca for my patrimonyx
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pedantx
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softx sonx
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sirx by your leavex having come to padua
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to gather in some debtsx my son lucentio
|
|
made me acquainted with a weighty cause
|
|
of love between your daughter and himselfx
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andxxfor the good report i hear of youx
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and for the love he beareth to your daughterx
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and she to himxxto stay him not too longx
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i am contentx in a good fatherxs carex
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to have him matchxdx andx if you please to like
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no worse than ix upon some agreement
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me shall you find ready and willing
|
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with one consent to have her so bestowxdx
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for curious i cannot be with youx
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signior baptistax of whom i hear so wellx
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baptistax
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sirx pardon me in what i have to sayx
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your plainness and your shortness please me wellx
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|
right true it is your son lucentio here
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doth love my daughterx and she loveth himx
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or both dissemble deeply their affectionsx
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|
and thereforex if you say no more than thisx
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|
that like a father you will deal with himx
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and pass my daughter a sufficient dowerx
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the match is madex and all is donex
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your son shall have my daughter with consentx
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traniox
|
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i thank youx sirx where then do you know best
|
|
we be affiedx and such assurance taxen
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|
as shall with either partxs agreement standx
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baptistax
|
|
not in my housex lucentiox for you know
|
|
pitchers have earsx and i have many servantsx
|
|
besidesx old gremio is hearkening stillx
|
|
and happily we might be interruptedx
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traniox
|
|
then at my lodgingx and it like youx
|
|
there doth my father liex and there this night
|
|
wexll pass the business privately and wellx
|
|
send for your daughter by your servant herex
|
|
my boy shall fetch the scrivener presentlyx
|
|
the worst is thisx that at so slender warning
|
|
you are like to have a thin and slender pittancex
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baptistax
|
|
it likes me wellx cambiox hie you homex
|
|
and bid bianca make her ready straightx
|
|
andx if you willx tell what hath happenedx
|
|
lucentioxs father is arrivxd in paduax
|
|
and how shexs like to be lucentioxs wifex
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lucentiox
|
|
i pray the gods she mayx with all my heartx
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traniox
|
|
dally not with the godsx but get thee gonex
|
|
signior baptistax shall i lead the wayx
|
|
welcomex one mess is like to be your cheerx
|
|
comex sirx we will better it in pisax
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baptistax
|
|
i follow youx
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|
xxexeunt traniox pedant and baptistaxxx
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biondellox
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|
cambiox
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lucentiox
|
|
what sayxst thoux biondellox
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biondellox
|
|
you saw my master wink and laugh upon youx
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lucentiox
|
|
biondellox what of thatx
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biondellox
|
|
faithx nothingx but has left me here behind to expound the meaning or
|
|
moral of his signs and tokensx
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|
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|
lucentiox
|
|
i pray thee moralize themx
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|
biondellox
|
|
then thusx baptista is safex talking with the deceiving father of a
|
|
deceitful sonx
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|
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|
lucentiox
|
|
and what of himx
|
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|
|
biondellox
|
|
his daughter is to be brought by you to the supperx
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|
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|
lucentiox
|
|
and thenx
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|
|
biondellox
|
|
the old priest at saint lukexs church is at your command at all hoursx
|
|
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|
lucentiox
|
|
and what of all thisx
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|
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|
biondellox
|
|
i cannot tellx except they are busied about a counterfeit assurancex
|
|
take your assurance of herx xcum privilegio ad imprimendum solumxx to
|
|
the churchx take the priestx clerkx and some sufficient honest
|
|
witnessesx
|
|
if this be not that you look forx i have more to sayx
|
|
but bid bianca farewell for ever and a dayx
|
|
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|
xxgoingxxx
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|
lucentiox
|
|
hearxst thoux biondellox
|
|
|
|
biondellox
|
|
i cannot tarryx i knew a wench married in an afternoon as she went to
|
|
the garden for parsley to stuff a rabbitx and so may youx sirx and so
|
|
adieux sirx my master hath appointed me to go to saint lukexs to bid
|
|
the priest be ready to come against you come with your appendixx
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|
|
|
xxexitxxx
|
|
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|
lucentiox
|
|
i mayx and willx if she be so contentedx
|
|
she will be pleasxdx then wherefore should i doubtx
|
|
hap what hap mayx ixll roundly go about herx
|
|
it shall go hard if cambio go without herx
|
|
|
|
xxexitxxx
|
|
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|
scene vx a public roadx
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|
|
enter petruchiox katherinax hortensio and servantsx
|
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|
petruchiox
|
|
come onx ix godxs namex once more toward our fatherxsx
|
|
good lordx how bright and goodly shines the moonx
|
|
|
|
katherinax
|
|
the moonx the sunx it is not moonlight nowx
|
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|
petruchiox
|
|
i say it is the moon that shines so brightx
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|
katherinax
|
|
i know it is the sun that shines so brightx
|
|
|
|
petruchiox
|
|
now by my motherxs sonx and thatxs myselfx
|
|
it shall be moonx or starx or what i listx
|
|
or ere i journey to your fatherxs housex
|
|
go on and fetch our horses back againx
|
|
evermore crossxd and crossxdx nothing but crossxdx
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|
hortensiox
|
|
say as he saysx or we shall never gox
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|
|
katherinax
|
|
forwardx i prayx since we have come so farx
|
|
and be it moonx or sunx or what you pleasex
|
|
and if you please to call it a rushxcandlex
|
|
henceforth i vow it shall be so for mex
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|
petruchiox
|
|
i say it is the moonx
|
|
|
|
katherinax
|
|
i know it is the moonx
|
|
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|
petruchiox
|
|
nayx then you liex it is the blessed sunx
|
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|
|
katherinax
|
|
thenx god be blessxdx it is the blessed sunx
|
|
but sun it is not when you say it is notx
|
|
and the moon changes even as your mindx
|
|
what you will have it namxdx even that it isx
|
|
and so it shall be so for katherinex
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|
|
hortensiox
|
|
petruchiox go thy waysx the field is wonx
|
|
|
|
petruchiox
|
|
wellx forwardx forwardx thus the bowl should runx
|
|
and not unluckily against the biasx
|
|
butx softx company is coming herex
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|
enter vincentiox in a travelling dressx
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|
xxto vincentioxx good morrowx gentle mistressx where awayx
|
|
tell mex sweet katex and tell me truly toox
|
|
hast thou beheld a fresher gentlewomanx
|
|
such war of white and red within her cheeksx
|
|
what stars do spangle heaven with such beauty
|
|
as those two eyes become that heavenly facex
|
|
fair lovely maidx once more good day to theex
|
|
sweet katex embrace her for her beautyxs sakex
|
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|
|
hortensiox
|
|
a will make the man madx to make a woman of himx
|
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|
|
katherinax
|
|
young budding virginx fair and fresh and sweetx
|
|
whither awayx or where is thy abodex
|
|
happy the parents of so fair a childx
|
|
happier the man whom favourable stars
|
|
allot thee for his lovely bedfellowx
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petruchiox
|
|
whyx how nowx katex i hope thou art not madx
|
|
this is a manx oldx wrinkledx fadedx witherxdx
|
|
and not a maidenx as thou sayst he isx
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|
katherinax
|
|
pardonx old fatherx my mistaking eyesx
|
|
that have been so bedazzled with the sun
|
|
that everything i look on seemeth greenx
|
|
now i perceive thou art a reverend fatherx
|
|
pardonx i pray theex for my mad mistakingx
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|
petruchiox
|
|
dox good old grandsirex and withal make known
|
|
which way thou travellestx if along with usx
|
|
we shall be joyful of thy companyx
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|
vincentiox
|
|
fair sirx and you my merry mistressx
|
|
that with your strange encounter much amazxd mex
|
|
my name is called vincentiox my dwelling pisax
|
|
and bound i am to paduax there to visit
|
|
a son of minex which long i have not seenx
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petruchiox
|
|
what is his namex
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vincentiox
|
|
lucentiox gentle sirx
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|
petruchiox
|
|
happily metx the happier for thy sonx
|
|
and now by lawx as well as reverend agex
|
|
i may entitle thee my loving fatherx
|
|
the sister to my wifex this gentlewomanx
|
|
thy son by this hath marriedx wonder notx
|
|
nor be not grievxdx she is of good esteemx
|
|
her dowry wealthyx and of worthy birthx
|
|
besidex so qualified as may beseem
|
|
the spouse of any noble gentlemanx
|
|
let me embrace with old vincentiox
|
|
and wander we to see thy honest sonx
|
|
who will of thy arrival be full joyousx
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|
|
|
vincentiox
|
|
but is this truex or is it else your pleasurex
|
|
like pleasant travellersx to break a jest
|
|
upon the company you overtakex
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|
hortensiox
|
|
i do assure theex fatherx so it isx
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|
petruchiox
|
|
comex go alongx and see the truth hereofx
|
|
for our first merriment hath made thee jealousx
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|
xxexeunt all but hortensioxxx
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|
hortensiox
|
|
wellx petruchiox this has put me in heartx
|
|
have to my widowx and if she be frowardx
|
|
then hast thou taught hortensio to be untowardx
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|
xxexitxxx
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act v
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scene ix paduax before lucentioxs housex
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|
enter on one side biondellox lucentio and biancax gremio walking on
|
|
other sidex
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|
biondellox
|
|
softly and swiftlyx sirx for the priest is readyx
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|
lucentiox
|
|
i flyx biondellox but they may chance to need thee at homex therefore
|
|
leave usx
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|
biondellox
|
|
nayx faithx ixll see the church ox your backx and then come back to my
|
|
masterxs as soon as i canx
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|
|
xxexeunt lucentiox bianca and biondelloxxx
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|
gremiox
|
|
i marvel cambio comes not all this whilex
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|
enter petruchiox katherinax vincentio and attendantsx
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petruchiox
|
|
sirx herexs the doorx this is lucentioxs housex
|
|
my fatherxs bears more toward the marketxplacex
|
|
thither must ix and here i leave youx sirx
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|
|
vincentiox
|
|
you shall not choose but drink before you gox
|
|
i think i shall command your welcome herex
|
|
and by all likelihood some cheer is towardx
|
|
|
|
xxknocksxxx
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gremiox
|
|
theyxre busy withinx you were best knock louderx
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|
enter pedant abovex at a windowx
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pedantx
|
|
whatxs he that knocks as he would beat down the gatex
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vincentiox
|
|
is signior lucentio withinx sirx
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pedantx
|
|
hexs withinx sirx but not to be spoken withalx
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vincentiox
|
|
what if a man bring him a hundred pound or two to make merry withalx
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pedantx
|
|
keep your hundred pounds to yourselfx he shall need none so long as i
|
|
livex
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petruchiox
|
|
nayx i told you your son was well beloved in paduax do you hearx sirx
|
|
to leave frivolous circumstancesx i pray you tell signior lucentio that
|
|
his father is come from pisax and is here at the door to speak with
|
|
himx
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pedantx
|
|
thou liestx his father is come from paduax and here looking out at the
|
|
windowx
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vincentiox
|
|
art thou his fatherx
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pedantx
|
|
ayx sirx so his mother saysx if i may believe herx
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petruchiox
|
|
xxto vincentioxx whyx how nowx gentlemanx whyx this is flat knavery to
|
|
take upon you another manxs namex
|
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|
pedantx
|
|
lay hands on the villainx i believe a means to cozen somebody in this
|
|
city under my countenancex
|
|
|
|
rexenter biondellox
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|
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|
biondellox
|
|
i have seen them in the church togetherx god send xem good shippingx
|
|
but who is herex mine old masterx vincentiox now we are undone and
|
|
brought to nothingx
|
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|
vincentiox
|
|
xxseeing biondelloxxx come hitherx crackxhempx
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biondellox
|
|
i hope i may choosex sirx
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vincentiox
|
|
come hitherx you roguex whatx have you forgot mex
|
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biondellox
|
|
forgot youx nox sirx i could not forget youx for i never saw you before
|
|
in all my lifex
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vincentiox
|
|
whatx you notorious villainx didst thou never see thy masterxs fatherx
|
|
vincentiox
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biondellox
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whatx my old worshipful old masterx yesx marryx sirx see where he looks
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out of the windowx
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vincentiox
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isxt sox indeedx
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xxhe beats biondelloxxx
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biondellox
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helpx helpx helpx herexs a madman will murder mex
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xxexitxxx
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pedantx
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helpx sonx helpx signior baptistax
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xxexit from the windowxxx
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petruchiox
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pritheex katex letxs stand aside and see the end of this controversyx
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xxthey retirexxx
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rexenter pedantx belowx baptistax tranio and servantsx
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traniox
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sirx what are you that offer to beat my servantx
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vincentiox
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what am ix sirx nayx what are youx sirx o immortal godsx o fine
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villainx a silken doubletx a velvet hosex a scarlet cloakx and a
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copatain hatx ox i am undonex i am undonex while i play the good
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husband at homex my son and my servant spend all at the universityx
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traniox
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how nowx whatxs the matterx
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baptistax
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whatx is the man lunaticx
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traniox
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sirx you seem a sober ancient gentleman by your habitx but your words
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show you a madmanx whyx sirx what xcerns it you if i wear pearl and
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goldx i thank my good fatherx i am able to maintain itx
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vincentiox
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thy fatherx o villainx he is a sailmaker in bergamox
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baptistax
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you mistakex sirx you mistakex sirx prayx what do you think is his
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namex
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vincentiox
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his namex as if i knew not his namex i have brought him up ever since
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he was three years oldx and his name is traniox
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pedantx
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awayx awayx mad assx his name is lucentiox and he is mine only sonx and
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heir to the lands of mex signior vincentiox
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vincentiox
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lucentiox ox he hath murdered his masterx lay hold on himx i charge
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youx in the dukexs namex ox my sonx my sonx tell mex thou villainx
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where is my sonx lucentiox
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traniox
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call forth an officerx
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enter one with an officerx
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carry this mad knave to the gaolx father baptistax i charge you see
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that he be forthcomingx
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vincentiox
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carry me to the gaolx
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gremiox
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stayx officerx he shall not go to prisonx
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baptistax
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talk notx signior gremiox i say he shall go to prisonx
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gremiox
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take heedx signior baptistax lest you be conyxcatched in this businessx
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i dare swear this is the right vincentiox
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pedantx
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swear if thou darestx
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gremiox
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nayx i dare not swear itx
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traniox
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then thou wert best say that i am not lucentiox
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gremiox
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yesx i know thee to be signior lucentiox
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baptistax
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away with the dotardx to the gaol with himx
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vincentiox
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thus strangers may be haled and abusxdx o monstrous villainx
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rexenter biondellox with lucentio and biancax
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biondellox
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ox we are spoiledx and yonder he isx deny himx forswear himx or else we
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are all undonex
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lucentiox
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xxkneelingxxx pardonx sweet fatherx
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vincentiox
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lives my sweetest sonx
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xxbiondellox tranio and pedant run outxxx
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biancax
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xxkneelingxxx pardonx dear fatherx
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baptistax
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how hast thou offendedx
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where is lucentiox
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lucentiox
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herexs lucentiox
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right son to the right vincentiox
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that have by marriage made thy daughter minex
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while counterfeit supposes blearxd thine eynex
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gremiox
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here xs packingx with a witnessx to deceive us allx
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vincentiox
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where is that damned villainx traniox
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that facxd and bravxd me in this matter sox
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baptistax
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whyx tell mex is not this my cambiox
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biancax
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cambio is changxd into lucentiox
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lucentiox
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love wrought these miraclesx biancaxs love
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made me exchange my state with traniox
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while he did bear my countenance in the townx
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and happily i have arrivxd at the last
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unto the wished haven of my blissx
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what tranio didx myself enforcxd him tox
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then pardon himx sweet fatherx for my sakex
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vincentiox
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ixll slit the villainxs nose that would have sent me to the gaolx
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baptistax
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xxto lucentioxxx but do you hearx sirx have you married my daughter
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without asking my good willx
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vincentiox
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fear notx baptistax we will content youx go tox but i will inx to be
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revenged for this villainyx
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xxexitxxx
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baptistax
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and i to sound the depth of this knaveryx
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xxexitxxx
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lucentiox
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look not palex biancax thy father will not frownx
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xxexeunt lucentio and biancaxxx
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gremiox
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my cake is doughx but ixll in among the restx
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out of hope of all but my share of the feastx
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xxexitxxx
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petruchio and katherina advancex
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katherinax
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husbandx letxs follow to see the end of this adox
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petruchiox
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first kiss mex katex and we willx
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katherinax
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whatx in the midst of the streetx
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petruchiox
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whatx art thou ashamed of mex
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katherinax
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nox sirx god forbidx but ashamed to kissx
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petruchiox
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whyx thenx letxs home againx comex sirrahx letxs awayx
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katherinax
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nayx i will give thee a kissx now pray theex lovex stayx
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petruchiox
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is not this wellx comex my sweet katex
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better once than neverx for never too latex
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene iix a room in lucentioxs housex
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enter baptistax vincentiox gremiox the pedantx lucentiox biancax
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petruchiox katherinax hortensio and widowx traniox biondello and grumio
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and othersx attendingx
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lucentiox
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at lastx though longx our jarring notes agreex
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and time it is when raging war is donex
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to smile at xscapes and perils overblownx
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my fair biancax bid my father welcomex
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while i with selfxsame kindness welcome thinex
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brother petruchiox sister katherinax
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and thoux hortensiox with thy loving widowx
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feast with the bestx and welcome to my housex
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my banquet is to close our stomachs upx
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after our great good cheerx pray youx sit downx
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for now we sit to chat as well as eatx
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xxthey sit at tablexxx
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petruchiox
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nothing but sit and sitx and eat and eatx
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baptistax
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padua affords this kindnessx son petruchiox
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petruchiox
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padua affords nothing but what is kindx
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hortensiox
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for both our sakes i would that word were truex
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petruchiox
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nowx for my lifex hortensio fears his widowx
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widowx
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then never trust me if i be afeardx
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petruchiox
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you are very sensiblex and yet you miss my sensex
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i mean hortensio is afeard of youx
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widowx
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he that is giddy thinks the world turns roundx
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petruchiox
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roundly repliedx
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katherinax
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mistressx how mean you thatx
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widowx
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thus i conceive by himx
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petruchiox
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conceives by mex how likes hortensio thatx
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hortensiox
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my widow says thus she conceives her talex
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petruchiox
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very well mendedx kiss him for thatx good widowx
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katherinax
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xhe that is giddy thinks the world turns roundxx
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i pray you tell me what you meant by thatx
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widowx
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your husbandx being troubled with a shrewx
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measures my husbandxs sorrow by his woex
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and now you know my meaningx
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katherinax
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a very mean meaningx
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widowx
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rightx i mean youx
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katherinax
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and i am meanx indeedx respecting youx
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petruchiox
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to herx katex
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hortensiox
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to herx widowx
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petruchiox
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a hundred marksx my kate does put her downx
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hortensiox
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thatxs my officex
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petruchiox
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spoke like an officerx hax to theex ladx
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xxdrinks to hortensioxxx
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baptistax
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how likes gremio these quickxwitted folksx
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gremiox
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believe mex sirx they butt together wellx
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biancax
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head and buttx an hastyxwitted body
|
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would say your head and butt were head and hornx
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vincentiox
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ayx mistress bridex hath that awakenxd youx
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biancax
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ayx but not frighted mex therefore ixll sleep againx
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petruchiox
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nayx that you shall notx since you have begunx
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have at you for a bitter jest or twox
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biancax
|
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am i your birdx i mean to shift my bushx
|
|
and then pursue me as you draw your bowx
|
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you are welcome allx
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xxexeunt biancax katherina and widowxxx
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petruchiox
|
|
she hath prevented mex herex signior traniox
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|
this bird you aimxd atx though you hit her notx
|
|
therefore a health to all that shot and missxdx
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traniox
|
|
ox sirx lucentio slippxd me like his greyhoundx
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|
which runs himselfx and catches for his masterx
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petruchiox
|
|
a good swift similex but something currishx
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traniox
|
|
xtis wellx sirx that you hunted for yourselfx
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xtis thought your deer does hold you at a bayx
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baptistax
|
|
o hox petruchiox tranio hits you nowx
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lucentiox
|
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i thank thee for that girdx good traniox
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hortensiox
|
|
confessx confessx hath he not hit you herex
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petruchiox
|
|
a has a little gallxd mex i confessx
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|
and as the jest did glance away from mex
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|
xtis ten to one it maimxd you two outrightx
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baptistax
|
|
nowx in good sadnessx son petruchiox
|
|
i think thou hast the veriest shrew of allx
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petruchiox
|
|
wellx i say nox and thereforex for assurancex
|
|
letxs each one send unto his wifex
|
|
and he whose wife is most obedientx
|
|
to come at first when he doth send for herx
|
|
shall win the wager which we will proposex
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hortensiox
|
|
contentx whatxs the wagerx
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lucentiox
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twenty crownsx
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petruchiox
|
|
twenty crownsx
|
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ixll venture so much of my hawk or houndx
|
|
but twenty times so much upon my wifex
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lucentiox
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|
a hundred thenx
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hortensiox
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contentx
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petruchiox
|
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a matchx xtis donex
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hortensiox
|
|
who shall beginx
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lucentiox
|
|
that will ix
|
|
gox biondellox bid your mistress come to mex
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biondellox
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i gox
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xxexitxxx
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baptistax
|
|
sonx ixll be your halfx bianca comesx
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lucentiox
|
|
ixll have no halvesx ixll bear it all myselfx
|
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rexenter biondellox
|
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|
how nowx what newsx
|
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biondellox
|
|
sirx my mistress sends you word
|
|
that she is busy and she cannot comex
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petruchiox
|
|
howx shexs busyx and she cannot comex
|
|
is that an answerx
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gremiox
|
|
ayx and a kind one toox
|
|
pray godx sirx your wife send you not a worsex
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petruchiox
|
|
i hope betterx
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|
hortensiox
|
|
sirrah biondellox go and entreat my wife
|
|
to come to me forthwithx
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|
xxexit biondelloxxx
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petruchiox
|
|
ox hox entreat herx
|
|
nayx then she must needs comex
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hortensiox
|
|
i am afraidx sirx
|
|
do what you canx yours will not be entreatedx
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rexenter biondellox
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nowx wherexs my wifex
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biondellox
|
|
she says you have some goodly jest in handx
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|
she will not comex she bids you come to herx
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petruchiox
|
|
worse and worsex she will not comex o vilex
|
|
intolerablex not to be endurxdx
|
|
sirrah grumiox go to your mistressx
|
|
say i command her come to mex
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xxexit grumioxxx
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hortensiox
|
|
i know her answerx
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petruchiox
|
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whatx
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hortensiox
|
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she will notx
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petruchiox
|
|
the fouler fortune minex and there an endx
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rexenter katherinax
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baptistax
|
|
nowx by my holidamex here comes katherinax
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katherinax
|
|
what is your will sirx that you send for mex
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petruchiox
|
|
where is your sisterx and hortensioxs wifex
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katherinax
|
|
they sit conferring by the parlour firex
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petruchiox
|
|
go fetch them hitherx if they deny to comex
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|
swinge me them soundly forth unto their husbandsx
|
|
awayx i sayx and bring them hither straightx
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xxexit katherinaxxx
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lucentiox
|
|
here is a wonderx if you talk of a wonderx
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hortensiox
|
|
and so it isx i wonder what it bodesx
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petruchiox
|
|
marryx peace it bodesx and lovex and quiet lifex
|
|
an awful rulex and right supremacyx
|
|
andx to be shortx what not thatxs sweet and happyx
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|
baptistax
|
|
now fair befall theex good petruchiox
|
|
the wager thou hast wonx and i will add
|
|
unto their losses twenty thousand crownsx
|
|
another dowry to another daughterx
|
|
for she is changxdx as she had never beenx
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petruchiox
|
|
nayx i will win my wager better yetx
|
|
and show more sign of her obediencex
|
|
her newxbuilt virtue and obediencex
|
|
see where she comesx and brings your froward wives
|
|
as prisoners to her womanly persuasionx
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|
rexenter katherina with bianca and widowx
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|
katherinex that cap of yours becomes you notx
|
|
off with that baublex throw it underfootx
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xxkatherina pulls off her cap and throws it downxxx
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widowx
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lordx let me never have a cause to sigh
|
|
till i be brought to such a silly passx
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biancax
|
|
fiex what a foolish duty call you thisx
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lucentiox
|
|
i would your duty were as foolish toox
|
|
the wisdom of your dutyx fair biancax
|
|
hath cost me a hundred crowns since supperxtimex
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biancax
|
|
the more fool you for laying on my dutyx
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petruchiox
|
|
katherinex i charge theex tell these headstrong women
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|
what duty they do owe their lords and husbandsx
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widowx
|
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comex comex youxre mockingx we will have no tellingx
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petruchiox
|
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come onx i sayx and first begin with herx
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widowx
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she shall notx
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petruchiox
|
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i say she shallx and first begin with herx
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katherinax
|
|
fiex fiex unknit that threatening unkind browx
|
|
and dart not scornful glances from those eyes
|
|
to wound thy lordx thy kingx thy governorx
|
|
it blots thy beauty as frosts do bite the meadsx
|
|
confounds thy fame as whirlwinds shake fair budsx
|
|
and in no sense is meet or amiablex
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|
a woman movxd is like a fountain troubledx
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|
muddyx illxseemingx thickx bereft of beautyx
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|
and while it is sox none so dry or thirsty
|
|
will deign to sip or touch one drop of itx
|
|
thy husband is thy lordx thy lifex thy keeperx
|
|
thy headx thy sovereignx one that cares for theex
|
|
and for thy maintenance commits his body
|
|
to painful labour both by sea and landx
|
|
to watch the night in stormsx the day in coldx
|
|
whilst thou liest warm at homex secure and safex
|
|
and craves no other tribute at thy hands
|
|
but lovex fair looksx and true obediencex
|
|
too little payment for so great a debtx
|
|
such duty as the subject owes the princex
|
|
even such a woman oweth to her husbandx
|
|
and when she is frowardx peevishx sullenx sourx
|
|
and not obedient to his honest willx
|
|
what is she but a foul contending rebel
|
|
and graceless traitor to her loving lordxx
|
|
i am ashamxd that women are so simple
|
|
to offer war where they should kneel for peacex
|
|
or seek for rulex supremacyx and swayx
|
|
when they are bound to servex lovex and obeyx
|
|
why are our bodies soft and weak and smoothx
|
|
unapt to toil and trouble in the worldx
|
|
but that our soft conditions and our hearts
|
|
should well agree with our external partsx
|
|
comex comex you froward and unable wormsx
|
|
my mind hath been as big as one of yoursx
|
|
my heart as greatx my reason haply morex
|
|
to bandy word for word and frown for frownx
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|
but now i see our lances are but strawsx
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our strength as weakx our weakness past comparex
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that seeming to be most which we indeed least arex
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then vail your stomachsx for it is no bootx
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and place your hands below your husbandxs footx
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in token of which dutyx if he pleasex
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my hand is readyx may it do him easex
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petruchiox
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whyx therexs a wenchx come onx and kiss mex katex
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lucentiox
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wellx go thy waysx old ladx for thou shalt haxtx
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vincentiox
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xtis a good hearing when children are towardx
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lucentiox
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but a harsh hearing when women are frowardx
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petruchiox
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comex katex wexll to bedx
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we three are marriedx but you two are spedx
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xtwas i won the wagerx
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xxto lucentioxxx though you hit the whitex
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and being a winnerx god give you good nightx
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xxexeunt petrucio and katherinaxxx
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hortensiox
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now go thy waysx thou hast tamxd a curst shrewx
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lucentiox
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xtis a wonderx by your leavex she will be tamxd sox
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xxexeuntxxx
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the tempest
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contents
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act i
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scene ix on a ship at seax a tempestuous noise of thunder and lightning
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heardx
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scene iix the islandx before the cell of prosperox
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act ii
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scene ix another part of the islandx
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scene iix another part of the islandx
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act iii
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scene ix before prosperoxs cellx
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scene iix another part of the islandx
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scene iiix another part of the islandx
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act iv
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scene ix before prosperoxs cellx
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act v
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scene ix before the cell of prosperox
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epiloguex
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dramatis personx
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alonsox king of naples
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sebastianx his brother
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prosperox the right duke of milan
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antoniox his brotherx the usurping duke of milan
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ferdinandx son to the king of naples
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gonzalox an honest old counsellor
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adrianx lord
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franciscox lord
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calibanx a savage and deformed slave
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trinculox a jester
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stephanox a drunken butler
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master of a ship
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boatswain
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mariners
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mirandax daughter to prospero
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arielx an airy spirit
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irisx presented by spirits
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ceresx presented by spirits
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junox presented by spirits
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nymphsx presented by spirits
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reapersx presented by spirits
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other spirits attending on prospero
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scenex the seax with a shipx afterwards an islandx
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act i
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scene ix on a ship at seax a tempestuous noise of thunder and lightning
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heardx
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enter a shipmaster and a boatswain severallyx
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masterx
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boatswainx
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boatswainx
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herex masterx what cheerx
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masterx
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goodx speak to the marinersx fall to xt yarelyx or we run ourselves
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agroundx bestirx bestirx
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xxexitxxx
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enter marinersx
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boatswainx
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heighx my heartsx cheerlyx cheerlyx my heartsx yarex yarex take in the
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topsailx tend to thx masterxs whistlex blow till thou burst thy windx
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if room enoughx
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enter alonsox sebastianx antoniox ferdinandx gonzalo and othersx
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alonsox
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good boatswainx have carex wherexs the masterx
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play the menx
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boatswainx
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i pray nowx keep belowx
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antoniox
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where is the masterx bosonx
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boatswainx
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do you not hear himx you mar our labourx keep your cabinsx you do
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assist the stormx
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gonzalox
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nayx goodx be patientx
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boatswainx
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when the sea isx hencex what cares these roarers for the name of kingx
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to cabinx silencex trouble us notx
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gonzalox
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goodx yet remember whom thou hast aboardx
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boatswainx
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none that i more love than myselfx you are a counsellorx if you can
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command these elements to silencex and work the peace of the presentx
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we will not hand a rope morex use your authorityx if you cannotx give
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thanks you have lived so longx and make yourself ready in your cabin
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for the mischance of the hourx if it so hapxxcheerlyx good heartsxxout
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of our wayx i sayx
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xxexitxxx
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gonzalox
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i have great comfort from this fellowx methinks he hath no drowning
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mark upon himx his complexion is perfect gallowsx stand fastx good
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fatex to his hangingx make the rope of his destiny our cablex for our
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own doth little advantagex if he be not born to be hangxdx our case is
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miserablex
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xxexeuntxxx
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rexenter boatswainx
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boatswainx
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down with the topmastx yarex lowerx lowerx bring her to try wix thx
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maincoursex
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xxa cry withinxxx
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a plague upon this howlingx they are louder than the weather or our
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officex
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enter sebastianx antonio and gonzalox
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yet againx what do you herex shall we give oxerx and drownx have you a
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mind to sinkx
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sebastianx
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a pox ox your throatx you bawlingx blasphemousx incharitable dogx
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boatswainx
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work youx thenx
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antoniox
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hangx curx hangx you whoresonx insolent noisemakerx we are less afraid
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to be drowned than thou artx
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gonzalox
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ixll warrant him for drowningx though the ship were no stronger than a
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nutshellx and as leaky as an unstanched wenchx
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boatswainx
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lay her axholdx axholdx set her two coursesx off to sea againx lay her
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offx
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enter marinersx wetx
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marinersx
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all lostx to prayersx to prayersx all lostx
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xxexeuntxxx
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boatswainx
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whatx must our mouths be coldx
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gonzalox
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the king and prince at prayersx letxs assist themx
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for our case is as theirsx
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sebastianx
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i am out of patiencex
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antoniox
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we are merely cheated of our lives by drunkardsx
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this widexchappxd rascalxwould thou mightxst lie drowning
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the washing of ten tidesx
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gonzalox
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hexll be hangxd yetx
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though every drop of water swear against itx
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and gape at widxst to glut himx
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xa confused noise withinx xxmercy on usxxx
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xwe splitx we splitxxxxfarewellx my wife and childrenxxx
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xfarewellx brotherxxxxwe splitx we splitx we splitxx
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antoniox
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letxs all sink wix thx kingx
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xxexitxxx
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sebastianx
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letxs take leave of himx
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xxexitxxx
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gonzalox
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now would i give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren
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groundx long heathx brown furzex anythingx the wills above be donex but
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i would fain die a dry deathx
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xxexitxxx
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scene iix the islandx before the cell of prosperox
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enter prospero and mirandax
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mirandax
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if by your artx my dearest fatherx you have
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put the wild waters in this roarx allay themx
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the skyx it seemsx would pour down stinking pitchx
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but that the seax mounting to thx welkinxs cheekx
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dashes the fire outx ox i have suffered
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with those that i saw sufferx a brave vesselx
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who hadx no doubtx some noble creature in herx
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dashxd all to piecesx ox the cry did knock
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against my very heartx poor soulsx they perishxdx
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had i been any god of powerx i would
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have sunk the sea within the earthx or ere
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it should the good ship so have swallowxd and
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the fraughting souls within herx
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prosperox
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be collectedx
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no more amazementx tell your piteous heart
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therexs no harm donex
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mirandax
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ox woe the dayx
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prosperox
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no harmx
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i have done nothing but in care of theex
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of theex my dear onex theex my daughterx who
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art ignorant of what thou artx nought knowing
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of whence i amx nor that i am more better
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than prosperox master of a full poor cellx
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and thy no greater fatherx
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mirandax
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more to know
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did never meddle with my thoughtsx
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prosperox
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xtis time
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i should inform thee fartherx lend thy handx
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and pluck my magic garment from mexxsox
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xxlays down his mantlexxx
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lie there my artx wipe thou thine eyesx have comfortx
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the direful spectacle of the wrackx which touchxd
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the very virtue of compassion in theex
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i have with such provision in mine art
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so safely ordered that there is no soulx
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nox not so much perdition as an hair
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betid to any creature in the vessel
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which thou heardxst cryx which thou sawxst sinkx sit downx
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for thou must now know fartherx
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mirandax
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you have often
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begun to tell me what i amx but stoppxdx
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and left me to a bootless inquisitionx
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concluding xstayx not yetxx
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prosperox
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the hourxs now comex
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the very minute bids thee ope thine earx
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obeyx and be attentivex canst thou remember
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a time before we came unto this cellx
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i do not think thou canstx for then thou wast not
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out three years oldx
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mirandax
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certainlyx sirx i canx
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prosperox
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by whatx by any other housex or personx
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of anything the imagex tell mex that
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hath kept with thy remembrancex
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mirandax
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xtis far offx
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and rather like a dream than an assurance
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that my remembrance warrantsx had i not
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four or five women once that tended mex
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prosperox
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thou hadstx and morex mirandax but how is it
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that this lives in thy mindx what seest thou else
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in the dark backward and abysm of timex
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if thou remembxrest aught ere thou camxst herex
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how thou camxst herex thou maystx
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mirandax
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but that i do notx
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prosperox
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twelve year sincex mirandax twelve year sincex
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thy father was the duke of milanx and
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a prince of powerx
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mirandax
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sirx are not you my fatherx
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prosperox
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thy mother was a piece of virtuex and
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she said thou wast my daughterx and thy father
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was duke of milanx and his only heir
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and princessx no worse issuedx
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mirandax
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ox the heavensx
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what foul play had we that we came from thencex
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or blessed wasxt we didx
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prosperox
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bothx bothx my girlx
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by foul playx as thou sayxstx were we heavxd thencex
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but blessedly holp hitherx
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mirandax
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ox my heart bleeds
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to think ox thx teen that i have turnxd you tox
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which is from my remembrancex please youx fartherx
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prosperox
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my brother and thy unclex callxd antoniox
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i pray theex mark mex that a brother should
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be so perfidiousxxhe whom next thyself
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of all the world i lovxdx and to him put
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the manage of my statex as at that time
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through all the signories it was the firstx
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and prospero the prime dukex being so reputed
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in dignityx and for the liberal artsx
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without a parallelx those being all my studyx
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the government i cast upon my brotherx
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and to my state grew strangerx being transported
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and rapt in secret studiesx thy false unclex
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dost thou attend mex
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mirandax
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sirx most heedfullyx
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prosperox
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being once perfected how to grant suitsx
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how to deny themx who tx advancex and who
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to trash for overxtoppingx new created
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the creatures that were minex i sayx or changxd xemx
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or else new formxd xemx having both the key
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of officer and officex set all hearts ix thx state
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to what tune pleasxd his earx that now he was
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the ivy which had hid my princely trunkx
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and suckxd my verdure out on xtx thou attendxst notx
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mirandax
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ox good sirx i dox
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prosperox
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i pray theex mark mex
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ix thus neglecting worldly endsx all dedicated
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to closeness and the bettering of my mind
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with that whichx but by being so retirxdx
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oxerxprizxd all popular ratex in my false brother
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awakxd an evil naturex and my trustx
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like a good parentx did beget of him
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a falsehood in its contrary as great
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as my trust wasx which had indeed no limitx
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a confidence sans boundx he being thus lordedx
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not only with what my revenue yieldedx
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but what my power might else exactx like one
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who having into truthx by telling of itx
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made such a sinner of his memoryx
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to credit his own liex he did believe
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he was indeed the dukex out ox the substitutionx
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and executing thx outward face of royaltyx
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with all prerogativex hence his ambition growingx
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dost thou hearx
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mirandax
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your talex sirx would cure deafnessx
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prosperox
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to have no screen between this part he playxd
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and him he playxd it forx he needs will be
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absolute milanx mex poor manx my library
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was dukedom large enoughx of temporal royalties
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he thinks me now incapablex confederatesx
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so dry he was for swayx wix thx king of naples
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to give him annual tributex do him homagex
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subject his coronet to his crownx and bend
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the dukedomx yet unbowxdxalasx poor milanxx
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to most ignoble stoopingx
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mirandax
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o the heavensx
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prosperox
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mark his conditionx and the eventx then tell me
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if this might be a brotherx
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mirandax
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i should sin
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to think but nobly of my grandmotherx
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good wombs have borne bad sonsx
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prosperox
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now the conditionx
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this king of naplesx being an enemy
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to me inveteratex hearkens my brotherxs suitx
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which wasx that hex in lieu ox thx premises
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of homage and i know not how much tributex
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should presently extirpate me and mine
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out of the dukedomx and confer fair milanx
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with all the honours on my brotherx whereonx
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a treacherous army leviedx one midnight
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fated to thx purposex did antonio open
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the gates of milanx andx ix thx dead of darknessx
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the ministers for thx purpose hurried thence
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me and thy crying selfx
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mirandax
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alackx for pityx
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ix not remembxring how i cried out thenx
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will cry it oxer againx it is a hint
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that wrings mine eyes to xtx
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prosperox
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hear a little furtherx
|
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and then ixll bring thee to the present business
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|
which nowxs upon usx without the which this story
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were most impertinentx
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mirandax
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wherefore did they not
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that hour destroy usx
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prosperox
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well demandedx wenchx
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my tale provokes that questionx dearx they durst notx
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so dear the love my people bore mex nor set
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a mark so bloody on the businessx but
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with colours fairer painted their foul endsx
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in fewx they hurried us aboard a barkx
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bore us some leagues to seax where they prepared
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a rotten carcass of a buttx not riggxdx
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nor tacklex sailx nor mastx the very rats
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instinctively have quit itx there they hoist usx
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to cry to thx seax that roarxd to usx to sigh
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to thx windsx whose pityx sighing back againx
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did us but loving wrongx
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mirandax
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alackx what trouble
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was i then to youx
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prosperox
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ox a cherubin
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thou wast that did preserve mex thou didst smilex
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infused with a fortitude from heavenx
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when i have deckxd the sea with drops full saltx
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under my burden groanxdx which raisxd in me
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an undergoing stomachx to bear up
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against what should ensuex
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mirandax
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how came we ashorex
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prosperox
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by providence divinex
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some food we had and some fresh water that
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a noble neapolitanx gonzalox
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out of his charityx who being then appointed
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master of this designx did give usx with
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rich garmentsx linensx stuffsx and necessariesx
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|
which since have steaded muchx sox of his gentlenessx
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|
knowing i lovxd my booksx he furnishxd me
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from mine own library with volumes that
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i prize above my dukedomx
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mirandax
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would i might
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but ever see that manx
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prosperox
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now i arisex
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sit stillx and hear the last of our seaxsorrowx
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here in this island we arrivxdx and here
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have ix thy schoolmasterx made thee more profit
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than other princes canx that have more time
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for vainer hoursx and tutors not so carefulx
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mirandax
|
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heavens thank you for xtx and nowx i pray youx sirx
|
|
for still xtis beating in my mindx your reason
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for raising this seaxstormx
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prosperox
|
|
know thus far forthx
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by accident most strangex bountiful fortunex
|
|
now my dear ladyx hath mine enemies
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brought to this shorex and by my prescience
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i find my zenith doth depend upon
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|
a most auspicious starx whose influence
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|
if now i court not but omitx my fortunes
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will ever after droopx here cease more questionsx
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thou art inclinxd to sleepx xtis a good dulnessx
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and give it wayx i know thou canst not choosex
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xxmiranda sleepsxxx
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come awayx servantx comex i am ready nowx
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approachx my arielx comex
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enter arielx
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arielx
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all hailx great masterx grave sirx hailx i come
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to answer thy best pleasurex bext to flyx
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to swimx to dive into the firex to ride
|
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on the curlxd cloudsx to thy strong bidding task
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ariel and all his qualityx
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prosperox
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hast thoux spiritx
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performxd to point the tempest that i bade theex
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arielx
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to every articlex
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i boarded the kingxs shipx now on the beakx
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now in the waistx the deckx in every cabinx
|
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i flamxd amazementx sometime ixd dividex
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and burn in many placesx on the topmastx
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the yardsx and borespritx would i flame distinctlyx
|
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then meet and joinx jovexs lightningx the precursors
|
|
ox thx dreadful thunderxclapsx more momentary
|
|
and sightxoutrunning were notx the fire and cracks
|
|
of sulphurous roaring the most mighty neptune
|
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seem to besiege and make his bold waves tremblex
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yeax his dread trident shakex
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prosperox
|
|
my brave spiritx
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|
who was so firmx so constantx that this coil
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would not infect his reasonx
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|
|
|
arielx
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|
not a soul
|
|
but felt a fever of the madx and playxd
|
|
some tricks of desperationx all but mariners
|
|
plunged in the foaming brine and quit the vesselx
|
|
then all afire with mex the kingxs sonx ferdinandx
|
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with hair upxstaringxthen like reedsx not hairx
|
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was the first man that leaptx cried xhell is emptyx
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and all the devils are herexx
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prosperox
|
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whyx thatxs my spiritx
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but was not this nigh shorex
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arielx
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close byx my masterx
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prosperox
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|
but are theyx arielx safex
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arielx
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not a hair perishxdx
|
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on their sustaining garments not a blemishx
|
|
but fresher than beforex andx as thou badxst mex
|
|
in troops i have dispersxd them xbout the islex
|
|
the kingxs son have i landed by himselfx
|
|
whom i left cooling of the air with sighs
|
|
in an odd angle of the islex and sittingx
|
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his arms in this sad knotx
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|
|
|
prosperox
|
|
of the kingxs ship
|
|
the marinersx say how thou hast disposxdx
|
|
and all the rest ox thx fleetx
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|
|
arielx
|
|
safely in harbour
|
|
is the kingxs shipx in the deep nookx where once
|
|
thou callxdst me up at midnight to fetch dew
|
|
from the stillxvexxd bermoothesx there shexs hidx
|
|
the mariners all under hatches stowedx
|
|
whox with a charm joinxd to their suffxred labourx
|
|
i have left asleepx and for the rest ox thx fleetx
|
|
which i dispersxdx they all have met againx
|
|
and are upon the mediterranean flote
|
|
bound sadly home for naplesx
|
|
supposing that they saw the kingxs ship wrackxdx
|
|
and his great person perishx
|
|
|
|
prosperox
|
|
arielx thy charge
|
|
exactly is performxdx but therexs more workx
|
|
what is the time ox thx dayx
|
|
|
|
arielx
|
|
past the mid seasonx
|
|
|
|
prosperox
|
|
at least two glassesx the time xtwixt six and now
|
|
must by us both be spent most preciouslyx
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|
|
arielx
|
|
is there more toilx since thou dost give me painsx
|
|
let me remember thee what thou hast promisxdx
|
|
which is not yet performxd mex
|
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|
|
prosperox
|
|
how nowx moodyx
|
|
what isxt thou canst demandx
|
|
|
|
arielx
|
|
my libertyx
|
|
|
|
prosperox
|
|
before the time be outx no morex
|
|
|
|
arielx
|
|
i pritheex
|
|
remember i have done thee worthy servicex
|
|
told thee no liesx made no mistakingsx servxd
|
|
without or grudge or grumblingsx thou didst promise
|
|
to bate me a full yearx
|
|
|
|
prosperox
|
|
dost thou forget
|
|
from what a torment i did free theex
|
|
|
|
arielx
|
|
nox
|
|
|
|
prosperox
|
|
thou dostx and thinkxst it much to tread the ooze
|
|
of the salt deepx
|
|
to run upon the sharp wind of the northx
|
|
to do me business in the veins ox thx earth
|
|
when it is bakxd with frostx
|
|
|
|
arielx
|
|
i do notx sirx
|
|
|
|
prosperox
|
|
thou liestx malignant thingx hast thou forgot
|
|
the foul witch sycoraxx who with age and envy
|
|
was grown into a hoopx hast thou forgot herx
|
|
|
|
arielx
|
|
nox sirx
|
|
|
|
prosperox
|
|
thou hastx where was she bornx speakx tell mex
|
|
|
|
arielx
|
|
sirx in argierx
|
|
|
|
prosperox
|
|
ox was she sox i must
|
|
once in a month recount what thou hast beenx
|
|
which thou forgetxstx this damnxd witch sycoraxx
|
|
for mischiefs manifoldx and sorceries terrible
|
|
to enter human hearingx from argierx
|
|
thou knowxstx was banishxdx for one thing she did
|
|
they would not take her lifex is not this truex
|
|
|
|
arielx
|
|
ayx sirx
|
|
|
|
prosperox
|
|
this bluexeyxd hag was hither brought with childx
|
|
and here was left by thx sailorsx thoux my slavex
|
|
as thou reportxst thyselfx wast then her servantx
|
|
andx for thou wast a spirit too delicate
|
|
to act her earthy and abhorrxd commandsx
|
|
refusing her grand hestsx she did confine theex
|
|
by help of her more potent ministersx
|
|
and in her most unmitigable ragex
|
|
into a cloven pinex within which rift
|
|
imprisonxdx thou didst painfully remain
|
|
a dozen yearsx within which space she diedx
|
|
and left thee therex where thou didst vent thy groans
|
|
as fast as millxwheels strikex then was this islandx
|
|
save for the son that she did litter herex
|
|
a frecklxd whelpx hagxbornxnot honourxd with
|
|
a human shapex
|
|
|
|
arielx
|
|
yesx caliban her sonx
|
|
|
|
prosperox
|
|
dull thingx i say sox hex that calibanx
|
|
whom now i keep in servicex thou best knowxst
|
|
what torment i did find thee inx thy groans
|
|
did make wolves howlx and penetrate the breasts
|
|
of everxangry bearsx it was a torment
|
|
to lay upon the damnxdx which sycorax
|
|
could not again undox it was mine artx
|
|
when i arrivxd and heard theex that made gape
|
|
the pinex and let thee outx
|
|
|
|
arielx
|
|
i thank theex masterx
|
|
|
|
prosperox
|
|
if thou more murmurxstx i will rend an oak
|
|
and peg thee in his knotty entrails till
|
|
thou hast howlxd away twelve wintersx
|
|
|
|
arielx
|
|
pardonx masterx
|
|
i will be correspondent to commandx
|
|
and do my spriting gentlyx
|
|
|
|
prosperox
|
|
do sox and after two days
|
|
i will discharge theex
|
|
|
|
arielx
|
|
thatxs my noble masterx
|
|
what shall i dox say whatx what shall i dox
|
|
|
|
prosperox
|
|
go make thyself like a nymph ox thx seax be subject
|
|
to no sight but thine and minex invisible
|
|
to every eyeball elsex gox take this shapex
|
|
and hither come in xtx gox hence with diligencex
|
|
|
|
xxexit arielxxx
|
|
|
|
awakex dear heartx awakex thou hast slept wellx
|
|
awakex
|
|
|
|
mirandax
|
|
xxwakingxxx the strangeness of your story put
|
|
heaviness in mex
|
|
|
|
prosperox
|
|
shake it offx come onx
|
|
wexll visit caliban my slavex who never
|
|
yields us kind answerx
|
|
|
|
mirandax
|
|
xtis a villainx sirx
|
|
i do not love to look onx
|
|
|
|
prosperox
|
|
but as xtisx
|
|
we cannot miss himx he does make our firex
|
|
fetch in our woodx and serves in offices
|
|
that profit usx what hox slavex calibanx
|
|
thou earthx thoux speakx
|
|
|
|
calibanx
|
|
xxwithinxxx therexs wood enough withinx
|
|
|
|
prosperox
|
|
come forthx i sayx therexs other business for theex
|
|
comex thou tortoisex whenx
|
|
|
|
rexenter ariel like a waterxnymphx
|
|
|
|
fine apparitionx my quaint arielx
|
|
hark in thine earx
|
|
|
|
arielx
|
|
my lordx it shall be donex
|
|
|
|
xxexitxxx
|
|
|
|
prosperox
|
|
thou poisonous slavex got by the devil himself
|
|
upon thy wicked damx come forthx
|
|
|
|
enter calibanx
|
|
|
|
calibanx
|
|
as wicked dew as exer my mother brushxd
|
|
with ravenxs feather from unwholesome fen
|
|
drop on you bothx a southxwest blow on yex
|
|
and blister you all oxerx
|
|
|
|
prosperox
|
|
for thisx be surex tonight thou shalt have crampsx
|
|
sidexstitches that shall pen thy breath upx urchins
|
|
shall forth at vast of night that they may work
|
|
all exercise on theex thou shalt be pinchxd
|
|
as thick as honeycombx each pinch more stinging
|
|
than bees that made themx
|
|
|
|
calibanx
|
|
i must eat my dinnerx
|
|
this islandxs minex by sycorax my motherx
|
|
which thou takxst from mex when thou camxst firstx
|
|
thou strokxst me and made much of mex wouldst give me
|
|
water with berries in xtx and teach me how
|
|
to name the bigger lightx and how the lessx
|
|
that burn by day and nightx and then i lovxd theex
|
|
and showxd thee all the qualities ox thx islex
|
|
the fresh springsx brinexpitsx barren placex and fertilex
|
|
cursxd be i that did sox all the charms
|
|
of sycoraxx toadsx beetlesx batsx light on youx
|
|
for i am all the subjects that you havex
|
|
which first was mine own kingx and here you sty me
|
|
in this hard rockx whiles you do keep from me
|
|
the rest ox thx islandx
|
|
|
|
prosperox
|
|
thou most lying slavex
|
|
whom stripes may movex not kindnessx i have usxd theex
|
|
filth as thou artx with human carex and lodgxd thee
|
|
in mine own cellx till thou didst seek to violate
|
|
the honour of my childx
|
|
|
|
calibanx
|
|
oh hox oh hox would xt had been donex
|
|
thou didst prevent mex i had peopled else
|
|
this isle with calibansx
|
|
|
|
prosperox
|
|
abhorred slavex
|
|
which any print of goodness wilt not takex
|
|
being capable of all illx i pitied theex
|
|
took pains to make thee speakx taught thee each hour
|
|
one thing or otherx when thou didst notx savagex
|
|
know thine own meaningx but wouldst gabble like
|
|
a thing most brutishx i endowxd thy purposes
|
|
with words that made them knownx but thy vile racex
|
|
though thou didst learnx had that in xt which good natures
|
|
could not abide to be withx therefore wast thou
|
|
deservedly confinxd into this rockx
|
|
who hadst deservxd more than a prisonx
|
|
|
|
calibanx
|
|
you taught me languagex and my profit on xt
|
|
isx i know how to cursex the red plague rid youx
|
|
for learning me your languagex
|
|
|
|
prosperox
|
|
hagxseedx hencex
|
|
fetch us in fuelx and be quickx thou xrt bestx
|
|
to answer other businessx shrugxst thoux malicex
|
|
if thou neglectxstx or dost unwillingly
|
|
what i commandx ixll rack thee with old crampsx
|
|
fill all thy bones with achesx make thee roarx
|
|
that beasts shall tremble at thy dinx
|
|
|
|
calibanx
|
|
nox pray theex
|
|
xxasidexxx i must obeyx his art is of such powerx
|
|
it would control my damxs godx setebosx
|
|
and make a vassal of himx
|
|
|
|
prosperox
|
|
sox slavex hencex
|
|
|
|
xxexit calibanxxx
|
|
|
|
rexenter arielx playing and singingx ferdinand followingx
|
|
|
|
arielxs songx
|
|
|
|
|
|
xcome unto these yellow sandsx
|
|
and then take handsx
|
|
curtsied when you havex and kissxd
|
|
the wild waves whistx
|
|
foot it featly here and therex
|
|
and sweet sprites bear
|
|
the burdenx harkx harkxx
|
|
burden dispersedlyx xbowxwowx
|
|
the watch dogs barkxx
|
|
xburden dispersedlyxx xbowxwowx
|
|
harkx harkx i hear
|
|
the strain of strutting chanticleer
|
|
cry cockxaxdiddlexdowxx
|
|
|
|
ferdinandx
|
|
where should this music bex ix thx air or thx earthx
|
|
it sounds no morex and sure it waits upon
|
|
some god ox thx islandx sitting on a bankx
|
|
weeping again the king my fatherxs wrackx
|
|
this music crept by me upon the watersx
|
|
allaying both their fury and my passion
|
|
with its sweet airx thence i have followxd itx
|
|
or it hath drawn me ratherxxbut xtis gonex
|
|
nox it begins againx
|
|
|
|
arielx
|
|
xxsingsxxx
|
|
xfull fathom five thy father liesx
|
|
of his bones are coral madex
|
|
those are pearls that were his eyesx
|
|
nothing of him that doth fade
|
|
but doth suffer a seaxchange
|
|
into something rich and strangex
|
|
seaxnymphs hourly ring his knellxx
|
|
burdenx xdingxdongx
|
|
harkx now i hear themx dingxdongx bellxx
|
|
|
|
ferdinandx
|
|
the ditty does remember my drownxd fatherx
|
|
this is no mortal businessx nor no sound
|
|
that the earth owesxxi hear it now above mex
|
|
|
|
prosperox
|
|
the fringed curtains of thine eye advancex
|
|
and say what thou seest yondx
|
|
|
|
mirandax
|
|
what isxtx a spiritx
|
|
lordx how it looks aboutx believe mex sirx
|
|
it carries a brave formx but xtis a spiritx
|
|
|
|
prosperox
|
|
nox wenchx it eats and sleeps and hath such senses
|
|
as we havex suchx this gallant which thou seest
|
|
was in the wrackx andx but hexs something stainxd
|
|
with griefxxthatxs beautyxs cankerxxthou mightst call him
|
|
a goodly personx he hath lost his fellows
|
|
and strays about to find xemx
|
|
|
|
mirandax
|
|
i might call him
|
|
a thing divinex for nothing natural
|
|
i ever saw so noblex
|
|
|
|
prosperox
|
|
xxasidexxx it goes onx i seex
|
|
as my soul prompts itx spiritx fine spiritx ixll free thee
|
|
within two days for thisx
|
|
|
|
ferdinandx
|
|
most surex the goddess
|
|
on whom these airs attendx vouchsafex my prayer
|
|
may know if you remain upon this islandx
|
|
and that you will some good instruction give
|
|
how i may bear me herex my prime requestx
|
|
which i do last pronouncex isx o you wonderx
|
|
if you be maid or nox
|
|
|
|
mirandax
|
|
no wonderx sirx
|
|
but certainly a maidx
|
|
|
|
ferdinandx
|
|
my languagex heavensx
|
|
i am the best of them that speak this speechx
|
|
were i but where xtis spokenx
|
|
|
|
prosperox
|
|
howx the bestx
|
|
what wert thoux if the king of naples heard theex
|
|
|
|
ferdinandx
|
|
a single thingx as i am nowx that wonders
|
|
to hear thee speak of naplesx he does hear mex
|
|
and that he does i weepx myself am naplesx
|
|
who with mine eyesx never since at ebbx beheld
|
|
the king my father wrackxdx
|
|
|
|
mirandax
|
|
alackx for mercyx
|
|
|
|
ferdinandx
|
|
yesx faithx and all his lordsx the duke of milanx
|
|
and his brave son being twainx
|
|
|
|
prosperox
|
|
xxasidexxx the duke of milan
|
|
and his more braver daughter could control theex
|
|
if now xtwere fit to doxtx at the first sight
|
|
they have changed eyesx delicate arielx
|
|
ixll set thee free for thisx xxto ferdinandxxx a wordx good sirx
|
|
i fear you have done yourself some wrongx a wordx
|
|
|
|
mirandax
|
|
why speaks my father so ungentlyx this
|
|
is the third man that exer i sawx the first
|
|
that exer i sighxd forx pity move my father
|
|
to be inclinxd my wayx
|
|
|
|
ferdinandx
|
|
ox if a virginx
|
|
and your affection not gone forthx ixll make you
|
|
the queen of naplesx
|
|
|
|
prosperox
|
|
softx sirx one word morex
|
|
xxasidexxx they are both in eitherxs powersx but this swift business
|
|
i must uneasy makex lest too light winning
|
|
make the prize lightx xxto ferdinandxxx one word morex i charge thee
|
|
that thou attend mex thou dost here usurp
|
|
the name thou owxst notx and hast put thyself
|
|
upon this island as a spyx to win it
|
|
from mex the lord on xtx
|
|
|
|
ferdinandx
|
|
nox as i am a manx
|
|
|
|
mirandax
|
|
therexs nothing ill can dwell in such a templex
|
|
if the ill spirit have so fair a housex
|
|
good things will strive to dwell with xtx
|
|
|
|
prosperox
|
|
xxto ferdinandxxx follow mexx
|
|
xxto mirandaxxx speak not you for himx hexs a traitorx
|
|
xxto ferdinandxxx comex
|
|
ixll manacle thy neck and feet togetherx
|
|
seaxwater shalt thou drinkx thy food shall be
|
|
the freshxbrook musselsx witherxd rootsx and husks
|
|
wherein the acorn cradledx followx
|
|
|
|
ferdinandx
|
|
nox
|
|
i will resist such entertainment till
|
|
mine enemy has more powerx
|
|
|
|
xxhe drawsx and is charmed from movingxxx
|
|
|
|
mirandax
|
|
o dear fatherx
|
|
make not too rash a trial of himx for
|
|
hexs gentlex and not fearfulx
|
|
|
|
prosperox
|
|
whatx i sayx
|
|
my foot my tutorx put thy sword upx traitorx
|
|
who makxst a showx but darxst not strikex thy conscience
|
|
is so possessxd with guiltx come from thy wardx
|
|
for i can here disarm thee with this stick
|
|
and make thy weapon dropx
|
|
|
|
mirandax
|
|
beseech youx fatherx
|
|
|
|
prosperox
|
|
hencex hang not on my garmentsx
|
|
|
|
mirandax
|
|
sirx have pityx
|
|
ixll be his suretyx
|
|
|
|
prosperox
|
|
silencex one word more
|
|
shall make me chide theex if not hate theex whatx
|
|
an advocate for an impostorx hushx
|
|
thou thinkxst there is no more such shapes as hex
|
|
having seen but him and calibanx foolish wenchx
|
|
to thx most of men this is a calibanx
|
|
and they to him are angelsx
|
|
|
|
mirandax
|
|
my affections
|
|
are then most humblex i have no ambition
|
|
to see a goodlier manx
|
|
|
|
prosperox
|
|
xxto ferdinandxxx come onx obeyx
|
|
thy nerves are in their infancy againx
|
|
and have no vigour in themx
|
|
|
|
ferdinandx
|
|
so they arex
|
|
my spiritsx as in a dreamx are all bound upx
|
|
my fatherxs lossx the weakness which i feelx
|
|
the wrack of all my friendsx nor this manxs threatsx
|
|
to whom i am subduedx are but light to mex
|
|
might i but through my prison once a day
|
|
behold this maidx all corners else ox thx earth
|
|
let liberty make use ofx space enough
|
|
have i in such a prisonx
|
|
|
|
prosperox
|
|
xxasidexxx it worksx xxto ferdinandxxx come onx
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thou hast done wellx fine arielx xxto ferdinandxxx follow mex
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xxto arielxxx hark what thou else shalt do mex
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mirandax
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be of comfortx
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my fatherxs of a better naturex sirx
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than he appears by speechx this is unwonted
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which now came from himx
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prosperox
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thou shalt be as free
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as mountain windsx but then exactly do
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all points of my commandx
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arielx
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to thx syllablex
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prosperox
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xxto ferdinandxxx comex followx speak not for himx
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xxexeuntxxx
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act ii
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scene ix another part of the islandx
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enter alonsox sebastianx antoniox gonzalox adrianx francisco and
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othersx
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gonzalox
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beseech youx sirx be merryx you have causex
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so have we allx of joyx for our escape
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is much beyond our lossx our hint of woe
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is commonx every dayx some sailorxs wifex
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the masters of some merchant and the merchantx
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have just our theme of woex but for the miraclex
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i mean our preservationx few in millions
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can speak like usx then wiselyx good sirx weigh
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our sorrow with our comfortx
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alonsox
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pritheex peacex
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sebastianx
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he receives comfort like cold porridgex
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antoniox
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the visitor will not give him oxer sox
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sebastianx
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lookx hexs winding up the watch of his witx by and by it will strikex
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gonzalox
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sirxx
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sebastianx
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onex tellx
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gonzalox
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when every grief is entertainxd thatxs offerxdx
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comes to the entertainerx
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sebastianx
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a dollarx
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gonzalox
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dolour comes to himx indeedx you have spoken truer than you purposedx
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sebastianx
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you have taken it wiselier than i meant you shouldx
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gonzalox
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thereforex my lordxx
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antoniox
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fiex what a spendthrift is he of his tonguex
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alonsox
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i pritheex sparex
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gonzalox
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wellx i have donex but yetx
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sebastianx
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he will be talkingx
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antoniox
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whichx of he or adrianx for a good wagerx first begins to crowx
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sebastianx
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the old cockx
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antoniox
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the cockerelx
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sebastianx
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donex the wagerx
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antoniox
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a laughterx
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sebastianx
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a matchx
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adrianx
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though this island seem to be desertxx
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antoniox
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hax hax hax
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sebastianx
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sox youxre paidx
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adrianx
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uninhabitablex and almost inaccessiblexx
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sebastianx
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yetx
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adrianx
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yetx
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antoniox
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he could not miss xtx
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adrianx
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it must needs be of subtlex tenderx and delicate temperancex
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antoniox
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temperance was a delicate wenchx
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sebastianx
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ayx and a subtlex as he most learnedly deliveredx
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adrianx
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the air breathes upon us here most sweetlyx
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sebastianx
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as if it had lungsx and rotten onesx
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antoniox
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orx as xtwere perfumxd by a fenx
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gonzalox
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here is everything advantageous to lifex
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antoniox
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truex save means to livex
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sebastianx
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of that therexs nonex or littlex
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gonzalox
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how lush and lusty the grass looksx how greenx
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antoniox
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the ground indeed is tawnyx
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sebastianx
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with an eye of green inxtx
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antoniox
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he misses not muchx
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sebastianx
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nox he doth but mistake the truth totallyx
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gonzalox
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but the rarity of it isxxwhich is indeed almost beyond creditxx
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sebastianx
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as many vouchxd rarities arex
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gonzalox
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that our garmentsx beingx as they werex drenched in the seax hold
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notwithstanding their freshness and glossesx being rather newxdyed than
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stained with salt waterx
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antoniox
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if but one of his pockets could speakx would it not say he liesx
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sebastianx
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ayx or very falsely pocket up his reportx
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gonzalox
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methinks our garments are now as fresh as when we put them on first in
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africx at the marriage of the kingxs fair daughter claribel to the king
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of tunisx
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sebastianx
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xtwas a sweet marriagex and we prosper well in our returnx
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adrianx
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tunis was never graced before with such a paragon to their queenx
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gonzalox
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not since widow didoxs timex
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antoniox
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widowx a pox ox thatx how came that widow inx widow didox
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sebastianx
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what if he had saidx widower aeneas toox
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good lordx how you take itx
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adrianx
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widow dido said youx you make me study of thatx she was of carthagex
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not of tunisx
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gonzalox
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this tunisx sirx was carthagex
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adrianx
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carthagex
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gonzalox
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i assure youx carthagex
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antoniox
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his word is more than the miraculous harpx
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sebastianx
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he hath raisxd the wallx and houses toox
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antoniox
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what impossible matter will he make easy nextx
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sebastianx
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i think he will carry this island home in his pocketx and give it his
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son for an applex
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antoniox
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andx sowing the kernels of it in the seax bring forth more islandsx
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alonsox
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ayx
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antoniox
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whyx in good timex
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gonzalox
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xxto alonsoxxx sirx we were talking that our garments seem now as fresh
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as when we were at tunis at the marriage of your daughterx who is now
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queenx
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antoniox
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and the rarest that exer came therex
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sebastianx
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batex i beseech youx widow didox
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antoniox
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ox widow didox ayx widow didox
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gonzalox
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is notx sirx my doublet as fresh as the first day i wore itx i meanx in
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a sortx
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antoniox
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that sort was well fishxd forx
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gonzalox
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when i wore it at your daughterxs marriagex
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alonsox
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you cram these words into mine ears against
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the stomach of my sensex would i had never
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married my daughter therex forx coming thencex
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my son is lostx andx in my ratex she toox
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who is so far from italy removedx
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i nexer again shall see herx o thou mine heir
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of naples and of milanx what strange fish
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hath made his meal on theex
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franciscox
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sirx he may livex
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i saw him beat the surges under himx
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and ride upon their backsx he trod the waterx
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whose enmity he flung asidex and breasted
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the surge most swoln that met himx his bold head
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xbove the contentious waves he keptx and oared
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himself with his good arms in lusty stroke
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to thx shorex that oxer his wavexworn basis bowedx
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as stooping to relieve himx i not doubt
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he came alive to landx
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alonsox
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nox nox hexs gonex
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sebastianx
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sirx you may thank yourself for this great lossx
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that would not bless our europe with your daughterx
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but rather lose her to an africanx
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where shex at leastx is banishxd from your eyex
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who hath cause to wet the grief on xtx
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alonsox
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pritheex peacex
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sebastianx
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you were kneelxd tox and importunxd otherwise
|
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by all of usx and the fair soul herself
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weighxd between loathness and obedience at
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which end ox thx beam should bowx we have lost your sonx
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i fearx for everx milan and naples have
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more widows in them of this businessx makingx
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than we bring men to comfort themx
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the faultxs your ownx
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alonsox
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so is the dearxst ox thx lossx
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gonzalox
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my lord sebastianx
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the truth you speak doth lack some gentleness
|
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and time to speak it inx you rub the sorex
|
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when you should bring the plasterx
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sebastianx
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very wellx
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antoniox
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and most chirurgeonlyx
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gonzalox
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it is foul weather in us allx good sirx
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when you are cloudyx
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sebastianx
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foul weatherx
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antoniox
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very foulx
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gonzalox
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had i plantation of this islex my lordxx
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antoniox
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hexd sow xt with nettlexseedx
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sebastianx
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or docksx or mallowsx
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gonzalox
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and were the king onxtx what would i dox
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sebastianx
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xscape being drunk for want of winex
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gonzalox
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ix thx commonwealth i would by contraries
|
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execute all thingsx for no kind of traffic
|
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would i admitx no name of magistratex
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letters should not be knownx richesx povertyx
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and use of servicex nonex contractx successionx
|
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bournx bound of landx tilthx vineyardx nonex
|
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no use of metalx cornx or winex or oilx
|
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no occupationx all men idlex allx
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and women toox but innocent and purex
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no sovereigntyxx
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sebastianx
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yet he would be king onxtx
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antoniox
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the latter end of his commonwealth forgets the beginningx
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gonzalox
|
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all things in common nature should produce
|
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without sweat or endeavourx treasonx felonyx
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swordx pikex knifex gunx or need of any enginex
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would i not havex but nature should bring forthx
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of it own kindx all foisonx all abundancex
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to feed my innocent peoplex
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sebastianx
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no marrying xmong his subjectsx
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antoniox
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nonex manx all idlex whores and knavesx
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gonzalox
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i would with such perfection governx sirx
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tx excel the golden agex
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sebastianx
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save his majestyx
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antoniox
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long live gonzalox
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gonzalox
|
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andxxdo you mark mex sirx
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alonsox
|
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pritheex no morex thou dost talk nothing to mex
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gonzalox
|
|
i do well believe your highnessx and did it to minister occasion to
|
|
these gentlemenx who are of such sensible and nimble lungs that they
|
|
always use to laugh at nothingx
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antoniox
|
|
xtwas you we laughed atx
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gonzalox
|
|
who in this kind of merry fooling am nothing to youx so you may
|
|
continuex and laugh at nothing stillx
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antoniox
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|
what a blow was there givenx
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sebastianx
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an it had not fallen flatxlongx
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gonzalox
|
|
you are gentlemen of brave mettlex you would lift the moon out of her
|
|
spherex if she would continue in it five weeks without changingx
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enter arielx invisiblex playing solemn musicx
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sebastianx
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we would sox and then go axbatxfowlingx
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antoniox
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nayx good my lordx be not angryx
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gonzalox
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nox i warrant youx i will not adventure my discretion so weaklyx will
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you laugh me asleepx for i am very heavyx
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antoniox
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go sleepx and hear usx
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xxall sleep but alonsox sebastian and antonioxxx
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alonsox
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whatx all so soon asleepx i wish mine eyes
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wouldx with themselvesx shut up my thoughtsx i find
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they are inclinxd to do sox
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sebastianx
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please youx sirx
|
|
do not omit the heavy offer of itx
|
|
it seldom visits sorrowx when it dothx
|
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it is a comforterx
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antoniox
|
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we twox my lordx
|
|
will guard your person while you take your restx
|
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and watch your safetyx
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alonsox
|
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thank youx wondrous heavyx
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|
xxalonso sleepsx exit arielxxx
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sebastianx
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what a strange drowsiness possesses themx
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antoniox
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it is the quality ox thx climatex
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sebastianx
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why
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doth it not then our eyelids sinkx i find not
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myself disposxd to sleepx
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antoniox
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nor ix my spirits are nimblex
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they fell together allx as by consentx
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they droppxdx as by a thunderxstrokex what mightx
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worthy sebastianx ox what mightxxno morex
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and yet methinks i see it in thy facex
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what thou shouldst bex thx occasion speaks theex and
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|
my strong imagination sees a crown
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dropping upon thy headx
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sebastianx
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whatx art thou wakingx
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antoniox
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do you not hear me speakx
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sebastianx
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i dox and surely
|
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it is a sleepy languagex and thou speakxst
|
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out of thy sleepx what is it thou didst sayx
|
|
this is a strange reposex to be asleep
|
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with eyes wide openx standingx speakingx movingx
|
|
and yet so fast asleepx
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antoniox
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noble sebastianx
|
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thou letxst thy fortune sleepxdie ratherx winkxst
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whiles thou art wakingx
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sebastianx
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thou dost snore distinctlyx
|
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therexs meaning in thy snoresx
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antoniox
|
|
i am more serious than my customx you
|
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must be so toox if heed mex which to do
|
|
trebles thee oxerx
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sebastianx
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wellx i am standing waterx
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antoniox
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ixll teach you how to flowx
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sebastianx
|
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do sox to ebbx
|
|
hereditary sloth instructs mex
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antoniox
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ox
|
|
if you but knew how you the purpose cherish
|
|
whiles thus you mock itx howx in stripping itx
|
|
you more invest itx ebbing men indeedx
|
|
most oftenx do so near the bottom run
|
|
by their own fear or slothx
|
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|
|
sebastianx
|
|
pritheex say onx
|
|
the setting of thine eye and cheek proclaim
|
|
a matter from theex and a birthx indeed
|
|
which throes thee much to yieldx
|
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|
antoniox
|
|
thusx sirx
|
|
although this lord of weak remembrancex this
|
|
who shall be of as little memory
|
|
when he is earthxdx hath here almost persuadedxx
|
|
for hexs a spirit of persuasionx only
|
|
professes to persuadexxthe king his sonxs alivex
|
|
xtis as impossible that hexs undrownxd
|
|
as he that sleeps here swimsx
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sebastianx
|
|
i have no hope
|
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that hexs undrownxdx
|
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antoniox
|
|
ox out of that xno hopex
|
|
what great hope have youx no hope that way is
|
|
another way so high a hopex that even
|
|
ambition cannot pierce a wink beyondx
|
|
but doubts discovery therex will you grant with me
|
|
that ferdinand is drownxdx
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sebastianx
|
|
hexs gonex
|
|
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|
antoniox
|
|
then tell mex
|
|
whoxs the next heir of naplesx
|
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sebastianx
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claribelx
|
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|
|
antoniox
|
|
she that is queen of tunisx she that dwells
|
|
ten leagues beyond manxs lifex she that from naples
|
|
can have no notex unless the sun were postx
|
|
the man ix thx moonxs too slowxtill newborn chins
|
|
be rough and razorablex she that from whom
|
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we all were seaxswallowxdx though some cast againx
|
|
and by that destinyx to perform an act
|
|
whereof whatxs past is prologuex what to come
|
|
in yours and my dischargex
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sebastianx
|
|
what stuff is thisx how say youx
|
|
xtis truex my brotherxs daughterxs queen of tunisx
|
|
so is she heir of naplesx xtwixt which regions
|
|
there is some spacex
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|
antoniox
|
|
a space whose evxry cubit
|
|
seems to cry out xhow shall that claribel
|
|
measure us back to naplesx keep in tunisx
|
|
and let sebastian wakexx say this were death
|
|
that now hath seizxd themx whyx they were no worse
|
|
than now they arex there be that can rule naples
|
|
as well as he that sleepsx lords that can prate
|
|
as amply and unnecessarily
|
|
as this gonzalox i myself could make
|
|
a chough of as deep chatx ox that you bore
|
|
the mind that i dox what a sleep were this
|
|
for your advancementx do you understand mex
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sebastianx
|
|
methinks i dox
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antoniox
|
|
and how does your content
|
|
tender your own good fortunex
|
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|
sebastianx
|
|
i remember
|
|
you did supplant your brother prosperox
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|
antoniox
|
|
truex
|
|
and look how well my garments sit upon mex
|
|
much feater than beforex my brotherxs servants
|
|
were then my fellowsx now they are my menx
|
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sebastianx
|
|
butx for your consciencex
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antoniox
|
|
ayx sirx where lies thatx if xtwere a kibex
|
|
xtwould put me to my slipperx but i feel not
|
|
this deity in my bosomx twenty consciences
|
|
that stand xtwixt me and milanx candied be they
|
|
and melt ere they molestx here lies your brotherx
|
|
no better than the earth he lies uponx
|
|
if he were that which now hexs likex thatxs deadx
|
|
whom ix with this obedient steelx three inches of itx
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can lay to bed for everx whiles youx doing thusx
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to the perpetual wink for aye might put
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this ancient morselx this sir prudencex who
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should not upbraid our coursex for all the restx
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theyxll take suggestion as a cat laps milkx
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theyxll tell the clock to any business that
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we say befits the hourx
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sebastianx
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thy casex dear friendx
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shall be my precedentx as thou gotxst milanx
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ixll come by naplesx draw thy swordx one stroke
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shall free thee from the tribute which thou payestx
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and i the king shall love theex
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antoniox
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draw togetherx
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and when i rear my handx do you the likex
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to fall it on gonzalox
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sebastianx
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ox but one wordx
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xxthey converse apartxxx
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musicx rexenter arielx invisiblex
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arielx
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my master through his art foresees the danger
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that youx his friendx are inx and sends me forthx
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for else his project diesxto keep them livingx
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xxsings in gonzaloxs earxxx
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xwhile you here do snoring liex
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openxeyxd conspiracy
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his time doth takex
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if of life you keep a carex
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shake off slumberx and bewarex
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awakex awakexx
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antoniox
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then let us both be suddenx
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gonzalox
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nowx good angels
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preserve the kingx
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xxthey wakexxx
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alonsox
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whyx how nowx hox awakex why are you drawnx
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wherefore this ghastly lookingx
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gonzalox
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whatxs the matterx
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sebastianx
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whiles we stood here securing your reposex
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even nowx we heard a hollow burst of bellowing
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like bullsx or rather lionsx did xt not wake youx
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it struck mine ear most terriblyx
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alonsox
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i heard nothingx
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antoniox
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ox xtwas a din to fright a monsterxs earx
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to make an earthquakex surex it was the roar
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of a whole herd of lionsx
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alonsox
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heard you thisx gonzalox
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gonzalox
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upon mine honourx sirx i heard a hummingx
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and that a strange one toox which did awake mex
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i shakxd youx sirx and criedx as mine eyes openxdx
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i saw their weapons drawnxxthere was a noisex
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thatxs verilyx xtis best we stand upon our guardx
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or that we quit this placex letxs draw our weaponsx
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alonsox
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lead off this groundx and letxs make further search
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for my poor sonx
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gonzalox
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heavens keep him from these beastsx
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for he isx surex ix thx islandx
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alonsox
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lead awayx
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xxexit with the othersxxx
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arielx
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prospero my lord shall know what i have donex
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sox kingx go safely on to seek thy sonx
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xxexitxxx
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scene iix another part of the islandx
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enter caliban with a burden of woodx a noise of thunder heardx
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calibanx
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all the infections that the sun sucks up
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from bogsx fensx flatsx on prosper fallx and make him
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by inchxmeal a diseasex his spirits hear mex
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and yet i needs must cursex but theyxll nor pinchx
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fright me with urchinxshowsx pitch me ix the mirex
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nor lead mex like a firebrandx in the dark
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out of my wayx unless he bid xemx but
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for every trifle are they set upon mex
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sometime like apes that mow and chatter at mex
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and after bite mex then like hedgehogs which
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lie tumbling in my barefoot wayx and mount
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their pricks at my footfallx sometime am i
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all wound with addersx who with cloven tongues
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do hiss me into madnessx
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enter trinculox
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lox nowx lox
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here comes a spirit of hisx and to torment me
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for bringing wood in slowlyx ixll fall flatx
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perchance he will not mind mex
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trinculox
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herexs neither bush nor shrub to bear off any weather at allx and
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another storm brewingx i hear it sing ix thx windx yond same black
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cloudx yond huge onex looks like a foul bombard that would shed his
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liquorx if it should thunder as it did beforex i know not where to hide
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my headx yond same cloud cannot choose but fall by pailfulsx what have
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we herex a man or a fishx dead or alivex a fishx he smells like a fishx
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a very ancient and fishxlike smellx a kind of not of the newest
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poorxjohnx a strange fishx were i in england nowx as once i wasx and
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had but this fish paintedx not a holiday fool there but would give a
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piece of silverx there would this monster make a manx any strange beast
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there makes a manx when they will not give a doit to relieve a lame
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beggarx they will lay out ten to see a dead indianx leggxd like a manx
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and his fins like armsx warmx ox my trothx i do now let loose my
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opinionx hold it no longerx this is no fishx but an islanderx that hath
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lately suffered by thunderboltx xxthunderxxx alasx the storm is come
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againx my best way is to creep under his gaberdinex there is no other
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shelter hereaboutx misery acquaints a man with strange bedxfellowsx i
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will here shroud till the dregs of the storm be pastx
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enter stephano singingx a bottle in his handx
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stephanox
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xi shall no more to seax to seax
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here shall i die ashorexx
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this is a very scurvy tune to sing at a manxs funeralx
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wellx herexs my comfortx
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xxdrinksxxx
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xthe masterx the swabberx the boatswainx and ix
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the gunnerx and his matex
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lovxd mallx megx and marianx and margeryx
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but none of us carxd for katex
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for she had a tongue with a tangx
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would cry to a sailor xgo hangxx
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she lovxd not the savour of tar nor of pitchx
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yet a tailor might scratch her wherexer she did itchx
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then to seax boysx and let her go hangxx
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this is a scurvy tune toox but herexs my comfortx
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xxdrinksxxx
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calibanx
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do not torment mex ox
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stephanox
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whatxs the matterx have we devils herex do you put tricks upon xs with
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savages and men of indx hax i have not scapxd drowningx to be afeard
|
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now of your four legsx for it hath been saidx as proper a man as ever
|
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went on four legs cannot make him give groundx and it shall be said so
|
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againx while stephano breathes atx nostrilsx
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calibanx
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the spirit torments mex ox
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stephanox
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this is some monster of the isle with four legsx who hath gotx as i
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take itx an aguex where the devil should he learn our languagex i will
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give him some reliefx if it be but for thatx if i can recover him and
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keep him tamex and get to naples with himx hexs a present for any
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emperor that ever trod on neatxsxleatherx
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calibanx
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do not torment mex pritheex ixll bring my wood home fasterx
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stephanox
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hexs in his fit nowx and does not talk after the wisestx he shall taste
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of my bottlex if he have never drunk wine aforex it will go near to
|
|
remove his fitx if i can recover himx and keep him tamex i will not
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take too much for himx he shall pay for him that hath himx and that
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soundlyx
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calibanx
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thou dost me yet but little hurtx thou wilt anonx
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i know it by thy tremblingx now prosper works upon theex
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stephanox
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come on your waysx open your mouthx here is that which will give
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language to youx catx open your mouthx this will shake your shakingx i
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|
can tell youx and that soundlyx xxgives caliban a drinkxx you cannot
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|
tell whoxs your friendx open your chaps againx
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trinculox
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i should know that voicex it should bexbut he is drownedx and these are
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|
devilsx ox defend mex
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stephanox
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|
four legs and two voicesx a most delicate monsterx his forward voice
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|
now is to speak well of his friendx his backward voice is to utter foul
|
|
speeches and to detractx if all the wine in my bottle will recover himx
|
|
i will help his aguex comex amenx i will pour some in thy other mouthx
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trinculox
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stephanox
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stephanox
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doth thy other mouth call mex mercyx mercyx
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this is a devilx and no monsterx i will leave himx i
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have no long spoonx
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trinculox
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stephanox if thou beest stephanox touch mex and speak to mex for i am
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trinculoxbe not afearedxthy good friend trinculox
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stephanox
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if thou beest trinculox come forthx ixll pull thee by the lesser legsx
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|
if any be trinculoxs legsx these are theyx thou art very trinculo
|
|
indeedx how camxst thou to be the siege of this moonxcalfx can he vent
|
|
trinculosx
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trinculox
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|
i took him to be killxd with a thunderstrokex but art thou not drownxdx
|
|
stephanox i hope now thou are not drownxdx is the storm overblownx i
|
|
hid me under the dead moonxcalfxs gaberdine for fear of the stormx and
|
|
art thou livingx stephanox o stephanox two neapolitans scapxdx
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stephanox
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|
pritheex do not turn me aboutx my stomach is not constantx
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calibanx
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xxasidexxx these be fine thingsx an if they be not spritesx
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|
thatxs a brave godx and bears celestial liquorx
|
|
i will kneel to himx
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|
stephanox
|
|
how didst thou scapex how camxst thou hitherx swear by this bottle how
|
|
thou camxst hitherxi escaped upon a butt of sackx which the sailors
|
|
heaved oxerboardx by this bottlex which i made of the bark of a tree
|
|
with mine own handsx since i was cast ashorex
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|
calibanx
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|
ixll swear upon that bottle to be thy true subjectx for the liquor is
|
|
not earthlyx
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|
stephanox
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|
herex swear then how thou escapedstx
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|
trinculox
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|
swum ashorex manx like a duckx i can swim like a duckx ixll be swornx
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|
stephanox
|
|
herex kiss the bookx though thou canst swim like a duckx thou art made
|
|
like a goosex
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|
trinculox
|
|
o stephanox hast any more of thisx
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|
|
stephanox
|
|
the whole buttx manx my cellar is in a rock by thx seasidex where my
|
|
wine is hidx how nowx moonxcalfx how does thine aguex
|
|
|
|
calibanx
|
|
hast thou not dropped from heavenx
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|
stephanox
|
|
out ox the moonx i do assure theex i was the man in the moonx when time
|
|
wasx
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|
calibanx
|
|
i have seen thee in herx and i do adore theex my mistress showed me
|
|
theex and thy dogx and thy bushx
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|
|
|
stephanox
|
|
comex swear to thatx kiss the bookx i will furnish it anon with new
|
|
contentsx swearx
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|
|
|
trinculox
|
|
by this good lightx this is a very shallow monsterx i afeard of himx a
|
|
very weak monsterx the man ix the moonx a most poor credulous monsterx
|
|
well drawnx monsterx in good soothx
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|
|
|
calibanx
|
|
ixll show thee every fertile inch ox the islandx and i will kiss thy
|
|
footx i pritheex be my godx
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|
|
|
trinculox
|
|
by this lightx a most perfidious and drunken monsterx when xs godxs
|
|
asleepx hexll rob his bottlex
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|
|
|
calibanx
|
|
ixll kiss thy footx ixll swear myself thy subjectx
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|
|
|
stephanox
|
|
come onx thenx downx and swearx
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|
|
|
trinculox
|
|
i shall laugh myself to death at this puppyxheaded monsterx a most
|
|
scurvy monsterx i could find in my heart to beat himxx
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|
|
stephanox
|
|
comex kissx
|
|
|
|
trinculox
|
|
but that the poor monsterxs in drinkx an abominable monsterx
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|
calibanx
|
|
ixll show thee the best springsx ixll pluck thee berriesx
|
|
ixll fish for theex and get thee wood enoughx
|
|
a plague upon the tyrant that i servex
|
|
ixll bear him no more sticksx but follow theex
|
|
thou wondrous manx
|
|
|
|
trinculox
|
|
a most ridiculous monsterx to make a wonder of a poor drunkardx
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|
|
|
calibanx
|
|
i pritheex let me bring thee where crabs growx
|
|
and i with my long nails will dig thee pigxnutsx
|
|
show thee a jayxs nestx and instruct thee how
|
|
to snare the nimble marmosetx ixll bring thee
|
|
to clustering filbertsx and sometimes ixll get thee
|
|
young scamels from the rockx wilt thou go with mex
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|
|
|
stephanox
|
|
i prithee nowx lead the way without any more talkingx trinculox the
|
|
king and all our company else being drownedx we will inherit herex
|
|
herex bear my bottlex fellow trinculox wexll fill him by and by againx
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|
|
calibanx
|
|
xxsings drunkenlyxxx xfarewellx masterx farewellx farewellxx
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|
|
trinculox
|
|
a howling monsterx a drunken monsterx
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|
|
calibanx
|
|
xno more dams ixll make for fishx
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|
nor fetch in firing
|
|
at requiringx
|
|
nor scrape trencheringx nor wash dishx
|
|
xban xbanx cacalibanx
|
|
has a new masterxget a new manxx
|
|
freedomx highxdayx highxdayx freedomx freedomx
|
|
highxdayx freedomx
|
|
|
|
stephanox
|
|
o brave monsterx lead the wayx
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|
xxexeuntxxx
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|
act iii
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|
scene ix before prosperoxs cellx
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|
|
enter ferdinand bearing a logx
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|
ferdinandx
|
|
there be some sports are painfulx and their labour
|
|
delight in them sets offx some kinds of baseness
|
|
are nobly undergonex and most poor matters
|
|
point to rich endsx this my mean task
|
|
would be as heavy to me as odiousx but
|
|
the mistress which i serve quickens whatxs deadx
|
|
and makes my labours pleasuresx ox she is
|
|
ten times more gentle than her fatherxs crabbedx
|
|
and hexs composxd of harshnessx i must remove
|
|
some thousands of these logsx and pile them upx
|
|
upon a sore injunctionx my sweet mistress
|
|
weeps when she sees me workx and says such baseness
|
|
had never like executorx i forgetx
|
|
but these sweet thoughts do even refresh my laboursx
|
|
most busyx least when i do itx
|
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|
|
enter miranda and prospero behindx
|
|
|
|
mirandax
|
|
alas nowx pray youx
|
|
work not so hardx i would the lightning had
|
|
burnt up those logs that you are enjoinxd to pilex
|
|
prayx set it down and rest youx when this burnsx
|
|
xtwill weep for having wearied youx my father
|
|
is hard at studyx prayx nowx rest yourselfx
|
|
hexs safe for these three hoursx
|
|
|
|
ferdinandx
|
|
o most dear mistressx
|
|
the sun will setx before i shall discharge
|
|
what i must strive to dox
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|
|
mirandax
|
|
if youxll sit downx
|
|
ixll bear your logs the whilex pray give me thatx
|
|
ixll carry it to the pilex
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|
|
ferdinandx
|
|
nox precious creaturex
|
|
i had rather crack my sinewsx break my backx
|
|
than you should such dishonour undergox
|
|
while i sit lazy byx
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|
|
|
mirandax
|
|
it would become me
|
|
as well as it does youx and i should do it
|
|
with much more easex for my good will is to itx
|
|
and yours it is againstx
|
|
|
|
prosperox
|
|
xxasidexxx poor wormx thou art infectedx
|
|
this visitation shows itx
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|
|
mirandax
|
|
you look wearilyx
|
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|
ferdinandx
|
|
nox noble mistressx xtis fresh morning with me
|
|
when you are by at nightx i do beseech youx
|
|
chiefly that i might set it in my prayersx
|
|
what is your namex
|
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|
|
mirandax
|
|
mirandaxo my fatherx
|
|
i have broke your hest to say sox
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|
ferdinandx
|
|
admirxd mirandax
|
|
indeedx the top of admirationx worth
|
|
whatxs dearest to the worldx full many a lady
|
|
i have eyxd with best regardx and many a time
|
|
thx harmony of their tongues hath into bondage
|
|
brought my too diligent earx for several virtues
|
|
have i likxd several womenx never any
|
|
with so full soul but some defect in her
|
|
did quarrel with the noblest grace she owxdx
|
|
and put it to the foilx but youx o youx
|
|
so perfect and so peerlessx are created
|
|
of every creaturexs bestx
|
|
|
|
mirandax
|
|
i do not know
|
|
one of my sexx no womanxs face rememberx
|
|
savex from my glassx mine ownx nor have i seen
|
|
more that i may call men than youx good friendx
|
|
and my dear fatherx how features are abroadx
|
|
i am skilless ofx butx by my modestyx
|
|
the jewel in my dowerx i would not wish
|
|
any companion in the world but youx
|
|
nor can imagination form a shapex
|
|
besides yourselfx to like ofx but i prattle
|
|
something too wildlyx and my fatherxs precepts
|
|
i therein do forgetx
|
|
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|
ferdinandx
|
|
i amx in my conditionx
|
|
a princex mirandax i do thinkx a kingx
|
|
i would not soxxand would no more endure
|
|
this wooden slavery than to suffer
|
|
the fleshxfly blow my mouthx hear my soul speakx
|
|
the very instant that i saw youx did
|
|
my heart fly to your servicex there residesx
|
|
to make me slave to itx and for your sake
|
|
am i this patient logxmanx
|
|
|
|
mirandax
|
|
do you love mex
|
|
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|
ferdinandx
|
|
o heavenx o earthx bear witness to this soundx
|
|
and crown what i profess with kind eventx
|
|
if i speak truex if hollowlyx invert
|
|
what best is boded me to mischiefx ix
|
|
beyond all limit of what else ix the worldx
|
|
do lovex prizex honour youx
|
|
|
|
mirandax
|
|
i am a fool
|
|
to weep at what i am glad ofx
|
|
|
|
prosperox
|
|
xxasidexxx fair encounter
|
|
of two most rare affectionsx heavens rain grace
|
|
on that which breeds between xemx
|
|
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|
ferdinandx
|
|
wherefore weep youx
|
|
|
|
mirandax
|
|
at mine unworthinessx that dare not offer
|
|
what i desire to givex and much less take
|
|
what i shall die to wantx but this is triflingx
|
|
and all the more it seeks to hide itselfx
|
|
the bigger bulk it showsx hencex bashful cunningx
|
|
and prompt mex plain and holy innocencex
|
|
i am your wife if you will marry mex
|
|
if notx ixll die your maidx to be your fellow
|
|
you may deny mex but ixll be your servantx
|
|
whether you will or nox
|
|
|
|
ferdinandx
|
|
my mistressx dearestx
|
|
and i thus humble everx
|
|
|
|
mirandax
|
|
my husbandx thenx
|
|
|
|
ferdinandx
|
|
ayx with a heart as willing
|
|
as bondage exer of freedomx herexs my handx
|
|
|
|
mirandax
|
|
and minex with my heart in xtx and now farewell
|
|
till half an hour hencex
|
|
|
|
ferdinandx
|
|
a thousand thousandx
|
|
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xxexeunt ferdinand and miranda severallyxxx
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prosperox
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so glad of this as theyx i cannot bex
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who are surprisxd withalx but my rejoicing
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at nothing can be morex ixll to my bookx
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for yetx ere supper timex must i perform
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much business appertainingx
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xxexitxxx
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scene iix another part of the islandx
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enter caliban with a bottlex stephano and trinculox
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stephanox
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tell not mexxwhen the butt is out we will drink waterx not a drop
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beforex therefore bear upx and board xemx servantxmonsterx drink to mex
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trinculox
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servantxmonsterx the folly of this islandx they say therexs but five
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upon this islex we are three of themx if thx other two be brained like
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usx the state tottersx
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stephanox
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drinkx servantxmonsterx when i bid theex thy eyes are almost set in thy
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headx
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trinculox
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where should they be set elsex he were a brave monster indeedx if they
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were set in his tailx
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stephanox
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my manxmonster hath drownxd his tongue in sackx for my partx the sea
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cannot drown mex i swamx ere i could recover the shorex fivexandxthirty
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leaguesx off and onx by this lightx thou shalt be my lieutenantx
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monsterx or my standardx
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trinculox
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your lieutenantx if you listx hexs no standardx
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stephanox
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wexll not runx monsieur monsterx
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trinculox
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nor go neitherx but youxll lie like dogsx and yet say nothing neitherx
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stephanox
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moonxcalfx speak once in thy lifex if thou beest a good moonxcalfx
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calibanx
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how does thy honourx let me lick thy shoex ixll not serve himx he is
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not valiantx
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trinculox
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thou liestx most ignorant monsterx i am in case to justle a constablex
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whyx thou deboshed fish thoux was there ever man a coward that hath
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drunk so much sack as i todayx wilt thou tell a monstrous liex being
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but half a fish and half a monsterx
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calibanx
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lox how he mocks mex wilt thou let himx my lordx
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trinculox
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xlordx quoth hex that a monster should be such a naturalx
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calibanx
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lox lo againx bite him to deathx i pritheex
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stephanox
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trinculox keep a good tongue in your headx if you prove a mutineerx the
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next treex the poor monsterxs my subjectx and he shall not suffer
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indignityx
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calibanx
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i thank my noble lordx wilt thou be pleasxd to hearken once again to
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the suit i made to theex
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stephanox
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marryx will ix kneel and repeat itx i will standx and so shall
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trinculox
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enter arielx invisiblex
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calibanx
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as i told thee beforex i am subject to a tyrantx a sorcererx that by
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his cunning hath cheated me of the islandx
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arielx
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thou liestx
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calibanx
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thou liestx thou jesting monkeyx thoux
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i would my valiant master would destroy theex
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i do not liex
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stephanox
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trinculox if you trouble him any more in his talex by this handx i will
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supplant some of your teethx
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trinculox
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whyx i said nothingx
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stephanox
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mumx thenx and no morex proceedx
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calibanx
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i sayx by sorcery he got this islex
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from me he got itx if thy greatness willx
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revenge it on himxxfor i know thou darxstx
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but this thing dare notxx
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stephanox
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thatxs most certainx
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calibanx
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thou shalt be lord of it and ixll serve theex
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stephanox
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how now shall this be compassedx canst thou bring me to the partyx
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calibanx
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yeax yeax my lordx ixll yield him thee asleepx
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where thou mayst knock a nail into his headx
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arielx
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thou liestx thou canst notx
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calibanx
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what a pied ninnyxs thisx thou scurvy patchx
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i do beseech thy greatnessx give him blowsx
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and take his bottle from himx when thatxs gone
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he shall drink nought but brinex for ixll not show him
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where the quick freshes arex
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stephanox
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trinculox run into no further dangerx interrupt the monster one word
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furtherx and by this handx ixll turn my mercy out ox doorsx and make a
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stockxfish of theex
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trinculox
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whyx what did ix i did nothingx ixll go farther offx
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stephanox
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didst thou not say he liedx
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arielx
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thou liestx
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stephanox
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do i sox take thou thatx
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xxstrikes trinculoxxx
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as you like thisx give me the lie another timex
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trinculox
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i did not give the liex out ox your wits and hearing toox a pox ox your
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bottlex this can sack and drinking dox a murrain on your monsterx and
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the devil take your fingersx
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calibanx
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hax hax hax
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stephanox
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nowx forward with your talexxprithee stand further offx
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calibanx
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beat him enoughx after a little timex
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ixll beat him toox
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stephanox
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stand fartherxxcomex proceedx
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calibanx
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whyx as i told theex xtis a custom with him
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ix thx afternoon to sleepx there thou mayst brain himx
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having first seizxd his booksx or with a log
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batter his skullx or paunch him with a stakex
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or cut his wezand with thy knifex remember
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first to possess his booksx for without them
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hexs but a sotx as i amx nor hath not
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one spirit to commandx they all do hate him
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as rootedly as ix burn but his booksx
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he has brave utensilsxxfor so he calls themxx
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whichx when he has a housex hexll deck withalx
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and that most deeply to consider is
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the beauty of his daughterx he himself
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calls her a nonpareilx i never saw a woman
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but only sycorax my dam and shex
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but she as far surpasseth sycorax
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as greatxst does leastx
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stephanox
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is it so brave a lassx
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calibanx
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ayx lordx she will become thy bedx i warrantx
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and bring thee forth brave broodx
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stephanox
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monsterx i will kill this manx his daughter and i will be king and
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queenxxsave our gracesxxand trinculo and thyself shall be viceroysx
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dost thou like the plotx trinculox
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trinculox
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excellentx
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stephanox
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give me thy handx i am sorry i beat theex but while thou livxstx keep a
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good tongue in thy headx
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calibanx
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within this half hour will he be asleepx
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wilt thou destroy him thenx
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stephanox
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ayx on mine honourx
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arielx
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this will i tell my masterx
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calibanx
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thou makxst me merryx i am full of pleasurex
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let us be jocundx will you troll the catch
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you taught me but whilexerex
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stephanox
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at thy requestx monsterx i will do reasonx any reasonx come onx
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trinculox let us singx
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xxsingsxxx
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xflout xem and cout xemx
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and scout xem and flout xemx
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thought is freexx
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calibanx
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thatxs not the tunex
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xxariel plays the tune on a tabor and pipexxx
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stephanox
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what is this samex
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trinculox
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this is the tune of our catchx played by the picture of nobodyx
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stephanox
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if thou beest a manx show thyself in thy likenessx if thou beest a
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devilx take xt as thou listx
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trinculox
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ox forgive me my sinsx
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stephanox
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he that dies pays all debtsx i defy theex mercy upon usx
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calibanx
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art thou afeardx
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stephanox
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nox monsterx not ix
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calibanx
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be not afeardx the isle is full of noisesx
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soundsx and sweet airsx that give delightx and hurt notx
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sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
|
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will hum about mine earsx and sometimes voicesx
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thatx if i then had wakxd after long sleepx
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will make me sleep againx and thenx in dreamingx
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the clouds methought would open and show riches
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|
ready to drop upon mex thatx when i wakxdx
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i cried to dream againx
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stephanox
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this will prove a brave kingdom to mex where i shall have my music for
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nothingx
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calibanx
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when prospero is destroyedx
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stephanox
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that shall be by and byx i remember the storyx
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trinculox
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the sound is going awayx letxs follow itx and after do our workx
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stephanox
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leadx monsterx wexll followx i would i could see this taborerx he lays
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it onx wilt comex
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trinculox
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ixll followx stephanox
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene iiix another part of the islandx
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enter alonsox sebastianx antoniox gonzalo adrianx franciscox xcx
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gonzalox
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by xr lakinx i can go no furtherx sirx
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my old bones achex herexs a maze trodx indeedx
|
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through forthxrights and meandersx by your patiencex
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i needs must rest mex
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alonsox
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old lordx i cannot blame theex
|
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who am myself attachxd with weariness
|
|
to thx dulling of my spiritsx sit downx and restx
|
|
even here i will put off my hopex and keep it
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|
no longer for my flattererx he is drownxd
|
|
whom thus we stray to findx and the sea mocks
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|
our frustrate search on landx wellx let him gox
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antoniox
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xxaside to sebastianxxx i am right glad that hexs
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so out of hopex
|
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do notx for one repulsex forgo the purpose
|
|
that you resolvxd to effectx
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sebastianx
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xxaside to antonioxxx the next advantage
|
|
will we take throughlyx
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antoniox
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xxaside to sebastianxxx let it be tonightx
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forx now they are oppressxd with travelx they
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will notx nor cannotx use such vigilance
|
|
as when they are freshx
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sebastianx
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xxaside to antonioxxx i sayx tonightx no morex
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solemn and strange musicx and prospero abovex invisiblex enter several
|
|
strange shapesx bringing in a banquetx they dance about it with gentle
|
|
actions of salutationx and inviting the king xcxx to eatx they departx
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alonsox
|
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what harmony is thisx my good friendsx harkx
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gonzalox
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marvellous sweet musicx
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alonsox
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give us kind keepersx heavensx what were thesex
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sebastianx
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a living drolleryx now i will believe
|
|
that there are unicornsx that in arabia
|
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there is one treex the phoenixx thronex one phoenix
|
|
at this hour reigning therex
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antoniox
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ixll believe bothx
|
|
and what does else want creditx come to mex
|
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and ixll be sworn xtis truex travellers nexer did liex
|
|
though fools at home condemn themx
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gonzalox
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if in naples
|
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i should report this nowx would they believe mex
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if i should sayx i saw such islandersxx
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forx certesx these are people of the islandxx
|
|
whox thoughx they are of monstrous shapex yetx notex
|
|
their manners are more gentlex kindx than of
|
|
our human generation you shall find
|
|
manyx nayx almost anyx
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prosperox
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xxasidexxx honest lordx
|
|
thou hast said wellx for some of you there present
|
|
are worse than devilsx
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alonsox
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|
i cannot too much muse
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|
such shapesx such gesturex and such soundx expressingx
|
|
although they want the use of tonguexa kind
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of excellent dumb discoursex
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prosperox
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xxasidexxx praise in departingx
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franciscox
|
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they vanishxd strangelyx
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sebastianx
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no matterx since
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they have left their viands behindx for we have stomachsxx
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|
willxt please you taste of what is herex
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alonsox
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not ix
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gonzalox
|
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faithx sirx you need not fearx when we were boysx
|
|
who would believe that there were mountaineers
|
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dewlappxd like bullsx whose throats had hanging at xem
|
|
wallets of fleshx or that there were such men
|
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whose heads stood in their breastsx which now we find
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each putterxout of five for one will bring us
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good warrant ofx
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alonsox
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i will stand tox and feedx
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although my lastx no matterx since i feel
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the best is pastx brotherx my lord the dukex
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stand tox and do as wex
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thunder and lightningx enter ariel like a harpyx claps his wings upon
|
|
the tablex andx with a quaint devicex the banquet vanishesx
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arielx
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you are three men of sinx whom destinyx
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|
that hath to instrument this lower world
|
|
and what is inxtxxthe neverxsurfeited sea
|
|
hath caused to belch up youx and on this island
|
|
where man doth not inhabitx you xmongst men
|
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being most unfit to livex i have made you madx
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and even with suchxlike valour men hang and drown
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their proper selvesx
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xxseeing alonsox sebastian xcxx draw their swordsxxx
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you foolsx i and my fellows
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are ministers of fatex the elements
|
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of whom your swords are temperxd may as well
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wound the loud windsx or with bemockxdxat stabs
|
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kill the stillxclosing watersx as diminish
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one dowle thatxs in my plumex my fellowxministers
|
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are like invulnerablex if you could hurtx
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your swords are now too massy for your strengthsx
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and will not be upliftedx butx rememberx
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for thatxs my business to youxxthat you three
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|
from milan did supplant good prosperox
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|
exposxd unto the seax which hath requit itx
|
|
him and his innocent childx for which foul deed
|
|
the powersx delayingx not forgettingx have
|
|
incensxd the seas and shoresx yeax all the creaturesx
|
|
against your peacex thee of thy sonx alonsox
|
|
they have bereftx and do pronouncex by me
|
|
lingxring perditionxxworse than any death
|
|
can be at oncexxshall step by step attend
|
|
you and your waysx whose wraths to guard you fromx
|
|
which herex in this most desolate islex else falls
|
|
upon your headsxxis nothing but heartxsorrowx
|
|
and a clear life ensuingx
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|
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xxhe vanishes in thunderx thenx to soft musicx enter the shapes againx
|
|
and dancex with mocks and mowsx and carry out the tablexxx
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prosperox
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|
xxasidexxx bravely the figure of this harpy hast thou
|
|
performxdx my arielx a grace it hadx devouringx
|
|
of my instruction hast thou nothing bated
|
|
in what thou hadst to sayx sox with good life
|
|
and observation strangex my meaner ministers
|
|
their several kinds have donex my high charms workx
|
|
and these mine enemies are all knit up
|
|
in their distractionsx they now are in my powerx
|
|
and in these fits i leave themx while i visit
|
|
young ferdinandxxwhom they suppose is drownxdxx
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|
and his and mine lovxd darlingx
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xxexit abovexxx
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gonzalox
|
|
ix the name of something holyx sirx why stand you
|
|
in this strange starex
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|
alonsox
|
|
ox it is monstrousx monstrousx
|
|
methought the billows spokex and told me of itx
|
|
the winds did sing it to mex and the thunderx
|
|
that deep and dreadful organxpipex pronouncxd
|
|
the name of prosperx it did bass my trespassx
|
|
therefore my son ix thx ooze is beddedx and
|
|
ixll seek him deeper than exer plummet soundedx
|
|
and with him there lie muddedx
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xxexitxxx
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sebastianx
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but one fiend at a timex
|
|
ixll fight their legions oxerx
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antoniox
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ixll be thy secondx
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xxexeunt sebastian and antonioxxx
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gonzalox
|
|
all three of them are desperatex their great guiltx
|
|
like poison given to work a great time afterx
|
|
now xgins to bite the spiritsx i do beseech you
|
|
that are of suppler jointsx follow them swiftly
|
|
and hinder them from what this ecstasy
|
|
may now provoke them tox
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adrianx
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followx i pray youx
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xxexeuntxxx
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act iv
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scene ix before prosperoxs cellx
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|
|
enter prosperox ferdinand and mirandax
|
|
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|
prosperox
|
|
if i have too austerely punishxd youx
|
|
your compensation makes amendsx for i
|
|
have given you here a third of mine own lifex
|
|
or that for which i livex who once again
|
|
i tender to thy handx all thy vexations
|
|
were but my trials of thy lovex and thou
|
|
hast strangely stood the testx herex afore heavenx
|
|
i ratify this my rich giftx o ferdinandx
|
|
do not smile at me that i boast her offx
|
|
for thou shalt find she will outstrip all praisex
|
|
and make it halt behind herx
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|
|
|
ferdinandx
|
|
i do believe it
|
|
against an oraclex
|
|
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|
prosperox
|
|
thenx as my gift and thine own acquisition
|
|
worthily purchasxdx take my daughterx but
|
|
if thou dost break her virgin knot before
|
|
all sanctimonious ceremonies may
|
|
with full and holy rite be ministerxdx
|
|
no sweet aspersion shall the heavens let fall
|
|
to make this contract growx but barren hatex
|
|
sourxeyxd disdainx and discord shall bestrew
|
|
the union of your bed with weeds so loathly
|
|
that you shall hate it bothx therefore take heedx
|
|
as hymenxs lamps shall light youx
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|
ferdinandx
|
|
as i hope
|
|
for quiet daysx fair issuex and long lifex
|
|
with such love as xtis nowx the murkiest denx
|
|
the most opportune placex the strongxst suggestion
|
|
our worser genius canx shall never melt
|
|
mine honour into lustx to take away
|
|
the edge of that dayxs celebrationx
|
|
when i shall thinkx or phoebusx steeds are founderxdx
|
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or night kept chainxd belowx
|
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|
prosperox
|
|
fairly spokex
|
|
sitx thenx and talk with herx she is thine ownx
|
|
whatx arielx my industrious servantx arielx
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enter arielx
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arielx
|
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what would my potent masterx here i amx
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prosperox
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thou and thy meaner fellows your last service
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did worthily performx and i must use you
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in such another trickx go bring the rabblex
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oxer whom i give thee powerx here to this placex
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incite them to quick motionx for i must
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bestow upon the eyes of this young couple
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some vanity of mine artx it is my promisex
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and they expect it from mex
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arielx
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presentlyx
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prosperox
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ayx with a twinkx
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arielx
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before you can say xcomex and xgoxx
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and breathe twicex and cry xsox soxx
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each onex tripping on his toex
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will be here with mop and mowx
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do you love mex masterx nox
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prosperox
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dearlyx my delicate arielx do not approach
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till thou dost hear me callx
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arielx
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wellx i conceivex
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xxexitxxx
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prosperox
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lookx thou be truex do not give dalliance
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too much the reinx the strongest oaths are straw
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to thx fire ix the bloodx be more abstemiousx
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or else good night your vowx
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ferdinandx
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i warrant youx sirx
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the white cold virgin snow upon my heart
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abates the ardour of my liverx
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prosperox
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wellx
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now comex my arielx bring a corollaryx
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rather than want a spiritx appearx and pertlyx
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no tonguex all eyesx be silentx
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xxsoft musicxxx
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a masquex enter irisx
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irisx
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ceresx most bounteous ladyx thy rich leas
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of wheatx ryex barleyx vetchesx oatsx and peasx
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thy turfy mountainsx where live nibbling sheepx
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and flat meads thatchxd with stoverx them to keepx
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thy banks with pioned and twilled brimsx
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which spongy april at thy hest betrimsx
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to make cold nymphs chaste crownsx and thy broom grovesx
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whose shadow the dismissed bachelor lovesx
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being lassxlornx thy polexclipt vineyardx
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and thy seaxmargex sterile and rockyxhardx
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where thou thyself dost airx the queen ox thx skyx
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whose watxry arch and messenger am ix
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bids thee leave thesex and with her sovereign gracex
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here on this grassxplotx in this very placex
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to come and sportx her peacocks fly amainx
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approachx rich ceresx her to entertainx
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enter ceresx
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ceresx
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hailx manyxcolourxd messengerx that nexer
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dost disobey the wife of jupiterx
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who with thy saffron wings upon my flowers
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diffusest honey dropsx refreshing showersx
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and with each end of thy blue bow dost crown
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my bosky acres and my unshrubbxd downx
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rich scarf to my proud earthx why hath thy queen
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summonxd me hither to this shortxgrassxd greenx
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irisx
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a contract of true love to celebratex
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and some donation freely to estate
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on the blest loversx
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ceresx
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tell mex heavenly bowx
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if venus or her sonx as thou dost knowx
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do now attend the queenx since they did plot
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the means that dusky dis my daughter gotx
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her and her blind boyxs scandalxd company
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i have forswornx
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irisx
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of her society
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be not afraidx i met her deity
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cutting the clouds towards paphosx and her son
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dovexdrawn with herx here thought they to have done
|
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some wanton charm upon this man and maidx
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whose vows arex that no bedxright shall be paid
|
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till hymenxs torch be lightedx but in vainx
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marsxs hot minion is returnxd againx
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her waspishxheaded son has broke his arrowsx
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swears he will shoot no morex but play with sparrowsx
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and be a boy right outx
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ceresx
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highest queen of statex
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great juno comesx i know her by her gaitx
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enter junox
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junox
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how does my bounteous sisterx go with me
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to bless this twainx that they may prosperous bex
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and honourxd in their issuex
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xxthey singxxx
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junox
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xhonourx richesx marriagexblessingx
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long continuancex and increasingx
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hourly joys be still upon youx
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juno sings her blessings on youxx
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ceresx
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xearthxs increasex foison plentyx
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barns and gamers never emptyx
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vines with clustxring bunches growingx
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plants with goodly burden bowingx
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spring come to you at the farthest
|
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in the very end of harvestx
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scarcity and want shall shun youx
|
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ceresx blessing so is on youxx
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ferdinandx
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this is a most majestic visionx and
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harmonious charminglyx may i be bold
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to think these spiritsx
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prosperox
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spiritsx which by mine art
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i have from their confines callxd to enact
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my present fanciesx
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ferdinandx
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let me live here everx
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so rare a wonderxd father and a wisex
|
|
makes this place paradisex
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xxjuno and ceres whisperx and send iris on employmentxxx
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prosperox
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sweet nowx silencex
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juno and ceres whisper seriouslyx
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therexs something else to dox hushx and be mutex
|
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or else our spell is marrxdx
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irisx
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you nymphsx callxd naiadsx of the windring brooksx
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with your sedgxd crowns and everxharmless looksx
|
|
leave your crisp channelsx and on this green land
|
|
answer your summonsx juno does commandx
|
|
comex temperate nymphsx and help to celebrate
|
|
a contract of true lovex be not too latex
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enter certain nymphsx
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you sunxburnxd sicklemenx of august wearyx
|
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come hither from the furrowx and be merryx
|
|
make holidayx your ryexstraw hats put onx
|
|
and these fresh nymphs encounter every one
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in country footingx
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enter certain reapersx properly habitedx they join with the nymphs in
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a graceful dancex towards the end whereof prospero starts suddenlyx
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and speaksx after whichx to a strangex hollowx and confused noisex
|
|
they heavily vanishx
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prosperox
|
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xxasidexxx i had forgot that foul conspiracy
|
|
of the beast caliban and his confederates
|
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against my lifex the minute of their plot
|
|
is almost comex xxto the spiritsxxx well donex avoidx no
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morex
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ferdinandx
|
|
this is strangex your fatherxs in some passion
|
|
that works him stronglyx
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mirandax
|
|
never till this day
|
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saw i him touchxd with anger so distemperxdx
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prosperox
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|
you do lookx my sonx in a movxd sortx
|
|
as if you were dismayxdx be cheerfulx sirx
|
|
our revels now are endedx these our actorsx
|
|
as i foretold youx were all spirits and
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|
are melted into airx into thin airx
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|
andx like the baseless fabric of this visionx
|
|
the cloudxcappxd towersx the gorgeous palacesx
|
|
the solemn templesx the great globe itselfx
|
|
yeax all which it inheritx shall dissolvex
|
|
andx like this insubstantial pageant fadedx
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|
leave not a rack behindx we are such stuff
|
|
as dreams are made onx and our little life
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|
is rounded with a sleepx sirx i am vexxdx
|
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bear with my weaknessx my old brain is troubledx
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be not disturbxd with my infirmityx
|
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if you be pleasxdx retire into my cell
|
|
and there reposex a turn or two ixll walkx
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to still my beating mindx
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ferdinandx mirandax
|
|
we wish your peacex
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xxexeuntxxx
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prosperox
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|
comex with a thoughtx i thank theex arielx comex
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enter arielx
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arielx
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thy thoughts i cleave tox whatxs thy pleasurex
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prosperox
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spiritx
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we must prepare to meet with calibanx
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arielx
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|
ayx my commanderx when i presented ceresx
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i thought to have told thee of itx but i fearxd
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lest i might anger theex
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prosperox
|
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say againx where didst thou leave these varletsx
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arielx
|
|
i told youx sirx they were redxhot with drinkingx
|
|
so full of valour that they smote the air
|
|
for breathing in their facesx beat the ground
|
|
for kissing of their feetx yet always bending
|
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towards their projectx then i beat my taborx
|
|
at whichx like unbackxd coltsx they prickxd their earsx
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advancxd their eyelidsx lifted up their noses
|
|
as they smelt musicx so i charmxd their earsx
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|
that calfxlike they my lowing followxd through
|
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toothxd briersx sharp furzesx pricking gossx and thornsx
|
|
which enterxd their frail shinsx at last i left them
|
|
ix thx filthyxmantled pool beyond your cellx
|
|
there dancing up to thx chinsx that the foul lake
|
|
oxerstunk their feetx
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prosperox
|
|
this was well donex my birdx
|
|
thy shape invisible retain thou stillx
|
|
the trumpery in my housex go bring it hither
|
|
for stale to catch these thievesx
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arielx
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|
i gox i gox
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xxexitxxx
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prosperox
|
|
a devilx a born devilx on whose nature
|
|
nurture can never stickx on whom my painsx
|
|
humanely takenx allx all lostx quite lostx
|
|
and as with age his body uglier growsx
|
|
so his mind cankersx i will plague them allx
|
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even to roaringx
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rexenter arielx loaden with glistering apparelx xcx
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comex hang them on this linex
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|
prospero and ariel remain invisiblex enter calibanx stephano and
|
|
trinculo all wetx
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calibanx
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pray youx tread softlyx that the blind mole may not
|
|
hear a foot fallx we now are near his cellx
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stephanox
|
|
monsterx your fairyx which you say is a harmless fairyx has done little
|
|
better than played the jack with usx
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|
|
trinculox
|
|
monsterx i do smell all horsexpissx at which my nose is in great
|
|
indignationx
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|
stephanox
|
|
so is minex do you hearx monsterx if i should take a displeasure
|
|
against youx look youxx
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|
trinculox
|
|
thou wert but a lost monsterx
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calibanx
|
|
good my lordx give me thy favour stillx
|
|
be patientx for the prize ixll bring thee to
|
|
shall hoodwink this mischancex therefore speak softlyx
|
|
allxs hushxd as midnight yetx
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|
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trinculox
|
|
ayx but to lose our bottles in the poolx
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|
stephanox
|
|
there is not only disgrace and dishonour in thatx monsterx but an
|
|
infinite lossx
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|
trinculox
|
|
thatxs more to me than my wettingx yet this is your harmless fairyx
|
|
monsterx
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stephanox
|
|
i will fetch off my bottlex though i be oxer ears for my labourx
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|
calibanx
|
|
pritheex my kingx be quietx seest thou herex
|
|
this is the mouth ox thx cellx no noisex and enterx
|
|
do that good mischief which may make this island
|
|
thine own for everx and ix thy calibanx
|
|
for aye thy footxlickerx
|
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|
|
stephanox
|
|
give me thy handx i do begin to have bloody thoughtsx
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|
trinculox
|
|
o king stephanox o peerx o worthy stephanox
|
|
look what a wardrobe here is for theex
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|
calibanx
|
|
let it alonex thou foolx it is but trashx
|
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trinculox
|
|
ox hox monsterx we know what belongs to a fripperyx o king stephanox
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stephanox
|
|
put off that gownx trinculox by this handx ixll have that gownx
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trinculox
|
|
thy grace shall have itx
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calibanx
|
|
the dropsy drown this foolx what do you mean
|
|
to dote thus on such luggagex letxt alonex
|
|
and do the murder firstx if he awakex
|
|
from toe to crown hexll fill our skins with pinchesx
|
|
make us strange stuffx
|
|
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|
stephanox
|
|
be you quietx monsterx mistress linex is not this my jerkinx now is the
|
|
jerkin under the linex nowx jerkinx you are like to lose your hairx and
|
|
prove a bald jerkinx
|
|
|
|
trinculox
|
|
dox dox we steal by line and levelx anxt like your gracex
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|
|
stephanox
|
|
i thank thee for that jestx herexs a garment for xtx wit shall not go
|
|
unrewarded while i am king of this countryx xsteal by line and levelxx
|
|
is an excellent pass of patex therexs another garment for xtx
|
|
|
|
trinculox
|
|
monsterx comex put some lime upon your fingersx and away with the restx
|
|
|
|
calibanx
|
|
i will have none onxtx we shall lose our timex
|
|
and all be turnxd to barnaclesx or to apes
|
|
with foreheads villainous lowx
|
|
|
|
stephanox
|
|
monsterx layxto your fingersx help to bear this away where my hogshead
|
|
of wine isx or ixll turn you out of my kingdomx go tox carry thisx
|
|
|
|
trinculox
|
|
and thisx
|
|
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|
stephanox
|
|
ayx and thisx
|
|
|
|
a noise of hunters heardx enter divers spiritsx in shape of dogs and
|
|
houndsx and hunt them aboutx prospero and ariel setting them onx
|
|
|
|
prosperox
|
|
heyx mountainx heyx
|
|
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|
arielx
|
|
silverx there it goesx silverx
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|
prosperox
|
|
furyx furyx therex tyrantx therex harkx harkx
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|
|
|
xxcalibanx stephano and trinculo are driven outxxx
|
|
|
|
gox charge my goblins that they grind their joints
|
|
with dry convulsionsx shorten up their sinews
|
|
with aged crampsx and more pinchxspotted make them
|
|
than pardx or cat ox mountainx
|
|
|
|
arielx
|
|
harkx they roarx
|
|
|
|
prosperox
|
|
let them be hunted soundlyx at this hour
|
|
lies at my mercy all mine enemiesx
|
|
shortly shall all my labours endx and thou
|
|
shalt have the air at freedomx for a little
|
|
followx and do me servicex
|
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|
|
xxexeuntxxx
|
|
|
|
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|
|
act v
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|
scene ix before the cell of prosperox
|
|
|
|
enter prospero in his magic robesx and arielx
|
|
|
|
prosperox
|
|
now does my project gather to a headx
|
|
my charms crack notx my spirits obeyx and time
|
|
goes upright with his carriagex howxs the dayx
|
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|
|
arielx
|
|
on the sixth hourx at which timex my lordx
|
|
you said our work should ceasex
|
|
|
|
prosperox
|
|
i did say sox
|
|
when first i raisxd the tempestx sayx my spiritx
|
|
how fares the king and xs followersx
|
|
|
|
arielx
|
|
confinxd together
|
|
in the same fashion as you gave in chargex
|
|
just as you left themx all prisonersx sirx
|
|
in the linexgrove which weatherxfends your cellx
|
|
they cannot budge till your releasex the kingx
|
|
his brotherx and yoursx abide all three distractedx
|
|
and the remainder mourning over themx
|
|
brimful of sorrow and dismayx but chiefly
|
|
him you termxdx sirx xthe good old lordx gonzaloxx
|
|
his tears run down his beardx like winterxs drops
|
|
from eaves of reedsx your charm so strongly works xemx
|
|
that if you now beheld themx your affections
|
|
would become tenderx
|
|
|
|
prosperox
|
|
dost thou think sox spiritx
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|
arielx
|
|
mine wouldx sirx were i humanx
|
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|
|
prosperox
|
|
and mine shallx
|
|
hast thoux which art but airx a touchx a feeling
|
|
of their afflictionsx and shall not myselfx
|
|
one of their kindx that relish all as sharply
|
|
passion as theyx be kindlier movxd than thou artx
|
|
though with their high wrongs i am struck to thx quickx
|
|
yet with my nobler reason xgainst my fury
|
|
do i take partx the rarer action is
|
|
in virtue than in vengeancex they being penitentx
|
|
the sole drift of my purpose doth extend
|
|
not a frown furtherx go release themx arielx
|
|
my charms ixll breakx their senses ixll restorex
|
|
and they shall be themselvesx
|
|
|
|
arielx
|
|
ixll fetch themx sirx
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|
xxexitxxx
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|
|
prosperox
|
|
ye elves of hillsx brooksx standing lakesx and
|
|
grovesx
|
|
and ye that on the sands with printless foot
|
|
do chase the ebbing neptunex and do fly him
|
|
when he comes backx you demixpuppets that
|
|
by moonshine do the green sour ringlets makex
|
|
whereof the ewe not bitesx and you whose pastime
|
|
is to make midnight mushroomsx that rejoice
|
|
to hear the solemn curfewx by whose aidx
|
|
weak masters though ye bex i have bedimmxd
|
|
the noontide sunx callxd forth the mutinous windsx
|
|
and xtwixt the green sea and the azurxd vault
|
|
set roaring warx to the dread rattling thunder
|
|
have i given firex and rifted jovexs stout oak
|
|
with his own boltx the strongxbasxd promontory
|
|
have i made shakex and by the spurs pluckxd up
|
|
the pine and cedarx graves at my command
|
|
have wakxd their sleepersx opxdx and let xem forth
|
|
by my so potent artx but this rough magic
|
|
i here abjurex andx when i have requirxd
|
|
some heavenly musicxxwhich even now i doxx
|
|
to work mine end upon their senses that
|
|
this airy charm is forx ixll break my staffx
|
|
bury it certain fathoms in the earthx
|
|
and deeper than did ever plummet sound
|
|
ixll drown my bookx
|
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|
|
xxsolem musicxxx
|
|
|
|
rexenter arielx after himx alonso with a frantic gesturex attended by
|
|
gonzalox sebastian and antonio in like mannerx attended by adrian and
|
|
franciscox they all enter the circle which prospero had madex and
|
|
there stand charmedx which prospero observingx speaksx
|
|
|
|
a solemn airx and the best comforter
|
|
to an unsettled fancyx cure thy brainsx
|
|
now uselessx boilxd within thy skullx there standx
|
|
for you are spellxstoppxdx
|
|
holy gonzalox honourable manx
|
|
mine eyesx exen sociable to the show of thinex
|
|
fall fellowly dropsx the charm dissolves apacex
|
|
and as the morning steals upon the nightx
|
|
melting the darknessx so their rising senses
|
|
begin to chase the ignorant fumes that mantle
|
|
their clearer reasonx o good gonzalox
|
|
my true preserverx and a loyal sir
|
|
to him thou followxstx i will pay thy graces
|
|
homex both in word and deedx most cruelly
|
|
didst thoux alonsox use me and my daughterx
|
|
thy brother was a furtherer in the actx
|
|
thou art pinchxd for xt nowx sebastianx flesh and bloodx
|
|
youx brother minex that entertainxd ambitionx
|
|
expellxd remorse and naturex whox with sebastianxx
|
|
whose inward pinches therefore are most strongx
|
|
would here have killxd your kingx i do forgive theex
|
|
unnatural though thou artx their understanding
|
|
begins to swellx and the approaching tide
|
|
will shortly fill the reasonable shores
|
|
that now lie foul and muddyx not one of them
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that yet looks on mex or would know mex arielx
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fetch me the hat and rapier in my cellx
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xxexit arielxxx
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i will discase mex and myself present
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as i was sometime milanx quicklyx spiritx
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thou shalt ere long be freex
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ariel rexentersx singingx and helps to attire prosperox
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ariel
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xwhere the bee sucksx there suck ix
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in a cowslipxs bell i liex
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there i couch when owls do cryx
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on the batxs back i do fly
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after summer merrilyx
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merrilyx merrily shall i live now
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under the blossom that hangs on the boughxx
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prosperox
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whyx thatxs my dainty arielx i shall miss theex
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but yet thou shalt have freedomx sox sox sox
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to the kingxs shipx invisible as thou artx
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there shalt thou find the mariners asleep
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under the hatchesx the master and the boatswain
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being awakex enforce them to this placex
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and presentlyx i pritheex
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arielx
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i drink the air before mex and return
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or ere your pulse twice beatx
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xxexitxxx
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gonzalox
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all tormentx troublex wonder and amazement
|
|
inhabits herex some heavenly power guide us
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out of this fearful countryx
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prosperox
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beholdx sir kingx
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the wronged duke of milanx prosperox
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for more assurance that a living prince
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does now speak to theex i embrace thy bodyx
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and to thee and thy company i bid
|
|
a hearty welcomex
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alonsox
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whexer thou bexst he or nox
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or some enchanted trifle to abuse mex
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as late i have beenx i not knowx thy pulse
|
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beatsx as of flesh and bloodx andx since i saw theex
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thx affliction of my mind amendsx with whichx
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i fearx a madness held mex this must cravex
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an if this be at allx a most strange storyx
|
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thy dukedom i resignx and do entreat
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thou pardon me my wrongsx but how should prospero
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be living and be herex
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prosperox
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firstx noble friendx
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let me embrace thine agex whose honour cannot
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be measurxd or confinxdx
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gonzalox
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|
whether this be
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or be notx ixll not swearx
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prosperox
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|
you do yet taste
|
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some subtleties ox the islex that will not let you
|
|
believe things certainx welcomex my friends allx
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xxaside to sebastian and antonioxxx but youx my brace of lordsx were i
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so mindedx
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i here could pluck his highnessx frown upon youx
|
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and justify you traitorsx at this time
|
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i will tell no talesx
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sebastianx
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xxasidexxx the devil speaks in himx
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prosperox
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nox
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|
for youx most wicked sirx whom to call brother
|
|
would even infect my mouthx i do forgive
|
|
thy rankest faultx all of themx and require
|
|
my dukedom of theex which perforce i know
|
|
thou must restorex
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alonsox
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if thou beest prosperox
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|
give us particulars of thy preservationx
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|
how thou hast met us herex whom three hours since
|
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were wrackxd upon this shorex where i have lostxx
|
|
how sharp the point of this remembrance isxx
|
|
my dear son ferdinandx
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prosperox
|
|
i am woe for xtx sirx
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|
alonsox
|
|
irreparable is the lossx and patience
|
|
says it is past her curex
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prosperox
|
|
i rather think
|
|
you have not sought her helpx of whose soft gracex
|
|
for the like loss i have her sovereign aidx
|
|
and rest myself contentx
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alonsox
|
|
you the like lossx
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prosperox
|
|
as great to mex as latex andx supportable
|
|
to make the dear lossx have i means much weaker
|
|
than you may call to comfort youx for i
|
|
have lost my daughterx
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|
alonsox
|
|
a daughterx
|
|
o heavensx that they were living both in naplesx
|
|
the king and queen therex that they werex i wish
|
|
myself were mudded in that oozy bed
|
|
where my son liesx when did you lose your daughterx
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|
prosperox
|
|
in this last tempestx i perceivex these lords
|
|
at this encounter do so much admire
|
|
that they devour their reasonx and scarce think
|
|
their eyes do offices of truthx their words
|
|
are natural breathx butx howsoexer you have
|
|
been justled from your sensesx know for certain
|
|
that i am prosperox and that very duke
|
|
which was thrust forth of milanx who most strangely
|
|
upon this shorex where you were wrackxdx was landed
|
|
to be the lord onxtx no more yet of thisx
|
|
for xtis a chronicle of day by dayx
|
|
not a relation for a breakfast nor
|
|
befitting this first meetingx welcomex sirx
|
|
this cellxs my courtx here have i few attendantsx
|
|
and subjects none abroadx pray youx look inx
|
|
my dukedom since you have given me againx
|
|
i will requite you with as good a thingx
|
|
at least bring forth a wonderx to content ye
|
|
as much as me my dukedomx
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|
here prospero discovers ferdinand and miranda playing at chessx
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mirandax
|
|
sweet lordx you play me falsex
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|
ferdinandx
|
|
nox my dearest lovex
|
|
i would not for the worldx
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mirandax
|
|
yesx for a score of kingdoms you should wranglex
|
|
and i would call it fair playx
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|
|
alonsox
|
|
if this prove
|
|
a vision of the islandx one dear son
|
|
shall i twice losex
|
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|
|
sebastianx
|
|
a most high miraclex
|
|
|
|
ferdinandx
|
|
though the seas threatenx they are mercifulx
|
|
i have cursxd them without causex
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|
xxkneels to alonsoxxx
|
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|
alonsox
|
|
now all the blessings
|
|
of a glad father compass thee aboutx
|
|
arisex and say how thou camxst herex
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|
|
mirandax
|
|
ox wonderx
|
|
how many goodly creatures are there herex
|
|
how beauteous mankind isx o brave new world
|
|
that has such people in xtx
|
|
|
|
prosperox
|
|
xtis new to theex
|
|
|
|
alonsox
|
|
what is this maidx with whom thou wast at playx
|
|
your eldxst acquaintance cannot be three hoursx
|
|
is she the goddess that hath severxd usx
|
|
and brought us thus togetherx
|
|
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|
ferdinandx
|
|
sirx she is mortalx
|
|
but by immortal providence shexs minex
|
|
i chose her when i could not ask my father
|
|
for his advicex nor thought i had onex she
|
|
is daughter to this famous duke of milanx
|
|
of whom so often i have heard renownx
|
|
but never saw beforex of whom i have
|
|
receivxd a second lifex and second father
|
|
this lady makes him to mex
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|
alonsox
|
|
i am hersx
|
|
butx ox how oddly will it sound that i
|
|
must ask my child forgivenessx
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|
|
|
prosperox
|
|
therex sirx stopx
|
|
let us not burden our remembrances with
|
|
a heaviness thatxs gonex
|
|
|
|
gonzalox
|
|
i have inly weptx
|
|
or should have spoke ere thisx look downx you godsx
|
|
and on this couple drop a blessed crownx
|
|
for it is you that have chalkxd forth the way
|
|
which brought us hitherx
|
|
|
|
alonsox
|
|
i sayx amenx gonzalox
|
|
|
|
gonzalox
|
|
was milan thrust from milanx that his issue
|
|
should become kings of naplesx ox rejoice
|
|
beyond a common joyx and set it down
|
|
with gold on lasting pillarsx in one voyage
|
|
did claribel her husband find at tunisx
|
|
and ferdinandx her brotherx found a wife
|
|
where he himself was lostx prospero his dukedom
|
|
in a poor islex and all of us ourselvesx
|
|
when no man was his ownx
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|
|
|
alonsox
|
|
xxto ferdinand and mirandaxxx give me your handsx
|
|
let grief and sorrow still embrace his heart
|
|
that doth not wish you joyx
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|
|
|
gonzalox
|
|
be it sox amenx
|
|
|
|
rexenter ariel with the master and boatswain amazedly followingx
|
|
|
|
o lookx sirx lookx sirx here are more of usx
|
|
i prophesiedx if a gallows were on landx
|
|
this fellow could not drownx nowx blasphemyx
|
|
that swearxst grace oxerboardx not an oath on shorex
|
|
hast thou no mouth by landx what is the newsx
|
|
|
|
boatswainx
|
|
the best news is that we have safely found
|
|
our king and companyx the nextx our shipxx
|
|
which but three glasses sincex we gave out splitx
|
|
is tight and yarex and bravely riggxd as when
|
|
we first put out to seax
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|
|
|
arielx
|
|
xxaside to prosperoxxx sirx all this service
|
|
have i done since i wentx
|
|
|
|
prosperox
|
|
xxaside to arielxxx my tricksy spiritx
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|
|
|
alonsox
|
|
these are not natural eventsx they strengthen
|
|
from strange to strangerx sayx how came you hitherx
|
|
|
|
boatswainx
|
|
if i did thinkx sirx i were well awakex
|
|
ixd strive to tell youx we were dead of sleepx
|
|
andxxhowx we know notxxall clappxd under hatchesx
|
|
wherex but even nowx with strange and several noises
|
|
of roaringx shriekingx howlingx jingling chainsx
|
|
and mo diversity of soundsx all horriblex
|
|
we were awakxdx straightwayx at libertyx
|
|
where wex in all her trimx freshly beheld
|
|
our royalx goodx and gallant shipx our master
|
|
capxring to eye herx on a tricex so please youx
|
|
even in a dreamx were we divided from themx
|
|
and were brought moping hitherx
|
|
|
|
arielx
|
|
xxaside to prosperoxxx wasxt well donex
|
|
|
|
prosperox
|
|
xxaside to arielxxx bravelyx my diligencex thou shalt be freex
|
|
|
|
alonsox
|
|
this is as strange a maze as exer men trodx
|
|
and there is in this business more than nature
|
|
was ever conduct ofx some oracle
|
|
must rectify our knowledgex
|
|
|
|
prosperox
|
|
sirx my liegex
|
|
do not infest your mind with beating on
|
|
the strangeness of this businessx at pickxd leisurex
|
|
which shall be shortlyx single ixll resolve youx
|
|
which to you shall seem probablex of every
|
|
these happenxd accidentsx till whenx be cheerful
|
|
and think of each thing wellx xxaside to arielxxx come hitherx spiritx
|
|
set caliban and his companions freex
|
|
untie the spellx
|
|
|
|
xxexit arielxxx
|
|
|
|
how fares my gracious sirx
|
|
there are yet missing of your company
|
|
some few odd lads that you remember notx
|
|
|
|
rexenter ariel driving in calibanx stephano and trinculo in their
|
|
stolen apparelx
|
|
|
|
stephanox
|
|
every man shift for all the restx and let no man take care for himselfx
|
|
for all is but fortunexxcoragiox bullyxmonsterx coragiox
|
|
|
|
trinculox
|
|
if these be true spies which i wear in my headx herexs a goodly sightx
|
|
|
|
calibanx
|
|
o setebosx these be brave spirits indeedx
|
|
how fine my master isx i am afraid
|
|
he will chastise mex
|
|
|
|
sebastianx
|
|
hax hax
|
|
what things are thesex my lord antoniox
|
|
will money buy themx
|
|
|
|
antoniox
|
|
very likex one of them
|
|
is a plain fishx andx no doubtx marketablex
|
|
|
|
prosperox
|
|
mark but the badges of these menx my lordsx
|
|
then say if they be truex this misxshapen knavex
|
|
his mother was a witchx and one so strong
|
|
that could control the moonx make flows and ebbsx
|
|
and deal in her command without her powerx
|
|
these three have robbxd mex and this demixdevilx
|
|
for hexs a bastard onex had plotted with them
|
|
to take my lifex two of these fellows you
|
|
must know and ownx this thing of darkness i
|
|
acknowledge minex
|
|
|
|
calibanx
|
|
i shall be pinchxd to deathx
|
|
|
|
alonsox
|
|
is not this stephanox my drunken butlerx
|
|
|
|
sebastianx
|
|
he is drunk nowx where had he winex
|
|
|
|
alonsox
|
|
and trinculo is reelingxripex where should they
|
|
find this grand liquor that hath gilded xemx
|
|
how camxst thou in this picklex
|
|
|
|
trinculox
|
|
i have been in such a pickle since i saw you last thatx i fear mex will
|
|
never out of my bonesx i shall not fear flyxblowingx
|
|
|
|
sebastianx
|
|
whyx how nowx stephanox
|
|
|
|
stephanox
|
|
ox touch me notx i am not stephanox but a crampx
|
|
|
|
prosperox
|
|
youxd be king ox the islex sirrahx
|
|
|
|
stephanox
|
|
i should have been a sore onex thenx
|
|
|
|
alonsox
|
|
this is as strange a thing as exer i lookxd onx
|
|
|
|
xxpointing to calibanxxx
|
|
|
|
prosperox
|
|
he is as disproportioned in his manners
|
|
as in his shapex gox sirrahx to my cellx
|
|
take with you your companionsx as you look
|
|
to have my pardonx trim it handsomelyx
|
|
|
|
calibanx
|
|
ayx that i willx and ixll be wise hereafterx
|
|
and seek for gracex what a thricexdouble ass
|
|
was ix to take this drunkard for a godx
|
|
and worship this dull foolx
|
|
|
|
prosperox
|
|
go tox awayx
|
|
|
|
alonsox
|
|
hencex and bestow your luggage where you found itx
|
|
|
|
sebastianx
|
|
or stole itx ratherx
|
|
|
|
xxexeunt calibanx stephano and trinculoxxx
|
|
|
|
prosperox
|
|
sirx i invite your highness and your train
|
|
to my poor cellx where you shall take your rest
|
|
for this one nightx whichx part of itx ixll waste
|
|
with such discourse asx i not doubtx shall make it
|
|
go quick awayx the story of my life
|
|
and the particular accidents gone by
|
|
since i came to this islex and in the morn
|
|
ixll bring you to your shipx and so to naplesx
|
|
where i have hope to see the nuptial
|
|
of these our dearxbelovxd solemnizedx
|
|
and thence retire me to my milanx where
|
|
every third thought shall be my gravex
|
|
|
|
alonsox
|
|
i long
|
|
to hear the story of your lifex which must
|
|
take the ear strangelyx
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|
|
|
prosperox
|
|
ixll deliver allx
|
|
and promise you calm seasx auspicious galesx
|
|
and sail so expeditious that shall catch
|
|
your royal fleet far offx xxaside to arielxxx my arielx
|
|
chickx
|
|
that is thy chargex then to the elements
|
|
be freex and fare thou wellx please youx draw nearx
|
|
|
|
xxexeuntxxx
|
|
|
|
epilogue
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|
|
|
prosperox
|
|
now my charms are all oxerthrownx
|
|
and what strength i havexs mine ownx
|
|
which is most faintx now xtis truex
|
|
i must be here confinxd by youx
|
|
or sent to naplesx let me notx
|
|
since i have my dukedom gotx
|
|
and pardonxd the deceiverx dwell
|
|
in this bare island by your spellx
|
|
but release me from my bands
|
|
with the help of your good handsx
|
|
gentle breath of yours my sails
|
|
must fillx or else my project failsx
|
|
which was to pleasex now i want
|
|
spirits to enforcex art to enchantx
|
|
and my ending is despairx
|
|
unless i be relievxd by prayerx
|
|
which pierces so that it assaults
|
|
mercy itselfx and frees all faultsx
|
|
as you from crimes would pardonxd bex
|
|
let your indulgence set me freex
|
|
|
|
xxexitxxx
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
the life of timon of athens
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|
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|
dramatis personae
|
|
|
|
timon of athens
|
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|
|
lucius
|
|
lucullus
|
|
sempronius
|
|
flattering lords
|
|
|
|
ventidiusx one of timonxs false friends
|
|
alcibiadesx an athenian captain
|
|
apemantusx a churlish philosopher
|
|
flaviusx steward to timon
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|
|
|
flaminius
|
|
lucilius
|
|
servilius
|
|
timonxs servants
|
|
|
|
caphis
|
|
philotus
|
|
titus
|
|
hortensius
|
|
servants to timonxs creditors
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|
|
poet painter jeweller merchant mercer an old athenian three
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|
strangers a page a fool
|
|
|
|
phrynia
|
|
timandra
|
|
mistresses to alcibiades
|
|
|
|
cupid
|
|
amazons
|
|
in the masque
|
|
|
|
lordsx senatorsx officersx soldiersx servantsx thievesx and
|
|
attendants
|
|
|
|
scenex athens and the neighbouring woods
|
|
|
|
act ix scene ix athensx timonxs house
|
|
|
|
enter poetx painterx jewellerx merchantx and mercerx at several doors
|
|
|
|
poetx good dayx sirx
|
|
painterx i am glad yxare wellx
|
|
poetx i have not seen you longx how goes the worldx
|
|
painterx it wearsx sirx as it growsx
|
|
poetx ayx thatxs well knownx
|
|
but what particular rarityx what strangex
|
|
which manifold record not matchesx seex
|
|
magic of bountyx all these spirits thy power
|
|
hath conjurxd to attendx i know the merchantx
|
|
painterx i know them bothx thx otherxs a jewellerx
|
|
merchantx ox xtis a worthy lordx
|
|
jewellerx nayx thatxs most fixxdx
|
|
merchantx a most incomparable manx breathxdx as it werex
|
|
to an untirable and continuate goodnessx
|
|
he passesx
|
|
jewellerx i have a jewel herex
|
|
merchantx ox pray letxs seextx for the lord timonx sirx
|
|
jewellerx if he will touch the estimatex but for thatx
|
|
poetx when we for recompense have praisxd the vilex
|
|
it stains the glory in that happy verse
|
|
which aptly sings the goodx
|
|
merchantx xlooking at the jewelx xtis a good formx
|
|
jewellerx and richx here is a waterx look yex
|
|
painterx you are raptx sirx in some workx some dedication
|
|
to the great lordx
|
|
poetx a thing slippxd idly from mex
|
|
our poesy is as a gumx which oozes
|
|
from whence xtis nourishxdx the fire ix thx flint
|
|
shows not till it be struckx our gentle flame
|
|
provokes itselfx and like the current flies
|
|
each bound it chafesx what have you therex
|
|
painterx a picturex sirx when comes your book forthx
|
|
poetx upon the heels of my presentmentx sirx
|
|
letxs see your piecex
|
|
painterx xtis a good piecex
|
|
poetx so xtisx this comes off well and excellentx
|
|
painterx indifferentx
|
|
poetx admirablex how this grace
|
|
speaks his own standingx what a mental power
|
|
this eye shoots forthx how big imagination
|
|
moves in this lipx to thx dumbness of the gesture
|
|
one might interpretx
|
|
painterx it is a pretty mocking of the lifex
|
|
here is a touchx isxt goodx
|
|
poetx i will say of it
|
|
it tutors naturex artificial strife
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lives in these touchesx livelier than lifex
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enter certain senatorsx and pass over
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painterx how this lord is followedx
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poetx the senators of athensx happy manx
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painterx lookx moex
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poetx you see this confluencex this great flood of visitorsx
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i have in this rough work shapxd out a man
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whom this beneath world doth embrace and hug
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with amplest entertainmentx my free drift
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halts not particularlyx but moves itself
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in a wide sea of taxx no levellxd malice
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infects one comma in the course i holdx
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but flies an eagle flightx bold and forth onx
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leaving no tract behindx
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painterx how shall i understand youx
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poetx i will unbolt to youx
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you see how all conditionsx how all mindsx
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as well of glib and slippxry creatures as
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of grave and austere qualityx tender down
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their services to lord timonx his large fortunex
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upon his good and gracious nature hangingx
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subdues and properties to his love and tendance
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all sorts of heartsx yeax from the glassxfacxd flatterer
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to apemantusx that few things loves better
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than to abhor himselfx even he drops down
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the knee before himx and returns in peace
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most rich in timonxs nodx
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painterx i saw them speak togetherx
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poetx sirx i have upon a high and pleasant hill
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feignxd fortune to be thronxdx the base ox thx mount
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is rankxd with all desertsx all kind of natures
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that labour on the bosom of this sphere
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to propagate their statesx amongst them all
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whose eyes are on this sovereign lady fixxd
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one do i personate of lord timonxs framex
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whom fortune with her ivory hand wafts to herx
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whose present grace to present slaves and servants
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translates his rivalsx
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painterx xtis conceivxd to scopex
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this thronex this fortunex and this hillx methinksx
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with one man beckonxd from the rest belowx
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bowing his head against the steepy mount
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to climb his happinessx would be well expressxd
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in our conditionx
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poetx nayx sirx but hear me onx
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all those which were his fellows but of latex
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some better than his valuex on the moment
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follow his stridesx his lobbies fill with tendancex
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rain sacrificial whisperings in his earx
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make sacred even his stirrupx and through him
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drink the free airx
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painterx ayx marryx what of thesex
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poetx when fortune in her shift and change of mood
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spurns down her late belovedx all his dependantsx
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which labourxd after him to the mountainxs top
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even on their knees and handsx let him slip downx
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not one accompanying his declining footx
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painterx xtis commonx
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a thousand moral paintings i can show
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that shall demonstrate these quick blows of fortunexs
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more pregnantly than wordsx yet you do well
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to show lord timon that mean eyes have seen
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the foot above the headx
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trumpets soundx enter timonx addressing himself
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courteously to every suitorx a messenger from
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ventidius talking with himx lucilius and other
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servants following
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timonx imprisonxd is hex say youx
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messengerx ayx my good lordx five talents is his debtx
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his means most shortx his creditors most straitx
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your honourable letter he desires
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to those have shut him upx which failingx
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periods his comfortx
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timonx noble ventidiusx wellx
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i am not of that feather to shake of
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my friend when he must need mex i do know him
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a gentleman that well deserves a helpx
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which he shall havex ixll pay the debtx and free himx
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messengerx your lordship ever binds himx
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timonx commend me to himx i will send his ransomx
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and being enfranchisxdx bid him come to mex
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xtis not enough to help the feeble upx
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but to support him afterx fare you wellx
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messengerx all happiness to your honourx exit
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enter an old athenian
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old athenianx lord timonx hear me speakx
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timonx freelyx good fatherx
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old athenianx thou hast a servant namxd luciliusx
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timonx i have sox what of himx
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old athenianx most noble timonx call the man before theex
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timonx attends he herex or nox luciliusx
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luciliusx herex at your lordshipxs servicex
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old athenianx this fellow herex lord timonx this thy creaturex
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by night frequents my housex i am a man
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that from my first have been inclinxd to thriftx
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and my estate deserves an heir more raisxd
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than one which holds a trencherx
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timonx wellx what furtherx
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old athenianx one only daughter have ix no kin elsex
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on whom i may confer what i have gotx
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the maid is fairx ox thx youngest for a bridex
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and i have bred her at my dearest cost
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in qualities of the bestx this man of thine
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attempts her lovex i pritheex noble lordx
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join with me to forbid him her resortx
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myself have spoke in vainx
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timonx the man is honestx
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old athenianx therefore he will bex timonx
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his honesty rewards him in itselfx
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it must not bear my daughterx
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timonx does she love himx
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old athenianx she is young and aptx
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our own precedent passions do instruct us
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what levityxs in youthx
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timonx love you the maidx
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luciliusx ayx my good lordx and she accepts of itx
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old athenianx if in her marriage my consent be missingx
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i call the gods to witness i will choose
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mine heir from forth the beggars of the worldx
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and dispossess her allx
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timonx how shall she be endowxdx
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if she be mated with an equal husbandx
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old athenianx three talents on the presentx in futurex allx
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timonx this gentleman of mine hath servxd me longxx
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to build his fortune i will strain a littlex
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for xtis a bond in menx give him thy daughterx
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|
what you bestowx in him ixll counterpoisex
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and make him weigh with herx
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old athenianx most noble lordx
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pawn me to this your honourx she is hisx
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timonx my hand to theex mine honour on my promisex
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luciliusx humbly i thank your lordshipx never may
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|
that state or fortune fall into my keeping
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which is not owed to youx
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|
exeunt lucilius and old athenian
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poetx xpresenting his poemx vouchsafe my labourx and long live your
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|
lordshipx
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timonx i thank youx you shall hear from me anonx
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go not awayx what have you therex my friendx
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painterx a piece of paintingx which i do beseech
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your lordship to acceptx
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|
timonx painting is welcomex
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|
the painting is almost the natural manx
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|
for since dishonour traffics with manxs naturex
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he is but outsidex these pencillxd figures are
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even such as they give outx i like your workx
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|
and you shall find i like itx wait attendance
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till you hear further from mex
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painterx the gods preserve yex
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timonx well fare youx gentlemanx give me your handx
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we must needs dine togetherx sirx your jewel
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hath suffered under praisex
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jewellerx whatx my lordx dispraisex
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timonx a mere satiety of commendationsx
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if i should pay you forxt as xtis extollxdx
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it would unclew me quitex
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jewellerx my lordx xtis rated
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|
as those which sell would givex but you well know
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|
things of like valuex differing in the ownersx
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are prized by their mastersx believextx dear lordx
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|
you mend the jewel by the wearing itx
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|
timonx well mockxdx
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enter apemantus
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merchantx nox my good lordx he speaks the common tonguex
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which all men speak with himx
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timonx look who comes herex will you be chidx
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jewellerx wexll bearx with your lordshipx
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|
merchantx hexll spare nonex
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timonx good morrow to theex gentle apemantusx
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apemantusx till i be gentlex stay thou for thy good morrowx
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when thou art timonxs dogx and these knaves honestx
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timonx why dost thou call them knavesx thou knowxst them notx
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apemantusx are they not atheniansx
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timonx yesx
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apemantusx then i repent notx
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jewellerx you know mex apemantusx
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apemantusx thou knowxst i dox i callxd thee by thy namex
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timonx thou art proudx apemantusx
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apemantusx of nothing so much as that i am not like timonx
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timonx whither art goingx
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apemantusx to knock out an honest athenianxs brainsx
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timonx thatxs a deed thouxt die forx
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apemantusx rightx if doing nothing be death by thx lawx
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timonx how likxst thou this picturex apemantusx
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apemantusx the bestx for the innocencex
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timonx wrought he not well that painted itx
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apemantusx he wrought better that made the painterx and yet hexs
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but a filthy piece of workx
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painterx yxare a dogx
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apemantusx thy motherxs of my generationx whatxs shex if i be a dogx
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timonx wilt dine with mex apemantusx
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apemantusx nox i eat not lordsx
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timonx an thou shouldstx thouxdst anger ladiesx
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apemantusx ox they eat lordsx so they come by great belliesx
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timonx thatxs a lascivious apprehensionx
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apemantusx so thou apprehendxst it take it for thy labourx
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timonx how dost thou like this jewelx apemantusx
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apemantusx not so well as plain dealingx which will not cost a man
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a doitx
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timonx what dost thou think xtis worthx
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apemantusx not worth my thinkingx how nowx poetx
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poetx how nowx philosopherx
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apemantusx thou liestx
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poetx art not onex
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apemantusx yesx
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poetx then i lie notx
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apemantusx art not a poetx
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poetx yesx
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apemantusx then thou liestx look in thy last workx where thou hast
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|
feignxd him a worthy fellowx
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poetx thatxs not feignxdx he is sox
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apemantusx yesx he is worthy of theex and to pay thee for thy
|
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labourx he that loves to be flattered is worthy ox thx flattererx
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heavensx that i were a lordx
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timonx what wouldst do thenx apemantusx
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apemantusx exen as apemantus does nowx hate a lord with my heartx
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timonx whatx thyselfx
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apemantusx ayx
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timonx whereforex
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apemantusx that i had no angry wit to be a lordxx art not thou a
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|
merchantx
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merchantx ayx apemantusx
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apemantusx traffic confound theex if the gods will notx
|
|
merchantx if traffic do itx the gods do itx
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|
apemantusx trafficxs thy godx and thy god confound theex
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trumpet soundsx enter a messenger
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timonx what trumpetxs thatx
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messengerx xtis alcibiadesx and some twenty horsex
|
|
all of companionshipx
|
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timonx pray entertain themx give them guide to usx
|
|
exeunt some attendants
|
|
you must needs dine with mex go not you hence
|
|
till i have thankxd youx when dinnerxs done
|
|
show me this piecex i am joyful of your sightsx
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|
enter alcibiadesx with the rest
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most welcomex sirx xthey salutex
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|
apemantusx sox sox therex
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|
aches contract and starve your supple jointsx
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|
that there should be small love amongst these sweet knavesx
|
|
and all this courtesyx the strain of manxs bred out
|
|
into baboon and monkeyx
|
|
alcibiadesx sirx you have savxd my longingx and i feed
|
|
most hungerly on your sightx
|
|
timonx right welcomex sirx
|
|
ere we depart wexll share a bounteous time
|
|
in different pleasuresx pray youx let us inx
|
|
exeunt all but apemantus
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|
|
|
enter two lords
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|
first lordx what time ox day isxtx apemantusx
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apemantusx time to be honestx
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|
first lordx that time serves stillx
|
|
apemantusx the more accursed thou that still omitxst itx
|
|
second lordx thou art going to lord timonxs feastx
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|
apemantusx ayx to see meat fill knaves and wine heat foolsx
|
|
second lordx fare thee wellx fare thee wellx
|
|
apemantusx thou art a fool to bid me farewell twicex
|
|
second lordx whyx apemantusx
|
|
apemantusx shouldst have kept one to thyselfx for i mean to give
|
|
thee nonex
|
|
first lordx hang thyselfx
|
|
apemantusx nox i will do nothing at thy biddingx make thy requests
|
|
to thy friendx
|
|
second lordx awayx unpeaceable dogx or ixll spurn thee hencex
|
|
apemantusx i will flyx like a dogx the heels ox thx assx exit
|
|
first lordx hexs opposite to humanityx comex shall we in
|
|
and taste lord timonxs bountyx he outgoes
|
|
the very heart of kindnessx
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|
second lordx he pours it outx plutusx the god of goldx
|
|
is but his stewardx no meed but he repays
|
|
sevenfold above itselfx no gift to him
|
|
but breeds the giver a return exceeding
|
|
all use of quittancex
|
|
first lordx the noblest mind he carries
|
|
that ever governxd manx
|
|
second lordx long may he live in fortunesx shall we inx
|
|
first lordx ixll keep you companyx exeunt
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scene iix a room of state in timonxs house
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hautboys playing loud musicx a great banquet servxd inx
|
|
flavius and others attendingx and then enter lord timonx the statesx
|
|
the athenian lordsx ventidiusx which timon redeemxd from prisonx
|
|
then comesx dropping after allx apemantusx discontentedlyx like himself
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|
|
ventidiusx most honoured timonx
|
|
it hath pleasxd the gods to remember my fatherxs agex
|
|
and call him to long peacex
|
|
he is gone happyx and has left me richx
|
|
thenx as in grateful virtue i am bound
|
|
to your free heartx i do return those talentsx
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|
doubled with thanks and servicex from whose help
|
|
i derivxd libertyx
|
|
timonx ox by no meansx
|
|
honest ventidiusx you mistake my lovex
|
|
i gave it freely everx and therexs none
|
|
can truly say he givesx if he receivesx
|
|
if our betters play at that gamex we must not dare
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|
to imitate themx faults that are rich are fairx
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|
ventidiusx a noble spiritx
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timonx nayx my lordsx ceremony was but devisxd at first
|
|
to set a gloss on faint deedsx hollow welcomesx
|
|
recanting goodnessx sorry ere xtis shownx
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|
but where there is true friendship there needs nonex
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|
prayx sitx more welcome are ye to my fortunes
|
|
than my fortunes to mex xthey sitx
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|
first lordx my lordx we always have confessxd itx
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|
apemantusx hox hox confessxd itx hangxd itx have you notx
|
|
timonx ox apemantusx you are welcomex
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|
apemantusx nox
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you shall not make me welcomex
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i come to have thee thrust me out of doorsx
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|
timonx fiex thxart a churlx ye have got a humour there
|
|
does not become a manx xtis much to blamex
|
|
they sayx my lordsx ira furor brevis estx but yond man is ever
|
|
angryx gox let him have a table by himselfx for he does neither
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|
affect company nor is he fit forxt indeedx
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|
apemantusx let me stay at thine apperilx timonx
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|
i come to observex i give thee warning onxtx
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|
timonx i take no heed of theex thxart an athenianx therefore
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|
welcomex i myself would have no powerx prithee let my meat make
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|
thee silentx
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apemantusx i scorn thy meatx xtxwould choke mex for i should nexer
|
|
flatter theex o you godsx what a number of men eats timonx and he
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|
sees xem notx it grieves me to see so many dip their meat in one
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|
manxs bloodx and all the madness isx he cheers them up toox
|
|
i wonder men dare trust themselves with menx
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|
methinks they should invite them without knivesx
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|
good for their meat and safer for their livesx
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|
therexs much example forxtx the fellow that sits next him nowx
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|
parts bread with himx pledges the breath of him in a divided
|
|
draughtx is the readiest man to kill himx xt has been provedx if
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|
i were a huge man i should fear to drink at mealsx
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|
lest they should spy my windpipexs dangerous notesx
|
|
great men should drink with harness on their throatsx
|
|
timonx my lordx in heartx and let the health go roundx
|
|
second lordx let it flow this wayx my good lordx
|
|
apemantusx flow this wayx a brave fellowx he keeps his tides wellx
|
|
those healths will make thee and thy state look illx timonx
|
|
herexs that which is too weak to be a sinnerx honest waterx which
|
|
nexer left man ix thx mirex
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|
this and my food are equalsx therexs no oddsxx
|
|
feasts are too proud to give thanks to the godsx
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apemantusx grace
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immortal godsx i crave no pelfx
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i pray for no man but myselfx
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|
grant i may never prove so fond
|
|
to trust man on his oath or bondx
|
|
or a harlot for her weepingx
|
|
or a dog that seems axsleepingx
|
|
or a keeper with my freedomx
|
|
or my friendsx if i should need xemx
|
|
amenx so fall toxtx
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rich men sinx and i eat rootx xeats and drinksx
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|
much good dich thy good heartx apemantusx
|
|
timonx captain alcibiadesx your heartxs in the field nowx
|
|
alcibiadesx my heart is ever at your servicex my lordx
|
|
timonx you had rather be at a breakfast of enemies than dinner of
|
|
friendsx
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|
alcibiadesx so they were bleeding newx my lordx therexs no meat
|
|
like xemx i could wish my best friend at such a feastx
|
|
apemantusx would all those flatterers were thine enemies thenx that
|
|
then thou mightst kill xemx and bid me to xemx
|
|
first lordx might we but have that happinessx my lordx that you
|
|
would once use our heartsx whereby we might express some part of
|
|
our zealsx we should think ourselves for ever perfectx
|
|
timonx ox no doubtx my good friendsx but the gods themselves have
|
|
provided that i shall have much help from youx how had you been
|
|
my friends elsex why have you that charitable title from
|
|
thousandsx did not you chiefly belong to my heartx i have told
|
|
more of you to myself than you can with modesty speak in your own
|
|
behalfx and thus far i confirm youx o you godsx think ix what
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|
need we have any friends if we should nexer have need of xemx
|
|
they were the most needless creatures livingx should we nexer
|
|
have use for xemx and would most resemble sweet instruments hung
|
|
up in casesx that keep their sounds to themselvesx whyx i have
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|
often wishxd myself poorerx that i might come nearer to youx we
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|
are born to do benefitsx and what better or properer can we call
|
|
our own than the riches of our friendsx ox what a precious
|
|
comfort xtis to have so many like brothers commanding one
|
|
anotherxs fortunesx ox joyxs exen made away erext can be bornx
|
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mine eyes cannot hold out waterx methinksx to forget their
|
|
faultsx i drink to youx
|
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apemantusx thou weepxst to make them drinkx timonx
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|
second lordx joy had the like conception in our eyesx
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|
and at that instant like a babe sprung upx
|
|
apemantusx hox hox i laugh to think that babe a bastardx
|
|
third lordx i promise youx my lordx you movxd me muchx
|
|
apemantusx muchx xsound tucketx
|
|
timonx what means that trumpx
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enter a servant
|
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how nowx
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servantx please youx my lordx there are certain ladies most
|
|
desirous of admittancex
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|
timonx ladiesx what are their willsx
|
|
servantx there comes with them a forerunnerx my lordx which bears
|
|
that office to signify their pleasuresx
|
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timonx i pray let them be admittedx
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|
enter cupid
|
|
cupidx hail to theex worthy timonx and to all
|
|
that of his bounties tastex the five best senses
|
|
acknowledge thee their patronx and come freely
|
|
to gratulate thy plenteous bosomx thx earx
|
|
tastex touchx smellx pleasxd from thy table risex
|
|
they only now come but to feast thine eyesx
|
|
timonx theyxre welcome allx let xem have kind admittancex
|
|
musicx make their welcomex exit cupid
|
|
first lordx you seex my lordx how ample yxare belovxdx
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|
musicx rexenter cupidx witb a masque of ladies as amazonsx
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|
with lutes in their handsx dancing and playing
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|
apemantusx hoyxdayx what a sweep of vanity comes this wayx
|
|
they dancex they are mad womenx
|
|
like madness is the glory of this lifex
|
|
as this pomp shows to a little oil and rootx
|
|
we make ourselves fools to disport ourselvesx
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and spend our flatteries to drink those men
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upon whose age we void it up again
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with poisonous spite and envyx
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who lives thatxs not depraved or depravesx
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who dies that bears not one spurn to their graves
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of their friendsx giftx
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i should fear those that dance before me now
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would one day stamp upon mex xt has been donex
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men shut their doors against a setting sunx
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the lords rise from tablex with much adoring of
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timonx and to show their lovesx each single out an
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amazonx and all dancex men witb womenx a lofty
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strain or two to the hautboysx and cease
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timonx you have done our pleasures much gracex fair ladiesx
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set a fair fashion on our entertainmentx
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which was not half so beautiful and kindx
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you have added worth untoxt and lustrex
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and entertainxd me with mine own devicex
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i am to thank you forxtx
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first ladyx my lordx you take us even at the bestx
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apemantusx faithx for the worst is filthyx and would not hold
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takingx i doubt mex
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timonx ladiesx there is an idle banquet attends youx
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please you to dispose yourselvesx
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all ladiesx most thankfullyx my lordx
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exeunt cupid and ladies
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timonx flaviusx
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flaviusx my lordx
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timonx the little casket bring me hitherx
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flaviusx yesx my lordx xasidex more jewels yetx
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there is no crossing him inxs humourx
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else i should tell himx well ix faithx i shouldx
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when allxs spentx hexd be crossxd thenx an he couldx
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xtis pity bounty had not eyes behindx
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that man might nexer be wretched for his mindx exit
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first lordx where be our menx
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servantx herex my lordx in readinessx
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second lordx our horsesx
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rexenter flaviusx with the casket
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timonx o my friendsx
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i have one word to say to youx look youx my good lordx
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i must entreat you honour me so much
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as to advance this jewelx accept it and wear itx
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kind my lordx
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first lordx i am so far already in your giftsx
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allx so are we allx
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enter a servant
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servantx my lordx there are certain nobles of the senate newly
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alighted and come to visit youx
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timonx they are fairly welcomex exit servant
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flaviusx i beseech your honourx vouchsafe me a wordx it does
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concern you nearx
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timonx nearx why thenx another time ixll hear theex i prithee letxs
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be provided to show them entertainmentx
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flaviusx xasidex i scarce know howx
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enter another servant
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second servantx may it please vour honourx lord luciusx out of his
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free lovex hath presented to you four milkxwhite horsesx trappxd
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in silverx
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timonx i shall accept them fairlyx let the presents
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be worthily entertainxdx exit servant
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enter a third servant
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how nowx what newsx
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third servantx please youx my lordx that honourable gentlemanx lord
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lucullusx entreats your company toxmorrow to hunt with him and
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has sent your honour two brace of greyhoundsx
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timonx ixll hunt with himx and let them be receivxdx
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not without fair rewardx exit servant
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flaviusx xasidex what will this come tox
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he commands us to provide and give great giftsx
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and all out of an empty cofferx
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nor will he know his pursex or yield me thisx
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to show him what a beggar his heart isx
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being of no power to make his wishes goodx
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his promises fly so beyond his state
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that what he speaks is all in debtx he owes
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for evxry wordx he is so kind that he now
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pays interest forxtx his landxs put to their booksx
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wellx would i were gently put out of office
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before i were forcxd outx
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happier is he that has no friend to feed
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than such that do exen enemies exceedx
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i bleed inwardly for my lordx exit
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timonx you do yourselves much wrongx
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you bate too much of your own meritsx
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herex my lordx a trifle of our lovex
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second lordx with more than common thanks i will receive itx
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third lordx ox hexs the very soul of bountyx
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timonx and now i rememberx my lordx you gave good words the other
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day of a bay courser i rode onx xtis yours because you likxd itx
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third lordx ox i beseech you pardon mex my lordx in thatx
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timonx you may take my wordx my lordx i know no man
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can justly praise but what he does affectx
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i weigh my friendxs affection with mine ownx
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ixll tell you truex ixll call to youx
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all lordsx ox none so welcomex
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timonx i take all and your several visitations
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so kind to heart xtis not enough to givex
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methinks i could deal kingdoms to my friends
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and nexer be wearyx alcibiadesx
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thou art a soldierx therefore seldom richx
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it comes in charity to theex for all thy living
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is xmongst the deadx and all the lands thou hast
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lie in a pitchxd fieldx
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alcibiadesx ayx defilxd landx my lordx
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first lordx we are so virtuously boundx
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timonx and so am i to youx
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second lordx so infinitely endearxdx
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timonx all to youx lightsx more lightsx
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first lordx the best of happinessx honourx and fortunesx keep with
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youx lord timonx
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timonx ready for his friendsx
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exeunt all but apemantus and timon
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apemantusx what a coilxs herex
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serving of becks and juttingxout of bumsx
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i doubt whether their legs be worth the sums
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that are given for xemx friendshipxs full of dregsx
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methinks false hearts should never have sound legsx
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thus honest fools lay out their wealth on curtsiesx
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timonx nowx apemantusx if thou wert not sullen
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i would be good to theex
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apemantusx nox ixll nothingx for if i should be bribxd toox there
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would be none left to rail upon theex and then thou wouldst sin
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the fasterx thou givxst so longx timonx i fear me thou wilt give
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away thyself in paper shortlyx what needs these feastsx pompsx
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and vainxgloriesx
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timonx nayx an you begin to rail on society oncex i am sworn not to
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give regard to youx farewellx and come with better musicx
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exit
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apemantusx sox thou wilt not hear me nowx thou shalt not thenx ixll
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lock thy heaven from theex
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o that menxs ears should be
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to counsel deafx but not to flatteryx exit
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act iix scene ix a senatorxs house
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enter a senatorx with papers in his hand
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senatorx and latex five thousandx to varro and to isidore
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he owes nine thousandx besides my former sumx
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which makes it five and twentyx still in motion
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of raging wastex it cannot holdx it will notx
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if i want goldx steal but a beggarxs dog
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and give it timonx whyx the dog coins goldx
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if i would sell my horse and buy twenty moe
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better than hex whyx give my horse to timonx
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ask nothingx give it himx it foals me straightx
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and able horsesx no porter at his gatex
|
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but rather one that smiles and still invites
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all that pass byx it cannot holdx no reason
|
|
can sound his state in safetyx caphisx hox
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caphisx i sayx
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enter caphis
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caphisx herex sirx what is your pleasurex
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senatorx get on your cloak and haste you to lord timonx
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importune him for my moneysx be not ceasxd
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with slight denialx nor then silencxd when
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xcommend me to your masterx and the cap
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plays in the right handx thusx but tell him
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my uses cry to mex i must serve my turn
|
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out of mine ownx his days and times are pastx
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|
and my reliances on his fracted dates
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|
have smit my creditx i love and honour himx
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but must not break my back to heal his fingerx
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immediate are my needsx and my relief
|
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must not be tossxd and turnxd to me in wordsx
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but find supply immediatex get you gonex
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put on a most importunate aspectx
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a visage of demandx for i do fearx
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when every feather sticks in his own wingx
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lord timon will be left a naked gullx
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which flashes now a phoenixx get you gonex
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caphisx i gox sirx
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senatorx take the bonds along with youx
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and have the dates in comptx
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|
caphisx i willx sirx
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senatorx gox exeunt
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scene iix before timonxs house
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enter flaviusx timonxs stewardx with many bills in his hand
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flaviusx no carex no stopx so senseless of expense
|
|
that he will neither know how to maintain it
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|
nor cease his flow of riotx takes no account
|
|
how things go from himx nor resumes no care
|
|
of what is to continuex never mind
|
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was to be so unwise to be so kindx
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what shall be donex he will not hear till feelx
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i must be round with himx now he comes from huntingx
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fiex fiex fiex fiex
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enter caphisx and the servants of isidore and varro
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caphisx good evenx varrox whatx you come for moneyx
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varroxs servantx isxt not your business toox
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caphisx it isx and yours toox isidorex
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isidorexs servantx it is sox
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caphisx would we were all dischargxdx
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varroxs servantx i fear itx
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caphisx here comes the lordx
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enter timon and his trainx with alcibiades
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timonx so soon as dinnerxs done wexll forth againx
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my alcibiadesxx with mex what is your willx
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caphisx my lordx here is a note of certain duesx
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timonx duesx whence are youx
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caphisx of athens herex my lordx
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timonx go to my stewardx
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caphisx please it your lordshipx he hath put me off
|
|
to the succession of new days this monthx
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|
my master is awakxd by great occasion
|
|
to call upon his ownx and humbly prays you
|
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that with your other noble parts youxll suit
|
|
in giving him his rightx
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timonx mine honest friendx
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i prithee but repair to me next morningx
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caphisx nayx good my lordx
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timonx contain thyselfx good friendx
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varroxs servantx one varroxs servantx my good lordx
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isidorexs servantx from isidorex he humbly prays your speedy
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|
paymentx
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caphisx if you did knowx my lordx my masterxs wantsx
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varroxs servantx xtwas due on forfeiturex my lordx six weeks and
|
|
pastx
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isidorexs servantx your steward puts me offx my lordx and
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|
i am sent expressly to your lordshipx
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timonx give me breathx
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i do beseech youx good my lordsx keep onx
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ixll wait upon you instantlyx
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|
exeunt alcibiades and lords
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|
xto flaviusx come hitherx pray youx
|
|
how goes the world that i am thus encountxred
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with clamorous demands of datexbroke bonds
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|
and the detention of longxsincexdue debtsx
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|
against my honourx
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|
flaviusx please youx gentlemenx
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|
the time is unagreeable to this businessx
|
|
your importunacy cease till after dinnerx
|
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that i may make his lordship understand
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wherefore you are not paidx
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timonx do sox my friendsx
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see them well entertainxdx exit
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flaviusx pray draw nearx exit
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enter apemantus and fool
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caphisx stayx stayx here comes the fool with apemantusx
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letxs hax some sport with xemx
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varroxs servantx hang himx hexll abuse usx
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isidorexs servantx a plague upon himx dogx
|
|
varroxs servantx how dostx foolx
|
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apemantusx dost dialogue with thy shadowx
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varroxs servantx i speak not to theex
|
|
apemantusx nox xtis to thyselfx xto the foolx come awayx
|
|
isidorexs servantx xto varroxs servantx therexs the fool hangs on
|
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your back alreadyx
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apemantusx nox thou standxst singlex thxart not on him yetx
|
|
caphisx wherexs the fool nowx
|
|
apemantusx he last askxd the questionx poor rogues and usurersx
|
|
menx bawds between gold and wantx
|
|
all servantsx what are wex apemantusx
|
|
apemantusx assesx
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|
all servantsx whyx
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|
apemantusx that you ask me what you arex and do not know
|
|
yourselvesx speak to xemx foolx
|
|
foolx how do youx gentlemenx
|
|
all servantsx gramerciesx good foolx how does your mistressx
|
|
foolx shexs exen setting on water to scald such chickens as you
|
|
arex would we could see you at corinthx
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apemantusx goodx gramercyx
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enter page
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foolx look youx here comes my mistressx pagex
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|
pagex xto the foolx whyx how nowx captainx what do you in this wise
|
|
companyx how dost thoux apemantusx
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|
apemantusx would i had a rod in my mouthx that i might answer thee
|
|
profitablyx
|
|
pagex pritheex apemantusx read me the superscription of these
|
|
lettersx i know not which is whichx
|
|
apemantusx canst not readx
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|
pagex nox
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|
apemantusx there will little learning diex thenx that day thou art
|
|
hangxdx this is to lord timonx this to alcibiadesx gox thou wast
|
|
born a bastardx and thouxt die a bawdx
|
|
pagex thou wast whelpxd a dogx and thou shalt famish dogxs deathx
|
|
answer notx i am gonex exit page
|
|
apemantusx exen so thou outrunxst gracex
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foolx i will go with you to lord timonxsx
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foolx will you leave me therex
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apemantusx if timon stay at homex you three serve three usurersx
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all servantsx ayx would they servxd usx
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apemantusx so would ix as good a trick as ever hangman servxd
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|
thiefx
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foolx are you three usurersx menx
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all servantsx ayx foolx
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|
foolx i think no usurer but has a fool to his servantx my mistress
|
|
is onex and i am her foolx when men come to borrow of your
|
|
mastersx they approach sadly and go away merryx but they enter my
|
|
mistressx house merrily and go away sadlyx the reason of thisx
|
|
varroxs servantx i could render onex
|
|
apemantusx do it thenx that we may account thee a whoremaster and a
|
|
knavex which notwithstandingx thou shalt be no less esteemedx
|
|
varroxs servantx what is a whoremasterx foolx
|
|
foolx a fool in good clothesx and something like theex xtis a
|
|
spiritx sometime xt appears like a lordx sometime like a lawyerx
|
|
sometime like a philosopherx with two stones moe thanxs
|
|
artificial onex he is very often like a knightx andx generallyx
|
|
in all shapes that man goes up and down in from fourscore to
|
|
thirteenx this spirit walks inx
|
|
varroxs servantx thou art not altogether a foolx
|
|
foolx nor thou altogether a wise manx
|
|
as much foolery as i havex so much wit thou lackxstx
|
|
apemantusx that answer might have become apemantusx
|
|
varroxs servantx asidex asidex here comes lord timonx
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rexenter timon and flavius
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apemantusx come with mex foolx comex
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|
foolx i do not always follow loverx elder brotherx and womanx
|
|
sometime the philosopherx
|
|
exeunt apemantus and fool
|
|
flaviusx pray you walk nearx ixll speak with you anonx
|
|
exeunt servants
|
|
timonx you make me marvel wherefore ere this time
|
|
had you not fully laid my state before mex
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that i might so have rated my expense
|
|
as i had leave of meansx
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|
flaviusx you would not hear me
|
|
at many leisures i proposxdx
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|
timonx go tox
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|
perchance some single vantages you took
|
|
when my indisposition put you backx
|
|
and that unaptness made your minister
|
|
thus to excuse yourselfx
|
|
flaviusx o my good lordx
|
|
at many times i brought in my accountsx
|
|
laid them before youx you would throw them off
|
|
and say you found them in mine honestyx
|
|
whenx for some trifling presentx you have bid me
|
|
return so muchx i have shook my head and weptx
|
|
yeax xgainst thx authority of mannersx prayxd you
|
|
to hold your hand more closex i did endure
|
|
not seldomx nor no slight checksx when i have
|
|
prompted you in the ebb of your estate
|
|
and your great flow of debtsx my lovxd lordx
|
|
though you hear nowx too latexx yet nowxs a timex
|
|
the greatest of your having lacks a half
|
|
to pay your present debtsx
|
|
timonx let all my land be soldx
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flaviusx xtis all engagxdx some forfeited and gonex
|
|
and what remains will hardly stop the mouth
|
|
of present duesx the future comes apacex
|
|
what shall defend the interimx and at length
|
|
how goes our reckxningx
|
|
timonx to lacedaemon did my land extendx
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|
flaviusx o my good lordx the world is but a wordx
|
|
were it all yours to give it in a breathx
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how quickly were it gonex
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|
timonx you tell me truex
|
|
flaviusx if you suspect my husbandry or falsehoodx
|
|
call me before thx exactest auditors
|
|
and set me on the proofx so the gods bless mex
|
|
when all our offices have been oppressxd
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with riotous feedersx when our vaults have wept
|
|
with drunken spilth of winex when every room
|
|
hath blazxd with lights and brayxd with minstrelsyx
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|
i have retirxd me to a wasteful cock
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|
and set mine eyes at flowx
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timonx prithee no morex
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|
flaviusx xheavensxx have i said xthe bounty of this lordx
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|
how many prodigal bits have slaves and peasants
|
|
this night engluttedx who is not lord timonxsx
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|
what heartx headx swordx forcex meansx but is lord timonxsx
|
|
great timonx noblex worthyx royal timonxx
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|
ahx when the means are gone that buy this praisex
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|
the breath is gone whereof this praise is madex
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|
feastxwonx fastxlostx one cloud of winter showxrsx
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|
these flies are couchxdx
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timonx comex sermon me no furtherx
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|
no villainous bounty yet hath passxd my heartx
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|
unwiselyx not ignoblyx have i givenx
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|
why dost thou weepx canst thou the conscience lack
|
|
to think i shall lack friendsx secure thy heartx
|
|
if i would broach the vessels of my lovex
|
|
and try the argument of hearts by borrowingx
|
|
men and menxs fortunes could i frankly use
|
|
as i can bid thee speakx
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|
flaviusx assurance bless your thoughtsx
|
|
timonx andx in some sortx these wants of mine are crownxd
|
|
that i account them blessingsx for by these
|
|
shall i try friendsx you shall perceive how you
|
|
mistake my fortunesx i am wealthy in my friendsx
|
|
within therex flaminiusx serviliusx
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|
enter flaminiusx serviliusx and another servant
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|
servantsx my lordx my lordx
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timonx i will dispatch you severallyx you to lord luciusx to lord
|
|
lucullus youx i hunted with his honour toxdayx you to semproniusx
|
|
commend me to their lovesx and i am proudx sayx that my occasions
|
|
have found time to use xem toward a supply of moneyx let the
|
|
request be fifty talentsx
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|
flaminiusx as you have saidx my lordx exeunt servants
|
|
flaviusx xasidex lord lucius and lucullusx humhx
|
|
timonx go youx sirx to the senatorsx
|
|
of whomx even to the statexs best healthx i have
|
|
deservxd this hearingx bid xem send ox thx instant
|
|
a thousand talents to mex
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|
flaviusx i have been boldx
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|
for that i knew it the most general wayx
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|
to them to use your signet and your namex
|
|
but they do shake their headsx and i am here
|
|
no richer in returnx
|
|
timonx isxt truex canxt bex
|
|
flaviusx they answerx in a joint and corporate voicex
|
|
that now they are at fallx want treasurex cannot
|
|
do what they wouldx are sorryx you are honourablex
|
|
but yet they could have wishxdx they know notx
|
|
something hath been amissx a noble nature
|
|
may catch a wrenchx would all were wellxx xtis pityx
|
|
and sox intending other serious mattersx
|
|
after distasteful looksx and these hard fractionsx
|
|
with certain halfxcaps and coldxmoving nodsx
|
|
they froze me into silencex
|
|
timonx you godsx reward themx
|
|
pritheex manx look cheerlyx these old fellows
|
|
have their ingratitude in them hereditaryx
|
|
their blood is cakxdx xtis coldx it seldom flowsx
|
|
xtis lack of kindly warmth they are not kindx
|
|
and naturex as it grows again toward earthx
|
|
is fashionxd for the journey dull and heavyx
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go to ventidiusx prithee be not sadx
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thou art true and honestx ingeniously i speakx
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no blame belongs to theex ventidius lately
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buried his fatherx by whose death hexs steppxd
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into a great estatex when he was poorx
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imprisonxdx and in scarcity of friendsx
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i clearxd him with five talentsx greet him from mex
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bid him suppose some good necessity
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touches his friendx which craves to be remembxred
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with those five talentsx that hadx givext these fellows
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to whom xtis instant duex nevxr speak or think
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that timonxs fortunes xmong his friends can sinkx
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flaviusx i would i could not think itx
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that thought is bountyxs foex
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being free itselfx it thinks all others sox exeunt
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act iiix scene ix lucullusx house
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flaminius waiting to speak with lucullusx enter servant to him
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servantx i have told my lord of youx he is coming down to youx
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flaminiusx i thank youx sirx
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enter lucullus
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servantx herexs my lordx
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lucullusx xasidex one of lord timonxs menx a giftx i warrantx whyx
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this hits rightx i dreamt of a silver basin and ewer toxnightx
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flaminiusx honest flaminiusx you are very respectively welcomex
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sirx fill me some winex xexit servantx and how does that
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honourablex completex freehearted gentleman of athensx thy very
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bountiful good lord and masterx
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flaminiusx his health is wellx sirx
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lucullusx i am right glad that his health is wellx sirx and what
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hast thou there under thy cloakx pretty flaminiusx
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flaminiusx faithx nothing but an empty boxx sirx which in my lordxs
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behalf i come to entreat your honour to supplyx whox having
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great and instant occasion to use fifty talentsx hath sent to
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your lordship to furnish himx nothing doubting your present
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assistance thereinx
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luculliusx lax lax lax lax xnothing doubtingx says hex alasx good
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lordx a noble gentleman xtisx if he would not keep so good a
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housex many a time and often i hax dinxd with him and told him
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onxtx and come again to supper to him of purpose to have him
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spend lessx and yet he would embrace no counselx take no warning
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by my comingx every man has his faultx and honesty is hisx i hax
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told him onxtx but i could nexer get him fromxtx
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rexenter servantx with wine
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servantx please your lordshipx here is the winex
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lucullusx flaminiusx i have noted thee always wisex herexs to theex
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flaminiusx your lordship speaks your pleasurex
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lucullusx i have observed thee always for a towardly prompt spiritx
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give thee thy duex and one that knows what belongs to reasonx and
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canst use the time wellx if the time use thee wellx good parts in
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theex xto servantx get you gonex sirrahx xexit servantx draw
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nearerx honest flaminiusx thy lordxs a bountiful gentlemanx but
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thou art wisex and thou knowxst well enoughx although thou comxst
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to mex that this is no time to lend moneyx especially upon bare
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friendship without securityx herexs three solidares for theex
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good boyx wink at mex and say thou sawxst me notx fare thee wellx
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flaminiusx isxt possible the world should so much differx
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and we alive that livxdx flyx damned basenessx
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to him that worships theex xthrowing the money backx
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lucullusx hax now i see thou art a foolx and fit for thy masterx
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exit
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flaminiusx may these add to the number that may scald theex
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let molten coin be thy damnationx
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thou disease of a friend and not himselfx
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has friendship such a faint and milky heart
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it turns in less than two nightsx o you godsx
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i feel my masterxs passionx this slave
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unto his honour has my lordxs meat in himx
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why should it thrive and turn to nutriment
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when he is turnxd to poisonx
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ox may diseases only work uponxtx
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and when hexs sick to deathx let not that part of nature
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which my lord paid for be of any power
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to expel sicknessx but prolong his hourx exit
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scene iix a public place
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enter luciusx with three strangers
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luciusx whox the lord timonx he is my very good friendx and an
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honourable gentlemanx
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first strangerx we know him for no lessx though we are but
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strangers to himx but i can tell you one thingx my lordx and
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which i hear from common rumoursx now lord timonxs happy hours
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are done and pastx and his estate shrinks from himx
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luciusx fiex nox do not believe itx he cannot want for moneyx
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second strangerx but believe you thisx my lordx that not long ago
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one of his men was with the lord lucullus to borrow so many
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talentsx nayx urgxd extremely forxtx and showed what necessity
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belongxd toxtx and yet was deniedx
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luciusx howx
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second strangerx i tell youx deniedx my lordx
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luciusx what a strange case was thatx nowx before the godsx i am
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ashamxd onxtx denied that honourable manx there was very little
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honour showxd inxtx for my own partx i must needs confess i have
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received some small kindnesses from himx as moneyx platex jewelsx
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and suchxlike triflesx nothing comparing to hisx yetx had he
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mistook him and sent to mex i should nexer have denied his
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occasion so many talentsx
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enter servilius
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serviliusx seex by good hapx yonderxs my lordx i have sweat to see
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his honourxx my honourxd lordx
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luciusx serviliusx you are kindly metx sirx fare thee wellx commend
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me to thy honourable virtuous lordx my very exquisite friendx
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serviliusx may it please your honourx my lord hath sentx
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luciusx hax what has he sentx i am so much endeared to that lordx
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hexs ever sendingx how shall i thank himx thinkxst thoux and what
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has he sent nowx
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serviliusx has only sent his present occasion nowx my lordx
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requesting your lordship to supply his instant use with so many
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talentsx
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luciusx i know his lordship is but merry with mex
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he cannot want fiftyxfive hundred talentsx
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serviliusx but in the mean time he wants lessx my lordx
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if his occasion were not virtuous
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i should not urge it half so faithfullyx
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luciusx dost thou speak seriouslyx serviliusx
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serviliusx upon my soulx xtis truex sirx
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luciusx what a wicked beast was i to disfurnish myself against such
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a good timex when i might hax shown myself honourablex how
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unluckily it happxned that i should purchase the day before for a
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little part and undo a great deal of honourx serviliusx now
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before the godsx i am not able to dox the more beastx i sayx i
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was sending to use lord timon myselfx these gentlemen can
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|
witnessx but i would not for the wealth of athens i had donext
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nowx commend me bountifully to his good lordshipx and i hope his
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|
honour will conceive the fairest of mex because i have no power
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to be kindx and tell him this from mex i count it one of my
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|
greatest afflictionsx sayx that i cannot pleasure such an
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honourable gentlemanx good serviliusx will you befriend me so far
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as to use mine own words to himx
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serviliusx yesx sirx i shallx
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luciusx ixll look you out a good turnx serviliusx
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exit servilius
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truex as you saidx timon is shrunk indeedx
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and he thatxs once denied will hardly speedx exit
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first strangerx do you observe thisx hostiliusx
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second strangerx ayx too wellx
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first strangerx whyx this is the worldxs soulx and just of the same
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|
piece
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is every flattererxs spiritx who can call him his friend
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|
that dips in the same dishx forx in my knowingx
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timon has been this lordxs fatherx
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and kept his credit with his pursex
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supported his estatex nayx timonxs money
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|
has paid his men their wagesx he nexer drinks
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but timonxs silver treads upon his lipx
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and yetx ox see the monstrousness of man
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|
when he looks out in an ungrateful shapexx
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he does deny himx in respect of hisx
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what charitable men afford to beggarsx
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third strangerx religion groans at itx
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first strangerx for mine own partx
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i never tasted timon in my lifex
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nor came any of his bounties over me
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to mark me for his friendx yet i protestx
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for his right noble mindx illustrious virtuex
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and honourable carriagex
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had his necessity made use of mex
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i would have put my wealth into donationx
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and the best half should have returnxd to himx
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so much i love his heartx but i perceive
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men must learn now with pity to dispensex
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for policy sits above consciencex exeunt
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scene iiix semproniusx house
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enter sempronius and a servant of timonxs
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semproniusx must he needs trouble me inxtx humx xbove all othersx
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|
he might have tried lord lucius or lucullusx
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|
and now ventidius is wealthy toox
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|
whom he redeemxd from prisonx all these
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|
owe their estates unto himx
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servantx my lordx
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they have all been touchxd and found base metalx for
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|
they have all denied himx
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semproniusx howx have they denied himx
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has ventidius and lucullus denied himx
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and does he send to mex threex humhx
|
|
it shows but little love or judgment in himx
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must i be his last refugex his friendsx like physiciansx
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thrice give him overx must i take thx cure upon mex
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has much disgracxd me inxtx ixm angry at himx
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that might have known my placex i see no sense forxtx
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but his occasions might have wooxd me firstx
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forx in my consciencex i was the first man
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|
that exer received gift from himx
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|
and does he think so backwardly of me now
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|
that ixll requite it lastx nox
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|
so it may prove an argument of laughter
|
|
to thx restx and i xmongst lords be thought a foolx
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ixd rather than the worth of thrice the sum
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|
had sent to me firstx but for my mindxs sakex
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|
ixd such a courage to do him goodx but now returnx
|
|
and with their faint reply this answer joinx
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who bates mine honour shall not know my coinx exit
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|
servantx excellentx your lordshipxs a goodly villainx the devil
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|
knew not what he did when he made man politicx he crossxd himself
|
|
byxtx and i cannot think butx in the endx the villainies of man
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|
will set him clearx how fairly this lord strives to appear foulx
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|
takes virtuous copies to be wickedx like those that under hot
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|
ardent zeal would set whole realms on firex
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|
of such a nature is his politic lovex
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|
this was my lordxs best hopex now all are fledx
|
|
save only the godsx now his friends are deadx
|
|
doors that were nexer acquainted with their wards
|
|
many a bounteous year must be employxd
|
|
now to guard sure their masterx
|
|
and this is all a liberal course allowsx
|
|
who cannot keep his wealth must keep his housex exit
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scene ivx a hall in timonxs house
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|
enter two of varroxs menx meeting luciusx servantx and othersx all
|
|
being servants of timonxs creditorsx to wait for his coming outx then
|
|
enter titus and hortensius
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|
|
first varroxs servantx well metx good morrowx titus and hortensiusx
|
|
titusx the like to youx kind varrox
|
|
hortensiusx luciusx whatx do we meet togetherx
|
|
luciusx servantx ayx and i think one business does command us allx
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|
for mine is moneyx
|
|
titusx so is theirs and oursx
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|
enter philotus
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|
luciusx servantx and sir philotus toox
|
|
philotusx good day at oncex
|
|
luciusx servantx welcomex good brotherx what do you think the hourx
|
|
philotusx labouring for ninex
|
|
luciusx servantx so muchx
|
|
philotusx is not my lord seen yetx
|
|
luciusx servantx not yetx
|
|
philotusx i wonder onxtx he was wont to shine at sevenx
|
|
luciusx servantx ayx but the days are waxxd shorter with himx
|
|
you must consider that a prodigal course
|
|
is like the sunxsx but not like his recoverablex
|
|
i fear
|
|
xtis deepest winter in lord timonxs pursex
|
|
that isx one may reach deep enough and yet
|
|
find littlex
|
|
philotusx i am of your fear for thatx
|
|
titusx ixll show you how tx observe a strange eventx
|
|
your lord sends now for moneyx
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|
hortensiusx most truex he doesx
|
|
titusx and he wears jewels now of timonxs giftx
|
|
for which i wait for moneyx
|
|
hortensiusx it is against my heartx
|
|
luciusx servantx mark how strange it shows
|
|
timon in this should pay more than he owesx
|
|
and exen as if your lord should wear rich jewels
|
|
and send for money for xemx
|
|
hortensiusx ixm weary of this chargex the gods can witnessx
|
|
i know my lord hath spent of timonxs wealthx
|
|
and now ingratitude makes it worse than stealthx
|
|
first varroxs servantx yesx minexs three thousand crownsx whatxs
|
|
yoursx
|
|
luciusx servantx five thousand minex
|
|
first varroxs servantx xtis much deepx and it should seem by thx
|
|
sum
|
|
your masterxs confidence was above minex
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|
else surely his had equallxdx
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|
enter flaminius
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|
titusx one of lord timonxs menx
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|
luciusx servantx flaminiusx sirx a wordx prayx is my lord ready to
|
|
come forthx
|
|
flaminiusx nox indeedx he is notx
|
|
titusx we attend his lordshipx pray signify so muchx
|
|
flaminiusx i need not tell him thatx he knows you are to diligentx
|
|
exit
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|
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|
enter flaviusx in a cloakx muffled
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|
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|
luciusx servantx hax is not that his steward muffled sox
|
|
he goes away in a cloudx call himx call himx
|
|
titusx do you hearx sirx
|
|
second varroxs servantx by your leavex sirx
|
|
flaviusx what do ye ask of mex my friendx
|
|
titusx we wait for certain money herex sirx
|
|
flaviusx ayx
|
|
if money were as certain as your waitingx
|
|
xtwere sure enoughx
|
|
why then preferrxd you not your sums and bills
|
|
when your false masters eat of my lordxs meatx
|
|
then they could smilex and fawn upon his debtsx
|
|
and take down thx intxrest into their gluttxnous mawsx
|
|
you do yourselves but wrong to stir me upx
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|
let me pass quietlyx
|
|
believextx my lord and i have made an endx
|
|
i have no more to reckonx he to spendx
|
|
luciusx servantx ayx but this answer will not servex
|
|
flaviusx if xtwill not servex xtis not so base as youx
|
|
for you serve knavesx exit
|
|
first varroxs servantx howx what does his cashierxd worship mutterx
|
|
second varroxs servantx no matter whatx hexs poorx and thatxs
|
|
revenge enoughx who can speak broader than he that has no house
|
|
to put his head inx such may rail against great buildingsx
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|
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|
enter servilius
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|
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|
titusx ox herexs serviliusx now we shall know some answerx
|
|
serviliusx if i might beseech youx gentlemenx to repair some other
|
|
hourx i should derive much fromxtx for takext of my soulx my lord
|
|
leans wondrously to discontentx his comfortable temper has
|
|
forsook himx hexs much out of health and keeps his chamberx
|
|
luciusx servantx many do keep their chambers are not sickx
|
|
and if it be so far beyond his healthx
|
|
methinks he should the sooner pay his debtsx
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|
and make a clear way to the godsx
|
|
serviliusx good godsx
|
|
titusx we cannot take this for answerx sirx
|
|
flaminiusx xwithinx serviliusx helpx my lordx my lordx
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|
enter timonx in a ragex flaminius following
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timonx whatx are my doors opposxd against my passagex
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|
have i been ever freex and must my house
|
|
be my retentive enemyx my gaolx
|
|
the place which i have feastedx does it nowx
|
|
like all mankindx show me an iron heartx
|
|
luciusx servantx put in nowx titusx
|
|
titusx my lordx here is my billx
|
|
luciusx servantx herexs minex
|
|
hortensiusx and minex my lordx
|
|
both varroxs servantsx and oursx my lordx
|
|
philotusx all our billsx
|
|
timonx knock me down with xemx cleave me to the girdlex
|
|
luciusx servantx alasx my lordx
|
|
timonx cut my heart in sumsx
|
|
titusx minex fifty talentsx
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|
timonx tell out my bloodx
|
|
luciusx servantx five thousand crownsx my lordx
|
|
timonx five thousand drops pays thatx what yoursx and yoursx
|
|
first varroxs servantx my lordx
|
|
second varroxs servantx my lordx
|
|
timonx tear mex take mex and the gods fall upon youx exit
|
|
hortensiusx faithx i perceive our masters may throw their caps at
|
|
their moneyx these debts may well be callxd desperate onesx for a
|
|
madman owes xemx exeunt
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|
|
|
rexenter timon and flavius
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|
|
|
timonx they have exen put my breath from mex the slavesx
|
|
creditorsx devilsx
|
|
flaviusx my dear lordx
|
|
timonx what if it should be sox
|
|
flaminiusx my lordx
|
|
timonx ixll have it sox my stewardx
|
|
flaviusx herex my lordx
|
|
timonx so fitlyx gox bid all my friends againx
|
|
luciusx lucullusx and semproniusx allx
|
|
ixll once more feast the rascalsx
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|
flaviusx o my lordx
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|
you only speak from your distracted soulx
|
|
there is not so much left to furnish out
|
|
a moderate tablex
|
|
timonx be it not in thy carex
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|
gox i charge theex invite them allx let in the tide
|
|
of knaves once morex my cook and ixll providex exeunt
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|
|
|
scene vx the senate house
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|
|
|
enter three senators at one doorx alcibiades meeting themx with
|
|
attendants
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|
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|
first senatorx my lordx you have my voice toxtx the faultxs bloodyx
|
|
xtis necessary he should diex
|
|
nothing emboldens sin so much as mercyx
|
|
second senatorx most truex the law shall bruise himx
|
|
alcibiadesx honourx healthx and compassionx to the senatex
|
|
first senatorx nowx captainx
|
|
alcibiadesx i am an humble suitor to your virtuesx
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|
for pity is the virtue of the lawx
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|
and none but tyrants use it cruellyx
|
|
it pleases time and fortune to lie heavy
|
|
upon a friend of minex who in hot blood
|
|
hath steppxd into the lawx which is past depth
|
|
to those that without heed do plunge intoxtx
|
|
he is a manx setting his fate asidex
|
|
of comely virtuesx
|
|
nor did he soil the fact with cowardicex
|
|
an honour in him which buys out his faultx
|
|
but with a noble fury and fair spiritx
|
|
seeing his reputation touchxd to deathx
|
|
he did oppose his foex
|
|
and with such sober and unnoted passion
|
|
he did behove his anger ere xtwas spentx
|
|
as if he had but provxd an argumentx
|
|
first senatorx you undergo too strict a paradoxx
|
|
striving to make an ugly deed look fairx
|
|
your words have took such pains as if they labourxd
|
|
to bring manslaughter into form and set
|
|
quarrelling upon the head of valourx whichx indeedx
|
|
is valour misbegotx and came into the world
|
|
when sects and factions were newly bornx
|
|
hexs truly valiant that can wisely suffer
|
|
the worst that man can breathex
|
|
and make his wrongs his outsidesx
|
|
to wear them like his raimentx carelesslyx
|
|
and nexer prefer his injuries to his heartx
|
|
to bring it into dangerx
|
|
if wrongs be evilsx and enforce us killx
|
|
what folly xtis to hazard life for illx
|
|
alcibiadesx my lordx
|
|
first senatorx you cannot make gross sins look clearx
|
|
to revenge is no valourx but to bearx
|
|
alcibiadesx my lordsx thenx under favourx pardon me
|
|
if i speak like a captainx
|
|
why do fond men expose themselves to battlex
|
|
and not endure all threatsx sleep uponxtx
|
|
and let the foes quietly cut their throatsx
|
|
without repugnancyx if there be
|
|
such valour in the bearingx what make we
|
|
abroadx whyx thenx women are more valiantx
|
|
that stay at homex if bearing carry itx
|
|
and the ass more captain than the lionx the fellow
|
|
loaden with irons wiser than the judgex
|
|
if wisdom be in sufferingx o my lordsx
|
|
as you are greatx be pitifully goodx
|
|
who cannot condemn rashness in cold bloodx
|
|
to killx i grantx is sinxs extremest gustx
|
|
butx in defencex by mercyx xtis most justx
|
|
to be in anger is impietyx
|
|
but who is man that is not angryx
|
|
weigh but the crime with thisx
|
|
second senatorx you breathe in vainx
|
|
alcibiadesx in vainx his service done
|
|
at lacedaemon and byzantium
|
|
were a sufficient briber for his lifex
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first senatorx whatxs thatx
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alcibiadesx whyx i sayx my lordsx has done fair servicex
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and slain in fight many of your enemiesx
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how full of valour did he bear himself
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in the last conflictx and made plenteous woundsx
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second senatorx he has made too much plenty with xemx
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hexs a sworn rioterx he has a sin that often
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drowns him and takes his valour prisonerx
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if there were no foesx that were enough
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to overcome himx in that beastly fury
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he has been known to commit outrages
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and cherish factionsx xtis inferrxd to us
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his days are foul and his drink dangerousx
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first senatorx he diesx
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alcibiadesx hard fatex he might have died in warx
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my lordsx if not for any parts in himx
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though his right arm might purchase his own timex
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and be in debt to nonex yetx more to move youx
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take my deserts to hisx and join xem bothx
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andx for i know your reverend ages love
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securityx ixll pawn my victoriesx all
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my honours to youx upon his good returnsx
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if by this crime he owes the law his lifex
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whyx let the war receivext in valiant gorex
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for law is strictx and war is nothing morex
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first senatorx we are for lawx he diesx urge it no more
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on height of our displeasurex friend or brotherx
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he forfeits his own blood that spills anotherx
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alcibiadesx must it be sox it must not bex my lordsx
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i do beseech youx know mex
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second senatorx howx
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alcibiadesx call me to your remembrancesx
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third senatorx whatx
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alcibiadesx i cannot think but your age has forgot mex
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it could not else be i should prove so base
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to suex and be denied such common gracex
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my wounds ache at youx
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first senatorx do you dare our angerx
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xtis in few wordsx but spacious in effectx
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we banish thee for everx
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alcibiadesx banish mex
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banish your dotagex banish usury
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that makes the senate uglyx
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first senatorx if after two daysx shine athens contain theex
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attend our weightier judgmentx andx not to swell our spiritx
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he shall be executed presentlyx exeunt senators
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alcibiadesx now the gods keep you old enough that you may live
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only in bonex that none may look on youx
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ixm worse than madx i have kept back their foesx
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while they have told their money and let out
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their coin upon large interestx i myself
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rich only in large hurtsx all those for thisx
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is this the balsam that the usuring senate
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pours into captainsx woundsx banishmentx
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it comes not illx i hate not to be banishxdx
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it is a cause worthy my spleen and furyx
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that i may strike at athensx ixll cheer up
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my discontented troopsx and lay for heartsx
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xtis honour with most lands to be at oddsx
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soldiers should brook as little wrongs as godsx exit
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scene vix a banqueting hall in timonxs house
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musicx tables set outx servants attendingx enter divers lordsx friends
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of timonx at several doors
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first lordx the good time of day to youx sirx
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second lordx i also wish it to youx i think this honourable lord
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did but try us this other dayx
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first lordx upon that were my thoughts tiring when we encountxredx
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i hope it is not so low with him as he made it seem in the trial
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of his several friendsx
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second lordx it should not bex by the persuasion of his new
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feastingx
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first lordx i should think sox he hath sent me an earnest invitingx
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which many my near occasions did urge me to put offx but he hath
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conjurxd me beyond themx and i must needs appearx
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second lordx in like manner was i in debt to my importunate
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businessx but he would not hear my excusex i am sorryx when he
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sent to borrow of mex that my provision was outx
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first lordx i am sick of that grief toox as i understand how all
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things gox
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second lordx every man herexs sox what would he have borrowed of
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youx
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first lordx a thousand piecesx
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second lordx a thousand piecesx
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first lordx what of youx
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second lordx he sent to mex sirx here he comesx
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enter timon and attendants
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timonx with all my heartx gentlemen bothx and how fare youx
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first lordx ever at the bestx hearing well of your lordshipx
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second lordx the swallow follows not summer more willing than we
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your lordshipx
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timonx xasidex nor more willingly leaves winterx such summerxbirds
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are menx gentlemenx our dinner will not recompense this long
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stayx feast your ears with the music awhilex if they will fare so
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harshly ox thx trumpetxs soundx we shall toxt presentlyx
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first lordx i hope it remains not unkindly with your lordship that
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i returnxd you an empty messengerx
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timonx o sirx let it not trouble youx
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second lordx my noble lordx
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timonx ahx my good friendx what cheerx
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second lordx my most honourable lordx i am exen sick of shame thatx
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when your lordship this other day sent to mex i was so
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unfortunate a beggarx
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timonx think not onxtx sirx
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second lordx if you had sent but two hours beforex
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timonx let it not cumber your better remembrancex xthe banquet
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brought inx comex bring in all togetherx
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second lordx all coverxd dishesx
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first lordx royal cheerx i warrant youx
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third lordx doubt not thatx if money and the season can yield itx
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first lordx how do youx whatxs the newsx
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third lordx alcibiades is banishxdx hear you of itx
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first and second lordsx alcibiades banishxdx
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third lordx xtis sox be sure of itx
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first lordx howx howx
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second lordx i pray youx upon whatx
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timonx my worthy friendsx will you draw nearx
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third lordx ixll tell you more anonx herexs a noble feast towardx
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second lordx this is the old man stillx
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third lordx willxt holdx willxt holdx
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second lordx it doesx but time willx and sox
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third lordx i do conceivex
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timonx each man to his stool with that spur as he would to the lip
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of his mistressx your diet shall be in all places alikex make not
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a city feast of itx to let the meat cool ere we can agree upon
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the first placex sitx sitx the gods require our thanksx
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you great benefactorsx sprinkle our society with thankfulnessx for
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your own gifts make yourselves praisxdx but reserve still to givex
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lest your deities be despisedx lend to each man enoughx that one
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need not lend to anotherx for were your godxheads to borrow of menx
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men would forsake the godsx make the meat be beloved more than the
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man that gives itx let no assembly of twenty be without a score of
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villainsx if there sit twelve women at the tablex let a dozen of
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them bex as they arex the rest of your foesx o godsx the senators
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of athensx together with the common lag of peoplex what is amiss in
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themx you godsx make suitable for destructionx for these my present
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friendsx as they are to me nothingx so in nothing bless themx and
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to nothing are they welcomex
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uncoverx dogsx and lapx xthe dishes are uncovered and
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seen to he full of warm waterx
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some speakx what does his lordship meanx
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some otherx i know notx
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timonx may you a better feast never beholdx
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you knot of mouthxfriendsx smoke and lukewarm water
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is your perfectionx this is timonxs lastx
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whox stuck and spangled with your flatteriesx
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washes it offx and sprinkles in your faces
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xthrowing the water in their facesx
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your reeking villainyx live loathxd and longx
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most smilingx smoothx detested parasitesx
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courteous destroyersx affable wolvesx meek bearsx
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you fools of fortunex trencher friendsx timexs fliesx
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cap and knee slavesx vapoursx and minutexlacksx
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of man and beast the infinite malady
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crust you quite oxerx whatx dost thou gox
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softx take thy physic firstx thou toox and thoux
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stayx i will lend thee moneyx borrow nonex xthrows the
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dishes at themx and drives them outx
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whatx all in motionx henceforth be no feast
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whereat a villainxs not a welcome guestx
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burn housex sink athensx henceforth hated be
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of timon man and all humanityx exit
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rexenter the lords
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first lordx how nowx my lordsx
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second lordx know you the quality of lord timonxs furyx
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third lordx pushx did you see my capx
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fourth lordx i have lost my gownx
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first lordx hexs but a mad lordx and nought but humours sways himx
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he gave me a jewel thx other dayx and now he has beat it out of
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my hatx did you see my jewelx
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third lordx did you see my capx
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second lordx here xtisx
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fourth lordx here lies my gownx
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first lordx letxs make no stayx
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second lordx lord timonxs madx
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third lordx i feelxt upon my bonesx
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fourth lordx one day he gives us diamondsx next day stonesx
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exeunt
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act ivx scene ix without the walls of athens
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enter timon
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timonx let me look back upon theex o thou wall
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that girdles in those wolvesx dive in the earth
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and fence not athensx matronsx turn incontinentx
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obediencex fail in childrenx slaves and foolsx
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pluck the grave wrinkled senate from the bench
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and minister in their steadsx to general filths
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convertx ox thx instantx green virginityx
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doxt in your parentsx eyesx bankruptsx hold fastx
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rather than render backx out with your knives
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and cut your trustersx throatsx bound servantsx stealx
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largexhanded robbers your grave masters arex
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and pill by lawx maidx to thy masterxs bedx
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thy mistress is ox thx brothelx son of sixteenx
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pluck the linxd crutch from thy old limping sirex
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with it beat out his brainsx piety and fearx
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religion to the godsx peacex justicex truthx
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domestic awex nightxrestx and neighbourhoodx
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instructionx mannersx mysteriesx and tradesx
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degreesx observancesx customs and lawsx
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decline to your confounding contraries
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and let confusion livex plagues incident to menx
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|
your potent and infectious fevers heap
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on athensx ripe for strokex thou cold sciaticax
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cripple our senatorsx that their limbs may halt
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as lamely as their mannersx lust and libertyx
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creep in the minds and marrows of our youthx
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that xgainst the stream of virtue they may strive
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and drown themselves in riotx itchesx blainsx
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sow all thx athenian bosomsx and their crop
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be general leprosyx breath infect breathx
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that their societyx as their friendshipx may
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be merely poisonx nothing ixll bear from thee
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but nakednessx thou detestable townx
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take thou that toox with multiplying bansx
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timon will to the woodsx where he shall find
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thx unkindest beast more kinder than mankindx
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the gods confoundx hear mex you good gods allx
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the athenians both within and out that wallx
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and grantx as timon growsx his hate may grow
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to the whole race of mankindx high and lowx
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amenx exit
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scene iix athensx timonxs house
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enter flaviusx with two or three servants
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first servantx hear youx master stewardx wherexs our masterx
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are we undonex cast offx nothing remainingx
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flaviusx alackx my fellowsx what should i say to youx
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let me be recorded by the righteous godsx
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i am as poor as youx
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first servantx such a house brokex
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so noble a master fallxnx all gonex and not
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one friend to take his fortune by the arm
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and go along with himx
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second servantx as we do turn our backs
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from our companionx thrown into his gravex
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so his familiars to his buried fortunes
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slink all awayx leave their false vows with himx
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like empty purses pickxdx and his poor selfx
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a dedicated beggar to the airx
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with his disease of allxshunnxd povertyx
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walksx like contemptx alonex more of our fellowsx
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enter other servants
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flaviusx all broken implements of a ruinxd housex
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third servantx yet do our hearts wear timonxs liveryx
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that see i by our facesx we are fellows stillx
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serving alike in sorrowx leakxd is our barkx
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and wex poor matesx stand on the dying deckx
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hearing the surges threatx we must all part
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into this sea of airx
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flaviusx good fellows allx
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the latest of my wealth ixll share amongst youx
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wherever we shall meetx for timonxs sakex
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letxs yet be fellowsx letxs shake our heads and sayx
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as xtwere a knell unto our masterxs fortunex
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xwe have seen better daysxx let each take somex
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xgiving them moneyx
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nayx put out all your handsx not one word morex
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thus part we rich in sorrowx parting poorx
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xembracex and part several waysx
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o the fierce wretchedness that glory brings usx
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who would not wish to be from wealth exemptx
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since riches point to misery and contemptx
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who would be so mockxd with gloryx or to live
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but in a dream of friendshipx
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to have his pompx and all what state compoundsx
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but only paintedx like his varnishxd friendsx
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poor honest lordx brought low by his own heartx
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undone by goodnessx strangex unusual bloodx
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when manxs worst sin is he does too much goodx
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who then dares to be half so kind againx
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for bountyx that makes godsx does still mar menx
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my dearest lordx blest to be most accurstx
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rich only to be wretchedx thy great fortunes
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are made thy chief afflictionsx alasx kind lordx
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hexs flung in rage from this ingrateful seat
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of monstrous friendsx nor has he with him to
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supply his lifex or that which can command itx
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ixll follow and enquire him outx
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ixll ever serve his mind with my best willx
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whilst i have goldx ixll be his steward stillx exit
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scene iiix the woods near the seaxshorex before timonxs cave
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enter timon in the woods
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timonx o blessed breeding sunx draw from the earth
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rotten humidityx below thy sisterxs orb
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infect the airx twinnxd brothers of one wombx
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whose procreationx residencex and birthx
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scarce is dividantx touch them with several fortunesx
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the greater scorns the lesserx not naturex
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to whom all sores lay siegex can bear great fortune
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but by contempt of naturex
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raise me this beggar and denyxt that lordx
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the senator shall bear contempt hereditaryx
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the beggar native honourx
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it is the pasture lards the rotherxs sidesx
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the want that makes him leanx who daresx who daresx
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in purity of manhood stand uprightx
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and say xthis manxs a flattererxx if one bex
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so are they allx for every grise of fortune
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is smoothxd by that belowx the learned pate
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ducks to the golden foolx allxs obliquex
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therexs nothing level in our cursed natures
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but direct villainyx therefore be abhorrxd
|
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all feastsx societiesx and throngs of menx
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his semblablex yeax himselfx timon disdainsx
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destruction fang mankindx earthx yield me rootsx
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xdiggingx
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who seeks for better of theex sauce his palate
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with thy most operant poisonx what is herex
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goldx yellowx glitteringx precious goldx nox godsx
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i am no idle votaristx rootsx you clear heavensx
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thus much of this will make black whitex foul fairx
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wrong rightx base noblex old youngx coward valiantx
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hax you godsx why thisx whatx thisx you godsx whyx this
|
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will lug your priests and servants from your sidesx
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pluck stout menxs pillows from below their headsx
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this yellow slave
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will knit and break religionsx bless thx accursxdx
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make the hoar leprosy adorxdx place thieves
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and give them titlex kneex and approbationx
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with senators on the benchx this is it
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that makes the wappenxd widow wed againx
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she whom the spitalxhouse and ulcerous sores
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would cast the gorge at this embalms and spices
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to th xapril day againx comex damnxd earthx
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thou common whore of mankindx that puts odds
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among the rout of nationsx i will make thee
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do thy right naturex xmarch afar offx
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hax a drumx thxart quickx
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but yet ixll bury theex thouxt gox strong thiefx
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when gouty keepers of thee cannot standx
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nayx stay thou out for earnestx xkeeping some goldx
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enter alcibiadesx with drum and fifex in warlike
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mannerx and phrynia and timandra
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alcibiadesx what art thou therex speakx
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timonx a beastx as thou artx the canker gnaw thy heart
|
|
for showing me again the eyes of manx
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alcibiadesx what is thy namex is man so hateful to thee
|
|
that art thyself a manx
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timonx i am misanthroposx and hate mankindx
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for thy partx i do wish thou wert a dogx
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that i might love thee somethingx
|
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alcibiadesx i know thee wellx
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but in thy fortunes am unlearnxd and strangex
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|
timonx i know thee toox and more than that i know thee
|
|
i not desire to knowx follow thy drumx
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with manxs blood paint the groundx gulesx gulesx
|
|
religious canonsx civil lawsx are cruelx
|
|
then what should war bex this fell whore of thine
|
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hath in her more destruction than thy sword
|
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for all her cherubin lookx
|
|
phryniax thy lips rot offx
|
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timonx i will not kiss theex then the rot returns
|
|
to thine own lips againx
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|
alcibiadesx how came the noble timon to this changex
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|
timonx as the moon doesx by wanting light to givex
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but then renew i could notx like the moonx
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there were no suns to borrow ofx
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alcibiadesx noble timonx
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what friendship may i do theex
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timonx nonex but to
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maintain my opinionx
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alcibiadesx what is itx timonx
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timonx promise me friendshipx but perform nonex if thou wilt not
|
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promisex the gods plague theex for thou art manx if thou dost
|
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performx confound theex for thou art a manx
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alcibiadesx i have heard in some sort of thy miseriesx
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|
timonx thou sawxst them when i had prosperityx
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alcibiadesx i see them nowx then was a blessed timex
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timonx as thine is nowx held with a brace of harlotsx
|
|
timandrax is this thx athenian minion whom the world
|
|
voicxd so regardfullyx
|
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timonx art thou timandrax
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timandrax yesx
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timonx be a whore stillx they love thee not that use theex
|
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give them diseasesx leaving with thee their lustx
|
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make use of thy salt hoursx season the slaves
|
|
for tubs and bathsx bring down rosexcheekxd youth
|
|
to the tubxfast and the dietx
|
|
timandrax hang theex monsterx
|
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alcibiadesx pardon himx sweet timandrax for his wits
|
|
are drownxd and lost in his calamitiesx
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i have but little gold of latex brave timonx
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the want whereof doth daily make revolt
|
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in my penurious bandx i have heardx and grievxdx
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|
how cursed athensx mindless of thy worthx
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forgetting thy great deedsx when neighbour statesx
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but for thy sword and fortunex trod upon themx
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timonx i prithee beat thy drum and get thee gonex
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alcibiadesx i am thy friendx and pity theex dear timonx
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|
timonx how dost thou pity him whom thou dost troublex
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i had rather be alonex
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alcibiadesx whyx fare thee wellx
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|
here is some gold for theex
|
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timonx keep itx i cannot eat itx
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alcibiadesx when i have laid proud athens on a heapx
|
|
timonx warxst thou xgainst athensx
|
|
alcibiadesx ayx timonx and have causex
|
|
timonx the gods confound them all in thy conquestx
|
|
and thee afterx when thou hast conquerxdx
|
|
alcibiadesx why mex timonx
|
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timonx that by killing of villains
|
|
thou wast born to conquer my countryx
|
|
put up thy goldx go onx herexs goldx go onx
|
|
be as a planetary plaguex when jove
|
|
will oxer some highxvicxd city hang his poison
|
|
in the sick airx let not thy sword skip onex
|
|
pity not honourxd age for his white beardx
|
|
he is an usurerx strike me the counterfeit matronx
|
|
it is her habit only that is honestx
|
|
herselfxs a bawdx let not the virginxs cheek
|
|
make soft thy trenchant swordx for those milk paps
|
|
that through the window bars bore at menxs eyes
|
|
are not within the leaf of pity writx
|
|
but set them down horrible traitorsx spare not the babe
|
|
whose dimpled smiles from fools exhaust their mercyx
|
|
think it a bastard whom the oracle
|
|
hath doubtfully pronouncxd thy throat shall cutx
|
|
and mince it sans remorsex swear against abjectsx
|
|
put armour on thine ears and on thine eyesx
|
|
whose proof nor yells of mothersx maidsx nor babesx
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nor sight of priests in holy vestments bleedingx
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shall pierce a jotx therexs gold to pay thy soldiersx
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make large confusionx andx thy fury spentx
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confounded be thyselfx speak notx be gonex
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alcibiadesx hast thou gold yetx ixll take the gold thou givest mex
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not all thy counselx
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timonx dost thoux or dost thou notx heavenxs curse upon theex
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phrynia and timandrax give us some goldx good timonx
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hast thou morex
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timonx enough to make a whore forswear her tradex
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and to make whores a bawdx hold upx you slutsx
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your aprons mountantx you are not oathablex
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although i know youxll swearx terribly swearx
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into strong shudders and to heavenly aguesx
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thx immortal gods that hear youx spare your oathsx
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ixll trust to your conditionsx be whores stillx
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and he whose pious breath seeks to convert youx
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be strong in whorex allure himx burn him upx
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let your close fire predominate his smokex
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and be no turncoatsx yet may your pains six months
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be quite contraryx and thatch your poor thin roofs
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with burdens of the deadx some that were hangxdx
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no matterx wear themx betray with themx whore stillx
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paint till a horse may mire upon your facex
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a pox of wrinklesx
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phrynia and timandrax wellx more goldx what thenx
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believext that wexll do anything for goldx
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timonx consumptions sow
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in hollow bones of manx strike their sharp shinsx
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and mar menxs spurringx crack the lawyerxs voicex
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that he may never more false title pleadx
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nor sound his quillets shrillyx hoar the flamenx
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that scolds against the quality of flesh
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and not believes himselfx down with the nosex
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down with it flatx take the bridge quite away
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of him thatx his particular to foreseex
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smells from the general wealx make curlxdxpate ruffians baldx
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and let the unscarrxd braggarts of the war
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derive some pain from youx plague allx
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that your activity may defeat and quell
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the source of all erectionx therexs more goldx
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do you damn othersx and let this damn youx
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and ditches grave you allx
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phrynia and timandrax more counsel with more moneyx bounteous
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timonx
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timonx more whorex more mischief firstx i have given you earnestx
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alcibiadesx strike up the drum towards athensx farewellx timonx
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if i thrive wellx ixll visit thee againx
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timonx if i hope wellx ixll never see thee morex
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alcibiadesx i never did thee harmx
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timonx yesx thou spokxst well of mex
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alcibiadesx callxst thou that harmx
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timonx men daily find itx get thee awayx and take
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thy beagles with theex
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alcibiadesx we but offend himx strikex
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drum beatsx exeunt all but timon
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timonx that naturex being sick of manxs unkindnessx
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should yet be hungryx common motherx thoux xdiggingx
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whose womb unmeasurable and infinite breast
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teems and feeds allx whose selfxsame mettlex
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whereof thy proud childx arrogant manx is puffxdx
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engenders the black toad and adder bluex
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the gilded newt and eyeless venomxd wormx
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with all thx abhorred births below crisp heaven
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whereon hyperionxs quickxning fire doth shinex
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yield himx who all thy human sons doth hatex
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from forth thy plenteous bosomx one poor rootx
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ensear thy fertile and conceptious wombx
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let it no more bring out ingrateful manx
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go great with tigersx dragonsx wolvesx and bearsx
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|
teem with new monsters whom thy upward face
|
|
hath to the marbled mansion all above
|
|
never presentedxx ox a rootx dear thanksxx
|
|
dry up thy marrowsx vinesx and ploughxtorn leasx
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|
whereof ingrateful manx with liquorish draughts
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|
and morsels unctuousx greases his pure mindx
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that from it all consideration slipsx
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enter apemantus
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more manx plaguex plaguex
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apemantusx i was directed hitherx men report
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thou dost affect my manners and dost use themx
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timonx xtisx thenx because thou dost not keep a dogx
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whom i would imitatex consumption catch theex
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|
apemantusx this is in thee a nature but infectedx
|
|
a poor unmanly melancholy sprung
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from change of fortunex why this spadex this placex
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this slavexlike habit and these looks of carex
|
|
thy flatterers yet wear silkx drink winex lie softx
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|
hug their diseasxd perfumesx and have forgot
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|
that ever timon wasx shame not these woods
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|
by putting on the cunning of a carperx
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|
be thou a flatterer nowx and seek to thrive
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|
by that which has undone theex hinge thy kneex
|
|
and let his very breath whom thouxlt observe
|
|
blow off thy capx praise his most vicious strainx
|
|
and call it excellentx thou wast told thusx
|
|
thou gavxst thine earsx like tapsters that bade welcomex
|
|
to knaves and all approachersx xtis most just
|
|
that thou turn rascalx hadst thou wealth again
|
|
rascals should havextx do not assume my likenessx
|
|
timonx were i like theex ixd throw away myselfx
|
|
apemantusx thou hast cast away thyselfx being like thyselfx
|
|
a madman so longx now a foolx whatx thinkxst
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|
that the bleak airx thy boisterous chamberlainx
|
|
will put thy shirt on warmx will these moist treesx
|
|
that have outlivxd the eaglex page thy heels
|
|
and skip when thou pointxst outx will the cold brookx
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|
candied with icex caudle thy morning taste
|
|
to cure thy oxernightxs surfeitx call the creatures
|
|
whose naked natures live in all the spite
|
|
of wreakful heavenx whose bare unhoused trunksx
|
|
to the conflicting elements exposxdx
|
|
answer mere naturex bid them flatter theex
|
|
ox thou shalt findx
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|
timonx a fool of theex departx
|
|
apemantusx i love thee better now than exer i didx
|
|
timonx i hate thee worsex
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apemantusx whyx
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timonx thou flatterxst miseryx
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|
apemantusx i flatter notx but say thou art a caitiffx
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|
timonx why dost thou seek me outx
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apemantusx to vex theex
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|
timonx always a villainxs office or a foolxsx
|
|
dost please thyself inxtx
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|
apemantusx ayx
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|
timonx whatx a knave toox
|
|
apemantusx if thou didst put this sourxcold habit on
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|
to castigate thy pridex xtwere wellx but thou
|
|
dost it enforcedlyx thouxdst courtier be again
|
|
wert thou not beggarx willing misery
|
|
outlives incertain pompx is crownxd beforex
|
|
the one is filling stillx never completex
|
|
the otherx at high wishx best statex contentlessx
|
|
hath a distracted and most wretched beingx
|
|
worse than the worstx contentx
|
|
thou shouldxst desire to diex being miserablex
|
|
timonx not by his breath that is more miserablex
|
|
thou art a slave whom fortunexs tender arm
|
|
with favour never claspxdx but bred a dogx
|
|
hadst thoux like us from our first swathx proceeded
|
|
the sweet degrees that this brief world affords
|
|
to such as may the passive drugs of it
|
|
freely commandx thou wouldst have plungxd thyself
|
|
in general riotx melted down thy youth
|
|
in different beds of lustx and never learnxd
|
|
the icy precepts of respectx but followed
|
|
the sugxred game before theex but myselfx
|
|
who had the world as my confectionaryx
|
|
the mouthsx the tonguesx the eyesx and hearts of men
|
|
at dutyx more than i could frame employmentx
|
|
that numberless upon me stuckx as leaves
|
|
do on the oakx have with one winterxs brush
|
|
fell from their boughsx and left me openx bare
|
|
for every storm that blowsx i to bear thisx
|
|
that never knew but betterx is some burdenx
|
|
thy nature did commence in sufferancex time
|
|
hath made thee hard inxtx why shouldst thou hate menx
|
|
they never flatterxd theex what hast thou givenx
|
|
if thou wilt cursex thy fatherx that poor ragx
|
|
must be thy subjectx whox in spitex put stuff
|
|
to some shexbeggar and compounded thee
|
|
poor rogue hereditaryx hencex be gonex
|
|
if thou hadst not been born the worst of menx
|
|
thou hadst been a knave and flattererx
|
|
apemantusx art thou proud yetx
|
|
timonx ayx that i am not theex
|
|
apemantusx ix that i was
|
|
no prodigalx
|
|
timonx ix that i am one nowx
|
|
were all the wealth i have shut up in theex
|
|
ixd give thee leave to hang itx get thee gonex
|
|
that the whole life of athens were in thisx
|
|
thus would i eat itx xeating a rootx
|
|
apemantusx herex i will mend thy feastx
|
|
xoffering him foodx
|
|
timonx first mend my companyx take away thyselfx
|
|
apemantusx so i shall mend mine own by thx lack of thinex
|
|
timonx xtis not well mended sox it is but botchxdx
|
|
if notx i would it werex
|
|
apemantusx what wouldst thou have to athensx
|
|
timonx thee thither in a whirlwindx if thou wiltx
|
|
tell them there i have goldx lookx so i havex
|
|
apemantusx here is no use for goldx
|
|
timonx the best and truestx
|
|
for here it sleeps and does no hired harmx
|
|
apemantusx where liest a nightsx timonx
|
|
timonx under thatxs above mex
|
|
where feedxst thou a daysx apemantusx
|
|
apemantusx where my stomachx finds meatx or ratherx where i eat itx
|
|
timonx would poison were obedientx and knew my mindx
|
|
apemantusx where wouldst thou send itx
|
|
timonx to sauce thy dishesx
|
|
apemantusx the middle of humanity thou never knewestx but the
|
|
extremity of both endsx when thou wast in thy gilt and thy
|
|
perfumex they mockxd thee for too much curiosityx in thy rags
|
|
thou knowxst nonex but art despisxd for the contraryx therexs a
|
|
medlar for theex eat itx
|
|
timonx on what i hate i feed notx
|
|
apemantusx dost hate a medlarx
|
|
timonx ayx though it look like theex
|
|
apemantusx an thx hadst hated medlars soonerx thou shouldst have
|
|
loved thyself better nowx what man didst thou ever know unthrift
|
|
that was beloved after his meansx
|
|
timonx whox without those means thou talkxst ofx didst thou ever
|
|
know belovxdx
|
|
apemantusx myselfx
|
|
timonx i understand theex thou hadst some means to keep a dogx
|
|
apemantusx what things in the world canst thou nearest compare to
|
|
thy flatterersx
|
|
timonx women nearestx but menx men are the things themselvesx what
|
|
wouldst thou do with the worldx apemantusx if it lay in thy
|
|
powerx
|
|
apemantusx give it the beastsx to be rid of the menx
|
|
timonx wouldst thou have thyself fall in the confusion of menx and
|
|
remain a beast with the beastsx
|
|
apemantusx ayx timonx
|
|
timonx a beastly ambitionx which the gods grant thee tx attain tox
|
|
if thou wert the lionx the fox would beguile theex if thou wert
|
|
the lambx the fox would eat theex if thou wert the foxx the lion
|
|
would suspect theex whenx peradventurex thou wert accusxd by the
|
|
assx if thou wert the assx thy dulness would torment theex and
|
|
still thou livxdst but as a breakfast to the wolfx if thou wert
|
|
the wolfx thy greediness would afflict theex and oft thou
|
|
shouldst hazard thy life for thy dinnerx wert thou the unicornx
|
|
pride and wrath would confound theex and make thine own self the
|
|
conquest of thy furyx wert thou bearx thou wouldst be killxd by
|
|
the horsex wert thou a horsex thou wouldst be seizxd by the
|
|
leopardx wert thou a leopardx thou wert german to the lionx and
|
|
the spots of thy kindred were jurors on thy lifex all thy safety
|
|
were remotionx and thy defence absencex what beast couldst thou
|
|
be that were not subject to a beastx and what beast art thou
|
|
alreadyx that seest not thy loss in transformationx
|
|
apemantusx if thou couldst please me with speaking to mex thou
|
|
mightst have hit upon it herex the commonwealth of athens is
|
|
become a forest of beastsx
|
|
timonx how has the ass broke the wallx that thou art out of the
|
|
cityx
|
|
apemantusx yonder comes a poet and a painterx the plague of company
|
|
light upon theex i will fear to catch itx and give wayx when i
|
|
know not what else to dox ixll see thee againx
|
|
timonx when there is nothing living but theex thou shalt be
|
|
welcomex i had rather be a beggarxs dog than apemantusx
|
|
apemantusx thou art the cap of all the fools alivex
|
|
timonx would thou wert clean enough to spit uponx
|
|
apemantusx a plague on theex thou art too bad to cursex
|
|
timonx all villains that do stand by thee are purex
|
|
apemantusx there is no leprosy but what thou speakxstx
|
|
timonx if i name theex
|
|
ixll beat theex but i should infect my handsx
|
|
apemantusx i would my tongue could rot them offx
|
|
timonx awayx thou issue of a mangy dogx
|
|
choler does kill me that thou art alivex
|
|
i swoon to see theex
|
|
apemantusx would thou wouldst burstx
|
|
timonx awayx
|
|
thou tedious roguex i am sorry i shall lose
|
|
a stone by theex xthrows a stone at himx
|
|
apemantusx beastx
|
|
timonx slavex
|
|
apemantusx toadx
|
|
timonx roguex roguex roguex
|
|
i am sick of this false worldx and will love nought
|
|
but even the mere necessities uponxtx
|
|
thenx timonx presently prepare thy gravex
|
|
lie where the light foam of the sea may beat
|
|
thy gravestone dailyx make thine epitaphx
|
|
that death in me at othersx lives may laughx
|
|
xlooks at the goldx o thou sweet kingxkillerx and dear divorce
|
|
xtwixt natural son and sirex thou bright defiler
|
|
of hymenxs purest bedx thou valiant marsx
|
|
thou ever youngx freshx lovxdx and delicate wooerx
|
|
whose blush doth thaw the consecrated snow
|
|
that lies on dianxs lapx thou visible godx
|
|
that soldxrest close impossibilitiesx
|
|
and makxst them kissx that speakxst with every tongue
|
|
to every purposex o thou touch of heartsx
|
|
think thy slave man rebelsx and by thy virtue
|
|
set them into confounding oddsx that beasts
|
|
may have the world in empirex
|
|
apemantusx would xtwere sox
|
|
but not till i am deadx ixll say thx hast goldx
|
|
thou wilt be throngxd to shortlyx
|
|
timonx throngxd tox
|
|
apemantusx ayx
|
|
timonx thy backx i pritheex
|
|
apemantusx livex and love thy miseryx
|
|
timonx long live sox and so diex xexit apemantusx i am quitx more
|
|
things like menx eatx timonx and abhor themx
|
|
|
|
enter the banditti
|
|
|
|
first banditx where should he have this goldx it is some poor
|
|
fragmentx some slender ort of his remainderx the mere want of
|
|
gold and the fallingxfrom of his friends drove him into this
|
|
melancholyx
|
|
second banditx it is noisxd he hath a mass of treasurex
|
|
third banditx let us make the assay upon himx if he care not forxtx
|
|
he will supply us easilyx if he covetously reserve itx how
|
|
shallxs get itx
|
|
second banditx truex for he bears it not about himx xtis hidx
|
|
first banditx is not this hex
|
|
bandittix wherex
|
|
second banditx xtis his descriptionx
|
|
third banditx hex i know himx
|
|
bandittix save theex timonx
|
|
timonx nowx thievesx
|
|
bandittix soldiersx not thievesx
|
|
timonx both toox and womenxs sonsx
|
|
bandittix we are not thievesx but men that much do wantx
|
|
timonx your greatest want isx you want much of meatx
|
|
why should you wantx beholdx the earth hath rootsx
|
|
within this mile break forth a hundred springsx
|
|
the oaks bear mastx the briars scarlet hipsx
|
|
the bounteous housewife nature on each bush
|
|
lays her full mess before youx wantx why wantx
|
|
first banditx we cannot live on grassx on berriesx waterx
|
|
as beasts and birds and fishesx
|
|
timonx nor on the beasts themselvesx the birdsx and fishesx
|
|
you must eat menx yet thanks i must you con
|
|
that you are thieves professxdx that you work not
|
|
in holier shapesx for there is boundless theft
|
|
in limited professionsx rascal thievesx
|
|
herexs goldx gox suck the subtle blood ox thx grape
|
|
till the high fever seethe your blood to frothx
|
|
and so scape hangingx trust not the physicianx
|
|
his antidotes are poisonx and he slays
|
|
moe than you robx take wealth and lives togetherx
|
|
do villainyx dox since you protest to doxtx
|
|
like workmenx ixll example you with thieveryx
|
|
the sunxs a thiefx and with his great attraction
|
|
robs the vast seax the moonxs an arrant thiefx
|
|
and her pale fire she snatches from the sunx
|
|
the seaxs a thiefx whose liquid surge resolves
|
|
the moon into salt tearsx the earthxs a thiefx
|
|
that feeds and breeds by a composture stolxn
|
|
from genxral excrementx each thingxs a thiefx
|
|
the lawsx your curb and whipx in their rough power
|
|
has uncheckxd theftx love not yourselvesx awayx
|
|
rob one anotherx therexs more goldx cut throatsx
|
|
all that you meet are thievesx to athens gox
|
|
break open shopsx nothing can you steal
|
|
but thieves do lose itx steal not less for this
|
|
i give youx and gold confound you howsoexerx
|
|
amenx
|
|
third banditx has almost charmxd me from my profession by
|
|
persuading me to itx
|
|
first banditx xtis in the malice of mankind that he thus advises
|
|
usx not to have us thrive in our mysteryx
|
|
second banditx ixll believe him as an enemyx and give over my
|
|
tradex
|
|
first banditx let us first see peace in athensx there is no time so
|
|
miserable but a man may be truex exeunt thieves
|
|
|
|
enter flaviusx to timon
|
|
|
|
flaviusx o you godsx
|
|
is yond despisxd and ruinous man my lordx
|
|
full of decay and failingx o monument
|
|
and wonder of good deeds evilly bestowxdx
|
|
what an alteration of honour
|
|
has despxrate want madex
|
|
what viler thing upon the earth than friendsx
|
|
who can bring noblest minds to basest endsx
|
|
how rarely does it meet with this timexs guisex
|
|
when man was wishxd to love his enemiesx
|
|
grant i may ever lovex and rather woo
|
|
those that would mischief me than those that dox
|
|
has caught me in his eyex i will present
|
|
my honest grief unto himx and as my lord
|
|
still serve him with my lifex my dearest masterx
|
|
timonx awayx what art thoux
|
|
flaviusx have you forgot mex sirx
|
|
timonx why dost ask thatx i have forgot all menx
|
|
thenx if thou grantxst thxart a manx i have forgot theex
|
|
flaviusx an honest poor servant of yoursx
|
|
timonx then i know thee notx
|
|
i never had honest man about mex ix
|
|
all i kept were knavesx to serve in meat to villainsx
|
|
flaviusx the gods are witnessx
|
|
nevxr did poor steward wear a truer grief
|
|
for his undone lord than mine eyes for youx
|
|
timonx whatx dost thou weepx come nearerx then i love thee
|
|
because thou art a woman and disclaimxst
|
|
flinty mankindx whose eyes do never give
|
|
but thorough lust and laughterx pityxs sleepingx
|
|
strange timesx that weep with laughingx not with weepingx
|
|
flaviusx i beg of you to know mex good my lordx
|
|
tx accept my griefx and whilst this poor wealth lasts
|
|
to entertain me as your steward stillx
|
|
timonx had i a steward
|
|
so truex so justx and now so comfortablex
|
|
it almost turns my dangerous nature mildx
|
|
let me behold thy facex surelyx this man
|
|
was born of womanx
|
|
forgive my general and exceptless rashnessx
|
|
you perpetualxsober godsx i do proclaim
|
|
one honest manx mistake me notx but onex
|
|
no morex i prayx and hexs a stewardx
|
|
how fain would i have hated all mankindx
|
|
and thou redeemxst thyselfx but allx save theex
|
|
i fell with cursesx
|
|
methinks thou art more honest now than wisex
|
|
for by oppressing and betraying me
|
|
thou mightst have sooner got another servicex
|
|
for many so arrive at second masters
|
|
upon their first lordxs neckx but tell me truex
|
|
for i must ever doubt though nexer so surex
|
|
is not thy kindness subtlex covetousx
|
|
if not a usuring kindnessx and as rich men deal giftsx
|
|
expecting in return twenty for onex
|
|
flaviusx nox my most worthy masterx in whose breast
|
|
doubt and suspectx alasx are placxd too latex
|
|
you should have fearxd false times when you did feastx
|
|
suspect still comes where an estate is leastx
|
|
that which i showx heaven knowsx is merely lovex
|
|
dutyx and zealx to your unmatched mindx
|
|
care of your food and livingx and believe itx
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my most honourxd lordx
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for any benefit that points to mex
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either in hope or presentx ixd exchange
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for this one wishx that you had power and wealth
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to requite me by making rich yourselfx
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timonx look theex xtis sox thou singly honest manx
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herex takex the godsx out of my miseryx
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have sent thee treasurex gox live rich and happyx
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but thus conditionxdx thou shalt build from menx
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hate allx curse allx show charity to nonex
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but let the famishxd flesh slide from the bone
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ere thou relieve the beggarx give to dogs
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what thou deniest to menx let prisons swallow xemx
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debts wither xem to nothingx be men like blasted woodsx
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and may diseases lick up their false bloodsx
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and sox farewell and thrivex
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flaviusx ox let me stay
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and comfort youx my masterx
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timonx if thou hatxst cursesx
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stay notx fly whilst thou art blest and freex
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nexer see thou manx and let me nexer see theex
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exeunt severally
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act vx scene ix the woodsx before timonxs cave
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enter poet and painter
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painterx as i took note of the placex it cannot be far where he
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abidesx
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poetx to be thought of himx does the rumour hold for true that hexs
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so full of goldx
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painterx certainx alcibiades reports itx phrynia and timandra had
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gold of himx he likewise enrichxd poor straggling soldiers with
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great quantityx xtis said he gave unto his steward a mighty sumx
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poetx then this breaking of his has been but a try for his friendsx
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painterx nothing elsex you shall see him a palm in athens againx
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and flourish with the highestx therefore xtis not amiss we tender
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our loves to him in this supposxd distress of hisx it will show
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honestly in usx and is very likely to load our purposes with what
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they travail forx if it be just and true report that goes of his
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havingx
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poetx what have you now to present unto himx
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painterx nothing at this time but my visitationx only i will
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promise him an excellent piecex
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poetx i must serve him so toox tell him of an intent thatxs coming
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toward himx
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painterx good as the bestx promising is the very air ox thx timex
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it opens the eyes of expectationx performance is ever the duller
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for his actx and but in the plainer and simpler kind of people
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the deed of saying is quite out of usex to promise is most
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courtly and fashionablex performance is a kind of will or
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testament which argues a great sickness in his judgment that
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makes itx
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enter timon from his cave
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timonx xasidex excellent workmanx thou canst not paint a man so bad
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as is thyselfx
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poetx i am thinking what i shall say i have provided for himx it
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|
must be a personating of himselfx a satire against the softness
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of prosperityx with a discovery of the infinite flatteries that
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follow youth and opulencyx
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|
timonx xasidex must thou needs stand for a villain in thine own
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workx wilt thou whip thine own faults in other menx do sox i have
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gold for theex
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poetx nayx letxs seek himx
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then do we sin against our own estate
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|
when we may profit meet and come too latex
|
|
painterx truex
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when the day servesx before blackxcornerxd nightx
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find what thou wantxst by free and offerxd lightx
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comex
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timonx xasidex ixll meet you at the turnx what a godxs goldx
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that he is worshippxd in a baser temple
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|
than where swine feedx
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xtis thou that rigxst the bark and ploughxst the foamx
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settlest admired reverence in a slavex
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to thee be worshipx and thy saints for aye
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|
be crownxd with plaguesx that thee alone obeyx
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fit i meet themx xadvancing from his cavex
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poetx hailx worthy timonx
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painterx our late noble masterx
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timonx have i once livxd to see two honest menx
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poetx sirx
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having often of your open bounty tastedx
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hearing you were retirxdx your friends fallxn offx
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whose thankless naturesx o abhorred spiritsxx
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not all the whips of heaven are large enoughx
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whatx to youx
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|
whose starxlike nobleness gave life and influence
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|
to their whole beingx i am raptx and cannot cover
|
|
the monstrous bulk of this ingratitude
|
|
with any size of wordsx
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|
timonx let it go nakedx men may seext the betterx
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|
you that are honestx by being what you arex
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|
make them best seen and knownx
|
|
painterx he and myself
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|
have travailxd in the great showxr of your giftsx
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|
and sweetly felt itx
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timonx ayx you are honest menx
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painterx we are hither come to offer you our servicex
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timonx most honest menx whyx how shall i requite youx
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can you eat rootsx and drink cold waterx nox
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bothx what we can dox wexll dox to do you servicex
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timonx yxare honest menx yxhave heard that i have goldx
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i am sure you havex speak truthx yxare honest menx
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|
painterx so it is saidx my noble lordx but therefore
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|
came not my friend nor ix
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|
timonx good honest menx thou drawxst a counterfeit
|
|
best in all athensx thxart indeed the bestx
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thou counterfeitxst most livelyx
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|
painterx sox sox my lordx
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timonx exen sox sirx as i sayx xto to poetx and for thy fictionx
|
|
whyx thy verse swells with stuff so fine and smooth
|
|
that thou art even natural in thine artx
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|
but for all thisx my honestxnaturxd friendsx
|
|
i must needs say you have a little faultx
|
|
marryx xtis not monstrous in youx neither wish i
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|
you take much pains to mendx
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|
bothx beseech your honour
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|
to make it known to usx
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|
timonx youxll take it illx
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bothx most thankfullyx my lordx
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timonx will you indeedx
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bothx doubt it notx worthy lordx
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|
timonx therexs never a one of you but trusts a knave
|
|
that mightily deceives youx
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|
bothx do wex my lordx
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|
timonx ayx and you hear him cogx see him dissemblex
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|
know his gross patcheryx love himx feed himx
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|
keep in your bosomx yet remain assurxd
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|
that hexs a madexup villainx
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|
painterx i know not suchx my lordx
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|
poetx nor ix
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|
timonx look youx i love you wellx ixll give you goldx
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rid me these villains from your companiesx
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|
hang them or stab themx drown them in a draughtx
|
|
confound them by some coursex and come to mex
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|
ixll give you gold enoughx
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|
bothx name themx my lordx letxs know themx
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|
timonx you that wayx and you thisx but two in companyx
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|
each man apartx all single and alonex
|
|
yet an archxvillain keeps him companyx
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|
xto the painterx ifx where thou artx two villians shall not bex
|
|
come not near himx xto the poetx if thou wouldst not reside
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|
but where one villain isx then him abandonxx
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|
hencex packx therexs goldx you came for goldx ye slavesx
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|
xto the painterx you have work for mex therexs paymentx hencex
|
|
xto the poetx you are an alchemistx make gold of thatxx
|
|
outx rascal dogsx xbeats and drives them outx
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|
enter flavius and two senators
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|
flaviusx it is vain that you would speak with timonx
|
|
for he is set so only to himself
|
|
that nothing but himself which looks like man
|
|
is friendly with himx
|
|
first senatorx bring us to his cavex
|
|
it is our part and promise to thx athenians
|
|
to speak with timonx
|
|
second senatorx at all times alike
|
|
men are not still the samex xtwas time and griefs
|
|
that framxd him thusx timex with his fairer handx
|
|
offering the fortunes of his former daysx
|
|
the former man may make himx bring us to himx
|
|
and chance it as it mayx
|
|
flaviusx here is his cavex
|
|
peace and content be herex lord timonx timonx
|
|
look outx and speak to friendsx thx athenians
|
|
by two of their most reverend senate greet theex
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|
speak to themx noble timonx
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|
enter timon out of his cave
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|
timonx thou sun that comfortsx burnx speak and be hangxdx
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|
for each true word a blisterx and each false
|
|
be as a cauterizing to the root ox thx tonguex
|
|
consuming it with speakingx
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|
first senatorx worthy timonx
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|
timonx of none but such as youx and you of timonx
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|
first senatorx the senators of athens greet theex timonx
|
|
timonx i thank themx and would send them back the plaguex
|
|
could i but catch it for themx
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|
first senatorx ox forget
|
|
what we are sorry for ourselves in theex
|
|
the senators with one consent of love
|
|
entreat thee back to athensx who have thought
|
|
on special dignitiesx which vacant lie
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|
for thy best use and wearingx
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|
second senatorx they confess
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|
toward thee forgetfulness too generalx grossx
|
|
which now the public bodyx which doth seldom
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|
play the recanterx feeling in itself
|
|
a lack of timonxs aidx hath sense withal
|
|
of it own failx restraining aid to timonx
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|
and send forth us to make their sorrowed renderx
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|
together with a recompense more fruitful
|
|
than their offence can weigh down by the dramx
|
|
ayx even such heaps and sums of love and wealth
|
|
as shall to thee blot out what wrongs were theirs
|
|
and write in thee the figures of their lovex
|
|
ever to read them thinex
|
|
timonx you witch me in itx
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|
surprise me to the very brink of tearsx
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|
lend me a foolxs heart and a womanxs eyesx
|
|
and ixll beweep these comfortsx worthy senatorsx
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|
first senatorx therefore so please thee to return with usx
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|
and of our athensx thine and oursx to take
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|
the captainshipx thou shalt be met with thanksx
|
|
allowxd with absolute powerx and thy good name
|
|
live with authorityx so soon we shall drive back
|
|
of alcibiades thx approaches wildx
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|
whox like a boar too savagex doth root up
|
|
his countryxs peacex
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|
second senatorx and shakes his threatxning sword
|
|
against the walls of athensx
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|
first senatorx thereforex timonx
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|
timonx wellx sirx i willx therefore i willx sirx thusx
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|
if alcibiades kill my countrymenx
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|
let alcibiades know this of timonx
|
|
that timon cares notx but if he sack fair athensx
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|
and take our goodly aged men by thx beardsx
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|
giving our holy virgins to the stain
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|
of contumeliousx beastlyx madxbrainxd warx
|
|
then let him knowx and tell him timon speaks it
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|
in pity of our aged and our youthx
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|
i cannot choose but tell him that i care notx
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|
and let him takext at worstx for their knives care notx
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|
while you have throats to answerx for myselfx
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|
therexs not a whittle in thx unruly camp
|
|
but i do prize it at my love before
|
|
the reverendxst throat in athensx so i leave you
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|
to the protection of the prosperous godsx
|
|
as thieves to keepersx
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|
flaviusx stay notx allxs in vainx
|
|
timonx whyx i was writing of my epitaphx
|
|
it will be seen toxmorrowx my long sickness
|
|
of health and living now begins to mendx
|
|
and nothing brings me all thingsx gox live stillx
|
|
be alcibiades your plaguex you hisx
|
|
and last so long enoughx
|
|
first senatorx we speak in vainx
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|
timonx but yet i love my countryx and am not
|
|
one that rejoices in the common wreckx
|
|
as common bruit doth put itx
|
|
first senatorx thatxs well spokex
|
|
timonx commend me to my loving countrymenx
|
|
first senatorx these words become your lips as they pass through
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|
themx
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|
second senatorx and enter in our ears like great triumphers
|
|
in their applauding gatesx
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|
timonx commend me to themx
|
|
and tell them thatx to ease them of their griefsx
|
|
their fears of hostile strokesx their achesx lossesx
|
|
their pangs of lovex with other incident throes
|
|
that naturexs fragile vessel doth sustain
|
|
in lifexs uncertain voyagex i will some kindness do themx
|
|
ixll teach them to prevent wild alcibiadesx wrathx
|
|
first senatorx i like this wellx he will return againx
|
|
timonx i have a treex which grows here in my closex
|
|
that mine own use invites me to cut downx
|
|
and shortly must i fell itx tell my friendsx
|
|
tell athensx in the sequence of degree
|
|
from high to low throughoutx that whoso please
|
|
to stop afflictionx let him take his hastex
|
|
come hitherx ere my tree hath felt the axex
|
|
and hang himselfx i pray you do my greetingx
|
|
flaviusx trouble him no furtherx thus you still shall find himx
|
|
timonx come not to me againx but say to athens
|
|
timon hath made his everlasting mansion
|
|
upon the beached verge of the salt floodx
|
|
who once a day with his embossed froth
|
|
the turbulent surge shall coverx thither comex
|
|
and let my gravestone be your oraclex
|
|
lipsx let sour words go by and language endx
|
|
what is amissx plague and infection mendx
|
|
graves only be menxs works and death their gainx
|
|
sunx hide thy beamsx timon hath done his reignx
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|
exit timon into his cave
|
|
first senatorx his discontents are unremovably
|
|
coupled to naturex
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|
second senatorx our hope in him is deadx let us return
|
|
and strain what other means is left unto us
|
|
in our dear perilx
|
|
first senatorx it requires swift footx exeunt
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|
scene iix before the walls of athens
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|
enter two other senators with a messenger
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|
first senatorx thou hast painfully discoverxdx are his files
|
|
as full as thy reportx
|
|
messengerx i have spoke the leastx
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|
besidesx his expedition promises
|
|
present approachx
|
|
second senatorx we stand much hazard if they bring not timonx
|
|
messengerx i met a courierx one mine ancient friendx
|
|
whomx though in general part we were opposxdx
|
|
yet our old love had a particular forcex
|
|
and made us speak like friendsx this man was riding
|
|
from alcibiades to timonxs cave
|
|
with letters of entreatyx which imported
|
|
his fellowship ix thx cause against your cityx
|
|
in part for his sake movxdx
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|
|
|
enter the other senatorsx from timon
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|
|
|
first senatorx here come our brothersx
|
|
third senatorx no talk of timonx nothing of him expectx
|
|
the enemiesx drum is heardx and fearful scouring
|
|
doth choke the air with dustx inx and preparex
|
|
ours is the fallx i fearx our foes the snarex exeunt
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|
|
|
scene iiix the timonxs cavex and a rude tomb seen
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|
|
|
enter a soldier in the woodsx seeking timon
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|
|
|
soldierx by all description this should be the placex
|
|
whoxs herex speakx hox no answerx what is thisx
|
|
timon is deadx who hath outstretchxd his spanx
|
|
some beast rearxd thisx here does not live a manx
|
|
deadx surex and this his gravex whatxs on this tomb
|
|
i cannot readx the character ixll take with waxx
|
|
our captain hath in every figure skillx
|
|
an agxd interpreterx though young in daysx
|
|
before proud athens hexs set down by thisx
|
|
whose fall the mark of his ambition isx exit
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|
|
|
scene ivx before the walls of athens
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|
|
|
trumpets soundx enter alcibiades with his powers before athens
|
|
|
|
alcibiadesx sound to this coward and lascivious town
|
|
our terrible approachx
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|
|
|
sound a parleyx the senators appear upon the walls
|
|
|
|
till now you have gone on and fillxd the time
|
|
with all licentious measurex making your wills
|
|
the scope of justicex till nowx myselfx and such
|
|
as slept within the shadow of your powerx
|
|
have wanderxd with our traversxd armsx and breathxd
|
|
our sufferance vainlyx now the time is flushx
|
|
when crouching marrowx in the bearer strongx
|
|
cries of itself xno morexx now breathless wrong
|
|
shall sit and pant in your great chairs of easex
|
|
and pursy insolence shall break his wind
|
|
with fear and horrid flightx
|
|
first senatorx noble and youngx
|
|
when thy first griefs were but a mere conceitx
|
|
ere thou hadst power or we had cause of fearx
|
|
we sent to theex to give thy rages balmx
|
|
to wipe out our ingratitude with loves
|
|
above their quantityx
|
|
second senatorx so did we woo
|
|
transformed timon to our cityxs love
|
|
by humble message and by promisxd meansx
|
|
we were not all unkindx nor all deserve
|
|
the common stroke of warx
|
|
first senatorx these walls of ours
|
|
were not erected by their hands from whom
|
|
you have receivxd your griefsx nor are they such
|
|
that these great towxrsx trophiesx and schoolsx should fall
|
|
for private faults in themx
|
|
second senatorx nor are they living
|
|
who were the motives that you first went outx
|
|
shamex that they wanted cunningx in excess
|
|
hath broke their heartsx marchx noble lordx
|
|
into our city with thy banners spreadx
|
|
by decimation and a tithed deathx
|
|
if thy revenges hunger for that food
|
|
which nature loathesx take thou the destinxd tenthx
|
|
and by the hazard of the spotted die
|
|
let die the spottedx
|
|
first senatorx all have not offendedx
|
|
for those that werex it is not square to takex
|
|
on those that arex revengex crimesx like landsx
|
|
are not inheritedx thenx dear countrymanx
|
|
bring in thy ranksx but leave without thy ragex
|
|
spare thy athenian cradlex and those kin
|
|
whichx in the bluster of thy wrathx must fall
|
|
with those that have offendedx like a shepherd
|
|
approach the fold and cull thx infected forthx
|
|
but kill not all togetherx
|
|
second senatorx what thou wiltx
|
|
thou rather shalt enforce it with thy smile
|
|
than hew toxt with thy swordx
|
|
first senatorx set but thy foot
|
|
against our rampirxd gates and they shall opex
|
|
so thou wilt send thy gentle heart before
|
|
to say thouxt enter friendlyx
|
|
second senatorx throw thy glovex
|
|
or any token of thine honour elsex
|
|
that thou wilt use the wars as thy redress
|
|
and not as our confusionx all thy powers
|
|
shall make their harbour in our town till we
|
|
have sealxd thy full desirex
|
|
alcibiadesx then therexs my glovex
|
|
descendx and open your uncharged portsx
|
|
those enemies of timonxs and mine ownx
|
|
whom you yourselves shall set out for reproofx
|
|
fallx and no morex andx to atone your fears
|
|
with my more noble meaningx not a man
|
|
shall pass his quarter or offend the stream
|
|
of regular justice in your cityxs boundsx
|
|
but shall be renderxd to your public laws
|
|
at heaviest answerx
|
|
bothx xtis most nobly spokenx
|
|
alcibiadesx descendx and keep your wordsx
|
|
xthe senators descend and open the gatesx
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|
enter a soldier as a messenger
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|
|
soldierx my noble generalx timon is deadx
|
|
entombxd upon the very hem ox thx seax
|
|
and on his gravexstone this insculpturex which
|
|
with wax i brought awayx whose soft impression
|
|
interprets for my poor ignorancex
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|
|
alcibiades reads the epitaph
|
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|
xhere lies a wretched corsex of wretched soul bereftx
|
|
seek not my namex a plague consume you wicked caitiffs leftx
|
|
here lie ix timonx who alive all living men did hatex
|
|
pass byx and curse thy fillx but passx and stay not here thy
|
|
gaitxx
|
|
these well express in thee thy latter spiritsx
|
|
though thou abhorrxdst in us our human griefsx
|
|
scornxdst our brainxs flowx and those our droplets which
|
|
from niggard nature fallx yet rich conceit
|
|
taught thee to make vast neptune weep for aye
|
|
on thy low gravex on faults forgivenx dead
|
|
is noble timonx of whose memory
|
|
hereafter morex bring me into your cityx
|
|
and i will use the olivex with my swordx
|
|
make war breed peacex make peace stint warx make each
|
|
prescribe to otherx as each otherxs leechx
|
|
let our drums strikex exeunt
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the tragedy of titus andronicus
|
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dramatis personae
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saturninusx son to the late emperor of romex afterwards emperor
|
|
bassianusx brother to saturninus
|
|
titus andronicusx a noble roman
|
|
marcus andronicusx tribune of the peoplex and brother to titus
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sons to titus andronicusx
|
|
lucius
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quintus
|
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martius
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mutius
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young luciusx a boyx son to lucius
|
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publiusx son to marcus andronicus
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kinsmen to titusx
|
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sempronius
|
|
caius
|
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valentine
|
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aemiliusx a noble roman
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sons to tamorax
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alarbus
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demetrius
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chiron
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aaronx a moorx beloved by tamora
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a captain
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a messenger
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a clown
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tamorax queen of the goths
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laviniax daughter to titus andronicus
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a nursex and a black child
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romans and gothsx senatorsx tribunesx officersx soldiersx and
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attendants
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scenex rome and the neighbourhood
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act xx scene ix romex before the capitol
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flourishx enter the tribunes and senators aloftx and then enter below
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saturninus and his followers at one doorx and bassianus and his
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followers at the otherx with drums and trumpets
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saturninusx noble patriciansx patrons of my rightx
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defend the justice of my cause with armsx
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andx countrymenx my loving followersx
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plead my successive title with your swordsx
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i am his first born son that was the last
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that ware the imperial diadem of romex
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then let my fatherxs honours live in mex
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nor wrong mine age with this indignityx
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bassianusx romansx friendsx followersx favourers of my rightx
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if ever bassianusx caesarxs sonx
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were gracious in the eyes of royal romex
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keep then this passage to the capitolx
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and suffer not dishonour to approach
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the imperial seatx to virtue consecratex
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to justicex continencex and nobilityx
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but let desert in pure election shinex
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andx romansx fight for freedom in your choicex
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enter marcus andronicus aloftx with the crown
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marcusx princesx that strive by factions and by friends
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ambitiously for rule and emperyx
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know that the people of romex for whom we stand
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a special partyx have by common voice
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in election for the roman empery
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chosen andronicusx surnamed pius
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for many good and great deserts to romex
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a nobler manx a braver warriorx
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lives not this day within the city wallsx
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he by the senate is accited homex
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from weary wars against the barbarous gothsx
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that with his sonsx a terror to our foesx
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hath yokxd a nation strongx trainxd up in armsx
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ten years are spent since first he undertook
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this cause of romex and chastised with arms
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our enemiesx pridex five times he hath returnxd
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bleeding to romex bearing his valiant sons
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in coffins from the fieldx and at this day
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to the monument of that andronici
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done sacrifice of expiationx
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and slain the noblest prisoner of the gothsx
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and now at lastx laden with honourxs spoilsx
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returns the good andronicus to romex
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renowned titusx flourishing in armsx
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let us entreatx by honour of his name
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whom worthily you would have now succeedx
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and in the capitol and senatexs rightx
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whom you pretend to honour and adorex
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that you withdraw you and abate your strengthx
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dismiss your followersx andx as suitors shouldx
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plead your deserts in peace and humblenessx
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saturninusx how fair the tribune speaks to calm my thoughtsx
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bassianusx marcus andronicusx so i do affy
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in thy uprightness and integrityx
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and so i love and honour thee and thinex
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thy noble brother titus and his sonsx
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and her to whom my thoughts are humbled allx
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gracious laviniax romexs rich ornamentx
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that i will here dismiss my loving friendsx
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and to my fortunes and the peoplexs favour
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commit my cause in balance to be weighxdx
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exeunt the soldiers of bassianus
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saturninusx friendsx that have been thus forward in my rightx
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i thank you all and here dismiss you allx
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and to the love and favour of my country
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commit myselfx my personx and the causex
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exeunt the soldiers of saturninus
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romex be as just and gracious unto me
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as i am confident and kind to theex
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open the gates and let me inx
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bassianusx tribunesx and mex a poor competitorx
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xflourishx they go up into the senate housex
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enter a captain
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captainx romansx make wayx the good andronicusx
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patron of virtuex romexs best championx
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successful in the battles that he fightsx
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with honour and with fortune is returnxd
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from where he circumscribed with his sword
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and brought to yoke the enemies of romex
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sound drums and trumpetsx and then enter martius and mutiusx
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two of titusx sonsx and then two men bearing a coffin covered
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with blackx then lucius and quintusx two other sonsx then titus
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andronicusx and then tamora the queen of gothsx with her three
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sonsx alarbusx demetriusx and chironx with aaron the moorx and
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othersx as many as can bex then set down the coffin and titus
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speaks
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titusx hailx romex victorious in thy mourning weedsx
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lox as the bark that hath dischargxd her fraught
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returns with precious lading to the bay
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from whence at first she weighxd her anchoragex
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cometh andronicusx bound with laurel boughsx
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to rexsalute his country with his tearsx
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tears of true joy for his return to romex
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thou great defender of this capitolx
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stand gracious to the rites that we intendx
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romansx of five and twenty valiant sonsx
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half of the number that king priam hadx
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behold the poor remainsx alive and deadx
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these that survive let rome reward with lovex
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these that i bring unto their latest homex
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with burial amongst their ancestorsx
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here goths have given me leave to sheathe my swordx
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titusx unkindx and careless of thine ownx
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why sufferxst thou thy sonsx unburied yetx
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to hover on the dreadful shore of styxx
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make way to lay them by their brethrenx
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xthey open the tombx
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there greet in silencex as the dead are wontx
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and sleep in peacex slain in your countryxs warsx
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o sacred receptacle of my joysx
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sweet cell of virtue and nobilityx
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how many sons hast thou of mine in store
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that thou wilt never render to me morex
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luciusx give us the proudest prisoner of the gothsx
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that we may hew his limbsx and on a pile
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ad manes fratrum sacrifice his flesh
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before this earthy prison of their bonesx
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that so the shadows be not unappeasxdx
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nor we disturbxd with prodigies on earthx
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titusx i give him youx the noblest that survivesx
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the eldest son of this distressed queenx
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tamorax stayx roman brethenx gracious conquerorx
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victorious titusx rue the tears i shedx
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a motherxs tears in passion for her sonx
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and if thy sons were ever dear to theex
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ox think my son to be as dear to mex
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sufficeth not that we are brought to rome
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to beautify thy triumphsx and return
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captive to thee and to thy roman yokex
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but must my sons be slaughtered in the streets
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for valiant doings in their countryxs causex
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ox if to fight for king and commonweal
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were piety in thinex it is in thesex
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andronicusx stain not thy tomb with bloodx
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wilt thou draw near the nature of the godsx
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draw near them then in being mercifulx
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sweet mercy is nobilityxs true badgex
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thricexnoble titusx spare my firstxborn sonx
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titusx patient yourselfx madamx and pardon mex
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these are their brethrenx whom your goths beheld
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alive and deadx and for their brethren slain
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religiously they ask a sacrificex
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to this your son is markxdx and die he must
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tx appease their groaning shadows that are gonex
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luciusx away with himx and make a fire straightx
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and with our swordsx upon a pile of woodx
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letxs hew his limbs till they be clean consumxdx
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exeunt titusx sonsx with alarbus
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tamorax o cruelx irreligious pietyx
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chironx was never scythia half so barbarousx
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demetriusx oppose not scythia to ambitious romex
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alarbus goes to restx and we survive
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to tremble under titusx threatxning lookx
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thenx madamx stand resolvxdx but hope withal
|
|
the selfxsame gods that armxd the queen of troy
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with opportunity of sharp revenge
|
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upon the thracian tyrant in his tent
|
|
may favour tamorax the queen of gothsx
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when goths were goths and tamora was queenx
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to quit the bloody wrongs upon her foesx
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rexenter luciusx quintusx martiusx and
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mutiusx the sons of andronicusx with their swords bloody
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luciusx seex lord and fatherx how we have performxd
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|
our roman ritesx alarbusx limbs are loppxdx
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and entrails feed the sacrificing firex
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|
whose smoke like incense doth perfume the skyx
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remaineth nought but to inter our brethrenx
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and with loud xlarums welcome them to romex
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|
titusx let it be sox and let andronicus
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|
make this his latest farewell to their soulsx
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xsound trumpets and lay the coffin in the tombx
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in peace and honour rest you herex my sonsx
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|
romexs readiest championsx repose you here in restx
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|
secure from worldly chances and mishapsx
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here lurks no treasonx here no envy swellsx
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here grow no damned drugsx here are no stormsx
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no noisex but silence and eternal sleepx
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in peace and honour rest you herex my sonsx
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enter lavinia
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laviniax in peace and honour live lord titus longx
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|
my noble lord and fatherx live in famex
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lox at this tomb my tributary tears
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|
i render for my brethrenxs obsequiesx
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and at thy feet i kneelx with tears of joy
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|
shed on this earth for thy return to romex
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|
ox bless me here with thy victorious handx
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whose fortunes romexs best citizens applaudx
|
|
titusx kind romex that hast thus lovingly reservxd
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the cordial of mine age to glad my heartx
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laviniax livex outlive thy fatherxs daysx
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and famexs eternal datex for virtuexs praisex
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enterx abovex marcus andronicus and tribunesx
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|
rexenter saturninusx bassianusx and attendants
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marcusx long live lord titusx my beloved brotherx
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gracious triumpher in the eyes of romex
|
|
titusx thanksx gentle tribunex noble brother marcusx
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|
marcusx and welcomex nephewsx from successful warsx
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|
you that survive and you that sleep in famex
|
|
fair lordsx your fortunes are alike in all
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|
that in your countryxs service drew your swordsx
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|
but safer triumph is this funeral pomp
|
|
that hath aspirxd to solonxs happiness
|
|
and triumphs over chance in honourxs bedx
|
|
titus andronicusx the people of romex
|
|
whose friend in justice thou hast ever beenx
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|
send thee by mex their tribune and their trustx
|
|
this parxiament of white and spotless huex
|
|
and name thee in election for the empire
|
|
with these our latexdeceased emperorxs sonsx
|
|
be candidatus thenx and put it onx
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|
and help to set a head on headless romex
|
|
titusx a better head her glorious body fits
|
|
than his that shakes for age and feeblenessx
|
|
what should i don this robe and trouble youx
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|
be chosen with proclamations toxdayx
|
|
toxmorrow yield up rulex resign my lifex
|
|
and set abroad new business for you allx
|
|
romex i have been thy soldier forty yearsx
|
|
and led my countryxs strength successfullyx
|
|
and buried one and twenty valiant sonsx
|
|
knighted in fieldx slain manfully in armsx
|
|
in right and service of their noble countryx
|
|
give me a staff of honour for mine agex
|
|
but not a sceptre to control the worldx
|
|
upright he held itx lordsx that held it lastx
|
|
marcusx titusx thou shalt obtain and ask the emperyx
|
|
saturninusx proud and ambitious tribunex canst thou tellx
|
|
titusx patiencex prince saturninusx
|
|
saturninusx romansx do me rightx
|
|
patriciansx draw your swordsx and sheathe them not
|
|
till saturninus be romexs emperorx
|
|
andronicusx would thou were shippxd to hell
|
|
rather than rob me of the peoplexs heartsx
|
|
luciusx proud saturninex interrupter of the good
|
|
that noblexminded titus means to theex
|
|
titusx content theex princex i will restore to thee
|
|
the peoplexs heartsx and wean them from themselvesx
|
|
bassianusx andronicusx i do not flatter theex
|
|
but honour theex and will do till i diex
|
|
my faction if thou strengthen with thy friendsx
|
|
i will most thankful bex and thanks to men
|
|
of noble minds is honourable meedx
|
|
titusx people of romex and peoplexs tribunes herex
|
|
i ask your voices and your suffragesx
|
|
will ye bestow them friendly on andronicusx
|
|
tribunesx to gratify the good andronicusx
|
|
and gratulate his safe return to romex
|
|
the people will accept whom he admitsx
|
|
titusx tribunesx i thank youx and this suit i makex
|
|
that you create our emperorxs eldest sonx
|
|
lord saturninex whose virtues willx i hopex
|
|
reflect on rome as titanxs rays on earthx
|
|
and ripen justice in this commonwealx
|
|
thenx if you will elect by my advicex
|
|
crown himx and say xlong live our emperorxx
|
|
marcusx with voices and applause of every sortx
|
|
patricians and plebeiansx we create
|
|
lord saturninus romexs great emperorx
|
|
and say xlong live our emperor saturninexx
|
|
xa long flourish till they come downx
|
|
saturninusx titus andronicusx for thy favours done
|
|
to us in our election this day
|
|
i give thee thanks in part of thy desertsx
|
|
and will with deeds requite thy gentlenessx
|
|
and for an onsetx titusx to advance
|
|
thy name and honourable familyx
|
|
lavinia will i make my emperessx
|
|
romexs royal mistressx mistress of my heartx
|
|
and in the sacred pantheon her espousex
|
|
tell mex andronicusx doth this motion please theex
|
|
titusx it dothx my worthy lordx and in this match
|
|
i hold me highly honoured of your gracex
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|
and here in sight of romex to saturninex
|
|
king and commander of our commonwealx
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|
the wide worldxs emperorx do i consecrate
|
|
my swordx my chariotx and my prisonersx
|
|
presents well worthy romexs imperious lordx
|
|
receive them thenx the tribute that i owex
|
|
mine honourxs ensigns humbled at thy feetx
|
|
saturninusx thanksx noble titusx father of my lifex
|
|
how proud i am of thee and of thy gifts
|
|
rome shall recordx and when i do forget
|
|
the least of these unspeakable desertsx
|
|
romansx forget your fealty to mex
|
|
titusx xto tamorax nowx madamx are you prisoner to an emperorx
|
|
to him that for your honour and your state
|
|
will use you nobly and your followersx
|
|
saturninusx xasidex a goodly ladyx trust mex of the hue
|
|
that i would choosex were i to choose anewxx
|
|
clear upx fair queenx that cloudy countenancex
|
|
though chance of war hath wrought this change of cheerx
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|
thou comxst not to be made a scorn in romex
|
|
princely shall be thy usage every wayx
|
|
rest on my wordx and let not discontent
|
|
daunt all your hopesx madamx he comforts you
|
|
can make you greater than the queen of gothsx
|
|
laviniax you are not displeasxd with thisx
|
|
laviniax not ix my lordx sith true nobility
|
|
warrants these words in princely courtesyx
|
|
saturninusx thanksx sweet laviniax romansx let us gox
|
|
ransomless here we set our prisoners freex
|
|
proclaim our honoursx lordsx with trump and drumx
|
|
xflourishx
|
|
bassianusx lord titusx by your leavex this maid is minex
|
|
xseizing laviniax
|
|
titusx howx sirx are you in earnest thenx my lordx
|
|
bassianusx ayx noble titusx and resolvxd withal
|
|
to do myself this reason and this rightx
|
|
marcusx suum cuique is our roman justicex
|
|
this prince in justice seizeth but his ownx
|
|
luciusx and that he will and shallx if lucius livex
|
|
titusx traitorsx avauntx where is the emperorxs guardx
|
|
treasonx my lordx lavinia is surprisxdx
|
|
saturninusx surprisxdx by whomx
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|
bassianusx by him that justly may
|
|
bear his betrothxd from all the world awayx
|
|
exeunt bassianus and marcus with lavinia
|
|
mutiusx brothersx help to convey her hence awayx
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|
and with my sword ixll keep this door safex
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|
exeunt luciusx quintusx and martius
|
|
titusx followx my lordx and ixll soon bring her backx
|
|
mutiusx my lordx you pass not herex
|
|
titusx whatx villain boyx
|
|
barxst me my way in romex
|
|
mutiusx helpx luciusx helpx
|
|
titus kills himx during the frayx exeunt saturninusx
|
|
tamorax demetriusx chironx and aaron
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|
|
|
rexenter lucius
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|
luciusx my lordx you are unjustx and more than sox
|
|
in wrongful quarrel you have slain your sonx
|
|
titusx nor thou nor he are any sons of minex
|
|
my sons would never so dishonour mex
|
|
|
|
rexenter aloft the emperor
|
|
with tamora and her two sonsx and aaron the moor
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|
|
|
traitorx restore lavinia to the emperorx
|
|
luciusx deadx if you willx but not to be his wifex
|
|
that is anotherxs lawful promisxd lovex exit
|
|
saturninusx nox titusx nox the emperor needs her notx
|
|
nor herx nor theex nor any of thy stockx
|
|
ixll trust by leisure him that mocks me oncex
|
|
thee neverx nor thy traitorous haughty sonsx
|
|
confederates all thus to dishonour mex
|
|
was there none else in rome to make a stale
|
|
but saturninex full wellx andronicusx
|
|
agree these deeds with that proud brag of thine
|
|
that saidst i beggxd the empire at thy handsx
|
|
titusx o monstrousx what reproachful words are thesex
|
|
saturninusx but go thy waysx gox give that changing piece
|
|
to him that flourishxd for her with his swordx
|
|
a valiant sonxinxlaw thou shalt enjoyx
|
|
one fit to bandy with thy lawless sonsx
|
|
to ruffle in the commonwealth of romex
|
|
titusx these words are razors to my wounded heartx
|
|
saturninusx and thereforex lovely tamorax queen of gothsx
|
|
thatx like the stately phoebe xmongst her nymphsx
|
|
dost overshine the gallantxst dames of romex
|
|
if thou be pleasxd with this my sudden choicex
|
|
beholdx i choose theex tamorax for my bride
|
|
and will create thee emperess of romex
|
|
speakx queen of gothsx dost thou applaud my choicex
|
|
and here i swear by all the roman godsx
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|
sith priest and holy water are so nearx
|
|
and tapers burn so brightx and everything
|
|
in readiness for hymenaeus standx
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|
i will not rexsalute the streets of romex
|
|
or climb my palacex till from forth this place
|
|
i lead espousxd my bride along with mex
|
|
tamorax and here in sight of heaven to rome i swearx
|
|
if saturnine advance the queen of gothsx
|
|
she will a handmaid be to his desiresx
|
|
a loving nursex a mother to his youthx
|
|
saturninusx ascendx fair queenx pantheonx lordsx accompany
|
|
your noble emperor and his lovely bridex
|
|
sent by the heavens for prince saturninex
|
|
whose wisdom hath her fortune conqueredx
|
|
there shall we consummate our spousal ritesx
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|
exeunt all but titus
|
|
titusx i am not bid to wait upon this bridex
|
|
titusx when wert thou wont to walk alonex
|
|
dishonoured thusx and challenged of wrongsx
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|
rexenter marcusx
|
|
and titusx sonsx luciusx quintusx and martius
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|
|
|
marcusx o titusx seex ox see what thou hast donex
|
|
in a bad quarrel slain a virtuous sonx
|
|
titusx nox foolish tribunex nox no son of minex
|
|
nor thoux nor thesex confederates in the deed
|
|
that hath dishonoured all our familyx
|
|
unworthy brother and unworthy sonsx
|
|
luciusx but let us give him burialx as becomesx
|
|
give mutius burial with our bretherenx
|
|
titusx traitorsx awayx he rests not in this tombx
|
|
this monument five hundred years hath stoodx
|
|
which i have sumptuously rexedifiedx
|
|
here none but soldiers and romexs servitors
|
|
repose in famex none basely slain in brawlsx
|
|
bury him where you canx he comes not herex
|
|
marcusx my lordx this is impiety in youx
|
|
my nephew mutiusx deeds do plead for himx
|
|
he must be buried with his bretherenx
|
|
quintus x martiusx and shallx or him we will accompanyx
|
|
titusx xand shallxx what villain was it spake that wordx
|
|
quintusx he that would vouch it in any place but herex
|
|
titusx whatx would you bury him in my despitex
|
|
marcusx nox noble titusx but entreat of thee
|
|
to pardon mutius and to bury himx
|
|
titusx marcusx even thou hast struck upon my crestx
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and with these boys mine honour thou hast woundedx
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my foes i do repute you every onex
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so trouble me no morex but get you gonex
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martiusx he is not with himselfx let us withdrawx
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quintusx not ix till mutiusx bones be buriedx
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xthe brother and the sons kneelx
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marcusx brotherx for in that name doth nature pleadx
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quintusx fatherx and in that name doth nature speakx
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titusx speak thou no morex if all the rest will speedx
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marcusx renowned titusx more than half my soulx
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luciusx dear fatherx soul and substance of us allx
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marcusx suffer thy brother marcus to inter
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his noble nephew here in virtuexs nestx
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that died in honour and laviniaxs causex
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thou art a romanx be not barbarousx
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the greeks upon advice did bury ajaxx
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that slew himselfx and wise laertesx son
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did graciously plead for his funeralsx
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let not young mutiusx thenx that was thy joyx
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be barrxd his entrance herex
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titusx risex marcusx risex
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the dismalxst day is this that exer i sawx
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to be dishonoured by my sons in romex
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wellx bury himx and bury me the nextx
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xthey put mutius in the tombx
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luciusx there lie thy bonesx sweet mutiusx with thy friendsx
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till we with trophies do adorn thy tombx
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allx xkneelingx no man shed tears for noble mutiusx
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he lives in fame that died in virtuexs causex
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marcusx my lordx to step out of these dreary dumpsx
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how comes it that the subtle queen of goths
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is of a sudden thus advancxd in romex
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titusx i know notx marcusx but i know it isx
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whether by device or nox the heavens can tellx
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is she notx thenx beholding to the man
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that brought her for this high good turn so farx
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marcusx yesx and will nobly him remuneratex
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flourishx rexenter the emperorx tamora
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and her two sonsx with the moorx at one doorx
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at the other doorx bassianus and laviniax with others
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saturninusx sox bassianusx you have playxd your prizex
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god give you joyx sirx of your gallant bridex
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bassianusx and you of yoursx my lordx i say no morex
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nor wish no lessx and so i take my leavex
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saturninusx traitorx if rome have law or we have powerx
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thou and thy faction shall repent this rapex
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bassianusx rapex call you itx my lordx to seize my ownx
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my true betrothed lovex and now my wifex
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but let the laws of rome determine allx
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meanwhile am i possessxd of that is minex
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saturninusx xtis goodx sirx you are very short with usx
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but if we live wexll be as sharp with youx
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bassianusx my lordx what i have donex as best i mayx
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answer i mustx and shall do with my lifex
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only thus much i give your grace to knowx
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by all the duties that i owe to romex
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|
this noble gentlemanx lord titus herex
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is in opinion and in honour wrongxdx
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thatx in the rescue of laviniax
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with his own hand did slay his youngest sonx
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in zeal to youx and highly movxd to wrath
|
|
to be controllxd in that he frankly gavex
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|
receive him then to favourx saturninex
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that hath expressxd himself in all his deeds
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a father and a friend to thee and romex
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|
titusx prince bassianusx leave to plead my deedsx
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xtis thou and those that have dishonoured mex
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rome and the righteous heavens be my judge
|
|
how i have lovxd and honoured saturninex
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tamorax my worthy lordx if ever tamora
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were gracious in those princely eyes of thinex
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then hear me speak indifferently for allx
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and at my suitx sweetx pardon what is pastx
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saturninusx whatx madamx be dishonoured openlyx
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|
and basely put it up without revengex
|
|
tamorax not sox my lordx the gods of rome forfend
|
|
i should be author to dishonour youx
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but on mine honour dare i undertake
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|
for good lord titusx innocence in allx
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whose fury not dissembled speaks his griefsx
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then at my suit look graciously on himx
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lose not so noble a friend on vain supposex
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nor with sour looks afflict his gentle heartx
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xaside to saturninusx my lordx be rulxd by mex
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be won at lastx
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dissemble all your griefs and discontentsx
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you are but newly planted in your thronex
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|
lestx thenx the peoplex and patricians toox
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|
upon a just survey take titusx partx
|
|
and so supplant you for ingratitudex
|
|
which rome reputes to be a heinous sinx
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|
yield at entreatsx and then let me alonex
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|
ixll find a day to massacre them allx
|
|
and raze their faction and their familyx
|
|
the cruel father and his traitorous sonsx
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|
to whom i sued for my dear sonxs lifex
|
|
and make them know what xtis to let a queen
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kneel in the streets and beg for grace in vainxx
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comex comex sweet emperorx comex andronicusx
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|
take up this good old manx and cheer the heart
|
|
that dies in tempest of thy angry frownx
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|
saturninusx risex titusx risex my empress hath prevailxdx
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|
titusx i thank your majesty and herx my lordx
|
|
these wordsx these looksx infuse new life in mex
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|
tamorax titusx i am incorporate in romex
|
|
a roman now adopted happilyx
|
|
and must advise the emperor for his goodx
|
|
this day all quarrels diex andronicusx
|
|
and let it be mine honourx good my lordx
|
|
that i have reconcilxd your friends and youx
|
|
for youx prince bassianusx i have passxd
|
|
my word and promise to the emperor
|
|
that you will be more mild and tractablex
|
|
and fear notx lordsx and youx laviniax
|
|
by my advicex all humbled on your kneesx
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|
you shall ask pardon of his majestyx
|
|
luciusx we dox and vow to heaven and to his highness
|
|
that what we did was mildly as we mightx
|
|
tendxring our sisterxs honour and our ownx
|
|
marcusx that on mine honour here do i protestx
|
|
saturninusx awayx and talk notx trouble us no morex
|
|
tamorax nayx nayx sweet emperorx we must all be friendsx
|
|
the tribune and his nephews kneel for gracex
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|
i will not be deniedx sweet heartx look backx
|
|
saturninusx marcusx for thy sakex and thy brotherxs herex
|
|
and at my lovely tamoraxs entreatsx
|
|
i do remit these young menxs heinous faultsx
|
|
stand upx
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|
laviniax though you left me like a churlx
|
|
i found a friendx and sure as death i swore
|
|
i would not part a bachelor from the priestx
|
|
comex if the emperorxs court can feast two bridesx
|
|
you are my guestx laviniax and your friendsx
|
|
this day shall be a lovexdayx tamorax
|
|
titusx toxmorrowx and it please your majesty
|
|
to hunt the panther and the hart with mex
|
|
with horn and hound wexll give your grace bonjourx
|
|
saturninusx be it sox titusx and gramercy toox
|
|
exeuntx sound trumpets
|
|
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|
act iix scene ix romex before the palace
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|
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|
enter aaron
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aaronx now climbeth tamora olympusx topx
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|
safe out of fortunexs shotx and sits aloftx
|
|
secure of thunderxs crack or lightning flashx
|
|
advancxd above pale envyxs threatxning reachx
|
|
as when the golden sun salutes the mornx
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|
andx having gilt the ocean with his beamsx
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|
gallops the zodiac in his glistening coach
|
|
and overlooks the highestxpeering hillsx
|
|
so tamorax
|
|
upon her wit doth earthly honour waitx
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|
and virtue stoops and trembles at her frownx
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|
thenx aaronx arm thy heart and fit thy thoughts
|
|
to mount aloft with thy imperial mistressx
|
|
and mount her pitch whom thou in triumph longx
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|
hast prisoner heldx fettxred in amorous chainsx
|
|
and faster bound to aaronxs charming eyes
|
|
than is prometheus tied to caucasusx
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|
away with slavish weeds and servile thoughtsx
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|
i will be bright and shine in pearl and goldx
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|
to wait upon this newxmade emperessx
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|
to waitx said ix to wanton with this queenx
|
|
this goddessx this semiramisx this nymphx
|
|
this siren that will charm romexs saturninex
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|
and see his shipwreck and his commonwealxsx
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|
hullox what storm is thisx
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|
enter chiron and demetriusx braving
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demetriusx chironx thy years wants witx thy wits wants edge
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|
and mannersx to intrude where i am gracxdx
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|
and mayx for aught thou knowestx affected bex
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|
chironx demetriusx thou dost overxween in allx
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|
and so in thisx to bear me down with bravesx
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|
xtis not the difference of a year or two
|
|
makes me less gracious or thee more fortunatex
|
|
i am as able and as fit as thou
|
|
to serve and to deserve my mistressx gracex
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|
and that my sword upon thee shall approvex
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|
and plead my passions for laviniaxs lovex
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|
aaronx xasidex clubsx clubsx these lovers will not keep the
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|
peacex
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|
demetriusx whyx boyx although our motherx unadvisxdx
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|
gave you a dancing rapier by your sidex
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|
are you so desperate grown to threat your friendsx
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|
go tox have your lath glued within your sheath
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|
till you know better how to handle itx
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|
chironx meanwhilex sirx with the little skill i havex
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|
full well shalt thou perceive how much i darex
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|
demetriusx ayx boyx grow ye so bravex xthey drawx
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|
aaronx xcoming forwardx whyx how nowx lordsx
|
|
so near the emperorxs palace dare ye draw
|
|
and maintain such a quarrel openlyx
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|
full well i wot the ground of all this grudgex
|
|
i would not for a million of gold
|
|
the cause were known to them it most concernsx
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|
nor would your noble mother for much more
|
|
be so dishonoured in the court of romex
|
|
for shamex put upx
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|
demetriusx not ix till i have sheathxd
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|
my rapier in his bosomx and withal
|
|
thrust those reproachful speeches down his throat
|
|
that he hath breathxd in my dishonour herex
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|
chironx for that i am preparxd and full resolvxdx
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|
foulxspoken cowardx that thundxrest with thy tonguex
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|
and with thy weapon nothing darxst performx
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|
aaronx awayx i sayx
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|
nowx by the gods that warlike goths adorex
|
|
this pretty brabble will undo us allx
|
|
whyx lordsx and think you not how dangerous
|
|
it is to jet upon a princexs rightx
|
|
whatx is lavinia then become so loosex
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|
or bassianus so degeneratex
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|
that for her love such quarrels may be broachxd
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|
without controlmentx justicex or revengex
|
|
young lordsx bewarex an should the empress know
|
|
this discordxs groundx the music would not pleasex
|
|
chironx i care notx ix knew she and all the worldx
|
|
i love lavinia more than all the worldx
|
|
demetriusx younglingx learn thou to make some meaner choicex
|
|
lavina is thine elder brotherxs hopex
|
|
aaronx whyx are ye madx or know ye not in rome
|
|
how furious and impatient they bex
|
|
and cannot brook competitors in lovex
|
|
i tell youx lordsx you do but plot your deaths
|
|
by this devicex
|
|
chironx aaronx a thousand deaths
|
|
would i propose to achieve her whom i lovex
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|
aaronx to achieve herx howx
|
|
demetriusx why makxst thou it so strangex
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|
she is a womanx therefore may be wooxdx
|
|
she is a womanx therefore may be wonx
|
|
she is laviniax therefore must be lovxdx
|
|
whatx manx more water glideth by the mill
|
|
than wots the miller ofx and easy it is
|
|
of a cut loaf to steal a shivex we knowx
|
|
though bassianus be the emperorxs brotherx
|
|
better than he have worn vulcanxs badgex
|
|
aaronx xasidex ayx and as good as saturninus mayx
|
|
demetriusx then why should he despair that knows to court it
|
|
with wordsx fair looksx and liberalityx
|
|
whatx hast not thou full often struck a doex
|
|
and borne her cleanly by the keeperxs nosex
|
|
aaronx whyx thenx it seems some certain snatch or so
|
|
would serve your turnsx
|
|
chironx ayx so the turn were servedx
|
|
demetriusx aaronx thou hast hit itx
|
|
aaronx would you had hit it toox
|
|
then should not we be tirxd with this adox
|
|
whyx hark yex hark yex and are you such fools
|
|
to square for thisx would it offend youx thenx
|
|
that both should speedx
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|
chironx faithx not mex
|
|
demetriusx nor mex so i were onex
|
|
aaronx for shamex be friendsx and join for that you jarx
|
|
xtis policy and stratagem must do
|
|
that you affectx and so must you resolve
|
|
that what you cannot as you would achievex
|
|
you must perforce accomplish as you mayx
|
|
take this of mex lucrece was not more chaste
|
|
than this laviniax bassianusx lovex
|
|
a speedier course than lingxring languishment
|
|
must we pursuex and i have found the pathx
|
|
my lordsx a solemn hunting is in handx
|
|
there will the lovely roman ladies troopx
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|
the forest walks are wide and spaciousx
|
|
and many unfrequented plots there are
|
|
fitted by kind for rape and villainyx
|
|
single you thither then this dainty doex
|
|
and strike her home by force if not by wordsx
|
|
this wayx or not at allx stand you in hopex
|
|
comex comex our empressx with her sacred wit
|
|
to villainy and vengeance consecratex
|
|
will we acquaint with all what we intendx
|
|
and she shall file our engines with advice
|
|
that will not suffer you to square yourselvesx
|
|
but to your wishesx height advance you bothx
|
|
the emperorxs court is like the house of famex
|
|
the palace full of tonguesx of eyesx and earsx
|
|
the woods are ruthlessx dreadfulx deafx and dullx
|
|
there speak and strikex brave boysx and take your turnsx
|
|
there serve your lustx shadowed from heavenxs eyex
|
|
and revel in laviniaxs treasuryx
|
|
chironx thy counselx ladx smells of no cowardicex
|
|
demetriusx sit fas aut nefasx till i find the stream
|
|
to cool this heatx a charm to calm these fitsx
|
|
per stygax per manes vehorx exeunt
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|
|
|
scene iix a forest near rome
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|
|
|
enter titus andronicusx and his three sonsx luciusx quintusx martiusx
|
|
making a noise with hounds and hornsx and marcus
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|
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|
titusx the hunt is upx the morn is bright and greyx
|
|
the fields are fragrantx and the woods are greenx
|
|
uncouple herex and let us make a bayx
|
|
and wake the emperor and his lovely bridex
|
|
and rouse the princex and ring a hunterxs pealx
|
|
that all the court may echo with the noisex
|
|
sonsx let it be your chargex as it is oursx
|
|
to attend the emperorxs person carefullyx
|
|
i have been troubled in my sleep this nightx
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|
but dawning day new comfort hath inspirxdx
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|
|
|
here a cry of houndsx and wind horns in a pealx
|
|
then enter saturninusx tamorax bassianus laviniax
|
|
chironx demetriusx and their attendants
|
|
many good morrows to your majestyx
|
|
madamx to you as many and as goodx
|
|
i promised your grace a hunterxs pealx
|
|
saturninusx and you have rung it lustilyx my lordsx
|
|
somewhat too early for newxmarried ladiesx
|
|
bassianusx laviniax how say youx
|
|
laviniax i say nox
|
|
i have been broad awake two hours and morex
|
|
saturninusx come on thenx horse and chariots let us havex
|
|
and to our sportx xto tamorax madamx now shall ye see
|
|
our roman huntingx
|
|
marcusx i have dogsx my lordx
|
|
will rouse the proudest panther in the chasex
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|
and climb the highest promontory topx
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|
titusx and i have horse will follow where the game
|
|
makes wayx and run like swallows oxer the plainx
|
|
demetriusx chironx we hunt notx wex with horse nor houndx
|
|
but hope to pluck a dainty doe to groundx exeunt
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|
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|
scene iiix a lonely part of the forest
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|
|
|
enter aaron alonex with a bag of gold
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aaronx he that had wit would think that i had nonex
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|
to bury so much gold under a tree
|
|
and never after to inherit itx
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|
let him that thinks of me so abjectly
|
|
know that this gold must coin a stratagemx
|
|
whichx cunningly effectedx will beget
|
|
a very excellent piece of villainyx
|
|
and so reposex sweet goldx for their unrest
|
|
xhides the goldx
|
|
that have their alms out of the empressx chestx
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|
|
|
enter tamora alonex to the moor
|
|
|
|
tamorax my lovely aaronx wherefore lookxst thou sad
|
|
when everything does make a gleeful boastx
|
|
the birds chant melody on every bushx
|
|
the snakes lie rolled in the cheerful sunx
|
|
the green leaves quiver with the cooling wind
|
|
and make a chequerxd shadow on the groundx
|
|
under their sweet shadex aaronx let us sitx
|
|
and while the babbling echo mocks the houndsx
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|
replying shrilly to the wellxtunxd hornsx
|
|
as if a double hunt were heard at oncex
|
|
let us sit down and mark their yellowing noisex
|
|
andx after conflict such as was supposxd
|
|
the wandxring prince and dido once enjoyedx
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|
when with a happy storm they were surprisxdx
|
|
and curtainxd with a counselxkeeping cavex
|
|
we mayx each wreathed in the otherxs armsx
|
|
our pastimes donex possess a golden slumberx
|
|
whiles hounds and horns and sweet melodious birds
|
|
be unto us as is a nursexs song
|
|
of lullaby to bring her babe asleepx
|
|
aaronx madamx though venus govern your desiresx
|
|
saturn is dominator over minex
|
|
what signifies my deadlyxstanding eyex
|
|
my silence and my cloudy melancholyx
|
|
my fleece of woolly hair that now uncurls
|
|
even as an adder when she doth unroll
|
|
to do some fatal executionx
|
|
nox madamx these are no venereal signsx
|
|
vengeance is in my heartx death in my handx
|
|
blood and revenge are hammering in my headx
|
|
harkx tamorax the empress of my soulx
|
|
which never hopes more heaven than rests in theex
|
|
this is the day of doom for bassianusx
|
|
his philomel must lose her tongue toxdayx
|
|
thy sons make pillage of her chastityx
|
|
and wash their hands in bassianusx bloodx
|
|
seest thou this letterx take it upx i pray theex
|
|
and give the king this fatalxplotted scrollx
|
|
now question me no morex we are espiedx
|
|
here comes a parcel of our hopeful bootyx
|
|
which dreads not yet their livesx destructionx
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enter bassianus and lavinia
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|
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|
tamorax ahx my sweet moorx sweeter to me than lifex
|
|
aaronx no morex great empressx bassianus comesx
|
|
be cross with himx and ixll go fetch thy sons
|
|
to back thy quarrelsx whatsoexer they bex exit
|
|
bassianusx who have we herex romexs royal emperessx
|
|
unfurnishxd of her wellxbeseeming troopx
|
|
or is it dianx habited like herx
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|
who hath abandoned her holy groves
|
|
to see the general hunting in this forestx
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|
tamorax saucy controller of my private stepsx
|
|
had i the powxr that some say dian hadx
|
|
thy temples should be planted presently
|
|
with hornsx as was actaeonxsx and the hounds
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|
should drive upon thy newxtransformed limbsx
|
|
unmannerly intruder as thou artx
|
|
laviniax under your patiencex gentle emperessx
|
|
xtis thought you have a goodly gift in horningx
|
|
and to be doubted that your moor and you
|
|
are singled forth to try thy experimentsx
|
|
jove shield your husband from his hounds toxdayx
|
|
xtis pity they should take him for a stagx
|
|
bassianusx believe mex queenx your swarth cimmerian
|
|
doth make your honour of his bodyxs huex
|
|
spottedx detestedx and abominablex
|
|
why are you sequestxred from all your trainx
|
|
dismounted from your snowxwhite goodly steedx
|
|
and wandxred hither to an obscure plotx
|
|
accompanied but with a barbarous moorx
|
|
if foul desire had not conducted youx
|
|
laviniax andx being intercepted in your sportx
|
|
great reason that my noble lord be rated
|
|
for saucinessx i pray you let us hencex
|
|
and let her joy her ravenxcoloured lovex
|
|
this valley fits the purpose passing wellx
|
|
bassianusx the king my brother shall have notice of thisx
|
|
laviniax ayx for these slips have made him noted longx
|
|
good kingx to be so mightily abusedx
|
|
tamorax whyx i have patience to endure all thisx
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|
|
|
enter chiron and demetrius
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|
|
|
demetriusx how nowx dear sovereignx and our gracious motherx
|
|
why doth your highness look so pale and wanx
|
|
tamorax have i not reasonx think youx to look palex
|
|
these two have xticed me hither to this placex
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a barren detested vale you see it isx
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the treesx though summerx yet forlorn and leanx
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overcome with moss and baleful mistletoex
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here never shines the sunx here nothing breedsx
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unless the nightly owl or fatal ravenx
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and when they showxd me this abhorred pitx
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they told mex herex at dead time of the nightx
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a thousand fiendsx a thousand hissing snakesx
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ten thousand swelling toadsx as many urchinsx
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would make such fearful and confused cries
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as any mortal body hearing it
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should straight fall mad or else die suddenlyx
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no sooner had they told this hellish tale
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but straight they told me they would bind me here
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unto the body of a dismal yewx
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and leave me to this miserable deathx
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and then they callxd me foul adulteressx
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lascivious gothx and all the bitterest terms
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that ever ear did hear to such effectx
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and had you not by wondrous fortune comex
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this vengeance on me had they executedx
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revenge itx as you love your motherxs lifex
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or be ye not henceforth callxd my childrenx
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demetriusx this is a witness that i am thy sonx
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xstabs bassianusx
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chironx and this for mex struck home to show my strengthx
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xalso stabsx
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laviniax ayx comex semiramisx nayx barbarous tamorax
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for no name fits thy nature but thy ownx
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tamorax give me the poniardx you shall knowx my boysx
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your motherxs hand shall right your motherxs wrongx
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demetriusx stayx madamx here is more belongs to herx
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first thrash the cornx then after burn the strawx
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this minion stood upon her chastityx
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upon her nuptial vowx her loyaltyx
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and with that painted hope braves your mightinessx
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and shall she carry this unto her gravex
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chironx an if she dox i would i were an eunuchx
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drag hence her husband to some secret holex
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and make his dead trunk pillow to our lustx
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tamorax but when ye have the honey we desirex
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let not this wasp outlivex us both to stingx
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chironx i warrant youx madamx we will make that surex
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comex mistressx now perforce we will enjoy
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that nicexpreserved honesty of yoursx
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laviniax o tamorax thou bearest a womanxs facex
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tamorax i will not hear her speakx away with herx
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laviniax sweet lordsx entreat her hear me but a wordx
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demetriusx listenx fair madamx let it be your glory
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to see her tearsx but be your heart to them
|
|
as unrelenting flint to drops of rainx
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laviniax when did the tigerxs young ones teach the damx
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ox do not learn her wrathx she taught it theex
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the milk thou suckxdst from her did turn to marblex
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even at thy teat thou hadst thy tyrannyx
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yet every mother breeds not sons alikex
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xto chironx do thou entreat her show a womanxs pityx
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chironx whatx wouldst thou have me prove myself a bastardx
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|
laviniax xtis truex the raven doth not hatch a larkx
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yet have i heardx ox could i find it nowxx
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the lionx movxd with pityx did endure
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to have his princely paws parxd all awayx
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some say that ravens foster forlorn childrenx
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the whilst their own birds famish in their nestsx
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ox be to mex though thy hard heart say nox
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nothing so kindx but something pitifulx
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tamorax i know not what it meansx away with herx
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laviniax ox let me teach theex for my fatherxs sakex
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that gave thee life when well he might have slain theex
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|
be not obduratex open thy deaf earsx
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tamorax hadst thou in person nexer offended mex
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even for his sake am i pitilessx
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|
rememberx boysx i pourxd forth tears in vain
|
|
to save your brother from the sacrificex
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|
but fierce andronicus would not relentx
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therefore away with herx and use her as you willx
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|
the worse to her the better lovxd of mex
|
|
laviniax o tamorax be callxd a gentle queenx
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and with thine own hands kill me in this placex
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for xtis not life that i have beggxd so longx
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poor i was slain when bassianus diedx
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|
tamorax what begxst thoux thenx fond womanx let me gox
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|
laviniax xtis present death i begx and one thing morex
|
|
that womanhood denies my tongue to tellx
|
|
ox keep me from their worse than killing lustx
|
|
and tumble me into some loathsome pitx
|
|
where never manxs eye may behold my bodyx
|
|
do thisx and be a charitable murdererx
|
|
tamorax so should i rob my sweet sons of their feex
|
|
nox let them satisfy their lust on theex
|
|
demetriusx awayx for thou hast stayxd us here too longx
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|
laviniax no gracex no womanhoodx ahx beastly creaturex
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|
the blot and enemy to our general namex
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|
confusion fallx
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|
chironx nayx then ixll stop your mouthx bring thou her husbandx
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|
this is the hole where aaron bid us hide himx
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|
|
demetrius throws the body
|
|
of bassianus into the pitx then exeunt
|
|
demetrius and chironx dragging off lavinia
|
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|
|
tamorax farewellx my sonsx see that you make her surex
|
|
nexer let my heart know merry cheer indeed
|
|
till all the andronici be made awayx
|
|
now will i hence to seek my lovely moorx
|
|
and let my spleenful sons this trull deflowerx exit
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|
|
|
rexenter aaronx with two
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of titusx sonsx quintus and martius
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|
aaronx come onx my lordsx the better foot beforex
|
|
straight will i bring you to the loathsome pit
|
|
where i espied the panther fast asleepx
|
|
quintusx my sight is very dullx whatexer it bodesx
|
|
martiusx and minex i promise youx were it not for shamex
|
|
well could i leave our sport to sleep awhilex
|
|
xfalls into the pitx
|
|
quintusx whatx art thou fallenx what subtle hole is thisx
|
|
whose mouth is covered with rudexgrowing briersx
|
|
upon whose leaves are drops of newxshed blood
|
|
as fresh as morning dew distillxd on flowersx
|
|
a very fatal place it seems to mex
|
|
speakx brotherx hast thou hurt thee with the fallx
|
|
martiusx o brotherx with the dismalxst object hurt
|
|
that ever eye with sight made heart lamentx
|
|
aaronx xasidex now will i fetch the king to find them herex
|
|
that he thereby may have a likely guess
|
|
how these were they that made away his brotherx exit
|
|
martiusx why dost not comfort mex and help me out
|
|
from this unhallowxd and bloodxstained holex
|
|
quintusx i am surprised with an uncouth fearx
|
|
a chilling sweat oxerxruns my trembling jointsx
|
|
my heart suspects more than mine eye can seex
|
|
martiusx to prove thou hast a true divining heartx
|
|
aaron and thou look down into this denx
|
|
and see a fearful sight of blood and deathx
|
|
quintusx aaron is gonex and my compassionate heart
|
|
will not permit mine eyes once to behold
|
|
the thing whereat it trembles by surmisex
|
|
ox tell me who it isx for nexer till now
|
|
was i a child to fear i know not whatx
|
|
martiusx lord bassianus lies berayxd in bloodx
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|
all on a heapx like to a slaughtered lambx
|
|
in this detestedx darkx bloodxdrinking pitx
|
|
quintusx if it be darkx how dost thou know xtis hex
|
|
martiusx upon his bloody finger he doth wear
|
|
a precious ring that lightens all this holex
|
|
whichx like a taper in some monumentx
|
|
doth shine upon the dead manxs earthy cheeksx
|
|
and shows the ragged entrails of this pitx
|
|
so pale did shine the moon on pyramus
|
|
when he by night lay bathxd in maiden bloodx
|
|
o brotherx help me with thy fainting handx
|
|
if fear hath made thee faintx as me it hathx
|
|
out of this fell devouring receptaclex
|
|
as hateful as cocytusx misty mouthx
|
|
quintusx reach me thy handx that i may help thee outx
|
|
orx wanting strength to do thee so much goodx
|
|
i may be pluckxd into the swallowing womb
|
|
of this deep pitx poor bassianusx gravex
|
|
i have no strength to pluck thee to the brinkx
|
|
martiusx nor i no strength to climb without thy helpx
|
|
quintusx thy hand once morex i will not loose againx
|
|
till thou art here aloftx or i belowx
|
|
thou canst not come to mex i come to theex xfalls inx
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|
|
|
enter the emperor and aaron the moor
|
|
|
|
saturninusx along with mex ixll see what hole is herex
|
|
and what he is that now is leapt into itx
|
|
sayx who art thou that lately didst descend
|
|
into this gaping hollow of the earthx
|
|
martiusx the unhappy sons of old andronicusx
|
|
brought hither in a most unlucky hourx
|
|
to find thy brother bassianus deadx
|
|
saturninusx my brother deadx i know thou dost but jestx
|
|
he and his lady both are at the lodge
|
|
upon the north side of this pleasant chasex
|
|
xtis not an hour since i left them therex
|
|
martiusx we know not where you left them all alivex
|
|
butx out alasx here have we found him deadx
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|
|
|
rexenter tamorax with
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|
attendantsx titus andronicus and lucius
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|
|
|
tamorax where is my lord the kingx
|
|
saturninusx herex tamorax though grievxd with killing griefx
|
|
tamorax where is thy brother bassianusx
|
|
saturninusx now to the bottom dost thou search my woundx
|
|
poor bassianus here lies murderedx
|
|
tamorax then all too late i bring this fatal writx
|
|
the complot of this timeless tragedyx
|
|
and wonder greatly that manxs face can fold
|
|
in pleasing smiles such murderous tyrannyx
|
|
xshe giveth saturnine a letterx
|
|
saturninusx xreadsx xan if we miss to meet him handsomelyx
|
|
sweet huntsmanx bassianus xtis we meanx
|
|
do thou so much as dig the grave for himx
|
|
thou knowxst our meaningx look for thy reward
|
|
among the nettles at the elderxtree
|
|
which overshades the mouth of that same pit
|
|
where we decreed to bury bassianusx
|
|
do thisx and purchase us thy lasting friendsxx
|
|
o tamorax was ever heard the likex
|
|
this is the pit and this the elderxtreex
|
|
lookx sirsx if you can find the huntsman out
|
|
that should have murdered bassianus herex
|
|
aaronx my gracious lordx here is the bag of goldx
|
|
saturninusx xto titusx two of thy whelpsx fell curs of bloody
|
|
kindx
|
|
have here bereft my brother of his lifex
|
|
sirsx drag them from the pit unto the prisonx
|
|
there let them bide until we have devisxd
|
|
some neverxheardxof torturing pain for themx
|
|
tamorax whatx are they in this pitx o wondrous thingx
|
|
how easily murder is discoveredx
|
|
titusx high emperorx upon my feeble knee
|
|
i beg this boonx with tears not lightly shedx
|
|
that this fell fault of my accursed sonsx
|
|
accursed if the fault be provxd in themx
|
|
saturninusx if it be provxdx you see it is apparentx
|
|
who found this letterx tamorax was it youx
|
|
tamorax andronicus himself did take it upx
|
|
titusx i didx my lordx yet let me be their bailx
|
|
forx by my fathersx reverend tombx i vow
|
|
they shall be ready at your highnessx will
|
|
to answer their suspicion with their livesx
|
|
saturninusx thou shalt not bail themx see thou follow mex
|
|
some bring the murdered bodyx some the murderersx
|
|
let them not speak a wordx the guilt is plainx
|
|
forx by my soulx were there worse end than deathx
|
|
that end upon them should be executedx
|
|
tamorax andronicusx i will entreat the kingx
|
|
fear not thy sonsx they shall do well enoughx
|
|
titusx comex luciusx comex stay not to talk with themx exeunt
|
|
|
|
scene ivx another part of the forest
|
|
|
|
enter the empressx sonsx demetrius and chironx with laviniax her hands
|
|
cut offx and her tongue cut outx and ravishxd
|
|
|
|
demetriusx sox now go tellx an if thy tongue can speakx
|
|
who xtwas that cut thy tongue and ravishxd theex
|
|
chironx write down thy mindx bewray thy meaning sox
|
|
an if thy stumps will let thee play the scribex
|
|
demetriusx see how with signs and tokens she can scrowlx
|
|
chironx go homex call for sweet waterx wash thy handsx
|
|
demetriusx she hath no tongue to callx nor hands to washx
|
|
and so letxs leave her to her silent walksx
|
|
chironx an xtwere my causex i should go hang myselfx
|
|
demetriusx if thou hadst hands to help thee knit the cordx
|
|
exeunt demetrius and chiron
|
|
|
|
wind hornsx enter marcusx from hunting
|
|
|
|
marcusx who is thisxx my niecex that flies away so fastx
|
|
cousinx a wordx where is your husbandx
|
|
if i do dreamx would all my wealth would wake mex
|
|
if i do wakex some planet strike me downx
|
|
that i may slumber an eternal sleepx
|
|
speakx gentle niecex what stern ungentle hands
|
|
hath loppxdx and hewxdx and made thy body bare
|
|
of her two branchesx those sweet ornaments
|
|
whose circling shadows kings have sought to sleep inx
|
|
and might not gain so great a happiness
|
|
as half thy lovex why dost not speak to mex
|
|
alasx a crimson river of warm bloodx
|
|
like to a bubbling fountain stirrxd with windx
|
|
doth rise and fall between thy rosed lipsx
|
|
coming and going with thy honey breathx
|
|
but sure some tereus hath deflowered theex
|
|
andx lest thou shouldst detect himx cut thy tonguex
|
|
ahx now thou turnxst away thy face for shamex
|
|
and notwithstanding all this loss of bloodx
|
|
as from a conduit with three issuing spoutsx
|
|
yet do thy cheeks look red as titanxs face
|
|
blushing to be encountxred with a cloudx
|
|
shall i speak for theex shall i say xtis sox
|
|
ox that i knew thy heartx and knew the beastx
|
|
that i might rail at him to ease my mindx
|
|
sorrow concealedx like an oven stoppxdx
|
|
doth burn the heart to cinders where it isx
|
|
fair philomelx why she but lost her tonguex
|
|
and in a tedious sampler sewxd her mindx
|
|
butx lovely niecex that mean is cut from theex
|
|
a craftier tereusx cousinx hast thou metx
|
|
and he hath cut those pretty fingers off
|
|
that could have better sewxd than philomelx
|
|
ox had the monster seen those lily hands
|
|
tremble like aspen leaves upon a lute
|
|
and make the silken strings delight to kiss themx
|
|
he would not then have touchxd them for his lifex
|
|
or had he heard the heavenly harmony
|
|
which that sweet tongue hath madex
|
|
he would have droppxd his knifex and fell asleepx
|
|
as cerberus at the thracian poetxs feetx
|
|
comex let us gox and make thy father blindx
|
|
for such a sight will blind a fatherxs eyex
|
|
one hourxs storm will drown the fragrant meadsx
|
|
what will whole months of tears thy fatherxs eyesx
|
|
do not draw backx for we will mourn with theex
|
|
ox could our mourning case thy miseryx exeunt
|
|
|
|
act iiix scene ix romex a street
|
|
|
|
enter the judgesx tribunesx and senatorsx with titusx two sons martius
|
|
and quintus boundx passing on the stage to the place of executionx and
|
|
titus going beforex pleading
|
|
|
|
titusx hear mex grave fathersx noble tribunesx stayx
|
|
for pity of mine agex whose youth was spent
|
|
in dangerous wars whilst you securely sleptx
|
|
for all my blood in romexs great quarrel shedx
|
|
for all the frosty nights that i have watchxdx
|
|
and for these bitter tearsx which now you see
|
|
filling the aged wrinkles in my cheeksx
|
|
be pitiful to my condemned sonsx
|
|
whose souls are not corrupted as xtis thoughtx
|
|
for two and twenty sons i never weptx
|
|
because they died in honourxs lofty bedx
|
|
xandronicus lieth downx and the judges
|
|
pass by him with the prisonersx and exeuntx
|
|
for thesex tribunesx in the dust i write
|
|
my heartxs deep languor and my soulxs sad tearsx
|
|
let my tears stanch the earthxs dry appetitex
|
|
my sonsx sweet blood will make it shame and blushx
|
|
o earthx i will befriend thee more with rain
|
|
that shall distil from these two ancient urnsx
|
|
than youthful april shall with all his showxrsx
|
|
in summerxs drought ixll drop upon thee stillx
|
|
in winter with warm tears ixll melt the snow
|
|
and keep eternal springxtime on thy facex
|
|
so thou refuse to drink my dear sonsx bloodx
|
|
|
|
enter lucius with his weapon drawn
|
|
|
|
o reverend tribunesx o gentle aged menx
|
|
unbind my sonsx reverse the doom of deathx
|
|
and let me sayx that never wept beforex
|
|
my tears are now prevailing oratorsx
|
|
luciusx o noble fatherx you lament in vainx
|
|
the tribunes hear you notx no man is byx
|
|
and you recount your sorrows to a stonex
|
|
titusx ahx luciusx for thy brothers let me pleadx
|
|
grave tribunesx once more i entreat of youx
|
|
luciusx my gracious lordx no tribune hears you speakx
|
|
titusx whyx xtis no matterx manx if they did hearx
|
|
they would not mark mex if they did markx
|
|
they would not pity mex yet plead i mustx
|
|
and bootless unto themx
|
|
therefore i tell my sorrows to the stonesx
|
|
who though they cannot answer my distressx
|
|
yet in some sort they are better than the tribunesx
|
|
for that they will not intercept my talex
|
|
when i do weepx they humbly at my feet
|
|
receive my tearsx and seem to weep with mex
|
|
and were they but attired in grave weedsx
|
|
rome could afford no tribunes like to thesex
|
|
a stone is soft as waxx tribunes more hard than stonesx
|
|
a stone is silent and offendeth notx
|
|
and tribunes with their tongues doom men to deathx
|
|
xrisesx
|
|
but wherefore standxst thou with thy weapon drawnx
|
|
luciusx to rescue my two brothers from their deathx
|
|
for which attempt the judges have pronouncxd
|
|
my everlasting doom of banishmentx
|
|
titusx o happy manx they have befriended theex
|
|
whyx foolish luciusx dost thou not perceive
|
|
that rome is but a wilderness of tigersx
|
|
tigers must preyx and rome affords no prey
|
|
but me and minex how happy art thou then
|
|
from these devourers to be banishedx
|
|
but who comes with our brother marcus herex
|
|
|
|
enter marcus with lavinia
|
|
|
|
marcusx titusx prepare thy aged eyes to weepx
|
|
or if not sox thy noble heart to breakx
|
|
i bring consuming sorrow to thine agex
|
|
titusx will it consume mex let me see it thenx
|
|
marcusx this was thy daughterx
|
|
titusx whyx marcusx so she isx
|
|
luciusx ay mex this object kills mex
|
|
titusx faintxhearted boyx arisex and look upon herx
|
|
speakx laviniax what accursed hand
|
|
hath made thee handless in thy fatherxs sightx
|
|
what fool hath added water to the seax
|
|
or brought a fagot to brightxburning troyx
|
|
my grief was at the height before thou camxstx
|
|
and now like nilus it disdaineth boundsx
|
|
give me a swordx ixll chop off my hands toox
|
|
for they have fought for romex and all in vainx
|
|
and they have nursxd this woe in feeding lifex
|
|
in bootless prayer have they been held upx
|
|
and they have servxd me to effectless usex
|
|
now all the service i require of them
|
|
is that the one will help to cut the otherx
|
|
xtis wellx laviniax that thou hast no handsx
|
|
for hands to do rome service is but vainx
|
|
luciusx speakx gentle sisterx who hath martyrxd theex
|
|
marcusx ox that delightful engine of her thoughts
|
|
that blabbxd them with such pleasing eloquence
|
|
is torn from forth that pretty hollow cagex
|
|
where like a sweet melodious bird it sung
|
|
sweet varied notesx enchanting every earx
|
|
luciusx ox say thou for herx who hath done this deedx
|
|
marcusx ox thus i found her straying in the parkx
|
|
seeking to hide herself as doth the deer
|
|
that hath receivxd some unrecuring woundx
|
|
titusx it was my dearx and he that wounded her
|
|
hath hurt me more than had he killxd me deadx
|
|
for now i stand as one upon a rockx
|
|
environxd with a wilderness of seax
|
|
who marks the waxing tide grow wave by wavex
|
|
expecting ever when some envious surge
|
|
will in his brinish bowels swallow himx
|
|
this way to death my wretched sons are gonex
|
|
here stands my other sonx a banishxd manx
|
|
and here my brotherx weeping at my woesx
|
|
but that which gives my soul the greatest spurn
|
|
is dear laviniax dearer than my soulx
|
|
had i but seen thy picture in this plightx
|
|
it would have madded mex what shall i do
|
|
now i behold thy lively body sox
|
|
thou hast no hands to wipe away thy tearsx
|
|
nor tongue to tell me who hath martyrxd theex
|
|
thy husband he is deadx and for his death
|
|
thy brothers are condemnxdx and dead by thisx
|
|
lookx marcusx ahx son luciusx look on herx
|
|
when i did name her brothersx then fresh tears
|
|
stood on her cheeksx as doth the honey dew
|
|
upon a gathxred lily almost witheredx
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marcusx perchance she weeps because they killxd her husbandx
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perchance because she knows them innocentx
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titusx if they did kill thy husbandx then be joyfulx
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because the law hath taxen revenge on themx
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nox nox they would not do so foul a deedx
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witness the sorrow that their sister makesx
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gentle laviniax let me kiss thy lipsx
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or make some sign how i may do thee easex
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shall thy good uncle and thy brother lucius
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and thou and i sit round about some fountainx
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looking all downwards to behold our cheeks
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how they are stainxdx like meadows yet not dry
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with miry slime left on them by a floodx
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and in the fountain shall we gaze so longx
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till the fresh taste be taken from that clearnessx
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and made a brinexpit with our bitter tearsx
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or shall we cut away our hands like thinex
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or shall we bite our tonguesx and in dumb shows
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pass the remainder of our hateful daysx
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what shall we dox let us that have our tongues
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plot some device of further misery
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to make us wonderxd at in time to comex
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luciusx sweet fatherx cease your tearsx for at your grief
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see how my wretched sister sobs and weepsx
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marcusx patiencex dear niecex good titusx dry thine eyesx
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titusx ahx marcusx marcusx brotherx well i wot
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thy napkin cannot drink a tear of minex
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for thoux poor manx hast drownxd it with thine ownx
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luciusx ahx my laviniax i will wipe thy cheeksx
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titusx markx marcusx markx i understand her signsx
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had she a tongue to speakx now would she say
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that to her brother which i said to theex
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his napkinx with his true tears all bewetx
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can do no service on her sorrowful cheeksx
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ox what a sympathy of woe is this
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as far from help as limbo is from blissx
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enter aaron the moor
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aaronx titus andronicusx my lord the emperor
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sends thee this wordx thatx if thou love thy sonsx
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let marcusx luciusx or thyselfx old titusx
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or any one of youx chop off your hand
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and send it to the kingx he for the same
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will send thee hither both thy sons alivex
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and that shall be the ransom for their faultx
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titusx o gracious emperorx o gentle aaronx
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did ever raven sing so like a lark
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that gives sweet tidings of the sunxs uprisex
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with all my heart ixll send the emperor my handx
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good aaronx wilt thou help to chop it offx
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luciusx stayx fatherx for that noble hand of thinex
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that hath thrown down so many enemiesx
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shall not be sentx my hand will serve the turnx
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my youth can better spare my blood than youx
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and therefore mine shall save my brothersx livesx
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marcusx which of your hands hath not defended rome
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and rearxd aloft the bloody battlexaxex
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writing destruction on the enemyxs castlex
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ox none of both but are of high desertx
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my hand hath been but idlex let it serve
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to ransom my two nephews from their deathx
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then have i kept it to a worthy endx
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aaronx nayx comex agree whose hand shall go alongx
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for fear they die before their pardon comex
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marcusx my hand shall gox
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luciusx by heavenx it shall not gox
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titusx sirsx strive no morex such withxred herbs as these
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are meet for plucking upx and therefore minex
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luciusx sweet fatherx if i shall be thought thy sonx
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let me redeem my brothers both from deathx
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marcusx and for our fatherxs sake and motherxs carex
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now let me show a brotherxs love to theex
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titusx agree between youx i will spare my handx
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luciusx then ixll go fetch an axex
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marcusx but i will use the axex
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exeunt lucius and marcus
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titusx come hitherx aaronx ixll deceive them bothx
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lend me thy handx and i will give thee minex
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aaronx xasidex if that be callxd deceitx i will be honestx
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and never whilst i live deceive men sox
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but ixll deceive you in another sortx
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and that youxll say ere half an hour passx
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xhe cuts off titusx handx
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rexenter lucius and marcus
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titusx now stay your strifex what shall be is dispatchxdx
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good aaronx give his majesty my handx
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tell him it was a hand that warded him
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from thousand dangersx bid him bury itx
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more hath it meritedx that let it havex
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as for my sonsx say i account of them
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as jewels purchasxd at an easy pricex
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and yet dear toox because i bought mine ownx
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aaronx i gox andronicusx and for thy hand
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look by and by to have thy sons with theex
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xasidex their heads i meanx ox how this villainy
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doth fat me with the very thoughts of itx
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let fools do goodx and fair men call for gracex
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aaron will have his soul black like his facex exit
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titusx ox here i lift this one hand up to heavenx
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and bow this feeble ruin to the earthx
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if any power pities wretched tearsx
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to that i callx xto laviniax whatx wouldxst thou kneel with mex
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dox thenx dear heartx for heaven shall hear our prayersx
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or with our sighs wexll breathe the welkin dim
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|
and stain the sun with fogx as sometime clouds
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|
when they do hug him in their melting bosomsx
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marcusx o brotherx speak with possibilityx
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and do not break into these deep extremesx
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titusx is not my sorrow deepx having no bottomx
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then be my passions bottomless with themx
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marcusx but yet let reason govern thy lamentx
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titusx if there were reason for these miseriesx
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then into limits could i bind my woesx
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when heaven doth weepx doth not the earth oxerflowx
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if the winds ragex doth not the sea wax madx
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threatxning the welkin with his bigxswolxn facex
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and wilt thou have a reason for this coilx
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i am the seax hark how her sighs do blowx
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she is the weeping welkinx i the earthx
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then must my sea be moved with her sighsx
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then must my earth with her continual tears
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|
become a delugex overflowxd and drownxdx
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|
for why my bowels cannot hide her woesx
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but like a drunkard must i vomit themx
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then give me leavex for losers will have leave
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|
to ease their stomachs with their bitter tonguesx
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enter a messengerx with two heads and a hand
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messengerx worthy andronicusx ill art thou repaid
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for that good hand thou sentxst the emperorx
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here are the heads of thy two noble sonsx
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and herexs thy handx in scorn to thee sent backx
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thy grief their sportsx thy resolution mockxdx
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|
that woe is me to think upon thy woesx
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|
more than remembrance of my fatherxs deathx exit
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|
marcusx now let hot aetna cool in sicilyx
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and be my heart an everxburning hellx
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|
these miseries are more than may be bornex
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to weep with them that weep doth ease some dealx
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|
but sorrow flouted at is double deathx
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|
luciusx ahx that this sight should make so deep a woundx
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and yet detested life not shrink thereatx
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that ever death should let life bear his namex
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|
where life hath no more interest but to breathex
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|
xlavinia kisses titusx
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marcusx alasx poor heartx that kiss is comfortless
|
|
as frozen water to a starved snakex
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titusx when will this fearful slumber have an endx
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marcusx now farewellx flattxryx diex andronicusx
|
|
thou dost not slumberx see thy two sonsx headsx
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|
thy warlike handx thy mangled daughter herex
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|
thy other banishxd son with this dear sight
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|
struck pale and bloodlessx and thy brotherx ix
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|
even like a stony imagex cold and numbx
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|
ahx now no more will i control thy griefsx
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|
rent off thy silver hairx thy other hand
|
|
gnawing with thy teethx and be this dismal sight
|
|
the closing up of our most wretched eyesx
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|
now is a time to stormx why art thou stillx
|
|
titusx hax hax hax
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marcusx why dost thou laughx it fits not with this hourx
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|
titusx whyx i have not another tear to shedx
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|
besidesx this sorrow is an enemyx
|
|
and would usurp upon my watxry eyes
|
|
and make them blind with tributary tearsx
|
|
then which way shall i find revengexs cavex
|
|
for these two heads do seem to speak to mex
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|
and threat me i shall never come to bliss
|
|
till all these mischiefs be returnxd again
|
|
even in their throats that have committed themx
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|
comex let me see what task i have to dox
|
|
you heavy peoplex circle me aboutx
|
|
that i may turn me to each one of you
|
|
and swear unto my soul to right your wrongsx
|
|
the vow is madex comex brotherx take a headx
|
|
and in this hand the other will i bearx
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|
andx laviniax thou shalt be employxd in thisx
|
|
bear thou my handx sweet wenchx between thy teethx
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|
as for theex boyx gox get thee from my sightx
|
|
thou art an exilex and thou must not stayx
|
|
hie to the goths and raise an army therex
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|
and if ye love mex as i think you dox
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|
letxs kiss and partx for we have much to dox
|
|
exeunt all but lucius
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|
luciusx farewellx andronicusx my noble fatherx
|
|
the woefullxst man that ever livxd in romex
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|
farewellx proud romex till lucius come againx
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|
he leaves his pledges dearer than his lifex
|
|
farewellx laviniax my noble sisterx
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|
ox would thou wert as thou tofore hast beenx
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|
but now nor lucius nor lavinia lives
|
|
but in oblivion and hateful griefsx
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|
if lucius livex he will requite your wrongs
|
|
and make proud saturnine and his emperess
|
|
beg at the gates like tarquin and his queenx
|
|
now will i to the gothsx and raise a powxr
|
|
to be revengxd on rome and saturninex exit
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|
scene iix romex titusx house
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a banquetx
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|
|
enter titusx marcusx laviniax and the boy young lucius
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|
titusx so sox now sitx and look you eat no more
|
|
than will preserve just so much strength in us
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|
as will revenge these bitter woes of oursx
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|
marcusx unknit that sorrowxwreathen knotx
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|
thy niece and ix poor creaturesx want our handsx
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|
and cannot passionate our tenfold grief
|
|
with folded armsx this poor right hand of mine
|
|
is left to tyrannize upon my breastx
|
|
whox when my heartx all mad with miseryx
|
|
beats in this hollow prison of my fleshx
|
|
then thus i thump it downx
|
|
xto laviniax thou map of woex that thus dost talk in signsx
|
|
when thy poor heart beats with outrageous beatingx
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|
thou canst not strike it thus to make it stillx
|
|
wound it with sighingx girlx kill it with groansx
|
|
or get some little knife between thy teeth
|
|
and just against thy heart make thou a holex
|
|
that all the tears that thy poor eyes let fall
|
|
may run into that sink andx soaking inx
|
|
drown the lamenting fool in seaxsalt tearsx
|
|
marcusx fiex brotherx fiex teach her not thus to lay
|
|
such violent hands upon her tender lifex
|
|
titusx how nowx has sorrow made thee dote alreadyx
|
|
whyx marcusx no man should be mad but ix
|
|
what violent hands can she lay on her lifex
|
|
ahx wherefore dost thou urge the name of handsx
|
|
to bid aeneas tell the tale twice oxer
|
|
how troy was burnt and he made miserablex
|
|
ox handle not the themex to talk of handsx
|
|
lest we remember still that we have nonex
|
|
fiex fiex how franticly i square my talkx
|
|
as if we should forget we had no handsx
|
|
if marcus did not name the word of handsx
|
|
comex letxs fall tox andx gentle girlx eat thisx
|
|
here is no drinkx harkx marcusx what she saysx
|
|
i can interpret all her martyrxd signsx
|
|
she says she drinks no other drink but tearsx
|
|
brewxd with her sorrowx meshxd upon her cheeksx
|
|
speechless complainerx i will learn thy thoughtx
|
|
in thy dumb action will i be as perfect
|
|
as begging hermits in their holy prayersx
|
|
thou shalt not sighx nor hold thy stumps to heavenx
|
|
nor winkx nor nodx nor kneelx nor make a signx
|
|
but i of these will wrest an alphabetx
|
|
and by still practice learn to know thy meaningx
|
|
boyx good grandsirex leave these bitter deep lamentsx
|
|
make my aunt merry with some pleasing talex
|
|
marcusx alasx the tender boyx in passion movxdx
|
|
doth weep to see his grandsirexs heavinessx
|
|
titusx peacex tender saplingx thou art made of tearsx
|
|
and tears will quickly melt thy life awayx
|
|
xmarcus strikes the dish with a knifex
|
|
what dost thou strike atx marcusx with thy knifex
|
|
marcusx at that that i have killxdx my lordx a flyx
|
|
titusx out on theex murdererx thou killxst my heartx
|
|
mine eyes are cloyxd with view of tyrannyx
|
|
a deed of death done on the innocent
|
|
becomes not titusx brotherx get thee gonex
|
|
i see thou art not for my companyx
|
|
marcusx alasx my lordx i have but killxd a flyx
|
|
titusx xbutxx how if that fly had a father and motherx
|
|
how would he hang his slender gilded wings
|
|
and buzz lamenting doings in the airx
|
|
poor harmless flyx
|
|
that with his pretty buzzing melody
|
|
came here to make us merryx and thou hast killxd himx
|
|
marcusx pardon mex sirx it was a black illxfavourxd flyx
|
|
like to the empressx moorx therefore i killxd himx
|
|
titusx ox ox ox
|
|
then pardon me for reprehending theex
|
|
for thou hast done a charitable deedx
|
|
give me thy knifex i will insult on himx
|
|
flattering myself as if it were the moor
|
|
come hither purposely to poison mex
|
|
therexs for thyselfx and thatxs for tamorax
|
|
ahx sirrahx
|
|
yetx i thinkx we are not brought so low
|
|
but that between us we can kill a fly
|
|
that comes in likeness of a coalxblack moorx
|
|
marcusx alasx poor manx grief has so wrought on himx
|
|
he takes false shadows for true substancesx
|
|
titusx comex take awayx laviniax go with mex
|
|
ixll to thy closetx and go read with thee
|
|
sad stories chanced in the times of oldx
|
|
comex boyx and go with mex thy sight is youngx
|
|
and thou shalt read when mine begin to dazzlex exeunt
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|
|
|
act ivx scene ix romex titusx garden
|
|
|
|
enter young lucius and lavinia running after himx and the boy flies
|
|
from her with his books under his armx
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|
|
|
enter titus and marcus
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|
|
|
boyx helpx grandsirex helpx my aunt lavinia
|
|
follows me everywherex i know not whyx
|
|
good uncle marcusx see how swift she comesx
|
|
alasx sweet auntx i know not what you meanx
|
|
marcusx stand by mex luciusx do not fear thine auntx
|
|
titusx she loves theex boyx too well to do thee harmx
|
|
boyx ayx when my father was in rome she didx
|
|
marcusx what means my niece lavinia by these signsx
|
|
titusx fear her notx luciusx somewhat doth she meanx
|
|
seex luciusx see how much she makes of theex
|
|
somewhither would she have thee go with herx
|
|
ahx boyx cornelia never with more care
|
|
read to her sons than she hath read to thee
|
|
sweet poetry and tullyxs oratorx
|
|
marcusx canst thou not guess wherefore she plies thee thusx
|
|
boyx my lordx i know notx ix nor can i guessx
|
|
unless some fit or frenzy do possess herx
|
|
for i have heard my grandsire say full oft
|
|
extremity of griefs would make men madx
|
|
and i have read that hecuba of troy
|
|
ran mad for sorrowx that made me to fearx
|
|
althoughx my lordx i know my noble aunt
|
|
loves me as dear as exer my mother didx
|
|
and would notx but in furyx fright my youthx
|
|
which made me down to throw my booksx and flyx
|
|
causelessx perhapsx but pardon mex sweet auntx
|
|
andx madamx if my uncle marcus gox
|
|
i will most willingly attend your ladyshipx
|
|
marcusx luciusx i willx xlavinia turns over with her
|
|
stumps the books which lucius has let fallx
|
|
titusx how nowx laviniax marcusx what means thisx
|
|
some book there is that she desires to seex
|
|
which is itx girlx of thesexx open themx boyxx
|
|
but thou art deeper read and better skillxdx
|
|
come and take choice of all my libraryx
|
|
and so beguile thy sorrowx till the heavens
|
|
reveal the damnxd contriver of this deedx
|
|
why lifts she up her arms in sequence thusx
|
|
marcusx i think she means that there were more than one
|
|
confederate in the factx ayx more there wasx
|
|
or else to heaven she heaves them for revengex
|
|
titusx luciusx what book is that she tosseth sox
|
|
boyx grandsirex xtis ovidxs metamorphosesx
|
|
my mother gave it mex
|
|
marcusx for love of her thatxs gonex
|
|
perhaps she cullxd it from among the restx
|
|
titusx softx so busily she turns the leavesx help herx
|
|
what would she findx laviniax shall i readx
|
|
this is the tragic tale of philomel
|
|
and treats of tereusx treason and his rapex
|
|
and rapex i fearx was root of thy annoyx
|
|
marcusx seex brotherx seex note how she quotes the leavesx
|
|
titusx laviniax wert thou thus surprisxdx sweet girlx
|
|
ravishxd and wrongxd as philomela wasx
|
|
forcxd in the ruthlessx vastx and gloomy woodsx
|
|
seex seex
|
|
ayx such a place there is where we did huntx
|
|
ox had we neverx never hunted therexx
|
|
patternxd by that the poet here describesx
|
|
by nature made for murders and for rapesx
|
|
marcusx ox why should nature build so foul a denx
|
|
unless the gods delight in tragediesx
|
|
titusx give signsx sweet girlx for here are none but friendsx
|
|
what roman lord it was durst do the deedx
|
|
or slunk not saturninex as tarquin erstx
|
|
that left the camp to sin in lucrecex bedx
|
|
marcusx sit downx sweet niecex brotherx sit down by mex
|
|
apollox pallasx jovex or mercuryx
|
|
inspire mex that i may this treason findx
|
|
my lordx look herex look herex laviniax
|
|
xhe writes his name with his
|
|
staffx and guides it with feet and mouthx
|
|
this sandy plot is plainx guidex if thou canstx
|
|
this after mex i have writ my name
|
|
without the help of any hand at allx
|
|
cursxd be that heart that forcxd us to this shiftx
|
|
write thoux good niecex and here display at last
|
|
what god will have discovered for revengex
|
|
heaven guide thy pen to print thy sorrows plainx
|
|
that we may know the traitors and the truthx
|
|
xshe takes the staff in her mouth
|
|
and guides it with stumpsx and writesx
|
|
ox do ye readx my lordx what she hath writx
|
|
titusx xstuprumx chironx demetriusxx
|
|
marcusx whatx whatx the lustful sons of tamora
|
|
performers of this heinous bloody deedx
|
|
titusx magni dominator polix
|
|
tam lentus audis scelerax tam lentus videsx
|
|
marcusx ox calm theex gentle lordx although i know
|
|
there is enough written upon this earth
|
|
to stir a mutiny in the mildest thoughtsx
|
|
and arm the minds of infants to exclaimsx
|
|
my lordx kneel down with mex laviniax kneelx
|
|
and kneelx sweet boyx the roman hectorxs hopex
|
|
and swear with mex asx with the woeful fere
|
|
and father of that chaste dishonoured damex
|
|
lord junius brutus sware for lucrecex rapex
|
|
that we will prosecutex by good advicex
|
|
mortal revenge upon these traitorous gothsx
|
|
and see their blood or die with this reproachx
|
|
titusx xtis sure enoughx an you knew howx
|
|
but if you hunt these bearxwhelpsx then bewarex
|
|
the dam will wakex and if she wind ye oncex
|
|
shexs with the lion deeply still in leaguex
|
|
and lulls him whilst she playeth on her backx
|
|
and when he sleeps will she do what she listx
|
|
you are a young huntsmanx marcusx let alonex
|
|
and comex i will go get a leaf of brassx
|
|
and with a gad of steel will write these wordsx
|
|
and lay it byx the angry northern wind
|
|
will blow these sands like sibylxs leaves abroadx
|
|
and wherexs our lessonx thenx boyx what say youx
|
|
boyx i sayx my lordx that if i were a man
|
|
their motherxs bedchamber should not be safe
|
|
for these base bondmen to the yoke of romex
|
|
marcusx ayx thatxs my boyx thy father hath full oft
|
|
for his ungrateful country done the likex
|
|
boyx andx unclex so will ix an if i livex
|
|
titusx comex go with me into mine armouryx
|
|
luciusx ixll fit theex and withal my boy
|
|
shall carry from me to the empressx sons
|
|
presents that i intend to send them bothx
|
|
comex comex thouxlt do my messagex wilt thou notx
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boyx ayx with my dagger in their bosomsx grandsirex
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titusx nox boyx not sox ixll teach thee another coursex
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laviniax comex marcusx look to my housex
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lucius and ixll go brave it at the courtx
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ayx marryx will wex sirx and wexll be waited onx
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exeunt titusx laviniax and young lucius
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marcusx o heavensx can you hear a good man groan
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and not relentx or not compassion himx
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marcusx attend him in his ecstasyx
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that hath more scars of sorrow in his heart
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than foemenxs marks upon his battxred shieldx
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but yet so just that he will not revengex
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revenge the heavens for old andronicusx exit
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scene iix romex the palace
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enter aaronx demetrius and chironx at one doorx and at the other doorx
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young lucius and another with a bundle of weaponsx and verses writ upon
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them
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chironx demetriusx herexs the son of luciusx
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he hath some message to deliver usx
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aaronx ayx some mad message from his mad grandfatherx
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boyx my lordsx with all the humbleness i mayx
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i greet your honours from andronicusx
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xasidex and pray the roman gods confound you bothx
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demetriusx gramercyx lovely luciusx whatxs the newsx
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boyx xasidex that you are both decipherxdx thatxs the newsx
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for villains markxd with rapexx may it please youx
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my grandsirex well advisxdx hath sent by me
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the goodliest weapons of his armoury
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to gratify your honourable youthx
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the hope of romex for so he bid me sayx
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and so i dox and with his gifts present
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your lordshipsx thatx whenever you have needx
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you may be armed and appointed wellx
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and so i leave you bothx xasidex like bloody villainsx
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exeunt young lucius and attendant
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demetriusx whatxs herex a scrollx and written round aboutx
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letxs seex
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xreadsx xinteger vitaex scelerisque purusx
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non eget mauri iaculisx nec arcuxx
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chironx ox xtis a verse in horacex i know it wellx
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i read it in the grammar long agox
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aaronx ayx justx a verse in horacex rightx you have itx
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xasidex nowx what a thing it is to be an assx
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herexs no sound jestx the old man hath found their guiltx
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and sends them weapons wrappxd about with lines
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that woundx beyond their feelingx to the quickx
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but were our witty empress well afootx
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she would applaud andronicusx conceitx
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but let her rest in her unrest awhilex
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and nowx young lordsx wasxt not a happy star
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led us to romex strangersx and more than sox
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captivesx to be advanced to this heightx
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it did me good before the palace gate
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to brave the tribune in his brotherxs hearingx
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demetriusx but me more good to see so great a lord
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basely insinuate and send us giftsx
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aaronx had he not reasonx lord demetriusx
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did you not use his daughter very friendlyx
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demetriusx i would we had a thousand roman dames
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at such a bayx by turn to serve our lustx
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chironx a charitable wish and full of lovex
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aaronx here lacks but your mother for to say amenx
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chironx and that would she for twenty thousand morex
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demetriusx comex let us go and pray to all the gods
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for our beloved mother in her painsx
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aaronx xasidex pray to the devilsx the gods have given us overx
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xtrumpets soundx
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demetriusx why do the emperorxs trumpets flourish thusx
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chironx belikex for joy the emperor hath a sonx
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demetriusx softx who comes herex
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enter nursex with a blackamoor child
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nursex good morrowx lordsx
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ox tell mex did you see aaron the moorx
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aaronx wellx more or lessx or nexer a whit at allx
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here aaron isx and what with aaron nowx
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nursex o gentle aaronx we are all undonex
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now helpx or woe betide thee evermorex
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aaronx whyx what a caterwauling dost thou keepx
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what dost thou wrap and fumble in thy armsx
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nursex ox that which i would hide from heavenxs eyex
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our empressx shame and stately romexs disgracex
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she is deliveredx lordx she is deliveredx
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aaronx to whomx
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nursex i mean she is brought axbedx
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aaronx wellx god give her good restx what hath he sent herx
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nursex a devilx
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aaronx whyx then she is the devilxs damx
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a joyful issuex
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nursex a joylessx dismalx blackx and sorrowful issuex
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here is the babex as loathsome as a toad
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amongst the fairxfacxd breeders of our climex
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the empress sends it theex thy stampx thy sealx
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and bids thee christen it with thy daggerxs pointx
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aaronx zoundsx ye whorex is black so base a huex
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sweet blowsex you are a beauteous blossom surex
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demetriusx villainx what hast thou donex
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aaronx that which thou canst not undox
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chironx thou hast undone our motherx
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aaronx villainx i have done thy motherx
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demetriusx and thereinx hellish dogx thou hast undone herx
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woe to her chancex and damnxd her loathed choicex
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accursxd the offspring of so foul a fiendx
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chironx it shall not livex
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aaronx it shall not diex
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nursex aaronx it mustx the mother wills it sox
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aaronx whatx must itx nursex then let no man but i
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do execution on my flesh and bloodx
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demetriusx ixll broach the tadpole on my rapierxs pointx
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nursex give it mex my sword shall soon dispatch itx
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aaronx sooner this sword shall plough thy bowels upx
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xtakes the child from the nursex and drawsx
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stayx murderous villainsx will you kill your brotherx
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nowx by the burning tapers of the sky
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that shone so brightly when this boy was gotx
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he dies upon my scimitarxs sharp point
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that touches this my firstxborn son and heirx
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i tell youx younglingsx not enceladusx
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with all his threatxning band of typhonxs broodx
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nor great alcidesx nor the god of warx
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shall seize this prey out of his fatherxs handsx
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|
whatx whatx ye sanguinex shallowxhearted boysx
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ye whitexlimxd wallsx ye alehouse painted signsx
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|
coalxblack is better than another hue
|
|
in that it scorns to bear another huex
|
|
for all the water in the ocean
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|
can never turn the swanxs black legs to whitex
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|
although she lave them hourly in the floodx
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|
tell the empress from me i am of age
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|
to keep mine ownx excuse it how she canx
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demetriusx wilt thou betray thy noble mistress thusx
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aaronx my mistress is my mistressx this my selfx
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|
the vigour and the picture of my youthx
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this before all the world do i preferx
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this maugre all the world will i keep safex
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or some of you shall smoke for it in romex
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demetriusx by this our mother is for ever shamxdx
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chironx rome will despise her for this foul escapex
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nursex the emperor in his rage will doom her deathx
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chironx i blush to think upon this ignomyx
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aaronx whyx therexs the privilege your beauty bearsx
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fiex treacherous huex that will betray with blushing
|
|
the close enacts and counsels of thy heartx
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herexs a young lad framxd of another leerx
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|
look how the black slave smiles upon the fatherx
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|
as who should say xold ladx i am thine ownxx
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he is your brotherx lordsx sensibly fed
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|
of that selfxblood that first gave life to youx
|
|
and from your womb where you imprisoned were
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|
he is enfranchised and come to lightx
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|
nayx he is your brother by the surer sidex
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|
although my seal be stamped in his facex
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nursex aaronx what shall i say unto the empressx
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|
demetriusx advise theex aaronx what is to be donex
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|
and we will all subscribe to thy advicex
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|
save thou the childx so we may all be safex
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aaronx then sit we down and let us all consultx
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|
my son and i will have the wind of youx
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|
keep therex now talk at pleasure of your safetyx
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|
xthey sitx
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demetriusx how many women saw this child of hisx
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aaronx whyx sox brave lordsx when we join in league
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|
i am a lambx but if you brave the moorx
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|
the chafed boarx the mountain lionessx
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|
the ocean swells not so as aaron stormsx
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|
but sayx againx how many saw the childx
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|
nursex cornelia the midwife and myselfx
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|
and no one else but the delivered empressx
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|
aaronx the emperessx the midwifex and yourselfx
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|
two may keep counsel when the thirdxs awayx
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|
go to the empressx tell her this i saidx xhe kills herx
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|
weeke weekex
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so cries a pig prepared to the spitx
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demetriusx what meanxst thoux aaronx wherefore didst thou thisx
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aaronx o lordx sirx xtis a deed of policyx
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|
shall she live to betray this guilt of oursx
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|
a longxtonguxd babbling gossipx nox lordsx nox
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|
and now be it known to you my full intentx
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|
not farx one muliteusx my countrymanx
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|
his wife but yesternight was brought to bedx
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|
his child is like to herx fair as you arex
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|
go pack with himx and give the mother goldx
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|
and tell them both the circumstance of allx
|
|
and how by this their child shall be advancxdx
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|
and be received for the emperorxs heir
|
|
and substituted in the place of minex
|
|
to calm this tempest whirling in the courtx
|
|
and let the emperor dandle him for his ownx
|
|
hark yex lordsx you see i have given her physicx
|
|
xpointing to the nursex
|
|
and you must needs bestow her funeralx
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|
the fields are nearx and you are gallant groomsx
|
|
this donex see that you take no longer daysx
|
|
but send the midwife presently to mex
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|
the midwife and the nurse well made awayx
|
|
then let the ladies tattle what they pleasex
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|
chironx aaronx i see thou wilt not trust the air
|
|
with secretsx
|
|
demetriusx for this care of tamorax
|
|
herself and hers are highly bound to theex
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|
exeunt demetrius and chironx bearing off the dead nurse
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aaronx now to the gothsx as swift as swallow fliesx
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|
there to dispose this treasure in mine armsx
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|
and secretly to greet the empressx friendsx
|
|
come onx you thickxlippxd slavex ixll bear you hencex
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|
for it is you that puts us to our shiftsx
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|
ixll make you feed on berries and on rootsx
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|
and feed on curds and wheyx and suck the goatx
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|
and cabin in a cavex and bring you up
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|
to be a warrior and command a campx
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|
exit with the child
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|
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|
scene iiix romex a public place
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|
|
|
enter titusx bearing arrows with letters on the ends of themx with him
|
|
marcusx young luciusx and other gentlemenx publiusx semproniusx and
|
|
caiusx with bows
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titusx comex marcusx comex kinsmenx this is the wayx
|
|
sir boyx let me see your archeryx
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|
look ye draw home enoughx and xtis there straightx
|
|
terras astrea reliquitx
|
|
be you remembxredx marcusx shexs gonex shexs fledx
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|
sirsx take you to your toolsx youx cousinsx shall
|
|
go sound the ocean and cast your netsx
|
|
happily you may catch her in the seax
|
|
yet therexs as little justice as at landx
|
|
nox publius and semproniusx you must do itx
|
|
xtis you must dig with mattock and with spadex
|
|
and pierce the inmost centre of the earthx
|
|
thenx when you come to plutoxs regionx
|
|
i pray you deliver him this petitionx
|
|
tell him it is for justice and for aidx
|
|
and that it comes from old andronicusx
|
|
shaken with sorrows in ungrateful romex
|
|
ahx romex wellx wellx i made thee miserable
|
|
what time i threw the peoplexs suffrages
|
|
on him that thus doth tyrannize oxer mex
|
|
go get you gonex and pray be careful allx
|
|
and leave you not a manxofxwar unsearchxdx
|
|
this wicked emperor may have shippxd her hencex
|
|
andx kinsmenx then we may go pipe for justicex
|
|
marcusx o publiusx is not this a heavy casex
|
|
to see thy noble uncle thus distractx
|
|
publiusx thereforex my lordsx it highly us concerns
|
|
by day and night tx attend him carefullyx
|
|
and feed his humour kindly as we may
|
|
till time beget some careful remedyx
|
|
marcusx kinsmenx his sorrows are past remedyx
|
|
join with the gothsx and with revengeful war
|
|
take wreak on rome for this ingratitudex
|
|
and vengeance on the traitor saturninex
|
|
titusx publiusx how nowx how nowx my mastersx
|
|
whatx have you met with herx
|
|
publiusx nox my good lordx but pluto sends you wordx
|
|
if you will have revenge from hellx you shallx
|
|
marryx for justicex she is so employxdx
|
|
he thinksx with jove in heavenx or somewhere elsex
|
|
so that perforce you must needs stay a timex
|
|
titusx he doth me wrong to feed me with delaysx
|
|
ixll dive into the burning lake below
|
|
and pull her out of acheron by the heelsx
|
|
marcusx we are but shrubsx no cedars wex
|
|
no bigxbonxd men framxd of the cyclopsx sizex
|
|
but metalx marcusx steel to the very backx
|
|
yet wrung with wrongs more than our backs can bearx
|
|
andx sith therexs no justice in earth nor hellx
|
|
we will solicit heavenx and move the gods
|
|
to send down justice for to wreak our wrongsx
|
|
comex to this gearx you are a good archerx marcusx
|
|
xhe gives them the arrowsx
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|
xad jovemx thatxs for youx here xad apollinemxx
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|
xad martemx thatxs for myselfx
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|
herex boyx xto pallasxx here xto mercuryxx
|
|
xto saturnxx caiusx not to saturninex
|
|
you were as good to shoot against the windx
|
|
to itx boyx marcusx loose when i bidx
|
|
of my wordx i have written to effectx
|
|
therexs not a god left unsolicitedx
|
|
marcusx kinsmenx shoot all your shafts into the courtx
|
|
we will afflict the emperor in his pridex
|
|
titusx nowx mastersx drawx xthey shootx ox well saidx luciusx
|
|
good boyx in virgoxs lapx give it pallasx
|
|
marcusx my lordx i aim a mile beyond the moonx
|
|
your letter is with jupiter by thisx
|
|
titusx hax hax
|
|
publiusx publiusx hast thou donex
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|
seex seex thou hast shot off one of taurusx hornsx
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|
marcusx this was the sportx my lordx when publius shotx
|
|
the bullx being gallxdx gave aries such a knock
|
|
that down fell both the ramxs horns in the courtx
|
|
and who should find them but the empressx villainx
|
|
she laughxdx and told the moor he should not choose
|
|
but give them to his master for a presentx
|
|
titusx whyx there it goesx god give his lordship joyx
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|
|
enter the clownx with a basket and two pigeons in it
|
|
|
|
newsx news from heavenx marcusx the post is comex
|
|
sirrahx what tidingsx have you any lettersx
|
|
shall i have justicex what says jupiterx
|
|
clownx hox the gibbetxmakerx he says that he hath taken them down
|
|
againx for the man must not be hangxd till the next weekx
|
|
titusx but what says jupiterx i ask theex
|
|
clownx alasx sirx i know not jupiterx i never drank with him in all
|
|
my lifex
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|
titusx whyx villainx art not thou the carrierx
|
|
clownx ayx of my pigeonsx sirx nothing elsex
|
|
titusx whyx didst thou not come from heavenx
|
|
clownx from heavenx alasx sirx i never came therex god forbid i
|
|
should be so bold to press to heaven in my young daysx whyx i am
|
|
going with my pigeons to the tribunal plebsx to take up a matter
|
|
of brawl betwixt my uncle and one of the emperalxs menx
|
|
marcusx whyx sirx that is as fit as can be to serve for your
|
|
orationx and let him deliver the pigeons to the emperor from youx
|
|
titusx tell mex can you deliver an oration to the emperor with a
|
|
gracex
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|
clownx nayx trulyx sirx i could never say grace in all my lifex
|
|
titusx sirrahx come hitherx make no more adox
|
|
but give your pigeons to the emperorx
|
|
by me thou shalt have justice at his handsx
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|
holdx holdx meanwhile herexs money for thy chargesx
|
|
give me pen and inkx sirrahx can you with a grace deliver up a
|
|
supplicationx
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|
clownx ayx sirx
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|
titusx then here is a supplication for youx and when you come to
|
|
himx at the first approach you must kneelx then kiss his footx
|
|
then deliver up your pigeonsx and then look for your rewardx ixll
|
|
be at handx sirx see you do it bravelyx
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|
clownx i warrant youx sirx let me alonex
|
|
titusx sirrahx hast thou a knifex come let me see itx
|
|
herex marcusx fold it in the orationx
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|
for thou hast made it like a humble suppliantx
|
|
and when thou hast given it to the emperorx
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|
knock at my doorx and tell me what he saysx
|
|
clownx god be with youx sirx i willx
|
|
titusx comex marcusx let us gox publiusx follow mex exeunt
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|
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|
scene ivx romex before the palace
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|
|
|
enter the emperorx and the empress and her two sonsx demetrius and
|
|
chironx lords and othersx the emperor brings the arrows in his hand
|
|
that titus shot at him
|
|
|
|
saturninusx whyx lordsx what wrongs are thesex was ever seen
|
|
an emperor in rome thus overbornex
|
|
troubledx confronted thusx andx for the extent
|
|
of egal justicex usxd in such contemptx
|
|
my lordsx you knowx as know the mightful godsx
|
|
however these disturbers of our peace
|
|
buzz in the peoplexs earsx there nought hath passxd
|
|
but even with law against the wilful sons
|
|
of old andronicusx and what an if
|
|
his sorrows have so overwhelmxd his witsx
|
|
shall we be thus afflicted in his wreaksx
|
|
his fitsx his frenzyx and his bitternessx
|
|
and now he writes to heaven for his redressx
|
|
seex herexs xto jovex and this xto mercuryxx
|
|
this xto apolloxx this xto the god of warxx
|
|
sweet scrolls to fly about the streets of romex
|
|
whatxs this but libelling against the senatex
|
|
and blazoning our unjustice every wherex
|
|
a goodly humourx is it notx my lordsx
|
|
as who would say in rome no justice werex
|
|
but if i livex his feigned ecstasies
|
|
shall be no shelter to these outragesx
|
|
but he and his shall know that justice lives
|
|
in saturninusx healthx whomx if she sleepx
|
|
hexll so awake as he in fury shall
|
|
cut off the proudxst conspirator that livesx
|
|
tamorax my gracious lordx my lovely saturninex
|
|
lord of my lifex commander of my thoughtsx
|
|
calm theex and bear the faults of titusx agex
|
|
thx effects of sorrow for his valiant sons
|
|
whose loss hath piercxd him deep and scarrxd his heartx
|
|
and rather comfort his distressed plight
|
|
than prosecute the meanest or the best
|
|
for these contemptsx xasidex whyx thus it shall become
|
|
highxwitted tamora to gloze with allx
|
|
butx titusx i have touchxd thee to the quickx
|
|
thy lifexblood outx if aaron now be wisex
|
|
then is all safex the anchor in the portx
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|
enter clown
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|
|
|
how nowx good fellowx wouldst thou speak with usx
|
|
clownx yesx forsoothx an your mistriship be emperialx
|
|
tamorax empress i amx but yonder sits the emperorx
|
|
clownx xtis hexx god and saint stephen give you goddenx i have
|
|
brought you a letter and a couple of pigeons herex
|
|
xsaturninus reads the letterx
|
|
saturninusx go take him awayx and hang him presentlyx
|
|
clownx how much money must i havex
|
|
tamorax comex sirrahx you must be hangxdx
|
|
clownx hangxdx byxr ladyx then i have brought up a neck to a fair
|
|
endx xexit guardedx
|
|
saturninusx despiteful and intolerable wrongsx
|
|
shall i endure this monstrous villainyx
|
|
i know from whence this same device proceedsx
|
|
may this be bornex as if his traitorous sons
|
|
that died by law for murder of our brother
|
|
have by my means been butchered wrongfullyx
|
|
go drag the villain hither by the hairx
|
|
nor age nor honour shall shape privilegex
|
|
for this proud mock ixll be thy slaughtermanx
|
|
sly frantic wretchx that holpxst to make me greatx
|
|
in hope thyself should govern rome and mex
|
|
|
|
enter nuntius aemilius
|
|
|
|
what news with theex aemiliusx
|
|
aemiliusx armx my lordsx rome never had more causex
|
|
the goths have gathered headx and with a power
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of high resolved menx bent to the spoilx
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they hither march amainx under conduct
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of luciusx son to old andronicusx
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who threats in course of this revenge to do
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as much as ever coriolanus didx
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saturninusx is warlike lucius general of the gothsx
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these tidings nip mex and i hang the head
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as flowers with frostx or grass beat down with stormsx
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ayx now begins our sorrows to approachx
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xtis he the common people love so muchx
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myself hath often heard them sayx
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when i have walked like a private manx
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that luciusx banishment was wrongfullyx
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and they have wishxd that lucius were their emperorx
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tamorax why should you fearx is not your city strongx
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saturninusx ayx but the citizens favour luciusx
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and will revolt from me to succour himx
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tamorax kingx be thy thoughts imperious like thy namex
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is the sun dimmxdx that gnats do fly in itx
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the eagle suffers little birds to singx
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and is not careful what they mean therebyx
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knowing that with the shadow of his wings
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he can at pleasure stint their melodyx
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even so mayest thou the giddy men of romex
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then cheer thy spiritx for know thoux emperorx
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i will enchant the old andronicus
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with words more sweetx and yet more dangerousx
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than baits to fish or honeyxstalks to sheepx
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when as the one is wounded with the baitx
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the other rotted with delicious feedx
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saturninusx but he will not entreat his son for usx
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tamorax if tamora entreat himx then he willx
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for i can smooth and fill his aged ears
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with golden promisesx thatx were his heart
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almost impregnablex his old ears deafx
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yet should both ear and heart obey my tonguex
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xto aemiliusx go thou before to be our ambassadorx
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say that the emperor requests a parley
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of warlike luciusx and appoint the meeting
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even at his fatherxs housex the old andronicusx
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saturninusx aemiliusx do this message honourablyx
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and if he stand on hostage for his safetyx
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bid him demand what pledge will please him bestx
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aemiliusx your bidding shall i do effectuallyx exit
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tamorax now will i to that old andronicusx
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and temper him with all the art i havex
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to pluck proud lucius from the warlike gothsx
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and nowx sweet emperorx be blithe againx
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and bury all thy fear in my devicesx
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saturninusx then go successantlyx and plead to himx
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exeunt
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act vx scene ix plains near rome
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enter lucius with an army of goths with drums and colours
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luciusx approved warriors and my faithful friendsx
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i have received letters from great rome
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which signifies what hate they bear their emperor
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and how desirous of our sight they arex
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thereforex great lordsx bex as your titles witnessx
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imperious and impatient of your wrongsx
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and wherein rome hath done you any scathx
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let him make treble satisfactionx
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first gothx brave slipx sprung from the great andronicusx
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whose name was once our terrorx now our comfortx
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whose high exploits and honourable deeds
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ingrateful rome requites with foul contemptx
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be bold in usx wexll follow where thou leadxstx
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like stinging bees in hottest summerxs dayx
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led by their master to the flowxred fieldsx
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and be avengxd on cursed tamorax
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all the gothsx and as he saithx so say we all with himx
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luciusx i humbly thank himx and i thank you allx
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but who comes herex led by a lusty gothx
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enter a gothx leading aaron with his child in his arms
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second gothx renowned luciusx from our troops i strayxd
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to gaze upon a ruinous monasteryx
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and as i earnestly did fix mine eye
|
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upon the wasted buildingx suddenly
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i heard a child cry underneath a wallx
|
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i made unto the noisex when soon i heard
|
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the crying babe controllxd with this discoursex
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xpeacex tawny slavex half me and half thy damx
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did not thy hue bewray whose brat thou artx
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had nature lent thee but thy motherxs lookx
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villainx thou mightst have been an emperorx
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but where the bull and cow are both milkxwhitex
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they never do beget a coalxblack calfx
|
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peacex villainx peacexxx even thus he rates the babex
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xfor i must bear thee to a trusty gothx
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whox when he knows thou art the empressx babex
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will hold thee dearly for thy motherxs sakexx
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with thisx my weapon drawnx i rushxd upon himx
|
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surprisxd him suddenlyx and brought him hither
|
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to use as you think needful of the manx
|
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luciusx o worthy gothx this is the incarnate devil
|
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that robbxd andronicus of his good handx
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this is the pearl that pleasxd your empressx eyex
|
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and herexs the base fruit of her burning lustx
|
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sayx wallxeyxd slavex whither wouldst thou convey
|
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this growing image of thy fiendxlike facex
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why dost not speakx whatx deafx not a wordx
|
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a halterx soldiersx hang him on this treex
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and by his side his fruit of bastardyx
|
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aaronx touch not the boyx he is of royal bloodx
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luciusx too like the sire for ever being goodx
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first hang the childx that he may see it sprawlx
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a sight to vex the fatherxs soul withalx
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get me a ladderx
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xa ladder broughtx which aaron is made to climbx
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aaronx luciusx save the childx
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and bear it from me to the emperessx
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if thou do thisx ixll show thee wondrous things
|
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that highly may advantage thee to hearx
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if thou wilt notx befall what may befallx
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ixll speak no more but xvengeance rot you allxx
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luciusx say onx an if it please me which thou speakxstx
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thy child shall livex and i will see it nourishxdx
|
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aaronx an if it please theex whyx assure theex luciusx
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xtwill vex thy soul to hear what i shall speakx
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for i must talk of murdersx rapesx and massacresx
|
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acts of black nightx abominable deedsx
|
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complots of mischiefx treasonx villainiesx
|
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ruthful to hearx yet piteously performxdx
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and this shall all be buried in my deathx
|
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unless thou swear to me my child shall livex
|
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luciusx tell on thy mindx i say thy child shall livex
|
|
aaronx swear that he shallx and then i will beginx
|
|
luciusx who should i swear byx thou believest no godx
|
|
that grantedx how canst thou believe an oathx
|
|
aaronx what if i do notx as indeed i do notx
|
|
yetx for i know thou art religious
|
|
and hast a thing within thee called consciencex
|
|
with twenty popish tricks and ceremonies
|
|
which i have seen thee careful to observex
|
|
therefore i urge thy oathx for that i know
|
|
an idiot holds his bauble for a godx
|
|
and keeps the oath which by that god he swearsx
|
|
to that ixll urge himx therefore thou shalt vow
|
|
by that same godx what god soexer it be
|
|
that thou adorest and hast in reverencex
|
|
to save my boyx to nourish and bring him upx
|
|
or else i will discover nought to theex
|
|
luciusx even by my god i swear to thee i willx
|
|
aaronx first know thoux i begot him on the empressx
|
|
luciusx o most insatiate and luxurious womanx
|
|
aaronx tutx luciusx this was but a deed of charity
|
|
to that which thou shalt hear of me anonx
|
|
xtwas her two sons that murdered bassianusx
|
|
they cut thy sisterxs tonguex and ravishxd herx
|
|
and cut her handsx and trimmxd her as thou sawestx
|
|
luciusx o detestable villainx callxst thou that trimmingx
|
|
aaronx whyx she was washxdx and cutx and trimmxdx and xtwas
|
|
trim sport for them which had the doing of itx
|
|
luciusx o barbarous beastly villains like thyselfx
|
|
aaronx indeedx i was their tutor to instruct themx
|
|
that codding spirit had they from their motherx
|
|
as sure a card as ever won the setx
|
|
that bloody mindx i thinkx they learnxd of mex
|
|
as true a dog as ever fought at headx
|
|
wellx let my deeds be witness of my worthx
|
|
i trainxd thy brethren to that guileful hole
|
|
where the dead corpse of bassianus layx
|
|
i wrote the letter that thy father foundx
|
|
and hid the gold within that letter mentionxdx
|
|
confederate with the queen and her two sonsx
|
|
and what not donex that thou hast cause to ruex
|
|
wherein i had no stroke of mischief in itx
|
|
i playxd the cheater for thy fatherxs handx
|
|
andx when i had itx drew myself apart
|
|
and almost broke my heart with extreme laughterx
|
|
i pried me through the crevice of a wallx
|
|
whenx for his handx he had his two sonsx headsx
|
|
beheld his tearsx and laughxd so heartily
|
|
that both mine eyes were rainy like to hisx
|
|
and when i told the empress of this sportx
|
|
she swooned almost at my pleasing talex
|
|
and for my tidings gave me twenty kissesx
|
|
gothx whatx canst thou say all this and never blushx
|
|
aaronx ayx like a black dogx as the saying isx
|
|
luciusx art thou not sorry for these heinous deedsx
|
|
aaronx ayx that i had not done a thousand morex
|
|
even now i curse the dayx and yetx i thinkx
|
|
few come within the compass of my cursex
|
|
wherein i did not some notorious illx
|
|
as kill a manx or else devise his deathx
|
|
ravish a maidx or plot the way to do itx
|
|
accuse some innocentx and forswear myselfx
|
|
set deadly enmity between two friendsx
|
|
make poor menxs cattle break their necksx
|
|
set fire on barns and hayxstacks in the nightx
|
|
and bid the owners quench them with their tearsx
|
|
oft have i diggxd up dead men from their gravesx
|
|
and set them upright at their dear friendsx door
|
|
even when their sorrows almost was forgotx
|
|
and on their skinsx as on the bark of treesx
|
|
have with my knife carved in roman letters
|
|
xlet not your sorrow diex though i am deadxx
|
|
tutx i have done a thousand dreadful things
|
|
as willingly as one would kill a flyx
|
|
and nothing grieves me heartily indeed
|
|
but that i cannot do ten thousand morex
|
|
luciusx bring down the devilx for he must not die
|
|
so sweet a death as hanging presentlyx
|
|
aaronx if there be devilsx would i were a devilx
|
|
to live and burn in everlasting firex
|
|
so i might have your company in hell
|
|
but to torment you with my bitter tonguex
|
|
luciusx sirsx stop his mouthx and let him speak no morex
|
|
|
|
enter aemilius
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|
|
|
gothx my lordx there is a messenger from rome
|
|
desires to be admitted to your presencex
|
|
luciusx let him come nearx
|
|
welcomex aemiliusx whatxs the news from romex
|
|
aemiliusx lord luciusx and you princes of the gothsx
|
|
the roman emperor greets you all by mex
|
|
andx for he understands you are in armsx
|
|
he craves a parley at your fatherxs housex
|
|
willing you to demand your hostagesx
|
|
and they shall be immediately deliverxdx
|
|
first gothx what says our generalx
|
|
luciusx aemiliusx let the emperor give his pledges
|
|
unto my father and my uncle marcusx
|
|
and we will comex march awayx exeunt
|
|
|
|
scene iix romex before titusx house
|
|
|
|
enter tamorax and her two sonsx demetrius and chironx disguised
|
|
|
|
tamorax thusx in this strange and sad habilimentx
|
|
i will encounter with andronicusx
|
|
and say i am revengex sent from below
|
|
to join with him and right his heinous wrongsx
|
|
knock at his studyx where they say he keeps
|
|
to ruminate strange plots of dire revengex
|
|
tell him revenge is come to join with himx
|
|
and work confusion on his enemiesx
|
|
|
|
they knock and titus opens his study doorx above
|
|
|
|
titusx who doth molest my contemplationx
|
|
is it your trick to make me ope the doorx
|
|
that so my sad decrees may fly away
|
|
and all my study be to no effectx
|
|
you are deceivxdx for what i mean to do
|
|
see here in bloody lines i have set downx
|
|
and what is written shall be executedx
|
|
tamorax titusx i am come to talk with theex
|
|
titusx nox not a wordx how can i grace my talkx
|
|
wanting a hand to give it that accordx
|
|
thou hast the odds of mex therefore no morex
|
|
tamorax if thou didst know mex thou wouldst talk with mex
|
|
titusx i am not madx i know thee well enoughx
|
|
witness this wretched stumpx witness these crimson linesx
|
|
witness these trenches made by grief and carex
|
|
witness the tiring day and heavy nightx
|
|
witness all sorrow that i know thee well
|
|
for our proud empressx mighty tamorax
|
|
is not thy coming for my other handx
|
|
tamorax know thoux sad manx i am not tamorax
|
|
she is thy enemy and i thy friendx
|
|
i am revengex sent from thx infernal kingdom
|
|
to ease the gnawing vulture of thy mind
|
|
by working wreakful vengeance on thy foesx
|
|
come down and welcome me to this worldxs lightx
|
|
confer with me of murder and of deathx
|
|
therexs not a hollow cave or lurkingxplacex
|
|
no vast obscurity or misty valex
|
|
where bloody murder or detested rape
|
|
can couch for fear but i will find them outx
|
|
and in their ears tell them my dreadful namex
|
|
revengex which makes the foul offender quakex
|
|
titusx art thou revengex and art thou sent to me
|
|
to be a torment to mine enemiesx
|
|
tamorax i amx therefore come down and welcome mex
|
|
titusx do me some service ere i come to theex
|
|
lox by thy side where rape and murder standsx
|
|
now give some surance that thou art revengex
|
|
stab themx or tear them on thy chariot wheelsx
|
|
and then ixll come and be thy waggoner
|
|
and whirl along with thee about the globesx
|
|
provide thee two proper palfreysx black as jetx
|
|
to hale thy vengeful waggon swift awayx
|
|
and find out murderers in their guilty cavesx
|
|
and when thy car is loaden with their headsx
|
|
i will dismountx and by thy waggon wheel
|
|
trotx like a servile footmanx all day longx
|
|
even from hyperionxs rising in the east
|
|
until his very downfall in the seax
|
|
and day by day ixll do this heavy taskx
|
|
so thou destroy rapine and murder therex
|
|
tamorax these are my ministersx and come with mex
|
|
titusx are they thy ministersx what are they callxdx
|
|
tamorax rape and murderx therefore called so
|
|
xcause they take vengeance of such kind of menx
|
|
titusx good lordx how like the empressx sons they arex
|
|
and you the empressx but we worldly men
|
|
have miserablex madx mistaking eyesx
|
|
o sweet revengex now do i come to theex
|
|
andx if one armxs embracement will content theex
|
|
i will embrace thee in it by and byx
|
|
tamorax this closing with him fits his lunacyx
|
|
whatexer i forge to feed his brainxsick humoursx
|
|
do you uphold and maintain in your speechesx
|
|
for now he firmly takes me for revengex
|
|
andx being credulous in this mad thoughtx
|
|
ixll make him send for lucius his sonx
|
|
and whilst i at a banquet hold him surex
|
|
ixll find some cunning practice out of hand
|
|
to scatter and disperse the giddy gothsx
|
|
orx at the leastx make them his enemiesx
|
|
seex here he comesx and i must ply my themex
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|
|
|
enter titusx below
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|
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|
titusx long have i been forlornx and all for theex
|
|
welcomex dread furyx to my woeful housex
|
|
rapine and murderx you are welcome toox
|
|
how like the empress and her sons you arex
|
|
well are you fittedx had you but a moorx
|
|
could not all hell afford you such a devilx
|
|
for well i wot the empress never wags
|
|
but in her company there is a moorx
|
|
andx would you represent our queen arightx
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|
it were convenient you had such a devilx
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|
but welcome as you arex what shall we dox
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|
tamorax what wouldst thou have us dox andronicusx
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|
demetriusx show me a murdererx ixll deal with himx
|
|
chironx show me a villain that hath done a rapex
|
|
and i am sent to be revengxd on himx
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|
tamorax show me a thousand that hath done thee wrongx
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|
and i will be revenged on them allx
|
|
titusx look round about the wicked streets of romex
|
|
and when thou findxst a man thatxs like thyselfx
|
|
good murderx stab himx hexs a murdererx
|
|
go thou with himx and when it is thy hap
|
|
to find another that is like to theex
|
|
good rapinex stab himx he is a ravisherx
|
|
go thou with themx and in the emperorxs court
|
|
there is a queenx attended by a moorx
|
|
well shalt thou know her by thine own proportionx
|
|
for up and down she doth resemble theex
|
|
i pray theex do on them some violent deathx
|
|
they have been violent to me and minex
|
|
tamorax well hast thou lessonxd usx this shall we dox
|
|
but would it please theex good andronicusx
|
|
to send for luciusx thy thricexvaliant sonx
|
|
who leads towards rome a band of warlike gothsx
|
|
and bid him come and banquet at thy housex
|
|
when he is herex even at thy solemn feastx
|
|
i will bring in the empress and her sonsx
|
|
the emperor himselfx and all thy foesx
|
|
and at thy mercy shall they stoop and kneelx
|
|
and on them shalt thou ease thy angry heartx
|
|
what says andronicus to this devicex
|
|
titusx marcusx my brotherx xtis sad titus callsx
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|
enter marcus
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|
|
|
gox gentle marcusx to thy nephew luciusx
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|
thou shalt inquire him out among the gothsx
|
|
bid him repair to mex and bring with him
|
|
some of the chiefest princes of the gothsx
|
|
bid him encamp his soldiers where they arex
|
|
tell him the emperor and the empress too
|
|
feast at my housex and he shall feast with themx
|
|
this do thou for my lovex and so let himx
|
|
as he regards his aged fatherxs lifex
|
|
marcusx this will i dox and soon return againx exit
|
|
tamorax now will i hence about thy businessx
|
|
and take my ministers along with mex
|
|
titusx nayx nayx let rape and murder stay with mex
|
|
or else ixll call my brother back againx
|
|
and cleave to no revenge but luciusx
|
|
tamorax xaside to her sonsx what say youx boysx will you abide
|
|
with himx
|
|
whiles i go tell my lord the emperor
|
|
how i have governxd our determinxd jestx
|
|
yield to his humourx smooth and speak him fairx
|
|
and tarry with him till i turn againx
|
|
titusx xasidex i knew them allx though they supposxd me madx
|
|
and will oxer reach them in their own devicesx
|
|
a pair of cursed hellxhounds and their damx
|
|
demetriusx madamx depart at pleasurex leave us herex
|
|
tamorax farewellx andronicusx revenge now goes
|
|
to lay a complot to betray thy foesx
|
|
titusx i know thou dostx andx sweet revengex farewellx
|
|
exit tamora
|
|
chironx tell usx old manx how shall we be employxdx
|
|
titusx tutx i have work enough for you to dox
|
|
publiusx come hitherx caiusx and valentinex
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|
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|
enter publiusx caiusx and valentine
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|
publiusx what is your willx
|
|
titusx know you these twox
|
|
publiusx the empressx sonsx i take themx chironx demetriusx
|
|
titusx fiex publiusx fiex thou art too much deceivxdx
|
|
the one is murderx and rape is the otherxs namex
|
|
and therefore bind themx gentle publiusx
|
|
caius and valentinex lay hands on themx
|
|
oft have you heard me wish for such an hourx
|
|
and now i find itx therefore bind them surex
|
|
and stop their mouths if they begin to cryx exit
|
|
xthey lay hold on chiron and demetriusx
|
|
chironx villainsx forbearx we are the empressx sonsx
|
|
publiusx and therefore do we what we are commandedx
|
|
stop close their mouthsx let them not speak a wordx
|
|
is he sure boundx look that you bind them fastx
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|
|
|
rexenter titus andronicus
|
|
with a knifex and laviniax with a basin
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|
|
|
titusx comex comex laviniax lookx thy foes are boundx
|
|
sirsx stop their mouthsx let them not speak to mex
|
|
but let them hear what fearful words i utterx
|
|
o villainsx chiron and demetriusx
|
|
here stands the spring whom you have stainxd with mudx
|
|
this goodly summer with your winter mixxdx
|
|
you killxd her husbandx and for that vile fault
|
|
two of her brothers were condemnxd to deathx
|
|
my hand cut off and made a merry jestx
|
|
both her sweet handsx her tonguex and that more dear
|
|
than hands or tonguex her spotless chastityx
|
|
inhuman traitorsx you constrainxd and forcxdx
|
|
what would you sayx if i should let you speakx
|
|
villainsx for shame you could not beg for gracex
|
|
harkx wretchesx how i mean to martyr youx
|
|
this one hand yet is left to cut your throatsx
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whiles that lavinia xtween her stumps doth hold
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the basin that receives your guilty bloodx
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you know your mother means to feast with mex
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and calls herself revengex and thinks me madx
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harkx villainsx i will grind your bones to dustx
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and with your blood and it ixll make a pastex
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and of the paste a coffin i will rearx
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and make two pasties of your shameful headsx
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and bid that strumpetx your unhallowed damx
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like to the earthx swallow her own increasex
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this is the feast that i have bid her tox
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and this the banquet she shall surfeit onx
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for worse than philomel you usxd my daughterx
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and worse than progne i will be revengxdx
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and now prepare your throatsx laviniax comex
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receive the bloodx and when that they are deadx
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let me go grind their bones to powder smallx
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and with this hateful liquor temper itx
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and in that paste let their vile heads be bakxdx
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comex comex be every one officious
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to make this banquetx which i wish may prove
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more stern and bloody than the centaursx feastx
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xhe cuts their throatsx
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sox
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now bring them inx for i will play the cookx
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and see them ready against their mother comesx
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exeuntx bearing the dead bodies
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scene iiix the court of titusx house
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enter luciusx marcusx and the gothsx with aaron prisonerx and his child
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in the arms of an attendant
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luciusx uncle marcusx since xtis my fatherxs mind
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that i repair to romex i am contentx
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first gothx and ours with thinex befall what fortune willx
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luciusx good unclex take you in this barbarous moorx
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this ravenous tigerx this accursed devilx
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let him receive no sustxnancex fetter himx
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till he be brought unto the empressx face
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for testimony of her foul proceedingsx
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and see the ambush of our friends be strongx
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i fear the emperor means no good to usx
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aaronx some devil whisper curses in my earx
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and prompt me that my tongue may utter forth
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the venomous malice of my swelling heartx
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luciusx awayx inhuman dogx unhallowed slavex
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sirsx help our uncle to convey him inx
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exeunt goths with aaronx flourish within
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the trumpets show the emperor is at handx
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sound trumpetsx enter saturninus and
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tamorax with aemiliusx tribunesx senatorsx and others
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saturninusx whatx hath the firmament more suns than onex
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luciusx what boots it thee to can thyself a sunx
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marcusx romexs emperorx and nephewx break the parlex
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these quarrels must be quietly debatedx
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the feast is ready which the careful titus
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hath ordainxd to an honourable endx
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for peacex for lovex for leaguex and good to romex
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please youx thereforex draw nigh and take your placesx
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saturninusx marcusx we willx
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xa table brought inx the company sit downx
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trumpets soundingx enter titus
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like a cookx placing the dishesx and lavinia
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with a veil over her facex also young luciusx and others
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titusx welcomex my lordx welcomex dread queenx
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welcomex ye warlike gothsx welcomex luciusx
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and welcome allx although the cheer be poorx
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xtwill fill your stomachsx please you eat of itx
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saturninusx why art thou thus attirxdx andronicusx
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titusx because i would be sure to have all well
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to entertain your highness and your empressx
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tamorax we are beholding to youx good andronicusx
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titusx an if your highness knew my heartx you werex
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my lord the emperorx resolve me thisx
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was it well done of rash virginius
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to slay his daughter with his own right handx
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because she was enforcxdx stainxdx and deflowerxdx
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saturninusx it wasx andronicusx
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titusx your reasonx mighty lordx
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saturninusx because the girl should not survive her shamex
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and by her presence still renew his sorrowsx
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titusx a reason mightyx strongx and effectualx
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a patternx precedentx and lively warrant
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for mex most wretchedx to perform the likex
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diex diex laviniax and thy shame with theex xhe kills herx
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and with thy shame thy fatherxs sorrow diex
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saturninusx what hast thou donex unnatural and unkindx
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titusx killxd her for whom my tears have made me blindx
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i am as woeful as virginius wasx
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and have a thousand times more cause than he
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to do this outragex and it now is donex
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saturninusx whatx was she ravishxdx tell who did the deedx
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titusx willxt please you eatx willxt please your highness feedx
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tamorax why hast thou slain thine only daughter thusx
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titusx not ix xtwas chiron and demetriusx
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they ravishxd herx and cut away her tonguex
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and theyx xtwas theyx that did her all this wrongx
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saturninusx gox fetch them hither to us presentlyx
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titusx whyx there they arex both baked in this piex
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whereof their mother daintily hath fedx
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eating the flesh that she herself hath bredx
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xtis truex xtis truex witness my knifexs sharp pointx
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xhe stabs the empressx
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saturninusx diex frantic wretchx for this accursed deedx
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xhe stabs titusx
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luciusx can the sonxs eye behold his father bleedx
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therexs meed for meedx death for a deadly deedx
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xhe stabs saturninusx a great tumultx luciusx
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marcusx and their friends go up into the balconyx
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marcusx you sadxfacxd menx people and sons of romex
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|
by uproars severxdx as a flight of fowl
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scatterxd by winds and high tempestuous gustsx
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ox let me teach you how to knit again
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this scattered corn into one mutual sheafx
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these broken limbs again into one bodyx
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lest rome herself be bane unto herselfx
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and she whom mighty kingdoms curtsy tox
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like a forlorn and desperate castawayx
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|
do shameful execution on herselfx
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but if my frosty signs and chaps of agex
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|
grave witnesses of true experiencex
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|
cannot induce you to attend my wordsx
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|
xto luciusx speakx romexs dear friendx as erst our ancestorx
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|
when with his solemn tongue he did discourse
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to lovexsick didoxs sad attending ear
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|
the story of that baleful burning nightx
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when subtle greeks surprisxd king priamxs troyx
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tell us what sinon hath bewitchxd our earsx
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or who hath brought the fatal engine in
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|
that gives our troyx our romex the civil woundx
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|
my heart is not compact of flint nor steelx
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nor can i utter all our bitter griefx
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|
but floods of tears will drown my oratory
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|
and break my uttxrancex even in the time
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|
when it should move ye to attend me mostx
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and force you to commiserationx
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|
herexs romexs young captainx let him tell the talex
|
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while i stand by and weep to hear him speakx
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|
luciusx thenx gracious auditoryx be it known to you
|
|
that chiron and the damnxd demetrius
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were they that murdxred our emperorxs brotherx
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and they it were that ravished our sisterx
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for their fell faults our brothers were beheadedx
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our fatherxs tears despisxdx and basely cozenxd
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|
of that true hand that fought romexs quarrel out
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and sent her enemies unto the gravex
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|
lastlyx myself unkindly banishedx
|
|
the gates shut on mex and turnxd weeping outx
|
|
to beg relief among romexs enemiesx
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who drownxd their enmity in my true tearsx
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|
and opxd their arms to embrace me as a friendx
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i am the turned forthx be it known to youx
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|
that have preservxd her welfare in my blood
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|
and from her bosom took the enemyxs pointx
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sheathing the steel in my adventxrous bodyx
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alasx you know i am no vaunterx ix
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my scars can witnessx dumb although they arex
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that my report is just and full of truthx
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butx softx methinks i do digress too muchx
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citing my worthless praisex ox pardon mex
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for when no friends are byx men praise themselvesx
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|
marcusx now is my turn to speakx behold the childx
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xpointing to the child in an attendantxs armsx
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of this was tamora deliveredx
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the issue of an irreligious moorx
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chief architect and plotter of these woesx
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the villain is alive in titusx housex
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damnxd as he isx to witness this is truex
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now judge what cause had titus to revenge
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these wrongs unspeakablex past patiencex
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or more than any living man could bearx
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now have you heard the truthx what say youx romansx
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have we done aught amissx show us whereinx
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andx from the place where you behold us pleadingx
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the poor remainder of andronici
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willx hand in handx all headlong hurl ourselvesx
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and on the ragged stones beat forth our soulsx
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and make a mutual closure of our housex
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speakx romansx speakx and if you say we shallx
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lox hand in handx lucius and i will fallx
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aemiliusx comex comex thou reverend man of romex
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and bring our emperor gently in thy handx
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lucius our emperorx for well i know
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the common voice do cry it shall be sox
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allx luciusx all hailx romexs royal emperorx
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marcusx gox go into old titusx sorrowful housex
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and hither hale that misbelieving moor
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to be adjudgxd some direful slaughtxring deathx
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as punishment for his most wicked lifex exeunt some
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attendantsx luciusx marcusx and the others descend
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allx luciusx all hailx romexs gracious governorx
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luciusx thanksx gentle romansx may i govern so
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to heal romexs harms and wipe away her woex
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butx gentle peoplex give me aim awhilex
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for nature puts me to a heavy taskx
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stand all aloofx butx unclex draw you near
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|
to shed obsequious tears upon this trunkx
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ox take this warm kiss on thy pale cold lipsx xkisses titusx
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these sorrowful drops upon thy bloodxstainxd facex
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the last true duties of thy noble sonx
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marcusx tear for tear and loving kiss for kiss
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|
thy brother marcus tenders on thy lipsx
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ox were the sum of these that i should pay
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countless and infinitex yet would i pay themx
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luciusx come hitherx boyx comex comex comex and learn of us
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to melt in showersx thy grandsire lovxd thee wellx
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|
many a time he dancxd thee on his kneex
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|
sung thee asleepx his loving breast thy pillowx
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many a story hath he told to theex
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|
and bid thee bear his pretty tales in mind
|
|
and talk of them when he was dead and gonex
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|
marcusx how many thousand times hath these poor lipsx
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when they were livingx warmxd themselves on thinex
|
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ox nowx sweet boyx give them their latest kissx
|
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bid him farewellx commit him to the gravex
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do them that kindnessx and take leave of themx
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boyx o grandsirex grandsirex evxn with all my heart
|
|
would i were deadx so you did live againx
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o lordx i cannot speak to him for weepingx
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my tears will choke mex if i ope my mouthx
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rexenter attendants with aaron
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a romanx you sad andronicix have done with woesx
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|
give sentence on the execrable wretch
|
|
that hath been breeder of these dire eventsx
|
|
luciusx set him breastxdeep in earthx and famish himx
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there let him stand and rave and cry for foodx
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if any one relieves or pities himx
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for the offence he diesx this is our doomx
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|
some stay to see him fastxned in the earthx
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aaronx ahx why should wrath be mute and fury dumbx
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i am no babyx ix that with base prayers
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i should repent the evils i have donex
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ten thousand worse than ever yet i did
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would i performx if i might have my willx
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if one good deed in all my life i didx
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i do repent it from my very soulx
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luciusx some loving friends convey the emperor hencex
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and give him burial in his fatherxs gravex
|
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my father and lavinia shall forthwith
|
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be closed in our householdxs monumentx
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as for that ravenous tigerx tamorax
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no funeral ritex nor man in mourning weedx
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no mournful bell shall ring her burialx
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but throw her forth to beasts and birds to preyx
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her life was beastly and devoid of pityx
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and being deadx let birds on her take pityx exeunt
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the history of troilus and cressida
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contents
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act i
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prologuex
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scene ix troyx before priamxs palacex
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scene iix troyx a streetx
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scene iiix the grecian campx before agamemnonxs tentx
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act ii
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scene ix the grecian campx
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scene iix troyx priamxs palacex
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scene iiix the grecian campx before the tent of achillesx
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act iii
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scene ix troyx priamxs palacex
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scene iix troyx pandarusx orchardx
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scene iiix the greek campx
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act iv
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scene ix troyx a streetx
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scene iix troyx the court of pandarusx housex
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scene iiix troyx a street before pandarusx housex
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scene ivx troyx pandarusx housex
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scene vx the grecian campx lists set outx
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act v
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scene ix the grecian campx before the tent of achillesx
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scene iix the grecian campx before calchasx tentx
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scene iiix troyx before priamxs palacex
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scene ivx the plain between troy and the grecian campx
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scene vx another part of the plainx
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scene vix another part of the plainx
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scene viix another part of the plainx
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scene viiix another part of the plainx
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scene ixx another part of the plainx
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scene xx another part of the plainx
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dramatis personx
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priamx king of troy
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his sonsx
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hector
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troilus
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paris
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deiphobus
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helenus
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margarelonx a bastard son of priam
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trojan commandersx
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aeneas
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antenor
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calchasx a trojan priestx taking part with the greeks
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pandarusx uncle to cressida
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agamemnonx the greek general
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menelausx his brother
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greek commandersx
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achilles
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ajax
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ulysses
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nestor
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diomedes
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patroclus
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thersitesx a deformed and scurrilous greek
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alexanderx servant to cressida
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servant to troilus
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servant to paris
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servant to diomedes
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helenx wife to menelaus
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andromachex wife to hector
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cassandrax daughter to priamx a prophetess
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cressidax daughter to calchas
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trojan and greek soldiersx and attendants
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scenex troy and the greek camp before it
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prologue
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in troyx there lies the scenex from isles of greece
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the princes orgulousx their high blood chafxdx
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have to the port of athens sent their ships
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|
fraught with the ministers and instruments
|
|
of cruel warx sixty and nine that wore
|
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their crownets regal from the athenian bay
|
|
put forth toward phrygiax and their vow is made
|
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to ransack troyx within whose strong immures
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the ravishxd helenx menelausx queenx
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with wanton paris sleepsxand thatxs the quarrelx
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to tenedos they comex
|
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and the deepxdrawing barks do there disgorge
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their warxlike fraughtagex now on dardan plains
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the fresh and yet unbruised greeks do pitch
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their brave pavilionsx priamxs sixxgated cityx
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dardanx and tymbriax iliasx chetasx troienx
|
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and antenoridesx with massy staples
|
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and corresponsive and fulfilling boltsx
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stir up the sons of troyx
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now expectationx tickling skittish spirits
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on one and other sidex trojan and greekx
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sets all on hazardx and hither am i come
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a prologue armxdx but not in confidence
|
|
of authorxs pen or actorxs voicex but suited
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in like conditions as our argumentx
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to tell youx fair beholdersx that our play
|
|
leaps oxer the vaunt and firstlings of those broilsx
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beginning in the middlex starting thence awayx
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to what may be digested in a playx
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like or find faultx do as your pleasures arex
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now good or badx xtis but the chance of warx
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act i
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scene ix troyx before priamxs palacex
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enter troilus armedx and pandarusx
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troilusx
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call here my varletx ixll unarm againx
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why should i war without the walls of troy
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that find such cruel battle here withinx
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each trojan that is master of his heartx
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let him to fieldx troilusx alasx hath nonex
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pandarusx
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will this gear nexer be mendedx
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troilusx
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the greeks are strongx and skilful to their strengthx
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fierce to their skillx and to their fierceness valiantx
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but i am weaker than a womanxs tearx
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tamer than sleepx fonder than ignorancex
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less valiant than the virgin in the nightx
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and skilless as unpractisxd infancyx
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pandarusx
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wellx i have told you enough of thisx for my partx ixll not meddle nor
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make no fartherx he that will have a cake out of the wheat must tarry
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the grindingx
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troilusx
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have i not tarriedx
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pandarusx
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ayx the grindingx but you must tarry the boltingx
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troilusx
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have i not tarriedx
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pandarusx
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ayx the boltingx but you must tarry the leaveningx
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troilusx
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still have i tarriedx
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pandarusx
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ayx to the leaveningx but herexs yet in the word xhereafterx the
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kneadingx the making of the cakex the heating of the ovenx and the
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bakingx nayx you must stay the cooling toox or you may chance burn your
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lipsx
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troilusx
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patience herselfx what goddess exer she bex
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doth lesser blench at suffxrance than i dox
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at priamxs royal table do i sitx
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and when fair cressid comes into my thoughtsx
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sox traitorx xwhen she comesxx when she is thencex
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pandarusx
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wellx she lookxd yesternight fairer than ever i saw her lookx or any
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woman elsex
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troilusx
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i was about to tell theex when my heartx
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as wedged with a sighx would rive in twainx
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lest hector or my father should perceive mex
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i havex as when the sun doth light a stormx
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buried this sigh in wrinkle of a smilex
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but sorrow that is couchxd in seeming gladness
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is like that mirth fate turns to sudden sadnessx
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pandarusx
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an her hair were not somewhat darker than helenxsx wellx go tox there
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were no more comparison between the womenx butx for my partx she is my
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kinswomanx i would notx as they term itx praise herx but i would
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somebody had heard her talk yesterdayx as i didx i will not dispraise
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your sister cassandraxs witx butx
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troilusx
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o pandarusx i tell theex pandarusx
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when i do tell thee there my hopes lie drownxdx
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reply not in how many fathoms deep
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they lie indrenchxdx i tell thee i am mad
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in cressidxs lovex thou answerxst xshe is fairxx
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pourxst in the open ulcer of my heart
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her eyesx her hairx her cheekx her gaitx her voicex
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handlest in thy discoursex ox that her handx
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in whose comparison all whites are ink
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writing their own reproachx to whose soft seizure
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the cygnetxs down is harshx and spirit of sense
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hard as the palm of ploughmanx this thou tellxst mex
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as true thou tellxst mex when i say i love herx
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butx saying thusx instead of oil and balmx
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thou layxst in every gash that love hath given me
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the knife that made itx
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pandarusx
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i speak no more than truthx
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troilusx
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thou dost not speak so muchx
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pandarusx
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faithx ixll not meddle inxtx let her be as she isx if she be fairx xtis
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the better for herx and she be notx she has the mends in her own handsx
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troilusx
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good pandarusx how nowx pandarusx
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pandarusx
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i have had my labour for my travailx ill thought on of her and ill
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thought on of youx gone between and betweenx but small thanks for my
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labourx
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troilusx
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whatx art thou angryx pandarusx whatx with mex
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pandarusx
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because shexs kin to mex therefore shexs not so fair as helenx and she
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were not kin to mex she would be as fair on friday as helen is on
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sundayx but what care ix i care not and she were a blackamoorx xtis all
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one to mex
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troilusx
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say i she is not fairx
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pandarusx
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i do not care whether you do or nox shexs a fool to stay behind her
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fatherx let her to the greeksx and so ixll tell her the next time i see
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herx for my partx ixll meddle nor make no more ix the matterx
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troilusx
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pandarusx
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pandarusx
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not ix
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troilusx
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sweet pandarusx
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pandarusx
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pray youx speak no more to mex i will leave all as i found itx and
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there an endx
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xxexit pandarusx an alarumxxx
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troilusx
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peacex you ungracious clamoursx peacex rude soundsx
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fools on both sidesx helen must needs be fairx
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when with your blood you daily paint her thusx
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i cannot fight upon this argumentx
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it is too starvxd a subject for my swordx
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but pandarusx o godsx how do you plague mex
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i cannot come to cressid but by pandarx
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and hexs as tetchy to be wooxd to woo
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as she is stubbornxchaste against all suitx
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tell mex apollox for thy daphnexs lovex
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what cressid isx what pandarx and what wex
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her bed is indiax there she liesx a pearlx
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between our ilium and where she resides
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let it be callxd the wild and wandering floodx
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ourself the merchantx and this sailing pandar
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our doubtful hopex our convoyx and our barkx
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alarumx enter aeneasx
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aeneasx
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how nowx prince troilusx wherefore not afieldx
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troilusx
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because not therex this womanxs answer sortsx
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for womanish it is to be from thencex
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what newsx aeneasx from the field todayx
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aeneasx
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that paris is returned homex and hurtx
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troilusx
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by whomx aeneasx
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aeneasx
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troilusx by menelausx
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troilusx
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let paris bleedx xtis but a scar to scornx
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paris is gorxd with menelausx hornx
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xxalarumxxx
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aeneasx
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hark what good sport is out of town todayx
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troilusx
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better at homex if xwould i mightx were xmayxx
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but to the sport abroadx are you bound thitherx
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aeneasx
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in all swift hastex
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troilusx
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comex go we then togetherx
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene iix troyx a streetx
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enter cressida and her man alexanderx
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cressidax
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who were those went byx
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alexanderx
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queen hecuba and helenx
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cressidax
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and whither go theyx
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alexanderx
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up to the eastern towerx
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whose height commands as subject all the valex
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to see the battlex hectorx whose patience
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is as a virtue fixxdx today was movxdx
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he chid andromachex and struck his armourerx
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andx like as there were husbandry in warx
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before the sun rose he was harnessxd lightx
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and to the field goes hex where every flower
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did as a prophet weep what it foresaw
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in hectorxs wrathx
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cressidax
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what was his cause of angerx
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alexanderx
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the noise goesx thisx there is among the greeks
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a lord of trojan bloodx nephew to hectorx
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they call him ajaxx
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cressidax
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goodx and what of himx
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alexanderx
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they say he is a very man xper sex
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and stands alonex
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cressidax
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so do all menx unless they are drunkx sickx or have no legsx
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alexanderx
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this manx ladyx hath robbxd many beasts of their particular additionsx
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he is as valiant as the lionx churlish as the bearx slow as the
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elephantxa man into whom nature hath so crowded humours that his valour
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is crushxd into follyx his folly sauced with discretionx there is no
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man hath a virtue that he hath not a glimpse ofx nor any man an attaint
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|
but he carries some stain of itx he is melancholy without cause and
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merry against the hairx he hath the joints of everythingx but
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everything so out of joint that he is a gouty briareusx many hands and
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no usex or purblind argusx all eyes and no sightx
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cressidax
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but how should this manx that makes me smilex make hector angryx
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alexanderx
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they say he yesterday copxd hector in the battle and struck him downx
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the disdain and shame whereof hath ever since kept hector fasting and
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wakingx
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enter pandarusx
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cressidax
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who comes herex
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alexanderx
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madamx your uncle pandarusx
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cressidax
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hectorxs a gallant manx
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alexanderx
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as may be in the worldx ladyx
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pandarusx
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whatxs thatx whatxs thatx
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cressidax
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good morrowx uncle pandarusx
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pandarusx
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good morrowx cousin cressidx what do you talk ofxxgood morrowx
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alexanderxxhow do youx cousinx when were you at iliumx
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cressidax
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this morningx unclex
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pandarusx
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what were you talking of when i camex was hector armxd and gone ere you
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came to iliumx helen was not upx was shex
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cressidax
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hector was gonex but helen was not upx
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pandarusx
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exen sox hector was stirring earlyx
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cressidax
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that were we talking ofx and of his angerx
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pandarusx
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was he angryx
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cressidax
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so he says herex
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pandarusx
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truex he was sox i know the cause toox hexll lay about him todayx i can
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|
tell them thatx and therexs troilus will not come far behind himx let
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|
them take heed of troilusx i can tell them that toox
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cressidax
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|
whatx is he angry toox
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pandarusx
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whox troilusx troilus is the better man of the twox
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cressidax
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o jupiterx therexs no comparisonx
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pandarusx
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whatx not between troilus and hectorx do you know a man if you see himx
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cressidax
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ayx if i ever saw him before and knew himx
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pandarusx
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wellx i say troilus is troilusx
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cressidax
|
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then you say as i sayx for i am sure he is not hectorx
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pandarusx
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nox nor hector is not troilus in some degreesx
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cressidax
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|
xtis just to each of themx he is himselfx
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pandarusx
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himselfx alasx poor troilusx i would he werex
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cressidax
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so he isx
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pandarusx
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|
condition i had gone barefoot to indiax
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cressidax
|
|
he is not hectorx
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pandarusx
|
|
himselfx nox hexs not himselfx would ax were himselfx wellx the gods
|
|
are abovex time must friend or endx wellx troilusx wellx i would my
|
|
heart were in her bodyx nox hector is not a better man than troilusx
|
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|
cressidax
|
|
excuse mex
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pandarusx
|
|
he is elderx
|
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cressidax
|
|
pardon mex pardon mex
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pandarusx
|
|
thxotherxs not come toxtx you shall tell me another tale when
|
|
thxotherxs come toxtx hector shall not have his wit this yearx
|
|
|
|
cressidax
|
|
he shall not need it if he have his ownx
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|
andarusx
|
|
nor his qualitiesx
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cressidax
|
|
no matterx
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pandarusx
|
|
nor his beautyx
|
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|
cressidax
|
|
xtwould not become himx his ownxs betterx
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pandarusx
|
|
you have no judgementx niecex helen herself swore thxother day that
|
|
troilusx for a brown favourx for so xtisx i must confessxnot brown
|
|
neitherx
|
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cressidax
|
|
nox but brownx
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pandarusx
|
|
faithx to say truthx brown and not brownx
|
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|
|
cressidax
|
|
to say the truthx true and not truex
|
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pandarusx
|
|
she praisxd his complexion above parisx
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cressidax
|
|
whyx paris hath colour enoughx
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pandarusx
|
|
so he hasx
|
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cressidax
|
|
then troilus should have too muchx if she praisxd him abovex his
|
|
complexion is higher than hisx he having colour enoughx and the other
|
|
higherx is too flaming a praise for a good complexionx i had as lief
|
|
helenxs golden tongue had commended troilus for a copper nosex
|
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|
pandarusx
|
|
i swear to you i think helen loves him better than parisx
|
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cressidax
|
|
then shexs a merry greek indeedx
|
|
|
|
pandarusx
|
|
nayx i am sure she doesx she came to him thxother day into the
|
|
compassxd windowxand you know he has not past three or four hairs on
|
|
his chinx
|
|
|
|
cressidax
|
|
indeed a tapsterxs arithmetic may soon bring his particulars therein to
|
|
a totalx
|
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|
|
pandarusx
|
|
whyx he is very youngx and yet will he within three pound lift as much
|
|
as his brother hectorx
|
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|
|
cressidax
|
|
is he so young a man and so old a lifterx
|
|
|
|
pandarusx
|
|
but to prove to you that helen loves himx she came and puts me her
|
|
white hand to his cloven chinx
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|
cressidax
|
|
juno have mercyx how came it clovenx
|
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|
|
pandarusx
|
|
whyx you knowx xtis dimpledx i think his smiling becomes him better
|
|
than any man in all phrygiax
|
|
|
|
cressidax
|
|
ox he smiles valiantlyx
|
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|
|
pandarusx
|
|
does he notx
|
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|
|
cressidax
|
|
o yesx an xtwere a cloud in autumnx
|
|
|
|
pandarusx
|
|
whyx go tox thenx but to prove to you that helen loves troilusx
|
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|
|
cressidax
|
|
troilus will stand to the proofx if youxll prove it sox
|
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|
pandarusx
|
|
troilusx whyx he esteems her no more than i esteem an addle eggx
|
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|
cressidax
|
|
if you love an addle egg as well as you love an idle headx you would
|
|
eat chickens ix thx shellx
|
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|
pandarusx
|
|
i cannot choose but laugh to think how she tickled his chinx indeedx
|
|
she has a marvellxs white handx i must needs confessx
|
|
|
|
cressidax
|
|
without the rackx
|
|
|
|
pandarusx
|
|
and she takes upon her to spy a white hair on his chinx
|
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|
cressidax
|
|
alasx poor chinx many a wart is richerx
|
|
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|
pandarusx
|
|
but there was such laughingx queen hecuba laughxd that her eyes ran
|
|
oxerx
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cressidax
|
|
with millstonesx
|
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|
|
pandarusx
|
|
and cassandra laughxdx
|
|
|
|
cressidax
|
|
but there was a more temperate fire under the pot of her eyesx did her
|
|
eyes run oxer toox
|
|
|
|
pandarusx
|
|
and hector laughxdx
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cressidax
|
|
at what was all this laughingx
|
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|
pandarusx
|
|
marryx at the white hair that helen spied on troilusx chinx
|
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|
|
cressidax
|
|
andxt had been a green hair i should have laughxd toox
|
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pandarusx
|
|
they laughxd not so much at the hair as at his pretty answerx
|
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|
cressidax
|
|
what was his answerx
|
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pandarusx
|
|
quoth she xherexs but two and fifty hairs on your chinx and one of them
|
|
is whitexx
|
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cressidax
|
|
this is her questionx
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pandarusx
|
|
thatxs truex make no question of thatx xtwo and fifty hairsxx quoth he
|
|
xand one whitex that white hair is my fatherx and all the rest are his
|
|
sonsxx xjupiterxx quoth she xwhich of these hairs is paris my husbandxx
|
|
xthe forked onexx quoth hex xpluckxt out and give it himxx but there
|
|
was such laughingx and helen so blushxdx and paris so chafxdx and all
|
|
the rest so laughxd that it passxdx
|
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|
|
cressidax
|
|
so let it nowx for it has been a great while going byx
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pandarusx
|
|
wellx cousinx i told you a thing yesterdayx think onxtx
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|
cressidax
|
|
so i dox
|
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pandarusx
|
|
ixll be sworn xtis truex he will weep youx and xtwere a man born in
|
|
aprilx
|
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|
cressidax
|
|
and ixll spring up in his tearsx an xtwere a nettle against mayx
|
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|
|
xxsound a retreatxxx
|
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|
pandarusx
|
|
harkx they are coming from the fieldx shall we stand up here and see
|
|
them as they pass toward iliumx good niecex dox sweet niece cressidax
|
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|
|
cressidax
|
|
at your pleasurex
|
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|
pandarusx
|
|
herex herex herexs an excellent placex here we may see most bravelyx
|
|
ixll tell you them all by their names as they pass byx but mark troilus
|
|
above the restx
|
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|
xaeneas xpassesxxx
|
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|
cressidax
|
|
speak not so loudx
|
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|
pandarusx
|
|
thatxs aeneasx is not that a brave manx hexs one of the flowers of
|
|
troyx i can tell youx but mark troilusx you shall see anonx
|
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|
|
xantenor xpassesxxx
|
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|
cressidax
|
|
whoxs thatx
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|
pandarusx
|
|
thatxs antenorx he has a shrewd witx i can tell youx and hexs a man
|
|
good enoughx hexs one ox thx soundest judgements in troyx whosoeverx
|
|
and a proper man of personx when comes troilusx ixll show you troilus
|
|
anonx if he see mex you shall see him nod at mex
|
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|
|
cressidax
|
|
will he give you the nodx
|
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|
pandarusx
|
|
you shall seex
|
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|
cressidax
|
|
if he dox the rich shall have morex
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|
xhector xpassesxxx
|
|
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pandarusx
|
|
thatxs hectorx thatx thatx look youx thatx therexs a fellowx go thy
|
|
wayx hectorx therexs a brave manx niecex o brave hectorx look how he
|
|
looksx therexs a countenancex isxt not a brave manx
|
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|
|
cressidax
|
|
ox a brave manx
|
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pandarusx
|
|
is ax notx it does a manxs heart goodx look you what hacks are on his
|
|
helmetx look you yonderx do you seex look you therex therexs no
|
|
jestingx therexs laying onx takext off who willx as they sayx there be
|
|
hacksx
|
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|
|
cressidax
|
|
be those with swordsx
|
|
|
|
pandarusx
|
|
swordsx anythingx he cares notx and the devil come to himx itxs all
|
|
onex by godxs lidx it does onexs heart goodx yonder comes parisx yonder
|
|
comes parisx
|
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|
xparis xpassesxxx
|
|
|
|
look ye yonderx niecex isxt not a gallant man toox isxt notx whyx this
|
|
is brave nowx who said he came hurt home todayx hexs not hurtx whyx
|
|
this will do helenxs heart good nowx hax would i could see troilus nowx
|
|
you shall see troilus anonx
|
|
|
|
xhelenus xpassesxxx
|
|
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|
cressidax
|
|
whoxs thatx
|
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pandarusx
|
|
thatxs helenusx i marvel where troilus isx thatxs
|
|
helenusx i think he went not forth todayx thatxs helenusx
|
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|
|
cressidax
|
|
can helenus fightx unclex
|
|
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|
pandarusx
|
|
helenusx nox yesx hexll fight indifferent wellx i marvel where troilus
|
|
isx harkx do you not hear the people cry xtroilusxxxhelenus is a
|
|
priestx
|
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|
|
cressidax
|
|
what sneaking fellow comes yonderx
|
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|
|
xtroilus xpassesxxx
|
|
|
|
pandarusx
|
|
wherex yonderx thatxs deiphobusx xtis troilusx therexs a manx niecex
|
|
hemx brave troilusx the prince of chivalryx
|
|
|
|
cressidax
|
|
peacex for shamex peacex
|
|
|
|
pandarusx
|
|
mark himx note himx o brave troilusx look well upon himx niecex look
|
|
you how his sword is bloodiedx and his helm more hackxd than hectorxsx
|
|
and how he looksx and how he goesx o admirable youthx he never saw
|
|
three and twentyx go thy wayx troilusx go thy wayx had i a sister were
|
|
a grace or a daughter a goddessx he should take his choicex o admirable
|
|
manx parisx paris is dirt to himx andx i warrantx helenx to changex
|
|
would give an eye to bootx
|
|
|
|
cressidax
|
|
here comes morex
|
|
|
|
xxcommon soldiers passxxx
|
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|
pandarusx
|
|
assesx foolsx doltsx chaff and branx chaff and branx porridge after
|
|
meatx i could live and die in the eyes of troilusx nexer lookx nexer
|
|
lookx the eagles are gonex crows and dawsx crows and dawsx i had rather
|
|
be such a man as troilus than agamemnon and all greecex
|
|
|
|
cressidax
|
|
there is amongst the greeks achillesx a better man than troilusx
|
|
|
|
pandarusx
|
|
achillesx a draymanx a porterx a very camelx
|
|
|
|
cressidax
|
|
wellx wellx
|
|
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|
pandarusx
|
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wellx wellx whyx have you any discretionx have you any eyesx do you
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know what a man isx is not birthx beautyx good shapex discoursex
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manhoodx learningx gentlenessx virtuex youthx liberalityx and such
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likex the spice and salt that season a manx
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cressidax
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ayx a mincxd manx and then to be bakxd with no date in the piex for
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then the manxs date is outx
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pandarusx
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you are such a womanx a man knows not at what ward you liex
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cressidax
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upon my backx to defend my bellyx upon my witx to defend my wilesx upon
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my secrecyx to defend mine honestyx my maskx to defend my beautyx and
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youx to defend all thesex and at all these wards i liex at a thousand
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watchesx
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pandarusx
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say one of your watchesx
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cressidax
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nayx ixll watch you for thatx and thatxs one of the chiefest of them
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toox if i cannot ward what i would not have hitx i can watch you for
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telling how i took the blowx unless it swell past hidingx and then itxs
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past watchingx
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pandarusx
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you are such anotherx
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enter troilusx boyx
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boyx
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sirx my lord would instantly speak with youx
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pandarusx
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wherex
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boyx
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at your own housex there he unarms himx
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pandarusx
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good boyx tell him i comex xxexitx boyxx i doubt he be hurtx fare ye
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wellx good niecex
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cressidax
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adieux unclex
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pandarusx
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i will be with youx niecex by and byx
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cressidax
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to bringx unclex
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pandarusx
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ayx a token from troilusx
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xxexitx pandarusxx
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cressidax
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by the same tokenx you are a bawdx
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wordsx vowsx giftsx tearsx and lovexs full sacrificex
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he offers in anotherxs enterprisex
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but more in troilus thousandxfold i see
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than in the glass of pandarxs praise may bex
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yet hold i offx women are angelsx wooingx
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things won are donex joyxs soul lies in the doingx
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that she belovxd knows naught that knows not thisx
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men prize the thing ungainxd more than it isx
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that she was never yet that ever knew
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love got so sweet as when desire did suex
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therefore this maxim out of love i teachx
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xachievement is commandx ungainxdx beseechxx
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then though my heartxs content firm love doth bearx
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nothing of that shall from mine eyes appearx
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xxexitxxx
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scene iiix the grecian campx before agamemnonxs tentx
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sennetx enter agamemnonx nestorx ulyssesx diomedesx menelaus and
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othersx
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agamemnonx
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princesx
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what grief hath set these jaundies oxer your cheeksx
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the ample proposition that hope makes
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in all designs begun on earth below
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fails in the promisxd largenessx checks and disasters
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grow in the veins of actions highest rearxdx
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as knotsx by the conflux of meeting sapx
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infects the sound pinex and diverts his grain
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tortive and errant from his course of growthx
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norx princesx is it matter new to us
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that we come short of our suppose so far
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that after seven yearsx siege yet troy walls standx
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sith every action that hath gone beforex
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whereof we have recordx trial did draw
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bias and thwartx not answering the aimx
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and that unbodied figure of the thought
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that gavext surmised shapex why thenx you princesx
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do you with cheeks abashxd behold our works
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and call them shamesx which arex indeedx naught else
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but the protractive trials of great jove
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to find persistive constancy in menx
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the fineness of which metal is not found
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in fortunexs lovex for then the bold and cowardx
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the wise and foolx the artist and unreadx
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the hard and softx seem all affinxd and kinx
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but in the wind and tempest of her frown
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distinctionx with a broad and powerful fanx
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puffing at allx winnows the light awayx
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and what hath mass or matter by itself
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lies rich in virtue and unmingledx
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nestorx
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with due observance of thy godlike seatx
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great agamemnonx nestor shall apply
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thy latest wordsx in the reproof of chance
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lies the true proof of menx the sea being smoothx
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how many shallow bauble boats dare sail
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upon her patient breastx making their way
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with those of nobler bulkx
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but let the ruffian boreas once enrage
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the gentle thetisx and anon behold
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the strongxribbxd bark through liquid mountains cutx
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bounding between the two moist elements
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like perseusx horsex wherexs then the saucy boatx
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whose weak untimberxd sides but even now
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coxrivallxd greatnessx either to harbour fled
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or made a toast for neptunex even so
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doth valourxs show and valourxs worth divide
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in storms of fortunex for in her ray and brightness
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the herd hath more annoyance by the breeze
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than by the tigerx but when the splitting wind
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makes flexible the knees of knotted oaksx
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and flies fled under shadexwhyx then the thing of couragex
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as rousxd with ragex with rage doth sympathisex
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and with an accent tunxd in selfxsame key
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retorts to chiding fortunex
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ulyssesx
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agamemnonx
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thou great commanderx nerve and bone of greecex
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heart of our numbersx soul and only spirit
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in whom the tempers and the minds of all
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should be shut upxhear what ulysses speaksx
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besides thxapplause and approbation
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the whichx xxto agamemnonxx most mightyx for thy place and swayx
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xxto nestorxx andx thou most reverendx for thy stretchxdxout lifex
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i give to both your speechesxwhich were such
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as agamemnon and the hand of greece
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should hold up high in brassx and such again
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as venerable nestorx hatchxd in silverx
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should with a bond of airx strong as the axlextree
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on which heaven ridesx knit all the greekish ears
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to his experiencxd tonguexyet let it please bothx
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thou greatx and wisex to hear ulysses speakx
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agamemnonx
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speakx prince of ithacax and bext of less expect
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that matter needlessx of importless burdenx
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divide thy lips than we are confidentx
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when rank thersites opes his mastic jawsx
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we shall hear musicx witx and oraclex
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ulyssesx
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troyx yet upon his basisx had been downx
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and the great hectorxs sword had lackxd a masterx
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but for these instancesx
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the specialty of rule hath been neglectedx
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and look how many grecian tents do stand
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hollow upon this plainx so many hollow factionsx
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when that the general is not like the hivex
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to whom the foragers shall all repairx
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what honey is expectedx degree being vizardedx
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thxunworthiest shows as fairly in the maskx
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the heavens themselvesx the planetsx and this centrex
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observe degreex priorityx and placex
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insisturex coursex proportionx seasonx formx
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officex and customx in all line of orderx
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and therefore is the glorious planet sol
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in noble eminence enthronxd and spherxd
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amidst the otherx whose medxcinable eye
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corrects the influence of evil planetsx
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and postsx like the commandment of a kingx
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sans checkx to good and badx but when the planets
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in evil mixture to disorder wanderx
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what plagues and what portentsx what mutinyx
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what raging of the seax shaking of earthx
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commotion in the windsx frightsx changesx horrorsx
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divert and crackx rend and deracinatex
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the unity and married calm of states
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quite from their fixturex ox when degree is shakxdx
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which is the ladder of all high designsx
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the enterprise is sickx how could communitiesx
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degrees in schoolsx and brotherhoods in citiesx
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peaceful commerce from dividable shoresx
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the primogenity and due of birthx
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prerogative of agex crownsx sceptresx laurelsx
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but by degree stand in authentic placex
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take but degree awayx untune that stringx
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and hark what discord followsx each thing melts
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in mere oppugnancyx the bounded waters
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should lift their bosoms higher than the shoresx
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and make a sop of all this solid globex
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strength should be lord of imbecilityx
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and the rude son should strike his father deadx
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force should be rightx orx ratherx right and wrongx
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between whose endless jar justice residesx
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should lose their namesx and so should justice toox
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then everything includes itself in powerx
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power into willx will into appetitex
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and appetitex an universal wolfx
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so doubly seconded with will and powerx
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must make perforce an universal preyx
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and last eat up himselfx great agamemnonx
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this chaosx when degree is suffocatex
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follows the chokingx
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and this neglection of degree it is
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that by a pace goes backwardx with a purpose
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it hath to climbx the generalxs disdainxd
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by him one step belowx he by the nextx
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that next by him beneathx so every stepx
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examplxd by the first pace that is sick
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of his superiorx grows to an envious fever
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of pale and bloodless emulationx
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and xtis this fever that keeps troy on footx
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not her own sinewsx to end a tale of lengthx
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troy in our weakness standsx not in her strengthx
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nestorx
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most wisely hath ulysses here discoverxd
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the fever whereof all our power is sickx
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agamemnonx
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the nature of the sickness foundx ulyssesx
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what is the remedyx
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ulyssesx
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the great achillesx whom opinion crowns
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the sinew and the forehand of our hostx
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having his ear full of his airy famex
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grows dainty of his worthx and in his tent
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lies mocking our designsx with him patroclus
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upon a lazy bed the livelong day
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breaks scurril jestsx
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and with ridiculous and awkward actionx
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whichx slandererx he imitation callsx
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he pageants usx sometimex great agamemnonx
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thy topless deputation he puts onx
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and like a strutting player whose conceit
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lies in his hamstringx and doth think it rich
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to hear the wooden dialogue and sound
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xtwixt his stretchxd footing and the scaffoldagex
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such toxbexpitied and oxerxwrested seeming
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he acts thy greatness inx and when he speaks
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xtis like a chime axmendingx with terms unsquarxdx
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whichx from the tongue of roaring typhon droppxdx
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would seem hyperbolesx at this fusty stuff
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the large achillesx on his pressxd bed lollingx
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from his deep chest laughs out a loud applausex
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cries xexcellentx xtis agamemnon rightx
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now play me nestorx hemx and stroke thy beardx
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as he being drest to some orationxx
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thatxs donexas near as the extremest ends
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of parallelsx as like as vulcan and his wifex
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yet god achilles still cries xexcellentx
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xtis nestor rightx now play him mex patroclusx
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arming to answer in a night alarmxx
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and thenx forsoothx the faint defects of age
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must be the scene of mirthx to cough and spit
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andx with a palsy fumbling on his gorgetx
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shake in and out the rivetx and at this sport
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sir valour diesx cries xox enoughx patroclusx
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or give me ribs of steelx i shall split all
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in pleasure of my spleenxx and in this fashion
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all our abilitiesx giftsx naturesx shapesx
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severals and generals of grace exactx
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achievementsx plotsx ordersx preventionsx
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excitements to the field or speech for trucex
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success or lossx what is or is notx serves
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as stuff for these two to make paradoxesx
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nestorx
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and in the imitation of these twainx
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whox as ulysses saysx opinion crowns
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with an imperial voicexmany are infectx
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ajax is grown selfxwillxd and bears his head
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in such a reinx in full as proud a place
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as broad achillesx keeps his tent like himx
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makes factious feastsx rails on our state of war
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bold as an oraclex and sets thersitesx
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a slave whose gall coins slanders like a mintx
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to match us in comparisons with dirtx
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to weaken and discredit our exposurex
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how rank soever rounded in with dangerx
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ulyssesx
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they tax our policy and call it cowardicex
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count wisdom as no member of the warx
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forestall presciencex and esteem no act
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but that of handx the still and mental parts
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that do contrive how many hands shall strike
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when fitness calls them onx and knowx by measure
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of their observant toilx the enemiesx weightx
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whyx this hath not a fingerxs dignityx
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they call this bedxworkx mappxryx closetxwarx
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so that the ram that batters down the wallx
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for the great swinge and rudeness of his poisex
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they place before his hand that made the enginex
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or those that with the fineness of their souls
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by reason guide his executionx
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nestorx
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let this be grantedx and achillesx horse
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makes many thetisx sonsx
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xxtucketxxx
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agamemnonx
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what trumpetx lookx menelausx
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menelausx
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from troyx
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enter aeneasx
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agamemnonx
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what would you fore our tentx
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aeneasx
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is this great agamemnonxs tentx i pray youx
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agamemnonx
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even thisx
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aeneasx
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may one that is a herald and a prince
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do a fair message to his kingly eyesx
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agamemnonx
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with surety stronger than achillesx arm
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fore all the greekish headsx which with one voice
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call agamemnon head and generalx
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aeneasx
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fair leave and large securityx how may
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a stranger to those most imperial looks
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know them from eyes of other mortalsx
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agamemnonx
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howx
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aeneasx
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ayx
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i askx that i might waken reverencex
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and bid the cheek be ready with a blush
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modest as morning when she coldly eyes
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the youthful phoebusx
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which is that god in officex guiding menx
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which is the high and mighty agamemnonx
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agamemnonx
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this trojan scorns usx or the men of troy
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are ceremonious courtiersx
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aeneasx
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courtiers as freex as debonairx unarmxdx
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as bending angelsx thatxs their fame in peacex
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but when they would seem soldiersx they have gallsx
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good armsx strong jointsx true swordsx andx jovexs accordx
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nothing so full of heartx but peacex aeneasx
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peacex trojanx lay thy finger on thy lipsx
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the worthiness of praise distains his worthx
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if that the praisxd himself bring the praise forthx
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but what the repining enemy commendsx
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that breath fame blowsx that praisex sole purex transcendsx
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agamemnonx
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sirx you of troyx call you yourself aeneasx
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aeneasx
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ayx greekx that is my namex
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agamemnonx
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whatxs your affairsx i pray youx
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aeneasx
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sirx pardonx xtis for agamemnonxs earsx
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agamemnon
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he hears naught privately that comes from troyx
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aeneasx
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nor i from troy come not to whisper with himx
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i bring a trumpet to awake his earx
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to set his sense on the attentive bentx
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and then to speakx
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agamemnonx
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speak frankly as the windx
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it is not agamemnonxs sleeping hourx
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that thou shalt knowx trojanx he is awakex
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he tells thee so himselfx
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aeneasx
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trumpetx blow loudx
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send thy brass voice through all these lazy tentsx
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and every greek of mettlex let him know
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what troy means fairly shall be spoke aloudx
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xxsound trumpetxxx
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we havex great agamemnonx here in troy
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a prince called hectorxpriam is his fatherx
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who in this dull and longxcontinued truce
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is resty grownx he bade me take a trumpet
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and to this purpose speakx kingsx princesx lordsx
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if there be one among the fairxst of greece
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that holds his honour higher than his easex
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that feeds his praise more than he fears his perilx
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that knows his valour and knows not his fearx
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that loves his mistress more than in confession
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with truant vows to her own lips he lovesx
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and dare avow her beauty and her worth
|
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in other arms than hersxto him this challengex
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hectorx in view of trojans and of greeksx
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shall make it good or do his best to do itx
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he hath a lady wiserx fairerx truerx
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than ever greek did couple in his armsx
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and will tomorrow with his trumpet call
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midxway between your tents and walls of troy
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to rouse a grecian that is true in lovex
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if any comex hector shall honour himx
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if nonex hexll say in troyx when he retiresx
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the grecian dames are sunburnt and not worth
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the splinter of a lancex even so muchx
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agamemnonx
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this shall be told our loversx lord aeneasx
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if none of them have soul in such a kindx
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we left them all at homex but we are soldiersx
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and may that soldier a mere recreant prove
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that means notx hath notx or is not in lovex
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if then one isx or hathx or means to bex
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that one meets hectorx if none elsex i am hex
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nestorx
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tell him of nestorx one that was a man
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when hectorxs grandsire suckxdx he is old nowx
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but if there be not in our grecian host
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a noble man that hath one spark of fire
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to answer for his lovex tell him from me
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ixll hide my silver beard in a gold beaverx
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and in my vambrace put this witherxd brawnsx
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and meeting himx will tell him that my lady
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was fairer than his grandamx and as chaste
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as may be in the worldx his youth in floodx
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ixll prove this troth with my three drops of bloodx
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aeneasx
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now heavens forfend such scarcity of youthx
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ulyssesx
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amenx
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agamemnonx
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fair lord aeneasx let me touch your handx
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to our pavilion shall i lead youx sirx
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achilles shall have word of this intentx
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so shall each lord of greecex from tent to tentx
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yourself shall feast with us before you gox
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and find the welcome of a noble foex
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xxexeunt all but ulysses and nestorxxx
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ulyssesx
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nestorx
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nestorx
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what says ulyssesx
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ulyssesx
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i have a young conception in my brainx
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be you my time to bring it to some shapex
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nestorx
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what isxtx
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ulyssesx
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this xtisx
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blunt wedges rive hard knotsx the seeded pride
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that hath to this maturity blown up
|
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in rank achilles must or now be croppxd
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orx sheddingx breed a nursery of like evil
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to overbulk us allx
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nestorx
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wellx and howx
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ulyssesx
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this challenge that the gallant hector sendsx
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however it is spread in general namex
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relates in purpose only to achillesx
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nestorx
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truex the purpose is perspicuous even as substance
|
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whose grossness little characters sum upx
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andx in the publicationx make no strain
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but that achillesx were his brain as barren
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as banks of libyaxthoughx apollo knowsx
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xtis dry enoughxwill with great speed of judgementx
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ayx with celerityx find hectorxs purpose
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pointing on himx
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ulyssesx
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and wake him to the answerx think youx
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nestorx
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whyx xtis most meetx who may you else oppose
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that can from hector bring those honours offx
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if not achillesx though xt be a sportful combatx
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yet in this trial much opinion dwells
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for here the trojans taste our dearxst repute
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with their finxst palatex and trust to mex ulyssesx
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our imputation shall be oddly poisxd
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in this vile actionx for the successx
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although particularx shall give a scantling
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of good or bad unto the generalx
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and in such indexesx although small pricks
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to their subsequent volumesx there is seen
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the baby figure of the giant mass
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of things to come at largex it is supposxd
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he that meets hector issues from our choicex
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and choicex being mutual act of all our soulsx
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makes merit her electionx and doth boilx
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as xtwere from forth us allx a man distillxd
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out of our virtuesx who miscarryingx
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what heart receives from hence a conquering partx
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to steel a strong opinion to themselvesx
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which entertainxdx limbs are his instrumentsx
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in no less working than are swords and bows
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directive by the limbsx
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ulyssesx
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give pardon to my speechx therefore xtis meet
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achilles meet not hectorx let usx like merchantsx
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first show foul waresx and think perchance theyxll sellx
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if notx the lustre of the better shall exceed
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by showing the worse firstx do not consent
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that ever hector and achilles meetx
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for both our honour and our shame in this
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are doggxd with two strange followersx
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nestorx
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i see them not with my old eyesx what are theyx
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ulyssesx
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what glory our achilles shares from hectorx
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were he not proudx we all should share with himx
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but he already is too insolentx
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and it were better parch in afric sun
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than in the pride and salt scorn of his eyesx
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should he scape hector fairx if he were foilxdx
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whyx then we do our main opinion crush
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in taint of our best manx nox make a lottxryx
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andx by devicex let blockish ajax draw
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the sort to fight with hectorx among ourselves
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give him allowance for the better manx
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for that will physic the great myrmidonx
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who broils in loud applausex and make him fall
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his crestx that prouder than blue iris bendsx
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if the dull brainless ajax come safe offx
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wexll dress him up in voicesx if he failx
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yet go we under our opinion still
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that we have better menx butx hit or missx
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our projectxs life this shape of sense assumesx
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ajax employxd plucks down achillesx plumesx
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nestorx
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nowx ulyssesx i begin to relish thy advicex
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and i will give a taste thereof forthwith
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to agamemnonx go we to him straightx
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two curs shall tame each otherx pride alone
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must tarre the mastiffs onx as xtwere their bonex
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xxexeuntxxx
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act ii
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scene ix the grecian campx
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enter ajax and thersitesx
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ajaxx
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thersitesx
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thersitesx
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agamemnonxhow if he had boilsx fullx all overx generallyx
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ajaxx
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thersitesx
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thersitesx
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and those boils did runxsay sox did not the general run thenx were not
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that a botchy corex
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ajaxx
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dogx
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thersitesx
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then there would come some matter from himx
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i see none nowx
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ajaxx
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thou bitchxwolfxs sonx canst thou not hearx feelx thenx
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xxstrikes himxxx
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thersitesx
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the plague of greece upon theex thou mongrel beefxwitted lordx
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ajaxx
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speakx thenx thou unsalted leavenx speakx i will beat thee into
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handsomenessx
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thersitesx
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i shall sooner rail thee into wit and holinessx but i think thy horse
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will sooner con an oration than thou learn a prayer without bookx thou
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canst strikex canst thoux a red murrain ox thy jadexs tricksx
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ajaxx
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toadstoolx learn me the proclamationx
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thersitesx
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dost thou think i have no sensex thou strikest me thusx
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ajaxx
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the proclamationx
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thersitesx
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thou art proclaimxd foolx i thinkx
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ajaxx
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do notx porpentinex do notx my fingers itchx
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thersitesx
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i would thou didst itch from head to foot and i had the scratching of
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theex i would make thee the loathsomest scab in greecex when thou art
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forth in the incursionsx thou strikest as slow as anotherx
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ajaxx
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i sayx the proclamationx
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thersitesx
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thou grumblest and railest every hour on achillesx and thou art as full
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of envy at his greatness as cerberus is at proserpinaxs beautyxayx that
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thou barkxst at himx
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ajaxx
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mistress thersitesx
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thersitesx
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thou shouldst strike himx
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ajaxx
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cobloafx
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thersitesx
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he would pun thee into shivers with his fistx as a sailor breaks a
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biscuitx
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ajaxx
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you whoreson curx
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xxstrikes himxxx
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thersitesx
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dox dox
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ajaxx
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thou stool for a witchx
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thersitesx
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ayx dox dox thou soddenxwitted lordx thou hast no more brain than i
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have in mine elbowsx an asinico may tutor theex you scurvy valiant assx
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thou art here but to thrash trojansx and thou art bought and sold among
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those of any wit like a barbarian slavex if thou use to beat mex i will
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begin at thy heel and tell what thou art by inchesx thou thing of no
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bowelsx thoux
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ajaxx
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you dogx
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thersitesx
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you scurvy lordx
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ajaxx
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you curx
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xxstrikes himxxx
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thersitesx
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mars his idiotx dox rudenessx dox camelx dox dox
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enter achilles and patroclusx
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achillesx
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whyx how nowx ajaxx wherefore do ye thusx
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how nowx thersitesx whatxs the matterx manx
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thersitesx
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you see him therex do youx
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achillesx
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ayx whatxs the matterx
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thersitesx
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nayx look upon himx
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achillesx
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so i dox whatxs the matterx
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thersitesx
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nayx but regard him wellx
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achillesx
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wellx whyx so i dox
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thersitesx
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but yet you look not well upon himx for whosomever you take him to bex
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he is ajaxx
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achillesx
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i know thatx foolx
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thersitesx
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ayx but that fool knows not himselfx
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ajaxx
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therefore i beat theex
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thersitesx
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lox lox lox lox what modicums of wit he uttersx his evasions have ears
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thus longx i have bobbxd his brain more than he has beat my bonesx i
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will buy nine sparrows for a pennyx and his pia mater is not worth the
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ninth part of a sparrowx this lordx achillesxajaxx who wears his wit in
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his belly and his guts in his headxixll tell you what i say of himx
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achillesx
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whatx
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thersitesx
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i say this ajaxx
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xxajax offers to strike himxxx
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achillesx
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nayx good ajaxx
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thersitesx
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has not so much witx
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achillesx
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nayx i must hold youx
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thersitesx
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as will stop the eye of helenxs needlex for whom he comes to fightx
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achillesx
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peacex foolx
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thersitesx
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i would have peace and quietnessx but the fool will notx he therex that
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hex look you therex
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ajaxx
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o thou damned curx i shallx
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achillesx
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will you set your wit to a foolxsx
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thersitesx
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nox i warrant youx the foolxs will shame itx
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patroclusx
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good wordsx thersitesx
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achillesx
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whatxs the quarrelx
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ajaxx
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i bade the vile owl go learn me the tenour of the proclamationx and he
|
|
rails upon mex
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thersitesx
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i serve thee notx
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ajaxx
|
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wellx go tox go tox
|
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thersitesx
|
|
i serve here voluntaryx
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achillesx
|
|
your last service was suffxrancex xtwas not voluntaryx no man is beaten
|
|
voluntaryx ajax was here the voluntaryx and you as under an impressx
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thersitesx
|
|
exen sox a great deal of your wit too lies in your sinewsx or else
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|
there be liarsx hector shall have a great catch and knock out either of
|
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your brainsx ax were as good crack a fusty nut with no kernelx
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achillesx
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whatx with me toox thersitesx
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thersitesx
|
|
therexs ulysses and old nestorxwhose wit was mouldy ere your grandsires
|
|
had nails on their toesxyoke you like draught oxenx and make you plough
|
|
up the warsx
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achillesx
|
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whatx whatx
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thersitesx
|
|
yesx good soothx to achillesx to ajaxx tox
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ajaxx
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i shall cut out your tonguex
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thersitesx
|
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xtis no matterx i shall speak as much as thou afterwardsx
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patroclusx
|
|
no more wordsx thersitesx peacex
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thersitesx
|
|
i will hold my peace when achillesx brach bids mex shall ix
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achillesx
|
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therexs for youx patroclusx
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thersitesx
|
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i will see you hangxd like clotpoles ere i come any more to your tentsx
|
|
i will keep where there is wit stirringx and leave the faction of
|
|
foolsx
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xxexitxxx
|
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patroclusx
|
|
a good riddancex
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|
achillesx
|
|
marryx thisx sirx is proclaimxd through all our hostx
|
|
that hectorx by the fifth hour of the sunx
|
|
will with a trumpet xtwixt our tents and troyx
|
|
tomorrow morningx call some knight to arms
|
|
that hath a stomachx and such a one that dare
|
|
maintain i know not whatx xtis trashx farewellx
|
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ajaxx
|
|
farewellx who shall answer himx
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achillesx
|
|
i know notx xtis put to lottxryx otherwisex
|
|
he knew his manx
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ajaxx
|
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ox meaning youx i will go learn more of itx
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xxexeuntxxx
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|
scene iix troyx priamxs palacex
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enter priamx hectorx troilusx paris and helenusx
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priamx
|
|
after so many hoursx livesx speeches spentx
|
|
thus once again says nestor from the greeksx
|
|
xdeliver helenx and all damage elsex
|
|
as honourx loss of timex travailx expensex
|
|
woundsx friendsx and what else dear that is consumxd
|
|
in hot digestion of this cormorant warx
|
|
shall be struck offxx hectorx what say you toxtx
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hectorx
|
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though no man lesser fears the greeks than ix
|
|
as far as toucheth my particularx
|
|
yetx dread priamx
|
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there is no lady of more softer bowelsx
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more spongy to suck in the sense of fearx
|
|
more ready to cry out xwho knows what followsxx
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than hector isx the wound of peace is suretyx
|
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surety securex but modest doubt is callxd
|
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the beacon of the wisex the tent that searches
|
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to thx bottom of the worstx let helen gox
|
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since the first sword was drawn about this questionx
|
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every tithe soul xmongst many thousand dismes
|
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hath been as dear as helenxi meanx of oursx
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if we have lost so many tenths of ours
|
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to guard a thing not oursx nor worth to usx
|
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had it our namex the value of one tenx
|
|
what meritxs in that reason which denies
|
|
the yielding of her upx
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troilusx
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fiex fiex my brotherx
|
|
weigh you the worth and honour of a kingx
|
|
so great as our dread fatherxsx in a scale
|
|
of common ouncesx will you with counters sum
|
|
the pastxproportion of his infinitex
|
|
and buckle in a waist most fathomless
|
|
with spans and inches so diminutive
|
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as fears and reasonsx fiex for godly shamex
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helenusx
|
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no marvel though you bite so sharp of reasonsx
|
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you are so empty of themx should not our father
|
|
bear the great sway of his affairs with reasonx
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because your speech hath none that tells him sox
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troilusx
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you are for dreams and slumbersx brother priestx
|
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you fur your gloves with reasonx here are your reasonsx
|
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you know an enemy intends you harmx
|
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you know a sword employxd is perilousx
|
|
and reason flies the object of all harmx
|
|
who marvelsx thenx when helenus beholds
|
|
a grecian and his swordx if he do set
|
|
the very wings of reason to his heels
|
|
and fly like chidden mercury from jovex
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or like a star disorbxdx nayx if we talk of reasonx
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letxs shut our gates and sleepx manhood and honour
|
|
should have hare heartsx would they but fat their thoughts
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|
with this crammxd reasonx reason and respect
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make livers pale and lustihood dejectx
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hectorx
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brotherx she is not worth what she doth cost the keepingx
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troilusx
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whatxs aught but as xtis valuedx
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hectorx
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|
but value dwells not in particular willx
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|
it holds his estimate and dignity
|
|
as well wherein xtis precious of itself
|
|
as in the prizerx xtis mad idolatry
|
|
to make the service greater than the godx
|
|
and the will dotes that is attributive
|
|
to what infectiously itself affectsx
|
|
without some image of thxaffected meritx
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troilusx
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|
i take today a wifex and my election
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|
is led on in the conduct of my willx
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my will enkindled by mine eyes and earsx
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|
two traded pilots xtwixt the dangerous shores
|
|
of will and judgementx how may i avoidx
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|
although my will distaste what it electedx
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the wife i chosex there can be no evasion
|
|
to blench from this and to stand firm by honourx
|
|
we turn not back the silks upon the merchant
|
|
when we have soilxd themx nor the remainder viands
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|
we do not throw in unrespective sievex
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|
because we now are fullx it was thought meet
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paris should do some vengeance on the greeksx
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your breath with full consent bellied his sailsx
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the seas and windsx old wranglersx took a trucex
|
|
and did him servicex he touchxd the ports desirxdx
|
|
and for an old aunt whom the greeks held captive
|
|
he brought a grecian queenx whose youth and freshness
|
|
wrinkles apolloxsx and makes stale the morningx
|
|
why keep we herx the grecians keep our auntx
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|
is she worth keepingx whyx she is a pearl
|
|
whose price hath launchxd above a thousand shipsx
|
|
and turnxd crownxd kings to merchantsx
|
|
if youxll avouch xtwas wisdom paris wentx
|
|
as you must needsx for you all cried xgox goxx
|
|
if youxll confess he brought home worthy prizex
|
|
as you must needsx for you all clappxd your handsx
|
|
and cried xinestimablexxxwhy do you now
|
|
the issue of your proper wisdoms ratex
|
|
and do a deed that never fortune didx
|
|
beggar the estimation which you prizxd
|
|
richer than sea and landx o theft most basex
|
|
that we have stolxn what we do fear to keepx
|
|
but thieves unworthy of a thing so stolxn
|
|
that in their country did them that disgrace
|
|
we fear to warrant in our native placex
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|
cassandrax
|
|
xxwithinxxx cryx trojansx cryx
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priamx
|
|
what noisex what shriek is thisx
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|
troilusx
|
|
xtis our mad sisterx i do know her voicex
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|
cassandrax
|
|
xxwithinxxx cryx trojansx
|
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|
hectorx
|
|
it is cassandrax
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|
enter cassandrax ravingx
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|
cassandrax
|
|
cryx trojansx cryx lend me ten thousand eyesx
|
|
and i will fill them with prophetic tearsx
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|
hectorx
|
|
peacex sisterx peacex
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|
cassandrax
|
|
virgins and boysx midxage and wrinkled eldx
|
|
soft infancyx that nothing canst but cryx
|
|
add to my clamoursx let us pay betimes
|
|
a moiety of that mass of moan to comex
|
|
cryx trojansx cryx practise your eyes with tearsx
|
|
troy must not bex nor goodly ilion standx
|
|
our firebrand brotherx parisx burns us allx
|
|
cryx trojansx cryx a helen and a woex
|
|
cryx cryx troy burnsx or else let helen gox
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|
xxexitxxx
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|
hectorx
|
|
nowx youthful troilusx do not these high strains
|
|
of divination in our sister work
|
|
some touches of remorsex or is your blood
|
|
so madly hotx that no discourse of reasonx
|
|
nor fear of bad success in a bad causex
|
|
can qualify the samex
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|
troilusx
|
|
whyx brother hectorx
|
|
we may not think the justness of each act
|
|
such and no other than event doth form itx
|
|
nor once deject the courage of our minds
|
|
because cassandraxs madx her brainxsick raptures
|
|
cannot distaste the goodness of a quarrel
|
|
which hath our several honours all engagxd
|
|
to make it graciousx for my private partx
|
|
i am no more touchxd than all priamxs sonsx
|
|
and jove forbid there should be done amongst us
|
|
such things as might offend the weakest spleen
|
|
to fight for and maintainx
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|
parisx
|
|
else might the world convince of levity
|
|
as well my undertakings as your counselsx
|
|
but i attest the godsx your full consent
|
|
gave wings to my propensionx and cut off
|
|
all fears attending on so dire a projectx
|
|
for whatx alasx can these my single armsx
|
|
what propugnation is in one manxs valour
|
|
to stand the push and enmity of those
|
|
this quarrel would excitex yet i protestx
|
|
were i alone to pass the difficultiesx
|
|
and had as ample power as i have willx
|
|
paris should nexer retract what he hath donex
|
|
nor faint in the pursuitx
|
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|
priamx
|
|
parisx you speak
|
|
like one besotted on your sweet delightsx
|
|
you have the honey stillx but these the gallx
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so to be valiant is no praise at allx
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parisx
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sirx i propose not merely to myself
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the pleasures such a beauty brings with itx
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but i would have the soil of her fair rape
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wipxd off in honourable keeping herx
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what treason were it to the ransackxd queenx
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disgrace to your great worthsx and shame to mex
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now to deliver her possession up
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on terms of base compulsionx can it bex
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that so degenerate a strain as this
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should once set footing in your generous bosomsx
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therexs not the meanest spirit on our party
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without a heart to dare or sword to draw
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when helen is defendedx nor none so noble
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whose life were ill bestowxd or death unfamxdx
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where helen is the subjectx thenx i sayx
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well may we fight for her whom we know well
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the worldxs large spaces cannot parallelx
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hectorx
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paris and troilusx you have both said wellx
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and on the cause and question now in hand
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have glozxdx but superficiallyx not much
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unlike young menx whom aristotle thought
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unfit to hear moral philosophyx
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the reasons you allege do more conduce
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to the hot passion of distempxred blood
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than to make up a free determination
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xtwixt right and wrongx for pleasure and revenge
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have ears more deaf than adders to the voice
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of any true decisionx nature craves
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all dues be rendxred to their ownersx nowx
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what nearer debt in all humanity
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than wife is to the husbandx if this law
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of nature be corrupted through affectionx
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and that great mindsx of partial indulgence
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to their benumbed willsx resist the samex
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there is a law in each wellxorderxd nation
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to curb those raging appetites that are
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most disobedient and refractoryx
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if helenx thenx be wife to spartaxs kingx
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as it is known she isxthese moral laws
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of nature and of nations speak aloud
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to have her back returnxdx thus to persist
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in doing wrong extenuates not wrongx
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but makes it much more heavyx hectorxs opinion
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is thisx in way of truthx yetx nexerthelessx
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my spritely brethrenx i propend to you
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in resolution to keep helen stillx
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for xtis a cause that hath no mean dependence
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upon our joint and several dignitiesx
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troilusx
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whyx there you touchxd the life of our designx
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were it not glory that we more affected
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than the performance of our heaving spleensx
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i would not wish a drop of trojan blood
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spent more in her defencex butx worthy hectorx
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she is a theme of honour and renownx
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a spur to valiant and magnanimous deedsx
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whose present courage may beat down our foesx
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and fame in time to come canonize usx
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for i presume brave hector would not lose
|
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so rich advantage of a promisxd glory
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as smiles upon the forehead of this action
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for the wide worldxs revenuex
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hectorx
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i am yoursx
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you valiant offspring of great priamusx
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i have a roisting challenge sent amongst
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the dull and factious nobles of the greeks
|
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will strike amazement to their drowsy spiritsx
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i was advertisxd their great general sleptx
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whilst emulation in the army creptx
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thisx i presumex will wake himx
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene iiix the grecian campx before the tent of achillesx
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enter thersitesx solusx
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thersitesx
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how nowx thersitesx whatx lost in the labyrinth of thy furyx shall the
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elephant ajax carry it thusx he beats mex and i rail at himx o worthy
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satisfactionx would it were otherwisex that i could beat himx whilst he
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railxd at mex xsfootx ixll learn to conjure and raise devilsx but ixll
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see some issue of my spiteful execrationsx then therexs achillesx a
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rare engineerx if troy be not taken till these two undermine itx the
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walls will stand till they fall of themselvesx o thou great
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thunderxdarter of olympusx forget that thou art jovex the king of godsx
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andx mercuryx lose all the serpentine craft of thy caduceusx if ye take
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not that little little less than little wit from them that they havex
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which shortxarmxd ignorance itself knows is so abundant scarcex it will
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not in circumvention deliver a fly from a spider without drawing their
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massy irons and cutting the webx after thisx the vengeance on the whole
|
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campx orx ratherx the neapolitan bonexachex for thatx methinksx is the
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curse depending on those that war for a placketx i have said my
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prayersx and devil envy say xamenxx what hox my lord achillesx
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enter patroclusx
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patroclusx
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whoxs therex thersitesx good thersitesx come in and railx
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thersitesx
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if i could ax remembxred a gilt counterfeitx thou wouldst not have
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slippxd out of my contemplationx but it is no matterx thyself upon
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thyselfx the common curse of mankindx folly and ignorancex be thine in
|
|
great revenuex heaven bless thee from a tutorx and discipline come not
|
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near theex let thy blood be thy direction till thy deathx then if she
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that lays thee out says thou art a fair corsex ixll be sworn and sworn
|
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uponxt she never shrouded any but lazarsx amenx wherexs achillesx
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patroclusx
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whatx art thou devoutx wast thou in prayerx
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thersitesx
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ayx the heavens hear mex
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patroclusx
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amenx
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enter achillesx
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achillesx
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whoxs therex
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patroclusx
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thersitesx my lordx
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achillesx
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wherex wherex ox wherex art thou comex whyx my cheesex my digestionx
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why hast thou not served thyself in to my table so many mealsx comex
|
|
whatxs agamemnonx
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thersitesx
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thy commanderx achillesx then tell mex patroclusx whatxs achillesx
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patroclusx
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thy lordx thersitesx then tell mex i pray theex whatxs thersitesx
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thersitesx
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thy knowerx patroclusx then tell mex patroclusx what art thoux
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patroclusx
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thou must tell that knowestx
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achillesx
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ox tellx tellx
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thersitesx
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ixll decline the whole questionx agamemnon commands achillesx achilles
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is my lordx i am patroclusx knowerx and patroclus is a foolx
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patroclusx
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you rascalx
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thersitesx
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peacex foolx i have not donex
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achillesx
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he is a privilegxd manx proceedx thersitesx
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thersitesx
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agamemnon is a foolx achilles is a foolx thersites is a foolx andx as
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aforesaidx patroclus is a foolx
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achillesx
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derive thisx comex
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thersitesx
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agamemnon is a fool to offer to command achillesx achilles is a fool to
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be commanded of agamemnonx thersites is a fool to serve such a foolx
|
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and this patroclus is a fool positivex
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patroclusx
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why am i a foolx
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thersitesx
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|
make that demand of the creatorx it suffices me thou artx look youx who
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|
comes herex
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enter agamemnonx ulyssesx nestorx diomedesx ajax and calchasx
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achillesx
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comex patroclusx ixll speak with nobodyx come in with mex thersitesx
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xxexitxxx
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thersitesx
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here is such patcheryx such jugglingx and such knaveryx all the
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|
argument is a whore and a cuckoldxa good quarrel to draw emulous
|
|
factions and bleed to death uponx now the dry serpigo on the subjectx
|
|
and war and lechery confound allx
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xxexitxxx
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agamemnonx
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|
where is achillesx
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patroclusx
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within his tentx but illxdisposxdx my lordx
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agamemnonx
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let it be known to him that we are herex
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|
he sate our messengersx and we lay by
|
|
our appertainingsx visiting of himx
|
|
let him be told sox lestx perchancex he think
|
|
we dare not move the question of our place
|
|
or know not what we arex
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patroclusx
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|
i shall say so to himx
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xxexitxxx
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ulyssesx
|
|
we saw him at the opening of his tentx
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he is not sickx
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ajaxx
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yesx lionxsickx sick of proud heartx you may call it melancholyx if you
|
|
will favour the manx butx by my headx xtis pridex but whyx whyx let him
|
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show us a causex a wordx my lordx
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|
xxtakes agamemnon asidexxx
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nestorx
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what moves ajax thus to bay at himx
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ulyssesx
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achilles hath inveigled his fool from himx
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nestorx
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whox thersitesx
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ulyssesx
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hex
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nestorx
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then will ajax lack matterx if he have lost his argumentx
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ulyssesx
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nox you see he is his argument that has his argumentx achillesx
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nestorx
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all the betterx their fraction is more our wish than their factionx but
|
|
it was a strong composure a fool could disunitex
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ulyssesx
|
|
the amity that wisdom knits notx folly may easily untiex
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|
|
rexenter patroclusx
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|
here comes patroclusx
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nestorx
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no achilles with himx
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ulyssesx
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the elephant hath jointsx but none for courtesyx his legs are legs for
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|
necessityx not for flexurex
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patroclusx
|
|
achilles bids me say he is much sorry
|
|
if any thing more than your sport and pleasure
|
|
did move your greatness and this noble state
|
|
to call upon himx he hopes it is no other
|
|
but for your health and your digestion sakex
|
|
an afterxdinnerxs breathx
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|
agamemnonx
|
|
hear youx patroclusx
|
|
we are too well acquainted with these answersx
|
|
but his evasionx wingxd thus swift with scornx
|
|
cannot outfly our apprehensionsx
|
|
much attribute he hathx and much the reason
|
|
why we ascribe it to himx yet all his virtuesx
|
|
not virtuously on his own part beheldx
|
|
do in our eyes begin to lose their glossx
|
|
yeax like fair fruit in an unwholesome dishx
|
|
are like to rot untastedx go and tell him
|
|
we come to speak with himx and you shall not sin
|
|
if you do say we think him overxproud
|
|
and underxhonestx in selfxassumption greater
|
|
than in the note of judgementx and worthier than himself
|
|
here tend the savage strangeness he puts onx
|
|
disguise the holy strength of their commandx
|
|
and underwrite in an observing kind
|
|
his humorous predominancex yeax watch
|
|
his course and timex his ebbs and flowsx as if
|
|
the passage and whole stream of this commencement
|
|
rode on his tidex go tell him thisx and add
|
|
that if he overhold his price so much
|
|
wexll none of himx but let himx like an engine
|
|
not portablex lie under this reportx
|
|
bring action hitherx this cannot go to warx
|
|
a stirring dwarf we do allowance give
|
|
before a sleeping giantx tell him sox
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patroclusx
|
|
i shallx and bring his answer presentlyx
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|
xxexitxxx
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agamemnonx
|
|
in second voice wexll not be satisfiedx
|
|
we come to speak with himx ulyssesx enter youx
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|
xxexitx ulyssesxx
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ajaxx
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what is he more than anotherx
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agamemnonx
|
|
no more than what he thinks he isx
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ajaxx
|
|
is he so muchx do you not think he thinks himself a better man than i
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|
amx
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agamemnonx
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|
no questionx
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ajaxx
|
|
will you subscribe his thought and say he isx
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agamemnonx
|
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nox noble ajaxx you are as strongx as valiantx as wisex no less noblex
|
|
much more gentlex and altogether more tractablex
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ajaxx
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why should a man be proudx how doth pride growx i know not what pride
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|
isx
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agamemnonx
|
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your mind is the clearerx ajaxx and your virtues the fairerx he that is
|
|
proud eats up himselfx pride is his own glassx his own trumpetx his own
|
|
chroniclex and whatever praises itself but in the deed devours the deed
|
|
in the praisex
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|
rexenter ulyssesx
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ajaxx
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i do hate a proud man as i do hate the engendxring of toadsx
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nestorx
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xxasidexxx and yet he loves himselfx isxt not strangex
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ulyssesx
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|
achilles will not to the field tomorrowx
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agamemnonx
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|
whatxs his excusex
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ulyssesx
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|
he doth rely on nonex
|
|
but carries on the stream of his disposex
|
|
without observance or respect of anyx
|
|
in will peculiar and in selfxadmissionx
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agamemnonx
|
|
why will he notx upon our fair requestx
|
|
untent his person and share thxair with usx
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ulyssesx
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|
things small as nothingx for requestxs sake onlyx
|
|
he makes importantx possessxd he is with greatnessx
|
|
and speaks not to himself but with a pride
|
|
that quarrels at selfxbreathx imaginxd worth
|
|
holds in his blood such swolxn and hot discourse
|
|
that xtwixt his mental and his active parts
|
|
kingdomxd achilles in commotion ragesx
|
|
and batters down himselfx what should i sayx
|
|
he is so plaguy proud that the death tokens of it
|
|
cry xno recoveryxx
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agamemnonx
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|
let ajax go to himx
|
|
dear lordx go you and greet him in his tentx
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|
xtis said he holds you wellx and will be led
|
|
at your request a little from himselfx
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ulyssesx
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o agamemnonx let it not be sox
|
|
wexll consecrate the steps that ajax makes
|
|
when they go from achillesx shall the proud lord
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that bastes his arrogance with his own seam
|
|
and never suffers matter of the world
|
|
enter his thoughtsx save such as doth revolve
|
|
and ruminate himselfxshall he be worshippxd
|
|
of that we hold an idol more than hex
|
|
nox this thrice worthy and right valiant lord
|
|
shall not so stale his palmx nobly acquirxdx
|
|
norx by my willx assubjugate his meritx
|
|
as amply titled as achilles isx
|
|
by going to achillesx
|
|
that were to enlard his fatxalready pridex
|
|
and add more coals to cancer when he burns
|
|
with entertaining great hyperionx
|
|
this lord go to himx jupiter forbidx
|
|
and say in thunder xachilles go to himxx
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nestorx
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xxasidexxx ox this is wellx he rubs the vein of himx
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diomedesx
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|
xxasidexxx and how his silence drinks up this applausex
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ajaxx
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if i go to himx with my armed fist ixll pash him oxer the facex
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agamemnonx
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ox nox you shall not gox
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ajaxx
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an ax be proud with me ixll pheeze his pridex
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let me go to himx
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ulyssesx
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|
not for the worth that hangs upon our quarrelx
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ajaxx
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a paltryx insolent fellowx
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nestorx
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|
xxasidexxx how he describes himselfx
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ajaxx
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|
can he not be sociablex
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ulyssesx
|
|
xxasidexxx the raven chides blacknessx
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ajaxx
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ixll let his humours bloodx
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agamemnonx
|
|
xxasidexxx he will be the physician that should be the patientx
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ajaxx
|
|
and all men were ox my mindx
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ulyssesx
|
|
xxasidexxx wit would be out of fashionx
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ajaxx
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|
ax should not bear it sox ax should eatxs words firstx
|
|
shall pride carry itx
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nestorx
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|
xxasidexxx and xtwouldx youxd carry halfx
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ulyssesx
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|
xxasidexxx ax would have ten sharesx
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ajaxx
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i will knead himx ixll make him supplex
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nestorx
|
|
xxasidexxx hexs not yet through warmx force him with praisesx pour inx
|
|
pour inx his ambition is dryx
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ulyssesx
|
|
xxto agamemnonxxx my lordx you feed too much on this dislikex
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nestorx
|
|
our noble generalx do not do sox
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diomedesx
|
|
you must prepare to fight without achillesx
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ulyssesx
|
|
why xtis this naming of him does him harmx
|
|
here is a manxbut xtis before his facex
|
|
i will be silentx
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nestorx
|
|
wherefore should you sox
|
|
he is not emulousx as achilles isx
|
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|
ulyssesx
|
|
know the whole worldx he is as valiantx
|
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|
ajaxx
|
|
a whoreson dogx that shall palter with us thusx
|
|
would he were a trojanx
|
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nestorx
|
|
what a vice were it in ajax nowx
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|
ulyssesx
|
|
if he were proudx
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|
diomedesx
|
|
or covetous of praisex
|
|
|
|
ulyssesx
|
|
ayx or surly bornex
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|
|
diomedesx
|
|
or strangex or selfxaffectedx
|
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|
ulyssesx
|
|
thank the heavensx lordx thou art of sweet composure
|
|
praise him that gat theex she that gave thee suckx
|
|
famxd be thy tutorx and thy parts of nature
|
|
thrice famxd beyondx beyond all eruditionx
|
|
but he that disciplinxd thine arms to fightx
|
|
let mars divide eternity in twain
|
|
and give him halfx andx for thy vigourx
|
|
bullxbearing milo his addition yield
|
|
to sinewy ajaxx i will not praise thy wisdomx
|
|
whichx like a bournx a palex a shorex confines
|
|
thy spacious and dilated partsx herexs nestorx
|
|
instructed by the antiquary timesx
|
|
he mustx he isx he cannot but be wisex
|
|
but pardonx father nestorx were your days
|
|
as green as ajaxx and your brain so temperxdx
|
|
you should not have the eminence of himx
|
|
but be as ajaxx
|
|
|
|
ajaxx
|
|
shall i call you fatherx
|
|
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|
nestorx
|
|
ayx my good sonx
|
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|
diomedesx
|
|
be rulxd by himx lord ajaxx
|
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|
ulyssesx
|
|
there is no tarrying herex the hart achilles
|
|
keeps thicketx please it our great general
|
|
to call together all his state of warx
|
|
fresh kings are come to troyx tomorrow
|
|
we must with all our main of power stand fastx
|
|
and herexs a lordxcome knights from east to west
|
|
and cull their flowerx ajax shall cope the bestx
|
|
|
|
agamemnonx
|
|
go we to councilx let achilles sleepx
|
|
light boats sail swiftx though greater hulks draw deepx
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|
xxexeuntxxx
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act iii
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|
scene ix troyx priamxs palacex
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music sounds withinx enter pandarus and a servantx
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pandarusx
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friendx youxpray youx a wordx do you not follow the young lord parisx
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servantx
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ayx sirx when he goes before mex
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pandarusx
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you depend upon himx i meanx
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servantx
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sirx i do depend upon the lordx
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pandarusx
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you depend upon a notable gentlemanx i must needs praise himx
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servantx
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the lord be praisedx
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pandarusx
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you know mex do you notx
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servantx
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faithx sirx superficiallyx
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pandarusx
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friendx know me betterx i am the lord pandarusx
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servantx
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i hope i shall know your honour betterx
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pandarusx
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i do desire itx
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servantx
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you are in the state of gracex
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pandarusx
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gracex not sox friendx honour and lordship are my titlesx what music is
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thisx
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servantx
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i do but partly knowx sirx it is music in partsx
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pandarusx
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know you the musiciansx
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servantx
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whollyx sirx
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pandarusx
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who play they tox
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servantx
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to the hearersx sirx
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pandarusx
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at whose pleasurex friendx
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servantx
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at minex sirx and theirs that love musicx
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pandarusx
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commandx i meanx friendx
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servantx
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who shall i commandx sirx
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pandarusx
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friendx we understand not one anotherx i am too courtlyx and thou art
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too cunningx at whose request do these men playx
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servantx
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thatxs toxtx indeedx sirx marryx sirx at the request of paris my lordx
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who is there in personx with him the mortal venusx the heartxblood of
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beautyx lovexs invisible soulx
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pandarusx
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whox my cousinx cressidax
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servantx
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nox sirx helenx could not you find out that by her attributesx
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pandarusx
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it should seemx fellowx that thou hast not seen the lady cressidax i
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come to speak with paris from the prince troilusx i will make a
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complimental assault upon himx for my business seethesx
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servantx
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sodden businessx therexs a stewxd phrase indeedx
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enter paris and helenx attendedx
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pandarusx
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fair be to youx my lordx and to all this fair companyx fair desiresx in
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all fair measurex fairly guide themxespecially to youx fair queenx fair
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thoughts be your fair pillowx
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helenx
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dear lordx you are full of fair wordsx
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pandarusx
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you speak your fair pleasurex sweet queenx fair princex here is good
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broken musicx
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parisx
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you have broke itx cousinx and by my lifex you shall make it whole
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againx you shall piece it out with a piece of your performancex
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helenx
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he is full of harmonyx
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pandarusx
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trulyx ladyx nox
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helenx
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ox sirx
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pandarusx
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rudex in soothx in good soothx very rudex
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parisx
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well saidx my lordx wellx you say so in fitsx
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pandarusx
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i have business to my lordx dear queenx my lordx will you vouchsafe me
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a wordx
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helenx
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nayx this shall not hedge us outx wexll hear you singx certainlyx
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pandarusx
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well sweet queenx you are pleasant with mex butx marryx thusx my lordx
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my dear lord and most esteemed friendx your brother troilusx
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helenx
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my lord pandarusx honeyxsweet lordx
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pandarusx
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go tox sweet queenx go toxcommends himself most affectionately to youx
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helenx
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you shall not bob us out of our melodyx if you dox our melancholy upon
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your headx
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pandarusx
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sweet queenx sweet queenx thatxs a sweet queenx ix faithx
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helenx
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and to make a sweet lady sad is a sour offencex
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pandarusx
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nayx that shall not serve your turnx that shall it notx in truthx lax
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nayx i care not for such wordsx nox noxxandx my lordx he desires you
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thatx if the king call for him at supperx you will make his excusex
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helenx
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my lord pandarusx
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pandarusx
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what says my sweet queenx my very very sweet queenx
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parisx
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what exploitxs in handx where sups he tonightx
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helenx
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nayx butx my lordx
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pandarusx
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what says my sweet queenxxmy cousin will fall out with youx
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helenx
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you must not know where he supsx
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parisx
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ixll lay my lifex with my disposer cressidax
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pandarusx
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nox nox no such matterx you are widex comex your disposer is sickx
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parisx
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wellx ixll makexs excusex
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pandarusx
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ayx good my lordx why should you say cressidax
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nox your poor disposerxs sickx
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parisx
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i spyx
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pandarusx
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you spyx what do you spyxxcomex give me an instrumentx nowx sweet
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queenx
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helenx
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whyx this is kindly donex
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pandarusx
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my niece is horribly in love with a thing you havex sweet queenx
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helenx
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she shall have itx my lordx if it be not my lord parisx
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pandarusx
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hex nox shexll none of himx they two are twainx
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helenx
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falling inx after falling outx may make them threex
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pandarusx
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comex comex ixll hear no more of thisx ixll sing you a song nowx
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helenx
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ayx ayx prithee nowx by my trothx sweet lordx thou hast a fine
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foreheadx
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pandarusx
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ayx you mayx you mayx
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helenx
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let thy song be lovex this love will undo us allx o cupidx cupidx
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cupidx
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pandarusx
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lovex ayx that it shallx ix faithx
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parisx
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ayx good nowx lovex lovex nothing but lovex
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pandarusx
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in good trothx it begins sox
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xxsingsxxx
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xlovex lovex nothing but lovex still lovex still morex
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forx ohx lovexs bow
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shoots buck and doex
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the shaft confounds
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not that it woundsx
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but tickles still the sorex
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these lovers cryx o hox they diex
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yet that which seems the wound to kill
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doth turn o hox to hax hax hex
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so dying love lives stillx
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o hox a whilex but hax hax hax
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o hox groans out for hax hax haxxhey hoxx
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helenx
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in lovex ix faithx to the very tip of the nosex
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parisx
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he eats nothing but dovesx lovex and that breeds hot bloodx and hot
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blood begets hot thoughtsx and hot thoughts beget hot deedsx and hot
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deeds is lovex
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pandarusx
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is this the generation of lovex hot bloodx hot thoughtsx and hot deedsx
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whyx they are vipersx is love a generation of vipersx sweet lordx whoxs
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axfield todayx
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parisx
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hectorx deiphobusx helenusx antenorx and all the gallantry of troyx i
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would fain have armxd todayx but my nell would not have it sox how
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chance my brother troilus went notx
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helenx
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he hangs the lip at somethingx you know allx lord pandarusx
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pandarusx
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not ix honeyxsweet queenx i long to hear how they spend todayx youxll
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remember your brotherxs excusex
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parisx
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to a hairx
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pandarusx
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farewellx sweet queenx
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helenx
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commend me to your niecex
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pandarusx
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i willx sweet queenx
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xxexitx sound a retreatxxx
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parisx
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theyxre come from the fieldx let us to priamxs hall
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to greet the warriorsx sweet helenx i must woo you
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to help unarm our hectorx his stubborn bucklesx
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with these your white enchanting fingers touchxdx
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shall more obey than to the edge of steel
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or force of greekish sinewsx you shall do more
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than all the island kingsxdisarm great hectorx
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helenx
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xtwill make us proud to be his servantx parisx
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yeax what he shall receive of us in duty
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gives us more palm in beauty than we havex
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yeax overshines ourselfx
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parisx
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sweetx above thought i love theex
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene iix troyx pandarusx orchardx
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enter pandarus and troilusx boyx meetingx
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pandarusx
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how nowx wherexs thy masterx at my cousin cressidaxsx
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boyx
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nox sirx he stays for you to conduct him thitherx
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enter troilusx
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pandarusx
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ox here he comesx how nowx how nowx
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troilusx
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sirrahx walk offx
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xxexitx boyxx
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pandarusx
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have you seen my cousinx
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troilusx
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nox pandarusx i stalk about her door
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like a strange soul upon the stygian banks
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staying for waftagex ox be thou my charonx
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and give me swift transportance to these fields
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where i may wallow in the lily beds
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proposxd for the deserverx o gentle pandarx
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from cupidxs shoulder pluck his painted wingsx
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and fly with me to cressidx
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pandarusx
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walk here ix thx orchardx ixll bring her straightx
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xxexitxxx
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troilusx
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i am giddyx expectation whirls me roundx
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thximaginary relish is so sweet
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that it enchants my sensex what will it be
|
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when that the watxry palate tastes indeed
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lovexs thricexrepured nectarx deathx i fear mex
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sounding destructionx or some joy too finex
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too subtlexpotentx tunxd too sharp in sweetnessx
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for the capacity of my ruder powersx
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i fear it muchx and i do fear besides
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that i shall lose distinction in my joysx
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as doth a battlex when they charge on heaps
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the enemy flyingx
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rexenter pandarusx
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pandarusx
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shexs making her readyx shexll come straightx you must be witty nowx
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she does so blushx and fetches her wind so shortx as if she were frayxd
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with a spritex ixll fetch herx it is the prettiest villainx she fetches
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|
her breath as short as a newxtaxen sparrowx
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xxexitxxx
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troilusx
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even such a passion doth embrace my bosomx
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my heart beats thicker than a feverous pulsex
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and all my powers do their bestowing losex
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like vassalage at unawares encountxring
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the eye of majestyx
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rexenter pandarus with cressidax
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pandarusx
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comex comex what need you blushx shamexs a babyx here she is nowx swear
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the oaths now to her that you have sworn to mexxwhatx are you gone
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againx you must be watchxd ere you be made tamex must youx come your
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waysx come your waysx and you draw backwardx wexll put you ix thx
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fillsx why do you not speak to herx comex draw this curtain and letxs
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|
see your picturex alas the dayx how loath you are to offend daylightx
|
|
and xtwere darkx youxd close soonerx sox sox rub onx and kiss the
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mistressx how nowx a kiss in feexfarmx build therex carpenterx the air
|
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is sweetx nayx you shall fight your hearts out ere i part youx the
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falcon as the tercelx for all the ducks ix thx riverx go tox go tox
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troilusx
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you have bereft me of all wordsx ladyx
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pandarusx
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words pay no debtsx give her deedsx but shexll bereave you ox thx deeds
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toox if she call your activity in questionx whatx billing againx herexs
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xin witness whereof the parties interchangeablyxx come inx come inx
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ixll go get a firex
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xxexitxxx
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cressidax
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will you walk inx my lordx
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troilusx
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o cressidx how often have i wishxd me thusx
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cressidax
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wishxdx my lordx the gods grantxo my lordx
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troilusx
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what should they grantx what makes this pretty abruptionx what too
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curious dreg espies my sweet lady in the fountain of our lovex
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cressidax
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more dregs than waterx if my fears have eyesx
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troilusx
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fears make devils of cherubinsx they never see trulyx
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cressidax
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blind fearx that seeing reason leadsx finds safer footing than blind
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reason stumbling without fearx to fear the worst oft cures the worsex
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troilusx
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ox let my lady apprehend no fearx in all cupidxs pageant there is
|
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presented no monsterx
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cressidax
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nor nothing monstrous neitherx
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troilusx
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nothingx but our undertakings when we vow to weep seasx live in firex
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eat rocksx tame tigersx thinking it harder for our mistress to devise
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|
imposition enough than for us to undergo any difficulty imposedx this
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|
is the monstruosity in lovex ladyx that the will is infinitex and the
|
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execution confinxdx that the desire is boundlessx and the act a slave
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to limitx
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cressidax
|
|
they say all lovers swear more performance than they are ablex and yet
|
|
reserve an ability that they never performx vowing more than the
|
|
perfection of tenx and discharging less than the tenth part of onex
|
|
they that have the voice of lions and the act of haresx are they not
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monstersx
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troilusx
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are there suchx such are not wex praise us as we are tastedx allow us
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|
as we provex our head shall go bare till merit crown itx no perfection
|
|
in reversion shall have a praise in presentx we will not name desert
|
|
before his birthx andx being bornx his addition shall be humblex few
|
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words to fair faithx troilus shall be such to cressid as what envy can
|
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say worst shall be a mock for his truthx and what truth can speak
|
|
truest not truer than troilusx
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cressidax
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will you walk inx my lordx
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rexenter pandarusx
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pandarusx
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whatx blushing stillx have you not done talking yetx
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cressidax
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wellx unclex what folly i commitx i dedicate to youx
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pandarusx
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i thank you for thatx if my lord get a boy of youx youxll give him mex
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be true to my lordx if he flinchx chide me for itx
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troilusx
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you know now your hostagesx your unclexs word and my firm faithx
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pandarusx
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nayx ixll give my word for her toox our kindredx though they be long
|
|
ere they are wooedx they are constant being wonx they are bursx i can
|
|
tell youx theyxll stick where they are thrownx
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cressidax
|
|
boldness comes to me now and brings me heartx
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prince troilusx i have lovxd you night and day
|
|
for many weary monthsx
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troilusx
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why was my cressid then so hard to winx
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cressidax
|
|
hard to seem wonx but i was wonx my lordx
|
|
with the first glance that everxpardon mex
|
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if i confess muchx you will play the tyrantx
|
|
i love you nowx but till now not so much
|
|
but i might master itx in faithx i liex
|
|
my thoughts were like unbridled childrenx grown
|
|
too headstrong for their motherx seex we foolsx
|
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why have i blabbxdx who shall be true to usx
|
|
when we are so unsecret to ourselvesx
|
|
butx though i lovxd you wellx i wooxd you notx
|
|
and yetx good faithx i wishxd myself a manx
|
|
or that we women had menxs privilege
|
|
of speaking firstx sweetx bid me hold my tonguex
|
|
for in this rapture i shall surely speak
|
|
the thing i shall repentx seex seex your silencex
|
|
cunning in dumbnessx from my weakness draws
|
|
my very soul of counselx stop my mouthx
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troilusx
|
|
and shallx albeit sweet music issues thencex
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pandarusx
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prettyx ix faithx
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cressidax
|
|
my lordx i do beseech youx pardon mex
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xtwas not my purpose thus to beg a kissx
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i am ashamxdx o heavensx what have i donex
|
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for this time will i take my leavex my lordx
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troilusx
|
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your leavex sweet cressidx
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pandarusx
|
|
leavex and you take leave till tomorrow morningx
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cressidax
|
|
pray youx content youx
|
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troilusx
|
|
what offends youx ladyx
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cressidax
|
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sirx mine own companyx
|
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troilusx
|
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you cannot shun yourselfx
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cressidax
|
|
let me go and tryx
|
|
i have a kind of self resides with youx
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but an unkind selfx that itself will leave
|
|
to be anotherxs foolx i would be gonex
|
|
where is my witx i know not what i speakx
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troilusx
|
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well know they what they speak that speak so wiselyx
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cressidax
|
|
perchancex my lordx i show more craft than lovex
|
|
and fell so roundly to a large confession
|
|
to angle for your thoughtsx but you are wisex
|
|
or else you love notx for to be wise and love
|
|
exceeds manxs mightx that dwells with gods abovex
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troilusx
|
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o that i thought it could be in a womanx
|
|
asx if it canx i will presume in youx
|
|
to feed for aye her lamp and flames of lovex
|
|
to keep her constancy in plight and youthx
|
|
outliving beautyxs outwardx with a mind
|
|
that doth renew swifter than blood decaysx
|
|
or that persuasion could but thus convince me
|
|
that my integrity and truth to you
|
|
might be affronted with the match and weight
|
|
of such a winnowed purity in lovex
|
|
how were i then upliftedx butx alasx
|
|
i am as true as truthxs simplicityx
|
|
and simpler than the infancy of truthx
|
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cressidax
|
|
in that ixll war with youx
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troilusx
|
|
o virtuous fightx
|
|
when right with right wars who shall be most rightx
|
|
true swains in love shall in the world to come
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approve their truth by troilusx when their rhymesx
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full of protestx of oathx and big comparex
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want similesx truth tirxd with iterationx
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as true as steelx as plantage to the moonx
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as sun to dayx as turtle to her matex
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as iron to adamantx as earth to thx centrex
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yetx after all comparisons of truthx
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as truthxs authentic author to be citedx
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xas true as troilusx shall crown up the verse
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and sanctify the numbersx
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cressidax
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prophet may you bex
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if i be falsex or swerve a hair from truthx
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when time is old and hath forgot itselfx
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when waterdrops have worn the stones of troyx
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and blind oblivion swallowxd cities upx
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and mighty states characterless are grated
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to dusty nothingxyet let memory
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from false to falsex among false maids in lovex
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upbraid my falsehood when thx have said xas false
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as airx as waterx windx or sandy earthx
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as fox to lambx or wolf to heiferxs calfx
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pard to the hindx or stepdame to her sonxx
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yeax let them sayx to stick the heart of falsehoodx
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xas false as cressidxx
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pandarusx
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go tox a bargain madex seal itx seal itx ixll be the witnessx here i
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hold your handx here my cousinxsx if ever you prove false one to
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anotherx since i have taken such pains to bring you togetherx let all
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pitiful goersxbetween be callxd to the worldxs end after my namexcall
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them all pandarsx let all constant men be troilusesx all false women
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cressidsx and all brokers between pandarsx say xamenxx
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troilusx
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amenx
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cressidax
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amenx
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pandarusx
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amenx whereupon i will show you a chamber and a bedx which bedx because
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it shall not speak of your pretty encountersx press it to deathx awayx
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xxexeunt troilus and cressidaxxx
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and cupid grant all tonguextied maidens herex
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bedx chamberx panderx to provide this gearx
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xxexitxxx
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scene iiix the greek campx
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flourishx enter agamemnonx ulyssesx diomedesx nestorx ajaxx menelaus
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and calchasx
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calchasx
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nowx princesx for the service i have donex
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thxadvantage of the time prompts me aloud
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to call for recompensex appear it to your mind
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thatx through the sight i bear in things to comex
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i have abandonxd troyx left my possessionx
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incurrxd a traitorxs namex exposxd myself
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from certain and possessxd conveniences
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to doubtful fortunesx sequestxring from me all
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that timex acquaintancex customx and conditionx
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made tame and most familiar to my naturex
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and herex to do you servicex am become
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as new into the worldx strangex unacquaintedx
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i do beseech youx as in way of tastex
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to give me now a little benefit
|
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out of those many registxred in promisex
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which you say live to come in my behalfx
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agamemnonx
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what wouldst thou of usx trojanx make demandx
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calchasx
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you have a trojan prisoner callxd antenorx
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yesterday tookx troy holds him very dearx
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oft have youxoften have you thanks thereforex
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desirxd my cressid in right great exchangex
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whom troy hath still deniedx but this antenorx
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i knowx is such a wrest in their affairs
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that their negotiations all must slack
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wanting his managex and they will almost
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give us a prince of bloodx a son of priamx
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in change of himx let him be sentx great princesx
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and he shall buy my daughterx and her presence
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shall quite strike off all service i have done
|
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in most accepted painx
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agamemnonx
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let diomedes bear himx
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and bring us cressid hitherx calchas shall have
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what he requests of usx good diomedx
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furnish you fairly for this interchangex
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withalx bring word if hector will tomorrow
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be answerxd in his challengex ajax is readyx
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diomedesx
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this shall i undertakex and xtis a burden
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which i am proud to bearx
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xxexeunt diomedes and calchasxxx
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xxachilles and patroclus stand in their tentxxx
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ulyssesx
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achilles stands ix thxentrance of his tentx
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please it our general pass strangely by himx
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as if he were forgotx andx princes allx
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lay negligent and loose regard upon himx
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i will come lastx xtis like hexll question me
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why such unplausive eyes are bentx why turnxd on himx
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if sox i have derision medxcinable
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to use between your strangeness and his pridex
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which his own will shall have desire to drinkx
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it may do goodx pride hath no other glass
|
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to show itself but pridex for supple knees
|
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feed arrogance and are the proud manxs feesx
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agamemnonx
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wexll execute your purposex and put on
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a form of strangeness as we pass alongx
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so do each lordx and either greet him notx
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or else disdainfullyx which shall shake him more
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than if not lookxd onx i will lead the wayx
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achillesx
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what comes the general to speak with mex
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you know my mindx ixll fight no more xgainst troyx
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agamemnonx
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what says achillesx would he aught with usx
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nestorx
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would youx my lordx aught with the generalx
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achillesx
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nox
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nestorx
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nothingx my lordx
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agamemnonx
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the betterx
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xxexeunt agamemnon and nestorxxx
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achillesx
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good dayx good dayx
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menelausx
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how do youx how do youx
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xxexitxxx
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achillesx
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whatx does the cuckold scorn mex
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ajaxx
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how nowx patroclusx
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achillesx
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good morrowx ajaxx
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ajaxx
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hax
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achillesx
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good morrowx
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ajaxx
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ayx and good next day toox
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xxexitxxx
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achillesx
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what mean these fellowsx know they not achillesx
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patroclusx
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they pass by strangelyx they were usxd to bendx
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to send their smiles before them to achillesx
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to come as humbly as they usxd to creep
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to holy altarsx
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achillesx
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whatx am i poor of latex
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xtis certainx greatnessx once fallxn out with fortunex
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must fall out with men toox what the declinxd isx
|
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he shall as soon read in the eyes of others
|
|
as feel in his own fallx for menx like butterfliesx
|
|
show not their mealy wings but to the summerx
|
|
and not a man for being simply man
|
|
hath any honourx but honour for those honours
|
|
that are without himx as placex richesx and favourx
|
|
prizes of accidentx as oft as meritx
|
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which when they fallx as being slippery standersx
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|
the love that leanxd on them as slippery toox
|
|
doth one pluck down anotherx and together
|
|
die in the fallx but xtis not so with mex
|
|
fortune and i are friendsx i do enjoy
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|
at ample point all that i did possess
|
|
save these menxs looksx who dox methinksx find out
|
|
something not worth in me such rich beholding
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|
as they have often givenx here is ulyssesx
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ixll interrupt his readingx
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how nowx ulyssesx
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ulyssesx
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nowx great thetisx sonx
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achillesx
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what are you readingx
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ulyssesx
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a strange fellow here
|
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writes me that manxhow dearly ever partedx
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|
how much in havingx or without or inx
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|
cannot make boast to have that which he hathx
|
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nor feels not what he owesx but by reflectionx
|
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as when his virtues shining upon others
|
|
heat themx and they retort that heat again
|
|
to the first giverx
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achillesx
|
|
this is not strangex ulyssesx
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|
the beauty that is borne here in the face
|
|
the bearer knows notx but commends itself
|
|
to othersx eyesx nor doth the eye itselfx
|
|
that most pure spirit of sensexbehold itselfx
|
|
not going from itselfx but eye to eye opposed
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|
salutes each other with each otherxs formx
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|
for speculation turns not to itself
|
|
till it hath travellxdx and is mirrorxd there
|
|
where it may see itselfx this is not strange at allx
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ulyssesx
|
|
i do not strain at the positionx
|
|
it is familiarxbut at the authorxs driftx
|
|
whox in his circumstancex expressly proves
|
|
that no man is the lord of anythingx
|
|
though in and of him there be much consistingx
|
|
till he communicate his parts to othersx
|
|
nor doth he of himself know them for aught
|
|
till he behold them formed in the applause
|
|
where thxare extendedx whox like an archx reverbxrate
|
|
the voice againx orx like a gate of steel
|
|
fronting the sunx receives and renders back
|
|
his figure and his heatx i was much rapt in thisx
|
|
and apprehended here immediately
|
|
thxunknown ajaxx heavensx what a man is therex
|
|
a very horse that has he knows not whatx
|
|
naturex what things there are
|
|
most abject in regard and dear in usex
|
|
what things again most dear in the esteem
|
|
and poor in worthx now shall we see tomorrowx
|
|
an act that very chance doth throw upon himx
|
|
ajax renownxdx o heavensx what some men dox
|
|
while some men leave to dox
|
|
how some men creep in skittish fortunexs hallx
|
|
whiles others play the idiots in her eyesx
|
|
how one man eats into anotherxs pridex
|
|
while pride is fasting in his wantonnessx
|
|
to see these grecian lordsxxwhyx even already
|
|
they clap the lubber ajax on the shoulderx
|
|
as if his foot were on brave hectorxs breastx
|
|
and great troy shriekingx
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|
achillesx
|
|
i do believe itx for they passxd by me
|
|
as misers do by beggarsx neither gave to me
|
|
good word nor lookx whatx are my deeds forgotx
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|
|
|
ulyssesx
|
|
time hathx my lordx a wallet at his backx
|
|
wherein he puts alms for oblivionx
|
|
a greatxsizxd monster of ingratitudesx
|
|
those scraps are good deeds pastx which are devourxd
|
|
as fast as they are madex forgot as soon
|
|
as donex perseverancex dear my lordx
|
|
keeps honour brightx to have done is to hang
|
|
quite out of fashionx like a rusty mail
|
|
in monumental mockxryx take the instant wayx
|
|
for honour travels in a strait so narrowx
|
|
where one but goes abreastx keep then the pathx
|
|
for emulation hath a thousand sons
|
|
that one by one pursuex if you give wayx
|
|
or hedge aside from the direct forthrightx
|
|
like to an entxred tide they all rush by
|
|
and leave you hindmostx
|
|
orx like a gallant horse fallxn in first rankx
|
|
lie there for pavement to the abject rearx
|
|
oxerxrun and trampled onx then what they do in presentx
|
|
though less than yours in pastx must oxertop yoursx
|
|
for time is like a fashionable hostx
|
|
that slightly shakes his parting guest by thxhandx
|
|
and with his arms outxstretchxdx as he would flyx
|
|
grasps in the comerx the welcome ever smilesx
|
|
and farewell goes out sighingx ox let not virtue seek
|
|
remuneration for the thing it wasx
|
|
for beautyx witx
|
|
high birthx vigour of bonex desert in servicex
|
|
lovex friendshipx charityx are subjects all
|
|
to envious and calumniating timex
|
|
one touch of nature makes the whole world kinx
|
|
that all with one consent praise newxborn gaudsx
|
|
though they are made and moulded of things pastx
|
|
and give to dust that is a little gilt
|
|
more laud than gilt oxerxdustedx
|
|
the present eye praises the present objectx
|
|
then marvel notx thou great and complete manx
|
|
that all the greeks begin to worship ajaxx
|
|
since things in motion sooner catch the eye
|
|
than what stirs notx the cry went once on theex
|
|
and still it mightx and yet it may againx
|
|
if thou wouldst not entomb thyself alive
|
|
and case thy reputation in thy tentx
|
|
whose glorious deeds but in these fields of late
|
|
made emulous missions xmongst the gods themselvesx
|
|
and drave great mars to factionx
|
|
|
|
achillesx
|
|
of this my privacy
|
|
i have strong reasonsx
|
|
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|
ulyssesx
|
|
but xgainst your privacy
|
|
the reasons are more potent and heroicalx
|
|
xtis knownx achillesx that you are in love
|
|
with one of priamxs daughtersx
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|
achillesx
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|
hax knownx
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|
ulyssesx
|
|
is that a wonderx
|
|
the providence thatxs in a watchful state
|
|
knows almost every grain of plutusx goldx
|
|
finds bottom in thxuncomprehensive deepsx
|
|
keeps place with thoughtx and almostx like the godsx
|
|
do thoughts unveil in their dumb cradlesx
|
|
there is a mysteryxwith whom relation
|
|
durst never meddlexin the soul of statex
|
|
which hath an operation more divine
|
|
than breath or pen can give expressure tox
|
|
all the commerce that you have had with troy
|
|
as perfectly is ours as yoursx my lordx
|
|
and better would it fit achilles much
|
|
to throw down hector than polyxenax
|
|
but it must grieve young pyrrhus now at homex
|
|
when fame shall in our island sound her trumpx
|
|
and all the greekish girls shall tripping sing
|
|
xgreat hectorxs sister did achilles winx
|
|
but our great ajax bravely beat down himxx
|
|
farewellx my lordx i as your lover speakx
|
|
the fool slides oxer the ice that you should breakx
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|
|
|
xxexitxxx
|
|
|
|
patroclusx
|
|
to this effectx achillesx have i movxd youx
|
|
a woman impudent and mannish grown
|
|
is not more loathxd than an effeminate man
|
|
in time of actionx i stand condemnxd for thisx
|
|
they think my little stomach to the war
|
|
and your great love to me restrains you thusx
|
|
sweetx rouse yourselfx and the weak wanton cupid
|
|
shall from your neck unloose his amorous foldx
|
|
andx like a dewxdrop from the lionxs manex
|
|
be shook to airx
|
|
|
|
achillesx
|
|
shall ajax fight with hectorx
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|
|
|
patroclusx
|
|
ayx and perhaps receive much honour by himx
|
|
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|
achillesx
|
|
i see my reputation is at stakex
|
|
my fame is shrewdly gorxdx
|
|
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|
patroclusx
|
|
ox thenx bewarex
|
|
those wounds heal ill that men do give themselvesx
|
|
omission to do what is necessary
|
|
seals a commission to a blank of dangerx
|
|
and dangerx like an aguex subtly taints
|
|
even then when they sit idly in the sunx
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|
|
|
achillesx
|
|
go call thersites hitherx sweet patroclusx
|
|
ixll send the fool to ajaxx and desire him
|
|
txinvite the trojan lordsx after the combatx
|
|
to see us here unarmxdx i have a womanxs longingx
|
|
an appetite that i am sick withalx
|
|
to see great hector in his weeds of peacex
|
|
to talk with himx and to behold his visagex
|
|
even to my full of viewx
|
|
|
|
enter thersitesx
|
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|
a labour savxdx
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|
thersitesx
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|
a wonderx
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|
achillesx
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|
whatx
|
|
|
|
thersitesx
|
|
ajax goes up and down the field asking for himselfx
|
|
|
|
achillesx
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|
how sox
|
|
|
|
thersitesx
|
|
he must fight singly tomorrow with hectorx and is so prophetically
|
|
proud of an heroical cudgelling that he raves in saying nothingx
|
|
|
|
achillesx
|
|
how can that bex
|
|
|
|
thersitesx
|
|
whyx ax stalks up and down like a peacockxa stride and a standx
|
|
ruminates like an hostess that hath no arithmetic but her brain to set
|
|
down her reckoningx bites his lip with a politic regardx as who should
|
|
say xthere were wit in this headx and xtwould outxx and so there isx
|
|
but it lies as coldly in him as fire in a flintx which will not show
|
|
without knockingx the manxs undone for everx for if hector break not
|
|
his neck ix thx combatx hexll breakxt himself in vaingloryx he knows
|
|
not mex i said xgood morrowx ajaxxx and he replies xthanksx agamemnonxx
|
|
what think you of this man that takes me for the generalx hexs grown a
|
|
very land fishx languagelessx a monsterx a plague of opinionx a man may
|
|
wear it on both sidesx like leather jerkinx
|
|
|
|
achillesx
|
|
thou must be my ambassador to himx thersitesx
|
|
|
|
thersitesx
|
|
whox ix whyx hexll answer nobodyx he professes not answeringx speaking
|
|
is for beggarsx he wears his tongue inxs armsx i will put on his
|
|
presencex let patroclus make his demands to mex you shall see the
|
|
pageant of ajaxx
|
|
|
|
achillesx
|
|
to himx patroclusx tell him i humbly desire the valiant ajax to invite
|
|
the most valorous hector to come unarmxd to my tentx and to procure
|
|
safe conduct for his person of the magnanimous and most illustrious
|
|
sixxorxsevenxtimesxhonourxd captain general of the grecian armyx
|
|
agamemnonx do thisx
|
|
|
|
patroclusx
|
|
jove bless great ajaxx
|
|
|
|
thersitesx
|
|
humx
|
|
|
|
patroclusx
|
|
i come from the worthy achillesx
|
|
|
|
thersitesx
|
|
hax
|
|
|
|
patroclusx
|
|
who most humbly desires you to invite hector to his tentx
|
|
|
|
thersitesx
|
|
humx
|
|
|
|
patroclusx
|
|
and to procure safe conduct from agamemnonx
|
|
|
|
thersitesx
|
|
agamemnonx
|
|
|
|
patroclusx
|
|
ayx my lordx
|
|
|
|
thersitesx
|
|
hax
|
|
|
|
patroclusx
|
|
what you say toxtx
|
|
|
|
thersitesx
|
|
god buy youx with all my heartx
|
|
|
|
patroclusx
|
|
your answerx sirx
|
|
|
|
thersitesx
|
|
if tomorrow be a fair dayx by eleven of the clock it will go one way or
|
|
otherx howsoeverx he shall pay for me ere he has mex
|
|
|
|
patroclusx
|
|
your answerx sirx
|
|
|
|
thersitesx
|
|
fare ye wellx with all my heartx
|
|
|
|
achillesx
|
|
whyx but he is not in this tunex is hex
|
|
|
|
thersitesx
|
|
nox but out of tune thusx what music will be in him when hector has
|
|
knockxd out his brainsx i know notx butx i am surex nonex unless the
|
|
fiddler apollo get his sinews to make catlings onx
|
|
|
|
achillesx
|
|
comex thou shalt bear a letter to him straightx
|
|
|
|
thersitesx
|
|
let me bear another to his horsex for thatxs the more capable creaturex
|
|
|
|
achillesx
|
|
my mind is troubledx like a fountain stirrxdx
|
|
and i myself see not the bottom of itx
|
|
|
|
xxexeunt achilles and patroclusxxx
|
|
|
|
thersitesx
|
|
would the fountain of your mind were clear againx that i might water an
|
|
ass at itx i had rather be a tick in a sheep than such a valiant
|
|
ignorancex
|
|
|
|
xxexitxxx
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act iv
|
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|
scene ix troyx a streetx
|
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|
|
enterx at one sidex aeneas and servant with a torchx at another parisx
|
|
deiphobusx antenorx diomedes the grecianx and othersx with torchesx
|
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parisx
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seex hox who is that therex
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deiphobusx
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it is the lord aeneasx
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aeneasx
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is the prince there in personx
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had i so good occasion to lie long
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as youx prince parisx nothing but heavenly business
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should rob my bedxmate of my companyx
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diomedesx
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thatxs my mind toox good morrowx lord aeneasx
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parisx
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a valiant greekx aeneasxtake his handx
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witness the process of your speechx wherein
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you told how diomedx a whole week by daysx
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did haunt you in the fieldx
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aeneasx
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health to youx valiant sirx
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during all question of the gentle trucex
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but when i meet you armxdx as black defiance
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as heart can think or courage executex
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diomedesx
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the one and other diomed embracesx
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our bloods are now in calmx and so long healthx
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but when contention and occasion meetx
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by jovex ixll play the hunter for thy life
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with all my forcex pursuitx and policyx
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aeneasx
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and thou shalt hunt a lion that will fly
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with his face backwardx in humane gentlenessx
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welcome to troyx nowx by anchisesx lifex
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welcome indeedx by venusx hand i swear
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no man alive can love in such a sort
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the thing he means to killx more excellentlyx
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diomedesx
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we sympathisex jove let aeneas livex
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if to my sword his fate be not the gloryx
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a thousand complete courses of the sunx
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but in mine emulous honour let him die
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with every joint a woundx and that tomorrowx
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aeneasx
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we know each other wellx
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diomedesx
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we dox and long to know each other worsex
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parisx
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this is the most despiteful gentle greeting
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the noblest hateful lovex that exer i heard ofx
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what businessx lordx so earlyx
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aeneasx
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i was sent for to the kingx but whyx i know notx
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parisx
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his purpose meets youx xtwas to bring this greek
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to calchasx housex and there to render himx
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for the enfreed antenorx the fair cressidx
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letxs have your companyx orx if you pleasex
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haste there before usx i constantly believex
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or rather call my thought a certain knowledgex
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my brother troilus lodges there tonightx
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rouse him and give him note of our approachx
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with the whole quality whereforex i fear
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we shall be much unwelcomex
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aeneasx
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that i assure youx
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troilus had rather troy were borne to greece
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than cressid borne from troyx
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parisx
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there is no helpx
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the bitter disposition of the time
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will have it sox onx lordx wexll follow youx
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aeneasx
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good morrowx allx
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xxexit with servantxxx
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parisx
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and tell mex noble diomedx faithx tell me truex
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even in the soul of sound goodxfellowshipx
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who in your thoughts deserves fair helen bestx
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myselfx or menelausx
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diomedesx
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both alikex
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he merits well to have her that doth seek herx
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not making any scruple of her soilurex
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with such a hell of pain and world of chargex
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and you as well to keep her that defend herx
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not palating the taste of her dishonourx
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with such a costly loss of wealth and friendsx
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he like a puling cuckold would drink up
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the lees and dregs of a flat tamed piecex
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youx like a lecherx out of whorish loins
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are pleasxd to breed out your inheritorsx
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both merits poisxdx each weighs nor less nor morex
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but he as hex the heavier for a whorex
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parisx
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you are too bitter to your countryxwomanx
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diomedesx
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shexs bitter to her countryx hear mex parisx
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for every false drop in her bawdy veins
|
|
a grecianxs life hath sunkx for every scruple
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of her contaminated carrion weight
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a trojan hath been slainx since she could speakx
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she hath not given so many good words breath
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as for her greeks and trojans suffxred deathx
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parisx
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fair diomedx you do as chapmen dox
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dispraise the thing that you desire to buyx
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but we in silence hold this virtue wellx
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wexll not commend what we intend to sellx
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here lies our wayx
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene iix troyx the court of pandarusx housex
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enter troilus and cressidax
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troilusx
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dearx trouble not yourselfx the morn is coldx
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cressidax
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thenx sweet my lordx ixll call mine uncle downx
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he shall unbolt the gatesx
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troilusx
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trouble him notx
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to bedx to bedx sleep kill those pretty eyesx
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and give as soft attachment to thy senses
|
|
as infants empty of all thoughtx
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cressidax
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good morrowx thenx
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troilusx
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i prithee nowx to bedx
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cressidax
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are you aweary of mex
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troilusx
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|
o cressidax but that the busy dayx
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wakxd by the larkx hath rousxd the ribald crowsx
|
|
and dreaming night will hide our joys no longerx
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i would not from theex
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cressidax
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|
night hath been too briefx
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troilusx
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|
beshrew the witchx with venomous wights she stays
|
|
as tediously as hellx but flies the grasps of love
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|
with wings more momentaryxswift than thoughtx
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you will catch coldx and curse mex
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cressidax
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prithee tarryx
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|
you men will never tarryx
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o foolish cressidx i might have still held offx
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|
and then you would have tarriedx harkx therexs one upx
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pandarusx
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|
xxwithinxxx whatxs all the doors open herex
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troilusx
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|
it is your unclex
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enter pandarusx
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cressidax
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|
a pestilence on himx now will he be mockingx
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i shall have such a lifex
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pandarusx
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how nowx how nowx how go maidenheadsx
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herex you maidx wherexs my cousin cressidx
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cressidax
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go hang yourselfx you naughty mocking unclex
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|
you bring me to dox and then you flout me toox
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pandarusx
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|
to do whatx to do whatx let her say whatx
|
|
what have i brought you to dox
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cressidax
|
|
comex comex beshrew your heartx youxll nexer be goodx nor suffer
|
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othersx
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pandarusx
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hax hax alasx poor wretchx ahx poor capocchiax hast not slept tonightx
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|
would he notx a naughty manx let it sleepx a bugbear take himx
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cressidax
|
|
did not i tell youx would he were knockxd ix thx headx
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xxone knocksxxx
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whoxs that at doorx good unclex go and seex
|
|
my lordx come you again into my chamberx
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you smile and mock mex as if i meant naughtilyx
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troilusx
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hax hax
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cressidax
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|
comex you are deceivxdx i think of no such thingx
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xxknockxxx
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how earnestly they knockx pray you come inx
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i would not for half troy have you seen herex
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xxexeunt troilus and cressidaxxx
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pandarusx
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|
whoxs therex whatxs the matterx will you beat down the doorx how nowx
|
|
whatxs the matterx
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|
enter aeneasx
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aeneasx
|
|
good morrowx lordx good morrowx
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pandarusx
|
|
whoxs therex my lord aeneasx by my trothx
|
|
i knew you notx what news with you so earlyx
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aeneasx
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|
is not prince troilus herex
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pandarusx
|
|
herex what should he do herex
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aeneasx
|
|
comex he is herex my lordx do not deny himx
|
|
it doth import him much to speak with mex
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pandarusx
|
|
is he herex say youx itxs more than i knowx ixll be swornx for my own
|
|
partx i came in latex what should he do herex
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|
aeneasx
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|
whox nay thenx comex comex youxll do him wrong ere you are warex youxll
|
|
be so true to him to be false to himx do not you know of himx but yet
|
|
go fetch him hitherx gox
|
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|
rexenter troilusx
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|
troilusx
|
|
how nowx whatxs the matterx
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aeneasx
|
|
my lordx i scarce have leisure to salute youx
|
|
my matter is so rashx there is at hand
|
|
paris your brotherx and deiphobusx
|
|
the grecian diomedx and our antenor
|
|
deliverxd to usx and for him forthwithx
|
|
ere the first sacrificex within this hourx
|
|
we must give up to diomedesx hand
|
|
the lady cressidax
|
|
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|
troilusx
|
|
is it so concludedx
|
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|
aeneasx
|
|
by priam and the general state of troyx
|
|
they are at handx and ready to effect itx
|
|
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|
troilusx
|
|
how my achievements mock mex
|
|
i will go meet themx andx my lord aeneasx
|
|
we met by chancex you did not find me herex
|
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|
aeneasx
|
|
goodx goodx my lordx the secrets of neighbour pandar
|
|
have not more gift in taciturnityx
|
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|
xxexeunt troilus and aeneasxxx
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pandarusx
|
|
isxt possiblex no sooner got but lostx the devil take antenorx the
|
|
young prince will go madx a plague upon antenorx i would they had
|
|
brokexs neckx
|
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|
rexenter cressidax
|
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|
cressidax
|
|
how nowx whatxs the matterx who was herex
|
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|
pandarusx
|
|
ahx ahx
|
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|
cressidax
|
|
why sigh you so profoundlyx wherexs my lordx gonex tell mex sweet
|
|
unclex whatxs the matterx
|
|
|
|
pandarusx
|
|
would i were as deep under the earth as i am abovex
|
|
|
|
cressidax
|
|
o the godsx whatxs the matterx
|
|
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|
pandarusx
|
|
pray thee get thee inx would thou hadst nexer been bornx i knew thou
|
|
wouldst be his deathx ox poor gentlemanx a plague upon antenorx
|
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|
|
cressidax
|
|
good unclex i beseech youx on my knees i beseech youx whatxs the
|
|
matterx
|
|
|
|
pandarusx
|
|
thou must be gonex wenchx thou must be gonex thou art changxd for
|
|
antenorx thou must to thy fatherx and be gone from troilusx xtwill be
|
|
his deathx xtwill be his banex he cannot bear itx
|
|
|
|
cressidax
|
|
o you immortal godsx i will not gox
|
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|
pandarusx
|
|
thou mustx
|
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|
cressidax
|
|
i will notx unclex i have forgot my fatherx
|
|
i know no touch of consanguinityx
|
|
no kinx no lovex no bloodx no soul so near me
|
|
as the sweet troilusx o you gods divinex
|
|
make cressidxs name the very crown of falsehoodx
|
|
if ever she leave troilusx timex forcex and deathx
|
|
do to this body what extremes you canx
|
|
but the strong base and building of my love
|
|
is as the very centre of the earthx
|
|
drawing all things to itx ixll go in and weepx
|
|
|
|
pandarusx
|
|
dox dox
|
|
|
|
cressidax
|
|
tear my bright hairx and scratch my praised cheeksx
|
|
crack my clear voice with sobs and break my heartx
|
|
with sounding xtroilusxx i will not go from troyx
|
|
|
|
xxexeuntxxx
|
|
|
|
scene iiix troyx a street before pandarusx housex
|
|
|
|
enter parisx troilusx aeneasx deiphobusx antenor and diomedesx
|
|
|
|
parisx
|
|
it is great morningx and the hour prefixxd
|
|
for her delivery to this valiant greek
|
|
comes fast uponx good my brother troilusx
|
|
tell you the lady what she is to do
|
|
and haste her to the purposex
|
|
|
|
troilusx
|
|
walk into her housex
|
|
ixll bring her to the grecian presentlyx
|
|
and to his hand when i deliver herx
|
|
think it an altarx and thy brother troilus
|
|
a priestx there offxring to it his own heartx
|
|
|
|
xxexitxxx
|
|
|
|
parisx
|
|
i know what xtis to lovex
|
|
and wouldx as i shall pityx i could helpx
|
|
please you walk inx my lordsx
|
|
|
|
xxexeuntxxx
|
|
|
|
scene ivx troyx pandarusx housex
|
|
|
|
enter pandarus and cressidax
|
|
|
|
pandarusx
|
|
be moderatex be moderatex
|
|
|
|
cressidax
|
|
why tell you me of moderationx
|
|
the grief is finex fullx perfectx that i tastex
|
|
and violenteth in a sense as strong
|
|
as that which causeth itx how can i moderate itx
|
|
if i could temporize with my affections
|
|
or brew it to a weak and colder palatex
|
|
the like allayment could i give my griefx
|
|
my love admits no qualifying drossx
|
|
no more my griefx in such a precious lossx
|
|
|
|
enter troilusx
|
|
|
|
pandarusx
|
|
herex herex here he comesx ahx sweet ducksx
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|
|
cressidax
|
|
xxembracing himxxx o troilusx troilusx
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|
|
|
pandarusx
|
|
what a pair of spectacles is herex let me embrace toox xo heartxx as
|
|
the goodly saying isxx
|
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|
|
o heartx heavy heartx
|
|
why sighxst thou without breakingx
|
|
|
|
where he answers again
|
|
|
|
because thou canst not ease thy smart
|
|
by friendship nor by speakingx
|
|
|
|
there was never a truer rhymex let us cast away nothingx for we may
|
|
live to have need of such a versex we see itx we see itx how nowx
|
|
lambsx
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|
|
|
troilusx
|
|
cressidx i love thee in so strainxd a purity
|
|
that the blessxd godsx as angry with my fancyx
|
|
more bright in zeal than the devotion which
|
|
cold lips blow to their deitiesx take thee from mex
|
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|
|
cressidax
|
|
have the gods envyx
|
|
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|
pandarusx
|
|
ayx ayx ayx ayx xtis too plain a casex
|
|
|
|
cressidax
|
|
and is it true that i must go from troyx
|
|
|
|
troilusx
|
|
a hateful truthx
|
|
|
|
cressidax
|
|
whatx and from troilus toox
|
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|
troilusx
|
|
from troy and troilusx
|
|
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|
cressidax
|
|
isxt possiblex
|
|
|
|
troilusx
|
|
and suddenlyx where injury of chance
|
|
puts back leavextakingx justles roughly by
|
|
all time of pausex rudely beguiles our lips
|
|
of all rejoindurex forcibly prevents
|
|
our lockxd embrasuresx strangles our dear vows
|
|
even in the birth of our own labouring breathx
|
|
we twox that with so many thousand sighs
|
|
did buy each otherx must poorly sell ourselves
|
|
with the rude brevity and discharge of onex
|
|
injurious time now with a robberxs haste
|
|
crams his rich thievxry upx he knows not howx
|
|
as many farewells as be stars in heavenx
|
|
with distinct breath and consignxd kisses to themx
|
|
he fumbles up into a loose adieux
|
|
and scants us with a single famishxd kissx
|
|
distasted with the salt of broken tearsx
|
|
|
|
aeneasx
|
|
xxwithinxxx my lordx is the lady readyx
|
|
|
|
troilusx
|
|
harkx you are callxdx some say the genius
|
|
cries so to him that instantly must diex
|
|
bid them have patiencex she shall come anonx
|
|
|
|
pandarusx
|
|
where are my tearsx rainx to lay this windx or my heart will be blown
|
|
up by my throatx
|
|
|
|
xxexitxxx
|
|
|
|
cressidax
|
|
i must then to the greciansx
|
|
|
|
troilusx
|
|
no remedyx
|
|
|
|
cressidax
|
|
a woeful cressid xmongst the merry greeksx
|
|
when shall we see againx
|
|
|
|
troilusx
|
|
hear mex my lovex be thou but true of heartx
|
|
|
|
cressidax
|
|
i truex how nowx what wicked deem is thisx
|
|
|
|
troilusx
|
|
nayx we must use expostulation kindlyx
|
|
for it is parting from usx
|
|
i speak not xbe thou truex as fearing theex
|
|
for i will throw my glove to death himself
|
|
that therexs no maculation in thy heartx
|
|
but xbe thou truex say i to fashion in
|
|
my sequent protestationx be thou truex
|
|
and i will see theex
|
|
|
|
cressidax
|
|
ox you shall be exposxdx my lordx to dangers
|
|
as infinite as imminentx but ixll be truex
|
|
|
|
troilusx
|
|
and ixll grow friend with dangerx wear this sleevex
|
|
|
|
cressidax
|
|
and you this glovex when shall i see youx
|
|
|
|
troilusx
|
|
i will corrupt the grecian sentinels
|
|
to give thee nightly visitationx
|
|
but yet be truex
|
|
|
|
cressidax
|
|
o heavensx xbe truex againx
|
|
|
|
troilusx
|
|
hear why i speak itx lovex
|
|
the grecian youths are full of qualityx
|
|
theyxre lovingx well composxdx with gifts of naturex
|
|
flowing and swelling oxer with arts and exercisex
|
|
how novelty may movex and parts with personx
|
|
alasx a kind of godly jealousyx
|
|
whichx i beseech youx call a virtuous sinx
|
|
makes me afearxdx
|
|
|
|
cressidax
|
|
o heavensx you love me notx
|
|
|
|
troilusx
|
|
die i a villain thenx
|
|
in this i do not call your faith in question
|
|
so mainly as my meritx i cannot singx
|
|
nor heel the high lavoltx nor sweeten talkx
|
|
nor play at subtle gamesx fair virtues allx
|
|
to which the grecians are most prompt and pregnantx
|
|
but i can tell that in each grace of these
|
|
there lurks a still and dumbxdiscoursive devil
|
|
that tempts most cunninglyx but be not temptedx
|
|
|
|
cressidax
|
|
do you think i willx
|
|
|
|
troilusx
|
|
nox
|
|
but something may be done that we will notx
|
|
and sometimes we are devils to ourselvesx
|
|
when we will tempt the frailty of our powersx
|
|
presuming on their changeful potencyx
|
|
|
|
aeneasx
|
|
xxwithinxxx nayx good my lordx
|
|
|
|
troilusx
|
|
comex kissx and let us partx
|
|
|
|
parisx
|
|
xxwithinxxx brother troilusx
|
|
|
|
troilusx
|
|
good brotherx come you hitherx
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and bring aeneas and the grecian with youx
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cressidax
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my lordx will you be truex
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troilusx
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whox ix alasx it is my vicex my faultx
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whiles others fish with craft for great opinionx
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i with great truth catch mere simplicityx
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whilst some with cunning gild their copper crownsx
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with truth and plainness i do wear mine barex
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fear not my truthx the moral of my wit
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is plain and truex therexs all the reach of itx
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enter aeneasx parisx antenorx deiphobus and diomedesx
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welcomex sir diomedx here is the lady
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which for antenor we deliver youx
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at the portx lordx ixll give her to thy handx
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and by the way possess thee what she isx
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entreat her fairx andx by my soulx fair greekx
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if exer thou stand at mercy of my swordx
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name cressidx and thy life shall be as safe
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as priam is in ilionx
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diomedesx
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fair lady cressidx
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so please youx save the thanks this prince expectsx
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the lustre in your eyex heaven in your cheekx
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pleads your fair usagex and to diomed
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you shall be mistressx and command him whollyx
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troilusx
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grecianx thou dost not use me courteously
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to shame the zeal of my petition to thee
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in praising herx i tell theex lord of greecex
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she is as far highxsoaring oxer thy praises
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as thou unworthy to be callxd her servantx
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i charge thee use her wellx even for my chargex
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forx by the dreadful plutox if thou dost notx
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though the great bulk achilles be thy guardx
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ixll cut thy throatx
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diomedesx
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ox be not movxdx prince troilusx
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let me be privilegxd by my place and message
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to be a speaker freex when i am hence
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ixll answer to my lustx and know youx lordx
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ixll nothing do on chargex to her own worth
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she shall be prizxdx but that you say xbext soxx
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i speak it in my spirit and honourx xnoxx
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troilusx
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comex to the portx ixll tell theex diomedx
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this brave shall oft make thee to hide thy headx
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ladyx give me your handx andx as we walkx
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to our own selves bend we our needful talkx
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xxexeunt troilusx cressida and diomedesxxx
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xxsound trumpetxxx
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parisx
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harkx hectorxs trumpetx
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aeneasx
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how have we spent this morningx
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the prince must think me tardy and remissx
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that swore to ride before him to the fieldx
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parisx
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xtis troilusx faultx comex come to field with himx
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deiphobusx
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let us make ready straightx
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aeneasx
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yeax with a bridegroomxs fresh alacrity
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let us address to tend on hectorxs heelsx
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the glory of our troy doth this day lie
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on his fair worth and single chivalryx
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene vx the grecian campx lists set outx
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enter ajaxx armedx agamemnonx achillesx patroclusx menelausx ulyssesx
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nestor and othersx
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agamemnonx
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here art thou in appointment fresh and fairx
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anticipating time with starting couragex
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give with thy trumpet a loud note to troyx
|
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thou dreadful ajaxx that the appalled air
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may pierce the head of the great combatantx
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and hale him hitherx
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ajaxx
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thoux trumpetx therexs my pursex
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now crack thy lungs and split thy brazen pipex
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blowx villainx till thy sphered bias cheek
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outxswell the colic of puffxd aquilonx
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comex stretch thy chestx and let thy eyes spout bloodx
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thou blowest for hectorx
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xxtrumpet soundsxxx
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ulyssesx
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no trumpet answersx
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achillesx
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xtis but early daysx
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agamemnonx
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is not yond diomedx with calchasx daughterx
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ulyssesx
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xtis hex i ken the manner of his gaitx
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he rises on the toex that spirit of his
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in aspiration lifts him from the earthx
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enter diomedes and cressidax
|
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agamemnonx
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is this the lady cressidx
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diomedesx
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even shex
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agamemnonx
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most dearly welcome to the greeksx sweet ladyx
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nestorx
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our general doth salute you with a kissx
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ulyssesx
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yet is the kindness but particularx
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xtwere better she were kissxd in generalx
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nestorx
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and very courtly counselx ixll beginx
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so much for nestorx
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achillesx
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ixll take that winter from your lipsx fair ladyx
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achilles bids you welcomex
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menelausx
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i had good argument for kissing oncex
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patroclusx
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but thatxs no argument for kissing nowx
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for thus poppxd paris in his hardimentx
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and parted thus you and your argumentx
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ulyssesx
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o deadly gallx and theme of all our scornsx
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for which we lose our heads to gild his hornsx
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patroclusx
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the first was menelausx kissx thisx minex
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patroclus kisses youx
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menelausx
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ox this is trimx
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patroclusx
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paris and i kiss evermore for himx
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menelausx
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ixll have my kissx sirx ladyx by your leavex
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cressidax
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in kissingx do you render or receivex
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patroclusx
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both take and givex
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cressidax
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ixll make my match to livex
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the kiss you take is better than you givex
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therefore no kissx
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menelausx
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ixll give you bootx ixll give you three for onex
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cressidax
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you are an odd manx give even or give nonex
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menelausx
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an odd manx ladyx every man is oddx
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cressidax
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nox paris is notx for you know xtis true
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that you are oddx and he is even with youx
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menelausx
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you fillip me ox thxheadx
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cressidax
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nox ixll be swornx
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ulyssesx
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it were no matchx your nail against his hornx
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may ix sweet ladyx beg a kiss of youx
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cressidax
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you mayx
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ulyssesx
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i do desire itx
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cressidax
|
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whyx beg thenx
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ulyssesx
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why thenx for venusx sake give me a kiss
|
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when helen is a maid againx and hisx
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cressidax
|
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i am your debtorx claim it when xtis duex
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ulyssesx
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neverxs my dayx and then a kiss of youx
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diomedesx
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ladyx a wordx ixll bring you to your fatherx
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xxexit withx cressidaxx
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nestorx
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a woman of quick sensex
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ulyssesx
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fiex fie upon herx
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therexs language in her eyex her cheekx her lipx
|
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nayx her foot speaksx her wanton spirits look out
|
|
at every joint and motive of her bodyx
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ox these encounterers so glib of tongue
|
|
that give a coasting welcome ere it comesx
|
|
and wide unclasp the tables of their thoughts
|
|
to every tickling readerx set them down
|
|
for sluttish spoils of opportunityx
|
|
and daughters of the gamex
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xxtrumpet withinxxx
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allx
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the trojansx trumpetx
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agamemnonx
|
|
yonder comes the troopx
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enter hectorx armedx aeneasx troilusx parisx deiphobus and other
|
|
trojansx with attendantsx
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aeneasx
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hailx all you state of greecex what shall be done
|
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to him that victory commandsx or do you purpose
|
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a victor shall be knownx will you the knights
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shall to the edge of all extremity
|
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pursue each otherx or shall be divided
|
|
by any voice or order of the fieldx
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hector bade askx
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agamemnonx
|
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which way would hector have itx
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aeneasx
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he cares notx hexll obey conditionsx
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agamemnonx
|
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xtis done like hectorx
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achillesx
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but securely donex
|
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a little proudlyx and great deal misprising
|
|
the knight opposxdx
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aeneasx
|
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if not achillesx sirx
|
|
what is your namex
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achillesx
|
|
if not achillesx nothingx
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aeneasx
|
|
therefore achillesx but whatexerx know thisx
|
|
in the extremity of great and little
|
|
valour and pride excel themselves in hectorx
|
|
the one almost as infinite as allx
|
|
the other blank as nothingx weigh him wellx
|
|
and that which looks like pride is courtesyx
|
|
this ajax is half made of hectorxs bloodx
|
|
in love whereof half hector stays at homex
|
|
half heartx half handx half hector comes to seek
|
|
this blended knightx half trojan and half greekx
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|
achillesx
|
|
a maiden battle thenx ox i perceive youx
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|
|
rexenter diomedesx
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|
|
agamemnonx
|
|
here is sir diomedx gox gentle knightx
|
|
stand by our ajaxx as you and lord aeneas
|
|
consent upon the order of their fightx
|
|
so be itx either to the uttermostx
|
|
or else a breathx the combatants being kin
|
|
half stints their strife before their strokes beginx
|
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|
|
ajax and hector enter the listsx
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ulyssesx
|
|
they are opposxd alreadyx
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agamemnonx
|
|
what trojan is that same that looks so heavyx
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|
ulyssesx
|
|
the youngest son of priamx a true knightx
|
|
not yet maturex yet matchlessx firm of wordx
|
|
speaking in deeds and deedless in his tonguex
|
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not soon provokxdx nor being provokxd soon calmxdx
|
|
his heart and hand both open and both freex
|
|
for what he has he givesx what thinks he showsx
|
|
yet gives he not till judgement guide his bountyx
|
|
nor dignifies an impure thought with breathx
|
|
manly as hectorx but more dangerousx
|
|
for hector in his blaze of wrath subscribes
|
|
to tender objectsx but he in heat of action
|
|
is more vindicative than jealous lovex
|
|
they call him troilusx and on him erect
|
|
a second hope as fairly built as hectorx
|
|
thus says aeneasx one that knows the youth
|
|
even to his inchesx andx with private soulx
|
|
did in great ilion thus translate him to mex
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|
|
xxalarumx hector and ajax fightxxx
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|
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agamemnonx
|
|
they are in actionx
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nestorx
|
|
nowx ajaxx hold thine ownx
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|
troilusx
|
|
hectorx thou sleepxstx awake theex
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|
agamemnonx
|
|
his blows are well disposxdx therex ajaxx
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|
|
xxtrumpets ceasexxx
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diomedesx
|
|
you must no morex
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|
aeneasx
|
|
princesx enoughx so please youx
|
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|
ajaxx
|
|
i am not warm yetx let us fight againx
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diomedesx
|
|
as hector pleasesx
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hectorx
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|
whyx then will i no morex
|
|
thou artx great lordx my fatherxs sisterxs sonx
|
|
a cousinxgerman to great priamxs seedx
|
|
the obligation of our blood forbids
|
|
a gory emulation xtwixt us twainx
|
|
were thy commixtion greek and trojan so
|
|
that thou couldxst say xthis hand is grecian allx
|
|
and this is trojanx the sinews of this leg
|
|
all greekx and this all troyx my motherxs blood
|
|
runs on the dexter cheekx and this sinister
|
|
bounds in my fatherxsx by jove multipotentx
|
|
thou shouldst not bear from me a greekish member
|
|
wherein my sword had not impressure made
|
|
of our rank feudx but the just gods gainsay
|
|
that any drop thou borrowxdst from thy motherx
|
|
my sacred auntx should by my mortal sword
|
|
be drainedx let me embrace theex ajaxx
|
|
by him that thundersx thou hast lusty armsx
|
|
hector would have them fall upon him thusx
|
|
cousinx all honour to theex
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|
ajaxx
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i thank theex hectorx
|
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thou art too gentle and too free a manx
|
|
i came to kill theex cousinx and bear hence
|
|
a great addition earned in thy deathx
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|
hectorx
|
|
not neoptolemus so mirablex
|
|
on whose bright crest fame with her loudxst oyes
|
|
cries xthis is hexx could promise to himself
|
|
a thought of added honour torn from hectorx
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|
aeneasx
|
|
there is expectance here from both the sides
|
|
what further you will dox
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|
hectorx
|
|
wexll answer itx
|
|
the issue is embracementx ajaxx farewellx
|
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|
|
ajaxx
|
|
if i might in entreaties find successx
|
|
as seldx i have the chancex i would desire
|
|
my famous cousin to our grecian tentsx
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|
|
diomedesx
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|
xtis agamemnonxs wishx and great achilles
|
|
doth long to see unarmxd the valiant hectorx
|
|
|
|
hectorx
|
|
aeneasx call my brother troilus to mex
|
|
and signify this loving interview
|
|
to the expecters of our trojan partx
|
|
desire them homex give me thy handx my cousinx
|
|
i will go eat with theex and see your knightsx
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|
|
|
agamemnon and the rest of the greeks come forwardx
|
|
|
|
ajaxx
|
|
great agamemnon comes to meet us herex
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|
hectorx
|
|
the worthiest of them tell me name by namex
|
|
but for achillesx my own searching eyes
|
|
shall find him by his large and portly sizex
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|
|
|
agamemnonx
|
|
worthy all armsx as welcome as to one
|
|
that would be rid of such an enemyx
|
|
but thatxs no welcomex understand more clearx
|
|
whatxs past and whatxs to come is strewxd with husks
|
|
and formless ruin of oblivionx
|
|
but in this extant momentx faith and trothx
|
|
strainxd purely from all hollow biasxdrawingx
|
|
bids thee with most divine integrityx
|
|
from heart of very heartx great hectorx welcomex
|
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|
hectorx
|
|
i thank theex most imperious agamemnonx
|
|
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|
agamemnonx
|
|
xxto troilusxxx my wellxfamxd lord of troyx no less to youx
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|
menelausx
|
|
let me confirm my princely brotherxs greetingx
|
|
you brace of warlike brothersx welcome hitherx
|
|
|
|
hectorx
|
|
who must we answerx
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|
aeneasx
|
|
the noble menelausx
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|
|
|
hectorx
|
|
o youx my lordx by mars his gauntletx thanksx
|
|
mock not that i affect the untraded oathx
|
|
your quondam wife swears still by venusx glovex
|
|
shexs wellx but bade me not commend her to youx
|
|
|
|
menelausx
|
|
name her not nowx sirx shexs a deadly themex
|
|
|
|
hectorx
|
|
ox pardonx i offendx
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|
|
|
nestorx
|
|
i havex thou gallant trojanx seen thee oftx
|
|
labouring for destinyx make cruel way
|
|
through ranks of greekish youthx and i have seen theex
|
|
as hot as perseusx spur thy phrygian steedx
|
|
despising many forfeits and subduementsx
|
|
when thou hast hung thy advanced sword ix thxairx
|
|
not letting it decline on the declinedx
|
|
that i have said to some my standersxby
|
|
xlox jupiter is yonderx dealing lifexx
|
|
and i have seen thee pause and take thy breathx
|
|
when that a ring of greeks have shrapxd thee inx
|
|
like an olympian wrestlingx this have i seenx
|
|
but this thy countenancex still lockxd in steelx
|
|
i never saw till nowx i knew thy grandsirex
|
|
and once fought with himx he was a soldier goodx
|
|
butx by great marsx the captain of us allx
|
|
never like theex ox let an old man embrace theex
|
|
andx worthy warriorx welcome to our tentsx
|
|
|
|
aeneasx
|
|
xtis the old nestorx
|
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|
|
hectorx
|
|
let me embrace theex good old chroniclex
|
|
that hast so long walkxd hand in hand with timex
|
|
most reverend nestorx i am glad to clasp theex
|
|
|
|
nestorx
|
|
i would my arms could match thee in contention
|
|
as they contend with thee in courtesyx
|
|
|
|
hectorx
|
|
i would they couldx
|
|
|
|
nestorx
|
|
hax
|
|
by this white beardx ixd fight with thee tomorrowx
|
|
wellx welcomex welcomex i have seen the timex
|
|
|
|
ulyssesx
|
|
i wonder now how yonder city standsx
|
|
when we have here her base and pillar by usx
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|
|
|
hectorx
|
|
i know your favourx lord ulyssesx wellx
|
|
ahx sirx therexs many a greek and trojan deadx
|
|
since first i saw yourself and diomed
|
|
in ilion on your greekish embassyx
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|
|
|
ulyssesx
|
|
sirx i foretold you then what would ensuex
|
|
my prophecy is but half his journey yetx
|
|
for yonder wallsx that pertly front your townx
|
|
yon towersx whose wanton tops do buss the cloudsx
|
|
must kiss their own feetx
|
|
|
|
hectorx
|
|
i must not believe youx
|
|
there they stand yetx and modestly i think
|
|
the fall of every phrygian stone will cost
|
|
a drop of grecian bloodx the end crowns allx
|
|
and that old common arbitratorx timex
|
|
will one day end itx
|
|
|
|
ulyssesx
|
|
so to him we leave itx
|
|
most gentle and most valiant hectorx welcomex
|
|
after the generalx i beseech you next
|
|
to feast with me and see me at my tentx
|
|
|
|
achillesx
|
|
i shall forestall theex lord ulyssesx thoux
|
|
nowx hectorx i have fed mine eyes on theex
|
|
i have with exact view perusxd theex hectorx
|
|
and quoted joint by jointx
|
|
|
|
hectorx
|
|
is this achillesx
|
|
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|
achillesx
|
|
i am achillesx
|
|
|
|
hectorx
|
|
stand fairx i pray theex let me look on theex
|
|
|
|
achillesx
|
|
behold thy fillx
|
|
|
|
hectorx
|
|
nayx i have done alreadyx
|
|
|
|
achillesx
|
|
thou art too briefx i will the second timex
|
|
as i would buy theex view thee limb by limbx
|
|
|
|
hectorx
|
|
ox like a book of sport thouxlt read me oxerx
|
|
but therexs more in me than thou understandxstx
|
|
why dost thou so oppress me with thine eyex
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|
|
|
achillesx
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tell mex you heavensx in which part of his body
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shall i destroy himx whether therex or therex or therex
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that i may give the local wound a namex
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and make distinct the very breach whereout
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hectorxs great spirit flewx answer mex heavensx
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hectorx
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it would discredit the blest godsx proud manx
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to answer such a questionx stand againx
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thinkxst thou to catch my life so pleasantly
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as to prenominate in nice conjecture
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where thou wilt hit me deadx
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achillesx
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i tell thee yeax
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hectorx
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wert thou an oracle to tell me sox
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ixd not believe theex henceforth guard thee wellx
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for ixll not kill thee therex nor therex nor therex
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butx by the forge that stithied mars his helmx
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ixll kill thee everywherex yeax oxer and oxerx
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you wisest greciansx pardon me this bragx
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his insolence draws folly from my lipsx
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but ixll endeavour deeds to match these wordsx
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or may i neverx
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ajaxx
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do not chafe theex cousinx
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and youx achillesx let these threats alone
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till accident or purpose bring you toxtx
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you may have every day enough of hectorx
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if you have stomachx the general statex i fearx
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can scarce entreat you to be odd with himx
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hectorx
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i pray you let us see you in the fieldx
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we have had pelting wars since you refusxd
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the greciansx causex
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achillesx
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dost thou entreat mex hectorx
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tomorrow do i meet theex fell as deathx
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tonight all friendsx
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hectorx
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thy hand upon that matchx
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agamemnonx
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firstx all you peers of greecex go to my tentx
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there in the full convive wex afterwardsx
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as hectorxs leisure and your bounties shall
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concur togetherx severally entreat himx
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beat loud the tambourinesx let the trumpets blowx
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that this great soldier may his welcome knowx
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xxexeunt all but troilus and ulyssesxxx
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troilusx
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my lord ulyssesx tell mex i beseech youx
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in what place of the field doth calchas keepx
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ulyssesx
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at menelausx tentx most princely troilusx
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there diomed doth feast with him tonightx
|
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who neither looks upon the heaven nor earthx
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but gives all gaze and bent of amorous view
|
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on the fair cressidx
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troilusx
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shall ix sweet lordx be bound to you so muchx
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after we part from agamemnonxs tentx
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to bring me thitherx
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ulyssesx
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you shall command mex sirx
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as gentle tell me of what honour was
|
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this cressida in troyx had she no lover there
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that wails her absencex
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troilusx
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ox sirx to such as boasting show their scars
|
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a mock is duex will you walk onx my lordx
|
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she was belovxdx she lovxdx she isx and dothx
|
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but still sweet love is food for fortunexs toothx
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xxexeuntxxx
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act v
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scene ix the grecian campx before the tent of achillesx
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enter achilles and patroclusx
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achillesx
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ixll heat his blood with greekish wine tonightx
|
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which with my scimitar ixll cool tomorrowx
|
|
patroclusx let us feast him to the heightx
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patroclusx
|
|
here comes thersitesx
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enter thersitesx
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achillesx
|
|
how nowx thou core of envyx
|
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thou crusty batch of naturex whatxs the newsx
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thersitesx
|
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whyx thou picture of what thou seemestx and idol of idiot worshippersx
|
|
herexs a letter for theex
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achillesx
|
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from whencex fragmentx
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thersitesx
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whyx thou full dish of foolx from troyx
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patroclusx
|
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who keeps the tent nowx
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thersitesx
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the surgeonxs box or the patientxs woundx
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patroclusx
|
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well saidx adversityx and what needs these tricksx
|
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thersitesx
|
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pritheex be silentx boyx i profit not by thy talkx thou art said to be
|
|
achillesx male varletx
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patroclusx
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male varletx you roguex whatxs thatx
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thersitesx
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whyx his masculine whorex nowx the rotten diseases of the southx the
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gutsxgriping rupturesx catarrhsx loads ox gravel in the backx
|
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lethargiesx cold palsiesx raw eyesx dirtxrotten liversx wheezing lungsx
|
|
bladders full of imposthumex sciaticasx limexkilns ix thx palmx
|
|
incurable bonexachex and the rivelled feexsimple of the tetterx take
|
|
and take again such preposterous discoveriesx
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patroclusx
|
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whyx thou damnable box of envyx thoux what meanest thou to curse thusx
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thersitesx
|
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do i curse theex
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patroclusx
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whyx nox you ruinous buttx you whoreson indistinguishable curx nox
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thersitesx
|
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nox why art thoux thenx exasperatex thou idle immaterial skein of
|
|
sleave silkx thou green sarcenet flap for a sore eyex thou tassel of a
|
|
prodigalxs pursex thoux ahx how the poor world is pestered with such
|
|
waterxfliesx diminutives of naturex
|
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patroclusx
|
|
outx gallx
|
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thersitesx
|
|
finch eggx
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achillesx
|
|
my sweet patroclusx i am thwarted quite
|
|
from my great purpose in tomorrowxs battlex
|
|
here is a letter from queen hecubax
|
|
a token from her daughterx my fair lovex
|
|
both taxing me and gaging me to keep
|
|
an oath that i have swornx i will not break itx
|
|
fall greeksx fail famex honour or go or stayx
|
|
my major vow lies herex this ixll obeyx
|
|
comex comex thersitesx help to trim my tentx
|
|
this night in banqueting must all be spentx
|
|
awayx patroclusx
|
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|
|
xxexit withx patroclusxx
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thersitesx
|
|
with too much blood and too little brain these two may run madx butx if
|
|
with too much brain and too little blood they dox ixll be a curer of
|
|
madmenx herexs agamemnonx an honest fellow enoughx and one that loves
|
|
quailsx but he has not so much brain as earxwaxx and the goodly
|
|
transformation of jupiter therex his brotherx the bullx the primitive
|
|
statue and oblique memorial of cuckoldsx a thrifty shoeingxhorn in a
|
|
chain at his brotherxs legx to what form but that he isx should wit
|
|
larded with malicex and malice forced with witx turn him tox to an assx
|
|
were nothingx he is both ass and oxx to an oxx were nothingx he is both
|
|
ox and assx to be a dogx a mulex a catx a fitchookx a toadx a lizardx
|
|
an owlx a puttockx or a herring without a roex i would not carex but to
|
|
be menelausx i would conspire against destinyx ask me not what i would
|
|
bex if i were not thersitesx for i care not to be the louse of a lazarx
|
|
so i were not menelausx heyxdayx sprites and firesx
|
|
|
|
enter hectorx troilusx ajaxx agamemnonx ulyssesx nestorx menelaus and
|
|
diomedes with lightsx
|
|
|
|
agamemnonx
|
|
we go wrongx we go wrongx
|
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|
ajaxx
|
|
nox yonder xtisx
|
|
therex where we see the lightsx
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hectorx
|
|
i trouble youx
|
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ajaxx
|
|
nox not a whitx
|
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|
ulyssesx
|
|
here comes himself to guide youx
|
|
|
|
rexenter achillesx
|
|
|
|
achillesx
|
|
welcomex brave hectorx welcomex princes allx
|
|
|
|
agamemnonx
|
|
so nowx fair prince of troyx i bid good nightx
|
|
ajax commands the guard to tend on youx
|
|
|
|
hectorx
|
|
thanksx and good night to the greeksx generalx
|
|
|
|
menelausx
|
|
good nightx my lordx
|
|
|
|
hectorx
|
|
good nightx sweet lord menelausx
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|
|
|
thersitesx
|
|
sweet draughtx xsweetx quoth axx
|
|
sweet sinkx sweet sewerx
|
|
|
|
achillesx
|
|
good night and welcomex both at oncex to those
|
|
that go or tarryx
|
|
|
|
agamemnonx
|
|
good nightx
|
|
|
|
xxexeunt agamemnon and menelausxxx
|
|
|
|
achillesx
|
|
old nestor tarriesx and you toox diomedx
|
|
keep hector company an hour or twox
|
|
|
|
diomedesx
|
|
i cannotx lordx i have important businessx
|
|
the tide whereof is nowx good nightx great hectorx
|
|
|
|
hectorx
|
|
give me your handx
|
|
|
|
ulyssesx
|
|
xxaside to troilusxxx follow his torchx he goes to
|
|
calchasx tentx ixll keep you companyx
|
|
|
|
troilusx
|
|
sweet sirx you honour mex
|
|
|
|
hectorx
|
|
and sox good nightx
|
|
|
|
xxexit diomedesx ulysses and troilus followingxxx
|
|
|
|
achillesx
|
|
comex comex enter my tentx
|
|
|
|
xxexeunt all butx thersitesxx
|
|
|
|
thersitesx
|
|
that same diomedxs a falsexhearted roguex a most unjust knavex i will
|
|
no more trust him when he leers than i will a serpent when he hissesx
|
|
he will spend his mouth and promisex like brabbler the houndx but when
|
|
he performsx astronomers foretell itx it is prodigiousx there will come
|
|
some changex the sun borrows of the moon when diomed keeps his wordx i
|
|
will rather leave to see hector than not to dog himx they say he keeps
|
|
a trojan drabx and uses the traitor calchasx tentx ixll afterx nothing
|
|
but lecheryx all incontinent varletsx
|
|
|
|
xxexitxxx
|
|
|
|
scene iix the grecian campx before calchasx tentx
|
|
|
|
enter diomedesx
|
|
|
|
diomedesx
|
|
whatx are you up herex hox speakx
|
|
|
|
calchasx
|
|
xxwithinxxx who callsx
|
|
|
|
diomedesx
|
|
diomedx calchasx i thinkx wherexs your daughterx
|
|
|
|
calchasx
|
|
xxwithinxxx she comes to youx
|
|
|
|
enter troilus and ulyssesx at a distancex after them thersitesx
|
|
|
|
ulyssesx
|
|
stand where the torch may not discover usx
|
|
|
|
enter cressidax
|
|
|
|
troilusx
|
|
cressid comes forth to himx
|
|
|
|
diomedesx
|
|
how nowx my chargex
|
|
|
|
cressidax
|
|
nowx my sweet guardianx harkx a word with youx
|
|
|
|
xxwhispersxxx
|
|
|
|
troilusx
|
|
yeax so familiarx
|
|
|
|
ulyssesx
|
|
she will sing any man at first sightx
|
|
|
|
thersitesx
|
|
and any man may sing herx if he can take her cliffx shexs notedx
|
|
|
|
diomedesx
|
|
will you rememberx
|
|
|
|
cressidax
|
|
rememberx yesx
|
|
|
|
diomedesx
|
|
nayx but dox thenx
|
|
and let your mind be coupled with your wordsx
|
|
|
|
troilusx
|
|
what should she rememberx
|
|
|
|
ulyssesx
|
|
listx
|
|
|
|
cressidax
|
|
sweet honey greekx tempt me no more to follyx
|
|
|
|
thersitesx
|
|
rogueryx
|
|
|
|
diomedesx
|
|
nayx thenx
|
|
|
|
cressidax
|
|
ixll tell you whatx
|
|
|
|
diomedesx
|
|
fox fox comex tell a pinx you are a forswornx
|
|
|
|
cressidax
|
|
in faithx i cannotx what would you have me dox
|
|
|
|
thersitesx
|
|
a juggling trickx to be secretly openx
|
|
|
|
diomedesx
|
|
what did you swear you would bestow on mex
|
|
|
|
cressidax
|
|
i pritheex do not hold me to mine oathx
|
|
bid me do anything but thatx sweet greekx
|
|
|
|
diomedesx
|
|
good nightx
|
|
|
|
troilusx
|
|
holdx patiencex
|
|
|
|
ulyssesx
|
|
how nowx trojanx
|
|
|
|
cressidax
|
|
diomedx
|
|
|
|
diomedesx
|
|
nox nox good nightx ixll be your fool no morex
|
|
|
|
troilusx
|
|
thy better mustx
|
|
|
|
cressidax
|
|
harkx a word in your earx
|
|
|
|
troilusx
|
|
o plague and madnessx
|
|
|
|
ulyssesx
|
|
you are movedx princex let us departx i prayx
|
|
lest your displeasure should enlarge itself
|
|
to wrathful termsx this place is dangerousx
|
|
the time right deadlyx i beseech youx gox
|
|
|
|
troilusx
|
|
beholdx i pray youx
|
|
|
|
ulyssesx
|
|
nayx good my lordx go offx
|
|
you flow to great distractionx comex my lordx
|
|
|
|
troilusx
|
|
i pray thee stayx
|
|
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|
ulyssesx
|
|
you have not patiencex comex
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|
troilusx
|
|
i pray youx stayx by hell and all hellxs tormentsx
|
|
i will not speak a wordx
|
|
|
|
diomedesx
|
|
and sox good nightx
|
|
|
|
cressidax
|
|
nayx but you part in angerx
|
|
|
|
troilusx
|
|
doth that grieve theex o withered truthx
|
|
|
|
ulyssesx
|
|
how nowx my lordx
|
|
|
|
troilusx
|
|
by jovex i will be patientx
|
|
|
|
cressidax
|
|
guardianx whyx greekx
|
|
|
|
diomedesx
|
|
fox fox adieux you palterx
|
|
|
|
cressidax
|
|
in faithx i do notx come hither once againx
|
|
|
|
ulyssesx
|
|
you shakex my lordx at somethingx will you gox
|
|
you will break outx
|
|
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|
troilusx
|
|
she strokes his cheekx
|
|
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|
ulyssesx
|
|
comex comex
|
|
|
|
troilusx
|
|
nayx stayx by jovex i will not speak a wordx
|
|
there is between my will and all offences
|
|
a guard of patiencex stay a little whilex
|
|
|
|
thersitesx
|
|
how the devil luxuryx with his fat rump and potato fingerx tickles
|
|
these togetherx fryx lecheryx fryx
|
|
|
|
diomedesx
|
|
but will youx thenx
|
|
|
|
cressidax
|
|
in faithx i willx lax never trust me elsex
|
|
|
|
diomedesx
|
|
give me some token for the surety of itx
|
|
|
|
cressidax
|
|
ixll fetch you onex
|
|
|
|
xxexitxxx
|
|
|
|
ulyssesx
|
|
you have sworn patiencex
|
|
|
|
troilusx
|
|
fear me notx my lordx
|
|
i will not be myselfx nor have cognition
|
|
of what i feelx i am all patiencex
|
|
|
|
rexenter cressidax
|
|
|
|
thersitesx
|
|
now the pledgex nowx nowx nowx
|
|
|
|
cressidax
|
|
herex diomedx keep this sleevex
|
|
|
|
troilusx
|
|
o beautyx where is thy faithx
|
|
|
|
ulyssesx
|
|
my lordx
|
|
|
|
troilusx
|
|
i will be patientx outwardly i willx
|
|
|
|
cressidax
|
|
you look upon that sleevex behold it wellx
|
|
he lovxd mexo false wenchxxgivext me againx
|
|
|
|
diomedesx
|
|
whose wasxtx
|
|
|
|
cressidax
|
|
it is no matterx now i havext againx
|
|
i will not meet with you tomorrow nightx
|
|
i pritheex diomedx visit me no morex
|
|
|
|
thersitesx
|
|
now she sharpensx well saidx whetstonex
|
|
|
|
diomedesx
|
|
i shall have itx
|
|
|
|
cressidax
|
|
whatx thisx
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|
|
|
diomedesx
|
|
ayx thatx
|
|
|
|
cressidax
|
|
o all you godsx o prettyx pretty pledgex
|
|
thy master now lies thinking on his bed
|
|
of thee and mex and sighsx and takes my glovex
|
|
and gives memorial dainty kisses to itx
|
|
as i kiss theex nayx do not snatch it from mex
|
|
he that takes that doth take my heart withalx
|
|
|
|
diomedesx
|
|
i had your heart beforex this follows itx
|
|
|
|
troilusx
|
|
i did swear patiencex
|
|
|
|
cressidax
|
|
you shall not have itx diomedx faithx you shall notx
|
|
ixll give you something elsex
|
|
|
|
diomedesx
|
|
i will have thisx whose was itx
|
|
|
|
cressidax
|
|
it is no matterx
|
|
|
|
diomedesx
|
|
comex tell me whose it wasx
|
|
|
|
cressidax
|
|
xtwas onexs that lovxd me better than you willx
|
|
butx now you have itx take itx
|
|
|
|
diomedesx
|
|
whose was itx
|
|
|
|
cressidax
|
|
by all dianaxs waiting women yondx
|
|
and by herselfx i will not tell you whosex
|
|
|
|
diomedesx
|
|
tomorrow will i wear it on my helmx
|
|
and grieve his spirit that dares not challenge itx
|
|
|
|
troilusx
|
|
wert thou the devil and worxst it on thy hornx
|
|
it should be challengxdx
|
|
|
|
cressidax
|
|
wellx wellx xtis donex xtis pastx and yet it is notx
|
|
i will not keep my wordx
|
|
|
|
diomedesx
|
|
whyx then farewellx
|
|
thou never shalt mock diomed againx
|
|
|
|
cressidax
|
|
you shall not gox one cannot speak a word
|
|
but it straight starts youx
|
|
|
|
diomedesx
|
|
i do not like this foolingx
|
|
|
|
thersitesx
|
|
nor ix by plutox but that that likes not you
|
|
pleases me bestx
|
|
|
|
diomedesx
|
|
whatx shall i comex the hourx
|
|
|
|
cressidax
|
|
ayx comex o jovex do comex i shall be plaguxdx
|
|
|
|
diomedesx
|
|
farewell till thenx
|
|
|
|
cressidax
|
|
good nightx i prithee comex
|
|
|
|
xxexitx diomedesxx
|
|
|
|
troilusx farewellx one eye yet looks on theex
|
|
but with my heart the other eye doth seex
|
|
ahx poor our sexx this fault in us i findx
|
|
the error of our eye directs our mindx
|
|
what error leads must errx ox then concludex
|
|
minds swayxd by eyes are full of turpitudex
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xxexitxxx
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thersitesx
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a proof of strength she could not publish morex
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unless she said xmy mind is now turnxd whorexx
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ulyssesx
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allxs donex my lordx
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troilusx
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it isx
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ulyssesx
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why stay wex thenx
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troilusx
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to make a recordation to my soul
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of every syllable that here was spokex
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but if i tell how these two did coxactx
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shall i not lie in publishing a truthx
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sith yet there is a credence in my heartx
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an esperance so obstinately strongx
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that doth invert thxattest of eyes and earsx
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as if those organs had deceptious functions
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created only to calumniatex
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was cressid herex
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ulyssesx
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i cannot conjurex trojanx
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troilusx
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she was notx surex
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ulyssesx
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most sure she wasx
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troilusx
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whyx my negation hath no taste of madnessx
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ulyssesx
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nor minex my lordx cressid was here but nowx
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troilusx
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let it not be believxd for womanhoodx
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thinkx we had mothersx do not give advantage
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to stubborn criticsx aptx without a themex
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for depravationx to square the general sex
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by cressidxs rulex rather think this not cressidx
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ulyssesx
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what hath she donex princex that can soil our mothersx
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troilusx
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nothing at allx unless that this were shex
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thersitesx
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will he swagger himself out onxs own eyesx
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troilusx
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this shex nox this is diomedxs cressidax
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if beauty have a soulx this is not shex
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if souls guide vowsx if vows be sanctimoniesx
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if sanctimony be the godxs delightx
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if there be rule in unity itselfx
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this was not shex o madness of discoursex
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that cause sets up with and against itselfx
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bixfold authorityx where reason can revolt
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without perditionx and loss assume all reason
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without revoltx this isx and is notx cressidx
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within my soul there doth conduce a fight
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of this strange naturex that a thing inseparate
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divides more wider than the sky and earthx
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and yet the spacious breadth of this division
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admits no orifice for a point as subtle
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as ariachnexs broken woof to enterx
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instancex o instancex strong as plutoxs gatesx
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cressid is minex tied with the bonds of heavenx
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instancex o instancex strong as heaven itselfx
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the bonds of heaven are slippxdx dissolvxdx and loosxdx
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and with another knotx fivexfingerxtiedx
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the fractions of her faithx orts of her lovex
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the fragmentsx scrapsx the bitsx and greasy relics
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of her oxerxeaten faithx are given to diomedx
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ulyssesx
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may worthy troilus be half attachxd
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with that which here his passion doth expressx
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troilusx
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ayx greekx and that shall be divulged well
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in characters as red as mars his heart
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inflamxd with venusx never did young man fancy
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with so eternal and so fixxd a soulx
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harkx greekx as much as i do cressid lovex
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so much by weight hate i her diomedx
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that sleeve is mine that hexll bear on his helmx
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were it a casque composxd by vulcanxs skill
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my sword should bite itx not the dreadful spout
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which shipmen do the hurricano callx
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constringxd in mass by the almighty sunx
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shall dizzy with more clamour neptunexs ear
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in his descent than shall my prompted sword
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falling on diomedx
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thersitesx
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hexll tickle it for his concupyx
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troilusx
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o cressidx o false cressidx falsex falsex falsex
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let all untruths stand by thy stained namex
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and theyxll seem gloriousx
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ulyssesx
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ox contain yourselfx
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your passion draws ears hitherx
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enter aeneasx
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aeneasx
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i have been seeking you this hourx my lordx
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hectorx by thisx is arming him in troyx
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ajaxx your guardx stays to conduct you homex
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troilusx
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have with youx princex my courteous lordx adieux
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fairwellx revolted fairx andx diomedx
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stand fastx and wear a castle on thy headx
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ulyssesx
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ixll bring you to the gatesx
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troilusx
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accept distracted thanksx
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xxexeunt troilusx aeneas and ulyssesxxx
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thersitesx would i could meet that rogue diomedx i would croak like a
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ravenx i would bodex i would bodex patroclus will give me anything for
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the intelligence of this whorex the parrot will not do more for an
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almond than he for a commodious drabx lecheryx lecheryx still wars and
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lecheryx nothing else holds fashionx a burning devil take themx
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xxexitxxx
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scene iiix troyx before priamxs palacex
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enter hector and andromachex
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andromachex
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|
when was my lord so much ungently temperxd
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to stop his ears against admonishmentx
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|
unarmx unarmx and do not fight todayx
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hectorx
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you train me to offend youx get you inx
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|
by all the everlasting godsx ixll gox
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andromachex
|
|
my dreams willx surex prove ominous to the dayx
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hectorx
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|
no morex i sayx
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enter cassandrax
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cassandrax
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where is my brother hectorx
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andromachex
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|
herex sisterx armxdx and bloody in intentx
|
|
consort with me in loud and dear petitionx
|
|
pursue we him on kneesx for i have dreamt
|
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of bloody turbulencex and this whole night
|
|
hath nothing been but shapes and forms of slaughterx
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cassandrax
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ox xtis truex
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hectorx
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|
hox bid my trumpet soundx
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cassandrax
|
|
no notes of sallyx for the heavensx sweet brotherx
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hectorx
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be gonex i sayx the gods have heard me swearx
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cassandrax
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|
the gods are deaf to hot and peevish vowsx
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|
they are polluted offxringsx more abhorrxd
|
|
than spotted livers in the sacrificex
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andromachex
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|
ox be persuadedx do not count it holy
|
|
to hurt by being justx it is as lawfulx
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|
for we would give muchx to use violent thefts
|
|
and rob in the behalf of charityx
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cassandrax
|
|
it is the purpose that makes strong the vowx
|
|
but vows to every purpose must not holdx
|
|
unarmx sweet hectorx
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hectorx
|
|
hold you stillx i sayx
|
|
mine honour keeps the weather of my fatex
|
|
life every man holds dearx but the dear man
|
|
holds honour far more precious dear than lifex
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|
enter troilusx
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|
how nowx young manx meanxst thou to fight todayx
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andromachex
|
|
cassandrax call my father to persuadex
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xxexitx cassandraxx
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hectorx
|
|
nox faithx young troilusx doff thy harnessx youthx
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i am today ix thxvein of chivalryx
|
|
let grow thy sinews till their knots be strongx
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|
and tempt not yet the brushes of the warx
|
|
unarm theex gox and doubt thou notx brave boyx
|
|
ixll stand today for thee and me and troyx
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troilusx
|
|
brotherx you have a vice of mercy in youx
|
|
which better fits a lion than a manx
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hectorx
|
|
what vice is thatx good troilusx chide me for itx
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troilusx
|
|
when many times the captive grecian fallsx
|
|
even in the fan and wind of your fair swordx
|
|
you bid them rise and livex
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hectorx
|
|
ox xtis fair playx
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|
troilusx
|
|
foolxs playx by heavenx hectorx
|
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hectorx
|
|
how nowx how nowx
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|
troilusx
|
|
for thx love of all the godsx
|
|
letxs leave the hermit pity with our motherx
|
|
and when we have our armours buckled onx
|
|
the venomxd vengeance ride upon our swordsx
|
|
spur them to ruthful workx rein them from ruthx
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hectorx
|
|
fiex savagex fiex
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troilusx
|
|
hectorx then xtis warsx
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hectorx
|
|
troilusx i would not have you fight todayx
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troilusx
|
|
who should withhold mex
|
|
not fatex obediencex nor the hand of mars
|
|
beckoning with fiery truncheon my retirex
|
|
not priamus and hecuba on kneesx
|
|
their eyes oxerxgalled with recourse of tearsx
|
|
nor youx my brotherx with your true sword drawnx
|
|
opposxd to hinder mex should stop my wayx
|
|
but by my ruinx
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|
rexenter cassandra with priamx
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cassandrax
|
|
lay hold upon himx priamx hold him fastx
|
|
he is thy crutchx now if thou lose thy stayx
|
|
thou on him leaningx and all troy on theex
|
|
fall all togetherx
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priamx
|
|
comex hectorx comex go backx
|
|
thy wife hath dreamtx thy mother hath had visionsx
|
|
cassandra doth foreseex and i myself
|
|
am like a prophet suddenly enrapt
|
|
to tell thee that this day is ominousx
|
|
thereforex come backx
|
|
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|
hectorx
|
|
aeneas is axfieldx
|
|
and i do stand engagxd to many greeksx
|
|
even in the faith of valourx to appear
|
|
this morning to themx
|
|
|
|
priamx
|
|
ayx but thou shalt not gox
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|
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|
hectorx
|
|
i must not break my faithx
|
|
you know me dutifulx thereforex dear sirx
|
|
let me not shame respectx but give me leave
|
|
to take that course by your consent and voice
|
|
which you do here forbid mex royal priamx
|
|
|
|
cassandrax
|
|
o priamx yield not to himx
|
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andromachex
|
|
do notx dear fatherx
|
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hectorx
|
|
andromachex i am offended with youx
|
|
upon the love you bear mex get you inx
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|
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|
xxexitx andromachexx
|
|
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|
troilusx
|
|
this foolishx dreamingx superstitious girl
|
|
makes all these bodementsx
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|
cassandrax
|
|
ox farewellx dear hectorx
|
|
look how thou diestx look how thy eye turns palex
|
|
look how thy wounds do bleed at many ventsx
|
|
hark how troy roarsx how hecuba cries outx
|
|
how poor andromache shrills her dolours forthx
|
|
behold distractionx frenzyx and amazementx
|
|
like witless anticsx one another meetx
|
|
and all cryx xhectorx hectorxs deadx o hectorxx
|
|
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|
troilusx
|
|
awayx awayx
|
|
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|
cassandrax
|
|
farewellx yetx softx hectorx i take my leavex
|
|
thou dost thyself and all our troy deceivex
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xxexitxxx
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|
hectorx
|
|
you are amazxdx my liegex at her exclaimx
|
|
go inx and cheer the townx wexll forthx and fightx
|
|
do deeds worth praise and tell you them at nightx
|
|
|
|
priamx
|
|
farewellx the gods with safety stand about theex
|
|
|
|
xxexeunt severally priam and hectorx alarumsxxx
|
|
|
|
troilusx
|
|
they are at itx harkx proud diomedx believex
|
|
i come to lose my arm or win my sleevex
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|
|
enter pandarusx
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|
pandarusx
|
|
do you hearx my lordx do you hearx
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|
troilusx
|
|
what nowx
|
|
|
|
pandarusx
|
|
herexs a letter come from yond poor girlx
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|
troilusx
|
|
let me readx
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pandarusx
|
|
a whoreson tisickx a whoreson rascally tisickx so troubles mex and the
|
|
foolish fortune of this girlx and what one thingx what anotherx that i
|
|
shall leave you one ox these daysx and i have a rheum in mine eyes toox
|
|
and such an ache in my bones that unless a man were cursxd i cannot
|
|
tell what to think onxtx what says she therex
|
|
|
|
troilusx
|
|
wordsx wordsx mere wordsx no matter from the heartx
|
|
thxeffect doth operate another wayx
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|
xxtearing the letterxxx
|
|
|
|
gox windx to windx there turn and change togetherx
|
|
my love with words and errors still she feedsx
|
|
but edifies another with her deedsx
|
|
|
|
xxexeunt severallyxxx
|
|
|
|
scene ivx the plain between troy and the grecian campx
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|
|
|
alarumsx excursionsx enter thersitesx
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|
thersitesx
|
|
now they are clapperxclawing one anotherx ixll go look onx that
|
|
dissembling abominable varletx diomedx has got that same scurvy doting
|
|
foolish young knavexs sleeve of troy there in his helmx i would fain
|
|
see them meetx that that same young trojan ass that loves the whore
|
|
there might send that greekish whoremasterly villain with the sleeve
|
|
back to the dissembling luxurious drab of a sleevexless errandx ox the
|
|
other sidex the policy of those crafty swearing rascals that stale old
|
|
mousexeaten dry cheesex nestorx and that same dogxfoxx ulyssesx is not
|
|
provxd worth a blackberryx they set me upx in policyx that mongrel curx
|
|
ajaxx against that dog of as bad a kindx achillesx and now is the curx
|
|
ajax prouder than the cur achillesx and will not arm todayx whereupon
|
|
the grecians begin to proclaim barbarismx and policy grows into an ill
|
|
opinionx
|
|
|
|
enter diomedesx troilus followingx
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|
|
softx here comes sleevex and txotherx
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|
|
troilusx
|
|
fly notx for shouldst thou take the river styxx i would swim afterx
|
|
|
|
diomedesx
|
|
thou dost miscall retirex
|
|
i do not flyx but advantageous care
|
|
withdrew me from the odds of multitudex
|
|
have at theex
|
|
|
|
thersitesx
|
|
hold thy whorex grecianx now for thy whorex
|
|
trojanx now the sleevex now the sleevex
|
|
|
|
xxexeunt troilus and diomedes fightingxxx
|
|
|
|
enter hectorx
|
|
|
|
hectorx
|
|
what art thoux greekx art thou for hectorxs matchx
|
|
art thou of blood and honourx
|
|
|
|
thersitesx
|
|
nox no i am a rascalx a scurvy railing knavex a very filthy roguex
|
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|
hectorx
|
|
i do believe theex livex
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|
xxexitxxx
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thersitesx
|
|
godxaxmercyx that thou wilt believe mex but a plague break thy neck for
|
|
frighting mex whatxs become of the wenching roguesx i think they have
|
|
swallowed one anotherx i would laugh at that miraclex yetx in a sortx
|
|
lechery eats itselfx ixll seek themx
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|
|
|
xxexitxxx
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|
|
|
scene vx another part of the plainx
|
|
|
|
enter diomedes and a servantx
|
|
|
|
diomedesx
|
|
gox gox my servantx take thou troilusx horsex
|
|
present the fair steed to my lady cressidx
|
|
fellowx commend my service to her beautyx
|
|
tell her i have chastisxd the amorous trojanx
|
|
and am her knight by proofx
|
|
|
|
servantx
|
|
i gox my lordx
|
|
|
|
xxexitxxx
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|
|
|
enter agamemnonx
|
|
|
|
agamemnonx
|
|
renewx renewx the fierce polydamas
|
|
hath beat down menonx bastard margarelon
|
|
hath doreus prisonerx
|
|
and stands colossusxwisex waving his beamx
|
|
upon the pashed corses of the kings
|
|
epistrophus and cediusx polixenes is slainx
|
|
amphimacus and thoas deadly hurtx
|
|
patroclus taxenx or slainx and palamedes
|
|
sore hurt and bruisxdx the dreadful sagittary
|
|
appals our numbersx haste wex diomedx
|
|
to reinforcementx or we perish allx
|
|
|
|
enter nestorx
|
|
|
|
nestorx
|
|
gox bear patroclusx body to achillesx
|
|
and bid the snailxpacxd ajax arm for shamex
|
|
there is a thousand hectors in the fieldx
|
|
now here he fights on galathe his horsex
|
|
and there lacks workx anon hexs there afootx
|
|
and there they fly or diex like scaled sculls
|
|
before the belching whalex then is he yonderx
|
|
and there the strawy greeksx ripe for his edgex
|
|
fall down before him like the mowerxs swathx
|
|
herex therex and everywherex he leaves and takesx
|
|
dexterity so obeying appetite
|
|
that what he will he doesx and does so much
|
|
that proof is callxd impossibilityx
|
|
|
|
enter ulyssesx
|
|
|
|
ulyssesx
|
|
ox couragex couragex couragex princesx great achilles
|
|
is armingx weepingx cursingx vowing vengeancex
|
|
patroclusx wounds have rousxd his drowsy bloodx
|
|
together with his mangled myrmidonsx
|
|
that noselessx handlessx hackxd and chippxdx come to himx
|
|
crying on hectorx ajax hath lost a friend
|
|
and foams at mouthx and he is armxd and at itx
|
|
roaring for troilusx who hath done today
|
|
mad and fantastic executionx
|
|
engaging and redeeming of himself
|
|
with such a careless force and forceless care
|
|
as if that lustx in very spite of cunningx
|
|
bade him win allx
|
|
|
|
enter ajaxx
|
|
|
|
ajaxx
|
|
troilusx thou coward troilusx
|
|
|
|
xxexitxxx
|
|
|
|
diomedesx
|
|
ayx therex therex
|
|
|
|
nestorx
|
|
sox sox we draw togetherx
|
|
|
|
xxexitxxx
|
|
|
|
enter achillesx
|
|
|
|
achillesx
|
|
where is this hectorx
|
|
comex comex thou boyxquellerx show thy facex
|
|
know what it is to meet achilles angryx
|
|
hectorx wherexs hectorx i will none but hectorx
|
|
|
|
xxexeuntxxx
|
|
|
|
scene vix another part of the plainx
|
|
|
|
enter ajaxx
|
|
|
|
ajaxx
|
|
troilusx thou coward troilusx show thy headx
|
|
|
|
enter diomedesx
|
|
|
|
diomedesx
|
|
troilusx i sayx wherexs troilusx
|
|
|
|
ajaxx
|
|
what wouldst thoux
|
|
|
|
diomedesx
|
|
i would correct himx
|
|
|
|
ajaxx
|
|
were i the generalx thou shouldst have my office
|
|
ere that correctionx troilusx i sayx whatx troilusx
|
|
|
|
enter troilusx
|
|
|
|
troilusx
|
|
o traitor diomedx turn thy false facex thou traitorx
|
|
and pay thy life thou owest me for my horsex
|
|
|
|
diomedesx
|
|
hax art thou therex
|
|
|
|
ajaxx
|
|
ixll fight with him alonex standx diomedx
|
|
|
|
diomedesx
|
|
he is my prizex i will not look uponx
|
|
|
|
troilusx
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comex bothx you cogging greeksx have at you bothx
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xxexeunt fightingxxx
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enter hectorx
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hectorx
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yeax troilusx ox well foughtx my youngest brotherx
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enter achillesx
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achillesx
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now do i see theex hax have at theex hectorx
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hectorx
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pausex if thou wiltx
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achillesx
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i do disdain thy courtesyx proud trojanx
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be happy that my arms are out of usex
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my rest and negligence befriend thee nowx
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but thou anon shalt hear of me againx
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till whenx go seek thy fortunex
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xxexitxxx
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hectorx
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fare thee wellx
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i would have been much more a fresher manx
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had i expected theex
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rexenter troilusx
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how nowx my brotherx
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troilusx
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ajax hath taxen aeneasx shall it bex
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nox by the flame of yonder glorious heavenx
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he shall not carry himx ixll be taxen toox
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or bring him offx fatex hear me what i sayx
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i reck not though thou end my life todayx
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xxexitxxx
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enter one in armourx
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hectorx
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standx standx thou greekx thou art a goodly markx
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nox wilt thou notx i like thy armour wellx
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ixll frush it and unlock the rivets all
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but ixll be master of itx wilt thou notx beastx abidex
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why thenx fly onx ixll hunt thee for thy hidex
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene viix another part of the plainx
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enter achilles with myrmidonsx
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achillesx
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come here about mex you my myrmidonsx
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mark what i sayx attend me where i wheelx
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strike not a strokex but keep yourselves in breathx
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and when i have the bloody hector foundx
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empale him with your weapons round aboutx
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in fellest manner execute your armsx
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follow mex sirsx and my proceedings eyex
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it is decreed hector the great must diex
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xxexeuntxxx
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enter menelaus and parisx fightingx then thersitesx
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thersitesx
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the cuckold and the cuckoldxmaker are at itx nowx bullx nowx dogx xloox
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parisx xloox now my doublexhenxd spartanx xloox parisx xloox the bull
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has the gamex xware hornsx hox
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xxexeunt paris and menelausxxx
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enter margarelonx
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margarelonx
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turnx slavex and fightx
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thersitesx
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what art thoux
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margarelonx
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a bastard son of priamxsx
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thersitesx
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i am a bastard toox i love bastardsx i am a bastard begotx bastard
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instructedx bastard in mindx bastard in valourx in everything
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illegitimatex one bear will not bite anotherx and wherefore should one
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bastardx take heedx the quarrelxs most ominous to usx if the son of a
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whore fight for a whorex he tempts judgementx farewellx bastardx
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xxexitxxx
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margarelonx
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the devil take theex cowardx
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xxexitxxx
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scene viiix another part of the plainx
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enter hectorx
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hectorx
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most putrified core so fair withoutx
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thy goodly armour thus hath cost thy lifex
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now is my dayxs work donex ixll take my breathx
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restx swordx thou hast thy fill of blood and deathx
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xxdisarmsxxx
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enter achilles and myrmidonsx
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achillesx
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lookx hectorx how the sun begins to setx
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how ugly night comes breathing at his heelsx
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even with the vail and darkxning of the sunx
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to close the day upx hectorxs life is donex
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hectorx
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i am unarmxdx forego this vantagex greekx
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achillesx
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strikex fellowsx strikex this is the man i seekx
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xxhector fallsxxx
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sox ilionx fall thou nextx nowx troyx sink downx
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here lies thy heartx thy sinewsx and thy bonex
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onx myrmidonsx and cry you all amain
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xachilles hath the mighty hector slainxx
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xxa retreat soundedxxx
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harkx a retire upon our grecian partx
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myrmidonx
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the trojan trumpets sound the likex my lordx
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achillesx
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the dragon wing of night oxerspreads the earth
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andx sticklerxlikex the armies separatesx
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my halfxsuppxd swordx that frankly would have fedx
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pleasxd with this dainty baitx thus goes to bedx
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xxsheathes his swordxxx
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comex tie his body to my horsexs tailx
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along the field i will the trojan trailx
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene ixx another part of the plainx
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sound retreatx shoutx enter agamemnonx ajaxx menelausx nestorx
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diomedes and the restx marchingx
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agamemnonx
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harkx harkx what shout is thisx
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nestorx
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peacex drumsx
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soldiersx
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xxwithinxxx achillesx achillesx hectorxs slainx achillesx
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diomedesx
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the bruit isx hectorxs slainx and by achillesx
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ajaxx
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if it be sox yet bragless let it bex
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great hector was as good a man as hex
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agamemnonx
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march patiently alongx let one be sent
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to pray achilles see us at our tentx
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if in his death the gods have us befriendedx
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great troy is oursx and our sharp wars are endedx
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene xx another part of the plainx
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enter aeneasx parisx antenor and deiphobusx
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aeneasx
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standx hox yet are we masters of the fieldx
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never go homex here starve we out the nightx
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enter troilusx
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troilusx
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hector is slainx
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allx
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hectorx the gods forbidx
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troilusx
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hexs deadx and at the murdererxs horsexs tailx
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in beastly sortx draggxd through the shameful fieldx
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frown onx you heavensx effect your rage with speedx
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sitx godsx upon your thronesx and smile at troyx
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i say at once let your brief plagues be mercyx
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and linger not our sure destructions onx
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aeneasx
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my lordx you do discomfort all the hostx
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troilusx
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you understand me not that tell me sox
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i do not speak of flightx of fear of deathx
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but dare all imminence that gods and men
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address their dangers inx hector is gonex
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who shall tell priam sox or hecubax
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let him that will a screechxowl aye be callxd
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go in to troyx and say there xhectorxs deadxx
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there is a word will priam turn to stonex
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make wells and niobes of the maids and wivesx
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cold statues of the youthx andx in a wordx
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scare troy out of itselfx butx march awayx
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hector is deadx there is no more to sayx
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stay yetx you vile abominable tentsx
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thus proudly pight upon our phrygian plainsx
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let titan rise as early as he darex
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ixll through and through youx andx thou greatxsizxd cowardx
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no space of earth shall sunder our two hatesx
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ixll haunt thee like a wicked conscience stillx
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that mouldeth goblins swift as frenzyxs thoughtsx
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strike a free march to troyx with comfort gox
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hope of revenge shall hide our inward woex
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enter pandarusx
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pandarusx
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but hear youx hear youx
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troilusx
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hencex brokerxlackeyx ignominy and shame
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pursue thy lifex and live aye with thy namex
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xxexeunt all butx pandarusxx
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pandarusx
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a goodly medicine for my aching bonesx o worldx worldx thus is the poor
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agent despisxdx o traitors and bawdsx how earnestly are you set axworkx
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and how ill requitedx why should our endeavour be so lovxdx and the
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performance so loathedx what verse for itx what instance for itx let me
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seex
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full merrily the humblexbee doth sing
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till he hath lost his honey and his stingx
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and being once subduxd in armed trailx
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sweet honey and sweet notes together failx
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good traders in the fleshx set this in your painted clothsx
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as many as be here of pandarxs hallx
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your eyesx half outx weep out at pandarxs fallx
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orx if you cannot weepx yet give some groansx
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though not for mex yet for your aching bonesx
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brethren and sisters of the holdxdoor tradex
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some two months hence my will shall here be madex
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it should be nowx but that my fear is thisx
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|
some galled goose of winchester would hissx
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till then ixll sweat and seek about for easesx
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and at that time bequeath you my diseasesx
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xxexitxxx
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twelfth nightx orx what you will
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contents
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act i
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scene ix an apartment in the dukexs palacex
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scene iix the seaxcoastx
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scene iiix a room in oliviaxs housex
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scene ivx a room in the dukexs palacex
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scene vx a room in oliviaxs housex
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act ii
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scene ix the seaxcoastx
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scene iix a streetx
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scene iiix a room in oliviaxs housex
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scene ivx a room in the dukexs palacex
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scene vx oliviaxs gardenx
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act iii
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scene ix oliviaxs gardenx
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scene iix a room in oliviaxs housex
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scene iiix a streetx
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scene ivx oliviaxs gardenx
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act iv
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scene ix the street before oliviaxs housex
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scene iix a room in oliviaxs housex
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scene iiix oliviaxs gardenx
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act v
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scene ix the street before oliviaxs housex
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dramatis personx
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orsinox duke of illyriax
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|
valentinex gentleman attending on the duke
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curiox gentleman attending on the duke
|
|
violax in love with the dukex
|
|
sebastianx a young gentlemanx twin brother to violax
|
|
a sea captainx friend to viola
|
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antoniox a sea captainx friend to sebastianx
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|
oliviax a rich countessx
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|
mariax oliviaxs womanx
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sir toby belchx uncle of oliviax
|
|
sir andrew aguecheekx
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malvoliox steward to oliviax
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fabianx servant to oliviax
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clownx servant to oliviax
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priest
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lordsx sailorsx officersx musiciansx and other attendantsx
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scenex a city in illyriax and the seaxcoast near itx
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act ix
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scene ix an apartment in the dukexs palacex
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enter orsinox duke of illyriax curiox and other lordsx musicians
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attendingx
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dukex
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if music be the food of lovex play onx
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|
give me excess of itx thatx surfeitingx
|
|
the appetite may sicken and so diex
|
|
that strain againx it had a dying fallx
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|
ox it came oxer my ear like the sweet sound
|
|
that breathes upon a bank of violetsx
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|
stealing and giving odourx enoughx no morex
|
|
xtis not so sweet now as it was beforex
|
|
o spirit of lovex how quick and fresh art thoux
|
|
that notwithstanding thy capacity
|
|
receiveth as the seax nought enters therex
|
|
of what validity and pitch soeverx
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|
but falls into abatement and low price
|
|
even in a minutex so full of shapes is fancyx
|
|
that it alone is high fantasticalx
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curiox
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will you go huntx my lordx
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dukex
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|
whatx curiox
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curiox
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the hartx
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dukex
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why so i dox the noblest that i havex
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ox when mine eyes did see olivia firstx
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methought she purgxd the air of pestilencex
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|
that instant was i turnxd into a hartx
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|
and my desiresx like fell and cruel houndsx
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|
exer since pursue mex how nowx what news from herx
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enter valentinex
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valentinex
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so please my lordx i might not be admittedx
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but from her handmaid do return this answerx
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the element itselfx till seven yearsx heatx
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shall not behold her face at ample viewx
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|
but like a cloistress she will veiled walkx
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|
and water once a day her chamber round
|
|
with eyexoffending brinex all this to season
|
|
a brotherxs dead lovex which she would keep fresh
|
|
and lasting in her sad remembrancex
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dukex
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ox she that hath a heart of that fine frame
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to pay this debt of love but to a brotherx
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|
how will she lovex when the rich golden shaft
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|
hath killxd the flock of all affections else
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|
that live in herx when liverx brainx and heartx
|
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these sovereign thronesx are all supplied and fillxd
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|
her sweet perfections with one self kingx
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away before me to sweet beds of flowersx
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|
lovexthoughts lie rich when canopied with bowersx
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene iix the seaxcoastx
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enter violax a captain and sailorsx
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violax
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what countryx friendsx is thisx
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captainx
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this is illyriax ladyx
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violax
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and what should i do in illyriax
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my brother he is in elysiumx
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perchance he is not drownxdx what think youx sailorsx
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captainx
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it is perchance that you yourself were savxdx
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violax
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o my poor brotherx and so perchance may he bex
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captainx
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truex madamx and to comfort you with chancex
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assure yourselfx after our ship did splitx
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when youx and those poor number savxd with youx
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hung on our driving boatx i saw your brotherx
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most provident in perilx bind himselfx
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xcourage and hope both teaching him the practicex
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to a strong mast that livxd upon the seax
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wherex like arion on the dolphinxs backx
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i saw him hold acquaintance with the waves
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so long as i could seex
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violax
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for saying sox therexs goldx
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mine own escape unfoldeth to my hopex
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whereto thy speech serves for authorityx
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the like of himx knowxst thou this countryx
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captainx
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ayx madamx wellx for i was bred and born
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not three hoursx travel from this very placex
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violax
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who governs herex
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captainx
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a noble dukex in nature as in namex
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violax
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what is his namex
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captainx
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orsinox
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violax
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orsinox i have heard my father name himx
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he was a bachelor thenx
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captainx
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and so is nowx or was so very latex
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for but a month ago i went from hencex
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and then xtwas fresh in murmurx xasx you knowx
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what great ones dox the less will prattle ofx
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that he did seek the love of fair oliviax
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violax
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whatxs shex
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captainx
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a virtuous maidx the daughter of a count
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that died some twelvemonth sincex then leaving her
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in the protection of his sonx her brotherx
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who shortly also diedx for whose dear love
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|
they sayx she hath abjurxd the company
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|
and sight of menx
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violax
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o that i served that ladyx
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and might not be delivered to the worldx
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till i had made mine own occasion mellowx
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what my estate isx
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captainx
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that were hard to compassx
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because she will admit no kind of suitx
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nox not the dukexsx
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violax
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there is a fair behaviour in theex captainx
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|
and though that nature with a beauteous wall
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|
doth oft close in pollutionx yet of thee
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|
i will believe thou hast a mind that suits
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with this thy fair and outward characterx
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i pray theex and ixll pay thee bounteouslyx
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conceal me what i amx and be my aid
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for such disguise as haply shall become
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|
the form of my intentx ixll serve this dukex
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|
thou shalt present me as an eunuch to himx
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it may be worth thy painsx for i can singx
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|
and speak to him in many sorts of musicx
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|
that will allow me very worth his servicex
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|
what else may hapx to time i will commitx
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only shape thou thy silence to my witx
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captainx
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be you his eunuch and your mute ixll bex
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|
when my tongue blabsx then let mine eyes not seex
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violax
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i thank theex lead me onx
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene iiix a room in oliviaxs housex
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enter sir toby and mariax
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sir tobyx
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|
what a plague means my niece to take the death of her brother thusx i
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|
am sure carexs an enemy to lifex
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mariax
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|
by my trothx sir tobyx you must come in earlier ox nightsx your cousinx
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|
my ladyx takes great exceptions to your ill hoursx
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sir tobyx
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whyx let her exceptx before exceptedx
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mariax
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ayx but you must confine yourself within the modest limits of orderx
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sir tobyx
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|
confinex ixll confine myself no finer than i amx these clothes are good
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|
enough to drink inx and so be these boots toox and they be notx let
|
|
them hang themselves in their own strapsx
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mariax
|
|
that quaffing and drinking will undo youx i heard my lady talk of it
|
|
yesterdayx and of a foolish knight that you brought in one night here
|
|
to be her wooerx
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sir tobyx
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whox sir andrew aguecheekx
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mariax
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ayx hex
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sir tobyx
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|
hexs as tall a man as anyxs in illyriax
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mariax
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|
whatxs that to thx purposex
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sir tobyx
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|
whyx he has three thousand ducats a yearx
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mariax
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|
ayx but hexll have but a year in all these ducatsx hexs a very foolx
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and a prodigalx
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sir tobyx
|
|
fiex that youxll say sox he plays ox the violxdexgamboysx and speaks
|
|
three or four languages word for word without bookx and hath all the
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|
good gifts of naturex
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mariax
|
|
he hath indeedx almost naturalx forx besides that hexs a foolx hexs a
|
|
great quarrellerx andx but that he hath the gift of a coward to allay
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the gust he hath in quarrellingx xtis thought among the prudent he
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would quickly have the gift of a gravex
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sir tobyx
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by this handx they are scoundrels and substractors that say so of himx
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who are theyx
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mariax
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they that addx moreoverx hexs drunk nightly in your companyx
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sir tobyx
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with drinking healths to my niecex ixll drink to her as long as there
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is a passage in my throatx and drink in illyriax hexs a coward and a
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coystril that will not drink to my niece till his brains turn ox the
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toe like a parish topx whatx wenchx xcastiliano vulgoxx for here comes
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sir andrew aguefacex
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enter sir andrewx
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aguecheekx
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sir toby belchx how nowx sir toby belchx
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sir tobyx
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sweet sir andrewx
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sir andrewx
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bless youx fair shrewx
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mariax
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and you toox sirx
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sir tobyx
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accostx sir andrewx accostx
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sir andrewx
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whatxs thatx
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sir tobyx
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my niecexs chamberxmaidx
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sir andrewx
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good mistress accostx i desire better acquaintancex
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mariax
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my name is maryx sirx
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sir andrewx
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good mistress mary accostxx
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sir tobyx
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you mistakex knightx accost is front herx board herx woo herx assail
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herx
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sir andrewx
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by my trothx i would not undertake her in this companyx is that the
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meaning of accostx
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mariax
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fare you wellx gentlemenx
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sir tobyx
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and thou let part sox sir andrewx would thou mightst never draw sword
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againx
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sir andrewx
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and you part sox mistressx i would i might never draw sword againx fair
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ladyx do you think you have fools in handx
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mariax
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sirx i have not you by the handx
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sir andrewx
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marryx but you shall havex and herexs my handx
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mariax
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nowx sirx thought is freex i pray youx bring your hand to thx buttery
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bar and let it drinkx
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sir andrewx
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whereforex sweetheartx whatxs your metaphorx
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mariax
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itxs dryx sirx
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sir andrewx
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whyx i think sox i am not such an ass but i can keep my hand dryx but
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whatxs your jestx
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mariax
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a dry jestx sirx
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sir andrewx
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are you full of themx
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mariax
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ayx sirx i have them at my fingersx endsx marryx now i let go your
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handx i am barrenx
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xxexit mariaxxx
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sir tobyx
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o knightx thou lackxst a cup of canaryx when did i see thee so put
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downx
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sir andrewx
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never in your lifex i thinkx unless you see canary put me downx
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methinks sometimes i have no more wit than a christian or an ordinary
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man hasx but i am a great eater of beefx and i believe that does harm
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to my witx
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sir tobyx
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no questionx
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sir andrewx
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and i thought thatx ixd forswear itx ixll ride home tomorrowx sir tobyx
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sir tobyx
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xpourquoyxx my dear knightx
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sir andrewx
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what is xpourquoyxx dox or not dox i would i had bestowed that time in
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the tongues that i have in fencingx dancingx and bearxbaitingx ox had i
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but followed the artsx
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sir tobyx
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then hadst thou had an excellent head of hairx
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sir andrewx
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whyx would that have mended my hairx
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sir tobyx
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past questionx for thou seest it will not curl by naturex
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sir andrewx
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but it becomes me well enoughx doesxt notx
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sir tobyx
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excellentx it hangs like flax on a distaffx and i hope to see a
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houswife take thee between her legsx and spin it offx
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sir andrewx
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faithx ixll home tomorrowx sir tobyx your niece will not be seenx or if
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she bex itxs four to one shexll none of mex the count himself here hard
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by woos herx
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sir tobyx
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shexll none ox the countx shexll not match above her degreex neither in
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estatex yearsx nor witx i have heard her swearxtx tutx therexs life
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inxtx manx
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sir andrewx
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ixll stay a month longerx i am a fellow ox the strangest mind ix the
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worldx i delight in masques and revels sometimes altogetherx
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sir tobyx
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art thou good at these kickxshawsesx knightx
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sir andrewx
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as any man in illyriax whatsoever he bex under the degree of my
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bettersx and yet i will not compare with an old manx
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sir tobyx
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what is thy excellence in a galliardx knightx
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sir andrewx
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faithx i can cut a caperx
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sir tobyx
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and i can cut the mutton toxtx
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sir andrewx
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and i think i have the backxtrick simply as strong as any man in
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illyriax
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sir tobyx
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wherefore are these things hidx wherefore have these gifts a curtain
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before xemx are they like to take dustx like mistress mallxs picturex
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why dost thou not go to church in a galliardx and come home in a
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corantox my very walk should be a jigx i would not so much as make
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water but in a sinkxaxpacex what dost thou meanx is it a world to hide
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virtues inx i did thinkx by the excellent constitution of thy legx it
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was formed under the star of a galliardx
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sir andrewx
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ayx xtis strongx and it does indifferent well in a damxdxcolourxd
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stockx shall we set about some revelsx
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sir tobyx
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what shall we do elsex were we not born under taurusx
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sir andrewx
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taurusx thatxs sides and heartx
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sir tobyx
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nox sirx it is legs and thighsx let me see thee caperx hax higherx hax
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hax excellentx
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene ivx a room in the dukexs palacex
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enter valentine and viola in manxs attirex
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valentinex
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if the duke continue these favours towards youx cesariox you are like
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to be much advancedx he hath known you but three daysx and already you
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are no strangerx
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violax
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you either fear his humour or my negligencex that you call in question
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the continuance of his lovex is he inconstantx sirx in his favoursx
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valentinex
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nox believe mex
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enter dukex curio and attendantsx
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violax
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i thank youx here comes the countx
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dukex
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who saw cesariox hox
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violax
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on your attendancex my lordx herex
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dukex
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stand you awhile aloofxxcesariox
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thou knowxst no less but allx i have unclaspxd
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to thee the book even of my secret soulx
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thereforex good youthx address thy gait unto herx
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be not denied accessx stand at her doorsx
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and tell themx there thy fixed foot shall grow
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till thou have audiencex
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violax
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surex my noble lordx
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if she be so abandonxd to her sorrow
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as it is spokex she never will admit mex
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dukex
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be clamorous and leap all civil boundsx
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rather than make unprofited returnx
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violax
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say i do speak with herx my lordx what thenx
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dukex
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o then unfold the passion of my lovex
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surprise her with discourse of my dear faithx
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it shall become thee well to act my woesx
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|
she will attend it better in thy youthx
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than in a nuncioxs of more grave aspectx
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violax
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i think not sox my lordx
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dukex
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dear ladx believe itx
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for they shall yet belie thy happy yearsx
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that say thou art a manx dianaxs lip
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|
is not more smooth and rubiousx thy small pipe
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is as the maidenxs organx shrill and soundx
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and all is semblative a womanxs partx
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|
i know thy constellation is right apt
|
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for this affairx some four or five attend himx
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allx if you willx for i myself am best
|
|
when least in companyx prosper well in thisx
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and thou shalt live as freely as thy lordx
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to call his fortunes thinex
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violax
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ixll do my best
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to woo your ladyx xxasidexxx yetx a barful strifex
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|
whoexer i woox myself would be his wifex
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene vx a room in oliviaxs housex
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enter maria and clownx
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mariax
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nayx either tell me where thou hast beenx or i will not open my lips so
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|
wide as a bristle may enterx in way of thy excusex my lady will hang
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thee for thy absencex
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clownx
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let her hang mex he that is well hanged in this world needs to fear no
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coloursx
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mariax
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make that goodx
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clownx
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he shall see none to fearx
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mariax
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a good lenten answerx i can tell thee where that saying was bornx of i
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fear no coloursx
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clownx
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wherex good mistress maryx
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mariax
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in the warsx and that may you be bold to say in your fooleryx
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clownx
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wellx god give them wisdom that have itx and those that are foolsx let
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them use their talentsx
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mariax
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yet you will be hanged for being so long absentx or to be turned awayx
|
|
is not that as good as a hanging to youx
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clownx
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many a good hanging prevents a bad marriagex and for turning awayx let
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|
summer bear it outx
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mariax
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you are resolute thenx
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clownx
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not sox neitherx but i am resolved on two pointsx
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mariax
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that if one breakx the other will holdx or if both breakx your gaskins
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fallx
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clownx
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aptx in good faithx very aptx wellx go thy wayx if sir toby would leave
|
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drinkingx thou wert as witty a piece of evexs flesh as any in illyriax
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mariax
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peacex you roguex no more ox thatx here comes my ladyx make your excuse
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|
wiselyx you were bestx
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xxexitxxx
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enter olivia with malvoliox
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clownx
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witx andxt be thy willx put me into good foolingx those wits that think
|
|
they have theex do very oft prove foolsx and i that am sure i lack
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theex may pass for a wise manx for what says quinapalusx better a witty
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|
fool than a foolish witx god bless theex ladyx
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oliviax
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take the fool awayx
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clownx
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do you not hearx fellowsx take away the ladyx
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oliviax
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go tox yxare a dry foolx ixll no more of youx besidesx you grow
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dishonestx
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clownx
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|
two faultsx madonnax that drink and good counsel will amendx for give
|
|
the dry fool drinkx then is the fool not dryx bid the dishonest man
|
|
mend himselfx if he mendx he is no longer dishonestx if he cannotx let
|
|
the botcher mend himx anything thatxs mended is but patchedx virtue
|
|
that transgresses is but patched with sinx and sin that amends is but
|
|
patched with virtuex if that this simple syllogism will servex sox if
|
|
it will notx what remedyx as there is no true cuckold but calamityx so
|
|
beautyxs a flowerx the lady bade take away the foolx thereforex i say
|
|
againx take her awayx
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oliviax
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|
sirx i bade them take away youx
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clownx
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|
misprision in the highest degreex ladyx xcucullus non facit monachumxx
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|
thatxs as much to sayx i wear not motley in my brainx good madonnax
|
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give me leave to prove you a foolx
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oliviax
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can you do itx
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clownx
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dexteriouslyx good madonnax
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oliviax
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make your proofx
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clownx
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i must catechize you for itx madonnax good my mouse of virtuex answer
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|
mex
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oliviax
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|
well sirx for want of other idlenessx ixll xbide your proofx
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clownx
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|
good madonnax why mournxst thoux
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oliviax
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|
good foolx for my brotherxs deathx
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clownx
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i think his soul is in hellx madonnax
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oliviax
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|
i know his soul is in heavenx foolx
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clownx
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|
the more fool youx madonnax to mourn for your brotherxs soul being in
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heavenx take away the foolx gentlemenx
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oliviax
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|
what think you of this foolx malvoliox doth he not mendx
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malvoliox
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yesx and shall dox till the pangs of death shake himx infirmityx that
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|
decays the wisex doth ever make the better foolx
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clownx
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|
god send youx sirx a speedy infirmityx for the better increasing your
|
|
follyx sir toby will be sworn that i am no foxx but he will not pass
|
|
his word for twopence that you are no foolx
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oliviax
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|
how say you to thatx malvoliox
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malvoliox
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|
i marvel your ladyship takes delight in such a barren rascalx i saw him
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|
put down the other day with an ordinary foolx that has no more brain
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|
than a stonex look you nowx hexs out of his guard alreadyx unless you
|
|
laugh and minister occasion to himx he is gaggedx i protest i take
|
|
these wise menx that crow so at these set kind of foolsx no better than
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|
the foolsx zaniesx
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oliviax
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|
ox you are sick of selfxlovex malvoliox and taste with a distempered
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|
appetitex to be generousx guiltlessx and of free dispositionx is to
|
|
take those things for birdxbolts that you deem cannon bulletsx there is
|
|
no slander in an allowed foolx though he do nothing but railx nor no
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railing in a known discreet manx though he do nothing but reprovex
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clownx
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now mercury endue thee with leasingx for thou speakxst well of foolsx
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enter mariax
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mariax
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|
madamx there is at the gate a young gentleman much desires to speak
|
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with youx
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oliviax
|
|
from the count orsinox is itx
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mariax
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i know notx madamx xtis a fair young manx and well attendedx
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oliviax
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who of my people hold him in delayx
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mariax
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sir tobyx madamx your kinsmanx
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oliviax
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fetch him offx i pray youx he speaks nothing but madmanx fie on himx
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xxexit mariaxxx
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|
go youx malvoliox if it be a suit from the countx i am sickx or not at
|
|
homex what you willx to dismiss itx
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|
xxexit malvolioxxx
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|
now you seex sirx how your fooling grows oldx and people dislike itx
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clownx
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thou hast spoke for usx madonnax as if thy eldest son should be a foolx
|
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whose skull jove cram with brainsx for here he comesx one of thy kin
|
|
has a most weak xpia materxx
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|
enter sir tobyx
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oliviax
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|
by mine honourx half drunkx what is he at the gatex cousinx
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sir tobyx
|
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a gentlemanx
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oliviax
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a gentlemanx what gentlemanx
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sir tobyx
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xtis a gentleman herex a plague ox these picklexherringsx how nowx sotx
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clownx
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good sir tobyx
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oliviax
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cousinx cousinx how have you come so early by this lethargyx
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sir tobyx
|
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lecheryx i defy lecheryx therexs one at the gatex
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oliviax
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ayx marryx what is hex
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sir tobyx
|
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let him be the devil an he willx i care notx give me faithx say ix
|
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wellx itxs all onex
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|
xxexitxxx
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oliviax
|
|
whatxs a drunken man likex foolx
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clownx
|
|
like a drowned manx a foolx and a madmanx one draught above heat makes
|
|
him a foolx the second mads himx and a third drowns himx
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oliviax
|
|
go thou and seek the coronerx and let him sit ox my cozx for hexs in
|
|
the third degree of drinkx hexs drownedx gox look after himx
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clownx
|
|
he is but mad yetx madonnax and the fool shall look to the madmanx
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|
xxexit clownxxx
|
|
|
|
enter malvoliox
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malvoliox
|
|
madamx yond young fellow swears he will speak with youx i told him you
|
|
were sickx he takes on him to understand so muchx and therefore comes
|
|
to speak with youx i told him you were asleepx he seems to have a
|
|
foreknowledge of that toox and therefore comes to speak with youx what
|
|
is to be said to himx ladyx hexs fortified against any denialx
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oliviax
|
|
tell himx he shall not speak with mex
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|
malvoliox
|
|
has been told sox and he says hexll stand at your door like a sheriffxs
|
|
postx and be the supporter of a benchx but hexll speak with youx
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oliviax
|
|
what kind ox man is hex
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malvoliox
|
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whyx of mankindx
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oliviax
|
|
what manner of manx
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malvoliox
|
|
of very ill mannerx hexll speak with youx will you or nox
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oliviax
|
|
of what personage and years is hex
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malvoliox
|
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not yet old enough for a manx nor young enough for a boyx as a squash
|
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is before xtis a peascodx or a codlingx when xtis almost an applex xtis
|
|
with him in standing waterx between boy and manx he is very
|
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wellxfavouredx and he speaks very shrewishlyx one would think his
|
|
motherxs milk were scarce out of himx
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oliviax
|
|
let him approachx call in my gentlewomanx
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malvoliox
|
|
gentlewomanx my lady callsx
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xxexitxxx
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enter mariax
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oliviax
|
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give me my veilx comex throw it oxer my facex
|
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wexll once more hear orsinoxs embassyx
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enter violax
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violax
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the honourable lady of the housex which is shex
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oliviax
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speak to mex i shall answer for herx your willx
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violax
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most radiantx exquisitex and unmatchable beautyxxi pray youx tell me if
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this be the lady of the housex for i never saw herx i would be loath to
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cast away my speechx for besides that it is excellently well pennedx i
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have taken great pains to con itx good beautiesx let me sustain no
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scornx i am very comptiblex even to the least sinister usagex
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oliviax
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whence came youx sirx
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violax
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i can say little more than i have studiedx and that questionxs out of
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my partx good gentle onex give me modest assurancex if you be the lady
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of the housex that i may proceed in my speechx
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oliviax
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are you a comedianx
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violax
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nox my profound heartx and yetx by the very fangs of malice i swearx i
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am not that i playx are you the lady of the housex
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oliviax
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if i do not usurp myselfx i amx
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violax
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most certainx if you are shex you do usurp yourselfx for what is yours
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to bestow is not yours to reservex but this is from my commissionx i
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will on with my speech in your praisex and then show you the heart of
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my messagex
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oliviax
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come to what is important inxtx i forgive you the praisex
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violax
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alasx i took great pains to study itx and xtis poeticalx
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oliviax
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it is the more like to be feignedx i pray you keep it inx i heard you
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were saucy at my gatesx and allowed your approachx rather to wonder at
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you than to hear youx if you be madx be gonex if you have reasonx be
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briefx xtis not that time of moon with me to make one in so skipping a
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dialoguex
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mariax
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will you hoist sailx sirx here lies your wayx
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violax
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nox good swabberx i am to hull here a little longerx some mollification
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for your giantx sweet ladyx tell me your mindx i am a messengerx
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oliviax
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surex you have some hideous matter to deliverx when the courtesy of it
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is so fearfulx speak your officex
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violax
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it alone concerns your earx i bring no overture of warx no taxation of
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homagex i hold the olive in my handx my words are as full of peace as
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matterx
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oliviax
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yet you began rudelyx what are youx what would youx
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violax
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the rudeness that hath appeared in me have i learned from my
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entertainmentx what i am and what i would are as secret as maidenheadx
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to your earsx divinityx to any otherxsx profanationx
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oliviax
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give us the place alonex we will hear this divinityx
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xxexit mariaxxx
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nowx sirx what is your textx
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violax
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most sweet ladyx
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oliviax
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a comfortable doctrinex and much may be said of itx where lies your
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textx
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violax
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in orsinoxs bosomx
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oliviax
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in his bosomx in what chapter of his bosomx
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violax
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to answer by the methodx in the first of his heartx
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oliviax
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ox i have read itx it is heresyx have you no more to sayx
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violax
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good madamx let me see your facex
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oliviax
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have you any commission from your lord to negotiate with my facex you
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are now out of your textx but we will draw the curtain and show you the
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picturex xxunveilingxxx look youx sirx such a one i was this presentx
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isxt not well donex
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violax
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excellently donex if god did allx
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oliviax
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xtis in grainx sirx xtwill endure wind and weatherx
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violax
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xtis beauty truly blentx whose red and white
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naturexs own sweet and cunning hand laid onx
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ladyx you are the cruelxst she alive
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if you will lead these graces to the gravex
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and leave the world no copyx
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oliviax
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ox sirx i will not be so hardxheartedx i will give out divers schedules
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of my beautyx it shall be inventoried and every particle and utensil
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labelled to my willx asx itemx two lips indifferent redx itemx two grey
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eyes with lids to themx itemx one neckx one chinx and so forthx were
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you sent hither to praise mex
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violax
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i see you what you arex you are too proudx
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butx if you were the devilx you are fairx
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my lord and master loves youx ox such love
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could be but recompensxd though you were crownxd
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the nonpareil of beautyx
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oliviax
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how does he love mex
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violax
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with adorationsx fertile tearsx
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with groans that thunder lovex with sighs of firex
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oliviax
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your lord does know my mindx i cannot love himx
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yet i suppose him virtuousx know him noblex
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of great estatex of fresh and stainless youthx
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in voices well divulgxdx freex learnxdx and valiantx
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and in dimension and the shape of naturex
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a gracious personx but yet i cannot love himx
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he might have took his answer long agox
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violax
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if i did love you in my masterxs flamex
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with such a suffxringx such a deadly lifex
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in your denial i would find no sensex
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i would not understand itx
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oliviax
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whyx what would youx
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violax
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make me a willow cabin at your gatex
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and call upon my soul within the housex
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write loyal cantons of contemned lovex
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and sing them loud even in the dead of nightx
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hallow your name to the reverberate hillsx
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and make the babbling gossip of the air
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cry out oliviax ox you should not rest
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between the elements of air and earthx
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but you should pity mex
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oliviax
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you might do muchx
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what is your parentagex
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violax
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above my fortunesx yet my state is wellx
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i am a gentlemanx
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oliviax
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get you to your lordx
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i cannot love himx let him send no morex
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unlessx perchancex you come to me againx
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to tell me how he takes itx fare you wellx
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i thank you for your painsx spend this for mex
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violax
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i am no feexd postx ladyx keep your pursex
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my masterx not myselfx lacks recompensex
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love make his heart of flint that you shall lovex
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and let your fervour like my masterxs be
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placxd in contemptx farewellx fair crueltyx
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xxexitxxx
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oliviax
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what is your parentagex
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xabove my fortunesx yet my state is wellx
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i am a gentlemanxx ixll be sworn thou artx
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thy tonguex thy facex thy limbsx actionsx and spiritx
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do give thee fivexfold blazonx not too fastx softx softx
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unless the master were the manx how nowx
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even so quickly may one catch the plaguex
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methinks i feel this youthxs perfections
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with an invisible and subtle stealth
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to creep in at mine eyesx wellx let it bex
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what hox malvoliox
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enter malvoliox
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malvoliox
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herex madamx at your servicex
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oliviax
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run after that same peevish messenger
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the countyxs manx he left this ring behind himx
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would i or notx tell himx ixll none of itx
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desire him not to flatter with his lordx
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nor hold him up with hopesx i am not for himx
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if that the youth will come this way tomorrowx
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ixll give him reasons forxtx hie theex malvoliox
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malvoliox
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madamx i willx
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xxexitxxx
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oliviax
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i do i know not whatx and fear to find
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mine eye too great a flatterer for my mindx
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fatex show thy forcex ourselves we do not owex
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what is decreed must bex and be this sox
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xxexitxxx
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act iix
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scene ix the seaxcoastx
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enter antonio and sebastianx
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antoniox
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will you stay no longerx nor will you not that i go with youx
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sebastianx
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by your patiencex nox my stars shine darkly over mex the malignancy of
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my fate might perhaps distemper yoursx therefore i shall crave of you
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your leave that i may bear my evils alonex it were a bad recompense for
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your lovex to lay any of them on youx
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antoniox
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let me know of you whither you are boundx
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sebastianx
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nox soothx sirx my determinate voyage is mere extravagancyx but i
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perceive in you so excellent a touch of modestyx that you will not
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extort from me what i am willing to keep inx therefore it charges me in
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manners the rather to express myselfx you must know of me thenx
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antoniox my name is sebastianx which i called roderigox my father was
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|
that sebastian of messaline whom i know you have heard ofx he left
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|
behind him myself and a sisterx both born in an hourx if the heavens
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had been pleasedx would we had so endedx but youx sirx altered thatx
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|
for some hour before you took me from the breach of the sea was my
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sister drownedx
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antoniox
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alas the dayx
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sebastianx
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a ladyx sirx though it was said she much resembled mex was yet of many
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|
accounted beautifulx but though i could not with such estimable wonder
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overfar believe thatx yet thus far i will boldly publish herx she bore
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a mind that envy could not but call fairx she is drowned alreadyx sirx
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with salt waterx though i seem to drown her remembrance again with
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morex
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antoniox
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pardon mex sirx your bad entertainmentx
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sebastianx
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o good antoniox forgive me your troublex
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antoniox
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if you will not murder me for my lovex let me be your servantx
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sebastianx
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if you will not undo what you have donex that isx kill him whom you
|
|
have recoveredx desire it notx fare ye well at oncex my bosom is full
|
|
of kindnessx and i am yet so near the manners of my motherx that upon
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the least occasion morex mine eyes will tell tales of mex i am bound to
|
|
the count orsinoxs courtx farewellx
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xxexitxxx
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antoniox
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the gentleness of all the gods go with theex
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i have many enemies in orsinoxs courtx
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else would i very shortly see thee therex
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but come what mayx i do adore thee sox
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that danger shall seem sportx and i will gox
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xxexitxxx
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scene iix a streetx
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enter violax malvolio at several doorsx
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malvoliox
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were you not even now with the countess oliviax
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violax
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|
even nowx sirx on a moderate pace i have since arrived but hitherx
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malvoliox
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|
she returns this ring to youx sirx you might have saved me my painsx to
|
|
have taken it away yourselfx she addsx moreoverx that you should put
|
|
your lord into a desperate assurance she will none of himx and one
|
|
thing morex that you be never so hardy to come again in his affairsx
|
|
unless it be to report your lordxs taking of thisx receive it sox
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violax
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|
she took the ring of mex ixll none of itx
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malvoliox
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|
come sirx you peevishly threw it to herx and her will is it should be
|
|
so returnedx if it be worth stooping forx there it lies in your eyex if
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notx be it his that finds itx
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xxexitxxx
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violax
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|
i left no ring with herx what means this ladyx
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|
fortune forbid my outside have not charmxd herx
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|
she made good view of mex indeedx so muchx
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|
that methought her eyes had lost her tonguex
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|
for she did speak in starts distractedlyx
|
|
she loves mex surex the cunning of her passion
|
|
invites me in this churlish messengerx
|
|
none of my lordxs ringx whyx he sent her nonex
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|
i am the manx if it be sox as xtisx
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|
poor ladyx she were better love a dreamx
|
|
disguisex i see thou art a wickedness
|
|
wherein the pregnant enemy does muchx
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|
how easy is it for the proper false
|
|
in womenxs waxen hearts to set their formsx
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|
alasx our frailty is the causex not wex
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|
for such as we are made ofx such we bex
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|
how will this fadgex my master loves her dearlyx
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|
and ix poor monsterx fond as much on himx
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and shex mistakenx seems to dote on mex
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|
what will become of thisx as i am manx
|
|
my state is desperate for my masterxs lovex
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|
as i am woman xnow alas the dayxx
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|
what thriftless sighs shall poor olivia breathex
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|
o timex thou must untangle thisx not ix
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|
it is too hard a knot for me txuntiex
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xxexitxxx
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scene iiix a room in oliviaxs housex
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enter sir toby and sir andrewx
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sir tobyx
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approachx sir andrewx not to be abed after midnightx is to be up
|
|
betimesx and xdiluculo surgerexx thou knowxstx
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sir andrewx
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nayx by my trothx i know notx but i know to be up late is to be up
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latex
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sir tobyx
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a false conclusionx i hate it as an unfilled canx to be up after
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midnightx and to go to bed then is earlyx so that to go to bed after
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|
midnight is to go to bed betimesx does not our lives consist of the
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|
four elementsx
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sir andrewx
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|
faithx so they sayx but i think it rather consists of eating and
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drinkingx
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sir tobyx
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thxart a scholarx let us therefore eat and drinkx
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|
marianx i sayx a stoup of winex
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enter clownx
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sir andrewx
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|
here comes the foolx ix faithx
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clownx
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|
how nowx my heartsx did you never see the picture of xwe threexx
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sir tobyx
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welcomex assx now letxs have a catchx
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sir andrewx
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by my trothx the fool has an excellent breastx i had rather than forty
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shillings i had such a legx and so sweet a breath to singx as the fool
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|
hasx in soothx thou wast in very gracious fooling last night when thou
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spokxst of pigrogromitusx of the vapians passing the equinoctial of
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|
queubusx xtwas very goodx ix faithx i sent thee sixpence for thy lemanx
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|
hadst itx
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clownx
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i did impeticos thy gratillityx for malvolioxs nose is no whipstockx my
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lady has a white handx and the myrmidons are no bottlexale housesx
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sir andrewx
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excellentx whyx this is the best foolingx when all is donex nowx a
|
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songx
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sir tobyx
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come onx there is sixpence for youx letxs have a songx
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sir andrewx
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|
therexs a testril of me toox if one knight give ax
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clownx
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would you have a lovexsongx or a song of good lifex
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sir tobyx
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a lovexsongx a lovexsongx
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sir andrewx
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ayx ayx i care not for good lifex
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clownx xxsingsxxx
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|
xo mistress minex where are you roamingx
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|
o stay and hearx your true lovexs comingx
|
|
that can sing both high and lowx
|
|
trip no furtherx pretty sweetingx
|
|
journeys end in lovers meetingx
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|
every wise manxs son doth knowxx
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sir andrewx
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|
excellent goodx ix faithx
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sir tobyx
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|
goodx goodx
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|
clownx
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|
xwhat is lovex xtis not hereafterx
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|
present mirth hath present laughterx
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|
whatxs to come is still unsurex
|
|
in delay there lies no plentyx
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|
then come kiss mex sweet and twentyx
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|
youthxs a stuff will not endurexx
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sir andrewx
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a mellifluous voicex as i am true knightx
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sir tobyx
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a contagious breathx
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sir andrewx
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|
very sweet and contagiousx ix faithx
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sir tobyx
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|
to hear by the nosex it is dulcet in contagionx but shall we make the
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|
welkin dance indeedx shall we rouse the nightxowl in a catch that will
|
|
draw three souls out of one weaverx shall we do thatx
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|
sir andrewx
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|
and you love mex letxs doxtx i am dog at a catchx
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clownx
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|
byxr ladyx sirx and some dogs will catch wellx
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sir andrewx
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most certainx let our catch bex xthou knavexx
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clownx
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|
xhold thy peacex thou knavex knightx i shall be constrainxd inxt to
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|
call thee knavex knightx
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sir andrewx
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|
xtis not the first time i have constrained one to call me knavex beginx
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|
foolx it begins xhold thy peacexx
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clownx
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i shall never begin if i hold my peacex
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sir andrewx
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|
goodx ix faithx comex beginx
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xxcatch sungxxx
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enter mariax
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mariax
|
|
what a caterwauling do you keep herex if my lady have not called up her
|
|
steward malvoliox and bid him turn you out of doorsx never trust mex
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sir tobyx
|
|
my ladyxs a cataianx we are politiciansx malvolioxs a pegxaxramseyx and
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|
xxsingsxxx xthree merry men be wexx am not i consanguineousx am i not
|
|
of her bloodx tillyxvallyx xladyxx xthere dwelt a man in babylonx ladyx
|
|
ladyxx
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clownx
|
|
beshrew mex the knightxs in admirable foolingx
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sir andrewx
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|
ayx he does well enough if he be disposedx and so do i toox he does it
|
|
with a better gracex but i do it more naturalx
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sir tobyx
|
|
xxsingsxxx xox the twelfth day of decemberxx
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|
mariax
|
|
for the love ox godx peacex
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|
enter malvoliox
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|
malvoliox
|
|
my mastersx are you madx or what are youx have you no witx mannersx nor
|
|
honestyx but to gabble like tinkers at this time of nightx do ye make
|
|
an alexhouse of my ladyxs housex that ye squeak out your coziersx
|
|
catches without any mitigation or remorse of voicex is there no respect
|
|
of placex personsx nor timex in youx
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sir tobyx
|
|
we did keep timex sirx in our catchesx sneck upx
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|
malvoliox
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|
sir tobyx i must be round with youx my lady bade me tell you thatx
|
|
though she harbours you as her kinsman shexs nothing allied to your
|
|
disordersx if you can separate yourself and your misdemeanoursx you are
|
|
welcome to the housex if notx and it would please you to take leave of
|
|
herx she is very willing to bid you farewellx
|
|
|
|
sir tobyx
|
|
xxsingsxxx xfarewellx dear heartx since i must needs be gonexx
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|
mariax
|
|
nayx good sir tobyx
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clownx
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xxsingsxxx xhis eyes do show his days are almost donexx
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malvoliox
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isxt even sox
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sir tobyx
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xxsingsxxx xbut i will never diexx
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clownx
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xxsingsxxx xsir tobyx there you liexx
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malvoliox
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this is much credit to youx
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sir tobyx
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xxsingsxxx xshall i bid him goxx
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clownx
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xxsingsxxx xwhat and if you doxx
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sir tobyx
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xxsingsxxx xshall i bid him gox and spare notxx
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clownx
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xxsingsxxx xox nox nox nox nox you dare notxx
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sir tobyx
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out ox tunex sirx ye liex art any more than a stewardx dost thou thinkx
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because thou art virtuousx there shall be no more cakes and alex
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clownx
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yesx by saint annex and ginger shall be hot ix the mouth toox
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sir tobyx
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thxart ix the rightx gox sirx rub your chain with crumbsx a stoup of
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winex mariax
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malvoliox
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mistress maryx if you prized my ladyxs favour at anything more than
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contemptx you would not give means for this uncivil rulex she shall
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know of itx by this handx
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xxexitxxx
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mariax
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go shake your earsx
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sir andrewx
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xtwere as good a deed as to drink when a manxs axhungryx to challenge
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him the fieldx and then to break promise with him and make a fool of
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himx
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sir tobyx
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doxtx knightx ixll write thee a challengex or ixll deliver thy
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indignation to him by word of mouthx
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mariax
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sweet sir tobyx be patient for tonightx since the youth of the countxs
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was today with my ladyx she is much out of quietx for monsieur
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malvoliox let me alone with himx if i do not gull him into a naywordx
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and make him a common recreationx do not think i have wit enough to lie
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straight in my bedx i know i can do itx
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sir tobyx
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possess usx possess usx tell us something of himx
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mariax
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marryx sirx sometimes he is a kind of puritanx
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sir andrewx
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ox if i thought thatx ixd beat him like a dogx
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sir tobyx
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whatx for being a puritanx thy exquisite reasonx dear knightx
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sir andrewx
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i have no exquisite reason forxtx but i have reason good enoughx
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mariax
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the devil a puritan that he isx or anything constantly but a
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timexpleaserx an affectioned ass that cons state without book and
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utters it by great swarthsx the best persuaded of himselfx so crammed
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xas he thinksx with excellenciesx that it is his grounds of faith that
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all that look on him love himx and on that vice in him will my revenge
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find notable cause to workx
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sir tobyx
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what wilt thou dox
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mariax
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i will drop in his way some obscure epistles of lovex wherein by the
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colour of his beardx the shape of his legx the manner of his gaitx the
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expressure of his eyex foreheadx and complexionx he shall find himself
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most feelingly personatedx i can write very like my lady your niecex on
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a forgotten matter we can hardly make distinction of our handsx
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sir tobyx
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excellentx i smell a devicex
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sir andrewx
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i havext in my nose toox
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sir tobyx
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he shall thinkx by the letters that thou wilt dropx that they come from
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my niecex and that she is in love with himx
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mariax
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my purpose is indeed a horse of that colourx
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sir andrewx
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and your horse now would make him an assx
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mariax
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assx i doubt notx
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sir andrewx
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o xtwill be admirablex
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mariax
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sport royalx i warrant youx i know my physic will work with himx i will
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plant you twox and let the fool make a thirdx where he shall find the
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letterx observe his construction of itx for this nightx to bedx and
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dream on the eventx farewellx
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xxexitxxx
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sir tobyx
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good nightx penthesileax
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sir andrewx
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before mex shexs a good wenchx
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sir tobyx
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shexs a beagle true bredx and one that adores mex what ox thatx
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sir andrewx
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i was adored once toox
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sir tobyx
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letxs to bedx knightx thou hadst need send for more moneyx
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sir andrewx
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if i cannot recover your niecex i am a foul way outx
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sir tobyx
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send for moneyx knightx if thou hast her not ix thx endx call me cutx
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sir andrewx
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if i do notx never trust mex take it how you willx
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sir tobyx
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comex comex ixll go burn some sackx xtis too late to go to bed nowx
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comex knightx comex knightx
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene ivx a room in the dukexs palacex
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enter dukex violax curio and othersx
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dukex
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give me some musicx nowx good morrowx friendsx
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nowx good cesariox but that piece of songx
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that old and antique song we heard last nightx
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methought it did relieve my passion muchx
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more than light airs and recollected terms
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of these most brisk and giddyxpaced timesx
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comex but one versex
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curiox
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he is not herex so please your lordshipx that should sing itx
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dukex
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who was itx
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curiox
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festex the jesterx my lordx a fool that the lady oliviaxs father took
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much delight inx he is about the housex
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dukex
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seek him outx and play the tune the whilex
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xxexit curiox music playsxxx
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come hitherx boyx if ever thou shalt lovex
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in the sweet pangs of it remember mex
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for such as i amx all true lovers arex
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unstaid and skittish in all motions elsex
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save in the constant image of the creature
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that is belovxdx how dost thou like this tunex
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violax
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it gives a very echo to the seat
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where love is thronedx
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dukex
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thou dost speak masterlyx
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my life uponxtx young though thou artx thine eye
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hath stayed upon some favour that it lovesx
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hath it notx boyx
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violax
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a littlex by your favourx
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dukex
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what kind of woman isxtx
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violax
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of your complexionx
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dukex
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she is not worth theex thenx what yearsx ix faithx
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violax
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about your yearsx my lordx
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dukex
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too oldx by heavenx let still the woman take
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an elder than herselfx so wears she to himx
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so sways she level in her husbandxs heartx
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forx boyx however we do praise ourselvesx
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our fancies are more giddy and unfirmx
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more longingx waveringx sooner lost and wornx
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than womenxs arex
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violax
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i think it wellx my lordx
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dukex
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then let thy love be younger than thyselfx
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or thy affection cannot hold the bentx
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for women are as rosesx whose fair flower
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being once displayxdx doth fall that very hourx
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violax
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|
and so they arex alasx that they are sox
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to diex even when they to perfection growx
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enter curio and clownx
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dukex
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ox fellowx comex the song we had last nightx
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mark itx cesariox it is old and plainx
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|
the spinsters and the knitters in the sunx
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and the free maidsx that weave their thread with bones
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do use to chant itx it is silly soothx
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and dallies with the innocence of love
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like the old agex
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clownx
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are you readyx sirx
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dukex
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ayx pritheex singx
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xxmusicxxx
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the clownxs songx
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x come awayx come awayx deathx
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and in sad cypress let me be laidx
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fly awayx fly awayx breathx
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|
i am slain by a fair cruel maidx
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my shroud of whitex stuck all with yewx
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ox prepare itx
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my part of death no one so true
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did share itxx
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x not a flowerx not a flower sweetx
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on my black coffin let there be strownx
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not a friendx not a friend greet
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my poor corpse where my bones shall be thrownx
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a thousand thousand sighs to savex
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lay mex ox where
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sad true lover never find my gravex
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to weep therexx
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dukex
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therexs for thy painsx
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clownx
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no painsx sirx i take pleasure in singingx sirx
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dukex
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ixll pay thy pleasurex thenx
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clownx
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|
truly sirx and pleasure will be paid one time or anotherx
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dukex
|
|
give me now leave to leave theex
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clownx
|
|
now the melancholy god protect theex and the tailor make thy doublet of
|
|
changeable taffetax for thy mind is a very opalx i would have men of
|
|
such constancy put to seax that their business might be everythingx and
|
|
their intent everywherex for thatxs it that always makes a good voyage
|
|
of nothingx farewellx
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xxexit clownxxx
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dukex
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let all the rest give placex
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xxexeunt curio and attendantsxxx
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|
once morex cesariox
|
|
get thee to yond same sovereign crueltyx
|
|
tell her my lovex more noble than the worldx
|
|
prizes not quantity of dirty landsx
|
|
the parts that fortune hath bestowxd upon herx
|
|
tell her i hold as giddily as fortunex
|
|
but xtis that miracle and queen of gems
|
|
that nature pranks her in attracts my soulx
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violax
|
|
but if she cannot love youx sirx
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dukex
|
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i cannot be so answerxdx
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violax
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|
soothx but you mustx
|
|
say that some ladyx as perhaps there isx
|
|
hath for your love as great a pang of heart
|
|
as you have for oliviax you cannot love herx
|
|
you tell her sox must she not then be answerxdx
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dukex
|
|
there is no womanxs sides
|
|
can bide the beating of so strong a passion
|
|
as love doth give my heartx no womanxs heart
|
|
so bigx to hold so muchx they lack retentionx
|
|
alasx their love may be called appetitex
|
|
no motion of the liverx but the palatex
|
|
that suffer surfeitx cloymentx and revoltx
|
|
but mine is all as hungry as the seax
|
|
and can digest as muchx make no compare
|
|
between that love a woman can bear me
|
|
and that i owe oliviax
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violax
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|
ayx but i knowx
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dukex
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|
what dost thou knowx
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violax
|
|
too well what love women to men may owex
|
|
in faithx they are as true of heart as wex
|
|
my father had a daughter loved a manx
|
|
as it might be perhapsx were i a womanx
|
|
i should your lordshipx
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dukex
|
|
and whatxs her historyx
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violax
|
|
a blankx my lordx she never told her lovex
|
|
but let concealmentx like a worm ix thx budx
|
|
feed on her damask cheekx she pined in thoughtx
|
|
and with a green and yellow melancholy
|
|
she sat like patience on a monumentx
|
|
smiling at griefx was not this lovex indeedx
|
|
we men may say morex swear morex but indeedx
|
|
our shows are more than willx for still we prove
|
|
much in our vowsx but little in our lovex
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dukex
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|
but died thy sister of her lovex my boyx
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violax
|
|
i am all the daughters of my fatherxs housex
|
|
and all the brothers toox and yet i know notx
|
|
sirx shall i to this ladyx
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dukex
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ayx thatxs the themex
|
|
to her in hastex give her this jewelx say
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my love can give no placex bide no denayx
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene vx oliviaxs gardenx
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enter sir tobyx sir andrew and fabianx
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sir tobyx
|
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come thy waysx signior fabianx
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fabianx
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|
nayx ixll comex if i lose a scruple of this sportx let me be boiled to
|
|
death with melancholyx
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sir tobyx
|
|
wouldst thou not be glad to have the niggardly rascally sheepxbiter
|
|
come by some notable shamex
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fabianx
|
|
i would exultx manx you know he brought me out ox favour with my lady
|
|
about a bearxbaiting herex
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sir tobyx
|
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to anger him wexll have the bear againx and we will fool him black and
|
|
bluex shall we notx sir andrewx
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sir andrewx
|
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and we do notx it is pity of our livesx
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enter mariax
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sir tobyx
|
|
here comes the little villainx how nowx my metal of indiax
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mariax
|
|
get ye all three into the boxxtreex malvolioxs coming down this walkx
|
|
he has been yonder ix the sun practising behaviour to his own shadow
|
|
this half hourx observe himx for the love of mockeryx for i know this
|
|
letter will make a contemplative idiot of himx closex in the name of
|
|
jestingx xxthe men hide themselvesxxx lie thou therex xxthrows down a
|
|
letterxx for here comes the trout that must be caught with ticklingx
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xxexit mariaxxx
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|
enter malvoliox
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malvoliox
|
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xtis but fortunex all is fortunex maria once told me she did affect mex
|
|
and i have heard herself come thus nearx that should she fancyx it
|
|
should be one of my complexionx besidesx she uses me with a more
|
|
exalted respect than anyone else that follows herx what should i think
|
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onxtx
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sir tobyx
|
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herexs an overweening roguex
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fabianx
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ox peacex contemplation makes a rare turkeyxcock of himx how he jets
|
|
under his advanced plumesx
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sir andrewx
|
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xslightx i could so beat the roguex
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sir tobyx
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peacex i sayx
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malvoliox
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to be count malvoliox
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sir tobyx
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ahx roguex
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sir andrewx
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pistol himx pistol himx
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sir tobyx
|
|
peacex peacex
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|
malvoliox
|
|
there is example forxtx the lady of the strachy married the yeoman of
|
|
the wardrobex
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sir andrewx
|
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fie on himx jezebelx
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fabianx
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ox peacex now hexs deeply inx look how imagination blows himx
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malvoliox
|
|
having been three months married to herx sitting in my statex
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sir tobyx
|
|
o for a stonexbow to hit him in the eyex
|
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|
malvoliox
|
|
calling my officers about mex in my branched velvet gownx having come
|
|
from a dayxbedx where i have left olivia sleepingx
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sir tobyx
|
|
fire and brimstonex
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fabianx
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|
ox peacex peacex
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|
malvoliox
|
|
and then to have the humour of statex and after a demure travel of
|
|
regardx telling them i know my place as i would they should do theirsx
|
|
to ask for my kinsman tobyx
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sir tobyx
|
|
bolts and shacklesx
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fabianx
|
|
ox peacex peacex peacex nowx nowx
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|
malvoliox
|
|
seven of my peoplex with an obedient startx make out for himx i frown
|
|
the whilex and perchance wind up my watchx or play with some rich
|
|
jewelx toby approachesx curtsies there to mex
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sir tobyx
|
|
shall this fellow livex
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fabianx
|
|
though our silence be drawn from us with carsx yet peacex
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|
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|
malvoliox
|
|
i extend my hand to him thusx quenching my familiar smile with an
|
|
austere regard of controlx
|
|
|
|
sir tobyx
|
|
and does not toby take you a blow ox the lips thenx
|
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|
|
malvoliox
|
|
saying xcousin tobyx my fortunes having cast me on your niecex give me
|
|
this prerogative of speechxx
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sir tobyx
|
|
whatx whatx
|
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|
malvoliox
|
|
xyou must amend your drunkennessxx
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sir tobyx
|
|
outx scabx
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fabianx
|
|
nayx patiencex or we break the sinews of our plotx
|
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|
malvoliox
|
|
xbesidesx you waste the treasure of your time with a foolish knightxx
|
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|
sir andrewx
|
|
thatxs mex i warrant youx
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|
malvoliox
|
|
xone sir andrewxx
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sir andrewx
|
|
i knew xtwas ix for many do call me foolx
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malvoliox
|
|
xxtaking up the letterxxx what employment have we herex
|
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|
fabianx
|
|
now is the woodcock near the ginx
|
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sir tobyx
|
|
ox peacex and the spirit of humours intimate reading aloud to himx
|
|
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|
malvoliox
|
|
by my lifex this is my ladyxs handx these be her very cxsx her uxsx and
|
|
her txsx and thus makes she her great pxsx it is in contempt of
|
|
questionx her handx
|
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sir andrewx
|
|
her cxsx her uxsx and her txsx why thatx
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|
malvoliox
|
|
xxreadsxxx xto the unknown belovedx thisx and my good wishesxx her very
|
|
phrasesx by your leavex waxx softx and the impressure her lucrecex with
|
|
which she uses to sealx xtis my ladyx to whom should this bex
|
|
|
|
fabianx
|
|
this wins himx liver and allx
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|
malvoliox
|
|
xxreadsxxx
|
|
x jove knows i lovex
|
|
but whox
|
|
lipsx do not movex
|
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no man must knowxx
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|
|
xno man must knowxx what followsx the numbers alterxdx xno man must
|
|
knowxxxif this should be theex malvoliox
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sir tobyx
|
|
marryx hang theex brockx
|
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|
malvoliox
|
|
x i may command where i adorex
|
|
but silencex like a lucrece knifex
|
|
with bloodless stroke my heart doth gorex
|
|
mxoxaxix doth sway my lifexx
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fabianx
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a fustian riddlex
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sir tobyx
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excellent wenchx say ix
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malvoliox
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xmxoxaxix doth sway my lifexxxnayx but first let me seex let me seex
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let me seex
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fabianx
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what dish ox poison has she dressed himx
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sir tobyx
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and with what wing the staniel checks at itx
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malvoliox
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xi may command where i adorexx whyx she may command mex i serve herx
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she is my ladyx whyx this is evident to any formal capacityx there is
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no obstruction in thisx and the endxwhat should that alphabetical
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position portendx if i could make that resemble something in mex
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softlyx xmxoxaxixxx
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sir tobyx
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ox ayx make up thatxxhe is now at a cold scentx
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fabianx
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sowter will cry uponxt for all thisx though it be as rank as a foxx
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malvoliox
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xmxxmalvoliox xmxx whyx that begins my namex
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fabianx
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did not i say he would work it outx the cur is excellent at faultsx
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malvoliox
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xmxxbut then there is no consonancy in the sequelx that suffers under
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probationx xax should followx but xox doesx
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fabianx
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and xox shall endx i hopex
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sir tobyx
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ayx or ixll cudgel himx and make him cry xoxx
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malvoliox
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and then xix comes behindx
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fabianx
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ayx and you had any eye behind youx you might see more detraction at
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your heels than fortunes before youx
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malvoliox
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xmxoxaxixx this simulation is not as the formerx and yetx to crush this
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a littlex it would bow to mex for every one of these letters are in my
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namex softx here follows prosex
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xxreadsxxx xif this fall into thy handx revolvex in my stars i am above
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theex but be not afraid of greatnessx some are born greatx some achieve
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greatnessx and some have greatness thrust upon xemx thy fates open
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their handsx let thy blood and spirit embrace themx andx to inure
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thyself to what thou art like to bex cast thy humble slough and appear
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freshx be opposite with a kinsmanx surly with servantsx let thy tongue
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tang arguments of statex put thyself into the trick of singularityx she
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thus advises thee that sighs for theex remember who commended thy
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yellow stockingsx and wished to see thee ever crossxgarteredx i sayx
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rememberx go tox thou art madex if thou desirxst to be sox if notx let
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me see thee a steward stillx the fellow of servantsx and not worthy to
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touch fortunexs fingersx farewellx she that would alter services with
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theex
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the fortunate unhappyxx
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daylight and champian discovers not morex this is openx i will be
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proudx i will read politic authorsx i will baffle sir tobyx i will wash
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off gross acquaintancex i will be pointxdevicex the very manx i do not
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now fool myselfx to let imagination jade mex for every reason excites
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to thisx that my lady loves mex she did commend my yellow stockings of
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latex she did praise my leg being crossxgarteredx and in this she
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manifests herself to my lovex and with a kind of injunctionx drives me
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to these habits of her likingx i thank my starsx i am happyx i will be
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strangex stoutx in yellow stockingsx and crossxgarteredx even with the
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swiftness of putting onx jove and my stars be praisedxxhere is yet a
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postscriptx xxreadsxxx xthou canst not choose but know who i amx if
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thou entertainxst my lovex let it appear in thy smilingx thy smiles
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become thee wellx therefore in my presence still smilex dear my sweetx
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i pritheexx jovex i thank theex i will smilex i will do everything that
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thou wilt have mex
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xxexitxxx
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fabianx
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i will not give my part of this sport for a pension of thousands to be
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paid from the sophyx
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sir tobyx
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i could marry this wench for this devicex
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sir andrewx
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so could i toox
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sir tobyx
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and ask no other dowry with her but such another jestx
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enter mariax
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sir andrewx
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nor i neitherx
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fabianx
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here comes my noble gullxcatcherx
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sir tobyx
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wilt thou set thy foot ox my neckx
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sir andrewx
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or ox mine eitherx
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sir tobyx
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shall i play my freedom at trayxtripx and become thy bondxslavex
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sir andrewx
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ix faithx or i eitherx
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sir tobyx
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whyx thou hast put him in such a dreamx that when the image of it
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leaves him he must run madx
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mariax
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nayx but say truex does it work upon himx
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sir tobyx
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like aquaxvitae with a midwifex
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mariax
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if you will then see the fruits of the sportx mark his first approach
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before my ladyx he will come to her in yellow stockingsx and xtis a
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colour she abhorsx and crossxgarteredx a fashion she detestsx and he
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will smile upon herx which will now be so unsuitable to her
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dispositionx being addicted to a melancholy as she isx that it cannot
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but turn him into a notable contemptx if you will see itx follow mex
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sir tobyx
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to the gates of tartarx thou most excellent devil of witx
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sir andrewx
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ixll make one toox
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xxexeuntxxx
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act iiix
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scene ix oliviaxs gardenx
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enter viola and clown with a taborx
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violax
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save theex friendx and thy musicx dost thou live by thy taborx
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clownx
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nox sirx i live by the churchx
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violax
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art thou a churchmanx
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clownx
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no such matterx sirx i do live by the churchx for i do live at my
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housex and my house doth stand by the churchx
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violax
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so thou mayst say the king lies by a beggarx if a beggar dwell near
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himx or the church stands by thy taborx if thy tabor stand by the
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churchx
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clownx
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you have saidx sirx to see this agex a sentence is but a chevxril glove
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to a good witx how quickly the wrong side may be turned outwardx
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violax
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nayx thatxs certainx they that dally nicely with words may quickly make
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them wantonx
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clownx
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i wouldx thereforex my sister had had no namex sirx
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violax
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whyx manx
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clownx
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whyx sirx her namexs a wordx and to dally with that word might make my
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sister wantonx but indeedx words are very rascalsx since bonds
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disgraced themx
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violax
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thy reasonx manx
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clownx
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trothx sirx i can yield you none without wordsx and words are grown so
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falsex i am loath to prove reason with themx
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violax
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i warrant thou art a merry fellowx and carxst for nothingx
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clownx
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not sox sirx i do care for somethingx but in my consciencex sirx i do
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not care for youx if that be to care for nothingx sirx i would it would
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make you invisiblex
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violax
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art not thou the lady oliviaxs foolx
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clownx
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nox indeedx sirx the lady olivia has no follyx she will keep no foolx
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sirx till she be marriedx and fools are as like husbands as pilchards
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are to herringsx the husbandxs the biggerx i am indeed not her foolx
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but her corrupter of wordsx
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violax
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i saw thee late at the count orsinoxsx
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clownx
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fooleryx sirx does walk about the orb like the sunx it shines
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everywherex i would be sorryx sirx but the fool should be as oft with
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your master as with my mistressx i think i saw your wisdom therex
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violax
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nayx and thou pass upon mex ixll no more with theex holdx therexs
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expenses for theex
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clownx
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now jovex in his next commodity of hairx send thee a beardx
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violax
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by my trothx ixll tell theex i am almost sick for onex though i would
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not have it grow on my chinx is thy lady withinx
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clownx
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would not a pair of these have bredx sirx
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violax
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yesx being kept togetherx and put to usex
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clownx
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i would play lord pandarus of phrygiax sirx to bring a cressida to this
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troilusx
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violax
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i understand youx sirx xtis well beggedx
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clownx
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the matterx i hopex is not greatx sirx begging but a beggarx cressida
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was a beggarx my lady is withinx sirx i will conster to them whence you
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comex who you are and what you would are out of my welkinx i might say
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xelementxx but the word is overwornx
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xxexitxxx
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violax
|
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this fellow is wise enough to play the foolx
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and to do that wellx craves a kind of witx
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he must observe their mood on whom he jestsx
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the quality of personsx and the timex
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and like the haggardx check at every feather
|
|
that comes before his eyex this is a practice
|
|
as full of labour as a wise manxs artx
|
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for follyx that he wisely showsx is fitx
|
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but wise menx follyxfallxnx quite taint their witx
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enter sir toby and sir andrewx
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sir tobyx
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save youx gentlemanx
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violax
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and youx sirx
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sir andrewx
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xdieu vous gardex monsieurxx
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violax
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xet vous aussix votre serviteurxx
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sir andrewx
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i hopex sirx you arex and i am yoursx
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sir tobyx
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will you encounter the housex my niece is desirous you should enterx if
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your trade be to herx
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violax
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i am bound to your niecex sirx i meanx she is the list of my voyagex
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sir tobyx
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taste your legsx sirx put them to motionx
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violax
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my legs do better understand mex sirx than i understand what you mean
|
|
by bidding me taste my legsx
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sir tobyx
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i meanx to gox sirx to enterx
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violax
|
|
i will answer you with gait and entrancex but we are preventedx
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enter olivia and mariax
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most excellent accomplished ladyx the heavens rain odours on youx
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sir andrewx
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that youthxs a rare courtierx xrain odoursxx wellx
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violax
|
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my matter hath no voicex ladyx but to your own most pregnant and
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|
vouchsafed carx
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sir andrewx
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xodoursxx xpregnantxx and xvouchsafedxxxixll get xem all three readyx
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oliviax
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let the garden door be shutx and leave me to my hearingx
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xxexeunt sir tobyx sir andrew and mariaxxx
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give me your handx sirx
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violax
|
|
my dutyx madamx and most humble servicex
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oliviax
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what is your namex
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violax
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|
cesario is your servantxs namex fair princessx
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oliviax
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my servantx sirx xtwas never merry worldx
|
|
since lowly feigning was callxd complimentx
|
|
yxare servant to the count orsinox youthx
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violax
|
|
and he is yoursx and his must needs be yoursx
|
|
your servantxs servant is your servantx madamx
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oliviax
|
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for himx i think not on himx for his thoughtsx
|
|
would they were blanks rather than fillxd with mex
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violax
|
|
madamx i come to whet your gentle thoughts
|
|
on his behalfx
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oliviax
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ox by your leavex i pray youx
|
|
i bade you never speak again of himx
|
|
but would you undertake another suitx
|
|
i had rather hear you to solicit that
|
|
than music from the spheresx
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violax
|
|
dear ladyx
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|
oliviax
|
|
give me leavex beseech youx i did sendx
|
|
after the last enchantment you did herex
|
|
a ring in chase of youx so did i abuse
|
|
myselfx my servantx andx i fear mex youx
|
|
under your hard construction must i sitx
|
|
to force that on you in a shameful cunningx
|
|
which you knew none of yoursx what might you thinkx
|
|
have you not set mine honour at the stakex
|
|
and baited it with all thx unmuzzled thoughts
|
|
that tyrannous heart can thinkx to one of your receiving
|
|
enough is shownx a cypressx not a bosomx
|
|
hides my heartx so let me hear you speakx
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violax
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i pity youx
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oliviax
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thatxs a degree to lovex
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violax
|
|
nox not a grizex for xtis a vulgar proof
|
|
that very oft we pity enemiesx
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oliviax
|
|
why then methinks xtis time to smile againx
|
|
o worldx how apt the poor are to be proudx
|
|
if one should be a preyx how much the better
|
|
to fall before the lion than the wolfx xxclock strikesxxx
|
|
the clock upbraids me with the waste of timex
|
|
be not afraidx good youthx i will not have youx
|
|
and yetx when wit and youth is come to harvestx
|
|
your wife is like to reap a proper manx
|
|
there lies your wayx due westx
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violax
|
|
then westward hox
|
|
grace and good disposition attend your ladyshipx
|
|
youxll nothingx madamx to my lord by mex
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oliviax
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stayx
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i prithee tell me what thou thinkxst of mex
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violax
|
|
that you do think you are not what you arex
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oliviax
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if i think sox i think the same of youx
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violax
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|
then think you rightx i am not what i amx
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oliviax
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i would you were as i would have you bex
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violax
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|
would it be betterx madamx than i amx
|
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i wish it mightx for now i am your foolx
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oliviax
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|
o what a deal of scorn looks beautiful
|
|
in the contempt and anger of his lipx
|
|
a murdxrous guilt shows not itself more soon
|
|
than love that would seem hidx lovexs night is noonx
|
|
cesariox by the roses of the springx
|
|
by maidhoodx honourx truthx and everythingx
|
|
i love thee sox that maugre all thy pridex
|
|
nor wit nor reason can my passion hidex
|
|
do not extort thy reasons from this clausex
|
|
for that i woox thou therefore hast no causex
|
|
but rather reason thus with reason fetterx
|
|
love sought is goodx but given unsought is betterx
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violax
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|
by innocence i swearx and by my youthx
|
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i have one heartx one bosomx and one truthx
|
|
and that no woman hasx nor never none
|
|
shall mistress be of itx save i alonex
|
|
and so adieux good madamx never more
|
|
will i my masterxs tears to you deplorex
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|
oliviax
|
|
yet come againx for thou perhaps mayst move
|
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that heartx which now abhorsx to like his lovex
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene iix a room in oliviaxs housex
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enter sir tobyx sir andrew and fabianx
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sir andrewx
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nox faithx ixll not stay a jot longerx
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sir tobyx
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thy reasonx dear venomx give thy reasonx
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fabianx
|
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you must needs yield your reasonx sir andrewx
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sir andrewx
|
|
marryx i saw your niece do more favours to the countxs servingman than
|
|
ever she bestowed upon mex i sawxt ix thx orchardx
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sir tobyx
|
|
did she see thee the whilex old boyx tell me thatx
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sir andrewx
|
|
as plain as i see you nowx
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fabianx
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this was a great argument of love in her toward youx
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sir andrewx
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xslightx will you make an ass ox mex
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fabianx
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i will prove it legitimatex sirx upon the oaths of judgment and reasonx
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sir tobyx
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and they have been grandxjurymen since before noah was a sailorx
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fabianx
|
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she did show favour to the youth in your sight only to exasperate youx
|
|
to awake your dormouse valourx to put fire in your heart and brimstone
|
|
in your liverx you should then have accosted herx and with some
|
|
excellent jestsx firexnew from the mintx you should have banged the
|
|
youth into dumbnessx this was looked for at your handx and this was
|
|
balkedx the double gilt of this opportunity you let time wash offx and
|
|
you are now sailed into the north of my ladyxs opinionx where you will
|
|
hang like an icicle on dutchmanxs beardx unless you do redeem it by
|
|
some laudable attemptx either of valour or policyx
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sir andrewx
|
|
andxt be any wayx it must be with valourx for policy i hatex i had as
|
|
lief be a brownist as a politicianx
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sir tobyx
|
|
whyx thenx build me thy fortunes upon the basis of valourx challenge me
|
|
the countxs youth to fight with himx hurt him in eleven placesx my
|
|
niece shall take note of itx and assure thyself there is no lovexbroker
|
|
in the world can more prevail in manxs commendation with woman than
|
|
report of valourx
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fabianx
|
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there is no way but thisx sir andrewx
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sir andrewx
|
|
will either of you bear me a challenge to himx
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sir tobyx
|
|
gox write it in a martial handx be curst and briefx it is no matter how
|
|
wittyx so it be eloquent and full of inventionx taunt him with the
|
|
licence of inkx if thou xthouxstx him some thricex it shall not be
|
|
amissx and as many lies as will lie in thy sheet of paperx although the
|
|
sheet were big enough for the bed of ware in englandx set xem downx go
|
|
about itx let there be gall enough in thy inkx though thou write with a
|
|
goosexpenx no matterx about itx
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sir andrewx
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where shall i find youx
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sir tobyx
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wexll call thee at the cubiculox gox
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xxexit sir andrewxxx
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fabianx
|
|
this is a dear manikin to youx sir tobyx
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sir tobyx
|
|
i have been dear to himx ladx some two thousand strongx or sox
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fabianx
|
|
we shall have a rare letter from himx but youxll not deliver itx
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sir tobyx
|
|
never trust me thenx and by all means stir on the youth to an answerx i
|
|
think oxen and wainropes cannot hale them togetherx for andrewx if he
|
|
were opened and you find so much blood in his liver as will clog the
|
|
foot of a fleax ixll eat the rest of thx anatomyx
|
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|
|
fabianx
|
|
and his oppositex the youthx bears in his visage no great presage of
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|
crueltyx
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|
enter mariax
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sir tobyx
|
|
look where the youngest wren of nine comesx
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mariax
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if you desire the spleenx and will laugh yourselves into stitchesx
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follow mex yond gull malvolio is turned heathenx a very renegadox for
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there is no christian that means to be saved by believing rightly can
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ever believe such impossible passages of grossnessx hexs in yellow
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stockingsx
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sir tobyx
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and crossxgarteredx
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mariax
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most villainouslyx like a pedant that keeps a school ix thx churchx i
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have dogged him like his murdererx he does obey every point of the
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letter that i dropped to betray himx he does smile his face into more
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lines than is in the new map with the augmentation of the indiesx you
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have not seen such a thing as xtisx i can hardly forbear hurling
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things at himx i know my lady will strike himx if she dox hexll smile
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and takext for a great favourx
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sir tobyx
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comex bring usx bring us where he isx
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene iiix a streetx
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enter sebastian and antoniox
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sebastianx
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i would not by my will have troubled youx
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but since you make your pleasure of your painsx
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i will no further chide youx
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antoniox
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i could not stay behind youx my desirex
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more sharp than filed steelx did spur me forthx
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and not all love to see youx though so muchx
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as might have drawn one to a longer voyagex
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but jealousy what might befall your travelx
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being skilless in these partsx which to a strangerx
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unguided and unfriendedx often prove
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rough and unhospitablex my willing lovex
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the rather by these arguments of fearx
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set forth in your pursuitx
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sebastianx
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my kind antoniox
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i can no other answer make but thanksx
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and thanksx and ever thanksx and oft good turns
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are shuffled off with such uncurrent payx
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but were my worthx as is my consciencex firmx
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you should find better dealingx whatxs to dox
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shall we go see the relics of this townx
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antoniox
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tomorrowx sirx best first go see your lodgingx
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sebastianx
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i am not wearyx and xtis long to nightx
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i pray youx let us satisfy our eyes
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with the memorials and the things of fame
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that do renown this cityx
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antoniox
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would youxd pardon mex
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i do not without danger walk these streetsx
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once in a seaxfightx xgainst the count his galleysx
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i did some servicex of such note indeedx
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that were i taxen herex it would scarce be answerxdx
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sebastianx
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belike you slew great number of his peoplex
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antoniox
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thx offence is not of such a bloody naturex
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albeit the quality of the time and quarrel
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might well have given us bloody argumentx
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it might have since been answered in repaying
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what we took from themx which for trafficxs sakex
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most of our city didx only myself stood outx
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for whichx if i be lapsed in this placex
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i shall pay dearx
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sebastianx
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do not then walk too openx
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antoniox
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it doth not fit mex holdx sirx herexs my pursex
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in the south suburbsx at the elephantx
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is best to lodgex i will bespeak our diet
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whiles you beguile the time and feed your knowledge
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with viewing of the townx there shall you have mex
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sebastianx
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why i your pursex
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antoniox
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haply your eye shall light upon some toy
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you have desire to purchasex and your storex
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i thinkx is not for idle marketsx sirx
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sebastianx
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ixll be your pursexbearerx and leave you for an hourx
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antoniox
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to thx elephantx
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sebastianx
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i do rememberx
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene ivx oliviaxs gardenx
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enter olivia and mariax
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oliviax
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i have sent after himx he says hexll comex
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how shall i feast himx what bestow of himx
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for youth is bought more oft than beggxd or borrowxdx
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i speak too loudxx
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wherexs malvolioxxhe is sad and civilx
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and suits well for a servant with my fortunesx
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where is malvoliox
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mariax
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hexs comingx madamx
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but in very strange mannerx he is sure possessedx madamx
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oliviax
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whyx whatxs the matterx does he ravex
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mariax
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nox madamx he does nothing but smilex your ladyship were best to have
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some guard about you if he comex for sure the man is tainted in xs
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witsx
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oliviax
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go call him hitherx ixm as mad as hex
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if sad and merry madness equal bex
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enter malvoliox
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how nowx malvoliox
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malvoliox
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sweet ladyx hox hox
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oliviax
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smilxst thoux i sent for thee upon a sad occasionx
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malvoliox
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sadx ladyx i could be sadx this does make some obstruction in the
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bloodx this crossxgarteringx but what of thatx if it please the eye of
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onex it is with me as the very true sonnet isx xplease one and please
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allxx
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oliviax
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whyx how dost thoux manx what is the matter with theex
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malvoliox
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not black in my mindx though yellow in my legsx it did come to his
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handsx and commands shall be executedx i think we do know the sweet
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roman handx
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oliviax
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wilt thou go to bedx malvoliox
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malvoliox
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to bedx ayx sweetheartx and ixll come to theex
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oliviax
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god comfort theex why dost thou smile sox and kiss thy hand so oftx
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mariax
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how do youx malvoliox
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malvoliox
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at your requestx yesx nightingales answer dawsx
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mariax
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why appear you with this ridiculous boldness before my ladyx
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malvoliox
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xbe not afraid of greatnessxx xtwas well writx
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oliviax
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what meanxst thou by thatx malvoliox
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malvoliox
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xsome are born greatxx
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oliviax
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hax
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malvoliox
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xsome achieve greatnessxx
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oliviax
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what sayxst thoux
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malvoliox
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xand some have greatness thrust upon themxx
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oliviax
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heaven restore theex
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malvoliox
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xremember who commended thy yellow stockingsxx
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oliviax
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thy yellow stockingsx
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malvoliox
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xand wished to see thee crossxgarteredxx
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oliviax
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crossxgarteredx
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malvoliox
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xgo tox thou art madex if thou desirxst to be soxxx
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oliviax
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am i madex
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malvoliox
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xif notx let me see thee a servant stillxx
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oliviax
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whyx this is very midsummer madnessx
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enter servantx
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servantx
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madamx the young gentleman of the count orsinoxs is returnedx i could
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hardly entreat him backx he attends your ladyshipxs pleasurex
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oliviax
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ixll come to himx
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xxexit servantxxx
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good mariax let this fellow be looked tox wherexs my cousin tobyx let
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some of my people have a special care of himx i would not have him
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miscarry for the half of my dowryx
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xxexeunt olivia and mariaxxx
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malvoliox
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o hox do you come near me nowx no worse man than sir toby to look to
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mex this concurs directly with the letterx she sends him on purposex
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that i may appear stubborn to himx for she incites me to that in the
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letterx xcast thy humble sloughxx says shex xbe opposite with a
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kinsmanx surly with servantsx let thy tongue tang with arguments of
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|
statex put thyself into the trick of singularityxx and consequentlyx
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sets down the manner howx asx a sad facex a reverend carriagex a slow
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tonguex in the habit of some sir of notex and so forthx i have limed
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herx but it is jovexs doingx and jove make me thankfulx and when she
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went away nowx xlet this fellow be looked toxx xfellowxx not
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xmalvolioxx nor after my degreex but xfellowxx whyx everything adheres
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togetherx that no dram of a scruplex no scruple of a scruplex no
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obstaclex no incredulous or unsafe circumstancex what can be saidx
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nothing that can be can come between me and the full prospect of my
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|
hopesx wellx jovex not ix is the doer of thisx and he is to be thankedx
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enter sir tobyx fabian and mariax
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sir tobyx
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|
which way is hex in the name of sanctityx if all the devils of hell be
|
|
drawn in littlex and legion himself possessed himx yet ixll speak to
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himx
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fabianx
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here he isx here he isx how isxt with youx sirx how isxt with youx manx
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malvoliox
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go offx i discard youx let me enjoy my privatex go offx
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mariax
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|
lox how hollow the fiend speaks within himx did not i tell youx sir
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tobyx my lady prays you to have a care of himx
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malvoliox
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|
ahx hax does she sox
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sir tobyx
|
|
go tox go tox peacex peacex we must deal gently with himx let me alonex
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|
how do youx malvoliox how isxt with youx whatx manx defy the devilx
|
|
considerx hexs an enemy to mankindx
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malvoliox
|
|
do you know what you sayx
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mariax
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la youx an you speak ill of the devilx how he takes it at heartx pray
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|
god he be not bewitchedx
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fabianx
|
|
carry his water to thx wise womanx
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mariax
|
|
marryx and it shall be done tomorrow morningx if i livex my lady would
|
|
not lose him for more than ixll sayx
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malvoliox
|
|
how nowx mistressx
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mariax
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|
o lordx
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sir tobyx
|
|
prithee hold thy peacex this is not the wayx do you not see you move
|
|
himx let me alone with himx
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fabianx
|
|
no way but gentlenessx gentlyx gentlyx the fiend is roughx and will not
|
|
be roughly usedx
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sir tobyx
|
|
whyx how nowx my bawcockx how dost thoux chuckx
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malvoliox
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sirx
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sir tobyx
|
|
ayx biddyx come with mex whatx manx xtis not for gravity to play at
|
|
cherryxpit with satanx hang himx foul collierx
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mariax
|
|
get him to say his prayersx good sir tobyx get him to prayx
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malvoliox
|
|
my prayersx minxx
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mariax
|
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nox i warrant youx he will not hear of godlinessx
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malvoliox
|
|
gox hang yourselves allx you are idlex shallow thingsx i am not of your
|
|
elementx you shall know more hereafterx
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xxexitxxx
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sir tobyx
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|
isxt possiblex
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fabianx
|
|
if this were played upon a stage nowx i could condemn it as an
|
|
improbable fictionx
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sir tobyx
|
|
his very genius hath taken the infection of the devicex manx
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mariax
|
|
nayx pursue him nowx lest the device take air and taintx
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fabianx
|
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whyx we shall make him mad indeedx
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mariax
|
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the house will be the quieterx
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sir tobyx
|
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comex wexll have him in a dark room and boundx my niece is already in
|
|
the belief that hexs madx we may carry it thus for our pleasurex and
|
|
his penancex till our very pastimex tired out of breathx prompt us to
|
|
have mercy on himx at which time we will bring the device to the barx
|
|
and crown thee for a finder of madmenx but seex but seex
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|
|
enter sir andrewx
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fabianx
|
|
more matter for a may morningx
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sir andrewx
|
|
herexs the challengex read itx i warrant therexs vinegar and pepper
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inxtx
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fabianx
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isxt so saucyx
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sir andrewx
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ayx isxtx i warrant himx do but readx
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sir tobyx
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give mex xxreadsxxx xyouthx whatsoever thou artx thou art but a scurvy
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fellowxx
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fabianx
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|
goodx and valiantx
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sir tobyx
|
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xwonder notx nor admire not in thy mindx why i do call thee sox for i
|
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will show thee no reason forxtxx
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fabianx
|
|
a good notex that keeps you from the blow of the lawx
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sir tobyx
|
|
xthou comest to the lady oliviax and in my sight she uses thee kindlyx
|
|
but thou liest in thy throatx that is not the matter i challenge thee
|
|
forxx
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fabianx
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|
very briefx and to exceeding good sensexlessx
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sir tobyx
|
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xi will waylay thee going homex where if it be thy chance to kill mexx
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fabianx
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goodx
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sir tobyx
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xthou killxst me like a rogue and a villainxx
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fabianx
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|
still you keep ox thx windy side of the lawx goodx
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sir tobyx
|
|
xfare thee wellx and god have mercy upon one of our soulsx he may have
|
|
mercy upon minex but my hope is betterx and so look to thyselfx thy
|
|
friendx as thou usest himx and thy sworn enemyx
|
|
andrew aguecheekxx
|
|
if this letter move him notx his legs cannotx ixll givext himx
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mariax
|
|
you may have very fit occasion forxtx he is now in some commerce with
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|
my ladyx and will by and by departx
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sir tobyx
|
|
gox sir andrewx scout me for him at the corner of the orchardx like a
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bumxbailyx so soon as ever thou seest himx drawx and as thou drawxstx
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|
swear horriblex for it comes to pass oft that a terrible oathx with a
|
|
swaggering accent sharply twanged offx gives manhood more approbation
|
|
than ever proof itself would have earned himx awayx
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sir andrewx
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nayx let me alone for swearingx
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xxexitxxx
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sir tobyx
|
|
now will not i deliver his letterx for the behaviour of the young
|
|
gentleman gives him out to be of good capacity and breedingx his
|
|
employment between his lord and my niece confirms no lessx therefore
|
|
this letterx being so excellently ignorantx will breed no terror in the
|
|
youthx he will find it comes from a clodpolex butx sirx i will deliver
|
|
his challenge by word of mouthx set upon aguecheek notable report of
|
|
valourx and drive the gentleman xas i know his youth will aptly receive
|
|
itx into a most hideous opinion of his ragex skillx furyx and
|
|
impetuosityx this will so fright them both that they will kill one
|
|
another by the lookx like cockatricesx
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enter olivia and violax
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fabianx
|
|
here he comes with your niecex give them way till he take leavex and
|
|
presently after himx
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sir tobyx
|
|
i will meditate the while upon some horrid message for a challengex
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|
xxexeunt sir tobyx fabian and mariaxxx
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oliviax
|
|
i have said too much unto a heart of stonex
|
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and laid mine honour too unchary onxtx
|
|
therexs something in me that reproves my faultx
|
|
but such a headstrong potent fault it isx
|
|
that it but mocks reproofx
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violax
|
|
with the same xhaviour that your passion bears
|
|
goes on my masterxs griefsx
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oliviax
|
|
herex wear this jewel for mex xtis my picturex
|
|
refuse it notx it hath no tongue to vex youx
|
|
and i beseech you come again tomorrowx
|
|
what shall you ask of me that ixll denyx
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|
that honour savxdx may upon asking givex
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|
violax
|
|
nothing but thisx your true love for my masterx
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|
oliviax
|
|
how with mine honour may i give him that
|
|
which i have given to youx
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|
violax
|
|
i will acquit youx
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oliviax
|
|
wellx come again tomorrowx fare thee wellx
|
|
a fiend like thee might bear my soul to hellx
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|
xxexitxxx
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|
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|
enter sir toby and fabianx
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sir tobyx
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|
gentlemanx god save theex
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violax
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|
and youx sirx
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sir tobyx
|
|
that defence thou hastx betake thee toxtx of what nature the wrongs are
|
|
thou hast done himx i know notx but thy intercepterx full of despitex
|
|
bloody as the hunterx attends thee at the orchard endx dismount thy
|
|
tuckx be yare in thy preparationx for thy assailant is quickx skilfulx
|
|
and deadlyx
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|
violax
|
|
you mistakex sirx i am sure no man hath any quarrel to mex my
|
|
remembrance is very free and clear from any image of offence done to
|
|
any manx
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sir tobyx
|
|
youxll find it otherwisex i assure youx thereforex if you hold your
|
|
life at any pricex betake you to your guardx for your opposite hath in
|
|
him what youthx strengthx skillx and wrathx can furnish man withalx
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|
violax
|
|
i pray youx sirx what is hex
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|
sir tobyx
|
|
he is knightx dubbed with unhatched rapierx and on carpet
|
|
considerationx but he is a devil in private brawlx souls and bodies
|
|
hath he divorced threex and his incensement at this moment is so
|
|
implacable that satisfaction can be none but by pangs of death and
|
|
sepulchrex hobx nob is his wordx givext or takextx
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|
violax
|
|
i will return again into the house and desire some conduct of the ladyx
|
|
i am no fighterx i have heard of some kind of men that put quarrels
|
|
purposely on others to taste their valourx belike this is a man of that
|
|
quirkx
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sir tobyx
|
|
sirx nox his indignation derives itself out of a very competent injuryx
|
|
thereforex get you on and give him his desirex back you shall not to
|
|
the housex unless you undertake that with me which with as much safety
|
|
you might answer himx therefore onx or strip your sword stark nakedx
|
|
for meddle you mustx thatxs certainx or forswear to wear iron about
|
|
youx
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|
violax
|
|
this is as uncivil as strangex i beseech youx do me this courteous
|
|
officex as to know of the knight what my offence to him isx it is
|
|
something of my negligencex nothing of my purposex
|
|
|
|
sir tobyx
|
|
i will do sox signior fabianx stay you by this gentleman till my
|
|
returnx
|
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|
xxexit sir tobyxxx
|
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|
violax
|
|
pray youx sirx do you know of this matterx
|
|
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|
fabianx
|
|
i know the knight is incensed against youx even to a mortal
|
|
arbitrementx but nothing of the circumstance morex
|
|
|
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violax
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i beseech youx what manner of man is hex
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fabianx
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nothing of that wonderful promisex to read him by his formx as you are
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like to find him in the proof of his valourx he is indeedx sirx the
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most skilfulx bloodyx and fatal opposite that you could possibly have
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found in any part of illyriax will you walk towards himx i will make
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your peace with him if i canx
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violax
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i shall be much bound to you forxtx i am one that had rather go with
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sir priest than sir knightx i care not who knows so much of my mettlex
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xxexeuntxxx
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enter sir toby and sir andrewx
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sir tobyx
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whyx manx hexs a very devilx i have not seen such a firagox i had a
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pass with himx rapierx scabbardx and allx and he gives me the stuckxin
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with such a mortal motion that it is inevitablex and on the answerx he
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pays you as surely as your feet hits the ground they step onx they say
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he has been fencer to the sophyx
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sir andrewx
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pox onxtx ixll not meddle with himx
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sir tobyx
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ayx but he will not now be pacifiedx fabian can scarce hold him yonderx
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sir andrewx
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plague onxtx an i thought he had been valiantx and so cunning in fencex
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ixd have seen him damned ere ixd have challenged himx let him let the
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matter slipx and ixll give him my horsex grey capiletx
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sir tobyx
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ixll make the motionx stand herex make a good show onxtx this shall end
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without the perdition of soulsx xxasidexxx marryx ixll ride your horse
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as well as i ride youx
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enter fabian and violax
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xxto fabianxxx i have his horse to take up the quarrelx i have
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persuaded him the youthxs a devilx
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fabianx
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he is as horribly conceited of himx and pants and looks palex as if a
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bear were at his heelsx
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sir tobyx
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therexs no remedyx sirx he will fight with you forxs oath sakex marryx
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he hath better bethought him of his quarrelx and he finds that now
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scarce to be worth talking ofx thereforex draw for the supportance of
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his vowx he protests he will not hurt youx
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violax
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xxasidexxx pray god defend mex a little thing would make me tell them
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how much i lack of a manx
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fabianx
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give ground if you see him furiousx
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sir tobyx
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comex sir andrewx therexs no remedyx the gentleman will for his
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honourxs sake have one bout with youx he cannot by the duello avoid itx
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but he has promised mex as he is a gentleman and a soldierx he will not
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hurt youx come onx toxtx
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sir andrewx
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xxdrawsxxx pray god he keep his oathx
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enter antoniox
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violax
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xxdrawsxxx i do assure you xtis against my willx
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antoniox
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put up your swordx if this young gentleman
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have done offencex i take the fault on mex
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if you offend himx i for him defy youx
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sir tobyx
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youx sirx whyx what are youx
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antoniox
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xxdrawsxxx onex sirx that for his love dares yet do more
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than you have heard him brag to you he willx
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sir tobyx
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xxdrawsxxx nayx if you be an undertakerx i am for youx
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enter officersx
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fabianx
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o good sir tobyx holdx here come the officersx
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sir tobyx
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xxto antonioxxx ixll be with you anonx
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violax
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xxto sir andrewxxx prayx sirx put your sword upx if you pleasex
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sir andrewx
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marryx will ix sirx and for that i promised youx ixll be as good as my
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wordx he will bear you easilyx and reins wellx
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first officerx
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this is the manx do thy officex
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second officerx
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antoniox i arrest thee at the suit
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of count orsinox
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antoniox
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you do mistake mex sirx
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first officerx
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nox sirx no jotx i know your favour wellx
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though now you have no seaxcap on your headxx
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take him awayx he knows i know him wellx
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antoniox
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i must obeyx this comes with seeking youx
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but therexs no remedyx i shall answer itx
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what will you dox now my necessity
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makes me to ask you for my pursex it grieves me
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much more for what i cannot do for youx
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than what befalls myselfx you stand amazxdx
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but be of comfortx
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second officerx
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comex sirx awayx
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antoniox
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i must entreat of you some of that moneyx
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violax
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what moneyx sirx
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for the fair kindness you have showxd me herex
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and part being prompted by your present troublex
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out of my lean and low ability
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ixll lend you somethingx my having is not muchx
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ixll make division of my present with youx
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holdx therexs half my cofferx
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antoniox
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will you deny me nowx
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isxt possible that my deserts to you
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can lack persuasionx do not tempt my miseryx
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lest that it make me so unsound a man
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as to upbraid you with those kindnesses
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that i have done for youx
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violax
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i know of nonex
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nor know i you by voice or any featurex
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i hate ingratitude more in a man
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than lyingx vainnessx babblingx drunkennessx
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or any taint of vice whose strong corruption
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inhabits our frail bloodx
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antoniox
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o heavens themselvesx
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second officerx
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comex sirx i pray you gox
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antoniox
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let me speak a littlex this youth that you see here
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i snatchxd one half out of the jaws of deathx
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relievxd him with such sanctity of lovex
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and to his imagex which methought did promise
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most venerable worthx did i devotionx
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first officerx
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whatxs that to usx the time goes byx awayx
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antoniox
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but o how vile an idol proves this godx
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thou hastx sebastianx done good feature shamex
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in nature therexs no blemish but the mindx
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none can be callxd deformxd but the unkindx
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virtue is beautyx but the beauteous evil
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|
are empty trunksx oxerflourished by the devilx
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first officerx
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the man grows madx away with himx comex comex sirx
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antoniox
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lead me onx
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xxexeunt officers with antonioxxx
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violax
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methinks his words do from such passion fly
|
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that he believes himselfx so do not ix
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prove truex imaginationx o prove truex
|
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that ix dear brotherx be now taxen for youx
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sir tobyx
|
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come hitherx knightx come hitherx fabianx wexll whisper oxer a couplet
|
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or two of most sage sawsx
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violax
|
|
he namxd sebastianx i my brother know
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yet living in my glassx even such and so
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in favour was my brotherx and he went
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still in this fashionx colourx ornamentx
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for him i imitatex o if it provex
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tempests are kindx and salt waves fresh in lovex
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xxexitxxx
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sir tobyx
|
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a very dishonest paltry boyx and more a coward than a harex his
|
|
dishonesty appears in leaving his friend here in necessityx and denying
|
|
himx and for his cowardshipx ask fabianx
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fabianx
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a cowardx a most devout cowardx religious in itx
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sir andrewx
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xslidx ixll after him again and beat himx
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sir tobyx
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dox cuff him soundlyx but never draw thy swordx
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sir andrewx
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and i do notx
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xxexitxxx
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fabianx
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comex letxs see the eventx
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sir tobyx
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i dare lay any money xtwill be nothing yetx
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xxexeuntxxx
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act ivx
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scene ix the street before oliviaxs housex
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enter sebastian and clownx
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clownx
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will you make me believe that i am not sent for youx
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sebastianx
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go tox go tox thou art a foolish fellowx
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let me be clear of theex
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clownx
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well held outx ix faithx nox i do not know youx nor i am not sent to
|
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you by my ladyx to bid you come speak with herx nor your name is not
|
|
master cesariox nor this is not my nose neitherx nothing that is sox is
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sox
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sebastianx
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i prithee vent thy folly somewhere elsex
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thou knowxst not mex
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clownx
|
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vent my follyx he has heard that word of some great manx and now
|
|
applies it to a foolx vent my follyx i am afraid this great lubberx the
|
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worldx will prove a cockneyx i prithee nowx ungird thy strangenessx and
|
|
tell me what i shall vent to my ladyx shall i vent to her that thou art
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comingx
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sebastianx
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i pritheex foolish greekx depart from mex
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therexs money for theex if you tarry longer
|
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i shall give worse paymentx
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clownx
|
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by my trothx thou hast an open handx these wise men that give fools
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|
money get themselves a good reportxafter fourteen yearsx purchasex
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enter sir andrewx sir toby and fabianx
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sir andrewx
|
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now sirx have i met you againx therexs for youx
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xxstriking sebastianxxx
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sebastianx
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whyx therexs for theex and therex and therex
|
|
are all the people madx
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xxbeating sir andrewxxx
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sir tobyx
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holdx sirx or ixll throw your dagger oxer the housex
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clownx
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this will i tell my lady straightx i would not be in some of your coats
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|
for twopencex
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xxexit clownxxx
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sir tobyx
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come onx sirx holdx
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sir andrewx
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nayx let him alonex ixll go another way to work with himx ixll have an
|
|
action of battery against himx if there be any law in illyriax though i
|
|
struck him firstx yet itxs no matter for thatx
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sebastianx
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let go thy handx
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sir tobyx
|
|
comex sirx i will not let you gox comex my young soldierx put up your
|
|
ironx you are well fleshedx come onx
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sebastianx
|
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i will be free from theex what wouldst thou nowx
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if thou darxst tempt me furtherx draw thy swordx
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xxdrawsxxx
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sir tobyx
|
|
whatx whatx nayx thenx i must have an ounce or two of this malapert
|
|
blood from youx
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xxdrawsxxx
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enter oliviax
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oliviax
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holdx tobyx on thy life i charge thee holdx
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sir tobyx
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madamx
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|
oliviax
|
|
will it be ever thusx ungracious wretchx
|
|
fit for the mountains and the barbarous cavesx
|
|
where manners nexer were preachxdx out of my sightx
|
|
be not offendedx dear cesariox
|
|
rudesbyx be gonex
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|
|
xxexeunt sir tobyx sir andrew and fabianxxx
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|
|
i pritheex gentle friendx
|
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let thy fair wisdomx not thy passionx sway
|
|
in this uncivil and unjust extent
|
|
against thy peacex go with me to my housex
|
|
and hear thou there how many fruitless pranks
|
|
this ruffian hath botchxd upx that thou thereby
|
|
mayst smile at thisx thou shalt not choose but gox
|
|
do not denyx beshrew his soul for mex
|
|
he started one poor heart of minex in theex
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sebastianx
|
|
what relish is in thisx how runs the streamx
|
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or i am madx or else this is a dreamx
|
|
let fancy still my sense in lethe steepx
|
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if it be thus to dreamx still let me sleepx
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oliviax
|
|
nayx comex i pritheex would thouxdst be ruled by mex
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sebastianx
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|
madamx i willx
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oliviax
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|
ox say sox and so bex
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xxexeuntxxx
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|
scene iix a room in oliviaxs housex
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|
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enter maria and clownx
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mariax
|
|
nayx i pritheex put on this gown and this beardx make him believe thou
|
|
art sir topas the curatex do it quicklyx ixll call sir toby the whilstx
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|
xxexit mariaxxx
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clownx
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wellx ixll put it onx and i will dissemble myself inxtx and i would i
|
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were the first that ever dissembled in such a gownx i am not tall
|
|
enough to become the function wellx nor lean enough to be thought a
|
|
good studentx but to be saidx an honest man and a good housekeeper goes
|
|
as fairly as to sayx a careful man and a great scholarx the competitors
|
|
enterx
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|
enter sir toby and mariax
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sir tobyx
|
|
jove bless theex master parsonx
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clownx
|
|
xbonos diesxx sir tobyx for as the old hermit of praguex that never saw
|
|
pen and inkx very wittily said to a niece of king gorboducx xthat that
|
|
isx isxx so ix being master parsonx am master parsonx for what is
|
|
xthatx but xthatxx and xisx but xisxx
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sir tobyx
|
|
to himx sir topasx
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clownx
|
|
what hox i sayx peace in this prisonx
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sir tobyx
|
|
the knave counterfeits wellx a good knavex
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malvolio withinx
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malvoliox
|
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who calls therex
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clownx
|
|
sir topas the curatex who comes to visit malvolio the lunaticx
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malvoliox
|
|
sir topasx sir topasx good sir topasx go to my ladyx
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clownx
|
|
outx hyperbolical fiendx how vexest thou this manx talkest thou nothing
|
|
but of ladiesx
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sir tobyx
|
|
well saidx master parsonx
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malvoliox
|
|
sir topasx never was man thus wrongedx good sir topasx do not think i
|
|
am madx they have laid me here in hideous darknessx
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clownx
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fiex thou dishonest satanx i call thee by the most modest termsx for i
|
|
am one of those gentle ones that will use the devil himself with
|
|
courtesyx sayxst thou that house is darkx
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malvoliox
|
|
as hellx sir topasx
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|
clownx
|
|
whyx it hath bay windows transparent as barricadoesx and the
|
|
clerestories toward the southxnorth are as lustrous as ebonyx and yet
|
|
complainest thou of obstructionx
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malvoliox
|
|
i am not madx sir topasx i say to you this house is darkx
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clownx
|
|
madmanx thou errestx i say there is no darkness but ignorancex in which
|
|
thou art more puzzled than the egyptians in their fogx
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|
malvoliox
|
|
i say this house is as dark as ignorancex though ignorance were as dark
|
|
as hellx and i say there was never man thus abusedx i am no more mad
|
|
than you arex make the trial of it in any constant questionx
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|
clownx
|
|
what is the opinion of pythagoras concerning wildfowlx
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malvoliox
|
|
that the soul of our grandam might haply inhabit a birdx
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clownx
|
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what thinkxst thou of his opinionx
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malvoliox
|
|
i think nobly of the soulx and no way approve his opinionx
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clownx
|
|
fare thee wellx remain thou still in darknessx thou shalt hold the
|
|
opinion of pythagoras ere i will allow of thy witsx and fear to kill a
|
|
woodcockx lest thou dispossess the soul of thy grandamx fare thee wellx
|
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|
malvoliox
|
|
sir topasx sir topasx
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sir tobyx
|
|
my most exquisite sir topasx
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clownx
|
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nayx i am for all watersx
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mariax
|
|
thou mightst have done this without thy beard and gownx he sees thee
|
|
notx
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sir tobyx
|
|
to him in thine own voicex and bring me word how thou findxst himx i
|
|
would we were well rid of this knaveryx if he may be conveniently
|
|
deliveredx i would he werex for i am now so far in offence with my
|
|
niece that i cannot pursue with any safety this sport to the upshotx
|
|
come by and by to my chamberx
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|
xxexeunt sir toby and mariaxxx
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|
clownx
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|
xxsingingxxx
|
|
xheyx robinx jolly robinx
|
|
tell me how thy lady doesxx
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malvoliox
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foolx
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clownx
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xmy lady is unkindx perdyxx
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malvoliox
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foolx
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clownx
|
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xalasx why is she soxx
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malvoliox
|
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foolx i sayx
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clownx
|
|
xshe loves anotherxx
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who callsx hax
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malvoliox
|
|
good foolx as ever thou wilt deserve well at my handx help me to a
|
|
candlex and penx inkx and paperx as i am a gentlemanx i will live to be
|
|
thankful to thee forxtx
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|
clownx
|
|
master malvoliox
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|
malvoliox
|
|
ayx good foolx
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clownx
|
|
alasx sirx how fell you besides your five witsx
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malvoliox
|
|
foolx there was never man so notoriously abusedx i am as well in my
|
|
witsx foolx as thou artx
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clownx
|
|
but as wellx then you are mad indeedx if you be no better in your wits
|
|
than a foolx
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malvoliox
|
|
they have here propertied mex keep me in darknessx send ministers to
|
|
mex assesx and do all they can to face me out of my witsx
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|
clownx
|
|
advise you what you sayx the minister is herex xxas sir topasxx
|
|
malvoliox malvoliox thy wits the heavens restorex endeavour thyself to
|
|
sleepx and leave thy vain bibblexbabblex
|
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|
malvoliox
|
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sir topasx
|
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clownx
|
|
xxas sir topasxx maintain no words with himx good fellowx xxas
|
|
himselfxx whox ix sirx not ix sirx god buy youx good sir topasx xxas
|
|
sir topasxx marryx amenx xxas himselfxx i will sirx i willx
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malvoliox
|
|
foolx foolx foolx i sayx
|
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clownx
|
|
alasx sirx be patientx what say youx sirx i am shent for speaking to
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youx
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malvoliox
|
|
good foolx help me to some light and some paperx i tell thee i am as
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well in my wits as any man in illyriax
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clownx
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wellxaxday that you werex sirx
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malvoliox
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by this handx i amx good foolx some inkx paperx and lightx and convey
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what i will set down to my ladyx it shall advantage thee more than ever
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the bearing of letter didx
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clownx
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i will help you toxtx but tell me truex are you not mad indeedx or do
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you but counterfeitx
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malvoliox
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believe mex i am notx i tell thee truex
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clownx
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nayx ixll nexer believe a madman till i see his brainsx i will fetch
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you lightx and paperx and inkx
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malvoliox
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foolx ixll requite it in the highest degreex i prithee be gonex
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clownx
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xxsingingxxx
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xi am gonex sirx and anonx sirx
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ixll be with you againx
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in a tricex like to the old vicex
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your need to sustainx
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who with dagger of lathx in his rage and his wrathx
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cries xahx haxx to the devilx
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like a mad ladx xpare thy nailsx dadx
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adieux goodman devilxxx
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xxexitxxx
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scene iiix oliviaxs gardenx
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enter sebastianx
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sebastianx
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this is the airx that is the glorious sunx
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this pearl she gave mex i do feelxt and seextx
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and though xtis wonder that enwraps me thusx
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yet xtis not madnessx wherexs antoniox thenx
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i could not find him at the elephantx
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yet there he wasx and there i found this creditx
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that he did range the town to seek me outx
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his counsel now might do me golden servicex
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for though my soul disputes well with my sense
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that this may be some errorx but no madnessx
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yet doth this accident and flood of fortune
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so far exceed all instancex all discoursex
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that i am ready to distrust mine eyes
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and wrangle with my reason that persuades me
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to any other trust but that i am madx
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or else the ladyxs madx yet if xtwere sox
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she could not sway her housex command her followersx
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take and give back affairs and their dispatchx
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with such a smoothx discreetx and stable bearing
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as i perceive she doesx therexs something inxt
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that is deceivablex but here the lady comesx
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enter olivia and a priestx
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oliviax
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blame not this haste of minex if you mean wellx
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now go with me and with this holy man
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into the chantry byx therex before him
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and underneath that consecrated roofx
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plight me the full assurance of your faithx
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that my most jealous and too doubtful soul
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may live at peacex he shall conceal it
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whiles you are willing it shall come to notex
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what time we will our celebration keep
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according to my birthx what do you sayx
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sebastianx
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ixll follow this good manx and go with youx
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and having sworn truthx ever will be truex
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oliviax
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then lead the wayx good fatherx and heavens so shinex
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that they may fairly note this act of minex
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xxexeuntxxx
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act vx
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scene ix the street before oliviaxs housex
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enter clown and fabianx
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fabianx
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nowx as thou lovxst mex let me see his letterx
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clownx
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good master fabianx grant me another requestx
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fabianx
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anythingx
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clownx
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do not desire to see this letterx
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fabianx
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this is to give a dogx and in recompense desire my dog againx
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enter dukex violax curio and lordsx
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dukex
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belong you to the lady oliviax friendsx
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clownx
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ayx sirx we are some of her trappingsx
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dukex
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i know thee wellx how dost thoux my good fellowx
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clownx
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trulyx sirx the better for my foesx and the worse for my friendsx
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dukex
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just the contraryx the better for thy friendsx
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clownx
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nox sirx the worsex
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dukex
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how can that bex
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clownx
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marryx sirx they praise mex and make an ass of mex now my foes tell me
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plainly i am an assx so that by my foesx sirx i profit in the knowledge
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of myselfx and by my friends i am abusedx so thatx conclusions to be as
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kissesx if your four negatives make your two affirmativesx why thenx
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the worse for my friendsx and the better for my foesx
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dukex
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whyx this is excellentx
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clownx
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by my trothx sirx nox though it please you to be one of my friendsx
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dukex
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thou shalt not be the worse for mex therexs goldx
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clownx
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but that it would be doublexdealingx sirx i would you could make it
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anotherx
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dukex
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ox you give me ill counselx
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clownx
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put your grace in your pocketx sirx for this oncex and let your flesh
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and blood obey itx
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dukex
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wellx i will be so much a sinner to be a doublexdealerx therexs
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anotherx
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clownx
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xprimox secundox tertioxx is a good playx and the old saying isx the
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third pays for allx the triplexx sirx is a good tripping measurex or
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the bells of saint bennetx sirx may put you in mindxonex twox threex
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dukex
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you can fool no more money out of me at this throwx if you will let
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your lady know i am here to speak with herx and bring her along with
|
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youx it may awake my bounty furtherx
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clownx
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marryx sirx lullaby to your bounty till i come againx i gox sirx but i
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would not have you to think that my desire of having is the sin of
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covetousnessx but as you sayx sirx let your bounty take a napx i will
|
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awake it anonx
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xxexit clownxxx
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enter antonio and officersx
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violax
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here comes the manx sirx that did rescue mex
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dukex
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that face of his i do remember wellx
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yet when i saw it last it was besmearxd
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as black as vulcanx in the smoke of warx
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a baubling vessel was he captain ofx
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for shallow draught and bulk unprizablex
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with which such scathful grapple did he make
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with the most noble bottom of our fleetx
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|
that very envy and the tongue of loss
|
|
cried fame and honour on himx whatxs the matterx
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first officerx
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orsinox this is that antonio
|
|
that took the xphoenixx and her fraught from candyx
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|
and this is he that did the xtigerx board
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|
when your young nephew titus lost his legx
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here in the streetsx desperate of shame and statex
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in private brabble did we apprehend himx
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violax
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he did me kindnessx sirx drew on my sidex
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but in conclusionx put strange speech upon mex
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i know not what xtwasx but distractionx
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dukex
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notable piratex thou saltxwater thiefx
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what foolish boldness brought thee to their merciesx
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whom thoux in terms so bloody and so dearx
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hast made thine enemiesx
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antoniox
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orsinox noble sirx
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be pleased that i shake off these names you give mex
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antonio never yet was thief or piratex
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thoughx i confessx on base and ground enoughx
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orsinoxs enemyx a witchcraft drew me hitherx
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|
that most ingrateful boy there by your side
|
|
from the rude seaxs enraged and foamy mouth
|
|
did i redeemx a wreck past hope he wasx
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|
his life i gave himx and did thereto add
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|
my lovex without retention or restraintx
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all his in dedicationx for his sake
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|
did i expose myselfx pure for his lovex
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into the danger of this adverse townx
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|
drew to defend him when he was besetx
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where being apprehendedx his false cunning
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|
xnot meaning to partake with me in dangerx
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taught him to face me out of his acquaintancex
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|
and grew a twenty yearsx removed thing
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|
while one would winkx denied me mine own pursex
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which i had recommended to his use
|
|
not half an hour beforex
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violax
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|
how can this bex
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dukex
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when came he to this townx
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antoniox
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todayx my lordx and for three months beforex
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no intxrimx not a minutexs vacancyx
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both day and night did we keep companyx
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enter olivia and attendantsx
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dukex
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here comes the countessx now heaven walks on earthx
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but for theex fellowx fellowx thy words are madnessx
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|
three months this youth hath tended upon mex
|
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but more of that anonx take him asidex
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oliviax
|
|
what would my lordx but that he may not havex
|
|
wherein olivia may seem serviceablex
|
|
cesariox you do not keep promise with mex
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violax
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|
madamx
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dukex
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gracious oliviax
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oliviax
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what do you sayx cesariox good my lordx
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violax
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my lord would speakx my duty hushes mex
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oliviax
|
|
if it be aught to the old tunex my lordx
|
|
it is as fat and fulsome to mine ear
|
|
as howling after musicx
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dukex
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still so cruelx
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oliviax
|
|
still so constantx lordx
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dukex
|
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whatx to perversenessx you uncivil ladyx
|
|
to whose ingrate and unauspicious altars
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|
my soul the faithfullxst offxrings hath breathed out
|
|
that exer devotion tenderxdx what shall i dox
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oliviax
|
|
even what it please my lord that shall become himx
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dukex
|
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why should i notx had i the heart to do itx
|
|
like to the egyptian thief at point of deathx
|
|
kill what i lovexxa savage jealousy
|
|
that sometime savours noblyx but hear me thisx
|
|
since you to nonxregardance cast my faithx
|
|
and that i partly know the instrument
|
|
that screws me from my true place in your favourx
|
|
live you the marblexbreasted tyrant stillx
|
|
but this your minionx whom i know you lovex
|
|
and whomx by heaven i swearx i tender dearlyx
|
|
him will i tear out of that cruel eye
|
|
where he sits crowned in his masterxs spitexx
|
|
comex boyx with mex my thoughts are ripe in mischiefx
|
|
ixll sacrifice the lamb that i do lovex
|
|
to spite a ravenxs heart within a dovex
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violax
|
|
and ix most jocundx aptx and willinglyx
|
|
to do you restx a thousand deaths would diex
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oliviax
|
|
where goes cesariox
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violax
|
|
after him i love
|
|
more than i love these eyesx more than my lifex
|
|
morex by all moresx than exer i shall love wifex
|
|
if i do feignx you witnesses above
|
|
punish my life for tainting of my lovex
|
|
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|
oliviax
|
|
ah mex detestedx how am i beguilxdx
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violax
|
|
who does beguile youx who does do you wrongx
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oliviax
|
|
hast thou forgot thyselfx is it so longx
|
|
call forth the holy fatherx
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|
xxexit an attendantxxx
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dukex
|
|
xxto violaxxx comex awayx
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oliviax
|
|
whitherx my lordx cesariox husbandx stayx
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dukex
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husbandx
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oliviax
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ayx husbandx can he that denyx
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dukex
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her husbandx sirrahx
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violax
|
|
nox my lordx not ix
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oliviax
|
|
alasx it is the baseness of thy fear
|
|
that makes thee strangle thy proprietyx
|
|
fear notx cesariox take thy fortunes upx
|
|
be that thou knowxst thou artx and then thou art
|
|
as great as that thou fearxstx
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|
enter priestx
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|
ox welcomex fatherx
|
|
fatherx i charge theex by thy reverence
|
|
here to unfoldxthough lately we intended
|
|
to keep in darkness what occasion now
|
|
reveals before xtis ripexwhat thou dost know
|
|
hath newly passed between this youth and mex
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|
priestx
|
|
a contract of eternal bond of lovex
|
|
confirmed by mutual joinder of your handsx
|
|
attested by the holy close of lipsx
|
|
strengthenxd by interchangement of your ringsx
|
|
and all the ceremony of this compact
|
|
sealed in my functionx by my testimonyx
|
|
since whenx my watch hath told mex toward my gravex
|
|
i have travelled but two hoursx
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dukex
|
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o thou dissembling cubx what wilt thou be
|
|
when time hath sowed a grizzle on thy casex
|
|
or will not else thy craft so quickly grow
|
|
that thine own trip shall be thine overthrowx
|
|
farewellx and take herx but direct thy feet
|
|
where thou and i henceforth may never meetx
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violax
|
|
my lordx i do protestx
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oliviax
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ox do not swearx
|
|
hold little faithx though thou has too much fearx
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enter sir andrewx
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sir andrewx
|
|
for the love of godx a surgeonx send one presently to sir tobyx
|
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oliviax
|
|
whatxs the matterx
|
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sir andrewx
|
|
xhas broke my head acrossx and has given sir toby a bloody coxcomb toox
|
|
for the love of godx your helpx i had rather than forty pound i were at
|
|
homex
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oliviax
|
|
who has done thisx sir andrewx
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sir andrewx
|
|
the countxs gentlemanx one cesariox we took him for a cowardx but hexs
|
|
the very devil incardinatex
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dukex
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my gentlemanx cesariox
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sir andrewx
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xodxs lifelingsx here he isxxyou broke my head for nothingx and that
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|
that i didx i was set on to doxt by sir tobyx
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violax
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|
why do you speak to mex i never hurt youx
|
|
you drew your sword upon me without causex
|
|
but i bespake you fair and hurt you notx
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|
enter sir tobyx drunkx led by the clownx
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sir andrewx
|
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if a bloody coxcomb be a hurtx you have hurt mex i think you set
|
|
nothing by a bloody coxcombx here comes sir toby haltingx you shall
|
|
hear morex but if he had not been in drinkx he would have tickled you
|
|
othergates than he didx
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dukex
|
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how nowx gentlemanx how isxt with youx
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sir tobyx
|
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thatxs all onex xhas hurt mex and therexs thx end onxtx sotx didst see
|
|
dick surgeonx sotx
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clownx
|
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ox hexs drunkx sir tobyx an hour agonex his eyes were set at eight ix
|
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thx morningx
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sir tobyx
|
|
then hexs a roguex and a passy measures pavinx i hate a drunken roguex
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oliviax
|
|
away with himx who hath made this havoc with themx
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sir andrewx
|
|
ixll help youx sir tobyx because wexll be dressed togetherx
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sir tobyx
|
|
will you helpx an assxheadx and a coxcombx and a knavex a thinxfaced
|
|
knavex a gullx
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oliviax
|
|
get him to bedx and let his hurt be looked tox
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|
xxexeunt clownx fabianx sir toby and sir andrewxxx
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|
|
enter sebastianx
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sebastianx
|
|
i am sorryx madamx i have hurt your kinsmanx
|
|
but had it been the brother of my bloodx
|
|
i must have done no less with wit and safetyx
|
|
you throw a strange regard upon mex and by that
|
|
i do perceive it hath offended youx
|
|
pardon mex sweet onex even for the vows
|
|
we made each other but so late agox
|
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|
|
dukex
|
|
one facex one voicex one habitx and two personsx
|
|
a natural perspectivex that isx and is notx
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|
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sebastianx
|
|
antoniox o my dear antoniox
|
|
how have the hours rackxd and torturxd me
|
|
since i have lost theex
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|
antoniox
|
|
sebastian are youx
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sebastianx
|
|
fearxst thou thatx antoniox
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|
antoniox
|
|
how have you made division of yourselfx
|
|
an apple cleft in two is not more twin
|
|
than these two creaturesx which is sebastianx
|
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|
|
oliviax
|
|
most wonderfulx
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|
|
|
sebastianx
|
|
do i stand therex i never had a brotherx
|
|
nor can there be that deity in my nature
|
|
of here and everywherex i had a sisterx
|
|
whom the blind waves and surges have devouredx
|
|
of charityx what kin are you to mex
|
|
what countrymanx what namex what parentagex
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|
|
violax
|
|
of messalinex sebastian was my fatherx
|
|
such a sebastian was my brother toox
|
|
so went he suited to his watery tombx
|
|
if spirits can assume both form and suitx
|
|
you come to fright usx
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|
sebastianx
|
|
a spirit i am indeedx
|
|
but am in that dimension grossly cladx
|
|
which from the womb i did participatex
|
|
were you a womanx as the rest goes evenx
|
|
i should my tears let fall upon your cheekx
|
|
and sayx xthrice welcomex drowned violaxx
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violax
|
|
my father had a mole upon his browx
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sebastianx
|
|
and so had minex
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violax
|
|
and died that day when viola from her birth
|
|
had numbered thirteen yearsx
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sebastianx
|
|
ox that record is lively in my soulx
|
|
he finished indeed his mortal act
|
|
that day that made my sister thirteen yearsx
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violax
|
|
if nothing lets to make us happy both
|
|
but this my masculine usurpxd attirex
|
|
do not embrace me till each circumstance
|
|
of placex timex fortunex do cohere and jump
|
|
that i am violax which to confirmx
|
|
ixll bring you to a captain in this townx
|
|
where lie my maiden weedsx by whose gentle help
|
|
i was preservxd to serve this noble countx
|
|
all the occurrence of my fortune since
|
|
hath been between this lady and this lordx
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|
|
sebastianx
|
|
xxto oliviaxxx so comes itx ladyx you have been mistookx
|
|
but nature to her bias drew in thatx
|
|
you would have been contracted to a maidx
|
|
nor are you thereinx by my lifex deceivedx
|
|
you are betrothxd both to a maid and manx
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dukex
|
|
be not amazedx right noble is his bloodx
|
|
if this be sox as yet the glass seems truex
|
|
i shall have share in this most happy wreckx
|
|
xxto violaxxx boyx thou hast said to me a thousand times
|
|
thou never shouldst love woman like to mex
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violax
|
|
and all those sayings will i overxswearx
|
|
and all those swearings keep as true in soul
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as doth that orbed continent the fire
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that severs day from nightx
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dukex
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give me thy handx
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and let me see thee in thy womanxs weedsx
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violax
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the captain that did bring me first on shore
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hath my maidxs garmentsx hex upon some actionx
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is now in durancex at malvolioxs suitx
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a gentleman and follower of my ladyxsx
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oliviax
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he shall enlarge himx fetch malvolio hitherx
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and yetx alasx now i remember mex
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they sayx poor gentlemanx hexs much distractx
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enter clownx with a letter and fabianx
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a most extracting frenzy of mine own
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from my remembrance clearly banished hisx
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how does hex sirrahx
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clownx
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trulyx madamx he holds belzebub at the stavexs end as well as a man in
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his case may dox has here writ a letter to youx i should have given it
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you today morningx but as a madmanxs epistles are no gospelsx so it
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skills not much when they are deliveredx
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oliviax
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open xtx and read itx
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clownx
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look then to be well edifiedx when the fool delivers the madmanx xby
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the lordx madamxxx
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oliviax
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how nowx art thou madx
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clownx
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nox madamx i do but read madnessx an your ladyship will have it as it
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ought to bex you must allow xvoxxx
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oliviax
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pritheex read ix thy right witsx
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clownx
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so i dox madonnax but to read his right wits is to read thusx therefore
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perpendx my princessx and give earx
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oliviax
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xxto fabianxxx read it youx sirrahx
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fabianx
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xxreadsxxx xby the lordx madamx you wrong mex and the world shall know
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itx though you have put me into darkness and given your drunken cousin
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rule over mex yet have i the benefit of my senses as well as your
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ladyshipx i have your own letter that induced me to the semblance i put
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onx with the which i doubt not but to do myself much right or you much
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shamex think of me as you pleasex i leave my duty a little unthought
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ofx and speak out of my injuryx
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the madlyxused malvolioxx
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oliviax
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did he write thisx
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clownx
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ayx madamx
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dukex
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this savours not much of distractionx
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oliviax
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see him deliveredx fabianx bring him hitherx
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xxexit fabianxxx
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my lordx so please youx these things further thought onx
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to think me as well a sisterx as a wifex
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one day shall crown thx alliance onxtx so please youx
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here at my housex and at my proper costx
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dukex
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madamx i am most apt tx embrace your offerx
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xxto violaxxx your master quits youx and for your service done himx
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so much against the mettle of your sexx
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so far beneath your soft and tender breedingx
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and since you callxd me master for so longx
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here is my handx you shall from this time be
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you masterxs mistressx
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oliviax
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a sisterx you are shex
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enter fabian and malvoliox
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dukex
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is this the madmanx
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oliviax
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ayx my lordx this samex
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how nowx malvoliox
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malvoliox
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madamx you have done me wrongx
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notorious wrongx
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oliviax
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have ix malvoliox nox
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malvoliox
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ladyx you havex pray you peruse that letterx
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you must not now deny it is your handx
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write from itx if you canx in handx or phrasex
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or say xtis not your sealx not your inventionx
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you can say none of thisx wellx grant it thenx
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and tell mex in the modesty of honourx
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why you have given me such clear lights of favourx
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bade me come smiling and crossxgarterxd to youx
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to put on yellow stockingsx and to frown
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upon sir tobyx and the lighter peoplex
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and acting this in an obedient hopex
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why have you sufferxd me to be imprisonxdx
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kept in a dark housex visited by the priestx
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and made the most notorious geck and gull
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that exer invention played onx tell me whyx
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oliviax
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alasx malvoliox this is not my writingx
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though i confessx much like the characterx
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but out of questionx xtis mariaxs handx
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and now i do bethink mex it was she
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first told me thou wast madx then camxst in smilingx
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and in such forms which here were presupposxd
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upon thee in the letterx pritheex be contentx
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this practice hath most shrewdly passxd upon theex
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but when we know the grounds and authors of itx
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thou shalt be both the plaintiff and the judge
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of thine own causex
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fabianx
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good madamx hear me speakx
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and let no quarrelx nor no brawl to comex
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taint the condition of this present hourx
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which i have wonderxd atx in hope it shall notx
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most freely i confessx myself and toby
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set this device against malvolio herex
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upon some stubborn and uncourteous parts
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we had conceivxd against himx maria writ
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the letterx at sir tobyxs great importancex
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in recompense whereof he hath married herx
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how with a sportful malice it was followxd
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may rather pluck on laughter than revengex
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if that the injuries be justly weighxd
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that have on both sides passedx
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oliviax
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alasx poor foolx how have they baffled theex
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clownx
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whyx xsome are born greatx some achieve greatnessx and some have
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greatness thrown upon themxx i was onex sirx in this interludex one sir
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topasx sirx but thatxs all onex xby the lordx foolx i am not madxx but
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do you rememberx xmadamx why laugh you at such a barren rascalx and you
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smile notx hexs gaggedxx and thus the whirligig of time brings in his
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revengesx
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malvoliox
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ixll be revenged on the whole pack of youx
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xxexitxxx
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oliviax
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he hath been most notoriously abusxdx
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dukex
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pursue himx and entreat him to a peacex
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he hath not told us of the captain yetx
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when that is knownx and golden time conventsx
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a solemn combination shall be made
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of our dear soulsxxmeantimex sweet sisterx
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we will not part from hencexxcesariox comex
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for so you shall be while you are a manx
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but when in other habits you are seenx
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orsinoxs mistressx and his fancyxs queenx
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xxexeuntxxx
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clown singsx
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x when that i was and a little tiny boyx
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with heyx hox the wind and the rainx
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a foolish thing was but a toyx
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for the rain it raineth every dayxx
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x but when i came to manxs estatex
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with heyx hox the wind and the rainx
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xgainst knaves and thieves men shut their gatex
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for the rain it raineth every dayxx
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x but when i camex alasx to wivex
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with heyx hox the wind and the rainx
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by swaggering could i never thrivex
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for the rain it raineth every dayxx
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x but when i came unto my bedsx
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with heyx hox the wind and the rainx
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with tossxpots still had drunken headsx
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for the rain it raineth every dayxx
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x a great while ago the world begunx
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with heyx hox the wind and the rainx
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but thatxs all onex our play is donex
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and wexll strive to please you every dayxx
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xxexitxxx
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the two gentlemen of verona
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dramatis personae
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duke of milanx father to silvia
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valentinex one of the two gentlemen
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proteusx x x x x x
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antoniox father to proteus
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thuriox a foolish rival to valentine
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eglamourx agent for silvia in her escape
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speedx a clownish servant to valentine
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launcex the like to proteus
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panthinox servant to antonio
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hostx where julia lodges in milan
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outlawsx with valentine
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juliax a lady of veronax beloved of proteus
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silviax the dukexs daughterx beloved of valentine
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lucettax waitingxwoman to julia
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servants musicians
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scenex veronax milanx the frontiers of mantua
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act ix scene ix veronax an open place
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enter valentine and proteus
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valentinex cease to persuadex my loving proteusx
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homexkeeping youth have ever homely witsx
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werext not affection chains thy tender days
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to the sweet glances of thy honourxd lovex
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i rather would entreat thy company
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to see the wonders of the world abroadx
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thanx living dully sluggardizxd at homex
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wear out thy youth with shapeless idlenessx
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|
but since thou lovxstx love stillx and thrive thereinx
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|
even as i wouldx when i to love beginx
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|
proteusx wilt thou be gonex sweet valentinex adieux
|
|
think on thy proteusx when thou haply seest
|
|
some rare noteworthy object in thy travelx
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wish me partaker in thy happiness
|
|
when thou dost meet good hapx and in thy dangerx
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|
if ever danger do environ theex
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commend thy grievance to my holy prayersx
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for i will be thy headsmanx valentinex
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|
valentinex and on a lovexbook pray for my successx
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|
proteusx upon some book i love ixll pray for theex
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valentinex thatxs on some shallow story of deep lovex
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|
how young leander crossxd the hellespontx
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proteusx thatxs a deep story of a deeper lovex
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|
for he was more than over shoes in lovex
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valentinex xtis truex for you are over boots in lovex
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|
and yet you never swum the hellespontx
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|
proteusx over the bootsx nayx give me not the bootsx
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|
valentinex nox i will notx for it boots thee notx
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|
proteusx whatx
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valentinex to be in lovex where scorn is bought with groansx
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|
coy looks with heartxsore sighsx one fading momentxs mirth
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|
with twenty watchfulx wearyx tedious nightsx
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if haply wonx perhaps a hapless gainx
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|
if lostx why then a grievous labour wonx
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|
howeverx but a folly bought with witx
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|
or else a wit by folly vanquishedx
|
|
proteusx sox by your circumstancex you call me foolx
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|
valentinex sox by your circumstancex i fear youxll provex
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|
proteusx xtis love you cavil atx i am not lovex
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|
valentinex love is your masterx for he masters youx
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and he that is so yoked by a foolx
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|
methinksx should not be chronicled for wisex
|
|
proteusx yet writers sayx as in the sweetest bud
|
|
the eating canker dwellsx so eating love
|
|
inhabits in the finest wits of allx
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|
valentinex and writers sayx as the most forward bud
|
|
is eaten by the canker ere it blowx
|
|
even so by love the young and tender wit
|
|
is turnxd to follyx blasting in the budx
|
|
losing his verdure even in the primex
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|
and all the fair effects of future hopesx
|
|
but wherefore waste i time to counsel the
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|
that art a votary to fond desirex
|
|
once more adieux my father at the road
|
|
expects my comingx there to see me shippxdx
|
|
proteusx and thither will i bring theex valentinex
|
|
valentinex sweet proteusx nox now let us take our leavex
|
|
to milan let me hear from thee by letters
|
|
of thy success in lovex and what news else
|
|
betideth here in absence of thy friendx
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|
and i likewise will visit thee with minex
|
|
proteusx all happiness bechance to thee in milanx
|
|
valentinex as much to you at homex and so farewellx
|
|
exit valentine
|
|
proteusx he after honour huntsx i after lovex
|
|
he leaves his friends to dignify them morex
|
|
i leave myselfx my friendsx and all for lovex
|
|
thoux juliax thou hast metamorphisxd mex
|
|
made me neglect my studiesx lose my timex
|
|
war with good counselx set the world at noughtx
|
|
made wit with musing weakx heart sick with thoughtx
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|
enter speed
|
|
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|
speedx sir proteusx save youx saw you my masterx
|
|
proteusx but now he parted hence to embark for milanx
|
|
speedx twenty to one then he is shippxd alreadyx
|
|
and i have playxd the sheep in losing himx
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|
proteusx indeed a sheep doth very often strayx
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|
an if the shepherd be awhile awayx
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|
speedx you conclude that my master is a shepherd thenx and
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|
i a sheepx
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|
proteusx i dox
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|
speedx why thenx my horns are his hornsx whether i wake or sleepx
|
|
proteusx a silly answerx and fitting well a sheepx
|
|
speedx this proves me still a sheepx
|
|
proteusx truex and thy master a shepherdx
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|
speedx nayx that i can deny by a circumstancex
|
|
proteusx it shall go hard but ixll prove it by anotherx
|
|
speedx the shepherd seeks the sheepx and not the sheep the
|
|
shepherdx but i seek my masterx and my master seeks not mex
|
|
thereforex i am no sheepx
|
|
proteusx the sheep for fodder follow the shepherdx the shepherd for
|
|
food follows not the sheepx thou for wages followest thy masterx
|
|
thy master for wages follows not theex thereforex thou art a
|
|
sheepx
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|
speedx such another proof will make me cry xbaaxx
|
|
proteusx but dost thou hearx gavxst thou my letter to juliax
|
|
speedx ayx sirx ix a lost muttonx gave your letter to herx a lacxd
|
|
muttonx and shex a lacxd muttonx gave mex a lost muttonx nothing
|
|
for my labourx
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|
proteusx herexs too small a pasture for such store of muttonsx
|
|
speedx if the ground be overchargxdx you were best stick herx
|
|
proteusx nayx in that you are astrayx xtwere best pound youx
|
|
speedx nayx sirx less than a pound shall serve me for carrying your
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|
letterx
|
|
proteusx you mistakex i mean the poundx a pinfoldx
|
|
speedx from a pound to a pinx fold it over and overx
|
|
xtis threefold too little for carrying a letter to your loverx
|
|
proteusx but what said shex
|
|
speedx xnoddingx ayx
|
|
proteusx nodx ayx whyx thatxs xnoddyxx
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|
speedx you mistookx sirx i say she did nodx and you ask me if she
|
|
did nodx and i say xayxx
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|
proteusx and that set together is xnoddyxx
|
|
speedx now you have taken the pains to set it togetherx take it for
|
|
your painsx
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|
proteusx nox nox you shall have it for bearing the letterx
|
|
speedx wellx i perceive i must be fain to bear with youx
|
|
proteusx whyx sirx how do you bear with mex
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|
speedx marryx sirx the letterx very orderlyx having nothing but the
|
|
word xnoddyx for my painsx
|
|
proteusx beshrew mex but you have a quick witx
|
|
speedx and yet it cannot overtake your slow pursex
|
|
proteusx comex comex open the matterx in briefx what said shex
|
|
speedx open your pursex that the money and the matter may be both
|
|
at once deliveredx
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|
proteusx wellx sirx here is for your painsx what said shex
|
|
speedx trulyx sirx i think youxll hardly win herx
|
|
proteusx whyx couldst thou perceive so much from herx
|
|
speedx sirx i could perceive nothing at all from herx nox not so
|
|
much as a ducat for delivering your letterx and being so hard to
|
|
me that brought your mindx i fear shexll prove as hard to you in
|
|
telling your mindx give her no token but stonesx for shexs as
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|
hard as steelx
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|
proteusx what said shex nothingx
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|
speedx nox not so much as xtake this for thy painsxx to testify
|
|
your bountyx i thank youx you have testernxd mex in requital
|
|
whereofx henceforth carry your letters yourselfx and sox sirx
|
|
ixll commend you to my masterx
|
|
proteusx gox gox be gonex to save your ship from wreckx
|
|
which cannot perishx having thee aboardx
|
|
being destinxd to a drier death on shorex exit speed
|
|
i must go send some better messengerx
|
|
i fear my julia would not deign my linesx
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|
receiving them from such a worthless postx exit
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|
scene iix veronax the garden of juliaxs house
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|
enter julia and lucetta
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|
juliax but sayx lucettax now we are alonex
|
|
wouldst thou then counsel me to fall in lovex
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|
lucettax ayx madamx so you stumble not unheedfullyx
|
|
juliax of all the fair resort of gentlemen
|
|
that every day with parle encounter mex
|
|
in thy opinion which is worthiest lovex
|
|
lucettax please youx repeat their namesx ixll show my mind
|
|
according to my shallow simple skillx
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|
juliax what thinkxst thou of the fair sir eglamourx
|
|
lucettax as of a knight wellxspokenx neatx and finex
|
|
butx were i youx he never should be minex
|
|
juliax what thinkxst thou of the rich mercatiox
|
|
lucettax well of his wealthx but of himselfx so sox
|
|
juliax what thinkxst thou of the gentle proteusx
|
|
lucettax lordx lordx to see what folly reigns in usx
|
|
juliax how nowx what means this passion at his namex
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|
lucettax pardonx dear madamx xtis a passing shame
|
|
that ix unworthy body as i amx
|
|
should censure thus on lovely gentlemenx
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|
juliax why not on proteusx as of all the restx
|
|
lucettax then thusx of many good i think him bestx
|
|
juliax your reasonx
|
|
lucettax i have no other but a womanxs reasonx
|
|
i think him sox because i think him sox
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|
juliax and wouldst thou have me cast my love on himx
|
|
lucettax ayx if you thought your love not cast awayx
|
|
juliax whyx hex of all the restx hath never movxd mex
|
|
lucettax yet hex of all the restx i thinkx best loves yex
|
|
juliax his little speaking shows his love but smallx
|
|
lucettax fire thatxs closest kept burns most of allx
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|
juliax they do not love that do not show their lovex
|
|
lucettax ox they love least that let men know their lovex
|
|
juliax i would i knew his mindx
|
|
lucettax peruse this paperx madamx
|
|
juliax xto juliaxx sayx from whomx
|
|
lucettax that the contents will showx
|
|
juliax sayx sayx who gave it theex
|
|
lucettax sir valentinexs pagex and sentx i thinkx from proteusx
|
|
he would have given it youx but ix being in the wayx
|
|
did in your name receive itx pardon the faultx i prayx
|
|
juliax nowx by my modestyx a goodly brokerx
|
|
dare you presume to harbour wanton linesx
|
|
to whisper and conspire against my youthx
|
|
nowx trust mex xtis an office of great worthx
|
|
and you an officer fit for the placex
|
|
therex take the paperx see it be returnxdx
|
|
or else return no more into my sightx
|
|
lucettax to plead for love deserves more fee than hatex
|
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juliax will ye be gonex
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|
lucettax that you may ruminatex exit
|
|
juliax and yetx i would i had oxerlookxd the letterx
|
|
it were a shame to call her back againx
|
|
and pray her to a fault for which i chid herx
|
|
what fool is shex that knows i am a maid
|
|
and would not force the letter to my viewx
|
|
since maidsx in modestyx say xnox to that
|
|
which they would have the profferer construe xayxx
|
|
fiex fiex how wayward is this foolish lovex
|
|
that like a testy babe will scratch the nursex
|
|
and presentlyx all humbledx kiss the rodx
|
|
how churlishly i chid lucetta hencex
|
|
when willingly i would have had her herex
|
|
how angerly i taught my brow to frownx
|
|
when inward joy enforcxd my heart to smilex
|
|
my penance is to call lucetta back
|
|
and ask remission for my folly pastx
|
|
what hox lucettax
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rexenter lucetta
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lucettax what would your ladyshipx
|
|
juliax isxt near dinner timex
|
|
lucettax i would it werex
|
|
that you might kill your stomach on your meat
|
|
and not upon your maidx
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juliax what isxt that you took up so gingerlyx
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lucettax nothingx
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juliax why didst thou stoop thenx
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lucettax to take a paper up that i let fallx
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juliax and is that paper nothingx
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lucettax nothing concerning mex
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juliax then let it lie for those that it concernsx
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lucettax madamx it will not lie where it concernsx
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unless it have a false interpreterx
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juliax some love of yours hath writ to you in rhymex
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lucettax that i might sing itx madamx to a tunex
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give me a notex your ladyship can setx
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juliax as little by such toys as may be possiblex
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best sing it to the tune of xlight ox lovexx
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lucettax it is too heavy for so light a tunex
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juliax heavyx belike it hath some burden thenx
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lucettax ayx and melodious were itx would you sing itx
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juliax and why not youx
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lucettax i cannot reach so highx
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juliax letxs see your songx xlucetta withholds the letterx
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how nowx minionx
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lucettax keep tune there stillx so you will sing it outx
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and yet methinks i do not like this tunex
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juliax you do notx
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lucettax nox madamx xtis too sharpx
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juliax youx minionx are too saucyx
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lucettax nayx now you are too flat
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and mar the concord with too harsh a descantx
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there wanteth but a mean to fill your songx
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juliax the mean is drownxd with your unruly bassx
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lucettax indeedx i bid the base for proteusx
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juliax this babble shall not henceforth trouble mex
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here is a coil with protestationx xtears the letterx
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gox get you gonex and let the papers liex
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you would be fingxring themx to anger mex
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lucettax she makes it strangex but she would be best pleasxd
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to be so angxred with another letterx exit
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juliax nayx would i were so angxred with the samex
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o hateful handsx to tear such loving wordsx
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injurious waspsx to feed on such sweet honey
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and kill the bees that yield it with your stingsx
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ixll kiss each several paper for amendsx
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lookx here is writ xkind juliaxx unkind juliax
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as in revenge of thy ingratitudex
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i throw thy name against the bruising stonesx
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trampling contemptuously on thy disdainx
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and here is writ xlovexwounded proteusxx
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poor wounded namex my bosomxxas a bedx
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shall lodge thee till thy wound be throughly healxdx
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and thus i search it with a sovereign kissx
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but twice or thrice was xproteusx written downx
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be calmx good windx blow not a word away
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till i have found each letter in the letterx
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except mine own namex that some whirlwind bear
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unto a raggedx fearfulx hanging rockx
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and throw it thence into the raging seax
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lox here in one line is his name twice writx
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xpoor forlorn proteusx passionate proteusx
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to the sweet juliaxx that ixll tear awayx
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and yet i will notx sith so prettily
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he couples it to his complaining namesx
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thus will i fold them one upon anotherx
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now kissx embracex contendx do what you willx
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rexenter lucetta
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lucettax madamx
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dinner is readyx and your father staysx
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juliax wellx let us gox
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lucettax whatx shall these papers lie like tellxtales herex
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juliax if you respect themx best to take them upx
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lucettax nayx i was taken up for laying them downx
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yet here they shall not lie for catching coldx
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juliax i see you have a monthxs mind to themx
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lucettax ayx madamx you may say what sights you seex
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i see things toox although you judge i winkx
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juliax comex comex willxt please you gox exeunt
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scene iiix veronax antonioxs house
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enter antonio and panthino
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antoniox tell mex panthinox what sad talk was that
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wherewith my brother held you in the cloisterx
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panthinox xtwas of his nephew proteusx your sonx
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antoniox whyx what of himx
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panthinox he wondxred that your lordship
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would suffer him to spend his youth at homex
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while other menx of slender reputationx
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put forth their sons to seek preferment outx
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some to the warsx to try their fortune therex
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some to discover islands far awayx
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some to the studious universitiesx
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for anyx or for all these exercisesx
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he said that proteusx your sonx was meetx
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and did request me to importune you
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to let him spend his time no more at homex
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which would be great impeachment to his agex
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in having known no travel in his youthx
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antoniox nor needxst thou much importune me to that
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whereon this month i have been hammeringx
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i have considerxd well his loss of timex
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and how he cannot be a perfect manx
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not being tried and tutorxd in the worldx
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experience is by industry achievxdx
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and perfected by the swift course of timex
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then tell me whither were i best to send himx
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panthinox i think your lordship is not ignorant
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how his companionx youthful valentinex
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attends the emperor in his royal courtx
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antoniox i know it wellx
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panthinox xtwere goodx i thinkx your lordship sent him thitherx
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there shall he practise tilts and tournamentsx
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hear sweet discoursex converse with noblemenx
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and be in eye of every exercise
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|
worthy his youth and nobleness of birthx
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antoniox i like thy counselx well hast thou advisxdx
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and that thou mayst perceive how well i like itx
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the execution of it shall make knownx
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even with the speediest expedition
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i will dispatch him to the emperorxs courtx
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|
panthinox toxmorrowx may it please youx don alphonso
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with other gentlemen of good esteem
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|
are journeying to salute the emperorx
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|
and to commend their service to his willx
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|
antoniox good companyx with them shall proteus gox
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enter proteus
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andx in good timexx now will we break with himx
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proteusx sweet lovex sweet linesx sweet lifex
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here is her handx the agent of her heartx
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here is her oath for lovex her honourxs pawnx
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o that our fathers would applaud our lovesx
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to seal our happiness with their consentsx
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o heavenly juliax
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antoniox how nowx what letter are you reading therex
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proteusx mayxt please your lordshipx xtis a word or two
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of commendations sent from valentinex
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deliverxd by a friend that came from himx
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antoniox lend me the letterx let me see what newsx
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proteusx there is no newsx my lordx but that he writes
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how happily he livesx how wellxbelovxd
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and daily graced by the emperorx
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wishing me with himx partner of his fortunex
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antoniox and how stand you affected to his wishx
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proteusx as one relying on your lordshipxs willx
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and not depending on his friendly wishx
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|
antoniox my will is something sorted with his wishx
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muse not that i thus suddenly proceedx
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for what i willx i willx and there an endx
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i am resolvxd that thou shalt spend some time
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with valentinus in the emperorxs courtx
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what maintenance he from his friends receivesx
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like exhibition thou shalt have from mex
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toxmorrow be in readiness to gox
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excuse it notx for i am peremptoryx
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proteusx my lordx i cannot be so soon providedx
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please youx deliberate a day or twox
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antoniox look what thou wantxst shall be sent after theex
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no more of stayx toxmorrow thou must gox
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come onx panthinox you shall be employxd
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to hasten on his expeditionx
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|
exeunt antonio and panthino
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|
proteusx thus have i shunnxd the fire for fear of burningx
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|
and drenchxd me in the seax where i am drownxdx
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|
i fearxd to show my father juliaxs letterx
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|
lest he should take exceptions to my lovex
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|
and with the vantage of mine own excuse
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|
hath he excepted most against my lovex
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|
ox how this spring of love resembleth
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the uncertain glory of an april dayx
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which now shows all the beauty of the sunx
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|
and by an by a cloud takes all awayx
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rexenter panthino
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panthinox sir proteusx your father calls for youx
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he is in hastex thereforex i pray youx gox
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proteusx whyx this it isx my heart accords theretox
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and yet a thousand times it answers xnoxx exeunt
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act iix scene ix milanx the dukexs palace
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enter valentine and speed
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speedx sirx your glovex
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valentinex not minex my gloves are onx
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speedx whyx thenx this may be yoursx for this is but onex
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valentinex hax let me seex ayx give it mex itxs minex
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sweet ornament that decks a thing divinex
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ahx silviax silviax
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speedx xcallingx madam silviax madam silviax
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valentinex how nowx sirrahx
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speedx she is not within hearingx sirx
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valentinex whyx sirx who bade you call herx
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speedx your worshipx sirx or else i mistookx
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valentinex wellx youxll still be too forwardx
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speedx and yet i was last chidden for being too slowx
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valentinex go tox sirx tell mex do you know madam silviax
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speedx she that your worship lovesx
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valentinex whyx how know you that i am in lovex
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speedx marryx by these special marksx firstx you have learnxdx like
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|
sir proteusx to wreath your arms like a malcontentx to relish a
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|
lovexsongx like a robin redbreastx to walk alonex like one that
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|
had the pestilencex to sighx like a schoolxboy that had lost his
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|
a b cx to weepx like a young wench that had buried her grandamx
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|
to fastx like one that takes dietx to watchx like one that fears
|
|
robbingx to speak pulingx like a beggar at hallowmasx you were
|
|
wontx when you laughedx to crow like a cockx when you walkxdx to
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|
walk like one of the lionsx when you fastedx it was presently
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|
after dinnerx when you lookxd sadlyx it was for want of moneyx
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|
and now you are metamorphisxd with a mistressx thatx when i look
|
|
on youx i can hardly think you my masterx
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|
valentinex are all these things perceivxd in mex
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speedx they are all perceivxd without yex
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|
valentinex without mex they cannotx
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|
speedx without youx nayx thatxs certainx forx without you were so
|
|
simplex none else wouldx but you are so without these follies
|
|
that these follies are within youx and shine through you like the
|
|
water in an urinalx that not an eye that sees you but is a
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|
physician to comment on your maladyx
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|
valentinex but tell mex dost thou know my lady silviax
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|
speedx she that you gaze on sox as she sits at supperx
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|
valentinex hast thou observxd thatx even shex i meanx
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|
speedx whyx sirx i know her notx
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|
valentinex dost thou know her by my gazing on herx and yet knowxst
|
|
her notx
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|
speedx is she not hardxfavourxdx sirx
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valentinex not so fairx boyx as wellxfavourxdx
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|
speedx sirx i know that well enoughx
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|
valentinex what dost thou knowx
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|
speedx that she is not so fair asx of youx wellxfavourxdx
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|
valentinex i mean that her beauty is exquisitex but her favour
|
|
infinitex
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|
speedx thatxs because the one is paintedx and the other out of all
|
|
countx
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|
valentinex how paintedx and how out of countx
|
|
speedx marryx sirx so paintedx to make her fairx that no man counts
|
|
of her beautyx
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|
valentinex how esteemxst thou mex i account of her beautyx
|
|
speedx you never saw her since she was deformxdx
|
|
valentinex how long hath she been deformxdx
|
|
speedx ever since you lovxd herx
|
|
valentinex i have lovxd her ever since i saw herx and still
|
|
i see her beautifulx
|
|
speedx if you love herx you cannot see herx
|
|
valentinex whyx
|
|
speedx because love is blindx o that you had mine eyesx or your own
|
|
eyes had the lights they were wont to have when you chid at sir
|
|
proteus for going ungarterxdx
|
|
valentinex what should i see thenx
|
|
speedx your own present folly and her passing deformityx for hex
|
|
being in lovex could not see to garter his hosex and youx being
|
|
in lovex cannot see to put on your hosex
|
|
valentinex belikex boyx then you are in lovex for last morning you
|
|
could not see to wipe my shoesx
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|
speedx truex sirx i was in love with my bedx i thank youx you
|
|
swingxd me for my lovex which makes me the bolder to chide you
|
|
for yoursx
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|
valentinex in conclusionx i stand affected to herx
|
|
speedx i would you were setx so your affection would ceasex
|
|
valentinex last night she enjoinxd me to write some lines to one
|
|
she lovesx
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|
speedx and have youx
|
|
valentinex i havex
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|
speedx are they not lamely writx
|
|
valentinex nox boyx but as well as i can do themx
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|
|
enter silvia
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|
peacex here she comesx
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|
speedx xasidex o excellent motionx o exceeding puppetx
|
|
now will he interpret to herx
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|
valentinex madam and mistressx a thousand good morrowsx
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|
speedx xasidex ox give ye good evxnx
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|
herexs a million of mannersx
|
|
silviax sir valentine and servantx to you two thousandx
|
|
speedx xasidex he should give her interestx and she gives it himx
|
|
valentinex as you enjoinxd mex i have writ your letter
|
|
unto the secret nameless friend of yoursx
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|
which i was much unwilling to proceed inx
|
|
but for my duty to your ladyshipx
|
|
silviax i thank youx gentle servantx xtis very clerkly donex
|
|
valentinex now trust mex madamx it came hardly offx
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|
forx being ignorant to whom it goesx
|
|
i writ at randomx very doubtfullyx
|
|
silviax perchance you think too much of so much painsx
|
|
valentinex nox madamx so it stead youx i will writex
|
|
please you commandx a thousand times as muchx
|
|
and yetx
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|
silviax a pretty periodx wellx i guess the sequelx
|
|
and yet i will not name itx and yet i care notx
|
|
and yet take this againx and yet i thank youx
|
|
meaning henceforth to trouble you no morex
|
|
speedx xasidex and yet you willx and yet anotherx yetxx
|
|
valentinex what means your ladyshipx do you not like itx
|
|
silviax yesx yesx the lines are very quaintly writx
|
|
butx since unwillinglyx take them againx
|
|
nayx take themx xgives hack the letterx
|
|
valentinex madamx they are for youx
|
|
silviax ayx ayx you writ themx sirx at my requestx
|
|
but i will none of themx they are for youx
|
|
i would have had them writ more movinglyx
|
|
valentinex please youx ixll write your ladyship anotherx
|
|
silviax and when itxs writx for my sake read it overx
|
|
and if it please youx sox if notx whyx sox
|
|
valentinex if it please mex madamx what thenx
|
|
silviax whyx if it please youx take it for your labourx
|
|
and so good morrowx servantx exit silvia
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|
speedx o jest unseenx inscrutablex invisiblex
|
|
as a nose on a manxs facex or a weathercock on a steeplex
|
|
my master sues to herx and she hath taught her suitorx
|
|
he being her pupilx to become her tutorx
|
|
o excellent devicex was there ever heard a betterx
|
|
that my masterx being scribex to himself should write the letterx
|
|
valentinex how nowx sirx what are you reasoning with yourselfx
|
|
speedx nayx i was rhymingx xtis you that have the reasonx
|
|
valentinex to do whatx
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|
speedx to be a spokesman from madam silviax
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|
valentinex to whomx
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|
speedx to yourselfx whyx she woos you by a figurex
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|
valentinex what figurex
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|
speedx by a letterx i should sayx
|
|
valentinex whyx she hath not writ to mex
|
|
speedx what need shex when she hath made you write to yourselfx
|
|
whyx do you not perceive the jestx
|
|
valentinex nox believe mex
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|
speedx no believing you indeedx sirx but did you perceive her
|
|
earnestx
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|
valentinex she gave me none except an angry wordx
|
|
speedx whyx she hath given you a letterx
|
|
valentinex thatxs the letter i writ to her friendx
|
|
speedx and that letter hath she deliverxdx and there an endx
|
|
valentinex i would it were no worsex
|
|
speedx ixll warrant you xtis as wellx
|
|
xfor often have you writ to herx and shex in modestyx
|
|
or else for want of idle timex could not again replyx
|
|
or fearing else some messenger that might her mind discoverx
|
|
herself hath taught her love himself to write unto her loverxx
|
|
all this i speak in printx for in print i found itx why muse youx
|
|
sirx xtis dinner timex
|
|
valentinex i have dinxdx
|
|
speedx ayx but hearkenx sirx though the chameleon love can feed on
|
|
the airx i am one that am nourishxd by my victualsx and would
|
|
fain have meatx ox be not like your mistressx be movedx be movedx
|
|
exeunt
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|
|
|
scene iix veronax juliaxs house
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|
|
|
enter proteus and julia
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|
proteusx have patiencex gentle juliax
|
|
juliax i mustx where is no remedyx
|
|
proteusx when possibly i canx i will returnx
|
|
juliax if you turn notx you will return the soonerx
|
|
keep this remembrance for thy juliaxs sakex
|
|
xgiving a ringx
|
|
proteusx whyx thenx wexll make exchangex herex take you thisx
|
|
juliax and seal the bargain with a holy kissx
|
|
proteusx here is my hand for my true constancyx
|
|
and when that hour oxerslips me in the day
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|
wherein i sigh notx juliax for thy sakex
|
|
the next ensuing hour some foul mischance
|
|
torment me for my lovexs forgetfulnessx
|
|
my father stays my comingx answer notx
|
|
the tide is nowx nayx not thy tide of tearsx
|
|
that tide will stay me longer than i shouldx
|
|
juliax farewellx exit julia
|
|
whatx gone without a wordx
|
|
ayx so true love should dox it cannot speakx
|
|
for truth hath better deeds than words to grace itx
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|
|
|
enter panthino
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|
|
|
panthinox sir proteusx you are stayxd forx
|
|
proteusx gox i comex i comex
|
|
alasx this parting strikes poor lovers dumbx exeunt
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|
|
scene iiix veronax a street
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|
|
|
enter launcex leading a dog
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|
|
|
launcex nayx xtwill be this hour ere i have done weepingx all the
|
|
kind of the launces have this very faultx i have receivxd my
|
|
proportionx like the prodigious sonx and am going with sir proteus to
|
|
the imperialxs courtx i think crab my dog be the sourestxnatured dog
|
|
that livesx my mother weepingx my father wailingx my sister cryingx
|
|
our maid howlingx our cat wringing her handsx and all our house in a
|
|
great perplexityx yet did not this cruelxhearted cur shed one tearx
|
|
he is a stonex a very pebble stonex and has no more pity in him than
|
|
a dogx a jew would have wept to have seen our partingx whyx my
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|
grandam having no eyesx look youx wept herself blind at my partingx
|
|
nayx ixll show you the manner of itx this shoe is my fatherx nox this
|
|
left shoe is my fatherx nox nox left shoe is my motherx nayx that
|
|
cannot be so neitherx yesx it is sox it is sox it hath the worser
|
|
solex this shoe with the hole in it is my motherx and this my fatherx
|
|
a vengeance on xtx there xtisx nowx sirx this staff is my sisterx
|
|
forx look youx she is as white as a lily and as small as a wandx this
|
|
hat is nan our maidx i am the dogx nox the dog is himselfx and i am
|
|
the dogx ox the dog is mex and i am myselfx ayx sox sox now come i to
|
|
my fatherx xfatherx your blessingxx now should not the shoe speak a
|
|
word for weepingx now should i kiss my fatherx wellx he weeps onx now
|
|
come i to my motherx o that she could speak now like a wood womanx
|
|
wellx i kiss herx why there xtisx herexs my motherxs breath up and
|
|
downx now come i to my sisterx mark the moan she makesx now the dog
|
|
all this while sheds not a tearx nor speaks a wordx but see how i lay
|
|
the dust with my tearsx
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|
|
enter panthino
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panthinox launcex awayx awayx aboardx thy master is shippxdx and
|
|
thou art to post after with oarsx whatxs the matterx why weepxst
|
|
thoux manx awayx assx youxll lose the tide if you tarry any
|
|
longerx
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|
launcex it is no matter if the tied were lostx for it is the
|
|
unkindest tied that ever any man tiedx
|
|
panthinox whatxs the unkindest tidex
|
|
launcex whyx he thatxs tied herex crabx my dogx
|
|
panthinox tutx manx i mean thouxlt lose the floodx andx in losing
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the floodx lose thy voyagex andx in losing thy voyagex lose thy
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masterx andx in losing thy masterx lose thy servicex andx in
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losing thy servicex why dost thou stop my mouthx
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launcex for fear thou shouldst lose thy tonguex
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panthinox where should i lose my tonguex
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launcex in thy talex
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panthinox in thy tailx
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launcex lose the tidex and the voyagex and the masterx and the
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servicex and the tiedx whyx manx if the river were dryx i am able
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to fill it with my tearsx if the wind were downx i could drive
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the boat with my sighsx
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panthinox comex come awayx manx i was sent to call theex
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launcex sirx call me what thou darxstx
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panthinox will thou gox
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launcex wellx i will gox exeunt
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scene ivx milanx the dukexs palace
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enter silviax valentinex thuriox and speed
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silviax servantx
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valentinex mistressx
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speedx masterx sir thurio frowns on youx
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valentinex ayx boyx itxs for lovex
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speedx not of youx
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valentinex of my mistressx thenx
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speedx xtwere good you knockxd himx exit
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silviax servantx you are sadx
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valentinex indeedx madamx i seem sox
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thuriox seem you that you are notx
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valentinex haply i dox
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thuriox so do counterfeitsx
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valentinex so do youx
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thuriox what seem i that i am notx
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valentinex wisex
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thuriox what instance of the contraryx
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valentinex your follyx
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thuriox and how quote you my follyx
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valentinex i quote it in your jerkinx
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thuriox my jerkin is a doubletx
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valentinex wellx thenx ixll double your follyx
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thuriox howx
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silviax whatx angryx sir thuriox do you change colourx
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valentinex give him leavex madamx he is a kind of chameleonx
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thuriox that hath more mind to feed on your blood than live in your
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airx
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valentinex you have saidx sirx
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thuriox ayx sirx and done toox for this timex
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valentinex i know it wellx sirx you always end ere you beginx
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silviax a fine volley of wordsx gentlemenx and quickly shot offx
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valentinex xtis indeedx madamx we thank the giverx
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silviax who is thatx servantx
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valentinex yourselfx sweet ladyx for you gave the firex sir thurio
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borrows his wit from your ladyshipxs looksx and spends what he
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borrows kindly in your companyx
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thuriox sirx if you spend word for word with mex i shall make your
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wit bankruptx
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valentinex i know it wellx sirx you have an exchequer of wordsx
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andx i thinkx no other treasure to give your followersx for it
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appears by their bare liveries that they live by your bare wordsx
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enter duke
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silviax no morex gentlemenx no morex here comes my fatherx
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dukex nowx daughter silviax you are hard besetx
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sir valentinex your father is in good healthx
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what say you to a letter from your friends
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of much good newsx
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valentinex my lordx i will be thankful
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to any happy messenger from thencex
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dukex know ye don antoniox your countrymanx
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valentinex ayx my good lordx i know the gentleman
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to be of worth and worthy estimationx
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and not without desert so well reputedx
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dukex hath he not a sonx
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valentinex ayx my good lordx a son that well deserves
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the honour and regard of such a fatherx
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dukex you know him wellx
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valentinex i knew him as myselfx for from our infancy
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we have conversxd and spent our hours togetherx
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and though myself have been an idle truantx
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omitting the sweet benefit of time
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to clothe mine age with angelxlike perfectionx
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yet hath sir proteusx for thatxs his namex
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made use and fair advantage of his daysx
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his years but youngx but his experience oldx
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his head unmellowedx but his judgment ripex
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andx in a wordx for far behind his worth
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comes all the praises that i now bestowx
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he is complete in feature and in mindx
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with all good grace to grace a gentlemanx
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dukex beshrew mex sirx but if he make this goodx
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he is as worthy for an empressx love
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as meet to be an emperorxs counsellorx
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wellx sirx this gentleman is come to me
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with commendation from great potentatesx
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and here he means to spend his time awhilex
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i think xtis no unwelcome news to youx
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valentinex should i have wishxd a thingx it had been hex
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dukex welcome himx thenx according to his worthx
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silviax i speak to youx and youx sir thuriox
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for valentinex i need not cite him to itx
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i will send him hither to you presentlyx exit duke
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valentinex this is the gentleman i told your ladyship
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had come along with me but that his mistresss
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did hold his eyes lockxd in her crystal looksx
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silviax belike that now she hath enfranchisxd them
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upon some other pawn for fealtyx
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valentinex nayx surex i think she holds them prisoners stillx
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silviax nayx thenx he should be blindx andx being blindx
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how could he see his way to seek out youx
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valentinex whyx ladyx love hath twenty pair of eyesx
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thuriox they say that love hath not an eye at allx
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valentinex to see such loversx thuriox as yourselfx
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upon a homely object love can winkx exit thurio
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enter proteus
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silviax have donex have donex here comes the gentlemanx
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valentinex welcomex dear proteusx mistressx i beseech you
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confirm his welcome with some special favourx
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silviax his worth is warrant for his welcome hitherx
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if this be he you oft have wishxd to hear fromx
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valentinex mistressx it isx sweet ladyx entertain him
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to be my fellowxservant to your ladyshipx
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silviax too low a mistress for so high a servantx
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proteusx not sox sweet ladyx but too mean a servant
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to have a look of such a worthy mistressx
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valentinex leave off discourse of disabilityx
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sweet ladyx entertain him for your servantx
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proteusx my duty will i boast ofx nothing elsex
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silviax and duty never yet did want his meedx
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servantx you are welcome to a worthless mistressx
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proteusx ixll die on him that says so but yourselfx
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silviax that you are welcomex
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proteusx that you are worthlessx
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rexenter thurio
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thuriox madamx my lord your father would speak with youx
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silviax i wait upon his pleasurex comex sir thuriox
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go with mex once morex new servantx welcomex
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ixll leave you to confer of home affairsx
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when you have done we look to hear from youx
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proteusx wexll both attend upon your ladyshipx
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exeunt silvia and thurio
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valentinex nowx tell mex how do all from whence you camex
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proteusx your friends are wellx and have them much commendedx
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valentinex and how do yoursx
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proteusx i left them all in healthx
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valentinex how does your ladyx and how thrives your lovex
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proteusx my tales of love were wont to weary youx
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i know you joy not in a lovexdiscoursex
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valentinex ayx proteusx but that life is alterxd nowx
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i have done penance for contemning lovex
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whose high imperious thoughts have punishxd me
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with bitter fastsx with penitential groansx
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with nightly tearsx and daily heartxsore sighsx
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forx in revenge of my contempt of lovex
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love hath chasxd sleep from my enthralled eyes
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and made them watchers of mine own heartxs sorrowx
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o gentle proteusx lovexs a mighty lordx
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and hath so humbled me as i confess
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there is no woe to his correctionx
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nor to his service no such joy on earthx
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now no discoursex except it be of lovex
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now can i break my fastx dinex supx and sleepx
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upon the very naked name of lovex
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proteusx enoughx i read your fortune in your eyex
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was this the idol that you worship sox
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valentinex even shex and is she not a heavenly saintx
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proteusx nox but she is an earthly paragonx
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valentinex call her divinex
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proteusx i will not flatter herx
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valentinex ox flatter mex for love delights in praisesx
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proteusx when i was sick you gave me bitter pillsx
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and i must minister the like to youx
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valentinex then speak the truth by herx if not divinex
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yet let her be a principalityx
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sovereign to all the creatures on the earthx
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proteusx except my mistressx
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valentinex sweetx except not anyx
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except thou wilt except against my lovex
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proteusx have i not reason to prefer mine ownx
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valentinex and i will help thee to prefer her toox
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she shall be dignified with this high honourx
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to bear my ladyxs trainx lest the base earth
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should from her vesture chance to steal a kiss
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andx of so great a favour growing proudx
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disdain to root the summerxswelling flowxr
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and make rough winter everlastinglyx
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proteusx whyx valentinex what braggardism is thisx
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valentinex pardon mex proteusx all i can is nothing
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|
to herx whose worth makes other worthies nothingx
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she is alonex
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proteusx then let her alonex
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valentinex not for the worldx whyx manx she is mine ownx
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and i as rich in having such a jewel
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as twenty seasx if all their sand were pearlx
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the water nectarx and the rocks pure goldx
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forgive me that i do not dream on theex
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because thou seest me dote upon my lovex
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my foolish rivalx that her father likes
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only for his possessions are so hugex
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is gone with her alongx and i must afterx
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for lovex thou knowxstx is full of jealousyx
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proteusx but she loves youx
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valentinex ayx and we are betrothxdx nay morex our marriagexhourx
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with all the cunning manner of our flightx
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determinxd ofx how i must climb her windowx
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|
the ladder made of cordsx and all the means
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|
plotted and xgreed on for my happinessx
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good proteusx go with me to my chamberx
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|
in these affairs to aid me with thy counselx
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proteusx go on beforex i shall enquire you forthx
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|
i must unto the road to disembark
|
|
some necessaries that i needs must usex
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|
and then ixll presently attend youx
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|
valentinex will you make hastex
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|
proteusx i willx exit valentine
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|
even as one heat another heat expels
|
|
or as one nail by strength drives out anotherx
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|
so the remembrance of my former love
|
|
is by a newer object quite forgottenx
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|
is it my mindx or valentinusx praisex
|
|
her true perfectionx or my false transgressionx
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|
that makes me reasonless to reason thusx
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|
she is fairx and so is julia that i lovex
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|
that i did lovex for now my love is thawxdx
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|
which like a waxen image xgainst a fire
|
|
bears no impression of the thing it wasx
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|
methinks my zeal to valentine is coldx
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|
and that i love him not as i was wontx
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ox but i love his lady too too muchx
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|
and thatxs the reason i love him so littlex
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|
how shall i dote on her with more advice
|
|
that thus without advice begin to love herx
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xtis but her picture i have yet beheldx
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|
and that hath dazzled my reasonxs lightx
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|
but when i look on her perfectionsx
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|
there is no reason but i shall be blindx
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|
if i can check my erring lovex i willx
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|
if notx to compass her ixll use my skillx exit
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|
scene vx milanx a street
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|
enter speed and launce severally
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speedx launcex by mine honestyx welcome to paduax
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|
launcex forswear not thyselfx sweet youthx for i am not welcomex i
|
|
reckon this alwaysx that a man is never undone till he be hangxdx
|
|
nor never welcome to a place till some certain shot be paidx and
|
|
the hostess say xwelcomexx
|
|
speedx come onx you madcapx ixll to the alehouse with you
|
|
presentlyx wherex for one shot of five pencex thou shalt have
|
|
five thousand welcomesx butx sirrahx how did thy master part with
|
|
madam juliax
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|
launcex marryx after they closxd in earnestx they parted very
|
|
fairly in jestx
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|
speedx but shall she marry himx
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|
launcex nox
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speedx how thenx shall he marry herx
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|
launcex nox neitherx
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|
speedx whatx are they brokenx
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|
launcex nox they are both as whole as a fishx
|
|
speedx why thenx how stands the matter with themx
|
|
launcex marryx thusx when it stands well with himx it stands well
|
|
with herx
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|
speedx what an ass art thoux i understand thee notx
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|
launcex what a block art thou that thou canst notx my staff
|
|
understands mex
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speedx what thou sayxstx
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launcex ayx and what i do toox look theex ixll but leanx and my
|
|
staff understands mex
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speedx it stands under theex indeedx
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launcex whyx standxunder and underxstand is all onex
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|
speedx but tell me truex willxt be a matchx
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|
launcex ask my dogx if he say ayx it willx if he say nox it willx
|
|
if he shake his tail and say nothingx it willx
|
|
speedx the conclusion isx thenx that it willx
|
|
launcex thou shalt never get such a secret from me but by a
|
|
parablex
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|
speedx xtis well that i get it sox butx launcex how sayxst thou
|
|
that my master is become a notable loverx
|
|
launcex i never knew him otherwisex
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speedx than howx
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|
launcex a notable lubberx as thou reportest him to bex
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speedx whyx thou whoreson assx thou mistakxst mex
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launcex whyx foolx i meant not theex i meant thy masterx
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|
speedx i tell thee my master is become a hot loverx
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|
launcex whyx i tell thee i care not though he burn himself in lovex
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|
if thou wiltx go with me to the alehousex if notx thou art an
|
|
hebrewx a jewx and not worth the name of a christianx
|
|
speedx whyx
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|
launcex because thou hast not so much charity in thee as to go to
|
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the ale with a christianx wilt thou gox
|
|
speedx at thy servicex exeunt
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|
scene vix milanx the dukexs palace
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|
enter proteus
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proteusx to leave my juliax shall i be forswornx
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|
to love fair silviax shall i be forswornx
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to wrong my friendx i shall be much forswornx
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|
and evxn that powxr which gave me first my oath
|
|
provokes me to this threefold perjuryx
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love bade me swearx and love bids me forswearx
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o sweetxsuggesting lovex if thou hast sinnxdx
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|
teach mex thy tempted subjectx to excuse itx
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|
at first i did adore a twinkling starx
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|
but now i worship a celestial sunx
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|
unheedful vows may heedfully be brokenx
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and he wants wit that wants resolved will
|
|
to learn his wit tx exchange the bad for betterx
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|
fiex fiex unreverend tonguex to call her bad
|
|
whose sovereignty so oft thou hast preferrxd
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|
with twenty thousand soulxconfirming oathsx
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|
i cannot leave to lovex and yet i dox
|
|
but there i leave to love where i should lovex
|
|
julia i losex and valentine i losex
|
|
if i keep themx i needs must lose myselfx
|
|
if i lose themx thus find i by their lossx
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|
for valentinex myselfx for juliax silviax
|
|
i to myself am dearer than a friendx
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|
for love is still most precious in itselfx
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|
and silviax witness heavenx that made her fairxx
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|
shows julia but a swarthy ethiopex
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|
i will forget that julia is alivex
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remembxring that my love to her is deadx
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|
and valentine ixll hold an enemyx
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|
aiming at silvia as a sweeter friendx
|
|
i cannot now prove constant to myself
|
|
without some treachery usxd to valentinex
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|
this night he meaneth with a corded ladder
|
|
to climb celestial silviaxs chamber windowx
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|
myself in counselx his competitorx
|
|
now presently ixll give her father notice
|
|
of their disguising and pretended flightx
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|
whox all enragxdx will banish valentinex
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|
for thuriox he intendsx shall wed his daughterx
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|
butx valentine being gonex ixll quickly cross
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|
by some sly trick blunt thurioxs dull proceedingx
|
|
lovex lend me wings to make my purpose swiftx
|
|
as thou hast lent me wit to plot this driftx exit
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|
scene viix veronax juliaxs house
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|
enter julia and lucetta
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|
juliax counselx lucettax gentle girlx assist mex
|
|
andx evxn in kind lovex i do conjure theex
|
|
who art the table wherein all my thoughts
|
|
are visibly characterxd and engravxdx
|
|
to lesson me and tell me some good mean
|
|
howx with my honourx i may undertake
|
|
a journey to my loving proteusx
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|
lucettax alasx the way is wearisome and longx
|
|
juliax a truexdevoted pilgrim is not weary
|
|
to measure kingdoms with his feeble stepsx
|
|
much less shall she that hath lovexs wings to flyx
|
|
and when the flight is made to one so dearx
|
|
of such divine perfectionx as sir proteusx
|
|
lucettax better forbear till proteus make returnx
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|
juliax ox knowxst thou not his looks are my soulxs foodx
|
|
pity the dearth that i have pined in
|
|
by longing for that food so long a timex
|
|
didst thou but know the inly touch of lovex
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|
thou wouldst as soon go kindle fire with snow
|
|
as seek to quench the fire of love with wordsx
|
|
lucettax i do not seek to quench your lovexs hot firex
|
|
but qualify the firexs extreme ragex
|
|
lest it should burn above the bounds of reasonx
|
|
juliax the more thou damxst it upx the more it burnsx
|
|
the current that with gentle murmur glidesx
|
|
thou knowxstx being stoppxdx impatiently doth ragex
|
|
but when his fair course is not hinderedx
|
|
he makes sweet music with thx enamellxd stonesx
|
|
giving a gentle kiss to every sedge
|
|
he overtaketh in his pilgrimagex
|
|
and so by many winding nooks he straysx
|
|
with willing sportx to the wild oceanx
|
|
then let me gox and hinder not my coursex
|
|
ixll be as patient as a gentle streamx
|
|
and make a pastime of each weary stepx
|
|
till the last step have brought me to my lovex
|
|
and there ixll rest asx after much turmoilx
|
|
a blessed soul doth in elysiumx
|
|
lucettax but in what habit will you go alongx
|
|
juliax not like a womanx for i would prevent
|
|
the loose encounters of lascivious menx
|
|
gentle lucettax fit me with such weeds
|
|
as may beseem some wellxreputed pagex
|
|
lucettax why thenx your ladyship must cut your hairx
|
|
juliax nox girlx ixll knit it up in silken strings
|
|
with twenty oddxconceited truexlove knotsx
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|
to be fantastic may become a youth
|
|
of greater time than i shall show to bex
|
|
lucettax what fashionx madamx shall i make your breechesx
|
|
juliax that fits as well as xtell mex good my lordx
|
|
what compass will you wear your farthingalexx
|
|
why evxn what fashion thou best likesx lucettax
|
|
lucettax you must needs have them with a codpiecex madamx
|
|
juliax outx outx lucettax that will be illxfavourxdx
|
|
lucettax a round hosex madamx nowxs not worth a pinx
|
|
unless you have a codpiece to stick pins onx
|
|
juliax lucettax as thou lovxst mex let me have
|
|
what thou thinkxst meetx and is most mannerlyx
|
|
but tell mex wenchx how will the world repute me
|
|
for undertaking so unstaid a journeyx
|
|
i fear me it will make me scandalizxdx
|
|
lucettax if you think sox then stay at home and go notx
|
|
juliax nayx that i will notx
|
|
lucettax then never dream on infamyx but gox
|
|
if proteus like your journey when you comex
|
|
no matter whoxs displeasxd when you are gonex
|
|
i fear me he will scarce be pleasxd withalx
|
|
juliax that is the leastx lucettax of my fearx
|
|
a thousand oathsx an ocean of his tearsx
|
|
and instances of infinite of lovex
|
|
warrant me welcome to my proteusx
|
|
lucettax all these are servants to deceitful menx
|
|
juliax base men that use them to so base effectx
|
|
but truer stars did govern proteusx birthx
|
|
his words are bondsx his oaths are oraclesx
|
|
his love sincerex his thoughts immaculatex
|
|
his tears pure messengers sent from his heartx
|
|
his heart as far from fraud as heaven from earthx
|
|
lucettax pray heavxn he prove so when you come to himx
|
|
juliax nowx as thou lovxst mex do him not that wrong
|
|
to bear a hard opinion of his truthx
|
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only deserve my love by loving himx
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and presently go with me to my chamberx
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to take a note of what i stand in need of
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to furnish me upon my longing journeyx
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all that is mine i leave at thy disposex
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my goodsx my landsx my reputationx
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onlyx in lieu thereofx dispatch me hencex
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comex answer notx but to it presentlyx
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i am impatient of my tarriancex exeunt
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act iiix scene ix milanx the dukexs palace
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enter dukex thuriox and proteus
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dukex sir thuriox give us leavex i prayx awhilex
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we have some secrets to confer aboutx exit thurio
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now tell mex proteusx whatxs your will with mex
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proteusx my gracious lordx that which i would discover
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the law of friendship bids me to concealx
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butx when i call to mind your gracious favours
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done to mex undeserving as i amx
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my duty pricks me on to utter that
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which else no worldly good should draw from mex
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knowx worthy princex sir valentinex my friendx
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this night intends to steal away your daughterx
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myself am one made privy to the plotx
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i know you have determinxd to bestow her
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on thuriox whom your gentle daughter hatesx
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and should she thus be stolxn away from youx
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it would be much vexation to your agex
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thusx for my dutyxs sakex i rather chose
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to cross my friend in his intended drift
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thanx by concealing itx heap on your head
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a pack of sorrows which would press you downx
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being unpreventedx to your timeless gravex
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dukex proteusx i thank thee for thine honest carex
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which to requitex command me while i livex
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this love of theirs myself have often seenx
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haply when they have judgxd me fast asleepx
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and oftentimes have purposxd to forbid
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sir valentine her company and my courtx
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butx fearing lest my jealous aim might err
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and sox unworthilyx disgrace the manx
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a rashness that i ever yet have shunnxdx
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i gave him gentle looksx thereby to find
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that which thyself hast now disclosxd to mex
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andx that thou mayst perceive my fear of thisx
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knowing that tender youth is soon suggestedx
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i nightly lodge her in an upper towxrx
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the key whereof myself have ever keptx
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and thence she cannot be conveyxd awayx
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proteusx knowx noble lordx they have devisxd a mean
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how he her chamber window will ascend
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and with a corded ladder fetch her downx
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for which the youthful lover now is gonex
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and this way comes he with it presentlyx
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wherex if it please youx you may intercept himx
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butx good my lordx do it so cunningly
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that my discovery be not aimed atx
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for love of youx not hate unto my friendx
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hath made me publisher of this pretencex
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dukex upon mine honourx he shall never know
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that i had any light from thee of thisx
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proteusx adieux my lordx sir valentine is comingx exit
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enter valentine
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dukex sir valentinex whither away so fastx
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valentinex please it your gracex there is a messenger
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that stays to bear my letters to my friendsx
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and i am going to deliver themx
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dukex be they of much importx
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valentinex the tenour of them doth but signify
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my health and happy being at your courtx
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dukex nay thenx no matterx stay with me awhilex
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i am to break with thee of some affairs
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that touch me nearx wherein thou must be secretx
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xtis not unknown to thee that i have sought
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to match my friend sir thurio to my daughterx
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valentinex i know it wellx my lordx andx surex the match
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were rich and honourablex besidesx the gentleman
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is full of virtuex bountyx worthx and qualities
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beseeming such a wife as your fair daughterx
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cannot your grace win her to fancy himx
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dukex nox trust mex she is peevishx sullenx frowardx
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proudx disobedientx stubbornx lacking dutyx
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neither regarding that she is my child
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nor fearing me as if i were her fatherx
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andx may i say to theex this pride of hersx
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upon advicex hath drawn my love from herx
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andx where i thought the remnant of mine age
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should have been cherishxd by her childlike dutyx
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i now am full resolvxd to take a wife
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and turn her out to who will take her inx
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then let her beauty be her weddingxdowxrx
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for me and my possessions she esteems notx
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valentinex what would your grace have me to do in thisx
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dukex there is a ladyx in verona herex
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whom i affectx but she is nicex and coyx
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and nought esteems my aged eloquencex
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nowx thereforex would i have thee to my tutorx
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for long agone i have forgot to courtx
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besidesx the fashion of the time is changxdx
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how and which way i may bestow myself
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to be regarded in her sunxbright eyex
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valentinex win her with giftsx if she respect not wordsx
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dumb jewels often in their silent kind
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more than quick words do move a womanxs mindx
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dukex but she did scorn a present that i sent herx
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valentinex a woman sometime scorns what best contents herx
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send her anotherx never give her oxerx
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for scorn at first makes afterxlove the morex
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if she do frownx xtis not in hate of youx
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but rather to beget more love in youx
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if she do chidex xtis not to have you gonex
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for whyx the fools are mad if left alonex
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take no repulsex whatever she doth sayx
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for xget you gonex she doth not mean xawayxx
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flatter and praisex commendx extol their gracesx
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though nexer so blackx say they have angelsx facesx
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that man that hath a tonguex i sayx is no manx
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if with his tongue he cannot win a womanx
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dukex but she i mean is promisxd by her friends
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unto a youthful gentleman of worthx
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and kept severely from resort of menx
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that no man hath access by day to herx
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valentinex why then i would resort to her by nightx
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dukex ayx but the doors be lockxd and keys kept safex
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that no man hath recourse to her by nightx
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valentinex what lets but one may enter at her windowx
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dukex her chamber is aloftx far from the groundx
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and built so shelving that one cannot climb it
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without apparent hazard of his lifex
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valentinex why then a ladderx quaintly made of cordsx
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to cast up with a pair of anchoring hooksx
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would serve to scale another heroxs towxrx
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so bold leander would adventure itx
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dukex nowx as thou art a gentleman of bloodx
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advise me where i may have such a ladderx
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valentinex when would you use itx prayx sirx tell me thatx
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dukex this very nightx for love is like a childx
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that longs for everything that he can come byx
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valentinex by seven oxclock ixll get you such a ladderx
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dukex butx hark theex i will go to her alonex
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how shall i best convey the ladder thitherx
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valentinex it will be lightx my lordx that you may bear it
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under a cloak that is of any lengthx
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dukex a cloak as long as thine will serve the turnx
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valentinex ayx my good lordx
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dukex then let me see thy cloakx
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ixll get me one of such another lengthx
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valentinex whyx any cloak will serve the turnx my lordx
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dukex how shall i fashion me to wear a cloakx
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i pray theex let me feel thy cloak upon mex
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what letter is this samex whatxs herex xto silviaxx
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and here an engine fit for my proceedingx
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ixll be so bold to break the seal for oncex xreadsx
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xmy thoughts do harbour with my silvia nightlyx
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and slaves they are to mex that send them flyingx
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ox could their master come and go as lightlyx
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himself would lodge wherex senselessx they are lyingx
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my herald thoughts in thy pure bosom rest themx
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while ix their kingx that thither them importunex
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do curse the grace that with such grace hath blest themx
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because myself do want my servantsx fortunex
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i curse myselfx for they are sent by mex
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that they should harbour where their lord should bexx
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whatxs herex
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xsilviax this night i will enfranchise theexx
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xtis sox and herexs the ladder for the purposex
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whyx phaethonx for thou art meropsx sonx
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wilt thou aspire to guide the heavenly carx
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and with thy daring folly burn the worldx
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wilt thou reach stars because they shine on theex
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gox base intruderx overxweening slavex
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bestow thy fawning smiles on equal matesx
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and think my patiencex more than thy desertx
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|
is privilege for thy departure hencex
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|
thank me for this more than for all the favours
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|
whichx all too muchx i have bestowxd on theex
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|
but if thou linger in my territories
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|
longer than swiftest expedition
|
|
will give thee time to leave our royal courtx
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|
by heavenx my wrath shall far exceed the love
|
|
i ever bore my daughter or thyselfx
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be gonex i will not hear thy vain excusex
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|
butx as thou lovxst thy lifex make speed from hencex exit
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|
valentinex and why not death rather than living tormentx
|
|
to die is to be banishxd from myselfx
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and silvia is myselfx banishxd from her
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|
is self from selfx a deadly banishmentx
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|
what light is lightx if silvia be not seenx
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what joy is joyx if silvia be not byx
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|
unless it be to think that she is byx
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|
and feed upon the shadow of perfectionx
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except i be by silvia in the nightx
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|
there is no music in the nightingalex
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|
unless i look on silvia in the dayx
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|
there is no day for me to look uponx
|
|
she is my essencex and i leave to be
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|
if i be not by her fair influence
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|
fosterxdx illuminxdx cherishxdx kept alivex
|
|
i fly not deathx to fly his deadly doomx
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tarry i herex i but attend on deathx
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|
but fly i hencex i fly away from lifex
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enter proteus and launce
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proteusx runx boyx runx runx seek him outx
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launcex soxhox soxhox
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proteusx what seest thoux
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|
launcex him we go to findx therexs not a hair on xs head but xtis a
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|
valentinex
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proteusx valentinex
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valentinex nox
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proteusx who thenx his spiritx
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|
valentinex neitherx
|
|
proteusx what thenx
|
|
valentinex nothingx
|
|
launcex can nothing speakx masterx shall i strikex
|
|
proteusx who wouldst thou strikex
|
|
launcex nothingx
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|
proteusx villainx forbearx
|
|
launcex whyx sirx ixll strike nothingx i pray youx
|
|
proteusx sirrahx i sayx forbearx friend valentinex a wordx
|
|
valentinex my ears are stoppxd and cannot hear good newsx
|
|
so much of bad already hath possessxd themx
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|
proteusx then in dumb silence will i bury minex
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for they are harshx untuneablex and badx
|
|
valentinex is silvia deadx
|
|
proteusx nox valentinex
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|
valentinex no valentinex indeedx for sacred silviax
|
|
hath she forsworn mex
|
|
proteusx nox valentinex
|
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valentinex no valentinex if silvia have forsworn mex
|
|
what is your newsx
|
|
launcex sirx there is a proclamation that you are vanishedx
|
|
proteusx that thou art banishedx ox thatxs the newsxx
|
|
from hencex from silviax and from me thy friendx
|
|
valentinex ox i have fed upon this woe alreadyx
|
|
and now excess of it will make me surfeitx
|
|
doth silvia know that i am banishedx
|
|
proteusx ayx ayx and she hath offered to the doomx
|
|
whichx unreversxdx stands in effectual forcex
|
|
a sea of melting pearlx which some call tearsx
|
|
those at her fatherxs churlish feet she tenderxdx
|
|
with themx upon her kneesx her humble selfx
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|
wringing her handsx whose whiteness so became them
|
|
as if but now they waxed pale for woex
|
|
but neither bended kneesx pure hands held upx
|
|
sad sighsx deep groansx nor silverxshedding tearsx
|
|
could penetrate her uncompassionate sirex
|
|
but valentinex if he be taxenx must diex
|
|
besidesx her intercession chafxd him sox
|
|
when she for thy repeal was suppliantx
|
|
that to close prison he commanded herx
|
|
with many bitter threats of biding therex
|
|
valentinex no morex unless the next word that thou speakxst
|
|
have some malignant power upon my lifex
|
|
if sox i pray thee breathe it in mine earx
|
|
as ending anthem of my endless dolourx
|
|
proteusx cease to lament for that thou canst not helpx
|
|
and study help for that which thou lamentxstx
|
|
time is the nurse and breeder of all goodx
|
|
here if thou stay thou canst not see thy lovex
|
|
besidesx thy staying will abridge thy lifex
|
|
hope is a loverxs staffx walk hence with thatx
|
|
and manage it against despairing thoughtsx
|
|
thy letters may be herex though thou art hencex
|
|
whichx being writ to mex shall be deliverxd
|
|
even in the milkxwhite bosom of thy lovex
|
|
the time now serves not to expostulatex
|
|
comex ixll convey thee through the city gatex
|
|
andx ere i part with theex confer at large
|
|
of all that may concern thy love affairsx
|
|
as thou lovxst silviax though not for thyselfx
|
|
regard thy dangerx and along with mex
|
|
valentinex i pray theex launcex an if thou seest my boyx
|
|
bid him make haste and meet me at the northgatex
|
|
proteusx gox sirrahx find him outx comex valentinex
|
|
valentinex o my dear silviax hapless valentinex
|
|
exeunt valentine and proteus
|
|
launcex i am but a foolx look youx and yet i have the wit to think
|
|
my master is a kind of a knavex but thatxs all one if he be but
|
|
one knavex he lives not now that knows me to be in lovex yet i am
|
|
in lovex but a team of horse shall not pluck that from mex nor
|
|
who xtis i lovex and yet xtis a womanx but what woman i will not
|
|
tell myselfx and yet xtis a milkmaidx yet xtis not a maidx for
|
|
she hath had gossipsx yet xtis a maidx for she is her masterxs
|
|
maid and serves for wagesx she hath more qualities than a
|
|
waterxspanielx which is much in a bare christianx here is the
|
|
catexlog xpulling out a paperx of her conditionx xinprimisx she
|
|
can fetch and carryxx whyx a horse can do no morex nayx a horse
|
|
cannot fetchx but only carryx therefore is she better than a
|
|
jadex xitemx she can milkxx look youx a sweet virtue in a maid
|
|
with clean handsx
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|
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|
enter speed
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|
speedx how nowx signior launcex what news with your mastershipx
|
|
launcex with my masterxs shipx whyx it is at seax
|
|
speedx wellx your old vice stillx mistake the wordx what newsx
|
|
thenx in your paperx
|
|
launcex the blackxst news that ever thou heardxstx
|
|
speedx whyx manx how blackx
|
|
launcex whyx as black as inkx
|
|
speedx let me read themx
|
|
launcex fie on theex joltxheadx thou canst not readx
|
|
speedx thou liestx i canx
|
|
launcex i will try theex tell me thisx who begot theex
|
|
speedx marryx the son of my grandfatherx
|
|
launcex o illiterate loitererx it was the son of thy grandmotherx
|
|
this proves that thou canst not readx
|
|
speedx comex foolx comex try me in thy paperx
|
|
launcex xhanding over the paperx therex and saint nicholas be thy
|
|
speedx
|
|
speedx xreadsx xinprimisx she can milkxx
|
|
launcex ayx that she canx
|
|
speedx xitemx she brews good alexx
|
|
launcex and thereof comes the proverbx blessing of your heartx you
|
|
brew good alex
|
|
speedx xitemx she can sewxx
|
|
launcex thatxs as much as to say xcan she soxx
|
|
speedx xitemx she can knitxx
|
|
launcex what need a man care for a stock with a wenchx when she can
|
|
knit him a stockx
|
|
speedx xitemx she can wash and scourxx
|
|
launcex a special virtuex for then she need not be washxd and
|
|
scourxdx
|
|
speedx xitemx she can spinxx
|
|
launcex then may i set the world on wheelsx when she can spin for
|
|
her livingx
|
|
speedx xitemx she hath many nameless virtuesxx
|
|
launcex thatxs as much as to say xbastard virtuesxx that indeed
|
|
know not their fathersx and therefore have no namesx
|
|
speedx xhere follow her vicesxx
|
|
launcex close at the heels of her virtuesx
|
|
speedx xitemx she is not to be kissxd fastingx in respect of her
|
|
breathxx
|
|
launcex wellx that fault may be mended with a breakfastx
|
|
read onx
|
|
speedx xitemx she hath a sweet mouthxx
|
|
launcex that makes amends for her sour breathx
|
|
speedx xitemx she doth talk in her sleepxx
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|
launcex itxs no matter for thatx so she sleep not in her talkx
|
|
speedx xitemx she is slow in wordsxx
|
|
launcex o villainx that set this down among her vicesx to be slow
|
|
in words is a womanxs only virtuex i pray theex out withxtx and
|
|
place it for her chief virtuex
|
|
speedx xitemx she is proudxx
|
|
launcex out with that toox it was evexs legacyx and cannot be taxen
|
|
from herx
|
|
speedx xitemx she hath no teethxx
|
|
launcex i care not for that neitherx because i love crustsx
|
|
speedx xitemx she is curstxx
|
|
launcex wellx the best isx she hath no teeth to bitex
|
|
speedx xitemx she will often praise her liquorxx
|
|
launcex if her liquor be goodx she shallx if she will notx i willx
|
|
for good things should be praisedx
|
|
speedx xitemx she is too liberalxx
|
|
launcex of her tongue she cannotx for thatxs writ down she is slow
|
|
ofx of her purse she shall notx for that ixll keep shutx now of
|
|
another thing she mayx and that cannot i helpx wellx proceedx
|
|
speedx xitemx she hath more hair than witx and more faults
|
|
than hairsx and more wealth than faultsxx
|
|
launcex stop therex ixll have herx she was minex and not minex
|
|
twice or thrice in that last articlex rehearse that once morex
|
|
speedx xitemx she hath more hair than witxx
|
|
launcex more hair than witx it may bex ixll prove itx the cover of
|
|
the salt hides the saltx and therefore it is more than the saltx
|
|
the hair that covers the wit is more than the witx for the
|
|
greater hides the lessx whatxs nextx
|
|
speedx xand more faults than hairsxx
|
|
launcex thatxs monstrousx o that that were outx
|
|
speedx xand more wealth than faultsxx
|
|
launcex whyx that word makes the faults graciousx wellx ixll have
|
|
herx an if it be a matchx as nothing is impossiblex
|
|
speedx what thenx
|
|
launcex whyx then will i tell theex that thy master stays for thee
|
|
at the northgatex
|
|
speedx for mex
|
|
launcex for theex ayx who art thoux he hath stayxd for a better man
|
|
than theex
|
|
speedx and must i go to himx
|
|
launcex thou must run to himx for thou hast stayxd so long that
|
|
going will scarce serve the turnx
|
|
speedx why didst not tell me soonerx pox of your love lettersx
|
|
exit
|
|
launcex now will he be swingxd for reading my letterx an unmannerly
|
|
slave that will thrust himself into secretsx ixll afterx to
|
|
rejoice in the boyxs correctionx exit
|
|
|
|
scene iix milanx the dukexs palace
|
|
|
|
enter duke and thurio
|
|
|
|
dukex sir thuriox fear not but that she will love you
|
|
now valentine is banishxd from her sightx
|
|
thuriox since his exile she hath despisxd me mostx
|
|
forsworn my company and railxd at mex
|
|
that i am desperate of obtaining herx
|
|
dukex this weak impress of love is as a figure
|
|
trenched in icex which with an hourxs heat
|
|
dissolves to water and doth lose his formx
|
|
a little time will melt her frozen thoughtsx
|
|
and worthless valentine shall be forgotx
|
|
|
|
enter proteus
|
|
|
|
how nowx sir proteusx is your countrymanx
|
|
according to our proclamationx gonex
|
|
proteusx gonex my good lordx
|
|
dukex my daughter takes his going grievouslyx
|
|
proteusx a little timex my lordx will kill that griefx
|
|
dukex so i believex but thurio thinks not sox
|
|
proteusx the good conceit i hold of theex
|
|
for thou hast shown some sign of good desertx
|
|
makes me the better to confer with theex
|
|
proteusx longer than i prove loyal to your grace
|
|
let me not live to look upon your gracex
|
|
dukex thou knowxst how willingly i would effect
|
|
the match between sir thurio and my daughterx
|
|
proteusx i dox my lordx
|
|
dukex and alsox i thinkx thou art not ignorant
|
|
how she opposes her against my willx
|
|
proteusx she didx my lordx when valentine was herex
|
|
dukex ayx and perversely she persevers sox
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what might we do to make the girl forget
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the love of valentinex and love sir thuriox
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proteusx the best way is to slander valentine
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with falsehoodx cowardicex and poor descentx
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three things that women highly hold in hatex
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dukex ayx but shexll think that it is spoke in hatex
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proteusx ayx if his enemy deliver itx
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therefore it must with circumstance be spoken
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by one whom she esteemeth as his friendx
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dukex then you must undertake to slander himx
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proteusx and thatx my lordx i shall be loath to dox
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xtis an ill office for a gentlemanx
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especially against his very friendx
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dukex where your good word cannot advantage himx
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your slander never can endamage himx
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therefore the office is indifferentx
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being entreated to it by your friendx
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proteusx you have prevailxdx my lordx if i can do it
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by aught that i can speak in his dispraisex
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she shall not long continue love to himx
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but say this weed her love from valentinex
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it follows not that she will love sir thuriox
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thuriox thereforex as you unwind her love from himx
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lest it should ravel and be good to nonex
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you must provide to bottom it on mex
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which must be done by praising me as much
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as you in worth dispraise sir valentinex
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dukex andx proteusx we dare trust you in this kindx
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because we knowx on valentinexs reportx
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you are already lovexs firm votary
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and cannot soon revolt and change your mindx
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upon this warrant shall you have access
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where you with silvia may confer at largex
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for she is lumpishx heavyx melancholyx
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andx for your friendxs sakex will be glad of youx
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where you may temper her by your persuasion
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to hate young valentine and love my friendx
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proteusx as much as i can do i will effectx
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but youx sir thuriox are not sharp enoughx
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you must lay lime to tangle her desires
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by wailful sonnetsx whose composed rhymes
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should be fullxfraught with serviceable vowsx
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dukex ayx
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much is the force of heavenxbred poesyx
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proteusx say that upon the altar of her beauty
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you sacrifice your tearsx your sighsx your heartx
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write till your ink be dryx and with your tears
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moist it againx and frame some feeling line
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that may discover such integrityx
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for orpheusx lute was strung with poetsx sinewsx
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whose golden touch could soften steel and stonesx
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make tigers tamex and huge leviathans
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forsake unsounded deeps to dance on sandsx
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after your direxlamenting elegiesx
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visit by night your ladyxs chamber window
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with some sweet consortx to their instruments
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tune a deploring dumpx the nightxs dead silence
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will well become such sweetxcomplaining grievancex
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thisx or else nothingx will inherit herx
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dukex this discipline shows thou hast been in lovex
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thuriox and thy advice this night ixll put in practicex
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thereforex sweet proteusx my directionxgiverx
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let us into the city presently
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|
to sort some gentlemen well skillxd in musicx
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i have a sonnet that will serve the turn
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|
to give the onset to thy good advicex
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dukex about itx gentlemenx
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proteusx wexll wait upon your grace till after supperx
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and afterward determine our proceedingsx
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dukex even now about itx i will pardon youx exeunt
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act ivx scene ix the frontiers of mantuax a forest
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enter certain outlaws
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first outlawx fellowsx stand fastx i see a passengerx
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second outlawx if there be tenx shrink notx but down with xemx
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enter valentine and speed
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third outlawx standx sirx and throw us that you have about yex
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if notx wexll make you sitx and rifle youx
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|
speedx sirx we are undonex these are the villains
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that all the travellers do fear so muchx
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valentinex my friendsx
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first outlawx thatxs not sox sirx we are your enemiesx
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second outlawx peacex wexll hear himx
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third outlawx ayx by my beardx will wex for he is a proper manx
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valentinex then know that i have little wealth to losex
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a man i am crossxd with adversityx
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my riches are these poor habilimentsx
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of which if you should here disfurnish mex
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you take the sum and substance that i havex
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|
second outlawx whither travel youx
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|
valentinex to veronax
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|
first outlawx whence came youx
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valentinex from milanx
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third outlawx have you long sojournxd therex
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valentinex some sixteen monthsx and longer might have stayxdx
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if crooked fortune had not thwarted mex
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first outlawx whatx were you banishxd thencex
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valentinex i wasx
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second outlawx for what offencex
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|
valentinex for that which now torments me to rehearsex
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i killxd a manx whose death i much repentx
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but yet i slew him manfully in fightx
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without false vantage or base treacheryx
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|
first outlawx whyx nexer repent itx if it were done sox
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but were you banishxd for so small a faultx
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valentinex i wasx and held me glad of such a doomx
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|
second outlawx have you the tonguesx
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|
valentinex my youthful travel therein made me happyx
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or else i often had been miserablex
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|
third outlawx by the bare scalp of robin hoodxs fat friarx
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this fellow were a king for our wild factionx
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|
first outlawx wexll have himx sirsx a wordx
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speedx masterx be one of themx itxs an honourable kind of thieveryx
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|
valentinex peacex villainx
|
|
second outlawx tell us thisx have you anything to take tox
|
|
valentinex nothing but my fortunex
|
|
third outlawx knowx thenx that some of us are gentlemenx
|
|
such as the fury of ungovernxd youth
|
|
thrust from the company of awful menx
|
|
myself was from verona banished
|
|
for practising to steal away a ladyx
|
|
an heirx and near allied unto the dukex
|
|
second outlawx and i from mantuax for a gentleman
|
|
whox in my moodx i stabbxd unto the heartx
|
|
first outlawx and i for suchxlike petty crimes as thesex
|
|
but to the purposex for we cite our faults
|
|
that they may hold excusxd our lawless livesx
|
|
andx partlyx seeing you are beautified
|
|
with goodly shapex and by your own report
|
|
a linguistx and a man of such perfection
|
|
as we do in our quality much wantx
|
|
second outlawx indeedx because you are a banishxd manx
|
|
thereforex above the restx we parley to youx
|
|
are you content to be our generalx
|
|
to make a virtue of necessityx
|
|
and live as we do in this wildernessx
|
|
third outlawx what sayxst thoux wilt thou be of our consortx
|
|
say xayx and be the captain of us allx
|
|
wexll do thee homagex and be rulxd by theex
|
|
love thee as our commander and our kingx
|
|
first outlawx but if thou scorn our courtesy thou diestx
|
|
second outlawx thou shalt not live to brag what we have offerxdx
|
|
valentinex i take your offerx and will live with youx
|
|
provided that you do no outrages
|
|
on silly women or poor passengersx
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|
third outlawx nox we detest such vile base practicesx
|
|
comex go with usx wexll bring thee to our crewsx
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|
and show thee all the treasure we have gotx
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|
whichx with ourselvesx all rest at thy disposex exeunt
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|
|
|
scene iix milanx outside the dukexs palacex under silviaxs window
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|
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|
enter proteus
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|
proteusx already have i been false to valentinex
|
|
and now i must be as unjust to thuriox
|
|
under the colour of commending him
|
|
i have access my own love to preferx
|
|
but silvia is too fairx too truex too holyx
|
|
to be corrupted with my worthless giftsx
|
|
when i protest true loyalty to herx
|
|
she twits me with my falsehood to my friendx
|
|
when to her beauty i commend my vowsx
|
|
she bids me think how i have been forsworn
|
|
in breaking faith with julia whom i lovxdx
|
|
and notwithstanding all her sudden quipsx
|
|
the least whereof would quell a loverxs hopex
|
|
yetx spanielxlikex the more she spurns my love
|
|
the more it grows and fawneth on her stillx
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|
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|
enter thurio and musicians
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|
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|
but here comes thuriox now must we to her windowx
|
|
and give some evening music to her earx
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|
thuriox how nowx sir proteusx are you crept before usx
|
|
proteusx ayx gentle thuriox for you know that love
|
|
will creep in service where it cannot gox
|
|
thuriox ayx but i hopex sirx that you love not herex
|
|
proteusx sirx but i dox or else i would be hencex
|
|
thuriox whox silviax
|
|
proteusx ayx silviax for your sakex
|
|
thuriox i thank you for your ownx nowx gentlemenx
|
|
letxs tunex and to it lustily awhilex
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|
|
|
enter at a distancex hostx and julia in boyxs clothes
|
|
|
|
hostx nowx my young guestx methinks youxre allychollyx i pray youx
|
|
why is itx
|
|
juliax marryx mine hostx because i cannot be merryx
|
|
hostx comex wexll have you merryx ixll bring you where you shall
|
|
hear musicx and see the gentleman that you askxd forx
|
|
juliax but shall i hear him speakx
|
|
hostx ayx that you shallx xmusic playsx
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|
juliax that will be musicx
|
|
hostx harkx harkx
|
|
juliax is he among thesex
|
|
hostx ayx but peacex letxs hear xemx
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|
|
|
song
|
|
who is silviax what is shex
|
|
that all our swains commend herx
|
|
holyx fairx and wise is shex
|
|
the heaven such grace did lend herx
|
|
that she might admired bex
|
|
|
|
is she kind as she is fairx
|
|
for beauty lives with kindnessx
|
|
love doth to her eyes repairx
|
|
to help him of his blindnessx
|
|
andx being helpxdx inhabits therex
|
|
|
|
then to silvia let us sing
|
|
that silvia is excellingx
|
|
she excels each mortal thing
|
|
upon the dull earth dwellingx
|
|
xto her let us garlands bringx
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|
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|
hostx how nowx are you sadder than you were beforex
|
|
how do youx manx the music likes you notx
|
|
juliax you mistakex the musician likes me notx
|
|
hostx whyx my pretty youthx
|
|
juliax he plays falsex fatherx
|
|
hostx howx out of tune on the stringsx
|
|
juliax not sox but yet so false that he grieves my very
|
|
heartxstringsx
|
|
hostx you have a quick earx
|
|
juliax ayx i would i were deafx it makes me have a slow heartx
|
|
hostx i perceive you delight not in musicx
|
|
juliax not a whitx when it jars sox
|
|
hostx harkx what fine change is in the musicx
|
|
juliax ayx that change is the spitex
|
|
hostx you would have them always play but one thingx
|
|
juliax i would always have one play but one thingx
|
|
butx hostx doth this sir proteusx that we talk onx
|
|
often resort unto this gentlewomanx
|
|
hostx i tell you what launcex his manx told mex he lovxd her out of
|
|
all nickx
|
|
juliax where is launcex
|
|
hostx gone to seek his dogx which toxmorrowx by his masterxs
|
|
commandx he must carry for a present to his ladyx
|
|
juliax peacex stand asidex the company partsx
|
|
proteusx sir thuriox fear not youx i will so plead
|
|
that you shall say my cunning drift excelsx
|
|
thuriox where meet wex
|
|
proteusx at saint gregoryxs wellx
|
|
thuriox farewellx exeunt thurio and musicians
|
|
|
|
enter silvia abovex at her window
|
|
|
|
proteusx madamx good evxn to your ladyshipx
|
|
silviax i thank you for your musicx gentlemenx
|
|
who is that that spakex
|
|
proteusx onex ladyx if you knew his pure heartxs truthx
|
|
you would quickly learn to know him by his voicex
|
|
silviax sir proteusx as i take itx
|
|
proteusx sir proteusx gentle ladyx and your servantx
|
|
silviax whatxs your willx
|
|
proteusx that i may compass yoursx
|
|
silviax you have your wishx my will is even thisx
|
|
that presently you hie you home to bedx
|
|
thou subtlex perjurxdx falsex disloyal manx
|
|
thinkxst thou i am so shallowx so conceitlessx
|
|
to be seduced by thy flattery
|
|
that hast deceivxd so many with thy vowsx
|
|
returnx returnx and make thy love amendsx
|
|
for mex by this pale queen of night i swearx
|
|
i am so far from granting thy request
|
|
that i despise thee for thy wrongful suitx
|
|
and by and by intend to chide myself
|
|
even for this time i spend in talking to theex
|
|
proteusx i grantx sweet lovex that i did love a ladyx
|
|
but she is deadx
|
|
juliax xasidex xtwere falsex if i should speak itx
|
|
for i am sure she is not buriedx
|
|
silviax say that she bex yet valentinex thy friendx
|
|
survivesx to whomx thyself art witnessx
|
|
i am betrothxdx and art thou not ashamxd
|
|
to wrong him with thy importunacyx
|
|
proteusx i likewise hear that valentine is deadx
|
|
silviax and so suppose am ix for in his grave
|
|
assure thyself my love is buriedx
|
|
proteusx sweet ladyx let me rake it from the earthx
|
|
silviax go to thy ladyxs gravex and call hers thencex
|
|
orx at the leastx in hers sepulchre thinex
|
|
juliax xasidex he heard not thatx
|
|
proteusx madamx if your heart be so obduratex
|
|
vouchsafe me yet your picture for my lovex
|
|
the picture that is hanging in your chamberx
|
|
to that ixll speakx to that ixll sigh and weepx
|
|
forx since the substance of your perfect self
|
|
is else devotedx i am but a shadowx
|
|
and to your shadow will i make true lovex
|
|
juliax xasidex if xtwere a substancex you wouldx surex deceive it
|
|
and make it but a shadowx as i amx
|
|
silviax i am very loath to be your idolx sirx
|
|
but since your falsehood shall become you well
|
|
to worship shadows and adore false shapesx
|
|
send to me in the morningx and ixll send itx
|
|
and sox good restx
|
|
proteusx as wretches have oxernight
|
|
that wait for execution in the mornx
|
|
exeunt proteus and silvia
|
|
juliax hostx will you gox
|
|
hostx by my halidomx i was fast asleepx
|
|
juliax pray youx where lies sir proteusx
|
|
hostx marryx at my housex trust mex i think xtis almost dayx
|
|
juliax not sox but it hath been the longest night
|
|
that exer i watchxdx and the most heaviestx exeunt
|
|
|
|
scene iiix under silviaxs window
|
|
|
|
enter eglamour
|
|
|
|
eglamourx this is the hour that madam silvia
|
|
entreated me to call and know her mindx
|
|
therexs some great matter shexd employ me inx
|
|
madamx madamx
|
|
|
|
enter silvia abovex at her window
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|
|
|
silviax who callsx
|
|
eglamourx your servant and your friendx
|
|
one that attends your ladyshipxs commandx
|
|
silviax sir eglamourx a thousand times good morrowx
|
|
eglamourx as manyx worthy ladyx to yourselfx
|
|
according to your ladyshipxs imposex
|
|
i am thus early come to know what service
|
|
it is your pleasure to command me inx
|
|
silviax o eglamourx thou art a gentlemanx
|
|
think not i flatterx for i swear i do notx
|
|
valiantx wisex remorsefulx well accomplishxdx
|
|
thou art not ignorant what dear good will
|
|
i bear unto the banishxd valentinex
|
|
nor how my father would enforce me marry
|
|
vain thuriox whom my very soul abhorsx
|
|
thyself hast lovxdx and i have heard thee say
|
|
no grief did ever come so near thy heart
|
|
as when thy lady and thy true love diedx
|
|
upon whose grave thou vowxdst pure chastityx
|
|
sir eglamourx i would to valentinex
|
|
to mantuax where i hear he makes abodex
|
|
andx for the ways are dangerous to passx
|
|
i do desire thy worthy companyx
|
|
upon whose faith and honour i reposex
|
|
urge not my fatherxs angerx eglamourx
|
|
but think upon my griefx a ladyxs griefx
|
|
and on the justice of my flying hence
|
|
to keep me from a most unholy matchx
|
|
which heaven and fortune still rewards with plaguesx
|
|
i do desire theex even from a heart
|
|
as full of sorrows as the sea of sandsx
|
|
to bear me company and go with mex
|
|
if notx to hide what i have said to theex
|
|
that i may venture to depart alonex
|
|
eglamourx madamx i pity much your grievancesx
|
|
which since i know they virtuously are placxdx
|
|
i give consent to go along with youx
|
|
recking as little what betideth me
|
|
as much i wish all good befortune youx
|
|
when will you gox
|
|
silviax this evening comingx
|
|
eglamourx where shall i meet youx
|
|
silviax at friar patrickxs cellx
|
|
where i intend holy confessionx
|
|
eglamourx i will not fail your ladyshipx good morrowx gentle ladyx
|
|
silviax good morrowx kind sir eglamourx exeunt
|
|
|
|
scene ivx under silviaxs window
|
|
|
|
enter launce with his dog
|
|
|
|
launcex when a manxs servant shall play the cur with himx look youx
|
|
it goes hardx one that i brought up of a puppyx one that i savxd from
|
|
drowningx when three or four of his blind brothers and sisters went
|
|
to itx i have taught himx even as one would say precisely xthus i
|
|
would teach a dogxx i was sent to deliver him as a present to
|
|
mistress silvia from my masterx and i came no sooner into the
|
|
diningxchamberx but he steps me to her trencher and steals her
|
|
caponxs legx ox xtis a foul thing when a cur cannot keep himself in
|
|
all companiesx i would havex as one should sayx one that takes upon
|
|
him to be a dog indeedx to bex as it werex a dog at all thingsx if i
|
|
had not had more wit than hex to take a fault upon me that he didx i
|
|
think verily he had been hangxd forxtx sure as i livex he had
|
|
sufferxd forxtx you shall judgex he thrusts me himself into the
|
|
company of three or four gentlemanxlike dogs under the dukexs tablex
|
|
he had not been therex bless the markx a pissing while but all the
|
|
chamber smelt himx xout with the dogx says onex xwhat cur is thatxx
|
|
says anotherx xwhip him outx says the thirdx xhang him upx says the
|
|
dukex ix having been acquainted with the smell beforex knew it was
|
|
crabx and goes me to the fellow that whips the dogsx xfriendxx quoth
|
|
i xyou mean to whip the dogxx xayx marry do ix quoth hex xyou do him
|
|
the more wrongxx quoth ix xtwas i did the thing you wot ofxx he makes
|
|
me no more adox but whips me out of the chamberx how many masters
|
|
would do this for his servantx nayx ixll be swornx i have sat in the
|
|
stock for puddings he hath stolxnx otherwise he had been executedx i
|
|
have stood on the pillory for geese he hath killxdx otherwise he had
|
|
sufferxd forxtx thou thinkxst not of this nowx nayx i remember the
|
|
trick you servxd me when i took my leave of madam silviax did not i
|
|
bid thee still mark me and do as i dox when didst thou see me heave
|
|
up my leg and make water against a gentlewomanxs farthingalex didst
|
|
thou ever see me do such a trickx
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|
|
|
enter proteusx and julia in boyxs clothes
|
|
|
|
proteusx sebastian is thy namex i like thee wellx
|
|
and will employ thee in some service presentlyx
|
|
juliax in what you pleasex ixll do what i canx
|
|
proteusxxi hope thou wiltx xto launcex how nowx you whoreson
|
|
peasantx
|
|
where have you been these two days loiteringx
|
|
launcex marryx sirx i carried mistress silvia the dog you bade mex
|
|
proteusx and what says she to my little jewelx
|
|
launcex marryx she says your dog was a curx and tells you currish
|
|
thanks is good enough for such a presentx
|
|
proteusx but she receivxd my dogx
|
|
launcex nox indeedx did she notx here have i brought him back
|
|
againx
|
|
proteusx whatx didst thou offer her this from mex
|
|
launcex ayx sirx the other squirrel was stolxn from me by the
|
|
hangmanxs boys in the marketxplacex and then i offerxd her mine
|
|
ownx who is a dog as big as ten of yoursx and therefore the gift
|
|
the greaterx
|
|
proteusx gox get thee hence and find my dog againx
|
|
or nexer return again into my sightx
|
|
awayx i sayx stayest thou to vex me herex exit launce
|
|
a slave that still an end turns me to shamex
|
|
sebastianx i have entertained thee
|
|
partly that i have need of such a youth
|
|
that can with some discretion do my businessx
|
|
for xtis no trusting to yond foolish loutx
|
|
but chiefly for thy face and thy behaviourx
|
|
whichx if my augury deceive me notx
|
|
witness good bringing upx fortunex and truthx
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thereforex know thoux for this i entertain theex
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go presentlyx and take this ring with theex
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deliver it to madam silviax
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she lovxd me well deliverxd it to mex
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juliax it seems you lovxd not herx to leave her tokenx
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she is deadx belikex
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proteusx not sox i think she livesx
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juliax alasx
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proteusx why dost thou cry xalasxx
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juliax i cannot choose
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but pity herx
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proteusx wherefore shouldst thou pity herx
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juliax because methinks that she lovxd you as well
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as you do love your lady silviax
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she dreams on him that has forgot her lovex
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you dote on her that cares not for your lovex
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xtis pity love should be so contraryx
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and thinking on it makes me cry xalasxx
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proteusx wellx give her that ringx and therewithal
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this letterx thatxs her chamberx tell my lady
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i claim the promise for her heavenly picturex
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your message donex hie home unto my chamberx
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where thou shalt find me sad and solitaryx exit proteus
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juliax how many women would do such a messagex
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alasx poor proteusx thou hast entertainxd
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a fox to be the shepherd of thy lambsx
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alasx poor foolx why do i pity him
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that with his very heart despiseth mex
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because he loves herx he despiseth mex
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because i love himx i must pity himx
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this ring i gave himx when he parted from mex
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to bind him to remember my good willx
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and now am ix unhappy messengerx
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to plead for that which i would not obtainx
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to carry that which i would have refusxdx
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to praise his faithx which i would have dispraisxdx
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i am my masterxs true confirmed lovex
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but cannot be true servant to my master
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unless i prove false traitor to myselfx
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yet will i woo for himx but yet so coldly
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asx heaven it knowsx i would not have him speedx
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enter silviax attended
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gentlewomanx good dayx i pray you be my mean
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to bring me where to speak with madam silviax
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silviax what would you with herx if that i be shex
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juliax if you be shex i do entreat your patience
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to hear me speak the message i am sent onx
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silviax from whomx
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juliax from my masterx sir proteusx madamx
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silviax ox he sends you for a picturex
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juliax ayx madamx
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silviax ursulax bring my picture therex
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gox give your master thisx tell him from mex
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one juliax that his changing thoughts forgetx
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would better fit his chamber than this shadowx
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juliax madamx please you peruse this letterx
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pardon mex madamx i have unadvisxd
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deliverxd you a paper that i should notx
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this is the letter to your ladyshipx
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silviax i pray thee let me look on that againx
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juliax it may not bex good madamx pardon mex
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silviax therex holdx
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i will not look upon your masterxs linesx
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i know they are stuffxd with protestationsx
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and full of newxfound oathsx which he wul break
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as easily as i do tear his paperx
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juliax madamx he sends your ladyship this ringx
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silviax the more shame for him that he sends it mex
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for i have heard him say a thousand times
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his julia gave it him at his departurex
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though his false finger have profanxd the ringx
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mine shall not do his julia so much wrongx
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juliax she thanks youx
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silviax what sayxst thoux
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juliax i thank youx madamx that you tender herx
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poor gentlewomanx my master wrongs her muchx
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silviax dost thou know herx
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juliax almost as well as i do know myselfx
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to think upon her woesx i do protest
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that i have wept a hundred several timesx
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silviax belike she thinks that proteus hath forsook herx
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juliax i think she dothx and thatxs her cause of sorrowx
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silviax is she not passing fairx
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juliax she hath been fairerx madamx than she isx
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when she did think my master lovxd her wellx
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shex in my judgmentx was as fair as youx
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but since she did neglect her lookingxglass
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and threw her sunxexpelling mask awayx
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the air hath starvxd the roses in her cheeks
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and pinchxd the lilyxtincture of her facex
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that now she is become as black as ix
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silviax how tall was shex
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juliax about my staturex for at pentecostx
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when all our pageants of delight were playxdx
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our youth got me to play the womanxs partx
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and i was trimmxd in madam juliaxs gownx
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which served me as fitx by all menxs judgmentsx
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as if the garment had been made for mex
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therefore i know she is about my heightx
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and at that time i made her weep a goodx
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for i did play a lamentable partx
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madamx xtwas ariadne passioning
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for theseusx perjury and unjust flightx
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which i so lively acted with my tears
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that my poor mistressx moved therewithalx
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wept bitterlyx and would i might be dead
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if i in thought felt not her very sorrowx
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silviax she is beholding to theex gentle youthx
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alasx poor ladyx desolate and leftx
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i weep myselfx to think upon thy wordsx
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herex youthx there is my pursex i give thee this
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for thy sweet mistressx sakex because thou lovxst herx
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farewellx exit silvia with attendants
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juliax and she shall thank you forxtx if exer you know herx
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a virtuous gentlewomanx mild and beautifulx
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i hope my masterxs suit will be but coldx
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since she respects my mistressx love so muchx
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alasx how love can trifle with itselfx
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here is her picturex let me seex i thinkx
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if i had such a tirex this face of mine
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were full as lovely as is this of hersx
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and yet the painter flatterxd her a littlex
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unless i flatter with myself too muchx
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her hair is auburnx mine is perfect yellowx
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if that be all the difference in his lovex
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ixll get me such a colourxd periwigx
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her eyes are grey as glassx and so are minex
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ayx but her foreheadxs lowx and minexs as highx
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|
what should it be that he respects in her
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but i can make respective in myselfx
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if this fond love were not a blinded godx
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comex shadowx comex and take this shadow upx
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for xtis thy rivalx o thou senseless formx
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thou shalt be worshippxdx kissxdx lovxdx and adorxdx
|
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and were there sense in his idolatry
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my substance should be statue in thy steadx
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ixll use thee kindly for thy mistressx sakex
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that usxd me sox or elsex by jove i vowx
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i should have scratchxd out your unseeing eyesx
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|
to make my master out of love with theex exit
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act vx scene ix milanx an abbey
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enter eglamour
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eglamourx the sun begins to gild the western skyx
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and now it is about the very hour
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that silvia at friar patrickxs cell should meet mex
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she will not failx for lovers break not hours
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|
unless it be to come before their timex
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so much they spur their expeditionx
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enter silvia
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see where she comesx ladyx a happy eveningx
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silviax amenx amenx go onx good eglamourx
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out at the postern by the abbey wallx
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i fear i am attended by some spiesx
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|
eglamourx fear notx the forest is not three leagues offx
|
|
if we recover thatx we are sure enoughx exeunt
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scene iix milanx the dukexs palace
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enter thuriox proteusx and julia as sebastian
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thuriox sir proteusx what says silvia to my suitx
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proteusx ox sirx i find her milder than she wasx
|
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and yet she takes exceptions at your personx
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thuriox whatx that my leg is too longx
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proteusx nox that it is too littlex
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thuriox ixll wear a boot to make it somewhat rounderx
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juliax xasidex but love will not be spurrxd to what it loathesx
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thuriox what says she to my facex
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proteusx she says it is a fair onex
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thuriox nayx thenx the wanton liesx my face is blackx
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|
proteusx but pearls are fairx and the old saying isx
|
|
black men are pearls in beauteous ladiesx eyesx
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juliax xasidex xtis truex such pearls as put out ladiesx eyesx
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for i had rather wink than look on themx
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thuriox how likes she my discoursex
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proteusx illx when you talk of warx
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thuriox but well when i discourse of love and peacex
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juliax xasidex but betterx indeedx when you hold your peacex
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|
thuriox what says she to my valourx
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proteusx ox sirx she makes no doubt of thatx
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juliax xasidex she needs notx when she knows it cowardicex
|
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thuriox what says she to my birthx
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proteusx that you are well derivxdx
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juliax xasidex truex from a gentleman to a foolx
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thuriox considers she my possessionsx
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proteusx ox ayx and pities themx
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thuriox whereforex
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juliax xasidex that such an ass should owe themx
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proteusx that they are out by leasex
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juliax here comes the dukex
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enter duke
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dukex how nowx sir proteusx how nowx thuriox
|
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which of you saw sir eglamour of latex
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thuriox not ix
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proteusx nor ix
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dukex saw you my daughterx
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proteusx neitherx
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dukex why thenx
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shexs fled unto that peasant valentinex
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and eglamour is in her companyx
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xtis truex for friar lawrence met them both
|
|
as he in penance wanderxd through the forestx
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|
him he knew wellx and guessxd that it was shex
|
|
butx being maskxdx he was not sure of itx
|
|
besidesx she did intend confession
|
|
at patrickxs cell this evenx and there she was notx
|
|
these likelihoods confirm her flight from hencex
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thereforex i pray youx stand not to discoursex
|
|
but mount you presentlyx and meet with me
|
|
upon the rising of the mountain foot
|
|
that leads toward mantuax whither they are fledx
|
|
dispatchx sweet gentlemenx and follow mex exit
|
|
thuriox whyx this it is to be a peevish girl
|
|
that flies her fortune when it follows herx
|
|
ixll afterx more to be revengxd on eglamour
|
|
than for the love of reckless silviax exit
|
|
proteusx and i will followx more for silviaxs love
|
|
than hate of eglamourx that goes with herx exit
|
|
juliax and i will followx more to cross that love
|
|
than hate for silviax that is gone for lovex exit
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scene iiix the frontiers of mantuax the forest
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enter outlaws with silva
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first outlawx comex comex
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be patientx we must bring you to our captainx
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silviax a thousand more mischances than this one
|
|
have learnxd me how to brook this patientlyx
|
|
second outlawx comex bring her awayx
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first outlawx where is the gentleman that was with herx
|
|
second outlawx being nimblexfootedx he hath outrun usx
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|
but moyses and valerius follow himx
|
|
go thou with her to the west end of the woodx
|
|
there is our captainx wexll follow him thatxs fledx
|
|
the thicket is besetx he cannot xscapex
|
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first outlawx comex i must bring you to our captainxs cavex
|
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fear notx he bears an honourable mindx
|
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and will not use a woman lawlesslyx
|
|
silviax o valentinex this i endure for theex exeunt
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scene ivx another part of the forest
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enter valentine
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valentinex how use doth breed a habit in a manx
|
|
this shadowy desertx unfrequented woodsx
|
|
i better brook than flourishing peopled townsx
|
|
here can i sit alonex unseen of anyx
|
|
and to the nightingalexs complaining notes
|
|
tune my distresses and record my woesx
|
|
o thou that dost inhabit in my breastx
|
|
leave not the mansion so long tenantlessx
|
|
lestx growing ruinousx the building fall
|
|
and leave no memory of what it wasx
|
|
repair me with thy presencex silviax
|
|
thou gentle nymphx cherish thy forlorn swainx
|
|
what halloing and what stir is this toxdayx
|
|
these are my matesx that make their wills their lawx
|
|
have some unhappy passenger in chasex
|
|
they love me wellx yet i have much to do
|
|
to keep them from uncivil outragesx
|
|
withdraw theex valentinex whoxs this comes herex
|
|
xsteps asidex
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|
|
|
enter proteusx silviax and julia as sebastian
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|
proteusx madamx this service i have done for youx
|
|
though you respect not aught your servant dothx
|
|
to hazard lifex and rescue you from him
|
|
that would have forcxd your honour and your lovex
|
|
vouchsafe mex for my meedx but one fair lookx
|
|
a smaller boon than this i cannot begx
|
|
and less than thisx i am surex you cannot givex
|
|
valentinex xasidex how like a dream is this i see and hearx
|
|
lovex lend me patience to forbear awhilex
|
|
silviax o miserablex unhappy that i amx
|
|
proteusx unhappy were youx madamx ere i camex
|
|
but by my coming i have made you happyx
|
|
silviax by thy approach thou makxst me most unhappyx
|
|
juliax xasidex and mex when he approacheth to your presencex
|
|
silviax had i been seized by a hungry lionx
|
|
i would have been a breakfast to the beast
|
|
rather than have false proteus rescue mex
|
|
ox heaven be judge how i love valentinex
|
|
whose lifexs as tender to me as my soulx
|
|
and full as muchx for more there cannot bex
|
|
i do detest falsex perjurxd proteusx
|
|
therefore be gonex solicit me no morex
|
|
proteusx what dangerous actionx stood it next to deathx
|
|
would i not undergo for one calm lookx
|
|
ox xtis the curse in lovex and still approvxdx
|
|
when women cannot love where theyxre belovxdx
|
|
silviax when proteus cannot love where hexs belovxdx
|
|
read over juliaxs heartx thy first best lovex
|
|
for whose dear sake thou didst then rend thy faith
|
|
into a thousand oathsx and all those oaths
|
|
descended into perjuryx to love mex
|
|
thou hast no faith left nowx unless thouxdst twox
|
|
and thatxs far worse than nonex better have none
|
|
than plural faithx which is too much by onex
|
|
thou counterfeit to thy true friendx
|
|
proteusx in lovex
|
|
who respects friendx
|
|
silviax all men but proteusx
|
|
proteusx nayx if the gentle spirit of moving words
|
|
can no way change you to a milder formx
|
|
ixll woo you like a soldierx at armsx endx
|
|
and love you xgainst the nature of lovex force yex
|
|
silviax o heavenx
|
|
proteusx ixll force thee yield to my desirex
|
|
valentinex ruffianx let go that rude uncivil touchx
|
|
thou friend of an ill fashionx
|
|
proteusx valentinex
|
|
valentinex thou common friendx thatxs without faith or lovex
|
|
for such is a friend nowx treacherous manx
|
|
thou hast beguilxd my hopesx nought but mine eye
|
|
could have persuaded mex now i dare not say
|
|
i have one friend alivex thou wouldst disprove mex
|
|
who should be trustedx when onexs own right hand
|
|
is perjured to the bosomx proteusx
|
|
i am sorry i must never trust thee morex
|
|
but count the world a stranger for thy sakex
|
|
the private wound is deepestx o time most accurstx
|
|
xmongst all foes that a friend should be the worstx
|
|
proteusx my shame and guilt confounds mex
|
|
forgive mex valentinex if hearty sorrow
|
|
be a sufficient ransom for offencex
|
|
i tender xt herex i do as truly suffer
|
|
as exer i did commitx
|
|
valentinex then i am paidx
|
|
and once again i do receive thee honestx
|
|
who by repentance is not satisfied
|
|
is nor of heaven nor earthx for these are pleasxdx
|
|
by penitence thx eternalxs wrathxs appeasxdx
|
|
andx that my love may appear plain and freex
|
|
all that was mine in silvia i give theex
|
|
juliax o me unhappyx xswoonsx
|
|
proteusx look to the boyx
|
|
valentinex whyx boyx whyx wagx how nowx
|
|
whatxs the matterx look upx speakx
|
|
juliax o good sirx my master chargxd me to deliver a ring to madam
|
|
silviax whichx out of my neglectx was never donex
|
|
proteusx where is that ringx boyx
|
|
juliax here xtisx this is itx
|
|
proteusx howx let me seex whyx this is the ring i gave to juliax
|
|
juliax ox cry you mercyx sirx i have mistookx
|
|
this is the ring you sent to silviax
|
|
proteusx but how camxst thou by this ringx
|
|
at my depart i gave this unto juliax
|
|
juliax and julia herself did give it mex
|
|
and julia herself have brought it hitherx
|
|
proteusx howx juliax
|
|
juliax behold her that gave aim to all thy oathsx
|
|
and entertainxd xem deeply in her heartx
|
|
how oft hast thou with perjury cleft the rootx
|
|
o proteusx let this habit make thee blushx
|
|
be thou ashamxd that i have took upon me
|
|
such an immodest raimentx if shame live
|
|
in a disguise of lovex
|
|
it is the lesser blotx modesty findsx
|
|
women to change their shapes than men their mindsx
|
|
proteusx than men their mindsx xtis truex o heavenx were man
|
|
but constantx he were perfectx that one error
|
|
fills him with faultsx makes him run through all thx sinsx
|
|
inconstancy falls off ere it beginsx
|
|
what is in silviaxs face but i may spy
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|
more fresh in juliaxs with a constant eyex
|
|
valentinex comex comex a hand from eitherx
|
|
let me be blest to make this happy closex
|
|
xtwere pity two such friends should be long foesx
|
|
proteusx bear witnessx heavenx i have my wish for everx
|
|
juliax and i minex
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|
enter outlawsx with duke and thurio
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|
outlawx a prizex a prizex a prizex
|
|
valentinex forbearx forbearx i sayx it is my lord the dukex
|
|
your grace is welcome to a man disgracxdx
|
|
banished valentinex
|
|
dukex sir valentinex
|
|
thuriox yonder is silviax and silviaxs minex
|
|
valentinex thuriox give backx or else embrace thy deathx
|
|
come not within the measure of my wrathx
|
|
do not name silvia thinex if once againx
|
|
verona shall not hold theex here she stands
|
|
take but possession of her with a touchx
|
|
i dare thee but to breathe upon my lovex
|
|
thuriox sir valentinex i care not for herx ix
|
|
i hold him but a fool that will endanger
|
|
his body for a girl that loves him notx
|
|
i claim her notx and therefore she is thinex
|
|
dukex the more degenerate and base art thou
|
|
to make such means for her as thou hast done
|
|
and leave her on such slight conditionsx
|
|
nowx by the honour of my ancestryx
|
|
i do applaud thy spiritx valentinex
|
|
and think thee worthy of an empressx lovex
|
|
know thenx i here forget all former griefsx
|
|
cancel all grudgex repeal thee home againx
|
|
plead a new state in thy unrivallxd meritx
|
|
to which i thus subscribex sir valentinex
|
|
thou art a gentlemanx and well derivxdx
|
|
take thou thy silviax for thou hast deservxd herx
|
|
valentinex i thank your gracex the gift hath made me happyx
|
|
i now beseech youx for your daughterxs sakex
|
|
to grant one boon that i shall ask of youx
|
|
dukex i grant it for thine ownx whatexer it bex
|
|
valentinex these banishxd menx that i have kept withalx
|
|
are men enduxd with worthy qualitiesx
|
|
forgive them what they have committed herex
|
|
and let them be recallxd from their exilex
|
|
they are reformedx civilx full of goodx
|
|
and fit for great employmentx worthy lordx
|
|
dukex thou hast prevailxdx i pardon themx and theex
|
|
dispose of them as thou knowxst their desertsx
|
|
comex let us gox we will include all jars
|
|
with triumphsx mirthx and rare solemnityx
|
|
valentinex andx as we walk alongx i dare be bold
|
|
with our discourse to make your grace to smilex
|
|
what think you of this pagex my lordx
|
|
dukex i think the boy hath grace in himx he blushesx
|
|
valentinex i warrant youx my lordx more grace than boyx
|
|
dukex what mean you by that sayingx
|
|
valentinex please youx ixll tell you as we pass alongx
|
|
that you will wonder what hath fortunedx
|
|
comex proteusx xtis your penance but to hear
|
|
the story of your loves discoveredx
|
|
that donex our day of marriage shall be yoursx
|
|
one feastx one housex one mutual happinessx exeunt
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the two noble kinsmenx
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presented at the blackfriers by the kings maiesties servantsx with
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great applausex
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written by the memorable worthies of their timex
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mr john fletcherx gentxx and
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mr william shakspearex gentx
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printed at london by thox cotesx for john watersonx and are to be sold
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at the signe of the crowne in pauls churchxyardx xxxxx
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xthe persons represented in the playx
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hymenx
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theseusx
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hippolitax bride to theseus
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emeliax sister to theseus
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xemeliaxs womanxx
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nymphsx
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three queensx
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three valiant knightsx
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palamonx and
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arcitex the two noble kinsmenx in love with fair emelia
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xvaleriusxx
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perithousx
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xa heraldxx
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xa gentlemanxx
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xa messengerxx
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xa servantxx
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xwooerxx
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xkeeperxx
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jaylorx
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his daughterx in love with palamon
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xhis brotherxx
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xa doctorxx
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xxx countreymenx
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xx friends of the jaylorxx
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xx knightsxx
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xnelx and otherx
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wenchesx
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a taborerx
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gerroldx a schoolmasterxx
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prologuex
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xflorishxx
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new playesx and maydenheadsx are neare a kinx
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much followxd bothx for both much mony gxynx
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if they stand soundx and wellx and a good play
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xwhose modest sceanes blush on his marriage dayx
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and shake to loose his honourx is like hir
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that after holy tye and first nights stir
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yet still is modestiex and still retaines
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more of the maid to sightx than husbands painesx
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we pray our play may be sox for i am sure
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it has a noble breederx and a purex
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a learnedx and a poet never went
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more famous yet twixt po and silver trentx
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chaucer xof all admirxdx the story givesx
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there constant to eternity it livesx
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if we let fall the noblenesse of thisx
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and the first sound this child hearex be a hissex
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how will it shake the bones of that good manx
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and make him cry from under groundx xo fan
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from me the witles chaffe of such a wrighter
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that blastes my bayesx and my famxd workes makes lighter
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then robin hoodxx this is the feare we bringx
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for to say truthx it were an endlesse thingx
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and too ambitiousx to aspire to himx
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weake as we arex and almost breathlesse swim
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in this deepe waterx do but you hold out
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your helping handsx and we shall take aboutx
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and something doe to save usx you shall heare
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sceanesx though below his artx may yet appeare
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worth two houres travellx to his bones sweet sleepex
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content to youx if this play doe not keepe
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a little dull time from usx we perceave
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our losses fall so thickex we must needs leavex xflorishxx
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act i
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scene xx xathensx before a templexx
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xenter hymen with a torch burningx a boyx in a white robe before
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singingx and strewing flowresx after hymenx a nimphx encompast
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in
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her tressesx bearing a wheaten garlandx then theseus betweene
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two other nimphs with wheaten chaplets on their headesx then
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hipolita the bridex lead by pirithousx and another holding a
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garland over her head xher tresses likewise hangingxx after
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her emilia holding up her trainex xartesius and attendantsxxx
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the songx xmusikexx
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roses their sharpe spines being gonx
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not royall in their smels alonex
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but in their hewx
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maiden pinckesx of odour faintx
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dazies smelxlessex yet most quaint
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and sweet time truex
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primxrose first borne child of verx
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merry spring times herbingerx
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with her bels dimmex
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oxlipsx in their cradles growingx
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maryxgoldsx on death beds blowingx
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larkesxheeles trymmex
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all deere natures children sweetex
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ly fore bride and bridegroomes feetex xstrew flowersxx
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blessing their sencex
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not an angle of the airex
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bird melodiousx or bird fairex
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is absent hencex
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the crowx the slaundrous cuckoex nor
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the boding ravenx nor chough hore
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nor chattring piex
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may on our bridehouse pearch or singx
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or with them any discord bringx
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but from it flyx
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xenter xx queenes in blackex with vailes staindx with imperiall
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crownesx the xx queene fals downe at the foote of theseusx the
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xx fals downe at the foote of hypolitax the xx before emiliaxx
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xx queenx
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for pitties sake and true gentilitiesx
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hearex and respect mex
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xx queenx
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for your mothers sakex
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and as you wish your womb may thrive with faire onesx
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heare and respect mex
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xx queen
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now for the love of him whom iove hath markd
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the honour of your bedx and for the sake
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of cleere virginityx be advocate
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for usx and our distressesx this good deede
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shall raze you out oxth booke of trespasses
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all you are set downe therex
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theseusx
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sad ladyx risex
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hippolitax
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stand upx
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emiliax
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no knees to mex
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what woman i may steed that is distrestx
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does bind me to herx
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theseusx
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whatxs your requestx deliver you for allx
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xx queenx
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we are xx queenesx whose soveraignes fel before
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the wrath of cruell creonx who endured
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the beakes of ravensx tallents of the kightsx
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and pecks of crowesx in the fowle feilds of thebsx
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he will not suffer us to burne their bonesx
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to urne their ashesx nor to take thx offence
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of mortall loathsomenes from the blest eye
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of holy phoebusx but infects the windes
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with stench of our slaine lordsx o pittyx dukex
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thou purger of the earthx draw thy feard sword
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that does good turnes toxth worldx give us the bones
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of our dead kingsx that we may chappell themx
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and of thy boundles goodnes take some note
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that for our crowned heades we have no roofex
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save this which is the lyonsx and the bearesx
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and vault to every thingx
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theseusx
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pray youx kneele notx
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i was transported with your speechx and sufferxd
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your knees to wrong themselvesx i have heard the fortunes
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of your dead lordsx which gives me such lamenting
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as wakes my vengeancex and revenge forxemx
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king capaneus was your lordx the day
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that he should marry youx at such a seasonx
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as now it is with mex i met your groomex
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by marsis altarx you were that time fairex
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not iunos mantle fairer then your tressesx
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nor in more bounty spread herx your wheaten wreathe
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was then nor threashdx nor blastedx fortune at you
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dimpled her cheeke with smilesx hercules our kinesman
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xthen weaker than your eiesx laide by his clubx
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he tumbled downe upon his nemean hide
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and swore his sinews thawdx o greifex and timex
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fearefull consumersx you will all devourex
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xx queenx
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ox i hope some godx
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some god hath put his mercy in your manhood
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whereto heel infuse powrex and presse you forth
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our undertakerx
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theseusx
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o no kneesx nonex widdowx
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vnto the helmeted belona use themx
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and pray for me your souldierx
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troubled i amx xturnes awayxx
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xx queenx
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honoured hypolitax
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most dreaded amazonianx that hast slaine
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the sithxtuskd borex that with thy arme as strong
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as it is whitex wast neere to make the male
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to thy sex captivex but that this thy lordx
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borne to uphold creation in that honour
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first nature stilde it inx shrunke thee into
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the bownd thou wast orexflowingx at once subduing
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thy forcex and thy affectionx soldiresse
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that equally canst poize sternenes with pittyx
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whom now i know hast much more power on him
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then ever he had on theex who owxst his strength
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and his love toox who is a servant for
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the tenour of thy speechx deere glasse of ladiesx
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bid him that wex whom flaming war doth scortchx
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vnder the shaddow of his sword may coole usx
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require him he advance it ore our headesx
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speakxt in a womans keyx like such a woman
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as any of us threex weepe ere you failex
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lend us a kneex
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but touch the ground for us no longer time
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then a doves motionx when the headxs pluckt offx
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tell him if he ixth blood cizd field lay swolnex
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showing the sun his teethx grinning at the moonex
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what you would doex
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hippolitax
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poore ladyx say no morex
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i had as leife trace this good action with you
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as that whereto i am goingx and never yet
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went i so willing wayx my lord is taken
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hart deepe with your distressex let him considerx
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ile speake anonx
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xx queenx
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o my petition was xkneele to emiliaxx
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set downe in ycex which by hot greefe uncandied
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melts into dropsx so sorrowx wanting formex
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is prest with deeper matterx
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emiliax
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pray stand upx
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your greefe is written in your cheekex
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xx queenx
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o woex
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you cannot reade it therex there through my tearesx
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like wrinckled peobles in a glassie streame
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you may behold xemx ladyx ladyx alackex
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he that will all the treasure know oxth earth
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must know the center toox he that will fish
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for my least minnowx let him lead his line
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to catch one at my heartx o pardon mex
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extremityx that sharpens sundry witsx
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makes me a foolex
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emiliax
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pray you say nothingx pray youx
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who cannot feele nor see the rainex being inxtx
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knowes neither wet nor dryx if that you were
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the groundxpeece of some painterx i would buy you
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txinstruct me gainst a capitall greefe indeedx
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such heart peircxd demonstrationx butx alasx
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being a naturall sifter of our sex
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your sorrow beates so ardently upon mex
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that it shall make a counter reflect gainst
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my brothers heartx and warme it to some pittyx
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though it were made of stonex prayx have good comfortx
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theseusx
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forward toxth templex leave not out a iot
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oxth sacred ceremonyx
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xx queenx
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ox this celebration
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will long lastx and be more costly then
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your suppliants warx remember that your fame
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knowles in the eare oxth worldx what you doe quickly
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|
is not done rashlyx your first thought is more
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|
then others laboured meditancex your premeditating
|
|
more then their actionsx butx oh iovex your actionsx
|
|
soone as they moovesx as asprayes doe the fishx
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subdue before they touchx thinkex deere dukex thinke
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what beds our slaine kings havex
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xx queenx
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what greifes our bedsx
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that our deere lords have nonex
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xx queenx
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none fit for xth deadx
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those that with cordesx knivesx drams precipitancex
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weary of this worlds lightx have to themselves
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beene deathes most horrid agentsx humaine grace
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affords them dust and shaddowx
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xx queenx
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but our lords
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ly blistring fore the visitating sunnex
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and were good kingsx when livingx
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theseusx
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it is truex and i will give you comfortx
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to give your dead lords gravesx the which to doex
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must make some worke with creonx
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xx queenx
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and that worke presents it selfe toxth doingx
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now twill take formex the heates are gone to morrowx
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thenx booteles toyle must recompence it selfe
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with itxs owne sweatx now hexs securex
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not dreames we stand before your puissance
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wrinching our holy begging in our eyes
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to make petition cleerex
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xx queenx
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now you may take himx drunke with his victoryx
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xx queenx
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and his army full of breadx and slothx
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theseusx
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artesiusx that best knowest
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how to draw out fit to this enterprise
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the primxst for this proceedingx and the number
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to carry such a businessex forth and levy
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our worthiest instrumentsx whilst we despatch
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this grand act of our lifex this daring deede
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of fate in wedlockex
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xx queenx
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dowagersx take handsx
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let us be widdowes to our woesx delay
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commends us to a famishing hopex
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allx
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farewellx
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xx queenx
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we come unseasonablyx but when could greefe
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cull forthx as unpanged judgement canx fitxst time
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for best solicitationx
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theseusx
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whyx good ladiesx
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this is a servicex whereto i am goingx
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greater then any wasx it more imports me
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then all the actions that i have foregonex
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or futurely can copex
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xx queenx
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the more proclaiming
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our suit shall be neglectedx when her armes
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able to locke iove from a synodx shall
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by warranting moonexlight corslet theex ohx when
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her twyning cherries shall their sweetnes fall
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vpon thy tastefull lipsx what wilt thou thinke
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of rotten kings or blubberd queenesx what care
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|
for what thou feelst notx what thou feelst being able
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to make mars spurne his dromx ox if thou couch
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but one night with herx every howre inxt will
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take hostage of thee for a hundredx and
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thou shalt remember nothing more then what
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that banket bids thee toox
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hippolitax
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though much unlike xkneelingxx
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you should be so transportedx as much sorry
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i should be such a suitourx yet i thinkex
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did i not by thxabstayning of my joyx
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which breeds a deeper longingx cure their surfeit
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that craves a present medcinex i should plucke
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all ladies scandall on mex thereforex sirx
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as i shall here make tryall of my prayresx
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either presuming them to have some forcex
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or sentencing for ay their vigour dombex
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prorogue this busines we are going aboutx and hang
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your sheild afore your heartx about that necke
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which is my ffeex and which i freely lend
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to doe these poore queenes servicex
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all queensx
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oh helpe nowx
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our cause cries for your kneex
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emiliax
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if you grant not xkneelingxx
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my sister her petition in that forcex
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with that celerity and naturex which
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shee makes it inx from henceforth ile not dare
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to aske you any thingx nor be so hardy
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ever to take a husbandx
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theseusx
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pray stand upx
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i am entreating of my selfe to doe
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that which you kneele to have mex pyrithousx
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leade on the bridex get you and pray the gods
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for successex and returnex omit not any thing
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in the pretended celebrationx queenesx
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follow your soldierx as beforex hence you xto artesiusx
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and at the banckes of aulis meete us with
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the forces you can raisex where we shall finde
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|
the moytie of a numberx for a busines
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|
more bigger lookxtx since that our theame is hastex
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i stamp this kisse upon thy currant lippex
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sweetex keepe it as my tokenx set you forwardx
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for i will see you gonex xexeunt towards the templexx
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farewellx my beauteous sisterx pyrithousx
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keepe the feast fullx bate not an howre onxtx
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perithousx
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sirx
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ile follow you at heelesx the feasts solempnity
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shall want till your returnex
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theseusx
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cosenx i charge you
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|
boudge not from athensx we shall be returning
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ere you can end this feastx of whichx i pray youx
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make no abatementx once morex farewell allx
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xx queenx
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thus doxst thou still make good the tongue oxth worldx
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xx queenx
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and earnst a deity equal with marsx
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xx queenx
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if not above himx for
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thou being but mortall makest affections bend
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to godlike honoursx they themselvesx some sayx
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grone under such a mastryx
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theseusx
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as we are menx
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thus should we doex being sensually subdudex
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we loose our humane tytlex good cheerex ladiesx xflorishxx
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now turne we towards your comfortsx xexeuntxx
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scene xx xthebsxx
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xenter palamonx and arcitexx
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arcitex
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deere palamonx deerer in love then blood
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and our prime cosenx yet unhardned in
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the crimes of naturex let us leave the citty
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thebsx and the temptings inxtx before we further
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|
sully our glosse of youthx
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and here to keepe in abstinence we shame
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as in incontinencex for not to swim
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ixth aide oxth current were almost to sinckex
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at least to frustrate strivingx and to follow
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the common streamex twold bring us to an edy
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where we should turne or drownex if labour throughx
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our gaine but lifex and weakenesx
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palamonx
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your advice
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|
is cride up with examplex what strange ruins
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since first we went to schoolex may we perceive
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walking in thebsx skarsx and bare weedes
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the gaine oxth martialistx who did propound
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to his bold ends honourx and golden ingotsx
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which though he wonx he had notx and now flurted
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by peace for whom he foughtx who then shall offer
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to marsis so scornd altarx i doe bleede
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when such i meetex and wish great iuno would
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resume her ancient fit of ielouzie
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to get the soldier workex that peace might purge
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for her repletionx and retaine anew
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|
her charitable heart now hardx and harsher
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then strife or war could bex
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arcitex
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are you not outx
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meete you no ruine but the soldier in
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|
the cranckes and turnes of thebsx you did begin
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|
as if you met decaies of many kindesx
|
|
perceive you nonex that doe arowse your pitty
|
|
but thxunxconsiderd soldierx
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palamonx
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yesx i pitty
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decaies where ere i finde themx but such most
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thatx sweating in an honourable toylex
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|
are paide with yce to coole xemx
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arcitex
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tis not this
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i did begin to speake ofx this is vertue
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of no respect in thebsx i spake of thebs
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|
how dangerous if we will keepe our honoursx
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it is for our resydingx where every evill
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hath a good cullorx where evexry seeming goodxs
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a certaine evillx where not to be evxn iumpe
|
|
as they arex here were to be strangersx and
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such things to bex meere monstersx
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palamonx
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tis in our powerx
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xvnlesse we feare that apes can tutorxsx to
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be masters of our mannersx what neede i
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affect anothers gatex which is not catching
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where there is faithx or to be fond upon
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anothers way of speechx when by mine owne
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i may be reasonably conceivxdx savxd toox
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speaking it trulyx why am i bound
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by any generous bond to follow him
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followes his taylorx haply so long untill
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the followxd make pursuitx or let me knowx
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why mine owne barber is unblestx with him
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my poore chinne toox for tis not cizard iust
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to such a favorites glassex what cannon is there
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that does command my rapier from my hip
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to danglext in my handx or to go tip toe
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before the streete be foulex either i am
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the forexhorse in the teamex or i am none
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that draw ixth sequent tracex these poore sleight sores
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neede not a plantinx that which rips my bosome
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almost toxth heartxsx
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arcitex
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our vncle creonx
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palamonx
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hex
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a most unbounded tyrantx whose successes
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makes heaven unfeardx and villany assured
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beyond its power therexs nothingx almost puts
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faith in a feavourx and deifies alone
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voluble chancex who onely attributes
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the faculties of other instruments
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to his owne nerves and actx commands men servicex
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and what they winne inxtx boot and gloryx onxex
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that feares not to do harmx goodx dares notx let
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the blood of mine thatxs sibbe to him be suckt
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from me with leechesx let them breake and fall
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off me with that corruptionx
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arcitex
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cleere spirited cozenx
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lets leave his courtx that we may nothing share
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of his lowd infamyx for our milke
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will relish of the pasturex and we must
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be vile or disobedientx not his kinesmen
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in bloodx unlesse in qualityx
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palamonx
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nothing truerx
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i thinke the ecchoes of his shames have deaxft
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the eares of heavxnly iusticex widdows cryes
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descend againe into their throatesx and have not
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xenter valeriusxx
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due audience of the godsxxvaleriusx
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valeriusx
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the king cals for youx yet be leaden footedx
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till his great rage be off himx phebusx when
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he broke his whipstocke and exclaimd against
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the horses of the sunx but whisperd too
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the lowdenesse of his furyx
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palamonx
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small windes shake himx
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but whats the matterx
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valeriusx
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theseus xwho where he threates appalsxx hath sent
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deadly defyance to himx and pronounces
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ruine to thebsx who is at hand to seale
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the promise of his wrathx
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arcitex
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let him approachx
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but that we feare the gods in himx he brings not
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a jot of terrour to usx yet what man
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thirds his owne worth xthe case is each of oursx
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when that his actions dregd with minde assurd
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tis bad he goes aboutx
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palamonx
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leave that unreasondx
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our services stand now for thebsx not creonx
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yet to be neutrall to him were dishonourx
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rebellious to opposex therefore we must
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with him stand to the mercy of our fatex
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who hath bounded our last minutex
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arcitex
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so we mustx
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ist sed this warres a footex or it shall bex
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on faile of some conditionx
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valeriusx
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tis in motion
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the intelligence of state came in the instant
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with the defierx
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palamonx
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lets to the kingx whox were he
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a quarter carrier of that honour which
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his enemy come inx the blood we venture
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should be as for our healthx which were not spentx
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rather laide out for purchasex butx alasx
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our hands advancxd before our heartsx what will
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the fall oxth stroke doe damagex
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arcitex
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let thxeventx
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that never erring arbitratourx tell us
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when we know all our selvesx and let us follow
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the becking of our chancex xexeuntxx
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scene xx xbefore the gates of athensxx
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xenter pirithousx hipolitax emiliaxx
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perithousx
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no furtherx
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hippolitax
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sirx farewellx repeat my wishes
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to our great lordx of whose succes i dare not
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make any timerous questionx yet i wish him
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exces and overflow of powerx andxt might bex
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to dure illxdealing fortunex speede to himx
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store never hurtes good gouernoursx
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perithousx
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though i know
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his ocean needes not my poore dropsx yet they
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must yeild their tribute therex my precious maidex
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those best affectionsx that the heavens infuse
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in their best temperd peicesx keepe enthroand
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in your deare heartx
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emiliax
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thanckesx sirx remember me
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to our all royall brotherx for whose speede
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the great bellona ile sollicitex and
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since in our terrene state petitions are not
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without giftes understoodx ile offer to her
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|
what i shall be advised she likesx our hearts
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are in his armyx in his tentx
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hippolitax
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inxs bosomex
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we have bin soldiersx and wee cannot weepe
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when our friends don their helmesx or put to seax
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or tell of babes broachd on the launcex or women
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that have sod their infants in xand after eate themx
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|
the brinex they wept at killing xemx then if
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|
you stay to see of us such spincstersx we
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|
should hold you here for everx
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perithousx
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peace be to youx
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|
as i pursue this warx which shall be then
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|
beyond further requiringx xexit pirxx
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emiliax
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|
how his longing
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|
followes his friendx since his departx his sportes
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|
though craving seriousnesx and skillx past slightly
|
|
his careles executionx where nor gaine
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|
made him regardx or losse considerx but
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|
playing one busines in his handx another
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|
directing in his headx his mindex nurse equall
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|
to these so diffring twynsxhave you observxd himx
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since our great lord departedx
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hippolitax
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with much labourx
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|
and i did love him fortx they two have cabind
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in many as dangerousx as poore a cornerx
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|
perill and want contendingx they have skift
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|
torrents whose roring tyranny and power
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|
ixth least of these was dreadfullx and they have
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|
fought out togetherx where deathsxselfe was lodgdx
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|
yet fate hath brought them offx their knot of lovex
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tidex weauxdx intangledx with so truex so longx
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and with a finger of so deepe a cunningx
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|
may be outwornex never undonex i thinke
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|
theseus cannot be umpire to himselfex
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cleaving his conscience into twaine and doing
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|
each side like iusticex which he loves bestx
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emiliax
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|
doubtlesse
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|
there is a bestx and reason has no manners
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|
to say it is not youx i was acquainted
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|
once with a timex when i enjoyd a playxfellowx
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|
you were at warsx when she the grave enrichdx
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|
who made too proud the bedx tooke leave o th moone
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|
xwhich then lookt pale at partingx when our count
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|
was each elevenx
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hippolitax
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twas flauixnxax
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|
emiliax
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yesx
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|
you talke of pirithous and theseus lovex
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|
theirs has more groundx is more maturely seasondx
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|
more buckled with strong iudgement and their needes
|
|
the one of thxother may be said to water xxx hearses ready
|
|
with palamonx and arcitex the xx queenesx theseusx and his
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|
lordes readyxx
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|
their intertangled rootes of lovex but i
|
|
and shee i sigh and spoke of were things innocentx
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|
louxd for we didx and like the elements
|
|
that know not whatx nor whyx yet doe effect
|
|
rare issues by their operancex our soules
|
|
did so to one anotherx what she likxdx
|
|
was then of me approovxdx what notx condemdx
|
|
no more arraignmentx the flowre that i would plucke
|
|
and put betweene my breasts xthen but beginning
|
|
to swell about the blossomex ohx she would long
|
|
till shee had such anotherx and commit it
|
|
to the like innocent cradlex where phenix like
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|
they dide in perfumex on my head no toy
|
|
but was her patternex her affections xprettyx
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|
thoughx happelyx her careles werex i followed
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|
for my most serious deckingx had mine eare
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|
stolne some new airex or at adventure humd on
|
|
from musicall coynadgex why it was a note
|
|
whereon her spirits would sojourne xrather dwell onx
|
|
and sing it in her slumbersx this rehearsall
|
|
xwhich evxry innocent wots well comes in
|
|
like old importments bastardx has this endx
|
|
that the true love tweene maydex and maydex may be
|
|
more then in sex idividuallx
|
|
|
|
hippolitax
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|
yxare out of breath
|
|
and this high speeded pacex is but to say
|
|
that you shall never like the maide flavina
|
|
love any thatxs calld manx
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|
|
|
emiliax
|
|
i am sure i shall notx
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hippolitax
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|
nowx alackex weake sisterx
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|
i must no more beleeve thee in this point
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|
xthough inxt i know thou dost beleeve thy selfexx
|
|
then i will trust a sickely appetitex
|
|
that loathes even as it longsx butx surex my sisterx
|
|
if i were ripe for your perswasionx you
|
|
have saide enough to shake me from the arme
|
|
of the all noble theseusx for whose fortunes
|
|
i will now inx and kneele with great assurancex
|
|
that wex more then his pirothousx possesse
|
|
the high throne in his heartx
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|
|
|
emiliax
|
|
i am not
|
|
against your faithx yet i continew minex xexeuntx cornetsxx
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|
|
scene xx xa field before thebesx dead bodies lying on the groundxx
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|
|
|
xa battaile strooke withinx then a retraitx florishx then
|
|
enter theseus xvictorxx xherald and attendantsxx the three
|
|
queenes meete himx and fall on their faces before himxx
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|
|
|
xx queenx
|
|
to thee no starre be darkex
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|
|
xx queenx
|
|
both heaven and earth
|
|
friend thee for everx
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|
|
|
xx queenx
|
|
all the good that may
|
|
be wishd upon thy headx i cry amen tooxtx
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|
|
|
theseusx
|
|
thximparciall godsx who from the mounted heavens
|
|
view us their mortall heardx behold who errex
|
|
and in their time chasticex goe and finde out
|
|
the bones of your dead lordsx and honour them
|
|
with treble ceremoniex rather then a gap
|
|
should be in their deere rightsx we would supplyxtx
|
|
but those we will deputex which shall invest
|
|
you in your dignitiesx and even each thing
|
|
our hast does leave imperfectx sox adiewx
|
|
and heavens good eyes looke on youx what are thosex xexeunt
|
|
queenesxx
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|
|
heraldx
|
|
men of great qualityx as may be judgd
|
|
by their appointmentx sone of thebs have toldxs
|
|
they are sisters childrenx nephewes to the kingx
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|
|
|
theseusx
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|
byxth helme of marsx i saw them in the warx
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|
like to a paire of lionsx smeard with preyx
|
|
make lanes in troopes agastx i fixt my note
|
|
constantly on themx for they were a marke
|
|
worth a godxs viewx what prisoner wasxt that told me
|
|
when i enquired their namesx
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|
|
heraldx
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|
wixleavex theyxr called arcite and palamonx
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|
|
theseusx
|
|
tis rightx thosex thosex they are not deadx
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|
|
heraldx
|
|
nor in a state of lifex had they bin takenx
|
|
when their last hurts were givenx twas possible xxx hearses
|
|
readyxx
|
|
they might have bin recoveredx yet they breathe
|
|
and haue the name of menx
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|
theseusx
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|
then like men use xemx
|
|
the very lees of such xmillions of ratesx
|
|
exceede the wine of othersx all our surgions
|
|
convent in their behoofex our richest balmes
|
|
rather then niggardx waftx their lives concerne us
|
|
much more then thebs is worthx rather then have xem
|
|
freed of this plightx and in their morning state
|
|
xsound and at libertyx i would xem deadx
|
|
but forty thousand fold we had rather have xem
|
|
prisoners to us then deathx beare xem speedily
|
|
from our kinde airex to them unkindex and minister
|
|
what man to man may doexfor our sake morex
|
|
since i have knowne frightsx furyx friends beheastesx
|
|
loves provocationsx zealex a mistris taskex
|
|
desire of libertyx a feavourx madnesx
|
|
hath set a marke which nature could not reach too
|
|
without some impositionx sicknes in will
|
|
or wrastling strength in reasonx for our love
|
|
and great appollos mercyx all our best
|
|
their best skill tenderx leade into the cittyx
|
|
where having bound things scatterdx we will post xflorishxx
|
|
to athens forxex our army xexeuntx musickexx
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|
|
|
scene xx xanother part of the samexx
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|
|
|
xenter the queenes with the hearses of their knightesx in a
|
|
funerall solempnityx xcxx
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|
|
|
vrnes and odours bring awayx
|
|
vapoursx sighesx darken the dayx
|
|
our dole more deadly lookes than dyingx
|
|
balmesx and gummesx and heavy cheeresx
|
|
sacred vials fillxd with tearesx
|
|
and clamors through the wild ayre flyingx
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|
|
|
come all sad and solempne showesx
|
|
that are quickxeyd pleasures foesx
|
|
we convent nought else but woesx
|
|
we conventx xcx
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|
xx queenx
|
|
this funeral path brings to your housholds gravex
|
|
ioy ceaze on you againex peace sleepe with himx
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|
|
xx queenx
|
|
and this to yoursx
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|
|
xx queenx
|
|
yours this wayx heavens lend
|
|
a thousand differing waies to one sure endx
|
|
|
|
xx queenx
|
|
this worldxs a citty full of straying streetesx and deathxs the market
|
|
placex where each one meetesx xexeunt severallyxx
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|
|
act ii
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|
scene xx xathensx a gardenx with a prison in the backgroundxx
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|
|
|
xenter iailorx and wooerxx
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|
|
|
iailorx
|
|
i may depart with littlex while i livex some thing i may cast to youx
|
|
not muchx alasx the prison i keepex though it be for great onesx yet
|
|
they seldome comex before one salmonx you shall take a number of
|
|
minnowesx i am given out to be better lynxd then it can appeare to me
|
|
report is a true speakerx i would i were really that i am deliverd to
|
|
bex marryx what i have xbe it what it willx i will assure upon my
|
|
daughter at the day of my deathx
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|
|
wooerx
|
|
sirx i demaund no more then your owne offerx and i will estate
|
|
your
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|
daughter in what i have promisedx
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|
|
|
iailorx
|
|
welx we will talke more of thisx when the solemnity is pastx but have
|
|
you a full promise of herx when that shall be seenex i tender my
|
|
consentx
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|
|
|
xenter daughterxx
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|
|
wooerx
|
|
i have sirx here shee comesx
|
|
|
|
iailorx
|
|
your friend and i have chanced to name you herex upon the old businesx
|
|
but no more of that nowx so soone as the court hurry is overx we will
|
|
have an end of itx ixth meane time looke tenderly to the two prisonersx
|
|
i can tell you they are princesx
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|
|
|
daughterx
|
|
these strewings are for their chamberx tis pitty they are in prisonx
|
|
and twer pitty they should be outx i doe thinke they have patience to
|
|
make any adversity ashamxdx the prison it selfe is proud of xemx and
|
|
they have all the world in their chamberx
|
|
|
|
iailorx
|
|
they are famxd to be a paire of absolute menx
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|
|
|
daughterx
|
|
by my trothx i think fame but stammers xemx they stand a greise above
|
|
the reach of reportx
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|
|
iailorx
|
|
i heard them reported in the battaile to be the only doersx
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|
|
|
daughterx
|
|
nayx most likelyx for they are noble suffrersx i mervaile how they
|
|
would have lookd had they beene victorsx that with such a constant
|
|
nobility enforce a freedome out of bondagex making misery their mirthx
|
|
and affliction a toy to jest atx
|
|
|
|
iailorx
|
|
doe they sox
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|
|
|
daughterx
|
|
it seemes to me they have no more sence of their captivityx then i of
|
|
ruling athensx they eate wellx looke merrilyx discourse of many thingsx
|
|
but nothing of their owne restraintx and disastersx yet sometime a
|
|
devided sighx martyrd as xtwer ixth deliverancex will breake from one
|
|
of themx when the other presently gives it so sweete a rebukex that i
|
|
could wish my selfe a sigh to be so chidx or at least a sigher to be
|
|
comfortedx
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|
|
|
wooerx
|
|
i never saw xemx
|
|
|
|
iailorx
|
|
the duke himselfe came privately in the nightx
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|
|
|
xenter palamonx and arcitex abovexx
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|
|
|
and so did theyx what the reason of it isx i know notx lookex yonder
|
|
they arex thatxs arcite lookes outx
|
|
|
|
daughterx
|
|
nox sirx nox thatxs palamonx arcite is the lower of the twainex you may
|
|
perceive a part of himx
|
|
|
|
iailorx
|
|
goe toox leave your pointingx they would not make us their objectx out
|
|
of their sightx
|
|
|
|
daughterx
|
|
it is a holliday to looke on themx lordx the diffrence of menx
|
|
xexeuntxx
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|
|
|
scene xx xthe prisonx
|
|
|
|
xenter palamonx and arcite in prisonxx
|
|
|
|
palamonx
|
|
how doe youx noble cosenx
|
|
|
|
arcitex
|
|
how doe youx sirx
|
|
|
|
palamonx
|
|
why strong inough to laugh at miseryx
|
|
and beare the chance of warrex yet we are prisonersx
|
|
i fearex for everx cosenx
|
|
|
|
arcitex
|
|
i beleeve itx
|
|
and to that destiny have patiently
|
|
laide up my houre to comex
|
|
|
|
palamonx
|
|
o cosen arcitex
|
|
where is thebs nowx where is our noble countryx
|
|
where are our friendsx and kindredsx never more
|
|
must we behold those comfortsx never see
|
|
the hardy youthes strive for the games of honour
|
|
xhung with the painted favours of their ladiesx
|
|
like tall ships under sailex then start amongxst xem
|
|
and as an eastwind leave xen all behinde usx
|
|
like lazy clowdesx whilst palamon and arcitex
|
|
even in the wagging of a wanton leg
|
|
outxstript the peoples praisesx won the garlandsx
|
|
ere they have time to wish xem oursx o never
|
|
shall we two exercisex like twyns of honourx
|
|
our armes againex and feele our fyry horses
|
|
like proud seas under usx our good swords now
|
|
xbetter the redxeyd god of war nevxr worex
|
|
ravishd our sidesx like age must run to rustx
|
|
and decke the temples of those gods that hate usx
|
|
these hands shall never drawxem out like lightningx
|
|
to blast whole armies morex
|
|
|
|
arcitex
|
|
nox palamonx
|
|
those hopes are prisoners with usx here we are
|
|
and here the graces of our youthes must wither
|
|
like a tooxtimely springx here age must finde usx
|
|
andx which is heaviestx palamonx unmarriedx
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the sweete embraces of a loving wifex
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loden with kissesx armd with thousand cupids
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shall never claspe our neckesx no issue know usx
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no figures of our selves shall we evxr seex
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to glad our agex and like young eagles teach xem
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boldly to gaze against bright armesx and sayx
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xremember what your fathers werex and conquerxx
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the fairexeyd maidesx shall weepe our banishmentsx
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and in their songsx curse everxblinded fortunex
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till shee for shame see what a wrong she has done
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to youth and naturex this is all our worldx
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we shall know nothing here but one anotherx
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heare nothing but the clocke that tels our woesx
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the vine shall growx but we shall never see itx
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sommer shall comex and with her all delightsx
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but deadxcold winter must inhabite here stillx
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palamonx
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tis too truex arcitex to our theban houndesx
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that shooke the aged forrest with their ecchoesx
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no more now must we halloax no more shake
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our pointed iavelynsx whilst the angry swine
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flyes like a parthian quiver from our ragesx
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strucke with our wellxsteeld dartsx all valiant uses
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xthe foodex and nourishment of noble mindesxx
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in us two here shall perishx we shall die
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xwhich is the curse of honourx lastly
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children of greifex and ignorancex
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arcitex
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yetx cosenx
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even from the bottom of these miseriesx
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from all that fortune can inflict upon usx
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i see two comforts rysingx two meere blessingsx
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if the gods pleasex to hold here a brave patiencex
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and the enjoying of our greefes togetherx
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whilst palamon is with mex let me perish
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if i thinke this our prisonx
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palamonx
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certeinlyx
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tis a maine goodnesx cosenx that our fortunes
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were twynxd togetherx tis most truex two soules
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put in two noble bodiesxlet xem suffer
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the gaule of hazardx so they grow togetherx
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will never sinckex they must notx say they couldx
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a willing man dies sleepingx and allxs donex
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arcitex
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shall we make worthy uses of this place
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that all men hate so muchx
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palamonx
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howx gentle cosenx
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arcitex
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letxs thinke this prison holy sanctuaryx
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to keepe us from corruption of worse menx
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we are young and yet desire the waies of honourx
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that liberty and common conversationx
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the poyson of pure spiritsx might like women
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wooe us to wander fromx what worthy blessing
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can be but our imaginations
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may make it oursx and heere being thus togetherx
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we are an endles mine to one anotherx
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we are one anothers wifex ever begetting
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new birthes of lovex we are fatherx friendsx acquaintancex
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we arex in one anotherx familiesx
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i am your heirex and you are minex this place
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is our inheritancex no hard oppressour
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dare take this from usx herex with a little patiencex
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we shall live longx and lovingx no surfeits seeke usx
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the hand of war hurts none herex nor the seas
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swallow their youthx were we at libertyx
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a wife might part us lawfullyx or businesx
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quarrels consume usx envy of ill men
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grave our acquaintancex i might sickenx cosenx
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where you should never know itx and so perish
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without your noble hand to close mine eiesx
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or praiers to the godsx a thousand chauncesx
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were we from hencex would seaver usx
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palamonx
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you have made me
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xi thanke youx cosen arcitex almost wanton
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with my captivityx what a misery
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it is to live abroadex and every wherex
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tis like a beastx me thinkesx i finde the court herex
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i am surex a more contentx and all those pleasures
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that wooe the wils of men to vanityx
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i see through nowx and am sufficient
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to tell the worldx tis but a gaudy shaddowx
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that old timex as he passes byx takes with himx
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what had we binx old in the court of creonx
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where sin is iusticex lust and ignorance
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the vertues of the great onesx cosen arcitex
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had not the loving gods found this place for usx
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we had died as they doex ill old menx unweptx
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and had their epitaphesx the peoples cursesx
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shall i say morex
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arcitex
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i would heare you stillx
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palamonx
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ye shallx
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is there record of any two that lovxd
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better then we doex arcitex
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arcitex
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surex there cannotx
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palamonx
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i doe not thinke it possible our friendship
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should ever leave usx
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arcitex
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till our deathes it cannotx
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xenter emilia and her woman xbelowxxx
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and after death our spirits shall be led
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to those that love eternallyx speake onx sirx
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emiliax
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this garden has a world of pleasures inxtx
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what flowre is thisx
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womanx
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tis calld narcissusx madamx
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emiliax
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that was a faire boyx certainex but a foolex
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to love himselfex were there not maides enoughx
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arcitex
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pray forwardx
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palamonx
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yesx
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emiliax
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or were they all hard heartedx
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womanx
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they could not be to one so fairex
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emiliax
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thou wouldst notx
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womanx
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i thinke i should notx madamx
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emiliax
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thatxs a good wenchx
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but take heede to your kindnes thoughx
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womanx
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whyx madamx
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emiliax
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men are mad thingsx
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arcitex
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will ye goe forwardx cosenx
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emiliax
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canst not thou worke such flowers in silkex wenchx
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womanx
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yesx
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emiliax
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ile have a gowne full of xemx and of thesex
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this is a pretty colourx wilt not doe
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rarely upon a skirtx wenchx
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womanx
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deintyx madamx
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arcitex
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cosenx cosenx how doe youx sirx whyx palamonx
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palamonx
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never till now i was in prisonx arcitex
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arcitex
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why whats the matterx manx
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palamonx
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beholdx and wonderx
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by heavenx shee is a goddessex
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arcitex
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hax
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palamonx
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doe reverencex she is a goddessex arcitex
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emiliax
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of all flowresx me thinkes a rose is bestx
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womanx
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whyx gentle madamx
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emiliax
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it is the very embleme of a maidex
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for when the west wind courts her gentlyx
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how modestly she blowesx and paints the sunx
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with her chaste blushesx when the north comes neere herx
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rude and impatientx thenx like chastityx
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shee lockes her beauties in her bud againex
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and leaves him to base briersx
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womanx
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yetx good madamx
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sometimes her modesty will blow so far
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she fals forxtx a maydex
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if shee have any honourx would be loth
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to take example by herx
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emiliax
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thou art wantonx
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arcitex
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she is wondrous fairex
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palamonx
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she is beauty extantx
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emiliax
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the sun grows highx lets walk inx keep these flowersx
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weele see how neere art can come neere their coloursx
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i am wondrous merry heartedx i could laugh nowx
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womanx
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i could lie downex i am surex
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emiliax
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and take one with youx
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womanx
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thatxs as we bargainex madamx
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emiliax
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wellx agree thenx xexeunt emilia and womanxx
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palamonx
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what thinke you of this beautyx
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arcitex
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tis a rare onex
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palamonx
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isxt but a rare onex
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arcitex
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yesx a matchles beautyx
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palamonx
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might not a man well lose himselfe and love herx
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arcitex
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i cannot tell what you have donex i havex
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beshrew mine eyes forxtx now i feele my shacklesx
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palamonx
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you love herx thenx
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arcitex
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who would notx
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palamonx
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and desire herx
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arcitex
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before my libertyx
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palamonx
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i saw her firstx
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arcitex
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thatxs nothingx
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palamonx
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but it shall bex
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arcitex
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i saw her toox
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palamonx
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yesx but you must not love herx
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arcitex
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i will not as you doex to worship herx
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as she is heavenlyx and a blessed goddesx
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i love her as a womanx to enjoy herx
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so both may lovex
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palamonx
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you shall not love at allx
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arcitex
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not love at allx
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who shall deny mex
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palamonx
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ix that first saw herx ix that tooke possession
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first with mine eyes of all those beauties
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in her reveald to mankindex if thou louxst herx
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or entertainxst a hope to blast my wishesx
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thou art a traytourx arcitex and a fellow
|
|
false as thy title to herx friendshipx bloodx
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|
and all the tyes betweene us i disclaimex
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if thou once thinke upon herx
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arcitex
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yesx i love herx
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and if the lives of all my name lay on itx
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i must doe sox i love her with my soulex
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|
if that will lose yex farewellx palamonx
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|
i say againex i lovex and in loving her maintaine
|
|
i am as worthy and as free a loverx
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|
and have as just a title to her beauty
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|
as any palamon or any living
|
|
that is a mans sonnex
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palamonx
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have i cald thee friendx
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arcitex
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yesx and have found me sox why are you movxd thusx
|
|
let me deale coldly with youx am not i
|
|
part of your bloodx part of your soulex you have told me
|
|
that i was palamonx and you were arcitex
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palamonx
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|
yesx
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arcitex
|
|
am not i liable to those affectionsx
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those joyesx greifesx angersx fearesx my friend shall sufferx
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palamonx
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|
ye may bex
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arcitex
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whyx thenx would you deale so cunninglyx
|
|
so strangelyx so vnlike a noble kinesmanx
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|
to love alonex speake truelyx doe you thinke me
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|
vnworthy of her sightx
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palamonx
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nox but unjustx
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|
if thou pursue that sightx
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arcitex
|
|
because an other
|
|
first sees the enemyx shall i stand still
|
|
and let mine honour downex and never chargex
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palamonx
|
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yesx if he be but onex
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arcitex
|
|
but say that one
|
|
had rather combat mex
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palamonx
|
|
let that one say sox
|
|
and use thy freedomex els if thou pursuest herx
|
|
be as that cursed man that hates his countryx
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|
a branded villainex
|
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arcitex
|
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you are madx
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palamonx
|
|
i must bex
|
|
till thou art worthyx arcitex it concernes mex
|
|
and in this madnesx if i hazard thee
|
|
and take thy lifex i deale but truelyx
|
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arcitex
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|
fiex sirx
|
|
you play the childe extreamelyx i will love herx
|
|
i mustx i ought to doe sox and i darex
|
|
and all this justlyx
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palamonx
|
|
o that nowx that now
|
|
thy falsexselfe and thy friend had but this fortunex
|
|
to be one howre at libertyx and graspe
|
|
our good swords in our handsx i would quickly teach thee
|
|
what xtwer to filch affection from anotherx
|
|
thou art baser in it then a cutpursex
|
|
put but thy head out of this window morex
|
|
and as i have a soulex ile naile thy life tooxtx
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arcitex
|
|
thou darxst notx foolex thou canst notx thou art feeblex
|
|
put my head outx ile throw my body outx
|
|
and leape the gardenx when i see her next
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|
|
|
xenter keeperxx
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|
and pitch between her armes to anger theex
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|
palamonx
|
|
no morex the keeperxs commingx i shall live
|
|
to knocke thy braines out with my shacklesx
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arcitex
|
|
doex
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keeperx
|
|
by your leavex gentlemenx
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palamonx
|
|
nowx honest keeperx
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keeperx
|
|
lord arcitex you must presently toxth dukex
|
|
the cause i know not yetx
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arcitex
|
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i am readyx keeperx
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keeperx
|
|
prince palamonx i must awhile bereave you
|
|
of your faire cosens companyx xexeunt arcitex and keeperxx
|
|
|
|
palamonx
|
|
and me toox
|
|
even when you pleasex of lifex why is he sent forx
|
|
it may be he shall marry herx hexs goodlyx
|
|
and like enough the duke hath taken notice
|
|
both of his blood and bodyx but his falsehoodx
|
|
why should a friend be treacherousx if that
|
|
get him a wife so noblex and so fairex
|
|
let honest men nexre love againex once more
|
|
i would but see this faire onex blessed gardenx
|
|
and fruitex and flowers more blessedx that still blossom
|
|
as her bright eies shine on yex would i werex
|
|
for all the fortune of my life hereafterx
|
|
yon little treex yon blooming apricockex
|
|
how i would spreadx and fling my wanton armes
|
|
in at her windowx i would bring her fruite
|
|
fit for the gods to feed onx youth and pleasure
|
|
still as she tasted should be doubled on herx
|
|
and if she be not heavenlyx i would make her
|
|
so neere the gods in naturex they should feare herx
|
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|
|
xenter keeperxx
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|
|
and then i am sure she would love mex how nowx keeperx
|
|
wherxs arcitex
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keeperx
|
|
banishdx prince pirithous
|
|
obtained his libertyx but never more
|
|
vpon his oth and life must he set foote
|
|
vpon this kingdomex
|
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|
|
palamonx
|
|
hees a blessed manx
|
|
he shall see thebs againex and call to armes
|
|
the bold yong menx thatx when he bids xem chargex
|
|
fall on like firex arcite shall have a fortunex
|
|
if he dare make himselfe a worthy loverx
|
|
yet in the feild to strike a battle for herx
|
|
and if he lose her thenx hexs a cold cowardx
|
|
how bravely may he beare himselfe to win her
|
|
if he be noble arcitexthousand waiesx
|
|
were i at libertyx i would doe things
|
|
of such a vertuous greatnesx that this ladyx
|
|
this blushing virginex should take manhood to her
|
|
and seeke to ravish mex
|
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|
|
keeperx
|
|
my lord for you
|
|
i have this charge toox
|
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palamonx
|
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to discharge my lifex
|
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|
keeperx
|
|
nox but from this place to remoove your lordshipx
|
|
the windowes are too openx
|
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|
palamonx
|
|
devils take xemx
|
|
that are so envious to mex prexthee kill mex
|
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keeperx
|
|
and hang forxt afterwardx
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|
palamonx
|
|
by this good lightx
|
|
had i a sword i would kill theex
|
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keeperx
|
|
whyx my lordx
|
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|
palamonx
|
|
thou bringst such pelting scuruy news continually
|
|
thou art not worthy lifex i will not goex
|
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keeperx
|
|
indeedex you mustx my lordx
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|
palamonx
|
|
may i see the gardenx
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|
keeperx
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|
noex
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palamonx
|
|
then i am resoludx i will not goex
|
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|
keeperx
|
|
i must constraine you thenx and for you are dangerousx
|
|
ile clap more yrons on youx
|
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|
palamonx
|
|
doex good keeperx
|
|
ile shake xem sox ye shall not sleepex
|
|
ile make ye a new morrissex must i goex
|
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keeperx
|
|
there is no remedyx
|
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|
|
palamonx
|
|
farewellx kinde windowx
|
|
may rude winde never hurt theex ox my ladyx
|
|
if ever thou hast felt what sorrow wasx
|
|
dreame how i sufferx comex now bury mex xexeunt palamonx and
|
|
keeperxx
|
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|
scene xx xthe country near athensx
|
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|
|
xenter arcitexx
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arcitex
|
|
banishd the kingdomex tis a benefitx
|
|
a mercy i must thanke xem forx but banishd
|
|
the free enjoying of that face i die forx
|
|
oh twas a studdied punishmentx a death
|
|
beyond imaginationx such a vengeance
|
|
thatx were i old and wickedx all my sins
|
|
could never plucke upon mex palamonx
|
|
thou haxst the start nowx thou shalt stay and see
|
|
her bright eyes breake each morning gainst thy windowx
|
|
and let in life into theex thou shalt feede
|
|
vpon the sweetenes of a noble beautyx
|
|
that nature nevxr exceededx nor nevxr shallx
|
|
good godsx what happines has palamonx
|
|
twenty to onex heexle come to speake to herx
|
|
and if she be as gentle as shexs fairex
|
|
i know shexs hisx he has a tongue will tame
|
|
tempestsx and make the wild rockes wantonx
|
|
come what can comex
|
|
the worst is deathx i will not leave the kingdomex
|
|
i know mine owne is but a heape of ruinsx
|
|
and no redresse therex if i goex he has herx
|
|
i am resoluxd an other shape shall make mex
|
|
or end my fortunesx either wayx i am happyx
|
|
ile see herx and be neere herx or no morex
|
|
|
|
xenter xx country peoplex x one with a garlond before themxx
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|
xx countreyman
|
|
my mastersx ile be therex thatxs certaine
|
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|
xx countreyman
|
|
and ile be therex
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|
xx countreyman
|
|
and ix
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xx countreyman
|
|
whyx thenx have with yex boyesx tis but a chidingx
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let the plough play to dayx ile tickxlt out
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of the iades tailes to morrowx
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xx countreyman
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i am sure
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to have my wife as jealous as a turkeyx
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but thatxs all onex ile goe throughx let her mumblex
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xx countreyman
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clap her aboard to morrow nightx and stoa herx
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and allxs made up againex
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xx countreyman
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ix doe but put a feskue in her fistx and you shall see her
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take a new lesson outx and be a good wenchx
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doe we all hold against the mayingx
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xx countreyman
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holdx what should aile usx
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xx countreyman
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arcas will be therex
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xx countreyman
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and sennoisx
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and rycasx and xx better lads nevxr dancd
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under green treex and yee know what wenchesx hax
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but will the dainty dominex the schoolemasterx
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keep touchx doe you thinkex for he doxs allx ye knowx
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xx countreyman
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heexl eate a hornebooke ere he failex goe toox the matterxs too farre
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driven betweene him and the tanners daughterx to let slip nowx and she
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must see the dukex and she must daunce toox
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xx countreyman
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shall we be lustyx
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xx countreyman
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all the boyes in athens blow wind ixth breech onxsx and heere ile be
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and there ile bex for our townex and here againex and there againex hax
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boyesx heigh for the weaversx
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xx countreyman
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this must be done ixth woodsx
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xx countreyman
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ox pardon mex
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xx countreyman
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by any meanesx our thing of learning saies sox
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where he himselfe will edifie the duke
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most parlously in our behalfesx hees excellent ixth woodsx
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bring him toxth plainesx his learning makes no cryx
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xx countreyman
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weele see the sportsx thenx every man toxs tacklex
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andx sweete companionsx lets rehearse by any meanesx
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before the ladies see usx and doe sweetlyx
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and god knows what may come onxtx
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xx countreyman
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contentx the sports once endedx weexl performex
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awayx boyes and holdx
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arcitex
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by your leavesx honest friendsx pray youx whither goe youx
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xx countreyman
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whitherx whyx what a questionxs thatx
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arcitex
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yesx tis a questionx to me that know notx
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xx countreyman
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to the gamesx my friendx
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xx countreyman
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where were you bredx you know it notx
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arcitex
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not farrex sirx
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are there such games to dayx
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xx countreyman
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yesx marryx are therex
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and such as you neuer sawx the duke himselfe
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will be in person therex
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arcitex
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what pastimes are theyx
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xx countreyman
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wrastlingx and runningxxtis a pretty fellowx
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xx countreyman
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thou wilt not goe alongx
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arcitex
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not yetx sirx
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xx countreyman
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wellx sirx
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take your owne timex comex boyesx
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xx countreyman
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my minde misgives mex
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this fellow has a vengxance tricke oxth hipx
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marke how his bodixs made forxt
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xx countreyman
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ile be hangdx thoughx
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if he dare venturex hang himx plumb porredgex
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he wrastlex he rost eggsx comex lets be gonx ladsx xexeuntxx
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arcitex
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this is an offerd oportunity
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i durst not wish forx well i could have wrestledx
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the best men calld it excellentx and runx
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swifter the winde upon a feild of corne
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xcurling the wealthy earesx never flewx ile venturex
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and in some poore disguize be therex who knowes
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whether my browes may not be girt with garlandsx
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and happines preferre me to a placex
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where i may ever dwell in sight of herx xexit arcitexx
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scene xx xathensx a room in the prisonxx
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xenter iailors daughter alonexx
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daughterx
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why should i love this gentlemanx tis odds
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he never will affect mex i am basex
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my father the meane keeper of his prisonx
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and he a princex to marry him is hopelessex
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to be his whore is witlesx out uponxtx
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what pushes are we wenches driven tox
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when fifteene once has found usx firstx i saw himx
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i xseeingx thought he was a goodly manx
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he has as much to please a woman in himx
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xif he please to bestow it sox as ever
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these eyes yet lookt onx nextx i pittied himx
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and so would any young wenchx ox my consciencex
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that ever dreamxdx or vowxd her maydenhead
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to a yong hansom manx then i lovxd himx
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extreamely lovxd himx infinitely lovxd himx
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and yet he had a cosenx faire as he toox
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but in my heart was palamonx and therex
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lordx what a coyle he keepesx to heare him
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sing in an eveningx what a heaven it isx
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and yet his songs are sad onesx fairer spoken
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was never gentlemanx when i come in
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to bring him water in a morningx first
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he bowes his noble bodyx then salutes mex thusx
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xfairex gentle maydex good morrowx may thy goodnes
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get thee a happy husbandxx once he kist mex
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i lovxd my lips the better ten daies afterx
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would he would doe so evxry dayx he greives muchx
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and me as much to see his miseryx
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what should i doex to make him know i love himx
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for i would faine enjoy himx say i venturxd
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to set him freex what saies the law thenx thus much
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for lawx or kindredx i will doe itx
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and this nightx or to morrowx he shall love mex xexitxx
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scene xx xan open place in athensxx
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xenter theseusx hipolitax pirithousx emiliax arcite with a
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garlandx xcxx
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xthis short florish of cornets and showtes withinxx
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theseusx
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you have done worthilyx i have not seenex
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since herculesx a man of tougher synewesx
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what ere you arex you run the bestx and wrastlex
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that these times can allowx
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arcitex
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i am proud to please youx
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theseusx
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what countrie bred youx
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arcitex
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thisx but far offx princex
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theseusx
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are you a gentlemanx
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arcitex
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my father said sox
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and to those gentle uses gave me lifex
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theseusx
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are you his heirex
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arcitex
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his yongestx sirx
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theseusx
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your father
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sure is a happy sire thenx what prooves youx
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arcitex
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a little of all noble quallitiesx
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i could have kept a hawkex and well have holloaxd
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to a deepe crie of doggesx i dare not praise
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my feat in horsemanshipx yet they that knew me
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would say it was my best peecex lastx and greatestx
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i would be thought a souldierx
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theseusx
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you are perfectx
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perithousx
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vpon my soulex a proper manx
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emiliax
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he is sox
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perithousx
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how doe you like himx ladiex
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hippolitax
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i admire himx
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i have not seene so yong a man so noble
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xif he say truexx of his sortx
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emiliax
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beleevex
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his mother was a wondrous handsome womanx
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his facex me thinkesx goes that wayx
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hippolitax
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but his body
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and firie minde illustrate a brave fatherx
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perithousx
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marke how his vertuex like a hidden sunx
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breakes through his baser garmentsx
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hippolitax
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heexs well gotx surex
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theseusx
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what made you seeke this placex sirx
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arcitex
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noble theseusx
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to purchase namex and doe my ablest service
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to such a wellxfound wonder as thy worthx
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for onely in thy courtx of all the worldx
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dwells fairexeyd honorx
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perithousx
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all his words are worthyx
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theseusx
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sirx we are much endebted to your travellx
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nor shall you loose your wishx perithousx
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dispose of this faire gentlemanx
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perithousx
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thankesx theseusx
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what ere you are yxar minex and i shall give you
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to a most noble servicex to this ladyx
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this bright yong virginx prayx observe her goodnessex
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you have honourd hir faire birthxday with your vertuesx
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and as your due yxar hirsx kisse her faire handx sirx
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arcitex
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sirx yxar a noble giverx dearest bewtiex
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thus let me seale my vowd faithx when your servant
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xyour most unworthie creaturex but offends youx
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command him diex he shallx
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emiliax
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that were too cruellx
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if you deserve wellx sirx i shall soone seextx
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yxar minex and somewhat better than your rancke
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ile use youx
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perithousx
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ile see you furnishxdx and because you say
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you are a horsemanx i must needs intreat you
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this after noone to ridex but tis a rough onex
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arcitex
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i like him betterx princex i shall not then
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freeze in my saddlex
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theseusx
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sweetx you must be readiex
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and youx emiliax and youx friendx and allx
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to morrow by the sunx to doe observance
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to flowry mayx in dians woodx waite wellx sirx
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vpon your mistrisx emelyx i hope
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he shall not goe a footex
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emiliax
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that were a shamex sirx
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while i have horsesx take your choicex and what
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you want at any timex let me but know itx
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if you serve faithfullyx i dare assure you
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youxl finde a loving mistrisx
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arcitex
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if i doe notx
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let me finde that my father ever hatedx
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disgrace and blowesx
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theseusx
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gox leade the wayx you have won itx
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it shall be sox you shall receave all dues
|
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fit for the honour you have wonx twer wrong elsex
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sisterx beshrew my heartx you have a servantx
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thatx if i were a womanx would be masterx
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but you are wisex xflorishxx
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emiliax
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i hope too wise for thatx sirx xexeunt omnesxx
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scene xx xbefore the prisonxx
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xenter iaylors daughter alonexx
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daughterx
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let all the dukesx and all the divells rorex
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he is at libertyx i have venturd for himx
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and out i have brought him to a little wood
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a mile hencex i have sent himx where a cedarx
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higher than all the restx spreads like a plane
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fast by a brookex and there he shall keepe closex
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till i provide him fyles and foodex for yet
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his yron bracelets are not offx o lovex
|
|
what a stout hearted child thou artx my father
|
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durst better have indurxd cold yronx than done itx
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i love him beyond love and beyond reasonx
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or witx or safetiex i have made him know itx
|
|
i care notx i am desperatex if the law
|
|
finde mex and then condemne me forxtx some wenchesx
|
|
some honest harted maidesx will sing my dirgex
|
|
and tell to memory my death was noblex
|
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dying almost a martyrx that way he takesx
|
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i purpose is my way toox sure he cannot
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be so unmanlyx as to leave me herex
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if he doex maides will not so easily
|
|
trust men againex and yet he has not thankxd me
|
|
for what i have donex no not so much as kist mex
|
|
and that xme thinkesx is not so wellx nor scarcely
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|
could i perswade him to become a freemanx
|
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he made such scruples of the wrong he did
|
|
to mex and to my fatherx yet i hopex
|
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when he considers morex this love of mine
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will take more root within himx let him doe
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what he will with mex so he use me kindlyx
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for use me so he shallx or ile proclaime himx
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and to his facex no manx ile presently
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provide him necessariesx and packe my cloathes upx
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and where there is a patch of ground ile venturex
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so hee be with mex by himx like a shadowx
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ile ever dwellx within this houre the whoobub
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|
will be all ore the prisonx i am then
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|
kissing the man they looke forx farewellx fatherx
|
|
get many more such prisoners and such daughtersx
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|
and shortly you may keepe your selfex now to himx
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act iii
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scene xx xa forest near athensxx
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xcornets in sundry placesx noise and hallowing as people a
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mayingxx
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xenter arcite alonexx
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arcitex
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the duke has lost hypolitax each tooke
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a severall landx this is a solemne right
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|
they owe bloomd mayx and the athenians pay it
|
|
toxth heart of ceremonyx o queene emiliax
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|
fresher then mayx sweeter
|
|
then hir gold buttons on the bowesx or all
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|
thxenamelld knackes oxth meade or gardenx yeax
|
|
we challenge too the bancke of any nymph
|
|
that makes the streame seeme flowersx thoux o iewell
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oxth woodx oxth worldx hast likewise blest a place
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|
with thy sole presencex in thy rumination
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that ix poore manx might eftsoones come betweene
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|
and chop on some cold thoughtx thrice blessed chancex
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|
to drop on such a mistrisx expectation
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|
most giltlesse onxtx tell mex o lady fortunex
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xnext after emely my soveraignex how far
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i may be prowdx she takes strong note of mex
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hath made me neere herx and this beuteous morne
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|
xthe primxst of all the yearex presents me with
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a brace of horsesx two such steeds might well
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be by a paire of kings backtx in a field
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|
that their crownes titles tridex alasx alasx
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poore cosen palamonx poore prisonerx thou
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so little dreamxst upon my fortunex that
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thou thinkst thy selfe the happier thingx to be
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|
so neare emiliax me thou deemxst at thebsx
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and therein wretchedx although freex but if
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|
thou knewxst my mistris breathd on mex and that
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i earxd her languagex livde in her eyex o cozx
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what passion would enclose theex
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xenter palamon as out of a bushx with his shacklesx bends his fist at
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arcitexx
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palamonx
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traytor kinesmanx
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thou shouldst perceive my passionx if these signes
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of prisonment were off mex and this hand
|
|
but owner of a swordx by all othes in onex
|
|
i and the iustice of my love would make thee
|
|
a confest traytorx o thou most perfidious
|
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that ever gently lookdx the voydest of honourx
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that euxr bore gentle tokenx falsest cosen
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that ever blood made kinx callxst thou hir thinex
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ile prove it in my shacklesx with these handsx
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void of appointmentx that thou lyxstx and art
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a very theefe in lovex a chaffy lordx
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nor worth the name of villainex had i a sword
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and these house clogges awayx
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arcitex
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deere cosin palamonx
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palamonx
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cosoner arcitex give me language such
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as thou hast shewd me featex
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arcitex
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not finding in
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the circuit of my breast any grosse stuffe
|
|
to forme me like your blazonx holds me to
|
|
this gentlenesse of answerx tis your passion
|
|
that thus mistakesx the which to you being enemyx
|
|
cannot to me be kindx honorx and honestie
|
|
i cherishx and depend onx how so evxr
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|
you skip them in mex and with themx faire cozx
|
|
ile maintaine my proceedingsx prayx be pleasxd
|
|
to shew in generous termes your griefesx since that
|
|
your questionxs with your equallx who professes
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|
to cleare his owne way with the minde and sword
|
|
of a true gentlemanx
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palamonx
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that thou durstx arcitex
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arcitex
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my cozx my cozx you have beene well advertisxd
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how much i darex yxave seene me use my sword
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|
against thxadvice of fearex surex of another
|
|
you would not heare me doubtedx but your silence
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|
should breake outx though ixth sanctuaryx
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palamonx
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sirx
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|
i have seene you move in such a placex which well
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|
might justifie your manhoodx you were calld
|
|
a good knight and a boldx but the whole weekexs not fairex
|
|
if any day it raynex their valiant temper
|
|
men loose when they encline to trecheriex
|
|
and then they fight like coupelld bearesx would fly
|
|
were they not tydex
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arcitex
|
|
kinsmanx you might as well
|
|
speake this and act it in your glassex as to
|
|
his eare which now disdaines youx
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|
palamonx
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come up to mex
|
|
quit me of these cold gyvesx give me a swordx
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though it be rustiex and the charity
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|
of one meale lend mex come before me thenx
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|
a good sword in thy handx and doe but say
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that emily is thinex i will forgive
|
|
the trespasse thou hast done mex yeax my lifex
|
|
if then thou carryxtx and brave soules in shades
|
|
that have dyde manlyx which will seeke of me
|
|
some newes from earthx they shall get none but thisx
|
|
that thou art brave and noblex
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arcitex
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be contentx
|
|
againe betake you to your hawthorne housex
|
|
with counsaile of the nightx i will be here
|
|
with wholesome viandsx these impediments
|
|
will i file offx you shall have garments and
|
|
perfumes to kill the smell oxth prisonx afterx
|
|
when you shall stretch your selfe and say butx xarcitex
|
|
i am in plightxx there shall be at your choyce
|
|
both sword and armourx
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palamonx
|
|
oh you heavensx dares any
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|
so noble beare a guilty businesx none
|
|
but onely arcitex therefore none but arcite
|
|
in this kinde is so boldx
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arcitex
|
|
sweete palamonx
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|
palamonx
|
|
i doe embrace you and your offerxxfor
|
|
your offer dooxt i onelyx sirx your personx
|
|
without hipocrisy i may not wish xwinde hornes of cornetsxx
|
|
more then my swords edge ontx
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arcitex
|
|
you heare the hornesx
|
|
enter your musite least this match betweenxs
|
|
be crostx er metx give me your handx farewellx
|
|
ile bring you every needfull thingx i pray youx
|
|
take comfort and be strongx
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|
palamonx
|
|
pray hold your promisex
|
|
and doe the deede with a bent browx most certaine
|
|
you love me notx be rough with mex and powre
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this oile out of your languagex by this ayrex
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i could for each word give a cuffex my stomach
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not reconcild by reasonx
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arcitex
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plainely spokenx
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yet pardon me hard languagex when i spur xwinde hornesxx
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my horsex i chide him notx content and anger
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in me have but one facex harkex sirx they call
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the scatterd to the banketx you must guesse
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i have an office therex
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palamonx
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sirx your attendance
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cannot please heavenx and i know your office
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vnjustly is atcheevxdx
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arcitex
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if a good titlex
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i am perswaded this question sicke betweenxs
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by bleeding must be curxdx i am a suitourx
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that to your sword you will bequeath this plea
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and talke of it no morex
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palamonx
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but this one wordx
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you are going now to gaze upon my mistrisx
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for note youx mine she isx
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arcitex
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nayx thenx
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palamonx
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nayx pray youx
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you talke of feeding me to breed me strengthx
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you are going now to looke upon a sun
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that strengthens what it lookes onx there
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you have a vantage ore mex but enjoyxt till
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i may enforce my remedyx farewellx xexeuntxx
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scene xx xanother part of the forestxx
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xenter iaylors daughter alonexx
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daughterx
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he has mistooke the brake i meantx is gone
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after his fancyx tis now welnigh morningx
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no matterx would it were perpetuall nightx
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and darkenes lord oxth worldx harkex tis a woolfex
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in me hath greife slaine fearex and but for one thing
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i care for nothingx and thatxs palamonx
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i wreake not if the wolves would jaw mex so
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he had this filex what if i hallowd for himx
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i cannot hallowx if i whoopxdx what thenx
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if he not answeardx i should call a wolfex
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and doe him but that servicex i have heard
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strange howles this livexlong nightx why mayxt not be
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they have made prey of himx he has no weaponsx
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he cannot runx the iengling of his gives
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might call fell things to listenx who have in them
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a sence to know a man unarmdx and can
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smell where resistance isx ile set it downe
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hexs torne to peecesx they howld many together
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and then they fed on himx so much for thatx
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be bold to ring the bellx how stand i thenx
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allxs charxd when he is gonex nox nox i lyex
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my fatherxs to be hangxd for his escapex
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my selfe to begx if i prizd life so much
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as to deny my actx but that i would notx
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should i try death by dussonsxxi am mopxtx
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food tooke i none these two daiesx
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sipt some waterx i have not closd mine eyes
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save when my lids scowrd off their brinex alasx
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dissolue my lifex let not my sence unsettlex
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least i should drownex or stab or hang my selfex
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o state of naturex faile together in mex
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since thy best props are warptx sox which way nowx
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the best way is the next way to a gravex
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each errant step beside is tormentx loex
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the moone is downx the cryckets chirpex the schreichowle
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calls in the dawnex all offices are done
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save what i faile inx but the point is thisx
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an endx and that is allx xexitxx
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scene xx xsame as scene ixx
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xenter arcitex with meatex winex and filesxx
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arcitex
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i should be neere the placex hoax cosen palamonx xenter
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palamonxx
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palamonx
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arcitex
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arcitex
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the samex i have brought you foode and filesx
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come forth and feare notx herexs no theseusx
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palamonx
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nor none so honestx arcitex
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arcitex
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thatxs no matterx
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weexl argue that hereafterx comex take couragex
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you shall not dye thus beastlyx herex sirx drinkex
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i know you are faintx then ile talke further with youx
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palamonx
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arcitex thou mightst now poyson mex
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arcitex
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i mightx
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but i must feare you firstx sit downex andx goodx now
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no more of these vaine parliesx let us notx
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having our ancient reputation with usx
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make talke for fooles and cowardsx to your healthx xcx
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palamonx
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doex
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arcitex
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prayx sit downe thenx and let me entreate youx
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by all the honesty and honour in youx
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no mention of this womanx txwill disturbe usx
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we shall have time enoughx
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palamonx
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wellx sirx ile pledge youx
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arcitex
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drinke a good hearty draughtx it breeds good bloodx manx
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doe not you feele it thaw youx
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palamonx
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stayx ile tell you after a draught or two morex
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arcitex
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spare it notx the duke has morex cuzx eate nowx
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palamonx
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yesx
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arcitex
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i am glad you have so good a stomachx
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palamonx
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i am gladder i have so good meate tooxtx
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arcitex
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isxt not mad lodging here in the wild woodsx cosenx
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palamonx
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yesx for them that have wilde consciencesx
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arcitex
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how tasts your vittailsx your hunger needs no sawcex i seex
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palamonx
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not muchx
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but if it didx yours is too tartx sweete cosenx what is thisx
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arcitex
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venisonx
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palamonx
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tis a lusty meatex
|
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giue me more winex herex arcitex to the wenches
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we have known in our daiesx the lord stewards daughterx
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doe you remember herx
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arcitex
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after youx cuzx
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palamonx
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she lovxd a blackxhaird manx
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arcitex
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she did sox wellx sirx
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palamonx
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and i have heard some call him arcitex andx
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arcitex
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out withxtx faithx
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palamonx
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she met him in an arbourx
|
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what did she therex cuzx play oxth virginalsx
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arcitex
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something she didx sirx
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palamonx
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made her groane a moneth forxtx or xx or xx or xxx
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arcitex
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|
the marshals sister
|
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had her share toox as i rememberx cosenx
|
|
else there be tales abroadex youxl pledge herx
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palamonx
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yesx
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arcitex
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a pretty broune wench txisx there was a time
|
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when yong men went a huntingx and a woodx
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and a broade beechx and thereby hangs a talexxheigh hox
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palamonx
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for emilyx upon my lifex foolex
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away with this straind mirthx i say againex
|
|
that sigh was breathd for emilyx base cosenx
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darxst thou breake firstx
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arcitex
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you are widex
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palamonx
|
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by heaven and earthx therxs nothing in thee honestx
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arcitex
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then ile leave youx you are a beast nowx
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palamonx
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as thou makst mex traytourx
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arcitex
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therxs all things needfullx files and shirtsx and perfumesx
|
|
ile come againe some two howres hencex and bring
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|
that that shall quiet allx
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palamonx
|
|
a sword and armourx
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arcitex
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feare me notx you are now too fowlex farewellx
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get off your trinketsx you shall want noughtx
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palamonx
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sirx hax
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arcitex
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ile heare no morex xexitxx
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palamonx
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if he keepe touchx he dies forxtx xexitxx
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scene xx xanother part of the forestxx
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xenter iaylors daughterxx
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daughterx
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|
i am very coldx and all the stars are out toox
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the little starsx and allx that looke like agletsx
|
|
the sun has seene my follyx palamonx
|
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alas nox hees in heavenx where am i nowx
|
|
yonderxs the seax and therxs a shipx howxt tumblesx
|
|
and therxs a rocke lies watching under waterx
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nowx nowx it beates upon itx nowx nowx nowx
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therxs a leak sprungx a sound onex how they cryx
|
|
spoon her before the windex youxl loose all elsx
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vp with a course or twox and take aboutx boyesx
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good nightx good nightx yxar gonexxi am very hungryx
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would i could finde a fine frogx he would tell me
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|
newes from all parts oxth worldx then would i make
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|
a carecke of a cockle shellx and sayle
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by east and north east to the king of pigmesx
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for he tels fortunes rarelyx now my fatherx
|
|
twenty to onex is trust up in a trice
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to morrow morningx ile say never a wordx
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xsingxx
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for ile cut my greene coat a foote above my kneex and ile clip my
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yellow lockes an inch below mine eiex heyx nonnyx nonnyx nonnyx hexs
|
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buy me a white cutx forth for to ride and ile goe seeke himx throw the
|
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world that is so wide hey nonnyx nonnyx nonnyx
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o for a pricke now like a nightingalex
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to put my breast againstx i shall sleepe like a top elsex
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xexitxx
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scene xx xanother part of the forestxx
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xenter a schoole masterx xx countrymenx and bavianx xx or xx wenchesx
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with a taborerxx
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schoolmasterx
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fyx fyx what tediosityx x disensanity is here among yex have my
|
|
rudiments bin labourd so long with yex milkd unto yex and by a figure
|
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even the very plumbroth x marrow of my understanding laid upon yex and
|
|
do you still cryx wherex and howx x wherforex you most course freeze
|
|
capacitiesx ye jane iudgementsx have i saidex thus let bex and there
|
|
let bex and then let bex and no man understand meex proh deumx medius
|
|
fidiusx ye are all duncesx for whyx here stand ix here the duke comesx
|
|
there are you close in the thicketx the duke appearesx i meete him and
|
|
unto him i utter learned things and many figuresx he hearesx and nodsx
|
|
and humsx and then criesx rarex and i goe forwardx at length i fling my
|
|
cap upx marke therex then do youx as once did meleager and the borex
|
|
break comly out before himx like true loversx cast your selves in a
|
|
body decentlyx and sweetlyx by a figure trace and turnex boyesx
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xx countreymanx
|
|
and sweetly we will doe it master gerroldx
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xx countreymanx
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draw up the companyx wherexs the taborourx
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xx countreymanx
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whyx timothyx
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|
taborerx
|
|
herex my mad boyesx have at yex
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|
schoolmasterx
|
|
but i sayx wherexs their womenx
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xx countreymanx
|
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herexs friz and maudlinex
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xx countreymanx
|
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and little luce with the white legsx and bouncing barberyx
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xx countreymanx
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and freckeled nelx that never faild her masterx
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schoolmasterx
|
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wher be your ribandsx maidsx swym with your bodies
|
|
and carry it sweetlyx and deliverly
|
|
and now and then a fauourx and a friskex
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nelx
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|
let us alonex sirx
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schoolmasterx
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wherxs the rest oxth musickex
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xx countreymanx
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dispersd as you commandedx
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schoolmasterx
|
|
couplex thenx
|
|
and see whatxs wantingx wherxs the bavianx
|
|
my friendx carry your taile without offence
|
|
or scandall to the ladiesx and be sure
|
|
you tumble with audacity and manhoodx
|
|
and when you barkex doe it with judgementx
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bavianx
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|
yesx sirx
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schoolmasterx
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quo usque tandemx here is a woman wantingx
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xx countreymanx
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we may goe whistlex all the fatxs ixth firex
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schoolmasterx
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we havex
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as learned authours utterx washd a tilex
|
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we have beene fatuusx and laboured vainelyx
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xx countreymanx
|
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this is that scornefull peecex that scurvy hildingx
|
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that gave her promise faithfullyx she would be herex
|
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cicely the sempsters daughterx
|
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the next gloves that i give her shall be dog skinx
|
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nay and she faile me oncexyou can tellx arcasx
|
|
she swore by wine and breadx she would not breakex
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schoolmasterx
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an eele and womanx
|
|
a learned poet sayesx unles byxth taile
|
|
and with thy teeth thou holdx will either failex
|
|
in manners this was false position
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xx countreymanx
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a fire ill take herx doxs she flinch nowx
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xx countreymanx
|
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what
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shall we determinex sirx
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schoolmasterx
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nothingx
|
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our busines is become a nullityx
|
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yeax and a woefullx and a pittious nullityx
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xx countreymanx
|
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now when the credite of our towne lay on itx
|
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now to be frampallx now to pisse oxth nettlex
|
|
goe thy waiesx ile remember theex ile fit theex
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|
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xenter iaylors daughterxx
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daughterx
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xsingsxx
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the george alow came from the southx
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from the coast of barbary ax
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|
and there he met with brave gallants of war
|
|
by onex by twox by threex ax
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well haildx well haildx you jolly gallantsx
|
|
and whither now are you bound ax
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o let me have your company xchaire and stooles outxx
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till xix come to the sound ax
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there was three foolesx fell out about an howletx
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the one sed it was an owlex
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the other he sed nayx
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the third he sed it was a hawkex
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and her bels wer cut awayx
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xx countreymanx
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therxs a dainty mad woman mxaistexr
|
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comes ixth nickx as mad as a march harex
|
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if wee can get her dauncex wee are made againex
|
|
i warrant herx sheexl doe the rarest gambolsx
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xx countreymanx
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a mad womanx we are madex boyesx
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schoolmasterx
|
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and are you madx good womanx
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|
daughterx
|
|
i would be sorry elsex
|
|
give me your handx
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schoolmasterx
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whyx
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daughterx
|
|
i can tell your fortunex
|
|
you are a foolex tell tenx i have pozd himx buzx
|
|
friend you must eate no whitebreadx if you doex
|
|
your teeth will bleede extreamelyx shall we dancex hox
|
|
i know youx yxar a tinkerx sirha tinkerx
|
|
stop no more holesx but what you shouldx
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schoolmasterx
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dij bonix a tinkerx damzellx
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|
daughterx
|
|
or a conjurerx
|
|
raise me a devill nowx and let him play
|
|
quipassa oxth bels and bonesx
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|
schoolmasterx
|
|
goex take herx
|
|
and fluently perswade her to a peacex
|
|
et opus exegix quod nec iouis irax nec ignisx
|
|
strike upx and leade her inx
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xx countreymanx
|
|
comex lassex lets trip itx
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daughterx
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|
ile leadex xwinde hornesxx
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xx countreymanx
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|
doex doex
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|
schoolmasterx
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perswasivelyx and cunninglyx awayx boyesx xexx all but
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schoolemasterxx
|
|
i heare the hornesx give me some meditationx
|
|
and marke your cuexxpallas inspire mex
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|
xenter thesx pirx hipx emilx arcitex and trainexx
|
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|
theseusx
|
|
this way the stag tookex
|
|
|
|
schoolmasterx
|
|
stayx and edifiex
|
|
|
|
theseusx
|
|
what have we herex
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|
|
perithousx
|
|
some countrey sportx upon my lifex sirx
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|
|
theseusx
|
|
wellx sirx goe forwardx we will edifiex
|
|
ladiesx sit downex weexl stay itx
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|
|
schoolmasterx
|
|
thoux doughtie dukex all hailex all hailex sweet ladiesx
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theseusx
|
|
this is a cold beginningx
|
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|
|
schoolmasterx
|
|
if you but favourx our country pastime made isx
|
|
we are a few of those collected herex
|
|
that ruder tongues distinguish villagerx
|
|
and to say veritiex and not to fablex
|
|
we are a merry routx or else a rablex
|
|
or companyx orx by a figurex chorisx
|
|
that fore thy dignitie will dance a morrisx
|
|
and ix that am the rectifier of allx
|
|
by title pedagogusx that let fall
|
|
the birch upon the breeches of the small onesx
|
|
and humble with a ferula the tall onesx
|
|
doe here present this machinex or this framex
|
|
and daintie dukex whose doughtie dismall fame
|
|
from dis to dedalusx from post to pillarx
|
|
is blowne abroadx helpe me thy poore well willerx
|
|
and with thy twinckling eyes looke right and straight
|
|
vpon this mighty morrxof mickle waightx
|
|
is now comes inx which being glewd togetherx
|
|
makes morrisx and the cause that we came hetherx
|
|
the body of our sportx of no small studyx
|
|
i first appearex though rudex and rawx and muddyx
|
|
to speake before thy noble grace this tennerx
|
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at whose great feete i offer up my pennerx
|
|
the next the lord of may and lady brightx
|
|
the chambermaid and servingman by night
|
|
that seeke out silent hangingx then mine host
|
|
and his fat spowsex that welcomes to their cost
|
|
the gauled travellerx and with a beckning
|
|
informes the tapster to inflame the reckningx
|
|
then the beast eating clownex and next the foolex
|
|
the bavianx with long tayle and eke long toolex
|
|
cum multis alijs that make a dancex
|
|
say xixx and all shall presently advancex
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|
theseusx
|
|
ix ix by any meanesx deere dominex
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perithousx
|
|
producex
|
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|
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xschoolmasterxx
|
|
intratex filijx come forthx and foot itxx
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|
xmusickex dancex knocke for schoolexx
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|
xenter the dancexx
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ladiesx if we have beene merryx
|
|
and have pleasd yee with a derryx
|
|
and a derryx and a downex
|
|
say the schoolemasterxs no clownex
|
|
dukex if we have pleasd thee toox
|
|
and have done as good boyes should doex
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give us but a tree or twaine
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for a maypolex and againex
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ere another yeare run outx
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weexl make thee laugh and all this routx
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theseusx
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take xxxx dominex how does my sweet heartx
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hippolitax
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never so pleasdx sirx
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emiliax
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twas an excellent dancex and for a preface
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i never heard a betterx
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theseusx
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schoolemasterx i thanke youxxone seexem all rewardedx
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perithousx
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and heerxs something to paint your pole withallx
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theseusx
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now to our sports againex
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schoolmasterx
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may the stag thou huntst stand longx
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and thy dogs be swift and strongx
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may they kill him without letsx
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and the ladies eate his dowsetsx
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comex we are all madex xwinde hornesxx
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dij deoeqxuex omnesx ye have dancxd rarelyx wenchesx xexeuntxx
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scene xx xsame as scene iiixx
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xenter palamon from the bushxx
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palamonx
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about this houre my cosen gave his faith
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to visit me againex and with him bring
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two swordsx and two good armorsx if he failex
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hexs neither man nor souldierx when he left mex
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i did not thinke a weeke could have restord
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my lost strength to mex i was growne so lowx
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and crestxfalne with my wantsx i thanke theex arcitex
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thou art yet a faire foex and i feele my selfe
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with this refreshingx able once againe
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to out dure dangerx to delay it longer
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would make the world thinkx when it comes to hearingx
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that i lay fatting like a swine to fightx
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and not a souldierx thereforex this blest morning
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shall be the lastx and that sword he refusesx
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if it but holdx i kill him withx tis iusticex
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so lovex and fortune for mexxox good morrowx
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xenter arcite with armors and swordsxx
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arcitex
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good morrowx noble kinesmanx
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palamonx
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i have put you to too much painesx sirx
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arcitex
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that too muchx faire cosenx
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is but a debt to honourx and my dutyx
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palamonx
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would you were so in allx sirx i could wish ye
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as kinde a kinsmanx as you force me finde
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a beneficiall foex that my embraces
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might thanke yex not my blowesx
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arcitex
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i shall thinke eitherx well donex
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a noble recompencex
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palamonx
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then i shall quit youx
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arcitex
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defy me in these faire termesx and you show
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more then a mistris to mex no more anger
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as you love any thing thatxs honourablex
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we were not bred to talkex manx when we are armxd
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and both upon our guardsx then let our furyx
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like meeting of two tidesx fly strongly from usx
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and then to whom the birthright of this beauty
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truely pertaines xwithout obbraidingsx scornesx
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dispisings of our personsx and such powtingsx
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fitter for girles and schooleboyesx will be seene
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and quicklyx yoursx or minex wilt please you armex sirx
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or if you feele your selfe not fitting yet
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and furnishd with your old strengthx ile stayx cosenx
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and evxry day discourse you into healthx
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as i am spardx your person i am friends withx
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and i could wish i had not saide i lovxd herx
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though i had didex but loving such a lady
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and justifying my lovex i must not fly fromxtx
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palamonx
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arcitex thou art so brave an enemyx
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that no man but thy cosenxs fit to kill theex
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i am well and lustyx choose your armesx
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arcitex
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choose youx sirx
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palamonx
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wilt thou exceede in allx or doxst thou doe it
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to make me spare theex
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arcitex
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if you thinke sox cosenx
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you are deceivedx for as i am a soldierx
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i will not spare youx
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palamonx
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thatxs well saidx
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arcitex
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youxl finde itx
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palamonx
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thenx as i am an honest man and love
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with all the justice of affectionx
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ile pay thee soundlyx this ile takex
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arcitex
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thatxs minex thenx
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ile arme you firstx
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palamonx
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dox pray theex tell mex cosenx
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where gotst thou this good armourx
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arcitex
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tis the dukesx
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and to say truex i stole itx doe i pinch youx
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palamonx
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noex
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arcitex
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isxt not too heaviex
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palamonx
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i have worne a lighterx
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but i shall make it servex
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arcitex
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ile bucklxt closex
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palamonx
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by any meanesx
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arcitex
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you care not for a grand guardx
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palamonx
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nox nox weexl use no horsesx i perceave
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you would faine be at that fightx
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arcitex
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i am indifferentx
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palamonx
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faithx so am ix good cosenx thrust the buckle
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through far enoughx
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arcitex
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i warrant youx
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palamonx
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my caske nowx
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arcitex
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will you fight barexarmdx
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palamonx
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we shall be the nimblerx
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arcitex
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but use your gauntlets thoughx those are oxth leastx
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prethee take minex good cosenx
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palamonx
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thanke youx arcitex
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how doe i lookex am i falne much awayx
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arcitex
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faithx very littlex love has usd you kindlyx
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palamonx
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ile warrant theex ile strike homex
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arcitex
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doex and spare notx
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ile give you causex sweet cosenx
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palamonx
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now to youx sirx
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me thinkes this armorxs very like thatx arcitex
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thou worxst the day the xx kings fellx but lighterx
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arcitex
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that was a very good onex and that dayx
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i well rememberx you outdid mex cosenx
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i never saw such valourx when you chargd
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vpon the left wing of the enemiex
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i spurd hard to come upx and under me
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|
i had a right good horsex
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palamonx
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you had indeedex a bright bayx i rememberx
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arcitex
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yesx but all
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was vainely labourxd in mex you outwent mex
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nor could my wishes reach youx yet a little
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i did by imitationx
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palamonx
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more by vertuex
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you are modestx cosenx
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arcitex
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when i saw you charge firstx
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me thought i heard a dreadfull clap of thunder
|
|
breake from the troopex
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palamonx
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but still before that flew
|
|
the lightning of your valourx stay a littlex
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is not this peece too streightx
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arcitex
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nox nox tis wellx
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palamonx
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i would have nothing hurt thee but my swordx
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a bruise would be dishonourx
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arcitex
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now i am perfectx
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palamonx
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stand offx thenx
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arcitex
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take my swordx i hold it betterx
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palamonx
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i thanke yex nox keepe itx your life lyes on itx
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herexs onex if it but holdx i aske no more
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for all my hopesx my cause and honour guard mex xthey bow
|
|
severall wayesx then advance and standxx
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arcitex
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and me my lovex is there ought else to sayx
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palamonx
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this onelyx and no morex thou art mine aunts sonx
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|
and that blood we desire to shed is mutuallx
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|
in mex thinex and in theex minex my sword
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is in my handx and if thou killst mex
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|
the gods and i forgive theex if there be
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|
a place preparxd for those that sleepe in honourx
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i wish his wearie soule that falls may win itx
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fight bravelyx cosenx give me thy noble handx
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arcitex
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herex palamonx this hand shall never more
|
|
come neare thee with such friendshipx
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palamonx
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i commend theex
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arcitex
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if i fallx curse mex and say i was a cowardx
|
|
for none but such dare die in these just tryallsx
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|
once more farewellx my cosenx
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palamonx
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farewellx arcitex xfightxx
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xhornes withinx they standxx
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arcitex
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loex cosenx loex our folly has undon usx
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palamonx
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whyx
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arcitex
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this is the dukex a hunting as i told youx
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if we be foundx we are wretchedx o retire
|
|
for honours sakex and safety presently
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|
into your bush agenx sirx we shall finde
|
|
too many howres to dye inx gentle cosenx
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if you be seene you perish instantly
|
|
for breaking prisonx and ix if you reveale mex
|
|
for my contemptx then all the world will scorne usx
|
|
and say we had a noble differencex
|
|
but base disposers of itx
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palamonx
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nox nox cosenx
|
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i will no more be hiddenx nor put off
|
|
this great adventure to a second tryallx
|
|
i know your cunningx and i know your causex
|
|
he that faints nowx shame take himx put thy selfe
|
|
vpon thy present guardx
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arcitex
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you are not madx
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palamonx
|
|
or i will make thxadvantage of this howre
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|
mine ownex and what to come shall threaten mex
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|
i feare lesse then my fortunex knowx weake cosenx
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|
i love emiliax and in that ile bury
|
|
theex and all crosses elsex
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arcitex
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thenx come what can comex
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thou shalt knowx palamonx i dare as well
|
|
diex as discoursex or sleepex onely this feares mex
|
|
the law will have the honour of our endsx
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|
have at thy lifex
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palamonx
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|
looke to thine owne wellx arcitex xfight againex hornesxx
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xenter theseusx hipolitax emiliax perithous and trainexx
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theseusx
|
|
what ignorant and mad malicious traitorsx
|
|
are youx that gainst the tenor of my lawes
|
|
are making battailex thus like knights appointedx
|
|
without my leavex and officers of armesx
|
|
by castorx both shall dyex
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|
palamonx
|
|
hold thy wordx theseusx
|
|
we are certainly both traitorsx both despisers
|
|
of thee and of thy goodnessex i am palamonx
|
|
that cannot love theex he that broke thy prisonx
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|
thinke well what that deservesx and this is arcitex
|
|
a bolder traytor never trod thy groundx
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|
a falser neuxr seemxd friendx this is the man
|
|
was begd and banishxdx this is he contemnes thee
|
|
and what thou darxst doex and in this disguise
|
|
against thy owne edict followes thy sisterx
|
|
that fortunate bright starx the faire emiliax
|
|
whose servantx xif there be a right in seeingx
|
|
and first bequeathing of the soule tox justly
|
|
i amx andx which is morex dares thinke her hisx
|
|
this treacheriex like a most trusty loverx
|
|
i callxd him now to answerx if thou beexstx
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|
as thou art spokenx great and vertuousx
|
|
the true descider of all injuriesx
|
|
sayx xfight againexx and thou shalt see mex theseusx
|
|
doe such a iusticex thou thy selfe wilt enviex
|
|
then take my lifex ile wooe thee tooxtx
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perithousx
|
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o heavenx
|
|
what more then man is thisx
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theseusx
|
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i have swornex
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arcitex
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|
we seeke not
|
|
thy breath of mercyx theseusx tis to me
|
|
a thing as soone to dyex as thee to say itx
|
|
and no more movxdx where this man calls me traitorx
|
|
let me say thus muchx if in love be treasonx
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|
in service of so excellent a beutiex
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|
as i love mostx and in that faith will perishx
|
|
as i have brought my life here to confirme itx
|
|
as i have servxd her truestx worthiestx
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|
as i dare kill this cosenx that denies itx
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|
so let me be most traitorx and ye please mex
|
|
for scorning thy edictx dukex aske that lady
|
|
why she is fairex and why her eyes command me
|
|
stay here to love herx and if she say xtraytorxx
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|
i am a villaine fit to lye unburiedx
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palamonx
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|
thou shalt have pitty of us bothx o theseusx
|
|
if unto neither thou shew mercyx stop
|
|
xas thou art justx thy noble eare against usx
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|
as thou art valiantx for thy cosens soule
|
|
whose xxx strong labours crowne his memoryx
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|
lets die togetherx at one instantx dukex
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|
onely a little let him fall before mex
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|
that i may tell my soule he shall not have herx
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|
theseusx
|
|
i grant your wishx forx to say truex your cosen
|
|
has ten times more offendedx for i gave him
|
|
more mercy then you foundx sirx your offenses
|
|
being no more then hisx none here speake for xemx
|
|
forx ere the sun setx both shall sleepe for everx
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|
hippolitax
|
|
alas the pittyx now or neverx sisterx
|
|
speakex not to be denidex that face of yours
|
|
will beare the curses else of after ages
|
|
for these lost cosensx
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|
emiliax
|
|
in my facex deare sisterx
|
|
i finde no anger to xemx nor no ruynx
|
|
the misadventure of their owne eyes kill xemx
|
|
yet that i will be womanx and have pittyx
|
|
my knees shall grow toxth ground but ile get merciex
|
|
helpe mex deare sisterx in a deede so vertuous
|
|
the powers of all women will be with usx
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|
most royall brotherx
|
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|
hippolitax
|
|
sirx by our tye of marriagex
|
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|
emiliax
|
|
by your owne spotlesse honourx
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|
hippolitax
|
|
by that faithx
|
|
that faire handx and that honest heart you gave mex
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|
emiliax
|
|
by that you would have pitty in anotherx
|
|
by your owne vertues infinitex
|
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|
hippolitax
|
|
by valourx
|
|
by all the chaste nights i have ever pleasd youx
|
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|
theseusx
|
|
these are strange conjuringsx
|
|
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|
perithousx
|
|
nayx thenx ile in toox
|
|
by all our friendshipx sirx by all our dangersx
|
|
by all you love mostx warres and this sweet ladyx
|
|
|
|
emiliax
|
|
by that you would have trembled to denyx
|
|
a blushing maidex
|
|
|
|
hippolitax
|
|
by your owne eyesx by strengthx
|
|
in which you swore i went beyond all womenx
|
|
almost all menx and yet i yeeldedx theseusx
|
|
|
|
perithousx
|
|
to crowne all thisx by your most noble soulex
|
|
which cannot want due merciex i beg firstx
|
|
|
|
hippolitax
|
|
nextx heare my prayersx
|
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|
emiliax
|
|
lastx let me intreatex sirx
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|
perithousx
|
|
for mercyx
|
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|
hippolitax
|
|
mercyx
|
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|
emiliax
|
|
mercy on these princesx
|
|
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|
theseusx
|
|
ye make my faith reelex say i felt
|
|
compassion toxem bothx how would you place itx
|
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|
emiliax
|
|
vpon their livesx but with their banishmentsx
|
|
|
|
theseusx
|
|
you are a right womanx sisterx you have pittyx
|
|
but want the vnderstanding where to use itx
|
|
if you desire their livesx invent a way
|
|
safer then banishmentx can these two live
|
|
and have the agony of love about xemx
|
|
and not kill one anotherx every day
|
|
theyxld fight about youx howrely bring your honour
|
|
in publique question with their swordsx be wisex thenx
|
|
and here forget xemx it concernes your credit
|
|
and my oth equallyx i have said they diex
|
|
better they fall byxth lawx then one anotherx
|
|
bow not my honorx
|
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|
emiliax
|
|
o my noble brotherx
|
|
that oth was rashly madex and in your angerx
|
|
your reason will not hold itx if such vowes
|
|
stand for expresse willx all the world must perishx
|
|
besidex i have another oth gainst yoursx
|
|
of more authorityx i am sure more lovex
|
|
not made in passion neitherx but good heedex
|
|
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|
theseusx
|
|
what is itx sisterx
|
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|
perithousx
|
|
vrge it homex brave ladyx
|
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|
emiliax
|
|
that you would nevxr deny me any thing
|
|
fit for my modest suitx and your free grantingx
|
|
i tye you to your word nowx if ye fall inxtx
|
|
thinke how you maime your honourx
|
|
xfor now i am set a beggingx sirx i am deafe
|
|
to all but your compassionxx howx their lives
|
|
might breed the ruine of my namex opinionx
|
|
shall any thing that loves me perish for mex
|
|
that were a cruell wisedomex doe men proyne
|
|
the straight yong bowes that blush with thousand blossomsx
|
|
because they may be rottenx o duke theseusx
|
|
the goodly mothers that have groand for thesex
|
|
and all the longing maides that ever lovxdx
|
|
if your vow standx shall curse me and my beautyx
|
|
and in their funerall songs for these two cosens
|
|
despise my crueltiex and cry woe worth mex
|
|
till i am nothing but the scorne of womenx
|
|
for heavens sake save their livesx and banish xemx
|
|
|
|
theseusx
|
|
on what conditionsx
|
|
|
|
emiliax
|
|
swearexem never more
|
|
to make me their contentionx or to know mex
|
|
to tread upon thy dukedomex and to bex
|
|
where ever they shall travelx ever strangers
|
|
to one anotherx
|
|
|
|
palamonx
|
|
ile be cut a peeces
|
|
before i take this othx forget i love herx
|
|
o all ye gods dispise mex thenx thy banishment
|
|
i not mislikex so we may fairely carry
|
|
our swords and cause alongx elsex never triflex
|
|
but take our livesx dukex i must love and willx
|
|
and for that love must and dare kill this cosen
|
|
on any peece the earth hasx
|
|
|
|
theseusx
|
|
will youx arcitex
|
|
take these conditionsx
|
|
|
|
palamonx
|
|
hexs a villainex thenx
|
|
|
|
perithousx
|
|
these are menx
|
|
|
|
arcitex
|
|
nox neverx dukex tis worse to me than begging
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to take my life so baselyx though i thinke
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i never shall enjoy herx yet ile preserve
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the honour of affectionx and dye for herx
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make death a devillx
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theseusx
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what may be donex for now i feele compassionx
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perithousx
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let it not fall agenx sirx
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theseusx
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sayx emiliax
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if one of them were deadx as one mustx are you
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content to take thxother to your husbandx
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they cannot both enjoy youx they are princes
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as goodly as your owne eyesx and as noble
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as ever fame yet spoke ofx looke upon xemx
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and if you can lovex end this differencex
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i give consentx are you content toox princesx
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bothx
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with all our soulesx
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theseusx
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he that she refuses
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must dyex thenx
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bothx
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any death thou canst inventx dukex
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palamonx
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if i fall from that mouthx i fall with favourx
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and lovers yet unborne shall blesse my ashesx
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arcitex
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if she refuse mex yet my grave will wed mex
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and souldiers sing my epitaphx
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theseusx
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make choicex thenx
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emiliax
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i cannotx sirx they are both too excellentx
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for mex a hayre shall never fall of these menx
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hippolitax
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what will become of xemx
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theseusx
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thus i ordaine itx
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and by mine honorx once againex it standsx
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or both shall dyexxyou shall both to your countreyx
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and each within this monethx accompanied
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with three faire knightsx appeare againe in this placex
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in which ile plant a pyramidx and whetherx
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before us that are herex can force his cosen
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by fayre and knightly strength to touch the pillarx
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he shall enjoy herx the other loose his headx
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and all his friendsx nor shall he grudge to fallx
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nor thinke he dies with interest in this ladyx
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will this content yeex
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palamonx
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yesx herex cosen arcitex
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i am friends againex till that howrex
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arcitex
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i embrace yex
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theseusx
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are you contentx sisterx
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emiliax
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yesx i mustx sirx
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els both miscarryx
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theseusx
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comex shake hands againex thenx
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and take heedex as you are gentlemenx this quarrell
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sleepe till the howre prefixtx and hold your coursex
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palamonx
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we dare not faile theex theseusx
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theseusx
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comex ile give ye
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now usage like to princesx and to friendsx
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when ye returnex who winsx ile settle heerex
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who loosesx yet ile weepe upon his beerex xexeuntxx
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act iv
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scene xx xathensx a room in the prisonxx
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xenter iailor and his friendxx
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iailorx
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heare you no morex was nothing saide of me
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concerning the escape of palamonx
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good sirx rememberx
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xx friendx
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nothing that i heardx
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for i came home before the busines
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was fully endedx yet i might perceivex
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ere i departedx a great likelihood
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of both their pardonsx for hipolitax
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and fairexeyd emiliex upon their knees
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begd with such hansom pittyx that the duke
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me thought stood staggeringx whether he should follow
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his rash othx or the sweet compassion
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of those two ladiesx and to second themx
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that truely noble prince perithousx
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halfe his owne heartx set in toox that i hope
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all shall be wellx neither heard i one question
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of your name or his scapex
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xenter xx friendxx
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iailorx
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pray heaven it hold sox
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xx friendx
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be of good comfortx manx i bring you newesx
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good newesx
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iailorx
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they are welcomex
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xx friendx
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palamon has cleerd youx
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and got your pardonx and discoverd how
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and by whose meanes he escaptx which was your daughtersx
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whose pardon is procurd toox and the prisonerx
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not to be held ungratefull to her goodnesx
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has given a summe of money to her marriagex
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a large onex ile assure youx
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iailorx
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ye are a good man
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and ever bring good newesx
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xx friendx
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how was it endedx
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xx friendx
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whyx as it should bex they that nevxr begd
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but they prevaildx had their suites fairely grantedx
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the prisoners have their livesx
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xx friendx
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i knew txwould be sox
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xx friendx
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but there be new conditionsx which youxl heare of
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at better timex
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iailorx
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i hope they are goodx
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xx friendx
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they are honourablex
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how good theyxl provex i know notx
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xenter wooerxx
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xx friendx
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txwill be knownex
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wooerx
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alasx sirx wherxs your daughterx
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iailorx
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why doe you askex
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wooerx
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ox sirx when did you see herx
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xx friendx
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how he lookesx
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iailorx
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this morningx
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wooerx
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was she wellx was she in healthx sirx
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when did she sleepex
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xx friendx
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these are strange questionsx
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iailorx
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i doe not thinke she was very wellx for now
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you make me minde herx but this very day
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i askxd her questionsx and she answered me
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so farre from what she wasx so childishlyx
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so sillilyx as if she were a foolex
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an inocentx and i was very angryx
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but what of herx sirx
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wooerx
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nothing but my pittyx
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but you must know itx and as good by me
|
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as by an other that lesse loves herx
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iailorx
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wellx sirx
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xx friendx
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not rightx
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xx friendx
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not wellx
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wooerx
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nox sirx not wellx
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tis too truex she is madx
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xx friendx
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it cannot bex
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wooerx
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beleevex youxl finde it sox
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iailorx
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i halfe suspected
|
|
what you xhavex told mex the gods comfort herx
|
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either this was her love to palamonx
|
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or feare of my miscarrying on his scapex
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or bothx
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wooerx
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tis likelyx
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iailorx
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but why all this hastex sirx
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wooerx
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ile tell you quicklyx as i late was angling
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in the great lake that lies behind the pallacex
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from the far shorex thicke set with reedes and sedgesx
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as patiently i was attending sportx
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i heard a voycex a shrill onex and attentive
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i gave my earex when i might well perceive
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txwas one that sungx and by the smallnesse of it
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|
a boy or womanx i then left my angle
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|
to his owne skillx came neerex but yet perceivd not
|
|
who made the soundx the rushes and the reeds
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|
had so encompast itx i laide me downe
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and listned to the words she sungx for thenx
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|
through a small glade cut by the fisher menx
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i saw it was your daughterx
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iailorx
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prayx goe onx sirx
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wooerx
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she sung muchx but no sencex onely i heard her
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repeat this oftenx xpalamon is gonex
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is gone toxth wood to gather mulberiesx
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ile finde him out to morrowxx
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xx friendx
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pretty soulex
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wooerx
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xhis shackles will betray himx heexl be takenx
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and what shall i doe thenx ile bring a beavyx
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a hundred blacke eyd maidesx that love as i doex
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with chaplets on their heads of daffadilliesx
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with cherryxlipsx and cheekes of damaske rosesx
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|
and all weexl daunce an antique fore the dukex
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and beg his pardonxx then she talkxd of youx sirx
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|
that you must loose your head to morrow morningx
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|
and she must gather flowers to bury youx
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|
and see the house made handsomex then she sung
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|
nothing but xwillowx willowx willowxx and betweene
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|
ever wasx xpalamonx faire palamonxx
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and xpalamon was a tall yong manxx the place
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was knee deepe where she satx her careles tresses
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a wreathe of bullxrush roundedx about her stucke
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thousand fresh water flowers of severall cullorsx
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that me thought she appeard like the faire nimph
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that feedes the lake with watersx or as iris
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newly dropt downe from heavenx rings she made
|
|
of rushes that grew byx and to xem spoke
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the prettiest posiesx xthus our true lovexs tidexx
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xthis you may loosex not mexx and many a onex
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|
and then she weptx and sung againex and sighxdx
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and with the same breath smilxdx and kist her handx
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xx friendx
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alasx what pitty it isx
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wooerx
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i made in to herx
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she saw mex and straight sought the floodx i savxd herx
|
|
and set her safe to landx when presently
|
|
she slipt awayx and to the citty madex
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|
with such a cry and swiftnesx thatx beleeve mex
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|
shee left me farre behinde herx three or foure
|
|
i saw from farre off crosse herx one of xem
|
|
i knew to be your brotherx where she staidx
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|
and fellx scarce to be got awayx i left them with herx xenter
|
|
brotherx daughterx and othersxx
|
|
and hether came to tell youx here they arex
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daughterx xsingsxx
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may you never more enjoy the lightx xcx
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is not this a fine songx
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brotherx
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ox a very fine onex
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daughterx
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i can sing twenty morex
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brotherx
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i thinke you canx
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daughterx
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|
yesx truelyx can ix i can sing the broomex
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|
and bony robinx are not you a tailourx
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brotherx
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yesx
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daughterx
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wherxs my wedding gownex
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brotherx
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ile bring it to morrowx
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daughterx
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doex very rarelyx i must be abroad else
|
|
to call the maidesx and pay the minstrelsx
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|
for i must loose my maydenhead by cockxlightx
|
|
twill never thrive elsex
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xsingesxx o fairex oh sweetex xcx
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brotherx
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you must evxn take it patientlyx
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|
iailorx
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|
tis truex
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|
daughterx
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|
good evxnx good menx prayx did you ever heare
|
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of one yong palamonx
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iailorx
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|
yesx wenchx we know himx
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daughterx
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|
isxt not a fine yong gentlemanx
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iailorx
|
|
tis lovex
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brotherx
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|
by no meane crosse herx she is then distemperd
|
|
far worse then now she showesx
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xx friendx
|
|
yesx hexs a fine manx
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daughterx
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ox is he sox you have a sisterx
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xx friendx
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yesx
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daughterx
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|
but she shall never have himx tell her sox
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|
for a tricke that i knowx yxhad best looke to herx
|
|
for if she see him oncex shexs gonex shexs donex
|
|
and undon in an howrex all the young maydes
|
|
of our towne are in love with himx but i laugh at xem
|
|
and let xem all alonex isxt not a wise coursex
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xx friendx
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|
yesx
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|
|
|
daughterx
|
|
there is at least two hundred now with child by himx
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|
there must be fowrex yet i keepe close for all thisx
|
|
close as a cocklex and all these must be boyesx
|
|
he has the tricke onxtx and at ten yeares old
|
|
they must be all gelt for musitiansx
|
|
and sing the wars of theseusx
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|
|
|
xx friendx
|
|
this is strangex
|
|
|
|
daughterx
|
|
as ever you heardx but say nothingx
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|
xx friendx
|
|
nox
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|
|
|
daughterx
|
|
they come from all parts of the dukedome to himx
|
|
ile warrant yex he had not so few last night
|
|
as twenty to dispatchx heexl ticklxt up
|
|
in two howresx if his hand be inx
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|
iailorx
|
|
shexs lost
|
|
past all curex
|
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brotherx
|
|
heaven forbidx manx
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daughterx
|
|
come hitherx you are a wise manx
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xx friendx
|
|
doxs she know himx
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xx friendx
|
|
nox would she didx
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daughterx
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you are master of a shipx
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|
iailorx
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|
yesx
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|
daughterx
|
|
wherxs your compassex
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|
iailorx
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heerex
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|
|
|
daughterx
|
|
set it tooxth northx
|
|
and now direct your course toxth woodx wher palamon
|
|
lyes longing for mex for the tackling
|
|
let me alonex comex wayghx my heartsx cheerelyx
|
|
|
|
allx
|
|
owghx owghx owghx tis upx the windxs fairex
|
|
top the bowlingx out with the maine sailex
|
|
wherxs your whistlex masterx
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|
brotherx
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|
lets get her inx
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|
iailorx
|
|
vp to the topx boyx
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|
brotherx
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wherxs the pilotx
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xx friendx
|
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heerex
|
|
|
|
daughterx
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|
what kenxst thoux
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xx friendx
|
|
a faire woodx
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|
|
daughterx
|
|
beare for itx masterx take aboutx xsingesxx
|
|
when cinthia with her borrowed lightx xcx xexeuntxx
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|
|
|
scene xx xa room in the palacexx
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|
|
xenter emilia alonex with xx picturesxx
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|
emiliax
|
|
yet i may binde those wounds upx that must open
|
|
and bleed to death for my sake elsex ile choosex
|
|
and end their strifex two such yong hansom men
|
|
shall never fall for mex their weeping mothersx
|
|
following the dead cold ashes of their sonnesx
|
|
shall never curse my crueltyx good heavenx
|
|
what a sweet face has arcitex if wise naturex
|
|
with all her best endowmentsx all those beuties
|
|
she sowes into the birthes of noble bodiesx
|
|
were here a mortall womanx and had in her
|
|
the coy denialls of yong maydesx yet doubtlesx
|
|
she would run mad for this manx what an eyex
|
|
of what a fyry sparklex and quick sweetnesx
|
|
has this yong princex here love himselfe sits smylingx
|
|
iust such another wanton ganimead
|
|
set jove a fire withx and enforcd the god
|
|
snatch up the goodly boyx and set him by him
|
|
a shining constellationx what a browx
|
|
of what a spacious majestyx he carriesx
|
|
archxd like the great eyd iunoxsx but far sweeterx
|
|
smoother then pelops shoulderx fame and honourx
|
|
me thinksx from hencex as from a promontory
|
|
pointed in heavenx should clap their wingsx and sing
|
|
to all the under world the loves and fights
|
|
of godsx and such men neere xemx palamon
|
|
is but his foylex to him a meere dull shadowx
|
|
heexs swarth and meagrex of an eye as heavy
|
|
as if he had lost his motherx a still temperx
|
|
no stirring in himx no alacrityx
|
|
of all this sprightly sharpenes not a smilex
|
|
yet these that we count errours may become himx
|
|
narcissus was a sad boyx but a heavenlyxx
|
|
oh who can finde the bent of womans fancyx
|
|
i am a foolex my reason is lost in mex
|
|
i have no choicex and i have lyxd so lewdly
|
|
that women ought to beate mex on my knees
|
|
i aske thy pardonx palamonx thou art alonex
|
|
and only beutifullx and these the eyesx
|
|
these the bright lamps of beautyx that command
|
|
and threaten lovex and what yong mayd dare crosse xemx
|
|
what a bold gravityx and yet invitingx
|
|
has this browne manly facex o lovex this only
|
|
from this howre is complexionx lye therex arcitex
|
|
thou art a changling to himx a meere gipseyx
|
|
and this the noble bodiex i am sottedx
|
|
vtterly lostx my virgins faith has fled mex
|
|
for if my brother but even now had askxd me
|
|
whether i lovxdx i had run mad for arcitex
|
|
nowx if my sisterx more for palamonx
|
|
stand both togetherx nowx come aske mex brotherxx
|
|
alasx i know notx aske me nowx sweet sisterxx
|
|
i may goe lookex what a meere child is fanciex
|
|
thatx having two faire gawdes of equall sweetnessex
|
|
cannot distinguishx but must crie for bothx
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|
|
|
xenter xax gentxlemanxxx
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|
|
emiliax
|
|
how nowx sirx
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|
|
|
gentlemanx
|
|
from the noble duke your brotherx
|
|
madamx i bring you newesx the knights are comex
|
|
|
|
emiliax
|
|
to end the quarrellx
|
|
|
|
gentlemanx
|
|
yesx
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|
|
emiliax
|
|
would i might end firstx
|
|
what sinnes have i committedx chast dianax
|
|
that my unspotted youth must now be soyld
|
|
with blood of princesx and my chastitie
|
|
be made the altarx where the lives of lovers
|
|
xtwo greater and two better never yet
|
|
made mothers joyx must be the sacrifice
|
|
to my unhappy beautiex
|
|
|
|
xenter theseusx hipolitax perithous and attendantsxx
|
|
|
|
theseusx
|
|
bring xem in
|
|
quicklyx by any meanesx i long to see xemxx
|
|
your two contending lovers are returnxdx
|
|
and with them their faire knightsx nowx my faire sisterx
|
|
you must love one of themx
|
|
|
|
emiliax
|
|
i had rather bothx
|
|
so neither for my sake should fall untimelyx
|
|
|
|
xenter messengerx xcurtisxxx
|
|
|
|
theseusx
|
|
who saw xemx
|
|
|
|
perithousx
|
|
ix a whilex
|
|
|
|
gentlemanx
|
|
and ix
|
|
|
|
theseusx
|
|
from whence come youx sirx
|
|
|
|
messengerx
|
|
from the knightsx
|
|
|
|
theseusx
|
|
prayx speakex
|
|
you that have seene themx what they arex
|
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messengerx
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i willx sirx
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and truly what i thinkex six braver spirits
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then these they have broughtx xif we judge by the outsidex
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i never sawx nor read ofx he that stands
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in the first place with arcitex by his seemingx
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should be a stout manx by his face a princex
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xhis very lookes so say himx his complexionx
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nearer a brownex than blackex sternex and yet noblex
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which shewes him hardyx fearelessex proud of dangersx
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the circles of his eyes show fire within himx
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and as a heated lyonx so he lookesx
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his haire hangs long behind himx blacke and shining
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like ravens wingsx his shoulders broad and strongx
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armd long and roundx and on his thigh a sword
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hung by a curious bauldrickex when he frownes
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to seale his will withx betterx oxmy conscience
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was never souldiers friendx
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theseusx
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thou haxst well describde himx
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perithousx
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yet a great deale shortx
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me thinkesx of him thatxs first with palamonx
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theseusx
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prayx speake himx friendx
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perithousx
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i ghesse he is a prince toox
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andx if it may bex greaterx for his show
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has all the ornament of honour inxtx
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heexs somewhat biggerx then the knight he spoke ofx
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but of a face far sweeterx his complexion
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is xas a ripe grapex ruddyx he has feltx
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without doubtx what he fights forx and so apter
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to make this cause his ownex inxs face appeares
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all the faire hopes of what he undertakesx
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and when hexs angryx then a setled valour
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xnot tainted with extreamesx runs through his bodyx
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and guides his arme to brave thingsx feare he cannotx
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he shewes no such soft temperx his headxs yellowx
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hard hayrxdx and curldx thicke twind like ivy todsx
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not to undoe with thunderx in his face
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the liverie of the warlike maide appearesx
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pure redx and whitex for yet no beard has blest himx
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and in his rowling eyes sits victoryx
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as if she ever ment to court his valourx
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his nose stands highx a character of honourx
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his red lipsx after fightsx are fit for ladiesx
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emiliax
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must these men die toox
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perithousx
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when he speakesx his tongue
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sounds like a trumpetx all his lyneaments
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are as a man would wish xemx strong and cleanex
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he weares a wellxsteeld axex the staffe of goldx
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his age some five and twentyx
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messengerx
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therxs anotherx
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a little manx but of a tough soulex seeming
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as great as anyx fairer promises
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in such a body yet i never lookxd onx
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perithousx
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ox he thatxs freckle facxdx
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messengerx
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the samex my lordx
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are they not sweet onesx
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perithousx
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yesx they are wellx
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messengerx
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me thinkesx
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being so fewx and well disposdx they show
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greatx and fine art in naturex hexs white hairxdx
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not wanton whitex but such a manly colour
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next to an abornex toughx and nimble setx
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which showes an active soulex his armes are brawnyx
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linde with strong sinewesx to the shoulder peece
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gently they swellx like women new conceavxdx
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which speakes him prone to labourx never fainting
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vnder the waight of armesx stout hartedx stillx
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but when he stirsx a tigerx hexs gray eydx
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which yeelds compassion where he conquersx sharpe
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to spy advantagesx and where he finds xemx
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hexs swift to make xem hisx he doxs no wrongsx
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nor takes nonex hexs round facxdx and when he smiles
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he showes a loverx when he frownesx a souldierx
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about his head he weares the winners okex
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and in it stucke the favour of his ladyx
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his agex some six and thirtiex in his hand
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he beares a charging staffex embost with silverx
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theseusx
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are they all thusx
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perithousx
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they are all the sonnes of honourx
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theseusx
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nowx as i have a soulex i long to seexemx
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ladyx you shall see men fight nowx
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hippolitax
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i wish itx
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but not the causex my lordx they would show
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bravely about the titles of two kingdomesx
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tis pitty love should be so tyrannousx
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o my soft harted sisterx what thinke youx
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weepe notx till they weepe bloodx wenchx it must bex
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theseusx
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you have steelxd xem with your beautiexxhonord friendx
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to you i give the feildx prayx order it
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fitting the persons that must use itx
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perithousx
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yesx sirx
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theseusx
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comex ile goe visit xemx i cannot stayx
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their fame has firxd me sox till they appearex
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good friendx be royallx
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perithousx
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there shall want no braveryx
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emiliax
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poore wenchx goe weepex for whosoever winsx
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looses a noble cosen for thy sinsx xexeuntxx
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scene xx xa room in the prisonxx
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xenter iailorx wooerx doctorxx
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doctorx
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her distraction is more at some time of the moonex then at other somex
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is it notx
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iailorx
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she is continually in a harmelesse distemperx sleepes littlex
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altogether without appetitex save often drinkingx dreaming of another
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worldx and a betterx and what broken peece of matter soxere shexs
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aboutx the name palamon lardes itx that she farces evxry busines
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withallx fyts it to every questionxx
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xenter daughterxx
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looke where shee comesx you shall perceive her behaviourx
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daughterx
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i have forgot it quitex the burden onxtx was downe ax downe ax and pend
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by no worse manx then giraldox emilias schoolemasterx hexs as
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fantasticall toox as ever he may goe uponxs legsxxfor in the next world
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will dido see palamonx and then will she be out of love with eneasx
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doctorx
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what stuffxs herex pore soulex
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iailorx
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evxn thus all day longx
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daughterx
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now for this charmex that i told you ofx you must bring a peece of
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silver on the tip of your tonguex or no ferryx thenx if it be your
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chance to come where the blessed spiritsx as therxs a sight nowxwe
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maids that have our lyvers perishxdx crakt to peeces with lovex we
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shall come therex and doe nothing all day long but picke flowers with
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proserpinex then will i make palamon a nosegayx then let him marke
|
|
mexxthenx
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doctorx
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how prettily shexs amissex note her a little furtherx
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daughterx
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faithx ile tell youx sometime we goe to barly breakex we of the
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blessedx alasx tis a sore life they have ixth other placex such
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burningx fryingx boylingx hissingx howlingx chattringx cursingx oh they
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have shrowd measurex take heedex if one be madx or hang or drowne
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themselvesx thither they goex iupiter blesse vsx and there shall we be
|
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put in a caldron of leadx and vsurers greasex amongst a whole million
|
|
of cutpursesx and there boyle like a gamon of bacon that will never be
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|
enoughx xexitxx
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doctorx
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how her braine coynesx
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daughterx
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lords and courtiersx that have got maids with childx they are in this
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placex they shall stand in fire up to the navxlex and in yce up toxth
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hartx and there thxoffending part burnesx and the deceaving part
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|
freezesx in trothx a very greevous punishmentx as one would thinkex for
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such a triflex beleve mex one would marry a leaprous witchx to be rid
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onxtx ile assure youx
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doctorx
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how she continues this fanciex tis not an engraffed madnessex but a
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most thickex and profound mellenchollyx
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daughterx
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to heare there a proud ladyx and a proud citty wiffex howle togetherx i
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were a beast and ilxd call it good sportx one criesx xo this smoakexx
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anotherx xthis firexx one criesx xox that ever i did it behind the
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arrasxx and then howlesx thxother curses a suing fellow and her garden
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housex xsingsx i will be truex my starsx my fatex xcx xexit daughxx
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iailorx
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what thinke you of herx sirx
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doctorx
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i thinke she has a perturbed mindex which i cannot minister tox
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iailorx
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alasx what thenx
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doctorx
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vnderstand youx she ever affected any manx ere she beheld
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palamonx
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iailorx
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i was oncex sirx in great hope she had fixd her liking on this
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gentlemanx my friendx
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wooerx
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i did thinke so toox and would account i had a great penxworth onxtx to
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give halfe my statex that both she and i at this present stood
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unfainedly on the same tearmesx
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doctorx
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that intemprat surfeit of her eye hath distemperd the other sencesx
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they may returne and settle againe to execute their preordaind
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facultiesx but they are now in a most extravagant vagaryx this you
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|
must doex confine her to a placex where the light may rather seeme to
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|
steale inx then be permittedx take vpon you xyong sirx her friendx the
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name of palamonx say you come to eate with herx and to commune of lovex
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|
this will catch her attentionx for this her minde beates uponx other
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|
objects that are inserted tweene her minde and eye become the prankes
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|
and friskins of her madnesx sing to her such greene songs of lovex as
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|
she sayes palamon hath sung in prisonx come to herx stucke in as sweet
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|
flowers as the season is mistres ofx and thereto make an addition of
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|
som other compounded odoursx which are grateful to the sencex all this
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|
shall become palamonx for palamon can singx and palamon is sweetx and
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|
evxry good thingx desire to eate with herx carve herx drinke to herx
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|
and still amongx intermingle your petition of grace and acceptance into
|
|
her favourx learne what maides have beene her companions and
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|
playxpheeresx and let them repaire to her with palamon in their
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|
mouthesx and appeare with tokensx as if they suggested for himx it is a
|
|
falsehood she is inx which is with falsehood to be combatedx this may
|
|
bring her to eatex to sleepex and reduce whatxs now out of square in
|
|
herx into their former lawx and regimentx i have seene it approvedx how
|
|
many times i know notx but to make the number morex i have great hope
|
|
in thisx i willx betweene the passages of this projectx come in with
|
|
my applyancex let us put it in executionx and hasten the successex
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|
whichx doubt notx will bring forth comfortx xflorishx exeuntxx
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|
act v
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scene xx xbefore the temples of marsx venusx and dianaxx
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xenter thesiusx perithousx hipolitax attendantsxx
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theseusx
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now letxem enterx and before the gods
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|
tender their holy prayersx let the temples
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burne bright with sacred firesx and the altars
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|
in hallowed clouds commend their swelling incense
|
|
to those above usx let no due be wantingx xflorish of cornetsxx
|
|
they have a noble worke in handx will honour
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|
the very powers that love xemx
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|
xenter palamon and arcitex and their knightsxx
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perithousx
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|
sirx they enterx
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theseusx
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you valiant and strong harted enemiesx
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you royall german foesx that this day come
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|
to blow that furnesse out that flames betweene yex
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|
lay by your anger for an hourex and dovexlikex
|
|
before the holy altars of your helpersx
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|
xthe all feard godsx bow downe your stubborne bodiesx
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|
your ire is more than mortallx so your helpe bex
|
|
and as the gods regard yex fight with iusticex
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|
ile leave you to your prayersx and betwixt ye
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|
i part my wishesx
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perithousx
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|
honour crowne the worthiestx xexit theseusx and his trainexx
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palamonx
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|
the glasse is running now that cannot finish
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|
till one of us expirex thinke you but thusx
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|
that were there ought in me which strove to show
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|
mine enemy in this businessex werxt one eye
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|
against anotherx arme opprest by armex
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|
i would destroy thxoffenderx cozx i wouldx
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|
though parcell of my selfex then from this gather
|
|
how i should tender youx
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arcitex
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|
i am in labour
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to push your namex your auncient lovex our kindred
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out of my memoryx and ixth selfe same place
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|
to seate something i would confoundx so hoyst we
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|
the saylesx that must these vessells port even where
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the heavenly lymiter pleasesx
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palamonx
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you speake wellx
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before i turnex let me embrace theex cosenx
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this i shall never doe agenx
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arcitex
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one farewellx
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palamonx
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whyx let it be sox farewellx cozx xexeunt palamon and his
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|
knightsxx
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arcitex
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farewellx sirxx
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knightsx kinsemenx loversx yeax my sacrificesx
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true worshippers of marsx whose spirit in you
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expells the seedes of fearex and thxapprehension
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|
which still is farther off itx goe with me
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|
before the god of our professionx there
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require of him the hearts of lyonsx and
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the breath of tigersx yeax the fearcenesse toox
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yeax the speed alsoxxto goe onx i meanex
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else wish we to be snaylesx you know my prize
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must be dragxd out of bloodx force and great feate
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must put my garland onx where she stickes
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the queene of flowersx our intercession then
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|
must be to him that makes the campe a cestron
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brymd with the blood of menx give me your aide
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and bend your spirits towards himx xthey kneelexx
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thou mighty onex that with thy power hast turnd
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greene neptune into purplex xwhose approachx
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comets prewarnex whose havocke in vaste feild
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vnearthed skulls proclaimex whose breath blowes downex
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the teeming ceres foyzonx who doth plucke
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with hand armypotent from forth blew clowdes
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the masond turretsx that both makxst and breakxst
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the stony girthes of cittiesx me thy puplex
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yongest follower of thy dromx instruct this day
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with military skillx that to thy lawde
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i may advance my streamerx and by theex
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be stilxd the lord oxth dayx give mex great marsx
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some token of thy pleasurex
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xhere they fall on their faces as formerlyx and there is heard
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clanging of armorx with a short thunder as the burst of a
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battailex
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whereupon they all rise and bow to the altarxx
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o great corrector of enormous timesx
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shaker of orexrank statesx thou grand decider
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of dustie and old tytlesx that healst with blood
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the earth when it is sickex and curst the world
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oxth pluresie of peoplex i doe take
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thy signes auspiciouslyx and in thy name
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to my designe march boldlyx let us goex xexeuntxx
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xenter palamon and his knightsx with the former observancexx
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palamonx
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our stars must glister with new firex or be
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to daie extinctx our argument is lovex
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which if the goddesse of it grantx she gives
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victory toox then blend your spirits with minex
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youx whose free noblenesse doe make my cause
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your personall hazardx to the goddesse venus
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commend we our proceedingx and implore
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her power unto our partiex xhere they kneele as formerlyxx
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hailex soveraigne queene of secretsx who hast power
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to call the feircest tyrant from his ragex
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and weepe unto a girlex that haxst the mightx
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|
even with an eyxglancex to choke marsis drom
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and turne thxallarme to whispersx that canst make
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a criple florish with his crutchx and cure him
|
|
before apollox that mayxst force the king
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|
to be his subjects vassailex and induce
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|
stale gravitie to dauncex the pould bachelourx
|
|
whose youthx like wonton boyes through bonfyresx
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|
have skipt thy flamexat seaventy thou canst catch
|
|
and make himx to the scorne of his hoarse throatex
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|
abuse yong laies of lovex what godlike power
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|
hast thou not power uponx to phoebus thou
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addxst flames hotter then hisx the heavenly fyres
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did scortch his mortall sonx thine himx the huntresse
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|
all moyst and coldx some sayx began to throw
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her bow awayx and sighx take to thy grace
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mex thy vowd souldierx who doe beare thy yoke
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as txwer a wreath of rosesx yet is heavier
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then lead it selfex stings more than nettlesx
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i have never beene foule mouthd against thy lawx
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nevxr reveald secretx for i knew nonexwould notx
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had i kend all that werex i never practised
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vpon mans wifex nor would the libells reade
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|
of liberall witsx i never at great feastes
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sought to betray a beautiex but have blushxd
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at simpring sirs that didx i have beene harsh
|
|
to large confessorsx and have hotly askxd them
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|
if they had mothersx i had onex a womanx
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|
and women txwer they wrongxdx i knew a man
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of eightie wintersx this i told themx who
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a lasse of foureteene bridedx twas thy power
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|
to put life into dustx the aged crampe
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had screwxd his square foote roundx
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the gout had knit his fingers into knotsx
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torturing convulsions from his globie eyesx
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had almost drawne their spheeresx that what was life
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in him seemxd torturex this anatomie
|
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had by his yong faire pheare a boyx and i
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beleevxd it was himx for she swore it wasx
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and who would not beleeve herx briefex i am
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to those that prate and have done no companionx
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to those that boast and have not a defyerx
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to those that would and cannot a rejoycerx
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yeax him i doe not lovex that tells close offices
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the fowlest wayx nor names concealements in
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the boldest languagex such a one i amx
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and vow that lover never yet made sigh
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|
truer then ix ox thenx most softx sweet goddessex
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|
give me the victory of this questionx which
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is true loves meritx and blesse me with a signe
|
|
of thy great pleasurex
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xhere musicke is heardx doves are seene to flutterx they fall
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againe upon their facesx then on their kneesxx
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palamonx
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o thoux that from eleven to ninetie raignxst
|
|
in mortall bosomesx whose chase is this worldx
|
|
and we in heards thy gamex i give thee thankes
|
|
for this faire tokenx whichx being layd unto
|
|
mine innocent true heartx armes in assurance xthey bowxx
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|
my body to this businessex let us rise
|
|
and bow before the goddessex time comes onx xexeuntxx
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|
xstill musicke of recordsxx
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|
xenter emilia in whitex her haire about her shouldersx xwearingx a
|
|
wheaten wreathx one in white holding up her trainex her haire stucke
|
|
with flowersx one before her carrying a silver hyndex in which is
|
|
conveyd incense and sweet odoursx which being set upon the altar xof
|
|
dianax her maides standing a loofex she sets fire to itx then they
|
|
curtsey and kneelexx
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|
emiliax
|
|
o sacredx shadowiex cold and constant queenex
|
|
abandoner of revellsx mutex contemplativex
|
|
sweetx solitaryx white as chastex and pure
|
|
as windefand snowx who to thy femall knights
|
|
alowxst no more blood than will make a blushx
|
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which is their orders robex i heerex thy priestx
|
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am humbled fore thine altarx o vouchsafex
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with that thy rare greene eyex which never yet
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beheld thing maculatex looke on thy virginx
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andx sacred silver mistrisx lend thine eare
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xwhich nevxr heard scurrill termex into whose port
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nexre entred wanton foundxx to my petition
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seasond with holy fearex this is my last
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of vestall officex i am bride habitedx
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but mayden hartedx a husband i have pointedx
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but doe not know himx out of two i should
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choose one and pray for his successex but i
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am guiltlesse of electionx of mine eyesx
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were i to loose onex they are equall preciousx
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i could doombe neitherx that which perishxd should
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goe tooxt unsentencxdx thereforex most modest queenex
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he of the two pretendersx that best loves me
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and has the truest title inxtx let him
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take off my wheaten gerlandx or else grant
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the fyle and qualitie i holdx i may
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continue in thy bandx
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xhere the hynde vanishes under the altarx and in the place ascends
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a rose treex having one rose upon itxx
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see what our generall of ebbs and flowes
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out from the bowells of her holy altar
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with sacred act advancesx but one rosex
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if well inspirdx this battaile shal confound
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both these brave knightsx and ix a virgin flowre
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must grow alone unpluckxdx
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xhere is heard a sodaine twang of instrumentsx and the rose falsx
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from the tree xwhich vanishes under the altarxxx
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the flowre is falnex the tree descendsx ox mistrisx
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thou here dischargest mex i shall be gatherxdx
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i thinke sox but i know not thine owne willx
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vnclaspe thy misteriexxi hope shexs pleasxdx
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her signes were gratiousx xthey curtsey and exeuntxx
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scene xx xa darkened room in the prisonxx
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xenter doctorx iaylor and wooerx in habite of palamonxx
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doctorx
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has this advice i told youx done any good upon herx
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wooerx
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o very muchx the maids that kept her company
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have halfe perswaded her that i am palamonx
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within this halfe houre she came smiling to mex
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and asked me what i would eatex and when i would kisse herx
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i told her presentlyx and kist her twicex
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doctorx
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twas well donex twentie times had bin far betterx
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for there the cure lies mainelyx
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wooerx
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then she told me
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she would watch with me to nightx for well she knew
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what houre my fit would take mex
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doctorx
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let her doe sox
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and when your fit comesx fit her homex
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and presentlyx
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wooerx
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she would have me singx
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doctorx
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you did sox
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wooerx
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nox
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doctorx
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twas very ill donex thenx
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you should observe her evxry wayx
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wooerx
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alasx
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i have no voicex sirx to confirme her that wayx
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doctorx
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thatxs all onex if yee make a noysex
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if she intreate againex doe any thingxx
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lye with herx if she aske youx
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iailorx
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hoax therex doctorx
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doctorx
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yesx in the waie of curex
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iailorx
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but firstx by your leavex
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ixth way of honestiex
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doctorx
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thatxs but a nicenessex
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nevxr cast your child away for honestiex
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cure her first this wayx then if shee will be honestx
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she has the path before herx
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iailorx
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thanke yeex doctorx
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doctorx
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prayx bring her inx
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and letxs see how shee isx
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iailorx
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i willx and tell her
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her palamon staies for herx butx doctorx
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me thinkes you are ixth wrong stillx xexit iaylorxx
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doctorx
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goex goex
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you fathers are fine foolesx her honestyx
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and we should give her physicke till we finde thatx
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wooerx
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whyx doe you thinke she is not honestx sirx
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doctorx
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how old is shex
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wooerx
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shexs eighteenex
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doctorx
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she may bex
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but thatxs all onex tis nothing to our purposex
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what ere her father saiesx if you perceave
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her moode inclining that way that i spoke ofx
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videlicetx the way of fleshxyou have mex
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wooerx
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yetx very wellx sirx
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doctorx
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please her appetitex
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and doe it homex it cures herx ipso factox
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the mellencholly humour that infects herx
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wooerx
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i am of your mindex doctorx
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xenter iaylorx daughterx maidexx
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doctorx
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youxl finde it sox she comesx pray humour herx
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iailorx
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comex your love palamon staies for youx childex
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and has done this long hourex to visite youx
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daughterx
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i thanke him for his gentle patiencex
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hexs a kind gentlemanx and i am much bound to himx
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did you nevxr see the horse he gave mex
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iailorx
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yesx
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daughterx
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how doe you like himx
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iailorx
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hexs a very faire onex
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daughterx
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you never saw him dancex
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iailorx
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nox
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daughterx
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i have oftenx
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he daunces very finelyx very comelyx
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and for a iiggex come cut and long taile to himx
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he turnes ye like a topx
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iailorx
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thatxs finex indeedex
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daughterx
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heexl dance the morris twenty mile an hourex
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and that will founder the best hobbyxhorse
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xif i have any skillx in all the parishx
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and gallops to the turne of light ax lovex
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what thinke you of this horsex
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iailorx
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having these vertuesx
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i thinke he might be broght to play at tennisx
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daughterx
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alasx thatxs nothingx
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iailorx
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can he write and reade toox
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daughterx
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a very faire handx and casts himselfe thxaccounts
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of all his hay and provenderx that hostler
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must rise betime that cozens himx you know
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|
the chestnut mare the duke hasx
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iailorx
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very wellx
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daughterx
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she is horribly in love with himx poore beastx
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but he is like his masterx coy and scornefullx
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iailorx
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what dowry has shex
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daughterx
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some two hundred bottlesx
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and twenty strike of oatesx but heexl nexre have herx
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he lispes inxs neighingx able to entice
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a millars marex heexl be the death of herx
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doctorx
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what stuffe she uttersx
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iailorx
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make curtsiex here your love comesx
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wooerx
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pretty soulex
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how doe yex thatxs a fine maidex therxs a curtsiex
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daughterx
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yours to command ith way of honestiex
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how far isxt now toxth end oxth worldx my mastersx
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doctorx
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whyx a daies iorneyx wenchx
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daughterx
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will you goe with mex
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wooerx
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what shall we doe therex wenchx
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daughterx
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whyx play at stoole ballx
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what is there else to doex
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wooerx
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i am contentx
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if we shall keepe our wedding therex
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daughterx
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tis truex
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for therex i will assure youx we shall finde
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some blind priest for the purposex that will venture
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to marry usx for here they are nicex and foolishx
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besidesx my father must be hangxd to morrow
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and that would be a blot ixth businessex
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are not you palamonx
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wooerx
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doe not you know mex
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daughterx
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yesx but you care not for mex i have nothing
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but this pore petticoatex and too corse smockesx
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wooerx
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thatxs all onex i will have youx
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daughterx
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will you surelyx
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wooerx
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yesx by this faire handx will ix
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daughterx
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weexl to bedx thenx
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wooerx
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evxn when you willx xkisses herxx
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daughterx
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o sirx you would faine be niblingx
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wooerx
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why doe you rub my kisse offx
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daughterx
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tis a sweet onex
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and will perfume me finely against the weddingx
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is not this your cosen arcitex
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doctorx
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yesx sweet heartx
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and i am glad my cosen palamon
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has made so faire a choicex
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daughterx
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doe you thinke heexl have mex
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doctorx
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yesx without doubtx
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daughterx
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doe you thinke so toox
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iailorx
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yesx
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daughterx
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we shall have many childrenxxlordx how yxar grownex
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my palamonx i hopex will growx toox finelyx
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now hexs at libertyx alasx poore chickenx
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he was kept downe with hard meate and ill lodgingx
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but ile kisse him up againex
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xemter a messengerxx
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messengerx
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what doe you herex youxl loose the noblest sight
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that evxr was seenex
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iailorx
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are they ixth fieldx
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messengerx
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they arex
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you beare a charge there toox
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iailorx
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ile away straightx
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i must evxn leave you herex
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doctorx
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nayx weexl goe with youx
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i will not loose the fightx
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iailorx
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how did you like herx
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doctorx
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ile warrant youx within these xx or xx daies
|
|
ile make her right againex you must not from herx
|
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but still preserve her in this wayx
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wooerx
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i willx
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doctorx
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lets get her inx
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wooerx
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comex sweetex weexl goe to dinnerx
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|
and then weele play at cardesx
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daughterx
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and shall we kisse toox
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wooerx
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a hundred timesx
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daughterx
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and twentyx
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wooerx
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|
ix and twentyx
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daughterx
|
|
and then weexl sleepe togetherx
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doctorx
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take her offerx
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wooerx
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yesx marryx will wex
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daughterx
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but you shall not hurt mex
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wooerx
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i will notx sweetex
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daughterx
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|
if you doex lovex ile cryx xflorishx exeuntx
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|
scene xx xa place near the listsxx
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|
xenter theseusx hipolitax emiliax perithousx and some attendantsx
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|
xtx tuckex curtisxxx
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emiliax
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ile no step furtherx
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perithousx
|
|
will you loose this sightx
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|
emiliax
|
|
i had rather see a wren hawke at a fly
|
|
then this decisionx evxry blow that falls
|
|
threats a brave lifex each stroake laments
|
|
the place whereon it falsx and sounds more like
|
|
a bell then bladex i will stay herex
|
|
it is enough my hearing shall be punishd
|
|
with what shall happenxgainst the which there is
|
|
no deaffingx but to hearexnot taint mine eye
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with dread sightsx it may shunx
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perithousx
|
|
sirx my good lordx
|
|
your sister will no furtherx
|
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theseusx
|
|
ohx she mustx
|
|
she shall see deeds of honour in their kindex
|
|
which sometime show wellx pencildx nature now
|
|
shall make and act the storyx the beleife
|
|
both seald with eye and earex you must be presentx
|
|
you are the victours meedex the pricex and garlond
|
|
to crowne the questions titlex
|
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|
emiliax
|
|
pardon mex
|
|
if i were therex ixld winkex
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|
theseusx
|
|
you must be therex
|
|
this tryall is as txwer ixth nightx and you
|
|
the onely star to shinex
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|
emiliax
|
|
i am extinctx
|
|
there is but envy in that lightx which showes
|
|
the one the otherx darkenesx which ever was
|
|
the dam of horrourx who doxs stand accurst
|
|
of many mortall millionsx may even nowx
|
|
by casting her blacke mantle over bothx
|
|
that neither coulde finde otherx get her selfe
|
|
some part of a good namex and many a murther
|
|
set off wherto shexs guiltyx
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|
hippolitax
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you must goex
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|
emiliax
|
|
in faithx i will notx
|
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|
theseusx
|
|
whyx the knights must kindle
|
|
their valour at your eyex knowx of this war
|
|
you are the treasurex and must needes be by
|
|
to give the service payx
|
|
|
|
emiliax
|
|
sirx pardon mex
|
|
the tytle of a kingdome may be tride
|
|
out of it selfex
|
|
|
|
theseusx
|
|
wellx wellx thenx at your pleasurex
|
|
those that remaine with you could wish their office
|
|
to any of their enemiesx
|
|
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|
hippolitax
|
|
farewellx sisterx
|
|
i am like to know your husband fore your selfe
|
|
by some small start of timex he whom the gods
|
|
doe of the two know bestx i pray them he
|
|
be made your lotx
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|
xexeunt theseusx hipolitax perithousx xcxx
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|
emiliax
|
|
arcite is gently visagdx yet his eye
|
|
is like an engyn bentx or a sharpe weapon
|
|
in a soft sheathx mercy and manly courage
|
|
are bedfellowes in his visagex palamon
|
|
has a most menacing aspectx his brow
|
|
is gravxdx and seemes to bury what it frownes onx
|
|
yet sometime tis not sox but alters to
|
|
the quallity of his thoughtsx long time his eye
|
|
will dwell upon his objectx mellencholly
|
|
becomes him noblyx so doxs arcites mirthx
|
|
but palamons sadnes is a kinde of mirthx
|
|
so mingledx as if mirth did make him sadx
|
|
and sadnesx merryx those darker humours that
|
|
sticke misbecomingly on othersx on them
|
|
live in faire dwellingx xcornetsx trompets sound as to a
|
|
chargexx
|
|
harkex how yon spurs to spirit doe incite
|
|
the princes to their proofex arcite may win mex
|
|
and yet may palamon wound arcite to
|
|
the spoyling of his figurex ox what pitty
|
|
enough for such a chancex if i were byx
|
|
i might doe hurtx for they would glance their eies
|
|
toward my seatx and in that motion might
|
|
omit a wardx or forfeit an offence
|
|
which cravxd that very timex it is much better
|
|
i am not therex oh better never borne
|
|
then minister to such harmex xcornetsx a great cry and noice withinx
|
|
crying xa palamonxxx what is the chancex
|
|
|
|
xenter servantxx
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servantx
|
|
the criexs xa palamonxx
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|
emiliax
|
|
then he has wonx twas ever likelyx
|
|
he lookd all grace and successex and he is
|
|
doubtlesse the primxst of menx i prextheex run
|
|
and tell me how it goesx xshowtx and cornetsx cryingx xa
|
|
palamonxxx
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|
servantx
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|
still palamonx
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|
emiliax
|
|
run and enquirex poore servantx thou hast lostx
|
|
vpon my right side still i wore thy picturex
|
|
palamons on the leftx why sox i know notx
|
|
i had no end inxt elsex chance would have it sox
|
|
on the sinister side the heart lyesx palamon
|
|
had the best boding chancex xanother cryx and showt withinx and
|
|
cornetsxx this burst of clamour
|
|
is sure thxend oxth combatx
|
|
|
|
xenter servantxx
|
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|
servantx
|
|
they saide that palamon had arcites body
|
|
within an inch oxth pyramidx that the cry
|
|
was generall xa palamonxx butx anonx
|
|
thxassistants made a brave redemptionx and
|
|
the two bold tytlersx at this instant are
|
|
hand to hand at itx
|
|
|
|
emiliax
|
|
were they metamorphisd
|
|
both into onex oh whyx there were no woman
|
|
worth so composd a manx their single sharex
|
|
their noblenes peculier to themx gives
|
|
the prejudice of disparityx values shortnesx xcornetsx cry withinx
|
|
arcitex arcitexx
|
|
to any lady breathingxmore exultingx
|
|
palamon stillx
|
|
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|
servantx
|
|
nayx now the sound is arcitex
|
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|
emiliax
|
|
i prextheex lay attention to the cryx xcornetsx a great showt and
|
|
cryx xarcitex victoryxxx set both thine eares toxth businesx
|
|
|
|
servantx
|
|
the cry is
|
|
xarcitexx and xvictoryxx harkex xarcitex victoryxx
|
|
the combats consummation is proclaimxd
|
|
by the wind instrumentsx
|
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|
emiliax
|
|
halfe sights saw
|
|
that arcite was no babex godxs lydx his richnes
|
|
and costlines of spirit lookxt through himx it could
|
|
no more be hid in him then fire in flaxx
|
|
then humble banckes can goe to law with watersx
|
|
that drift windes force to ragingx i did thinke
|
|
good palamon would miscarryx yet i knew not
|
|
why i did thinke sox our reasons are not prophetsx
|
|
when oft our fancies arex they are comming offx
|
|
alasx poore palamonx xcornetsxx
|
|
|
|
xenter theseusx hipolitax pirithousx arcite as victorx and
|
|
attendantsx xcxx
|
|
|
|
theseusx
|
|
lox where our sister is in expectationx
|
|
yet quakingx and unsetledxxfairest emilyx
|
|
the gods by their divine arbitrament
|
|
have given you this knightx he is a good one
|
|
as ever strooke at headx give me your handsx
|
|
receive you herx you himx be plighted with
|
|
a love that growesx as you decayx
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arcitex
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emilyx
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to buy youx i have lost whatxs deerest to mex
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save what is boughtx and yet i purchase cheapelyx
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as i doe rate your valuex
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theseusx
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o loved sisterx
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he speakes now of as brave a knight as ere
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did spur a noble steedx surelyx the gods
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would have him die a batchelourx least his race
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should shew ixth world too godlikex his behaviour
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so charmed mex that me thought alcides was
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to him a sow of leadx if i could praise
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each part of him toxth all i have spokex your arcite
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did not loose byxtx for he that was thus good
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encountred yet his betterx i have heard
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two emulous philomels beate the eare oxth night
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with their contentious throatesx now one the higherx
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anon the otherx then againe the firstx
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and by and by out breastedx that the sence
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could not be judge betweene xemx so it farxd
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good space betweene these kinesmenx till heavens did
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make hardly one the winnerx weare the girlond
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with joy that you have wonx for the subdudex
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give them our present iusticex since i know
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their lives but pinch xemx let it here be donex
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the sceanexs not for our seeingx goe we hencex
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right joyfullx with some sorrowxxarme your prizex
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i know you will not loose herxxhipolitax
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i see one eye of yours conceives a teare
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the which it will deliverx xflorishxx
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emiliax
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is this wynningx
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oh all you heavenly powersx where is your mercyx
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but that your wils have saide it must be sox
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and charge me live to comfort this unfriendedx
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this miserable princex that cuts away
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a life more worthy from him then all womenx
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i shouldx and wouldx die toox
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hippolitax
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infinite pittyx
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that fowre such eies should be so fixd on one
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that two must needes be blinde fortx
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theseusx
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so it isx xexeuntxx
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scene xx xthe samex a block preparedxx
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xenter palamon and his knightes pyniondx iaylorx executionerx xcx
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gardxx
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xpalamonxx
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therxs many a man alive that hath out livxd
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the love oxth peoplex yeax ixth selfesame state
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stands many a father with his childex some comfort
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we have by so consideringx we expire
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and not without mens pittyx to live stillx
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have their good wishesx we prevent
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the loathsome misery of agex beguile
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the gowt and rheumex that in lag howres attend
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for grey approachersx we come towards the gods
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yong and unwapperxdx not halting under crymes
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many and stalex that sure shall please the godsx
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sooner than suchx to give us nectar with xemx
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for we are more cleare spiritsx my deare kinesmenx
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whose lives xfor this poore comfortx are laid downex
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you have sould xem too too cheapex
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xx knightx
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what ending could be
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of more contentx ore us the victors have
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fortunex whose title is as momentaryx
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as to us death is certainex a graine of honour
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they not orexxweigh usx
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xx knightx
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let us bid farewellx
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and with our patience anger tottring fortunex
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who at her certainxst reelesx
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xx knightx
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comex who beginsx
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palamonx
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evxn he that led you to this banket shall
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taste to you allxxah hax my friendx my friendx
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your gentle daughter gave me freedome oncex
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youxl seext done now for everx prayx how doxes shex
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i heard she was not wellx her kind of ill
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gave me some sorrowx
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iailorx
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sirx shexs well restorxdx
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and to be marryed shortlyx
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palamonx
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by my short lifex
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i am most glad onxtx tis the latest thing
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i shall be glad ofx prexthee tell her sox
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commend me to herx and to peece her portionx
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tender her thisx xgives pursexx
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xx knightx
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nay lets be offerers allx
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xx knightx
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is it a maidex
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palamonx
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verilyx i thinke sox
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a right good creaturex more to me deserving
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then i can quight or speake ofx
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all knightsx
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commend us to herx xthey give their pursesxx
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iailorx
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the gods requight you allx
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and make her thankefullx
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palamonx
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adiewx and let my life be now as shortx
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as my leave takingx xlies on the blockexx
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xx knightx
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leadex couragious cosinx
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xx knightx
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weexl follow cheerefullyx xa great noise within cryingx xrunx savex
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holdxxx
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xenter in hast a messengerxx
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messengerx
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holdx holdx o holdx holdx holdx
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xenter pirithous in hastexx
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perithousx
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holdx hoax it is a cursed hast you madex
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if you have done so quicklyx noble palamonx
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the gods will shew their glory in a lifex
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that thou art yet to leadex
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palamonx
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can that bex
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when venusx i have saidx is falsex how doe things farex
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perithousx
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arisex great sirx and give the tydings eare
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that are most dearly sweet and bitterx
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palamonx
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what
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hath wakt us from our dreamex
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perithousx
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list thenx your cosenx
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mounted upon a steed that emily
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did first bestow on himx a blacke onex owing
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not a hayre worth of whitexwhich some will say
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weakens his pricex and many will not buy
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his goodnesse with this notex which superstition
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heere findes allowancexon this horse is arcite
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trotting the stones of athensx which the calkins
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did rather tell then tramplex for the horse
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would make his length a milex ifxt pleasxd his rider
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to put pride in himx as he thus went counting
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the flinty pavementx dancingx as txwerx toxth musicke
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his owne hoofes madex xfor as they say from iron
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came musickes origenx what envious flintx
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cold as old saturnex and like him possest
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with fire malevolentx darted a sparkex
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or what feirce sulphur elsex to this end madex
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i comment notxxthe hot horsex hot as firex
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tooke toy at thisx and fell to what disorder
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his power could give his willx boundsx comes on endx
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forgets schoole dooingx being therein traindx
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and of kind mannadgex pigxlike he whines
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at the sharpe rowellx which he freats at rather
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then any jot obaiesx seekes all foule meanes
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of boystrous and rough iadriex to disxseate
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his lordx that kept it bravelyx when nought servxdx
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when neither curb would crackex girth breake nor diffring plunges
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disxroote his rider whence he grewx but that
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he kept him tweene his leggesx on his hind hoofes on end he standsx
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that arcites leggsx being higher then his headx
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seemxd with strange art to handx his victors wreath
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even then fell off his headx and presently
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backeward the iade comes orex and his full poyze
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becomes the riders loadex yet is he livingx
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|
but such a vessell tisx that floates but for
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the surge that next approachesx he much desires
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to have some speech with youx loe he appearesx
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xenter theseusx hipolitax emiliax arcite in a chairexx
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palamonx
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o miserable end of our alliancex
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the gods are mightiex arcitex if thy heartx
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thy worthiex manly heartx be yet unbrokenx
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give me thy last wordsx i am palamonx
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one that yet loves thee dyingx
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arcitex
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take emilia
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and with her all the worlds joyx reach thy handx
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farewellx i have told my last hourex i was falsex
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yet never treacherousx forgive mex cosenxx
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one kisse from faire emiliax tis donex
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take herx i diex
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palamonx
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thy brave soule seeke eliziumx
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emiliax
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ile close thine eyesx princex blessed soules be with theex
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thou art a right good manx and while i livex
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this day i give to tearesx
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palamonx
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and i to honourx
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theseusx
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|
in this place first you foughtx evxn very here
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|
i sundred youx acknowledge to the gods
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our thankes that you are livingx
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his part is playdx and though it were too shortx
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he did it wellx your day is lengthnedx and
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the blissefull dew of heaven doxs arowze youx
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the powerfull venus well hath gracxd her altarx
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and given you your lovex our master mars
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hath vouchxd his oraclex and to arcite gave
|
|
the grace of the contentionx so the deities
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have shewd due justicex beare this hencex
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palamonx
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o cosenx
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|
that we should things desirex which doe cost us
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|
the losse of our desirex that nought could buy
|
|
deare lovex but losse of deare lovex
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theseusx
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never fortune
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|
did play a subtler gamex the conquerd triumphesx
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|
the victor has the lossex yet in the passage
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|
the gods have beene most equallx palamonx
|
|
your kinseman hath confest the right oxth lady
|
|
did lye in youx for you first saw herx and
|
|
even then proclaimd your fanciex he restord her
|
|
as your stolne iewellx and desirxd your spirit
|
|
to send him hence forgivenx the gods my justice
|
|
take from my handx and they themselves become
|
|
the executionersx leade your lady offx
|
|
and call your lovers from the stage of deathx
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|
whom i adopt my frindsx a day or two
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|
let us looke sadlyx and give grace unto
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|
the funerall of arcitex in whose end
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|
the visages of bridegroomes weele put on
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|
and smile with palamonx for whom an hourex
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|
but one hourex sincex i was as dearely sorryx
|
|
as glad of arcitex and am now as gladx
|
|
as for him sorryx o you heavenly charmersx
|
|
what things you make of usx for what we lacke
|
|
we laughx for what we havex are sorryx still
|
|
are children in some kindx let us be thankefull
|
|
for that which isx and with you leave dispute
|
|
that are above our questionx letxs goe offx
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|
and beare us like the timex xflorishx exeuntxx
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epilogue
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i would now aske ye how ye like the playx
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|
butx as it is with schoole boyesx cannot sayx
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|
i am cruell fearefullx prayx yet stay a whilex
|
|
and let me looke upon yex no man smilex
|
|
then it goes hardx i seex he that has
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|
lovxd a yong hansome wenchx thenx show his facex
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|
tis strange if none be heerexand if he will
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|
against his consciencex let him hissex and kill
|
|
our marketx tis in vainex i seex to stay yeex
|
|
have at the worst can comex thenx now what say yex
|
|
and yet mistake me notx i am not boldx
|
|
we have no such causex if the tale we have told
|
|
xfor tis no otherx any way content ye
|
|
xfor to that honest purpose it was ment yex
|
|
we have our endx and ye shall have ere longx
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|
i dare sayx many a betterx to prolong
|
|
your old loves to usx wex and all our might
|
|
rest at your servicex gentlemenx good nightx xflorishxx
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the winterxs tale
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contents
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act i
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scene ix siciliax an antechamber in leontesx palacex
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scene iix the samex a room of state in the palacex
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act ii
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scene ix siciliax a room in the palacex
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scene iix the samex the outer room of a prisonx
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scene iiix the samex a room in the palacex
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act iii
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scene ix siciliax a street in some townx
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scene iix the samex a court of justicex
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scene iiix bohemiax a desert country near the seax
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act iv
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scene ix prologuex
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scene iix bohemiax a room in the palace of polixenesx
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scene iiix the samex a road near the shepherdxs cottagex
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scene ivx the samex a shepherdxs cottagex
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act v
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scene ix siciliax a room in the palace of leontesx
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scene iix the samex before the palacex
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scene iiix the samex a room in paulinaxs housex
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dramatis personx
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leontesx king of sicilia
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mamilliusx his son
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camillox sicilian lord
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antigonusx sicilian lord
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cleomenesx sicilian lord
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dionx sicilian lord
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polixenesx king of bohemia
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florizelx his son
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archidamusx a bohemian lord
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an old shepherdx reputed father of perdita
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clownx his son
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autolycusx a rogue
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a mariner
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a gaoler
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servant to the old shepherd
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other sicilian lords
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sicilian gentlemen
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officers of a court of judicature
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hermionex queen to leontes
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perditax daughter to leontes and hermione
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paulinax wife to antigonus
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emiliax a lady attending on the queen
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mopsax shepherdess
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dorcasx shepherdess
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other ladiesx attending on the queen
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lordsx ladiesx and attendantsx satyrs for a dancex shepherdsx
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shepherdessesx guardsx xcx
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timex as chorus
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scenex sometimes in siciliax sometimes in bohemiax
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act i
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scene ix siciliax an antechamber in leontesx palacex
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enter camillo and archidamusx
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archidamusx
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if you shall chancex camillox to visit bohemiax on the like occasion
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|
whereon my services are now on footx you shall seex as i have saidx
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great difference betwixt our bohemia and your siciliax
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camillox
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i think this coming summer the king of sicilia means to pay bohemia the
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visitation which he justly owes himx
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archidamusx
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wherein our entertainment shall shame usx we will be justified in our
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lovesx for indeedxx
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camillox
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beseech youx
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archidamusx
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verilyx i speak it in the freedom of my knowledgex we cannot with such
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magnificencexin so rarexi know not what to sayx we will give you sleepy
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drinksx that your sensesx unintelligent of our insufficiencex mayx
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though they cannot praise usx as little accuse usx
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camillox
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you pay a great deal too dear for whatxs given freelyx
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archidamusx
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believe mex i speak as my understanding instructs me and as mine
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honesty puts it to utterancex
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camillox
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sicilia cannot show himself overxkind to bohemiax they were trained
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together in their childhoodsx and there rooted betwixt them then such
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an affection which cannot choose but branch nowx since their more
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mature dignities and royal necessities made separation of their
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|
societyx their encountersx though not personalx have been royally
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attorneyed with interchange of giftsx lettersx loving embassiesx that
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they have seemed to be togetherx though absentx shook handsx as over a
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vastx and embraced as it were from the ends of opposed windsx the
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heavens continue their lovesx
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archidamusx
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i think there is not in the world either malice or matter to alter itx
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you have an unspeakable comfort of your young prince mamilliusx it is a
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gentleman of the greatest promise that ever came into my notex
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camillox
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i very well agree with you in the hopes of himx it is a gallant childx
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one that indeed physics the subjectx makes old hearts freshx they that
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went on crutches ere he was born desire yet their life to see him a
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manx
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archidamusx
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would they else be content to diex
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camillox
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yesx if there were no other excuse why they should desire to livex
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archidamusx
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if the king had no sonx they would desire to live on crutches till he
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had onex
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene iix the samex a room of state in the palacex
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enter leontesx polixenesx hermionex mamilliusx camillo and attendantsx
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polixenesx
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nine changes of the watery star hath been
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the shepherdxs note since we have left our throne
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without a burdenx time as long again
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would be fillxd upx my brotherx with our thanksx
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and yet we shouldx for perpetuityx
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go hence in debtx and thereforex like a cipherx
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|
yet standing in rich placex i multiply
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|
with one xwe thank youx many thousands more
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|
that go before itx
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leontesx
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stay your thanks a whilex
|
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and pay them when you partx
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polixenesx
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sirx thatxs tomorrowx
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i am questionxd by my fearsx of what may chance
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or breed upon our absencex that may blow
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no sneaping winds at homex to make us say
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xthis is put forth too trulyxx besidesx i have stayxd
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to tire your royaltyx
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leontesx
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we are tougherx brotherx
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than you can put us to xtx
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polixenesx
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no longer stayx
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leontesx
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one sevexnight longerx
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polixenesx
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very soothx tomorrowx
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leontesx
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wexll part the time between xs thenx and in that
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ixll no gainsayingx
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polixenesx
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press me notx beseech youx sox
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there is no tongue that movesx nonex none ix thx worldx
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so soon as yoursx could win mex so it should nowx
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|
were there necessity in your requestx although
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xtwere needful i denied itx my affairs
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do even drag me homewardx which to hinder
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|
werex in your love a whip to mex my stay
|
|
to you a charge and troublex to save bothx
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|
farewellx our brotherx
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leontesx
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tonguextiedx our queenx speak youx
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hermionex
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i had thoughtx sirx to have held my peace until
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|
you had drawn oaths from him not to stayx youx sirx
|
|
charge him too coldlyx tell him you are sure
|
|
all in bohemiaxs wellx this satisfaction
|
|
the byxgone day proclaimedx say this to himx
|
|
hexs beat from his best wardx
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leontesx
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well saidx hermionex
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hermionex
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to tell he longs to see his son were strongx
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but let him say so thenx and let him gox
|
|
but let him swear sox and he shall not stayx
|
|
wexll thwack him hence with distaffsx
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|
xxto polixenesxxx yet of your royal presence ixll adventure
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|
the borrow of a weekx when at bohemia
|
|
you take my lordx ixll give him my commission
|
|
to let him there a month behind the gest
|
|
prefixxd forxs partingxxyetx good deedx leontesx
|
|
i love thee not a jar of thx clock behind
|
|
what lady she her lordx youxll stayx
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polixenesx
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nox madamx
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hermionex
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nayx but you willx
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polixenesx
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i may notx verilyx
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hermionex
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verilyx
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you put me off with limber vowsx but ix
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though you would seek tx unsphere the stars with oathsx
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should yet say xsirx no goingxx verilyx
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you shall not gox a ladyxs verily is
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as potent as a lordxsx will go yetx
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force me to keep you as a prisonerx
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not like a guestx so you shall pay your fees
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when you departx and save your thanksx how say youx
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my prisoner or my guestx by your dread xverilyxx
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one of them you shall bex
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polixenesx
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your guestx thenx madamx
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to be your prisoner should import offendingx
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which is for me less easy to commit
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than you to punishx
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hermionex
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not your gaoler thenx
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but your kind hostessx comex ixll question you
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of my lordxs tricks and yours when you were boysx
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you were pretty lordings thenx
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polixenesx
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we werex fair queenx
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two lads that thought there was no more behind
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but such a day tomorrow as todayx
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and to be boy eternalx
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hermionex
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was not my lord
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the verier wag ox thx twox
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polixenesx
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we were as twinnxd lambs that did frisk ix thx sun
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and bleat the one at thx otherx what we changxd
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was innocence for innocencex we knew not
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the doctrine of illxdoingx nor dreamxd
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that any didx had we pursuxd that lifex
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and our weak spirits nexer been higher rearxd
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with stronger bloodx we should have answerxd heaven
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boldly xnot guiltyxx the imposition clearxd
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hereditary oursx
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hermionex
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by this we gather
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you have trippxd sincex
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polixenesx
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o my most sacred ladyx
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temptations have since then been born to xsx for
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in those unfledgxd days was my wife a girlx
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your precious self had then not crossxd the eyes
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of my young playxfellowx
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hermionex
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grace to bootx
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of this make no conclusionx lest you say
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your queen and i are devilsx yet go onx
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thx offences we have made you do wexll answerx
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if you first sinnxd with usx and that with us
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you did continue faultx and that you slippxd not
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with any but with usx
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leontesx
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is he won yetx
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hermionex
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hexll stayx my lordx
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leontesx
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at my request he would notx
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hermionex my dearestx thou never spokxst
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to better purposex
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hermionex
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neverx
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leontesx
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never but oncex
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hermionex
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whatx have i twice said wellx when wasxt beforex
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i prithee tell mex cram xs with praisex and make xs
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as fat as tame thingsx one good deed dying tongueless
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slaughters a thousand waiting upon thatx
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our praises are our wagesx you may ride xs
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with one soft kiss a thousand furlongs ere
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with spur we heat an acrex but to thx goalx
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my last good deed was to entreat his stayx
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what was my firstx it has an elder sisterx
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or i mistake youx ox would her name were gracex
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but once before i spoke to the purposexwhenx
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nayx let me havextx i longx
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leontesx
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whyx that was when
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three crabbed months had sourxd themselves to deathx
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ere i could make thee open thy white hand
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and clap thyself my lovex then didst thou utter
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xi am yours for everxx
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hermionex
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xtis grace indeedx
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whyx lo you nowx i have spoke to thx purpose twicex
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the one for ever earnxd a royal husbandx
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thx other for some while a friendx
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xxgiving her hand to polixenesxxx
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leontesx
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xxasidexxx too hotx too hotx
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to mingle friendship far is mingling bloodsx
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i have xtremor cordisx on mex my heart dancesx
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but not for joyxxnot joyx this entertainment
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may a free face put onx derive a liberty
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from heartinessx from bountyx fertile bosomx
|
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and well become the agentx xt mayx i grantx
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but to be paddling palms and pinching fingersx
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as now they arex and making practisxd smiles
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as in a lookingxglassx and then to sighx as xtwere
|
|
the mort ox thx deerx ox that is entertainment
|
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my bosom likes notx nor my browsx mamilliusx
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art thou my boyx
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mamilliusx
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ayx my good lordx
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leontesx
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ix fecksx
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whyx thatxs my bawcockx whatx hast smutchxd thy nosex
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they say it is a copy out of minex comex captainx
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we must be neatx not neatx but cleanlyx captainx
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and yet the steerx the heiferx and the calf
|
|
are all callxd neatxxstill virginalling
|
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upon his palmxxhow nowx you wanton calfx
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|
art thou my calfx
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mamilliusx
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yesx if you willx my lordx
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leontesx
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thou wantxst a rough pash and the shoots that i have
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to be full like mexxyet they say we are
|
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almost as like as eggsx women say sox
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that will say anythingx but were they false
|
|
as oxerxdyxd blacksx as windx as watersx false
|
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as dice are to be wishxd by one that fixes
|
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no bourn xtwixt his and minex yet were it true
|
|
to say this boy were like mex comex sir pagex
|
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look on me with your welkin eyex sweet villainx
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most dearxstx my collopx can thy damxxmayxt bex
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affectionx thy intention stabs the centrex
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thou dost make possible things not so heldx
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communicatxst with dreamsxxhow can this bexx
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with whatxs unreal thou coactive artx
|
|
and fellowxst nothingx then xtis very credent
|
|
thou mayxst coxjoin with somethingx and thou dostx
|
|
and that beyond commissionx and i find itx
|
|
and that to the infection of my brains
|
|
and hardening of my browsx
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polixenesx
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what means siciliax
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hermionex
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he something seems unsettledx
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polixenesx
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howx my lordx
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what cheerx how isxt with youx best brotherx
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hermionex
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you look
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as if you held a brow of much distractionx
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|
are you movxdx my lordx
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leontesx
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nox in good earnestx
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how sometimes nature will betray its follyx
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its tendernessx and make itself a pastime
|
|
to harder bosomsx looking on the lines
|
|
of my boyxs facex methoughts i did recoil
|
|
twentyxthree yearsx and saw myself unbreechxdx
|
|
in my green velvet coatx my dagger muzzled
|
|
lest it should bite its masterx and so provex
|
|
as ornaments oft dox too dangerousx
|
|
how likex methoughtx i then was to this kernelx
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|
this squashx this gentlemanx mine honest friendx
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will you take eggs for moneyx
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mamilliusx
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nox my lordx ixll fightx
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leontesx
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you willx whyx happy man be xs dolex my brotherx
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|
are you so fond of your young prince as we
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|
do seem to be of oursx
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polixenesx
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if at homex sirx
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|
hexs all my exercisex my mirthx my matterx
|
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now my sworn friendx and then mine enemyx
|
|
my parasitex my soldierx statesmanx allx
|
|
he makes a julyxs day short as decemberx
|
|
and with his varying childness cures in me
|
|
thoughts that would thick my bloodx
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leontesx
|
|
so stands this squire
|
|
officxd with mex we two will walkx my lordx
|
|
and leave you to your graver stepsx hermionex
|
|
how thou lovxst us show in our brotherxs welcomex
|
|
let what is dear in sicily be cheapx
|
|
next to thyself and my young roverx hexs
|
|
apparent to my heartx
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hermionex
|
|
if you would seek usx
|
|
we are yours ix the gardenx shall xs attend you therex
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leontesx
|
|
to your own bents dispose youx youxll be foundx
|
|
be you beneath the skyx xxasidexxx i am angling nowx
|
|
though you perceive me not how i give linex
|
|
go tox go tox
|
|
how she holds up the nebx the bill to himx
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|
and arms her with the boldness of a wife
|
|
to her allowing husbandx
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xxexeunt polixenesx hermione and attendantsxxx
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gone alreadyx
|
|
inchxthickx kneexdeepx oxer head and ears a forkxd onexx
|
|
gox playx boyx playx thy mother playsx and i
|
|
play toox but so disgracxd a partx whose issue
|
|
will hiss me to my gravex contempt and clamour
|
|
will be my knellx gox playx boyx playx there have beenx
|
|
or i am much deceivxdx cuckolds ere nowx
|
|
and many a man there isx even at this presentx
|
|
now while i speak thisx holds his wife by thx armx
|
|
that little thinks she has been sluicxd in xs absencex
|
|
and his pond fishxd by his next neighbourx by
|
|
sir smilex his neighbourx nayx therexs comfort in xtx
|
|
whiles other men have gatesx and those gates openxdx
|
|
as minex against their willx should all despair
|
|
that hath revolted wivesx the tenth of mankind
|
|
would hang themselvesx physic forxt therexs nonex
|
|
it is a bawdy planetx that will strike
|
|
where xtis predominantx and xtis powerfulx think itx
|
|
from eastx westx northx and southx be it concludedx
|
|
no barricado for a bellyx knowxtx
|
|
it will let in and out the enemy
|
|
with bag and baggagex many thousand of us
|
|
have the diseasex and feelxt notxxhow nowx boyx
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|
mamilliusx
|
|
i am like youx they sayx
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leontesx
|
|
whyx thatxs some comfortx
|
|
whatx camillo therex
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|
camillox
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|
ayx my good lordx
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leontesx
|
|
go playx mamilliusx thouxrt an honest manx
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|
xxexit mamilliusxxx
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|
camillox this great sir will yet stay longerx
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|
|
|
camillox
|
|
you had much ado to make his anchor holdx
|
|
when you cast outx it still came homex
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leontesx
|
|
didst note itx
|
|
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|
camillox
|
|
he would not stay at your petitionsx made
|
|
his business more materialx
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|
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|
leontesx
|
|
didst perceive itx
|
|
xxasidexxx theyxre here with me alreadyx whispxringx roundingx
|
|
xsicilia is a soxforthxx xtis far gone
|
|
when i shall gust it lastxxhow camextx camillox
|
|
that he did stayx
|
|
|
|
camillox
|
|
at the good queenxs entreatyx
|
|
|
|
leontesx
|
|
at the queenxs bextx xgoodx should be pertinentx
|
|
but so it isx it is notx was this taken
|
|
by any understanding pate but thinex
|
|
for thy conceit is soakingx will draw in
|
|
more than the common blocksx not notedx isxtx
|
|
but of the finer naturesx by some severals
|
|
of headxpiece extraordinaryx lower messes
|
|
perchance are to this business purblindx sayx
|
|
|
|
camillox
|
|
businessx my lordx i think most understand
|
|
bohemia stays here longerx
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|
|
|
leontesx
|
|
hax
|
|
|
|
camillox
|
|
stays here longerx
|
|
|
|
leontesx
|
|
ayx but whyx
|
|
|
|
camillox
|
|
to satisfy your highnessx and the entreaties
|
|
of our most gracious mistressx
|
|
|
|
leontesx
|
|
satisfyx
|
|
thx entreaties of your mistressx satisfyx
|
|
let that sufficex i have trusted theex camillox
|
|
with all the nearest things to my heartx as well
|
|
my chamberxcounselsx whereinx priestxlikex thou
|
|
hast cleansxd my bosomx i from thee departed
|
|
thy penitent reformxdx but we have been
|
|
deceivxd in thy integrityx deceivxd
|
|
in that which seems sox
|
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|
|
camillox
|
|
be it forbidx my lordx
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|
|
|
leontesx
|
|
to bide uponxtx thou art not honestx orx
|
|
if thou inclinxst that wayx thou art a cowardx
|
|
which hoxes honesty behindx restraining
|
|
from course requirxdx or else thou must be counted
|
|
a servant grafted in my serious trustx
|
|
and therein negligentx or else a fool
|
|
that seest a game playxd homex the rich stake drawnx
|
|
and takxst it all for jestx
|
|
|
|
camillox
|
|
my gracious lordx
|
|
i may be negligentx foolishx and fearfulx
|
|
in every one of these no man is freex
|
|
but that his negligencex his follyx fearx
|
|
among the infinite doings of the worldx
|
|
sometime puts forthx in your affairsx my lordx
|
|
if ever i were wilfulxnegligentx
|
|
it was my follyx if industriously
|
|
i playxd the foolx it was my negligencex
|
|
not weighing well the endx if ever fearful
|
|
to do a thingx where i the issue doubtedx
|
|
whereof the execution did cry out
|
|
against the nonxperformancex xtwas a fear
|
|
which oft affects the wisestx thesex my lordx
|
|
are such allowxd infirmities that honesty
|
|
is never free ofx butx beseech your gracex
|
|
be plainer with mex let me know my trespass
|
|
by its own visagex if i then deny itx
|
|
xtis none of minex
|
|
|
|
leontesx
|
|
hax not you seenx camillox
|
|
xbut thatxs past doubtx you havex or your eyexglass
|
|
is thicker than a cuckoldxs hornx or heardx
|
|
xforx to a vision so apparentx rumour
|
|
cannot be mutex or thoughtx xfor cogitation
|
|
resides not in that man that does not thinkx
|
|
my wife is slipperyx if thou wilt confessx
|
|
or else be impudently negativex
|
|
to have nor eyes nor ears nor thoughtx then say
|
|
my wifexs a hobbyxhorsex deserves a name
|
|
as rank as any flaxxwench that puts to
|
|
before her trothxplightx sayxt and justifyxtx
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|
|
|
camillox
|
|
i would not be a standerxby to hear
|
|
my sovereign mistress clouded sox without
|
|
my present vengeance takenx xshrew my heartx
|
|
you never spoke what did become you less
|
|
than thisx which to reiterate were sin
|
|
as deep as thatx though truex
|
|
|
|
leontesx
|
|
is whispering nothingx
|
|
is leaning cheek to cheekx is meeting nosesx
|
|
kissing with inside lipx stopping the career
|
|
of laughter with a sighxxa note infallible
|
|
of breaking honestyxxhorsing foot on footx
|
|
skulking in cornersx wishing clocks more swiftx
|
|
hoursx minutesx noonx midnightx and all eyes
|
|
blind with the pin and web but theirsx theirs onlyx
|
|
that would unseen be wickedx is this nothingx
|
|
whyx then the world and all thatxs inxt is nothingx
|
|
the covering sky is nothingx bohemia nothingx
|
|
my wife is nothingx nor nothing have these nothingsx
|
|
if this be nothingx
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|
camillox
|
|
good my lordx be curxd
|
|
of this diseasxd opinionx and betimesx
|
|
for xtis most dangerousx
|
|
|
|
leontesx
|
|
say it bex xtis truex
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|
|
camillox
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|
nox nox my lordx
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|
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|
leontesx
|
|
it isx you liex you liex
|
|
i say thou liestx camillox and i hate theex
|
|
pronounce thee a gross loutx a mindless slavex
|
|
or else a hovering temporizer that
|
|
canst with thine eyes at once see good and evilx
|
|
inclining to them bothx were my wifexs liver
|
|
infected as her lifex she would not live
|
|
the running of one glassx
|
|
|
|
camillox
|
|
who does infect herx
|
|
|
|
leontesx
|
|
whyx he that wears her like her medalx hanging
|
|
about his neckx bohemiax whox if i
|
|
had servants true about mex that bare eyes
|
|
to see alike mine honour as their profitsx
|
|
their own particular thriftsx they would do that
|
|
which should undo more doingx ayx and thoux
|
|
his cupbearerxxwhom i from meaner form
|
|
have benchxd and rearxd to worshipx who mayst see
|
|
plainly as heaven sees earth and earth sees heavenx
|
|
how i am galledxxmightst bespice a cupx
|
|
to give mine enemy a lasting winkx
|
|
which draught to me were cordialx
|
|
|
|
camillox
|
|
sirx my lordx
|
|
i could do thisx and that with no rash potionx
|
|
but with a lingxring dramx that should not work
|
|
maliciously like poisonx but i cannot
|
|
believe this crack to be in my dread mistressx
|
|
so sovereignly being honourablex
|
|
i have lovxd theexx
|
|
|
|
leontesx
|
|
make that thy questionx and go rotx
|
|
dost think i am so muddyx so unsettledx
|
|
to appoint myself in this vexationx sully
|
|
the purity and whiteness of my sheetsx
|
|
xwhich to preserve is sleepx which being spotted
|
|
is goadsx thornsx nettlesx tails of waspsx
|
|
give scandal to the blood ox thx princex my sonx
|
|
xwho i do think is minex and love as minex
|
|
without ripe moving toxtx would i do thisx
|
|
could man so blenchx
|
|
|
|
camillox
|
|
i must believe youx sirx
|
|
i dox and will fetch off bohemia forxtx
|
|
provided thatx when hexs removxdx your highness
|
|
will take again your queen as yours at firstx
|
|
even for your sonxs sakex and thereby for sealing
|
|
the injury of tongues in courts and kingdoms
|
|
known and allied to yoursx
|
|
|
|
leontesx
|
|
thou dost advise me
|
|
even so as i mine own course have set downx
|
|
ixll give no blemish to her honourx nonex
|
|
|
|
camillox
|
|
my lordx
|
|
go thenx and with a countenance as clear
|
|
as friendship wears at feastsx keep with bohemia
|
|
and with your queenx i am his cupbearerx
|
|
if from me he have wholesome beveragex
|
|
account me not your servantx
|
|
|
|
leontesx
|
|
this is allx
|
|
doxtx and thou hast the one half of my heartx
|
|
doxt notx thou splittxst thine ownx
|
|
|
|
camillox
|
|
ixll doxtx my lordx
|
|
|
|
leontesx
|
|
i will seem friendlyx as thou hast advisxd mex
|
|
|
|
xxexitxxx
|
|
|
|
camillox
|
|
o miserable ladyx butx for mex
|
|
what case stand i inx i must be the poisoner
|
|
of good polixenesx and my ground to doxt
|
|
is the obedience to a masterx one
|
|
whox in rebellion with himselfx will have
|
|
all that are his so toox to do this deedx
|
|
promotion followsx if i could find example
|
|
of thousands that had struck anointed kings
|
|
and flourishxd afterx ixd not doxtx but since
|
|
nor brassx nor stonex nor parchmentx bears not onex
|
|
let villainy itself forswearxtx i must
|
|
forsake the courtx to doxtx or nox is certain
|
|
to me a breakxneckx happy star reign nowx
|
|
here comes bohemiax
|
|
|
|
enter polixenesx
|
|
|
|
polixenesx
|
|
this is strangex methinks
|
|
my favour here begins to warpx not speakx
|
|
good dayx camillox
|
|
|
|
camillox
|
|
hailx most royal sirx
|
|
|
|
polixenesx
|
|
what is the news ix thx courtx
|
|
|
|
camillox
|
|
none rarex my lordx
|
|
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polixenesx
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the king hath on him such a countenance
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as he had lost some provincex and a region
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lovxd as he loves himselfx even now i met him
|
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with customary complimentx when hex
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wafting his eyes to the contraryx and falling
|
|
a lip of much contemptx speeds from mex and
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so leaves me to consider what is breeding
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that changes thus his mannersx
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camillox
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i dare not knowx my lordx
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polixenesx
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howx dare notx do notx do you knowx and dare notx
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be intelligent to mex xtis thereaboutsx
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forx to yourselfx what you do knowx you mustx
|
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and cannot say you dare notx good camillox
|
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your changxd complexions are to me a mirror
|
|
which shows me mine changxd toox for i must be
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a party in this alterationx finding
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myself thus alterxd withxtx
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camillox
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there is a sickness
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which puts some of us in distemperx but
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i cannot name the diseasex and it is caught
|
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of you that yet are wellx
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polixenesx
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how caught of mex
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make me not sighted like the basiliskx
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i have lookxd on thousands who have sped the better
|
|
by my regardx but killxd none sox camilloxx
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as you are certainly a gentlemanx thereto
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|
clerkxlikex experiencxdx which no less adorns
|
|
our gentry than our parentsx noble namesx
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in whose success we are gentlexxi beseech youx
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if you know aught which does behove my knowledge
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thereof to be informxdx imprisonxt not
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in ignorant concealmentx
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camillox
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i may not answerx
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polixenesx
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a sickness caught of mex and yet i wellx
|
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i must be answerxdx dost thou hearx camillox
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i conjure theex by all the parts of man
|
|
which honour does acknowledgex whereof the least
|
|
is not this suit of minex that thou declare
|
|
what incidency thou dost guess of harm
|
|
is creeping toward mex how far offx how nearx
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which way to be preventedx if to bex
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if notx how best to bear itx
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camillox
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sirx i will tell youx
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since i am chargxd in honourx and by him
|
|
that i think honourablex therefore mark my counselx
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which must be evxn as swiftly followxd as
|
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i mean to utter itx or both yourself and me
|
|
cry lostx and so goodnightx
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polixenesx
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onx good camillox
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camillox
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i am appointed him to murder youx
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polixenesx
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by whomx camillox
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camillox
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by the kingx
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polixenesx
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for whatx
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camillox
|
|
he thinksx nayx with all confidence he swearsx
|
|
as he had seenxt or been an instrument
|
|
to vice you toxtx that you have touchxd his queen
|
|
forbiddenlyx
|
|
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polixenesx
|
|
ox then my best blood turn
|
|
to an infected jellyx and my name
|
|
be yokxd with his that did betray the bestx
|
|
turn then my freshest reputation to
|
|
a savour that may strike the dullest nostril
|
|
where i arrivex and my approach be shunnxdx
|
|
nayx hated toox worse than the greatxst infection
|
|
that exer was heard or readx
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|
camillox
|
|
swear his thought over
|
|
by each particular star in heaven and
|
|
by all their influencesx you may as well
|
|
forbid the sea for to obey the moon
|
|
as or by oath remove or counsel shake
|
|
the fabric of his follyx whose foundation
|
|
is pilxd upon his faithx and will continue
|
|
the standing of his bodyx
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polixenesx
|
|
how should this growx
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camillox
|
|
i know notx but i am sure xtis safer to
|
|
avoid whatxs grown than question how xtis bornx
|
|
if therefore you dare trust my honestyx
|
|
that lies enclosed in this trunkx which you
|
|
shall bear along impawnxdx away tonightx
|
|
your followers i will whisper to the businessx
|
|
and will by twos and threesx at several posternsx
|
|
clear them ox thx cityx for myselfx ixll put
|
|
my fortunes to your servicex which are here
|
|
by this discovery lostx be not uncertainx
|
|
forx by the honour of my parentsx i
|
|
have utterxd truthx which if you seek to provex
|
|
i dare not stand byx nor shall you be safer
|
|
than one condemned by the kingxs own mouthx
|
|
thereon his execution swornx
|
|
|
|
polixenesx
|
|
i do believe theex
|
|
i saw his heart in xs facex give me thy handx
|
|
be pilot to mex and thy places shall
|
|
still neighbour minex my ships are readyx and
|
|
my people did expect my hence departure
|
|
two days agox this jealousy
|
|
is for a precious creaturex as shexs rarex
|
|
must it be greatx andx as his personxs mightyx
|
|
must it be violentx and as he does conceive
|
|
he is dishonourxd by a man which ever
|
|
professxd to himx whyx his revenges must
|
|
in that be made more bitterx fear oxershades mex
|
|
good expedition be my friendx and comfort
|
|
the gracious queenx part of his themex but nothing
|
|
of his illxtaxen suspicionx comex camillox
|
|
i will respect thee as a father if
|
|
thou bearxst my life off hencex let us avoidx
|
|
|
|
camillox
|
|
it is in mine authority to command
|
|
the keys of all the posternsx please your highness
|
|
to take the urgent hourx comex sirx awayx
|
|
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|
xxexeuntxxx
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act ii
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scene ix siciliax a room in the palacex
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enter hermionex mamillius and ladiesx
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hermionex
|
|
take the boy to youx he so troubles mex
|
|
xtis past enduringx
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first ladyx
|
|
comex my gracious lordx
|
|
shall i be your playfellowx
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mamilliusx
|
|
nox ixll none of youx
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|
first ladyx
|
|
whyx my sweet lordx
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|
mamilliusx
|
|
youxll kiss me hardx and speak to me as if
|
|
i were a baby stillx i love you betterx
|
|
|
|
second ladyx
|
|
and why sox my lordx
|
|
|
|
mamilliusx
|
|
not for because
|
|
your brows are blackerx yet black browsx they sayx
|
|
become some women bestx so that there be not
|
|
too much hair therex but in a semicircle
|
|
or a halfxmoon made with a penx
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|
|
second ladyx
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|
who taught thisx
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|
|
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mamilliusx
|
|
i learnxd it out of womenxs facesx pray nowx
|
|
what colour are your eyebrowsx
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first ladyx
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|
bluex my lordx
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|
mamilliusx
|
|
nayx thatxs a mockx i have seen a ladyxs nose
|
|
that has been bluex but not her eyebrowsx
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|
first ladyx
|
|
hark yex
|
|
the queen your mother rounds apacex we shall
|
|
present our services to a fine new prince
|
|
one of these daysx and then youxd wanton with usx
|
|
if we would have youx
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|
|
second ladyx
|
|
she is spread of late
|
|
into a goodly bulkx good time encounter herx
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hermionex
|
|
what wisdom stirs amongst youx comex sirx now
|
|
i am for you againx pray you sit by usx
|
|
and tell xs a talex
|
|
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|
mamilliusx
|
|
merry or sad shallxt bex
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hermionex
|
|
as merry as you willx
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|
mamilliusx
|
|
a sad talexs best for winterx i have one
|
|
of sprites and goblinsx
|
|
|
|
hermionex
|
|
letxs have thatx good sirx
|
|
come onx sit downx come onx and do your best
|
|
to fright me with your spritesx youxre powerful at itx
|
|
|
|
mamilliusx
|
|
there was a manxx
|
|
|
|
hermionex
|
|
nayx comex sit downx then onx
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|
|
|
mamilliusx
|
|
dwelt by a churchyardx i will tell it softlyx
|
|
yond crickets shall not hear itx
|
|
|
|
hermionex
|
|
come on thenx
|
|
and givext me in mine earx
|
|
|
|
enter leontesx antigonusx lords and guardsx
|
|
|
|
leontesx
|
|
was he met therex his trainx camillo with himx
|
|
|
|
first lordx
|
|
behind the tuft of pines i met themx never
|
|
saw i men scour so on their wayx i eyxd them
|
|
even to their shipsx
|
|
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|
leontesx
|
|
how blest am i
|
|
in my just censurex in my true opinionx
|
|
alackx for lesser knowledgex how accursxd
|
|
in being so blestx there may be in the cup
|
|
a spider steepxdx and one may drinkx departx
|
|
and yet partake no venomx for his knowledge
|
|
is not infectedx but if one present
|
|
thx abhorrxd ingredient to his eyex make known
|
|
how he hath drunkx he cracks his gorgex his sidesx
|
|
with violent heftsx i have drunkx and seen the spiderx
|
|
camillo was his help in thisx his panderx
|
|
there is a plot against my lifex my crownx
|
|
allxs true that is mistrustedx that false villain
|
|
whom i employxdx was prexemployxd by himx
|
|
he has discoverxd my designx and i
|
|
remain a pinchxd thingx yeax a very trick
|
|
for them to play at willx how came the posterns
|
|
so easily openx
|
|
|
|
first lordx
|
|
by his great authorityx
|
|
which often hath no less prevailxd than so
|
|
on your commandx
|
|
|
|
leontesx
|
|
i knowxt too wellx
|
|
give me the boyx i am glad you did not nurse himx
|
|
though he does bear some signs of mex yet you
|
|
have too much blood in himx
|
|
|
|
hermionex
|
|
what is thisx sportx
|
|
|
|
leontesx
|
|
bear the boy hencex he shall not come about herx
|
|
away with himx and let her sport herself
|
|
with that shexs big withx for xtis polixenes
|
|
has made thee swell thusx
|
|
|
|
xxexit mamillius with some of the guardsxxx
|
|
|
|
hermionex
|
|
but ixd say he had notx
|
|
and ixll be sworn you would believe my sayingx
|
|
howexer you learn thx naywardx
|
|
|
|
leontesx
|
|
youx my lordsx
|
|
look on herx mark her wellx be but about
|
|
to sayx xshe is a goodly ladyxx and
|
|
the justice of your hearts will thereto add
|
|
xxtis pity shexs not honestx honourablexx
|
|
praise her but for this her withoutxdoor formx
|
|
which on my faith deserves high speechx and straight
|
|
the shrugx the hum or hax these petty brands
|
|
that calumny doth usexox i am outx
|
|
that mercy doesx for calumny will sear
|
|
virtue itselfxthese shrugsx these humxsx and haxsx
|
|
when you have said xshexs goodlyxx come betweenx
|
|
ere you can say xshexs honestxx but be it knownx
|
|
from him that has most cause to grieve it should bex
|
|
shexs an adultressx
|
|
|
|
hermionex
|
|
should a villain say sox
|
|
the most replenishxd villain in the worldx
|
|
he were as much more villainx youx my lordx
|
|
do but mistakex
|
|
|
|
leontesx
|
|
you have mistookx my ladyx
|
|
polixenes for leontes o thou thingx
|
|
which ixll not call a creature of thy placex
|
|
lest barbarismx making me the precedentx
|
|
should a like language use to all degreesx
|
|
and mannerly distinguishment leave out
|
|
betwixt the prince and beggarx i have said
|
|
shexs an adultressx i have said with whomx
|
|
morex shexs a traitorx and camillo is
|
|
a federary with herx and one that knows
|
|
what she should shame to know herself
|
|
but with her most vile principalx that shexs
|
|
a bedxswerverx even as bad as those
|
|
that vulgars give boldxst titlesx ayx and privy
|
|
to this their late escapex
|
|
|
|
hermionex
|
|
nox by my lifex
|
|
privy to none of thisx how will this grieve youx
|
|
when you shall come to clearer knowledgex that
|
|
you thus have publishxd mex gentle my lordx
|
|
you scarce can right me throughly thenx to say
|
|
you did mistakex
|
|
|
|
leontesx
|
|
nox if i mistake
|
|
in those foundations which i build uponx
|
|
the centre is not big enough to bear
|
|
a schoolxboyxs topx away with her to prisonx
|
|
he who shall speak for her is afar off guilty
|
|
but that he speaksx
|
|
|
|
hermionex
|
|
therexs some ill planet reignsx
|
|
i must be patient till the heavens look
|
|
with an aspect more favourablex good my lordsx
|
|
i am not prone to weepingx as our sex
|
|
commonly arex the want of which vain dew
|
|
perchance shall dry your pitiesx but i have
|
|
that honourable grief lodgxd here which burns
|
|
worse than tears drownx beseech you allx my lordsx
|
|
with thoughts so qualified as your charities
|
|
shall best instruct youx measure mex and so
|
|
the kingxs will be performxdx
|
|
|
|
leontesx
|
|
shall i be heardx
|
|
|
|
hermionex
|
|
who isxt that goes with mex beseech your highness
|
|
my women may be with mex for you see
|
|
my plight requires itx do not weepx good foolsx
|
|
there is no causex when you shall know your mistress
|
|
has deservxd prisonx then abound in tears
|
|
as i come outx this action i now go on
|
|
is for my better gracex adieux my lordx
|
|
i never wishxd to see you sorryx now
|
|
i trust i shallx my womenx comex you have leavex
|
|
|
|
leontesx
|
|
gox do our biddingx hencex
|
|
|
|
xxexeunt queen and ladies with guardsxxx
|
|
|
|
first lordx
|
|
beseech your highnessx call the queen againx
|
|
|
|
antigonusx
|
|
be certain what you dox sirx lest your justice
|
|
prove violencex in the which three great ones sufferx
|
|
yourselfx your queenx your sonx
|
|
|
|
first lordx
|
|
for herx my lordx
|
|
i dare my life lay downx and will doxtx sirx
|
|
please you to accept itx that the queen is spotless
|
|
ix thx eyes of heaven and to youxi mean
|
|
in this which you accuse herx
|
|
|
|
antigonusx
|
|
if it prove
|
|
shexs otherwisex ixll keep my stables where
|
|
i lodge my wifex ixll go in couples with herx
|
|
than when i feel and see her no further trust herx
|
|
for every inch of woman in the worldx
|
|
ayx every dram of womanxs fleshx is falsex
|
|
if she bex
|
|
|
|
leontesx
|
|
hold your peacesx
|
|
|
|
first lordx
|
|
good my lordxx
|
|
|
|
antigonusx
|
|
it is for you we speakx not for ourselvesx
|
|
you are abusxdx and by some putterxon
|
|
that will be damnxd forxtx would i knew the villainx
|
|
i would landxdamn himx be she honourxflawxdx
|
|
i have three daughtersx the eldest is elevenx
|
|
the second and the thirdx nine and some fivex
|
|
if this prove truex theyxll pay forxtx by mine honourx
|
|
ixll geld xem allx fourteen they shall not seex
|
|
to bring false generationsx they are coxheirsx
|
|
and i had rather glib myself than they
|
|
should not produce fair issuex
|
|
|
|
leontesx
|
|
ceasex no morex
|
|
you smell this business with a sense as cold
|
|
as is a dead manxs nosex but i do seext and feelxtx
|
|
as you feel doing thusx and see withal
|
|
the instruments that feelx
|
|
|
|
antigonusx
|
|
if it be sox
|
|
we need no grave to bury honestyx
|
|
therexs not a grain of it the face to sweeten
|
|
of the whole dungy earthx
|
|
|
|
leontesx
|
|
whatx lack i creditx
|
|
|
|
first lordx
|
|
i had rather you did lack than ix my lordx
|
|
upon this groundx and more it would content me
|
|
to have her honour true than your suspicionx
|
|
be blamxd forxt how you mightx
|
|
|
|
leontesx
|
|
whyx what need we
|
|
commune with you of thisx but rather follow
|
|
our forceful instigationx our prerogative
|
|
calls not your counselsx but our natural goodness
|
|
imparts thisx whichx if youx or stupified
|
|
or seeming so in skillx cannot or will not
|
|
relish a truthx like usx inform yourselves
|
|
we need no more of your advicex the matterx
|
|
the lossx the gainx the ordxring onxtx is all
|
|
properly oursx
|
|
|
|
antigonusx
|
|
and i wishx my liegex
|
|
you had only in your silent judgement tried itx
|
|
without more overturex
|
|
|
|
leontesx
|
|
how could that bex
|
|
either thou art most ignorant by agex
|
|
or thou wert born a foolx camilloxs flightx
|
|
added to their familiarityx
|
|
xwhich was as gross as ever touchxd conjecturex
|
|
that lackxd sight onlyx nought for approbation
|
|
but only seeingx all other circumstances
|
|
made up to thx deedx doth push on this proceedingx
|
|
yetx for a greater confirmation
|
|
xfor in an act of this importancex xtwere
|
|
most piteous to be wildxx i have dispatchxd in post
|
|
to sacred delphosx to apolloxs templex
|
|
cleomenes and dionx whom you know
|
|
of stuffxd sufficiencyx now from the oracle
|
|
they will bring allx whose spiritual counsel hadx
|
|
shall stop or spur mex have i done wellx
|
|
|
|
first lordx
|
|
well donex my lordx
|
|
|
|
leontesx
|
|
though i am satisfiedx and need no more
|
|
than what i knowx yet shall the oracle
|
|
give rest to the minds of othersx such as he
|
|
whose ignorant credulity will not
|
|
come up to thx truthx so have we thought it good
|
|
from our free person she should be confinxdx
|
|
lest that the treachery of the two fled hence
|
|
be left her to performx comex follow usx
|
|
we are to speak in publicx for this business
|
|
will raise us allx
|
|
|
|
antigonusx
|
|
xxasidexxx to laughterx as i take itx
|
|
if the good truth were knownx
|
|
|
|
xxexeuntxxx
|
|
|
|
scene iix the samex the outer room of a prisonx
|
|
|
|
enter paulina a gentleman and attendantsx
|
|
|
|
paulinax
|
|
the keeper of the prisonx call to himx
|
|
let him have knowledge who i amx
|
|
|
|
xxexit the gentlemanxxx
|
|
|
|
good ladyx
|
|
no court in europe is too good for theex
|
|
what dost thou then in prisonx
|
|
|
|
enter gentleman with the gaolerx
|
|
|
|
nowx good sirx
|
|
you know mex do you notx
|
|
|
|
gaolerx
|
|
for a worthy lady
|
|
and one who much i honourx
|
|
|
|
paulinax
|
|
pray you thenx
|
|
conduct me to the queenx
|
|
|
|
gaolerx
|
|
i may notx madamx
|
|
to the contrary i have express commandmentx
|
|
|
|
paulinax
|
|
herexs adox to lock up honesty and honour from
|
|
thx access of gentle visitorsx isxt lawfulx pray youx
|
|
to see her womenx any of themx emiliax
|
|
|
|
gaolerx
|
|
so please youx madamx
|
|
to put apart these your attendantsx i
|
|
shall bring emilia forthx
|
|
|
|
paulinax
|
|
i pray nowx call herx
|
|
withdraw yourselvesx
|
|
|
|
xxexeunt gentleman and attendantsxxx
|
|
|
|
gaolerx
|
|
andx madamx
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i must be present at your conferencex
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paulinax
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wellx bext sox pritheex
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xxexit gaolerxxx
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herexs such ado to make no stain a stain
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as passes colouringx
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rexenter gaoler with emiliax
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dear gentlewomanx
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how fares our gracious ladyx
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emiliax
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as well as one so great and so forlorn
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may hold togetherx on her frights and griefsx
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xwhich never tender lady hath borne greaterx
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she isx something before her timex deliverxdx
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paulinax
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a boyx
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emiliax
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a daughterx and a goodly babex
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lustyx and like to livex the queen receives
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much comfort in xtx says xmy poor prisonerx
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i am as innocent as youxx
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paulinax
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i dare be swornx
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these dangerous unsafe lunes ix thx kingx beshrew themx
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he must be told onxtx and he shallx the office
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becomes a woman bestx ixll takext upon mex
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if i prove honeyxmouthxdx let my tongue blisterx
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and never to my redxlookxd anger be
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the trumpet any morex pray youx emiliax
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commend my best obedience to the queenx
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if she dares trust me with her little babex
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ixll showxt the kingx and undertake to be
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her advocate to thx loudxstx we do not know
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how he may soften at the sight ox thx childx
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the silence often of pure innocence
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persuadesx when speaking failsx
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emiliax
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most worthy madamx
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your honour and your goodness is so evidentx
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that your free undertaking cannot miss
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a thriving issuex there is no lady living
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so meet for this great errandx please your ladyship
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to visit the next roomx ixll presently
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acquaint the queen of your most noble offerx
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who but today hammerxd of this designx
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but durst not tempt a minister of honourx
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lest she should be deniedx
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paulinax
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tell herx emiliax
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ixll use that tongue i havex if wit flow from xt
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as boldness from my bosomx letxt not be doubted
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i shall do goodx
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emiliax
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now be you blest for itx
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ixll to the queenx please you come something nearerx
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gaolerx
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madamx if xt please the queen to send the babex
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i know not what i shall incur to pass itx
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having no warrantx
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paulinax
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you need not fear itx sirx
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this child was prisoner to the wombx and isx
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by law and process of great nature thence
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freed and enfranchisxdx not a party to
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the anger of the kingx nor guilty ofx
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if any bex the trespass of the queenx
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gaolerx
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i do believe itx
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paulinax
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do not you fearx upon mine honourx i
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will stand betwixt you and dangerx
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene iiix the samex a room in the palacex
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enter leontesx antigonusx lords and other attendantsx
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leontesx
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nor night nor day no restx it is but weakness
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to bear the matter thusx mere weaknessx if
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the cause were not in beingxxpart ox thx causex
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she thx adultressx for the harlot king
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is quite beyond mine armx out of the blank
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and level of my brainx plotxproofx but she
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i can hook to mex say that she were gonex
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given to the firex a moiety of my rest
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might come to me againx whoxs therex
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first attendantx
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my lordx
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leontesx
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how does the boyx
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first attendantx
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he took good rest tonightx
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xtis hopxd his sickness is dischargxdx
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leontesx
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to see his noblenessx
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conceiving the dishonour of his motherx
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he straight declinxdx droopxdx took it deeplyx
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fastenxd and fixxd the shame onxt in himselfx
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threw off his spiritx his appetitex his sleepx
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and downright languishxdx leave me solelyx gox
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see how he faresx
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xxexit first attendantxxx
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fiex fiex no thought of himx
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the very thought of my revenges that way
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|
recoil upon mex in himself too mightyx
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|
and in his partiesx his alliancex let him bex
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|
until a time may servex for present vengeancex
|
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take it on herx camillo and polixenes
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|
laugh at mex make their pastime at my sorrowx
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they should not laugh if i could reach themx nor
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shall shex within my powerx
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enter paulina carrying a babyx with antigonusx lords and servantsx
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first lordx
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you must not enterx
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paulinax
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|
nayx ratherx good my lordsx be second to mex
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fear you his tyrannous passion morex alasx
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than the queenxs lifex a gracious innocent soulx
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more free than he is jealousx
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antigonusx
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thatxs enoughx
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servantx
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madamx he hath not slept tonightx commanded
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none should come at himx
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paulinax
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|
not so hotx good sirx
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i come to bring him sleepx xtis such as youx
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|
that creep like shadows by himx and do sigh
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|
at each his needless heavingsxxsuch as you
|
|
nourish the cause of his awakingx i
|
|
do come with words as medxcinal as truex
|
|
honest as eitherx to purge him of that humour
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|
that presses him from sleepx
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leontesx
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|
what noise therex hox
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paulinax
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|
no noisex my lordx but needful conference
|
|
about some gossips for your highnessx
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leontesx
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howx
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away with that audacious ladyx antigonusx
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|
i chargxd thee that she should not come about mex
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i knew she wouldx
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antigonusx
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i told her sox my lordx
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on your displeasurexs peril and on minex
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she should not visit youx
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leontesx
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|
whatx canst not rule herx
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paulinax
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|
from all dishonesty he canx in thisx
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|
unless he take the course that you have donex
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|
commit me for committing honourxtrust itx
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he shall not rule mex
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antigonusx
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|
la you nowx you hearx
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|
when she will take the rein i let her runx
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but shexll not stumblex
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paulinax
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|
good my liegex i comexx
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|
andx i beseech you hear mex who professes
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|
myself your loyal servantx your physicianx
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|
your most obedient counsellorx yet that dares
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|
less appear sox in comforting your evilsx
|
|
than such as most seem yoursxi say i come
|
|
from your good queenx
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leontesx
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good queenx
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paulinax
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|
good queenx my lordx good queenx i sayx good queenx
|
|
and would by combat make her goodx so were i
|
|
a manx the worst about youx
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leontesx
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|
force her hencex
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paulinax
|
|
let him that makes but trifles of his eyes
|
|
first hand mex on mine own accord ixll offx
|
|
but first ixll do my errandx the good queenx
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|
xfor she is goodx hath brought you forth a daughterx
|
|
here xtisx commends it to your blessingx
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|
xxlaying down the childxxx
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leontesx
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|
outx
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|
a mankind witchx hence with herx out ox doorx
|
|
a most intelligencing bawdx
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|
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|
paulinax
|
|
not sox
|
|
i am as ignorant in that as you
|
|
in so entitling mex and no less honest
|
|
than you are madx which is enoughx ixll warrantx
|
|
as this world goesx to pass for honestx
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|
leontesx
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|
traitorsx
|
|
will you not push her outx xxto antigonusxxx give her the bastardx
|
|
thou dotardx thou art womanxtirxdx unroosted
|
|
by thy dame partlet herex take up the bastardx
|
|
takext upx i sayx givext to thy cronex
|
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|
|
paulinax
|
|
for ever
|
|
unvenerable be thy handsx if thou
|
|
takxst up the princess by that forced baseness
|
|
which he has put upon xtx
|
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|
leontesx
|
|
he dreads his wifex
|
|
|
|
paulinax
|
|
so i would you didx then xtwere past all doubt
|
|
youxd call your children yoursx
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|
leontesx
|
|
a nest of traitorsx
|
|
|
|
antigonusx
|
|
i am nonex by this good lightx
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|
|
paulinax
|
|
nor ix nor any
|
|
but one thatxs herex and thatxs himselfx for he
|
|
the sacred honour of himselfx his queenxsx
|
|
his hopeful sonxsx his babexsx betrays to slanderx
|
|
whose sting is sharper than the swordxsx and will notx
|
|
xforx as the case now standsx it is a curse
|
|
he cannot be compellxd toxtx once remove
|
|
the root of his opinionx which is rotten
|
|
as ever oak or stone was soundx
|
|
|
|
leontesx
|
|
a callat
|
|
of boundless tonguex who late hath beat her husbandx
|
|
and now baits mex this brat is none of minex
|
|
it is the issue of polixenesx
|
|
hence with itx and together with the dam
|
|
commit them to the firex
|
|
|
|
paulinax
|
|
it is yoursx
|
|
andx might we lay thx old proverb to your chargex
|
|
so like you xtis the worsex beholdx my lordsx
|
|
although the print be littlex the whole matter
|
|
and copy of the fatherx eyex nosex lipx
|
|
the trick of xs frownx his foreheadx nayx the valleyx
|
|
the pretty dimples of his chin and cheekx his smilesx
|
|
the very mould and frame of handx nailx fingerx
|
|
and thoux good goddess naturex which hast made it
|
|
so like to him that got itx if thou hast
|
|
the ordering of the mind toox xmongst all colours
|
|
no yellow in xtx lest she suspectx as he doesx
|
|
her children not her husbandxsx
|
|
|
|
leontesx
|
|
a gross hagx
|
|
andx loselx thou art worthy to be hangxd
|
|
that wilt not stay her tonguex
|
|
|
|
antigonusx
|
|
hang all the husbands
|
|
that cannot do that featx youxll leave yourself
|
|
hardly one subjectx
|
|
|
|
leontesx
|
|
once morex take her hencex
|
|
|
|
paulinax
|
|
a most unworthy and unnatural lord
|
|
can do no morex
|
|
|
|
leontesx
|
|
ixll have thee burntx
|
|
|
|
paulinax
|
|
i care notx
|
|
it is an heretic that makes the firex
|
|
not she which burns in xtx ixll not call you tyrantx
|
|
but this most cruel usage of your queenx
|
|
not able to produce more accusation
|
|
than your own weakxhingxd fancyx something savours
|
|
of tyrannyx and will ignoble make youx
|
|
yeax scandalous to the worldx
|
|
|
|
leontesx
|
|
on your allegiancex
|
|
out of the chamber with herx were i a tyrantx
|
|
where were her lifex she durst not call me sox
|
|
if she did know me onex away with herx
|
|
|
|
paulinax
|
|
i pray youx do not push mex ixll be gonex
|
|
look to your babex my lordx xtis yoursx jove send her
|
|
a better guiding spiritx what needs these handsx
|
|
you that are thus so tender oxer his folliesx
|
|
will never do him goodx not one of youx
|
|
sox sox farewellx we are gonex
|
|
|
|
xxexitxxx
|
|
|
|
leontesx
|
|
thoux traitorx hast set on thy wife to thisx
|
|
my childx away withxtx even thoux that hast
|
|
a heart so tender oxer itx take it hencex
|
|
and see it instantly consumxd with firex
|
|
even thoux and none but thoux take it up straightx
|
|
within this hour bring me word xtis donex
|
|
and by good testimonyx or ixll seize thy lifex
|
|
with that thou else callxst thinex if thou refuse
|
|
and wilt encounter with my wrathx say sox
|
|
the bastard brains with these my proper hands
|
|
shall i dash outx gox take it to the firex
|
|
for thou setxst on thy wifex
|
|
|
|
antigonusx
|
|
i did notx sirx
|
|
these lordsx my noble fellowsx if they pleasex
|
|
can clear me in xtx
|
|
|
|
lords
|
|
we canx my royal liegex
|
|
he is not guilty of her coming hitherx
|
|
|
|
leontesx
|
|
youxre liars allx
|
|
|
|
first lordx
|
|
beseech your highnessx give us better creditx
|
|
we have always truly servxd youx and beseech
|
|
so to esteem of usx and on our knees we begx
|
|
as recompense of our dear services
|
|
past and to comex that you do change this purposex
|
|
which being so horriblex so bloodyx must
|
|
lead on to some foul issuex we all kneelx
|
|
|
|
leontesx
|
|
i am a feather for each wind that blowsx
|
|
shall i live on to see this bastard kneel
|
|
and call me fatherx better burn it now
|
|
than curse it thenx but be itx let it livex
|
|
it shall not neitherx xxto antigonusxxx youx sirx come you hitherx
|
|
you that have been so tenderly officious
|
|
with lady margeryx your midwifex therex
|
|
to save this bastardxs lifexfor xtis a bastardx
|
|
so sure as this beardxs greyx what will you adventure
|
|
to save this bratxs lifex
|
|
|
|
antigonusx
|
|
anythingx my lordx
|
|
that my ability may undergox
|
|
and nobleness imposex at least thus muchx
|
|
ixll pawn the little blood which i have left
|
|
to save the innocentx anything possiblex
|
|
|
|
leontesx
|
|
it shall be possiblex swear by this sword
|
|
thou wilt perform my biddingx
|
|
|
|
antigonusx
|
|
i willx my lordx
|
|
|
|
leontesx
|
|
markx and perform itx seest thoux for the fail
|
|
of any point inxt shall not only be
|
|
death to thyselfx but to thy lewdxtonguxd wifex
|
|
whom for this time we pardonx we enjoin theex
|
|
as thou art liegeman to usx that thou carry
|
|
this female bastard hencex and that thou bear it
|
|
to some remote and desert placex quite out
|
|
of our dominionsx and that there thou leave itx
|
|
without more mercyx to it own protection
|
|
and favour of the climatex as by strange fortune
|
|
it came to usx i do in justice charge theex
|
|
on thy soulxs peril and thy bodyxs torturex
|
|
that thou commend it strangely to some place
|
|
where chance may nurse or end itx take it upx
|
|
|
|
antigonusx
|
|
i swear to do thisx though a present death
|
|
had been more mercifulx come onx poor babex
|
|
some powerful spirit instruct the kites and ravens
|
|
to be thy nursesx wolves and bearsx they sayx
|
|
casting their savageness asidex have done
|
|
like offices of pityx sirx be prosperous
|
|
in more than this deed does requirex and blessing
|
|
against this crueltyx fight on thy sidex
|
|
poor thingx condemnxd to lossx
|
|
|
|
xxexit with the childxxx
|
|
|
|
leontesx
|
|
nox ixll not rear
|
|
anotherxs issuex
|
|
|
|
enter a servantx
|
|
|
|
servantx
|
|
please your highnessx posts
|
|
from those you sent to thx oracle are come
|
|
an hour sincex cleomenes and dionx
|
|
being well arrivxd from delphosx are both landedx
|
|
hasting to thx courtx
|
|
|
|
first lordx
|
|
so please youx sirx their speed
|
|
hath been beyond accountx
|
|
|
|
leontesx
|
|
twentyxthree days
|
|
they have been absentx xtis good speedx foretells
|
|
the great apollo suddenly will have
|
|
the truth of this appearx prepare youx lordsx
|
|
summon a sessionx that we may arraign
|
|
our most disloyal ladyx forx as she hath
|
|
been publicly accusxdx so shall she have
|
|
a just and open trialx while she livesx
|
|
my heart will be a burden to mex leave mex
|
|
and think upon my biddingx
|
|
|
|
xxexeuntxxx
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
act iii
|
|
|
|
scene ix siciliax a street in some townx
|
|
|
|
enter cleomenes and dionx
|
|
|
|
cleomenes
|
|
the climatexs delicatex the air most sweetx
|
|
fertile the islex the temple much surpassing
|
|
the common praise it bearsx
|
|
|
|
dionx
|
|
i shall reportx
|
|
for most it caught mex the celestial habits
|
|
xmethinks i so should term themx and the reverence
|
|
of the grave wearersx ox the sacrificex
|
|
how ceremoniousx solemnx and unearthlyx
|
|
it was ix thx offeringx
|
|
|
|
cleomenes
|
|
but of allx the burst
|
|
and the earxdeafxning voice ox thx oraclex
|
|
kin to jovexs thunderx so surprised my sense
|
|
that i was nothingx
|
|
|
|
dionx
|
|
if the event ox thx journey
|
|
prove as successful to the queenxxox bext soxx
|
|
as it hath been to us rarex pleasantx speedyx
|
|
the time is worth the use onxtx
|
|
|
|
cleomenes
|
|
great apollo
|
|
turn all to thx bestx these proclamationsx
|
|
so forcing faults upon hermionex
|
|
i little likex
|
|
|
|
dionx
|
|
the violent carriage of it
|
|
will clear or end the businessx when the oraclex
|
|
xthus by apolloxs great divine sealxd upx
|
|
shall the contents discoverx something rare
|
|
even then will rush to knowledgex gox fresh horsesx
|
|
and gracious be the issuex
|
|
|
|
xxexeuntxxx
|
|
|
|
scene iix the samex a court of justicex
|
|
|
|
enter leontesx lords and officers appearx properly seatedx
|
|
|
|
leontesx
|
|
this sessions xto our great grief we pronouncex
|
|
even pushes xgainst our heartx the party tried
|
|
the daughter of a kingx our wifex and one
|
|
of us too much belovxdx let us be clearxd
|
|
of being tyrannousx since we so openly
|
|
proceed in justicex which shall have due coursex
|
|
even to the guilt or the purgationx
|
|
produce the prisonerx
|
|
|
|
officerx
|
|
it is his highnessx pleasure that the queen
|
|
appear in person here in courtx silencex
|
|
|
|
hermione is brought in guardedx paulina and ladies attendingx
|
|
|
|
leontesx
|
|
read the indictmentx
|
|
|
|
officerx
|
|
xxreadsxxx xhermionex queen to the worthy leontesx king of siciliax
|
|
thou art here accused and arraigned of high treasonx in committing
|
|
adultery with polixenesx king of bohemiax and conspiring with camillo
|
|
to take away the life of our sovereign lord the kingx thy royal
|
|
husbandx the pretence whereof being by circumstances partly laid openx
|
|
thoux hermionex contrary to the faith and allegiance of a true subjectx
|
|
didst counsel and aid themx for their better safetyx to fly away by
|
|
nightxx
|
|
|
|
hermionex
|
|
since what i am to say must be but that
|
|
which contradicts my accusationx and
|
|
the testimony on my part no other
|
|
but what comes from myselfx it shall scarce boot me
|
|
to say xnot guiltyxx mine integrityx
|
|
being counted falsehoodx shallx as i express itx
|
|
be so receivxdx but thusx if powers divine
|
|
behold our human actionsx as they dox
|
|
i doubt notx thenx but innocence shall make
|
|
false accusation blushx and tyranny
|
|
tremble at patiencex youx my lordx best knowx
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who least will seem to do sox my past life
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hath been as continentx as chastex as truex
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as i am now unhappyx which is more
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than history can patternx though devisxd
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and playxd to take spectatorsx for behold mex
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a fellow of the royal bedx which owe
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a moiety of the thronex a great kingxs daughterx
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the mother to a hopeful princex here standing
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to prate and talk for life and honour xfore
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who please to come and hearx for lifex i prize it
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as i weigh griefx which i would sparex for honourx
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xtis a derivative from me to minex
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and only that i stand forx i appeal
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to your own consciencex sirx before polixenes
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came to your courtx how i was in your gracex
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how merited to be sox since he camex
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with what encounter so uncurrent i
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have strainxd tx appear thusx if one jot beyond
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the bound of honourx or in act or will
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that way incliningx hardenxd be the hearts
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of all that hear mex and my nearxst of kin
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cry fie upon my gravex
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leontesx
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i nexer heard yet
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that any of these bolder vices wanted
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less impudence to gainsay what they did
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than to perform it firstx
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hermionex
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thatxs true enoughx
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though xtis a sayingx sirx not due to mex
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leontesx
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you will not own itx
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hermionex
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more than mistress of
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which comes to me in name of faultx i must not
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at all acknowledgex for polixenesx
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with whom i am accusxdx i do confess
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i lovxd him as in honour he requirxdx
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with such a kind of love as might become
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a lady like mex with a love even suchx
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so and no otherx as yourself commandedx
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which not to have donex i think had been in me
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both disobedience and ingratitude
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to you and toward your friendx whose love had spokex
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ever since it could speakx from an infantx freelyx
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that it was yoursx nowx for conspiracyx
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i know not how it tastesx though it be dishxd
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for me to try howx all i know of it
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is that camillo was an honest manx
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and why he left your courtx the gods themselvesx
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wotting no more than ix are ignorantx
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leontesx
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you knew of his departurex as you know
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what you have undertaxen to do in xs absencex
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hermionex
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sirx
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you speak a language that i understand notx
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my life stands in the level of your dreamsx
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which ixll lay downx
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leontesx
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your actions are my dreamsx
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you had a bastard by polixenesx
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and i but dreamxd itx as you were past all shame
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xthose of your fact are sox so past all truthx
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which to deny concerns more than availsx for as
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thy brat hath been cast outx like to itselfx
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no father owning it xwhich isx indeedx
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more criminal in thee than itxx so thou
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shalt feel our justicex in whose easiest passage
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look for no less than deathx
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hermionex
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sirx spare your threatsx
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the bug which you would fright me withx i seekx
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to me can life be no commodityx
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the crown and comfort of my lifex your favourx
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i do give lostx for i do feel it gonex
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but know not how it wentx my second joyx
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and firstxfruits of my bodyx from his presence
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i am barrxdx like one infectiousx my third comfortx
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starrxd most unluckilyx is from my breastx
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xthe innocent milk in its most innocent mouthx
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halxd out to murderx myself on every post
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proclaimxd a strumpetx with immodest hatred
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the childxbed privilege deniedx which xlongs
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to women of all fashionx lastlyx hurried
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here to this placex ix thx open airx before
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i have got strength of limitx nowx my liegex
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tell me what blessings i have here alivex
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that i should fear to diex therefore proceedx
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but yet hear thisx mistake me notx no lifex
|
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i prize it not a strawx but for mine honourx
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which i would freex if i shall be condemnxd
|
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upon surmisesx all proofs sleeping else
|
|
but what your jealousies awake i tell you
|
|
xtis rigourx and not lawx your honours allx
|
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i do refer me to the oraclex
|
|
apollo be my judgex
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first lordx
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this your request
|
|
is altogether justx therefore bring forthx
|
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and in apolloxs namex his oraclex
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xxexeunt certain officersxxx
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hermionex
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the emperor of russia was my fatherx
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o that he were alivex and here beholding
|
|
his daughterxs trialx that he did but see
|
|
the flatness of my miseryx yet with eyes
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of pityx not revengex
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|
enter officers with cleomenes and dionx
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officerx
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you here shall swear upon this sword of justicex
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that youx cleomenes and dionx have
|
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been both at delphosx and from thence have brought
|
|
this sealxdxup oraclex by the hand deliverxd
|
|
of great apolloxs priestx and that since then
|
|
you have not dared to break the holy sealx
|
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nor read the secrets inxtx
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cleomenesx dionx
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all this we swearx
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leontesx
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|
break up the seals and readx
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officerx
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xxreadsxxx xhermione is chastex polixenes blamelessx camillo a true
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|
subjectx leontes a jealous tyrantx his innocent babe truly begottenx
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|
and the king shall live without an heirx if that which is lost be not
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foundxx
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lords
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|
now blessed be the great apollox
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hermionex
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praisedx
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leontesx
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|
hast thou read truthx
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officerx
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ayx my lordx even so
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|
as it is here set downx
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leontesx
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there is no truth at all ix thx oraclex
|
|
the sessions shall proceedx this is mere falsehoodx
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enter a servant hastilyx
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servantx
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my lord the kingx the kingx
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leontesx
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what is the businessx
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servantx
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o sirx i shall be hated to report itx
|
|
the prince your sonx with mere conceit and fear
|
|
of the queenxs speedx is gonex
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leontesx
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|
howx gonex
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servantx
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is deadx
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leontesx
|
|
apolloxs angryx and the heavens themselves
|
|
do strike at my injusticex
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xxhermione faintsxxx
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how now therex
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paulinax
|
|
this news is mortal to the queenx look down
|
|
and see what death is doingx
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leontesx
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|
take her hencex
|
|
her heart is but oxerchargxdx she will recoverx
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|
i have too much believxd mine own suspicionx
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|
beseech you tenderly apply to her
|
|
some remedies for lifex
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xxexeunt paulina and ladies with hermionexxx
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apollox pardon
|
|
my great profaneness xgainst thine oraclex
|
|
ixll reconcile me to polixenesx
|
|
new woo my queenxx recall the good camillox
|
|
whom i proclaim a man of truthx of mercyx
|
|
forx being transported by my jealousies
|
|
to bloody thoughts and to revengex i chose
|
|
camillo for the minister to poison
|
|
my friend polixenesx which had been donex
|
|
but that the good mind of camillo tardied
|
|
my swift commandx though i with death and with
|
|
reward did threaten and encourage himx
|
|
not doing it and being donex hex most humane
|
|
and fillxd with honourx to my kingly guest
|
|
unclaspxd my practicex quit his fortunes herex
|
|
which you knew greatx and to the certain hazard
|
|
of all incertainties himself commendedx
|
|
no richer than his honourx how he glisters
|
|
thorough my rustx and how his piety
|
|
does my deeds make the blackerx
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enter paulinax
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paulinax
|
|
woe the whilex
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|
ox cut my lacex lest my heartx cracking itx
|
|
break toox
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|
first lordx
|
|
what fit is thisx good ladyx
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paulinax
|
|
what studied tormentsx tyrantx hast for mex
|
|
what wheelsx racksx firesx what flayingx boiling
|
|
in leads or oilsx what old or newer torture
|
|
must i receivex whose every word deserves
|
|
to taste of thy most worstx thy tyrannyx
|
|
together working with thy jealousiesx
|
|
fancies too weak for boysx too green and idle
|
|
for girls of ninex ox think what they have donex
|
|
and then run mad indeedx stark madx for all
|
|
thy byxgone fooleries were but spices of itx
|
|
that thou betrayxdst polixenesx xtwas nothingx
|
|
that did but show theex of a foolx inconstant
|
|
and damnable ingratefulx nor wasxt much
|
|
thou wouldst have poisonxd good camilloxs honourx
|
|
to have him kill a kingx poor trespassesx
|
|
more monstrous standing byx whereof i reckon
|
|
the casting forth to crows thy baby daughterx
|
|
to be or none or littlex though a devil
|
|
would have shed water out of fire ere donextx
|
|
nor isxt directly laid to thee the death
|
|
of the young princex whose honourable thoughtsx
|
|
thoughts high for one so tenderx cleft the heart
|
|
that could conceive a gross and foolish sire
|
|
blemishxd his gracious damx this is notx nox
|
|
laid to thy answerx but the lastxo lordsx
|
|
when i have saidx cry woexxthe queenx the queenx
|
|
the sweetxstx dearxst creaturexs deadx and vengeance forxt
|
|
not droppxd down yetx
|
|
|
|
first lordx
|
|
the higher powers forbidx
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|
|
|
paulinax
|
|
i say shexs deadx ixll swearxtx if word nor oath
|
|
prevail notx go and seex if you can bring
|
|
tincturex or lustrex in her lipx her eyex
|
|
heat outwardly or breath withinx ixll serve you
|
|
as i would do the godsx butx o thou tyrantx
|
|
do not repent these thingsx for they are heavier
|
|
than all thy woes can stirx therefore betake thee
|
|
to nothing but despairx a thousand knees
|
|
ten thousand years togetherx nakedx fastingx
|
|
upon a barren mountainx and still winter
|
|
in storm perpetualx could not move the gods
|
|
to look that way thou wertx
|
|
|
|
leontesx
|
|
go onx go onx
|
|
thou canst not speak too muchx i have deservxd
|
|
all tongues to talk their bitterestx
|
|
|
|
first lordx
|
|
say no morex
|
|
howexer the business goesx you have made fault
|
|
ix thx boldness of your speechx
|
|
|
|
paulinax
|
|
i am sorry for xtx
|
|
all faults i makex when i shall come to know themx
|
|
i do repentx alasx i have showxd too much
|
|
the rashness of a womanx he is touchxd
|
|
to thx noble heartx whatxs gone and whatxs past helpx
|
|
should be past griefx do not receive affliction
|
|
at my petitionx i beseech youx rather
|
|
let me be punishxdx that have minded you
|
|
of what you should forgetx nowx good my liegex
|
|
sirx royal sirx forgive a foolish womanx
|
|
the love i bore your queenxlox fool againx
|
|
ixll speak of her no morex nor of your childrenx
|
|
ixll not remember you of my own lordx
|
|
who is lost toox take your patience to youx
|
|
and ixll say nothingx
|
|
|
|
leontesx
|
|
thou didst speak but well
|
|
when most the truthx which i receive much better
|
|
than to be pitied of theex pritheex bring me
|
|
to the dead bodies of my queen and sonx
|
|
one grave shall be for bothx upon them shall
|
|
the causes of their death appearx unto
|
|
our shame perpetualx once a day ixll visit
|
|
the chapel where they liex and tears shed there
|
|
shall be my recreationx so long as nature
|
|
will bear up with this exercisex so long
|
|
i daily vow to use itx comex and lead me
|
|
to these sorrowsx
|
|
|
|
xxexeuntxxx
|
|
|
|
scene iiix bohemiax a desert country near the seax
|
|
|
|
enter antigonus with the child and a marinerx
|
|
|
|
antigonusx
|
|
thou art perfectx thenx our ship hath touchxd upon
|
|
the deserts of bohemiax
|
|
|
|
marinerx
|
|
ayx my lordx and fear
|
|
we have landed in ill timex the skies look grimlyx
|
|
and threaten present blustersx in my consciencex
|
|
the heavens with that we have in hand are angryx
|
|
and frown upon xsx
|
|
|
|
antigonusx
|
|
their sacred wills be donex gox get aboardx
|
|
look to thy barkx ixll not be long before
|
|
i call upon theex
|
|
|
|
marinerx
|
|
make your best hastex and go not
|
|
too far ix thx landx xtis like to be loud weatherx
|
|
besidesx this place is famous for the creatures
|
|
of prey that keep upon xtx
|
|
|
|
antigonusx
|
|
go thou awayx
|
|
ixll follow instantlyx
|
|
|
|
marinerx
|
|
i am glad at heart
|
|
to be so rid ox thx businessx
|
|
|
|
xxexitxxx
|
|
|
|
antigonusx
|
|
comex poor babex
|
|
i have heardx but not believxdx the spirits of the dead
|
|
may walk againx if such thing bex thy mother
|
|
appearxd to me last nightx for nexer was dream
|
|
so like a wakingx to me comes a creaturex
|
|
sometimes her head on one sidex some anotherx
|
|
i never saw a vessel of like sorrowx
|
|
so fillxd and so becomingx in pure white robesx
|
|
like very sanctityx she did approach
|
|
my cabin where i layx thrice bowxd before mex
|
|
andx gasping to begin some speechx her eyes
|
|
became two spoutsx the fury spentx anon
|
|
did this break from herx xgood antigonusx
|
|
since fatex against thy better dispositionx
|
|
hath made thy person for the throwerxout
|
|
of my poor babex according to thine oathx
|
|
places remote enough are in bohemiax
|
|
there weepx and leave it cryingx andx for the babe
|
|
is counted lost for everx perdita
|
|
i prithee callxtx for this ungentle businessx
|
|
put on thee by my lordx thou nexer shalt see
|
|
thy wife paulina morexx and sox with shrieksx
|
|
she melted into airx affrighted muchx
|
|
i did in time collect myself and thought
|
|
this was sox and no slumberx dreams are toysx
|
|
yet for this oncex yeax superstitiouslyx
|
|
i will be squarxd by thisx i do believe
|
|
hermione hath sufferxd deathx and that
|
|
apollo wouldx this being indeed the issue
|
|
of king polixenesx it should here be laidx
|
|
either for life or deathx upon the earth
|
|
of its right fatherx blossomx speed thee wellx there liex and there thy
|
|
characterx there thesex
|
|
|
|
xxlaying down the child and a bundlexxx
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|
|
|
which may if fortune pleasex both breed theex prettyx
|
|
and still rest thinex the storm beginsx poor wretchx
|
|
that for thy motherxs fault art thus exposxd
|
|
to loss and what may followx weep i cannotx
|
|
but my heart bleedsx and most accursxd am i
|
|
to be by oath enjoinxd to thisx farewellx
|
|
the day frowns more and morex thouxrt like to have
|
|
a lullaby too roughx i never saw
|
|
the heavens so dim by dayx a savage clamourx
|
|
well may i get aboardx this is the chasex
|
|
i am gone for everx
|
|
|
|
xxexitx pursued by a bearxxx
|
|
|
|
enter an old shepherdx
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|
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|
shepherdx
|
|
i would there were no age between ten and threexandxtwentyx or that
|
|
youth would sleep out the restx for there is nothing in the between but
|
|
getting wenches with childx wronging the ancientryx stealingx
|
|
fightingxhark you nowx would any but these boiled brains of nineteen
|
|
and twoxandxtwenty hunt this weatherx they have scared away two of my
|
|
best sheepx which i fear the wolf will sooner find than the masterx if
|
|
anywhere i have themx xtis by the seaxsidex browsing of ivyx good luckx
|
|
an xt be thy willx what have we herex
|
|
|
|
xxtaking up the childxxx
|
|
|
|
mercy on xsx a bairnx a very pretty bairnx a boy or a childx i wonderx
|
|
a pretty onex a very pretty onex surex some scapex though i am not
|
|
bookishx yet i can read waitingxgentlewoman in the scapex this has
|
|
been some stairxworkx some trunkxworkx some behindxdoorxworkx they
|
|
were warmer that got this than the poor thing is herex ixll take it up
|
|
for pityx yet ixll tarry till my son comex he halloed but even nowx
|
|
whoaxhoxhoax
|
|
|
|
enter clownx
|
|
|
|
clownx
|
|
hilloax loax
|
|
|
|
shepherdx
|
|
whatx art so nearx if thouxlt see a thing to talk on when thou art dead
|
|
and rottenx come hitherx what ailxst thoux manx
|
|
|
|
clownx
|
|
i have seen two such sightsx by sea and by landx but i am not to say it
|
|
is a seax for it is now the skyx betwixt the firmament and itx you
|
|
cannot thrust a bodkinxs pointx
|
|
|
|
shepherdx
|
|
whyx boyx how is itx
|
|
|
|
clownx
|
|
i would you did but see how it chafesx how it ragesx how it takes up
|
|
the shorex but thatxs not to the pointx ox the most piteous cry of the
|
|
poor soulsx sometimes to see xemx and not to see xemx now the ship
|
|
boring the moon with her mainmastx and anon swallowed with yest and
|
|
frothx as youxd thrust a cork into a hogsheadx and then for the land
|
|
servicex to see how the bear tore out his shoulderxbonex how he cried
|
|
to me for helpx and said his name was antigonusx a noblemanx but to
|
|
make an end of the shipx to see how the sea flapxdragonxd itx but
|
|
firstx how the poor souls roaredx and the sea mocked themx and how the
|
|
poor gentleman roaredx and the bear mocked himx both roaring louder
|
|
than the sea or weatherx
|
|
|
|
shepherdx
|
|
name of mercyx when was thisx boyx
|
|
|
|
clownx
|
|
nowx nowx i have not winked since i saw these sightsx the men are not
|
|
yet cold under waterx nor the bear half dined on the gentlemanx hexs at
|
|
it nowx
|
|
|
|
shepherdx
|
|
would i had been by to have helped the old manx
|
|
|
|
clownx
|
|
i would you had been by the ship sidex to have helped herx there your
|
|
charity would have lacked footingx
|
|
|
|
shepherdx
|
|
heavy mattersx heavy mattersx but look thee herex boyx now bless
|
|
thyselfx thou metxst with things dyingx i with things newxbornx herexs
|
|
a sight for theex look theex a bearingxcloth for a squirexs childx look
|
|
thee herex take upx take upx boyx openxtx sox letxs seex it was told me
|
|
i should be rich by the fairiesx this is some changelingx openxtx
|
|
whatxs withinx boyx
|
|
|
|
clownx
|
|
youxre a made old manx if the sins of your youth are forgiven youx
|
|
youxre well to livex goldx all goldx
|
|
|
|
shepherdx
|
|
this is fairy goldx boyx and xtwill prove sox up with itx keep it
|
|
closex homex homex the next wayx we are luckyx boyx and to be so still
|
|
requires nothing but secrecyx let my sheep gox comex good boyx the next
|
|
way homex
|
|
|
|
clownx
|
|
go you the next way with your findingsx ixll go see if the bear be gone
|
|
from the gentlemanx and how much he hath eatenx they are never curst
|
|
but when they are hungryx if there be any of him leftx ixll bury itx
|
|
|
|
shepherdx
|
|
thatxs a good deedx if thou mayest discern by that which is left of him
|
|
what he isx fetch me to thx sight of himx
|
|
|
|
clownx
|
|
marryx will ix and you shall help to put him ix thx groundx
|
|
|
|
shepherdx
|
|
xtis a lucky dayx boyx and wexll do good deeds on xtx
|
|
|
|
xxexeuntxxx
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
act iv
|
|
|
|
scene ix
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enter timex the chorusx
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timex
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i that please somex try allx both joy and terror
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of good and badx that makes and unfolds errorx
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now take upon mex in the name of timex
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to use my wingsx impute it not a crime
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to me or my swift passagex that i slide
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oxer sixteen yearsx and leave the growth untried
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of that wide gapx since it is in my power
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to oxerthrow lawx and in one selfxborn hour
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to plant and oxerwhelm customx let me pass
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the same i amx ere ancientxst order was
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or what is now receivedx i witness to
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the times that brought them inx so shall i do
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to thx freshest things now reigningx and make stale
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the glistering of this presentx as my tale
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now seems to itx your patience this allowingx
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i turn my glassx and give my scene such growing
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as you had slept betweenx leontes leaving
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thx effects of his fond jealousiesx so grieving
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that he shuts up himselfx imagine mex
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gentle spectatorsx that i now may be
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in fair bohemiax and remember wellx
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i mentioned a son ox thx kingxsx which florizel
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i now name to youx and with speed so pace
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to speak of perditax now grown in grace
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equal with wonderingx what of her ensues
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i list not prophesyx but let timexs news
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be known when xtis brought forthx a shepherdxs daughterx
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and what to her adheresx which follows afterx
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is thx argument of timex of this allowx
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if ever you have spent time worse ere nowx
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if neverx yet that time himself doth say
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he wishes earnestly you never mayx
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xxexitxxx
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scene iix bohemiax a room in the palace of polixenesx
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enter polixenes and camillox
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polixenesx
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i pray theex good camillox be no more importunatex xtis a sickness
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denying thee anythingx a death to grant thisx
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camillox
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it is fifteen years since i saw my countryx though i have for the most
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part been aired abroadx i desire to lay my bones therex besidesx the
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penitent kingx my masterx hath sent for mex to whose feeling sorrows i
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might be some allayx or i oxerween to think soxxwhich is another spur
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to my departurex
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polixenesx
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as thou lovxst mex camillox wipe not out the rest of thy services by
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leaving me nowx the need i have of theex thine own goodness hath madex
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better not to have had thee than thus to want theex thoux having made
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me businesses which none without thee can sufficiently managex must
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either stay to execute them thyselfx or take away with thee the very
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services thou hast donex which if i have not enough considered xas too
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much i cannotx to be more thankful to thee shall be my studyx and my
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profit therein the heaping friendshipsx of that fatal country siciliax
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prithee speak no morex whose very naming punishes me with the
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remembrance of that penitentx as thou callxst himx and reconciled kingx
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my brotherx whose loss of his most precious queen and children are even
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now to be afresh lamentedx say to mex when sawest thou the prince
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florizelx my sonx kings are no less unhappyx their issue not being
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graciousx than they are in losing them when they have approved their
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virtuesx
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camillox
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sirx it is three days since i saw the princex what his happier affairs
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may bex are to me unknownx but i have missingly noted he is of late
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much retired from courtx and is less frequent to his princely exercises
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than formerly he hath appearedx
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polixenesx
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i have considered so muchx camillox and with some carex so far that i
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have eyes under my service which look upon his removednessx from whom i
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have this intelligencex that he is seldom from the house of a most
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homely shepherdx a manx they sayx that from very nothingx and beyond
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the imagination of his neighboursx is grown into an unspeakable estatex
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camillox
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i have heardx sirx of such a manx who hath a daughter of most rare
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notex the report of her is extended more than can be thought to begin
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from such a cottagex
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polixenesx
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thatxs likewise part of my intelligencex butx i fearx the angle that
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plucks our son thitherx thou shalt accompany us to the placex where we
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willx not appearing what we arex have some question with the shepherdx
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from whose simplicity i think it not uneasy to get the cause of my
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sonxs resort thitherx pritheex be my present partner in this businessx
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and lay aside the thoughts of siciliax
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camillox
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i willingly obey your commandx
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polixenesx
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my best camillox we must disguise ourselvesx
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene iiix the samex a road near the shepherdxs cottagex
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enter autolycusx singingx
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autolycusx
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xwhen daffodils begin to peerx
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withx heyx the doxy over the dalex
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whyx then comes in the sweet ox the yearx
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for the red blood reigns in the winterxs palexx
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xthe white sheet bleaching on the hedgex
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withx heyx the sweet birdsx ox how they singx
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doth set my pugging tooth on edgex
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for a quart of ale is a dish for a kingxx
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xthe larkx that tirraxlirra chantsx
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withx heyx withx heyx the thrush and the jayx
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are summer songs for me and my auntsx
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while we lie tumbling in the hayxx
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i have served prince florizelx and in my time wore threexpilex but now
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i am out of servicex
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xbut shall i go mourn for thatx my dearx
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the pale moon shines by nightx
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and when i wander here and therex
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i then do most go rightxx
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xif tinkers may have leave to livex
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and bear the sowxskin budgetx
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then my account i well may give
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and in the stocks avouch itxx
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my traffic is sheetsx when the kite buildsx look to lesser linenx my
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father named me autolycusx who beingx i as amx littered under mercuryx
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was likewise a snapperxup of unconsidered triflesx with die and drab i
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purchased this caparisonx and my revenue is the silly cheatx gallows
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and knock are too powerful on the highwayx beating and hanging are
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terrors to mex for the life to comex i sleep out the thought of itx a
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prizex a prizex
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enter clownx
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clownx
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let me seex every xleven wether todsx every tod yields pound and odd
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shillingx fifteen hundred shornx what comes the wool tox
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autolycusx
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xxasidexxx if the springe holdx the cockxs minex
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clownx
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i cannot doxt without countersx let me seex what am i to buy for our
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sheepxshearing feastx xthree pound of sugarx five pound of currantsx
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ricexxwhat will this sister of mine do with ricex but my father hath
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made her mistress of the feastx and she lays it onx she hath made me
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fourxandxtwenty nosegays for the shearersx threexman songxmen allx and
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very good onesx but they are most of them means and bassesx but one
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puritan amongst themx and he sings psalms to hornpipesx i must have
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saffron to colour the warden piesx xmacex datesxx nonex thatxs out of
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my notex xnutmegsx sevenx a race or two of gingerxx but that i may begx
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xfour pound of prunesx and as many of raisins ox thx sunxx
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autolycusx
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xxgrovelling on the groundxxx o that ever i was bornx
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clownx
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ix thx name of mex
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autolycusx
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ox help mex help mex pluck but off these ragsx and thenx deathx deathx
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clownx
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alackx poor soulx thou hast need of more rags to lay on theex rather
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than have these offx
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autolycusx
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o sirx the loathsomeness of them offends me more than the stripes i
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have receivedx which are mighty ones and millionsx
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clownx
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alasx poor manx a million of beating may come to a great matterx
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autolycusx
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i am robbedx sirx and beatenx my money and apparel taxen from mex and
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these detestable things put upon mex
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clownx
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whatx by a horseman or a footmanx
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autolycusx
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a footmanx sweet sirx a footmanx
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clownx
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indeedx he should be a footman by the garments he has left with theex
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if this be a horsemanxs coatx it hath seen very hot servicex lend me
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thy handx ixll help theex comex lend me thy handx
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xxhelping him upxxx
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autolycusx
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ox good sirx tenderlyx ox
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clownx
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alasx poor soulx
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autolycusx
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ox good sirx softlyx good sirx i fearx sirx my shoulder blade is outx
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clownx
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how nowx canst standx
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autolycusx
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softlyx dear sirx xxpicks his pocketxxx good sirx softlyx you hax done
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me a charitable officex
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clownx
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dost lack any moneyx i have a little money for theex
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autolycusx
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nox good sweet sirx nox i beseech youx sirx i have a kinsman not past
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threexquarters of a mile hencex unto whom i was goingx i shall there
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have money or anything i wantx offer me no moneyx i pray youx that
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kills my heartx
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clownx
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what manner of fellow was he that robbed youx
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autolycusx
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a fellowx sirx that i have known to go about with trollxmyxdamesx i
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knew him once a servant of the princex i cannot tellx good sirx for
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which of his virtues it wasx but he was certainly whipped out of the
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courtx
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clownx
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his vicesx you would sayx therexs no virtue whipped out of the courtx
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they cherish it to make it stay therex and yet it will no more but
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abidex
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autolycusx
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vicesx i would sayx sirx i know this man wellx he hath been since an
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apexbearerx then a processxserverx a bailiffx then he compassed a
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motion of the prodigal sonx and married a tinkerxs wife within a mile
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where my land and living liesx andx having flown over many knavish
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professionsx he settled only in roguex some call him autolycusx
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clownx
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out upon himx prigx for my lifex prigx he haunts wakesx fairsx and
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bearxbaitingsx
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autolycusx
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very truex sirx hex sirx hex thatxs the rogue that put me into this
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apparelx
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clownx
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not a more cowardly rogue in all bohemiax if you had but looked big and
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spit at himx hexd have runx
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autolycusx
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i must confess to youx sirx i am no fighterx i am false of heart that
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wayx and that he knewx i warrant himx
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clownx
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how do you nowx
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autolycusx
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sweet sirx much better than i wasx i can stand and walkx i will even
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take my leave of you and pace softly towards my kinsmanxsx
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clownx
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shall i bring thee on the wayx
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autolycusx
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nox goodxfaced sirx nox sweet sirx
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clownx
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then fare thee wellx i must go buy spices for our sheepxshearingx
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autolycusx
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prosper youx sweet sirx
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xxexit clownxxx
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your purse is not hot enough to purchase your spicex ixll be with you
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at your sheepxshearing toox if i make not this cheat bring out
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anotherx and the shearers prove sheepx let me be unrolledx and my name
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put in the book of virtuex
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xxsingsxxx
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xjog onx jog onx the footpath wayx
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and merrily hent the stilexax
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a merry heart goes all the dayx
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your sad tires in a milexaxx
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xxexitxxx
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scene ivx the samex a shepherdxs cottagex
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enter florizel and perditax
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florizelx
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these your unusual weeds to each part of you
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do give a lifex no shepherdessx but flora
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peering in aprilxs frontx this your sheepxshearing
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is as a meeting of the petty godsx
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and you the queen on xtx
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perditax
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sirx my gracious lordx
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to chide at your extremes it not becomes mex
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ox pardon that i name themx your high selfx
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the gracious mark ox thx landx you have obscurxd
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with a swainxs wearingx and mex poor lowly maidx
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most goddessxlike prankxd upx but that our feasts
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in every mess have follyx and the feeders
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digest it with a customx i should blush
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to see you so attirxdx swoonx i thinkx
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to show myself a glassx
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florizelx
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i bless the time
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when my good falcon made her flight across
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thy fatherxs groundx
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perditax
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now jove afford you causex
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to me the difference forges dreadx your greatness
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hath not been usxd to fearx even now i tremble
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to think your fatherx by some accidentx
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should pass this wayx as you didx ox the fatesx
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how would he look to see his workx so noblex
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vilely bound upx what would he sayx or how
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should ix in these my borrowxd flauntsx behold
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the sternness of his presencex
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florizelx
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apprehend
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nothing but jollityx the gods themselvesx
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humbling their deities to lovex have taken
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the shapes of beasts upon themx jupiter
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became a bull and bellowxdx the green neptune
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a ram and bleatedx and the firexrobxd godx
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golden apollox a poor humble swainx
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as i seem nowx their transformations
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were never for a piece of beauty rarerx
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nor in a way so chastex since my desires
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run not before mine honourx nor my lusts
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burn hotter than my faithx
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perditax
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ox butx sirx
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your resolution cannot hold when xtis
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opposxdx as it must bex by the power of the kingx
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one of these two must be necessitiesx
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which then will speakx that you must change this purposex
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or i my lifex
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florizelx
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thou dearest perditax
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with these forcxd thoughtsx i pritheex darken not
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the mirth ox thx feastx or ixll be thinex my fairx
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or not my fatherxsx for i cannot be
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mine ownx nor anything to anyx if
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i be not thinex to this i am most constantx
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though destiny say nox be merryx gentlex
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strangle such thoughts as these with anything
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that you behold the whilex your guests are comingx
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lift up your countenancex as it were the day
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of celebration of that nuptial which
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we two have sworn shall comex
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perditax
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o lady fortunex
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stand you auspiciousx
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florizelx
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seex your guests approachx
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address yourself to entertain them sprightlyx
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and letxs be red with mirthx
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enter shepherd with polixenes and camillox disguisedx clownx mopsax
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dorcas with othersx
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shepherdx
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fiex daughterx when my old wife livxdx upon
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this day she was both pantlerx butlerx cookx
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both dame and servantx welcomxd allx servxd allx
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would sing her song and dance her turnx now here
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at upper end ox thx tablex now ix thx middlex
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on his shoulderx and hisx her face ox fire
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with labourx and the thing she took to quench it
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she would to each one sipx you are retiredx
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as if you were a feasted onex and not
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the hostess of the meetingx pray youx bid
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these unknown friends to xs welcomex for it is
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a way to make us better friendsx more knownx
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comex quench your blushesx and present yourself
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that which you arex mistress ox thx feastx come onx
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and bid us welcome to your sheepxshearingx
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as your good flock shall prosperx
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perditax
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xxto polixenesxxx sirx welcomex
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it is my fatherxs will i should take on me
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the hostessxship ox the dayx
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xxto camilloxxx youxre welcomex sirx
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give me those flowers therex dorcasx reverend sirsx
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for you therexs rosemary and ruex these keep
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seeming and savour all the winter longx
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grace and remembrance be to you bothx
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and welcome to our shearingx
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polixenesx
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shepherdessx
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a fair one are youxwell you fit our ages
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with flowers of winterx
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perditax
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sirx the year growing ancientx
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not yet on summerxs death nor on the birth
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of trembling winterx the fairest flowers ox thx season
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are our carnations and streakxd gillyvorsx
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which some call naturexs bastardsx of that kind
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our rustic gardenxs barrenx and i care not
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to get slips of themx
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polixenesx
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whereforex gentle maidenx
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do you neglect themx
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perditax
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for i have heard it said
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there is an art whichx in their piednessx shares
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with great creating naturex
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polixenesx
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say there bex
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yet nature is made better by no mean
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but nature makes that meanx sox over that art
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which you say adds to naturex is an art
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that nature makesx you seex sweet maidx we marry
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a gentler scion to the wildest stockx
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and make conceive a bark of baser kind
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by bud of nobler racex this is an art
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which does mend naturex change it ratherx but
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the art itself is naturex
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perditax
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so it isx
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polixenesx
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then make your garden rich in gillyvorsx
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and do not call them bastardsx
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perditax
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ixll not put
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the dibble in earth to set one slip of themx
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no more thanx were i paintedx i would wish
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this youth should say xtwere wellx and only therefore
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desire to breed by mex herexs flowers for youx
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hot lavenderx mintsx savoryx marjoramx
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the marigoldx that goes to bed with thx sun
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and with him rises weepingx these are flowers
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of middle summerx and i think they are given
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to men of middle agex youxre very welcomex
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camillox
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i should leave grazingx were i of your flockx
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and only live by gazingx
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perditax
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outx alasx
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youxd be so lean that blasts of january
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would blow you through and throughx xxto florizelxx nowx my fairxst
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friendx
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i would i had some flowers ox thx springx that might
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become your time of dayx and yoursx and yoursx
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that wear upon your virgin branches yet
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your maidenheads growingx o proserpinax
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from the flowers now thatx frightedx thou letxst fall
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from disxs waggonx daffodilsx
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that come before the swallow daresx and take
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the winds of march with beautyx violets dimx
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but sweeter than the lids of junoxs eyes
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or cythereaxs breathx pale primrosesx
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that die unmarried ere they can behold
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bright phoebus in his strength xa malady
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most incident to maidsxx bold oxlips and
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the crown imperialx lilies of all kindsx
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the flowerxdexluce being onex ox these i lackx
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to make you garlands ofx and my sweet friendx
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to strew him oxer and oxerx
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florizelx
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whatx like a corsex
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perditax
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nox like a bank for love to lie and play onx
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not like a corsex or ifx not to be buriedx
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but quickx and in mine armsx comex take your flowersx
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methinks i play as i have seen them do
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in whitsun pastoralsx sure this robe of mine
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does change my dispositionx
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florizelx
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what you do
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still betters what is donex when you speakx sweetx
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ixd have you do it everx when you singx
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ixd have you buy and sell sox so give almsx
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pray sox andx for the ordxring your affairsx
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to sing them toox when you do dancex i wish you
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a wave ox thx seax that you might ever do
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nothing but thatx move stillx still sox
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and own no other functionx each your doingx
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so singular in each particularx
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crowns what you are doing in the present deedsx
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that all your acts are queensx
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perditax
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o doriclesx
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your praises are too largex but that your youthx
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and the true blood which peeps fairly through xtx
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do plainly give you out an unstained shepherdx
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with wisdom i might fearx my doriclesx
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you wooxd me the false wayx
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florizelx
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i think you have
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as little skill to fear as i have purpose
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to put you to xtx butx comex our dancex i prayx
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your handx my perditax so turtles pair
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that never mean to partx
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perditax
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ixll swear for xemx
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polixenesx
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this is the prettiest lowxborn lass that ever
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ran on the greenxswardx nothing she does or seems
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but smacks of something greater than herselfx
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too noble for this placex
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camillox
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he tells her something
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that makes her blood look outx good soothx she is
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the queen of curds and creamx
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clownx
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come onx strike upx
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dorcasx
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mopsa must be your mistressx marryx garlicx to mend her kissing withx
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mopsax
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nowx in good timex
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clownx
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not a wordx a wordx we stand upon our mannersx
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comex strike upx
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xxmusicx here a dance of shepherds and shepherdessesxxx
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polixenesx
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prayx good shepherdx what fair swain is this
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which dances with your daughterx
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shepherdx
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they call him doriclesx and boasts himself
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to have a worthy feedingx but i have it
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upon his own reportx and i believe itx
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he looks like soothx he says he loves my daughterx
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i think so toox for never gazxd the moon
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upon the water as hexll stand and readx
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as xtwerex my daughterxs eyesx andx to be plainx
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i think there is not half a kiss to choose
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who loves another bestx
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polixenesx
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she dances featlyx
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shepherdx
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so she does anythingx though i report it
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that should be silentx if young doricles
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do light upon herx she shall bring him that
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which he not dreams ofx
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enter a servantx
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servantx
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o masterx if you did but hear the pedlar at the doorx you would never
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dance again after a tabor and pipex nox the bagpipe could not move youx
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he sings several tunes faster than youxll tell moneyx he utters them as
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he had eaten balladsx and all menxs ears grew to his tunesx
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clownx
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he could never come betterx he shall come inx i love a ballad but even
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too wellx if it be doleful matter merrily set downx or a very pleasant
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thing indeed and sung lamentablyx
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servantx
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he hath songs for man or woman of all sizesx no milliner can so fit his
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customers with glovesx he has the prettiest lovexsongs for maidsx so
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without bawdryx which is strangex with such delicate burdens of dildos
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and fadingsx xjump her and thump herxx and where some stretchxmouthed
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rascal wouldx as it werex mean mischief and break a foul gap into the
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matterx he makes the maid to answer xwhoopx do me no harmx good manxx
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puts him offx slights himx with xwhoopx do me no harmx good manxx
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polixenesx
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this is a brave fellowx
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clownx
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believe mex thou talkest of an admirable conceited fellowx has he any
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unbraided waresx
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servantx
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he hath ribbons of all the colours ix thx rainbowx pointsx more than
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all the lawyers in bohemia can learnedly handlex though they come to
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him by thx grossx inklesx caddissesx cambricsx lawnsx why he sings xem
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over as they were gods or goddessesx you would think a smock were a
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shexangelx he so chants to the sleevexhand and the work about the
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square on xtx
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clownx
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prithee bring him inx and let him approach singingx
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perditax
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forewarn him that he use no scurrilous words in xs tunesx
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xxexit servantxxx
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clownx
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you have of these pedlars that have more in them than youxd thinkx
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sisterx
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perditax
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ayx good brotherx or go about to thinkx
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enter autolycusx singingx
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autolycusx
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xlawn as white as driven snowx
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cypress black as exer was crowx
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gloves as sweet as damask rosesx
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masks for faces and for nosesx
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buglexbraceletx necklace amberx
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perfume for a ladyxs chamberx
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golden quoifs and stomachers
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for my lads to give their dearsx
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pins and pokingxsticks of steelx
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what maids lack from head to heelx
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come buy of mex comex come buyx come buyx
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buyx ladsx or else your lasses cryx
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comex buyxx
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clownx
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if i were not in love with mopsax thou shouldst take no money of mex
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but being enthralled as i amx it will also be the bondage of certain
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ribbons and glovesx
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mopsax
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i was promised them against the feastx but they come not too late nowx
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dorcasx
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he hath promised you more than thatx or there be liarsx
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mopsax
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he hath paid you all he promised youx maybe he has paid you morex which
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will shame you to give him againx
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clownx
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is there no manners left among maidsx will they wear their plackets
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where they should bear their facesx is there not milkingxtimex when you
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are going to bedx or kilnxholex to whistle of these secretsx but you
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must be tittlextattling before all our guestsx xtis well they are
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whisperingx clamour your tonguesx and not a word morex
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mopsax
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i have donex comex you promised me a tawdry lace and a pair of sweet
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glovesx
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clownx
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have i not told thee how i was cozened by the way and lost all my
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moneyx
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autolycusx
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and indeedx sirx there are cozeners abroadx therefore it behoves men to
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be waryx
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clownx
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fear not thoux manx thou shalt lose nothing herex
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autolycusx
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i hope sox sirx for i have about me many parcels of chargex
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clownx
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what hast herex balladsx
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mopsax
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pray nowx buy somex i love a ballad in print alifex for then we are
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sure they are truex
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autolycusx
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herexs one to a very doleful tunex how a usurerxs wife was brought to
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bed of twenty moneyxbags at a burdenx and how she longed to eat addersx
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heads and toads carbonadoedx
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mopsax
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is it truex think youx
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autolycusx
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very truex and but a month oldx
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dorcasx
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bless me from marrying a usurerx
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autolycusx
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herexs the midwifexs name toxtx one mistress taleporterx and five or
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six honest wives that were presentx why should i carry lies abroadx
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mopsax
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pray you nowx buy itx
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clownx
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come onx lay it byx and letxs first see more balladsx wexll buy the
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other things anonx
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autolycusx
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herexs another balladx of a fish that appeared upon the coast on
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wednesday the fourscore of aprilx forty thousand fathom above waterx
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and sung this ballad against the hard hearts of maidsx it was thought
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she was a womanx and was turned into a cold fish for she would not
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|
exchange flesh with one that loved herx the ballad is very pitifulx and
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as truex
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dorcasx
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is it true toox think youx
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autolycusx
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five justicesx hands at itx and witnesses more than my pack will holdx
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clownx
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lay it by toox anotherx
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autolycusx
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this is a merry balladx but a very pretty onex
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mopsax
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letxs have some merry onesx
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autolycusx
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whyx this is a passing merry one and goes to the tune of xtwo maids
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wooing a manxx therexs scarce a maid westward but she sings itx xtis in
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requestx i can tell youx
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mopsax
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we can both sing itx if thouxlt bear a partx thou shalt hearx xtis in
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three partsx
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dorcasx
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we had the tune on xt a month agox
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autolycusx
|
|
i can bear my partx you must know xtis my occupationx have at it with
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|
youx
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songx
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autolycusx
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xget you hencex for i must go
|
|
where it fits not you to knowxx
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dorcasx
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xwhitherxx
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mopsax
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xox whitherxx
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dorcasx
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xwhitherxx
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mopsax
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xit becomes thy oath full well
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thou to me thy secrets tellxx
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dorcasx
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xme toox let me go thitherxx
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mopsax
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or thou goest to thx grange or millx
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dorcasx
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xif to eitherx thou dost illxx
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autolycusx
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xneitherxx
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dorcasx
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xwhatx neitherxx
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autolycusx
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xneitherxx
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dorcasx
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xthou hast sworn my love to bexx
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mopsax
|
|
xthou hast sworn it more to mex
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|
then whither goestx sayx whitherxx
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clownx
|
|
wexll have this song out anon by ourselvesx my father and the gentlemen
|
|
are in sad talkx and wexll not trouble themx comex bring away thy pack
|
|
after mex wenchesx ixll buy for you bothx pedlarx letxs have the first
|
|
choicex follow mex girlsx
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xxexit with dorcas and mopsaxxx
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autolycusx
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xxasidexxx and you shall pay well for xemx
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songx
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xwill you buy any tapex
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|
or lace for your capex
|
|
my dainty duckx my dearxax
|
|
any silkx any threadx
|
|
any toys for your headx
|
|
of the newxst and finxstx finxst wearxax
|
|
come to the pedlarx
|
|
moneyxs a meddler
|
|
that doth utter all menxs warexaxx
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xxexitxxx
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|
enter servantx
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servantx
|
|
masterx there is three cartersx three shepherdsx three neatxherdsx
|
|
three swinexherdsx that have made themselves all men of hairx they call
|
|
themselves saltiersx and they have dance which the wenches say is a
|
|
gallimaufry of gambolsx because they are not in xtx but they themselves
|
|
are ox the mind xif it be not too rough for some that know little but
|
|
bowlingx it will please plentifullyx
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|
shepherdx
|
|
awayx wexll none on xtx here has been too much homely foolery alreadyx
|
|
i knowx sirx we weary youx
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|
polixenesx
|
|
you weary those that refresh usx prayx letxs see these four threes of
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|
herdsmenx
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|
servantx
|
|
one three of themx by their own reportx sirx hath danced before the
|
|
kingx and not the worst of the three but jumps twelve foot and a half
|
|
by thx squarex
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|
shepherdx
|
|
leave your pratingx since these good men are pleasedx let them come inx
|
|
but quickly nowx
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servantx
|
|
whyx they stay at doorx sirx
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|
xxexitxxx
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|
|
enter twelve rusticsx habited like satyrsx they dancex and then
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|
exeuntx
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polixenesx
|
|
ox fatherx youxll know more of that hereafterx
|
|
xxto camilloxxx is it not too far gonex xtis time to part themx
|
|
hexs simple and tells muchx xxto florizelxxx how nowx fair shepherdx
|
|
your heart is full of something that does take
|
|
your mind from feastingx soothx when i was young
|
|
and handed lovex as you dox i was wont
|
|
to load my she with knacksx i would have ransackxd
|
|
the pedlarxs silken treasury and have pourxd it
|
|
to her acceptancex you have let him gox
|
|
and nothing marted with himx if your lass
|
|
interpretation should abusex and call this
|
|
your lack of love or bountyx you were straited
|
|
for a replyx at least if you make a care
|
|
of happy holding herx
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|
florizelx
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|
old sirx i know
|
|
she prizes not such trifles as these arex
|
|
the gifts she looks from me are packxd and lockxd
|
|
up in my heartx which i have given alreadyx
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|
but not deliverxdx ox hear me breathe my life
|
|
before this ancient sirx whox it should seemx
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|
hath sometime lovxdx i take thy handx this handx
|
|
as soft as dovexs down and as white as itx
|
|
or ethiopianxs toothx or the fannxd snow thatxs bolted
|
|
by thx northern blasts twice oxerx
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|
|
polixenesx
|
|
what follows thisx
|
|
how prettily the young swain seems to wash
|
|
the hand was fair beforex i have put you outx
|
|
but to your protestationx let me hear
|
|
what you professx
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|
florizelx
|
|
dox and be witness to xtx
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|
polixenesx
|
|
and this my neighbourx toox
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|
florizelx
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|
and hex and more
|
|
than hex and menx the earthx the heavensx and allx
|
|
that were i crownxd the most imperial monarchx
|
|
thereof most worthyx were i the fairest youth
|
|
that ever made eye swervex had force and knowledge
|
|
more than was ever manxsx i would not prize them
|
|
without her lovex for her employ them allx
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commend them and condemn them to her servicex
|
|
or to their own perditionx
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polixenesx
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|
fairly offerxdx
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|
camillox
|
|
this shows a sound affectionx
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shepherdx
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|
but my daughterx
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|
say you the like to himx
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|
perditax
|
|
i cannot speak
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|
so wellx nothing so wellx nox nor mean betterx
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|
by thx pattern of mine own thoughts i cut out
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|
the purity of hisx
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shepherdx
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|
take handsx a bargainx
|
|
andx friends unknownx you shall bear witness toxtx
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|
i give my daughter to himx and will make
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her portion equal hisx
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|
florizelx
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|
ox that must be
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ix thx virtue of your daughterx one being deadx
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|
i shall have more than you can dream of yetx
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|
enough then for your wonderx but come onx
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|
contract us xfore these witnessesx
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|
shepherdx
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|
comex your handx
|
|
andx daughterx yoursx
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|
polixenesx
|
|
softx swainx awhilex beseech youx
|
|
have you a fatherx
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|
florizelx
|
|
i havex but what of himx
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|
polixenesx
|
|
knows he of thisx
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|
florizelx
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|
he neither does nor shallx
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polixenesx
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|
methinks a father
|
|
is at the nuptial of his son a guest
|
|
that best becomes the tablex pray you once morex
|
|
is not your father grown incapable
|
|
of reasonable affairsx is he not stupid
|
|
with age and altxring rheumsx can he speakx hearx
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|
know man from manx dispute his own estatex
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|
lies he not bedxridx and again does nothing
|
|
but what he did being childishx
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|
florizelx
|
|
nox good sirx
|
|
he has his healthx and ampler strength indeed
|
|
than most have of his agex
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|
polixenesx
|
|
by my white beardx
|
|
you offer himx if this be sox a wrong
|
|
something unfilialx reason my son
|
|
should choose himself a wifex but as good reason
|
|
the fatherx all whose joy is nothing else
|
|
but fair posterityx should hold some counsel
|
|
in such a businessx
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|
florizelx
|
|
i yield all thisx
|
|
but for some other reasonsx my grave sirx
|
|
which xtis not fit you knowx i not acquaint
|
|
my father of this businessx
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polixenesx
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let him know xtx
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|
florizelx
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|
he shall notx
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polixenesx
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|
prithee let himx
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|
florizelx
|
|
nox he must notx
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|
shepherdx
|
|
let himx my sonx he shall not need to grieve
|
|
at knowing of thy choicex
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|
florizelx
|
|
comex comex he must notx
|
|
mark our contractx
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|
polixenesx
|
|
xxdiscovering himselfxxx mark your divorcex young sirx
|
|
whom son i dare not callx thou art too base
|
|
to be acknowledgedx thou a sceptrexs heirx
|
|
that thus affects a sheepxhookx thoux old traitorx
|
|
i am sorry thatx by hanging theex i can
|
|
but shorten thy life one weekx and thoux fresh piece
|
|
of excellent witchcraftx whom of force must know
|
|
the royal fool thou copxst withxx
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|
shepherdx
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|
ox my heartx
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|
polixenesx
|
|
ixll have thy beauty scratchxd with briers and made
|
|
more homely than thy statex for theex fond boyx
|
|
if i may ever know thou dost but sigh
|
|
that thou no more shalt see this knack xas never
|
|
i mean thou shaltxx wexll bar thee from successionx
|
|
not hold thee of our bloodx nox not our kinx
|
|
far than deucalion offx mark thou my wordsx
|
|
follow us to the courtx thou churlx for this timex
|
|
though full of our displeasurex yet we free thee
|
|
from the dead blow of itx and youx enchantmentx
|
|
worthy enough a herdsmanx yeax him too
|
|
that makes himselfx but for our honour thereinx
|
|
unworthy theex if ever henceforth thou
|
|
these rural latches to his entrance openx
|
|
or hoop his body more with thy embracesx
|
|
i will devise a death as cruel for thee
|
|
as thou art tender to xtx
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|
xxexitxxx
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|
perditax
|
|
even here undonex
|
|
i was not much afeardx for once or twice
|
|
i was about to speakx and tell him plainly
|
|
the selfsame sun that shines upon his court
|
|
hides not his visage from our cottagex but
|
|
looks on alikex xxto florizelxxx willxt please youx sirx be gonex
|
|
i told you what would come of thisx beseech youx
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of your own state take carex this dream of minex
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being now awakex ixll queen it no inch fartherx
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but milk my ewesx and weepx
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camillox
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whyx how nowx fatherx
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speak ere thou diestx
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shepherdx
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i cannot speakx nor thinkx
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nor dare to know that which i knowx o sirx
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you have undone a man of fourscore threex
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that thought to fill his grave in quietx yeax
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to die upon the bed my father diedx
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to lie close by his honest bonesx but now
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some hangman must put on my shroud and lay me
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where no priest shovels in dustx o cursed wretchx
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that knewxst this was the princex and wouldst adventure
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to mingle faith with himx undonex undonex
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if i might die within this hourx i have livxd
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to die when i desirex
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xxexitxxx
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florizelx
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why look you so upon mex
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i am but sorryx not afeardx delayxdx
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but nothing altxredx what i wasx i amx
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more straining on for plucking backx not following
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my leash unwillinglyx
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camillox
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gracious my lordx
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you know your fatherxs temperx at this time
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he will allow no speech xwhich i do guess
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you do not purpose to himx and as hardly
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will he endure your sight as yetx i fearx
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thenx till the fury of his highness settlex
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come not before himx
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florizelx
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i not purpose itx
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i think camillox
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camillox
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even hex my lordx
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perditax
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how often have i told you xtwould be thusx
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how often said my dignity would last
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but till xtwere knownx
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florizelx
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it cannot fail but by
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the violation of my faithx and then
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let nature crush the sides ox thx earth together
|
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and mar the seeds withinx lift up thy looksx
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from my succession wipe mex fatherx i
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am heir to my affectionx
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camillox
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be advisxdx
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florizelx
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i amx and by my fancyx if my reason
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will thereto be obedientx i have reasonx
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if notx my sensesx better pleasxd with madnessx
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do bid it welcomex
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camillox
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this is desperatex sirx
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florizelx
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so call itx but it does fulfil my vowx
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i needs must think it honestyx camillox
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not for bohemiax nor the pomp that may
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be thereat gleanxdx for all the sun sees or
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the close earth wombsx or the profound seas hides
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in unknown fathomsx will i break my oath
|
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to this my fair belovxdx thereforex i pray youx
|
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as you have ever been my fatherxs honourxd friendx
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when he shall miss mexxasx in faithx i mean not
|
|
to see him any morexxcast your good counsels
|
|
upon his passionx let myself and fortune
|
|
tug for the time to comex this you may knowx
|
|
and so deliverx i am put to sea
|
|
with her whom here i cannot hold on shorex
|
|
andx most opportune to her needx i have
|
|
a vessel rides fast byx but not preparxd
|
|
for this designx what course i mean to hold
|
|
shall nothing benefit your knowledgex nor
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concern me the reportingx
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camillox
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|
o my lordx
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i would your spirit were easier for advicex
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or stronger for your needx
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florizelx
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harkx perditax xxtakes her asidexxx
|
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xxto camilloxxx ixll hear you by and byx
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camillox
|
|
hexs irremovablex
|
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resolvxd for flightx now were i happy if
|
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his going i could frame to serve my turnx
|
|
save him from dangerx do him love and honourx
|
|
purchase the sight again of dear sicilia
|
|
and that unhappy kingx my masterx whom
|
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i so much thirst to seex
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florizelx
|
|
nowx good camillox
|
|
i am so fraught with curious business that
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i leave out ceremonyx
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camillox
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sirx i think
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|
you have heard of my poor servicesx ix thx love
|
|
that i have borne your fatherx
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florizelx
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|
very nobly
|
|
have you deservxdx it is my fatherxs music
|
|
to speak your deedsx not little of his care
|
|
to have them recompensxd as thought onx
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camillox
|
|
wellx my lordx
|
|
if you may please to think i love the kingx
|
|
andx through himx whatxs nearest to himx which is
|
|
your gracious selfx embrace but my directionx
|
|
if your more ponderous and settled project
|
|
may suffer alterationx on mine honourx
|
|
ixll point you where you shall have such receiving
|
|
as shall become your highnessx where you may
|
|
enjoy your mistressx from the whomx i seex
|
|
therexs no disjunction to be madex but byx
|
|
as heavens forfendx your ruinx marry herx
|
|
and with my best endeavours in your absence
|
|
your discontenting father strive to qualify
|
|
and bring him up to likingx
|
|
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|
florizelx
|
|
howx camillox
|
|
may thisx almost a miraclex be donex
|
|
that i may call thee something more than manx
|
|
and after that trust to theex
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|
camillox
|
|
have you thought on
|
|
a place whereto youxll gox
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florizelx
|
|
not any yetx
|
|
but as thx unthoughtxon accident is guilty
|
|
to what we wildly dox so we profess
|
|
ourselves to be the slaves of chancex and flies
|
|
of every wind that blowsx
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camillox
|
|
then list to mex
|
|
this followsx if you will not change your purposex
|
|
but undergo this flightx make for siciliax
|
|
and there present yourself and your fair princessx
|
|
for sox i seex she must bex xfore leontesx
|
|
she shall be habited as it becomes
|
|
the partner of your bedx methinks i see
|
|
leontes opening his free arms and weeping
|
|
his welcomes forthx asks theex the sonx forgivenessx
|
|
as xtwere ix thx fatherxs personx kisses the hands
|
|
of your fresh princessx oxer and oxer divides him
|
|
xtwixt his unkindness and his kindnessx thx one
|
|
he chides to hellx and bids the other grow
|
|
faster than thought or timex
|
|
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florizelx
|
|
worthy camillox
|
|
what colour for my visitation shall i
|
|
hold up before himx
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|
camillox
|
|
sent by the king your father
|
|
to greet him and to give him comfortsx sirx
|
|
the manner of your bearing towards himx with
|
|
what you xas from your fatherx shall deliverx
|
|
things known betwixt us threex ixll write you downx
|
|
the which shall point you forth at every sitting
|
|
what you must sayx that he shall not perceive
|
|
but that you have your fatherxs bosom there
|
|
and speak his very heartx
|
|
|
|
florizelx
|
|
i am bound to youx
|
|
there is some sap in thisx
|
|
|
|
camillox
|
|
a course more promising
|
|
than a wild dedication of yourselves
|
|
to unpathxd watersx undreamxd shoresx most certain
|
|
to miseries enoughx no hope to help youx
|
|
but as you shake off one to take anotherx
|
|
nothing so certain as your anchorsx who
|
|
do their best office if they can but stay you
|
|
where youxll be loath to bex besidesx you know
|
|
prosperityxs the very bond of lovex
|
|
whose fresh complexion and whose heart together
|
|
affliction altersx
|
|
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|
perditax
|
|
one of these is truex
|
|
i think affliction may subdue the cheekx
|
|
but not take in the mindx
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|
|
camillox
|
|
yeax say you sox
|
|
there shall not at your fatherxs housex these seven years
|
|
be born another suchx
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|
|
|
florizelx
|
|
my good camillox
|
|
she is as forward of her breeding as
|
|
she is ix thx rear our birthx
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|
camillox
|
|
i cannot say xtis pity
|
|
she lacks instructionsx for she seems a mistress
|
|
to most that teachx
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|
perditax
|
|
your pardonx sirx for this
|
|
ixll blush you thanksx
|
|
|
|
florizelx
|
|
my prettiest perditax
|
|
butx ox the thorns we stand uponx camillox
|
|
preserver of my fatherx now of mex
|
|
the medicine of our housex how shall we dox
|
|
we are not furnishxd like bohemiaxs sonx
|
|
nor shall appear in siciliax
|
|
|
|
camillox
|
|
my lordx
|
|
fear none of thisx i think you know my fortunes
|
|
do all lie therex it shall be so my care
|
|
to have you royally appointed as if
|
|
the scene you play were minex for instancex sirx
|
|
that you may know you shall not wantxxone wordx
|
|
xxthey talk asidexxx
|
|
|
|
enter autolycusx
|
|
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|
autolycusx
|
|
hax hax what a fool honesty isx and trustx his sworn brotherx a very
|
|
simple gentlemanx i have sold all my trumperyx not a counterfeit stonex
|
|
not a ribbonx glassx pomanderx broochx tablexbookx balladx knifex tapex
|
|
glovex shoextiex braceletx hornxringx to keep my pack from fastingx
|
|
they throng who should buy firstx as if my trinkets had been hallowed
|
|
and brought a benediction to the buyerx by which means i saw whose
|
|
purse was best in picturex and what i sawx to my good use i rememberedx
|
|
my clown xwho wants but something to be a reasonable manx grew so in
|
|
love with the wenchesx song that he would not stir his pettitoes till
|
|
he had both tune and wordsx which so drew the rest of the herd to me
|
|
that all their other senses stuck in earsx you might have pinched a
|
|
placketx it was senselessx xtwas nothing to geld a codpiece of a pursex
|
|
i would have filed keys off that hung in chainsx no hearingx no
|
|
feelingx but my sirxs songx and admiring the nothing of itx so that in
|
|
this time of lethargy i picked and cut most of their festival pursesx
|
|
and had not the old man come in with a whoobub against his daughter and
|
|
the kingxs sonx and scared my choughs from the chaffx i had not left a
|
|
purse alive in the whole armyx
|
|
|
|
camillox florizel and perdita come forwardx
|
|
|
|
camillox
|
|
nayx but my lettersx by this means being there
|
|
so soon as you arrivex shall clear that doubtx
|
|
|
|
florizelx
|
|
and those that youxll procure from king leontesx
|
|
|
|
camillox
|
|
shall satisfy your fatherx
|
|
|
|
perditax
|
|
happy be youx
|
|
all that you speak shows fairx
|
|
|
|
camillox
|
|
xxseeing autolycusxxx who have we herex
|
|
wexll make an instrument of thisx omit
|
|
nothing may give us aidx
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|
|
|
autolycusx
|
|
xxasidexxx if they have overheard me nowxxwhyx hangingx
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|
|
|
camillox
|
|
how nowx good fellowx why shakest thou sox fear notx manx herexs no
|
|
harm intended to theex
|
|
|
|
autolycusx
|
|
i am a poor fellowx sirx
|
|
|
|
camillox
|
|
whyx be so stillx herexs nobody will steal that from theex yetx for the
|
|
outside of thy poverty we must make an exchangex therefore discase thee
|
|
instantlyxxthou must think therexs a necessity inxtxand change garments
|
|
with this gentlemanx though the pennyworth on his side be the worstx
|
|
yet hold theex therexs some bootx
|
|
|
|
xxgiving moneyxxx
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|
|
|
autolycusx
|
|
i am a poor fellowx sirx xxasidexxx i know ye well enoughx
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|
|
|
camillox
|
|
nayx prithee dispatchx the gentleman is half flayed alreadyx
|
|
|
|
autolycusx
|
|
are you in earnestx sirx xxasidexxx i smell the trick onxtx
|
|
|
|
florizelx
|
|
dispatchx i pritheex
|
|
|
|
autolycusx
|
|
indeedx i have had earnestx but i cannot with conscience take itx
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|
|
camillox
|
|
unbucklex unbucklex
|
|
|
|
xxflorizel and autolycus exchange garmentsxxx
|
|
|
|
fortunate mistressxxlet my prophecy
|
|
come home to youxxyou must retire yourself
|
|
into some covertx take your sweetheartxs hat
|
|
and pluck it oxer your browsx muffle your facex
|
|
dismantle youx andx as you canx disliken
|
|
the truth of your own seemingx that you may
|
|
xfor i do fear eyes overx to shipboard
|
|
get undescriedx
|
|
|
|
perditax
|
|
i see the play so lies
|
|
that i must bear a partx
|
|
|
|
camillox
|
|
no remedyx
|
|
have you done therex
|
|
|
|
florizelx
|
|
should i now meet my fatherx
|
|
he would not call me sonx
|
|
|
|
camillox
|
|
nayx you shall have no hatx xxgiving it to perditaxxx
|
|
comex ladyx comex farewellx my friendx
|
|
|
|
autolycusx
|
|
adieux sirx
|
|
|
|
florizelx
|
|
o perditax what have we twain forgotx
|
|
pray you a wordx
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|
|
|
xxthey converse apartxxx
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|
|
|
camillox
|
|
xxasidexxx what i do nextx shall be to tell the king
|
|
of this escapex and whither they are boundx
|
|
wherein my hope is i shall so prevail
|
|
to force him afterx in whose company
|
|
i shall rexview siciliax for whose sight
|
|
i have a womanxs longingx
|
|
|
|
florizelx
|
|
fortune speed usx
|
|
thus we set onx camillox to the seaxsidex
|
|
|
|
camillox
|
|
the swifter speed the betterx
|
|
|
|
xxexeunt florizelx perdita and camilloxxx
|
|
|
|
autolycusx
|
|
i understand the businessx i hear itx to have an open earx a quick eyex
|
|
and a nimble handx is necessary for a cutxpursex a good nose is
|
|
requisite alsox to smell out work for the other sensesx i see this is
|
|
the time that the unjust man doth thrivex what an exchange had this
|
|
been without bootx what a boot is here with this exchangex sure the
|
|
gods do this year connive at usx and we may do anything extemporex the
|
|
prince himself is about a piece of iniquityx stealing away from his
|
|
father with his clog at his heelsx if i thought it were a piece of
|
|
honesty to acquaint the king withalx i would not doxtx i hold it the
|
|
more knavery to conceal itx and therein am i constant to my professionx
|
|
|
|
enter clown and shepherdx
|
|
|
|
asidex asidex here is more matter for a hot brainx every lanexs endx
|
|
every shopx churchx sessionx hangingx yields a careful man workx
|
|
|
|
clownx
|
|
seex seex what a man you are nowx there is no other way but to tell the
|
|
king shexs a changelingx and none of your flesh and bloodx
|
|
|
|
shepherdx
|
|
nayx but hear mex
|
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|
clownx
|
|
nayx but hear mex
|
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|
shepherdx
|
|
go tox thenx
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|
clownx
|
|
she being none of your flesh and bloodx your flesh and blood has not
|
|
offended the kingx and so your flesh and blood is not to be punished by
|
|
himx show those things you found about herx those secret thingsx all
|
|
but what she has with herx this being donex let the law go whistlex i
|
|
warrant youx
|
|
|
|
shepherdx
|
|
i will tell the king allx every wordx yeax and his sonxs pranks toox
|
|
whox i may sayx is no honest man neither to his father nor to mex to go
|
|
about to make me the kingxs brotherxinxlawx
|
|
|
|
clownx
|
|
indeedx brotherxinxlaw was the farthest off you could have been to himx
|
|
and then your blood had been the dearer by i know how much an ouncex
|
|
|
|
autolycusx
|
|
xxasidexxx very wiselyx puppiesx
|
|
|
|
shepherdx
|
|
wellx let us to the kingx there is that in this fardel will make him
|
|
scratch his beardx
|
|
|
|
autolycusx
|
|
xxasidexxx i know not what impediment this complaint may be to the
|
|
flight of my masterx
|
|
|
|
clownx
|
|
pray heartily he be atx palacex
|
|
|
|
autolycusx
|
|
xxasidexxx though i am not naturally honestx i am so sometimes by
|
|
chancex let me pocket up my pedlarxs excrementx xxtakes off his false
|
|
beardxxx how nowx rusticsx whither are you boundx
|
|
|
|
shepherdx
|
|
to the palacex an it like your worshipx
|
|
|
|
autolycusx
|
|
your affairs therex whatx with whomx the condition of that fardelx the
|
|
place of your dwellingx your namesx your agesx of what havingx
|
|
breedingx and anything that is fitting to be knownx discoverx
|
|
|
|
clownx
|
|
we are but plain fellowsx sirx
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|
|
autolycusx
|
|
a liex you are rough and hairyx let me have no lyingx it becomes none
|
|
but tradesmenx and they often give us soldiers the liex but we pay them
|
|
for it with stamped coinx not stabbing steelx therefore they do not
|
|
give us the liex
|
|
|
|
clownx
|
|
your worship had like to have given us onex if you had not taken
|
|
yourself with the mannerx
|
|
|
|
shepherdx
|
|
are you a courtierx an xt like youx sirx
|
|
|
|
autolycusx
|
|
whether it like me or nox i am a courtierx seest thou not the air of
|
|
the court in these enfoldingsx hath not my gait in it the measure of
|
|
the courtx receives not thy nose courtxodour from mex reflect i not on
|
|
thy baseness courtxcontemptx thinkxst thoux for that i insinuatex or
|
|
toaze from thee thy businessx i am therefore no courtierx i am courtier
|
|
xcapxaxpexx and one that will either push on or pluck back thy business
|
|
therex whereupon i command thee to open thy affairx
|
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|
|
shepherdx
|
|
my businessx sirx is to the kingx
|
|
|
|
autolycusx
|
|
what advocate hast thou to himx
|
|
|
|
shepherdx
|
|
i know notx an xt like youx
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|
|
|
clownx
|
|
advocatexs the courtxword for a pheasantx say you have nonex
|
|
|
|
shepherdx
|
|
nonex sirx i have no pheasantx cock nor henx
|
|
|
|
autolycusx
|
|
how blessxd are we that are not simple menx
|
|
yet nature might have made me as these arex
|
|
therefore i will not disdainx
|
|
|
|
clownx
|
|
this cannot be but a great courtierx
|
|
|
|
shepherdx
|
|
his garments are richx but he wears them not handsomelyx
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|
|
|
clownx
|
|
he seems to be the more noble in being fantasticalx a great manx ixll
|
|
warrantx i know by the picking onxs teethx
|
|
|
|
autolycusx
|
|
the fardel therex whatxs ix thx fardelx wherefore that boxx
|
|
|
|
shepherdx
|
|
sirx there lies such secrets in this fardel and box which none must
|
|
know but the kingx and which he shall know within this hourx if i may
|
|
come to thx speech of himx
|
|
|
|
autolycusx
|
|
agex thou hast lost thy labourx
|
|
|
|
shepherdx
|
|
whyx sirx
|
|
|
|
autolycusx
|
|
the king is not at the palacex he is gone aboard a new ship to purge
|
|
melancholy and air himselfx forx if thou beest capable of things
|
|
seriousx thou must know the king is full of griefx
|
|
|
|
shepherdx
|
|
so xtis saidx sirx about his sonx that should have married a shepherdxs
|
|
daughterx
|
|
|
|
autolycusx
|
|
if that shepherd be not in handxfastx let him flyx the curses he shall
|
|
havex the tortures he shall feelx will break the back of manx the heart
|
|
of monsterx
|
|
|
|
clownx
|
|
think you sox sirx
|
|
|
|
autolycusx
|
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not he alone shall suffer what wit can make heavy and vengeance bitterx
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but those that are germane to himx though removed fifty timesx shall
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all come under the hangmanx whichx though it be great pityx yet it is
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necessaryx an old sheepxwhistling roguex a ramxtenderx to offer to have
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his daughter come into gracex some say he shall be stonedx but that
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death is too soft for himx say ix draw our throne into a sheepcotex all
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deaths are too fewx the sharpest too easyx
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clownx
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has the old man exer a sonx sirx do you hearx an xt like youx sirx
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autolycusx
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he has a sonx who shall be flayed alivex then xnointed over with honeyx
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set on the head of a waspxs nestx then stand till he be three quarters
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and a dram deadx then recovered again with aquaxvitx or some other hot
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infusionx thenx raw as he isx and in the hottest day prognostication
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proclaimsx shall he be set against a brick wallx the sun looking with a
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southward eye upon himx where he is to behold him with flies blown to
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deathx but what talk we of these traitorly rascalsx whose miseries are
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to be smiled atx their offences being so capitalx tell me xfor you seem
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to be honest plain menx what you have to the kingx being something
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gently consideredx ixll bring you where he is aboardx tender your
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persons to his presencex whisper him in your behalfsx and if it be in
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man besides the king to effect your suitsx here is man shall do itx
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clownx
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he seems to be of great authorityx close with himx give him goldx and
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though authority be a stubborn bearx yet he is oft led by the nose with
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goldx show the inside of your purse to the outside of his handx and no
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more adox rememberx xstonxdx and xflayed alivexx
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shepherdx
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an xt please youx sirx to undertake the business for usx here is that
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gold i havex ixll make it as much morex and leave this young man in
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pawn till i bring it youx
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autolycusx
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after i have done what i promisedx
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shepherdx
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ayx sirx
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autolycusx
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wellx give me the moietyx are you a party in this businessx
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clownx
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in some sortx sirx but though my case be a pitiful onex i hope i shall
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not be flayed out of itx
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autolycusx
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ox thatxs the case of the shepherdxs sonx hang himx hexll be made an
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examplex
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clownx
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comfortx good comfortx we must to the king and show our strange sightsx
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he must know xtis none of your daughter nor my sisterx we are gone
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elsex sirx i will give you as much as this old man does when the
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business is performedx and remainx as he saysx your pawn till it be
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brought youx
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autolycusx
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i will trust youx walk before toward the seaxsidex go on the
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rightxhandx i will but look upon the hedgex and follow youx
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clownx
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we are blessed in this manx as i may sayx even blessedx
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shepherdx
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letxs beforex as he bids usx he was provided to do us goodx
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xxexeunt shepherd and clownxxx
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autolycusx
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if i had a mind to be honestx i see fortune would not suffer mex she
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drops booties in my mouthx i am courted now with a double occasionx
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goldx and a means to do the prince my master goodx which who knows how
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that may turn back to my advancementx i will bring these two molesx
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these blind onesx aboard himx if he think it fit to shore them again
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and that the complaint they have to the king concerns him nothingx let
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him call me rogue for being so far officiousx for i am proof against
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that title and what shame else belongs to xtx to him will i present
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themx there may be matter in itx
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xxexitxxx
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act v
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scene ix siciliax a room in the palace of leontesx
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enter leontesx cleomenesx dionx paulina and othersx
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cleomenes
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sirx you have done enoughx and have performxd
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a saintxlike sorrowx no fault could you make
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which you have not redeemxdx indeedx paid down
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more penitence than done trespassx at the lastx
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do as the heavens have donex forget your evilx
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with themx forgive yourselfx
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leontesx
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whilst i remember
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her and her virtuesx i cannot forget
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my blemishes in themx and so still think of
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the wrong i did myselfx which was so much
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that heirless it hath made my kingdomx and
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destroyxd the sweetxst companion that exer man
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bred his hopes out ofx
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paulinax
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truex too truex my lordx
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ifx one by onex you wedded all the worldx
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or from the all that are took something goodx
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to make a perfect womanx she you killxd
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would be unparallelxdx
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leontesx
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i think sox killxdx
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she i killxdx i did sox but thou strikxst me
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sorelyx to say i didx it is as bitter
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upon thy tongue as in my thoughtx nowx good nowx
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say so but seldomx
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cleomenes
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not at allx good ladyx
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you might have spoken a thousand things that would
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have done the time more benefit and gracxd
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your kindness betterx
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paulinax
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you are one of those
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would have him wed againx
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dionx
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if you would not sox
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you pity not the statex nor the remembrance
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of his most sovereign namex consider little
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what dangersx by his highnessx fail of issuex
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may drop upon his kingdomx and devour
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incertain lookersxonx what were more holy
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than to rejoice the former queen is wellx
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what holier thanx for royaltyxs repairx
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for present comfortx and for future goodx
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to bless the bed of majesty again
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with a sweet fellow to xtx
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paulinax
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there is none worthyx
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respecting her thatxs gonex besidesx the gods
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will have fulfillxd their secret purposesx
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for has not the divine apollo saidx
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is xt not the tenor of his oraclex
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that king leontes shall not have an heir
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till his lost child be foundx which that it shallx
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is all as monstrous to our human reason
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|
as my antigonus to break his grave
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and come again to mex whox on my lifex
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did perish with the infantx xtis your counsel
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|
my lord should to the heavens be contraryx
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oppose against their willsx xxto leontesxxx care not for issuex
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the crown will find an heirx great alexander
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left his to thx worthiestx so his successor
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was like to be the bestx
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leontesx
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good paulinax
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|
who hast the memory of hermionex
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i knowx in honourx o that ever i
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had squarxd me to thy counselx thenx even nowx
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i might have lookxd upon my queenxs full eyesx
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have taken treasure from her lipsxx
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paulinax
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and left them
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more rich for what they yieldedx
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leontesx
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thou speakxst truthx
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no more such wivesx thereforex no wifex one worsex
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and better usxdx would make her sainted spirit
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|
again possess her corpsex and on this stagex
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xwhere we offenders now appearx soulxvexedx
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and begin xwhy to mexx
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paulinax
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had she such powerx
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she had just causex
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leontesx
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she hadx and would incense me
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to murder her i marriedx
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paulinax
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i should sox
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were i the ghost that walkxdx ixd bid you mark
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her eyex and tell me for what dull part in xt
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you chose herx then ixd shriekx that even your ears
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|
should rift to hear mex and the words that followxd
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should be xremember minexx
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leontesx
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starsx starsx
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and all eyes else dead coalsx fear thou no wifex
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ixll have no wifex paulinax
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paulinax
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will you swear
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never to marry but by my free leavex
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leontesx
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neverx paulinax so be blessxd my spiritx
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paulinax
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thenx good my lordsx bear witness to his oathx
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cleomenes
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you tempt him overxmuchx
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paulinax
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unless anotherx
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as like hermione as is her picturex
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affront his eyex
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cleomenes
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good madamxx
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paulinax
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i have donex
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yetx if my lord will marryxxif you willx sirx
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no remedy but you willxxgive me the office
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to choose you a queenx she shall not be so young
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as was your formerx but she shall be such
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asx walkxd your first queenxs ghostx it should take joy
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to see her in your armsx
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leontesx
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my true paulinax
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we shall not marry till thou bidxst usx
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paulinax
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that
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|
shall be when your first queenxs again in breathx
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|
never till thenx
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|
enter a servantx
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servantx
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|
one that gives out himself prince florizelx
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|
son of polixenesx with his princess xshe
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|
the fairest i have yet beheldx desires access
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|
to your high presencex
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leontesx
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|
what with himx he comes not
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|
like to his fatherxs greatnessx his approachx
|
|
so out of circumstance and suddenx tells us
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|
xtis not a visitation framxdx but forcxd
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|
by need and accidentx what trainx
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|
servantx
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|
but fewx
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|
and those but meanx
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leontesx
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|
his princessx say youx with himx
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|
servantx
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|
ayx the most peerless piece of earthx i thinkx
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|
that exer the sun shone bright onx
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|
paulinax
|
|
o hermionex
|
|
as every present time doth boast itself
|
|
above a better gonex so must thy grave
|
|
give way to whatxs seen nowx sirx you yourself
|
|
have said and writ soxxbut your writing now
|
|
is colder than that themexxxshe had not beenx
|
|
nor was not to be equallxdxx thus your verse
|
|
flowxd with her beauty oncex xtis shrewdly ebbxdx
|
|
to say you have seen a betterx
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|
servantx
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|
pardonx madamx
|
|
the one i have almost forgotxxyour pardonxx
|
|
the otherx when she has obtainxd your eyex
|
|
will have your tongue toox this is a creaturex
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|
would she begin a sectx might quench the zeal
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|
of all professors elsex make proselytes
|
|
of who she but bid followx
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paulinax
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|
howx not womenx
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servantx
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|
women will love her that she is a woman
|
|
more worth than any manx menx that she is
|
|
the rarest of all womenx
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|
leontesx
|
|
gox cleomenesx
|
|
yourselfx assisted with your honourxd friendsx
|
|
bring them to our embracementx
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|
|
|
xxexeunt cleomenes and othersxxx
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|
stillx xtis strange
|
|
he thus should steal upon usx
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|
paulinax
|
|
had our princex
|
|
jewel of childrenx seen this hourx he had pairxd
|
|
well with this lordx there was not full a month
|
|
between their birthsx
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|
leontesx
|
|
prithee no morex ceasex thou knowxst
|
|
he dies to me again when talkxd ofx surex
|
|
when i shall see this gentlemanx thy speeches
|
|
will bring me to consider that which may
|
|
unfurnish me of reasonx they are comex
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|
|
enter florizelx perditax cleomenes and othersx
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|
|
|
your mother was most true to wedlockx princex
|
|
for she did print your royal father offx
|
|
conceiving youx were i but twentyxonex
|
|
your fatherxs image is so hit in youx
|
|
his very airx that i should call you brotherx
|
|
as i did himx and speak of something wildly
|
|
by us performxd beforex most dearly welcomex
|
|
and your fair princessxxgoddessx ox alasx
|
|
i lost a couple that xtwixt heaven and earth
|
|
might thus have stoodx begetting wonderx as
|
|
youx gracious couplex dox and then i lostxx
|
|
all mine own follyxxthe societyx
|
|
amity toox of your brave fatherx whomx
|
|
though bearing miseryx i desire my life
|
|
once more to look on himx
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|
florizelx
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|
by his command
|
|
have i here touchxd siciliax and from him
|
|
give you all greetings that a kingx at friendx
|
|
can send his brotherx andx but infirmityx
|
|
which waits upon worn timesx hath something seizxd
|
|
his wishxd abilityx he had himself
|
|
the lands and waters xtwixt your throne and his
|
|
measurxdx to look upon youx whom he lovesx
|
|
he bade me say soxxmore than all the sceptres
|
|
and those that bear them livingx
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|
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|
leontesx
|
|
o my brotherxx
|
|
good gentlemanxxthe wrongs i have done thee stir
|
|
afresh within mex and these thy officesx
|
|
so rarely kindx are as interpreters
|
|
of my behindxhand slacknessx welcome hitherx
|
|
as is the spring to the earthx and hath he too
|
|
exposxd this paragon to the fearful usagex
|
|
at least ungentlex of the dreadful neptunex
|
|
to greet a man not worth her painsx much less
|
|
thx adventure of her personx
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|
|
|
florizelx
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|
goodx my lordx
|
|
she came from libyax
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|
leontesx
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|
where the warlike smalusx
|
|
that noble honourxd lordx is fearxd and lovxdx
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|
|
florizelx
|
|
most royal sirx from thencex from himx whose daughter
|
|
his tears proclaimxd hisx parting with herx thencex
|
|
a prosperous southxwind friendlyx we have crossxdx
|
|
to execute the charge my father gave me
|
|
for visiting your highnessx my best train
|
|
i have from your sicilian shores dismissxdx
|
|
who for bohemia bendx to signify
|
|
not only my success in libyax sirx
|
|
but my arrivalx and my wifexsx in safety
|
|
herex where we arex
|
|
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|
leontesx
|
|
the blessed gods
|
|
purge all infection from our air whilst you
|
|
do climate herex you have a holy fatherx
|
|
a graceful gentlemanx against whose personx
|
|
so sacred as it isx i have done sinx
|
|
for which the heavensx taking angry notex
|
|
have left me issuelessx and your fatherxs blessxdx
|
|
as he from heaven merits itx with youx
|
|
worthy his goodnessx what might i have beenx
|
|
might i a son and daughter now have lookxd onx
|
|
such goodly things as youx
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|
|
|
enter a lordx
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|
lordx
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|
most noble sirx
|
|
that which i shall report will bear no creditx
|
|
were not the proof so nighx please youx great sirx
|
|
bohemia greets you from himself by mex
|
|
desires you to attach his sonx who hasx
|
|
his dignity and duty both cast offx
|
|
fled from his fatherx from his hopesx and with
|
|
a shepherdxs daughterx
|
|
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|
leontesx
|
|
wherexs bohemiax speakx
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|
lordx
|
|
here in your cityx i now came from himx
|
|
i speak amazedlyx and it becomes
|
|
my marvel and my messagex to your court
|
|
whiles he was hastxningxin the chasex it seemsx
|
|
of this fair couplexmeets he on the way
|
|
the father of this seeming lady and
|
|
her brotherx having both their country quitted
|
|
with this young princex
|
|
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|
florizelx
|
|
camillo has betrayxd mex
|
|
whose honour and whose honesty till nowx
|
|
endurxd all weathersx
|
|
|
|
lordx
|
|
lay xt so to his chargex
|
|
hexs with the king your fatherx
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|
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|
leontesx
|
|
whox camillox
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|
lordx
|
|
camillox sirx i spake with himx who now
|
|
has these poor men in questionx never saw i
|
|
wretches so quakex they kneelx they kiss the earthx
|
|
forswear themselves as often as they speakx
|
|
bohemia stops his earsx and threatens them
|
|
with divers deaths in deathx
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|
|
|
perditax
|
|
o my poor fatherx
|
|
the heaven sets spies upon usx will not have
|
|
our contract celebratedx
|
|
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|
leontesx
|
|
you are marriedx
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|
|
|
florizelx
|
|
we are notx sirx nor are we like to bex
|
|
the starsx i seex will kiss the valleys firstx
|
|
the odds for high and lowxs alikex
|
|
|
|
leontesx
|
|
my lordx
|
|
is this the daughter of a kingx
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|
florizelx
|
|
she isx
|
|
when once she is my wifex
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|
|
leontesx
|
|
that xoncexx i see by your good fatherxs speedx
|
|
will come on very slowlyx i am sorryx
|
|
most sorryx you have broken from his likingx
|
|
where you were tied in dutyx and as sorry
|
|
your choice is not so rich in worth as beautyx
|
|
that you might well enjoy herx
|
|
|
|
florizelx
|
|
dearx look upx
|
|
though fortunex visible an enemyx
|
|
should chase us with my fatherx power no jot
|
|
hath she to change our lovesx beseech youx sirx
|
|
remember since you owxd no more to time
|
|
than i do nowx with thought of such affectionsx
|
|
step forth mine advocatex at your request
|
|
my father will grant precious things as triflesx
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|
|
leontesx
|
|
would he do sox ixd beg your precious mistressx
|
|
which he counts but a triflex
|
|
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|
paulinax
|
|
sirx my liegex
|
|
your eye hath too much youth in xtx not a month
|
|
xfore your queen diedx she was more worth such gazes
|
|
than what you look on nowx
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|
leontesx
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|
i thought of her
|
|
even in these looks i madex xxto florizelxxx but your petition
|
|
is yet unanswerxdx i will to your fatherx
|
|
your honour not oxerthrown by your desiresx
|
|
i am friend to them and youx upon which errand
|
|
i now go toward himx therefore follow mex
|
|
and mark what way i makex comex good my lordx
|
|
|
|
xxexeuntxxx
|
|
|
|
scene iix the samex before the palacex
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|
|
enter autolycus and a gentlemanx
|
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|
|
autolycusx
|
|
beseech youx sirx were you present at this relationx
|
|
|
|
first gentlemanx
|
|
i was by at the opening of the fardelx heard the old shepherd deliver
|
|
the manner how he found itx whereuponx after a little amazednessx we
|
|
were all commanded out of the chamberx only thisx methought i heard the
|
|
shepherd say he found the childx
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|
|
autolycusx
|
|
i would most gladly know the issue of itx
|
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|
|
first gentlemanx
|
|
i make a broken delivery of the businessx but the changes i perceived
|
|
in the king and camillo were very notes of admirationx they seemed
|
|
almostx with staring on one anotherx to tear the cases of their eyesx
|
|
there was speech in their dumbnessx language in their very gesturex
|
|
they looked as they had heard of a world ransomedx or one destroyedx a
|
|
notable passion of wonder appeared in themx but the wisest beholderx
|
|
that knew no more but seeing could not say if thx importance were joy
|
|
or sorrowx but in the extremity of the onex it must needs bex here
|
|
comes a gentleman that happily knows morex
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|
|
|
enter a gentlemanx
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|
|
the newsx rogerox
|
|
|
|
second gentlemanx
|
|
nothing but bonfiresx the oracle is fulfilledx the kingxs daughter is
|
|
foundx such a deal of wonder is broken out within this hour that
|
|
balladxmakers cannot be able to express itx here comes the lady
|
|
paulinaxs stewardx he can deliver you morex
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|
|
enter a third gentlemanx
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how goes it nowx sirx this newsx which is called truex is so like an
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old tale that the verity of it is in strong suspicionx has the king
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found his heirx
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third gentlemanx
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most truex if ever truth were pregnant by circumstancex that which you
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hear youxll swear you seex there is such unity in the proofsx the
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mantle of queen hermionexsx her jewel about the neck of itx the letters
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of antigonus found with itx which they know to be his characterx the
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majesty of the creature in resemblance of the motherx the affection of
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nobleness which nature shows above her breedingx and many other
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evidences proclaim her with all certainty to be the kingxs daughterx
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did you see the meeting of the two kingsx
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second gentlemanx
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nox
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third gentlemanx
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then you have lost a sight which was to be seenx cannot be spoken ofx
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there might you have beheld one joy crown anotherx so and in such
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manner that it seemed sorrow wept to take leave of themx for their joy
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waded in tearsx there was casting up of eyesx holding up of handsx with
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countenance of such distraction that they were to be known by garmentx
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not by favourx our kingx being ready to leap out of himself for joy of
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his found daughterx as if that joy were now become a lossx cries xox
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thy motherx thy motherxx then asks bohemia forgivenessx then embraces
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his sonxinxlawx then again worries he his daughter with clipping herx
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now he thanks the old shepherdx which stands by like a weatherxbitten
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conduit of many kingsx reignsx i never heard of such another encounterx
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which lames report to follow itx and undoes description to do itx
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second gentlemanx
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whatx pray youx became of antigonusx that carried hence the childx
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third gentlemanx
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like an old tale stillx which will have matter to rehearsex though
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credit be asleep and not an ear openx he was torn to pieces with a
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bearx this avouches the shepherdxs sonx who has not only his innocencex
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which seems muchx to justify himx but a handkerchief and rings of his
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that paulina knowsx
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first gentlemanx
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what became of his bark and his followersx
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third gentlemanx
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wrecked the same instant of their masterxs deathx and in the view of
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the shepherdx so that all the instruments which aided to expose the
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child were even then lost when it was foundx but ox the noble combat
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that xtwixt joy and sorrow was fought in paulinax she had one eye
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declined for the loss of her husbandx another elevated that the oracle
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was fulfilledx she lifted the princess from the earthx and so locks her
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in embracingx as if she would pin her to her heartx that she might no
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more be in danger of losingx
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first gentlemanx
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the dignity of this act was worth the audience of kings and princesx
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for by such was it actedx
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third gentlemanx
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one of the prettiest touches of allx and that which angled for mine
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eyes xcaught the waterx though not the fishx wasx when at the relation
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of the queenxs death xwith the manner how she came to it bravely
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confessed and lamented by the kingx how attentivenes wounded his
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daughterx tillx from one sign of dolour to anotherx she didx with an
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xalasxx i would fain sayx bleed tearsx for i am sure my heart wept
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bloodx who was most marble there changed colourx some swoonedx all
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sorrowedx if all the world could have seen itx the woe had been
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universalx
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first gentlemanx
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are they returned to the courtx
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third gentlemanx
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nox the princess hearing of her motherxs statuex which is in the
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keeping of paulinaxxa piece many years in doing and now newly performed
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by that rare italian masterx julio romanox whox had he himself
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eternityx and could put breath into his workx would beguile nature of
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her customx so perfectly he is her apex he so near to hermione hath
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done hermione that they say one would speak to her and stand in hope of
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|
answerx thither with all greediness of affection are they gonex and
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there they intend to supx
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second gentlemanx
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i thought she had some great matter there in handx for she hath
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privately twice or thrice a dayx ever since the death of hermionex
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visited that removed housex shall we thitherx and with our company
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|
piece the rejoicingx
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first gentlemanx
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who would be thence that has the benefit of accessx every wink of an
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eye some new grace will be bornx our absence makes us unthrifty to our
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knowledgex letxs alongx
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xxexeunt gentlemenxxx
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autolycusx
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nowx had i not the dash of my former life in mex would preferment drop
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on my headx i brought the old man and his son aboard the princex told
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|
him i heard them talk of a fardel and i know not whatx but he at that
|
|
time overxfond of the shepherdxs daughter xso he then took her to bexx
|
|
who began to be much seaxsickx and himself little betterx extremity of
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|
weather continuingx this mystery remained undiscoverxdx but xtis all
|
|
one to mex for had i been the finderxout of this secretx it would not
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have relishxd among my other discreditsx
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enter shepherd and clownx
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here come those i have done good to against my willx and already
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|
appearing in the blossoms of their fortunex
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shepherdx
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comex boyx i am past more childrenx but thy sons and daughters will be
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all gentlemen bornx
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clownx
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you are well metx sirx you denied to fight with me this other dayx
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because i was no gentleman bornx see you these clothesx say you see
|
|
them not and think me still no gentleman bornx you were best say these
|
|
robes are not gentlemen bornx give me the liex dox and try whether i am
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|
not now a gentleman bornx
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autolycusx
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i know you are nowx sirx a gentleman bornx
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clownx
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ayx and have been so any time these four hoursx
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shepherdx
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and so have ix boyx
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clownx
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so you havex but i was a gentleman born before my fatherx for the
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|
kingxs son took me by the hand and called me brotherx and then the two
|
|
kings called my father brotherx and then the princex my brotherx and
|
|
the princessx my sisterx called my father fatherx and so we weptx and
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|
there was the first gentlemanxlike tears that ever we shedx
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shepherdx
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we may livex sonx to shed many morex
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clownx
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ayx or else xtwere hard luckx being in so preposterous estate as we
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arex
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autolycusx
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i humbly beseech youx sirx to pardon me all the faults i have committed
|
|
to your worshipx and to give me your good report to the prince my
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|
masterx
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shepherdx
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pritheex sonx dox for we must be gentlex now we are gentlemenx
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clownx
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thou wilt amend thy lifex
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autolycusx
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ayx an it like your good worshipx
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clownx
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give me thy handx i will swear to the prince thou art as honest a true
|
|
fellow as any is in bohemiax
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shepherdx
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you may say itx but not swear itx
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clownx
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not swear itx now i am a gentlemanx let boors and franklins say itx
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ixll swear itx
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shepherdx
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how if it be falsex sonx
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clownx
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|
if it be nexer so falsex a true gentleman may swear it in the behalf of
|
|
his friendx and ixll swear to the prince thou art a tall fellow of thy
|
|
hands and that thou wilt not be drunkx but i know thou art no tall
|
|
fellow of thy hands and that thou wilt be drunkx but ixll swear itx and
|
|
i would thou wouldst be a tall fellow of thy handsx
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autolycusx
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i will prove sox sirx to my powerx
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clownx
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ayx by any meansx prove a tall fellowx if i do not wonder how thou
|
|
darxst venture to be drunkx not being a tall fellowx trust me notx
|
|
harkx the kings and the princesx our kindredx are going to see the
|
|
queenxs picturex comex follow usx wexll be thy good mastersx
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xxexeuntxxx
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scene iiix the samex a room in paulinaxs housex
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enter leontesx polixenesx florizelx perditax camillox paulinax lords
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|
and attendantsx
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leontesx
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o grave and good paulinax the great comfort
|
|
that i have had of theex
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paulinax
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|
whatx sovereign sirx
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|
i did not wellx i meant wellx all my services
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|
you have paid homex but that you have vouchsafxdx
|
|
with your crownxd brother and these your contracted
|
|
heirs of your kingdomsx my poor house to visitx
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|
it is a surplus of your grace which never
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|
my life may last to answerx
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leontesx
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|
o paulinax
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|
we honour you with troublex but we came
|
|
to see the statue of our queenx your gallery
|
|
have we passxd throughx not without much content
|
|
in many singularitiesx but we saw not
|
|
that which my daughter came to look uponx
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|
the statue of her motherx
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paulinax
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|
as she livxd peerlessx
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|
so her dead likenessx i do well believex
|
|
excels whatever yet you lookxd upon
|
|
or hand of man hath donex therefore i keep it
|
|
lonelyx apartx but here it isx prepare
|
|
to see the life as lively mockxd as ever
|
|
still sleep mockxd deathx beholdx and say xtis wellx
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|
paulina undraws a curtainx and discovers hermione standing as a
|
|
statuex
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|
i like your silencex it the more shows off
|
|
your wonderx but yet speakx first youx my liegex
|
|
comes it not something nearx
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leontesx
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|
her natural posturex
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|
chide mex dear stonex that i may say indeed
|
|
thou art hermionex or ratherx thou art she
|
|
in thy not chidingx for she was as tender
|
|
as infancy and gracex but yetx paulinax
|
|
hermione was not so much wrinkledx nothing
|
|
so aged as this seemsx
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polixenesx
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ox not by muchx
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|
paulinax
|
|
so much the more our carverxs excellencex
|
|
which lets go by some sixteen years and makes her
|
|
as she livxd nowx
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leontesx
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|
as now she might have donex
|
|
so much to my good comfort as it is
|
|
now piercing to my soulx ox thus she stoodx
|
|
even with such life of majestyx warm lifex
|
|
as now it coldly standsx when first i wooxd herx
|
|
i am ashamxdx does not the stone rebuke me
|
|
for being more stone than itx o royal piecex
|
|
therexs magic in thy majestyx which has
|
|
my evils conjurxd to remembrance and
|
|
from thy admiring daughter took the spiritsx
|
|
standing like stone with theex
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|
perditax
|
|
and give me leavex
|
|
and do not say xtis superstitionx that
|
|
i kneelx and then implore her blessingx ladyx
|
|
dear queenx that ended when i but beganx
|
|
give me that hand of yours to kissx
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|
paulinax
|
|
ox patiencex
|
|
the statue is but newly fixxdx the colourxs
|
|
not dryx
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|
camillox
|
|
my lordx your sorrow was too sore laid onx
|
|
which sixteen winters cannot blow awayx
|
|
so many summers dryx scarce any joy
|
|
did ever so long livex no sorrow
|
|
but killxd itself much soonerx
|
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|
polixenesx
|
|
dear my brotherx
|
|
let him that was the cause of this have power
|
|
to take off so much grief from you as he
|
|
will piece up in himselfx
|
|
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|
paulinax
|
|
indeedx my lordx
|
|
if i had thought the sight of my poor image
|
|
would thus have wrought youxfor the stone is minex
|
|
ixd not have showxd itx
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|
leontesx
|
|
do not draw the curtainx
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|
paulinax
|
|
no longer shall you gaze onxtx lest your fancy
|
|
may think anon it movesx
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|
leontesx
|
|
let bex let bex
|
|
would i were deadx but that methinks alreadyx
|
|
what was he that did make itx seex my lordx
|
|
would you not deem it breathxdx and that those veins
|
|
did verily bear bloodx
|
|
|
|
polixenesx
|
|
masterly donex
|
|
the very life seems warm upon her lipx
|
|
|
|
leontesx
|
|
the fixture of her eye has motion in xtx
|
|
as we are mockxd with artx
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|
paulinax
|
|
ixll draw the curtainx
|
|
my lordxs almost so far transported that
|
|
hexll think anon it livesx
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|
leontesx
|
|
o sweet paulinax
|
|
make me to think so twenty years togetherx
|
|
no settled senses of the world can match
|
|
the pleasure of that madnessx let xt alonex
|
|
|
|
paulinax
|
|
i am sorryx sirx i have thus far stirrxd youx but
|
|
i could afflict you furtherx
|
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|
|
leontesx
|
|
dox paulinax
|
|
for this affliction has a taste as sweet
|
|
as any cordial comfortx still methinks
|
|
there is an air comes from herx what fine chisel
|
|
could ever yet cut breathx let no man mock mex
|
|
for i will kiss herx
|
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|
|
paulinax
|
|
good my lordx forbearx
|
|
the ruddiness upon her lip is wetx
|
|
youxll mar it if you kiss itx stain your own
|
|
with oily paintingx shall i draw the curtainx
|
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|
leontesx
|
|
nox not these twenty yearsx
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|
perditax
|
|
so long could i
|
|
stand byx a looker onx
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|
|
|
paulinax
|
|
either forbearx
|
|
quit presently the chapelx or resolve you
|
|
for more amazementx if you can behold itx
|
|
ixll make the statue move indeedx descendx
|
|
and take you by the handx but then youxll think
|
|
xwhich i protest againstx i am assisted
|
|
by wicked powersx
|
|
|
|
leontesx
|
|
what you can make her do
|
|
i am content to look onx what to speakx
|
|
i am content to hearx for xtis as easy
|
|
to make her speak as movex
|
|
|
|
paulinax
|
|
it is requirxd
|
|
you do awake your faithx then all stand stillx
|
|
or those that think it is unlawful business
|
|
i am aboutx let them departx
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|
|
|
leontesx
|
|
proceedx
|
|
no foot shall stirx
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|
|
paulinax
|
|
musicx awake herx strikex xxmusicxxx
|
|
xtis timex descendx be stone no morex approachx
|
|
strike all that look upon with marvelx comex
|
|
ixll fill your grave upx stirx nayx come awayx
|
|
bequeath to death your numbnessx for from him
|
|
dear life redeems youx you perceive she stirsx
|
|
|
|
hermione comes down from the pedestalx
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|
|
|
start notx her actions shall be holy as
|
|
you hear my spell is lawfulx do not shun her
|
|
until you see her die againx for then
|
|
you kill her doublex nayx present your handx
|
|
when she was young you wooxd herx now in age
|
|
is she become the suitorx
|
|
|
|
leontesx
|
|
xxembracing herxxx ox shexs warmx
|
|
if this be magicx let it be an art
|
|
lawful as eatingx
|
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|
polixenesx
|
|
she embraces himx
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|
camillox
|
|
she hangs about his neckx
|
|
if she pertain to lifex let her speak toox
|
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|
|
polixenesx
|
|
ayx and make it manifest where she has livxdx
|
|
or how stolxn from the deadx
|
|
|
|
paulinax
|
|
that she is livingx
|
|
were it but told youx should be hooted at
|
|
like an old talex but it appears she livesx
|
|
though yet she speak notx mark a little whilex
|
|
please you to interposex fair madamx kneel
|
|
and pray your motherxs blessingx turnx good ladyx
|
|
our perdita is foundx
|
|
|
|
xxpresenting perdita who kneels to hermionexxx
|
|
|
|
hermionex
|
|
you godsx look downx
|
|
and from your sacred vials pour your graces
|
|
upon my daughterxs headx tell mex mine ownx
|
|
where hast thou been preservxdx where livxdx how found
|
|
thy fatherxs courtx for thou shalt hear that ix
|
|
knowing by paulina that the oracle
|
|
gave hope thou wast in beingx have preservxd
|
|
myself to see the issuex
|
|
|
|
paulinax
|
|
therexs time enough for thatx
|
|
lest they desire upon this push to trouble
|
|
your joys with like relationx go togetherx
|
|
you precious winners allx your exultation
|
|
partake to everyonex ix an old turtlex
|
|
will wing me to some witherxd boughx and there
|
|
my matex thatxs never to be found againx
|
|
lament till i am lostx
|
|
|
|
leontesx
|
|
o peacex paulinax
|
|
thou shouldst a husband take by my consentx
|
|
as i by thine a wifex this is a matchx
|
|
and made between xs by vowsx thou hast found minex
|
|
but howx is to be questionxdx for i saw herx
|
|
as i thoughtx deadx and have in vain said many
|
|
a prayer upon her gravex ixll not seek farx
|
|
for himx i partly know his mindxto find thee
|
|
an honourable husbandx comex camillox
|
|
and take her by the handx whose worth and honesty
|
|
is richly notedx and here justified
|
|
by usx a pair of kingsx letxs from this placex
|
|
whatx look upon my brotherx both your pardonsx
|
|
that exer i put between your holy looks
|
|
my ill suspicionx this your sonxinxlawx
|
|
and son unto the kingx whom heavens directingx
|
|
is trothxplight to your daughterx good paulinax
|
|
lead us from hencex where we may leisurely
|
|
each one demandx and answer to his part
|
|
performxd in this wide gap of timex since first
|
|
we were disseverxdx hastily lead awayx
|
|
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|
xxexeuntxxx
|
|
|
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|
|
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|
a loverxs complaint
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
from off a hill whose concave womb reworded
|
|
a plaintful story from a sistxring valex
|
|
my spirits txattend this double voice accordedx
|
|
and down i laid to list the sadxtunxd talex
|
|
ere long espied a fickle maid full palex
|
|
tearing of papersx breaking rings axtwainx
|
|
storming her world with sorrowxs wind and rainx
|
|
|
|
upon her head a platted hive of strawx
|
|
which fortified her visage from the sunx
|
|
whereon the thought might think sometime it saw
|
|
the carcass of a beauty spent and donex
|
|
time had not scythed all that youth begunx
|
|
nor youth all quitx but spite of heavenxs fell rage
|
|
some beauty peeped through lattice of searxd agex
|
|
|
|
oft did she heave her napkin to her eynex
|
|
which on it had conceited charactersx
|
|
laundxring the silken figures in the brine
|
|
that seasoned woe had pelleted in tearsx
|
|
and often reading what contents it bearsx
|
|
as often shrieking undistinguishxd woex
|
|
in clamours of all sizex both high and lowx
|
|
|
|
sometimes her levellxd eyes their carriage ridex
|
|
as they did battxry to the spheres intendx
|
|
sometime diverted their poor balls are tied
|
|
to thxorbed earthx sometimes they do extend
|
|
their view right onx anon their gazes lend
|
|
to every place at oncex and nowhere fixxdx
|
|
the mind and sight distractedly commixxdx
|
|
|
|
her hairx nor loose nor tied in formal platx
|
|
proclaimxd in her a careless hand of pridex
|
|
for some untuckxd descended her sheavxd hatx
|
|
hanging her pale and pined cheek besidex
|
|
some in her threaden fillet still did bidex
|
|
andx true to bondagex would not break from thencex
|
|
though slackly braided in loose negligencex
|
|
|
|
a thousand favours from a maund she drewx
|
|
of amberx crystalx and of beaded jetx
|
|
which one by one she in a river threwx
|
|
upon whose weeping margent she was setx
|
|
like usury applying wet to wetx
|
|
or monarchsx handsx that lets not bounty fall
|
|
where want cries xsomexx but where excess begs xallxx
|
|
|
|
of folded schedules had she many a onex
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which she perusxdx sighxdx tore and gave the floodx
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crackxd many a ring of posied gold and bonex
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bidding them find their sepulchres in mudx
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found yet mo letters sadly pennxd in bloodx
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with sleided silkx feat and affectedly
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enswathxdx and sealxd to curious secrecyx
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these often bathxd she in her fluxive eyesx
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and often kissxdx and often gave to tearx
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criedx xo false bloodx thou register of liesx
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what unapproved witness dost thou bearx
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ink would have seemxd more black and damned herexx
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this saidx in top of rage the lines she rentsx
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big discontent so breaking their contentsx
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a reverend man that grazed his cattle nighx
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sometime a blustererx that the ruffle knew
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of courtx of cityx and had let go by
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the swiftest hours observed as they flewx
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towards this afflicted fancy fastly drewx
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andx privilegxd by agex desires to know
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in brief the grounds and motives of her woex
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so slides he down upon his grained batx
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and comely distant sits he by her sidex
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when he again desires herx being satx
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her grievance with his hearing to dividex
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if that from him there may be aught applied
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which may her suffering ecstasy assuagex
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xtis promised in the charity of agex
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xfatherxx she saysx xthough in me you behold
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the injury of many a blasting hourx
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let it not tell your judgement i am oldx
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not agex but sorrowx over me hath powerx
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i might as yet have been a spreading flowerx
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fresh to myselfx if i had selfxapplied
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love to myselfx and to no love besidex
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xbut woe is mex too early i attended
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a youthful suitx it was to gain my gracex
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o one by naturexs outwards so commendedx
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that maidenxs eyes stuck over all his facex
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love lackxd a dwelling and made him her placex
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and when in his fair parts she did abidex
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she was new lodgxd and newly deifiedx
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xhis browny locks did hang in crooked curlsx
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and every light occasion of the wind
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upon his lips their silken parcels hurlsx
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whatxs sweet to dox to do will aptly findx
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each eye that saw him did enchant the mindx
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for on his visage was in little drawnx
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what largeness thinks in paradise was sawnx
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xsmall show of man was yet upon his chinx
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his phoenix down began but to appearx
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like unshorn velvetx on that termless skinx
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whose bare outxbraggxd the web it seemed to wearx
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yet showxd his visage by that cost more dearx
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and nice affections wavering stood in doubt
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if best were as it wasx or best withoutx
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xhis qualities were beauteous as his formx
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for maidenxtongued he wasx and thereof freex
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yet if men movxd himx was he such a storm
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as oft xtwixt may and april is to seex
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when winds breathe sweetx unruly though they bex
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his rudeness so with his authorizxd youth
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did livery falseness in a pride of truthx
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xwell could he ridex and often men would say
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that horse his mettle from his rider takesx
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proud of subjectionx noble by the swayx
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what roundsx what boundsx what coursex what stop he makesx
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and controversy hence a question takesx
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whether the horse by him became his deedx
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or he his manage by thx wellxdoing steedx
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xbut quickly on this side the verdict wentx
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his real habitude gave life and grace
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to appertainings and to ornamentx
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accomplishxd in himselfx not in his casex
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all aidsx themselves made fairer by their placex
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came for additionsx yet their purposxd trim
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piecxd not his gracex but were all gracxd by himx
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xso on the tip of his subduing tongue
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all kind of arguments and question deepx
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all replication promptx and reason strongx
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for his advantage still did wake and sleepx
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to make the weeper laughx the laugher weepx
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he had the dialect and different skillx
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catching all passions in his craft of willx
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xthat he did in the general bosom reign
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of youngx of oldx and sexes both enchantedx
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to dwell with him in thoughtsx or to remain
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in personal dutyx following where he hauntedx
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consentxs bewitchxdx ere he desirex have grantedx
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and dialogued for him what he would sayx
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askxd their own willsx and made their wills obeyx
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xmany there were that did his picture get
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to serve their eyesx and in it put their mindx
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like fools that in thx imagination set
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the goodly objects which abroad they find
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of lands and mansionsx theirs in thought assignxdx
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and labouring in moe pleasures to bestow themx
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than the true gouty landlord which doth owe themx
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xso many havex that never touchxd his handx
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sweetly supposxd them mistress of his heartx
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my woeful self that did in freedom standx
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and was my own feexsimple xnot in partx
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what with his art in youthx and youth in artx
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threw my affections in his charmed powerx
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reservxd the stalk and gave him all my flowerx
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xyet did i notx as some my equals didx
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demand of himx nor being desired yieldedx
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finding myself in honour so forbidx
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with safest distance i mine honour shieldedx
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experience for me many bulwarks builded
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of proofs newxbleedingx which remainxd the foil
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of this false jewelx and his amorous spoilx
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xbut ahx who ever shunnxd by precedent
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the destinxd ill she must herself assayx
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or forcexd examples xgainst her own contentx
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to put the byxpassxd perils in her wayx
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counsel may stop a while what will not stayx
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for when we ragex advice is often seen
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by blunting us to make our wills more keenx
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xnor gives it satisfaction to our bloodx
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that we must curb it upon othersx proofx
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to be forbode the sweets that seems so goodx
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for fear of harms that preach in our behoofx
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o appetitex from judgement stand aloofx
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the one a palate hath that needs will tastex
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though reason weep and cryx xit is thy lastxx
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xfor further i could sayx xthis manxs untruexx
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and knew the patterns of his foul beguilingx
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heard where his plants in othersx orchards grewx
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saw how deceits were gilded in his smilingx
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knew vows were ever brokers to defilingx
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thought characters and words merely but artx
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and bastards of his foul adulterate heartx
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xand long upon these terms i held my cityx
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till thus he xgan besiege mex xgentle maidx
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have of my suffering youth some feeling pityx
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and be not of my holy vows afraidx
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thatxs to ye swornx to none was ever saidx
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for feasts of love i have been callxd untox
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till now did nexer invitex nor never woox
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xxall my offences that abroad you see
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are errors of the bloodx none of the mindx
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love made them notx with acture they may bex
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where neither party is nor true nor kindx
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they sought their shame that so their shame did findx
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and so much less of shame in me remainsx
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by how much of me their reproach containsx
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xxamong the many that mine eyes have seenx
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not one whose flame my heart so much as warmedx
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or my affection put to thx smallest teenx
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or any of my leisures ever charmedx
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harm have i done to themx but nexer was harmedx
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kept hearts in liveriesx but mine own was freex
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and reignxd commanding in his monarchyx
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xxlook here what tributes wounded fancies sent mex
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of pallid pearls and rubies red as bloodx
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figuring that they their passions likewise lent me
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of grief and blushesx aptly understood
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in bloodless white and the encrimsonxd moodx
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effects of terror and dear modestyx
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encampxd in heartsx but fighting outwardlyx
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xxandx lox behold these talents of their hairx
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with twisted metal amorously empleachxdx
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i have receivxd from many a several fairx
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their kind acceptance weepingly beseechxdx
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with thx annexions of fair gems enrichxdx
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and deepxbrainxd sonnets that did amplify
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each stonexs dear naturex worth and qualityx
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xxthe diamondx why xtwas beautiful and hardx
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whereto his invisxd properties did tendx
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the deep green emeraldx in whose fresh regard
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weak sights their sickly radiance do amendx
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the heavenxhued sapphire and the opal blend
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with objects manifoldx each several stonex
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with wit well blazonxd smilxdx or made some moanx
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xxlox all these trophies of affections hotx
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of pensivxd and subdued desires the tenderx
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nature hath chargxd me that i hoard them notx
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but yield them up where i myself must renderx
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that isx to youx my origin and enderx
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for these of force must your oblations bex
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since i their altarx you empatron mex
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xxo then advance of yours that phraseless handx
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whose white weighs down the airy scale of praisex
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take all these similes to your own commandx
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hallowed with sighs that burning lungs did raisex
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what mex your minister for youx obeysx
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works under youx and to your audit comes
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their distract parcels in combined sumsx
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xxlox this device was sent me from a nunx
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or sister sanctified of holiest notex
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which late her noble suit in court did shunx
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whose rarest havings made the blossoms dotex
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for she was sought by spirits of richest coatx
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but kept cold distancex and did thence remove
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to spend her living in eternal lovex
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xxbut ox my sweetx what labour isxt to leave
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the thing we have notx mastxring what not strivesx
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planing the place which did no form receivex
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playing patient sports in unconstrained gyvesx
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she that her fame so to herself contrivesx
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the scars of battle xscapeth by the flightx
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and makes her absence valiantx not her mightx
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xxo pardon mex in that my boast is truex
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the accident which brought me to her eyex
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upon the moment did her force subduex
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and now she would the caged cloister flyx
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religious love put out religionxs eyex
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not to be tempted would she be immurxdx
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and now to tempt allx liberty procurxdx
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xxhow mighty then you arex o hear me tellx
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the broken bosoms that to me belong
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have emptied all their fountains in my wellx
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and mine i pour your ocean all amongx
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i strong oxer themx and you oxer me being strongx
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must for your victory us all congestx
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as compound love to physic your cold breastx
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xxmy parts had powxr to charm a sacred nunx
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whox disciplinxd and dieted in gracex
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believxd her eyes when they txassail begunx
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all vows and consecrations giving placex
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o most potential lovex vowx bondx nor spacex
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in thee hath neither stingx knotx nor confinex
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for thou art all and all things else are thinex
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xxwhen thou impressestx what are precepts worth
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of stale examplex when thou wilt inflamex
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how coldly those impediments stand forthx
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of wealthx of filial fearx lawx kindredx famex
|
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lovexs arms are peacex xgainst rulex xgainst sensex xgainst shamex
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and sweetensx in the suffxring pangs it bearsx
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the aloes of all forcesx shocks and fearsx
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xxnow all these hearts that do on mine dependx
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feeling it breakx with bleeding groans they pinex
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and supplicant their sighs to your extendx
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to leave the battxry that you make xgainst minex
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lending soft audience to my sweet designx
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and credent soul to that strongxbonded oathx
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that shall prefer and undertake my trothxx
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xthis saidx his watxry eyes he did dismountx
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whose sights till then were levellxd on my facex
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each cheek a river running from a fount
|
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with brinish current downward flowed apacex
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o how the channel to the stream gave gracex
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whox glazxd with crystal gate the glowing roses
|
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that flame through water which their hue enclosesx
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xo fatherx what a hell of witchcraft lies
|
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in the small orb of one particular tearx
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but with the inundation of the eyes
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what rocky heart to water will not wearx
|
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what breast so cold that is not warmed herex
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o cleft effectx cold modestyx hot wrathx
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both fire from hence and chill extincture hathx
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xfor lox his passionx but an art of craftx
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even there resolvxd my reason into tearsx
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there my white stole of chastity i daffxdx
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shook off my sober guardsx and civil fearsx
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appear to him as he to me appearsx
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all meltingx though our drops this diffxrence borex
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his poisonxd mex and mine did him restorex
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xin him a plenitude of subtle matterx
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applied to cautelsx all strange forms receivesx
|
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of burning blushesx or of weeping waterx
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or swooning palenessx and he takes and leavesx
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in eitherxs aptnessx as it best deceivesx
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to blush at speeches rankx to weep at woesx
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or to turn white and swoon at tragic showsx
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xthat not a heart which in his level came
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could xscape the hail of his allxhurting aimx
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showing fair nature is both kind and tamex
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and veilxd in themx did win whom he would maimx
|
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against the thing he sought he would exclaimx
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when he most burned in heartxwishxd luxuryx
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he preachxd pure maidx and praisxd cold chastityx
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xthus merely with the garment of a gracex
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the naked and concealed fiend he coverxdx
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that thxunexperient gave the tempter placex
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whichx like a cherubinx above them hoverxdx
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whox young and simplex would not be so loverxdx
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ay mex i fellx and yet do question make
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what i should do again for such a sakex
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xox that infected moisture of his eyex
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ox that false fire which in his cheek so glowxdx
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ox that forcxd thunder from his heart did flyx
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ox that sad breath his spongy lungs bestowxdx
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ox all that borrowed motionx seeming owedx
|
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would yet again betray the forexbetrayedx
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and new pervert a reconciled maidxx
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the passionate pilgrim
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ix
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did not the heavenly rhetoric of thine eyex
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xgainst whom the world could not hold argumentx
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persuade my heart to this false perjuryx
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vows for thee broke deserve not punishmentx
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a woman i forsworex but i will provex
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thou being a goddessx i forswore not theex
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my vow was earthlyx thou a heavenly lovex
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thy grace being gainxd cures all disgrace in mex
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my vow was breathx and breath a vapour isx
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thenx thou fair sunx that on this earth doth shinex
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exhale this vapour vowx in thee it isx
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if brokenx then it is no fault of minex
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if by me brokex what fool is not so wise
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to break an oathx to win a paradisex
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iix
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sweet cythereax sitting by a brook
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with young adonisx lovelyx freshx and greenx
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did court the lad with many a lovely lookx
|
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such looks as none could look but beautyxs queenx
|
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she told him stories to delight his earx
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she showxd him favours to allure his eyex
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to win his heartx she touchxd him here and therex
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touches so soft still conquer chastityx
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but whether unripe years did want conceitx
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or he refusxd to take her figurxd profferx
|
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the tender nibbler would not touch the baitx
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but smile and jest at every gentle offerx
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then fell she on her backx fair queenx and towardx
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he rose and ran awayx ahx fool too frowardx
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iiix
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if love make me forswornx how shall i swear to lovex
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o never faith could holdx if not to beauty vowxdx
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though to myself forswornx to thee ixll constant provex
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those thoughtsx to me like oaksx to thee like osiers bowxdx
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study his bias leavesx and makes his book thine eyesx
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where all those pleasures live that art can comprehendx
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if knowledge be the markx to know thee shall sufficex
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well learned is that tongue that well can thee commendx
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all ignorant that soul that sees thee without wonderx
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which is to me some praisex that i thy parts admirex
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thy eye jovexs lightning seemsx thy voice his dreadful thunderx
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which xnot to anger bentx is music and sweet firex
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celestial as thou artx o do not love that wrongx
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to sing heavensx praise with such an earthly tonguex
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ivx
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scarce had the sun dried up the dewy mornx
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and scarce the herd gone to the hedge for shadex
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when cythereax all in love forlornx
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a longing tarriance for adonis madex
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under an osier growing by a brookx
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a brook where adon used to cool his spleenx
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hot was the dayx she hotter that did look
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for his approachx that often there had beenx
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anon he comesx and throws his mantle byx
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and stood stark naked on the brookxs green brimx
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the sun lookxd on the world with glorious eyex
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yet not so wistly as this queen on himx
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hex spying herx bouncxd inx whereas he stoodx
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o jovex quoth shex why was not i a floodx
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vx
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fair is my lovex but not so fair as ficklex
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mild as a dovex but neither true nor trustyx
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brighter than glassx and yetx as glass isx brittlex
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softer than waxx and yetx as ironx rustyx
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a lily palex with damask die to grace herx
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none fairerx nor none falser to deface herx
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her lips to mine how often hath she joinxdx
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between each kiss her oaths of true love swearingx
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how many tales to please me hath she coinxdx
|
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dreading my lovex the loss thereof still fearingx
|
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yet in the midst of all her pure protestingsx
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her faithx her oathsx her tearsx and all were jestingsx
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she burnxd with lovex as straw with fire flamethx
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she burnxd out lovex as soon as straw outburnethx
|
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she framxd the lovex and yet she foilxd the framingx
|
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she bade love lastx and yet she fell a turningx
|
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was this a loverx or a lecher whetherx
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bad in the bestx though excellent in neitherx
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vix
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if music and sweet poetry agreex
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as they must needsx the sister and the brotherx
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then must the love be great xtwixt thee and mex
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because thou lovest the onex and i the otherx
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dowland to thee is dearx whose heavenly touch
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upon the lute doth ravish human sensex
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spenser to mex whose deep conceit is such
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asx passing all conceitx needs no defencex
|
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thou lovxst to hear the sweet melodious sound
|
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that phoebusx lutex the queen of musicx makesx
|
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and i in deep delight am chiefly drownxd
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whenas himself to singing he betakesx
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one god is god of bothx as poets feignx
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one knight loves bothx and both in thee remainx
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viix
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fair was the morn when the fair queen of lovex
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x x x x x x
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paler for sorrow than her milkxwhite dovex
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for adonxs sakex a youngster proud and wildx
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her stand she takes upon a steepxup hillx
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anon adonis comes with horn and houndsx
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shex silly queenx with more than lovexs good willx
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forbade the boy he should not pass those groundsx
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oncex quoth shex did i see a fair sweet youth
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here in these brakes deepxwounded with a boarx
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deep in the thighx a spectacle of ruthx
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seex in my thighx quoth shex here was the sorex
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she showed hersx he saw more wounds than onex
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and blushing fledx and left her all alonex
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viiix
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sweet rosex fair flowerx untimely pluckxdx soon vadedx
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pluckxd in the budx and vaded in the springx
|
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bright orient pearlx alackx too timely shadedx
|
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fair creaturex killxd too soon by deathxs sharp stingx
|
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like a green plum that hangs upon a treex
|
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and fallsx through windx before the fall should bex
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i weep for theex and yet no cause i havex
|
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for whyx thou leftxst me nothing in thy willx
|
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and yet thou leftxst me more than i did cravex
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for whyx i craved nothing of thee stillx
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o yesx dear friendx i pardon crave of theex
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thy discontent thou didst bequeath to mex
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ixx
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venusx with young adonis sitting by herx
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under a myrtle shadex began to woo himx
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she told the youngling how god mars did try herx
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and as he fell to herx so fell she to himx
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even thusx quoth shex the warlike god embracxd mex
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and then she clippxd adonis in her armsx
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even thusx quoth shex the warlike god unlaced mex
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as if the boy should use like loving charmsx
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even thusx quoth shex he seized on my lipsx
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and with her lips on his did act the seizurex
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and as she fetched breathx away he skipsx
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and would not take her meaning nor her pleasurex
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ahx that i had my lady at this bayx
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to kiss and clip me till i run awayx
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xx
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crabbed age and youth
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cannot live together
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youth is full of pleasancex
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age is full of carex
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youth like summer mornx
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age like winter weatherx
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youth like summer bravex
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age like winter barex
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youth is full of sportx
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agexs breath is shortx
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youth is nimblex age is lamex
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youth is hot and boldx
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age is weak and coldx
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youth is wildx and age is tamex
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agex i do abhor theex
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youthx i do adore theex
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ox my lovex my love is youngx
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agex i do defy theex
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ox sweet shepherdx hie theex
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for methinks thou stayxst too longx
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xix
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beauty is but a vain and doubtful goodx
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a shining gloss that vadeth suddenlyx
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a flower that dies when first it xgins to budx
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a brittle glassx thatxs broken presentlyx
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a doubtful goodx a glossx a glassx a flowerx
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lostx vadedx brokenx dead within an hourx
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and as goods lost are seld or never foundx
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as vaded gloss no rubbing will refreshx
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as flowers dead lie witherxd on the groundx
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as broken glass no cement can redressx
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so beauty blemishxd oncex for everxs lostx
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in spite of physicx paintingx pain and costx
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xiix
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good nightx good restx ahx neither be my sharex
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she bade good night that kept my rest awayx
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and daffxd me to a cabin hangxd with carex
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to descant on the doubts of my decayx
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farewellx quoth shex and come again tomorrowx
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fare well i could notx for i suppxd with sorrowx
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yet at my parting sweetly did she smilex
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in scorn or friendshipx nill i construe whetherx
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xt may bex she joyxd to jest at my exilex
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xt may bex again to make me wander thitherx
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xwanderxx a word for shadows like myselfx
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as take the painx but cannot pluck the pelfx
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xiiix
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lordx how mine eyes throw gazes to the eastx
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my heart doth charge the watchx the morning rise
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doth cite each moving sense from idle restx
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not daring trust the office of mine eyesx
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while philomela sits and singsx i sit and markx
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and wish her lays were tuned like the larkx
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for she doth welcome daylight with her dittyx
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and drives away dark dismalxdreaming nightx
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the night so packxdx i post unto my prettyx
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heart hath his hopex and eyes their wished sightx
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sorrow changxd to solacex solace mixxd with sorrowx
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for whyx she sighxd and bade me come tomorrowx
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were i with herx the night would post too soonx
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but now are minutes added to the hoursx
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to spite me nowx each minute seems a moonx
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yet not for mex shine sun to succour flowersx
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pack nightx peep dayx good dayx of night now borrowx
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shortx nightx toxnightx and length thyself toxmorrowx
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the phoenix and the turtle
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let the bird of loudest layx
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on the sole arabian treex
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herald sad and trumpet bex
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to whose sound chaste wings obeyx
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but thou shrieking harbingerx
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foul precurrer of the fiendx
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augur of the feverxs endx
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to this troop come thou not nearx
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from this session interdict
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every fowl of tyrant wingx
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save the eaglex featherxd kingx
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keep the obsequy so strictx
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let the priest in surplice whitex
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that defunctive music canx
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be the deathxdivining swanx
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lest the requiem lack his rightx
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and thou treblexdated crowx
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that thy sable gender makxst
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with the breath thou givxst and takxstx
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xmongst our mourners shalt thou gox
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here the anthem doth commencex
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love and constancy is deadx
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phoenix and the turtle fled
|
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in a mutual flame from hencex
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so they lovxdx as love in twain
|
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had the essence but in onex
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two distinctsx division nonex
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number there in love was slainx
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hearts remotex yet not asunderx
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distance and no space was seen
|
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xtwixt this turtle and his queenx
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but in them it were a wonderx
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so between them love did shinex
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that the turtle saw his right
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flaming in the phoenixx sightx
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either was the otherxs minex
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property was thus appalledx
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that the self was not the samex
|
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single naturexs double name
|
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neither two nor one was calledx
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reasonx in itself confoundedx
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saw division grow togetherx
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to themselves yet either neitherx
|
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simple were so well compoundedx
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that it criedx how true a twain
|
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seemeth this concordant onex
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love hath reasonx reason nonex
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if what parts can so remainx
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whereupon it made this threne
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|
to the phoenix and the dovex
|
|
coxsupremes and stars of lovex
|
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as chorus to their tragic scenex
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threnos
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beautyx truthx and rarityx
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grace in all simplicityx
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here enclosxd in cinders liex
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death is now the phoenixx nestx
|
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and the turtlexs loyal breast
|
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to eternity doth restx
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leaving no posterityxx
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xtwas not their infirmityx
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it was married chastityx
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truth may seemx but cannot bex
|
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beauty bragx but xtis not shex
|
|
truth and beauty buried bex
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to this urn let those repair
|
|
that are either true or fairx
|
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for these dead birds sigh a prayerx
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the rape of lucrece
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to the
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right honourable henry wriotheslyx
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earl of southamptonx and baron of titchfieldx
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the love i dedicate to your lordship is without endx whereof this
|
|
pamphletx without beginningx is but a superfluous moietyx the warrant
|
|
i have of your honourable dispositionx not the worth of my untutored
|
|
linesx makes it assured of acceptancex what i have done is yoursx what
|
|
i have to do is yoursx being part in all i havex devoted yoursx were
|
|
my worth greaterx my duty would show greaterx meantimex as it isx it is
|
|
bound to your lordshipx to whom i wish long lifex still lengthened with
|
|
all happinessx
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your lordshipxs in all dutyx
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|
william shakespearex
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the argumentx
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lucius tarquinius xfor his excessive pride surnamed superbusxx after he
|
|
had caused his own fatherxinxlawx servius tulliusx to be cruelly
|
|
murderedx andx contrary to the roman laws and customsx not requiring or
|
|
staying for the peoplexs suffragesx had possessed himself of the
|
|
kingdomx wentx accompanied with his sons and other noblemen of romex to
|
|
besiege ardeax during which siege the principal men of the army
|
|
meeting one evening at the tent of sextus tarquiniusx the kingxs sonx
|
|
in their discourses after supperx every one commended the virtues of
|
|
his own wifex among whom collatinus extolled the incomparable chastity
|
|
of his wife lucretiax in that pleasant humour they all posted to romex
|
|
and intendingx by their secret and sudden arrivalx to make trial of
|
|
that which every one had before avouchedx only collatinus finds his
|
|
wifex though it were late in the nightx spinning amongst her maidsx the
|
|
other ladies were all found dancing and revellingx or in several
|
|
disportsx whereupon the noblemen yielded collatinus the victoryx and
|
|
his wife the famex at that time sextus tarquinius being inflamed with
|
|
lucrecexs beautyx yet smothering his passions for the presentx departed
|
|
with the rest back to the campx from whence he shortly after privily
|
|
withdrew himselfx and was xaccording to his estatex royally entertained
|
|
and lodged by lucrece at collatiumx the same night he treacherously
|
|
stealeth into her chamberx violently ravished herx and early in the
|
|
morning speedeth awayx lucrecex in this lamentable plightx hastily
|
|
dispatched messengersx one to rome for her fatherx another to the camp
|
|
for collatinex they camex the one accompanied with junius brutusx the
|
|
other with publius valeriusx and finding lucrece attired in mourning
|
|
habitx demanded the cause of her sorrowx shex first taking an oath of
|
|
them for her revengex revealed the actorx and whole manner of his
|
|
dealingx and withal suddenly stabbed herselfx which donex with one
|
|
consent they all vowed to root out the whole hated family of the
|
|
tarquinsx and bearing the dead body to romex brutus acquainted the
|
|
people with the doer and manner of the vile deedx with a bitter
|
|
invective against the tyranny of the kingx wherewith the people were so
|
|
movedx that with one consent and a general acclamation the tarquins
|
|
were all exiledx and the state government changed from kings to
|
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consulsx
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from the besieged ardea all in postx
|
|
borne by the trustless wings of false desirex
|
|
lustxbreathed tarquin leaves the roman hostx
|
|
and to collatium bears the lightless fire
|
|
whichx in pale embers hidx lurks to aspire
|
|
and girdle with embracing flames the waist
|
|
of collatinexs fair lovex lucrece the chastex
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|
|
haply that name of chaste unhappxly set
|
|
this bateless edge on his keen appetitex
|
|
when collatine unwisely did not let
|
|
to praise the clear unmatched red and white
|
|
which triumphxd in that sky of his delightx
|
|
where mortal starsx as bright as heavenxs beautiesx
|
|
with pure aspects did him peculiar dutiesx
|
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|
|
for he the night beforex in tarquinxs tentx
|
|
unlockxd the treasure of his happy statex
|
|
what priceless wealth the heavens had him lent
|
|
in the possession of his beauteous matex
|
|
reckoning his fortune at such highxproud ratex
|
|
that kings might be espoused to more famex
|
|
but king nor peer to such a peerless damex
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o happiness enjoyxd but of a fewx
|
|
andx if possessxdx as soon decayxd and done
|
|
as is the morningxs silverxmelting dew
|
|
against the golden splendour of the sunx
|
|
an expirxd datex cancellxd ere well begunx
|
|
honour and beautyx in the ownerxs armsx
|
|
are weakly fortressxd from a world of harmsx
|
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|
|
beauty itself doth of itself persuade
|
|
the eyes of men without an oratorx
|
|
what needeth then apologies be madex
|
|
to set forth that which is so singularx
|
|
or why is collatine the publisher
|
|
of that rich jewel he should keep unknown
|
|
from thievish earsx because it is his ownx
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|
|
perchance his boast of lucrecex sovereignty
|
|
suggested this proud issue of a kingx
|
|
for by our ears our hearts oft tainted bex
|
|
perchance that envy of so rich a thingx
|
|
braving comparex disdainfully did sting
|
|
his highxpitchxd thoughtsx that meaner men should vaunt
|
|
that golden hap which their superiors wantx
|
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|
|
but some untimely thought did instigate
|
|
his allxtooxtimeless speedx if none of thosex
|
|
his honourx his affairsx his friendsx his statex
|
|
neglected allx with swift intent he goes
|
|
to quench the coal which in his liver glowsx
|
|
o rash false heatx wrappxd in repentant coldx
|
|
thy hasty spring still blastsx and nexer grows oldx
|
|
|
|
when at collatium this false lord arrivxdx
|
|
well was he welcomxd by the roman damex
|
|
within whose face beauty and virtue strivxd
|
|
which of them both should underprop her famex
|
|
when virtue braggxdx beauty would blush for shamex
|
|
when beauty boasted blushesx in despite
|
|
virtue would stain that or with silver whitex
|
|
|
|
but beautyx in that white intituledx
|
|
from venusx doves doth challenge that fair fieldx
|
|
then virtue claims from beauty beautyxs redx
|
|
which virtue gave the golden agex to gild
|
|
their silver cheeksx and callxd it then their shieldx
|
|
teaching them thus to use it in the fightxx
|
|
when shame assailxdx the red should fence the whitex
|
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|
|
this heraldry in lucrecex face was seenx
|
|
argued by beautyxs redx and virtuexs whitex
|
|
of eitherxs colour was the other queenx
|
|
proving from worldxs minority their rightx
|
|
yet their ambition makes them still to fightx
|
|
the sovereignty of either being so greatx
|
|
that oft they interchange each otherxs seatx
|
|
|
|
their silent war of lilies and of rosesx
|
|
which tarquin viewxd in her fair facexs fieldx
|
|
in their pure ranks his traitor eye enclosesx
|
|
wherex lest between them both it should be killxdx
|
|
the coward captive vanquishxd doth yield
|
|
to those two armies that would let him gox
|
|
rather than triumph in so false a foex
|
|
|
|
now thinks he that her husbandxs shallow tonguex
|
|
xthe niggard prodigal that praisxd her sox
|
|
in that high task hath done her beauty wrongx
|
|
which far exceeds his barren skill to showx
|
|
therefore that praise which collatine doth owe
|
|
enchanted tarquin answers with surmisex
|
|
in silent wonder of stillxgazing eyesx
|
|
|
|
this earthly saintx adored by this devilx
|
|
little suspecteth the false worshipperx
|
|
for unstainxd thoughts do seldom dream on evilx
|
|
birds never limxd no secret bushes fearx
|
|
so guiltless she securely gives good cheer
|
|
and reverend welcome to her princely guestx
|
|
whose inward ill no outward harm expressxdx
|
|
|
|
for that he colourxd with his high estatex
|
|
hiding base sin in plaits of majestyx
|
|
that nothing in him seemxd inordinatex
|
|
save sometime too much wonder of his eyex
|
|
whichx having allx all could not satisfyx
|
|
butx poorly richx so wanteth in his storex
|
|
thatx cloyxd with muchx he pineth still for morex
|
|
|
|
but shex that never copxd with stranger eyesx
|
|
could pick no meaning from their parling looksx
|
|
nor read the subtlexshining secrecies
|
|
writ in the glassy margents of such booksx
|
|
she touchxd no unknown baitsx nor fearxd no hooksx
|
|
nor could she moralize his wanton sightx
|
|
more than his eyes were openxd to the lightx
|
|
|
|
he stories to her ears her husbandxs famex
|
|
won in the fields of fruitful italyx
|
|
and decks with praises collatinexs high namex
|
|
made glorious by his manly chivalry
|
|
with bruised arms and wreaths of victoryx
|
|
her joy with heavxdxup hand she doth expressx
|
|
andx wordlessx so greets heaven for his successx
|
|
|
|
far from the purpose of his coming hitherx
|
|
he makes excuses for his being therex
|
|
no cloudy show of stormy blustering weather
|
|
doth yet in his fair welkin once appearx
|
|
till sable nightx mother of dread and fearx
|
|
upon the world dim darkness doth displayx
|
|
and in her vaulty prison stows the dayx
|
|
|
|
for then is tarquin brought unto his bedx
|
|
intending weariness with heavy sprightx
|
|
forx after supperx long he questioned
|
|
with modest lucrecex and wore out the nightx
|
|
now leaden slumber with lifexs strength doth fightx
|
|
and every one to rest themselves betakex
|
|
save thievesx and caresx and troubled mindsx that wakex
|
|
|
|
as one of which doth tarquin lie revolving
|
|
the sundry dangers of his willxs obtainingx
|
|
yet ever to obtain his will resolvingx
|
|
though weakxbuilt hopes persuade him to abstainingx
|
|
despair to gain doth traffic oft for gainingx
|
|
and when great treasure is the meed proposxdx
|
|
though death be adjunctx therexs no death supposxdx
|
|
|
|
those that much covet are with gain so fondx
|
|
for what they have notx that which they possess
|
|
they scatter and unloose it from their bondx
|
|
and sox by hoping morex they have but lessx
|
|
orx gaining morex the profit of excess
|
|
is but to surfeitx and such griefs sustainx
|
|
that they prove bankrupt in this poorxrich gainx
|
|
|
|
the aim of all is but to nurse the life
|
|
with honourx wealthx and easex in waning agex
|
|
and in this aim there is such thwarting strifex
|
|
that one for allx or all for one we gagex
|
|
as life for honour in fell battlesx ragex
|
|
honour for wealthx and oft that wealth doth cost
|
|
the death of allx and all together lostx
|
|
|
|
so that in ventxring ill we leave to be
|
|
the things we arex for that which we expectx
|
|
and this ambitious foul infirmityx
|
|
in having muchx torments us with defect
|
|
of that we havex so then we do neglect
|
|
the thing we havex andx all for want of witx
|
|
make something nothingx by augmenting itx
|
|
|
|
such hazard now must doting tarquin makex
|
|
pawning his honour to obtain his lustx
|
|
and for himself himself he must forsakex
|
|
then where is truthx if there be no selfxtrustx
|
|
when shall he think to find a stranger justx
|
|
when he himself himself confoundsx betrays
|
|
to slanderous tongues and wretched hateful daysx
|
|
|
|
now stole upon the time the dead of nightx
|
|
when heavy sleep had closed up mortal eyesx
|
|
no comfortable star did lend his lightx
|
|
no noise but owlsx and wolvesx deathxboding criesx
|
|
now serves the season that they may surprise
|
|
the silly lambsx pure thoughts are dead and stillx
|
|
while lust and murder wake to stain and killx
|
|
|
|
and now this lustful lord leapxd from his bedx
|
|
throwing his mantle rudely oxer his armx
|
|
is madly tossxd between desire and dreadx
|
|
thx one sweetly flattersx thx other feareth harmx
|
|
but honest fearx bewitchxd with lustxs foul charmx
|
|
doth too too oft betake him to retirex
|
|
beaten away by brainxsick rude desirex
|
|
|
|
his falchion on a flint he softly smitethx
|
|
that from the cold stone sparks of fire do flyx
|
|
whereat a waxen torch forthwith he lightethx
|
|
which must be lodexstar to his lustful eyex
|
|
and to the flame thus speaks advisedlyx
|
|
xas from this cold flint i enforced this firex
|
|
so lucrece must i force to my desirexx
|
|
|
|
here pale with fear he doth premeditate
|
|
the dangers of his loathsome enterprisex
|
|
and in his inward mind he doth debate
|
|
what following sorrow may on this arisex
|
|
then looking scornfullyx he doth despise
|
|
his naked armour of stillxslaughterxd lustx
|
|
and justly thus controls his thoughts unjustx
|
|
|
|
xfair torchx burn out thy lightx and lend it not
|
|
to darken her whose light excelleth thinex
|
|
and diex unhallowxd thoughtsx before you blot
|
|
with your uncleanness that which is divinex
|
|
offer pure incense to so pure a shrinex
|
|
let fair humanity abhor the deed
|
|
that spots and stains lovexs modest snowxwhite weedx
|
|
|
|
xo shame to knighthood and to shining armsx
|
|
o foul dishonour to my householdxs gravex
|
|
o impious actx including all foul harmsx
|
|
a martial man to be soft fancyxs slavex
|
|
true valour still a true respect should havex
|
|
then my digression is so vilex so basex
|
|
that it will live engraven in my facex
|
|
|
|
xyeax though i diex the scandal will survivex
|
|
and be an eyexsore in my golden coatx
|
|
some loathsome dash the herald will contrivex
|
|
to cipher me how fondly i did dotex
|
|
that my posterityx shamxd with the notex
|
|
shall curse my bonesx and hold it for no sin
|
|
to wish that i their father had not beenx
|
|
|
|
xwhat win ix if i gain the thing i seekx
|
|
a dreamx a breathx a froth of fleeting joyx
|
|
who buys a minutexs mirth to wail a weekx
|
|
or sells eternity to get a toyx
|
|
for one sweet grape who will the vine destroyx
|
|
or what fond beggarx but to touch the crownx
|
|
would with the sceptre straight be strucken downx
|
|
|
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xif collatinus dream of my intentx
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will he not wakex and in a desperate rage
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post hitherx this vile purpose to preventx
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this siege that hath engirt his marriagex
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this blur to youthx this sorrow to the sagex
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this dying virtuex this surviving shamex
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whose crime will bear an everxduring blamex
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xox what excuse can my invention make
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when thou shalt charge me with so black a deedx
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will not my tongue be mutex my frail joints shakex
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mine eyes forego their lightx my false heart bleedx
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the guilt being greatx the fear doth still exceedx
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and extreme fear can neither fight nor flyx
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butx cowardxlikex with trembling terror diex
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xhad collatinus killxd my son or sirex
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or lain in ambush to betray my lifex
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or were he not my dear friendx this desire
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might have excuse to work upon his wifex
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as in revenge or quittal of such strifex
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but as he is my kinsmanx my dear friendx
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the shame and fault finds no excuse nor endx
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xshameful it isxxayx if the fact be knownx
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hateful it isxx there is no hate in lovingx
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ixll beg her lovexxbut she is not her ownx
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the worst is but denial and reprovingx
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my will is strongx past reasonxs weak removingx
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who fears a sentence or an old manxs saw
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shall by a painted cloth be kept in awexx
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thusx gracelessx holds he disputation
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xtween frozen conscience and hotxburning willx
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and with good thoughts makes dispensationx
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urging the worser sense for vantage stillx
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which in a moment doth confound and kill
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all pure effectsx and doth so far proceedx
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that what is vile shows like a virtuous deedx
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quoth hex xshe took me kindly by the handx
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and gazxd for tidings in my eager eyesx
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fearing some hard news from the warlike bandx
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where her beloved collatinus liesx
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o how her fear did make her colour risex
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first red as roses that on lawn we layx
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then white as lawnx the roses took awayx
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xand how her handx in my hand being lockxdx
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forcxd it to tremble with her loyal fearx
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which struck her sadx and then it faster rockxdx
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until her husbandxs welfare she did hearx
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whereat she smiled with so sweet a cheerx
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that had narcissus seen her as she stoodx
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selfxlove had never drownxd him in the floodx
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xwhy hunt i then for colour or excusesx
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all orators are dumb when beauty pleadethx
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poor wretches have remorse in poor abusesx
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love thrives not in the heart that shadows dreadethx
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affection is my captainx and he leadethx
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and when his gaudy banner is displayxdx
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the coward fights and will not be dismayxdx
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xthenx childish fearx avauntx debatingx diex
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respect and reason wait on wrinkled agex
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my heart shall never countermand mine eyex
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sad pause and deep regard beseem the sagex
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my part is youthx and beats these from the stagex
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desire my pilot isx beauty my prizex
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then who fears sinking where such treasure liesxx
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as corn oxergrown by weedsx so heedful fear
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is almost chokxd by unresisted lustx
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away he steals with openingx listening earx
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full of foul hopex and full of fond mistrustx
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both whichx as servitors to the unjustx
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so cross him with their opposite persuasionx
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that now he vows a leaguex and now invasionx
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within his thought her heavenly image sitsx
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and in the selfxsame seat sits collatinex
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that eye which looks on her confounds his witsx
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that eye which him beholdsx as more divinex
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unto a view so false will not inclinex
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but with a pure appeal seeks to the heartx
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which once corrupted takes the worser partx
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and therein heartens up his servile powersx
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whox flatterxd by their leaderxs jocund showx
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stuff up his lustx as minutes fill up hoursx
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and as their captainx so their pride doth growx
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paying more slavish tribute than they owex
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by reprobate desire thus madly ledx
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the roman lord marcheth to lucrecex bedx
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the locks between her chamber and his willx
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each one by him enforcxd retires his wardx
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butx as they open they all rate his illx
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which drives the creeping thief to some regardx
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the threshold grates the door to have him heardx
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nightxwandxring weasels shriek to see him therex
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they fright himx yet he still pursues his fearx
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as each unwilling portal yields him wayx
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through little vents and crannies of the place
|
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the wind wars with his torchx to make him stayx
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and blows the smoke of it into his facex
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extinguishing his conduct in this casex
|
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but his hot heartx which fond desire doth scorchx
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puffs forth another wind that fires the torchx
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and being lightedx by the light he spies
|
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lucretiaxs glovex wherein her needle sticksx
|
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he takes it from the rushes where it liesx
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and griping itx the neeld his finger pricksx
|
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as who should say this glove to wanton tricks
|
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is not inurxdx return again in hastex
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thou seexst our mistressx ornaments are chastex
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but all these poor forbiddings could not stay himx
|
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he in the worst sense construes their denialx
|
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the doorsx the windx the glove that did delay himx
|
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he takes for accidental things of trialx
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or as those bars which stop the hourly dialx
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who with a lingering stay his course doth letx
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till every minute pays the hour his debtx
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xsox soxx quoth hex xthese lets attend the timex
|
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like little frosts that sometime threat the springx
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to add a more rejoicing to the primex
|
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and give the sneaped birds more cause to singx
|
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pain pays the income of each precious thingx
|
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huge rocksx high windsx strong piratesx shelves and sandsx
|
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the merchant fearsx ere rich at home he landsxx
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now is he come unto the chamber doorx
|
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that shuts him from the heaven of his thoughtx
|
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which with a yielding latchx and with no morex
|
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hath barrxd him from the blessed thing he soughtx
|
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so from himself impiety hath wroughtx
|
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that for his prey to pray he doth beginx
|
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as if the heavens should countenance his sinx
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but in the midst of his unfruitful prayerx
|
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having solicited the eternal powerx
|
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that his foul thoughts might compass his fair fairx
|
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and they would stand auspicious to the hourx
|
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even there he startsxxquoth hex xi must dexflowerx
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the powers to whom i pray abhor this factx
|
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how can they then assist me in the actx
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xthen love and fortune be my godsx my guidex
|
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my will is backxd with resolutionx
|
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thoughts are but dreams till their effects be triedx
|
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the blackest sin is clearxd with absolutionx
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against lovexs fire fearxs frost hath dissolutionx
|
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the eye of heaven is outx and misty night
|
|
covers the shame that follows sweet delightxx
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this saidx his guilty hand pluckxd up the latchx
|
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and with his knee the door he opens widex
|
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the dove sleeps fast that this nightxowl will catchx
|
|
thus treason works ere traitors be espiedx
|
|
who sees the lurking serpent steps asidex
|
|
but shex sound sleepingx fearing no such thingx
|
|
lies at the mercy of his mortal stingx
|
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|
|
into the chamber wickedly he stalksx
|
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and gazeth on her yet unstained bedx
|
|
the curtains being closex about he walksx
|
|
rolling his greedy eyeballs in his headx
|
|
by their high treason is his heart misledx
|
|
which gives the watchxword to his hand full soon
|
|
to draw the cloud that hides the silver moonx
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|
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lookx as the fair and fieryxpointed sunx
|
|
rushing from forth a cloudx bereaves our sightx
|
|
even sox the curtain drawnx his eyes begun
|
|
to winkx being blinded with a greater lightx
|
|
whether it is that she reflects so brightx
|
|
that dazzleth themx or else some shame supposedx
|
|
but blind they arex and keep themselves enclosedx
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|
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ox had they in that darksome prison diedx
|
|
then had they seen the period of their illx
|
|
then collatine again by lucrecex side
|
|
in his clear bed might have reposed stillx
|
|
but they must opex this blessed league to killx
|
|
and holyxthoughted lucrece to their sight
|
|
must sell her joyx her lifex her worldxs delightx
|
|
|
|
her lily hand her rosy cheek lies underx
|
|
cozening the pillow of a lawful kissx
|
|
whox therefore angryx seems to part in sunderx
|
|
swelling on either side to want his blissx
|
|
between whose hills her head entombed isx
|
|
wherex like a virtuous monumentx she liesx
|
|
to be admirxd of lewd unhallowxd eyesx
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|
|
without the bed her other fair hand wasx
|
|
on the green coverletx whose perfect white
|
|
showxd like an april daisy on the grassx
|
|
with pearly sweatx resembling dew of nightx
|
|
her eyesx like marigoldsx had sheathxd their lightx
|
|
and canopied in darkness sweetly layx
|
|
till they might open to adorn the dayx
|
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|
|
her hairx like golden threadsx playxd with her breathx
|
|
o modest wantonsx wanton modestyx
|
|
showing lifexs triumph in the map of deathx
|
|
and deathxs dim look in lifexs mortalityx
|
|
each in her sleep themselves so beautifyx
|
|
as if between them twain there were no strifex
|
|
but that life livxd in deathx and death in lifex
|
|
|
|
her breastsx like ivory globes circled with bluex
|
|
a pair of maiden worlds unconqueredx
|
|
save of their lord no bearing yoke they knewx
|
|
and him by oath they truly honouredx
|
|
these worlds in tarquin new ambition bredx
|
|
whox like a foul usurperx went about
|
|
from this fair throne to heave the owner outx
|
|
|
|
what could he see but mightily he notedx
|
|
what did he note but strongly he desirxdx
|
|
what he beheldx on that he firmly dotedx
|
|
and in his will his wilful eye he tirxdx
|
|
with more than admiration he admirxd
|
|
her azure veinsx her alabaster skinx
|
|
her coral lipsx her snowxwhite dimpled chinx
|
|
|
|
as the grim lion fawneth oxer his preyx
|
|
sharp hunger by the conquest satisfiedx
|
|
so oxer this sleeping soul doth tarquin stayx
|
|
his rage of lust by grazing qualifiedx
|
|
slackxdx not suppressxdx for standing by her sidex
|
|
his eyex which late this mutiny restrainsx
|
|
unto a greater uproar tempts his veinsx
|
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|
|
and theyx like straggling slaves for pillage fightingx
|
|
obdurate vassalsx fell exploits effectingx
|
|
in bloody death and ravishment delightingx
|
|
nor childrenxs tears nor mothersx groans respectingx
|
|
swell in their pridex the onset still expectingx
|
|
anon his beating heartx alarum strikingx
|
|
gives the hot charge and bids them do their likingx
|
|
|
|
his drumming heart cheers up his burning eyex
|
|
his eye commends the leading to his handx
|
|
his handx as proud of such a dignityx
|
|
smoking with pridex marchxd on to make his stand
|
|
on her bare breastx the heart of all her landx
|
|
whose ranks of blue veinsx as his hand did scalex
|
|
left their round turrets destitute and palex
|
|
|
|
theyx mustering to the quiet cabinet
|
|
where their dear governess and lady liesx
|
|
do tell her she is dreadfully besetx
|
|
and fright her with confusion of their criesx
|
|
shex much amazxdx breaks ope her lockxdxup eyesx
|
|
whox peeping forth this tumult to beholdx
|
|
are by his flaming torch dimmxd and controllxdx
|
|
|
|
imagine her as one in dead of night
|
|
from forth dull sleep by dreadful fancy wakingx
|
|
that thinks she hath beheld some ghastly spritex
|
|
whose grim aspect sets every joint a shakingx
|
|
what terror xtisx but shex in worser takingx
|
|
from sleep disturbedx heedfully doth view
|
|
the sight which makes supposed terror truex
|
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|
|
wrappxd and confounded in a thousand fearsx
|
|
like to a newxkillxd bird she trembling liesx
|
|
she dares not lookx yetx winkingx there appears
|
|
quickxshifting anticsx ugly in her eyesx
|
|
such shadows are the weak brainxs forgeriesx
|
|
whox angry that the eyes fly from their lightsx
|
|
in darkness daunts them with more dreadful sightsx
|
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|
|
his handx that yet remains upon her breastx
|
|
xrude ramx to batter such an ivory wallxx
|
|
may feel her heartx poor citizenx distressxdx
|
|
wounding itself to deathx rise up and fallx
|
|
beating her bulkx that his hand shakes withalx
|
|
this moves in him more ragex and lesser pityx
|
|
to make the breachx and enter this sweet cityx
|
|
|
|
firstx like a trumpetx doth his tongue begin
|
|
to sound a parley to his heartless foex
|
|
who oxer the white sheet peers her whiter chinx
|
|
the reason of this rash alarm to knowx
|
|
which he by dumb demeanour seeks to showx
|
|
but she with vehement prayers urgeth still
|
|
under what colour he commits this illx
|
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|
|
thus he repliesx xthe colour in thy facex
|
|
xthat even for anger makes the lily palex
|
|
and the red rose blush at her own disgracex
|
|
shall plead for me and tell my loving talex
|
|
under that colour am i come to scale
|
|
thy neverxconquerxd fortx the fault is thinex
|
|
for those thine eyes betray thee unto minex
|
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|
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xthus i forestall theex if thou mean to chidex
|
|
thy beauty hath ensnared thee to this nightx
|
|
where thou with patience must my will abidex
|
|
my will that marks thee for my earthxs delightx
|
|
which i to conquer sought with all my mightx
|
|
but as reproof and reason beat it deadx
|
|
by thy bright beauty was it newly bredx
|
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xi see what crosses my attempt will bringx
|
|
i know what thorns the growing rose defendsx
|
|
i think the honey guarded with a stingx
|
|
all thisx beforehandx counsel comprehendsx
|
|
but will is deafx and hears no heedful friendsx
|
|
only he hath an eye to gaze on beautyx
|
|
and dotes on what he looksx xgainst law or dutyx
|
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|
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xi have debatedx even in my soulx
|
|
what wrongx what shamex what sorrow i shall breedx
|
|
but nothing can affectionxs course controlx
|
|
or stop the headlong fury of his speedx
|
|
i know repentant tears ensue the deedx
|
|
reproachx disdainx and deadly enmityx
|
|
yet strike i to embrace mine infamyxx
|
|
|
|
this saidx he shakes aloft his roman bladex
|
|
whichx like a falcon towering in the skiesx
|
|
coucheth the fowl below with his wingsx shadex
|
|
whose crooked beak threats if he mount he diesx
|
|
so under his insulting falchion lies
|
|
harmless lucretiax marking what he tells
|
|
with trembling fearx as fowl hear falconxs bellsx
|
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xlucrecexx quoth hex xthis night i must enjoy theex
|
|
if thou denyx then force must work my wayx
|
|
for in thy bed i purpose to destroy theex
|
|
that donex some worthless slave of thine ixll slayx
|
|
to kill thine honour with thy lifexs decayx
|
|
and in thy dead arms do i mean to place himx
|
|
swearing i slew himx seeing thee embrace himx
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|
|
xso thy surviving husband shall remain
|
|
the scornful mark of every open eyex
|
|
thy kinsmen hang their heads at this disdainx
|
|
thy issue blurrxd with nameless bastardyx
|
|
and thoux the author of their obloquyx
|
|
shalt have thy trespass cited up in rhymesx
|
|
and sung by children in succeeding timesx
|
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xbut if thou yieldx i rest thy secret friendx
|
|
the fault unknown is as a thought unactedx
|
|
a little harmx done to a great good endx
|
|
for lawful policy remains enactedx
|
|
the poisonous simple sometimes is compacted
|
|
in a pure compoundx being so appliedx
|
|
his venom in effect is purifiedx
|
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xthenx for thy husband and thy childrenxs sakex
|
|
tender my suitx bequeath not to their lot
|
|
the shame that from them no device can takex
|
|
the blemish that will never be forgotx
|
|
worse than a slavish wipex or birthxhourxs blotx
|
|
for marks descried in menxs nativity
|
|
are naturexs faultsx not their own infamyxx
|
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|
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here with a cockatricex deadxkilling eye
|
|
he rouseth up himself and makes a pausex
|
|
while shex the picture of pure pietyx
|
|
like a white hind under the grypexs sharp clawsx
|
|
pleads in a wilderness where are no lawsx
|
|
to the rough beast that knows no gentle rightx
|
|
nor aught obeys but his foul appetitex
|
|
|
|
but when a blackxfacxd cloud the world doth threatx
|
|
in his dim mist the aspiring mountains hidingx
|
|
from earthxs dark womb some gentle gust doth getx
|
|
which blows these pitchy vapours from their bidingx
|
|
hindering their present fall by this dividingx
|
|
so his unhallowxd haste her words delaysx
|
|
and moody pluto winks while orpheus playsx
|
|
|
|
yetx foul nightxworking catx he doth but dallyx
|
|
while in his holdxfast foot the weak mouse pantethx
|
|
her sad behaviour feeds his vulture follyx
|
|
a swallowing gulf that even in plenty wantethx
|
|
his ear her prayers admitsx but his heart granteth
|
|
no penetrable entrance to her plainingx
|
|
tears harden lustx though marble wear with rainingx
|
|
|
|
her pityxpleading eyes are sadly fixxd
|
|
in the remorseless wrinkles of his facex
|
|
her modest eloquence with sighs is mixxdx
|
|
which to her oratory adds more gracex
|
|
she puts the period often from his placex
|
|
and midst the sentence so her accent breaksx
|
|
that twice she doth begin ere once she speaksx
|
|
|
|
she conjures him by high almighty jovex
|
|
by knighthoodx gentryx and sweet friendshipxs oathx
|
|
by her untimely tearsx her husbandxs lovex
|
|
by holy human lawx and common trothx
|
|
by heaven and earthx and all the power of bothx
|
|
that to his borrowxd bed he make retirex
|
|
and stoop to honourx not to foul desirex
|
|
|
|
quoth shex xreward not hospitality
|
|
with such black payment as thou hast pretendedx
|
|
mud not the fountain that gave drink to theex
|
|
mar not the thing that cannot be amendedx
|
|
end thy ill aim before the shoot be endedx
|
|
he is no woodman that doth bend his bow
|
|
to strike a poor unseasonable doex
|
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|
xmy husband is thy friendx for his sake spare mex
|
|
thyself art mightyx for thine own sake leave mex
|
|
myself a weaklingx do not then ensnare mex
|
|
thou lookxst not like deceitx do not deceive mex
|
|
my sighsx like whirlwindsx labour hence to heave theex
|
|
if ever man were movxd with womanxs moansx
|
|
be moved with my tearsx my sighsx my groansx
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|
|
xall which togetherx like a troubled oceanx
|
|
beat at thy rocky and wreckxthreatening heartx
|
|
to soften it with their continual motionx
|
|
for stones dissolvxd to water do convertx
|
|
ox if no harder than a stone thou artx
|
|
melt at my tearsx and be compassionatex
|
|
soft pity enters at an iron gatex
|
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|
|
xin tarquinxs likeness i did entertain theex
|
|
hast thou put on his shape to do him shamex
|
|
to all the host of heaven i complain mex
|
|
thou wrongxst his honourx woundxst his princely namex
|
|
thou art not what thou seemxstx and if the samex
|
|
thou seemxst not what thou artx a godx a kingx
|
|
for kings like gods should govern every thingx
|
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|
|
xhow will thy shame be seeded in thine agex
|
|
when thus thy vices bud before thy springx
|
|
if in thy hope thou darxst do such outragex
|
|
what darxst thou not when once thou art a kingx
|
|
ox be rememberxdx no outrageous thing
|
|
from vassal actors can he wipxd awayx
|
|
then kingsx misdeeds cannot be hid in clayx
|
|
|
|
xthis deed will make thee only lovxd for fearx
|
|
but happy monarchs still are fearxd for lovex
|
|
with foul offenders thou perforce must bearx
|
|
when they in thee the like offences provex
|
|
if but for fear of thisx thy will removex
|
|
for princes are the glassx the schoolx the bookx
|
|
where subjects eyes do learnx do readx do lookx
|
|
|
|
xand wilt thou be the school where lust shall learnx
|
|
must he in thee read lectures of such shamex
|
|
wilt thou be glassx wherein it shall discern
|
|
authority for sinx warrant for blamex
|
|
to privilege dishonour in thy namex
|
|
thou backxst reproach against longxliving laudx
|
|
and makxst fair reputation but a bawdx
|
|
|
|
xhast thou commandx by him that gave it theex
|
|
from a pure heart command thy rebel willx
|
|
draw not thy sword to guard iniquityx
|
|
for it was lent thee all that brood to killx
|
|
thy princely office how canst thou fulfillx
|
|
whenx patternxd by thy faultx foul sin may say
|
|
he learnxd to sinx and thou didst teach the wayx
|
|
|
|
xthink but how vile a spectacle it were
|
|
to view thy present trespass in anotherx
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menxs faults do seldom to themselves appearx
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their own transgressions partially they smotherx
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this guilt would seem deathxworthy in thy brotherx
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o how are they wrappxd in with infamies
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that from their own misdeeds askaunce their eyesx
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xto theex to theex my heavxdxup hands appealx
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not to seducing lustx thy rash relierx
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i sue for exilxd majestyxs repealx
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let him returnx and flattering thoughts retirex
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his true respect will xprison false desirex
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and wipe the dim mist from thy doting eynex
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that thou shalt see thy statex and pity minexx
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xhave donexx quoth hex xmy uncontrolled tide
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turns notx but swells the higher by this letx
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small lights are soon blown outx huge fires abidex
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and with the wind in greater fury fretx
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the petty streams that pay a daily debt
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to their salt sovereignx with their fresh fallsx hastex
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add to his flowx but alter not his tastexx
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xthou artxx quoth shex xa seax a sovereign kingx
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andx lox there falls into thy boundless flood
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black lustx dishonourx shamex misgoverningx
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who seek to stain the ocean of thy bloodx
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if all these petty ills shall change thy goodx
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thy sea within a puddlexs womb is hearsxdx
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and not the puddle in thy sea dispersxdx
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xso shall these slaves be kingx and thou their slavex
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thou nobly basex they basely dignifiedx
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thou their fair lifex and they thy fouler gravex
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thou loathed in their shamex they in thy pridex
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the lesser thing should not the greater hidex
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the cedar stoops not to the base shrubxs footx
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but low shrubs whither at the cedarxs rootx
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xso let thy thoughtsx low vassals to thy statexx
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xno morexx quoth hex xby heavenx i will not hear theex
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yield to my lovex if notx enforced hatex
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instead of lovexs coy touchx shall rudely tear theex
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that donex despitefully i mean to bear thee
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unto the base bed of some rascal groomx
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to be thy partner in this shameful doomxx
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this saidx he sets his foot upon the lightx
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for light and lust are deadly enemiesx
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shame folded up in blind concealing nightx
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when most unseenx then most doth tyrannizex
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the wolf hath seizxd his preyx the poor lamb criesx
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till with her own white fleece her voice controllxd
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entombs her outcry in her lipsx sweet foldx
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for with the nightly linen that she wears
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he pens her piteous clamours in her headx
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cooling his hot face in the chastest tears
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that ever modest eyes with sorrow shedx
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ox that prone lust should stain so pure a bedx
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the spots whereof could weeping purifyx
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her tears should drop on them perpetuallyx
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but she hath lost a dearer thing than lifex
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and he hath won what he would lose againx
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this forced league doth force a further strifex
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this momentary joy breeds months of painx
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this hot desire converts to cold disdainx
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pure chastity is rifled of her storex
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and lustx the thiefx far poorer than beforex
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lookx as the fullxfed hound or gorged hawkx
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unapt for tender smell or speedy flightx
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make slow pursuitx or altogether balk
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the prey wherein by nature they delightx
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so surfeitxtaking tarquin fares this nightx
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his taste deliciousx in digestion souringx
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devours his willx that livxd by foul devouringx
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o deeper sin than bottomless conceit
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can comprehend in still imaginationx
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drunken desire must vomit his receiptx
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ere he can see his own abominationx
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while lust is in his pride no exclamation
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can curb his heatx or rein his rash desirex
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tillx like a jadex selfxwill himself doth tirex
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and then with lank and lean discolourxd cheekx
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with heavy eyex knit browx and strengthless pacex
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feeble desirex all recreantx poorx and meekx
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like to a bankrupt beggar wails his casex
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the flesh being proudx desire doth fight with gracex
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for there it revelsx and when that decaysx
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the guilty rebel for remission praysx
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so fares it with this faultful lord of romex
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who this accomplishment so hotly chasxdx
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for now against himself he sounds this doomx
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that through the length of times he stands disgracxdx
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besidesx his soulxs fair temple is defacxdx
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to whose weak ruins muster troops of caresx
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to ask the spotted princess how she faresx
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she saysx her subjects with foul insurrection
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have batterxd down her consecrated wallx
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and by their mortal fault brought in subjection
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her immortalityx and made her thrall
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to living deathx and pain perpetualx
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which in her prescience she controlled stillx
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but her foresight could not forestall their willx
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even in this thought through the dark night he stealethx
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a captive victor that hath lost in gainx
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bearing away the wound that nothing healethx
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the scar that willx despite of curex remainx
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leaving his spoil perplexxd in greater painx
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she hears the load of lust he left behindx
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and he the burthen of a guilty mindx
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he like a thievish dog creeps sadly thencex
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she like a wearied lamb lies panting therex
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he scowlsx and hates himself for his offencex
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shex desperatex with her nails her flesh doth tearx
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he faintly fliesx sweating with guilty fearx
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she staysx exclaiming on the direful nightx
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he runsx and chides his vanishxdx loathxd delightx
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he thence departs a heavy convertitex
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she there remains a hopeless castawayx
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he in his speed looks for the morning lightx
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she prays she never may behold the dayx
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xfor dayxx quoth shex xnightxs scapes doth open layx
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and my true eyes have never practisxd how
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to cloak offences with a cunning browx
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xthey think not but that every eye can see
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the same disgrace which they themselves beholdx
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and therefore would they still in darkness bex
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to have their unseen sin remain untoldx
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for they their guilt with weeping will unfoldx
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and gravex like water that doth eat in steelx
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upon my cheeks what helpless shame i feelxx
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here she exclaims against repose and restx
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and bids her eyes hereafter still be blindx
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she wakes her heart by beating on her breastx
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and bids it leap from thencex where it may find
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some purer chestx to close so pure a mindx
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frantic with grief thus breathes she forth her spite
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against the unseen secrecy of nightx
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xo comfortxkilling nightx image of hellx
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dim register and notary of shamex
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black stage for tragedies and murders fellx
|
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vast sinxconcealing chaosx nurse of blamex
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blind muffled bawdx dark harbour for defamex
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grim cave of deathx whispering conspirator
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with closextongued treason and the ravisherx
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xo hatefulx vaporousx and foggy nightx
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since thou art guilty of my cureless crimex
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muster thy mists to meet the eastern lightx
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make war against proportionxd course of timex
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or if thou wilt permit the sun to climb
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his wonted heightx yet ere he go to bedx
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knit poisonous clouds about his golden headx
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xwith rotten damps ravish the morning airx
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let their exhalxd unwholesome breaths make sick
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the life of purityx the supreme fairx
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ere he arrive his weary noontide prickx
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and let thy misty vapours march so thickx
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that in their smoky ranks his smotherxd light
|
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may set at noon and make perpetual nightx
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xwere tarquin night xas he is but nightxs childxx
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the silverxshining queen he would distainx
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her twinkling handmaids toox by him defilxdx
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through nightxs black bosom should not peep againx
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so should i have coxpartners in my painx
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and fellowship in woe doth woe assuagex
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as palmersx chat makes short their pilgrimagex
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xwhere now i have no one to blush with mex
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to cross their arms and hang their heads with minex
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to mask their browsx and hide their infamyx
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but i alone alone must sit and pinex
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seasoning the earth with showers of silver brinex
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mingling my talk with tearsx my grief with groansx
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poor wasting monuments of lasting moansx
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xo nightx thou furnace of foulxreeking smokex
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let not the jealous day behold that face
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which underneath thy black allxhiding cloak
|
|
immodesty lies martyrxd with disgracex
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keep still possession of thy gloomy placex
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that all the faults which in thy reign are madex
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may likewise be sepulchred in thy shadex
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xmake me not object to the tellxtale dayx
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|
the light will showx characterxd in my browx
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|
the story of sweet chastityxs decayx
|
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the impious breach of holy wedlock vowx
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|
yeax the illiteratex that know not how
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to cipher what is writ in learned booksx
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will quote my loathsome trespass in my looksx
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xthe nursex to still her childx will tell my story
|
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and fright her crying babe with tarquinxs namex
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the oratorx to deck his oratoryx
|
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will couple my reproach to tarquinxs shamex
|
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feastxfinding minstrelsx tuning my defamex
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will tie the hearers to attend each linex
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how tarquin wronged mex i collatinex
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xlet my good namex that senseless reputationx
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for collatinexs dear love be kept unspottedx
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if that be made a theme for disputationx
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the branches of another root are rottedx
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and undeserved reproach to him allottedx
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|
that is as clear from this attaint of mine
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as ix ere thisx was pure to collatinex
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xo unseen shamex invisible disgracex
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o unfelt sorex crestxwoundingx private scarx
|
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reproach is stampxd in collatinusx facex
|
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and tarquinxs eye may read the mot afarx
|
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how he in peace is woundedx not in warx
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alasx how many bear such shameful blowsx
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which not themselvesx but he that gives them knowsx
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xifx collatinex thine honour lay in mex
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from me by strong assault it is bereftx
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my honey lostx and ix a dronexlike beex
|
|
have no perfection of my summer leftx
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|
but robbxd and ransackxd by injurious theftx
|
|
in thy weak hive a wandering wasp hath creptx
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and suckxd the honey which thy chaste bee keptx
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xyet am i guilty of thy honourxs wrackxx
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|
yet for thy honour did i entertain himx
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coming from theex i could not put him backx
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for it had been dishonour to disdain himx
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|
besidesx of weariness he did complain himx
|
|
and talkxd of virtuexxo unlookxdxfor evilx
|
|
when virtue is profanxd in such a devilx
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xwhy should the worm intrude the maiden budx
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|
or hateful cuckoos hatch in sparrowsx nestsx
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or toads infect fair founts with venom mudx
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or tyrant folly lurk in gentle breastsx
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or kings be breakers of their own behestsx
|
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but no perfection is so absolutex
|
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that some impurity doth not pollutex
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|
xthe aged man that coffers up his gold
|
|
is plagued with crampsx and goutsx and painful fitsx
|
|
and scarce hath eyes his treasure to beholdx
|
|
but like stillxpining tantalus he sitsx
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|
and useless barns the harvest of his witsx
|
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having no other pleasure of his gain
|
|
but torment that it cannot cure his painx
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xso then he hath it when he cannot use itx
|
|
and leaves it to be masterxd by his youngx
|
|
who in their pride do presently abuse itx
|
|
their father was too weakx and they too strongx
|
|
to hold their cursedxblessed fortune longx
|
|
the sweets we wish for turn to loathed soursx
|
|
even in the moment that we call them oursx
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|
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xunruly blasts wait on the tender springx
|
|
unwholesome weeds take root with precious flowersx
|
|
the adder hisses where the sweet birds singx
|
|
what virtue breeds iniquity devoursx
|
|
we have no good that we can say is oursx
|
|
but illxannexed opportunity
|
|
or kills his life or else his qualityx
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xo opportunityx thy guilt is greatx
|
|
xtis thou that executest the traitorxs treasonx
|
|
thou setxst the wolf where he the lamb may getx
|
|
whoever plots the sinx thou xpointxst the seasonx
|
|
xtis thou that spurnxst at rightx at lawx at reasonx
|
|
and in thy shady cellx where none may spy himx
|
|
sits sinx to seize the souls that wander by himx
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xthou makxst the vestal violate her oathx
|
|
thou blowxst the fire when temperance is thawxdx
|
|
thou smotherxst honestyx thou murtherxst trothx
|
|
thou foul abettorx thou notorious bawdx
|
|
thou plantest scandal and displacest laudx
|
|
thou ravisherx thou traitorx thou false thiefx
|
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thy honey turns to gallx thy joy to griefx
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|
|
xthy secret pleasure turns to open shamex
|
|
thy private feasting to a public fastx
|
|
thy smoothing titles to a ragged namex
|
|
thy sugarxd tongue to bitter wormwood tastex
|
|
thy violent vanities can never lastx
|
|
how comes it thenx vile opportunityx
|
|
being so badx such numbers seek for theex
|
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xwhen wilt thou be the humble suppliantxs friendx
|
|
and bring him where his suit may be obtainxdx
|
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when wilt thou sort an hour great strifes to endx
|
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or free that soul which wretchedness hath chainxdx
|
|
give physic to the sickx ease to the painxdx
|
|
the poorx lamex blindx haltx creepx cry out for theex
|
|
but they nexer meet with opportunityx
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xthe patient dies while the physician sleepsx
|
|
the orphan pines while the oppressor feedsx
|
|
justice is feasting while the widow weepsx
|
|
advice is sporting while infection breedsx
|
|
thou grantxst no time for charitable deedsx
|
|
wrathx envyx treasonx rapex and murderxs ragesx
|
|
thy heinous hours wait on them as their pagesx
|
|
|
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xwhen truth and virtue have to do with theex
|
|
a thousand crosses keep them from thy aidx
|
|
they buy thy helpx but sin nexer gives a feex
|
|
he gratis comesx and thou art well appayxd
|
|
as well to hear as grant what he hath saidx
|
|
my collatine would else have come to me
|
|
when tarquin didx but he was stayxd by theex
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xguilty thou art of murder and of theftx
|
|
guilty of perjury and subornationx
|
|
guilty of treasonx forgeryx and shiftx
|
|
guilty of incestx that abominationx
|
|
an accessory by thine inclination
|
|
to all sins pastx and all that are to comex
|
|
from the creation to the general doomx
|
|
|
|
xmisxshapen timex copesmate of ugly nightx
|
|
swift subtle postx carrier of grisly carex
|
|
eater of youthx false slave to false delightx
|
|
base watch of woesx sinxs packxhorsex virtuexs snarex
|
|
thou nursest all and murtherest all that arex
|
|
o hear me thenx injuriousx shifting timex
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be guilty of my deathx since of my crimex
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xwhy hath thy servantx opportunityx
|
|
betrayxd the hours thou gavxst me to reposex
|
|
cancellxd my fortunesx and enchained me
|
|
to endless date of neverxending woesx
|
|
timexs office is to fine the hate of foesx
|
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to eat up errors by opinion bredx
|
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not spend the dowry of a lawful bedx
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xtimexs glory is to calm contending kingsx
|
|
to unmask falsehoodx and bring truth to lightx
|
|
to stamp the seal of time in aged thingsx
|
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to wake the mornx and sentinel the nightx
|
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to wrong the wronger till he render rightx
|
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to ruinate proud buildings with thy hoursx
|
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and smear with dust their glittering golden towersx
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xto fill with wormxholes stately monumentsx
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to feed oblivion with decay of thingsx
|
|
to blot old books and alter their contentsx
|
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to pluck the quills from ancient ravensx wingsx
|
|
to dry the old oakxs sap and cherish springsx
|
|
to spoil antiquities of hammerxd steelx
|
|
and turn the giddy round of fortunexs wheelx
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xto show the beldame daughters of her daughterx
|
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to make the child a manx the man a childx
|
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to slay the tiger that doth live by slaughterx
|
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to tame the unicorn and lion wildx
|
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to mock the subtlex in themselves beguilxdx
|
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to cheer the ploughman with increaseful cropsx
|
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and waste huge stones with little waterxdropsx
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xwhy workxst thou mischief in thy pilgrimagex
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unless thou couldst return to make amendsx
|
|
one poor retiring minute in an age
|
|
would purchase thee a thousand thousand friendsx
|
|
lending him wit that to bad debtors lendsx
|
|
ox this dread nightx wouldst thou one hour come backx
|
|
i could prevent this stormx and shun thy wrackx
|
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|
|
xthou ceasexess lackey to eternityx
|
|
with some mischance cross tarquin in his flightx
|
|
devise extremes beyond extremityx
|
|
to make him curse this cursed crimeful nightx
|
|
let ghastly shadows his lewd eyes affrightx
|
|
and the dire thought of his committed evil
|
|
shape every bush a hideous shapeless devilx
|
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|
|
xdisturb his hours of rest with restless trancesx
|
|
afflict him in his bed with bedrid groansx
|
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let there bechance him pitiful mischancesx
|
|
to make him moanx but pity not his moansx
|
|
stone him with hardenxd heartsx harder than stonesx
|
|
and let mild women to him lose their mildnessx
|
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wilder to him than tigers in their wildnessx
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xlet him have time to tear his curled hairx
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let him have time against himself to ravex
|
|
let him have time of timexs help to despairx
|
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let him have time to live a loathed slavex
|
|
let him have time a beggarxs orts to cravex
|
|
and time to see one that by alms doth live
|
|
disdain to him disdained scraps to givex
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|
|
xlet him have time to see his friends his foesx
|
|
and merry fools to mock at him resortx
|
|
let him have time to mark how slow time goes
|
|
in time of sorrowx and how swift and short
|
|
his time of folly and his time of sportx
|
|
and ever let his unrecalling crime
|
|
have time to wail the abusing of his timex
|
|
|
|
xo timex thou tutor both to good and badx
|
|
teach me to curse him that thou taughtxst this illx
|
|
at his own shadow let the thief run madx
|
|
himself himself seek every hour to killx
|
|
such wretched hands such wretched blood should spillx
|
|
for who so base would such an office have
|
|
as slanderous deathsman to so base a slavex
|
|
|
|
the baser is hex coming from a kingx
|
|
to shame his hope with deeds degeneratex
|
|
the mightier manx the mightier is the thing
|
|
that makes him honourxdx or begets him hatex
|
|
for greatest scandal waits on greatest statex
|
|
the moon being clouded presently is missxdx
|
|
but little stars may hide them when they listx
|
|
|
|
xthe crow may bathe his coalxblack wings in mirex
|
|
and unperceived fly with the filth awayx
|
|
but if the like the snowxwhite swan desirex
|
|
the stain upon his silver down will stayx
|
|
poor grooms are sightless nightx kings glorious dayx
|
|
gnats are unnoted wheresoexer they flyx
|
|
but eagles gazed upon with every eyex
|
|
|
|
xoutx idle wordsx servants to shallow foolsx
|
|
unprofitable soundsx weak arbitratorsx
|
|
busy yourselves in skillxcontending schoolsx
|
|
debate where leisure serves with dull debatersx
|
|
to trembling clients be you mediatorsx
|
|
for mex i force not argument a strawx
|
|
since that my case is past the help of lawx
|
|
|
|
xin vain i rail at opportunityx
|
|
at timex at tarquinx and uncheerful nightx
|
|
in vain i cavil with mine infamyx
|
|
in vain i spurn at my confirmxd despitex
|
|
this helpless smoke of words doth me no rightx
|
|
the remedy indeed to do me good
|
|
is to let forth my foulxdefilxd bloodx
|
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|
|
xpoor handx why quiverxst thou at this decreex
|
|
honour thyself to rid me of this shamex
|
|
for if i diex my honour lives in theex
|
|
but if i livex thou livest in my defamex
|
|
since thou couldst not defend thy loyal damex
|
|
and wast afearxd to scratch her wicked foex
|
|
kill both thyself and her for yielding soxx
|
|
|
|
this saidx from her bextumbled couch she startethx
|
|
to find some desperate instrument of deathx
|
|
but this no slaughterxhouse no tool impartethx
|
|
to make more vent for passage of her breathx
|
|
whichx thronging through her lipsx so vanisheth
|
|
as smoke from aetnax that in air consumesx
|
|
or that which from discharged cannon fumesx
|
|
|
|
xin vainxx quoth shex xi livex and seek in vain
|
|
some happy mean to end a hapless lifex
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i fearxd by tarquinxs falchion to be slainx
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yet for the selfxsame purpose seek a knifex
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but when i fearxd i was a loyal wifex
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so am i nowxxo nox that cannot bex
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of that true type hath tarquin rifled mex
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xox that is gone for which i sought to livex
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and therefore now i need not fear to diex
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to clear this spot by deathx at least i give
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a badge of fame to slanderxs liveryx
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a dying life to living infamyx
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poor helpless helpx the treasure stolen awayx
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to burn the guiltless casket where it layx
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xwellx wellx dear collatinex thou shalt not know
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the stained taste of violated trothx
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i will not wrong thy true affection sox
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to flatter thee with an infringed oathx
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this bastard graff shall never come to growthx
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he shall not boast who did thy stock pollute
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that thou art doting father of his fruitx
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nor shall he smile at thee in secret thoughtx
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nor laugh with his companions at thy statex
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but thou shalt know thy interest was not bought
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basely with goldx but stolen from forth thy gatex
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for mex i am the mistress of my fatex
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and with my trespass never will dispensex
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till life to death acquit my forced offencex
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xi will not poison thee with my attaintx
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nor fold my fault in cleanlyxcoinxd excusesx
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my sable ground of sin i will not paintx
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to hide the truth of this false nightxs abusesx
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my tongue shall utter allx mine eyesx like sluicesx
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as from a mountainxspring that feeds a dalex
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shall gush pure streams to purge my impure talexx
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by thisx lamenting philomel had ended
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the wellxtunxd warble of her nightly sorrowx
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and solemn night with slowxsad gait descended
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to ugly hellx whenx lox the blushing morrow
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lends light to all fair eyes that light will borrowx
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but cloudy lucrece shames herself to seex
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and therefore still in night would cloisterxd bex
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revealing day through every cranny spiesx
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and seems to point her out where she sits weepingx
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to whom she sobbing speaksx xo eye of eyesx
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why pryest thou through my windowx leave thy peepingx
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mock with thy tickling beams eyes that are sleepingx
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brand not my forehead with thy piercing lightx
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for day hath nought to do whatxs done by nightxx
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thus cavils she with every thing she seesx
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true grief is fond and testy as a childx
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who wayward oncex his mood with nought agreesx
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old woesx not infant sorrowsx bear them mildx
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continuance tames the onex the other wildx
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like an unpractisxd swimmer plunging still
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with too much labour drowns for want of skillx
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so shex deepxdrenched in a sea of carex
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holds disputation with each thing she viewsx
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and to herself all sorrow doth comparex
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no object but her passionxs strength renewsx
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and as one shiftsx another straight ensuesx
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sometime her grief is dumb and hath no wordsx
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sometime xtis madx and too much talk affordsx
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the little birds that tune their morningxs joy
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make her moans mad with their sweet melodyx
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for mirth doth search the bottom of annoyx
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sad souls are slain in merry companyx
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grief best is pleasxd with griefxs societyx
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true sorrow then is feelingly sufficxd
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when with like semblance it is sympathizxdx
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xtis double death to drown in ken of shorex
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he ten times pines that pines beholding foodx
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to see the salve doth make the wound ache morex
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great grief grieves most at that would do it goodx
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deep woes roll forward like a gentle floodx
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whox being stoppxdx the bounding banks oxerflowsx
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grief dallied with nor law nor limit knowsx
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xyou mocking birdsxx quoth shex xyour tunes entomb
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within your hollowxswelling featherxd breastsx
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and in my hearing be you mute and dumbx
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xmy restless discord loves no stops nor restsx
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a woeful hostess brooks not merry guestsxx
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relish your nimble notes to pleasing earsx
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distress likes dumps when time is kept with tearsx
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xcomex philomelx that singxst of ravishmentx
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make thy sad grove in my dishevellxd hairx
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as the dank earth weeps at thy languishmentx
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so i at each sad strain will strain a tearx
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and with deep groans the diapason bearx
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for burthenxwise ixll hum on tarquin stillx
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while thou on tereus descantxst better skillx
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xand whiles against a thorn thou bearxst thy partx
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to keep thy sharp woes wakingx wretched ix
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to imitate thee wellx against my heart
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will fix a sharp knifex to affright mine eyex
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whox if it winkx shall thereon fall and diex
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these meansx as frets upon an instrumentx
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shall tune our heartxstrings to true languishmentx
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xand forx poor birdx thou singxst not in the dayx
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as shaming any eye should thee beholdx
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some dark deep desertx seated from the wayx
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that knows not parching heat nor freezing coldx
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will we find outx and there we will unfold
|
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to creatures stern sad tunesx to change their kindsx
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since men prove beastsx let beasts bear gentle mindsxx
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as the poor frighted deerx that stands at gazex
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wildly determining which way to flyx
|
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or one encompassxd with a winding mazex
|
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that cannot tread the way out readilyx
|
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so with herself is she in mutinyx
|
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to live or die which of the twain were betterx
|
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when life is shamxdx and death reproachxs debtorx
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xto kill myselfxx quoth shex xalackx what were itx
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but with my body my poor soulxs pollutionx
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they that lose half with greater patience bear it
|
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than they whose whole is swallowxd in confusionx
|
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that mother tries a merciless conclusion
|
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whox having two sweet babesx when death takes onex
|
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will slay the otherx and be nurse to nonex
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xmy body or my soulx which was the dearerx
|
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when the one purex the other made divinex
|
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whose love of either to myself was nearerx
|
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when both were kept for heaven and collatinex
|
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ahx mex the bark peelxd from the lofty pinex
|
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his leaves will witherx and his sap decayx
|
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so must my soulx her bark being peelxd awayx
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xher house is sackxdx her quiet interruptedx
|
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her mansion batterxd by the enemyx
|
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her sacred temple spottedx spoilxdx corruptedx
|
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grossly engirt with daring infamyx
|
|
then let it not be callxd impietyx
|
|
if in this blemishxd fort i make some hole
|
|
through which i may convey this troubled soulx
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xyet die i will not till my collatine
|
|
have heard the cause of my untimely deathx
|
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that he may vowx in that sad hour of minex
|
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revenge on him that made me stop my breathx
|
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my stained blood to tarquin ixll bequeathx
|
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which by him tainted shall for him be spentx
|
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and as his due writ in my testamentx
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xmy honour ixll bequeath unto the knife
|
|
that wounds my body so dishonouredx
|
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xtis honour to deprive dishonourxd lifex
|
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the one will livex the other being deadx
|
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so of shamexs ashes shall my fame be bredx
|
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for in my death i murther shameful scornx
|
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my shame so deadx mine honour is newxbornx
|
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xdear lord of that dear jewel i have lostx
|
|
what legacy shall i bequeath to theex
|
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my resolutionx lovex shall be thy boastx
|
|
by whose example thou revengxd mayst bex
|
|
how tarquin must be usedx read it in mex
|
|
myselfx thy friendx will kill myselfx thy foex
|
|
andx for my sakex serve thou false tarquin sox
|
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|
|
xthis brief abridgement of my will i makex
|
|
my soul and body to the skies and groundx
|
|
my resolutionx husbandx do thou takex
|
|
mine honour be the knifexs that makes my woundx
|
|
my shame be his that did my fame confoundx
|
|
and all my fame that lives disbursxd be
|
|
to those that livex and think no shame of mex
|
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xthoux collatinex shalt oversee this willx
|
|
how was i overseen that thou shalt see itx
|
|
my blood shall wash the slander of mine illx
|
|
my lifexs foul deed my lifexs fair end shall free itx
|
|
faint notx faint heartx but stoutly say xso be itxx
|
|
yield to my handx my hand shall conquer theex
|
|
thou deadx both diex and both shall victors bexx
|
|
|
|
this plot of death when sadly she had laidx
|
|
and wipxd the brinish pearl from her bright eyesx
|
|
with untunxd tongue she hoarsely callxd her maidx
|
|
whose swift obedience to her mistress hiesx
|
|
for fleetxwingxd duty with thoughtxs feathers fliesx
|
|
poor lucrecex cheeks unto her maid seem so
|
|
as winter meads when sun doth melt their snowx
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|
|
her mistress she doth give demure goodxmorrowx
|
|
with softxslow tonguex true mark of modestyx
|
|
and sorts a sad look to her ladyxs sorrowx
|
|
xfor why her face wore sorrowxs liveryxx
|
|
but durst not ask of her audaciously
|
|
why her two suns were cloudxeclipsed sox
|
|
nor why her fair cheeks overxwashxd with woex
|
|
|
|
but as the earth doth weepx the sun being setx
|
|
each flower moistenxd like a melting eyex
|
|
even so the maid with swelling drops xgan wet
|
|
her circled eynex enforcxd by sympathy
|
|
of those fair sunsx set in her mistressx skyx
|
|
who in a saltxwavxd ocean quench their lightx
|
|
which makes the maid weep like the dewy nightx
|
|
|
|
a pretty while these pretty creatures standx
|
|
like ivory conduits coral cisterns fillingx
|
|
one justly weepsx the other takes in hand
|
|
no causex but companyx of her drops spillingx
|
|
their gentle sex to weep are often willingx
|
|
grieving themselves to guess at othersx smartsx
|
|
and then they drown their eyes or break their heartsx
|
|
|
|
for men have marblex women waxen mindsx
|
|
and therefore are they formxd as marble willx
|
|
the weak oppressxdx the impression of strange kinds
|
|
is formxd in them by forcex by fraudx or skillx
|
|
then call them not the authors of their illx
|
|
no more than wax shall be accounted evilx
|
|
wherein is stampxd the semblance of a devilx
|
|
|
|
their smoothnessx like a goodly champaign plainx
|
|
lays open all the little worms that creepx
|
|
in menx as in a roughxgrown grovex remain
|
|
cavexkeeping evils that obscurely sleepx
|
|
through crystal walls each little mote will peepx
|
|
though men can cover crimes with bold stern looksx
|
|
poor womenxs faces are their own faultsx booksx
|
|
|
|
no man inveigb against the witherxd flowerx
|
|
but chide rough winter that the flower hath killxdx
|
|
not that devourxdx but that which doth devourx
|
|
is worthy blamex ox let it not be hild
|
|
poor womenxs faultsx that they are so fulfillxd
|
|
with menxs abusesx those proud lordsx to blamex
|
|
make weakxmade women tenants to their shamex
|
|
|
|
the precedent whereof in lucrece viewx
|
|
assailxd by night with circumstances strong
|
|
of present deathx and shame that might ensue
|
|
by that her deathx to do her husband wrongx
|
|
such danger to resistance did belongx
|
|
the dying fear through all her body spreadx
|
|
and who cannot abuse a body deadx
|
|
|
|
by thisx mild patience bid fair lucrece speak
|
|
to the poor counterfeit of her complainingx
|
|
xmy girlxx quoth shex xon what occasion break
|
|
those tears from theex that down thy cheeks are rainingx
|
|
if thou dost weep for grief of my sustainingx
|
|
knowx gentle wenchx it small avails my moodx
|
|
if tears could helpx mine own would do me goodx
|
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|
|
xbut tell mex girlx when wentxxxand there she stayxd
|
|
till after a deep groanx xtarquin fromx hencexx
|
|
xmadamx ere i was upxx replied the maidx
|
|
xthe more to blame my sluggard negligencex
|
|
yet with the fault i thus far can dispensex
|
|
myself was stirring ere the break of dayx
|
|
andx ere i rosex was tarquin gone awayx
|
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|
|
xbutx ladyx if your maid may be so boldx
|
|
she would request to know your heavinessxx
|
|
xo peacexx quoth lucrecex xif it should be toldx
|
|
the repetition cannot make it lessx
|
|
for more it is than i can well expressx
|
|
and that deep torture may be callxd a hellx
|
|
when more is felt than one hath power to tellx
|
|
|
|
xgox get me hither paperx inkx and penx
|
|
yet save that labourx for i have them herex
|
|
what should i sayxxone of my husbandxs men
|
|
bid thou be readyx by and byx to bear
|
|
a letter to my lordx my lovex my dearx
|
|
bid him with speed prepare to carry itx
|
|
the cause craves hastex and it will soon be writxx
|
|
|
|
her maid is gonex and she prepares to writex
|
|
first hovering oxer the paper with her quillx
|
|
conceit and grief an eager combat fightx
|
|
what wit sets down is blotted straight with willx
|
|
this is too curiousxgoodx this blunt and illx
|
|
much like a press of people at a doorx
|
|
throng her inventionsx which shall go beforex
|
|
|
|
at last she thus beginsxxxthou worthy lord
|
|
of that unworthy wife that greeteth theex
|
|
health to thy personx next vouchsafe to afford
|
|
xif everx lovex thy lucrece thou wilt seex
|
|
some present speed to come and visit mex
|
|
sox i commend me from our house in griefx
|
|
my woes are tediousx though my words are briefxx
|
|
|
|
here folds she up the tenor of her woex
|
|
her certain sorrow writ uncertainlyx
|
|
by this short schedule collatine may know
|
|
her griefx but not her griefxs true qualityx
|
|
she dares not thereof make discoveryx
|
|
lest he should hold it her own gross abusex
|
|
ere she with blood had stainxd her stainxd excusex
|
|
|
|
besidesx the life and feeling of her passion
|
|
she hoardsx to spend when he is by to hear herx
|
|
when sighsx and groansx and tears may grace the fashion
|
|
of her disgracex the better so to clear her
|
|
from that suspicion which the world my might bear herx
|
|
to shun this blotx she would not blot the letter
|
|
with wordsx till action might become them betterx
|
|
|
|
to see sad sights moves more than hear them toldx
|
|
for then the eye interprets to the ear
|
|
the heavy motion that it doth beholdx
|
|
when every part a part of woe doth bearx
|
|
xtis but a part of sorrow that we hearx
|
|
deep sounds make lesser noise than shallow fordsx
|
|
and sorrow ebbsx being blown with wind of wordsx
|
|
|
|
her letter now is sealxdx and on it writ
|
|
xat ardea to my lord with more than hastexx
|
|
the post attendsx and she delivers itx
|
|
charging the sourxfacxd groom to hie as fast
|
|
as lagging fowls before the northern blastx
|
|
speed more than speed but dull and slow she deemsx
|
|
extremely still urgeth such extremesx
|
|
|
|
the homely villain courtxsies to her lowx
|
|
andx blushing on herx with a steadfast eye
|
|
receives the scrollx without or yea or nox
|
|
and forth with bashful innocence doth hiex
|
|
but they whose guilt within their bosoms lie
|
|
imagine every eye beholds their blamex
|
|
for lucrece thought he blushxd to see her shamex
|
|
|
|
whenx silly groomx god wotx it was defect
|
|
of spiritx lifex and bold audacityx
|
|
such harmless creatures have a true respect
|
|
to talk in deedsx while others saucily
|
|
promise more speedx but do it leisurelyx
|
|
even so this pattern of the wornxout age
|
|
pawnxd honest looksx but laid no words to gagex
|
|
|
|
his kindled duty kindled her mistrustx
|
|
that two red fires in both their faces blazxdx
|
|
she thought he blushxdx as knowing tarquinxs lustx
|
|
andx blushing with himx wistly on him gazxdx
|
|
her earnest eye did make him more amazxdx
|
|
the more saw the blood his cheeks replenishx
|
|
the more she thought he spied in her some blemishx
|
|
|
|
but long she thinks till he return againx
|
|
and yet the duteous vassal scarce is gonex
|
|
the weary time she cannot entertainx
|
|
for now xtis stale to sighx to weepx to groanx
|
|
so woe hath wearied woex moan tired moanx
|
|
that she her plaints a little while doth stayx
|
|
pausing for means to mourn some newer wayx
|
|
|
|
at last she calls to mind where hangs a piece
|
|
of skilful paintingx made for priamxs troyx
|
|
before the which is drawn the power of greecex
|
|
for helenxs rape the city to destroyx
|
|
threatxning cloudxkissing ilion with annoyx
|
|
which the conceited painter drew so proudx
|
|
as heaven xit seemxdx to kiss the turrets bowxdx
|
|
|
|
a thousand lamentable objects therex
|
|
in scorn of naturex art gave lifeless lifex
|
|
many a dry drop seemxd a weeping tearx
|
|
shed for the slaughterxd husband by the wifex
|
|
the red blood reekxdx to show the painterxs strifex
|
|
the dying eyes gleamxd forth their ashy lightsx
|
|
like dying coals burnt out in tedious nightsx
|
|
|
|
there might you see the labouring pioner
|
|
begrimxd with sweatx and smeared all with dustx
|
|
and from the towers of troy there would appear
|
|
the very eyes of men through loopholes thrustx
|
|
gazing upon the greeks with little lustx
|
|
such sweet observance in this work was hadx
|
|
that one might see those farxoff eyes look sadx
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|
|
|
in great commanders grace and majesty
|
|
you might beholdx triumphing in their facesx
|
|
in youthx quick bearing and dexterityx
|
|
and here and there the painter interlaces
|
|
pale cowardsx marching on with trembling pacesx
|
|
which heartless peasants did so well resemblex
|
|
that one would swear he saw them quake and tremblex
|
|
|
|
in ajax and ulyssesx ox what art
|
|
of physiognomy might one beholdx
|
|
the face of either xcipherxd eitherxs heartx
|
|
their face their manners most expressly toldx
|
|
in ajaxx eyes blunt rage and rigour rollxdx
|
|
but the mild glance that sly ulysses lent
|
|
showxd deep regard and smiling governmentx
|
|
|
|
there pleading might you see grave nestor standx
|
|
asxt were encouraging the greeks to fightx
|
|
making such sober action with his hand
|
|
that it beguiled attentionx charmxd the sightx
|
|
in speechx it seemxdx his beardx all silver whitex
|
|
waggxd up and downx and from his lips did fly
|
|
thin winding breathx which purlxd up to the skyx
|
|
|
|
about him were a press of gaping facesx
|
|
which seemxd to swallow up his sound advicex
|
|
all jointly listeningx but with several gracesx
|
|
as if some mermaid did their ears enticex
|
|
some highx some lowx the painter was so nicex
|
|
the scalps of manyx almost hid behindx
|
|
to jump up higher seemxd to mock the mindx
|
|
|
|
here one manxs hand leanxd on anotherxs headx
|
|
his nose being shadowxd by his neighbourxs earx
|
|
here one being throngxd bears backx all bollxn and redx
|
|
another smotherxd seems to pelt and swearx
|
|
and in their rage such signs of rage they bearx
|
|
asx but for loss of nestorxs golden wordsx
|
|
it seemxd they would debate with angry swordsx
|
|
|
|
for much imaginary work was therex
|
|
conceit deceitfulx so compactx so kindx
|
|
that for achillesx image stood his spearx
|
|
gripxd in an armed handx himselfx behindx
|
|
was left unseenx save to the eye of mindx
|
|
a handx a footx a facex a legx a headx
|
|
stood for the whole to be imaginedx
|
|
|
|
and from the walls of strongxbesieged troy
|
|
when their brave hopex bold hectorx marchxd to fieldx
|
|
stood many trojan mothersx sharing joy
|
|
to see their youthful sons bright weapons wieldx
|
|
and to their hope they such odd action yieldx
|
|
that through their light joy seemed to appearx
|
|
xlike bright things stainxdx a kind of heavy fearx
|
|
|
|
andx from the strond of dardanx where they foughtx
|
|
to simoisx reedy banksx the red blood ranx
|
|
whose waves to imitate the battle sought
|
|
with swelling ridgesx and their ranks began
|
|
to break upon the galled shorex and than
|
|
retire againx tillx meeting greater ranksx
|
|
they joinx and shoot their foam at simoisx banksx
|
|
|
|
to this wellxpainted piece is lucrece comex
|
|
to find a face where all distress is stellxdx
|
|
many she sees where cares have carved somex
|
|
but none where all distress and dolour dwellxdx
|
|
till she despairing hecuba beheldx
|
|
staring on priamxs wounds with her old eyesx
|
|
which bleeding under pyrrhusx proud foot liesx
|
|
|
|
in her the painter had anatomizxd
|
|
timexs ruinx beautyxs wrackx and grim carexs reignx
|
|
her cheeks with chops and wrinkles were disguisxdx
|
|
of what she was no semblance did remainx
|
|
her blue bloodx changxd to black in every veinx
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wanting the spring that those shrunk pipes had fedx
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showxd life imprisonxd in a body deadx
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on this sad shadow lucrece spends her eyesx
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and shapes her sorrow to the beldamexs woesx
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who nothing wants to answer her but criesx
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and bitter words to ban her cruel foesx
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the painter was no god to lend her thosex
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and therefore lucrece swears he did her wrongx
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to give her so much griefx and not a tonguex
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xpoor instrumentxx quoth shex xwithout a soundx
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ixll tune thy woes with my lamenting tonguex
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and drop sweet balm in priamxs painted woundx
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and rail on pyrrhus that hath done him wrongx
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and with my tears quench troy that burns so longx
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and with my knife scratch out the angry eyes
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of all the greeks that are thine enemiesx
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xshow me the strumpet that began this stirx
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that with my nails her beauty i may tearx
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thy heat of lustx fond parisx did incur
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this load of wrath that burning troy doth bearx
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thy eye kindled the fire that burneth herex
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and here in troyx for trespass of thine eyex
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the sirex the sonx the damex and daughter diex
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xwhy should the private pleasure of some one
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become the public plague of many mox
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let sinx alone committedx light alone
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upon his head that hath transgressed sox
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let guiltless souls be freed from guilty woex
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for onexs offence why should so many fallx
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to plague a private sin in generalx
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xlox here weeps hecubax here priam diesx
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here manly hector faintsx here troilus swoundsx
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here friend by friend in bloody channel liesx
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and friend to friend gives unadvised woundsx
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and one manxs lust these many lives confoundsx
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had doting priam checkxd his sonxs desirex
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troy had been bright with fame and not with firexx
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here feelingly she weeps troyxs painted woesx
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for sorrowx like a heavyxhanging bellx
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once set on ringingx with his own weight goesx
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then little strength rings out the doleful knellx
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so lucrece set axwork sad tales doth tell
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to pencillxd pensiveness and colourxd sorrowx
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she lends them wordsx and she their looks doth borrowx
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she throws her eyes about the painting roundx
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and whom she finds forlorn she doth lamentx
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at last she sees a wretched image boundx
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that piteous looks to phrygian shepherds lentx
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his facex though full of caresx yet showxd contentx
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onward to troy with the blunt swains he goesx
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so mildx that patience seemxd to scorn his woesx
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in him the painter labourxd with his skill
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to hide deceitx and give the harmless show
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an humble gaitx calm looksx eyes wailing stillx
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a brow unbentx that seemxd to welcome woex
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cheeks neither red nor palex but mingled so
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that blushing red no guilty instance gavex
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nor ashy pale the fear that false hearts havex
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butx like a constant and confirmed devilx
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he entertainxd a show so seeming justx
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and therein so ensconcxd his secret evilx
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that jealousy itself cold not mistrust
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falsexcreeping craft and perjury should thrust
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into so bright a day such blackxfacxd stormsx
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or blot with hellxborn sin such saintxlike formsx
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the wellxskillxd workman this mild image drew
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for perjurxd sinonx whose enchanting story
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the credulous old priam after slewx
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whose wordsx like wildfirex burnt the shining glory
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of richxbuilt ilionx that the skies were sorryx
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and little stars shot from their fixed placesx
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when their glass fell wherein they viewxd their facesx
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this picture she advisedly perusxdx
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and chid the painter for his wondrous skillx
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sayingx some shape in sinonxs was abusxdx
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so fair a form lodged not a mind so illx
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and still on him she gazxdx and gazing stillx
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such signs of truth in his plain face she spiedx
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that she concludes the picture was beliedx
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xit cannot bexx quoth shex xthat so much guilexx
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xshe would have saidx xcan lurk in such a lookxx
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but tarquinxs shape came in her mind the whilex
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and from her tongue xcan lurkx from xcannotx tookx
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xit cannot bex she in that sense forsookx
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and turnxd it thusx xit cannot bex i findx
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but such a face should bear a wicked mindx
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xfor even as subtle sinon here is paintedx
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so soberxsadx so wearyx and so mildx
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xas if with grief or travail he had faintedxx
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to me came tarquin armedx so beguilxd
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with outward honestyx but yet defilxd
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with inward vicex as priam him did cherishx
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so did i tarquinx so my troy did perishx
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xlookx lookx how listening priam wets his eyesx
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to see those borrowxd tears that sinon shedsx
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priamx why art thou old and yet not wisex
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for every tear he falls a trojan bleedsx
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his eye drops firex no water thence proceedsx
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those round clear pearls of his that move thy pityx
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are balls of quenchless fire to burn thy cityx
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xsuch devils steal effects from lightless hellx
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for sinon in his fire doth quake with coldx
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and in that cold hotxburning fire doth dwellx
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these contraries such unity do holdx
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only to flatter foolsx and make them boldx
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so priamxs trust false sinonxs tears doth flatterx
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that he finds means to burn his troy with waterxx
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herex all enragxdx such passion her assailsx
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that patience is quite beaten from her breastx
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she tears the senseless sinon with her nailsx
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comparing him to that unhappy guest
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whose deed hath made herself herself detestx
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at last she smilingly with this gives oxerx
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xfoolx foolxx quoth shex xhis wounds will not be sorexx
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thus ebbs and flows the current of her sorrowx
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and time doth weary time with her complainingx
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she looks for nightx and then she longs for morrowx
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and both she thinks too long with her remainingx
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short time seems long in sorrowxs sharp sustainingx
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though woe be heavyx yet it seldom sleepsx
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and they that watch see time how slow it creepsx
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which all this time hath overslippxd her thoughtx
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that she with painted images hath spentx
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being from the feeling of her own grief brought
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by deep surmise of othersx detrimentx
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losing her woes in shows of discontentx
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it easeth somex though none it ever curxdx
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to think their dolour others have endurxdx
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but now the mindful messengerx come backx
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brings home his lord and other companyx
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who finds his lucrece clad in mourning blackx
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and round about her tearxdistained eye
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blue circles streamxdx like rainbows in the skyx
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these waterxgalls in her dim element
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foretell new storms to those already spentx
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which when her sadxbeholding husband sawx
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amazedly in her sad face he staresx
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her eyesx though sod in tearsx lookxd red and rawx
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her lively colour killxd with deadly caresx
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he hath no power to ask her how she faresx
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both stoodx like old acquaintance in a trancex
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met far from homex wondering each otherxs chancex
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at last he takes her by the bloodless handx
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and thus beginsx xwhat uncouth ill event
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hath thee befallxnx that thou dost trembling standx
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sweet lovex what spite hath thy fair colour spentx
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why art thou thus attirxd in discontentx
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unmaskx dear dearx this moody heavinessx
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and tell thy griefx that we may give redressxx
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three times with sighs she gives her sorrow firex
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ere once she can discharge one word of woex
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at length addressxd to answer his desirex
|
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she modestly prepares to let them know
|
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her honour is taxen prisoner by the foex
|
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while collatine and his consorted lords
|
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with sad attention long to hear her wordsx
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and now this pale swan in her watery nest
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begins the sad dirge of her certain endingx
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xfew wordsxx quoth shex xshall fit the trespass bestx
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where no excuse can give the fault amendingx
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in me more woes than words are now dependingx
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and my laments would be drawn out too longx
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to tell them all with one poor tired tonguex
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xthen be this all the task it hath to sayxx
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dear husbandx in the interest of thy bed
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a stranger camex and on that pillow lay
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where thou wast wont to rest thy weary headx
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and what wrong else may be imagined
|
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by foul enforcement might be done to mex
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from thatx alasx thy lucrece is not freex
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xfor in the dreadful dead of dark midnightx
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with shining falchion in my chamber came
|
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a creeping creaturex with a flaming lightx
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and softly cried awakex thou roman damex
|
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and entertain my lovex else lasting shame
|
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on thee and thine this night i will inflictx
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if thou my lovexs desire do contradictx
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xfor some hardxfavourxd groom of thinex quoth hex
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unless thou yoke thy liking to my willx
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ixll murder straightx and then ixll slaughter thee
|
|
and swear i found you where you did fulfil
|
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the loathsome act of lustx and so did kill
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the lechers in their deedx this act will be
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my fame and thy perpetual infamyx
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xwith thisx i did begin to start and cryx
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and then against my heart he sets his swordx
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swearingx unless i took all patientlyx
|
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i should not live to speak another wordx
|
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so should my shame still rest upon recordx
|
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and never be forgot in mighty rome
|
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the adulterate death of lucrece and her groomx
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xmine enemy was strongx my poor self weakx
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and far the weaker with so strong a fearx
|
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my bloody judge forbade my tongue to speakx
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no rightful plea might plead for justice therex
|
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his scarlet lust came evidence to swear
|
|
that my poor beauty had purloinxd his eyesx
|
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and when the judge is robbxd the prisoner diesx
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xox teach me how to make mine own excusex
|
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or at the least this refuge let me findx
|
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though my gross blood be stainxd with this abusex
|
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immaculate and spotless is my mindx
|
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that was not forcxdx that never was inclinxd
|
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to accessary yieldingsx but still pure
|
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doth in her poisonxd closet yet endurexx
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lox herex the hopeless merchant of this lossx
|
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with head declinxdx and voice dammxd up with woex
|
|
with sad set eyesx and wretched arms acrossx
|
|
from lips newxwaxen pale begins to blow
|
|
the grief away that stops his answer sox
|
|
but wretched as he is he strives in vainx
|
|
what he breathes out his breath drinks up againx
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as through an arch the violent roaring tide
|
|
outruns the eye that doth behold his hastex
|
|
yet in the eddy boundeth in his pride
|
|
back to the strait that forcxd him on so fastx
|
|
in rage sent outx recallxd in ragex being pastx
|
|
even so his sighsx his sorrows make a sawx
|
|
to push grief onx and back the same grief drawx
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which speechless woe of his poor she attendethx
|
|
and his untimely frenzy thus awakethx
|
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xdear lordx thy sorrow to my sorrow lendeth
|
|
another powerx no flood by raining slakethx
|
|
my woe too sensible thy passion maketh
|
|
more feelingxpainfulx let it then suffice
|
|
to drown one woex one pair of weeping eyesx
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xand for my sakex when i might charm thee sox
|
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for she that was thy lucrecexxnow attend mex
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be suddenly revenged on my foex
|
|
thinex minex his ownx suppose thou dost defend me
|
|
from what is pastx the help that thou shalt lend me
|
|
comes all too latex yet let the traitor diex
|
|
for sparing justice feeds iniquityx
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xbut ere i name himx you fair lordsxx quoth shex
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|
xspeaking to those that came with collatinex
|
|
xshall plight your honourable faiths to mex
|
|
with swift pursuit to venge this wrong of minex
|
|
for xtis a meritorious fair design
|
|
to chase injustice with revengeful armsx
|
|
knightsx by their oathsx should right poor ladiesx harmsxx
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|
at this requestx with noble disposition
|
|
each present lord began to promise aidx
|
|
as bound in knighthood to her impositionx
|
|
longing to hear the hateful foe bewrayxdx
|
|
but shex that yet her sad task hath not saidx
|
|
the protestation stopsx xox speakxx quoth shex
|
|
xhow may this forced stain be wipxd from mex
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|
xwhat is the quality of mine offencex
|
|
being constrainxd with dreadful circumstancex
|
|
may my pure mind with the foul act dispensex
|
|
my lowxdeclined honour to advancex
|
|
may any terms acquit me from this chancex
|
|
the poisonxd fountain clears itself againx
|
|
and why not i from this compelled stainx
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with thisx they all at once began to sayx
|
|
her bodyxs stain her mind untainted clearsx
|
|
while with a joyless smile she turns away
|
|
the facex that map which deep impression bears
|
|
of hard misfortunex carvxd in it with tearsx
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xnox noxx quoth shex xno damex hereafter livingx
|
|
by my excuse shall claim excusexs givingx
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here with a sighx as if her heart would breakx
|
|
she throws forth tarquinxs namex xhex hexx she saysx
|
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but more than xhex her poor tongue could not speakx
|
|
till after many accents and delaysx
|
|
untimely breathingsx sick and short assaysx
|
|
she utters thisx xhex hex fair lordsx xtis hex
|
|
that guides this hand to give this wound to mexx
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even here she sheathed in her harmless breast
|
|
a harmful knifex that thence her soul unsheathxdx
|
|
that blow did bail it from the deep unrest
|
|
of that polluted prison where it breathxdx
|
|
her contrite sighs unto the clouds bequeathxd
|
|
her winged spritex and through her wounds doth fly
|
|
lifexs lasting date from cancellxd destinyx
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stonexstillx astonishxd with this deadly deedx
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|
stood collatine and all his lordly crewx
|
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till lucrecex father that beholds her bleedx
|
|
himself on her selfxslaughterxd body threwx
|
|
and from the purple fountain brutus drew
|
|
the murderous knifex andx as it left the placex
|
|
her bloodx in poor revengex held it in chasex
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and bubbling from her breastx it doth divide
|
|
in two slow riversx that the crimson blood
|
|
circles her body in on every sidex
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whox like a latexsackxd islandx vastly stood
|
|
bare and unpeopledx in this fearful floodx
|
|
some of her blood still pure and red remainxdx
|
|
and some lookxd blackx and that false tarquin stainxdx
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|
about the mourning and congealed face
|
|
of that black blood a watery rigol goesx
|
|
which seems to weep upon the tainted placex
|
|
and ever sincex as pitying lucrecex woesx
|
|
corrupted blood some watery token showsx
|
|
and blood untainted still doth red abidex
|
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blushing at that which is so putrifiedx
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xdaughterx dear daughterxx old lucretius criesx
|
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xthat life was mine which thou hast here deprivxdx
|
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if in the child the fatherxs image liesx
|
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where shall i live now lucrece is unlivxdx
|
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thou wast not to this end from me derivxd
|
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if children prexdecease progenitorsx
|
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we are their offspringx and they none of oursx
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xpoor broken glassx i often did behold
|
|
in thy sweet semblance my old age new bornx
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but now that fair fresh mirrorx dim and oldx
|
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shows me a barexbonxd death by time outwornx
|
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ox from thy cheeks my image thou hast tornx
|
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and shiverxd all the beauty of my glassx
|
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that i no more can see what once i wasx
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xo timex cease thou thy course and last no longerx
|
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if they surcease to be that should survivex
|
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shall rotten death make conquest of the strongerx
|
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and leave the faltering feeble souls alivex
|
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the old bees diex the young possess their hivex
|
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then livex sweet lucrecex live againx and see
|
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thy father diex and not thy father theexx
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by this starts collatine as from a dreamx
|
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and bids lucretius give his sorrow placex
|
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and then in keyxcold lucrecex bleeding stream
|
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he fallsx and bathes the pale fear in his facex
|
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and counterfeits to die with her a spacex
|
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till manly shame bids him possess his breathx
|
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and livex to be revenged on her deathx
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the deep vexation of his inward soul
|
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hath servxd a dumb arrest upon his tonguex
|
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whox mad that sorrow should his use controlx
|
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or keep him from heartxeasing words so longx
|
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begins to talkx but through his lips do throng
|
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weak wordsx so thick come in his poor heartxs aidx
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that no man could distinguish what he saidx
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yet sometime xtarquinx was pronounced plainx
|
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but through his teethx as if the name he torex
|
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this windy tempestx till it blow up rainx
|
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held back his sorrowxs tidex to make it morex
|
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at last it rainsx and busy winds give oxerx
|
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then son and father weep with equal strifex
|
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who should weep mostx for daughter or for wifex
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the one doth call her hisx the other hisx
|
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yet neither may possess the claim they layx
|
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the father says xshexs minexx xox mine she isxx
|
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replies her husbandx xdo not take away
|
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my sorrowxs interestx let no mourner say
|
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he weeps for herx for she was only minex
|
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and only must be wailxd by collatinexx
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xoxx quoth lucretiusx xi did give that life
|
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which she too early and too late hath spillxdxx
|
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xwoex woexx quoth collatinex xshe was my wifex
|
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i owed herx and xtis mine that she hath killxdxx
|
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xmy daughterx and xmy wifex with clamours fillxd
|
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the dispersxd airx whox holding lucrecex lifex
|
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answerxd their criesx xmy daughterxx and xmy wifexx
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brutusx who pluckxd the knife from lucrecex sidex
|
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seeing such emulation in their woex
|
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began to clothe his wit in state and pridex
|
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burying in lucrecex wound his follyxs showx
|
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he with the romans was esteemed so
|
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as sillyxjeering idiots are with kingsx
|
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for sportive wordsx and uttering foolish thingsx
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but now he throws that shallow habit byx
|
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wherein deep policy did him disguisex
|
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and armxd his longxhid wits advisedlyx
|
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to check the tears in collatinusx eyesx
|
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xthou wronged lord of romexx quoth hex xarisex
|
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let my unsounded selfx supposxd a foolx
|
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now set thy longxexperiencxd wit to schoolx
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xwhyx collatinex is woe the cure for woex
|
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do wounds help woundsx or grief help grievous deedsx
|
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is it revenge to give thyself a blowx
|
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for his foul act by whom thy fair wife bleedsx
|
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such childish humour from weak minds proceedsx
|
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thy wretched wife mistook the matter sox
|
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to slay herselfx that should have slain her foex
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xcourageous romanx do not steep thy heart
|
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in such relenting dew of lamentationsx
|
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but kneel with mex and help to bear thy partx
|
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to rouse our roman gods with invocationsx
|
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that they will suffer these abominationsx
|
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xsince rome herself in them doth stand disgracxdxx
|
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by our strong arms from forth her fair streets chasxdx
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xnowx by the capitol that we adorex
|
|
and by this chaste blood so unjustly stainxdx
|
|
by heavenxs fair sun that breeds the fat earthxs storex
|
|
by all our country rights in rome maintainxdx
|
|
and by chaste lucrecex soul that late complainxd
|
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her wrongs to usx and by this bloody knifex
|
|
we will revenge the death of this true wifexx
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this saidx he struck his hand upon his breastx
|
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and kissxd the fatal knifex to end his vowx
|
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and to his protestation urgxd the restx
|
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whox wondering at himx did his words allowx
|
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then jointly to the ground their knees they bowx
|
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and that deep vowx which brutus made beforex
|
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he doth again repeatx and that they sworex
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when they had sworn to this advised doomx
|
|
they did conclude to bear dead lucrece thencex
|
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to show her bleeding body thorough romex
|
|
and so to publish tarquinxs foul offencex
|
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which being done with speedy diligencex
|
|
the romans plausibly did give consent
|
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to tarquinxs everlasting banishmentx
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venus and adonis
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xvilia miretur vulgusx mihi flavus apollo
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pocula castalia plena ministret aquaxx
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to the right honourable
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henry wriothesleyx earl of southamptonx
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and baron of titchfieldx
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right honourablex i know not how i shall offend in dedicating my
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unpolished lines to your lordshipx nor how the world will censure me
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for choosing so strong a prop to support so weak a burthenx onlyx if
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your honour seem but pleasedx i account myself highly praisedx and vow
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to take advantage of all idle hoursx till i have honoured you with some
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graver labourx but if the first heir of my invention prove deformedx i
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shall be sorry it had so noble a godfatherx and never after ear so
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barren a landx for fear it yield me still so bad a harvestx i leave it
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to your honourable surveyx and your honour to your heartxs contentx
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which i wish may always answer your own wish and the worldxs hopeful
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expectationx
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your honourxs in all dutyx
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william shakespearex
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venus and adonis
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even as the sun with purplexcolourxd face
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had taxen his last leave of the weeping mornx
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rosexcheekxd adonis tried him to the chasex
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hunting he lovxdx but love he laughxd to scornx x
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sickxthoughted venus makes amain unto himx
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and like a boldxfacxd suitor xgins to woo himx
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xthrice fairer than myselfxx thus she beganx
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xthe fieldxs chief flowerx sweet above comparex x
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stain to all nymphsx more lovely than a manx
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more white and red than doves or roses arex
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nature that made theex with herself at strifex
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saith that the world hath ending with thy lifex xx
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xvouchsafex thou wonderx to alight thy steedx
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and rein his proud head to the saddlexbowx
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if thou wilt deign this favourx for thy meed
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a thousand honey secrets shalt thou knowx xx
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here come and sitx where never serpent hissesx
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and being setx ixll smother thee with kissesx
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xand yet not cloy thy lips with loathxd satietyx
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but rather famish them amid their plentyx xx
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making them redx and palex with fresh varietyx
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ten kisses short as onex one long as twentyx
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a summerxs day will seem an hour but shortx
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being wasted in such timexbeguiling sportxx xx
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with this she seizeth on his sweating palmx
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the precedent of pith and livelihoodx
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and trembling in her passionx calls it balmx
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earthxs sovereign salve to do a goddess goodx xx
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being so enragxdx desire doth lend her force
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courageously to pluck him from his horsex
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over one arm the lusty courserxs reinx
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under her other was the tender boyx xx
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who blushxd and pouted in a dull disdainx
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with leaden appetitex unapt to toyx
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she red and hot as coals of glowing firex
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he red for shamex but frosty in desirex xx
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the studded bridle on a ragged bough
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nimbly she fastensxxox how quick is lovexx
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the steed is stalled upx and even now
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to tie the rider she begins to provex xx
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backward she pushxd himx as she would be thrustx
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and governxd him in strengthx though not in lustx
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so soon was she alongx as he was downx
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each leaning on their elbows and their hipsx xx
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now doth she stroke his cheekx now doth he frownx
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and xgins to chidex but soon she stops his lipsx
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and kissing speaksx with lustful language brokenx
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xif thou wilt chidex thy lips shall never openxx xx
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he burns with bashful shamex she with her tears
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doth quench the maiden burning of his cheeksx
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then with her windy sighs and golden hairs
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to fan and blow them dry again she seeksx xx
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he saith she is immodestx blames her missx
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what follows morex she murders with a kissx
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even as an empty eaglex sharp by fastx
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tires with her beak on feathersx flesh and bonex xx
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shaking her wingsx devouring all in hastex
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till either gorge be stuffxd or prey be gonex
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even so she kissxd his browx his cheekx his chinx
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and where she ends she doth anew beginx xx
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forcxd to contentx but never to obeyx
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panting he liesx and breatheth in her facex
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she feedeth on the steamx as on a preyx
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and calls it heavenly moisturex air of gracex xx
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wishing her cheeks were gardens full of flowers
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so they were dewxd with such distilling showersx
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look how a bird lies tangled in a netx
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so fastenxd in her arms adonis liesx xx
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pure shame and awxd resistance made him fretx
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which bred more beauty in his angry eyesx
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rain added to a river that is rank
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perforce will force it overflow the bankx xx
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still she entreatsx and prettily entreatsx
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for to a pretty ear she tunes her talex
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still is he sullenx still he lours and fretsx
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xtwixt crimson shame and anger ashy palex xx
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being red she loves him bestx and being whitex
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her best is betterxd with a more delightx
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look how he canx she cannot choose but lovex
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and by her fair immortal hand she swearsx xx
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from his soft bosom never to removex
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till he take truce with her contending tearsx
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which long have rainxdx making her cheeks all wetx
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and one sweet kiss shall pay this countless debtx
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upon this promise did he raise his chinx xx
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like a divexdapper peering through a wavex
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whox being lookxd onx ducks as quickly inx
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so offers he to give what she did cravex xx
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but when her lips were ready for his payx
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he winksx and turns his lips another wayx
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never did passenger in summerxs heat
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more thirst for drink than she for this good turnx xx
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her help she seesx but help she cannot getx
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she bathes in waterx yet her fire must burnx
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xox pityxx xgan she cryx xflintxhearted boyx
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xtis but a kiss i begx why art thou coyx xx
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xi have been wooxd as i entreat thee nowx
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even by the stern and direful god of warx
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whose sinewy neck in battle nexer did bowx
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who conquers where he comes in every jarx xxx
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yet hath he been my captive and my slavex
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and beggxd for that which thou unaskxd shalt havex
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xover my altars hath he hung his lancex
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his batterxd shieldx his uncontrolled crestx xxx
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and for my sake hath learnxd to sport and dancex
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to toyx to wantonx dallyx smilex and jestx
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scorning his churlish drum and ensign red
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making my arms his fieldx his tent my bedx xxx
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xthus he that overrulxd i overswayxdx
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leading him prisoner in a red rose chainx
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strongxtemperxd steel his stronger strength obeyxdx
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yet was he servile to my coy disdainx xxx
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oh be not proudx nor brag not of thy mightx
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for mastxring her that foilxd the god of fightx
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xtouch but my lips with those fair lips of thinex
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though mine be not so fairx yet are they redx xxx
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the kiss shall be thine own as well as minex
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what seexst thou in the groundx hold up thy headx
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look in mine eyeballsx there thy beauty liesx
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then why not lips on lipsx since eyes in eyesx xxx
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xart thou ashamxd to kissx then wink againx
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and i will winkx so shall the day seem nightx
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love keeps his revels where there are but twainx
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be bold to playx our sport is not in sightx xxx
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these bluexveinxd violets whereon we lean
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never can blabx nor know not what we meanx
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xthe tender spring upon thy tempting lip xxx
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shows thee unripex yet mayst thou well be tastedx
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make use of timex let not advantage slipx
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beauty within itself should not be wastedx
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fair flowers that are not gatherxd in their prime
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rotx and consume themselves in little timex xxx
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xwere i hardxfavourxdx foulx or wrinkled oldx
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illxnurturxdx crookedx churlishx harsh in voicex
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oxerwornx despisedx rheumaticx and coldx
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thickxsightedx barrenx leanx and lacking juicex xxx
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then mightst thou pausex for then i were not for theex
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but having no defectsx why dost abhor mex
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xthou canst not see one wrinkle in my browx xxx
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mine eyes are grey and brightx and quick in turningx
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my beauty as the spring doth yearly growx
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my flesh is soft and plumpx my marrow burningx
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my smooth moist handx were it with thy hand feltx
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would in thy palm dissolvex or seem to meltx xxx
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xbid me discoursex i will enchant thine earx
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or like a fairyx trip upon the greenx
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or like a nymphx with long dishevellxd hairx
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dance on the sandsx and yet no footing seenx xxx
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love is a spirit all compact of firex
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not gross to sinkx but lightx and will aspirex
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xwitness this primrose bank whereon i liex xxx
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these forceless flowers like sturdy trees support mex
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two strengthless doves will draw me through the skyx
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from morn till nightx even where i list to sport mex
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is love so lightx sweet boyx and may it be
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that thou shouldst think it heavy unto theex xxx
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xis thine own heart to thine own face affectedx
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can thy right hand seize love upon thy leftx
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then woo thyselfx be of thyself rejectedx
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steal thine own freedomx and complain on theftx xxx
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narcissus so himself himself forsookx
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and died to kiss his shadow in the brookx
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xtorches are made to lightx jewels to wearx
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dainties to tastex fresh beauty for the usex xxx
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herbs for their smellx and sappy plants to bearx
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things growing to themselves are growthxs abusex
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seeds spring from seedsx and beauty breedeth beautyx
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thou wast begotx to get it is thy dutyx xxx
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xupon the earthxs increase why shouldst thou feedx
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unless the earth with thy increase be fedx
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by law of nature thou art bound to breedx
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that thine may live when thou thyself art deadx xxx
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and so in spite of death thou dost survivex
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in that thy likeness still is left alivexx
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by this the lovexsick queen began to sweatx
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for where they lay the shadow had forsook themx xxx
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and titanx tired in the midday heatx
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with burning eye did hotly overlook themx
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wishing adonis had his team to guidex
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so he were like him and by venusx sidex xxx
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and now adonis with a lazy sprightx
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and with a heavyx darkx disliking eyex
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his louring brows oxerwhelming his fair sightx
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like misty vapours when they blot the skyx xxx
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souring his cheeksx criesx xfiex no more of lovex
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the sun doth burn my facex i must removexx
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xay mexx quoth venusx xyoungx and so unkindx
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what bare excuses makxst thou to be gonex xxx
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ixll sigh celestial breathx whose gentle wind
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shall cool the heat of this descending sunx
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ixll make a shadow for thee of my hairsx
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if they burn toox ixll quench them with my tearsx xxx
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xthe sun that shines from heaven shines but warmx
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and lo i lie between that sun and theex
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the heat i have from thence doth little harmx
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thine eye darts forth the fire that burneth mex xxx
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and were i not immortalx life were donex
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between this heavenly and earthly sunx
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xart thou obduratex flintyx hard as steelx
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nay more than flintx for stone at rain relentethx xxx
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art thou a womanxs son and canst not feel
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what xtis to lovex how want of love tormentethx
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o had thy mother borne so hard a mindx
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she had not brought forth theex but died unkindx xxx
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xwhat am i that thou shouldst contemn me thisx
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or what great danger dwells upon my suitx
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what were thy lips the worse for one poor kissx
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speakx fairx but speak fair wordsx or else be mutex xxx
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give me one kissx ixll give it thee againx
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and one for intxrestx if thou wilt have twainx
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xfiex lifeless picturex cold and senseless stonex
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wellxpainted idolx image dull and deadx xxx
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statue contenting but the eye alonex
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thing like a manx but of no woman bredx
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thou art no manx though of a manxs complexionx
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for men will kiss even by their own directionxx xxx
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this saidx impatience chokes her pleading tonguex
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and swelling passion doth provoke a pausex
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red cheeks and fiery eyes blaze forth her wrongx
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being judge in lovex she cannot right her causex xxx
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and now she weepsx and now she fain would speakx
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and now her sobs do her intendments breakx
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sometimes she shakes her headx and then his handx
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now gazeth she on himx now on the groundx xxx
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sometimes her arms infold him like a bandx
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she wouldx he will not in her arms be boundx
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and when from thence he struggles to be gonex
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she locks her lily fingers one in onex xxx
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xfondlingxx she saithx xsince i have hemmxd thee here
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within the circuit of this ivory palex
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ixll be a parkx and thou shalt be my deerx
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feed where thou wiltx on mountain or in dalex xxx
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graze on my lipsx and if those hills be dryx
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stray lowerx where the pleasant fountains liex
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xwithin this limit is relief enoughx
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sweet bottom grass and high delightful plainx xxx
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round rising hillocksx brakes obscure and roughx
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to shelter thee from tempest and from rainx
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then be my deerx since i am such a parkx xxx
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no dog shall rouse theex though a thousand barkxx
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at this adonis smiles as in disdainx
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that in each cheek appears a pretty dimplex
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love made those hollowsx if himself were slainx
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he might be buried in a tomb so simplex xxx
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foreknowing wellx if there he came to liex
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why there love livxdx and there he could not diex
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these lovely cavesx these round enchanting pitsx
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openxd their mouths to swallow venusx likingx xxx
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being mad beforex how doth she now for witsx
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struck dead at firstx what needs a second strikingx
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poor queen of lovex in thine own law forlornx
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to love a cheek that smiles at thee in scornx xxx
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now which way shall she turnx what shall she sayx
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her words are donex her woes the more increasingx
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the time is spentx her object will awayx
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and from her twining arms doth urge releasingx xxx
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xpityxx she criesx xsome favourx some remorsexx
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away he springsx and hasteth to his horsex
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but lo from forth a copse that neighbours byx
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a breeding jennetx lustyx youngx and proudx xxx
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adonisx tramping courser doth espyx
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and forth she rushesx snorts and neighs aloudx
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the strongxneckxd steedx being tied unto a treex
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breaketh his reinx and to her straight goes hex xxx
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imperiously he leapsx he neighsx he boundsx
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and now his woven girths he breaks asunderx
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the bearing earth with his hard hoof he woundsx
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whose hollow womb resounds like heavenxs thunderx
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the iron bit he crusheth xtween his teethx xxx
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controlling what he was controlled withx
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his ears upxprickxdx his braided hanging mane
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upon his compassxd crest now stand on endx xxx
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his nostrils drink the airx and forth againx
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as from a furnacex vapours doth he sendx
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his eyex which scornfully glisters like firex
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shows his hot courage and his high desirex xxx
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sometime he trotsx as if he told the stepsx
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with gentle majesty and modest pridex
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anon he rears uprightx curvets and leapsx
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as who should sayx xlo thus my strength is triedx
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and this i do to captivate the eye xxx
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of the fair breeder that is standing byxx
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what recketh he his riderxs angry stirx
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his flattering xhollaxx or his xstandx i sayxx xxx
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what cares he now for curb or pricking spurx
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for rich caparisons or trappings gayx
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he sees his lovex and nothing else he seesx
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nor nothing else with his proud sight agreesx xxx
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look when a painter would surpass the lifex
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in limning out a wellxproportionxd steedx
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his art with naturexs workmanship at strifex
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as if the dead the living should exceedx xxx
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so did this horse excel a common onex
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in shapex in couragex colourx pace and bonex
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roundxhoofxdx shortxjointedx fetlocks shag and longx
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broad breastx full eyex small headx and nostril widex
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high crestx short earsx straight legs and passing strongx
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thin manex thick tailx broad buttockx tender hidex
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lookx what a horse should have he did not lackx
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save a proud rider on so proud a backx xxx
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sometimes he scuds far offx and there he staresx
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anon he starts at stirring of a featherx
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to bid the wind a base he now preparesx
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and where he run or fly they know not whetherx xxx
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for through his mane and tail the high wind singsx
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fanning the hairsx who wave like featherxd wingsx
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he looks upon his lovex and neighs unto herx
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she answers him as if she knew his mindx xxx
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being proudx as females arex to see him woo herx
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she puts on outward strangenessx seems unkindx
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spurns at his love and scorns the heat he feelsx
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beating his kind embracements with her heelsx xxx
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then like a melancholy malcontentx
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he vails his tail that like a falling plumex
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cool shadow to his melting buttock lentx
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he stampsx and bites the poor flies in his fumex xxx
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his lovex perceiving how he was enragxdx
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grew kinderx and his fury was assuagxdx
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his testy master goeth about to take himx
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when lo the unbackxd breederx full of fearx xxx
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jealous of catchingx swiftly doth forsake himx
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with her the horsex and left adonis therex
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as they were madx unto the wood they hie themx
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outstripping crows that strive to overfly themx xxx
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all swoln with chafingx down adonis sitsx
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banning his boisterous and unruly beastx
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and now the happy season once more fits
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that lovexsick love by pleading may be blestx xxx
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for lovers sayx the heart hath treble wrongx
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when it is barrxd the aidance of the tonguex
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an oven that is stoppxdx or river stayxdx
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burneth more hotlyx swelleth with more ragex xxx
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so of concealed sorrow may be saidx
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free vent of words lovexs fire doth assuagex
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but when the heartxs attorney once is mutex
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the client breaksx as desperate in his suitx xxx
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he sees her comingx and begins to glowx
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even as a dying coal revives with windx
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and with his bonnet hides his angry browx
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looks on the dull earth with disturbed mindx xxx
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taking no notice that she is so nighx
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for all askance he holds her in his eyex
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o what a sight it wasx wistly to view
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how she came stealing to the wayward boyx xxx
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to note the fighting conflict of her huex
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how white and red each other did destroyx
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but now her cheek was palex and by and by
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it flashxd forth firex as lightning from the skyx xxx
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now was she just before him as he satx
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and like a lowly lover down she kneelsx
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with one fair hand she heaveth up his hatx
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her other tender hand his fair cheek feelsx xxx
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his tendxrer cheek receives her soft handxs printx
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as apt as newxfallxn snow takes any dintx
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oh what a war of looks was then between themx
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her eyes petitioners to his eyes suingx xxx
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his eyes saw her eyesx as they had not seen themx
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her eyes wooxd stillx his eyes disdainxd the wooingx
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and all this dumb play had his acts made plain
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with tearsx whichx chorusxlikex her eyes did rainx
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full gently now she takes him by the handx xxx
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a lily prisonxd in a gaol of snowx
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or ivory in an alabaster bandx
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so white a friend engirts so white a foex xxx
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this beauteous combatx wilful and unwillingx
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showxd like two silver doves that sit axbillingx
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once more the engine of her thoughts beganx
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xo fairest mover on this mortal roundx xxx
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would thou wert as i amx and i a manx
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my heart all whole as thinex thy heart my woundx
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for one sweet look thy help i would assure theex
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though nothing but my bodyxs bane would cure theexx
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xgive me my handxx saith hex xwhy dost thou feel itxx
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xgive me my heartxx saith shex xand thou shalt have itx
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o give it me lest thy hard heart do steel itx
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and being steelxdx soft sighs can never grave itx xxx
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then lovexs deep groans i never shall regardx
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because adonisx heart hath made mine hardxx
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xfor shamexx he criesx xlet gox and let me gox
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my dayxs delight is pastx my horse is gonex xxx
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and xtis your fault i am bereft him sox
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i pray you hencex and leave me here alonex
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for all my mindx my thoughtx my busy carex
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is how to get my palfrey from the marexx xxx
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thus she repliesx xthy palfrey as he shouldx
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welcomes the warm approach of sweet desirex
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affection is a coal that must be coolxdx
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elsex sufferxdx it will set the heart on firex xxx
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the sea hath boundsx but deep desire hath nonex
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therefore no marvel though thy horse be gonex
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xhow like a jade he stood tied to the treex
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servilely masterxd with a leathern reinx xxx
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but when he saw his lovex his youthxs fair feex
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he held such petty bondage in disdainx
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throwing the base thong from his bending crestx
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enfranchising his mouthx his backx his breastx xxx
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xwho sees his truexlove in her naked bedx
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teaching the sheets a whiter hue than whitex
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but when his glutton eye so full hath fedx
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his other agents aim at like delightx xxx
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who is so faint that dare not be so bold
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to touch the firex the weather being coldx
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xlet me excuse thy courserx gentle boyx
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and learn of himx i heartily beseech theex xxx
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to take advantage on presented joyx
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though i were dumbx yet his proceedings teach theex
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o learn to lovex the lesson is but plainx
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and once made perfectx never lost againxx xxx
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xi know not lovexx quoth hex xnor will not know itx
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unless it be a boarx and then i chase itx
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xtis much to borrowx and i will not owe itx
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my love to love is love but to disgrace itx xxx
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for i have heardx it is a life in deathx
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that laughs and weepsx and all but with a breathx
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xwho wears a garment shapeless and unfinishxdx
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who plucks the bud before one leaf put forthx xxx
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if springing things be any jot diminishxdx
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they wither in their primex prove nothing worthx
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the colt thatxs backxd and burdenxd being youngx
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loseth his pridex and never waxeth strongx xxx
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xyou hurt my hand with wringingx let us partx
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and leave this idle themex this bootless chatx
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remove your siege from my unyielding heartx
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to lovexs alarms it will not ope the gatex xxx
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dismiss your vowsx your feigned tearsx your flattxryx
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for where a heart is hard they make no battxryxx
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xwhatx canst thou talkxx quoth shex xhast thou a tonguex
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o would thou hadst notx or i had no hearingx xxx
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thy mermaidxs voice hath done me double wrongx
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i had my load beforex now pressxd with bearingx
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melodious discordx heavenly tunex harshxsoundingx
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earxs deep sweet musicx and heartxs deep sore woundingx
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xhad i no eyes but earsx my ears would love xxx
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that inward beauty and invisiblex
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or were i deafx thy outward parts would move
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each part in me that were but sensiblex xxx
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though neither eyes nor earsx to hear nor seex
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yet should i be in love by touching theex
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xsay that the sense of feeling were bereft mex
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and that i could not seex nor hearx nor touchx xxx
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and nothing but the very smell were left mex
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yet would my love to thee be still as muchx
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for from the stillitory of thy face excelling
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comes breath perfumxdx that breedeth love by smellingx
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xbut oh what banquet wert thou to the tastex xxx
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being nurse and feeder of the other fourx
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would they not wish the feast might ever lastx
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and bid suspicion doublexlock the doorx
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lest jealousyx that sour unwelcome guestx
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should by his stealing in disturb the feastxx xxx
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once more the rubyxcolourxd portal openxdx
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which to his speech did honey passage yieldx xxx
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like a red morn that ever yet betokenxd
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wrack to the seamanx tempest to the fieldx
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sorrow to shepherdsx woe unto the birdsx
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gusts and foul flaws to herdmen and to herdsx xxx
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this ill presage advisedly she markethx
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even as the wind is hushxd before it rainethx
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or as the wolf doth grin before he barkethx
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or as the berry breaks before it stainethx xxx
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or like the deadly bullet of a gunx
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his meaning struck her ere his words begunx
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and at his look she flatly falleth down
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for looks kill lovex and love by looks revivethx xxx
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a smile recures the wounding of a frownx
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but blessed bankroutx that by love so thrivethx
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the silly boyx believing she is deadx
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claps her pale cheekx till clapping makes it redx xxx
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and all amazxd brake off his late intentx
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for sharply he did think to reprehend herx
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which cunning love did wittily preventx
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fair fall the wit that can so well defend herx xxx
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for on the grass she lies as she were slainx
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till his breath breatheth life in her againx
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he wrings her nosex he strikes her on the cheeksx
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he bends her fingersx holds her pulses hardx xxx
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he chafes her lipsx a thousand ways he seeks
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to mend the hurt that his unkindness marrxdx
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he kisses herx and shex by her good willx
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will never risex so he will kiss her stillx xxx
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the night of sorrow now is turnxd to dayx
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her two blue windows faintly she upxheavethx
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like the fair sun when in his fresh array
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he cheers the mornx and all the world relievethx xxx
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and as the bright sun glorifies the skyx
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so is her face illuminxd with her eyex
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whose beams upon his hairless face are fixxdx
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as if from thence they borrowxd all their shinex xxx
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were never four such lamps together mixxdx
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had not his clouded with his browxs repinex
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but hersx which through the crystal tears gave light
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shone like the moon in water seen by nightx xxx
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xo where am ixx quoth shex xin earth or heavenx
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or in the ocean drenchxdx or in the firex
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what hour is thisx or morn or weary evenx
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do i delight to diex or life desirex xxx
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but now i livxdx and life was deathxs annoyx
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but now i diedx and death was lively joyx
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xo thou didst kill mex kill me once againx
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thy eyesx shrewd tutorx that hard heart of thinex xxx
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hath taught them scornful tricksx and such disdainx
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that they have murderxd this poor heart of minex
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and these mine eyesx true leaders to their queenx
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but for thy piteous lips no more had seenx xxx
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xlong may they kiss each other for this curex
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oh never let their crimson liveries wearx
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and as they lastx their verdure still endurex
|
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to drive infection from the dangerous yearx xxx
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that the starxgazersx having writ on deathx
|
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may sayx the plague is banishxd by thy breathx
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xpure lipsx sweet seals in my soft lips imprintedx
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what bargains may i makex still to be sealingx xxx
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to sell myself i can be well contentedx
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so thou wilt buyx and payx and use good dealingx
|
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which purchase if thou makex for fear of slipsx
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set thy seal manual on my waxxred lipsx xxx
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xa thousand kisses buys my heart from mex
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and pay them at thy leisurex one by onex
|
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what is ten hundred touches unto theex
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are they not quickly told and quickly gonex xxx
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sayx for nonxpayment that the debt should doublex
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is twenty hundred kisses such a troublexx
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xfair queenxx quoth hex xif any love you owe mex
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measure my strangeness with my unripe yearsx xxx
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before i know myselfx seek not to know mex
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no fisher but the ungrown fry forbearsx
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the mellow plum doth fallx the green sticks fastx
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or being early pluckxdx is sour to tastex xxx
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xlook the worldxs comforterx with weary gait
|
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his dayxs hot task hath ended in the westx
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the owlx nightxs heraldx shrieksx xtis very latex
|
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the sheep are gone to foldx birds to their nestx xxx
|
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and coalxblack clouds that shadow heavenxs light
|
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do summon us to partx and bid good nightx
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xnow let me say good nightx and so say youx
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if you will say sox you shall have a kissxx xxx
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xgood nightxx quoth shex and ere he says adieux
|
|
the honey fee of parting tenderxd isx
|
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her arms do lend his neck a sweet embracex
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incorporate then they seemx face grows to facex xxx
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till breathless he disjoinxdx and backward drew
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the heavenly moisturex that sweet coral mouthx
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whose precious taste her thirsty lips well knewx
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whereon they surfeitx yet complain on drouthx xxx
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he with her plenty pressxdx she faint with dearthx
|
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their lips together gluedx fall to the earthx
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now quick desire hath caught the yielding preyx
|
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and gluttonxlike she feedsx yet never fillethx xxx
|
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her lips are conquerorsx his lips obeyx
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paying what ransom the insulter willethx
|
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whose vulture thought doth pitch the price so highx
|
|
that she will draw his lipsx rich treasure dryx xxx
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and having felt the sweetness of the spoilx
|
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with blindfold fury she begins to foragex
|
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her face doth reek and smokex her blood doth boilx
|
|
and careless lust stirs up a desperate couragex xxx
|
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planting oblivionx beating reason backx
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forgetting shamexs pure blush and honourxs wrackx
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hotx faintx and wearyx with her hard embracingx
|
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like a wild bird being tamxd with too much handlingx
|
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or as the fleetxfoot roe thatxs tirxd with chasingx xxx
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or like the froward infant stillxd with dandlingx
|
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he now obeysx and now no more resistethx
|
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while she takes all she canx not all she listethx xxx
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what wax so frozen but dissolves with tempxringx
|
|
and yields at last to every light impressionx
|
|
things out of hope are compassxd oft with ventxringx
|
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chiefly in lovex whose leave exceeds commissionx xxx
|
|
affection faints not like a palexfacxd cowardx
|
|
but then woos best when most his choice is frowardx
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when he did frownx o had she then gave overx
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such nectar from his lips she had not suckxdx xxx
|
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foul words and frowns must not repel a loverx
|
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what though the rose have pricklesx yet xtis pluckxdx
|
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were beauty under twenty locks kept fastx
|
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yet love breaks throughx and picks them all at lastx
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for pity now she can no more detain himx xxx
|
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the poor fool prays her that he may departx
|
|
she is resolvxd no longer to restrain himx
|
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bids him farewellx and look well to her heartx xxx
|
|
the which by cupidxs bow she doth protestx
|
|
he carries thence encaged in his breastx
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xsweet boyxx she saysx xthis night ixll waste in sorrowx
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for my sick heart commands mine eyes to watchx xxx
|
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tell mex lovexs masterx shall we meet tomorrow
|
|
sayx shall wex shall wex wilt thou make the matchxx
|
|
he tells her nox tomorrow he intends
|
|
to hunt the boar with certain of his friendsx xxx
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xthe boarxx quoth shex whereat a sudden palex
|
|
like lawn being spread upon the blushing rosex
|
|
usurps her cheekx she trembles at his talex
|
|
and on his neck her yoking arms she throwsx xxx
|
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she sinketh downx still hanging by his neckx
|
|
he on her belly fallsx she on her backx
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|
now is she in the very lists of lovex
|
|
her champion mounted for the hot encounterx xxx
|
|
all is imaginary she doth provex
|
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he will not manage herx although he mount herx
|
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that worse than tantalusx is her annoyx
|
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to clip elysium and to lack her joyx xxx
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|
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even as poor birdsx deceivxd with painted grapesx
|
|
do surfeit by the eye and pine the mawx
|
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even so she languisheth in her mishapsx
|
|
as those poor birds that helpless berries sawx xxx
|
|
the warm effects which she in him finds missingx
|
|
she seeks to kindle with continual kissingx
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but all in vainx good queenx it will not bex
|
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she hath assayxd as much as may be provxdx xxx
|
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her pleading hath deservxd a greater feex
|
|
shexs lovex she lovesx and yet she is not lovxdx
|
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xfiex fiexx he saysx xyou crush mex let me gox
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you have no reason to withhold me soxx xxx
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xthou hadst been gonexx quoth shex xsweet boyx ere thisx
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but that thou toldxst me thou wouldst hunt the boarx
|
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oh be advisxdx thou knowxst not what it isx
|
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with javelinxs point a churlish swine to gorex xxx
|
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whose tushes never sheathxd he whetteth stillx
|
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like to a mortal butcherx bent to killx
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xon his bowxback he hath a battle set
|
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of bristly pikesx that ever threat his foesx xxx
|
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his eyes like glowxworms shine when he doth fretx
|
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his snout digs sepulchres wherexer he goesx
|
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being movxdx he strikes whatexer is in his wayx
|
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and whom he strikes his crooked tushes slayx xxx
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xhis brawny sidesx with hairy bristles armedx
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are better proof than thy spearxs point can enterx
|
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his short thick neck cannot be easily harmedx
|
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being irefulx on the lion he will venturex xxx
|
|
the thorny brambles and embracing bushesx
|
|
as fearful of himx partx through whom he rushesx
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xalasx he naught esteems that face of thinex
|
|
to which lovexs eyes pay tributary gazesx xxx
|
|
nor thy soft handsx sweet lipsx and crystal eynex
|
|
whose full perfection all the world amazesx
|
|
but having thee at vantagex wondrous dreadx
|
|
would root these beauties as he roots the meadx
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xoh let him keep his loathsome cabin stillx xxx
|
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beauty hath naught to do with such foul fiendsx
|
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come not within his danger by thy willx
|
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they that thrive wellx take counsel of their friendsx
|
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when thou didst name the boarx not to dissemblex
|
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i fearxd thy fortunex and my joints did tremblex
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xdidst thou not mark my facex was it not whitex
|
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sawxst thou not signs of fear lurk in mine eyex xxx
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grew i not faintx and fell i not downrightx
|
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within my bosomx whereon thou dost liex
|
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my boding heart pantsx beatsx and takes no restx
|
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but like an earthquakex shakes thee on my breastx
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xfor where love reignsx disturbing jealousy xxx
|
|
doth call himself affectionxs sentinelx
|
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gives false alarmsx suggesteth mutinyx
|
|
and in a peaceful hour doth cry xkillx killxx xxx
|
|
distempxring gentle love in his desirex
|
|
as air and water do abate the firex
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xthis sour informerx this batexbreeding spyx
|
|
this canker that eats up lovexs tender springx xxx
|
|
this carryxtalex dissentious jealousyx
|
|
that sometime true newsx sometime false doth bringx
|
|
knocks at my heartx and whispers in mine earx
|
|
that if i love theex i thy death should fearx xxx
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xand more than sox presenteth to mine eye
|
|
the picture of an angry chafing boarx
|
|
under whose sharp fangs on his back doth lie
|
|
an image like thyselfx all stainxd with gorex xxx
|
|
whose blood upon the fresh flowers being shedx
|
|
doth make them droop with grief and hang the headx
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xwhat should i dox seeing thee so indeedx
|
|
that tremble at thximaginationx xxx
|
|
the thought of it doth make my faint heart bleedx
|
|
and fear doth teach it divinationx
|
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i prophesy thy deathx my living sorrowx
|
|
if thou encounter with the boar tomorrowx xxx
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xbut if thou needs wilt huntx be rulxd by mex
|
|
uncouple at the timorous flying harex
|
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or at the fox which lives by subtiltyx
|
|
or at the roe which no encounter darex xxx
|
|
pursue these fearful creatures oxer the downsx
|
|
and on thy wellxbreathxd horse keep with thy houndsx
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xand when thou hast on foot the purblind harex
|
|
mark the poor wretchx to overshoot his troubles xxx
|
|
how he outruns the windx and with what care
|
|
he cranks and crosses with a thousand doublesx
|
|
the many musits through the which he goes
|
|
are like a labyrinth to amaze his foesx xxx
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xsometime he runs among a flock of sheepx
|
|
to make the cunning hounds mistake their smellx
|
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and sometime where earthxdelving conies keepx
|
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to stop the loud pursuers in their yellx xxx
|
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and sometime sorteth with a herd of deerx
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danger deviseth shiftsx wit waits on fearx
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xfor there his smell with others being mingledx xxx
|
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the hot scentxsnuffing hounds are driven to doubtx
|
|
ceasing their clamorous cryx till they have singled
|
|
with much ado the cold fault cleanly outx
|
|
then do they spend their mouthsx echo repliesx
|
|
as if another chase were in the skiesx xxx
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xby thisx poor watx far off upon a hillx
|
|
stands on his hinder legs with listxning earx
|
|
to hearken if his foes pursue him stillx
|
|
anon their loud alarums he doth hearx xxx
|
|
and now his grief may be compared well
|
|
to one sore sick that hears the passing bellx
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xthen shalt thou see the dewxbedabbled wretch
|
|
turnx and returnx indenting with the wayx xxx
|
|
each envious briar his weary legs do scratchx
|
|
each shadow makes him stopx each murmur stayx
|
|
for misery is trodden on by manyx
|
|
and being low never relievxd by anyx xxx
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|
xlie quietlyx and hear a little morex
|
|
nayx do not strugglex for thou shalt not risex
|
|
to make thee hate the hunting of the boarx
|
|
unlike myself thou hearxst me moralizex xxx
|
|
applying this to thatx and so to sox
|
|
for love can comment upon every woex
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xwhere did i leavexx xno matter wherexx quoth he
|
|
xleave mex and then the story aptly endsx xxx
|
|
the night is spentxx xwhyx what of thatxx quoth shex
|
|
xi amxx quoth hex xexpected of my friendsx
|
|
and now xtis darkx and going i shall fallxx
|
|
xin nightxx quoth shex xdesire sees best of allxx xxx
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|
but if thou fallx oh then imagine thisx
|
|
the earthx in love with theex thy footing tripsx
|
|
and all is but to rob thee of a kissx xxx
|
|
rich preys make true men thievesx so do thy lips
|
|
make modest dian cloudy and forlornx
|
|
lest she should steal a kiss and die forswornx
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|
xnow of this dark night i perceive the reasonx
|
|
cynthia for shame obscures her silver shine xxx
|
|
till forging nature be condemnxd of treasonx
|
|
for stealing moulds from heavenx that were divinex
|
|
wherein she framxd theex in high heavenxs despitex
|
|
to shame the sun by day and her by nightx xxx
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|
|
xand therefore hath she bribxd the destiniesx
|
|
to cross the curious workmanship of naturex
|
|
to mingle beauty with infirmitiesx
|
|
and pure perfection with impure defeaturex xxx
|
|
making it subject to the tyranny
|
|
of mad mischances and much miseryx
|
|
|
|
xas burning feversx agues pale and faintx
|
|
lifexpoisoning pestilence and frenzies woodx xxx
|
|
the marrowxeating sicknessx whose attaint
|
|
disorder breeds by heating of the bloodx
|
|
surfeitsx imposthumesx griefx and damnxd despairx
|
|
swear naturexs deathx for framing thee so fairx xxx
|
|
|
|
xand not the least of all these maladies
|
|
but in one minutexs fight brings beauty underx
|
|
both favourx savourx hue and qualitiesx
|
|
whereat thximpartial gazer late did wonderx xxx
|
|
are on the sudden wastedx thawxd and donex
|
|
as mountain snow melts with the midday sunx
|
|
|
|
xtherefore despite of fruitless chastityx
|
|
lovexlacking vestals and selfxloving nunsx xxx
|
|
that on the earth would breed a scarcity
|
|
and barren dearth of daughters and of sonsx
|
|
be prodigalx the lamp that burns by night
|
|
dries up his oil to lend the world his lightx xxx
|
|
|
|
xwhat is thy body but a swallowing gravex
|
|
seeming to bury that posterityx
|
|
which by the rights of time thou needs must havex
|
|
if thou destroy them not in dark obscurityx xxx
|
|
if sox the world will hold thee in disdainx
|
|
sith in thy pride so fair a hope is slainx
|
|
|
|
xso in thyself thyself art made awayx
|
|
a mischief worse than civil homexbred strifex xxx
|
|
or theirs whose desperate hands themselves do slayx
|
|
or butcher sire that reeves his son of lifex
|
|
foul cankxring rust the hidden treasure fretsx
|
|
but gold thatxs put to use more gold begetsxx xxx
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|
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xnay thenxx quoth adonx xyou will fall again
|
|
into your idle overxhandled themex
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the kiss i gave you is bestowxd in vainx
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and all in vain you strive against the streamx xxx
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for by this blackxfacxd nightx desirexs foul nursex
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your treatise makes me like you worse and worsex
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xif love have lent you twenty thousand tonguesx
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and every tongue more moving than your ownx xxx
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bewitching like the wanton mermaidxs songsx
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yet from mine ear the tempting tune is blownx
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for knowx my heart stands armed in mine earx
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and will not let a false sound enter therex xxx
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xlest the deceiving harmony should run
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into the quiet closure of my breastx
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and then my little heart were quite undonex
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in his bedchamber to be barrxd of restx xxx
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nox ladyx nox my heart longs not to groanx
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but soundly sleepsx while now it sleeps alonex
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xwhat have you urgxd that i cannot reprovex
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the path is smooth that leadeth on to dangerx xxx
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i hate not lovex but your device in love
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that lends embracements unto every strangerx
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you do it for increasex o strange excusex
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when reason is the bawd to lustxs abusex xxx
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xcall it notx lovex for love to heaven is fledx
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since sweating lust on earth usurpxd his namex
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under whose simple semblance he hath fed
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upon fresh beautyx blotting it with blamex xxx
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which the hot tyrant stains and soon bereavesx
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as caterpillars do the tender leavesx
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xlove comforteth like sunshine after rainx
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but lustxs effect is tempest after sunx xxx
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lovexs gentle spring doth always fresh remainx
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lustxs winter comes ere summer half be donex
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love surfeits notx lust like a glutton diesx
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love is all truthx lust full of forged liesx xxx
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xmore i could tellx but more i dare not sayx
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the text is oldx the orator too greenx
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thereforex in sadnessx now i will awayx
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my face is full of shamex my heart of teenx xxx
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mine earsx that to your wanton talk attended
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do burn themselves for having so offendedxx
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with this he breaketh from the sweet embrace xxx
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of those fair arms which bound him to her breastx
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and homeward through the dark laund runs apacex
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leaves love upon her back deeply distressxdx
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look how a bright star shooteth from the skyx
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so glides he in the night from venusx eyex xxx
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which after him she dartsx as one on shore
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gazing upon a late embarked friendx
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till the wild waves will have him seen no morex
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whose ridges with the meeting clouds contendx xxx
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so did the merciless and pitchy night
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fold in the object that did feed her sightx
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whereat amazxdx as one that unaware
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hath droppxd a precious jewel in the floodx xxx
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or xstonishxd as nightxwanderers often arex
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their light blown out in some mistrustful woodx
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even so confounded in the dark she layx
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having lost the fair discovery of her wayx xxx
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and now she beats her heartx whereat it groansx
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that all the neighbour cavesx as seeming troubledx
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make verbal repetition of her moansx
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passion on passion deeply is redoubledx xxx
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xay mexx she criesx and twenty timesx xwoex woexx
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and twenty echoes twenty times cry sox
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she marking themx begins a wailing notex
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and sings extemporally a woeful dittyx xxx
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how love makes young men thrallx and old men dotex
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how love is wise in folly foolish wittyx
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her heavy anthem still concludes in woex
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and still the choir of echoes answer sox xxx
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her song was tediousx and outwore the nightx
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for loversx hours are longx though seeming shortx
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if pleasxd themselvesx others they thinkx delight
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in such like circumstancex with such like sportx xxx
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their copious stories oftentimes begunx
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end without audiencex and are never donex
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for who hath she to spend the night withalx
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but idle sounds resembling parasitesx xxx
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like shrillxtonguxd tapsters answering every callx
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soothing the humour of fantastic witsx
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she saysx xxtis soxx they answer allx xxtis soxx
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and would say after herx if she said xnoxx xxx
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lo here the gentle larkx weary of restx
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from his moist cabinet mounts up on highx
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and wakes the morningx from whose silver breast
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the sun ariseth in his majestyx xxx
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who doth the world so gloriously beholdx
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that cedar tops and hills seem burnishxd goldx
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venus salutes him with this fair good morrowx
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xoh thou clear godx and patron of all lightx xxx
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from whom each lamp and shining star doth borrow
|
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the beauteous influence that makes him brightx
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there lives a son that suckxd an earthly motherx
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may lend thee lightx as thou dost lend to otherxx
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this saidx she hasteth to a myrtle grovex xxx
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musing the morning is so much oxerwornx
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and yet she hears no tidings of her lovex
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she hearkens for his hounds and for his hornx xxx
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anon she hears them chant it lustilyx
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and all in haste she coasteth to the cryx
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and as she runsx the bushes in the way
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some catch her by the neckx some kiss her facex xxx
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some twine about her thigh to make her stayx
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she wildly breaketh from their strict embracex
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like a milch doex whose swelling dugs do achex
|
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hasting to feed her fawn hid in some brakex xxx
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by this she hears the hounds are at a bayx
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whereat she starts like one that spies an adder
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wreathxd up in fatal folds just in his wayx
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the fear whereof doth make him shake and shudderx xxx
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even so the timorous yelping of the hounds
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appals her sensesx and her spirit confoundsx
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for now she knows it is no gentle chasex
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but the blunt boarx rough bearx or lion proudx xxx
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because the cry remaineth in one placex
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where fearfully the dogs exclaim aloudx
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finding their enemy to be so curstx
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they all strain courtxsy who shall cope him firstx xxx
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this dismal cry rings sadly in her earx
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through which it enters to surprise her heartx
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who overcome by doubt and bloodless fearx
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with coldxpale weakness numbs each feeling partx xxx
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like soldiers when their captain once doth yieldx
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they basely fly and dare not stay the fieldx
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thus stands she in a trembling ecstasyx
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till cheering up her senses sore dismayxdx xxx
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she tells them xtis a causeless fantasyx
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and childish errorx that they are afraidx
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bids them leave quakingx bids them fear no morex
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and with that wordx she spied the hunted boarx xxx
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whose frothy mouth bepainted all with redx
|
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like milk and blood being mingled both togetherx
|
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a second fear through all her sinews spreadx
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which madly hurries her she knows not whitherx xxx
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this way she runsx and now she will no furtherx
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but back retiresx to rate the boar for murtherx
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a thousand spleens bear her a thousand waysx
|
|
she treads the path that she untreads againx xxx
|
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her more than haste is mated with delaysx
|
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like the proceedings of a drunken brainx
|
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full of respectsx yet naught at all respectingx
|
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in hand with all thingsx naught at all effectingx
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here kennelxd in a brake she finds a houndx xxx
|
|
and asks the weary caitiff for his masterx
|
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and there another licking of his woundx
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|
xgainst venomxd sores the only sovereign plasterx xxx
|
|
and here she meets another sadly scowlingx
|
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to whom she speaksx and he replies with howlingx
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when he hath ceasxd his illxresounding noisex
|
|
another flapxmouthxd mournerx black and grimx xxx
|
|
against the welkin volleys out his voicex
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another and another answer himx
|
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clapping their proud tails to the ground belowx
|
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shaking their scratchxd earsx bleeding as they gox
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look how the worldxs poor people are amazed xxx
|
|
at apparitionsx signsx and prodigiesx
|
|
whereon with fearful eyes they long have gazedx
|
|
infusing them with dreadful propheciesx xxx
|
|
so she at these sad sighs draws up her breathx
|
|
and sighing it againx exclaims on deathx
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xhardxfavourxd tyrantx uglyx meagrex leanx xxx
|
|
hateful divorce of lovexx thus chides she deathx
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xgrimxgrinning ghostx earthxs wormx what dost thou meanx
|
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to stifle beauty and to steal his breathx
|
|
who when he livxdx his breath and beauty set
|
|
gloss on the rosex smell to the violetx xxx
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xif he be deadx o nox it cannot bex
|
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seeing his beautyx thou shouldst strike at itx
|
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o yesx it mayx thou hast no eyes to seex
|
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but hatefully at random dost thou hitx xxx
|
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thy mark is feeble agex but thy false dart
|
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mistakes that aimx and cleaves an infantxs heartx
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xhadst thou but bid bewarex then he had spokex
|
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and hearing himx thy power had lost his powerx xxx
|
|
the destinies will curse thee for this strokex
|
|
they bid thee crop a weedx thou pluckxst a flowerx
|
|
lovexs golden arrow at him should have fledx
|
|
and not deathxs ebon dart to strike him deadx xxx
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xdost thou drink tearsx that thou provokxst such weepingx
|
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what may a heavy groan advantage theex
|
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why hast thou cast into eternal sleeping
|
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those eyes that taught all other eyes to seex xxx
|
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now nature cares not for thy mortal vigourx
|
|
since her best work is ruinxd with thy rigourxx
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here overcomex as one full of despairx
|
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she vailxd her eyelidsx who like sluices stoppxd xxx
|
|
the crystal tide that from her two cheeks fair
|
|
in the sweet channel of her bosom droppxd
|
|
but through the floodxgates breaks the silver rainx
|
|
and with his strong course opens them againx xxx
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o how her eyes and tears did lend and borrowx
|
|
her eyes seen in the tearsx tears in her eyex
|
|
both crystalsx where they viewxd each otherxs sorrowx
|
|
sorrow that friendly sighs sought still to dryx xxx
|
|
but like a stormy dayx now windx now rainx
|
|
sighs dry her cheeksx tears make them wet againx
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|
|
variable passions throng her constant woex
|
|
as striving who should best become her griefx xxx
|
|
all entertainxdx each passion labours sox
|
|
that every present sorrow seemeth chiefx
|
|
but none is bestx then join they all togetherx
|
|
like many clouds consulting for foul weatherx xxx
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by thisx far off she hears some huntsman hollax
|
|
a nursexs song nexer pleasxd her babe so wellx
|
|
the dire imagination she did follow
|
|
this sound of hope doth labour to expelx xxx
|
|
for now reviving joy bids her rejoicex
|
|
and flatters her it is adonisx voicex
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|
|
whereat her tears began to turn their tidex
|
|
being prisonxd in her eyex like pearls in glassx xxx
|
|
yet sometimes falls an orient drop besidex
|
|
which her cheek meltsx as scorning it should pass
|
|
to wash the foul face of the sluttish groundx
|
|
who is but drunken when she seemeth drownxdx
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|
|
o hardxbelieving lovex how strange it seems xxx
|
|
not to believex and yet too credulousx
|
|
thy weal and woe are both of them extremesx
|
|
despair and hope make thee ridiculousx xxx
|
|
the one doth flatter thee in thoughts unlikelyx
|
|
in likely thoughts the other kills thee quicklyx
|
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|
|
now she unweaves the web that she hath wroughtx
|
|
adonis livesx and death is not to blamex xxx
|
|
it was not she that callxd him all to naughtx
|
|
now she adds honours to his hateful namex
|
|
she clepes him king of gravesx and grave for kingsx
|
|
imperious supreme of all mortal thingsx xxx
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xnox noxx quoth shex xsweet deathx i did but jestx
|
|
yet pardon mex i felt a kind of fear
|
|
whenas i met the boarx that bloody beastx
|
|
which knows no pityx but is still severex xxxx
|
|
thenx gentle shadowxxtruth i must confessx
|
|
i railxd on theex fearing my lovexs deceasex
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xxtis not my faultx the boar provokxd my tonguex
|
|
be wreakxd on himx invisible commanderx xxxx
|
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xtis hex foul creaturex that hath done thee wrongx
|
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i did but actx hexs author of my slanderx
|
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grief hath two tonguesx and never woman yetx
|
|
could rule them bothx without ten womenxs witxx
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|
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thus hoping that adonis is alivex xxxx
|
|
her rash suspect she doth extenuatex
|
|
and that his beauty may the better thrivex
|
|
with death she humbly doth insinuatex xxxx
|
|
tells him of trophiesx statuesx tombs and stories
|
|
his victoriesx his triumphs and his gloriesx
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|
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xo lovexx quoth shex xhow much a fool was ix
|
|
to be of such a weak and silly mindx xxxx
|
|
to wail his death who livesx and must not die
|
|
till mutual overthrow of mortal kindx
|
|
for he being deadx with him is beauty slainx
|
|
and beauty deadx black chaos comes againx xxxx
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xfiex fiex fond lovex thou art as full of fear
|
|
as one with treasure ladenx hemmxd with thievesx
|
|
trifles unwitnessed with eye or earx
|
|
thy coward heart with false bethinking grievesxx xxxx
|
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even at this word she hears a merry hornx
|
|
whereat she leaps that was but late forlornx
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|
|
|
as falcon to the lurex away she fliesx
|
|
the grass stoops notx she treads on it so lightx xxxx
|
|
and in her haste unfortunately spies
|
|
the foul boarxs conquest on her fair delightx
|
|
which seenx her eyesx as murderxd with the viewx
|
|
like stars ashamxd of dayx themselves withdrewx
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|
|
|
or as the snailx whose tender horns being hitx xxxx
|
|
shrinks backwards in his shelly cave with painx
|
|
and there all smotherxd upx in shade doth sitx
|
|
long after fearing to creep forth againx xxxx
|
|
so at his bloody view her eyes are fled
|
|
into the deep dark cabins of her headx
|
|
|
|
where they resign their office and their light
|
|
to the disposing of her troubled brainx xxxx
|
|
who bids them still consort with ugly nightx
|
|
and never wound the heart with looks againx
|
|
who like a king perplexed in his thronex
|
|
by their suggestion gives a deadly groanx xxxx
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|
|
|
whereat each tributary subject quakesx
|
|
as when the wind imprisonxd in the groundx
|
|
struggling for passagex earthxs foundation shakesx
|
|
which with cold terror doth menxs minds confoundx
|
|
this mutiny each part doth so surprise xxxx
|
|
that from their dark beds once more leap her eyesx
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|
|
and being openxdx threw unwilling light
|
|
upon the wide wound that the boar had trenchxd
|
|
in his soft flankx whose wonted lily white xxxx
|
|
with purple tears that his wound weptx was drenchxdx
|
|
no flower was nighx no grassx herbx leaf or weedx
|
|
but stole his blood and seemxd with him to bleedx
|
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|
|
this solemn sympathy poor venus notethx xxxx
|
|
over one shoulder doth she hang her headx
|
|
dumbly she passionsx franticly she dotethx
|
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she thinks he could not diex he is not deadx xxxx
|
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her voice is stoppxdx her joints forget to bowx
|
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her eyes are madx that they have wept till nowx
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|
|
upon his hurt she looks so steadfastlyx
|
|
that her sight dazzling makes the wound seem threex
|
|
and then she reprehends her mangling eyex xxxx
|
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that makes more gashesx where no breach should bex
|
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his face seems twainx each several limb is doubledx
|
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for oft the eye mistakesx the brain being troubledx
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|
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xmy tongue cannot express my grief for onex xxxx
|
|
and yetxx quoth shex xbehold two adons deadx
|
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my sighs are blown awayx my salt tears gonex
|
|
mine eyes are turnxd to firex my heart to leadx xxxx
|
|
heavy heartxs leadx melt at mine eyesx red firex
|
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so shall i die by drops of hot desirex
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xalas poor worldx what treasure hast thou lostx
|
|
what face remains alive thatxs worth the viewingx
|
|
whose tongue is music nowx what canst thou boast
|
|
of things long sincex or anything ensuingx xxxx
|
|
the flowers are sweetx their colours fresh and trimx
|
|
but true sweet beauty livxd and died with himx
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|
|
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xbonnet nor veil henceforth no creature wearx xxxx
|
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nor sun nor wind will ever strive to kiss youx
|
|
having no fair to losex you need not fearx
|
|
the sun doth scorn youx and the wind doth hiss youx
|
|
but when adonis livxdx sun and sharp air xxxx
|
|
lurkxd like two thievesx to rob him of his fairx
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xand therefore would he put his bonnet onx
|
|
under whose brim the gaudy sun would peepx xxxx
|
|
the wind would blow it offx and being gonex
|
|
play with his locksx then would adonis weepx
|
|
and straightx in pity of his tender yearsx
|
|
they both would strive who first should dry his tearsx
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|
|
xto see his face the lion walkxd along xxxx
|
|
behind some hedgex because he would not fear himx
|
|
to recreate himself when he hath sungx
|
|
the tiger would be tame and gently hear himx xxxx
|
|
if he had spokex the wolf would leave his preyx
|
|
and never fright the silly lamb that dayx
|
|
|
|
xwhen he beheld his shadow in the brookx
|
|
the fishes spread on it their golden gillsx xxxx
|
|
when he was byx the birds such pleasure tookx
|
|
that some would singx some other in their bills
|
|
would bring him mulberries and ripexred cherriesx
|
|
he fed them with his sightx they him with berriesx
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|
|
xbut this foulx grimx and urchinxsnouted boarx xxxx
|
|
whose downward eye still looketh for a gravex
|
|
nexer saw the beauteous livery that he worex
|
|
witness the entertainment that he gavex xxxx
|
|
if he did see his facex why then i know
|
|
he thought to kiss himx and hath killxd him sox
|
|
|
|
xxtis truex xtis truex thus was adonis slainx
|
|
he ran upon the boar with his sharp spearx xxxx
|
|
who did not whet his teeth at him againx
|
|
but by a kiss thought to persuade him therex
|
|
and nuzzling in his flankx the loving swine
|
|
sheathxd unaware the tusk in his soft groinx xxxx
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|
|
|
xhad i been toothxd like himx i must confessx
|
|
with kissing him i should have killxd him firstx
|
|
but he is deadx and never did he bless
|
|
my youth with hisx the more am i accurstxx xxxx
|
|
with this she falleth in the place she stoodx
|
|
and stains her face with his congealed bloodx
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|
|
|
she looks upon his lipsx and they are palex
|
|
she takes him by the handx and that is coldx xxxx
|
|
she whispers in his ears a heavy talex
|
|
as if they heard the woeful words she toldx
|
|
she lifts the cofferxlids that close his eyesx
|
|
where lox two lamps burnt out in darkness liesx
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|
|
|
two glasses where herself herself beheld xxxx
|
|
a thousand timesx and now no more reflectx
|
|
their virtue lostx wherein they late excellxdx
|
|
and every beauty robbxd of his effectx xxxx
|
|
xwonder of timexx quoth shex xthis is my spitex
|
|
that thou being deadx the day should yet be lightx
|
|
|
|
xsince thou art deadx lo here i prophesyx
|
|
sorrow on love hereafter shall attendx xxxx
|
|
it shall be waited on with jealousyx
|
|
find sweet beginningx but unsavoury endx
|
|
nexer settled equallyx but high or lowx
|
|
that all lovexs pleasure shall not match his woex
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|
|
|
xit shall be ficklex false and full of fraudx xxxx
|
|
budx and be blasted in a breathing whilex
|
|
the bottom poisonx and the top oxerstrawxd
|
|
with sweets that shall the truest sight beguilex xxxx
|
|
the strongest body shall it make most weakx
|
|
strike the wise dumbx and teach the fool to speakx
|
|
|
|
xit shall be sparingx and too full of riotx
|
|
teaching decrepit age to tread the measuresx xxxx
|
|
the staring ruffian shall it keep in quietx
|
|
pluck down the richx enrich the poor with treasuresx
|
|
it shall be raging madx and silly mildx
|
|
make the young oldx the old become a childx xxxx
|
|
|
|
xit shall suspect where is no cause of fearx
|
|
it shall not fear where it should most mistrustx
|
|
it shall be mercifulx and too severex
|
|
and most deceiving when it seems most justx xxxx
|
|
perverse it shall bex where it shows most towardx
|
|
put fear to valourx courage to the cowardx
|
|
|
|
xit shall be cause of war and dire eventsx
|
|
and set dissension xtwixt the son and sirex xxxx
|
|
subject and servile to all discontentsx
|
|
as dry combustious matter is to firex
|
|
sith in his prime death doth my love destroyx
|
|
they that love best their love shall not enjoyxx xxxx
|
|
|
|
by this the boy that by her side lay killxd
|
|
was melted like a vapour from her sightx
|
|
and in his blood that on the ground lay spillxdx
|
|
a purple flower sprung upx chequerxd with whitex xxxx
|
|
resembling well his pale cheeksx and the blood
|
|
which in round drops upon their whiteness stoodx
|
|
|
|
she bows her headx the newxsprung flower to smellx
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