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All's Well That Ends Well

Act I, Scene 2

Paris. The KING's palace.
 
[Flourish of cornets. Enter the KING of France, with letters, and divers Attendants]
 
KING
            ,      ,            x          ,         ,
      The Flor|entines | and Senoys | are by | the ears,
              ,           ,      ,         ,        ,     2->
      Have fought | with eq|ual for|tune, and | contin||ue
          ,       ,
      A brav|ing war.
 
FIRST LORD
                          ,       ,       ,
                     So 'tis | repor|ted sir.
 
KING
       ,           ,    ,              ,           x
      Nay 'tis | most cred/ible,| we here | receive it,
         ,       ,      ,                  x      ,  2
      A cert|ainty | vouched from | our cousin | Austria,
             ,         ,          ,      ,             x
      With caut|ion, that | the Flor|entine | will move us
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      For speed|y aid;| wherein | our dear|est friend
          ,     ,          ,          ,            ,
      Prejud|icates | the bus|iness, and | would seem
             x       ,       x
      To have us | make de|nial.
 
FIRST LORD
                                         ,         ,
                                 His | love and | wisdom
           ,      ,            ,    ,          ,
      Approved | so to | your maj|esty,| may plead
           ,         ,      2
      For amp|lest cred|ence.
 
KING
                                   ,      ,          ,
                              He hath | armed our | answer,
            ,        ,       ,        ,         ,
      And Flor|ence is | denied | before | he comes:
           ,          ,     ,           ,        ,
      Yet for | our gent|lemen | that mean | to see
           ,        ,         ,       ,           ,
      The Tus|can serv|ice, free|ly have | they leave
           ,          ,       ,
      To stand | on eith|er part.
 
SECOND LORD
                                       ,          ,
                                  It well | may serve
          ,       ,         ,       ,          ,
      A nurse|ry to | our gent|ry, who | are sick
             ,               ,  ,
      For breath|ing, and / exploit.
 
KING
                                       ,          ,
                                    What's he*| comes here*?
 
[Enter BERTRAM, LAFEU, and PAROLLES]
 
FIRST LORD
       ,            ,       ,                ,    ,
      It is | the Count | Rousil|lon, my / good lord,
               ,
      Young* Bert|ram.
 
KING
                         ,             ,           ,         ,
                       Youth,| thou bearst | thy fath|er's face,
        T     Tx     T      ,    2    ,         ,
      Frank nature rath|er cur|ious than | in haste
             ,         ,                ,        ,      ,
      Hath well | composed | thee: Thy father's moral parts  ????
              ,       ,      ,     ,             x
      Mayst^thou | inher|it too:| Welcome | to Paris.
 
BERTRAM
            ,          ,     ,          ,      ,
      My thanks | and du|ty are | your maj|esty's.
 
KING
          ,        ,           ,   2     ,         ,
      I would | I had | that corp|oral sound|ness now,
           ,           x      ,       ,           ,
      As when | thy father,| and my|self, in | friendship
        T     T    .   T        ,     .  T    T   T
      First tried our sol|diership:| He did look far
       ,          ,        ,         ,         ,
      Into | the serv|ice of | the time,| and was
           ,      ,           x          ,       ,
      Discip|led of | the bravest.| He last|ed long,
            x       ,         ,         T    T    T
      But on us | both did | haggish | age steal on,
              x      ,        ,          ,       ,
      And wore us | out of | act: It | much re|pairs me,
           ,                ,    ,       ,         ,
      To talk | of your / good fath|er; In | his youth
          ,         ,          ,         ,        ,
      He had | the wit,| which I | can well | observe
         ,               ,     ,           ,          ,
      Today | in our / young lords:| but they | may jest
                    ,    ,         ,         ,        x
      Till their / own scorn | return | to them | unnoted
       ,               ,           ,    ,        x
      Ere they | can hide | their lev|ity | in honor:
       T   T  .   T    ,         ,      ,   ,
      So like a court|ier,| contempt | nor bit/terness
            ,         ,          ,          ,          ,
      Were^in | his pride,| or sharp|ness; if | they were,
           ,      ,       ,       ,               x
      His eq|ual had | awaked | them, and | his honor,
        ,            ,      ,          T    Tx     T
      Clock to | itself,| knew the | true minute when
         ,        ,          ,                ,    ,
      Excep|tion bid | him speak:| and at / this time
             ,        ,           ,     ,      2    ,
      His tongue | obeyed | his hand.| Who were be|low him,
           ,         ,         ,      ,       ,
      He used | as creat|ures of | anoth|er place,
            ,          ,   2    ,     .   T    T    T
      And bowed | his em|inent top | to their low ranks,
       ,              ,         ,       ,    ,
      Making | them proud | of his | humil|ity,
       .   T     T     T          ,         ,       ,
      In their poor praise | he humb|led: Such | a man
        T    T .  T     ,           ,        ,
      Might be a cop|y to | these^young|er times;
             ,          ,           ,       ,           ,
      Which^fol|lowed well,| would dem|onstrate | them now
            ,      ,
      But goes | backward.
 
BERTRAM
                               ,       ,          ,
                         His good | remem|brance sir,
        ,    ,                   ,            ,         ,
      Lies rich/er in | your thoughts,| than on | his tomb:
          ,    .  T     T    T         ,    ,
      So in | approof lives not | his ep|itaph,
          ,         ,        ,
      As in | your roy|al speech.  \\
 
KING
        ,              ,         ,          ,       ,
      Would I | were with | him he | would al|ways say,
            ,         ,         ,          ,         ,
      (Methinks | I hear | him now)| his plaus|ive words
           ,         ,         ,          ,        ,
      He scat|tered not | in ears,| but graf|ted them
           ,           ,         ,               ,    ,
      To grow | there^and | to bear:| Let* me / not live,
        T   .    T   T     ,      ,       ,
      This his good mel|ancho|ly oft | began
       ,    2    ,      ,          T   .  T   T
      On the ca|tastro|phe and | heel of pastime
        ,    2       ,    ,              T     T    T
      When it was | out: Let / me not^|live (quoth he)
       ,   2       T     T    T        ,         ,
      After my | flame lacks oil,| to be | the snuff
           ,         x             ,     ,        ,      ->
      Of young|er spirits,| whose ap|prehen|sive sen||ses
       ,         ,       ,         ,             ,      2
      All | but new | things dis|dain; whose | judgments are
        ,    ,        2         ,                  ,       ,
      Mere fath/ers of their | garments;| whose* cons|tancies
          ,        ,            ,          ,          ,
      Expire | before | their fash|ions: This | he wished.
         ,      ,        ,             ,   ,
      I aft|er him,| do aft|er him / wish too:
            ,        ,         ,             ,     ,
      Since^I | nor wax | nor hon|ey can / bring home,
          ,        ,         ,       ,         ,
      I quick|ly were | dissolv|ed from | my hive
           ,          ,            ,
      To give | some lab|orers / room.
 
SECOND LORD
                                         ,       ,
                                      You're | loved sir,
        ,           T       Tx   T            ,          ,
      They that | least lend it you,| shall lack | you first.
 
KING
          ,        ,           x           ,      2     ,
      I fill | a place | I know it:| How long | is it count
        ,             ,       ,          ,         ,
      Since the | physic|ian at | your fath|er's died?
        2      ,      ,
      He was much | famed.
 
BERTRAM
                                   T     T     T          ,
                           Some | six months since | my lord.
 
KING
          ,         ,       ,          ,         ,
      If he | were liv|ing, I | would try | him yet.
        ,           ,          ,           ,        ,
      Lend me | an arm:| the rest | have worn | me out
             ,       ,     ,         ,     2      ,       2->
      With seve|ral app|lica|tions: nat|ure and sick||ness
          ,        ,          ,         ,         ,
      Debate | it at | their leis|ure. Wel|come count,
           ,           ,
      My son's | no* dear|er.
 
BERTRAM
                              ,           ,    ,
                            Thank | your maj|esty.
 [Exeunt. Flourish]

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