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