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As You Like It

Act II, Scene 2

A room in the palace.
 
[Enter DUKE FREDERICK, with Lords]
 
DUKE FREDERICK
         x         ,     ,          ,        ,
      Can it be | possi|ble that | no man | saw them?
          ,       ,         ,         ,        ,
      It can|not be,| some vil|lains of | my court
           ,        ,     ,   ,                 ,
      Are of | consent | and suf|ferance | in this.
 
FIRST LORD
         ,        ,        ,     ,           x
      I can|not hear | of an|y that | did see her,
           ,        ,       ,         ,         ,      ->
      The lad|ies, her | attend|ants of | her cham||ber
       ,       2  ,     ,    2        ,        ,
      Saw | her abed,| and in the | morning | early,
             ,          ,     ,   ,         2         ,
      They found | the bed | untreas/ured of their | mistress.
 
SECOND LORD
           ,          ,        ,          ,        ,
      My lord,| the royn|ish clown,| at whom | so oft,
             ,           ,            x      ,      ,
      Your grace | was wont | to laugh is | also | missing,
          ,   ,         ,           x    ,
      Hisper|ia | the princ|ess' gentle|woman
          ,        ,         ,      ,        ,
      Confes|ses that | she sec|retly | oreheard
              ,       ,          ,       ,         ,
      Your daught|er and | her cous|in much | commend
            ,           ,      ,         ,     ,
      The parts | and grac|es of | the wrest|ler
            ,          ,       ,         ,   2     ,
      That did | but late|ly foil | the sin|ewy Charles,
           ,         ,         ,       ,          ,
      And she | believes | wherev|er they | are gone
             ,          ,      ,           ,    ,
      That youth | is sure|ly in | their comp|any.
 
DUKE FREDERICK
        ,    2        ,         ,           ,          ,
      Send to his | brother,| fetch that | gallant | hither,
          ,       ,         ,           ,     2   ,
      If he | be abs|ent, bring | his broth|er to me,
             ,          ,          ,         ,      ,
      I'll make | him find | him: do | this sud|denly;
           ,           ,          ,     ,        ,
      And let | not search | and in|quisi|tion quail,
           ,        ,            ,       ,     ,
      To bring | again | these fool|ish run|aways.
 
[Exeunt]

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