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| <H3>SCENE II. Another room in the same.</h3> | |
| <p><blockquote> | |
| <i>Enter Provost and a Servant</i> | |
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| <A NAME=speech1><b>Servant</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=1>He's hearing of a cause; he will come straight</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=2>I'll tell him of you.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech2><b>Provost</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=3>Pray you, do.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Exit Servant</i></p> | |
| <A NAME=4>I'll know</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=5>His pleasure; may be he will relent. Alas,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=6>He hath but as offended in a dream!</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=7>All sects, all ages smack of this vice; and he</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=8>To die for't!</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Enter ANGELO</i></p> | |
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| <A NAME=speech3><b>ANGELO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=9> Now, what's the matter. Provost?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech4><b>Provost</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=10>Is it your will Claudio shall die tomorrow?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech5><b>ANGELO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=11>Did not I tell thee yea? hadst thou not order?</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=12>Why dost thou ask again?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech6><b>Provost</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=13>Lest I might be too rash:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=14>Under your good correction, I have seen,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=15>When, after execution, judgment hath</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=16>Repented o'er his doom.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech7><b>ANGELO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=17>Go to; let that be mine:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=18>Do you your office, or give up your place,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=19>And you shall well be spared.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech8><b>Provost</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=20>I crave your honour's pardon.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=21>What shall be done, sir, with the groaning Juliet?</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=22>She's very near her hour.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech9><b>ANGELO</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=23>Dispose of her</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=24>To some more fitter place, and that with speed.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Re-enter Servant</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech10><b>Servant</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=25>Here is the sister of the man condemn'd</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=26>Desires access to you.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech11><b>ANGELO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=27>Hath he a sister?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech12><b>Provost</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=28>Ay, my good lord; a very virtuous maid,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=29>And to be shortly of a sisterhood,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=30>If not already.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech13><b>ANGELO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=31> Well, let her be admitted.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Exit Servant</i></p> | |
| <A NAME=32>See you the fornicatress be removed:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=33>Let have needful, but not lavish, means;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=34>There shall be order for't.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Enter ISABELLA and LUCIO</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech14><b>Provost</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=35>God save your honour!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech15><b>ANGELO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=36>Stay a little while.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>To ISABELLA</i></p> | |
| <A NAME=37>You're welcome: what's your will?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech16><b>ISABELLA</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=38>I am a woeful suitor to your honour,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=39>Please but your honour hear me.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech17><b>ANGELO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=40>Well; what's your suit?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech18><b>ISABELLA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=41>There is a vice that most I do abhor,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=42>And most desire should meet the blow of justice;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=43>For which I would not plead, but that I must;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=44>For which I must not plead, but that I am</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=45>At war 'twixt will and will not.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech19><b>ANGELO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=46>Well; the matter?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech20><b>ISABELLA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=47>I have a brother is condemn'd to die:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=48>I do beseech you, let it be his fault,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=49>And not my brother.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech21><b>Provost</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=50>[Aside] Heaven give thee moving graces!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech22><b>ANGELO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=51>Condemn the fault and not the actor of it?</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=52>Why, every fault's condemn'd ere it be done:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=53>Mine were the very cipher of a function,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=54>To fine the faults whose fine stands in record,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=55>And let go by the actor.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech23><b>ISABELLA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=56>O just but severe law!</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=57>I had a brother, then. Heaven keep your honour!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech24><b>LUCIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=58>[Aside to ISABELLA] Give't not o'er so: to him</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=59>again, entreat him;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=60>Kneel down before him, hang upon his gown:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=61>You are too cold; if you should need a pin,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=62>You could not with more tame a tongue desire it:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=63>To him, I say!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech25><b>ISABELLA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=64>Must he needs die?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech26><b>ANGELO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=65> Maiden, no remedy.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech27><b>ISABELLA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=66>Yes; I do think that you might pardon him,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=67>And neither heaven nor man grieve at the mercy.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech28><b>ANGELO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=68>I will not do't.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech29><b>ISABELLA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=69> But can you, if you would?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech30><b>ANGELO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=70>Look, what I will not, that I cannot do.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech31><b>ISABELLA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=71>But might you do't, and do the world no wrong,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=72>If so your heart were touch'd with that remorse</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=73>A s mine is to him?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech32><b>ANGELO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=74> He's sentenced; 'tis too late.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech33><b>LUCIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=75>[Aside to ISABELLA] You are too cold.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech34><b>ISABELLA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=76>Too late? why, no; I, that do speak a word.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=77>May call it back again. Well, believe this,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=78>No ceremony that to great ones 'longs,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=79>Not the king's crown, nor the deputed sword,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=80>The marshal's truncheon, nor the judge's robe,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=81>Become them with one half so good a grace</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=82>As mercy does.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=83>If he had been as you and you as he,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=84>You would have slipt like him; but he, like you,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=85>Would not have been so stern.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech35><b>ANGELO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=86>Pray you, be gone.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech36><b>ISABELLA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=87>I would to heaven I had your potency,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=88>And you were Isabel! should it then be thus?</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=89>No; I would tell what 'twere to be a judge,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=90>And what a prisoner.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech37><b>LUCIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=91>[Aside to ISABELLA]</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=92>Ay, touch him; there's the vein.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech38><b>ANGELO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=93>Your brother is a forfeit of the law,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=94>And you but waste your words.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech39><b>ISABELLA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=95>Alas, alas!</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=96>Why, all the souls that were were forfeit once;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=97>And He that might the vantage best have took</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=98>Found out the remedy. How would you be,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=99>If He, which is the top of judgment, should</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=100>But judge you as you are? O, think on that;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=101>And mercy then will breathe within your lips,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=102>Like man new made.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech40><b>ANGELO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=103> Be you content, fair maid;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=104>It is the law, not I condemn your brother:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=105>Were he my kinsman, brother, or my son,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=106>It should be thus with him: he must die tomorrow.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech41><b>ISABELLA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=107>To-morrow! O, that's sudden! Spare him, spare him!</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=108>He's not prepared for death. Even for our kitchens</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=109>We kill the fowl of season: shall we serve heaven</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=110>With less respect than we do minister</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=111>To our gross selves? Good, good my lord, bethink you;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=112>Who is it that hath died for this offence?</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=113>There's many have committed it.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech42><b>LUCIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=114>[Aside to ISABELLA] Ay, well said.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech43><b>ANGELO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=115>The law hath not been dead, though it hath slept:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=116>Those many had not dared to do that evil,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=117>If the first that did the edict infringe</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=118>Had answer'd for his deed: now 'tis awake</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=119>Takes note of what is done; and, like a prophet,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=120>Looks in a glass, that shows what future evils,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=121>Either new, or by remissness new-conceived,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=122>And so in progress to be hatch'd and born,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=123>Are now to have no successive degrees,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=124>But, ere they live, to end.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech44><b>ISABELLA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=125>Yet show some pity.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech45><b>ANGELO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=126>I show it most of all when I show justice;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=127>For then I pity those I do not know,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=128>Which a dismiss'd offence would after gall;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=129>And do him right that, answering one foul wrong,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=130>Lives not to act another. Be satisfied;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=131>Your brother dies to-morrow; be content.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech46><b>ISABELLA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=132>So you must be the first that gives this sentence,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=133>And he, that suffer's. O, it is excellent</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=134>To have a giant's strength; but it is tyrannous</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=135>To use it like a giant.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech47><b>LUCIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=136>[Aside to ISABELLA] That's well said.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech48><b>ISABELLA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=137>Could great men thunder</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=138>As Jove himself does, Jove would ne'er be quiet,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=139>For every pelting, petty officer</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=140>Would use his heaven for thunder;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=141>Nothing but thunder! Merciful Heaven,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=142>Thou rather with thy sharp and sulphurous bolt</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=143>Split'st the unwedgeable and gnarled oak</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=144>Than the soft myrtle: but man, proud man,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=145>Drest in a little brief authority,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=146>Most ignorant of what he's most assured,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=147>His glassy essence, like an angry ape,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=148>Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=149>As make the angels weep; who, with our spleens,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=150>Would all themselves laugh mortal.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech49><b>LUCIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=151>[Aside to ISABELLA] O, to him, to him, wench! he</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=152>will relent;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=153>He's coming; I perceive 't.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech50><b>Provost</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=154>[Aside] Pray heaven she win him!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech51><b>ISABELLA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=155>We cannot weigh our brother with ourself:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=156>Great men may jest with saints; 'tis wit in them,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=157>But in the less foul profanation.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech52><b>LUCIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=158>Thou'rt i' the right, girl; more o, that.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech53><b>ISABELLA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=159>That in the captain's but a choleric word,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=160>Which in the soldier is flat blasphemy.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech54><b>LUCIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=161>[Aside to ISABELLA] Art avised o' that? more on 't.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech55><b>ANGELO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=162>Why do you put these sayings upon me?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech56><b>ISABELLA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=163>Because authority, though it err like others,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=164>Hath yet a kind of medicine in itself,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=165>That skins the vice o' the top. Go to your bosom;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=166>Knock there, and ask your heart what it doth know</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=167>That's like my brother's fault: if it confess</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=168>A natural guiltiness such as is his,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=169>Let it not sound a thought upon your tongue</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=170>Against my brother's life.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech57><b>ANGELO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=171>[Aside] She speaks, and 'tis</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=172>Such sense, that my sense breeds with it. Fare you well.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech58><b>ISABELLA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=173>Gentle my lord, turn back.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech59><b>ANGELO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=174>I will bethink me: come again tomorrow.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech60><b>ISABELLA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=175>Hark how I'll bribe you: good my lord, turn back.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech61><b>ANGELO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=176>How! bribe me?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech62><b>ISABELLA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=177>Ay, with such gifts that heaven shall share with you.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech63><b>LUCIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=178>[Aside to ISABELLA] You had marr'd all else.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech64><b>ISABELLA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=179>Not with fond shekels of the tested gold,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=180>Or stones whose rates are either rich or poor</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=181>As fancy values them; but with true prayers</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=182>That shall be up at heaven and enter there</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=183>Ere sun-rise, prayers from preserved souls,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=184>From fasting maids whose minds are dedicate</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=185>To nothing temporal.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech65><b>ANGELO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=186>Well; come to me to-morrow.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech66><b>LUCIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=187>[Aside to ISABELLA] Go to; 'tis well; away!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech67><b>ISABELLA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=188>Heaven keep your honour safe!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech68><b>ANGELO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=189>[Aside] Amen:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=190>For I am that way going to temptation,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=191>Where prayers cross.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech69><b>ISABELLA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=192>At what hour to-morrow</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=193>Shall I attend your lordship?</A><br> | |
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| <A NAME=speech70><b>ANGELO</b></a> | |
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| <A NAME=194>At any time 'fore noon.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech71><b>ISABELLA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=195>'Save your honour!</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Exeunt ISABELLA, LUCIO, and Provost</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech72><b>ANGELO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=196> From thee, even from thy virtue!</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=197>What's this, what's this? Is this her fault or mine?</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=198>The tempter or the tempted, who sins most?</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=199>Ha!</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=200>Not she: nor doth she tempt: but it is I</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=201>That, lying by the violet in the sun,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=202>Do as the carrion does, not as the flower,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=203>Corrupt with virtuous season. Can it be</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=204>That modesty may more betray our sense</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=205>Than woman's lightness? Having waste ground enough,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=206>Shall we desire to raze the sanctuary</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=207>And pitch our evils there? O, fie, fie, fie!</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=208>What dost thou, or what art thou, Angelo?</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=209>Dost thou desire her foully for those things</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=210>That make her good? O, let her brother live!</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=211>Thieves for their robbery have authority</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=212>When judges steal themselves. What, do I love her,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=213>That I desire to hear her speak again,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=214>And feast upon her eyes? What is't I dream on?</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=215>O cunning enemy, that, to catch a saint,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=216>With saints dost bait thy hook! Most dangerous</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=217>Is that temptation that doth goad us on</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=218>To sin in loving virtue: never could the strumpet,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=219>With all her double vigour, art and nature,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=220>Once stir my temper; but this virtuous maid</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=221>Subdues me quite. Even till now,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=222>When men were fond, I smiled and wonder'd how.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Exit</i></p> | |
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