...calls upon the hypocritical judge Angelo to see his life anew in light of God's judgment and grace: Why, all the souls that were were forfeit once; And...you be If He, which is the top of judgment, should 200 But judge you as you are? O, think on that; And mercy then will breathe within your lips, Like...

...thing: the one for, the other against. That in favor is in Measure for Measure, Act 2, s. 2. Isabella: Alas, Alas! Why, all the Souls that were, were forfeit...the vantage best have took, Found out the Remedy. That against is in Twelfth Night, Act 3, s 2. Mariana: "for there is no Christian, that means to be...

...lamenting the "just but severe law" (2.2.41): How would you be If He which is the top of judgement should But judge you as you are? O, think on that,...will breathe within your lips, Like man new made. (2.2.77-81) Again, Escalus puts it to Angelo, Whether you had not sometime in your life Krred in this...

...traps, or thorny hedges," as well as "engines of punishment," "snaffles," or "sharp bits." 2.2.97-99. Why all the souls that were were forfeit once, And...might the vantage best have took Found out the remedy. The reference in line 97 is to Adam's sin, which, in Christian thought, caused all souls to be lost...

...traps, or thorny hedges," as well as "engines of punishment," "snaffles," or "sharp bits." 2.2.97-99. Why all the souls that were were forfeit once, And...might the vantage best have took Found out the remedy. The reference in line 97 is to Adam's sin, which, in Christian thought, caused all souls to be lost...

...for Measure, Isabella retorts to the Deputy's Draconian 'Your brother is forfeit of the law,' with: Alas! Alas! Why, all the souls that were were forfeit...might the vantage best have took Found out the remedy. (72-5) Her evocation of the biblical account of the blameless life of Christ, and his work of the redemption...

...The clearest allusion comes in these lines: How would you be If He, which is the top of judgement, should But judge you as you are? O, think on that;...will breathe within your lips, Like man new made. 'Man new made' is of course Christ, the second Adam, or perhaps man as redeemed through Christ. The...

...he is not. He behaves, on the contrary, in accord with Isabella's description of the Divine Judge: "Why, all the souls that were, were forfeit once;...the vantage best have took / Found out the remedy" (II. ii. 73- 75). He that might "the vantage best have took" chose to redeem rather than to condemn...

...had refused to show mercy to Claudio when Isabella urged a standard that she finally meets herself: Why, all the souls that were were forfeit once, And...the vantage best have took, Found out the remedy. (2.2.78-80) Comic Faith 61 This is the standard of mercy that the Duke also lives by, though he repeatedly...