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| <H3>SCENE I. A hall In ANGELO's house.</h3> | |
| <p><blockquote> | |
| <i>Enter ANGELO, ESCALUS, and a Justice, Provost, Officers, and other Attendants, behind</i> | |
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| <A NAME=speech1><b>ANGELO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=1>We must not make a scarecrow of the law,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=2>Setting it up to fear the birds of prey,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=3>And let it keep one shape, till custom make it</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=4>Their perch and not their terror.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech2><b>ESCALUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=5>Ay, but yet</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=6>Let us be keen, and rather cut a little,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=7>Than fall, and bruise to death. Alas, this gentleman</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=8>Whom I would save, had a most noble father!</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=9>Let but your honour know,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=10>Whom I believe to be most strait in virtue,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=11>That, in the working of your own affections,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=12>Had time cohered with place or place with wishing,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=13>Or that the resolute acting of your blood</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=14>Could have attain'd the effect of your own purpose,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=15>Whether you had not sometime in your life</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=16>Err'd in this point which now you censure him,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=17>And pull'd the law upon you.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech3><b>ANGELO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=18>'Tis one thing to be tempted, Escalus,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=19>Another thing to fall. I not deny,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=20>The jury, passing on the prisoner's life,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=21>May in the sworn twelve have a thief or two</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=22>Guiltier than him they try. What's open made to justice,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=23>That justice seizes: what know the laws</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=24>That thieves do pass on thieves? 'Tis very pregnant,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=25>The jewel that we find, we stoop and take't</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=26>Because we see it; but what we do not see</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=27>We tread upon, and never think of it.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=28>You may not so extenuate his offence</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=29>For I have had such faults; but rather tell me,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=30>When I, that censure him, do so offend,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=31>Let mine own judgment pattern out my death,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=32>And nothing come in partial. Sir, he must die.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech4><b>ESCALUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=33>Be it as your wisdom will.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech5><b>ANGELO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=34>Where is the provost?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech6><b>Provost</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=35>Here, if it like your honour.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech7><b>ANGELO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=36>See that Claudio</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=37>Be executed by nine to-morrow morning:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=38>Bring him his confessor, let him be prepared;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=39>For that's the utmost of his pilgrimage.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Exit Provost</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech8><b>ESCALUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=40>[Aside] Well, heaven forgive him! and forgive us all!</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=41>Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=42>Some run from brakes of ice, and answer none:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=43>And some condemned for a fault alone.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Enter ELBOW, and Officers with FROTH and POMPEY</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech9><b>ELBOW</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=44>Come, bring them away: if these be good people in</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=45>a commonweal that do nothing but use their abuses in</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=46>common houses, I know no law: bring them away.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech10><b>ANGELO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=47>How now, sir! What's your name? and what's the matter?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech11><b>ELBOW</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=48>If it Please your honour, I am the poor duke's</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=49>constable, and my name is Elbow: I do lean upon</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=50>justice, sir, and do bring in here before your good</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=51>honour two notorious benefactors.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech12><b>ANGELO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=52>Benefactors? Well; what benefactors are they? are</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=53>they not malefactors?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech13><b>ELBOW</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=54>If it? please your honour, I know not well what they</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=55>are: but precise villains they are, that I am sure</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=56>of; and void of all profanation in the world that</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=57>good Christians ought to have.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech14><b>ESCALUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=58>This comes off well; here's a wise officer.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech15><b>ANGELO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=59>Go to: what quality are they of? Elbow is your</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=60>name? why dost thou not speak, Elbow?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech16><b>POMPEY</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=61>He cannot, sir; he's out at elbow.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech17><b>ANGELO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=62>What are you, sir?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech18><b>ELBOW</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=63>He, sir! a tapster, sir; parcel-bawd; one that</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=64>serves a bad woman; whose house, sir, was, as they</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=65>say, plucked down in the suburbs; and now she</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=66>professes a hot-house, which, I think, is a very ill house too.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech19><b>ESCALUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=67>How know you that?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech20><b>ELBOW</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=68>My wife, sir, whom I detest before heaven and your honour,--</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech21><b>ESCALUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=69>How? thy wife?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech22><b>ELBOW</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=70>Ay, sir; whom, I thank heaven, is an honest woman,--</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech23><b>ESCALUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=71>Dost thou detest her therefore?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech24><b>ELBOW</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=72>I say, sir, I will detest myself also, as well as</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=73>she, that this house, if it be not a bawd's house,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=74>it is pity of her life, for it is a naughty house.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech25><b>ESCALUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=75>How dost thou know that, constable?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech26><b>ELBOW</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=76>Marry, sir, by my wife; who, if she had been a woman</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=77>cardinally given, might have been accused in</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=78>fornication, adultery, and all uncleanliness there.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech27><b>ESCALUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=79>By the woman's means?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech28><b>ELBOW</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=80>Ay, sir, by Mistress Overdone's means: but as she</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=81>spit in his face, so she defied him.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech29><b>POMPEY</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=82>Sir, if it please your honour, this is not so.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech30><b>ELBOW</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=83>Prove it before these varlets here, thou honourable</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=84>man; prove it.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech31><b>ESCALUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=85>Do you hear how he misplaces?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech32><b>POMPEY</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=86>Sir, she came in great with child; and longing,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=87>saving your honour's reverence, for stewed prunes;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=88>sir, we had but two in the house, which at that very</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=89>distant time stood, as it were, in a fruit-dish, a</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=90>dish of some three-pence; your honours have seen</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=91>such dishes; they are not China dishes, but very</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=92>good dishes,--</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech33><b>ESCALUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=93>Go to, go to: no matter for the dish, sir.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech34><b>POMPEY</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=94>No, indeed, sir, not of a pin; you are therein in</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=95>the right: but to the point. As I say, this</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=96>Mistress Elbow, being, as I say, with child, and</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=97>being great-bellied, and longing, as I said, for</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=98>prunes; and having but two in the dish, as I said,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=99>Master Froth here, this very man, having eaten the</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=100>rest, as I said, and, as I say, paying for them very</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=101>honestly; for, as you know, Master Froth, I could</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=102>not give you three-pence again.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech35><b>FROTH</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=103>No, indeed.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech36><b>POMPEY</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=104>Very well: you being then, if you be remembered,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=105>cracking the stones of the foresaid prunes,--</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech37><b>FROTH</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=106>Ay, so I did indeed.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech38><b>POMPEY</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=107>Why, very well; I telling you then, if you be</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=108>remembered, that such a one and such a one were past</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=109>cure of the thing you wot of, unless they kept very</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=110>good diet, as I told you,--</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech39><b>FROTH</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=111>All this is true.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech40><b>POMPEY</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=112>Why, very well, then,--</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech41><b>ESCALUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=113>Come, you are a tedious fool: to the purpose. What</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=114>was done to Elbow's wife, that he hath cause to</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=115>complain of? Come me to what was done to her.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech42><b>POMPEY</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=116>Sir, your honour cannot come to that yet.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech43><b>ESCALUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=117>No, sir, nor I mean it not.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech44><b>POMPEY</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=118>Sir, but you shall come to it, by your honour's</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=119>leave. And, I beseech you, look into Master Froth</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=120>here, sir; a man of four-score pound a year; whose</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=121>father died at Hallowmas: was't not at Hallowmas,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=122>Master Froth?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech45><b>FROTH</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=123>All-hallond eve.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech46><b>POMPEY</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=124>Why, very well; I hope here be truths. He, sir,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=125>sitting, as I say, in a lower chair, sir; 'twas in</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=126>the Bunch of Grapes, where indeed you have a delight</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=127>to sit, have you not?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech47><b>FROTH</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=128>I have so; because it is an open room and good for winter.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech48><b>POMPEY</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=129>Why, very well, then; I hope here be truths.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech49><b>ANGELO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=130>This will last out a night in Russia,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=131>When nights are longest there: I'll take my leave.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=132>And leave you to the hearing of the cause;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=133>Hoping you'll find good cause to whip them all.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech50><b>ESCALUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=134>I think no less. Good morrow to your lordship.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Exit ANGELO</i></p> | |
| <A NAME=135>Now, sir, come on: what was done to Elbow's wife, once more?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech51><b>POMPEY</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=136>Once, sir? there was nothing done to her once.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech52><b>ELBOW</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=137>I beseech you, sir, ask him what this man did to my wife.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech53><b>POMPEY</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=138>I beseech your honour, ask me.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech54><b>ESCALUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=139>Well, sir; what did this gentleman to her?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech55><b>POMPEY</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=140>I beseech you, sir, look in this gentleman's face.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=141>Good Master Froth, look upon his honour; 'tis for a</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=142>good purpose. Doth your honour mark his face?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech56><b>ESCALUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=143>Ay, sir, very well.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech57><b>POMPEY</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=144>Nay; I beseech you, mark it well.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech58><b>ESCALUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=145>Well, I do so.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech59><b>POMPEY</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=146>Doth your honour see any harm in his face?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech60><b>ESCALUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=147>Why, no.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech61><b>POMPEY</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=148>I'll be supposed upon a book, his face is the worst</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=149>thing about him. Good, then; if his face be the</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=150>worst thing about him, how could Master Froth do the</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=151>constable's wife any harm? I would know that of</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=152>your honour.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech62><b>ESCALUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=153>He's in the right. Constable, what say you to it?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech63><b>ELBOW</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=154>First, an it like you, the house is a respected</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=155>house; next, this is a respected fellow; and his</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=156>mistress is a respected woman.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech64><b>POMPEY</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=157>By this hand, sir, his wife is a more respected</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=158>person than any of us all.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech65><b>ELBOW</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=159>Varlet, thou liest; thou liest, wicked varlet! the</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=160>time has yet to come that she was ever respected</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=161>with man, woman, or child.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech66><b>POMPEY</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=162>Sir, she was respected with him before he married with her.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech67><b>ESCALUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=163>Which is the wiser here? Justice or Iniquity? Is</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=164>this true?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech68><b>ELBOW</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=165>O thou caitiff! O thou varlet! O thou wicked</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=166>Hannibal! I respected with her before I was married</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=167>to her! If ever I was respected with her, or she</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=168>with me, let not your worship think me the poor</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=169>duke's officer. Prove this, thou wicked Hannibal, or</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=170>I'll have mine action of battery on thee.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech69><b>ESCALUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=171>If he took you a box o' the ear, you might have your</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=172>action of slander too.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech70><b>ELBOW</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=173>Marry, I thank your good worship for it. What is't</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=174>your worship's pleasure I shall do with this wicked caitiff?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech71><b>ESCALUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=175>Truly, officer, because he hath some offences in him</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=176>that thou wouldst discover if thou couldst, let him</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=177>continue in his courses till thou knowest what they</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=178>are.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech72><b>ELBOW</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=179>Marry, I thank your worship for it. Thou seest, thou</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=180>wicked varlet, now, what's come upon thee: thou art</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=181>to continue now, thou varlet; thou art to continue.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech73><b>ESCALUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=182>Where were you born, friend?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech74><b>FROTH</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=183>Here in Vienna, sir.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech75><b>ESCALUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=184>Are you of fourscore pounds a year?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech76><b>FROTH</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=185>Yes, an't please you, sir.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech77><b>ESCALUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=186>So. What trade are you of, sir?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech78><b>POMPHEY</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=187>Tapster; a poor widow's tapster.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech79><b>ESCALUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=188>Your mistress' name?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech80><b>POMPHEY</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=189>Mistress Overdone.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech81><b>ESCALUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=190>Hath she had any more than one husband?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech82><b>POMPEY</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=191>Nine, sir; Overdone by the last.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech83><b>ESCALUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=192>Nine! Come hither to me, Master Froth. Master</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=193>Froth, I would not have you acquainted with</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=194>tapsters: they will draw you, Master Froth, and you</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=195>will hang them. Get you gone, and let me hear no</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=196>more of you.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech84><b>FROTH</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=197>I thank your worship. For mine own part, I never</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=198>come into any room in a tap-house, but I am drawn</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=199>in.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech85><b>ESCALUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=200>Well, no more of it, Master Froth: farewell.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Exit FROTH</i></p> | |
| <A NAME=201>Come you hither to me, Master tapster. What's your</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=202>name, Master tapster?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech86><b>POMPEY</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=203>Pompey.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech87><b>ESCALUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=204>What else?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech88><b>POMPEY</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=205>Bum, sir.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech89><b>ESCALUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=206>Troth, and your bum is the greatest thing about you;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=207>so that in the beastliest sense you are Pompey the</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=208>Great. Pompey, you are partly a bawd, Pompey,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=209>howsoever you colour it in being a tapster, are you</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=210>not? come, tell me true: it shall be the better for you.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech90><b>POMPEY</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=211>Truly, sir, I am a poor fellow that would live.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech91><b>ESCALUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=212>How would you live, Pompey? by being a bawd? What</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=213>do you think of the trade, Pompey? is it a lawful trade?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech92><b>POMPEY</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=214>If the law would allow it, sir.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech93><b>ESCALUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=215>But the law will not allow it, Pompey; nor it shall</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=216>not be allowed in Vienna.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech94><b>POMPEY</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=217>Does your worship mean to geld and splay all the</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=218>youth of the city?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech95><b>ESCALUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=219>No, Pompey.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech96><b>POMPEY</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=220>Truly, sir, in my poor opinion, they will to't then.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=221>If your worship will take order for the drabs and</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=222>the knaves, you need not to fear the bawds.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech97><b>ESCALUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=223>There are pretty orders beginning, I can tell you:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=224>it is but heading and hanging.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech98><b>POMPEY</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=225>If you head and hang all that offend that way but</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=226>for ten year together, you'll be glad to give out a</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=227>commission for more heads: if this law hold in</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=228>Vienna ten year, I'll rent the fairest house in it</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=229>after three-pence a bay: if you live to see this</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=230>come to pass, say Pompey told you so.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech99><b>ESCALUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=231>Thank you, good Pompey; and, in requital of your</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=232>prophecy, hark you: I advise you, let me not find</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=233>you before me again upon any complaint whatsoever;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=234>no, not for dwelling where you do: if I do, Pompey,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=235>I shall beat you to your tent, and prove a shrewd</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=236>Caesar to you; in plain dealing, Pompey, I shall</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=237>have you whipt: so, for this time, Pompey, fare you well.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech100><b>POMPEY</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=238>I thank your worship for your good counsel:</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Aside</i></p> | |
| <A NAME=239>but I shall follow it as the flesh and fortune shall</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=240>better determine.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=241>Whip me? No, no; let carman whip his jade:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=242>The valiant heart is not whipt out of his trade.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Exit</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech101><b>ESCALUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=243>Come hither to me, Master Elbow; come hither, Master</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=244>constable. How long have you been in this place of constable?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech102><b>ELBOW</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=245>Seven year and a half, sir.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech103><b>ESCALUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=246>I thought, by your readiness in the office, you had</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=247>continued in it some time. You say, seven years together?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech104><b>ELBOW</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=248>And a half, sir.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech105><b>ESCALUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=249>Alas, it hath been great pains to you. They do you</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=250>wrong to put you so oft upon 't: are there not men</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=251>in your ward sufficient to serve it?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech106><b>ELBOW</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=252>Faith, sir, few of any wit in such matters: as they</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=253>are chosen, they are glad to choose me for them; I</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=254>do it for some piece of money, and go through with</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=255>all.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech107><b>ESCALUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=256>Look you bring me in the names of some six or seven,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=257>the most sufficient of your parish.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech108><b>ELBOW</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=258>To your worship's house, sir?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech109><b>ESCALUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=259>To my house. Fare you well.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Exit ELBOW</i></p> | |
| <A NAME=260>What's o'clock, think you?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech110><b>Justice</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=261>Eleven, sir.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech111><b>ESCALUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=262>I pray you home to dinner with me.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech112><b>Justice</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=263>I humbly thank you.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech113><b>ESCALUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=264>It grieves me for the death of Claudio;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=265>But there's no remedy.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech114><b>Justice</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=266>Lord Angelo is severe.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech115><b>ESCALUS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=267>It is but needful:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=268>Mercy is not itself, that oft looks so;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=269>Pardon is still the nurse of second woe:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=270>But yet,--poor Claudio! There is no remedy.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=271>Come, sir.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Exeunt</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
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