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The city gate.
[MARIANA veiled, ISABELLA, and FRIAR PETER, at their stand. Enter DUKE
VINCENTIO, VARRIUS, Lords, ANGELO, ESCALUS, LUCIO, Provost, Officers, and
Citizens, at several doors]
DUKE VINCENTIO
, , , , ,
My ve|ry worth|y cous|in, fair|ly met,
, ,
, 2 ,
, ->
Our old,| and faith|ful friend,| we are glad | to
see || you.
ANGELO and ESCALUS
, 2 ,
, ,
,
Hap|py return | be to | your roy|al grace.
DUKE VINCENTIO
,
, ,
, ,
Many | and hear|ty thank|ings to | you both:
, ,
, ,
2 ,
We have | made^in|quiry | of you,| and we hear
, ,
, , ,
Such good/ness of | your just|ice, that | our
soul
,
, ,
, ,
Cannot | but yield | you forth | to pub|lic
thanks
,
, ,
o
Forerun|ning more | requi|tal.
ANGELO
,
, , o
You make | my bonds | still* great|er.
(tetra with prev)
DUKE VINCENTIO
, 2 T
T T , x
Oh your de|sert speaks loud,| and I | should wrong it
x
, ,
, ,
To lock it | in the | wards of | covert | bosom
,
, , ,
,
When it | deserves | with char|acters | of brass
, , 2 , ,
,
A fort|ed res|idence* 'gainst | the tooth | of
time,
, , , 2
, 2 ,
And ra|zure of | obliv|ion: give | me your hand
,
, ,
, ,
And let | the sub|ject* see,| to make | them know
,
, , ,
,
That out|ward court|esies | would fain | proclaim
,
, , ,
,
Favors | that keep | within:| Come Es/calus,
,
, ,
, ,
You must | walk by | us, on | our oth|er hand:
, ,
,
And good | suppor|ters are | you.
[FRIAR PETER and ISABELLA come forward]
FRIAR PETER
, 2 ,
Now | is your time
T T . T
,
Speak loud, and kneel | before | him.
\\
ISABELLA
, ,
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,
Justice,| O roy|al duke,| vail your | regard
,
, 2 ,
, ,
Upon | a wronged |(I would fain | have said | a maid)
, ,
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,
Oh worth|y prince,| dishon|or not | your eye
,
, , , , ->
By thro|wing it | on an|y oth|er ob||ject*,
,
2 , ,
, ,
Till | you have heard | me, in | my true |
complaint,
x ,
, ,
, 2->
And given | me just|ice, just|ice, just|ice,
jus||tice.
DUKE VINCENTIO
, ,
Relate | your wrongs;
, ,
,
In what?| By whom?| Be brief:
,
, 2 , ,
,
Here is | Lord^Ang|elo shall | give you |
justice:
, ,
,
Reveal | yourself | to him.
ISABELLA
, ,
O worth|y duke,
, ,
, ,
x
You bid | me seek | redemp|tion of | the devil,
,
, , ,
,
Hear me | yourself:| for that | which I | must
speak
, , ,
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Must eith|er pun|ish me,| not being | believed,
,
, ,
Or wring | redress | from you:
,
, ,
Hear me:| oh hear | me, hear.
ANGELO
, ,
, , ,
My lord,| her wits | I fear | me are / not firm:
2 , , 2 , , ,
She hath been | a suit|or to me,| for her |
brother
, ,
, 2
Cut^off | by course | of just|ice.
ISABELLA
,
, 2->
By course | of jus||tice.
ANGELO
, ,
, ,
,
And she | will speak | most bit|terly,| and
strange.
ISABELLA
T T
. T , , ,
Most strange: but yet | most tru|ly will | I
speak,
, ,
, ,
,
That Ang|elo's | forsworn,| is it | not strange?
, ,
, 2 2 ,
,
That Ang|elo's | a murd|erer, is it / not
strange? ??
, ,
, , 2
,
That Ang|elo | is an | adult|erous thief,
, ,
, , ,
->
A hyp|ocrite,| a vir|gin-vi|olat||or,
x ,
,
Is it | not strange?| And strange?
DUKE VINCENTIO
, 2
T T T
Nay it is | ten times strange? (tri with
prev)
ISABELLA
, ,
, , ,
It is | not tru|er he | is Ang|elo,
, ,
, ,
,
Than this | is all | as true,| as it | is
strange;
, 2
T T T ,
,
Nay, it is | ten times true,| for truth | is
truth
2 ,
, ,
To the end | of reck|oning.
DUKE VINCENTIO
, ,
,
Away | with her:| poor* soul
, ,
2 , ,
,
She speaks | this in | the infir|mity | of sense.
ISABELLA
, ,
, ,
,
O prince,| I con|jure thee,| as thou | believst
, ,
, , ,
There is | anoth|er com|fort, than / this world,
,
, , ,
, 2->
That thou | neglect | me not,| with that |
opin||ion
, ,
, , 2 ,
,
That I | am touched | with mad|ness: make |
not^impos|sible
,
, ,
, , ,
That which | but seems | unlike,| 'tis not |
impos|sible (hex with prev)
, , , ,
,
But one,| the wick|edst cait|iff on | the ground
,
, ,
, , , ->
May seem | as shy,| as grave,| as just,| as
ab||solute:
, , 2 ,
, 3 3->
As Ang|elo,| even so | may Ang|elo
, ,
, , ,
In all | his dres|sings, char|acts, tit|les,
forms,
2 ,
, , ,
,
Be an arch-|villain:| believe | it, roy|al prince
,
, , ,
,
If he | be less,| he's noth|ing, but | he's more,
, 2 ,
,
Had I more | name for | badness.
DUKE VINCENTIO
, ,
2
By mine | honesty
, ,
, 2 ,
,
If she | be mad,| as I be|lieve no | other,
,
, ,
, ,
Her mad|ness hath | the od|dest frame | of sense,
,
, ,
, ,
Such a | depen|dency | of thing,| on thing,
,
, ,
2
As ere | I heard | in mad|ness.
ISABELLA
, ,
O gra|cious duke
,
, , ,
x
Harp^not | on that;| nor do | not ban|ish
reason
, , , , ,
,
For inequality, but let your reason serve
????
, , ,
, ,
To make | the truth | appear,| where it / seems hid,
,
. T T T
And hide | the false seems true.
DUKE VINCENTIO
,
, ,
Many | that are / not mad (tri with prev)
,
,
x
Have sure | more lack | of reason:
T T T ___
What would you | say? (tri with prev)
ISABELLA
, ,
, , ,
I am | the sis|ter of / one Claud|io,
,
, , , , 2->
Condemned | upon | the act | of forn|ica||tion
, , ,
, ,
To lose | his head,| condemned | by Ang|elo,
, ,
, , ,
I, (in | proba|tion of | a sis|terhood)
,
, ,
, , 2
Was sent | to by | my broth|er; one | Lucio
, ,
,
As then | the mes|senger.
LUCIO
, 2 ,
,
That's I,| and it like | your grace: (tri
with prev)
, ,
, , , ,
I came | to her | from Claud|io,| and de|sired
her,
, ,
, , , ,
To try | her gra|cious for|tune with / Lord
Ang|elo, (hex with prev)
, ,
, 2
For her / poor broth|er's pard|on.
ISABELLA
, ,
That's he | indeed.
DUKE VINCENTIO
, ,
,
You were / not bid | to speak.
LUCIO
, ,
No, my | good* lord,
, ,
,
Nor wished | to hold | my peace.
DUKE VINCENTIO
, ,
->
I wish | you now || then,
,
, , 2
, ,
Pray | you take | note of it:| and when | you have
,
, , x
,
A bus|iness for | yourself:| pray heaven | you
then
,
Be per|fect. \\
LUCIO
, 2 ,
I war|rant your hon|or. \\
DUKE VINCENTIO
,
, , T
T Tx
The war|rant's for | yourself:| take heed to it.
ISABELLA
, 2 ,
, ,
This gent|leman told | somewhat | of my / tale.
LUCIO
,
Right.
DUKE VINCENTIO
, ,
, ,
,
It may | be right,| but you | are in | the wrong
,
, ,
,
To speak | before | your time:| proceed.
ISABELLA
,
I went
,
, ,
, ,
To this | perni|cious cait|iff dep|uty.
DUKE VINCENTIO
,
, ,
That's^some|what mad|ly spok|en.
ISABELLA
, ,
pard|on it,
,
, ,
The phrase | is to | the mat|ter. \\
DUKE VINCENTIO
, ,
, o ,
Mended | again:| The mat|ter: |
proceed.
ISABELLA
, ,
, ,
,
In brief,| to set | the need|less pro|cess by:
, ,
, ,
,
How I | persua|ded, how | I prayed,| and kneeled,
,
, ,
, ,
How he | refelled | me, and | how I | replied
, 2
, , ,
,
(For this | was of much | length) the | vile con|clusion
,
, , ,
x
I now | begin | with grief,| and shame | to
utter.
, ,
, 2 ,
,
He would | not, but | by gift | of my chaste |
body
, ,
, 2 , 2 ,
To his | concu|piscible^|intemp|erate lust
??
, ,
, , , ,
Release my brother; and, after much
debatement, ????
, ,
, ,
x
My sis|terly | remorse,| confutes | mine honor,
, ,
, , ,
,
And I did yield to him: but the next morn
betimes, ????
,
, , ,
x
His pur|pose surf|eiting,| he sends | a warrant
2 , ,
,
For my poor | brother's | head.
DUKE VINCENTIO
, ,
This
| is most | likely.
ISABELLA
,
, ,
, ,
Oh that | it were | as like | as it | is true.
DUKE VINCENTIO
x ,
, ,
,
By heaven |(fond^wretch)| thou knowst | not what
| thou speakst,
, ,
, , ,
2->
Or else | thou art | suborned | against | his
ho||nor
, , ,
2 , ,
In hate|ful prac|tice: first | his integ|rity
, 2
, , 2 ,
,
Stands without | blemish:| next it im|ports no |
reason,
, , 2
, , ,
That with / such ve|hemency | he should | pursue
, ,
, 2 , 2 ,
->
Faults pro/per to | himself:| if he had | so
offen||ded
, 2
, , , ,
He | would have weighed | thy broth|er by |
himself,
, , , , ,
,
And not have cut him off: some one hath set you on: ????
,
, , ,
,
Confess | the truth,| and say | by whose | advice
,
, ,
Thou camst | here to | complain.
ISABELLA
, ,
And is | this all?
, ,
, , ,
Then oh | you bles|sed min|isters | above
,
, , ,
,
Keep me | in pa|tience, and | with rip|ened time
,
, , ,
,
Unfold | the ev|il, which | is here | wrapt^up
, ,
2 , ,
,
In count|enance:| heaven shield | your grace | from woe,
, ,
, , ,
As I | thus wronged,| hence^un|believ|ed go.
DUKE VINCENTIO
, ,
, , ,
I know | you'd fain | be gone:| an of|ficer:
, , , ,
,
To pris|on with | her: shall | we thus | permit
,
, , 2
, ,
A blast|ing and | a scand|alous breath | to fall,
,
x , ,
2 ,
On him | so near us?| This^needs | must be a | practice;
, ,
, ,
, ->
Who knew | of your | intent | and com|ing
hith|er?
ISABELLA
,
2 , , ,
, 2
One | that I would | were here,| Friar |
Lodowick.
DUKE VINCENTIO
, ,
2 ,
A ghost|ly fath|er, belike:
, ,
,
Who knows | that Lod|owick? (tri with prev)
LUCIO
, , 2
, ,
,
My lord,| I know* him,| 'tis a | meddling | friar,
,
, ,
, 2 , 2
I do | not like | the man:| had he been | lay my
lord*,
, ,
, ,
,
For cert|ain words | he spake | against | your
grace
, 2 ,
, , ,
In your re|tirement,| I had | swinged him |
soundly.
DUKE VINCENTIO
T . T
T , 2 ,
2 ,
Words against me?| This is a | good* fri|ar
belike
2 , 2 , ,
,
And to set | on this wretch|ed wom|an here
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, , ,
,
Against || our sub|stitute:| let this | friar |
be found.
LUCIO
, ,
, , 2
,
But yest|ernight | my lord,| she and that |
friar,
, ,
2 x
, ,
I saw | them at the | prison: a | saucy | friar,
, ,
,
A ve|ry scur|vy fel|low.
FRIAR PETER
,
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Blessed | be your | royal | grace: (tetra with prev)
,
, ,
, ,
I have | stood^by | my lord,| and I | have heard
, ,
, ,
2 ,
Your roy|al ear | abused:| first hath this |
woman
, ,
, , ,
Most wrong|fully | accused | your sub|stitute,
,
, , ,
,
Who is | as free | from touch,| or soil | with
her
, ,
,
As she | from one | ungot.
DUKE VINCENTIO
, ,
,
We did | believe | no less. (tri with prev)
,
x , ,
x
Know you | that Friar | Lodo|wick that | she speaks of?
??
FRIAR PETER
,
, 2 , ,
,
I know | him for a | man di|vine and | holy,
,
, , ,
, 2->
Not scur|vy, nor | a tem|pora|ry med||dler
, ,
, , ,
As he's | repor|ted by / this gent|leman:
,
, , ,
,
And on | my trust,| a man | that nev|er yet
,
, ,
, ,
Did (as | he vou|ches) mis|report | your grace.
LUCIO
, , , ,
,
My lord,| most vil/lanous|ly, be|lieve it.
FRIAR PETER
,
, ,
, ,
Well: he | in time | may come | to clear |
himself,
, ,
, , ,
But at | this inst|ant he | is sick,| my lord:
, ,
, , ,
Of a / strange fev|er: upon | his mere | request
2 ,
, , , ,
Being come | to know|ledge, that | there was |
complaint
, ,
, 2 , ,
2->
intend|ed 'gainst | Lord^Ang|elo, came | I
hith||er
, , ,
, ,
To speak | as from | his mouth,| what he | doth
know
, ,
, ,
,
Is true,| and false:| and what | he with | his oath
,
, 2 , T
T T
And all | proba|tion will make | up full clear
, , 3
3 ,
, 2 ,
Whenso|ever he's con|vented:| first for this |
woman.
, ,
, , ,
To jus|tify | this worth|y nob|leman:
, ,
, 2 , ,
So vul|garly | and pers|onally | accused,
,
, ,
, ,
Her shall | you hear | disprov|ed to | her eyes,
,
, x
Till she | herself | confess it.
DUKE VINCENTIO
, , ,
Good* fri|ar, let's | hear it: (tri with
prev)
[ISABELLA is carried off guarded; and MARIANA comes forward]
,
, , ,
,
Do you | not smile | at this,| Lord^Ang|elo?
x ,
, ,
,
O heaven,| the van|ity | of wretch|ed fools.
, 2
T T T , ,
Give us some | seats. Come cous|in Ang|elo,
, ,
, ,
,
In this | I'll be | impart|ial: be | you judge
, ,
, ,
x
Of your / own cause.| Is this | the wit|ness
friar?
, , ,
, ,
First, let^|her show | her face,| and aft|er,
speak.
MARIANA
Pardon my lord, I will not show my face
Until my husband bid me.
DUKE VINCENTIO
What, are you married?
MARIANA
No my lord.
DUKE VINCENTIO
Are you a maid?
MARIANA
No my lord.
DUKE VINCENTIO
A widow then?
MARIANA
Neither, my lord.
DUKE VINCENTIO
Why you are nothing then: neither maid, widow, nor wife?
LUCIO
My lord, she may be a punk: for many of them, are neither maid, widow, nor
wife.
DUKE VINCENTIO
Silence that fellow: I would he had some cause to prattle for himself.
LUCIO
Well my lord.
MARIANA
, ,
, ,
, ->
My lord,| I do | confess | I nere | was
mar||ried,
, 2 ,
, , ,
And | I confess | besides,| I am / no maid,
, ,
, ,
,
I have | known my | husband,| yet my | husband
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, ,
,
Knows | not,| that ev|er he / knew me.
LUCIO
, ,
, 2 ,
x
He was / drunk then,| my lord,| it can be | no better.
DUKE VINCENTIO
, , , ,
, ,
For the benefit of silence, would thou
wert so too. ????
LUCIO
Well, my lord.
DUKE VINCENTIO
, , ,
, ,
This is | no wit/ness for | Lord^Ang|elo.
MARIANA
,
, , __ oo
Now I | come to | it, my | lord.|
, 2
, ,
, ,
She that ac|cuses | him of | forni|cation,
. T T Tx ,
, ,
In self-same manner,| doth ac|cuse my
| husband,
, ,
, , ,
And charg|es him,| my lord,| with such | a time,
,
, ,
, ,
When I'll | depose | I had | him in | mine^arms
, 2 ,
,
With all | the effect | of love.
ANGELO
,
, ,
Charges | she more | than me? (tri
with prev)
MARIANA
,
,
Not that | I know.
DUKE VINCENTIO
, ,
,
No? You | say your | husband.
MARIANA
, ,
, , ,
Why just,| my lord,| and that | is Ang|elo,
, ,
2 , ,
,
Who thinks | he knows,| that he nere | knew my |
body,
, ,
, , ,
But knows,| he thinks,| that he / knows
Is|abel's.
ANGELO
,
, ,
, ,
This is | a strange | abuse:| Let's^see | thy
face.
MARIANA
, ,
, ,
,
My hus|band bids | me, now | I will | unmask.
,
, , ,
,
This is | that face,| thou cru|el Ang|elo
, ,
, ,
,
Which^once | thou sworst,| was worth | the
look|ing on:
,
, ,
2 T T T
This is | the hand,| which with a | vowed contract
, ,
, , 2
,
Was fast | belocked | in thine:| this is the |
body
, ,
, , ,
That took | away | the match | from Is|abel,
,
, , ,
,
And did | supply | thee at | thy gard|en-house
, ,
,
In her | imag|ined pers|on.
DUKE VINCENTIO
, 2 x
Know | you this woman?
LUCIO
, , ,
Carn|ally | she says.
DUKE VINCENTIO
, ,
Sirrah,| no more.
LUCIO
, ,
Enough | my lord. \\
ANGELO
,
, 2 ,
, ,
My lord,| I must con|fess, I | know this | woman,
. T T
T , ,
, 2->
And five years since | there was | some speech |
of mar||riage
, ,
, , ,
Betwixt | myself,| and her:| which^was / broke
off,
, 2
, , ,
,
Partly for | that her | promi|sed pro|portions
,
, , ,
,
Came* short | of com|posi|tion: but | in chief
, ,
, ,
, 2->
For that | her rep|uta|tion was | disval||ued
, , , T . T T
In lev|ity:| since which^|time of five years
,
, 2
, ,
, 2
I nev|er spake | with her, saw | her, nor | heard
from her
,
, ,
Upon | my faith,| and hon|or.
MARIANA
,
,
nob|le prince,
,
, x ,
,
As there | comes^light | from heaven,| and words | from
breath,
, 2
, , ,
,
As there is | sense in | truth, and | truth in |
virtue,
2 , , T
T T ,
2->
I am af|fianced | this man's wife,| as strong||ly
, ,
, ,
,
As words | could make | up vows:| and my / good
lord,
x
T T T 2
, ,
But Tuesday | night last gone,| in his
gard|en-house,
, ,
, ,
,
He knew | me as | a wife.| As this | is true,
,
, , ,
,
Let me | in safe|ty raise | me from | my knees,
, ,
, ,
,
Or else | for ev|er be | confix|ed here
,
, ,
A mar|ble mon|ument.
ANGELO
, ,
,
I did | but smile | till now, (tri
with prev)
,
, , 2
, ,
Now, good | my lord,| give me the | scope of | justice,
, ,
, ,
,
My pa|tience here | is touched:| I do | perceive
,
, ,
, ,
These poor | inform|al wom|en, are / no more
,
, 2 ,
, 2 ,
But inst|ruments | of some^more | mightier |
member
, ,
, ,
,
That sets | them on.| Let me | have^way,| my lord
, ,
,
To find | this prac|tice out.
DUKE VINCENTIO
,
,
Aye, with | my heart,
, , ,
, ,
And pun|ish them | to your | height of |
pleasure.
,
x ,
, , 2->
Thou fool|ish friar,| and thou | perni|cious
wom||an
, , ,
, ,
Compact | with her | that's gone:| thinkst^thou,|
thy oaths,
,
2 T T T
, 2 ,
Though they would | swear down each | partic|ular saint,
, , 2
, ,
x
Were tes|timo|nies against | his worth,| and
credit
,
, , ,
, 2 ->
That's sealed | in ap|proba|tion? You,| Lord^Es||calus
,
2 , ,
, ,
Sit | with my cous|in, lend | him your / kind
pains
, ,
, , ,
To find | out this | abuse,| whence^'tis |
derived.
, ,
x ,
,
There is | anoth|er friar | that set | them on,
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Let | him | be | sent | for.
FRIAR PETER
,
, ,
, ,
Would he | were here,| my lord,| for he | indeed
,
, ,
, ,
Hath set | the wom|en on | to this | complaint;
,
, , ,
,
Your prov|ost knows | the place | where he |
abides,
, ,
And he | may fetch | him.
DUKE VINCENTIO
, 2 , ,
Go,| do it inst|antly:
, ,
2 , , 2 ,
And you,| my nob|le and well-|warranted | cousin
,
, , ,
,
Whom it | concerns | to hear | this mat|ter
forth,
,
, ,
, ,
Do with | your in|juries | as seems | you best,
, ,
, ,
,
In an|y chas|tisement;| I for | a while
,
, T T T
, 2
Will leave | you; but | stir not you | till you
have
, ,
, , ,
Well de|termined | upon | these sland|erers.
[Exit DUKE]
ESCALUS
My lord, we'll do it throughly:
Signior Lucio, did not you say you knew that Friar Lodowick to be a
dishonest person?
LUCIO
Cucullus non facit monachum, honest in nothing but in his clothes, and one
that hath spoke most villanous speeches of the duke.
ESCALUS
We shall entreat you to abide here till he come, and enforce them against
him: we shall find this friar a notable fellow.
LUCIO
As any in Vienna, on my word.
ESCALUS
Call that same Isabel here once again, I would speak with her: Pray you, my
lord, give me leave to question, you shall see how I'll handle her.
LUCIO
Not better than he, by her own report.
ESCALUS
Say you?
LUCIO
Marry sir, I think, if you handled her privately she would sooner confess,
perchance publicly she'll be ashamed.
ESCALUS
I will go darkly to work with her.
LUCIO
That's the way: for women are light at midnight.
[Enter Officers with ISABELLA; and Provost with the DUKE VINCENTIO in his
friar's habit]
ESCALUS
Come on mistress, here's a gentlewoman,
Denies all that you have said.
LUCIO
My lord, here comes the rascal I spoke of,
Here, with the provost.
ESCALUS
In very good time: speak not you to him till we call upon you.
LUCIO
Mum.
ESCALUS
Come sir, did you set these women on to slander Lord Angelo? they have
confessed you did.
DUKE VINCENTIO
T T
'Tis false.
ESCALUS
T , ,
___
How?| Know
you | where you | are?
DUKE VINCENTIO
, ,
, ,
x
Respect | to your / great place;| and let | the devil
, ,
, ,
,
Be some|time hon|ored, for | his burn|ing throne.
,
, , ,
,
Where is | the duke?| 'Tis he | should hear | me
speak.
ESCALUS
,
, , ,
,
The duke's | in us:| and we | will hear | you
speak,
T T T
,
Look you speak | justly. \\
DUKE VINCENTIO
, ,
, __ ___
Boldly,| at least.| But oh | poor | souls,
??
,
, , ,
,
Come you | to seek | the lamb | here of | the
fox;
, ,
, ,
,
Good^night | to your | redress:| Is the / duke
gone?
, 2
T T T ,
,
Then is your | cause gone too:| the duke's |
unjust,
, ,
, ,
,
Thus to | retort | your man|ifest | appeal,
, ,
, , ,
And put | your tri|al in | the vil|lain's mouth,
, ,
2 ,
Which here | you come | to accuse. \\
LUCIO
, 2
, ,
, ,
This is the | rascal:| this is | he I | spoke of.
ESCALUS
, ,
, , x
Why thou | unreve|rend, and / unhal|lowed friar:
2 ,
, , 2
, ,
Is it not | enough | thou hast su|borned these |
women,
2 , ,
, , ,
To accuse | this worth|y man?| But in / foul mouth,
,
, ,
, ,
And in | the wit|ness of | his prop|er ear,
,
x , ,
,
To call | him villain;| and then | to glance |
from him,
2 ,
, , ,
2 ,
To the duke | himself,| to tax | him with
in|justice?
,
, 2 , ,
,
Take him | hence; to the | rack with | him: we'll
| touse you
,
, ,
, ,
Joint by | joint, but | we will | know his | purpose:
T T T
What? Unjust?
DUKE VINCENTIO
,
, ,
->
Be not | so hot:| the duke || dare*
,
, , 2 ,
,
No | more* stretch | this fing|er of mine,| than
he
,
, ,
, ,
Dare^rack | his own:| his sub|ject am | I not,
,
, , ,
2 ,
Nor here | provin|cial: my | business | in this state
, 2
, , ,
,
Made me a | looker | on here / in Vi|enna,
, ,
, ,
x
Where I | have seen | corrup|tion boil | and
bubble,
, ,
, ,
,
Till it / ore-run | the stew:| laws, for | all
faults,
,
, , 2
, ,
But faults | so coun/tenanced,| that the strong |
statutes
T T
. T , ,
,
Stand like the for|feits in | a bar|ber's shop,
,
, ,
As much | in mock,| as mark.
ESCALUS
, ,
___ ->
Slander | to the || state:
, ,
,
Away | with him | to pris|on.
ANGELO
<- ,
2 , ,
, , ,
What || can you vouch | against | him Sign|ior
Lu|cio?
, ,
, ,
,
Is this | the man | that you | did tell | us of?
LUCIO
'Tis he, my lord: come hither goodman baldpate, do you know me?
DUKE VINCENTIO
I remember you sir, by the sound of your voice, I met you at the prison, in
the absence of the duke.
LUCIO
Oh, did you so? And do you remember what you said of the duke?
DUKE VINCENTIO
Most notedly sir.
LUCIO
Do you so sir: And was the duke a fleshmonger, a fool, and a coward, as you
then reported him to be?
DUKE VINCENTIO
You must (sir) change persons with me, ere you make that my report: you
indeed spoke so of him, and much more, much worse.
LUCIO
Oh thou damnable fellow: Did not I pluck thee by the nose, for thy speeches?
DUKE VINCENTIO
I protest, I love the duke, as I love myself.
ANGELO
Hark how the villain would close now, after his treasonable abuses!
ESCALUS
Such a fellow is not to be talked withal: Away with him to prison: Where is
the provost? Away with him to prison: lay bolts enough upon him: let him
speak no more: away with those giglots too, and with the other confederate
companion.
DUKE VINCENTIO
Stay sir, stay awhile.
ANGELO
What, resists he? Help him Lucio.
LUCIO
Come sir, come sir, come sir: foh sir, why you bald-pated lying rascal: you
must be hooded must you? Show your knave's visage with a pox to you: show
your sheep-biting face, and be hanged an hour: will it not off?
[Pulls off the friar's hood, and discovers DUKE VINCENTIO]
DUKE VINCENTIO
,
, ,
, ,
Thou art | the first | knave, that | ere madst |
a duke.
T T T
2 , ,
,
First provost,| let me bail | these gent|le
three:
,
, , 2
, ,
Sneak not | away | sir, for the | friar,| and
you,
,
, ,
, ,
Must have | a word | anon:| lay* hold | on him.
LUCIO
T T T
, , oo
This may prove | worse than | hanging.|
DUKE VINCENTIO
, ,
, ,
,
What you | have spoke,| I pard|on: sit | you
down,
,
, ,
, ,
We'll bor|row place | of him;| sir, by | your
leave:
,
, ,
, ,
Hast thou | or word,| or wit,| or imp|udence,
,
, ,
, ,
That yet | can do | thee of|fice? If | thou hast
, ,
, ,
,
Rely | upon | it, till | my tale | be heard,
, , ,
And hold | no long|er out.
ANGELO
,
___ __
Oh, my | dread | lord, (tri with
prev)
, ,
, ,
,
I should | be guilt|ier than | my guilt|iness,
,
, , ,
,
To think | I can | be un|discern|ible,
,
, , x
,
When I | perceive | your grace,| like power | divine,
, ,
, ,
,
Hath looked | upon | my pas|ses. Then | good*
prince,
, ,
, ,
,
No long|er ses|sion hold | upon | my shame,
, x
, ,
,
But let | my trial,| be mine | own con|fession:
, 2 ,
, ,
,
immed|iate sent|ence then,| and se|quent death,
, ,
,
Is all | the grace | I beg.
DUKE VINCENTIO
, , ,
->
Come hith|er Ma||ria|na,
, ,
T T T ,
, , ->
Say:| was it | thou ere con||tracted | to this |
woman?
ANGELO
,
,
I was | my lord.
DUKE VINCENTIO
, , ,
2 , ,
Go take | her hence,| and mar|ry her inst|antly.
,
, , , ,
Do you | the of|fice (fr|iar) which | consummate,
, , ,
, 2 ,
Return | him here | again:| go with him |
provost.
[Exeunt ANGELO, MARIANA, FRIAR PETER and Provost]
ESCALUS
, 2 ,
, ,
x
My lord,| I am more | amazed | at his |
dishonor,
, ,
x
Than at | the strange|ness of it.
DUKE VINCENTIO
, , , ->
Come* hith|er Is||abel,
, 2 ,
, , , ->
Your fri|ar is now | your prince:| as I || was then
, ,
, 2 , ,
->
Adver|tising,| and ho|ly to your || business,
,
, , 3 3 ,
(Not chan|ging heart | with hab|it) I am still,
,
, ,
2
Attor|neyed at | your serv|ice.
ISABELLA
, ,
2->
Oh give | me par||don
, ,
, ,
,
That I,| your vas|sal, have | employed,| and pained
, , ,
Your un|known sove/reignty.
DUKE VINCENTIO
2 ,
, ,
You are pard|oned Is|abel: (tri with prev)
, ,
, , ,
And now,| dear* maid,| be you | as free | to us.
, ,
, ,
,
Your broth|er's death | I know | sits at | your
heart:
, ,
, 2 ,
,
And you | may marv|el, why | I obscured | myself,
, 2
, , 2
, ,
Laboring | to save | his life:| and would not |
rather
, , , ,
x
Make rash | remon|strance of | my hid|den power,
,
, , . T
T T
Than let | him so | be lost:| oh most kind maid,
, ,
, , 2 ,
It was | the swift | cele|rity | of his death,
,
, , ,
,
Which I | did think,| with slow|er foot | came^on,
,
, ,
, ,
That brained | my pur|pose: but | peace be | with
him,
,
x T T T
,
That life | is better | life past fear|ing
death,
, ,
, , 2
,
Than that | which lives | to fear:| make it your
| comfort,
, ,
, 2
So hap|py is | your broth|er.
ISABELLA
, ,
I do | my lord.
[Enter ANGELO, MARIANA, FRIAR PETER, and PROVOST]
DUKE VINCENTIO
, ,
, ,
,
For this / new-mar|ried man,| approach|ing here,
,
, , ,
,
Whose salt | imag|ina|tion yet | hath wronged
, , ,
, x
Your well-|defend|ed hon|or: you | must pardon
, , , ,
,
For Mariana's sake: but as he adjudged your
brother, ????
2 , ,
, , ,
2->
Being crim|inal,| in doub|le vi|ola||tion
, ,
, 2 ,
,
Of sac|red chast|ity,| and of prom|ise-breach,
, ,
, , ,
Thereon | depend|ent for | your broth|er's life,
, ,
, , ,
The ve|ry mer|cy of the // law cries out
, 2
, ,
, ,
Most^aud|ible, ev|en from | his prop|er tongue,
, ,
, 2 ,
,
An Ang|elo | for Claud|io, death | for death:
T T
T ,
, ,
,
Haste still pays | haste, and | leisure,| answers
| leisure;
T T
T ,
, ,
,
Like doth quit | like, and | measure | still for
| measure: (hex with prev)
, , ,
, ,
Then Ang|elo,| thy fault's | thus^man|ifested;
, 2
, ,
, ,
Which though* thou | wouldst de|ny, de|nies thee
| vantage.
, ,
, , ,
We do | condemn | thee to | the ve|ry block
, 2 ,
, , ,
Where Claud|io stooped | to death,| and with /
like haste.
, ,
Away | with him.
MARIANA
, ,
,
O my | most gra|cious lord,
, ,
, , 2 ,
I hope | you will | not mock / me with a |
husband?
DUKE VINCENTIO
, 2
, ,
, ,
It is your | husband | mocked you | with a | husband,
, , ,
, 2 ,
Consent|ing to | the safe|guard of your | honor,
,
, ,
, , ->
I thought | your mar|riage fit:|
else^imp|uta||tion,
,
2 , ,
, ,
For | that he knew | you, might | reproach | your
life,
, ,
, , 2 ,
And choke | your good | to come:| for his
pos|sessions,
, ,
, ,
,
Although | by con|fisca|tion they | are ours;
,
, , ,
,
We do | instate,| and wid|ow you | withal,
, 2
, ,
To buy | you a bet|ter hus|band.
MARIANA
, 2 ,
O | my dear* lord,
, , , , ,
I crave | no oth|er, nor | no bet|ter man.
DUKE VINCENTIO
,
, ,
, ,
Never | crave him,| we are | defin|itive.
MARIANA
, 2 ,
Gentle my | liege.
DUKE VINCENTIO
, ,
,
You | do but | lose your | labor.
, ,
, , ,
Away | with him | to death:| now sir,| to you.
MARIANA
, ,
, 2 ,
,
Oh my | good* lord,| Sweet^Is|abel, take | my
part,
,
, ,
, ,
Lend me | your knees,| and all | my life | to come,
,
, ,
, ,
2->
I'll lend | you all | my life | to do | you
serv||ice.
DUKE VINCENTIO
. T T T
, ,
,
Against all sense | you do | impor|tune her,
,
T T . T
, ,
Should she | kneel down, in mer|cy of / this
fact,
, , ,
, ,
Her broth|er's ghost,| his pav|ed bed | would
break,
, ,
,
And take | her hence | in hor|ror.
MARIANA
, ,
Is|abel:
, , ,
, ,
Sweet^Is|abel,| do yet | but kneel | by me,
,
, ,
, ,
Hold^up | your hands,| say* noth|ing: I'll | speak^all.
T T T
, ,
2 ,
They say best | men are | molded | out of faults,
, ,
, ,
x
And for | the most,| become | much^more | the better
x
x
, ,
,
For being | a little | bad: so | may my | husband.
, ,
, ,
,
O^Is|abel:| will you | not lend | a knee?
DUKE VINCENTIO
, , 2
,
He dies | for Claud|io's death.
ISABELLA
, 2 ,
Most^bount|eous sir.
,
, ,
, ,
Look if | it please | you, on | this man | condemned,
, , , ,
,
As if | my broth|er lived:| I part|ly think,
,
, , ,
,
A due | sincer|ity | governed | his deeds,
,
, , ,
,
Till he | did look | on me:| since^it | is so,
,
, , ,
, ->
Let him | not^die:| My broth|er had | but
just||ice,
, 2
, , ,
,
In | that he did | the thing | for which | he died.
, ,
, ,
, ,
,
For Angelo, his act did not oretake his
bad intent, ????
, ,
, , ,
And must | be bur|ied but | as an | intent
,
, ,
, 2 ,
That per|ished by | the way:| thoughts are no |
subjects*
, ,
,
Intents,| but mere|ly thoughts.
MARIANA
, ,
Merely | my lord.
DUKE VINCENTIO
, , 2 , ,
,
Your suit's | unprof|itable:| stand^up | I say:
,
, , ,
,
I have | bethought | me of | anoth|er fault.
,
x , 2 ,
,
Provost,| how* came it | Claudio | was be|headed
3 3 , 2 ,
At an unus|ual hour?
PROVOST
, , ,
It was | command|ed so.
DUKE VINCENTIO
, ,
, ,
,
Had you | a spec|ial war|rant for | the deed?
PROVOST
,
, , 2 ,
,
No my | good* lord:| it was by | private |
message.
DUKE VINCENTIO
, ,
, , 2
,
For which | I do | discharge | you of your |
office,
,
,
Give^up | your keys.
PROVOST
, ,
,
Pardon | me, nob|le lord,
,
, , ,
,
I thought | it was | a fault,| but knew | it not,
, ,
, , ,
Yet did | repent | me aft|er more | advice,
, ,
2 , , 2 ,
For test|imon|y whereof,| one in the | prison
, , ,
, ,
That should | by priv|ate ord|er else | have
died,
3 3 ,
T
I have reserved | alive.
DUKE VINCENTIO
T T
What's he?
PROVOST
, ,
,
His name | is Barn|ardine. (tri with prev)
DUKE VINCENTIO
, , ,
, ,
I would | thou hadst / done so | by Claud|io:
, ,
, ,
x
Go fetch | him hith|er, let | me look | upon him.
[Exit Provost]
ESCALUS
2 , ,
, , ,
I am sor|ry, one | so learn|ed, and | so wise
, ,
, , ,
As you,| Lord^Ang|elo,| have still | appeared,
,
, ,
2 , ,
Should* slip | so gross|ly, both | in the heat |
of blood
, ,
, ,
,
And lack | of temp|ered jud|gment aft|erward.
ANGELO
2 ,
, , ,
,
I am sor|ry, that | such sor|row I | procure,
,
, ,
, 2 ,
And so | deep sticks / it in | my pen|itent heart,
2 , ,
, , ,
That I crave | death more*| willing|ly than
| mercy,
,
, ,
, x
'Tis my | deserv|ing, and | I do | entreat it.
[Enter PROVOST, with BARNARDINE, CLAUDIO muffled, and JULIET]
DUKE VINCENTIO
,
, ,
Which is | that Barn|ardine?
PROVOST
, __
This my | lord.
DUKE VINCENTIO
,
, , , ,
There was | a fri|ar told | me of | this man.
,
2 , ,
, ,
Sirrah,| thou art said | to have | a stub|born
soul
, , , ,
,
That ap|prehends | no furth|er than | this world,
,
, , ,
,
And squarst | thy life | accord|ing: thou'rt |
condemned,
,
, ,
, ,
But for | those earth|ly faults,| I quit | them
all,
, ,
, ,
,
And pray | thee take | this mer|cy to | provide
,
, ,
x
,
For bet|ter times | to come:| friar ad|vise him,
, 3
3 , ,
, ,
I leave | him to your hand.| What muf|fled
fel|low's that?
PROVOST
,
, , 2 ,
,
This is | anoth|er pris|oner that | I saved,
,
, , 2 ,
,
Who should | have died | when Claud|io lost | his
head,
, ,
, 2 ,
,
As like | almost | to Claud|io, as | himself.
DUKE VINCENTIO
, ,
, ,
,
If he | be like | your broth|er, for / his sake
, ,
, , ,
Is he | pardoned,| and for / your love|ly sake
,
, ,
, ,
Give me | your hand,| and say | you will | be
mine,
, ,
, ,
, ,
He is my brother too: but fitter time for
that: ????
, ,
, , ,
By this | Lord^Ang|elo | perceives | he's safe,
,
, , 2
, ,
Methinks | I see | a quick|ening in | his eye:
, ,
, , ,
Well^Ang|elo,| your ev|il quits | you well.
, 2
, ,
T T T
Look that you | love your | wife: her | worth,
worth yours.
, , ,
, ,
I find | an apt | remis|sion in | myself:
,
, , ,
x
And yet | here's^one | in place | I can|not pardon,
, ,
,
2 , ,
->
You sir/rah, that | knew me | for a fool,| a cow||ard,
, ,
, 2 , ,
->
One | all of | luxury,| an ass,| a mad||man*:
,
, , ,
,
Where|in have | I so | deserved | of you
,
, ,
That you | extol | me thus? \\
LUCIO
Faith my lord, I spoke it but according to the trick: If you will hang me for it you may: but I had rather it would please you, I might be whipped.
DUKE VINCENTIO
T T
T , ,
oo
Whipped first, sir,| and hanged | after.|
x , ,
, ,
Proclaim it | provost | round a|bout the | city,
, ,
, 2
, ,
Is an|y wom|an wronged | by this lewd | fellow,
, ,
, , ,
(As I | have heard | him swear | himself |
there's^one
,
, , ,
,
Whom^he | begot | with child)| let her | appear,
, , ,
, ,
->
And he | shall mar|ry her:| the nup|tial
fin||ished,
, T T
T , oo
Let | him be whipped | and hanged.|
LUCIO
I beseech your highness do not marry me to a whore: your highness said even
now I made you a duke, good my lord do not recompense me, in making me a
cuckold.
DUKE VINCENTIO
, ,
, , ,
Upon | mine hon|or thou | shalt mar|ry her.
, ,
, , ,
Thy sland|ers I | forgive,| and there|withal
,
, , ,
2 x
Remit | thy oth|er for|feits: Take | him to
prison,
, , ,
, , ->
And see | our pleas|ure here|in ex|ecu||ted.
LUCIO
, 3 3
, ,
, 2 ,
Mar|rying a punk,| my lord,| is pres|sing to death,
,
,
Whipping | and hang|ing.
DUKE VINCENTIO
, 3 3 ,
x
sland|ering a prince | deserves it.
, , 2
, ,
,
She Claud/io that | you wronged,| look you |
restore.
, 2 2 ,
, , ,
Joy to you | Maria|na, love | her Ang|elo:
, 2
, ,
, ,
I have con|fessed her,| and I | know her | virtue,
T T
T , 2
2 , ,
Thanks good friend | Escalus,| for thy much |
goodness,
,
, , ,
,
There's more | behind | that is / more
grat|ulate.
, , , ,
,
Thanks prov/ost for | thy care,| and sec|recy,
,
, ,
, 2 ,
We shall | employ | thee in | a worth|ier place.
,
, , , ,
Forgive | him Ang|elo,| that brought | you home
,
, , ,
,
The head | of Rag|ozine | for Claud|io's,
2 ,
, ,
, ,
The offense | pardons | itself.| Dear^Is|abel,
, ,
, ,
,
I have | a mo|tion much | imports | your good,
,
, ,
, ,
Whereto | if you'll | a wil|ling ear | incline;
,
, ,
, ,
What's mine | is yours,| and what | is yours | is mine.
,
, ,
, ,
So bring | us to | our pal|ace, where | we'll
show
,
, , ,
,
What's yet | behind,| that's meet | you all |
should know.
[Exeunt]