Shakespeare, William / 2008-06-24 00:00:00

MEASURE FOR MEASURE
DRAMATIS PERSONAE
VINCENTIO the Duke. (DUKE VINCENTIO:)
ANGELO Deputy.
ESCALUS an ancient Lord.
CLAUDIO a young gentleman.
LUCIO a fantastic.
Two other gentlemen.
(First Gentleman:)
(Second Gentleman:)
Provost.
PETER (FRIAR PETER:) |
| two friars.
THOMAS (FRIAR THOMAS:) |
A Justice.
VARRIUS:
ELBOW a simple constable.
FROTH a foolish gentleman.
POMPEY servant to Mistress Overdone.
ABHORSON an executioner.
BARNARDINE a dissolute prisoner.
ISABELLA sister to Claudio.
MARIANA betrothed to Angelo.
JULIET beloved of Claudio.
FRANCISCA a nun.
MISTRESS OVERDONE a bawd.
Lords, Officers, Citizens, Boy, and Attendant.
(Servant:)
(Messenger:)
SCENE Vienna.
MEASURE FOR MEASURE
ACT I
SCENE I An apartment in the DUKE'S palace.
[Enter DUKE VINCENTIO, ESCALUS, Lords and
Attendants]
DUKE VINCENTIO Escalus.
ESCALUS My lord.
DUKE VINCENTIO Of government the properties to unfold,
Would seem in me to affect speech and discourse;
Since I am put to know that your own science
Exceeds, in that, the lists of all advice
My strength can give you: then no more remains,
But that to your sufficiency [ ]
[ ] as your Worth is able,
And let them work. The nature of our people,
Our city's institutions, and the terms
For common justice, you're as pregnant in
As art and practise hath enriched any
That we remember.
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