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Measure for Measure.         Act 2, Scene 4.      Angelo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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1168  <\/span><\/span>Who will beleeue thee <\/span>I<\/span>s<\/span>abell?<\/span><\/i>\n
1169  My vn<\/span>s<\/span>oild name, th’ au<\/span>s<\/span>t<\/span><\/span>eerene<\/span>s<\/span>s<\/span><\/span>e of my life,<\/span><\/div>\n
1170  My vouch again<\/span>s<\/span>t<\/span><\/span> you, and my place i’th State,<\/span><\/div>\n
1171  Will <\/span>s<\/span>o your accu<\/span>s<\/span>ation ouer-weigh,<\/span><\/div>\n
1172  That you <\/span>s<\/span>h<\/span><\/span>all <\/span>s<\/span>t<\/span><\/span>i<\/span>fl<\/span>e in your owne reporr,<\/span><\/div>\n
1173  And <\/span>s<\/span>mell of calumnie. I haue begun,<\/span><\/div>\n
1174  And now I giue my <\/span>s<\/span>en<\/span>s<\/span>uall race, the reine,<\/span><\/div>\n
1175  Fit thy con<\/span>s<\/span>ent to my <\/span>s<\/span>h<\/span><\/span>arpe appetite,<\/span><\/div>\n
1176  Lay by all nicetie, and prolixious blu<\/span>s<\/span>h<\/span><\/span>es<\/span><\/div>\n
1177  That bani<\/span>s<\/span>h<\/span><\/span> what they <\/span>s<\/span>ue for: Redeeme thy brother,<\/span><\/div>\n
1178  By yeelding vp thy bodie to my will,<\/span><\/div>\n
1179  Or el<\/span>s<\/span>e he mu<\/span>s<\/span>t<\/span><\/span> not onelie die the death,<\/span><\/div>\n
1180  But thy vnkindne<\/span>s<\/span>s<\/span><\/span>e <\/span>s<\/span>h<\/span><\/span>all his death draw out<\/span><\/div>\n
1181  To lingring <\/span>s<\/span>u<\/span>ff<\/span>erance: An<\/span>s<\/span>wer me to morrow,<\/span><\/div>\n
1182  Or by the a<\/span>ff<\/span>e<\/span>ct<\/span>ion that now guides me mo<\/span>s<\/span>t<\/span><\/span>,<\/span><\/div>\n
1183  Ile proue a Tirant to him. As for you,<\/span><\/div>\n
1184  Say what you can; my fal<\/span>s<\/span>e, ore-weighs your true.<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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