Lucio. Behold, behold, where Madam Mitigation comes! I have purchased as many diseases under her roof as come to Sec. Gent. To what, I pray? Lucio. Judge. Sec. Gent. To three thousand dolours a year. Lucio. A French crown more. 45 50 First Gent. Thou art always figuring diseases in me; but thou art full of error; I am sound. Lucio. Nay, not as one would say, healthy; but so sound as things that are hollow: thy bones are hollow; impiety has made a feast of thee. Enter MISTRESS OVERDONE. First Gent. How now! most profound sciatica ? 55 which of your hips has the Mrs Ov. Well, well; there's one yonder arrested and carried to prison was worth five thousand of you all. Sec. Gent. Who's that, I pray thee? Mrs Ov. Marry, sir, that's Claudio, Signior Claudio. First Gent. Claudio to prison? 'tis not so. 60 Mrs Ov. Nay, but I know 'tis so: I saw him arrested; saw him carried away; and, which is more, within these three days his head to be chopped off. So. 65 Lucio. But, after all this fooling, I would not have it Art thou sure of this? 43 SCENE IV. Pope. Bawd coming at a distance. Han mer. Lucio] 1 Gent. Malone. 44 I have] 1 Gent. I have Pope, ed. 2 (Theobald). He has Halliwell. 47 Lucio] 1 Gent. Pope, ed. 2 (Theo bald). 48 dolours] Rowe. dollours Ff. dollars 56 SCENE IV. Johnson. 65 head] head is Rowe. head's Capell. Mrs Ov. I am too sure of it and it is for getting Madam Julietta with child. Lucio. Believe me, this may be: he promised to meet me two hours since, and he was ever precise in promisekeeping. 72 Sec. Gent. Besides, you know, it draws something near to the speech we had to such a purpose. First Gent. But, most of all, agreeing with the proclamation. Lucio. Away! let's go learn the truth of it. 76 [Exeunt Lucio and Gentlemen. Mrs Ov. Thus, what with the war, what with the sweat, what with the gallows, and what with poverty, I am custom-shrunk. 80 Enter POMPEY. How now! what's the news with you? Pom. Yonder man is carried to prison. Pom. A woman. Mrs Ov. But what's his offence? Pom. Groping for trouts in a peculiar river. 85 Mrs Ov. What, is there a maid with child by him? Pom. No, but there's a woman with maid by him. You have not heard of the proclamation, have you? Mrs Ov. What proclamation, man? 90 Pom. All houses in the suburbs of Vienna must be plucked down. Mrs Ov. And what shall become of those in the city? 77 [Exeunt...]Capell. Exit. F1. Exeunt. FF3F4 Exe. Manet Bawd. Theobald. 81 SCENE V. Pope. 88 with maid] with-made Seymour conj. 91 houses] bawdy houses Collier, ed. 2 (Tyrwhitt conj.). houses of resort Theobald conj. banio (altered to bawdy) houses Collier MS. Pom. They shall stand for seed: they had gone down too, but that a wise burgher put in for them. 95 Mrs Ov. But shall all our houses of resort in the suburbs be pulled down? Pom. To the ground, mistress. Mrs Ov. Why, here's a change indeed in the commonwealth! What shall become of me? 100 Pom. Come; fear not you: good counsellors lack no clients though you change your place, you need not change your trade; I'll be your tapster still. Courage! there will be pity taken on you: you that have worn your eyes almost out in the service, you will be considered. Mrs Ov. What's to do here, Thomas tapster? let's withdraw. 105 Pom. Here comes Signior Claudio, led by the provost to prison; and there's Madam Juliet. Enter PROVOST, CLAUDIO, JULIET, and Officers. [Exeunt. Claud. Fellow, why dost thou show me thus to the world? Bear me to prison, where I am committed. Prov. I do it not in evil disposition, But from Lord Angelo by special charge. Claud. Thus can the demigod Authority Make us pay down for our offence by weight The words of heaven;-on whom it will, it will; On whom it will not, so; yet still 'tis just. 96 all] om. Pope. 110 SCENE continued in Rowe. SCENA TERTIA. Ff. SCENE VI. Pope. Enter Provost...Officers.] Rowe. Enter Prouost, Claudio, Juliet, Officers, Lucio, & 2 Gent. Ff. Enter...Officers; Lucio, and the two Gentlemen, following. Capell. 110 115 Juliet] Ff. Gaoler. Halliwell (T. 113 Lord] om. F2F3F4. 115, 116 by weight The words] Ff. by weight; I th' words Hanmer. by Re-enter LUCIO and two Gentlemen. Lucio. Why, how now, Claudio! whence comes this restraint? Claud. From too much liberty, my Lucio, liberty: As surfeit is the father of much fast, So every scope by the immoderate use Turns to restraint. Our natures do pursue, Like rats that ravin down their proper bane, A thirsty evil; and when we drink we die. 120 Lucio. If I could speak so wisely under an arrest, I would send for certain of my creditors: and yet, to say the truth, I had as lief have the foppery of freedom as the morality of imprisonment. What's thy offence, Claudio? Claud. What but to speak of would offend again. Lucio. What, is't murder? Claud. No. 130 Lucio. Lechery? Claud. Call it so. Prov. Away, sir! you must go. Claud. One word, good friend. Lucio, a word with you. Lucio. A hundred, if they'll do you any good. Is lechery so look'd after? 136 Claud. Thus stands it with me: upon a true contract I got possession of Julietta's bed: weight. The words Warburton (after Davenant). by weight.-The sword Staunton (Roberts conj.). by weight The word Halliwell. by weight. The word's Becket conj. by weight-The works Jackson conj. by weight Th' awards Nicholson conj. See note (v). 117 yet still 'tis just] yet 'tis just still Dyce, ed. 2 (S. Walker conj.). Re-enter Lucio...] Dyce. 121 every scope] liberty Wheler MS. every scape Collier MS. 124 A thirsty evil] An evil thirst Davenant's version. A thirsted evil Spedding conj. 128 morality] Rowe (after Davenant). mortality Ff. 135 [Takes him aside. Malone. You know the lady; she is fast my wife, Remaining in the coffer of her friends; From whom we thought it meet to hide our love Claud. 140 145 Unhappily, even so. 150 And the new Deputy now for the Duke, Whether it be the fault and glimpse of newness, A horse whereon the governor doth ride, Who, newly in the seat, that it may know He can command, lets it straight feel the spur; Or in his eminence that fills it up, I stagger in--but this new governor 155 Which have, like unscour'd armour, hung by the wall 160 So long, that nineteen zodiacs have gone round, And none of them been worn; and, for a name, Now puts the drowsy and neglected act 141 the] om. Meredith conj. (1883). denunciation] pronunciation Collier MS. 143 propagation] FF3F4 propogation F. prorogation Malone conj. procuration Jackson conj. preservation Grant White. a] her Keightley conj. 144 coffer] coffers Keightley conj. 147 most] om. Hanmer. 148 on] F1 in FqF3F4 1. 151 fault and] flash and Johnson conj. fault or Id. conj. foil and T. White conj. heat and or gilt and Bailey conj. glimpse] limpse Warburton conj. guise Anon. conj. gloss Bailey conj. 161 nineteen] fourteen Whalley conj. |