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All's Well That Ends Well

Act III, Scene 1

Florence. The DUKE's palace.
 
[Flourish. Enter the DUKE of Florence attended; the two Frenchmen, with a troop of soldiers.]
 
DUKE
            ,           ,          ,      ,               ,
      So* that | from point | to point,| now have | you heard
           ,     ,        ,       ,         ,
      The fun|damen|tal reas|ons of | this war,
               ,        ,     2       ,      T    T    T
      Whose* great | decis|ion hath much | blood let forth
       .    T     T     T
      And more thirsts aft||er.
 
FIRST LORD
                                 ,      ,            x
                                Ho|ly seems | the quarrel
        ,            ,       ,      ,           ,
      Upon | your grace|'s part:| black and | fearful
       ,          ,
      On the | oppos|er.  \\
 
DUKE
             ,        ,        ,          ,        ,
      Therefore | we marv|el much | our cous|in France
        ,     2       ,       ,           ,         ,
      Would in so | just a | business,| shut his | bosom
          ,          ,              ,
      Against | our bor|rowing / prayers.
 
SECOND LORD
                                           ,         ,
                                         Good | my lord,
            ,       ,         ,        ,        ,
      The reas|ons of | our state | I can|not yield,
            ,       ,       ,        ,        ,
      But^like | a com|mon and | an out|ward man,
                   ,    ,       ,       ,         ,
      That the / great fig|ure of | a coun|cil frames
           ,       x     ,         ,           ,
      By self-|unable | motion,| therefore | dare not*
       ,             ,               ,   ,          ,
      Say what | I think | of it,/ since I | have found
          ,        ,      ,          ,           ,
      Myself | in my | incert|ain grounds | to fail
          ,      ,        ,
      As oft|en as | I guessed.
 
DUKE
                                 x           ,
                               Be it his | pleasure.
 
FIRST LORD
       ,   2       ,          ,        ,        ,
      But I am | sure the | younger | of our | nature,
            ,        ,           ,          ,        ,
      That sur|feit on | their ease,| will day | by day
             ,          ,
      Come^here | for phys|ic.
 
DUKE
                                ,         ,           ,
                               Wel|come shall | they be:
           ,         ,        ,         ,          ,
      And all | the hon|ors that | can fly | from us,
                   ,     x           ,           ,       ,
      Shall on / them settle:| You know | your plac|es well,
            ,        ,          ,       ,            ,
      When bet|ter fall,| for your | avails | they fell,
         ,       ,         ,
      Tomor|row to | the field.  \\
 
[Flourish. Exeunt]

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