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The same. Another room in the palace.
IMOGEN
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A fath|er cruel,| and a / step-dame | false,
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A || foolish | suitor | to a | wedded | lady,
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That hath | her hus|band ban|ished: O,| that
hus||band,
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My su/preme crown | of grief,| and those |
repea||ted
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Vexa|tions of it.| Had I | been thief-|stolen,
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As || my two | brothers,| happy:| but most |
miserable
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Is the | desire | that's glo|rious. Blessed | be
those
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How mean | so ere,| that have | their hon|est
wills,
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Which seas|ons com|fort. Who | may this | be?
Fie.
[Enter PISANIO and IACHIMO]
PISANIO
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Madam,| a nob|le gent|leman | of Rome,
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Comes from my | lord with | letters.
IACHIMO
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Change you,| madam:
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The worth|y Le|onatus | is in | safety,
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And greets | your high|ness dear|ly.
[Presents a letter]
IMOGEN
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Thanks | good sir,
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You're kind|ly wel|come. \\
IACHIMO
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All of | her, that | is out | of door, most rich:
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If she | be furn|ished with | a mind | so rare
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She is | alone | the Ara|bian bird;| and I
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Have lost | the wag|er. Bold|ness be | my friend:
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Arm me | auda|city | from head | to foot,
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Or like | the part|hian I | shall fly|ing fight,
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Rather | direct|ly fly. \\
IMOGEN
He is one of the noblest note, to whose kindnesses I am most infinitely
tied. Reflect upon him accordingly, as you value your trust. Leonatus.
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So far | I read | aloud: \\
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But even | the ve|ry mid|dle of | my heart
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Is warmed | by the rest,| and takes | it
thank|fully.
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You are | as wel|come (worth|y sir)| as I
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Have words | to bid | you, and | shall find | it
so
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In all | that I | can do.
IACHIMO
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Thanks | fairest | lady: (tri with
prev)
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What are | men^mad?| Hath na|ture given | them
eyes
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To see | this vaul|ted arch,| and the / rich crop
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Of sea | and land,| which can | distin|guish
'twixt
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The fie|ry orbs | above,| and the / twinned
stones
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Upon | the num|bered beach,| and can | we not
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Parti|tion make | with spec|tacles^so | precious
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'Twixt fair, and foul?
IMOGEN
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What makes | your ad|mira||tion?
IACHIMO
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It can|not be | in the eye,| for apes | and
mon||keys
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'Twixt | two such shes,| would chatter | this^way
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Contemn | with mows | the oth|er. Nor | in the
judg||ment:
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For | idiots | in this case | of fav|or would
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Be wise|ly def|inite: nor | in the ap|petite;
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Sluttery | to such | neat^ex/cellence,| opposed
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Should make | desi|re vom|it emp|tiness,
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Not^so | allured | to feed.
IMOGEN
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What is | the mat|ter trow? (tri with prev)
IACHIMO
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The cloy|ed will: \\
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That satiate yet unsatisfied desire, that tub
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Both filled | and run|ning: rav|ening first | the
lamb,
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Longs aft/er for | the gar|bage.
IMOGEN
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What,| dear sir,
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Thus raps | you? Are | you well? \\
IACHIMO
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Thanks | madam | well: Be|seech you | sir,
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Desire | my man's | abode,| where I | did leave
him:
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He's strange | and peev|ish.
PISANIO
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I | was go|ing sir,
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To give | him wel|come. \\
[Exit]
IMOGEN
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Contin|ues well | my lord? \\
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His health | beseech | you?
IACHIMO
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Well,| madam.|
IMOGEN
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Is he | disposed | to mirth?| I hope | he is.
IACHIMO
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Excee|ding pleas|ant: none | a strang|er there,
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So mer|ry, and | so game|some: he | is called
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The Bri|ton rev|eller.
IMOGEN
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When he | was here
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He did | incline | to sad|ness, and / oft times
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Not^know|ing why.
IACHIMO
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I nev|er saw | him sad.
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There is | a French|man his | compan|ion, one
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An em|inent | monsieur,| that it seems |
much^loves
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A Gal|lian girl | at home.| He fur|naces
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The thick sighs from | him; whiles | the jol|ly
Bri|ton,
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(Your lord | I mean)| laughs from | his free |
lungs: cries oh, (hex with prev)
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Can my / sides hold,| to think | that man,| who
knows
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By hist|ory,| report,| or his / own proof
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What wom|an is,| yea what | she can|not choose
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But must | be: will | his free | hours languish:
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For as/sured bon|dage?
IMOGEN
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Will | my lord | say so?
IACHIMO
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Aye ma/dam, with his | eyes in | flood with |
laughter:
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It is | a re|creat|ion to / be by
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And hear | him mock | the French|man:
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But heav|en's know | some^men | are much | to
blame.
IMOGEN
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Not he | I hope.
IACHIMO
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Not | he:|
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But yet heav|en's boun|ty towards | him, might
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Be used | more thank|fully.| In himself |'tis
much;
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In you,| which I ac|count his be|yond
all^|talents,
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Whilst I | am bound | to wond|er, I | am bound
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To pi|ty too.
IMOGEN
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What do | you pi|ty sir?
IACHIMO
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Two* creat|ures heart|ily.
IMOGEN
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Am I one sir?
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You look | on me:| what wreck | discern | you in
me
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Deserves | your pi|ty?
IACHIMO
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Lamen|table:| what
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To hide | me from the | radiant | sun, and |
solace
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In the dun|geon by | a snuff?
IMOGEN
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I pray | you sir,
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Deliv|er with more | open|ness your | answers
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To my | demands.| Why do | you pi|ty me?
IACHIMO
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That oth|ers do, \\
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(I was | about | to say)| enjoy | your-- but
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It is | an of|fice of | the gods | to venge it,
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Not mine | to speak | on it.
IMOGEN
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You / do seem | to know
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Something | of me,| or what con|cerns me;| pray
you
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Since^doub|ting things | go ill,| often hurts
more
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Than to | be sure | they do.| For cert|ainties
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Either are | past re/medies*; or | timely |
knowing, ??
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The rem|edy | then^born.| Discov|er to me
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What both | you spur | and stop.
IACHIMO
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Had I | this cheek
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To bathe | my lips | upon:| this hand,|
whose^touch,
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(Whose^eve|ry touch)| would force | the fee|ler's
soul
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To the oath | of loy|alty.| This ob|ject, which^
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Takes pri/soner the | wild mo/tion of | mine^eye,
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Fixing | it on|ly here,| should I |(damned then*)
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Slaver | with lips | as com|mon as | the stairs
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That mount | the cap|itol:| join^gripes,| with
hands
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Made^hard | with hour|ly false|hood*
(false|hood^as
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With lab|or:) then | by pee|ping in | an eye
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Base and | unlus|trous as | the smo|ky light
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That's fed | with stink|ing tal|low: it | were
fit
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That all | the plagues | of hell | should at /
one time
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Encount|er such | revolt.
IMOGEN
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My lord,| I fear
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Has for/got Bri|tain.
IACHIMO
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And | himself,| not I
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Inclined | to this | intel|ligence,| pronounce
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The beg|gary of | his change:| but 'tis | your
gra||ces
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That from | my mu|test con|science, to | my
tongue,
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Charms this re|port out.
IMOGEN
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Let | me hear | no more.
IACHIMO
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O dear|est soul:| your cause | doth^strike | my
heart
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With pi|ty, that | doth make | me sick.| A la||dy
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So fair,| and fas|tened to | an em|pery,
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Would make | the greatst | king dou/ble, to be |
partnered
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With tom|boys^hired,| with that self-|exhi|bition
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Which your / own cof|fers yield:| with diseased |
ventures
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That play | with all | infirm|ities | for gold,
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Which rot|tenness can / lend na|ture.
Such^/boiled stuff
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As well | might pois|on pois|on. Be | revenged,
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Or she | that bore | you was / no queen,| and you
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Recoil | from your | great | stock.
IMOGEN
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Revenged:
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How should | I be | revenged?| If this | be true,
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(As I | have such | a heart,| that both | mine
ears
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Must not | in haste | abuse)| if it | be true,
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How should | I be | revenged?
IACHIMO
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Should he | make me
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Live like Dian|a's priest,| betwixt cold sheets,
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Whiles he | is vaul|ting va|ria|ble ramps,
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In your | despite,| upon | your purse:| Revenge
it.
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I de|dicate | myself | to your sweet | pleasure,
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More nob|le than / that run|agate | to your bed,
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And will | contin|ue fast | to your af|fection,
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Still close | as sure.
IMOGEN
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What ho,| Pisa|nio?
IACHIMO
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Let me | my serv|ice tend|er on | your lips.
IMOGEN
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Away,| I do | condemn | mine ears,| that have
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So long | attend|ed thee.| If thou
wert^|honorable
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Thou wouldst | have told | this tale | for
vir|tue, not
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For such | an end | thou seekst,| as base,| as
strange:
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Thou wrongst | a gent|leman,| who is | as far
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From thy | report,| as thou | from hon|or: and
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Soli|cits here | a la|dy that | disdains
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Thee, and the | devil a|like. What | ho,
Pi|sanio?
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The king | my fath|er shall | be made |
acquain||ted
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Of thy | assault:| if he | shall think | it fit,
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A sauc|y strang|er in | his court,| to mart
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As in | a Rom|ish stew,| and to | expound
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His beast|ly mind | to us;| he hath | a court
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He lit|tle cares | for, and | a daught|er who
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He not | respects | at all.| What ho,| Pisan||io?
IACHIMO
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O | happy | Leona|tus I | may say,
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The cred|it that | thy la|dy hath | of thee
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Deserves | thy trust,| and thy most | perfect |
goodness
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Her as/sured cred|it. Bles|sed live | you long,
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A la|dy to | the worth|iest sir | that ever
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Country | called his; and you | his mist|ress,
on||ly
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For the / most worth|iest fit.| Give me your |
pardon,
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I have / spoke this | to know | if your af|fiance
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Were deep|ly roo|ted, and | shall make | your
lord,
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That which | he is,| new ore:| and he | is one
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The tru|est man|nered: such | a ho|ly witch,
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That he | enchants | soci|eties | into him;
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Half^all | men's^hearts | are his.
IMOGEN
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You make | amends.
IACHIMO
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He sits | amongst men like | a descend|ed god;
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He hath | a kind | of hon|or sets | him off,
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More than a | mortal | seeming.| Be not | angry
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(Most^migh|ty prin|cess) that | I have
ad|ventured
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To try | your tak|ing a false | report,| which
hath
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Honored with | confir|mation | your great |
judgment
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In the e|lection | of a sir,| so rare,
(tetra with next)
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Which you | know,| cannot | err.
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The love | I bear | him, \\
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Made me to fan | you thus,| but the gods |
made^you
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(Unlike | all^oth|ers) chaff|less. Pray | your
pardon.
IMOGEN
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All's well sir: \\
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Take my power | in the | court for | yours.
IACHIMO
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My hum|ble thanks:| I had / almost | forgot
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To entreat | your grace,| but in | a small |
request,
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And yet | of mo|ment too,| for it | concerns
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Your lord,| myself,| and oth|er nob|le friends
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Are part|ners in | the bus|iness.
IMOGEN
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Pray | what is it?
IACHIMO
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Some doz|en Rom|ans of | us, and | your lord
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(The best | feather | of our wing)| have ming|led
sums
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To buy | a pres|ent for | the emp|eror:
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Which I |(the fac|tor for | the rest)| have done
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In France:| 'tis plate | of rare | device,| and
jewels
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Of rich,| and exqui|site form,| their val|ues
great,
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And I | am some|thing cur|ious, be|ing strange
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To have | them in safe | stowage:| may it |
please you
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To take | them in | protec|tion.
IMOGEN
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Wil|lingly:
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And pawn | mine hon|or for | their safe|ty, since
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My lord | hath inte|rest in | them, I | will keep
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In | my bed|chamber.
IACHIMO
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They are in | a trunk
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attend|ed by | my men:| I will / make bold
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To send | them to | you, on|ly for / this night:
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I must | aboard | tomor|row.
IMOGEN
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O* / no, no.
IACHIMO
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Yes I | beseech:| or I | shall short | my word
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By leng|thening my | return.| From Gal|lia,
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I crossed | the seas | on pur|pose, and | on
pro||mise
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To see | your grace.
IMOGEN
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I thank | you for | your pains:
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But not | away | tomor|row.
IACHIMO
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O I must | madam.
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Therefore | I shall | beseech | you, if | you
please
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To greet | your lord | with writ|ing, do it |
tonight,
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I have out|stood my | time, which^|is ma|terial
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To the tend|er of | our pres|ent.
IMOGEN
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I | will write:
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Send your | trunk to | me, it | shall safe | be
kept,
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And tru|ly yield|ed you:| You're very | welcome.
[Exeunt]