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Measure for Measure

Act IV, Scene 5

Fields without the town.
 
[Enter DUKE VINCENTIO in his own habit, and FRIAR PETER]
 
DUKE VINCENTIO
             ,             ,    ,       ,      ,
      These let|ters at / fit time | deliv|er me.
           ,          ,          ,        ,          ,
      The pro|vost* knows | our pur|pose and | our plot,
           ,       ,    2   ,      ,      2     ,
      The mat|ter be|ing afoot,| keep your in|struction
            ,        ,      ,        ,         ,
      And hold | you ev|er to | our spe|cial drift,
               ,         ,          ,            ,         ,
      Though some|times you | do blench | from this | to that
           ,           ,   2      ,       2    ,    2     ,
      As cause | doth min|ister: go | call^at Flav|ius' house,  ??
            ,          ,         ,        2      ,     ,
      And tell | him where | I stay:| give^the like | notice
       ,     ,   2     ,         ,         ,
      To Va|lencius,| Rowland,| and to | Crassus,
           ,           ,           ,        ,         ,
      And bid | them bring | the trump|ets to | the gate:
            ,        ,    2    ,
      But send | me Flav|ius first.
 
FRIAR PETER
           ,          ,        ,
      It shall | be spee|ded well.  (tri with prev)
 
[Exit. Enter VARRIUS]
 
DUKE VINCENTIO
          ,           ,    2     ,           ,            ,
      I thank | thee Var|rius, thou | hast made | good* haste,
        ,     2         ,              ,       ,          ,
      Come, we will | walk: there's | other | of our | friends
      <-          ,          ,     ,         ,        ,   2
        Will || greet us | here a|non: my | gentle | Varrius.
 
[Exeunt]

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