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Enter Duke , habited like a Friar , and Provost . Duke . Hail to you , provost ! so , I
think you are . Prov . I am the provost : What ' s your will , good friar ? Duke .
Bound by my charity , and my bless ' d order , VOL , xiv , I come to visit the
afflicted ...
Enter Duke , habited like a Friar , and Provost . Duke . Hail to you , provost ! so , I
think you are . Prov . I am the provost : What ' s your will , good friar ? Duke .
Bound by my charity , and my bless ' d order , VOL , xiv , I come to visit the
afflicted ...
Page 53
Re - enter Provost . Provost , a word with you . Prov . What ' s your will , father ?
Duke . That , now you are come , you will be gone : Leave me a while with the
maid ; my mind promises with my habit , no loss shall touch her by my company .
Re - enter Provost . Provost , a word with you . Prov . What ' s your will , father ?
Duke . That , now you are come , you will be gone : Leave me a while with the
maid ; my mind promises with my habit , no loss shall touch her by my company .
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The best and wholesomest spirits of the night Envelop you , good Provost ! Who
call d here of late ? Prov . None , since the curfew rung . Duke . Not Isabel ? Prov
. No . Duke . They will then , ere ' t be long , Prov . What comfort is for Claudio ?
The best and wholesomest spirits of the night Envelop you , good Provost ! Who
call d here of late ? Prov . None , since the curfew rung . Duke . Not Isabel ? Prov
. No . Duke . They will then , ere ' t be long , Prov . What comfort is for Claudio ?
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Exit Provost . Now will I write letters to Angelo , – The provost , he shall bear them
, - whose contents Shall witness to him , I am near at home ; And that , by great
injunctions , I am bound To enter publickly : him I ' ll desire To meet me at the ...
Exit Provost . Now will I write letters to Angelo , – The provost , he shall bear them
, - whose contents Shall witness to him , I am near at home ; And that , by great
injunctions , I am bound To enter publickly : him I ' ll desire To meet me at the ...
Page 99
Escal . Such a fellow is not to be talk ' d withal : - Away with him to prison : -
Where is the provost ? - - Away with him to prison ; lay bolts enough upon him :
let him speak no more : - Away with those giglots too , and with the other
confederate ...
Escal . Such a fellow is not to be talk ' d withal : - Away with him to prison : -
Where is the provost ? - - Away with him to prison ; lay bolts enough upon him :
let him speak no more : - Away with those giglots too , and with the other
confederate ...
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Angelo answer Attendants Bawd bear better blood bring brother Camillo child Claudio comes Corn daughter dear death dost doth Duke Enter Escal Exeunt Exit eyes fair father fault fear fellow Fool fortune friar Gent give Gloster gone grace hand hast hath head hear heard heart heaven hence highness hold honour I'll Isab justice keep Kent kind king lady Lear leave Leon live look lord Lucio madam maid marry master means nature never night noble Officers pardon Paul poor pray present prince prison Prov Provost queen SCENE seems Serv servant Shep sister speak stand stay Stew strange tell thank thee there's thine thing thou art thought true What's wife
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| Title | The Plays of Shakspeare: Printed from the Text of Samuel Johnson, George Steevens, and Isaac Reed, Volume 9 The Plays of Shakspeare: Printed from the Text of Samuel Johnson, George Steevens, and Isaac Reed, William Shakespeare |
| Author | William Shakespeare |
| Publisher | Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1807 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 27 Dec 2006 |
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