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An ante-chamber of the QUEEN'S apartments.
[Enter ANNE and an Old Lady]
ANNE
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Not for | that neith/er: here's* | the pang | that
pinch|es.
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His high|ness, hav|ing lived | so long | with
her,| and she (hex with prev)
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So good | a la|dy, that / no tongue | could
ever
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Pronounce | dishon|or of | her; by | my life,
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She nev|er knew | harm-doing: Oh,| now^aft||er
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So | many | courses | of the sun | enthroned,
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Still* grow|ing in a maj|esty | and pomp,| the
which
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To leave,| a thous|and-fold | more bit/ter, than
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'Tis sweet | at first | to acquire.| After this |
process,
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To give | her the | avaunt,| it is a | pity
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Would move | a monst|er.
OLD LADY
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Hearts | of most^hard | temper
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Melt and | lament | for her.
ANNE
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Oh God's | will, much better (tri
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She nere | had known | pomp;| though it be |
temporal,
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Yet if | that quar|rel, for|tune, do | divorce
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It from | the bear|er, 'tis | a suf|ferance,
pang||ing
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As soul | and bo|dy's seve|ring. \\
OLD LADY
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Alas
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She's a | stranger | now^again.
ANNE
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So much | the more
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Must pi|ty drop | upon | her; ver|ily
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I swear,| 'tis bet|ter to | be low|ly born,
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And range | with hum|ble liv|ers in | content,
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Than to | be perked | up in | a glist|ering
grief,
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And wear | a gold|en sor|row.
OLD LADY
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Our | content
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Is our best | having.
ANNE
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By my troth,| and maid|enhead,
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I would not | be a queen.
OLD LADY
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Beshrew | me, I | would,
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And || venture | maiden|head for it,| and so |
would you
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For all | this spice | of your | hypoc|risy:
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You that have | so fair parts | of wom|an on ||
you,
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Have |(too) a wom|an's heart,| which ev|er yet
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Affect|ed em|inence,/ wealth, sove|reignty;
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Which, to say sooth,| are bles|sings; and / which
gifts
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(Saving | your min/cing) the | capa|city
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Of your / soft chev|eril con|science, would |
receive,
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If you | might please | to stretch | it.
ANNE
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Nay,| good* troth.
OLD LADY
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Yes troth,| and troth;| you would | not be | a
queen?
ANNE
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No, not*| for all | the rich|es und|er heaven.
OLD LADY
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'Tis strange;| a three-pence*| bowed would | hire
me
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Old as | I am,| to queen it:| but I | pray you,
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What think | you of | a duch|ess? Have | you
limbs
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To bear | that load | of tit|le?
ANNE
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No | in truth.
OLD LADY
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Then you | are weak|ly made;| pluck^off | a
little,
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I would | not be | a young | count in | your way,
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For more | than blush|ing comes | to: if | your
back
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Cannot | vouchsafe | this burd|en,'tis | too^weak
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Ever to | get a | boy.
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How | you do talk;
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I swear | again,| I would | not be | a queen,
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For all | the world:
OLD LADY
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In faith,| for little | England
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You'd vent/ure an | embal|ling: I | myself
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Would for | Carnarv|onshire,| although | there
longed
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No more | to the crown | but that:| Lo, who |
comes here*?
[Enter Chamberlain]
CHAMBERLAIN
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Good mor|row lad|ies; What | were it worth | to
know
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The sec|ret of | your conf|erence?
ANNE
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My / good lord,
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Not your de|mand; it | values | not your |
asking:
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Our mist|ress' sor|rows we | were pi|tying.
CHAMBERLAIN
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It was a | gentle | business,| and be|coming
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The ac|tion of / good wom|en, there | is hope
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All will | be well.
ANNE
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Now I | pray* God,| amen.
CHAMBERLAIN
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You bear | a gentle | mind, and | heavenly
| blessings
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Follow such | creatures.| That you | may, fair*|
lady
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Perceive | I speak | sincere|ly, and / high notes
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Tane of | your ma|ny vir|tues, the / king's
maj|esty
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Commends | his good | opin|ion of | you, to |
you; and (hex with prev)
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Does pur|pose honor | to you | no less | flowing,
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Than Mar|chioness | of Pem|broke; to which title,
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A thous|and pound | a year,| annual | support,
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Out of | his grace,| he adds.
ANNE
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I do | not know
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What kind | of my | obed|ience, I | should
tend||er;
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More | than my all,| is noth|ing: nor | my
prayers
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Are not words | duly | hallowed;| nor my | wishes
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More* worth,| than emp|ty van|ities:| yet prayers
| and wishes
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Are all | I can | return.| Beseech | your
lord|ship, (hex with prev)
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Vouchsafe | to speak | my thanks,| and my
o|bedience,
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As from a | blushing | handmaid,/ to his |
highness;
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Whose health | and roy|alty | I pray | for.
CHAMBERLAIN
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La||dy;
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I | shall not fail | to approve | the fair |
conceit
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The king | hath of | you. I | have perused | her
well,
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Beauty | and honor | in her | are so | mingled,
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That they have | caught the | king: and | who
knows yet
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But from | this la|dy, may | proceed | a gem,
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To light|en all | this isle.| I'll to | the king,
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And say | I spoke | with you. \\
[Exit Chamberlain]
ANNE
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My hon|ored lord.
OLD LADY
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Why this | it is:| see*, see,
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I have been | begging | sixteen years | in court
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(Am yet | a court|ier beg|garly)| nor could
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Come^pat | betwixt | too^ear|ly, and / too late
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For an|y suit | of pounds:| and you,| (oh fate)
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A ve|ry fresh | fish here; fie,| fie, fie upon
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This com|pelled | fortune:| have your | mouth
filled up, (hex with prev)
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Before | you op|en it.
ANNE
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This | is strange | to me.
OLD LADY
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How tastes it?| Is it bit|ter? For|ty pence,| no:
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There was | a la|dy once |('tis an old | story)
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That would | not be | a queen,| that would | she
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For all | the mud | in Eg|ypt; have | you heard
it?
ANNE
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Come you | are pleas|ant.
OLD LADY
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With / your theme,| I could
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Oremount the lark: The Marchioness of
Pembroke? ????
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A thous|and pounds | a year,| for pure | respect?
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No oth|er ob|liga|tion? By | my life,
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That prom|ises / more thous|ands: hon|or's train
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Is long|er than his // foreskirt; by | this time
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I know | your back | will bear | a duch|ess. say,
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Are you not | stronger | than you | were?
ANNE
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Good*| lady,
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Make yourself | mirth with | your part|icular |
fancy,
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And leave | me^out | on it. Would | I had no |
being
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If this | salute | my blood | a jot;| it faints
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To think | what fol|lows. \\
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The queen | is com|fortless,| and we |
forget||ful
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In our / long ab|sence: pray | do not | deliver,
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What here | you've heard | to her.
OLD LADY
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What do you | think me--
[Exeunt]