Shakespeare, William / Middleton, Thomas · published 1623 · first performed or written 1604 (Annals) tragicomedy · King's Men T15 Friars and holy orders in plot typicality 0.80 · 490 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T15: friar, lord, holy, friars, robin, peggy, lacie, angelo, love, nun.
I thank thee Varrius, thou hast made good haste, Come, we will walk: There's other of our friends Will greet us here anon: my gentle Varrius. To speak so in directly I am loath, I would say the truth; but to accuse him so That is your part, yet I am advised to do it, He says, to veil full purpose. Be ruled by him. Besides he tells me, that if peradventure He speak against me on the adverse side, I should not think it strange, for 'tis a physic That's bitter, to sweet end. I would Friar Peter Oh peace, the Friar is come. Come I have found you out a stand most fit, Where you may have such vantage on the Duke He shall not pass you: Twice have the Trumpets sounded. The generous, and gravest Citizens Have hent the gates, and very near upon The Duke is entering: Therefore hence away. My very worthy Cousin, fairly met, Our old, and faithful friend, we are glad to see you. Happy return be to your royal grace. Many and hearty thank to you both: We have made enquiry of you, and we hear Such goodness of your justice, that our soul Cannot but yield you forth to public thankes Forerunning more requital. You make my bonds still greater. Oh your desert speaks loud, & I should wrong it To lock it in the wards of covert bosom When it deserves with characters of brass A sorted residence 'gainst the tooth of time, And razure of oblivion: Give we your hand And let the Subject see, to make them know That outward courtesies would fain proclaim Favours that keep within: Come Escalus, You must walk by us, on our other hand: And good supporters are you. Now is your time Speak loud, and kneel before him. justice, O royal Duke, veil your regard Upon a wronged (I would fain have said a Maid) Oh worthy Prince, dishonour not your eye By throwing it on any other object, Till you have heard me, in my true complaint, And given me justice, justice, justice, justice. Relate your wrongs; In what, by whom? be brief: Here is Lord Angelo shall give you justice, Reveal yourself to him. Oh worthy Duke, You bid me seek redemption of the devil, Hear me yourself: for that which I must speak Must either punish me, not being believed, Or wring redress from you: Hear me: oh hear me, here. My Lord, her wits I fear me are not firm: She hath been a suitor to me, for her Brother Cut off by course of justice. By course of justice. And she will speak most bitterly, and strange. Most strange: but yet most truly will I speak, That Angelo's forsworn, is it not strange? That Angelo's a murderer, is't not strange? That Angelo is an adulterous thief, An hypocrite, a virgin violator, Is it not strange? and strange?
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I thank thee Varrius, thou haſt made good haſt, Come, we will walke▪ There's other of our friends Will greet vs heere anon: my gentle Ʋarrius. To ſpeak ſo in directly I am loath, I would ſay the truth; but to accuſe him ſo That is your part, yee I m aduis'd to doe it, He ſaies, to vaile full purpoſe. Be rul'd by him. Beſides he tells me, that if peraduenture He ſpeake againſt me on the aduerſe ſide, I ſhould not thinke it ſtrange, for 'tis a phyſicke That's bitter, to ſweet end. I would Frier Peter Oh peace, the Frier is come. Come I haue found you out a ſtand moſt fit, Where you may haue ſuch vantage on the Duke He ſhall not paſſe you: Twice haue the Trumpets ſounded. The generous, and graueſt Citizens Haue hent the gates, and very neere vpon The Duke is entring: Therefore hence away. My very worthy Coſen, fairely met, Our old, and faithfull friend, we are glad to ſee you. Happy returne be to your royall grace. Many and harty thankings to you both: We haue made enquiry of you, and we heare Such goodneſſe of your Iuſtice, that our ſoule Cannot but yeeld you forth to publique thankes Forerunning more requitall. You make my bonds ſtill greater. Oh your deſert ſpeaks loud, & I ſhould wrong it To locke it in the wards of couert boſome When it deſerues with characters of braſſe A forted reſidence 'gainſt the tooth of time, And razure of obliuion: Giue we your hand And let the Subiect ſee, to make them know That outward curteſies would faine proclaime Fauours that keepe within: Come Eſcalus, You muſt walke by vs, on our other hand: And good ſupporters are you. Now is your time Speake loud, and kneele before him. Iuſtice, O royall Duke, vaile your regard Vpon a wrong'd (I would faine haue ſaid a Maid) Oh worthy Prince, diſhonor not your eye By throwing it on any other obiect, Till you haue heard me, in my true complaint, And giuen me Iuſtice, Iuſtice, Iuſtice, Iuſtice. Relate your wrongs; In what, by whom? be briefe: Here is Lord Angelo ſhall giue you Iuſtice, Reueale your ſelfe to him. Oh worthy Duke, You bid me ſeeke redemption of the diuell, Heare me your ſelfe: for that which I muſt ſpeake Muſt either puniſh me, not being beleeu'd, Or wring redreſſe from you: Heare me: oh heare me, heere. My Lord, her wits I feare me are not firme: She hath bin a ſuitor to me, for her Brother Cut off by courſe of Iuſtice. By courſe of Iuſtice. And ſhe will ſpeake moſt bitterly, and ſtrange. Moſt ſtrange: but yet moſt truely wil I ſpeake, That Angelo's forſworne, is it not ſtrange? That Angelo's a murtherer, is't not ſtrange? That Angelo is an adulterous thiefe, An hypocrite, a virgin violator, Is it not ſtrange? and ſtrange?